Using Mr Parker
♥ Logan
♥
C h a p t
e r 43
On Sunday, I'd be meeting my dads family and
I was so nervous already so on Saturday, I went to Zachs
apartment and we watched a movie. After, he graded some papers
and I helped. Time flew by when I was with Zach.
“I want to take you
somewhere,” Zach told me after we finished grading his year
9 papers.
“Where?” I asked,
smiling up at him.
“It's a
surprise!”
“Will I like this
surprise?”
Zach smirked, “Yes.”
“Okay, lets go!” Zach
got into his car first and a minute later I did, we had to be
careful nobody saw us because then everything would just go
wrong. We were driving for ten minutes and I sang along to the
music on the radio, ignoring Zachs chuckles.
“Where are we going?” I
asked him as he continued driving.
“We're going to meet my
family,” he grinned. My jaw dropped. “You
wouldn't have come any other way and this way you don't
need to be nervous about anything. I've told my parents
everything and they already love you. They're not going to
react the same way Blaze did.”
“No, when they meet me
they're going to hate me,” I muttered.
“They'll love you, trust
me.”
“Nope, you lied to me!”
I exclaimed. “Can't I meet them another time? Maybe one
time when I'm dressed more appropriately? Or when I've
rehearsed what I'm going to say in the mirror a million
times?”
“Too late, we're
here.” We had arrived in front of a grey, two story house
with heaps of colourful plants in the front. “There's
something I haven't told you...” he said, his voice
trailing off wearily.
“What is?” I
questioned.
“My sister,” he choked.
“She was taken... a year ago. She would be 19 today, we
don't know where she is and we've been told to assume the
worse. Please don't ask about her because her photos are
around the house... a lot.”
“Of course,” I nodded,
hesitantly. “You know you could've told me
earlier.”
“Yeah... I just prefer not to
talk about it.”
“What was- what's her
name?” I corrected myself.
“Ariella. We call her
Ella,” he smiled.
“That's a pretty
name,” I told him.
“Yeah... now c'mon, lets
go inside, knowing my mum she's probably staring at us from
inside.” I laughed dryly and he grabbed hold of my hand. I
knew about his family – everything except about his sister
but I understood why he just didn't tell people that. His mum
was a successful fashion designer and his father owned two small
diners. Z&B and Ella's. Both named after his
children.
Zach knocked on the front door and immediately, a woman in her
mid-forties opened the door, grinning.
“Logan!” She cried,
wrapping her arms around me.
Woah.