-Sammie

“Ex-excuse me?” I stuttered out.

Harry nervously cleared his throat, “Sam, this is my mom- Anne, that I was telling you about the other day,” he looks pleadingly at me, “She came into town earlier and just had to meet my girlfriend.” He waves his hands around drastically, mimicking a dancer showing jazz hands.

“Can we come in?” I come out of my own world, mesmerized by this lie. Why me? Why did I have to be his ‘girlfriend’?

I look back at him, “Um, how about I grab my bag and we can go somewhere else? Just
cleaning up.”

“Sure! Harry you can take out the two most important women in your life right now.”

Harry's mom dances back to the car, I walk away to grab my purse, but a hand latches onto my elbow.

“Uh, Sam, thank you… for doing this.”

“Don’t mention it, and by the way, I’m not doing this for you, I’m doing this because your mother doesn’t deserve to see just how terrible her piece of shit son actually is.” He bows his head as I shake him off of me and walk away from him.

As I walk to Harry’s Hummer, I see his mom in the driver’s seat, and Harry in the back. I open the passenger seat door.

“Come on honey, let’s get this show on the road- no! Lets get craka lackin”

A laugh at her quick change of words and pull my-self up.

Harry leans in between us and turns the radio off.

“Alright lovies, where to?”

“There is a good burger place down the road.”

I have no clue what I’m doing, or why I agreed to come with them.

“Oh Sam! No booorrrriiiiinnnnnggg!” she sings, “Lets jazz up our lives!”

I laugh, this woman is a trip. “Okay, how about China King Buffet?”

“Well, lets see- foreign people, sticks for forks, and cats to eat! Lets do it children!”

Harry, speaking for the first time, “Mom! Really!”

Anne laughs, making a right turn.

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We eventually make it to the restaurant, find a table and go through the buffet line.

“So, how did you two meet?”

The typical mom question I think.

I pick my egg roll up, “Harry, why don’t you tell her? I don’t want to leave anything out, so I’ll just say anything that you missed.” I take a big bit out of the roll, urging him on.

“We ah, well mom, we met at school in chemistry. We were good ole partners, I thought she had an amazing personality and asked out on a date.”

“Awe, that’s my boy.” Anne looks at Harry with pleased eyes.

Harry nods and we all return to our food, making small talk until we leave.

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“Alright Harry! Take momma to your house. I’m going to lie down for a while. You kids have fun though.”

“You guys can drop me off first.”

Anne looks my way, “No! Don’t let me hold you two back! Go out, the day is still young!”

“Mom, it’s really fine. If she wants to go, she can.”

“Is that what you really want Sam?”

“Never mind, we can drop you off and go catch a movie or something.”

Anne smiles my way pleased with ‘wanting’ to stay with Harry.

We drop Anne off and shoot down the road.

“Sam, I just wanted to say thanks again.-For today.”

“No problem, just take me home Harry.”

Harry slumps down into the drivers seat looking defeated.

Did he really think we were going to the movies?

Notes

thanks for reading!
l.b.

**Sorry, i couldn't update this morning, but here it is! Enjoy!