“I can’t wait to see your grandparents again tomorrow,” she said.
Neither could I. It was different than taking your girlfriend home, I knew that, but I still really wanted her to meet everyone properly. Although I was shitting myself, my family knew how I felt about her and I just prayed they kept their mouths shut.
Tomorrow was my nan and grandad’s anniversary and Mum insisted that I bring Tegan so everyone could see her future daughter-in-law. Her words, not mine. She better fucking not say them in front of Tegan either.
My nan was under strict instructions not to say or do anything embarrassing, not that me talking to her was going to make the slightest bit of a difference. Tomorrow could go two ways and I really hoped it was the way that ended up with Tegan being my mum’s future daughter-in-law and not ending with her running for the hills.
I’d warned Nan not to say anything. We’re staying overnight, with Alison’s permission. The only rule she stated was that if Tegan had a drink it had to be in moderation. That was fine by me. Plus, without a no sex rule I was definitely trying my luck.
Chapter Fifty-Eight
Kai
I woke up to Tegan kissing my chest. Shit! She looked up and smirked. “Finally! I’ve been trying to wake you for ages. We have to go in half an hour so have a quick shower, the bacon sandwiches are almost ready.”
She jumped off the bed and skipped out of the room. Fuck, she was perfect.
We pulled up at my nan’s forty minutes later and I groaned as she came running out of the house. This was going to be painful. Nan wasn’t exactly subtle.
“Kai, there’s my little man,” she gushed as she pulled me into a huge bear hug. Well, that was just great. I could hear Tegan laughing quietly behind us. “Tegan, we meet again. Come here and give me a hug.”
Oh, kill me now.
Tegan had met them when we went camping but there was no time to get to know her, it was all about Isaac. This time could be about me and her, not that there was an official me and her. I was working on it.
Thankfully, Mum came out and pulled my nan inside. “Come on, little man,” Tegan teased, walking inside ahead of me.
“Don’t start, princess,” I whispered in her ear, making her laugh.
Why couldn’t I have a normal family?
We walked inside and Tegan slammed back into my chest. I looked around to see what was wrong and Nan’s dog, Milo, was sitting in front of us. He was a Great Dane and bloody massive but he was the softest dog in the world.
“Scared of the puppy?” I asked her. My turn to be smug.
“That is not a puppy!” She pushed back hard into my chest.
I laughed and moved in front of her. “Come on, Milo,” I said, leading him into the kitchen. She didn’t follow me, probably because she was scared of the dog. “Can you get Tegan, she’s scared,” I said to Mum as I made Milo sit on his bed in the kitchen until she got inside. Dramatic woman.
She walked in behind Mum and grabbed my arm, making sure I was between her and the dog. I wrapped my arm around her waist – she was single, I finally could. I re-introduced her to my grandad. My uncle, aunt and my cousin, Rylan, would be here soon. He was barely a teenager but had already turned into a horny sexpest.
Tegan listened politely as Grandad told a story about working in coalmines when he was in his twenties. I could recite those stories in my sleep. Nan batted his arm with a wooden spoon, trying to get him to continue helping make lunch and stop talking to Tegan and ‘boring’ her. She didn’t look bored, she laughed and asked questions, which was absolutely the worst thing to do because it encouraged another story out of him.
After covering my granddad’s first year on the mines the rest of the family arrived. Rylan’s eyes immediately fell on Tegan, as I’d thought. He was a weedy little thing that had just starting exercising and thought he was a fucking body builder already.
“Well, hello,” he said, brushing his boy band hair out of his face. “We’ve not met before, have we? I’d definitely remember you.”
Tegan arched her eyebrow.
She pressed closer to me. I could handle Ry being around if she was going to get all feely. “This is Tegan. Princess, my cousin, Rylan.”
“Hi,” Tegan said, grinning in amusement as Ry kissed the back of her hand. I bit my tongue. Thank fuck I was more interested in getting high or wasted than being a teenage twat like him. “How old is he?” she asked once he left to get a drink.
“Thirteen, almost fourteen if it helps. I think he likes you.”
“Lucky me,” she said sarcastically, rolling her eyes. “He’s not my type at all, I don’t do toy boys or underage.”
“Yeah, I forgot you like older men.”
She smiled shyly and then her eyes widened. “Kai, your Nan’s downing cocktails!”