The 16th date

Chapter 2: The dream

I heard a knock at my door at 4am, I guess. I didn't check the time, I tried to listen to be sure that the noise was coming from my door and then I heard the knocking sound again. "I'm coming", I said as I tried to put on my nightie jacket. I barely opened the door when mom rushed past me, "Freshen up, we are going to see your boyfriend's parents. We have to get there early before they leave for work." she said. I was astonished, I didn't know what to say, I just did as I had been instructed because you can never win an argument with mom and dad had left for work so nobody could bail me out.

She sat in my room until I finished dressing and then dragged me to the car, the car refused to cooperate so mom insisted that we walk to their house since it was two streets away.

We got to Edward's at 5am, I'm sure because I checked my phone to confirm and his mom was surprised to see us so early. She offered us drinks but I declined because mom had always warned me never to accept a drink as a visitor, I don't know why she told me that I just obeyed.

"Mrs. Alabi, I'm here to discuss about our children, they are the only ones we've got and I think we should lead them in the right path." I felt like the ground was about to swallow me when Edward's mom asked him to come downstairs, his facial expression wasn't good at all.

"Please, continue ma'am, what did you say they both did?" Mrs. Alabi said. Mom should be given a Nobel prize because she explained every detail of how we were kissing and smooching on the street without leaving any detail. Mrs. Alabi's reply was rather shocking, "Our son is 20 years old and he is old enough to be in a relationship with your daughter. As a matter of fact, my husband and I have had one on one discussion with him concerning relationship dos and don't and I am share he gets it. Don't you baby?" Edward nodded in agreement. "Now if you would excuse me, I would like to catch my bus to work if you don't mind.", Mrs. Alabi said. Mom smiled sheepishly and mumbled a farewell and an apology before exiting the door of their apartment, Edward and I smiled at each other before I ran after mom. Mom was going to put all this on me and I was ready for it because I knew I was going to see Edward again.

On our way home, mom didn't say a word. She got home, stripped off her clothes and got ready to go to her store. I was on evening shift as usual and so I had enough time for my online classes and house chores.

After having her bath, mom asked me to come zip up her dress. This is something she could do on her own but she usually called me to do it for her when she wanted to start a pep talk or a chitchat. I knocked before entering her room and then went to meet her at the dressing mirror. "Adediwura" she said, "I know you are growing into a lady and you might want to get into a relationship but I must warn you that it isn't easy. You might not be lucky to find the right one on your first, second, and third, you fourth or fifth try. You might get hurt in the process. What you feel now might be an infatuation, Edward might just be so excited about getting into your pants and when he gets what he wants he will dump you. I love you and I am telling you this from personal experience."

The words left me dumbfounded, Mom had never had that kind of conversation before. I left the room and I went to my bedroom.

I snapped out of my bed when I heard the 7 am alarm, I went downstairs to greet my parents but they weren't there. I went to check on mom and I saw a note from her and it said "Your food is in the microwave, do your house chores in time so that you can attend online classes and prepare for work. I'm off to the store. See you later, I love you"

The walk to Edward's place and the sermon in the bedroom had all been a dream. I went back upstairs to freshen up, check back to eat breakfast and started my house chores. I finished at 8:15am with the help of my Playlist. I had not received any calls or texts from Edward so I decided to call to check on him.

"Hello, Edward" I said when he picked "Hello, love. I apologize for not reaching out since last night. I got scolded for coming home late, how are you though? He said. I told him I was fine and how mom had caught me, I also told him about my dream and we laughed about it. He hung up after promising to come see me at home at 2pm, by that time I would be done with my online classes.

Online classes started at 12pm and I couldn't concentrate because I was eager to see Edward. It finally came to an end at 2pm and I was super excited. I was trying to touch up my lips with lipstick when I heard the doorbell, "Come in the door is open" I said.

I came out of the bathroom to meet him, we hugged each other and kissed each other deeply. We didn't let go until my phone rang, the call was from mom she wanted me to prepare stew before going to work. I was scared that she was already on her way home.

Edward helped me to prepare the stew and then we went to my room when we were done. We stared at each other for a while and then I suggested that we watch the movie "After." When watched the romantic scenes and it stared up something in us, we started kissing and touching each other, we were about taking our clothes off when my 4:00pm alarm rang. It was time to go to work, we were saved by the bell, I pushed him off me gently and told him I was ready for work. He agreed to see me off to catch a bus to work, but he wasn't working the evening shift.

He waited until I got a bus, kissed my forehead and paid my bus fare. He watched the bus take off before he left the bus stop.

In the bus, I was filled with thoughts "What if we had had s*x? What if my alarm had not rang? What if all he really wanted was s*x and nothing more?" I told myself that I needed to be more careful. I got to work in time but I couldn't take my mind off what we had done in my bedroom.