Love hurts

Chapter three (3) Dinner at the Peterollis

Richard was still smiling when he got back home. 'From the look on your face, it seems today didn't turn out bad,' his Mom said surprised.

'Good afternoon Mom, today was cool,' He said as he made for the stairs leading to his room. 'Got anything planned for these evening?' His Mom asked.

'No, why ask?' He said with a puzzled look on his face.

'Your dad and i, would be going to visit a new acquittance for dinner and we would love it more if you could come along with us,' his Mom explained.

'Like seriously!!!, I am coming along with you Mom, you know you don't need to ask, but where are we going?' He based.

'You would find out, later,' said his Mom.

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As Kaitlyn walked down home, she kept remembering what happened at school, she was happy someone stood up for her. She kept on smiling even as she remembered leading Richard to the park, but all of a sudden the smile on her face vanished just as quickly as it was formed.

'Wake up Kate!!!' It was almost as if someone was talking to her. 'Stop fantasizing about something you know pretty well would never happen, he would turn out to be like the others, it might last for the first week , but on the second, he would realize he can't stoop so low,'

'And what next? You'll feel sad, so just ignore it now,' she thought.

Just then she realized she had been on the same spot as she was few minutes ago, 'oh my God!' She exclaimed, I am late!' She stared at the wristwatch on her wrist not believing time was against her.

Her Dad had got her the watch as a birthday present, it was rather expensive, so she had decided not to use it till her first day in the 12th grade.

'Oh my God!' She exclaimed once more, as she is raced down home, the wind blowing against her face and her pony tails dangling on her head.

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'Richard!' Mrs Wilson called for the third time, since there was no response for the first two times she had called. He actually didn't hear her call since he had an headset on.

'Richard!' She called again, this time around he heard, and raced for down the stairs. 'Yes mom, sorry I didn't hear the first time you called,' he apologized.

'It's alright, get ready, we would leave anytime aoon,' she said.

'To where?' He asked.

'Don't tell me you have forgotten about the dinner,'

'No, I didn't but isn't that supposed to be in the evening?'

'And what says the time?' She replied. He stared at the large beautiful wall clock hanging on the wall. It was just 4:30pm.

'It's just 4:30, isn't that too early fro dinner?'

'When we get there it would probably be 6pm, so get prepared, our host has a meeting to attend thsi night and called if we could arrive earlier,' she explained.

'Alrigt then,' he said as he went into his to get dressed. He had not actually thought of what to wear so he showered first.

'Maybe I should put on that new suit I just got last week,' he thought. It was an ash coloured suit, he put on a cream coloured shirt and then a purple tie, he brushed his hair into another style and looked in the mirror.

He had a crystal clear baby blue eye, 'how handsome I am,' he thought as he sprayed on some perfume.

'Richard, we are getting late, hurry up,'his Mom said.

'Coming Mom,' He checked to see if he was set and then joined his Mom downstairs. She had on an elegant peach coloured evening gown, and of course not missing her set of diamond son her wrist, ear and neck. She always says,' it's better to make a good impression on your first meeting,'.

The chauffeur soon arrived with the car a limo, it was black in colour, as they got into the car, Richard asked after his Dad.

'Where is Dad? Isn't he going with us?' He asked.

'He is, he said he would join us there from his office,' his Mom explained.

The car took them to their destination, it was a magnificent building, but not as big as theirs. It was painted cream and white, a two storey building. As they drove in, they had a good look at their surrounding. Their host were outside waiting for them to arrive.

Richard stepped out of the car first and waited for his Mom to step out. Then flashing his cutest smile, his eyes fell on his host, then slowly, his smiling face turned into that of shock.

He was shocked not at the business nan, in tuk suit nor the woman who he knew would be the Mans wife, but he was shocked at the teenage girl about his age standing beside them smiling.

When she saw his face also, the smile on her face vanished, she was also shocked. 'Alas!!!' It was Nicole Peterolli.

Richard was able to coordinate himself, he didn't want to leave a bad impression on their host, seems Nicole got the message too as the shock on her face was replaced with a smile.

'You're welcome,' Mrs Peterolli, a sophisticated woman, you could tell from her dressing style. 'Hope there wasn't any difficulty in locating this place?' She asked.

'Of course not, it's really a pleasure, I mean you hosting us,' Mrs Wilson said.

'Oh please, we are really pleased you honoured our invitation,'said Mrs Peterolli

'And where is Mr Wilson?' Mr Peterolli asked.

'He would be here in a moment,' Mrs Wilson answered.

'What an handsome son you've got,' Mrs Peterolli said, Richard blushed, 'handsome' he thought, of course he was.

'Thank you, your daughter is also a cute angel,' Richard Mom replied.

'Argh!' , Richard thought. 'She should have said cute pretending demon,' he thought.

Mrs Peterolli smiled, 'Pardon my manners, come in please,' she ushered them into the house, it was a big WOW, it was very classy. They were ushered straight to the dining area. There were lots of dishes, snacks,drinks, you name it.

While they settled down for dinner, Mr Wilson arrived.

'Pardon my coming late, I had to finish something important before leaving,' He apologized.

'Of course not, we feel honoured by the fact that despite your tight schedule, you had time to visit us,' Mr Peterolli said shaking hands with him.

'Shall we dine,' Mrs Peterolli said. She called in the maids who served everyone whatever it is they wanted.

'Do you care for a snail?' A maid asked Richard.

'No!!!, Richard screamed almost unconsciously. Everyone was quite surprised except his parents.

Mrs Wilson only smiled, 'he hates snails, one creeped up on him when he was a kid, he screamed from his sleep as he felt the moving object on his skin. Everyone laughed, even Nicole, she found it funny. This irritated Richard, he stared at her with disgust.

'Please excuse me, I need to use the toilet,' He said.

Mrs Peterolli still smiling asked a maid to show him the toilet, he left the table briskly feeling embarrassed, Everyone laughed again.

The toilet was quite a distance from the dinning area, Richard wasn't really surprised on getting to the toilet, since he wasn't expecting anything less.

'You can go now,' he told the Maid who bowed and left. He actually didn't want to use the toilet, but since he was there why not?

There were lots of chit chat at the dining table, business matters not excluded. 'So, apart from running a school, what other thing do you do?' Mr Wilson asked Mr Peterolli.

'I also produce building materials,' he answered.

'Really,'Mr Wilson asked looking surprised.

'Yeah, whatsoever you use in constructing buildings,' he buttressed.

'We could be business patners, I own a construction company,' Mr Wilson said.

'Oh!, that would be nice, let's get together some time to discuss business,' Mr Peterolli said.

'Sure, that's interesting,'

While all this was going on, Richard wandered a round the house, just for sight seeing. 'This is really a big house, no wonder a pompous b***h could emerge from here,' he thought.

But then something caught his attention, as he walked towards a balcony.