The One I Love

Daughter In Law

I regretted saying both .

What if he says he likes Veronica, I thought . I wasn't ready to listen his reply, I wanted to escape from the situation.

Jessica !!

My saviour called me , it was Rachel standing near the door . She saw us standing and looking at eacthother .

She apologized for interrupting us and was about to leave , I went towards her and held her hand and I asked her if my mother called me .

She didn't understand my intentions but she understood that something was not right , she just gave a nod .

I looked at Austin who was standing behind us and said that I would meet him soon , sure he said .

Rachel and I walked towards the hall where people were enjoying the party. Rachel followed me , I knew she was curious to know what happened .

We stood at one corner near a pillar . Rachel facing towards me folding her hands and raising he right eyebrow she said, tell.

I told her what happened. I could clearly say that she was not happy for what I've done but then she understood my feelings and told nothing to me.She just gave a nod .

Pausing for few seconds she rubbed my cheeks and told me not to think much and not to ruin my mood .

Sure,I replied with a smile on my face .That's like my girl , she said with a wide smile .You look very pretty today I said while hugging her .

Thankyou , you look stunning , she replied .

Rachel wore a red one piece dress with half sleeve leaving her hair open which was to her shoulder level , her eyes were sparkling and made her look more beautiful .

Obviously , she always looks stunning , unlike you came a voice .

It was Justin . He was in a tuxedo , his hair was messy but looked handsome and pious .

Ture , she looks stunning ,but look at you , you look like a waiter and you are talking about me ,

Rachel replied curling her lips .

They started again , I thought .

I guess you need to go for an eye check up Rach, he said twisting corner of his lips.

Thankyou for your concern, but I guess you should go and have a check up instead of me, she said and pouted looking at her right side not looking at Justin who was in front of her.

He looked at her and didn't utter a word he just gave chuckle.

You looked cute while pouting , it reminded of something .Justin said to Rachel while placing his hands in his pockets , the girl who was angry few seconds ago has a small smile on her face , she was surprised by his comment but didn't actually believe him .

Really ?, whom ?, she asked .

He nodded and said while taking a step back and looking at her not missing her expressions, you looked cute while pouting and that reminded me of a cute pig which I saw the other day .

After saying this he bursted into laugh.

I was surprised by my cousin's comments at first , but he ended up teasing her as always , such an i***t .

When Rachel was a kid she used to cry when Justin teased her but as the time changed she was no more a kind of person who cried when someone teased her.

Rachel looked at him for few seconds and then turned her back not wanting him to see wiping her tears .

I stood where Rachel's back was facing towards me and looked at Justin whose face turned pale and I could see that he regretted for what he told just now , I gave a quizzical look at Rachel.

Justin !!! , a woman shouted which made Justin and me look at her ,she came towards us .

She wore a grey chiffon maxi dress and tied her hair into a bun , she looked like a twenty five years young woman but she was actually in her early thirties .

It was his mother , Helen Tyler Smith . Justin looks just like his mother .

What did you do Justin , she said glaring at him while hugging Rachel who was covering her face .

Mom the thing is ...

Before he could complete his sentence his mother said in a harsh tone, is this how you treat a girl ?.

That's alright aunty , I'm fine . Rachel said wiping her fake tears and looked at Justin with a wicked smile .

I knew she wasn't crying but didn't know why she was acting like that but after I saw my aunt coming towards I understood her plan .

I'm sure she must've have told something to Justin , what do you say Justin ?, said aunt Clara , Rachel's mother , who came and stood beside Justin putting her hand on his shoulder.

You are right as always aunty, wish your daughter was like you, sweet and kind. Justin told looking at aunt Clara with smile .

What do you mean,she is a sweet girl and don't even dare to tease my Daughter in law, Helen said holding Rachel's hand .

Stop it mother, Justin said.

I'm talking about my daughter in law not about you .

Fine ,whatever . Justin left to avoid the conversation .

Why did you tell like that you do know that he doesn't like when you call Rachel as your daughter in law, said Rachel's mother .

What's wrong in it , I'm going to make my son marry your daughter in future , what do you say Rachel , will you be my daughter in law ?, My aunt asked Rachel .

Au..nn..ty , I think time will decide, Rachel said and looked at me widening her eyes .

I quickly understood what she meant , I told my aunt and Rachel's mother that we had nothing since we came and excused ourselves .

We walked briskly facing our backs to them , I heard My aunt saying with a giggle to Rachel's mother that Rachel was blushing . When I looked Rachel I saw her face turn red.

Why do our parents say such embarrassing stuff . We are just in our eighth standard and they are talking about our marriage , Rachel said rolling her eyes and in a bitter tone .

You should be happy that my aunt is supporting you.

Didn't you see how Justin left when his mother called me her daughter in law .

So you are angry not because you didn't like her calling you daughter in law but because Justin didn't like it , I said and giggled .

Rachel doesn't want his parents to force Justin to like her .

He doesn't hate you , I said rubbing her cheeks .

He doesn't like me either but one thing I know is that he loves teasing me, she said in a low voice .I didn't want her to be sad hence I diverted the topic and we talked about other stuff and laughed and suddenly my eyes fell on Austin who was standing at the door ,ready to leave .

We both looked at eacthother and smiled , he waved at me and left with his parents .

After the guests left , Rachel with her mother and I with my parents left the Smith house.-------------------------------------------

When Rachel and Justin were kids , Jessica's aunt decided that Rachel will be her daughter in law and my uncle was happy. But Rachel and Justin always argued with each other. It was Jessica who always used to try to avoid their arguments when they were kids but as they grew she stopped getting involve in thier arguments.