Odessas POV
I was in my room changing when I heard a knock. "Dessa sweetie" Mom said from the other side. I slipped on my new dress "Come in" I yelled as I fixed my hair. Mom came in and closed the door before taking a seat on the edge of my bed. "So Mason told us about uh" Mom said awkwardly motioning to my neck. I blushed a little and tried not to meet her gaze in my mirror. "He didn't pressure you did he?" Mom asked. "No of course not" I said.
Mom sighed in relief "Good" She said with clutching her chest. "You haven't had s*x yet have you?" She asked me next. That came out of no where. I turned around and crossed my arms blushing even more. "You can tell me sweetie. I just want to make sure you have the proper protection is all" She said softly. "No I haven't had s*x" I said completely embarrassed. "Okay" She said. Mom patted the edge of the bed next to her and I joined her. "I know we've talked about it before but I just want to make sure you're taking your time with everything" Mom said.
"I know Mom" I said. "You don't want to do something that you might regret down the line" She said. "You're right" I told her with a small smile. Mom wrapped an arm around my shoulder and gave a little side hug. "Was he at least a good kisser?" She said with a smirk. "Oh I am not talking about that with you" I said with a laugh. "Oh come on!" She said. I groaned a little before finally giving in "Fine yes he was" I said. "Ooohhh" She said wiggling her eyebrows. We laughed before going back to the party.
Mason was still downstairs when we got there. "Sorry about the spill" He apologized. I waved it off "It's okay. It's not like it was on purpose" I said. He smirked a little bit "That's true" He said. "Still I wanted to say sorry" He said with a shrug of his shoulder. "Are you enjoying the party?" I asked him to be polite. "Yeah actually" He said looking around at everyone. "Your parents are popular" He added. "Yeah we're a close community" I said. "Want another drink?" Mason asked me.
"Sure but just a water this time" I told him. He groaned playfully "Fine" He said before walking off. I couldn't help but shake my head a little. I pulled out my phone and sent Sampson a text. Missing you I sent before Mason slide up next to me again. "Here you are my lady" He said giving me a water bottle. I twisted the cap off and took a sip. "Thanks" I said. "So did your parents tell you I wanted to take you out?" He asked me.
"Uh yeah. Look I'm not really looking to date" I said gently. I didn't want to piss him off or anything. His smile faltered and he leaned down to my ear. I stiffened as he whispered "You're going to go out with me or I'll pull the funding from your parents" He said. He stepped back just as my parents walked up to us. "I'll let you think about it" Mason said before walking away. "You okay pumpkin?" Dad asked as he watched e glare at Mason's retreating figure. "He's threatening to pull your funding if I don't go on a date with him" I told my parents.
Mom and Dad looked at each for a long moment before Dad sighed. "I'll talk to him okay pumpkin. Just go on the one date and that will be the end of it" He said. "Seriously Dad?" I asked. "He's threatening me to go on a date" I said feeling hurt. "This isn't what we want honey but we really need this funding" Mom said. I looked between both of my parents stunned. I just shook my head and walked into the house. "Odessa!" I heard Mom yell after me. I jogged to the front door and grabbed my car keys.
I drove away with no real destination in mind. I heard my phone ding a couple of times but ignored it. I pulled into a parking lot and opened my phone. I had a text from my Dad apologizing and asking that I come back. I ignored the text and looked at the other I had. Miss you too Sampson had replied. I smiled down at my screen and wrote out a message. I left the cook out. Want to hang out? I sent. Seconds later he texted back Absolutely He said. Then my phone was ringing.
"Hey" I said with a big smile when I picked up. "Hey peaches" Sampson said. "Do you want to come hang out at my place?" He asked. "Oh uh sure" I said. "Great I'll text you the address. See you soon" He said. "Bye" I said and hung up the phone. Soon enough I got a text with his address. I put it into my GPS, it was about two hours away. I looked at the clock on my dashboard and sighed "f**k it" I said putting my car into drive.
Eventually I pulled up to a large rod iron gate similar to the one for my community. A man who looked about the same size as Sampson walked up to my car. "Can I help you?" He asked bending down to my window. "Yes I'm here for Sampson? My name is Odessa" I said with a smile. "Oh yes he mentioned you would be stopping by" the man said with a small bow of his head. "Welcome to Stone Rivers" He added with a bright smile. He pressed a button and the gate opened. I drove down a long dirt road slowly marveling at all the beautiful trees.
He sure was lucky to live here. I could see the sun peaking through some of the tree tops and fell in love. Soon I pulled up to a giant mansion and my jaw dropped. "Holy s**t balls" I said looking up at the building. "You made it" Sampson said with a big smile as he came out of the door. "How loaded are you?" I asked not taking my eyes off the building. Sampson laughed and rubbed the back of his neck. "Trust me not that much. It's been passed down through my family" He explained.
"Still it's absolutely gorgeous" I said finally taking my eyes off of the building. Sampson pulled me into a hug. He looked a little confused when he pulled away "Why do you smell like beer?" He asked. "Oh someone tripped and spilled some on me at the cook out" I said. He nodded his head and took my hand. We started walking towards the front door. "So you live here all by yourself?" I asked him. "No there are a lot of rooms so my friends live here too" Sampson explained as we walked in. I heard a loud, high pitched squeal as a flash of pink ran up to me. "So glad you're here!" She said. "Odessa meet Eva" He said. "Nice to meet you" I said as she squeezed me into a hug. "Wonderful to have you!" She said with a big smile. "You hungry?" Sampson asked me. My stomach growled loudly which answered for me. He put an arm around my shoulder "Come on let's get you fed" He said ushering me to the dining room.