Tech Romance.

John.

“So what do I owe this visit Junior?”
I looked up from my hands and watched as Sherriff Jacobs walked in looking down at me with a confused look on his face. I stood up from my seat feeling very uneasy and uncomfortable in the predicament that I had put myself in.

“I wanted to talk to you sir.”

“And why are you standing up?”

“I’m nervous.”

He looked over at me raising an eyebrow over his bottle capped glasses. He nodded his head before walking around his desk taking a seat placing his hands on the desk in front of him.

“What did you do this time?”

“Nothing”, I said simply before taking a look around his office seeing pictures of Alison plastered everywhere. “I just have a question for you sir.”

“Well alright”, he said with a smirk leaning back into his chair. “Take a seat son.”

“I think I should stand up.”

“Why is that?”

“Just in case I have to run.”

He raised his eyes; the smirk on his face had totally disappeared. He looked straight through me and that’s what made this even harder. I felt my palms sweating and my voice being stuck in my throat under his glance.

“I have a question.”

“You’ve already mention that son”, he said looking at me and all I could do was look at the gun on his belt and how quickly he could kill me. “Could you please stop wasting my time and tell me what brought you here.”

“I don’t know how to say this.”

“Does it involve Alison?”

“Yes”, I said simply looking the man in his eyes. “I want to take her out on a date.”

“That’s not possible.”

He looked down at his desk before scooting out and reaching into his cabinet, telling me that this conversation was over. If I knew better I would have stopped there and then, but I’ve always been a stupid kid.

“I know I’m a mess up, someone like me shouldn’t ever have a chance with someone as perfect as Alison”, I began as he kept his eyes down at the cabinet at his feet. “She deserves better than me, way better”, I said with a laugh. “But I promise you I won’t hurt your daughter.”

“This week.”

“Ever.”

He looked up and if he could have used that gun that was strapped tightly to his waist and not get in trouble he would have brought that thing straight to my head blowing my brains out. I knew what my answer was with that simple look. Alison was worth this, she was worth a whole lot more.

[&]

Alison.

“Mom”, I said with a laugh as she smacked me with the green onion. “Weren’t you taught to never play with your food?”

She let out a laugh before throwing it down in the sink to be washed. She looked over at me with a smirk as I continued to smash the potatoes, something that has been my job since I was little.

“So how have you been honey? It’s been awhile since we had our famous mother daughter talk”, she said looking over at me. “You’ve been so busy lately.”

“I know, I’m sorry”, I said looking down at the bowl careful not to break the glass. “I’ve been really good.”

“I haven’t seen Damon around, what happened with him?”

“He wasn’t what I expected.”

“I had my share of Damon’s”, she said with a laugh. “Way too many, but I could never say no to those hotties with the bodies”, she said as I let out a loud laugh.

“Mom!”

“What?!” she yelled out with a smile. “You’re Father was one of them, a real rebel he was”, she said with a smile.

“Really?”

“Oh yeah, he was pretty much a delinquent when I met him.”

“And what happened?” I asked with a laugh looking over at my Mom chopping away like a pro.

“Me.”

I couldn’t help but to smile at how happy my Mom looked, my Mother and Father were the ideal couple. I always thought I could never find a love like them, that I could never find love in general.

“Behind ever good man was a woman that changed him”, she said looking over at me with a knowing smile. “Remember that.”

I let out a laugh before smiling at my Mother. When I heard the front door open and the sound of my Father’s voice I couldn’t help but to smile. He walked in with his uniform standing there looking at his two girls with admiration.

“We’re going to have a guest for dinner tonight?”

“Who?”

That’s when the lanky boy walked into the house, a nervous look on his face. I looked over at John, staring into his green eyes confused to why he was here but he just gave me a warm smile in return.

“You know John O’Callaghan right honey?” he asked looking at me with a smile.

“Oh John honey”, my Mom said with a smile whipping her hands on the apron in front of her. “You like meatloaf right?”

“I’m a fan”, he said simply as my Mom gave him a smile.

My Dad left John’s side to go greet his wife with a kiss but my eyes were glued to John. I walked closer to him still stunned that John O’Callaghan was in my house.

“Nice apron.”

I looked down at the two elephants on the chest of the apron and suddenly I started to feel embarrassed, my cheeks heated up to a dark shade of red.

“It’s cute”, he said with a laugh. “And if your Dad wasn’t standing right there with that stupid
gun I would kiss you right now.”

“He’ll kill you.”

“That’s why I’m choosing not to.”

I let out a laugh before looking back at John. “What are you doing here?”

“I was in your Dad’s office.”

“What did you do this time?”

“Something really stupid and scary”, he said and I felt my heart drop. “I asked your Dad permission to take you on a date.”

“You have some guts.”

“Big cojones.”

I let out a laugh holding back every want to just place my lips against John’s soft moist lips that were calling my name.

“Alison could you help me with the salad?”

I turned to look at my Mom who was smiling at me I turned to John and gave him a smile before walking back into the kitchen right beside my Mom.

“Are you the girl behind that good man?”

I turned to look at John who was talking with my Dad, their eyes on the Diamond Back game that was on the t.v. I looked back at my Mom with a smile.

“I hope so.”