Chapter 24

"Hello Emily. I'm glad you could make it. It's good to see you again." Rachel said, as we finally reached where they stood and she surprised me by pulling me into a huge hug. She drew back and looked towards her companions. "Emily, these are my sisters, Patricia and Wendy and our uncle, Trevor." She indicated each one as she called their names. She then turned to me again. "This is Emily, Tyler's girlfriend." "Hi, nice meeting you." Wendy said, giving me a big friendly smile. I waved at them as the others expressed the same sentiments. Half an hour later, I had met and chatted with Tyler's family members. Cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents. They were all friendly, loving and easy to talk to. Throughout the whole interlude, Tyler never let go of my hands even though many times I was tempted to pull my hands out of his. I didn't, because I could not make anything look suspicious and ruin the whole thing. After all, everyone was convince of our relationship and I wanted it to stay that way. After this, it was time to eat. Everyone gathered around a large table that was set up in the backyard. The table was full with all sorts of foods and desserts. The dinner was actually great and I had to admit I liked Tyler's family. Although, I squirmed in my seat a few times as Tyler's cousins teased us about our relationship. After dinner, Tyler and I were sitting on a bench near the back door of the house eating chocolate cake. I was enjoying this cake so much because I loved chocolate cake. "So, you can't say coming to this dinner party was a bad idea now." Tyler said. "Of course it was." I replied as I put a bite of cake into my mouth. "Oh, come on. You can't fool me. I know you had a good time." Tyler grinned knowingly at me. I laughed. "Okay Tyler, you're right. I did have a great time." I confessed. He smiled, proud of himself. "I especially liked the part where Trevor kept calling you, 'Ty Ty'. That name suits you well." Tyler glared at me and I couldn't help but burst into laughter. He was so fun to tease. "It's not funny." He said. "Of course it's not, Ty Ty." I covered my mouth with my hand, trying to suppress my laughter. He continued to glare at me and I stuck my tongue out at him. He did the same. I used my right hand to nudge his shoulder. "You're so immature." He chuckled at my accusation. "Look who's talking." I looked down at my plate and noticed that my plate was empty. Tyler's plate still have a piece of cake on it and I used my fork to swipe it from his plate and quickly shoved it into my mouth. "Hey!" Tyler protest. "That wasn't very nice." I grinned at him as I chew the delicious and yummy cake. I noticed that some icing had catch the corner of my mouth because of my fast movements. I was about to use my tongue to get it, when Tyler used is thumb to wipe it off my mouth and put it in his. My eyes widen with surprise at his actions. "Tyler, what are you--?" The rest of my sentence left my lips as Tyler's aunt, Wendy walked by us. She smiled when she saw us. "Aww...isn't that lovely? You two are the cutest couple. Reminds me of when I was young and in love." I felt my cheeks heat up at her words. If only she knew the truth. We were the opposite of cute and in love. Wendy smiled at us and went inside the house through the back door. "Great." I said, when she was gone. "I can't believe she saw that." My cheeks were still hot with embarrassment. Tyler laughed at me. "Nothing is wrong with that. After all, we are a cute and loving couple." He teased. Now it was my time to glare at him. "You're enjoying this aren't you?" "Of course. It's payback for calling me 'Ty Ty'." He explained. I rolled my eyes. "You're unbelievable." "Yeah, unbelievably sexy." He winked at me. I smacked him on the shoulder. "If you're done dreaming, can I go home now?" He stood up from the bench and took a bow. "Of course." I rolled my eyes once again and stood up. After saying goodbye to everyone, Tyler walked me all the way to my front door. "You didn't have to walk me the entire journey, you know." I said to him. "I know, but I don't want to look like a bad boyfriend." He grinned. I shook my head at him. "Good night you moron." "Good night." He replied, then turned and walk back to his house. I opened up the front door and went inside. The following Monday morning, I went downstairs to see my father in the dining room, drinking coffee with the newspaper in his hands. "Good morning, Dad." I greeted him as I head in the kitchen. Dad removed the newspaper from his face. "Good morning, sweetheart." I continued towards the kitchen. When I entered, Sarah was at the stove. "Good morning." I said as I walked over to the fridge and poured myself a glass of orange juice. "Good morning, dear." Sarah said. I walked over to the breakfast bar and sat on a stool. "Do you want a ride to school?" She asked, placing a plate of eggs and toast in front of me. "No, I'm going with Tyler." I said. Sarah lifted her eyebrows at me and smiled knowingly. "Oh, your boyfriend." She stated. I haven't told Dad or Sarah about Tyler being my boyfriend, because I didn't want to lie to them. I don't know about Tyler, but I couldn't deceive my parent like that. However, I know they knew because Sarah has become such good friends with Tyler's Mom and Rachel must have mentioned us.