Forget Me Not
  6

“I can’t believe I just met you yesterday,” he said, staring into her beautiful brown eyes.
“I know,” Randi whispered. She bit her lip when she saw Oliver look down at her mouth and wondered if he was going to kiss her again. She leaned towards him inadvertently in anticipation.
Downstairs, the sound of the front door opening and then slamming closed again made them both jump.
“Crap,” Oliver jumped up and went to the door leading to the balcony and looked out at the driveway.
“My dad’s back,” he told Randi. She frowned, scared they were going to get caught.
“Don’t worry,” Oliver took her face in his hands and kissed her forehead. “He’ll go in his office soon, and we’ll be able to leave without him even knowing we were ever here,” he assured her.
“Okay,” Randi smiled unsurely, hoping that Oliver knew what he was talking about.
Fortunately, he did. Within ten minutes, they heard Mr. Elliot close the door to his office. They went downstairs together, and Oliver sent her to go get in his car while he made an excuse to his father about why he was leaving.
Within a few minutes of getting in the car, Oliver came back out, looking completely at ease, with his keys in his hands. They pulled out, and Oliver dropped her off at her house; Mr. Elliot never had a clue.
However, Suzanne was much more suspicious. Randi realized that she was supposed to be home a couple hours ago when she walked inside and saw the clock on the stove.
When she went into the living room to go to her room, Suzanne was sitting on the couch, legs crossed and hands folded in her lap, waiting for her. Randi could tell from the way her mom held herself that she was angry. She stopped and waited for her to say something.
“Who were you with?” Suzanne asked, suspiciously.
“Some friends,” Randi lied, clumsily.
“What friends?”
“Katie and –“
“Really? Because I ran into Katie at the store today. She was grabbing some things for a family dinner they had tonight,” Suzanne said, knowing she had caught Randi.
“Well, yeah, Katie had to leave early,” Randi fumbled with her words.
“Who were you with?” Suzanne said, enunciating her words carefully and slowly. “It was a boy, wasn’t it?”
“Mom –“
“You know you’re not allowed to date until you’re sixteen,” Suzanne interrupted, unwilling to listen to Randi’s excuses.
“I’ll be sixteen in a week and a half!” Randi protested, knowing that there was no way her mom would believe any excuse she came up with now.
“A rule is a rule. You’re grounded. Two weeks. You’re not going anywhere except to school, and you will not be seeing anyone.”
“But –“
“And if you complain, I’m taking your phone, too. You should be happy you got off so easy,” Suzanne stood from the couch and walked from the room, her heels clicking against the tile when she reached the kitchen.
Randi angrily stomped to her room and slammed the door. She texted Oliver immediately and told him what had happened..
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