The Only Exception by Magan Vernon

Author:Magan Vernon [Vernon, Magan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781436301244
Publisher: Beautifully Broken Books
Published: 2013-04-03T16:00:00+00:00

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My hometown was only about an hour from campus. It’s the reason I originally didn’t pick Central, because of the proximity, but later figured it was the best place since I could go home whenever I needed. Of course, I didn’t expect I’d have a boyfriend that my parents would need to meet.

I was cuddled up on the couch with Trey’s arm around my waist, and trying not to smell his cologne too much when a knock came at my door. It was only eleven, and I wasn’t expecting them to be on time. I jumped up and ran to the front door opening it up to see my parents smiling faces.

My mom looked just like me except with an additional fifty pounds, some gray streaks in her hair, and a pair of large glasses. She also was blessed with straight hair that she always kept cut short since she said the babies in the pediatric ward liked to grab it when she would give them shots. My dad was where I got the curl in my hair from, even at his age he still had a gray fro to go with his graying mustache. He was taller than me and very skinny, probably because my mom was always too busy working to cook that often.

“Hey Monica!” Mom gushed, handing me a container of lasagna and walking into the apartment.

Dad patted my back. “Hey, honey.”

Mom stopped and giggled. “And this must be the famous new boyfriend.”

I turned around to see Trey standing there with his trademark political smile and his hands in his pockets. “That’s me, Mrs. Remy.” He extended his hand out to her, shaking it briskly. “Mr. Remy.” He did the same to my dad, shaking his hand like a politician-in-training.

“And such manners,” Mom cooed.

“Don’t let him sign you up for any fundraisers, Mom,” I said, putting the lasagna in the stove and turning it on. Mom took some class in which she learned how to prepare all her meals for the freezer. I knew the drill since high school that everything we had for dinner needed to be cooked in the oven for an hour before it wasn’t a frozen tundra.

Dad looked around the place, eyeing it like something would pop out and grab him. “This is a nice place, Monica, glad to see it’s worth the rate you’re paying.”

“It is one of the best places on campus, Mr. Remy. It has great security and walking distance to all our classes. I even live next door.” Trey pointed to the wall of my bedroom.

“Oh, dating the boy next door!” Mom fluttered her arms.

I groaned, rolling my eyes, but dad was right there patting my back. Mom was the one that was there when I needed comfort and dad was there when mom was getting to be too much for me. “You know how excited your mother gets, and now we can talk to your new boyfriend about his dad’s ideas for local government.”

I put my hands up. “Whoa, I talk enough politics all day in my classes, I think I could go a day without it.

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