I knew I loved you...did you? - Alona Basque (best contemporary novels .TXT) 📗

Tim Horton's what can I get for you today?" says the cashier who's called 'Jane' on her name tag
"Hi, I would like a Large Triple-Triple and Triple Chocolate donut? Thanks" What can I say I like my coffee and donut sweet!
"That would be $2.68 please. Would you like anything else?" Jane asked me with a smile
"No thank you that'll be all" I replied as I hand her a five-dollar bill and she turns away to get my order
"$2.32 is your change. Here's your coffee and donut. Have a great day!" Now, that's what I call fast service! But I think I need more than 2 hands as some of the change that Jane handed me slipped through my palm and drops on the floor with a clatter. Oh, gosh what a clumsy move on my part! Oh, well its money gotta pick them up.
As I was straightening out from bending over to pick up the change that fell out of my palm I felt someone tap my shoulder.
I turned around to be shocked because none other than Adrian Evans was standing right in front of me. I made a mental note to myself not to let my jaw drop which lucky enough it didn't.
"Excuse me, you dropped this" he says as he handed me a quarter while giving me one of his half-smiles playing on his lips. Wow, I almost forgot how beautiful his emerald green eyes were. As I took the quarter from his hand I felt an electric shock tingling my hand from the contact
"Um, thanks" was all I could say because the first time we met brought back nostalgia in me which made my legs work on their own towards the door leaving a shocked looking Adrian.
I got in to my Burgundy BMW; took a bite of my donut and a sip of my coffee while keeping an eye on the Tim Horton's door and at the same time telling my fast-beating heart to go back to normal. I can't believe he didn't recognize me. But then again, who would? As I was pulling up to my parents' driveway, I noticed an all too familiar Purple Honda CRV on their driveway-meaning Cate is also here! I can't believe it she didn't tell me she was coming by as well! I scurried out of my Burgundy BMW X5 SUV, I couldn't keep my excitement from bubbling up. Once I got to the door it swung open revealing my girl best friend Cate.
"Ah!!!!!!" we screeched at the same time while giving each other a big hug and jumped around like old times. These times are priceless.
"OH MY GOD! I missed you girl! How long has it been?" she says while we are still hugging each other.
"Too long, Cate too long! How have you been?" I asked back
"Oh, you know can't complain. It feels like I haven't seen you since I moved out!" she answered back. You see, Cate moved out of the house we were staying at to live with her boyfriend Adam after we graduated from University. Even though we didn't live together anymore we still kept all communications open whether it was via email, IM, facebook, phone calls, text messages, and even Skype. Yeah I know that's how we were progressing on our geeky-ness.
"So, did you bring Adam with you?" I asked Cate while looking around from behind her, then I noticed that she had this look crossed her face that tells me not to mention his name again. That brought my eyebrows to furrow.
"No. He and I are not together anymore." she finally replied making it sound so final that she doesn't want to discuss the topic again. This made me hug her again.
"So, what about you? Where's Rob?" she asked as she pulls away from the hug and holding onto my left hand up for inspection. When she didn't find an engagement ring, her face scrunched together out of confusion.
"No Rob either. We broke it off. You know it just wasn't meant to be. One day, we just found ourselves falling out of love" I said quietly with a shrug.
"Amy, is that you? Oh, honey it's been too long" My mom says as she comes around the corner to where Cate and I were-which really is only the foyer of the house-my mom gives me a hug and a kiss on the cheeks.
"Hi mom! I missed you too!" I squeaked a little out of breath as she hugs me so fiercely.
"Mom can't breathe!" she finally pulls away but kept her hands on my shoulders looking me up and down. Damn, here it goes.
"Amy, did you lose weight? Have you been eating right? You're not anorexic are you?" there goes my mother with her barrelling of questions like all the rest of the mothers in the world.
"Mom, relax, I do eat properly." I replied out of irritation. Geez, I haven't even been home for five minutes and already I get bombarded with these silly worrisome inquiries from my own mother.
“Come on, let's get some food in you" she says as she pulls me towards the kitchen. Gosh, I love my mother.
As I rounded the corner to the kitchen, I saw my dad in front of the oven looking very thoughtful as if willing whatever was in it to finish sooner.
"Ahem, Hey Dad! Long time, no see!" I said as he almost jumped a feet in the air from getting startled.
Then, he turns around and made his way to me with a big grin, arms stretched out to welcome me home. "Hey baby girl, I'm sorry I was a little distracted that I didn't even hear all the commotion of you coming home" he says
"It's alright dad, I know how you are and food" I replied with a snigger.
"Ha-ha, you are so funny Amy. Of course, I love your mother's Lasagna! How are things? I miss you" he says this while everybody else around us was laughing too.
"I'm good thanks for asking dad" I replied
"You look thin, thinner than normal. Are you sick?" he says while he looks me up and down. Geez, is there anything else that my parents don't notice?
"I am not sick, nor am I 'thinner than normal', dad. Stop looking at me like that!" I chastised him and everybody else.
"Okay, well, would you like a drink?"he asked while heading to the bar.
"Dad, it's like noon, isn't it a little early to be drinking?" I asked with a head shake
"Nah, its 5 pm somewhere in the world. So,what would you like? Vodka Gimlet? White Russian? Beer? Name it."He says this so serious like he meant business. I had to stifle a laugh as he looks up with puppy dog eyes.
"Mom, is dad broken or something?"
"No honey, he's just happy to have you around. God forbid, he gets tired of me all the time." I rolled my eyes while she says this. But dad already made his way to my mom to get his arms wrapped around her waist and kisses her on the cheeks.This, in turn made my mom blush. As I've said before, they are too in love with each other it breaks my heart out of envy.
"Kay, come now, you know I love you just as you are" my dad tells my mom while pouting. This of course made my mom smile with glee.
"Okay, fine dad, I will have a Vodka Gimlet please, what about you Cate?" I said as I make my way to the bar stool in the corner of the kitchen.
"I'll have a Smirnoff Ice thanks!"she says as she goes around the bar and opening the fridge.
My dad made his way over to where Cate is and smacks her hand off the fridge handle.
"Caitlin, you're too young to be drinking!" my dad chastised
"Dad, Cate will be 21 in a week. Besides,you know as well as I do that 19 is the legal drinking age here."I tell my dad with my eyes rolling.
"Yes, yes, I was just kidding around"he replies as he hands Cate a bottle of Smirnoff Ice and me my glass of Vodka Gimlet
"Don't drink too much without eating my Lasagna!" my mom chimed in.
"So, how long are you both staying this time? You know, you don't even live too far and yet you don't visit often." my dad inquired.
"Well, since it's almost the New Year I'm thinking of making my New Year's resolution to come visit every weekend. What do you think? Is that too much? Oh, and I'm thinking of staying for a month if that's okay with you guys." I look at both my parents who have big grins on their faces.
"Silly girl, of course anything you want is okay with us. I wish you can stay longer than the weekends"my mom says while my dad nods his head excitedly.
"Do you know if Matt is coming too?"I asked them.
"Of course, Matt is coming" A voice behind me says.
This made me turn my head so quickly I felt my neck crick.
"OH MY GOD, Matt you're here!" I exclaimed excitedly as I ran and almost tackle him for a hug.
"I miss you too little sis" he says while chuckling and hugging me back
"Hey Cate, long time no see" he says to her with a wink and she blushes then giggles. Hmm, did I miss out on something here?
"Same here Matt, how was the drive from Calgary?" she asked him
"Oh, it was long and boring aside from me picking up a hitchhiker to drop off to Kelowna, it wasn't that eventful" he replies with a shrug like it was a normal thing that happens to him
"Matt, what the hell were you thinking?! Picking up a hitchhiker?" I gasped out with a headshake.
"Relax Amy; it was fine besides it was a teenager who needed a ride there. The kid actually looked more scared of me than the other way around. And as you can tell nothing bad happened." he explains I rolled my eyes
"What if it was a psycho killer huh?"I asked him
"Just drop it Amy, I'm sure Matt can take care of himself" Cate interjects.
"Yeah right" I scoff
"Thanks for your vote of confidence sis, I feel so appreciated" Matt says sarcastically
"You're welcome big brother" I tell him with a smirk
"Soo, where's Casey? Please tell me you left her with the hitchhiker back in Kelowna" I asked him hopefully. Gosh I hate that bitch! I don't even know what he sees in her.
"Oh, she's around but she's not coming here considering we're not together anymore. For a few months now" Whew, I was glad to hear the news.
"Seriously? You Matthew Richardson,single? Huh, it sounds too good to be true" I pondered out loud.
"Why is that so hard to believe?" Matt asked incredulously
"I don't know. It's weird to see you without any girl latching on you wherever you go that's all." I replied honestly
"Amy, it is not that weird. I find that being single for once is actually refreshing. I hear you are single yourself. What happened? Did that douche bag do something to you?" Ah, right Matt and Rob didn't get along as well. As usual my big brother is always overprotective of me
"No Matt, Rob didn't do anything ,if he did I would have kicked his ass anyway"
"Me too!" Cate chimes in. I raised an eyebrow her way. "What? You're my best friend if anybody hurts you, they get hurt by me as well" she says
"Thanks Cate!" I said
"Alright guys, let's eat! The food is ready" My mom announced.
As we made ourselves to the dining room Cate grabs my arm to hold me back.