An extract from "Love is all about adjusting", my novel:
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Well, the next thing I knew was I was going as a guest to her house, this time to impress her family. Catherine was nothing but excited about the concept of introducing me to her family but I felt rather tensed, I always had the impression that her parents never liked me much, me being an archaeologist also didn't much appeal to them. Anyways for me Saturday was the last day of the week and I had enough and more time to prepare myself to be introduced to her family but after all my work, I hardly ever thought about this and I did not get time,I remembered on Friday night I got a call from Catherine asking that I had to come at her house around 7PM for dinner.
Catherine:"Hey,Joe, Are you all excited about meeting my parents?"
Me(I didn't wanted to hurt her feelings):"Yes dear, I can't recall when was the last time I was this much excited."
Catherine:"Wow...that sounds cool..Don't be late, we expect you to be here at 7."
Me:"Yeah, sure."
She was very happy and I was thinking whole night on what I had to talk to her parents, I even had a dream that I was in an ocean when a shark came near me and bit me.
The next day evening I got a bouquet of the lilies that Catherine liked and set m journey to their house. When I rang the bell, I could hear hurried footsteps coming towards the door and I saw a bright smiled Catherine welcoming me to her home.
Catherine:"I would like you to be introduced to my cutie Pearl first. She is so very excited to see you."
I was confused, who was pearl after all, it's been only a considerable less time that we started dating each other and we were planning to get married when I didn't even remember half of her family members name, I hardly remember my relatives name, but I never show her that. So all in a hurry I followed her to meet Pearl, whoever that was (I thought of all possibilities from her aunt to her dog), but I was in for a great surprise when she opened her bedroom door and there Pearl was, a big ferocious tigress lying on a bed, which looked small compared to her size, she showed her teeth and growled while we entered.
I tried to turn around but Catherine had closed the door.
Catherine:"Isn't she cute?"
Me:" Yeah" (I couldn't see how a tigress with all that teeth and growls could be cute, but I didn't wanted to offend her feelings."
Catherine:"Go and give her a hug sweet heart, she has been waiting for you."
Me:"Well I think am fine here, is she hungry? I heard tigresses are more ferocious."
Catherine:"Oh, she just had her dinner, she is my pet. Let her see my dear soon."
Me:"Well I may look like a deer to her now. I just don't wish to visit a place I never had."
Catherine:"Which place?"
Me:"Her stomach." The tigress was growling while I got a furious look from Catherine. I understood love isn't that easy after all, it asks for a lot of adjustments.
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Well, the next thing I knew was I was going as a guest to her house, this time to impress her family. Catherine was nothing but excited about the concept of introducing me to her family but I felt rather tensed, I always had the impression that her parents never liked me much, me being an archaeologist also didn't much appeal to them. Anyways for me Saturday was the last day of the week and I had enough and more time to prepare myself to be introduced to her family but after all my work, I hardly ever thought about this and I did not get time,I remembered on Friday night I got a call from Catherine asking that I had to come at her house around 7PM for dinner.
Catherine:"Hey,Joe, Are you all excited about meeting my parents?"
Me(I didn't wanted to hurt her feelings):"Yes dear, I can't recall when was the last time I was this much excited."
Catherine:"Wow...that sounds cool..Don't be late, we expect you to be here at 7."
Me:"Yeah, sure."
She was very happy and I was thinking whole night on what I had to talk to her parents, I even had a dream that I was in an ocean when a shark came near me and bit me.
The next day evening I got a bouquet of the lilies that Catherine liked and set m journey to their house. When I rang the bell, I could hear hurried footsteps coming towards the door and I saw a bright smiled Catherine welcoming me to her home.
Catherine:"I would like you to be introduced to my cutie Pearl first. She is so very excited to see you."
I was confused, who was pearl after all, it's been only a considerable less time that we started dating each other and we were planning to get married when I didn't even remember half of her family members name, I hardly remember my relatives name, but I never show her that. So all in a hurry I followed her to meet Pearl, whoever that was (I thought of all possibilities from her aunt to her dog), but I was in for a great surprise when she opened her bedroom door and there Pearl was, a big ferocious tigress lying on a bed, which looked small compared to her size, she showed her teeth and growled while we entered.
I tried to turn around but Catherine had closed the door.
Catherine:"Isn't she cute?"
Me:" Yeah" (I couldn't see how a tigress with all that teeth and growls could be cute, but I didn't wanted to offend her feelings."
Catherine:"Go and give her a hug sweet heart, she has been waiting for you."
Me:"Well I think am fine here, is she hungry? I heard tigresses are more ferocious."
Catherine:"Oh, she just had her dinner, she is my pet. Let her see my dear soon."
Me:"Well I may look like a deer to her now. I just don't wish to visit a place I never had."
Catherine:"Which place?"
Me:"Her stomach." The tigress was growling while I got a furious look from Catherine. I understood love isn't that easy after all, it asks for a lot of adjustments.
