Chapter 5
I ordered some chicken nuggets and one Big Mac, Alexei just ordered a chicken sandwhich with some fries on the side. We find a table and ate, Alexei sparks a conversation by asking me if I already met my roommate since it was saturday.
"I did, her name is Yelena Belova." I said.
"She's russian? What is she like?"
"Yep, she's nice and she likes to design clothes, and I also met a girl on the way down too, I kinda embarrassed myself and stammered though." I said recalling what happened moments ago.
"Was she that beautiful to make you lose your words?" He joked.
I always liked it when me and my dad talk, he always makes it comfortable enough that I can just share anything without having any consequences.
"I guess, I mean she had these beautiful emerald eyes, which she caught me staring at." I felt a small blush creeping it as I pictured her eyes against the light.
"I would like to meet her sometime, you already seemed to be starstruck at this girl." He chuckled
"I haven't even talked to her properly, let alone introduce myself. I don't even know her name."
“Young love such a beautiful and Innocent thing" He smiled.
As I was finishing what was left of my nuggets, I began to zone out trying to recall what Yelena said, it was something along the lines of Maximoff.
Her last name is Maximoff, is that russian? Maybe not, sokovian maybe?.
I'll just ask her if I get to see her again on monday.
We finished eating and went back to the car to head home. When we arrived I saw Melina tending the company's taxes, so I went to my room not wanting to bother my mom from her work.
I laid down on my bed, opening my phone and scanned through twitter, then I had an idea to look for her name on facebook using her last name. I had no idea that there were so many Maximoff's, I scrolled some more just to stop at a familiar face on their profile picture.
It was her and her name is Wanda, woah since when did I become a total stalker? So I just left it like that. Knowing her name was enough for me to check the clock and to my surprise it was two in the afternoon.
I started feeling tired then I her a knock on my door, I told them to come in, it was Melina then I remembered the flags back in my room.
"Hey mom" I sat up.
"Did you see what I packed for you earlier?" She asked.
"Yeah I did, I was gonna thank you earlier but you were still busy, so I was planning on thanking you later at dinner..." I paused.
"But since your here right now, I just want to thank you for being this supportive, not just you but dad also, it just means so much to me to, ever since you adopted me it really feels like you guys are my real parents. I'm so lucky to have you as my mom and Alexei ad my dad." I said as I feel the tears coming out.
"I'm so glad you feel that way, and we're so lucky to have you as our daughter and for us being your parents." She said wiping my stray tears.
"No matter who you are, who you identify or who you love, we're here to support you and love you all the way." She said as tears were flowing down her face.
Both of us were crying not from sadness but from joy and I just felt a sense of belonging, as Melina hugged me, I just felt at home, loved and safe.
"I'm gonna head down now, okay? I'm gonna cook us some dinner, you can come down with me and join your dad watch tv" She suggested.
"I think im good here, I wanna rest for a while then I'll head down, thanks though." I said laying back down, seeing that it was 3, I closed my eyes thinking of Wanda as I slowly drift myself to sleep.