Sisters By The Pool Part 8

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I knew it was only a matter of time. After skirting the issue numerous times and dancing around confronting things, it was time to meet it head on.

That’s right, it was time to meet Danielle and Hailey’s parents.

(You really didn’t think I was giving up Hailey that easily, did you?)

Their family had a trip planned to a city with a nice beach area, and they have convinced their parents to let me come along for the long drive. I was described as a close friend to the two of them, who had romantic interests with Danielle. It was designed that way to soften the impact of the whole relationship thing, as well as for the two to cover some loose ground on the odd situation. However, for the purposes of the present, I was seen as a suitor for Danielle, and that made me nervous. I always got along extremely well with adults, but I never put it passed an overprotective father to make my life a little more difficult.

My parents knew a little bit about their family now, and were surprisingly cool with me spending a few days with them. I walked over to their house early on a Saturday morning with one medium sized bag around my shoulder. I could only imagine what that looked like, as a teenage boy made his way down the street with a cross between a back pack and a suitcase. I could almost hear the drivers.

“A little old for a runaway, aren’tcha’?”

“Heading to the circus, clown?”

Whatever. They didn’t know just how jealous they would have been had they realized where I was heading. A beach weekend with Daniellie and Hailey; sounds good to me.

I arrived in a light t-shirt and gym shorts, wanting to be comfortable for the long drive. Danielle was first out to greet me, with a quick kiss and hug. She was wearing a blue tank top and short cheer shorts.

“Are you ready?” she asked me.

“Sure,” I said, a little nervously. “What should I expect?”

“My mom’s not an issue,” she started. “She’ll love you. My dad can be intimidating, but you’ll be fine. Just be polite.”

I nodded and let out a deep breath. She walked me into her house where a few bags were lined up by the door. Her mom was the first one out, wearing a basic sun dress. Although her best years were behind her, you would have to try not to realize where the good looks in the girls came from. Perhaps a model in her day, she still had tan skin, a relatively nice figure and a bright smile.

“Oh hi!” she said with a big smile on her face, shaking my hand. “It’s great to meet you. The girls have nothing but great things to say about you! You’d think they both were in love with you!”

I tried hard not to choke on the air.

“It’s great to meet you too,” I said, returning the smile. “They’re very nice. I’m glad to be joining you guys.”

She smiled again, but before we could continue our conversation, the father came out. He was wearing a polo shirt and shorts, and had an impressive build. He slowed as he saw me and approached me carefully.

“We’ve heard a lot about you,” he said in a rough voice, sticking out his hand for a shake.

“It’s nice to meet you sir,” I said, shaking his hand firmly and looking him in the eye.

He looked at me for a few more seconds before moving on.

“Let’s get moving,” he said, grabbing a bag and walking through the door.

I grabbed a heavier one to help out and we made it out in one trip. They checked to make sure everything was set and we drove off. I was in the middle of the back seat, of course, with Danielle on my left and Hailey on my right. Hailey was wearing a similar outfit as her sister – a black tank top and matching cheer shorts. Each of their inside legs was pushed up against mine and I exchanged smiles with them from time to time.

“So,” their dad started. “How’d you guys meet?” I could see him looking at me through the rearview mirror.

“Danielle and I have had classes together for a while,” I started. “We paired up on projects a few times since we’re both hard workers.”

“Hear that Hailey?” Danielle instigated. “You should try working.”

Normally, Hailey would probably throw a punch at her sister or try something physical. Instead, she just laughed.

“You know what, you’re right,” Hailey started. “Maybe if I had a decent tutor I’d do better,” she said, pointing at me.

“That’s a great idea,” their mom started. “She’ll never listen to her sister, but maybe you could get through to her.”

Danielle glared at Hailey from across the backseat. It seemed she went back and forth on whether she was okay with the share program that we had going on, but when Hailey pushed it, she was really against it.

The drive wore on and it wasn’t terribly long before I had heads sleeping on my shoulders. I could only imagine what this looked like to their father. I decided to keep my eyes forward, looking as bored as I possibly could.

Finally, we arrived without incident, and everyone quickly scrambled out of the car to stretch. Their dad disappeared inside to check into the two hotel rooms, and everybody took the bags up to our floor. Apparently, there was a situation developing with how to split up the rooms. They had originally booked two rooms, a couple of doubles for the parents and kids. My inclusion obviously complicated things as everyone brainstormed how to make things work.

“How about he stays with me?” their father suggested, a mix of seriousness and a chuckle in his voice.

“No way are you subjecting the poor boy to that snoring!” their mother chimed in. Everyone laughed.

“Just let him take one of our beds,” Hailey suggested. “I’ll share with Dani.”

“Sure,” Danielle agreed, though probably with a different idea of how the actual sharing would go.

That seemed to be agreeable for everyone, although their dad was a little hesitant.

“Don’t worry pops,” Hailey smiled. “If he tries anything with Danielle, I’ll beat him up!”

Everyone laughed again, as we split up the corresponding bags and checked out the rooms. They were nice enough, although the beds weren’t huge.