"The girls are here!" The female voice screamed from inside and she sounded elated.

I thought Lana was about to turn around and say something to me but before she could, the door opened.

There stood a woman with the warmest smile I had ever seen. She was a large lady with her arms in the air, enthusiastically. Her round body looked ready to embrace both of us in a hug.

Lana seemed to relax at the sight of Brennan's mother, and I could tell she thought the same about the woman.

"Come in! Come in!" The friendly middle-aged lady gestured for us to come inside "This is so exciting. I have been telling the boys for weeks now to invite you."

As soon as we had one foot in the door, Brennan's mother was already embracing Lana in a hug while gushing "It’s so nice to finally meet you."

My smothered friend let out a small giggle while pulling away to show off her smile "It is so great to meet you too, Mrs Lewis."

"You are a lovely girl." The woman said back, her twinge of an accent strong as she admired both of us.

Lana remembered that I was there also she motioned to me "This is—"

Mrs Lewis cut her off immediately by moving on from Lana to me as she blurted out enthusiastically "Ella!"

Instantly wrapping my arms around the woman to greet her back, I replied "Thank you so much for having us for dinner."

She pulled back and took my face in her hands and she studied me thoroughly. Her smile was bright and hopeful as she squished my cheeks.

I had thought about how I would die a little, but I never expected that the cause would be squashed to death by Mrs Lewis.

"I have heard so much about you, Ella."

The flashbacks started to occur and every single insult that I had ever said to Stone ran through my head.

"Oh no." I let out a small nervous laugh "All bad I presume."

Shaking her head violently but still with a smile on her face, she replied "No. It is completely the opposite."

Looking around his house, I noticed a few pictures on the wall. I made a mental note to try and sneak through to find an ugly picture of the giant.

On second thought, that seemed unlikely. I could not imagine him being anything else but captivating.

Already shuffling down the hall, Mrs Lewis shouted in her happy voice "Boys! Come downstairs! Your girls are here."

As we followed behind her, Lana turned to me and pointed out "You do realise that you are going to have to try and be nice to Stone."

I wanted to refuse and tell her that it was impossible. It was not that I ever was intentionally mean to him. It was just part of our weird dynamic and I secretly liked it that way.