Chapter 30

                                    

                                          
Thomas' mom wiped tears from her cheeks as she looked Thomas up and down then looked at me. Thomas was looking at the ground and was squeezing my hand.
                          
"Could you join us Thomas? Can we talk?" She asked and a worried look filled her eyes.
                          
Thomas continued to look at the ground as I nudged him with my elbow. He looked over at me and I nodded my head. He sighed and glanced at his mom.
                          
"Who's us?" He said.
                          
"My boyfriend." She said and pointed at a table. "His name is John. We came here for vacation. Who are you with?"
                          
She looked at me with a worried look and then back a Thomas with a small smile. Why did she look at me worriedly?
                          
"I'm Tessa." I said and smiled at her.
                          
"She's my girlfriend." Thomas said and his mom looked back at me worriedly again.
                          
"Well, could you join John and I for dinner? I would love to know how you two met. It must be a great story since Tessa is American."
                          
Thomas looked at me and I nodded my head. He accepted his mother's offer and we followed her to the table were John stood as she neared.
                          
"Tess! I was supposed to talk with my mom in London. I'm not ready!" He whispered in my ear.
                          
"You'll be fine. I'm here for you." I said and stood on my tiptoes to peck his lips.
                          
Once at the table Thomas left go of my hand and pulled my chair out. I sat and he pushed me in and then sat down next to be, trying to subtlety pull his chair closer to mine.
                          
"Oh, Tessa. I'm Tasha, I'm Thomas's mother." She said and I shook her hand as Thomas placed his hand on my thigh.
                          
"How did you two met?"Thomas asked and I placed my hand on his.
                          
"I got a new job and John is one of my coworkers. He was very helpful when I screwed everything up." She said and laughed as John assured her that she was just new to the job. "We've been together for almost three years. How about you two?"
                          
She looked at me worriedly again as Thomas looked down at the table. Why was she looking at me so worriedly?
                          
"Tessa was studying in London for college and I met her in a coffee shop. She wouldn't talk to me but I later saw her at a party and then we talk. We were together for a couple months. Then I made a bad decision and she went back home and we recently just got back together."
                          
"What would you guys like to drink?" The waiter asked.
                          
We ordered our drinks and food and the waiter left l saw that Tasha seemed to relax and not look at me worriedly anymore.
                          
"What are you guys doing in the Bahamas?" She asked as Thomas' hand tighten on my thigh.
                          
"Just vacation. Got tired of the cold." I said and placed my hand over his.
                          
I rubbed my thumb across his knuckles and he began to calm down and lose the tension in his shoulders.
                          
"What have you been doing Thomas?"
                          
"I've gotten out of the drug business." He said and I looked over at him. "You will be happy about that."
                          
"Thomas!" I whispered and squeezed his hand.
                          
"Are you two here on vacation to?" I asked as the waiter brought the drinks and sat them on the table.
                          
Thomas grabbed his glass of beer and downed it in a singles sip. He sat the glass down and ran his fingers through his hair.
                          
"Yes. We got a bonus at our job."
                          
We talked for awhile and the sun sat and the stars came out and I knew that Thomas was getting antsy. His mom was grilling him with questions about anything and everything and he was getting annoyed.
                          
The waiter dropped the check off and both John and Thomas reached for it. Thomas pulled the check towards himself as he sat forward to pull his wallet out from his back pocket.
                          
"I've got it." He said.
                          
Once the waiter collected the check, Thomas stood up and pulled me with him. I squeezed his hand as his mother stood up.
                          
"It was good to see you Thomas." She said as her eyes began to water. "When you get back to London please meet up with me."
                          
Thomas let go of my hand and wrapped his arms around his mom. She only stood to just below his shoulder. The tears fell from her eyes as she wrapped her arms around him.
                          
"It was nice to meet you to Tessa. Hopefully I'll see you in London to." Tasha said and gave me a hug.
                          
"See you later mom." Thomas said as he grabbed my hand.
                          
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I left the bathroom towel drying my hair and saw Thomas sitting at the end of the bed. I thought he would have joined me in the shower. I was hoping he would have joined me in the shower. I frowned and walked over to him.
                          
I crawled onto the bed and rested my chin on his shoulder and wrapped my arms around him. I kissed his cheek and leaned against his back.
                          
"Is everything ok?" I asked.
                          
He stood up and I sat back on my legs and frowned at him. Was he mad at me for making him talk to his mom here and not in London?
                          
"Are you mad at me?"
                          
He furrowed his eyebrows and shook his head. So he wasn't mad. Then why is he acting to weird?
                          
"Tess, I promised that I would never hurt you again. That I'd never send you away or cheat on you again. I love you and that we would be together for now on." He said and cupped my cheek.
                          
"Yes. You're scaring me Thomas. What is wrong?"
                          
He smiled and sat down next to me. He grabbed my hands and kissed my cheek as he began to laugh. I glared at him and pulled my hands away.
                          
"Everything is fine Tessa. I just wanted to give you this to seal my promise to you. Please never take it off."
                          
He pulled a box out of his pocket and opened it. A ring sat in the middle of the black velvet and sparkled in the light.
                          
The ring had a diamond in the middle and heart diamonds on the sides. It was a beautiful ring in sterling silver.
                          
"I'll keep my promise it was not a lie. This promise ring is my promise."
                          
He took the ring out of the box and put it on my ring finger on my left hand. I wrapped my arms around his neck and gave he small quick kisses.
                          
"It's beautiful." I said and looked at my hand as he got back up.
                          
"Now either of us are going to lie to each other anymore." He said and walked to his suitcase.
                          
"Lying? What have I lied about?"
                          
"This."
                          
He turned around hold my plaid skirt from high school. He also had the knee high white socks and plaid tie. How the hell do he find them?