Twenty two

Once again, I woke up both nervous and excited. Today will be the first time I will be seen in public with Alexios as his girlfriend.

"Sophia, Alexios is here for you." What? He is here?

'Why would he come so early?' I questioned myself as he hadn't told me of his plans to come over when we texted each other this morning. 'It can't be, can it?'

"Here she is." Mom turned to me smiling. My eyes found Alexios. He was seated across of dad, he gave me a smile while I had to stop myself from smiling back at him.

"You two had better leave now else you will be late." Mom who looked excited urged as she passed my lunch box to me. "Oh, by the way, will you be bringing her home later too?" I had mom ask which made me turn to look at her as I wondered if it was really okay for a mom to be this supportive of her child's relationship.

Seeing the look from dad and I, mom chuckled awkwardly, "I want to visit the salon later today and I can't go this morning as I need to sleep. One can't actually la