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Cyrinda's POV
Joe told me, when he came on from his mom's house on Christmas, that his mom and I should have lunch. Why? To know each other better. She did not know how long Joe and I were dating before he proposed to me. Either she's slow or pushed it out of her mind. Anyway, I'm glad we're having lunch. We really do need to know each other better. Right now I'm sitting at the lobby to some resturant that just opened, thinking what I did wrong when Joe introduced his parents to me...

Flashback
I remember everything from that night. From what I was wearing to what happened before I went to sleep. I walked behind Joe, up the stoop to knock on his parents door. The door opened and some guy stepped out.
"Hey Joe how are you?" The guy cheerfully greeted Joe then and hugged him.
"I'm fine" Joe managed to say. I'm assuming that guy is his dad. I also assumed he was hugging Joe too tight.
"Come in" We walked in "Who is this pretty lady?" The voice boomed.
I blushed and smiled.
"Dad, I want you to meet Cyrinda. This is the girl I've been telling you about"
"Nice to meet you, Cyrinda!" He took out his hand for me to shake it. I smiled at him while I shook his hand.
"Where's mom?" Joe asked, looking around.
"She's outside, watering the plants. She should be in any minute."
Then I heard the door open and close. A woman walked in and ran towards Joe.
"I missed you!" She smiled and hugged him.
"Missed you too mom." He smiled back.
"Who is this lovely woman?" She smiled at me.
I smiled back.
"Mom this is Cyrinda" Joe introduced.
"Hello Cyrinda, it's nice to finally meet you!"
"It's nice to finally meet you guys!" I said.
"Come on we're about to have dinner!" His dad announced while he walked to the dining table. I walked behind Joe and sat down next to him. They were serving Pot Roast. As we ate, his mom started a conversation
"So how are things between you and Joe?" She looked at me and asked.
"It's great. We just bought an apartment and moved in together."
"Oh really? That's great!" She smiled and said "We're going to need to talk to you after dinner." She looked at me when she said that.
I heard Joe groan "No mom. Why do you have to question her? I've been with her for a year, she's not like my other girlfriends!"
"Joe don't start!" His dad said to him.
"I'm sorry dad, but I don't know why you guys do this!" Joe stood up and stormed out. I didn't know what to do, so I just sat there.
"Why don't we start now?" His mom said.
"Okay" I said uncomfortably. I would've been a lot more comfortable if Joe was here.
"What do you think of Joe?" She looked at me and waited for my answer.
"I think Joe is kind, loving and sweet. Even though we our bad moments, like bickering over pointless things, I will still love him."
Joe's dad got up "I'm going to go to the basement."
"Okay that's fine." She said, not taking her eyes off me. I heard his footsteps going down the stairs. Then we heard the door close.
"Are you after him for his money?"
"Nope."
"Are you cheating on him?"
"No!" I can't believe she's asking me this! Of course I'm not cheating on Joe, but if I were, I wouldn't tell her!
"If he became poor, will you still be him?"
"Forever and ever."
"Before you started dating Joe, did you date other men? How many?"
Whoah, why is she asking me this? It's not any of her business! Whatever,I have to answer back. I don't want to be rude.
"I dated at least 5 guys before I got with Joe. I think."
"How long were the relationships?"
Why is she asking me this? Not trying to be rude but it's none of her buisness!
"I was with my first boyfriend for about 2 months. Second boyfriend was about a month. Third boyfriend was I think a week."
"Why?"
"He cheated." I remember catching that bastard cheating on me. I kicked that girls ass.
"Okay keep going."
"Fourth boyfriend was about 6 months. I was with my fifth boyfriend for about a year and a half. Joe is my sixth boyfriend."
She nodded her head "Okay that's it."
Was I just in an interview? No? It felt like I was in one.
I got up and told her I was going to go look for Joe.
"Okay!" She flashed a smile at me "I think he went to his old room or outside!"
"I'm going to go check his room."
"Okay it's the 2nd door to the left."
I followed her directions and looked inside the room. He wasn't there. I walked out of the hallway and saw her walk out of the kitchen.
"Is he there?"
"No, I'm going to look outside." I walked out the front door. He was sitting right there, smoking a cigarette.
"I can't believe she did that!" I heard him angrily say "She told me she was never going to do it again!"
I sat down next to him. He sighed and crushed his cigarette on the pavement.
"I'm sorry about causing a scene in there."
"It's okay."
He kissed me "What happened after I left?"
"She questioned me."
He stayed quiet and asked "What'd she ask you?"
"My thoughts about you, if I was cheating on you, if I was after you for the money, um... if I would still love you if you were poor, how many guys I dated and how long the relationships were."
"WHAT?!" He stood up "I can't believe she would ask you that."
"Me neither but I want to make a good impression."
"Did you know she labels my girlfriends?!"
"Not until now."
"She does. She labeled my last girlfriend, Ugly, desperate bitch!" He angrily sighed. I couldn't believe it. Why would she do that?
"Did she ever say that in front of your last girlfriend?"
"Only behind her back." He sighed and ran his hand through his hair "God, I should have never introduced you to them!"
"What about your dad? Did he label your ex girlfriends too?"
"Nope. He's not like that. He's cool once you get to know him."
He sat back down "I hope she doesn't label you anything bad. I hope she doesn't label you."
I stayed quiet and set my head on his shoulder. I still had that cigarette taste in my mouth from him kissing me...

End of Flashback

Look how that turned out. She did label me, Whore. I know why, cause I dated at least 5 guys before I dated Joe. I hope us having lunch together goes well. I don't want to fight. The door binged and she walked in. She didn't look at me when she walked in. She walked towards the host and said "Table for two". The host grabbed two menus and asked "Are you waiting for somebody?"
"No."
She turned around and told me "Come on lets go."
I got up and followed them. The host showed us our table. We sat down and recieved our menus. The host told us he'll be right back.
"Is it okay if I make this to go?" Joe's mom asked.
"What? No!" I couldn't believe she asked me that.
She sighed "Did Joe tell you he had plans today?"
"He said he was going to mail our marriage lisence forms."
"You two still want to get married?"
'No we don't... Of course we do!' I thought to myself as I nodded.
"Okay so Joe wanted us to have lunch together so we could know each other better."
"Yeah I know that."
"Do you want to tell me about yourself or do you want me to start?"
I told her to start. She told me about her whole entire life. From her childhood, to meeting Joe's dad, how her life was when he was in the military, then having Joe and his sister Anne.
"Okay tell me about yourself" She said.
I sighed and told her about my childhood, moving to Texas after graduating from high school and then to New York, my relationship with Jared, and meeting Joe.
"You were with him for a year?" She asked.
"A year and a half." I corrected.
"Oh my god, that's why he shot Joe? You dumped him to be with Joe?"
"That's right." I began to worry on what she was going to say next.
She gasped "I'm sorry for all the stuff he has done to you."
I nodded my head. I felt like crying just thinking about what he did. The late night beatings, persuading me to take the fall when he did something asnine, burning me with his cigarettes, and raping me. Jared is truely one horrible person.
"I have never heard of a woman going through all that. It took a lot to dump him, right?"
"Well I said to him "Our relationship is over. I don't like the way you are treating me and I had just about enough". He told me to get my stuff and get the hell out of there. I was already one step ahead. Two days before I told Jared that, I met Joe. He gave me his number and told me where he lived. So I didn't cheat on Jared because I was already planning on breaking up with him."
"Where did you go after you left Jared?"
"I went to a friends house and stayed there for a day before I left to Boston to go be with Joe. I didn't move in with Joe, I moved into an apartment by myself. Someone told Jared where I was at because my friend called and told me. I set a restraining order on him and he came back 3 years later when the restraining order expired."
"Good thing he's in prison."
"Yeah I'm glad."
After I said that, we ate our food in silence. The waiter walked by and gave us our check. She reached for her wallet.
"No that's fine, I'll pay." I took the check.
"Nooo I'll pay." She handed the waiter her credit card. I felt bad that she was paying but it was too late.

We walked outside to our cars when she hugged me.
"I'm sorry for all the things I said about you." She apologized.
I smiled, "Apology accepted."
She smiled at me. We said our goodbyes and got into our own car and drove off.

"How was it?" Joe asked as soon as I stepped foot inside the house.
"Great! She apologized" I said as I sat next to him on the couch.
"Apologized? Well that's good. Things aren't tense between you two huh?"
"No because she hugged me before leaving!" I still couldn't believe she hugged me.
"I'm very happy that you guys aren't mad at each other anymore."
He kissed me and set his head on my lap. I put my hands in his hair and lightly scratched his head. He smiled at me and closed his eyes. I am so happy lunch went well with his mom. 4 more days until New Years. I can't wait to spend New Years with him. I love him.