Chapter 52

"Tick...tick...tick...."

It was 5 in the evening. The sound of the clock that ticks by fill the silent living room of Lilium's house. Lilium was busy cooking in the kitchen after she had brought all the ingredients home from the market.

Slowly, the door knob turning left and right. Lilium turn around and look at the door step, eager to know who's coming in.

"I am home mom!" Her husband said as he open the door.

Then he places his shoes in the small cabinet next to the door and took of his shocks. He puts his key in the small purple tray on top of the cabinet that Lilium brought for him for his last birthday.

"Welcome home dad!" She welcome him with a wide smile.

"How was the clinic today? Was everything fine for you?" She asked while cutting the onion.

"Well, today was not so bad. Just some few kids who got fever from playing in the rain yesterday. What about you, mom?" He said.

Harry roll up his sleeves and untied his neck tie. He then tied the apron around his waist that's written, 'Number 1 Dad' on top of it. The apron was made by Lucien when he was just 14 years old.

"Today the boys are finally coming home. Lucas and Lucien will have dinner tonight with us. Bryan too will come back since it was weekend. Finally we can have a little family reunion!" She explained happily.

"No wonder you buy a lot of goods from the market. I think that maybe you wanted to have a candle light dinner with me today and that's why you look so excited. Looks like I am wrong." He chuckled.

"Dad....we are already old. How come you still loves to tease me like how we are used when we are young?" She say with her gentle voice.

"I can still be young forever with you." Harry said as he smile towards her.

His wrinkled faces makes Lilium heart become warm somehow. She then smile to him and replied.

"As you wish..."

Harry kiss her forehead and continues to help her with the dirty plates that stacks up in the sink.

The sound of the pan sizzling and the sound of the water flows down from the water pipe that washes off all the dirt from the plates harmoniously comes together filling the lively kitchen. Together the both of them enjoys the slient between them as they helping each other with the chores.

Not long after Lilium finish cooking the first dish, Bryan finally home after a week staying in the dorm in his university.

"Mom! Dad! I am home." Bryan said while taking off his sport shoes and places them neatly next to his father black office shoes.

"Welcome home Bryan." Harry welcome him as he was arranging the plates on the square shaped dinning table.

"Welcome home honey." Lilium greets Bryan. She was deep frying the prawns that covered with flour.

"Mom, I am going to take a quick shower in my room and I will help you later."

Bryan then went to his room with his bag that fills with his clothes. After he take a quick shower, Lilium had finish cooked Lucas favourite tempura fish filet and Bryan's favourite prawns tempura.

"Wow! It's been so long since I last eaten the prawn!" Bryan exclaimed.

He then try to reach the prawn and then Lilium swiftly swing the wooden spatula that she use to stirs the ramen soups.

*SMACK!*

"Ouch!" Bryan quickly retract his hand that almost caught the delicious prawn.

"Bryan, where is your manner young man? Didn't I teaches you—"

"Not to take any dishes on the table before everyone arrived on the table seats." Bryan cuts in when Lilium was scolding him for being ill-mannered.

Lilium crosses her arm.

"Now behaved before I give you a speech on how being a good manner person." She scolded.

Then she turn to see whether the ramen broth was well cooked or not.

"Geez... Dad, how could you stand with her short temper for all these years?" Bryan then asked his father who is reading the news paper in the living room.

"I feel you son. Sometime I also get scolded because of that. Well.... I guess it was called as love. I loved her so much that I am willing to get scolded and..." Harry then brags about how much he loved her wife and all the stupid things that they have been through.

"Here we go again...." Bryan rolled his eyes as he know what his father going to tell.

"And that—" Harry finally finish his story and interrupted by Bryan.

"And that is how I kneeling in front of her and propose your mother. Dad you have been telling this over and over ever since I was a child." Bryan said.

"Young man, now days are very hard to find a good woman like your mom. She is very gentle and a simple smile from her sweet lips makes my day prefect." Harry proudly brag it to his son.

'Well... I guess her smile make my day better too....' Bryan blush as thinks to himself while recalling his crush, Jessica, that smile and talk to him earlier.

*Knock knock*

The sound of the door knocking makes Lilium excited.

"Bryan, please get the door for me please!" Lilium asked for his help.

"Okay mom."He answered.

Bryan then opened the door and saw a beautiful girl with a pair of green eyes that paired with her orange hair colour. She was wearing Lucas's sweater that Lilium had brought last christmas.

"Hello! My name is Rue." She introduces herself.

Behind her was Lucas who was wearing a plain grey T-shirt.

"Hey Bryan!" Lucas waves at him.

"Hello big guy. Who we got here? Your girlfriend?" Bryan teased.

Lucas face goes blushing as he was teased by Bryan.

"No. She was not my girl friend. How could someone ugly as her be my girlfriend? Pfft! Nonsense!" Lucas scolded.

"Hmph. Who want to be your girlfriend too? With your bullshit face and childish manner, I wonder who is so foolish to choose you?" Rue shots him back with those words.

The both of them keeps on scolding each others.

'Interesting....' Bryan think to himself.