17 - Ring My Bell

~Slade Point of View~

The guys all headed into the restaurant to meet the ladies, and I sat on the bus staring at my phone. There was one call I needed to make, I’d been dreading it. But it was time, I couldn’t put it off anymore.

RING RING RING

“Darling! Are you still freezing to death,” mom asked, laughing.

“Hey mom. No, I'm in LA. But uhm, I’m not alone and that’s why I’m calling actually,” I said, practically holding my breath.

I was far closer to my parents than my brothers were, my mom and I were especially tight. She loved the band and their antics, for the most part. If they weren’t trashing her house anyhow. However, she thought it was a riot when they trashed mine.

“Like … a female friend? More than a friend…” she asked, clearly excited.

There had been a few women over the years I’d introduced to my parents but none that I’d ever called my girlfriend. None whose parents I met. Mine just happened to be around for events or different things. My dad was still the CEO of h