Dear Mother And Lou

Dear Old Mother.
I can picture it now.............
A sunny afternoon Perhaps
My beautiful oval Rosewood dragon design table all layed out with my clean white napkins  Embroidered with a single red rose, my mothers favourite, cutlery clean and in their right Place, so fussy my parents, every detail as to be right.'you can't mess up marjaorie thats not What I want for you', I can still here mother's words when I was nine, I remember doing Cooking at school all I did was to forget to take the eggs for a cake, I knew then I had to Impress.So back to my perfect day when my parents fianlly meet my boyfriend Lou, I'v been Worrying my self silly for almost seven weeks, because I want them all to be happy like me.
Then faster than I would of liked,my magic day had arrived, first of all my parents came Early, I was hoping they would be after Lou, 'you did say 2pm dear' yes mother' I gave a False smile through my gritted teeth because she knew what time I said and just wanted to Beat Lou. 'Lovely dinner layout darling' my father said as he leaned over my head, to reach For the newspaper, ready to pretend to be reading and hide instead, not from Lou but dear Old mother, he knows what she is like when she starts grilling some one new, infact she is Like that with their long suffering postman lovely Mr Bob I still call him after 20 years,infact Anyone who talks to mother.
Then Lou arrived very smart and composed,although my parents didnt know he was so Scared he had Been driving Three times round my street before coming in, he whispered in My ear as I took his Coat and I was able to give him a two second reasurance hug when Mother shouted ' look Henry its Majouries friend' I gave her a  'he's my boyfriend and you know it glare' and She knew I really liked this one.So we finally all sat down and although Father preferred meat he tried my veggie roast,although it was clear his face didn't agree with his complimentary words, I sniggered quitley under my breath,as it wasnt the best meal I had made, would not admit that in front of Lou.
It had been over an hour and things were going well when the awarkward questions started  'What job do you do for a career' then father followed with 'do you play golf' I felt for Lou Because he's  Not much of a golfer as his 6ft, 5inch frame can make it difficult to bend down And swing The Golf club, sweet old father, not really paying attention to detail of Lou, but He held his Own with questions coming from both sides, and Lou said or did nothing that Would up set my parents, so I felt very proud of my guy, thats what he liked Me to call Him,and quietly relieved for Lou's sake it was over, the two hour  interagation, I Mean Family meal that is, Lou was sitting by what must be the only natural log fire in my old House, these days Most if not all have gas fires, I often sit there in my  moms old fabrick Rocking chair she gave me and drift off to a wishful far away land, dreaming , and find out Its morning and running late for my board meetings, but thats the perks of being your own Boss. my parents and I cleared The rest of the table, even though I told them they are Guests, but for  mother dear it' s her Way of having a sneak look at how I look after my House, and to take control even now I am A succesful Business woman and 30. but even That did Not get me down today as I felt Quielty confident the day/night and Lou had been a Rawing Success.
'Majourie  what was that awful noise '  as we headed out of my kitchen that backed on to a Road, not much traffic thankfully, but in the day could get busy.' mother its outside, must of Been a car back firing'  'that is no car babe, iv been holding that in since I get here, but Atleast I let rip when the old dears had gone' 'I look at Lou, who had fallen a sleep while my Parents were talking to me about in the kitchen and woke up thinking my parents had Gone.I gave him a very stern, ( why could not of kept that in a little longer you dope grr), Look.I just wanted to curl up and hide so no one could see me 'ooops er sorry' Lou shouted But the damage was done all in one short minute, all those weeks of planning, preparing Food. the table, any other time I would have laughed, my mothers imagine was not of the Well mannered young man that had sat before her hours before, or the manager of a car Repair business not at all now. but one that should of gone to the toilet before  and kept Any gas well and truly tucked away.