I didn't end up going to see Maddox the next day. Turns out he was babysitting one of his younger cousins who is shy around new people. Although he did admit to me that he would have much preferred me being there, it would have given him an excuse to not interact with the child. Children can be complicated and annoying but they can also be cute and lovable, depending on what minute of the day your interaction takes place. Therefore I spent my Sunday doing work and researching things for university. You know how normal university students spend their days. Not that I know much about normal university students' lifestyles.

I feel like I was much more anxious then I was supposed to be. I was much more anxious then I was used to being. I have met several ....potential love of my lifes' fathers and mothers and family members. But I felt nervous ,I was pacing ,again, and running my hand trough my hair . I was sure that I had created a few braids in my hair, just at the back at the nape of my neck. I have mentioned before that I play with my hair whenever I'm anxious.

I just wanted to get out of the house as quick as I could. I ate, got dressed and I had my bag packed and ready for around eight am. I knew that Maddox wasn't expecting me until a lot later so I just walked. I walked around the neighbourhood, I walked around the park . I sat and watched the ducks as I had ventured to another park . I just wondered through the streets trying to forget all of my nerves but this was difficult. I knew that the only way that this feeling would go away is if I sucked it up and got it over with.

When I arrived back at Maddox's neighbourhood I was a bit worried about the time, I looked at my phone and to my surprise I had been walking for a good three hours. Which was almost perfect. We hadn't actually talked about times ever since we arranged the first date . We kind of just had a mutual silent agreement that noon would be the best time to meet up.

I had quickly knocked on the door , before hand having put my hair into a bun so that it was out of my way and I couldn't tug on it at any chance that I get. Instead I was messing with My necklace. The door was quickly opened, not quick enough for my liking but it was opened rather quickly and I saw Maddox's bright face which made my worries somewhat disappear and somewhat become more intense.

Maddox's hair was a bit of a mess, it looked as though he brushed it and didn't put too much effort into styling it, which was kind of adorable. He was wearing sweatpants that looked very comfortable and a long T-shirt with a random band on it that I didn't recognize, though I did take a not of it to look up later. From our discussions it didn't seem like a band Maddox would be into but you never know, he had told me before that his music taste is all over the place.

"ches! hi, I'm sorry we didn't arrange a time but this si perfect." Maddox cheerfully greeted me , he seemed a tad nervous which is understandable. The last time that we had met up he had a panic attack. I wasn't sure if he knew that I didn't judge him for having a panic attack and that was what made him nervous but I tried to be as warm as I could when I replied "Good afternoon Maddox, how are you doing?"

He started to walk backwards, letting me into the orange coloured passage. There was a square patterned mat on the floor which seemed a bit too big to be a welcome mat but it seemed to be working and useful. There was an ottoman to the right in front of a radiator and a mirror facing the door. "I'm doing good thank you." Maddox replied happily as he watched me look around. As he shut the door I saw two white canes, one was Maddox's which I saw quite a bit. The one next to it was very different, it was like a walking stick, but it was white and red. After wracking my brain a little bit I had remembered that the colour red on a cane means that the user has a hearing impairment. I suppose this was Maddox's father's cane, I only think that because I had met his mother and she didn't use a cane .

I had taken my shoes off and placed them next to Maddox's , they were beside a shoebox close to the cupboard under the stairs. The kitchen ,or what I suppose was the kitchen was across from the front door, and Maddox was stood in the doorway which was next to the kitchen. I was a bit shocked when he grabbed my hand and almost pulled me into the room. "Mom dad this is Chester, Chester you know my mom and this is my dad."

The amount of things in the room was kind of overload for my brain. the patterned red carpet clashed with the blue carpet that was in the passage. Three of the walls were white and the other wall , the wall which was facing the window, was black with stripes of gold. There was two worn leather settees in the room which went quite well with the wallpaper and the black Ikea furniture. There was a very small desk in the corner, which I had heard Maddox complain about many times before. In front of the desk was a black office chair. The wood of the desk matched quite well with a CD cupboard in the very corner , hidden away and full.

The fireplace in the centre of the room was white and black. It held a clock and a money box with a mirror above it. On either side of the fireplace thee was two wall lamps which were very plane and simple. A seemingly hand made wooden stool stood next to a wooden television stand with a large television above it, Maddox had told me once before that he liked to play video games and I assume this was the stool and television that he used. Next to the window there was another wooden table which held a stereo and a lamp. The curtains both matched and clashed with the carpet.

On the settee next to the window sat Savannah, she seemed to have been on her phone previous to my entrance but she politely put it down and gave me a welcoming hug which I returned with a smile. Next to the television sat a man around savannah's age, he had brown hair with a little bit of gray here and there but he had the same eyes as Maddox, crystal. As I walked closer to him he stood up and held his hand out to me with a polite smile. Though his eyes were unfocused they seemed kind. "Hello Chester it's a pleasure to meet you, My name Is Kenneth but you can call me Kenny." I shook his hand politely and replied "It's a pleasure to meet you as well."

Maddox quickly interfered with the conversation and the greeting though. As soon as my hand was free he grabbed it and started to drag me out of the room "we're going to work on our project!" As soon as the living room door was closed he heaved a big sigh. Now his nervousness was starting to make sense to me. He was also nervous about me meeting his father. Though it had seemed to go quite well in my opinion. He was still holding my hand as we walked up the stairs, There were two railings, one on either side of the stairs. They used to be white judging by the paint but there was dark wood peeking through quite a bit.

There was three doors at the top of the stairs, The door which was facing the stairs seemed to hold a bathroom as I could see a bath and tiles through the small gap. The other red door was tightly shut , I presume that this was Maddox's patents room which is strictly off limits to prying eyes. Maddox pulled me into the one on the right and needless to say I had a rather pleasant surprise.

His walls were light purple, though it wasn't too obvious since most of the walls were covered. He had a massive mirrored wardrobe fitted to the wall on the right next to the door. There was a king sized bed in the corner of the room with a single nightstand next to it. The bed corves were plain and simple black and white stripes. The walls were covered in posters from various bands, tv shows, films and games. It was covered in storage with boxes all throughout the room yet to be unpacked into the wardrobe . He had lived here a while so I didn't know why there was still boxes there but a closer look made me understand. A very faint permanent marker read 'kitchen, Maddox, CD's' which made me understand that this isn't just Maddox's things.

On the same wall as the door frame there was a large black desk with a large television on top, there was more storage in the form of plastic boxes though I assume that they would be permanent. He didn't have much of his things on display which may be understandable . Though it was somewhat disappointing to me. "feel free to look around if you want whilst I get my laptop set up, do you want to sit on my bed or that stool...I would recommend my bed....that sounds odd."

I chuckled before looking at the seating options and I agreed that the bed would be the better option. I think that I am too tall to comfortably sit in the other options without my knees reaching my head. He grabbed his silver laptop and pulled it onto his lap whilst I sat with my legs crossed, looking around and on the windowsill -which was surrounded by purple curtains-They were just simple ornaments ,some of them had crystals on which I assume were charging overnight. There was a mini water fountain and there was a sun catcher hung on one of the windows.

After Maddox's laptop charged up we started to get to work, We were creating the powerpoint that we were going to use for our presentation. It was all going rather well . We didn't go off topic much , only when something caught my eye and I wanted to ask about it, for example the several drawings that I could see on the drawer's behind me. Well that specific thing got us quite distracted. He said it takes him days to get something drawn which is even close to good but I found his persistence admirable and I wasn't afraid of letting him know that.

We were getting on quite well still and I hadn't mentioned anything about his panic attack which happened only a few days ago. He seemed much more relaxed now that we were distracted and focusing on our work but alas this peacefulness did not last long. Maddox's laptop made a sound seconds before my phone did . It was Amity in our group chat .

How did your date go the other day? -A

I froze and looked to Maddox, I wasn't expecting him to be looking back at me with a shocked expression as well. I had thought that he had told her in a private chat. Though Maddox didn't seem the type to do so , it would have been somewhat understandable. I tried to think back to whether or not I had seen the unique head of blond hair throughout the day and I came up blank. How did she know that we were on a date?