"Where have you been, young lady?" my mother says. Oh shit. I totally forgot to tell her I was going on a date. No wonder she's so pissed off.

"I went to the beach," I say as calmly as possible. I'm not quite how sure the whole 'date' thing would go over.

"With who? and why didn't you tell me?" she says.

"Just this um Ethan kid from band ," I say while trying to exit the room.i was almost to the door, when my mother called me back.

"Ethan? Ethan? Who's Ethan?" my mother says.

"Oh!" Amanda says. "Is that little Ethan the trumpet?"

"Yes," I say. I move back into the room but stand by the stairs leading upstairs to my room.

"Were you on a date?" my mother asks. She stands up and moves over to me.

"Sort of," I say. Just like that a bomb of questions went off. No escaping it now.

"Where'd you go? how old? is he your boyfriend? when can I meet him?"

"Mom, chill out," Amanda cuts in. "Give her some time to think about her date. Okay? I mean she did only just walk in the door. "

My mom sighed. "Okay." She walks out of the room with a little perk in her step. She sings to herself as she leaves. I'm pretty sure it was 'can you feel the love tonight."

I run up the stairs and into my room. I collapse on my bed and had barely shut my eyes when Amanda came in my room and closed the door.

"Sooo?" she says.

"What?"

"How was the date?"

"It was okay, I guess. "

"did anything happen? should I get mom to give you the talk?"

"uh NO!!!"

"fine." Amanda comes and sits next to me on the bed. she puts her hand on my shoulder. "I'm just looking out for you, that's all. When I was in band, he had a reputation of a player. I just don't want to see you get hurt. Because I swear to god. If he hurts you in anyway, I will shove that shiny little trumpet of his up his ass so far, he'll be tooting songs for the rest of his life, especially after chipotle."

I laugh and so does she. "Thanks sis, but it's okay. Meed never do anything to hurt me. He really likes me and I like him. "

"If you say so," Amanda says as she gets up to leave. "But just say the word and I'll open a can of whoop ass on him. "

I laugh as she closes the door. This is one of those moments when I love my big sis.