Tug of War 45.2

"Hey! It's nice to see you too!" said a young man, smiling from ear to ear. He looked about the same age as Timothy, although he was much taller and stronger. The guy had a handsome face, with thick eyebrows, deep, light brown eyes, and a strong jawline. He was wearing a gray shirt, black shorts and flip-flops. "I'm Matthew, by the way, but you can call me Matt. What about you?"

"I... I'm Tiffany" Timothy said, about to freak out. 

"Oh so you are the famous Tiffany!" 

"F-famous?!" 

"Of course" Matthew smiled. "Since I got here, my grandma just couldn't stop talking about you. This has been Tiffany this, Tiffany that all the time… But now, looking at you, I have to say that I can't blame her. You definitely are someone hard to forget" the guy stated, looking so deeply into Timothy's eyes that the feminized boy blushed and trembled. 

He then remembered that Mrs. Bennett had indeed mentioned a grandson at some point in the past. Timothy had completely forgotten about him, though, and he obviously had no idea that the guy would be there that afternoon. Otherwise, he would be far away from Mrs. Bennett's house… That's for sure! 

Timothy also thought it was very ironic how Susan had joked just a minute ago about why Tiffany needed to always present herself at her best. 'You never know when you'll come across a handsome young man. Maybe some charming prince will be waiting for you just outside the house'… 

And that was exactly what happened… Timothy thought, but the next second he regretted it immensely. What the heck is, like, wrong with me? When did I start thinking of guys as 'handsome' and 'charming'? No, I'm just getting confused again! It totally wasn't what I meant when I thought that... right? Sure! Why can't you just focus Tiffany?

"Anyway" Matthew continued, arousing Timothy from his troubled thoughts. "I guess this lovely lady with you is your mother, right? Grandma talked a lot about you too, Mrs. Foster. Nice to meet you." 

"Oh my!" Susan smiled, looking delighted. "Aren't you such an enchanting young man? It's so hard to find boys like you these days, my dear. I can't believe how lucky we are, right, Tiffany, honey?" 

"W-what?! I... Umm... I guess so?" Timothy babbled, blushing even deeper. 

"Please, forgive her, Matt. My little princess here always gets a little air-headed when she meets some attractive boy."

"Mom!" Timothy cried out, appalled. "How can you say something like that? What will Matt think about me?"

"Don't worry, Tiffany" Matthew hurried to say, grabbing Timothy's hands. "You can be sure that I am only thinking wonderful things about you. Truly wonderful…"  

"See, honey?" Susan said, winking at her stepson. "Mommy knows what she's doing."

"Now why don't you ladies come in?" Matthew suggested. "I'm sure Grandma is looking forward to seeing both of you. And I have to admit, I also would love to have a chance to get to know you better, Tiffany…"