Your plans are interrupted by the appearance of one of your mom's friend's.

"Alright then, lead the way..." your mother began, before suddenly being interrupted by the sound of the doorbell ringing.

On hearing it, you both froze (recalling that your mom hadn't bothered to shut the automatic gate after you - presumably having predicted that the two of you might go for a drive), and turned towards the entrance way where the sound was coming from before looking back at each other again.

"Oh God, who's that?" she said, presumably not having been expecting anyone and looking a little worried about the answer.

You were similarly a little on edge, aware that your mom didn't want you mixing with any of her friends or anything, and if it was one of them, then how the hell was you going to explain you being here, as well as all the banners and presents and stuffing indicating that it was your 18th birthday. Standing there for about a minute, just staring awkwardly at each other while your mom cursed herself for leaving the open, the doorbell rang again and she quietly assured you. "It's probably just someone trying to sell something. They don't usually get the opportunity to go knocking on doors around here, so they must be making the most of it. We'll just pretend we're not here, okay?"

"Yeah, sure," you told her, half hoping this was the case, while the other half secretly hoped it perhaps was one of her friends - Summer Rain or someone like that, and you would finally be introduced to her.

After about another minute or so, after the ringing had ceased and the two of you began to think you were in the clear, your mom's cell phone started to ring instead, causing you both to jump a little at the unexpectedness of it.

"I guess maybe it's not a salesperson then," you said as your mom picked her cellphone up off the coffee table and looked at it, figuring that it was the same person who was standing outside the door who was now on the phone, clearly being **** to see her.

Looking up from her phone and flashing you a somewhat apologetic look, she replied, "No. I'm afraid not, sweetheart. It's..."