MANDY POV

A ninja (Japanese word) was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of a ninja included espionage, deception, and surprise attacks.

Yes, the dictionary. It describes my mother´s attitude perfectly. Imagine, to attack Mark out of the blue and have him restrained on the floor like a lowlife or something.

Auch, it pains me how much I´m embarrassed.

It was all going so well before the interference. He arrived punctually at 5pm, after his swim practice. We were at the dinner table working on some algebra problems when he asked for water.

From the kitchen I heard the turmoil. Not only Mark was thown to the floor with my mother on top of him, but also some table ornaments flew everywhere and smashed noisily, making me rush to the room.

“Mom, stop that!” I screamed.

She came to her senses immediately and let go of him.

“This is your mom?” Mark was astounded.

“Nice to meet you. I´m Carol Hills, the mom.” As he accepted her handshake she pulled him up from the floor.

“Mark Smith,” he said, completely out of breath and confused.

“Mom, how could you do that? I asked your permission to have him over.”

“Oh, right. I forgot, Mandy. So, imagine my reaction when I saw a stranger in the house.”

“I imagine, mother, how threatened you must have felt when you saw him placidly sitting down and reading.”

“It´s all right, Mandy. We never know how we will react when facing danger.” Mark was sweet to say that. “I´m so sorry Mrs. Hill, I should have been introduced to you before we started to study.”

“That would have been nice.”

Yeah, mom, in FEUDAL times. I couldn´t react to such drama. Did I mention that my mother was wearing her black kimono? So I just nodded a yes when Mark collected his books and decided to leave.

MOM POV

The best defense is the attack, after all.

I had it all planned out. I would parade in front of him in my kimono, to impose some respect. I would frown and puff a little. That was the plan. But when I saw their heads bent together over the books, the whipers and the smiles. I couldn´t take it. I opened my mouth to yell, but Wendy suddenly left the room and I just attacked him.

MARK POV

The poor woman thought I was a burglar or something. And I, on the other hand, thought she was a trespasser. Wow, she is strong.

As I was subdued on the floor I could just think that I was glad that Mandy had left the room and escaped the monster.

And in the end, it was her mother. I feel kind of stupid now.