A/N Just a little disclaimer that may be obvious but still. I do not own Glee, I do not know personally anyone mentioned. This is purely a fiction exercise. Also because English is not my native language you may have to excuse some mistakes I may write. That being said I hope you enjoy it. :)
Grant's siblings, Tyler and Gracie had picked you from the airport.
After learning that his entire family would show up to dinner you are now heading their home where their mother is already waiting for you.
You are riding with Grant in the backseat of the car, Tyler's driving and Gracie is next to him. During the car ride you basically talked about Grant's work, your work, how Tyler had graduated from college and Gracie from high school and their future projects.
"And we're here!" Gracie announces. "Oh, Mom is already outside waiting. She's anxious. Hahah!" She giggles.
Tyler parks the car in front of the house and you see their mom standing in the front porch. She's smiling in a friendly way which helps to calm you down a bit but you're still very nervous.
Before getting out of the car Grant holds your hand and kisses softly your lips. "Don't worry, she'll love you."
You nod with a shy smile and Tyler, who's already out, knocks on the window. "Get out lovebirds!"
You and Grant finally get out of the car. Tyler and Gracie are already taking both yours and Grant's luggage inside the house after some quick words with their mother.
You and Grant walk over to his mother. Grant runs to hug her. "MOM! Missed you!" They throw their arms around each other and hug tight.
"Hey, son! Finally! Missed you too!" When they finally let go of each other she asks smiling, "how are you? You guys had a nice flight?" She's now looking at you with a grin on her face.
"We did." Grant stretches his arm to grab your hand and to pull you closer to him and his mother. "Come here, babe." With an arm around your shoulders he introduces you both. He only says your names, not mentioning the girlfriend part like he did to his brother and sister but you could see the tender smile on his mother's face when he called you babe and put an arm around you.
You mumble clumsily, "hi, nice to meet..." but even before you finish the sentence his mother his giving you a quick hug. "So happy to finally have you two here." She releases you, looks at Grant and then you, "I'm not gonna lie and say I've heard a lot about you... but the little he told me was very good. Only compliments and praise. And the fact that you are both here together..." She grins, raising an eyebrow to Grant, like she's waiting for him to speak.
He giggles. "Yeah, Mom, you're right. We're not just friends. We were when I first talked to you about coming here but then... oh well." He chuckles embarrassed.
"Oh, it's ok, son. I'm so happy you're both here. You make a beautiful, lovely young couple."
You feel your cheeks burning as usual and you just make a shy smile.
Grant senses your uneasiness. "All right, girls, now that introductions are done let's go inside, shall we?" He holds your hand tight.
His mother leads the way inside. "So, tell me, are you two hungry? Do you wanna anything?"
"No, we had a full late breakfast. I'm still stuffed, really. Babe?"
You agree with him. "I am too. But thank you."
"Ok, so, Grant, do you want to take her for a tour of the house? I'll be in the kitchen getting some things ready for dinner later, ok?"
"Oh, can I help?" You automatically say.
Grant pouts. "Noooo, you can't, you'll come with me, my dear. See, mom, she's ace cooking and baking. I know for a fact. You'd drool at some of the stuff..."
She smiles pleased. "Oh really? Good to know. Maybe we'll get to see and taste some of those amazing things?"
You nod eagerly. "Sure. I'd love to."
"Yeah, right. But not now, mom. You can't just steal my girlfriend away like that." He jokes.
She laughs. "Haha! Grant wants you all to himself. No problem we'll save it for some other day. Go then, son, show her around. I'll be in the kitchen if you guys need anything."
Grant gives his mom a big kiss on her cheek and a hug. "Haaa, love you, mom."
"Love you too, honey." She kisses him back.
You have this foolish, heart-melting smile on your face when Grant takes your hand. "Let's go."
"Grant, baby, you haven't seen you mother for almost three months, I can wait."
His mother speaks. "Oh, don't worry, sweetheart. We have all the time. You go, kids, I'll meet you in the living room in a bit, ok?"
Grant smiles smugly at you. "See? Mom is the boss here. If she says we go, we go."
You three laugh loudly.
Grant is now showing you the house. In the backyard you meet some more members of his family. The dogs. At least these don't make you nervous. You love dogs and they generally love you, and Grant's dogs are no exception. They are big but friendly and they seem to like you instantly.
You end the tour in Grant's bedroom, where Tyler and Gracie have left both your luggage.
"Haha! Even the dogs love you!" Grant laughs as he closes the door.
You look around and you feel his arms around your waist and his lips on your neck. "So, feeling less nervous now? Everybody loves you."
You smile. "Yeah, they are all nice. Still, I think there's still your father and your grandparents, uh?"
"Haha! Sure, and they'll love you just as well..." He turns you around so you can face him and he kisses your lips. "I love you. And I think we'll both be sleeping in my room..." He giggles.
"Oh. Seriously?" You ask confused.
"Unless you don't want me sleeping with you..." He pouts.
"Oh, fool. I meant your family. Are they ok with that?"
"Suppose so. I mean, they are not stupid. What's the point in not letting us sleep together here when they know we might do it every single night when we are in LA or now in NY? We're grown-ups. Worry not, my mom is not old fashioned."
You smile. "Ok... But I must warn you... Do not expect the same treatment at my place. My dad will probably put you in the furthest room of the house, away from my bedroom. Now that I think about it, I think he will probably put you in the pool house." You smirk.
Grant takes it lightly and jokes. "Oh oh, pool house? Fancy. Seems fine by me..."
You roll your eyes at him.
"Really, babe, don't worry. If that's what your dad wants, be it. I'm fine."
You hug him tight. "Ok. You're great, you know?"
Grant grins all smugly. "I know."
"Oh fool." You giggle. "And I'm an even greater fool..."
"Why?" He pouts.
"Because I love you, fool." You roll your eyes giggling.
"Right." You two kiss passionately.
After some time making out you two come downstairs. Grant's mother is carrying cookies and coffee to the living room. "There you are. Finished the tour around?" She asks smiling.
You nod with a shy smile. "Lovely home."
"Ha, thank you. It does the trick. Well, come sit down. I know you two said you weren't hungry but it's just some coffee," she winks at Grant, "and some cookies."
You and Grant sit down together on the couch and his mother in a chair facing you two. She pours down the coffee. "So, how did you two meet?"
You look at Grant, your eyes begging him to do the talking.
He giggles. "Well, mom, it's not really a fantastic story. We met about two months ago, at Dianna's birthday party. It turned out we have a lot of friends in common, it just didn't happen before because she had been in Australia and New Zealand for over two months before that, working."
"Oh, nice. So, Grant told me you are also working on the Hunger Games movie, what exactly do you do?"
You explain her your work.
"She's brilliant." Grant comments when you finish talking. "And stop being so humble, baby. She's not just 'a' makeup artist. She's the key makeup artist, the head of that department in the movie, and the head behind all the creative makeup process." He then goes on mentioning your most notorious works. "She even drew me. It's amazing." He grabs your hand and kisses it.
"Oh Grant." You giggle blushing.
His mother smiles tenderly at his gesture. "Lovely. And yes, those were quite some brilliants works. Congratulations."
"Thank you."
"So, you two live close to each other in LA?" His mother continues the questions as you were expecting already.
"Yeah, close enough. Her neighborhood is fancier but only ten minutes by car keep us apart." He smiles to you.
"Good, so you are close. But you are originally from Florida, right? Grant told me that after leaving Norfolk you are going there to visit your family."
"Yeah, I am. South Miami, I was born there. I went to LA after graduating from high school to study TV and film makeup." You nod.
Grant smiles squeezing your hand. "Yeah, to me it's more like some vacations on the beach, getting to know new places."
You grin at him. "Absolutely. I'll show you around or we can just sunbathe all day."
His mother smiles entertained. She's actually enjoying to see her son so happy. "I'm sure you two will have a great time. But Grant, honey, you think you have never been to Florida but you have. Of course, you don't remember. You were just a baby, you could barely walk."
Grant giggles. "Oh really? Then it's about time to go back."
At that moment Gracie and Tyler enter the room holding with a big poster that reads: "Welcome home, Finnick! CONGRATS!"
Grant is all baffled. "Aw, guys, what the...?"
Tyler shakes his head. "Don't look at me, bro, this is all her idea and her manufacture."
Gracie grins happily. "Isn't it great? Well, I had help, of course..."
Tyler laughs. "Yeah, her little crazy friends that are your biggest fans."
Grant stands up and hugs his sister. "Awww! I love you, you spoiled brat. Thank you. You too, asshole." He pulls Tyler to the embrace.
"Congratulations brother, really." They all hug each other.
You can see Grant's mother is on the verge of shedding a tear. And so are you. "Oh dear, they are so adorable." You comment all emotional.
His mother looks at you with a tender smile. "They are, aren't they? I'm so proud of them."
"Sure, you must be."
"And I'm so glad to see Grant this happy. I reckon you must be pretty special to him. The way he just talked about you when we spoke last week... I knew you had to be more than just a friend... And now that I see you two together... It just warms my heart."
You just blush without really knowing what to say. "Thank you..." You mumble embarrassed.
"No need to thank me. I'm the one who has to thank you. Besides, let me just tell you a little secret... I know Grant has had his little flings, in high school, college and such. But you are the first one that he brings home. The one he introduces officially as his girlfriend, so... Thank you."
You keep on flushing heavily. "You're welcome... He's pretty special to me too... Really special." You feel your heart melting by his mother's words.
"And you are lovely. And beautiful. I can see why he loves you so much." She gives you a reassuring smile and then adds, to lighten the mood, "so help me to carry these back to the kitchen?"
You nod promptly. "Absolutely." You start grabbing the dirty mugs of coffee and you follow his mother to the kitchen while Grant and his siblings are now hanging the poster.
Before coming back to the living room you go upstairs to Grant's bedroom to pick the gifts you two had bought in New York to his family.
You return with the bags and Grant walks over you. "There you are, sweetheart. What do you think?" He asks looking proudly at the huge poster.
You grin. "It's great. You have amazing siblings."
Tyler and Gracie giggle and Grant wraps his arms around you. "Almost as amazing as you are." He leans to kiss your lips.
"Ahhh, knock it off, lovebirds." Tyler teases you.
Gracie claps her hands. "Aww! My new and now only one OTP!"
You all laugh and you finally change the subject. "So, we have here some little gifts. It's nothing special really. Just some things we got you guys in NY. If anyone dislikes their gift, blame Grant, he's the one who gave me the tips." You look at Grant with a teasing smile.
Grant pouts. "Haaa! You're evil. I told her she didn't have to get you guys anything but she insisted, so..."
You start giving each one of them their gift.
"Oh my dear, you didn't have to... Spending money and all..." His mother pulls you to a hug and kisses your cheek.
They all seem pretty pleased with their gifts, especially Gracie, who comes hugging you tight. "Oh my god! Thank you so much, I looooove it!"
Grant laughs. "Needless to say that I had nothing to do with yours, sis. That's girlie stuff I know nothing about."
Gracie giggles. "Of course. That's pretty obvious. You could never have the good taste for this."
After the gifts you all spend some time basically talking about how Grant got the Finnick part, mentioning obviously your part on the process.
"All right. Go on then. Show her the neighborhood." His mother says after a while. You and Grant take a walk in the neighborhood with his dogs and you spend quite some time in a park nearby playing with them. You can't remember the last time you so much fun with something so simple.
When you return home it's almost time for dinner. Gracie is in the kitchen helping her mother and Tyler is setting the table. After making sure no one wanted your help you and Grant go upstairs to take a quick shower and change clothes. The running in the park has left you two sweating.
When you are finishing brushing your hair you hear some louder noises and voices downstairs.
Grant has just finished getting dressed. "That would be my dad and grandparents, I'm sure." He giggles. He gets his hair done and smiles at you. "You are stunning as usual. Are you ready, babe?"
You nod, smiling nervously. More family members to meet.
He pulls you to his arms. "You've already seen you have nothing to worry about. Everybody loves you."
"And everybody loves you. Seriously, I love your family so far. You are all so close, so fond of each other. It's heartwarming."
"Well, it is family." He smiles.
"Yeah, but you know that not all the families are like yours..."
"Yeah, I know I'm lucky." He kisses your lips. "I'm lucky family wise and girlfriend wise."
You hug him tight without saying anything. Then you just kiss him passionately. No words are needed.
You two come downstairs and more hugs and kisses happen. You feel instantly at ease with his father who's not only nice but also funny and charming. "So, son, it really wasn't photoshop... She's real!" He jokes.
His grandparents are no exception. They are an adorable old couple who make everyone laugh when they ask if this is a party to celebrate his grandson's engagement to you.
Throughout dinner you all talk mostly about Grant and to Grant but they also talk about you and to you. You get to know more about Grant's family too.
"Oh, right. Grant had told me. My mom's a nurse too." You say when you hear about Grant's mother job.
His mother smiles pleased. "Really?"
You nod and she asks you where your mom studied. When you reply his mother opens her eyes. "Really? Me too. What a coincidence! What's her name? Maybe we even got to be colleagues in college!"
You say your mother's first name as well as her maiden and married name. When you do you could see the shock on her face. "Oh my god. Is your father a doctor? Neurosurgeon?" She asks you, adding his name.
You nod frowning and surprised. "Do you know them?" All the others have confused looks on their faces. Grant's father has his eyes open wide.
His mother has her hand on her forehead. "Oh dear, what are the odds...?" She then stands up and leaves the room.
"Mom...?" Grant mumbles confused and then he looks at you.
You shrug. "I have no idea..."
There's a strange and awkward silence when Grant's mother returns holding a photo album. She goes over to you and hands you one photograph. You see two couples in their late twenties and three children, a boy and a girl around the same age, about two or three years old, holding hands with a smaller boy, around one or two. "Oh my fucking god." You just blurt out. One of the couples you clearly recognize as your parents and the other one as Grant's parents. You have no doubt about the children either. The girl is you, the older boy is Tyler and the little one is Grant.