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Carrying two bags and a monkey backpack, which belonged to Liam, Santiago walked next to Brittany through the airport. Liam was waving at everybody who was passing them and squealed when they waved back.

"When did we say yes to this? I hate big parties." Santiago huffed as they stood in the check in line. Brittany on the other hand was excited to meet Maribel again and see his sisters. She looked at Santiago and said. "She invited us and she called me family. Of course we are going. Besides, you haven´t been in New York in forever. Why wouldn´t we? Don´t you want Liam to see where you grew up?"

She won that argument. Santiago scoffed and handed the tickets over. She was right to some extend. But he rather wanted to spend the time at home and relax. Maybe go on a hike with his girlfriend and friends. But instead he was boarding a plane to New York to see his family and mother´s colleagues, who probably will ask a thousand questions. Santiago was not the talkative type. He was rather the smoldering silent one. Growing up with his sisters didn´t give that much of an opportunity to talk. They were always talking, either with or even over each other. He let out a chuckle and his girlfriend noticed. "What?" She asked.

"I just thought about all the conversations and crazy Latinos and Latinas you are going to meet. For Liam it´ll be a fun fest, you on the other hand will have to listen to hours of cooking tips and God knows what. I think that it kinda funny. You are dating a Latino. I really wanna laugh now, because Britt, you are screwed." She punched his shoulder as hard as she could, but he just gave a ´really´ look.

"San, don´t make fun of me. This is important. I was so freaked out, when I met your mother and sisters. Meeting your extended family is just as important to me. So stop scaring me. I worked so hard on my Spanish to not embarrass me."

He kissed the side of her head and told her that everything is going to be fine and if not, well, he explained that they always hold Liam up as a human shield. Nobody would do anything to that cute face.

Liam enjoyed attention and was going crazy, as the woman across the aisle listen to him babble. He did not cry during the flight and when they landed he wanted to walk on his own. Brittany held the baby´s hand, but all hell broke lose, when he spotted Maribel and Jazmin standing there. Waddling over to them was the most exciting thing.

Brittany followed him and Santiago, again, was left with their luggage. When he finally made it to the women, he kissed his mother and hugged her tightly.

"I am so happy that you are here." Maribel said, as they walked to the car.

"Happy. Crazy is more like it. I had to put up pictures of Liam and everybody all over the living room. Smart move for not coming earlier." Jazmin said and chuckled with Santiago.

"Well, as long as they are appropriate we are fine, I guess. I am not looking forward to all these people. How many are coming?" He whispered towards his sister. She on the other hand just shrugged. She was just as clueless as he was. All she knew is that it must be a greater number, since she and her sisters already had to carry tons of beverages and make space for a huge ass buffet as she called it. The Latino had his answer: a lot.

Brittany was again embraced by Maribel as soon as they entered the house. "Brittany, here you are. I am so excited. This is the best birthday present." She said and looked over to her son and Liam. "And you two. How are my two boys?"

Santiago had no chance to answer, before Maribel took Liam and splattered more kisses all over his tiny face. The Latino just shrugged and walked up the stairs. Brittany followed him. They entered a dark room, a bed was standing below a Bob Marley poster. There were three pillows on the bed, which were the only color in the room.

"Someone likes it dark." Brittany teased.

"Well, yeah. I don´t know why. Black was nicer back then, I think." Santiago said. He let himself fall onto the bed, and waited until Brittany was next to him. "So, my mom is busying herself with Liam. We can enjoy a couple of minutes. You know, just and and me." He said while turning towards his girlfriend.

She smiled at him and moved closer. "I like that idea. Come here." She said grabbing his t-shirt, roughly pulling their mouths together. Santiago loved how she took charge. Maybe this weekend would be more fun than he had thought.

They barely had time to pull themselves apart, before the door was slammed open and Josefine jumped onto their bed, followed by the other two Lopez sisters. "Santiago is home! And Brittany is here!" Josefine yelled.

Brittany laughed and cuddled with them. Santiago on the other hand just rolled his eyes. Sure, he was happy to be home and see his family and Brittany get along after everything, This was something he had hoped for. And therefore, he had no right to be annoyed by this interruption

This party could not end soon enough. Together with Jazmin, Brittany stood in a circle of his mother´s colleagues. They were talking animated and you could hear them laugh. Santiago on the other hand was sitting on a table far away from the noise, a sleeping Liam on his chest.

Josefine brought him a beverage and settled next to him. "How is it possible that half of the hospital staff is here? I mean, who is working today?"

Santiago chuckled. "Good question." He looked at his sister, who constantly checked her phone. "How is your lady?"

"Great. Good. I don´t know." She started. "Everything is so easy with her family. You know, we hang out together and they don´t give us shit about being gay. And I want her to meet my family. Give her the same respect and love I receive there, but how? I am scared shitless. Just the thought of coming out. Mom would freak." She rattled. Santiago noticed how insecure she got about all of this. He could only imagine, how conflicted Josi must feel about this.

"I don´t know what to say, but I think that mom will still love you, gay or not. She loves all of us. She could have gone crazy on me for dating Brittany, because her job back then did not fit the social standards. The only thing that upset her was that I lied to her about it. That I was ashamed or scared to tell her the truth. I know these are two different scenarios, but in the end you are just as much her child as I am. She loves us. So why don´t you tell her?" He said in the calmest voice not to wake up the baby on his chest.

It seemed to work. Josefina wanted to jump from her chair, but her bother was still able to catch her. "How about you wait until the guests are gone. I don´t think this is something that needs to be discussed with an audience." Josefina nodded and sat back down.

"You are right. But if she hates me, I´ll tell her it´s your fault." She said smiling.

"How is it my fault? How in the world is it my fault?" Santiago asked.

Then there was the voice and presence of his girlfriend. She came out of nowhere. "What did he do this time?" She asked and smiled. Santiago tried to throw his hands in the air.

"Josi said it is my fault that she is gay." Santiago replied. Brittany was confused.

"No, no. I said if she is mad at me it´s your fault, because you pushed me into telling her." Josefine replied.

"Telling who what?" Jazmin interrupted the conversation. She and Julia saw the three sitting there and decided to join them. Now all Lopez children where together. Josefina looked at Santiago who just shrugged again.

"You can tell them. It´ll come out anyway." He said.

"I am gay. I have a girlfriend and I want you and mom to meet her." Josefina just said. Julia and Jazmin just looked at each other andthen back at her.

"Cool." Julia said and turned to Jazmin. "Remember when we both had a phase in college and challenged each other to kiss as many women as possible the weekend you visited me?"

Jazmin nodded and smiled. "Oh the good old days, when you wanted to know and do everything." Santiago had a disgusted look on his face.

"Why do we have to talk about this? Why can´t I have a family that talks about the weather and family living instead of their conquests?" He was looking pleadingly at Brittany, but she was just as amused at his reaction like the others.

"But you wanted to know about my female conquests." She said with a smile and received some giggles from his sisters.

"Yeah, but with you it´s sexy. With them." He pointed at his sisters. "It´s weird."

Josefina was just shocked. Her sisters were not giving her shit about this. She just came out and everything was fine. "So, you are cool with this? I am not getting yelled at or scolded for this?"

Jazmin and Julia looked at her. "What for?" Julia asked. "Josi, we love you no matter what. And you dating a woman is nothing to be ashamed of. We are living in the 21st. Besides, you already came out. Well, rather yelled yourself out off the closet. So, chill out and invite her over. Mom should meet her. You can easily ease her in." She continued. Then it came back. The night they found out that Brittany was a stripper. She yelled it out, but it was all a blur and she didn´t talk about it afterwards. Her sisters must have felt the same and waited for her to come and talk to them.

Jazmin added. "I think she already guesses that you are into girls. When I talked to her, she told me, that you have a lot of pictures with a girl on Facebook. Then she said she was pretty and if I know if you two are dating."

Julia laughed at this. "She asked me the same thing this morning."

Now it was Brittany´s and Santiago´s turn to laugh. "Well, this is going to be easier than you thought, Josi." He said.

The youngest Lopez sister just sat there. She could not believe this. It was not like that she expected a parade or wanted to be in trouble. But her sisters took all of this away. Her moment was gone. She was pulling out her phone, quickly typing a message to Ellie.

I came out to my sisters. Wanna tell my mom later tonight. You wanna come over?

It was short, but it had all the necessary information. She quickly hit send, before she could change her mind again. Tonight was the night. She was going to tell her mom as well. Santiago´s words kept spinning in her head and the way her sisters accepted it, made her feel safer than before.

Ellie replied with a yes and that she will be there in 45 minutes. "She will be here." Josefina whispered to Santiago, who did not participate in their sister´s conversation about experience with women.

"Great. How about be bring Liam to bed, because I do not want to be part of this." He gestured to the rest of the group. Josefina agreed and left the three girls talking.

"So how did that happen?" Brittany asked Julia and Jazmin.

"Jazmin visited me during my Junior year. I finally moved off campus and we wanted to party. We went to a gay club and saw two women kissing. It was nothing at first, but as the alcohol continued flowing and the ladies were getting wilder, we dared each other."

Jazmin agreed and laughed. "I don´t even know who won, but this was actually kind of fun." She looked around. "Where did they go?" She asked. Brittany and Julia looked just as confused.

"I think, Santiago is being responsible and brought Liam to bed." Jazmin said. Brittany had to agree, it sounded plausible. "So, do you ladies think we are going to meet this girlfriend tonight?"

Julia took a sip from her wine. "Why not? I mean it is already obvious to mom and Josi should use the chance of all of us being here to meet her."

Brittany felt bad for a second to reveal that she had already met Josifina´s girlfriend. Jazmin and Julia wanted to know all about it. The blonde told them how they invited them to Los Angeles and who fun Elisa is to talk to. "You will love her. She is a wonderful person and Josefina is just so happy, when they are together."

"I can´t wait, to be honest. I mean have you seen her? If the personality matches her looks, then we have another Brittany on our hands." The middle sister joked.

"No one can replace me. I have a secret weapon. It´s called Liam." Brittany joked and the three girls laughed together. Maribel joined them with a young man by her side.

"Jazmin, I want to introduce you to doctor Samson. He just started at the hospital. Maybe you two would like to have a drink together." She said. Her daughter did not seem to be impressed about it at all. Why would her mom try to match her up with a doctor? She was single and loved it. Why would she need to date somebody?

"Sure." She said and walked off with the doctor. Julia and Brittany laughed and turned to Maribel. She was obviously looking for her other two children. Brittany could tell.

"San took Liam to bed and Josefina wanted to help I assume." Brittany told Maribel, who nodded.

"Good idea. I did some showing off today with that little man. He must be exhausted. I might go inside and give my little nieto a kiss good night." She said and walked off.

"This woman is entranced with that child. Now, I get it. She is finding men to set each of us up with. Thank God Jaz is the oldest." Julia said. "But I have to be careful. I will be next. Who knows what I am getting matched up with." She continued.

"Can´t be that bad." Brittany said. "He looked nice."

"Yeah, but he is dull as a cave. I talked to him a while ago. Gosh, he laughed at the most dull jokes. Poor Jazmin, I will be a good sister and save her. Find us, when Elisa arrives. I wanna have a good look at her."

"Will do." Brittany said and walked towards the house. She wanted to see her son, too. Santiago, his mother and Josefina were standing in the hallway. When Brittany turned around the corner she could also see Elisa.

Maribel was shaking her hand. "It is nice to meet you Elisa and thank you so much for the flowers, they are stunningly beautiful. I can see why Josefina chose to date you." With that she walked of into the kitchen.

"What?" Josefina said. "Mom, what? How did you know?" She almost yelled after her mother. The older Latina turned around.

"Who do you think you are talking to? I am not one of your playground friends. I am not stupid, but my children must make me out to be some kind of scarecrow. Everybody is scared to tell me about their lives. How horrible am I? Secrets over secrets!" She turned around, placed the flowers into the vase and walked back over to them. "I do not understand why you don´t want to tell me this. I know being gay is hard, but I am not your abuela. I accept my children and love them unconditionally. If I ever made you or your siblings feel otherwise, then I am sorry." With that she left her children, Elisa and Brittany in the hallway.

Nobody said anything for a long time. There was silence until Jazmin and Julia entered. "What is going on?" Julia asked and then turned to Elisa. "Hey, you must be Elisa, nice to meet you. I am Julia and this is Jazmin." She said and shook the woman´s hand.

"Likewise." She replied and went on. "I think you mother, who is lovely by the way, just gave a speech about loving her children and knew that Josefina was dating me. It was fun." She added.

"Wow." Was all Jazmin could say. She was shocked. This was a lot of information for one evening. She greeted Elisa as well and ushered them all outside. "Just go with it for now. I think as soon as the party is over, mom will have a lot to discuss. At least with you two." She said looking at Josefina and Elisa. "San and Brittany already had their talk, Julia and me are just fine." She added with a laugh.

"That´s what you think. Wait until she wants to know, if you are going out with Dr. Dull." Julia said and laughed with Brittany in unison. The others did not understand what was going on.