The next day I woke up to someone pounding on my door.

"I'm coming!" I groaned.

I opened the door to see Bobby, he looked pissed off. "What you say to my brother." He pushed passed me.

"Well good morning to you too." I shut the door.

"What you say to my brother Mercedes."

"Geez Bobby I just met you a week or so ago and your already demanding things from me. I feel like were married or something." I smiled and walked into the kitchen.

"You're really funny you know that."

"Yeah I've been told that a couple of times."

"You've been telling my little brother some shit huh."

"What are you talking about?" My head was starting to pound.

"You know."

"Actually I don't so thanks for coming. There's the door, I can't wait to see you again."

"I don't like people that bullshit me."

"Neither do I so bye." I walked over towards the door.

"I'm going to find out what you said to him."

"Oh like what how I told him I rolled out of my friends tree house when I was high, or how about my parents Bobby. Yeah how the died in a car accident when I was five. Why don't you get your stories straight and just leave me the fuck alone."

Bobby looked at me and didn't say anything. He turned away and walked out the door. "Yeah keep walking asshole." I slammed the door shut.

Bobby walked into his house and looked over towards Jack.

"I'm sorry Jack." Bobby threw his jacket on the chair.

"For what?" Jack asked.

"Mercedes." Bobby walked up the stairs.

"What! Bobby you just went in their and killed her…"

"No Jack! I'm sorry that I blamed her for the information you knew, shit Jack I didn't kill her."

"Bobby…"

"Forget it Jack." Bobby walked into his room.

Later that day I ran into Stefan at the grocery store. He was with a woman who looked like she was his mother.

"Hey!" I walked up to him.

"Hey Mercedes" He gave me a hug.

"OOO Stefan who is this?" The woman next to him had a very heavy New York accent.

"Nan this is my friend Mercedes."

"Oh how very nice to meet you." She grabbed my hands.

"Yes you too…"

"Oh you can call me Nan."

"Oh ok Nan." I felt funny saying it.

"So what are you doing today?" Nan asked.

"Oh just food shopping."

"Oh food shopping for the family?"

"No, I live alone. I'm not married."

"You hear that Stefan she's not married."

"Yeah Nan." Stefan smiled.

"You should come to dinner with us tonight. Stefan is treating us to his restaurant."

"Nan I'm pretty sure…"

"Nonsense Mercedes will join us for dinner."

"Ah well…" I tried to make an excuse.

"Great will see you at eight. Stefan I need some fruit; it was nice meeting you Mercedes." Nan walked away.

"Sorry about that." Stefan smiled.

"Oh no problem, she's nice." I smiled.

"Yeah, she's very pushy too. You don't…"

"No, it's no big deal. Well I have to get some more stuff. I'll see you at eight."

"Yeah eight." Stefan smiled.

"Bye." I walked away.

Before I went out that night I called Jack.

"Was Bobby really that pissed?" I asked.

"Yeah he has problems trusting people." Jack replied.

Man who the hell did that remind me of.

"Oh so I was invited to dinner."

"Yeah, by who?"

"Stefan's grandmother, I bumped into them at the grocery store."

"Oh…" There was something in Jack's voice.

"Yeah but I was thinking after my dinner if you wanted to come to the club. Lexus and Dakota are meeting me there."

Jack was silent, "Jack!"

"Yeah sure." He finally replied.

"Ok, if you don't want…"

"No I'll be there probably with Angel."

"Alright I'll see you later."

I got ready for my sort of dinner date. In some weird way I was really excited to go. I called Dakota and Lexus before I left.

"I thought he was just a co-worker?" Lexus asked.

"Yeah sort of I don't know." I replied.

"Oh so you do like him." Lexus laughed.

"Likes who?" Dakota was listening in.

"That guy Stefan."

"Oh yeah Steve." Dakota replied.

"No Dakota his names Stefan." I said.

"Yeah I knew that."

"Anyway I'll see you guys later."

"Ok Bye."

"Bye." I hung up the phone.

I arrived at the restaurant 5 minutes early. I sat in my car till about eight and got out. There was a line of people waiting to get in.

"Mercedes there you are, come on." Nan grabbed my arm.

"Hi." I followed behind her.

"Nan!" A woman walked up to us.

"Melanie surprised to see you here." Nan hugged her.

"Be nice to me Nan, it's your birthday."

"Oh today's your birthday, Happy Birthday Nan." I felt like an idiot.

"Thank you come on lets sit." She led me to the table.

"Happy Birthday Nan!" Everyone at the huge table stood up.

"Thanks I just keep getting older every year."

"Oh Nan, who's this?" Another woman looked like she could be Stefan's mother looked at me.

"She's Stefan's friend Mercedes." Nan replied.

"Oh Stefan hasn't mentioned you." His mother gave me a look.

"Of course he's to embarrassed by us." A man spoke. "Hi Mercedes, I'm Sonny. Stefan's grandfather."

"Hi." I recognized him.

"Take a seat." Nan pulled out a chair for me.

"Thanks." I sat down. I looked over next to the guy sitting next to me. I thought it was Stefan.

"Hey, I'm Stefan's brother Johnny Jr." He looked almost like Stefan expect he had green eyes.

"Oh nice to meet you."

Pretty much everyone there introduced themselves to me. I knew as I looked around that I was sitting with the mob. Half of these people I never met before, but I knew I worked for them at least once. I tried to slip up and say anything that would make me suspicious.

"Hey Mercedes." Stefan sat down next to me.

"Hey." I looked over towards him.

"See you've met my family." He looked around the table.

"Yeah."

"Your still here so I guess they didn't scare you away."

"Nope."

"She's a nice attractive girl Stefan, I don't know how you found her before I did." Johnny smiled at me.

"Ignore my brother he can be such a pig." Melanie smacked Johnny in the arm.

"It's ok I'm used to it." I smiled.

"Mercedes I'm very interested to know what you do." He's mother shot me that look again.

I thought about my many jobs, and came up with something.

"Actually I work as an assistant manager at East and West."

Stefan looked at me, "Yeah that's how we met."

"Oh so your both in management of a restaurant." His mother seemed impressed.

"See I told you their perfect for each other." Nan smiled.

Stefan leaned in and whispered to me, "Since when do you work there."

"It's my new job, I start on Wednesday." I whispered back.

"Oh…"

"Yeah I'm tricky like that." I smiled.

During dinner I was asked many questions, it was kind of fun. I was the center of attention.

Nan's birthday cake came out for dessert. A big fat Italian man sang happy birthday to her in Italian. I couldn't stop laughing.

When we were eating cake, a man walked in. "Mom sorry I'm late Happy Birthday."

"Johnny you're always late." Nan sounded mad.

"Aw, but you still love me." He took a seat.

"Johnny where have you been?" Stefan's mother asked.

"Nowhere Tiff don't worry. Son, I love this place good job."

"Johnny you do that favor for me?" Sonny looked over towards him.

"Yeah pop."

"Good well if you will excuse me, I got some things to do. Happy Birthday darling." He kissed Nan on the cheek.

"Yeah goodbye." Nan rolled her eyes.

After our dessert I got up.

"I have to get going."

"Oh I'll walk you out." Stefan stood up.

I walked over to Nan "Bye, Happy Birthday." I gave her a hug.

"Thanks sweetie, here take this." She handed me a fifty.

"No you keep it."

"No it's my little gift. Go get yourself something."

"No I seriously…"

"Take it don't worry."

I took the money from her, "Thanks." I gave her a hug.

Stefan walked me out to my car. "So that was interesting." I smiled.

"Yeah my family is a little crazy. Good thing my Uncle Tony wasn't there, he's the worse of all of us."

"Well thanks for walking me out."

"No problem." Stefan smiled.

"I'll see you sometime." I went to get in my car.

"Bye." Stefan was so cute.

"Oh wait." I grabbed a piece of paper and wrote down my number. "Call me," I smiled and got in my car.