Sorry it took so long y'all! Don't worry, I will fill everyone's prompts, it's just taking a while on some of them. So, this was prompted by PSdancer54!

I have two new OCs in there.

Enjoy!

"Okay, yeah, I'll be there." Mara smiled even though her mother on the other line couldn't see it. "I don't know. Well, he nearly had a heart attack when he first met you too, I don't think he'll be able to handle the whole family." Mara paused for a moment as her mother replied and then giggled, refraining from rolling her brown eyes. "Alright, I'll tell him. I miss you too. Love you." she hung up and ran a hand through her hair falling back on her bed.

"That wasn't competition, was it?" Jerome suddenly appeared, hovering over her face, his nose inches from hers.

"Of course not, it was my mother." Mara replied with a smile.

"Ah." Jerome said in realization, moving to lie down next to her.

"How do you feel about meeting the rest of my family?" she asked quickly, sitting up.

Jerome looked at her in surprise at her outburst. It took him a moment to register what she had said, and when it did he sat up, dragging a hand through his hair with a sigh.

"Well, I don't know. When am I going to meet them? Where will I meet them? Are they coming in groups, families or individually?"

"Saturday, the park, it's a family reunion." Mara answered.

"Is it important?"

"Well, I guess, it sort of is—"

He looked at her and he sighed, cutting her off. "Alright, I'll meet them."

"You sure?"

"You know I'll do anything for you, Jaffray." he kissed her quickly.

"Jerome!" Maria Jaffray smiled, wrapping him up in a hug as soon as he and Mara had come within sight of the family.

"Hi, Mrs. Jaffray," he chuckled, awkwardly hugging her back.

"Call me Maria." She told him.

The woman gave her daughter a hug and then linked her arms with theirs, pulling the couple to the rest of the family. Jerome instantly felt nervous as hundred eyes looked at him with surprise and curiosity. He swallowed and Maria pushed Mara into his side.

"This is Jerome Clarke, Mara's boyfriend." She grinned.

He gave a small wave.

The other family members shrugged and went back to their conversations.

"Mum, stop, you're making Jerome feel uncomfortable." Mara hissed.

"Oh, I'm sorry, honey, I'm a little nervous." She apologized.

"You're nervous." Jerome muttered, running a hand through his hair.

"I'm going to go say hi to some people, love you." Mara smiled and kissed his cheek quickly before skipping over to a group of girls.

"No, wait, Jaffray—" Jerome frowned when she didn't turn back and looked around. He jumped when his eyes landed on a girl standing less than two feet away from him, hands on her hips.

She had brown hair and deep green eyes. She looked no less than fifteen years old and she wasn't much taller than Mara. She raised a thin eyebrow at him and licked her lips.

"Um, hello." He said cautiously, walking away, and leaning against a tree.

"Hiya," she said absentmindedly, chomping on a piece of gum, following him.

"I'm Jerome." he introduced himself, trying to hide the annoyance he felt against this girl.

"I'm Rosie, Mara's cousin." She smiled flirtatiously.

Jerome immediately shielded his emotions and stared at her with a blank expression.

"In about ten minutes, everyone is going to get some food. I know a private little place that you and I can go and be alone." She whispered, looking him up and down.

Jerome chuckled huskily and moved to stand in front of her, resting a hand over her head on the tree trunk. "Where?"

"B-behind that shed over there." She stuttered, pointing to a shed at the edge of the woods with a shaky hand.

"Alright, I'll meet you there in fifteen minutes, Rosie." He told her softly, pushing a strand of hair out of her eyes.

"W-what?"

"You're cute. You can flirt with me but when I say yes, you don't know how to handle yourself. I'm dating Mara and I'd never cheat on her, especially with her cousin. See you later, Rosie." He smiled slightly and sent her a wink, walking off.

"Woah…"

Jerome couldn't help the smirk that quirked at the corner of his lips when he heard her mumbling to herself.

He instantly regretted stepping back into the pavilion as a group of women swarmed around him, asking questions all at once. He barely heard any of them and only answered three. Eventually he managed to escape when they ran off to swoon over a baby and he looked for Mara. Despite having memorized everything about her so he'd be able to find her anywhere, he couldn't pick her out of the crowd. He gave up and retreated to a new hiding place, behind the pavilion.

It was in the perfect place that he could see everything that was going on. He would be able to find Mara easily here.

"Want one?"

A packet of cigarettes were suddenly held out in front of him and he turned to the girl holding them. Her black hair was straight and layered, and then dyed different colors. She had a several piercings in her ears, one on her lip, one her nose, and then two on her left eyebrow, which was raised at him.

"No, thank you." he replied.

"Suit yourself," she shrugged and lit one herself. "I'm Sadie."

"Jerome."

"Oh, right, the new member of the family. Everyone seems to love you so far." She muttered bitterly, taking a drag of her cigarette, letting the smoke out slowly.

Jerome ignored her last comment and his eyes landed on the tattoo on her right forearm. Blue vines twisted and turned up her arm and disappeared under her black leather jacket. "I like your tattoo."

Sadie's green eyes flittered to her arm and then up at him. "I like your hair."

"Everyone does." He smirked smugly, running a hand through it.

"Here comes Little Miss Sunshine." Sadie nodded toward Mara who was smiling at them. "Hey, chica."

"Sadie!" she embraced her happily. "I've missed you so much! I see you've met Jerome."

"Oh, yeah, he turned down a cigarette. He's good guy so far. But that doesn't mean I won't pound you if hurt my girl." She shot him a threatening glance and he nodded.

"Understood." He said.

"Come on; let's hang out since, so far, you two are getting along." Mara giggled, and pulled them with her to join the others.

I'm sorry if you hate me for having hardly any romance, but I thought I'd do something different. I loved Sadie's character. Rosie weirded me out and I don't know where that came from...but I wanted Mara's family to seem kinda strange in a way... *shrugs*

I'm gonna update again today but I don't know how many times I will...

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-Rachel