Chapter 16 – Approval
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"Seriously Troy. Keep bouncing her like that and I'm sure she's going to throw up on you."
"No she's not." I countered.
"Your ruined outfit." She replied, and continued to fold the laundry from the hamper. Today my parents were coming over, along with my grandparents, aunt and uncle, and my dear cousins. To say I was nervous was an understatement.
"She is not going to – " Sure enough, Isabella spit-up on my shirt, before looking up at me with her innocent brown eyes.
"Told you." Gabriella said as she grabbed a washcloth from the hamper, soaked it in water, and took Isabella from my arms to wipe her mouth.
"Yeah…well…" not knowing anything else to do, I stuck my tongue out at her.
"Real mature, Troy. And I though Isabella was the only baby in the house." She said, but I saw that she was trying to hold back a giggle. "What are you so nervous about anyway?" she asked me.
"My family."
"Troy, I'm the one that's meeting them for the first time. Shouldn't I be the one that's nervous? And I'm fine."
"Yeah well, you don't know my family." She laughed.
"Isn't that the point of the meeting today?" I couldn't help it, and smiled.
"Okay Captain Obvious, what I meant to say is that you don't know anything about my family, including how completely insane they are."
"If they're anything like you, then I think I'll be okay."
"You're just being a Meanie, aren't you?" I said, and leaned forward. I looked down at Isabella in Gabriella's arms. "Mommy's being silly, isn't she?" Gabriella leaned closer towards me, and then backed away from me.
"And Daddy smells." Gabriella said giggling. I looked down at my shirt to see where Isabella had left her 'mark'.
"And whose fault is that?"
"Yours." Gabriella said slyly.
"GLEE!" Isabella squealed.
"See, even Bella agrees with me." Gabriella said.
"You girl are ganging up on me! It's not fair!!!" Gabriella rolled her eyes.
"Go change Troy. Your family should be here soon." I playfully groaned.
"Fine." I could hear Gabriella giggling as I dramatically stomped my foot and walked out of the door.
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"Keep bouncing her and she's gonna throw up." I said mockingly as I walked into the living room, where Gabriella was sitting on the couch, bouncing Isabella on her lap. A nervous expression on her face, I knew that she was finally starting to worry about the fact that my family was coming over.
"Shut up."
"It's okay Brie. You'll be fine. I know that my parents are going to love you. Besides, you look so beautiful, I would doubt anybody could not be charmed by your magic spell." Gabriella was wearing a sleek black dress that hugged her curves perfectly. To top it off she wore black heels.
"Magic Spell?" she said with a raised eyebrow.
"It's how you caught me, isn't it?" she laughed. "See, there's that amazing smile I love."
"Thanks Troy."
"You're welcome." Isabella reached her arms towards Troy.
"Dada." She said. I smiled and lifted her into my arms. Just as I was about to continue talking to Gabriella, the doorbell rang.
"Ah. The guests arrive. Come on Bella, let's go visit them." I turned and walked to the front foyer. When I opened the door, a bubbly April was standing before me.
"Where-"
"Living Room." She nodded and ran towards the living room to talk to Gabriella. I just rolled my eyes.
"Hey Troy." My mom said as she walked into the room, my father walking in glumly behind her.
"Basketball Game." My mom mouthed, and I laughed. Isabella squirmed in my arms, trying to get to my mom.
"Hey sweetie." My mom said as took Isabella out of my arms. "How are you precious?"
"Mama." She said, and pointed towards the living room.
"Oh, your mama's in there?" Isabella nodded. "Do you want to go see her?" Again, she nodded. "Alright." My mom turned towards me, giving me a quick kiss on the cheek. "I guess it's time to meet the famous Gabriella." My mother walked off, and I looked at my father.
"Dad. You can go watch the game in my study after dinner. Okay?" his eyes lit up.
"You are definitely my son." I laughed.
"That I am." He hugged me, and then turned to follow my mom into the living room. I waited at the door until my grandparents, aunt, uncle and cousins came. My aunt and uncle went straight into the living room to meet Gabriella, but my cousins wanted to wait with me.
"Troy! Looking dashing as usual." My grandmother greeted, dressed in her designer dress with Prada heels.
"You too Grandma."
"So, where is the young lady?" of course, she always gets right to the point.
"Living room." My grandmother nodded, pulling my grandfather with her into the room. I went to the living room, cousins in tow, to see Isabella back on Gabriella's lap. Gabriella was absentmindedly playing with Isabella's hair, combing her fingers through it and stroking it gently. My mother was talking to her non-stop, until she finally noticed me in the doorway.
"Oh Troy, where have you been keeping her. She's just darling." Gabriella blushed as my mom looked at me sternly.
"Sorry?"
"No wonder Troy kept her to himself, I mean Look at her!" Cousin Harry said he walked towards her. "Hey sweet thing, I'm Harry."
"HARRY!" Aunt Veronica yelled. "That's not how you treat somebody else's girlfriend." My aunt walked to Harry, pulling him by the ear to the couch to sit beside his father, before turning back to Gabriella. "Sorry for his rude behaviour."
"No problem." Gabriella said quietly. I walked and sat down beside her on the loveseat, taking one of her hands into mine and squeezing it. She looked at me and smiled, before turning back to my mother and continuing to talk to her. I looked to see my family's reaction.
Of course, Harry and Greg couldn't stop staring at her. Well, more like drooling.
My uncle I could tell already approved of her. He was whispering to my aunt, who was nodding and smiling at Gabriella.
Okay, so my aunt approved as well.
My grandfather looked at me, a proud look on his face. He winked at me, giving me a thumbs up. Then, I braced myself for my grandmother.
Yes, she was happy that I was doing something for a woman who couldn't help herself at the time, but now that we were together it was a different story. My grandmother was now performing her famous check to see if the girl was a proper person to be involved with the Bolton family.
When I looked up at my grandma, she had a serious look on her face. She was watching Gabriella carefully, listening to how she talked and trying to get as much information about her as possible from her actions.
This could be a problem.
I leaned forward and whispered in Gabriella's ear.
"My grandmothers watching you, ready to pounce. You ready?" I heard Gabriella breathe deeply, and then she nodded. I then faced my grandmother.
"Grandma? I would like you to meet Gabriella Montez." Gabriella smiled up at her and extended her hand, but when she got no hand back she embarrassingly put it back down.
"It's a pleasure to meet you." Gabriella said.
"Yes." My grandma said. I groaned.
She was going to be difficult.
"So tell me Gabriella, where are your parents?"
"They both died in a car accident just under a year ago."
"And Isabella's father." I saw Gabriella wrap her arms tighter around her daughter's body, holding her close.
"He died of a heart attack just before I found out I was pregnant."
"I see." Again, I squeezed Gabriella's hand. She smiled nervously.
"How old are you?" my grandmother continued her interrogation.
"21."
"Isn't that a bit young to be having a child?" my mother looked shocked at her.
"Mother! You had me when you were eighteen." My mom hissed.
"Yes but Lucille dear, those were different times. Now a days people go and get educations before they start families." She said sternly. Gabriella looked nervous, and I could see she was worried that my grandmother didn't like her.
"For some people It's better to start younger so that you have more time with your children." My mother countered, protecting Gabriella. I smiled at how my mother already treated Gabriella like a daughter.
"Very well." She said.
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Dinner went by fairly peacefully, my grandmother not interrogating Gabriella anymore. Besides that, my entire family had already given Gabriella their approval, and had grown to love her as much as they did Isabella. Gabriella and my mom particularly hit it off, talking the entire night and promising they would get together for coffee soon.
My cousins continued to gawk at Gabriella, as if not thinking that a girl so gorgeous would like me. After a number of head smacks from their father, they stopped.
My uncle and aunt were just happy that I had found somebody, and told me that Gabriella was a very respectable girl. They said she had this exotic quality that made her very likable.
It was just time for my grandmothers opinion.
It was time for the family to go. April had already taken Isabella up to bed, and would be staying the night at my house. My aunt and uncle had left, and so it was just me, Gabriella, my parents and my grandparents.
"Thank you for having us Troy." My mom said. She turned and gave Gabriella a huge hug. "We'll get together soon dear, I promise you."
"For sure." Gabriella said.
"Keep my son in line. You seem to have a good hold on him." My father joked as he gave Gabriella a hug.
"Well, he's not that bad." Gabriella insisted.
"She's just saying that to be polite. Honestly, I'm terrible." I said jokingly. Everyone laughed. My grandfather praised Gabriella on how bright she was and how beautiful she was. Now, it was my grandmother's turn.
She stood before Gabriella, watching her.
"It was a pleasure to meet you. I hope we'll see each other again." Gabriella said. My grandmother continued to stare at her, before suddenly grabbing her and giving her a hug. Gabriella looked up at me confused.
My grandmother pulled back, smiling brightly at Gabriella.
"You passed!"
"Excuse me?" Gabriella said confused.
"I wanted to see if you would get intimidated by me. But you kept your cool, continuing to be polite, and didn't even smack me when I insulted you." My grandmother winked at her. "You're just like me."
"So you approve?" I said.
"Of course Troy. What she sees in you, though, is a different story."
"I feel the love grandma." I said jokingly.
My grandparents and parents said goodbye one last time, before finally heading to their cars and driving away. When I shut the door behind them, I turned to see Gabriella stills standing there, a confused look still on her face.
"So…I think they liked you." She was silent. "Brie? What's wrong?"
"You're grandmother…played me?" I laughed.
"Well, I told you my family was weird." Gabriella walked towards me and wrapped her arms around my neck, pulling my lips to hers. I melted into her, and finally pulled back when air was necessary.
"You're family is definitely something special." She whispered in my ear.
"I know." I whispered back.
"But don't worry. I love being a part of your family."
Family.
She had said that we were a family.
I quickly picked Gabriella up in my arms, wrapping her legs around my waist, and kissing her passionately.
"You. Said. Family." I said, kissing her after every word.
"Yes." She said, nibbling at my bottom lip.
"So we're really a family?"
"If you want to be." She replied. I groaned as her lips began to suck on my bottom lip.
"I want to be." I said. She smiled, and joined her mouth to mine. My tongue battled against hers as passion swept through my body. I stumbled with her up the stairs, fumbling with the door to my bedroom.
I finally got it open and went into the room with her.
The bedroom door closed behind us.
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