Kitty and Liam entered the living room hand-in-hand the next morning, and they both laughed when everyone began wolf-whistling and cheering.
"It was bound to happen sometime, just like me and Johnny." Carmen said.
"Congratulations, you two." Elektra said with a grin.
"Thanks, guys." Kitty said when everyone congratulated them. She kissed Liam on the cheek before he went to play pool and she went to sit with Elektra, the two beginning to chat about just random things: Kitty and Liam, Elektra's crush, Kitty's dad, Elektra's sister…etc.
"So…who is your crush, Elektra?" Frank asked suddenly.
Elektra and Kitty glanced towards him, raising their eyebrows. They hadn't said his name, of course, but why would Frank be curious?
"Uh…why do you want to know?" Elektra asked.
"Um…no reason." Frank said with a frown.
"It's not you, if that's what you're worried about." Elektra said.
Frank nodded, and only Liam could see a flash of hurt appear in his eyes. "Right. Okay. Good." Frank said, continuing to play pool.
Elektra and Kitty raised their eyebrows at each other before going back to talking.
"Kitty! Maria and your dad are here!" Mike called.
Kitty got up, and then paused, turning to Elektra. "Want to come meet them?" she asked.
Elektra nodded. "Sure!" she said, before getting up and leaving the room with Kitty.
Frank sighed deeply and sat down. "Of course, she'd never like me." He said.
"Don't be sad, Frank." Liam said.
"Yeah, she's not worth your time if she doesn't like you." Rick told him.
"You think so?" Frank.
Liam and Rick both nodded. "When a girl likes you, she's worth it. When she doesn't…she isn't." Liam said.
"Hi Dad, Maria. This is Elektra, my other best friend." Kitty said, introducing Elektra.
"Hey, Elektra, it's nice to meet you. That's a very unique name." Joseph said.
"And I must say, I love the blue streaks in your hair. You're very pretty, just like Kitty is." Maria said, making both Kitty and Elektra beam.
"Thanks." Elektra said. "Kitty's lucky to be going to live with you two. I wish you guys all the best." She said.
"Thank you, Elektra." Joseph said, smiling.
"Well, I'm going to leave you to it. See you after, Kitty. It's nice to have met you, Maria and Joseph." Elektra said, and with a smile, she left.
"She's a very nice girl, isn't she?" Maria said as they went into the office, Kitty right behind them.
"She wasn't always." Kitty admitted. "But I changed her."
"Well, that's good." Joseph said. "Have you changed everybody here, then?"
"That's what my boyfriend says, anyway." Kitty said.
"You have a boyfriend?" Maria asked, surprised. "What's his name?" she seemed genuinely interested. Joseph rolled his eyes and went to fill out the rest of the paperwork. Maria followed, but Kitty and Maria were already deep in conversation about Liam.
"Well, he should know he's very lucky to have you."Joseph said.
"Yes, he really is." Maria agreed, as they finally finished filing out the paperwork.
As if on cue, as soon as the three left the office Liam appeared.
"Oh, you must be Liam." Joseph said.
"Kitty was just telling us all about you." Maria said, smiling.
"Hi, yeah that's me. You're Joseph and Maria, right?" Liam asked.
"That's us." Maria said.
"Hey listen, Liam, now I'm not going to lecture you about my daughter, but…you have to understand how lucky you are to have her." Joseph said seriously.
"Oh, I do. She's perfect, your daughter. I'll make sure to keep her heart in one piece." Liam promised.
Maria and Kitty looked at each other and mouthed. "Awwwhh!" because, for a boy to say that, it was really cute to them.
"Good lad." Joseph said, patting his shoulder. He turned to Kitty and hugged her. "Right, so I'll see you at the weekend then, Kitty."
"See you, Dad." Kitty said, hugging him. She then moved to hug Maria. "I have lots of fun talking to you, Maria. See you on the weekend."
Maria slipped her a piece of paper. "Here's my number, call me any time you like, okay?" she asked.
"Will do, thanks. Bye, guys!" Kitty said, waving. She then added Maria's number to her mobile, pocketed it, and then she leaned up to kiss Liam. "I'm glad they like you, even if they haven't had a chance to speak with you." She told him. "They like Elektra, too. I'm going to introduce them to Carmen next time they come over."
"I'm glad they like me, too. I wouldn't want to break up with you, Kitty, not now, not ever. You really are perfect in my eyes." He said, kissing her.
Kitty smiled then they walked to the living room together.