Author's Note : I had a slight writer's block with this one . This isn't my best work in my honest opinion .
"Calleigh babe, you look beautiful!" Eric said as he opened the car door for Calleigh to get in. They were finally going to his Uncle's wedding after Calleigh agreed to go with Eric and meet some of his family.
Calleigh wore a sexy pair of zebra print stilettos, with what Eric guessed to be about a 5 inch heel, making her taller but, still not his full height. She had on a black pencil skirt which clung firmly to the curves in her hips and butt. All topped off with a clean, white, off the shoulder shirt, which bared her entire left arm.
"Thank you Eric. You look good too honey." She replied feeling a warm blush creep up her face.
Eric was sporting black suit pants and the matching jacket, with a white button down shirt and black square toe dress shoes. Calleigh thought he looked just precious as she had never seen this side of him before.
"So, is there any particular relative I should be warned about today babe?" Calleigh asked him as he pulled out into traffic. She was still a bit nervous about today he knew, but she would never admit it.
"Well my Aunt Priscilla, she always tries to act better than everyone and anyone else even though we all think she looks like an ass most of the time! My Uncle Angelo, him and his wife are probably gunna ask you a billion questions babe, there nosey as hell sometimes. Anyone else, isn't really relevant because my family is huge Cal, and I can barely even remember all of them, so I wouldn't expect you to, but as the years go by, you gradually get to know them more and more."
A smile crept upon Calleigh's face as she thought about being with Eric for years and getting to know his entire family.
"My cousin Miguel, we're basically frenemies, we've been competing with each other since the year we were born, and he's a jealous bastard Cal, always has been and always will be!"
"Okay Eric, hopefully this'll all go smooth."
"I bet it will babe." He said as they intertwined fingers. Calleigh relaxed in the passenger's seat realizing that they still had roughly 25 more minutes to drive before they arrived at the church. Eric said his mom and dad would already be there saving them a seat. After the ceremony they'd have to drive to the reception hall, where Calleigh would ultimately be introduced as Eric's girlfriend to some of his family.
Eric and Calleigh pulled up in the church parking lot. As soon as he parked, Calleigh began looking in the mirror making sure her hair and makeup was still intact. Eric glanced at her and shook his head with a smirk on his face. He walked around to her side of the car and opened the door for her; she stepped out, and straightened her outfit up a little as he shut the car door.
"Eric, do I look okay?" She asked him wanting to look perfect for him and his family.
"You look gorgeous baby, but I already told you that."
"Okay, thanks, I'm just making sure."
"Cal…relax, everything will go fine!" He said because he had faith in her. They intertwined fingers again and started walking into the big church. They walked through the church doors finding out that the ceremony had not yet started. Eric and Calleigh scoped out Eric's mom and dad and walked over to the pew they were seated at, taking a seat right next to them. Eric noticed that as they walked in, a couple of his relatives and people from the bride's side were looking at Calleigh. He didn't mind though, because he knew Calleigh was a beautiful girl inside and out, and he also knew the Calleigh is 150% his!
"Hi Calleigh." Analia Delko whispered.
"Hi Mr. and Mrs. Delko." Calleigh said.
"It's nice to see you again Calleigh." Dom said to her.
"Thanks, you too Dom. Thanks for letting me come with Eric."
"Oh, it's no problem at all Calleigh. Look, I think they're about to begin." Dom said as the organist began playing.
"C'mon babe, we've got to find our table." Eric told Calleigh as they walked into the reception hall.
"Oh, I thought we were sitting with your parents."
"No…well at least I don't think so. My uncle said that my new aunt and he did a seating chart, and they tried to group teens together wherever they could."
"Oh, that's fine."
"Eric!" Someone called from across the room. Eric and turned around to find who was calling him, to be greeted by his cousin, Miguel.
"Shit." Eric whispered under his breathe.
"Eric, buddy you're over here with us." Miguel shouted.
Eric grabbed Calleigh's hand and gave her look letting her know that this was the annoying competitive cousin Eric was telling Calleigh about. Calleigh just giggled at his annoyed facial expression.
"Hey man, long time no see." Miguel said to Eric, pulling him into a man hug.
"Yeah, I know!" Eric said forcing a smile.
"Who is this?" Miguel questioned.
"This is my girlfriend Calleigh Duquesne! Cal, this is my cousin, Miguel." Eric said introducing his pain in the ass cousin, to the one person in his life that mattered the most.
"Hello." Miguel said to Calleigh.
"Hi." She said keeping their conversation to a minimum.
"My girlfriend is in the bathroom actually."
"Yeah, I bet." Eric smirked under his breathe, and Calleigh shoved her elbow into his stomach.
"Thank you." Calleigh whispered as Eric pulled out a chair for her to sit in.
"Welcome babe." He told her.
"So, how has swimming been going Eric?"
"Pretty good, I'm training for the Florida State Preliminaries right now. How's football?"
"Football is good; we started training again a couple of weeks ago for the upcoming season."
"Cool."
"So Calleigh, I don't think I've ever seen you before. Are you from around here?"
"No, I moved here about a month ago from Louisiana." She explained, her southern accent made relevant.
"Eric, I didn't think I would see you here!" A familiar voice said to Eric. Both Eric and Calleigh looked up to see Marissa standing there.
"The fuck are you doing here?" Eric asked her getting pissed off already more and more by the second.
"Excuse you, but I'm here with Miguel." She told Eric as Miguel pulled out a seat for her.
"What is she doing here?" Marissa asked pointing at Calleigh.
"I'm Eric's girlfriend!" Calleigh said sliding to the edge of her own seat, to be closer to Eric.
"Miguel. You serious man?" Eric asked clenching his jaw.
"Yeah Eric. One man's loss is another man's treasure." Miguel said to him.
The best man in the wedding began giving a speech, followed by everyone else in their respectful places.
Eric just leaned back into his seat and shook his head with a smirk on his face. The waiters stepped over to the table and notified the teens that they could go get in the buffet line. Eric and Calleigh linked fingers and quickly walked over to where the food was being served.
"Calleigh, I'm sorry, but I honestly don't know what the hell is going on at this point." Eric apologized to Calleigh.
"Babe, it's alright. I should be the one saying sorry to you, it looks like your cousin is going out with your ex!"
"Wait, she was never my girlfriend Cal, we never had sex or any of that I swear, but she's been trying to get with me since we were in like 5th grade. I can't believe Miguel is that dumb! But I don't want anything to do with her Calleigh, you're all I want!"
She smiled up at him, "You're all I want to Eric. She annoys the shit out of me Eric, but I'm honestly not worried about her, she's not anywhere near as cute as I am!"
"No she's not Calleigh!" Eric laughed. Eric and Calleigh got their plates and Eric's was loaded with food.
"Eric, are you really going to eat all that food?"
"Yeah Cal. You have to remember I have an athlete's appetite babe."
"Okay, if that's what you want to call it Eric." She sighed with a smile on her face. They got back to the table to find Marissa and Miguel already seated with plates, and they also had 2 other people who seemed to be friends with each other sitting at the table. Eric and Calleigh began eating in silence which was broken by Marissa's voice.
"So Calleigh, no offense but you're like the new slut of the town I hope you know!" Marissa nonchalantly said to Calleigh. Miguel choked on his steak when he heard her say it. Calleigh gave Eric a look letting him know that she was about to go off! She didn't want to act a fool in front of his family, or anybody for that matter, but she would defend herself if need be.
"Marissa, the fuck is your problem?" Eric asked her trying to keep quiet and defend his girl.
"I already told you Eric, I don't have a problem." She answered.
Eric was just about to curse at her again before Calleigh interrupted.
"Babe, I got it." Calleigh told Eric in a nice tone, before turning to Marissa.
"Honestly, there is no reason for me to be considered a slut at all. But, if I'm the NEW slut of the town, YOU must be the OLD slut of the town!"
"You're so cute! But I think people in this town will probably believe whatever I tell them about you, I've been here for years, and you just got here and you're already fucking Eric Delko!"
"First of all Marissa, me and Calleigh are not fucking, we're in a relationship!" Eric yelled getting pissed off. Calleigh laid a hand on his thigh letting him know to back off; she wanted to handle it on her own.
"I don't give a flying fuck about what anyone else in this town thinks of me! You're mad because I walked into this city a month ago, and I already have the man you've wanted for years! I didn't even have to open my legs, or suck his dick, because that didn't even work for you did it? I didn't think so!" Calleigh said. Marissa just gave her a dead stare, while Calleigh had the biggest smile on her face.
"Okay so Marissa let's go get something to drink." Miguel said trying to break up the little argument before it got any worse between the two girls, even though he knew Calleigh was kicking ass!
As soon as they left Calleigh looked to Eric and said in a slightly annoyed tone, "I told you I could handle it on my own."
"Sorry Cal, I was just trying to help you." He apologized, confused as to why she was mad at him.
"I know, but if you keep stepping in when me and her are arguing, she's gunna think that I can't handle her. Next time please, just let me handle it by myself." She said in a firm tone, Eric just gave her a confused and frustrated look.
"Eric, you can't say hi to your Auntie?"
"Hi Aunt Priscilla!" Eric turned around and got up to give his aunt a kiss on the cheek and a hug.
I wonder how Cal is gunna act.
"Who is this?" Priscilla asked referring to Calleigh
"This is my girlfriend Calleigh Duquesne." Eric introduced them. Calleigh stood up, straightened her skirt and smiled towards the women who lightly resembled Eric's father around the eyes.
"Hi Calleigh."
"Hello, nice to finally meet you." Calleigh greeted the women.
"Thank you. I'm Eric's Aunt Priscilla. Have you met the rest of the family yet?"
"I've met Miguel, and I already know Eric's parents and I'm just now meeting you, but besides that I haven't met anyone else." Calleigh told her. She was still mad at Eric, for "undermining" her, but she wasn't going to let his family in on what was going on, they could talk about it later on at a decent time.
"Well what's Eric waiting on?"
"I have no idea." Calleigh told her glancing at Eric.
"C'mon Eric, show her around!"
"I was going to once we finished eating!"
"Well hurry!"
"Okay, Auntie." Eric said as his aunt walked back to her table, to tell them about Calleigh he assumed.
Eric and Calleigh sat down again, noticing that Miguel and Marissa still weren't back yet. Eric and Calleigh barely said 2 words to each other, and they sat like that for quite a while.
Calleigh was just finishing her plate of food when suddenly Eric's fingers intertwined roughly with hers.
"C'mon." He said firmly.
"Where are we going?"
"Just c'mon." He said. Calleigh got up and walked slightly behind her with their fingers still intertwined. They walked all the way outside of the banquet hall before Eric let go of Calleigh's hand, she was looking at the ground when he spoke.
"Look babe, I still don't understand what I did, but I'm sorry!" Eric put forth, trying to apologize.
Calleigh face softened, "Eric, it's bad enough that when we go to school, I'm gunna be considered a slut already for literally not doing anything. I know you wanted to help me baby, but I know I can handle her on my own, so just let me."
"Calleigh, I know you can handle her too, but it pisses me off when I see her trying to verbally attack you like that. How the hell is she gunna call you a slut, and she's fucking with my cousin?"
Calleigh giggled at his last statement, "I don't even know but look, right now, you and I need to focus on each other and when the time comes, just know that I can handle her and whoever else on my own, I'm a big girl!" She told him, as she moved into his arms, to give him a hug. He bent his head slightly and gave her a forehead kiss.
"Alright baby. So are we good?"
"Eric, we were never bad."
"I know, but I just don't like it when we're upset with each other like that."
"Me neither Eric, but I couldn't stay mad at you for much longer anyway. You're too damn cute."
"I knew my good looks would come in handy one day soon." He scoffed.
"Whatever." Calleigh shook her head as held the door open for her as they walked back in.
When Eric and Calleigh sat down again, they were back to normal, much to Marissa's dismay. Desserts were finally being passed out and Eric was feeding Calleigh a piece of the wedding cake. In the back of her head Calleigh knew that she wanted to knock Marissa's lights out just for being there, but she wanted to wait for the right moment because if they were all going to be at the same school, Calleigh had an odd feeling that she would be seeing Marissa around whether she wanted to or not.
The DJ began playing more and more dancing upbeat music, urging the guests to dance more. Soon, well over half of the guests were up and dancing on the floor, even Eric's 3 year old cousin and his parents.
"So, you gunna dance with me Calleigh?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Eric, I'm clearly white, not Spanish. I mean, I can dance, just not to Spanish music."
"Have you tried it before?"
"No."
"Well, you can't knock it until you try it Cal."
"Well, I don't want to try it here Eric. I may suck at it."
"So what Cal pleasssssse." Eric began whining.
"What about a slow dance?"
"Good enough." Eric said with a huge smile on his face. The DJ stopped playing fast music and announced for all couples to come on the floor, young and old. Calleigh looked at Eric and smiled at him letting him know that she felt like dancing with him now. He stood up, and held his hand out to her and she gladly accepted it.
Calleigh watched as the newlywed couple walked onto the floor first, and then mostly older couples walked onto to the floor also, but lost sight of them because of the other people who were there also. Calleigh heard the beginning tunes of "Love like This" by Natasha Bedingfield, and her heart skipped a beat in her chest. This song defined the exact way she felt about Eric, even though they had not been dating for long, Calleigh could see how over the past 3 weeks, her feelings for Eric strengthened at a pace that was actually frightening to and pleasing all at the same time. Calleigh wrapped her arms around Eric's neck and he enveloped her by her waist as they began swaying together. Calleigh's head was resting in the crook of his neck as she breathed in his scent and let her eyes flutter shut. Eric intertwined his fingers in Calleigh's soft blonde hair and kept one hand on her waist, not paying attention to anyone else in the room.
We go back so far swinging' in your backyard all the things that we used to do
We were cool back in high school, ooh I really liked you, it must've been your attitude
That's why you keep on running' in and out of my life.
As the years they'll roll by, baby now I know why I keep coming back to you.
You're the only that knows me, love it when you hold me
I'll never find a love like this.
When this life tried to keep us apart, you keep calling me back to your heart, let me hear you say.
I'm so glad you found me, wrap your arms around me
I'll never find a love like this.
The song ended all too early and Eric was dragging Calleigh over to the wedding party table so she could meet his new aunt and his uncle.
"Hey Uncle Ramon!" Eric said to his uncle.
"Hey man, what's up?"
"Nothing, this is my girlfriend Calleigh Duquesne." Eric said eager to introduce Calleigh as his girlfriend to his favorite uncle.
"Hello Calleigh. My brother was telling me about you."
"Oh, good things I hope?"
"Certainly, he said that he thinks you're a lot of good for Eric, and that you're a great girl with goals for herself."
"Oh, ok, all of that is true." Calleigh smiled.
"Well, I have someone I'd like for you guys to meet too. Eric and Calleigh, this is my new bride Jocelyn."
"Hi Jocelyn, welcome to the Delko family." Eric greeted her and gave her a hug.
"Hi Calleigh."
"Hello Jocelyn." Calleigh said with a smile.
"It looks like both of you have something in common already…you're both new to the Delko family."
"Yeah, you two are the new Delko girls." Eric said wrapping his arms around Calleigh's waist even tighter than before.
Calleigh beamed at the fact that most of his family liked her already, and where giving her a warm welcome into the family.
LOL , i had no idea how to end the chapter. Give me your opinion though, don't be to harsh. The next chapter will be better though, cuz it'll be there one month anniversary ! :D Okay...REVIEW ! ! !