I'm sorry that I haven't been updating for a week. I got a lot of ideas about this chapter so I wanted to use all of them in a good way. I really like this chapter I hope you will like too :) It's a long chapter looking to the other ones and I'm sorry to say that I won't be always writing this long :D Anyway thanks for reading. :)
It's been almost two months since they've been official. Everything was going great. They attend events together. They went to dates together; in restaurants, cafes, cinemas… When they left those places usually paparazzi followed them but they just ignore the paparazzi. Their lives are amazing since then. Everything is going really well. Their love has grown stronger in this time. Their friends are happy about their relationship because they make each other happy. Still they are shooting Glee too. On the set they tease them a lot but since Cory and Lea become official too the jokes have been divided. On that day they were at the set again. They were having a lunch break. Everyone was sitting, talking together and eating except Chord. Kevin:
"So Dianna, how are you doing with the wheelchair?"
Dianna:
"It's really hard. I think you and the people who has to use them are very talented."
Harry:
"Let's hope that nobody must have to use wheelchair."
Lea:
"Yeah I hope so too. It's difficult to use them. Remember season one?"
Cory:
"I remember but it was also funny struggling with them. Plus we spent a lot time together while shooting that episode so you and I become closer."
Lea and Cory hugged and they held each other closer. Chris:
"Please don't kiss."
Lea:
"Someday you will all bring your lovers to our family and when that time comes I will be the one who is laughing."
Everyone laughed then Chord came in. He hugged Dianna from the behind and he sat next to her. He took some from her french fries. Chord pointed Chris and said:
"Don't say a thing."
Chris laughed:
"I wasn't going to."
Naya:
"Want to do something fun this weekend?"
Chord:
"Pass me."
Dianna hit his hand that is taking fries from her plate:
"Leave my fries alone and why are you busy?"
Chord took some fries anyway and said:
"I'm hungry-"
Dianna gave the plate to him. Dianna:
"Fine take."
Chord:
"And I can't come because I just talked with my mother and she told me that we have a family dinner with my not so little family. And umm."
Dianna:
"And what?"
Chord:
"She invited you too."
Dianna was shocked but she was also happy and also nervous. Dianna:
"To the family dinner?"
Chord:
"Yes is there a problem?"
Dianna:
"No of course not but I'm just surprised."
Chord:
"Why? We've been together for 8 months."
Darren:
"I think we should all leave."
Dianna:
"No it's okay."
Chord:
"So what is your answer?"
Dianna:
"Of course I'm coming."
Then someone came and call Chord and Amber. Chord:
"We'll talk the details, okay?"
Dianna:
"Okay."
He left and Dianna sighed.
Heather:
"You are nervous."
Dianna:
"No I'm not."
Mark:
"Don't even try to deny it Ookie."
Dianna:
"Fine but what if they don't like me?"
Lea:
"Oh come on they will love you so much."
Mark:
"I've met his parents and I'm hundred percent sure they will love whoever that makes their son happy."
Heather:
"You know Nash and he likes you so I think his sisters will love you. And of course his nephews too since you are very good with children."
Dianna:
"Thanks guys. I hope so."
-THAT NIGHT-
Dianna and Chord went out that night. They were at a restaurant and having dinner. Chord:
"I'm really excited for this weekend."
Dianna:
"Yeah me too."
Chord understood that something is wrong. Chord:
"Dianna what is going on? Is everything ok?"
Dianna tried to smile as bright as possible.
"Yes. Everything is great."
Chord raised his eyebrow.
"You know that I get you when you lie right?"
Dianna:
"Okay I'm a little bit nervous about meeting your family."
Chord raised his eyebrow again.
"Fine I'm very nervous. Plus I need to tell you something."
Chord:
"I'm listening."
Dianna:
"In the morning I talked with my mother and umm actually she invited you to a dinner too."
Chord was surprised. Okay now he gets Dianna. What if her parents and brother doesn't like her.
"Okay now I understand you."
Dianna smiled.
"I love the way you are so sincere."
Chord smiled and held her hand across the table. Chord:
"So how is our route?"
Dianna:
"Well we can take a plane to Tennessee first than we either drove or take plane again to Savannah and then come back to L.A."
Chord:
"Wow, that means a busy weekend."
Dianna:
"I'm with you so it's no problem."
Chord:
"Same for me."
Dianna:
"I should talk with my father too. Maybe we can visit him. He would want to meet you too. If it's not a problem for you to spend some more time at my hometown."
Some girls can say this to only make their boyfriends agree but Dianna is different she really asked that, she meant it. Chord knows how it's still a little bit tense and touching topic for her. Yeah it's been years but they divorced when she was fifteen so of course this leaves a mark. He said:
"If we come back without meeting with him then this will be a problem."
Dianna just smiled. He really understands her. He is really the nicest person she ever met and dated. She won't say this to Chord but she thinks that his job is easy. She only has a mother, a father and a brother but his family is huge. Really.
-WEEKEND, MORNING-
Dianna was on the phone with Lea. Dianna:
"I made my suitcase with the things we choose but what if it's-
"Dianna please stop. Your clothes are good and they will like you."
"Should I take a smaller suitcase? Maybe they will think I am too fancy."
"First your suitcase is good. Secondly maybe they will think you are well kept. Don't be so pessimistic."
"Yeah you are right. I should think good things."
"If you are like this I can't imagine Chord."
"You better don't. I'm pretty sure either he is still sleeping or he didn't sleep all night."
Meanwhile Chord was on the phone with Mark. Mark:
"You really didn't sleep?"
"Maybe two hours."
"Dude stop it okay. They will like you. After the others especially."
"I even considered finding Alex's phone number and calling him since he was pretty close with her family."
"Don't ever do that."
"Is that really a bad idea?"
"Worst. Look first you are going to your house so calm down."
"You are right."
"Plus I guarantee you they will like you."
Chord noticed the time.
"Oh shit. I have to go now. Thanks dude."
"Always."
-AIRPLANE-
Dianna:
"You didn't sleep right?"
Chord:
"Did Mark told you?"
Dianna:
"No one has to. You look like a mess."
Chord:
"Sorry."
Dianna:
"I just want you to be okay. Plus we are going to your family first, I should be the one who is freaking out."
"Don't freak out. They will love you when they see how much you make me happy and how much you love me."
"I hope so. My parents will do the same. And my brother will give you extra points for loving GTA."
"First time in my life video games are useful for me."
Dianna laughed. She said:
"Try sleeping until we arrive."
"Okay."
He just rest his head on her shoulder and fell asleep in the most peaceful place for him. After some time they finally arrived Tennessee. Dianna:
"Hey, baby. We are here."
Chord smiled:
"Good morning."
Dianna:
"Slept well?
Chord:
"Yeah."
They got off from the plane then they took their bags. Nash was waiting them outside with a car. Chord and he hugged.
Nash:
"Welcome to our town Dianna."
Dianna laughed and hugged Nash.
Nash:
"Why did you bring a bag Chord? You have clothes in here."
Chord:
"Actually we are not staying at night. We have a plane to Savannah."
Dianna:
"Which is my hometown."
Nash:
"Oh, so this weekend is a meeting the families thing."
Dianna:
"Kind of."
Nash:
"Come on. Everybody is waiting you."
They arrived the house. Dianna became nervous again. She thought does my clothes and hair look good, maybe I should wait a little and fix my make up and hair. I knew this dress was awful. Then she remembered Lea's words. 'Don't be so pessimistic.' She repeated I look good from inside. Chord:
"Let's get inside."
He grabbed her hand and they went in. Everyone was there. Chord saw his mother and father so he started to walk that way. Dianna saw them too and she just wanted to run away. Chord hugged her mum. Chord:
"I miss you."
Julie:
"I miss you too honey."
Then he hugged his father.
Paul:
"Son, I thought we agreed on you coming more."
Chord:
"Sorry I've been a little busy lately."
Paul looked at Dianna and said:
"I can see."
They laughed
Chord:
"So mum, dad this is Dianna."
Dianna:
"Nice to meet you Mr. and ."
Julie:
"Please call me Julie. Nice to meet you too."
Paul:
"Welcome to Tennessee."
Julie:
"So how is work going?"
Dianna:
"Great but it's kind of tiring."
Paul:
"Well, your lives are hard."
Chord:
"Yes last couple weeks especially."
Dianna:
"I really liked the house by the way."
Julie:
"Thanks. Chord told me that you would like it."
Chord looked away. Dianna just smiled. Then a little boy ran and jumped at Chord.
"Uncleee Chooord."
Chord:
"Langstoon."
Langston:
"Who is this pretty girl?"
Dianna:
"Hi Langston I'm Dianna."
Langston:
"You are on the TV with my uncle."
Dianna laughed:
"That's right. Do you watch it?"
Langston:
"Sometimes. You sing good."
Dianna:
"Thanks."
Summer:
"Hello. I'm Summer."
Dianna:
"Nice to meet you, I'm Dianna."
Summer:
"So I've heard that you love my brother. Is this true?"
Dianna laughed nervously.
"Whoever told you that was telling the truth."
Summer:
"We will see."
Dianna panicked so she decided to do a compliment:
"I liked your dress."
Summer:
"Thanks, I'm surprised you like."
Chord gave her sister a look that says enough. She left. Than Chord turned to Dianna:
"Sorry, they are over protective. She didn't really mean that."
Dianna smiled:
"It's okay. Plus two out of three that's a thing."
Chord relieved because he really wanted his family to like her and he wanted her to enjoy today as much as he do.
Harmony:
"I miss you Chordy."
Chord:
"Miss you too."
Harmony:
"Why don't you come more often?"
Chord:
"You know, work."
Chord:
"Harmony, meet Dianna."
Dianna:
"Nice to meet you."
Harmony:
"Heard a lot about you."
Dianna:
"I've heard a lot about you too."
Harmony:
"Oh really. What was the thing that stayed most in your mind?
Dianna:
"Well he told many things but he said that you will all be so protective and will question me a lot since you love him so much."
Harmony and Chord hugged. Harmony:
"I have the best brother ever."
Nash yelled:
"Hey I heard that."
Harmony:
"Best brothers!"
Julie:
"Everyone time for meal."
Everybody sat down on the table. Chord's mom served everyone then she talked:
"Our tradition is still going which is a great thing."
Paul:
"We hope we will continue this after years, when you all bring your children someday."
Julie:
"Also we have someone new today, Dianna. I think everyone met with her."
Paul:
"I guess we will see each other a lot from now on Dianna."
Dianna started to blush but she smiled. She knew she has to say something but she just froze maybe from still feeling anxious or maybe from happiness. Finally she was able to say:
"Thanks for inviting me a very special dinner for you."
Julie:
"I'm glad that I met you."
Dianna:
"Me too."
The dinner was over soon. Then the women started to talk and the men were chatting about a game. Chord's mother did something like that because she wanted to talk with Dianna and the other girls too.
Julie:
"Dianna I need to ask you something."
Dianna panicked but she managed to calm herself down.
"I'm listening."
Julie:
"Do you love my son?"
Dianna knew she can just say yes but she answered with the first thing that came to her mind.
"There is a Greek myth that says that first Zeus created humans with two head, two arms and two legs; with two everything. Then he understood that they are very powerful so he split people to two. Ever since that day people spend their whole lives trying to find their other half. I know I don't have to search anymore."
Everyone was really impressed by this answer. They understood that she is not some blonde girl who doesn't think. She knows a lot. She knows what love is. Julie:
"And that's love. You managed to impress me Dianna. But there's one more thing I need to ask. I guess you noticed that too, he is serious with you. Deep down he wants, plans a future with you."
Dianna just looked at him for a second:
"I never talked about this with anyone but I think the same way too. When someone mentions anything about future like did at the table I just think of him."
Julie:
"I had my doubts about you but now you have my full approval. Just don't hurt him."
Dianna:
"Never."
Summer:
"Sorry I acted that way earlier."
Dianna:
"It's okay, I understand I have a brother too."
Julie:
"I would like to meet your familt some day too."
Chord came next to them. Chord:
"Actually we are going there next. Di, I think we should leave or we will miss the flight."
Skye:
"This early?"
Chord:
"I will, we will come later. Promise."
Skye:
"Fine."
-AIRPLANE-
It was passing the twelve o'clock. They were in the plane talking. Chord:
"Sooo? Did you like my family?"
Dianna:
"They are great. Langston is so cute. Your mother and father is really amazing people. No wander why are you like this. Plus your sisters are fun to hang with."
Chord was so happy that she liked his family and enjoy this visit. Chord:
"See, it wasn't as hard as you thought."
Dianna laughed:
"You are right so don't you worry too."
Chord:
"Can't promise."
Dianna:
"It will be amazing, promiseee. By the way my mother and father decided to be in the same place so we don't need to go to my fathers."
Chord:
"Okay, it doesn't matter for me as long as I meet all of them."
Dianna smiled:
"I know."
Chord:
"I hope my mother didn't question you too much."
Dianna:
"She asked me something but that was necessary."
Chord:
"What did she asked?"
Dianna:
"There's a reason why we talked privately."
Chord:
"Finee."
Dianna yawned. Chord:
"Let's sleep until we get there."
Dianna:
"Okay."
As they arrived at night, they needed to stay at a hotel. Sure Dianna could've stayed at her mother's house but she couldn't bring Chord there so they decided to spend the night at a hotel. They slept as soon as they get there since they have another busy day plus they have work on Monday morning. In the morning Dianna was the first one to wake up, as normal. Dianna didn't want to woke him but it was nearly eleven a.m. so she said:
"Chordy. Come on, it's time for to get up."
Chord:
"Five more minutes."
Dianna:
"Don't force me to use the pillow."
Dianna had a method for waking him up. It contains a pillow so I think you guess it. Chord quickly got up.
"Okay, I'm up."
Dianna laughed; they didn't make the breakfast at the hotel because her mother invited them for breakfast actually more like something like a brunch. They got a taxi. All along the way Chord practiced thing he will say. At some point he was mumbling so Dianna said:
"Did you say something?"
Chord:
"No."
Dianna laughed:
"There is no script baby."
Chord sighed. Dianna erased her joking mode and become sensitive:
"Hey, calm down. They will love you."
Chord half smiled:
"I hope so."
They arrived and got off. They knocked the door. Dianna's mother opened it. Mary:
"Here is my little girl I miss you so much."
They hugged. Dianna:
"I missed you too mommy."
Mary looked at Chord:
"And who we have here."
Dianna:
"Mum, meet Chord."
Chord:
"Nice to meet you ma'am."
Mary:
"Nice to meet you too Chord. Come on let's get inside."
They got in Dianna saw his brother. She ran and hugged him. Jason:
"How's my sister?"
Dianna:
"Great. What about you little brother?"
Jason:
"Oh come on I'm not little anymore."
Dianna laughed:
"You will always be little than me. Remember?"
Jason:
"And you will always say that."
Dianna:
"Jason this is Chord."
Jason:
"Nice to meet you."
Chord:
"You too."
Jason:
"Dianna told me that you play GTA."
Chord laughed:
"Who doesn't?"
Jason pointed Dianna and laughed:
"She doesn't."
Dianna:
"Now my brother and my boyfriend are against me."
They laughed. Then the bell rang. Dianna opened it. It was her father. Dianna hugged him. Ron:
"How are you honey?
Dianna:
"Good. You daddy?"
Ron:
"Good. Won't you introduce me with Chord?"
By the time Chord came next to them. Dianna:
"Dad this is Chord."
Chord:
"Nice to meet you."
Ron:
"You too."
Jason:
"I'm starving."
Mary:
"Okay everything is ready you can all sit down."
Everyone sat and they started the breakfast. Mary:
"How's the work going?"
Dianna:
"Great. You know singing, dancing, acting."
Ron:
"What about you Chord?"
Chord:
"Amazing."
Ron:
"If it's amazing why did you left it?"
Chord stopped he didn't knew what to say. He didn't want answer that but he had to. When he was about to say something Dianna said:
"Dad."
Ron:
"What I'm asking something."
Dianna:
"Can we close this topic?"
Chord loved the way that Dianna was so concerned about him but he did want her fathers questions to be answered:
"It's okay Dianna. I left because I had some problems with Ryan Murphy."
Ron:
"But then you come back."
Chord smiled and looked Dianna then looked back at him:
"I know it's complicated but he gave me some reasons to come back."
Jason said to change the tense atmosphere:
"Mum these pancakes are amazing."
Mary laughed:
"Thanks have as much as you want."
Chord:
"I think she got the skills from you."
Dianna:
"He loves my pancakes."
Chord:
"Now I love your mothers more."
Mary:
"Thank you."
Dianna laughed:
"I think you don't want any pancakes anymore."
Chord:
"You can't punish me for telling the truth."
They laughed. As Ron watched her daughter and how she smiles with him he changed his serious mood and said:
"If I create a little tense mood-"
Dianna:
"No don't say that it's just-
Chord:
"It's just not a good topic for me. I didn't like to talk about this before."
Ron:
"I understand."
Jason:
"Dad don't you have a comment on pancakes?"
Ron laughed:
"They are delicious."
The breakfast went great from that place. At some point Dianna's father and Chord was talking after the breakfast.
Ron:
"Look Chord you seem like a nice guy who likes my daughter but she had a lots of heartbreaks before and I don't want her to get hurt again."
Chord understood why he was so serious at first. He just didn't want his little girl to get hurt. He knows that he is one of the last persons that would like to hurt her so he said:
"I know and I'm not going to hurt her."
Ron:
"How can I know?"
Chord knew that he didn't need to say a lot of things. He just needed to say something with really meaning it. So he said with being really serious and sincere at the same time:
"The only thing you can know is that I love her more than anything else and only thing I want is her to be happy even some day that means that we won't be together."
Chord didn't need to add some fancy things to this Ron understood how much he meant those words just from his voice and face. Ron:
"That's enough for me to know."
Everything went really great for them. They both enjoyed their weekends. Nothing turned out to be as scary as they thought. Both of their families liked them. On the plane they both fell asleep and they were happy thinking about a future together.
I hope you like it :) Please review :D As they've met with each others families and I mentioned some future plans you can see that I will write about the future too :D