I finally got a book cover for this story! It was a pain to make at 2am in the morning….

"So…all of you are Lauren's brothers?" Cody just walked in through the doors of the Shiba House and was already being interrogating by five men and one of them looked twice his age. He guessed that was the father or head of the household. Cody has been on too many dates to count but when he met Lauren, he felt something different. He wanted to give her a try but knowing how protective her family is made him feel very nervous.

"Why are you all harassing this young man?" Catherine asked the boys. "He's probably just as nervous as Lauren." She gestured for Cody to take a seat. "Would you like something to drink? I know just as well as any other woman that five minutes is not a short wait."

"Thank you ma'am." Cody played with his hands. Usually just a protective father was expected but this was way different. Lauren had brothers, a lot of protective brothers. And they were all giving him a dirty look.

"He's here?" Lauren held her head in hands. She had been sitting by her dresser for hours in nothing but a robe on. She didn't take Emily's First Date Rules that seriously. Now, she's unprepared.

Emily and Mia shook their heads in disappointment. They tried to warn her.

"Well, it's going to be at a Japanese Karaoke Restaurant, right?" Mia asked. Lauren nodded to confirm. "Good, that's a perfect first date."

Emily started to dig through the closet, ignoring Lauren's protest to get out her personal things. "That means you don't need anything too fancy but you also don't want to be too simple but then again, you want to make a good first impression." Emily said.

"Okay…" Lauren wasn't sure what all of that meant but she went with it anyways. Mia's married and Emily is engaged. She trusts they know what they are doing even though she was slightly scared with what Mia was doing with razor in her hand.

"Are you an alcoholic?"

"Do you smoke?"

"How many girls have you dated?"

"How many girls have you kept for longer than six months?"

"Are you a virgin?"

"Are you a virgin?" Ji questioned Mike a little disgusted.

"I needed to ask a question too." Mike replied innocently.

"Look, I know you're all worried about Lauren," Cody started. "But I can assure you Lauren is in good hands. I don't have a very stable job but I'm trying to get a better one. I live with three roommates, all male. None of them are female. I'm not an alcoholic; I only drink on rare special occasions. I can't stand the smell of smoke either. I've never been arrested. I've also haven't had a girlfriend in two years."

"I can't breathe!" Lauren exclaimed as she hopped around trying to fit her thighs into jeans.

"Suck it in! Beauty doesn't come easy!" Mia told her. She felt confident that the pants fit perfectly until she heard a loud rip. "Or cheap…"

"Hey, you ripped my good jeans!" Emily pouted.

"I didn't rip you're jeans!" Lauren was rolling around on the floor trying to get her legs out of the tight pants. "You forced them on me! I have twenty pairs of jeans. It's not that hard to ask."

Mia sighed and grabbed the fire samurai's legs. "Go look for more jeans Emy." She started to yank on the pants. "Ugh, how can these possibly not fit you? You're not that much bigger than Emily. If someone is going to be the big one here, it's me."

"You're the skinniest pregnant woman OW…" Lauren yelled when Mia finally got one leg out of the jeans. "…I have ever met!"

"Oh, be quiet and help me get your make-up on!"

"Sounds like you have a pretty decent life going on for you Cody." Kevin said. Cody actually seemed like a very nice guy to Kevin. It wasn't often Kevin accepted someone new in his life so fast. He didn't even like Antonio when he first arrived with his self-trained gold symbol powers.

Jayden shook Cody's hand tightly. "Just don't hurt my sister. She's the only blood family I have left and when she hurts, we all hurt." The other samurais nodded their heads. Lauren might be eldest of all of them but she wasn't the biggest expert on the city or the dating games for that matter.

"Aah!" Lauren tripped on her way to the hall in attempt to escape Mia and Emily. She's ready; they were driving her crazy at this point.

"Look at you, you're falling and you haven't even gotten out the door yet." Emily helped Lauren to her feet.

"Darling, you did a good job." Catherine told Emily. "Lauren is fine."

"Thank you mom." Lauren said.

"No problem honey." Catherine waved Cody over. "I don't think you two want to be late."

Cody took Lauren from Catherine and gazed on her beautiful body. She looked gorgeous. She had on a long sleeved, dressy top and boot-cut jeans (that fit and didn't have to be ripped), with pumps to match to her perfection. Her make-up is so soft; it wasn't very noticeable like the eye-popping make-up she would wear if she was going out with the girls.

She wasn't too fancy and she definitely didn't look too simple.

"Are you ready?" Cody asked. Lauren nodded. "Let's go then."

"Be careful!" Emily yelled from the door's porch. "And be sure to take pictures and videos of yourself singing!"

A little short…but hey! Look out for the next chapter…whenever I actually get to starting it though. If you would like to know the first time Lauren called Catherine mom, check out my Christmas one-shot named Lauren's Christmas Spirit! Thanks for the reviews, follows, and reviews as the usual!

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