better off without you

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we both walk to the living room and stand with his family members
"so you all know my beautiful girlfriend wendy, i truly believe she is the love of my life. together we have two kids ellie and jack along with sara and owen, although i'm not sara's father i have considered her my daughter since day one and i'm sure the same goes for wendy and owen..."
i feel owen tense up behind me so i hold onto his arm hoping he will relax a little
"...i think fait had brought us together, meeting wendy was one of the best things that had ever happened to me and i wouldn't change it for the world. for these reasons i want to ask wendy if she would spend the rest of her life with me"
he gets down on one knee
"wendy, will you marry me"
i look up at owen but he looks disgusted
"yes!" wendy says

everyone claps...well everyone except owen
"let's get the whole family up here" dave says
sara and jack make there way up there holding ellie as everyone's attention turns to owen
"fuck this" he mumbles before turning around and walking out of the house
i sigh and now eyes are on me
"i'm gonna-" i say pointing to the door and wendy nods

i quickly make my way outside
"owen"
"go back inside" he says
"i'm not leaving you out here"
"alana get the fuck inside" he almost yells
"i know you're mad but you need to calm down"
i don't blame people for being afraid of owen when he's mad, even the guys don't talk to him when he's like this but here i was
"calm down? you want me to calm down? i have a new step mom that i didn't want and official step siblings i didn't get a fucking say in this" he shouts

he was pacing around outside and i stopped him
"look at me" i tell him
his eyes slowly meet mine
"you had to have seen this coming, he's your father owen you should be happy for him. maybe having wendy around more will help your relationship"
"yeah right" he scoffs
"you're also drunk and don't know what your saying" i add

i embrace him in a hug and his body loosens up
"alana-"
"stop" i cut him off before he can say anything else
eventually i feel his arms around me
"wendy loves you and nothing has really changed, they're still going to live here there is just going to be a wedding"
"well that's dumb as fuck" he groans
"you should be happy for them, seriously"
"why should i? he hasn't done shit for me"
"you're ridiculous" i tell him
"no but he is"
"lets go back inside and you can congratulate them"

he sighs but agrees and we make our way back inside
"this is bullshit" he whispers to me
"stop" i whisper back nudging his arm with my elbow
we walk over to wendy and kyle
"congrats" owens says, clearly not meaning it
"thank you" they both say

"congratulations" i say as wendy pulls me into a hug
"thank you honey"
"we are about to pull out desserts, help yourselves, please"
i nod and pull owen away from his family and into the corner of the room

"you could have at least made it sound believable" i tell him
"i tried" he says
"no you didn't"
he shrugs and looks away
"cole mark and shane are gonna be here soon"
"mark?"
"our family's are close"
i nod

"alana" jack calls out from a few feet away with sara holding ellie behind him
"what's up" i ask him
"i want ice cream" he says
"lets go get you some"
"lisa's coming so i can't take ellie for the rest of the day" sara says
"well cole mark and shane are coming over and i'm sure they don't wanna be with a baby"
"god you're so annoying you can't do anything for anyone but yourself"
she storms off with ellie 

i look at owen and sigh
"i'm sorry that four guys don't wanna be with a child for the rest of the day"
"and i'm sure she doesn't either" i tell him
his phone buzzes
"i gotta go meet the guys outside"
i nod and he walks off

good thing i'm comfortable with his family or this would be hell
"alright jack lets go get ice cream" i smile
he leads me over to the dessert table
"what kind do you want"
"cookie dough"
he points to that flavor
"ok"
i start to scoop the ice cream into a bowl before wendy comes over
"alana do you know where owen is?" she asks
"a few of his friends showed up so he went outside, i can grab him if you want"
"that would be perfect" she smiles and i nod

"alright jack lets go get owen"
his eyes light up as he heads for the door
i swing it open and see owen talking with mark shane and cole
"hey alana" shane says
mark just looks at me head to toe and smirks catching a glare from owen
"hi" i wave to the three of them

"owen can you come help me build the lego sets" jack asks
i know he didn't wanna go but he did have a soft spot for jack
"in a few minutes" he promises
jack smiles and looks up at me, i run my fingers through his hair before he takes off back inside

"you look great alana" mark tells me
"thank you" i smile
owens eyes dart at me but i brush it off and walk towards the group
cole pulls out a flask from his pocket and hands it to owen
i try to ignore it knowing he shouldn't be heavy drinking at family things but has owen ever been one to follow rules?

the four of them talk for a bit while i listen, it wasn't anything big just school and stuff like that but i wasn't really interested