After losing their father and taking over his business they can't help but feel alone, that is until she gets offered a job after going viral online....
By now pretty much everyone knew about my pregnancy, including my mom, and now came the dreaded get together that I was actively avoiding on purpose, because I knew it would be a shit show. Ami had been kind enough to arrange a party of sorts, just close friends and family so that people could ask questions that might need clarifying, she was hosting it at the studio because there was plenty of space there and for a lot of people it was easier to get to, for older or less able guests especially because they wouldn't need to go upstairs at all. I had told her to leave it until after lunch because I had started with the morning sickness and it wasn't good at all.
I had just gotten out of bed and showered just as Demi came home from the gym. "Hey gorgeous how you feelin?" she said stepping into the bedroom and leaving a kiss on my forehead "Like shit. I don't want to do this." "Look, I promise she won't get to you tonight, I'll kick her out before she gets to you" I sighed and nodded "I hate that it has to be this way" "You know she'll never change" she said, giving me a hug "I know." I sounded defeated, because I was. she was my mom, and she would probably start so much drama for no reason. I just had to get ready and cope with her for as long as possible.
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I didn't do any over complicated makeup because I really wasn't in the mood and it didn't take Demi long to get ready either, her entire focus was on me and making sure that I was fully prepared to face the wrath of my mother. I sighed and nodded as she asked if I was ready, and then she took my hand in hers and lead me to her truck.
By the time we got to the studio a few people, from my dad's side of the family, aunts, uncles, cousins, and a few family friends, as well as Gionna, Bianca, Trav, and of course, Ami. After about another ten minutes, more people arrived from my moms side of the family, my aunt, uncle, cousins, Oli and his family and that was pretty much everyone who could make it. We spent a while introducing Demi to the family members but the entire time my mom was rolling her eyes, scowling, tutting and making inaudible snide remarks. I tried to pay no mind to it but I heard her say my fiancé's name and I snapped. "What is up with you now mom?" I said, glaring at her, her face full of fake innocence "I was just saying what we're all thinking" she said with a smile. "And what exactly is that?" Demi said, handing me her drink and standing up "Dem-" "No, no Syd, I told you, I wasn't going to let her get to you" she said, dismissing me and to be honest, I didn't mind, she did promise me. "That it's unnatural." "What's unnatural" Oli chimed in, a frown on his face, I flashed a smile at his support and he nodded at me to show he was acknowledging me. Ami had also stepped up, a similar frown on her face. "I mean, shouldn't the father be present here, they're his children too" My mom said, with a completely straight face. "you mean the donor, mom" Ami spoke up, looking extremely confused. "I suppose I do, why isn't he here?" "because, as grateful as we are for him donating, he doesn't want anything to do with these kids, he just wanted to help us become a family" Demi replied, her face hadn't changed from the scowl.
"Why were you talking about Demi" I said after a tense pause "Oh that?" I was just saying how she isn't the mother. You are." "MOM!" Ami yelled "What the hell, mom!" Oli said immediately after. Demi was taken aback by this remark, she was almost hurt by it. "Well, yeah, mom she is the mother of these kids. They're her embryo's and even if they weren't, she's my fiance, she's in my life, she's not leaving it, so yeah, she is the mother of these kids. Why can't you accept that?" "Because, Sydney, It's not normal. Children should be raised by a mother and a father, She is technically neither" "Are you dense in the skull?" Demi snapped, she was pissed off "Because if we're going by that logic, Sydney's upbringing wasn't normal, because from what I've heard, you were lousy, you didn't care, and Syd raised Oli like the mother he never had, because of you." Everyone gasped in shock at that comment but most people understood where Demi was coming from. "How dare you call me a lousy mother, I did a great job" "REALLY?!" I shouted, completely fed up by her "If you were such a great mom, then Ami wouldn't have gone off the edge and ran off as a teenager, off her meds and on a Psychotic break. I wouldn't have sat in my room cutting myself because you put so much pressure on me, blaming me for everything. And Oli wouldn't have gotten a girl pregnant at 16. I tried to put up with this mom, I really did, but you have no right to say whether or not Demi is the parent of our children, and you know what, she'll do a better job than you ever did" With that my mom stood up and stepped towards me, but Demi stepped in front of me, stopping her from getting any closer. "Just go." Demi said, staring my mom in the eye, and for once, she listened.
But that wasn't a good thing, that just meant she was saving this for another day, when there weren't as many people around.
