The NFL Players Girlfriend

Meeting The Parents

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Sorry in advance to anyone who doesn't like ufc as this will be kind of centered around it. But I hope you like the chapter anyway!*

Here we go.

It was early Saturday morning, because the fights started at noon.

Andrei and I were walking side by side up the steps to my parents house, each of us with a dish in our hands.

After discussing with my parents and Joey what they were bringing, I decided to make banana bars with cream cheese frosting, and Andrei made meatballs.

I could feel the nerves radiating from Andrei's body as I knocked on the door.

"This was your idea." I said jokingly as I reached for his hand to give it a small squeeze. "Don't worry. It's gonna be great." I assured him.

Once the door opened up, I saw my mom on the other side.

"Hey mom!" I said excitedly as I hugged her.

"Hi honey." She said sweetly.

"Mom, this is Andrei. Andrei, this is my mom, Robin." I introduced the two.

"It's nice to meet you ma'am." Andrei replied, trying not to show how worried he was about this interaction.

"Oh don't be so formal. We're about to watch people get bloody and beat up, there's nothing formal about that." My mom joked, which caused Andrei to laugh. "Come on in hun."

We followed my mom inside, and we went straight to the kitchen to drop off our dishes. I let my mom take the lead to the living room so that I could stay by Andrei's side. I wanted to be his emotional support throughout the evening.

"Michaela and Andrei are here." My mom announced to my dad as we were walked into the room.

My dad grunted as he got up from his chair and made his way over to greet us. This was the meeting I was most worried about.

"Andrei?" My dad questioned, taking a look at him.

"Yes sir." Andrei replied, and held a hand out to my dad.

"I'm Jim, Michaela's dad." He said as he accepted Andrei's handshake. "So, you're dating my daughter?"

"Uh, yeah."

"How'd you two meet?" My mom asked, looking back and forth between the two of us.

"We met..."

"Wait a minute, you look familiar." My dad said as there was a knock at the door. Probably Joey and Olivia arriving.

"I'll get it." My mom said as she hustled off toward the entrance.

"Well dad..." I started to say, to tell him why he looks familiar.

"Where have I seen you?" My dad asked, more to himself than to Andrei.

"He's on my team, dad." Joey informed him as he walked into the living room. "Hey man." He nodded to Andrei before giving him a handshake.

"That's right!" My dad exclaimed. "You're a rookie this year, right?"

"Yeah, it's my first year." He nodded.

"Where'd you get drafted from?"

"Princeton. I did both football and track there. That was one of my main reasons for choosing Princeton because they offered both."

My dad, Andrei, and Joe started to discuss Andrei's college stats and all that fun stuff as they settled down onto the furniture.

Joey seemed to be all about interacting with Andrei tonight as the three talked.