Three Times The Hummel Verse

Meeting The Family

"Okay Guys, we're almost there." Shannon said from the driver's seat. She had basically begged Carson to go back to her home town and meet her family, and as a compromise, she said he could bring his brothers. That is how Shannon found herself stuck in a car with Carson, Chris, Kurt, Blaine, and Finn for five hours.

She had grown up in a small town in Western New York, so it wasn't as far as Ohio, but by the time they had reached the 'welcome to town' sign, they were all kind of tired of each other.

Once they entered the small town, everyone seemed to perk up some as they looked out the window and listened to Shannon describe everything.

"Oh! There's where I had my first job! That cute little ice cream shop there! We HAVE to go in there some time before we head back to the city. Did you know they have the biggest selection of ice cream in western New York? Not to mention how good their homemade flavors are! I wonder if there are any new ones? Oh! There's my old school! The high school and middle school were sort of joined." She laughed, thinking back on fond memories. "Go Bulldogs!"

Carson watched her from the passenger seat and fell in love with her all over again. For a moment, he forgot he was about to meet his girlfriend's parents for the first time.

Kurt saw the love struck look Carson was giving to Shannon as she talked non-stop about her hometown. They had only been dating for three months, but it was very obvious to everyone but Shannon how much she meant to him.

Shannon slowed down and started to turn into a drive way. Carson thought that it was a really nice house, with flowers and bird feeders all throughout the lawn. The house was a pale yellow, with brick accent. Carson smiled when he imagined Shannon growing up here.

Slowly, everyone began to get out of the car, stiff from the long drive. Carson heard the swing of a screen door and people approaching before he saw them.

"Hey guys!" Shannon said as she walked towards her family. She hugged everyone before stepping back to make introductions.
She started by introducing her family to her friends. "Guys, this is my mom, my dad, my sister Bridget, and my brother Jesse." Shannon then took a step towards the brothers and turned to look at her family. "Everyone, this is Chris, Finn, Kurt, Kurt's husband Blaine, and Carson."

Shannon's mom stepped forward to shake hands with everyone. "Call me Mary Jo." She said to everyone.

Carson noticed that Shannon looked a lot like her. Same facial features, same height. Then he saw her eyes. That same deep chocolate brown.  Shannon's sister Bridget basically looked like a blonde version of Shannon. Carson was slightly disappointed to see that the girls eyes weren't that rich brown, but a soft blue instead. Jesse seemed to be a male version of Shannon, with short brown hair and glasses. His eyes were also blue.

When Mary Jo got to Carson, she smiled warmly. "It's nice to meet you Carson."

"You too." Carson said politely, a little overwhelmed. Carson turned to Shannon's father, and then realized he had to look up a lot just to see his face. The man was really tall and balding slightly, with deep green eyes. He had an odd expression on his face, and Carson began to worry what that meant.

Her father spoke up for the first time, directing is voice towards Blaine and Finn.  "So how do you tell them apart?" Unbeknownst to everyone, Carson relaxed dramatically.

Everyone that just drove down from New York burst out laughing. That was kind of an inside joke, one with a good story for later, Carson thought to himself.

"A good story for later." Blaine said, practically reading Carson's mind.

"Well come on guys, let's go out back and relax. I bet your ride was long and brutal." Bridget said, and everyone began to follow her around the house. The back yard was just as nice as the front yard, only bigger. There was a little shed hidden away in the back corner, a volleyball net set up in the middle of the yard, and an above ground pool with a big pool deck attached to the back of the house. A little fire pit ring with lawn chairs around it was in another corner, and all along the property's edge was different types of fruit growing. Blackberries, blueberries, grapes, cherries, raspberries, apples, pears, and that's not including whatever was growing in the cute little garden in a third corner.