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Chapter 36

After a week of Christmas celebration, sight seeing, and getting to know my family at my parents house; we were on our way to Cincinnati to visit Mark's family.

We landed in Cincinnati and went to baggage claim right away. Mark then pulled out his phone and texted someone. He must have seen the confused look on my face, because he smiled at me and then pulled me in for a one armed hug. "Don't worry," he told me, slightly shaking my arm. "Like you told me, they will adore you!" I gave a semi fake smile up at him, not because I was nervous; but because I was anxious. Him telling me not to worry didn't help much either.

We went outside to the pick up area and waited for someone to get us. About 15 minutes later, a car pulled up right next to us. A man with jaw line length hair and a mustache got out, making his way over to us. Mark grinned and wrapped his muscular arms around the man for a huge bear hug. "Thomas!" he practically screamed. Thomas just smiled. "Hi Mark..." he said quietly. He looked up and smiled at me then looked away. I could feel my heartbeat quicken and I put my hands behind my back so Mark wouldn't notice me fumbling with them. Mark put a hand on Thomas' back, with his arm extended in my direction. I did my best to smile.

"Why the fuck are you so nervous?" a voice in my head asked me.
"That's his brother," I told them. Mark got closer to me. My heart was beating faster with each step he took.
"What if I say something that completely fucks up the first impression of me?" I said in my head.
"Then you fuck up your ch-"
The voice got cut off. Mark was standing right in front of me with Tom. I gave a smile towards him.
"Thomas, this is my amazingly stunning gir-." He smiled shaking his head. He cleared his throat. "Sorry, this is my amazingly stunning Fiancé." He smiled at me, walking over to my side; putting his hand on the small of my back. "Tom, Jessica; Jessica, my brother Tom."
I held my hand out and Tom took it and shook. I felt Mark rubbing my back slowly. I did my best to quiet my quick beating heart, but my shaking was impossible to stop. "H-H-Hi Thomas. I-I-It's nice to meet you." I said shakily. I could feel Mark looking at me. "I'm fine," I whispered to him. I could tell that didn't convince him, so I laced my fingers with his and squeezed; assuring the fact I was just fine. He sighed and squeezed back.

We got to his mom's house and once we got in, we were greeted with a woman who was grinning from ear to ear. She wrapped excited arms around me and I looked over at Mark nervously. He was just grinning and then came over, putting a hand on my shoulder. He leaned down to whisper in my ear; "She's harmless." He then pried her off of me. "Alright mom, that's enough. She can't breathe!" His mom let go and then apologized. "I've been waiting for what seems like an eternity to meet you!" She said. I just smiled and blushed.
I felt an arm wrap around me and pull me into their chest. I looked up and saw Mark smiling down at me. I instantly felt safe. No worries floating around I my head. No one was watching me. I just felt secure with his strong embrace. I rested my head on his shoulder and felt a his lips plant a kiss on my head.