The Baby Plan

First Kiss & Faking It

It was time. The last party for this month, the second one was with their friends and it wasn't all too bad. Nobody questioned Elliot and Olivia too much. But knowing her whole family, it was going to be intense.

"Just a warning, my dear, my family is rambunctious and inappropriate." Olivia told Elliot. The last time he met her all of her family members was when they were 8 years old. And although they invited family over every year during the party month it was never complete until today.

"Are they really that bad?" Elliot asked, trying to recall how they were like when he was a child. All he could remember was that his parents were there as well.

She nodded with big eyes. "Trust me."

That's when the doorbell rang.

"Do I look okay?" Olivia asked Elliot as she adjusted her white flowy dress.

He glanced around to see that Mark and Odette were in the room with them then he looked down at her and smiled, throwing an arm
over her shoulder so he could kiss her forehead. "You always look beautiful." He complimented while his lips rested on her forehead.

She could feel her heart fluttering, a grin forming on her lips as she wrapped her arms around his torso. But she knew he only did it because someone was looking. "Don't be such a suck up."

He chuckled and pulled away to look down at her. "I'm not being a suck up."

Her eyes rolled as she moved away from him.

"Just kiss already." Odette told them in a sing song tone.

"Kiss him?" Olivia pointed at Elliot and made a gagging sound. "That would be gross, he's my best friend-" She stopped herself from adding to her sentence. Not kissing was one of their top rules and her usual attitude towards dating Elliot slipped her lips.

"What?" Mark raised an eyebrow.

Elliot threw his arm over Olivia's shoulder and pulled her close. "She's just shy."

"Father. Do you really want to see us kiss?"

"Mark, my dear brother, is that you?" A loud voice greeted loudly.

He turned around to see his older sister standing there with open arms. "Mabelle!" He made his way towards her and hugged her.

"Don't forget about me!" Another voice interjected, joining the embrace. It was Danielle, their oldest sister.

"You're still cute as a button, baby brother." She pinched his cheek once they all pulled away from one another.

He swatted her hand away and rolled his eyes.

***

Only an hour into the party, the whole family was there. Claire's side of the family was there and so was Mark's, most of them were outside in the large backyard. The children were running while the teenagers sat down in the living room with the adults outside, sitting around the large table that held a huge amount of food.

Olivia was conversing with her younger cousin who was showing her what she had learn in her recent ballet class.

The women of the family were looking over at Olivia while the men were playing a causal game of football.

"I'm so happy that Olivia is pregnant." Danielle gushed happily.

Claire smiled. "We are too."

"And to think that handsome young man is her boyfriend." Claire's cousin added as her eyes looked over at Elliot.

"I'm glad she found the right one and she isn't dating those good for nothing street boys." Maebelle smiled. "It wasn't too long ago when you and Mark were complaining about her love life."