Anything That Can Go Wrong

Family Dinner

This takes place the day after Mistletoe, the previous chapter.

Loosely based off the song above.

AU: Alpha/Beta/Omega, Hybrid, Yhprum's Law

"They've what?" Martin asked loudly, startling Milo out of his daydream of his Mistletoe kiss the night before.

"Amanda has invited us to my family's Christmas party." Bridgette repeated patiently.

Martin sighed through his nose as the back door fell off the hinges and Milo reached for his drill to go fix it. "Don't worry about it, Milo, I'll fix it after breakfast," the elder Murphy said, "Go get ready while Mom and I talk about this."

"Okay, Dad," Milo replied, jumping off his chair and heading upstairs.

MML~MML~MML

A few hours later, Milo and his family where down the road on December 24, heading to a different part of Danville to see Milo's Mom's family. On the way, they picked up Zack, who'd been requested to come by Milo's parents, though neither Milo nor Zack knew why.

"Thanks for letting me come with, Mr. and Mrs. Murphy," Zack smiled at them from the back seat and Bridgette smiled back.

"Oh, it's no big deal, Zack. This is the least we can do, after all."

Zack knew better. The Murphy's could've done less. They'd already done it, they'd invited him to dinner and on their vacations, they'd even paid for him to go out to the movies with them. He knew that they've done it with Melissa before, but he also knew that every time they see each other, Milo's eyes light up like it's Christmas and he knew that Mrs. Murphy's smile brightens every time she sees Milo so happy and Mr. Murphy's eyes would roam over Milo's face and he'd give Zack a warm smile every time he saw how excited Milo was. Sara, in fact, had told him how she misses spending so much time with Milo, but spending less time with her little brother was worth it to see how happy he was and how excited he'd get and how he'd come home talking miles a minute.

Zack turned to look at Milo, who grinned and began talking about how excited he was that he was getting to meet his other Aunt, Karen, and his cousins, Dexter, Samantha, and Andy and see his Aunt Amanda again. Zack smiled and offered his input from time to time, when Milo would let him get a word in.

"Where'd Sara go?" Zack asked after a while, having noticed the lack of the peppy blonde in the car.

"Oh, she wanted to stay home to go to Neil's for a party. She's meeting us there later," Milo replied.

Zack nodded. "Alright."

The car delved into silence and Christmas music.

Milo eventually fell asleep and he drifted down to lay across the seat and curl up. His head landed on Zack's legs and he cuddled closer to the warmth. Zack froze and glanced up at the front. Mr. Murphy smiled, "He didn't get to sleep until, what three this morning? I think that dance wore him out. Best to let him sleep."

Zack breathed out a sigh of relief and gently ran his fingers through Milo's hair, chuckling when Milo purred softly and pushed his head into the contact. Zack's boyfriend was apparently a kitten.

MML~MML~MML

Sara did meet them at the Yhprum's home, and walked right into the middle of an argument.

Amanda Raymond and Edith Yhprum where yelling at each other while Bridgette stood with her family off to the side and pinched the bridge of her nose. A young lady with black hair and blue eyes opened the door, "Hey, you must be Sara. I'm Samantha, nice to meet you." The young lady said.