The Styles Brothers

*26*

KENZIE

"They said it was somewhere around here" I heard Gemma saying that since Anne texted her to meet with them downstairs. We then reached an area at the end of the hallway and opened the big doors, revealing a big  room wherein it was filled with a lot of people in it. Some were chattering, some were eating. Although, I noticed they weren't eating that much since I noticed there were bowls of peanuts and chips in it.

Me and Gemma were trying to find Anne and soon Gemma saw her as I turned my head to the direction where she was looking at and soon saw Anna waving at us. Gemma grabbed my hand a to guide me through the crowd. A lot of people were greeting her but it was awkward since I was with her the whole time, trying to get to their table but people kept talking to her. Gemma knew I was still with her so we soon hurried our way to them.

We finally reached their table. Anne smiled at me as well as Gemma and soon I noticed three people standing up from the table and turned their heads towards us and knew who they were.

"Hey guys" I greeted giving them a smile.

"Hi Mackenzie" they said in unison. I giggled and soon hugged each one of them. After that, I sat down, across them which was beside Gemma.

I then noticed a woman walking up to Anne and as soon as she saw her, they both hugged and started talking. "Good to see you Grace" 

"Good to see you too Anne" I noticed the boys and Gemma walker towards her, greeting the woman as they kissed cheek to cheek. Anne told me to go to her and as I did, she spoke.

"Grace, this is Mackenzie Greene. She's one of our neighbors as well as schoolmates with my boys and practically our family friend" I felt very appreciated once she introduced me one of her relatives and she even told her I was their family friend since I was the one who met them during their first day of moving in town.

"It's nice to meet you dear" the woman said as she stretched her hand out as I shook it gently.

"Nice to meet you to ma'am" I replied with a smile on my face.

"How old are you by the way sweetie?" she asked.

"I'm 18, turning 19 in two months" I was never really happy on my birthdays since I feel as though they're just occasions that happen once a year. I mean, don't get me wrong, birthdays are very exciting but after it ends, it's back to the usual.

"So who's your boyfriend?" she asked all of a sudden. I was taken by surprise at her question since after asking my age, she started to get curious on who I was in a relationship with.

"Excuse me?" I said.

"You know what I mean..." she said as she looked over to the boys "...who among them is your boyfriend?" I looked at the boys confusingly as they started to get embarrassed by her asking me who I was with. I looked over to her feeling embarrassed myself since I felt pressured.

"Oh sorry, I don't have one at the moment and not one of them is my boyfriend. I kind don't want to think about that right now" I admitted. I guess after everything had happened with me and the boys, I sort of never thought about being with them since it's going to be a hard decision to make.

There was silence at first and that silence was filled with awkwardness that I was starting to feel ever since she asked me that question. Good thing I noticed Anne doing the first move.

"Okay who wants finger sandwiches?" as she got a plate of them from our table just to break off the tension we were feeling. The woman, named Grace I think, then noticed a lot of people coming in so she excused herself, and Anne, to go and greet them. Gemma excused herself from the table since somebody called her from her phone. Which leaves me with the boys.

"Let me be the first to say that we apologize for Aunt Grace's behavior Kenzie" I heard someone spoke and noticed it was Harold.

"Yeah, we're sorry if she asked you right away. She's just very close to our family and the best aunt we've had" Harry said.

"Y-yeah. She's always protective of us, on what we do or say" Marcel added.

"It's okay guys. I don't mind her behavior a while ago. It's just that I don't want to be asked about my personal life" I guess, I'm the type of person to be confident when being questioned about stuff such as my love life or even my family because I know that this is something private to talk about.

I then got a sandwich from our table and started to take small bites. I noticed Anne walking up to our table but in a faster pace. "Get ready everyone, they're here" the boys nodded and soon Gemma got to our table and everyone in the room stayed quiet as soon as the doors were being open.

As they opened, there was a big group of people coming in. Making noise as they chattered with each other and laughing at the same time. There was a man in front of the group, meeting up with another man that I think was one of their relatives. I looked over to Gemma and she knew what I was going to say. "That's our uncle Dave. Mom's eldest brother"

I raised my eyes, made an o shape on my mouth and nodded as a response. I then went back to looking at the two men in the middle of the room. "Dave, my friend. How're you?" the guy, that was leading the other group, stretched out his hands and smiled at Anne's brother. "Manny, good to see you too" he smiled but I sensed sarcasm in his voice.

They both hugged but no one did the same with the others since I felt tension between the groups of people: the Styles clan and the Richards. Anne's brother then began to speak after that long and awkward hug with the other man. "Shall we eat lunch?" he asked and the man nodded.

I noticed that half of the room was occupied with the Styles clan and the other half -- the Richards. There were two long tables of food that I think is being catered by a certain sponsor. Although, since there was rivalry between the two parties, each family had one long table of their own and for the other family, they also had their own table.

I then knew how this event will turn out

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