Family

Triple Date - Part 1

Emily's pov

"Alison this is weird" I awkwardly giggle as she zips up my dress

"What is? The fact that I'm zipping up your dress rather than unzipping it?" She grins, finding herself extremely funny

"No this dinner"

"Why is it weird? I think we are being supportive" she says, still laughing at her joke

"By going on a triple date with our nine year old daughters?"

"It's not a date, Emerson is coming. It's a family dinner out"

"It's a date"

"Is that why you told Fred Dallas that Jamie was coming to keep Grace and Lily company at our ninety year old aunt's birthday party?" Alison ask, lowering her eyebrows in disapproval

"We don't even have a ninety year old aunt Em" she continues

"No I told him that because Jamie asked us not to tell him about her and Grace. Ali we both know how it felt to have parents who expected nothing less than us to be the perfect little girl who will grow up to be a perfect wife to their husband" I sigh, pausing to remember when my parents -who I love and who love me- disapproved of who I am "If Jamie isn't ready to tell her parents then I am certainly not going to be the one who outs her by telling her dad that she's going on a triple date with us"

"It's not a date" Alison laughs. This time she doesn't even try to pretend she isn't lying

"Are the kids still going to Jason's after dinner?"

"Yeah, he's also looking after Abigail. Apparently it's an Uncle, Nieces and Nephew bonding night" she tells me before rolling her eyes

"What?" I laugh

"Nothing it's just...I still find it weird to think that Spence and I have the same brother"

"Imagine being Spence or Jason, I couldn't imagine what it would be like to find out your parents aren't who you think they are"

"Well anyway" Alison swiftly says, changing the conversation. She loosely wraps her arms around my shoulder; having to stand on her tiptoes to reach them "Jason is looking after the kids and that means that we finally get time...alone" she whispers into my ear

She slowly runs her tongue along her lips before leaving our bedroom to check on Lily and Grace

Ali's pov

"Are you almost ready? We said we would get Carson at five"

"I'm ready Mom" Lily smiles,!pulling her brush through the last strands of her beautiful blonde hair

"I just have to put my shoes on" Grace says, running out of her room, towards the front door and to the shoe-rack

Both Lily and Grace have taken after Emily in their shoe fashion. You never catch either of them without a pair of converse on. Occasionally I managed to bribe Em to wear heels but I have had no such luck with Lily and Grace, I can't even get them into a pair of fancy flat shoes. I just hope they grow out of the constant sneaker wearing phase because I don't want their partner to go through the same struggle on their wedding day that I did with Emily. We went dress shopping separately however, while I sat at home alone Hanna phoned me to tell me that Emily had bought a brand new pair of white converse to wear on our wedding rather than a pair of heels; luckily the girls managed to convince Emily to wear heels, however, from the way Lily and Grace are with their sneakers I don't know if their friends would have such luck.

"Okay, we are leaving in two minutes"

Emily's pov

"Looking very handsome" I smile as Caleb leads Carson to the front door in which Hanna and I are gossiping at