You Have No Idea (Josh Groban fan fic)

Chapter 19

With my birthday approaching a few parcels and cards arrived from my friends and family back home. I wanted to open them all as soon as they arrived but could almost hear my mother telling me to wait.

It was my first birthday away from my family as last year I'd taken holiday leave for a week to go home to spend my birthday with them. I missed them so much but I was grateful that the Grobans were adopting me for the day so I wouldn't be alone.

It was Josh's birthday two days after mine and I had almost all of his presents sorted. I'd got a few silly presents but I was still organising his main present.

On the Friday that Josh's family arrived I dropped some stuff off at his apartment in the morning and we headed to work together. I was kind of glad we were filming on location today as it meant our filming hours were shorter and we could go early to meet the Grobans at the airport. It was bitterly cold and I was wrapped up with several layers and a big fur coat.

"Underneath this fur coat I'm not even vaguely naked." I whispered to Josh as we stood in the cold in between takes.

"Me neither. I'm wearing those sexy undies you gave me." he smirked. "Thermal underwear. How sexy!"

I snorted with laughter and buried my cold face in his neck. "This is why I love you. Well, apart from your smoking hot and completely hair free body I love your sense of humour most."

"You're so sarcastic that I didn't realise when we first met that it was sarcasm." he told me.

"Sarcasm is a way of life." I nodded.

I wasn't nervous during the day as I was working but as soon as we finished the nerves started. Part of me knew I didn't need to be nervous about meeting Josh's family but of course your brain goes to the worst things when you're anxious. What if they thought we were moving too fast? What if one of my sarcastic comments came out wrong and it sounded rude? What if I wasn't good enough for Josh? What if they thought I was too young for him? What if they just didn't like me? So many 'what if's.

In the taxi I was just about ready to throw the door open and jump out into traffic. Josh must have seen how nervous I was as he took my hand and kissed it.

"You'll be fine." he said calmly.

"I shouldn't have worn this today. I have more sedate outfits. This coat is too much." I fussed.

"Stop over thinking." he told me. "You especially don't need to worry about clothes. If you change your style you wouldn't be you. Just stay you and they'll love you."

"But I don't want to be me right now." I grumbled. "I want to be the girl who casually breezes into meeting the family like it's no big deal."

"Ugh! I don't want to date her!" he grimaced. "She sounds boring and generic! Listen, I love you so they'll love you. You're fine. You're funny, clever and polite, you're basically what every parent dreams their son will find."

"Aww!" I cooed.

I anxiously fiddled with a little nick in a finger nail while we waited at the arrivals gate for Josh's family. He'd showed me lots of photos so I knew who to look for but his body language alone could have told me that when they came through the door. I smiled at his adorable excitement as he lead me over to them.

I was introduced and hugged by his mum, dad and brother. I could tell he looked a lot like his mum. They had the same smile, nose and bright eyes.

"Oh my god, you're even more gorgeous in person!" Mrs Groban said and pulled me into a hug before I'd even said anything.

"I... erm... it's all make up." I mumbled. "I can see he got his good looks from you."

Where the hell did that charm come from?