I'm Not Helpless |1|

Part Thirty Three

"What the hell is wrong with you young lady?!" An angry Phillip Schuyler yelled at his second eldest daughter.

"There is nothing wrong with me! Or him? Why-why do have to be so judgmental about every little thing I do?!" A riled up Eliza asked while making exaggerated hand motions.

"You barely know this, man, and I use that term lightly and young lady this is no little thing!"

"That is quite enough all of you." Her stern voice cut through their yelling easily causing everyone to shut up and turn to her.

Two hours earlier

"Is this really super important?" Alexander asked as he buttoned up the dress shirt he'd got especially for this occasion.

"Hey, I'm having your baby, the least you can do is meet my parents." Eliza countered quickly as she pulled her hair back.

"Okay, but, I've already met them." Alexander obviously did not want to go to this dinner, simply because this was the night she officially told her parents she was pregnant. Of course they heard rumors, however, neither of them had any sort of social media so they hadn't seen anything there.

"Not as the father of my child."

"Yes, but, what if they never do meet that part of me." He suggested. "Then your dad won't try to murder me or something."

"My dad isn't gonna murder you." Eliza said, sounding exasperated with him. "Alex, this is going to be hard for me to, at least they're not your parents. You're not feeling then your pregnant."

"I really can't, it's not how guy parts work Lizzy." He said, attempting to make a joke but Eliza just sighed. "I'm sorry, but, I'm still going no matter how much I ask not to. I'm here for you babe."

Eliza smiled ever so slightly. "Good, cause I'm not doing this without you." She said turning from her mirror to look at him.

"You'll never have to, I promise." He said, "I got you babe." He added in sing-song voice.

Eliza chuckled softly, shaking her head. "Weirdo."

One hour earlier

Just one of the Schuyler mansions stood tall in front of Eliza and Alexander. Eliza smiled at the somewhat familiar 'house', while Alexander gawked silently beside her. You see he wasn't so much impressed by the size alone, it was more the fact that this was be smallest of 11 houses that were owned by the Schuyler family and it wasn't too small.

"Are you Okay Alexander?" Eliza asked concernedly, she knew how nerve wracking this should be for him, her father wasn't known for being the nicest of people. Of course he'd always been sweet to his own children and family, but, when it comes to other people, her can come off as cold and harsh.

"Yes, Yes.... I'm just... okay.." Alexander said trying to reassure his girlfriend with a smile, it didn't work.

"Alexander, everything will be okay." She said sweetly, gently squeezing his hand in reassurance.

"It's just... what if he want us to get married or something?" He asked looking to Eliza with a little bit of fear in his eyes.

"Would that be so bad?"

"Well I'm just getting used to being in love with someone and... having a whole human child with that person- it's a lot, to say the least."

"I know, but, Alex I think you're forgetting he's just my dad." She said trying to hide her own fear deep within herself, because she knew how scared Alexander was and she wanted to be his rock. "But my dad is only a man, and we are in love, we'll be okay, we can do this."