St. Mary's

Epilogue- Anxiety, angst and ass-holes?

3 months later, Christmas...

Eli was fiddling with his bright red bow tie; his entire body was riddle with anxiety. Even Gypsy running up his arm didn't sooth his mind. He tapped his foot, twisted his fingers and shifted his bag of presents.

"W-what if they don't like me?" He asked.

"Eli, my mother already loves you. Every time I go to do something stupid, and then proceed to stop for your sake, she literally thanks God for blessing me with an angel like you."

"Well I mean it's one thing to have fun but another..."

"To do something stupid, I know." Caleb smirked.

Eli nodded, satisfied with Caleb's answer.

"What about your father?" Eli asked, Caleb just smirked wider, leading him inside the gate.

When Eli looked up at the house it was smothered head to toes in dramatic Christmas lights, even when he entered the large home, it was nothing like he excepted. It was homely and covered with so many Christmas decorations he didn't know where to look. They didn't match either, it was like a celebration of all thing Christmas, there were several trees in the foyer, with homemade directions made by Caleb and his siblings. It was a real eye sore, but Eli loved it. It just felt, beautiful.

"Wow." He whispered.

"I know, my mother goes overboard," Caleb laughed, "You know I've fallen off that chandelier 7 times." He snickered.

Eli looked up at the high ceilings and grand chandelier, he sent a disapproving look Caleb's way to let him know he doesn't find it funny. Caleb just laughed harder, pulling Eli towards the sitting room. As soon as they entered Eli was greeted to the sight of a beautiful petite woman with long raven hair and crystal blue eyes, and a stern looking muscular man with blond hair, and familiar copper eyes. There were also two other couples and Eli figured there were his older siblings and their partners.

"Mother, Father, others..." Caleb winked, "Meet my Angel." He pronounced proudly.

Eli blushed bright red, he tried to hide behind Caleb but the man shoved him forward. He was immediately crushed into a hug by his mother. She cooed, telling him how cute he was and looked exactly how Caleb described. He felt a rough hand on this back and knew it was Caleb's father. Once she let go, he was greeted by another woman.

"Hi, I'm Caleb's sister, Carmel."

Carmel looked exactly like his mother expect for the cooper eyes she'd gotten from her father, her partner was almost as big as Caleb with chocolate skin and perfectly rolled dreads, he had toddler attached to his leg with beautiful amber eyes and light coffee coloured skin.

"This is my husband Tyrone, and our daughter Elodie."

"H-h-hi." Eli stuttered out shyly.

Caleb came up behind him, and he instantly relaxed against his chest. He directed him towards the last man, that looked exactly like Caleb, except he was slender and wearing glasses. Eli almost snickered, it was like if Caleb drunk an intellect potion. His wife was redheaded and had an extremely large baby bump.

"This is my brother Cameron, and his wife Lily." He introduced.

Eli took the hand the man offered, "Eli." He whispered.

Lily squealed and it momentary threw Eli off, he was immediately tackled into a hug feeling a large bump crash against him. He stilled, but the woman just hugged him tighter.

"Oh, gosh, Cam isn't he the cutest? I hope our child is as cute as him, look at the innocent blue eyes. I could just eat him up..." she turned towards her husband, "Oh, talking about food, I'm hungry." She dramatically held her hand to her forehead, faking faint and she collapsed into his chest.