The next day
I was woken up by a banging sound that came from downstairs. I looked at my watch, but couldn't read the hands due to my just-woke-up-sleep eyes. I looked outside to the blinding sunlight and made an educated guess that it was either afternoon or LA had a brighter sun than everywhere else. I eventually pulled myself out of bed and looked at the monstrosity that's my face in the mirror.
I'm too tired to make you look pretty for our mother-in-law, so she'll just have to live with you being scruffy-looking today. Wait... when did Karen become our mother-in-law? Let's not think about that too much, shall we?
I slowly plodded down the stairs to see four middle-aged women standing outside the door, one wrung her hands and looked down at the floor. That must be Karen. Of course, I recognized Liz and Joy. The only one left must be Ashton's mum, Anne Marie. I opened the door to the ladies with a broad smile. Joy and Liz hugged me straight away, returning my smile.
Anne Marie hugged me, then held me at arm's length. "She's perfect. Welcome to the family, Ellie!" This bit of love coming from an almost stranger warmed my heart so much that I started to tear up slightly. Karen noticed and came over to give me a rib breaking hug and stroked my hair comfortingly.
"I know you don't know me, but I've been told so much about you that I already think of you as the daughter I never had. I'm so happy that my Michael met you, he's never been happier and, if what he's said is true, you will be good to him so I want him to treat you well and for you to be together for a long while yet."
It was an inspirational speech and I immediately loved Karen for it. I decided to make this a 'Godfather-y', mafia occasion because I thought it would be funny, so I kissed her cheeks, then her hand, saying, "Does that mean I get your blessing, mother?", in an Italian-American style accent.
This got me a laugh from all the women, but they all sensed I was trying to stall them, so they grabbed me under the arms and escorted me to the walk-in closet (that I had no idea was there) to pick my outfit for tonight. "I'm putting this out there now, I don't 'dress up'. I've never really liked wearing makeup and wearing anything that shows off a bit of lower leg, let alone thigh! So... go easy on me, please?"
"Don't worry, honey. We'll look after you."
After four hours of picking out outfits, hairstyles, makeup and then putting on what the mums thought 'was best', I'm looking at myself in the mirror. My shoulder-length hair is curled into ringlets, I wore natural makeup and a cream, 50's style halter neck dress with a net skirt.
You look great! But I'm not gonna tell them that...
"Oh my god!" I yelled after looking at my ever-present watch. "You guys need to go! The party's started and the boys will be wondering where you are! Liz, has all the... arrangements been made?"
With a wink, Liz said, "Don't worry about that. You just go and get ready yourself." It was time. I escorted the ladies out before I put back on the leather necklace Mikey gave me and grabbed my new acoustic.
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"Hello, everyone! Thank you all for coming and being here as we celebrate our Mikey's nineteenth birthday!" Luke and Ash were on the stage being announcers, acting drunk but they were just super hyper. They couldn't wait for the party to start. "We have a couple of surprise guests that even we don't know about! Don't look at us like that mate, I honestly have no idea, and here's the first one, give them a big round of applause!"
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