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Chapter 54

Ashley's POV:

"Tell me what?" Meredith says.

"N-nothing. We we're messing around if Kerem would catch feelings for you that we don't tell you because you would faint of happiness." Samir lies and cracks up like we really talked about this. He's such a good liar.

"Shut up! Did you tell him I have feelings for Kerem?" Meredith almost yells but can't hold her smile back because of Samir's joke. I'm standing frozen in front of her not knowing what to say.

"No, she don't have to tell me, Mer. It's obvious since high school." He's messing with her but she joins his chuckle and punches him lightly on his arm.

I try to act normal and giggle awkwardly but she doesn't notice. Seconds later we say good night and I'm afraid to stay awake. She probably would ask me questions until I spill out the truth so I better act like I'm already tired.

Two weeks are through and we organized everything. The house is so clean I can mirror myself in every table in our living room. Hudson's parents are on the way to Zurich but I'm afraid they don't like me anymore. I was like their second daughter but now I'm her daughter in law. Hudson tries to calm me down and I act like it's ok but it still bothers me.

Meredith and I went shopping for our engagement and I bought a long and pretty red dress. Meredith bought the same if we ever go out but for the engagement she wears a purple short dress. We invited Kerem's family too but his parents won't come. When they found out it's Hudson who is my boyfriend they got mad. I never really liked his parents anyway. They talk around about people like there is nothing but drama in life.

Oh by the way, Hudson and Kerem became close friends and talk about a lot of things. He told me that Kerem has feelings for Meredith but I didn't tell her now. I wait until our engagement is over because she won't appear if she knows. She's open for everything but if it's about Kerem she's so complicated not even I am so shy like Meredith is.

"They're here!" Meredith yells from the living room and runs to the door. Her parents arrived from the airport and Hudson used Kerem's car to drive them here.

I'm sitting in front of my mirror to get ready for them and stand up immediately to greet them at the door. That's an art cultural thing to greet the parents in law at the door and look nice. It shows respect to them. And I really respect them after so many years of friendship with Meredith.

"Hello, sweetheart." Her mother greets Meredith with a hug. The second she sees me I start to shake. I'm so nervous.

"Ashley, darling." She hugs me tightly. I join her hug and feel better.

"I recognized you two flirting but I didn't see an engagement coming." She whispers and giggles silently. I didn't either. I join her.

"You look gorgeous, honey." Marie-Anne compliments me.

"Thank you, Marie-Anne." I flush. I'm relieved that she's still in a good mood.

"You can call me mother or even anne if you feel more comfortable with that." She says with a better Turkish accent than Hudson. I almost get tears of happiness in my eyes.

"Thank you, Anne." I say and hug her again.

"Awe! Could you two now move on? You're blocking the traffic here. I'm just kidding! But really hurry." Meredith messes with us. We just all laugh and I greet Carl... I mean baba. He allowed me to call him dad in Turkish too.

I can see Hudson's pride in his look. The way his parents appreciate me makes him happy. But Meredith also told me that his parents were very worried that he stays with Monika this crazy women. So I can understand them being happy about us.

My parents and Hudson's parents greet each other and all can see that they didn't see each other since years. They sit in the living room and take a long conversation while Meredith and I make all the service like it's used in the Turkish culture. They talk about tomorrow. The day we finally engage. I can't wait but also I'm very nervous. My father says he wants to marry us two weeks after the engagement. He doesn't wait long. My mother and he married one week after their engagement.

My father accepts that I live in Hampstead with Hudson when we marry but I think Hudson likes it here. Maybe he changes his mind and moves to Zurich. I actually hope that a little so I'm near my family and they can see our future children grow up. But let's just wait.

Hudson's POV:

It's getting late and I'm really tired. After we hanged out with Ashley's family and mine we actually wanted to stay in a hotel but Ashley's mother resisted to that and made the guest rooms ready for us.

I texted Kerem if he comes tomorrow and he replied with a yes. I never thought we become such good friends but he likes my sister so why should I be mad at him anymore.

After texting with Kerem I want to sleep but my phone buzzed again. Another text from Kerem or maybe Ashley wishing me a good night. I look at my too light screen but first I close my eyes and when I open them again I don't see any text from either of them I thought. It's just some random number.

*Hello, sweetie!* It says. Probably some drunk slut who hit the wrong number. As I want to delete this I get another text.

*It's me, Monika. Don't dare to ignore me!* She texted.

How the hell did she get my switzgerman number?

... (to be continued)