One of the best decisions you ever made was to live close to home. Not too close, though. You grew up down the street from the beach, but you decided to move into the city to be closer to your job. After you graduated college almost a decade ago, you lived with your parents for a year or so while you figured things out. Once you finally landed your dream job working in publicity for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the commute slowly started to crush your spirit. You finally saved up enough money to ditch your parents and move into the city, getting rid of your almost 2 hour drive to and from work every day. The drive was still short enough to go home to your parents for Sunday dinners every other week. Thank god there's no rush hour on the weekends.
You pulled into your parents driveway and stepped out of the car, breathing in the fresh ocean air. You notice that there are more cars than usual parked up and down the street. The house next had a few people hanging out in the front yard and you could hear laughter coming from the back. You head up the drive way and walk into the front door of your childhood home.
"Howdy!" you greet your dad as you walk straight into the living room. He stands up off the couch to give you a kiss on the cheek and a big squeeze.
"How you doing, Y/N?" he says as he lets go and holds you at arms length.
"Pretty good. Same old, same old."
"How's work?" he asks sitting back down on the couch as you take a seat next to him.
"Oh you know, the post-season is coming up so things are kind of hectic, but exciting as always. They're doing really well this season so we have high hopes for the world series. Fingers crossed."
"That's what we like to hear!" Your parents have always taken an interest in your job. They're the ones who practically raised you at Dodger Stadium after all.
"Where's momma?" you ask realizing you couldn't hear her in the kitchen like usual.
"Oh, she's in our room finishing up getting ready. You know your mother."
You turn to your dad confused. "What do you mean getting ready?"
"Didn't she tell you? We're not doing dinner here tonight, we're going over to AJ's. Didn't you see all the people over there?"
"No, she didn't tell me!"
"Didn't tell you what?" your mom questions as she strides into the living room while putting her earrings in. You check out her cute top paired with her white jeans and sandals. This is her going out outfit! You finally notice your dad dressed in a similar manner in his dark wash jeans and a crisp button down.
"That we were going over to AJ's! A little warning would've been nice, you two. I'm underdressed!" You take inventory of your own outfit. You were expecting a typical Sunday night in with your parents, but they apparently had other plans. You were in a t-shirt and jeans with your old sneakers.
"Oh, quit whining you're fine. Just go grab a top out of my closet," your mom solves your problem in an instant in a way only a mom can do. You head towards your parents bedroom and do exactly as she told you to do. You take your t-shirt off, pulling out a dark orange linen button down you've stolen from your mom before. You throw the top on, leaving the top few buttons undone, letting it hang off your shoulders. You cuff your loose jeans a couple times, exposing your hightops. You look at yourself in the full length mirror in the closet and think "that'll do". Heading back towards the living room, you see your mom helping your dad cuff the sleeves on his shirt.
"Ready to go, sweetheart?" your dad looks up at you and asks.
"Ready as I'll ever be!" Your mom grabs a bottle of wine and hands you a six pack of beer as the three of you head out the door. It's a short walk across the lawn to get to AJ's. She had moved in next door a couple years after you moved out to start a family with her husband. Now they have two beautiful boys who your parents look after on occasion. You've spent a decent amount of time hanging out with her family yourself, spending days on the beach with AJ and the boys. You know she's a bit famous from working on Criminal Minds for years now, but you haven't actually checked out the show before. You've met a few of her friends, but nowhere near as many people as you'll see tonight.
