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Hate Before Love
Chapter 1: Uh-Oh
I am so not looking forward to this evening. My parents are dragging me along to meet the parents of Erin's boyfriend. Erin is my older sister and we get on pretty great except for the times she annoys me and today is one of those times. I mean why should I have to meet her stupid boyfriend's parents? Actually maybe that's a bit harsh, he's not stupid at all and I rather like Mario to be honest. I guess I'm just taking my frustrations out and blaming them on Erin when the reason I am angry isn't really anything to do with her.
I would be here forever and a day going through everything that bugged me at school today but in short, the main annoyance was a certain girl at school. She thinks she's better than everyone else and can do no wrong whereas I disagree with that completely. She isn't better than anyone, she's just the same as every other high school girl we have at McKinley. Don't get me wrong I'm no better than anyone either but the way she parades around school thinking she's the most popular girl in school is just ridiculous.
I don't even want to mention her name because she frustrates me so bad that even mentioning her name will get me into another rage. Do you know, just this lunchtime she had the cheek to come up to my table and ask my friends and me to move because she prefers the table we were at rather than any of the others. She mentioned something about how the sun hits that table just perfectly at noon so she can get a better tan hence the reason she wanted my table. I mean who does she think she is? She doesn't own the table so if I want to sit there I will, it's not up to her who sits there. In the end I just told her where to go and she went away in a huff but I don't really care, the main thing was I didn't move just because she said.
Oh and other thing, she took the liberty of pushing my book off my desk in Math this afternoon for no apparent reason. She was just walking past heading to her seat after being late to class as usual and slid my book off the table. I mean it's no biggie my book falling off but the principle is why does she even need to do that? It's not like it achieved anything, well apart from getting me annoyed I guess.
I am just about to list off yet another annoying thing she did today when I am broken out of my thoughts by my sister. "Hey Britt can you help me find something nice to wear tonight" Erin says, rather excitedly. I guess one of us is looking forward to tonight and it certainly isn't me.
"Can't you just wear anything, it's not like you've never met Mr and Mrs Lopez before, it's just the rest of us who haven't met them yet". I say clearly annoyed about this whole situation this evening.
"I know I've met them before but I still want to make a good impression and that goes for you too". Erin says, her tone becoming a lot more serious now that she sees how uninterested I am about tonight.
"Why do I need to make an impression, it's not like I'm their future daughter in law?" I say still clearly bored with the idea of tonight.
"I want you to make an impression as well as everyone tonight so that the Lopez's know we are a respectable family and I am good enough for their son" She replies back to me.
I start to laugh because something pops into my head, "hey what if they absolutely hate you tonight after meeting the Pierce's, I will be falling over in laughter. Imagine that eh, perfect little princess Erin is hated by her boyfriend's family".
Erin glares at me, "That is not funny, I don't want them to hate me. You better not ruin this for me Brittany, I am telling you now".
I laugh, "What if they do hate you though, like seriously what will you do?"
"Look please just don't cause any problems tonight. If I was meeting your girlfriend's parents' I wouldn't ruin it for you". Erin says in a half begging, half serious tone.
"I don't have a girlfriend just now and even if I did you wouldn't be meeting her family". I reply
"Why not, that's not very nice". Erin asks
"Because I say so ok" I snap back
"Ok whatever. Now back to tonight, can you please not ruin it?" Erin asks
"I won't ok but I'm really not looking forward to tonight, I've had a rough day at school and I would have just liked to have a quiet night to myself" I say
"I know it's the middle of the week and you're bound to have homework and things but it's the only night we could all make. The Lopez's are home early on a Wednesday so this was easier for them to get home and organised before cooking dinner plus mom and dad are both off tonight so it suited them as well". Erin says making her point that it was tonight or never. Preferably I'd go with never but hey, it's not up to me obviously.
"Ok you have made your point now Erin so I'll do this for you but make sure you keep a hold of Mario because I am not planning on doing any of these nights again where we've to meet the boyfriend's family". I mutter
"Fair enough, but Mario really is the one for me anyway so I'm pretty sure this is it for meeting boyfriend's families" Erin says
"Good" I reply
"So can you please help me with what to wear tonight, I'll help you too". Erin asks
"Ok fine, seeing as I do like getting all dressed up usually" I reply
Erin smiles at me "Cool"
I smile back and then we head to her room to pick out what she is going to wear for the dinner tonight. I personally would pick out the new black dress if I was her but she's quick to remind me I am not her so we're still looking for the perfect outfit.
20 minutes later
We are still racking through Erin's closet would you believe after 20 minutes. I tell you that girl is unbelievable, how can you not just pick out one thing? I have suggested quite a few nice, cute outfits to wear but it's always no. "Erin please can you just decide" I say matter-of-factly as I am seriously fed up now with this whole picking out clothes thing.
"There is too much to choose from, if I was just going out on a date with Mario then any one of what you picked out would work but for tonight I need something better. I need it to say I am funny, kind, caring, smart but definitely not arrogant etc. etc. and definitely good for their son". Erin says clearly bored of this situation of trying on clothes as well.
"I am really confused here, we established you've already met his parents Erin so they probably do think you're good enough so why are you so obsessed with what to wear?" I ask .
Erin replies, "Do you know I don't even know anymore. Why am I so worried when I have already met them and we get on great?"
"Exactly" I say
"I think I am just losing my mind here, I'm too worried about everyone else meeting tonight that I am losing sight of what's going on" Erin says.
"Look they like you already so just wear anything and I promise the rest of us will all be on our best behaviour" I say, trying to make her feel better
Erin sighs, calming down a little "ok, thanks Britt".
"Tonight will be fine, I just know it. So just stay relaxed ok" I say.
"I will" Erin says.
"Now pick something out and get dressed then I'll do your makeup and after that it's my turn to get ready, which hopefully won't take as long as this". I say, laughing slightly at how long it is taking us just to get Erin ready.
Erin smiles "yeah"
10 minutes later
Erin is all dressed now and I am currently straightening her hair for her. Now I know what you're thinking, how hard can it be to put a pair or straighteners through your hair, well it can be hard not for me obviously but apparently for Erin. Every day this week she has went to university or work with half of her hair sticking out the way as if she just woke up so I've decided for tonight her hair needs to look good. So like I say here I am standing straightening my sister's hair in the mirror.
"How can you straighten my hair so much better than me? I just seem to mess mine up all the time". Erin asks me
"I don't know, I don't see how hard straightening your hair can be but maybe it's because I can see what I am doing with your hair better than you when you're doing it in the mirror" I reason.
"Yeah maybe that's it, I can help with your hair if you want?" Erin asks me.
"I'll be ok but thanks, maybe when I get a girlfriend and want to look especially good for meeting her parents then I'll ask you". I say to which she replies "ok".
After finishing Erin's hair, we move onto sorting her make up. I suggest just keeping it light and natural to which Erin agrees.
"Five minutes ago you mentioned about getting a girlfriend so when are you getting back out there in the dating scene, its ben ages since you split up with Hannah?" Erin asks me.
"I don't know, I wasn't really thinking of getting back on the dating scene I was more just thinking of if I meet someone then cool and if not I've got plenty of time. I'm not really in a hurry for another relationship but if it happens then cool" I respond.
"Don't you want a girlfriend though? I mean I have Mario and all your friends at school have boyfriends so don't you feel lonely. I mean I know our brothers don't have girlfriends yet but that's different" Erin asks me.
"Way to rub it in Erin, I know I'm single but no need to make me feel miserable" I joke.
"Sorry I didn't mean that, I just meant its nice having someone". Erin says apologetically, not quite realising I was joking.
I smile "its fine Erin I was only joking".
Erin replies "oh right, ok".
"Anyways doesn't Mario have two sisters, maybe I could chat them up tonight, see if either of them wishes to date me?" I ask, jokingly.
"He does have two sisters but I doubt either of them are into girls, I'm pretty sure they are both straight. Well I know for a fact Jade is straight but I'm not entirely sure about…." I cut Erin off before she manages to finish her sentence.
"I am only joking Erin, I wouldn't do that. I know tonight is important so I won't make either of them uncomfortable by trying to flirt with them" I say.
"Ok good" Erin replies in relief. She must be super nervous about tonight because usually she knows when I am joking and when I'm not.
"Enough about my love life, let's just get ready for tonight" I say.
Erin, our parents Jack & Julia, our brothers Nathan & harry and myself are all walking up the path to the Lopez household. I've kind of came round to the idea of dinner tonight because I realised just how much it meant to Erin. She wants both families to get on really well because she's serious about Mario and she wants to have a future with him. I mean it'd be a pretty miserable future if both families didn't get along so I'm not going to spoil tonight with my bad mood.
"So we all promise to be pleasant this evening and not ruin this for Erin?" my mom Julia asks my 2 brothers and I.
"Yes we promise mom, you're worse than Erin with your worrying" I say earning a slight warning look from my dad for sounding cheeky to my mom.
My older brother Nathan rings the doorbell when we arrive at the door. A second later and we are greeted by Mario who welcomes us all inside. We all go inside and Mario takes our coats.
"It's a lovely house your parents have Mario" my mom says politely
"It is, my mom wouldn't have it any other way. She's a bit of a perfectionist" Mario replies to which my mom smiles and nods
"Where are your parents?" I ask, just realising we are all still in the hall talking to Mario
"Oh they're through here in the living room, come on through". Mario replies so we all follow him to the living room. We are greeted by his parents Marc and Maria first and then his older sister Jade. We all do the usual introduction and shake hands etc. nothing interesting really. They get us all a drink, mines and Harry's are non-alcoholic, which is rubbish but whatever. Nathan, my parents, Mr and Mrs Lopez and jade all have an alcoholic drink as do Erin and Mario. Erin and Mario aren't quite twenty-one yet but they will be in a few months' time so they're allowed just the one on this occasion.
I'm actually a little confused right now because I was sure Erin and I were talking about Mario having two sisters earlier but here we are all having a conversation and I've only met Jade. Did Erin say something about another sister? I was sure she did but there seems to be no sign of anyone else or any mention of someone joining us later. Wait, perhaps there is another sister but she was luckier than me and managed to get out of this. That wouldn't be fair actually because even if I had plans I'd be expected to be here tonight so that's probably wrong that she is out. Who knows we'll just need to wait and see.
"I am so glad everyone could meet everyone tonight, Erin and I have been desperate to get both families together" Mario says
Marc chuckles "we know son, you two haven't stopped going on about how much you wanted everyone to have dinner together"
"So when are we actually eating then?" Mario asks
Maria chips in "very soon, it's almost ready. We're just waiting on your sister joining us" ah there we go, I knew there was another sister, she must be held up for some reason.
Marc asks "maybe we should all vacate to the dining room and start serving things because I don't think the dinner will wait much longer. Your sister can join us when she's ready Mario"
"Ok fine by me" Mario says before we all proceed to the dining room and get sat down. I seem to be sitting next to an empty chair so I can only assume that will be for Mario's sister when she is ready.
We all talk amongst ourselves for a few minutes before Marc and Maria bring the food through from the kitchen. Once they get sat down Maria tells us all to tuck in which we do gladly. A few mouthfuls of food later and I am actually starting to like the idea of coming here, the food is to die for and Mario's family seem really nice which is also a plus.
We're all having a lovely conversation and getting to know one another while eating the food when we hear a rumble on the stairs. I imagine this is the sister we have all been waiting to meet coming downstairs otherwise they have a very big dog that likes running up and down the stairs. I'm going with the former since I'm fairly sure Mario or his family don't own a dog.
I have my back to the door so I don't really see what the person looks like that is walking into the dining room but I'm sure it must be Mario's sister since his mom jumps off her seat and rushes to the door. "Hurry up, come sit down" Maria says presumably dragging her daughter towards the table. I say presumably because I still can't see behind me and I don't want to turn around and be rude. I can hear the shuffles of their feet.
"Actually before you sit down I just want to introduce everyone to you" Mario says to his sister. She seems to muffle out a "fine" clearly not happy to be having dinner with everyone. Mario stands next to her behind my chair and introduces my family to the girl "this is Erin's parent's Jack and Julia, her older brother Nathan, her younger brother Harry and finally her sister Brittany" He takes a very short pause to get his breath back before continuing, "Everyone this is my younger sister Santana"
"WHAT!" I shout out before quickly snapping my head round to get a look at this girl
"Oh what!" Santana says clearly not pleased I am here
"You have got to be joking me, Santana Lopez?" I get out before standing up from the table in a rage.