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twenty

Ethan and Emma recovered from the Hannah drama quickly, and now, a few days later, are preparing to all go out for a meal with Emma's family.

She had texted Ethan this morning, informing him that her aunt has been dying to meet him since the first mention of them being together. Growing up together, they did get odd chances to meet each other's family, but it would only be grandparents, and some cousins.

Today was a family event, a celebration of her grandparents wedding anniversary, and all of her family members would be there. Ethan, obviously wanting to be there, said yes to Emma's offer, agreeing to meet everyone.

Though he was excited to meet everyone, he couldn't stop the small pang of anxiety that ran through him. Ethan used to have a reputation, and all he wants is to be good enough for her without that getting in the way. He's always wanted people to approve of their relationship, because it's always been important for them to see what he sees in their relationship himself.

Ethan was sat on his sofa, scrolling through his phone, when a text message buzzed through his phone from Emma. The message read 'when are you coming over❤️' and a smile appeared on to his face, as he wrote his reply.

He promised her he'd be over in 10 minutes, as they needed to leave in less than an hour, and hadn't really seen her much today. He grabbed his keys, phone, and money, and made his way to the car outside.

Roughly 10 minutes later, he arrived as promised, leaving a soft knock on her front door. Ethan was welcomed in by Emma's mum, Sophia, who walked him into the kitchen. They started a small conversation, about how each other's days had been, and how excited they were for tonight.

Ethan and Sophia has formed a much stronger friendship than before, which isn't common in most relationships, but she's always been a motherly figure to him. Sophia looked after him like she would her own sons, as Ethan's mum did for Emma too.

On the kitchen island, Emma was sitting on her phone, wearing a checkered yellow skirt, and a white top. Her hair was down, making Ethan blush, as he knew that she did it just for him. He's always on her case about wearing it down, because he loves it like that, and she did today.

"Wow, you look gorgeous" he surprised her, by throwing his arms around her shoulders, and kissing her lips as she looked up at him.
"Thank you" she smiled, "when'd you get here?"
"2 minutes ago" he stated, and Emma nodded.
"I need to go upstairs, to add a little concealer before we leave" she gestured to her face, and Ethan furrowed his eyebrows.
"I told you-" he began.
"Mum, we're going upstairs, be down in a second" Emma shouted to Sophia over his voice, already knowing what he was going to say.

Once they had both done, Ethan, Emma, Sophia, James and Tobi all gathered in the white jeep. Ethan decided to drive, because he knew Mrs Chamberlain would want to drink, and didn't want his girlfriend to stress about it either.

"Everyone ready?" Emma's voice squeaked happily through the car, and each person nodded. Taking the hint, Ethan turned the car on, and backed out of the driveway, and began the journey to meet her family.

After a small car ride, full of songs and laughter, they had finally got to their destination. It took a while to get out of the car, with having to prepare everything they needed, but then they went inside.

They were immediately greeted with multiple people, all hugging her family, lovingly. Ethan let go of Tobi's hand, letting him run off to the younger children in the distance. Emma smiled at her boyfriend, clinging to his arm, as people made their way over.

"You must be Ethan" an older lady greeted, with a kind smile, to which he nodded and replied, "I'm guessing you've heard all about me"
With a laugh, she answered, "I'm here aunt Christie, she's all you talk about, it's nice to finally meet you after all this time"
"It's good to meet you too, she's been telling me how amazing you are all day" He smirked towards her, and Emma finally chirped in.
"I am here you know!" She giggled, and everyone laughed with her too.

After Ethan had finally been introduced to everyone, they went into the other room to eat. The room was full of huge tables, ready for families to sit together on them. However, they were led over to a long table just by the window, and all started to decide on seats.

"Ethan?" a small voice spoke, and he looked down to be met with Tobi.
"Hey bud, what's up?" He sunk to his knees in front of him to hear him clearer, his hands resting on his elbows as the small boy smiled at him.
"Can I sit with you?" He asked, shyly, with a little smile.
"Of course, come on" Ethan's face lit up, standing and taking his hand.

It made Ethan happy how Tobi always chose to be near him, even away from all the other children, he always wanted to be with Ethan. Emma has mentioned how Tobi probably looks up to him, and thinks highly of him, and at that time, he just shrugged it off.

Ethan sat next to Emma, with Tobi beside him, who was also next to James. Emma's aunt started a conversation with him, as he was right across from her the whole meal, in which Emma joined in with.

"So, how'd you two meet?" Christie asked, clasping her hands together in excitement.
"We grew up together, my mum, Lisa, is friends with Sophia" Ethan remarked, watching her aunts eyes widen.
"Lisa Dolan?" She questioned.
"Yeah, that's her" he smiled.
"Yes, I know her. Sophia's brought her to meet me a couple times"
"Small world" Ethan laughed, with a squeeze on Emma's thigh.
"Sure is"

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Hi I'm back, sorry it's been a while. This is slightly a filler, sowwy, but I'm trying hard.