I was currently drowning in pierogi dough. I had been up since five a.m making enough of these things for everyone, it was now ten and my feet are killing me. As of now, there were nineteen people I was cooking for. It was the twins, Colton, my dad, Beck and I , then the four Kazers, Emma and her mom, Jordan, his younger sister Julia, Wes, Tyler, Tyler's younger brother/Colton's best friend Cody, his other best friend Christian, and then Lenny.
"Belle you look like you want to die" Jordan laughs as he, Wes, Tyler and Caleb enter the kitchen
"I do, I still have to make another two batches so I know for sure that we'll have enough. And then I actually have to fuckin boil and fry them" I huff
"You seem stressed" Caleb grins
"No really?" I snap at him
I continue rolling the dough until it's thin enough and then begin with the filling.
"if it makes you feel better they look great" Tyler smiles as he joins me at the counter, absentmindedly playing with the dough
"Do you want any help?" Wes asks
"Dude she never lets anyone cook with her, do you really think she's gonna let you help" Caleb laughs
I never let anyone cook with me. If I was baking fine, but not cooking. I was a bit of a control freak when it came to the kitchen. I needed to do everything so I know it was done right.
"Sorry Wes but he's right" I say making him grin
"Control freak" Caleb mutters with a smirk on his face
"You probably shouldn't be saying that to a girl who is currently holding a knife" I grin as I hold the knife up
"Come at me" he puffs his chest out at me making the guys laugh
I just roll my eyes before going back to my work. These things were going to be the death of me, but at least they'll be done soon.
"Hey can one of you get that?" I ask one of the guys as I hear the doorbell ring. I see them all grin at eachother before they take off towards the door.
As soon as I hear the door open, I hear a voice that I would recognize anywhere. It was the voice of my oldest brother, Zach. His smiling face is seen as he enters the kitchen with his arms wide open
"Zach!" I yell as I drop the spoon I was holding to run over and jump into his open arms
"I MISSED YOU!" I say into his shoulder, I feel his chest vibrate as he laughs.
"I missed you too Bellaboo" he grins setting me down "how does it feel to finally be home?"
"Fucking amazing" I grin "why are you in?"
"I thought we should make a suprise appearance for the birthday boys," he smiles as my eyes go wide. He said 'we'
"Bails?" I hear my niece Max scream
"Hey baby!!" I yell as she jumps into my arms "oh my god you've gotten big,"
"I know I'm a third grader" she smiles at me, her blonde curls bouncing.
"Wheres your brother?" I ask her
"Right here aunt Belle" her older brother, Sebastian grins
"You're almost as tall as me!! HOLY shit" I smile at I hug him
This kid just turned ten and he's already five foot one. He's gonna be tall as hell when he gets older.
"Belle you aren't that tall" Seb grins making the guys laugh
"He's not wrong"
I look up to see their mom, Mal, standing there with a smirk on her face
"MAL!" I run over to her and wrap her up in a hug.
"I am hurt that you are more excited to see her than me" Zach says holding his hand over his heart in mock hurt
"Oh shut up, she's literally my only older sister besides Em and Kate" I grin referring to Caleb's sister in law, Kate.
I didn't have very many women in my life especially growing up. The only constant was Emma. But Mal, fit with our family and she really became my older sister.
Zach and Mal have been married almost nine years. They met in high school and were best friends, but didn't actually date until they were nineteen, they got married a year later and had Max soon after. Seb isn't Zach's biological son. Before they started dating, Mal had dated a guy for a few months and he is Seb's biolical father. Although he's not Seb's biological father, Zach is all Seb's ever known. Zach's practically raised the kid.
Jordan, Tyler and Wes wander upstairs to wake up the twins while the rest of us walk back into the kitchen.
"So what are you making?" Zach grins as he snoops around the kitchen
"Perogies, now get out of my kitchen" I glare at him "I have to make more now cause you guys are here"
"You're bossy" Zach scoffs
"And you're a child" I grin
He was twelve years older than me and he still acted like a six year old sometimes.
"You hurt my heart" he pouts as he pokes at a pierogi
"You don't get out of this area and your heart won't be the only thing that's going to hurt" I order, smacking his hand away
"Fine" he huffs as he joins the guys at the kitchen table
"Co! Is Bex home?" Sebastian asks, with Max and Julia behind him
"Yeah I miss my other best friend" Mac pouts as she joins Seb in front of Caleb
"Yeah she should be home, y'all can go over" Caleb tells them with a smile
"Wait! I am hurt!" He says as they start to walk away
The both look at him with a questioning look as he pouts like a child.
"I didn't get a hug from either of you"
"Aww sorry Coco" Max giggles as she runs over to give him a hug, Seb follows and does the guy hug thingy BEFORE running off after Max to see Bexley.
"I love those kids" Caleb grins
"Me too. Speaking about kids, when is Austin coming in? I wanna see that jackass" Zach grins
Him and Austin have the cutest bromance, I love it. They have a running joke form when they were in highschool that Austin is the sexiest man alive. When they were in college, whenever Zach introduced Austin to anyone, he had to say that Austin was the sexiest man alive.
"No. You and Austin literally drive Kate and I insane when you're together" Mal grins "but I do think those two wanna see Derek and Sam"
"Yeah, they'll be in later tonight, they also wanna suprise the twins"
"What about suprising us?" Arrex grumbles as he and Ace enter the kitchen
"What no hello for your big brother?" Zach questions making their eyes go wide
"Zach! What are your going here?!" Ace yells as he runs over to hug our older brother, Arrex was following close in his footsteps
"We wanted to suprise you" Zach laughs as they hug Mal
"Where are the monsters?" Arrex grins
"They just went back to my house, wanted to see Bex" Caleb tells him
The twins, Zach and Caleb quickly fall into conversation when Mal joins me at the counter.
"Girl I missed your stupid ass so much" she laughs as she sits on the counter by me. She was more than a decade older than me but she was honestly one of my best friends.
"I missed you too, these guys are driving Em and I insane" I say making her chuckle
"Yeah that'll happen being constantly around them"
"But everything's been fine" I shrug "things really haven't changed since I left"
"You and Caleb still argue like an old married couple?" She smirks I shoot a glare at her before turning back to my perogies
"More like two people who hate each other" I scoff
"He doesn't hate you, and I don't think you hate him either" she smirks "I can already tell some things have changed since you left. Zach and I were the same way" She grabs a water bottle before returning to her seat next to Zach.
I just shake my head at them as I continue making the last batch of pierogies.
Tonight was going to be one hundred percent better than last.
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"I'm home family!" I hear a deep voice yell through the house just as we were setting the huge dining room table
"Kids! Austins home!" Kay yells to us as we all scramble to meet them at the door
"Hey guys!" Austin smile as we all practically tackle him at once
"Jesus you three have grown up" he says looking at Colton, Beck and I
"Hey fat fuck!" Zach yells to his best friend from the kitchen
"Hey Fuckhead!" Austin yells back
"Boys! Children!" Kay, Kate and Mal all yell at them
"Aunt Belle!" I hear Sam, the younger Twin yell as he comes to
"Aunt Em!" Derek, his older brother runs to Em
Since they were little, Emma has always been Dereks favorite and I've always been Sams favorite.
"Holy shit, you two have gotten big too!" I grin at them They were both around the same height as Seb, about five foot.
"Okay uh your favorite uncle wants a hug" Jordan grins as he pushes Em and I out of the way
"Bitch please, I'm the favorite uncle here" Tyler argues
"Bex! Seb! Max and Julia! Sam and Derek are here!" My dad yells down into the basement to them. Seconds later, we hear the heavy thumps of shoes making their way into the dining room
"Sam!Derek!" Max yells as she runs over and wraps both of them up in a hug
"Hey Max!" The smile at her
"Hey cousins" Bexley says as she gets them along with Seb and Julia
The all greet eachother while the guys continue to argue before the kids stop them.
"Okay who is the favorite uncle?"Derek asks Bex, Max, Julia and Seb
"Tyler" Bex shrugs
"No Caleb" Max smiles
"Beck" Julia grins
"No Jordan is!" Seb Argues
"Arrex wins" Derek states obviously
"Ace" Sam shrugs
"Okay but we can all agree that Em and I are the best?" I ask all of them
"Yep!" The all grin before running back downstairs to the basement
"ha!" Em and I grin at the boys behind us as we walk over to the table to grab the many plates of food.
"Wow there's been a lot of suprises tonight" Em laughs as we enter the kitchen. Em's mom Kerry and Caleb's mom Kay were in there along with Kate and Mal, laughing at talking as we entered.
My dad and Caleb's dad, Aaron, were out back talking to Zach and Austin
"There are my girls!" Kerry smirks as she comes over and hugs us
"Hey mama" Em smiles as she hugs her mom
"Theres one more surprise coming" Kay grins as she hands me a plate of pierogies "can you put this on the table?"
"Yep!" I smile as I walk into the dining room and carefully sets down the plate in the center
Kerry and Kay soon follow with more plates. My dad and Aaron came in a few minutes later and carried the rest of the played in while Austin and Zach grabbed drinks for everyone.
"Foods ready!" Em and I yell through the house as we hear footsteps sound from all directions.
Within minutes we all take our seats around the giant food filled table.
Just as my dad sat down the doorbell rang for the third time today.
"I'll get it" I say, before pushing my chair out and standing up
I walk to the front door and feel a huge smile spread across my face as I open it.
"You're back!" I yell as I jump into my stepmoms open arms
"There was no way in hell I was missing the twins eighteenth!" She smiles once I release her and we walk into the dining room
"We didn't think you would make it in time!" Kerry says as her and Kay both get up to hug Cheri.
"I didn't either" Cheri laughs "but I am so happy I did, Belle these look amazing"
"They are!" Colton says with a full mouth making everyone laugh
We all smile at each other as Cheri takes her seat next to my dad at the head of the table, landing a kiss on his cheek before smiling at the rest of us. The dinner that was supposed to just be the nineteen of us turned into one for twenty eight and I couldn't be happier.
"We should have a girls sleepover!" Em yells as she looks around at all of us
"Yeah!" Max Julia and Bex smile eagerly
I felt bad for them to be honest, growing up with all guys is hard as hell.
"We can talk about boys and watch our favorite girly movies!" Arya smiles as Lenny nods along
"You better not be talking about boys" Derek says to Max
"The only boys we're going to be talking about are you guys and how annoying you are" Bexley rolls her eyes at the three boys who scowl at her
"Yep!" Julia smiles as she joins Bex and Max
Oh those three are so screwed. Seb, Sam and Derek won't let guys anywhere near them.
"Sorry boys you're going to be left to clean up" Cheri says smiling at my dad
"We were already stuck with cleanup duty" My dad laughs
"Did we really have a choice?" Calebs dad, Aaron, questions with an amused grin on his face
"I'm glad we came to the agreement" Kay smiles making everyone laugh as we continue to eat.