This is for liyaaahdasainttt thank you for your patience love! She was brilliant to work with. I hope you like your chapter.
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Aaliyah Otiento-Miller's POV

"El', where are you taking me?" I ask him, amused.

"To the mall to get your nails done!" He says excitedly.

"Why are you so ecstatic to get them done? Wait are you gonna get manicures with me?!" I ask, also getting excited.

"Of course" he scoffs.

"But! I'm more excited for the family cookout! You're finally gonna meet my parents as my girlfriend. They've always liked you so I know you'll be fine" he says happily.

I smile at how happy he is about this.

It's cute.

We arrive at the nail salon, where Elian speaks politely to one of the women, who blushes and smiles back at him while responding.

We get seated and the lady asks me what I'm looking for.

Since I am meeting his family again, I want something low-key but pretty.

Of course Elian just goes with a thorough clean out and buffing of his nails, using his free hand to sign with me, when we don't want anyone to know what we're saying.

When we're done, I let him pay, and then we leave.

I show him my nails again and he grins.

^^ Aaliyah's nails.

"You know where those would look cute?" He asks.

"Where?" I ask, walking into the parking lot with him.

He raises his hand to sign.

'They'd look extra pretty dragging down my back'

My eyes widen and I cover my face with my hands as he laughs at me, opening the door for me.

I sit inside and he sits behind the wheel.

"I've got one more like date planned for us." He says.

'I'm listenin' I sign.

"I know you always said you want to go, so I'm taking you go-karting". He says, blushing a little bit.

'Really?' I sign excitedly.

He nods, before starting the car.

I lean over and I kiss him.

I've wanted to do go-karting since we were in college!

I can't believe he remembered?!

I get more and more excited as we continue driving and when we get there, I'm almost bouncing around with excitement.

We walk in hand in hand with each other and once we're inside, he lets me get suited up, while he goes to the stands, turning his hearing aids down a little bit.

Recently his ears have been a little bit more sensitive to noise than usual, but he still wants me to have fun.

I come out, wearing all of the protective gear and he leans down over the stands to give me a kiss.

"I know it's friendly... but kick their asses judge" he mutters.

I chuckle at him and I wear my helmet, skipping off to do some practice laps before we start.

This is about to be fun!
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"Are you nervous?" Elian asks.

Even though we are sat in his car, we can hear the dull thumping of the beat from the music in the house.

After the go-karting date we went over to his place to shower and change before heading over to his older cousin Ivy's house, for the cookout.

Now from what Elian tells me, Ivy is the successful auntie that everyone wants to be.

She's extremely chill and she travels a lot for work and for pleasure too.

She's an architectural engineer, which means she's pretty well off too!

I shake my head.

"I'm a little nervous for them to try my desserts, but other than that I'm not too scared. I've met a couple of them before, when we were just friends, so it's not like I know nothing" I say.

He grins.

"You're right. You got this" he says.

We step out of the car, but before I can get too far, Elian grabs me by my skirt and pulls me close to him.

He looks down at my outfit.

^^ Aaliyah's outfit.

"You look amazing in that by the way" he says, grabbing my ass.

"Thank you" I coo at him.

I expect him to let go, but he leaves his hand on my ass as if it belongs there, walking in.

As we walk in, I notice his demeanour changes a little.

He's relaxed.

Even though he hasn't said anything, it's hot as fuck.

He greets the people we walk past, holding me close.

"Nephew is that you?!" Someone yells.

"Yessir!" Elian responds and I laugh.

We greet people until we stand in front of a woman.

^^ Ivy Deogenes.

She's about 5'4, with smooth brown skin and beautiful eyes.

Her shoulder length hair is in black locs that frame her pretty face.

Her face is highlighted with a silver stud piercing in her nose and the little makeup she wears makes her doll-like face.

She's gorgeous!

She looks up at him, to speak.

"You made it! Good to see you still have time for us, cuzzo" she says to him.

He rolls his eyes.

"Weren't you in Italy last week, gallivanting with that good for nothing man-whore- -"

"You must be Aaliyah" she says cutting him off as if he was never speaking in the first place.

I hold out the red velvet cupcakes that my step dad made.

"I am. I got these made for you" I say, trying to keep my voice level.

I'm more nervous than I thought.

She takes them from me with a warm smile.

"I like you better than my cousin already." She says to me.

"Look after him for me. Okay?" She asks.

I nod and she gives me a quick side-hug before going back to hosting.

I turn to my boyfriend and I may as well have stars in my eyes.

"She's so cool!" I nearly yell, excitedly.

He chuckles and shakes his head.

"She's a pain in my ass, but she's a wonderful older cousin." He says.

We continue to greet more people until it's time to eat.

Elian grabs us some plates, stacked with food and I get us both some drinks.

We sit and eat together and I sign, when the music starts to get too loud.

The food is great!

He notices something and puts his fork down, reaching over to gently wipe my face, using his fingers.

He doesn't even mean to make me feel a type of way, but he puts his thumb in his mouth, licking it and all I can do is stare.

'What?' He asks, signing.

He looks amused.

I shake my head and I go back to eating.

We eat until we're stuffed, before cleaning up.

A small kid approaches us and asks him if he wants to play.

He nods and looks at me to make sure I'm okay.

I nod and he picks the little girl up, throwing her in the air and catching her.

My heart goes soft immediately, seeing how gentle he is.

I shake it off, getting up to help clean up.

I start collecting empty beer bottles and plastic plates and cutlery up, throwing them in the bin bags I can see.

Ivy catches me.

"Girl, you don't have to do that!" She says.

"I wanna!" I yell over the loud music.

She shakes her head, laughing at me.

"Girl, stop. Come drink with us!" She says.

I look around for Elian and I make eye contact with him, gesturing that I'm going indoors, before putting the bag down and stepping in the house.

Ivy lets me get cleaned up, then takes me to her front room, where bunches of people are doing their own thing.

She spots a group of women and she takes my hand, leading me to them.

"Y'all, this is Aaliyah. She's Yared's girl" she says.

Yared is Elian's middle name, since his father is Ethiopian.

I greet them all and one girl pats the seat next to her, kindly.

I sit and we all talk as if we have known each other for years!

Ivy is way more introverted than them all but her sense of humour is gold.

I laugh until my sides hurt and my eyes water.

I excuse myself to go to the bathroom, and Ivy gives me directions and I make my way.

This house is huge!

I finally find the bathroom and I fix my makeup.

I nearly shit myself when the door opens, but I relax when I see that it's Elian.

He's soaking wet!

His shirt is translucent and his pants stick to him.

"What happened to you?" I nearly laugh.

He closes the bathroom door behind him and he chuckles.

"Some of my nephews ambushed me. But it's igh I've got spare clothes here" he says.

I try and fail to make eye contact with him, my eyes moving to his almost transparent clothing instead.

"Take a picture" he says, looking at me through the mirror's reflection as he takes off his shirt.

'Shut up' I sign.

'Make me' he signs not even flinching.

He bends over to take off his pants and I slap his ass hard.

He holds where I smacked as if he's been wounded!

He looks at me like I've committed a war crime and he turns to me in his underwear, leaning over to grab my leg.

I try to shift away, but I am really not as quick as I thought and he tips me backwards into the bathtub, protecting my head so I don't smack it.

I scramble out, ready to fight him again, when he grabs my neck, choking the shit out of me.

"Ahhh, I'm sorry!" I immediately say.

He chuckles at the speed with which I apologise.

"Good girl. I accept your apology" he says.

"I nearly told you to kiss my ass" I admit.

He gives me a small peck on the lips.

"You'd like that too much" he says, letting go of my neck as he continues to change.

He gets done and we walk out of the bathroom, and into a guest room, where he drops his clothes into the laundry basket.

"My parents are here by the way" he says randomly.

I stare at him as if he has lost his mind.

"And you now wanna say it?" I ask.

"Calm down, they know you don't they?" He asks.

"Yeah they know Aaliyah your best friend. Not Aaliyah your girlfriend, future wife and mother of your children, you imbecile" I say.

He turns to me.

"Mother of my children?" He asks, with a slow grin, standing in front of me.

I nod.

"I hope so" I tell him.

"I'll give you as many as you want" he says, giving me a slow kiss.

He then kisses my neck.

Then my shoulder.

He better not be doing what I think he's doing.

"You smell expensive, by the way" he says softly.

I chuckle.

"Thank you. My boyfriend bought it for me" I tell him.

"Your boyfriend has taste" he says.

"I agree" I respond.

He stands upright and helps me to straighten my dress.

"Let's go, judge" he says, taking my hands.

I nod.

"Yes Yared" I say.

He gives me a side glance as if to tell me he'll deal with me later, then we leave.

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