*The Family Dinner*

"Okay, you'll need a little family background history for this dinner, I guess." Richard says as we are on the road, driving straight to his parents house.

"Yeah , that would make me feel a little more.....secure." I say with a nervous smile on my lips. Why do you care? You won't sign the freaking contract anyway, my subconsciousness says. Oh yes she will! Because she doesn't want to end up with zillion cats! My inner goddess protests. I shake my head and look at Richard.

"As you already know I was adopted. At the age of six. Meredith Grey and Michael Hamilton adopted me, making me part of the family. Samuel is adopted as well. They weren't able to have any children-that is until Valerie was born. She's the only biological child in this family. But doesn't matter. Because biological or not--we are one family. Not a big one, but as I already said-"

"You don't want to expand your family." I finished his sentence.

"Yes."

"Why is your last name Faulkerson?" I ask him confused.

"That's my father's name. My biological father."

"Oh. Have you met him?"

He shakes his head. "Until this day. I wasn't able to find him."

"But he is still alive?" I ask him.

"Yes."

"What about your mother? Biological mother, I mean."

"She's not worth to talk about." he says, his dark eyes looking at me.

"Okay...." I just crossed the line. I got the message.

"Anyways, you should also know that my family....Well, nothing's as it seems."

"What exactly does it mean?"

"I've told you my mother loves surgery, didn't I? She loves her work. Not only does she love it because of the surgery, but because my father doesn't work in the hospital. She also loves her mentor-Dr. Shepherd."

"What?!" I ask him shocked. She's having an affair.

"Yeah, and he is Mark's best friend on the top of that. They were at med school together in New York."

"That's....." I am speechless, "I thought your Dad is a lawyer."

"My mother got divorced. New husband: plastic surgeon, Mark Sloane. Old husband: Lawyer, Michael Hamilton."

"Was it a messy divorce?"

He shook his head, "They had everything arranged. It was a short and clean cut."

I nodd, "This is good...I mean, it is, isn't it?"

He shruggs, "I don't know if she's better off now. I mean, it's not like she's the only one with an affair in this marriage."

"W-what do you mean by that?"

"Mark is having an affair with her sister, Lexie."

"Does it get any crazier than this?" I ask him after a second

He smiles, "Her son is a polyamorist."

I laugh, "No wonder you turned out this way........."

"The reason is another......" He stops, He doesn't want to talk about it. Not yet anyways.

"So will Mark hate me or was it the lawyer who would hate me?"

"No Marks's....... I guess, Mark's alright. At least, I hope. I don't know. I mean, I don't know him good enough to...... I've only met him a couple of times"

"Weird family you have there." I say as we pass several mansions

"Oh, I'm sure you're family isn't normal as well." he adds as we stop in front of a mansion.

No it isn't. Anything but normal. Especially when......I shake my head and turn my eyes out of the window. Wow.

It's a huge European Mediterranean mansion with French and Spanish influences. It's so beautiful. Big enough for a whole family to live in.

"This house is........Amazing." I say as we get out of the car.

"It's their summer residence." he says as I notice the ocean behind the house.

"A pretty nice residence, if you ask me here." I say as he takes my hand and we walk up to the stairs in the front door.

"Samuel and Patricia are already here." he says, his eyes focused behind me. I turn around and stare at Samuel's white Ferarri. Of course.

"Ready Miss Mendoza?" he ask me, his finger on the bell.

"Wait," I say in a shaky voice. I look down myself. Maybe the dress was the wrong choice. Maybe I should have chosen the peach colored Cavalli instead of the mint green Gucci dress. Or maybe I should have left my hair open--instead of in a lose braid.

"You are perfect, Maine." he ensures me with a soft smile on his lips before he kisses  me softly.

"I knew I heard voices!" I hear a female voice and abruptly let go of his lips.

I see a woman standing in the doorframe. She is smiling at us and I feel my hot face. Damn it.

"Valerie." Richard says, hugging his sister.

"Richard." the woman says, smiling. "Gosh, I missed you."

"You have to tell me everything about Paris."

Valerie nods, "I will." she says, her eyes focused on me.

"Valerie, I would like you to meet Maine Mendoza. Maine, this is my little sister Valerie."

"Well, I'm not so little anymore...." The woman says rolling her eyes before she Higgs me. "Nice to see you can bring women at home." She says and I gulp of only she knew.

I smile at her as we both step into the Grey/Sloane/Faulkerson Mansion.

"Where are Mom and Dad?"

"Dining room with Samuel and Patricia."

"She's Maine's roommate. Richard says as he leads me through the amazing hallway. I can't help but stare at the five feet tall hallway with huge candelabrum. Amazing.

"What, are you guys still in college or something?!" Valerie asked dismissively.

Richard glances at her.

" I mean, it's awesome that you two are living together." She says in a nicer tone.

"We lived together at Yale. Then we decided to move to Manhattan." I explained as we walked through the amazing living room. French Windows showed me the amazing ocean view. Wow.

"Oh. That explains it." Valerie says and puts on a smil again as she walks ahead of us into the dining room. "Look who I found kissing on the stairs outside. Richard and his girlfriend." She says to the already eating group. I see Patricia decided to put her hair in an up-do. She is wearing a yellow Cavalli dress with black Louboutins. Samuel himself is sitting right next to her,wearing a black jacket with white Oxford shirt beneath. She smiles at me comfortably as she notices me standing behind Richard.

Valerie gets seated as Meredith and her new husband--- Mark-- get up. The woman walks over to me. She's wearing beige colored dress and her hair falls loosely on her shoulders. Mark is blonde as well and has dark blue eyes. He's hot, definitely attractive. I bet a lot of women want  to have a plastic surgery as soon as they see the surgeon.

"Maine, how nice to see you again!" Meredith says before he pulls me into a soft hug. Oh. So many hugs.

"Mark, I'd like you to meet Maine Mendoza. Maine, this is Dr. Mark Sloane." Richard  says and I shake hands with him.

"Nice to meet you."

"Call me Mark." the man says and smiles softly, "Well, let's get seated and have dinner then."

I nodd before we walk over the table.I get seated between Valerie and Richard. Across me sit Patricia and Adam. Meredith and Mark sit on the end of the table.

to my readers sorry for the super late update... Madame Lang
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