January 15, 2022
New York City, New York
(Stone-Michaels household)
"What do I even wear to meet his family that I have no idea about?" Akira spoke aloud to herself. Akira was goin g through the endless amount of clothes she had bought while living in New York with her friends before the current predicament she is in. "Something nice and simple." she figured as she looked through her closet she realized that she only had three dresses she could wear.
"why do I do this to myself?" she began to panic and hate herself for not taking Norah's advice to buy seven dresses, two for different occasions. and the last for her liking to wear where she pleases. "I'm going to have to go shopping." Akira looked at the clock. "I have enough time to buy a dress and come back before they arrive. " she mumbled to herself.
She then put on a loose fitting creamy floral dress on that somewhat complimented her pregnant bell and her along with some cream colored sandals. "Alright let's go." she left her room and started walking down the stairs only to hear laughter as she approached the bottom of the stairs. "They're already here?!?" Akira panicked internally.
What was she to do? She stood mid step on the steps trying to figure out a way to not be spotted by his family. "So when are we meeting the girl that stole your heart Darian?" A womanly voice asked. " whenever she is ready mom." She heard him say sounding annoyed. "well I want to meet her now go and retrieve her." the voice now recognized as his mother said.
"She's not a dog darling." A very deep voice that was assuming his father says sternly. "I know but.. " the mother got cut off by a young girl's voice. "There's no but on that mom she's probably nervous to meet us if anything." Akira smiled at the consideration of the young girl. "well since everyone is anticipating my soon-to-be wife I'll go check on her." Darian then got up from his chair and his footsteps were coming closer to her.
"Just be you and be cool." Akira said walking down the rest of the stairs only to bump into the chest of her fiancé. "How much of that did you hear?" Darian asks looking into her eyes. "N-nothing really. I was just walking down the stairs thinking of all the possibilities and situations that could happen just today and also thought of the possibility of your parents not liking me and..." Akira was cut off by Darian kissing her. It shocked her to know the guy she didn't like was kissing her. "You think too much. " he chuckled intertwining their hands together to go walk in the family room that she was just in.
"Well everyone this is Akira, Akira this is my parents and my little sister Zara." he said as they went to take a seat. "hello Mrs. and Mr. Stone-Michaels. it's a pleasure to meet you." Akira put a hand out in front of them to shake. "Well Akira it's a pleasure to meet you and please call me Harold, I'm not sixty yet." His father smiled shaking her hand.
"Ahem well unlike mom I glad to see Akira." Zara got up from her chair and gave her a hug. "wait I saw you before." she says taking a better look at her. Akira began to panic as she recognized her from when she went to his house to tell him the news of her pregnancy but decided against it. "oh really?" Akira crossed her fingers praying Zara wouldn't give her mother more reason to hate her if she didn't already.
"Yeah she was at your door when Tony answered the door." She smiled. "What were you doing that day if you don't mind me asking." Akira felt her entire body go cold as she asked this." I was um.. going to um..." she nervously said as she looked at Darian who was surprised at the new information of her coming to his house before now.
"She was probably trying mooch off of him for that baby that most likely ain't his." His mother said rudely. "Mom!?" her kids both said glaring at her. "What I'm just what's most likely to be true. No girl gets in a relationship with a guy who has money without wanting something out of it."
His mother smirked evilly towards her.
"The last thing I would ever need from your son is money." Akira started. "When I was young my parents went through the worst of situations with barely any money and only a van to keep us safe." "From a young age I was shown that you don't need money to be happy with the love of your life. You just need each other."
Akira said with prickling her eyes are the thought of her parents. "But if you believe that for a second I got with your son who literally every day makes me want to throw a shoe at him for his money, then let that be your belief. I was fine without your son I could be by myself if I wanted to." Akira said as she angrily shedded some tears. "I'm not one for disrespect and I'm not going to start now." Akira got up and went to walk out of the house.