Chapter 56

*Emma's POV*

"Hey tiger. How was your day?" mom greeted me with a smile, as I came home from school.

"It was good" I smiled back.

"Great. Can you just hold Toria for a moment, while I start on dinner?"

"Sure. I'm taking her upstairs with me"

"Okay, sweetheart" mom kissed my forehead, as she handed me Toria and disappeared into the kitchen.

I walked upstairs with Toria in my arms and walked into the girls room to see then playing with their dolls.

"Hey babies" I cheered.

"Emma! Play with us?" Rosie jumped up, as she hugged my legs.

"Wow, babygirl. You're excited" I chuckled.

"We playing the family. That's you and that's us. And momma, dada, Matt and Toria" Millie showed me all the dolls they were playing with.

"That's so cute. So you want me to play with you?"

"Yeah!" they both smiled.

"Okay, but Toria's gonna have to stay in the room too, okay? Can she lay down on one of your beds?"

"Mine. But we gotta watch her so she won't fall off" Millie said.

"Yep. We can watch her while we play"

"Okay" they both agreed, and we started playing.

"Kids, dinner's ready" mom yelled from downstairs.

"Come on, let's go down" I picked up Toria, who was silently checking out her hands, and went down with the girls.

"Em, you have company coming over after dinner" mom said, as she took Toria from my arms and sat down to feed her.

"Who?"

"Aaron"

"Again?"

"Maddie just really wanted you to have a talk with him alone. She wants you to tell him exactly what's bothering you. She told him that you're gonna be honest, so that he shouldn't expect sweet talk. It's really important to her that you accept him"

"I know, I know. I just don't know what I'm gonna say"

"Just say whatever comes to your mind. No holding back. He's prepared for the worst"

"Okay" I sighed. I wasn't in the mood of having him. I wanted to like him, but obviously it wasn't going so well. Coming over everyday won't make it any better. But if that's what Maddie wants, then I guess I'll do it for her.

"Good day, my lovelies" dad entered the house, with Matt.

"Where were you?" Rose asked.

"We went to the park to play some basketball" Matt smiled.

"Dad any good?" I asked him.

"Yep" Matt smiled.

"Don't fool yourself, Matt's really good" dad exclaimed.

"You guys hungry? We're having dinner now" mom said.

"Yep. Let's all sit down" dad said, as we all took our place by the table and started eating.

"Okay, girls. Up to bed" dad said, picking the both of them up and waking up the stairs. Just then there was a knock on the door. Aaron.

"Matt, bubba, come upstairs with me and Toria. Let's give Emma and Aaron some time alone, okay?" mom said, as she opened the door. Matt nodded and walked up with mom, as me and Aaron entered the living room.

"Want something to drink?" I asked, as he sat down on the couch.

"No thanks, I'm fine" he said.I sat down on the other couch. This was so awkward.

"So" he started, "tell me a little about you"

"I'm Emma. I'm fifteen years old. I have one brother, one sister and two non biological sisters. I love little kids. I love the family I came in" I started.

"No, no, tell me about you, before you came into this family. Tell me about your life back then"

"Well, I was the oldest of six kids. I loved them all and spent a lot of time with them. I went to school, but it was a small town with not so many people, so the school wasn't very big. I had two best friends, but one moved away when I was ten. My other best friends was a boy, so my parents thought I was dating him. It was pretty funny. They totally freaked out. I've never had a boyfriend, though"

"Are you still in touch with that boy?"

"Not really" I said, "now tell me about you"

"Well, I'm Aaron Smith. I'm gonna be eighteen a day before Maddie's birthday, so in a week from now. I have one brother, but we don't have a good relationship at all. My parents are divorced and I live with my mom. I go to my dad every weekend, though. I graduate high school this year. I have a lot of friends. I love basketball and Maddie" he said with a smile.

"How did you meet her?"

"We bumped into each other at the mall" he said.

We were quiet for a while.It wasn't an uncomfortable silence, but it was a little weird. I just didn't know what to say.

"Can I ask you something?" I asked him.

"Sure"

"Do you wanna marry Maddie one day?"

"Yeah, I actually really do"

"Don't you think you're taking it a bit too fast. I mean, you've only been dating for two month and you already know you want to marry her. Soon I'm gonna hear she's pregnant" I said.

"We knew each other a long time already. I bumped into her about a year ago. We decided not to jump too fast, so we became friends first. We only started dating when we both knew we liked each other as more then friends and wanted to be together. And don't worry, she won't get pregnant before we're married"

"And how do I know, you're not just using her to show her off to your friends?"

"I love her, Emma, a lot. Thank god, I have enough respect for people not to use them like that, especially girls. I'm not a man whore, who sleeps around with every girl I see"

"How do I know, I can believe you?" I asked.

"If you would give me a chance, I can prove it to you. I'll show you how much I really do love her and that I don't intend to hurt her"

"And how do I know you're not gonna steal her away from me? Or the rest of the family?"

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"You know, these girls that once they start dating disappear out of your life. You may still see them, but they're not there. They drop all their friends, the only thing they talk about is their boyfriend, if they even talk to you, and they never come around anymore. How do I know you're not gonna steal Maddie away from me?"

"Emma, she loves you. She loves you, a lot. She loves your whole family, a lot. The first thing she told me, when we started dating, was, family always comes first. And she was very clear about that. She told me, that if we had, for example, planned a date, but something in the family came up, she would cancel. She told me that family means everything to her and even though she loves me, she loves her family, too. And she's loved them, before she loved me and that they'll always be her first priority. And I respect that, a lot. I'm not close to my family, at all, and I'm very happy for her that she is and I respect her for that. I like your family a lot too, Emma, and I don't want to take Maddie away from you" he said, "why do you think I came here today to talk to you? Because I love Maddie and if I'm gonna spent the rest of my life with her, her family is gonna be part of that, so I want a good relationship with them. Thankfully, your grandad, grandma, aunt, uncle, mom and dad accepted me. Your siblings and cousins did, too. Only you didn't and I didn't like that. Not because of me, but because of Maddie. She felt bad for you. She has a lot of plans with you in the future, she said, but if you don't like me, they can't work. If I'm gonna end up marrying her, she wants you to visit us, she wants to go on double dates with you, she want to be able to talk to you about the problems she faces, being married to me and all that stuff, but if you don't accept me, you're not gonna wanna do that. That makes her unhappy and it makes me unhappy. Emma, I'm not saying you have to like me because of me, cause I respect people's opinions and if you don't like me that's fine with me, but try to accept me for Maddie. She loves you and wants you're approval, too. She wants you to be happy with the person she dates" he said.

I was deep in thought about what he said. I really wanted Maddie to be happy and I liked the idea of double dates and stuff like that, but if I didn't like him, it wouldn't work.

"I think I just need a little time" I whispered.

"That's fine, Emma. Take all the time you need. Just know that I don't mean any harm to her, you or the rest of the family. I like you, Emma. I really do. And I hope to show you, that I'm not a bad person and I hope we can built up a good relationship" he said.I nodded my head.

"Well, I gotta go now. It was very nice to talk to you and I hope you can give me a chance" he said, "just take all the time you need"

"Thank you" I said. I walked over to him and gave him a hug, then he left.I was deep in thought.I went upstairs to mom and dad's room. I needed to talk to mom, I can't do this on my own.

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