Meeting the Family

It was summer break down at Ever After, which Amorette thought was the perfect chance for Jaiden to meet her family back at her home on Olympus. Retta pressed the doorbell and the two waited.

"Butterfly, are you sure this is a good idea for me?," Jaiden didn't want to admit it, but he was terrified meeting Amorette's family. I mean, why shouldn't he be worried? He was meeting her girlfriend's family. Her all-power, godly family that lives in the clouds. Child of the Jabberwocky or not, him and Juniper still feel fear like any normal person. But they don't really show it to most people.

But Retta has wanted this for a long time and if it makes her happy, then Jaiden was fine with it. "Oh don't worry, Jai," her soothing voice always found a way to calm his nerves, "they'll love you just like I do." She laced her hand into his pale one.

The white marble door opened and revealed a woman in her mid-to-late 30s with dirty blonde hair, the same brown eyes that Amorette. She was wearing a white blouse and a yellow pencil skirt. Amorette squealed and hugged the woman, who hugged her back. "Hedone!" The woman named Hedone laughed at Retta. "Oh, I've missed you, Amorette!" She looked over her little sister's shoulder and saw Jaiden. "And who are you?"

"This is Jaiden Wocky, my boyfriend." Jaiden should be proud that he can be called Amorette's boyfriend, but it felt different this time. Probably because they aren't in Ever After anymore. "Oh, so you're the infamous boyfriend she likes to talk about. Come in you two."

Amorette never talked about her house. She always said that she didn't like to talk about it. Now Jaiden saw why. She lived in a huge, marble palace. The main room's ceiling was so high that he couldn't see it. He had never seen so much white marble. "Hedone! Who was that at the door?" A large, booming voice echoed in the room. A man with long, black, hair came to the main room. He was lean and also had ebony black butterfly wings attached to his back. He laid his eyes on the two teens. "Is that my little niece?" He smiled. "Hey, Uncle Anthos. Oh, this is my boyfriend Jaiden."

Anthos walked up to Jaiden and grabbed his hand to shake it. "Pleasure to meet you, Jaiden. Anthos, god of unrequited love and one of Amorette's three uncles." Jaiden silently gulped but still shook the god's hand. "Pleasure to meet you, sir."

"So what are you doing back here?" Anthos asked Amorette. "I wanted everyone to meet Jaiden. Is Dad in his office?"

"He is, but I'd recommend having Jaiden here meet everyone else first before meeting your father. Your mother is in the gardens, sweetheart." Anthos told Amorette.

So, Jaiden had the pleasure to meet every adult in Amorette's life. Her mother Psyche was a delight to meet and seems to like him.

(not done yet)