Aya.

It was a nice day the sun was shining, the flowers blooming, it was a spectacular day, I had a feeling that today was going to be a good day. In the art building we were all having a good time, Michael tripped over a paintbrush and fell on his face, the kids were laughing their brains out, I was trying not to laugh but it was just so funny, Michael was so embarrassed I felt kind of sorry for him. We made some origami like birds and frogs, the frogs were really cool you could make them hop like a frog just by tapping them. So we decided to race them, myself and Michael lost all the time that's because the kids were cheating, we had such a blast.

After the kids went home, Michael and I went to his house, I couldn't wait to spend the day with Michael. I love spending time alone with him, every time we spend time together we always do the most impulsive things. We would prank call pizza places, we would pull pranks on Cheryl since she was so gullible the most gullible person I've ever met, we even wrestled, I could be such a pervert  every time we wrestled, we acted like children not a care in the world. 

When we arrived at Michael's house, suddenly we saw a bunch of cars parked in front of the house, I was wondering what was going on, I turned to Michael and he seemed surprised too. When I glanced a little longer his facial expression changed it was like he knew who owned the cars. "no", he said under his breath.

Michael turned to me, he was about to say something until someone wrapped their arms around us. I looked to see who it was, it was Marlon. "Hey Michael your finally home", Marlon turned his head towards me.

"So who's your lady friend", he asked.

"Marlon this is Aya" he introduced, Michael looked annoyed for some reason, It got me a little concerned. Marlon leaded us into the house, when we went in the house and walked into the living room, Michael's whole family was there.

"HE'S HOME!", Marlon yelled in a enthusiastic way.

The family turned to our direction, myself and Michael were just standing there awkwardly. I notice that most of the family were staring at me, they were probably wondering who I was. 

"So Michael who's the little lady", Jermaine asked, shaking my hand.

"This is Aya Gooding", he introduced to his brothers.

"So is she your girlfriend" Jackie teased, the other brothers laughed.

"No you guys it's not like that she's just my friend", Michael clarified.

"Of course she is", Randy rolled his eyes.

Michael's brothers are very funny even though they are grown men they act like little kids, but they seemed to pick on Michael a lot, Marlon jumped on Michael and he sat on him "oh leave him alone", Rebbie demanded. Rebbie turned to me and apologized for her brothers behavior, she told me that once I'm around them enough I'll get use to there childish behaviors, Rebbie and I laughed. All of a sudden the brothers were surrounding me, asking me questions.

"So Aya, how old are you", Jermaine asked.

"Twenty", I answered.

"Do you have any sisters", Randy asked curiously.

"No, but I have a cousin her name is Ephie", I answered.

"Oh, how old is she", Randy asked.

"Twenty-five", I answered.

Everyone started to laugh,  I was confused, why were they laughing, "Just when he had a chance hahaha", Marlon teased. Now I understood Randy is a single brother too, guess he's not in to older women. I glanced at Michael who was distant from us, he seemed to be very annoyed I didn't understand why, was Michael upset with me, did I do something wrong.

I saw Michael's mother and father talking in the other side of the room, Michael's mother looked very angry she walked away from Michael's father and walked towards us, as soon as she walked towards us everyone started to clear the room.

"You wouldn't want to be here when mother is angry", Janet whispered in my ear.

When I was about to leave the room Michael's mother stopped me, she wanted to talk to me, so we sat on the sofa.

"So your Michael's friend", she said.

"yes I am", I replied.

"Your very beautiful", she complimented.

"Thank you", I said shyly.

"The reason why I wanted to talk to you is that I see women come in and out of Michael's life all the time, leaving him with a broken heart, I just don't want to see my son getting hurt again", she explained.

"You don't need to worry, I'll never hurt Michael", I swore to her.

She smiled at me and I smiled back, before I was about to leave the room she asked me if I was going to stay for dinner, I said yes of course.

When dinner came the whole family sat in the dining room it was sort of weird because I was use to me and Michael sitting in the dining room alone. Michael sat across from me and Jermaine sat beside me, Paula made Butternut chili a Mexican vegetarian dish, it looked weird but it was very delicious.

The twenty questions game didn't stop, the family still wanted to get to know me more especially the brothers.

"So how did you two meet", LaToya asked.

"We met at the art building nearby, he wanted to visit the kids", I explained.

"Kids, so that's where you go on your spare time", Janet said looking at Michael.

I glanced at Michael he still seemed very upset and annoyed, why?, was it me, was it his family, was it both, what was bothering him.

"So Michael comes over and helps around uh, the children must be a hand full then", Tito spoke.

"Michael is a very big help and I like having him help around, but I can handle the kids on my own too", I explained.

"If you can handle the kids on your own, then why do you need big nose to help you out", Marlon spoke out .

The brothers started laughing including their father, the sisters and their mother told them to knock it off. I looked at Michael he was very upset more upset then he was before, why did Marlon call him that Michael doesn't have a big nose. But it seemed to make Michael really upset, which made me upset too.

Dinner was over and I ran outside to the front garden were Michael was, I asked him what was bothering him all day, he said nothing was bothering him, I knew that was a lie, so I stood in front of him, looked directly at him and I asked the question again.

"Michael please tell me what's bothering you"

Michael sat on the grass I joined him and he told me he didn't want his family being here, I asked him why, he told me he wasn't ready to introduced me to the family yet, he told me he liked things the they were and didn't want things to change until he was ready. My eyes widened, so that's why he only invited me to his house when none of his family members were home.

"Oh and I'm sorry you had to hear what my brother Marlon just said to you at the dining room", he apologized.

"If I can ask, why did he call you that", I asked.

"They've been calling me that since birth", he explained.

It wasn't nice for him to be calling Michael that, and the others that were laughing were no better. It was like they disregarded Michael's feelings, it just made me upset and angry. I stared at Michael and he stared back at me, we smiled at each other and I went up to Michael and gave him a big hug, to let him know I'll always be there for him.