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@eliijoel
a l i s t a i r ,
he shook his head, but smiled. it was time to be with friends. “you better have brought enough. how are you, elliot?”
“of course I brought enough, i’m not selfish.” he rolls his eyes playfully. “i’ve got the nosy parents poking their noses around in places they don’t belong, so there’s that...” he pauses. “what about you? you got anything better than that?”
b e n t l e y ,
bentley shrugged his shoulders again, his father was a big boy. let him deal with his own parents. “no. no. don’t start, dad.” he had nothing against the woman, but he didn’t want to deal with any of that. “what makes you think you know where to find me?” if the man knew what he had been up to lately he wouldn’t be so candid about it.
eliot is amused at how bothered his son seems. he remembers what it was like being bentley’s age. he laughs. “calm down would ya?” his smile is a bit sinister in nature. “i’m just teasing you.”
A M E L I A .
it’s moments like this that she wonders why she needs to go to school. it’s important sure but what’s more important than spending time with family? avoiding family of course. “DAD,” she does a sort of cackle / whine like it’s both funny and insulting. “i just want to know … stuff. like oh, i don’t know, why we can’t go to a water park for my birthday.” okay, yes, she knows why. they’re breeding grounds for germs and water parks are a lot of work. both of those things are not so great for someone like her. “or i don’t know … somewhere fun. like a roadtrip !”
he doesn’t need to entertain her ridiculous idea of a water park. water park’s are definitely not where you catch all the cool kids with cystic fibrosis having their parties. a road trip? now that sounds more do-able. “ah, a road trip!” he smiles. “now that sounds like an idea i can run with.”
a m e l i a ,
her nose crinkles with amusement. she looked like her mother yes, she knew that, but she had a mixture of tastes thanks to her parents. “i thought you might approve.” amelia teases. spur of the moment idea aside, she almost bounces. “i was thinking waffle house but that’s much better, yeah.” her head nods and she swears she can already taste the food. “i’d like that a lot.” there’s no need to mention the unmentionable. she wasn’t sure the last time they really spent time together but she knows it was a while ago. “maybe next time we can make it a family thing too?” but for now, she wants to spend time with him before it got hectic. knowing bentley and their father, they’d butt heads and she’d regret it but at least she could say she tried.
he smiles. he didn’t realize how happy she would be and how much that’d melt his heart. who is he kidding? his youngest can melt his heart in one bat of the eye, it doesn’t take much for him to fall under the spell most siblings swore all parents possessed... the favoritism towards the baby. though, eli would never admit to having a favorite, but IF he did...”for sure, next time though cause i think just us is a good plan and why fix something if it isn’t broken, right?” he winks.
o l i v i a ,
“well that’s jus’ fuckin’ creepy, man.” her nose scrunches up at even the thought. were people always that weird or was it just like — grandparents? she wouldn’t know. "tell 'em to tell you or get lost.“
“they mean well, they’re just nosy.”
n o l a n ,
his parents weren’t in the picture anymore. his father passed away when he was a teen and his mother passed a few years back. he wasn’t even in america when it happened. sure he missed both but they weren’t ever really close to begin with. this fake identity forces him to however smile and nod. “i’m guessing they’re not the type to bring pie?”
“not in the slightest.” he chuckles. “they mean well and yada yada.” there’s a but coming. “but, they really do need to just stop the helicopter grand parenting and live their own lives in retirement and peace.”
m a d i s o n ,
madison didn’t exactly have a problem with her grandparents, but as she had gotten older she realized that they only tended to visit when they wanted something. “do you know why they’re here?”
“m’not sure lovebug.” he shrugs, a sigh soon following. “ probably just their routine check in, just poking their nose around to see if we’re still holding up.”
b e n t l e y ,
“don’t say i didn’t offer.” maybe his father was right, his interest was in creating a little chaos among the family. if there was something happening, anything happening it would stop him from wallowing in self-pity and grief. “you’re the one who will have to deal with them.” because he already had plans of spending as little time around the house as he could. something he already did anyway.
“somehow i think i’ll end up being just fine.” he wants to roll his eyes at his son’s dramatics. he’s something else, bentley is. a smile now. “oh yeah? nana mentioned your name in specifics, did i forget to add that bit in? it’d be a shame if she somehow knew the right places to look for you at.”
a l i s t a i r ,
it wasn’t a smile but there was a twitch to his lips nonetheless. “the only reason i’m letting you stay.” that wasn’t true. “but i won’t promise to let you have any of it.”
“too late for that mate.” a chuckle as he shows him the glass he’s already poured for himself. “i’m two steps ahead of you.”
h a z e l ,
“why are you so disappointed?” hazel asked. “do you know how long they’re going to be in town for?”
“not disappointed.” he pauses. “more like, unprepared?” a shrug. “m’not sure, that’s the problem.”
@islagrants
it’s been a long day, no doubt. eli takes a moment to himself, to catch his breath after the long day he’s had being a college professor for pre-med students. a smile as he finally accepts that work is over and now he can spend time with one of his favorite people, besides his kids of course, who are thankfully busy with extracurricular’s or some sneaking off on their own. he couldn’t think about that now, when did he ever give time to himself to be selfish? he’s been so busy, he hasn’t seen isla in a day or two, the days seem to be blending together lately. he has a gift, to make up for it, though he’s sure she doesn’t mind much, she’s understanding, right? he shakes that thought off before it leads into more and finally approaches the front steps of his home, he’d already left the key under the mat for her, shot her a text to let her know she could let herself in and that he’d be there shortly, his kids wouldn’t be home for hours, he’d calculated it all perfectly. he walks through the front door, happy to see she received the text. “hey babe, m’finally off.” a smile, he embraces her with a kiss to her cheek. he feels right at home, finally. “picked these up on my way home.” he smiles, passing her a bag of her favorite candies and chocolates. “sorry i’ve been so busy lately.”
o l i v i a ,
“i don’t let my parents in all the time.” her expression plains, mostly amused by the fact that this grown man seemed scared of his parents. "well why are they coming, anyways?“
‘that’s because your parents don’t want to control your adult life yet’, he thinks. “right, well, see that’s the issue. i don’t know why they’re coming and that makes me...unsettled.”
buchancn:
he was always on edge now, unable to relax even while at home and despite the security personnel he had around himself and his family. he downed the scotch he had in hand and tensed at the feeling of someone sitting next to him. “i’m not looking for company.”
joseph turns towards the man, a smirk. “that’s too bad, i brought more scotch.”
bentley .
not give him shit. that had been hard lately, and the teen knew it wasn’t fair to the man. it wasn’t even that he had a problem with his dad because he didn’t, he loved elliiot and had grown even more worried about losing him after everything, but something had broken inside him and sometimes it was hard to stop himself from saying and doing shit. “okay, sherlock.” he rolled his eyes, looking perhaps a little too much like the man when he’d done the same. “i can ask them if you want.” he didn’t care about much these days, it would be no problem giving it real to his grandparents.
it was scary sometimes, how much of himself he saw in his son. the girls? they were practically carbon copies of their mom but bentley? no, bentley had his father written all over him, there was no denying the two were eerily similar. but hey, he wasn’t complaining, it was always a dream of his to have a son, and the news of bentley’s gender had been a celebratory thing for the joel’s. the first son, it was a big deal back then. he smiles, reflecting on that time in their lives. bentley is so grown up now, where has the time gone? “oh i’m sure you’d just love to shake things up like that but no thanks, i think i can handle them.”
olivia .
“not if you don’t mean it.” and she never does, not TRULY —– some people are hateful, olivia just lives for drama, especially not any of her own. "it is also your house - no one said you had to let them in.“
“you don’t just not let your parents in.” he warns her. “you come up with creative ways to get them to leave and think it was their idea all along.”
amelia .
amelia wasn’t sure when it became easy to avoid the house. she wasn’t even sure when she had the idea to skip school one day, she just remembers being bored. it’s not that she’s bored, she just doesn’t want to be a burden. it doesn’t cross her mind that she’s doing more damage than good until she sees him smile. really smile and all at the prospect of just spending time together. “bad boys for life or underwater.” while the thought of getting her father out of an awkward visiti with her grandparents had been a spur of the moment kind of thing, she had been wanting to see the movies she mentioned. “maybe we can get dinner afterward?”
eli nods his head, approving of her choices. “alright, not bad taste.” he winks, oh what a corny thing to do. “dinner? well aren’t you just full of amazing ideas tonight love?” the thought of spending some quality time with his youngest daughter gave him something to look forward to. their lives hadn’t been the easiest so he found great comfort in the moments he got to make happy memories with the ones he loved the most. “now we’ve just got to pick a restaurant.” a pause. “what about one of those japanese hibachi places? y’know, the ones where they make the onion volcano and cook right in front of you with all the fire?”
bentley .
bentley looked up at the sound of his father’s voice, but not for long. “talking like a family man, dad,” he mumbled.
he looks at his son. eyes rolling as he sighs. “ah c’mon, don’t give me shit too.” he clears his throat. “they’re up to something is all, just dunno what yet.”