Dinner with the Bellinghams
Summary:After being in Madrid for a long time, Denise has invited Jude,reader and their kids for Dinner
"Are you happy to be home?" I ask Jude
"Yeah, It's been such a long time"
We're in England, after not being here for such a long time and it's been some time since the kids have seen their grandparents
"I'm so excited to taste nan's Chicken Roast, it's been such a long time" Alice says
"Or her creamy mashed potatoes" Alicia replies
I turn to Jude and he smiles at me
"Are we there yet?" they both ask
"That's the tenth time you've both asked that" Jude replies
A sigh is heard from behind the both of us
"We're almost there" I reply
we finally arrive and decide to park In the driveway
The minute the car stops Alice attempts to open the door, but stops remembering that it's child locked
"Dad can you please open the door"
I make my way out the car and walk to Alicia's side and open the door as Jude does the Same for Alice
The minute the doors open the girls race eachother to the front door and wait patiently for the Jude and I too arrive
Jude knocks on the door and after a minute the door opens to reveal Mark
"GRANDAD" the girls scream and tackling his legs
"My gosh look who it is, you've both grown so much, you lot are gonna be as tall as me one day"
The girls giggle and Jude and I step forward to hug Mark, Jude being the first amongst the two of us
"Hi dad, how are you" Jude says as he steps forward for a hug
"I'm good, just happy you guys are here" Mark replies pulling away from the hug and turning towards me
"You've always been my favourite, between you and Jude" he whispers into my ear
"Good, you know how it is here, a mad house"
"I'm sure it can't be that bad"
He releases a slight chuckle
"You're about to witness it first hand"
I give him a confused look but don't get to ask what he means
"Alright, come in everybody" Mark says and picks the girls up each resting on one arm and we follow behind
"Grandad, do the Magic trick" Alicia says
"The one you always do, c'mon"
He places the girls down and squats to their level
"Alright", he reaches behind Alice's ear and pulls out a sweet(candy)
"Have you been cleaning your ears lately? He asks her
"Do me next grandad" Alicia says
He reaches behind her ear and pulls out a coin
"My Gosh, I'm quiet certain that you lot have not been cleaning you ears lately"
Both girls giggle and Denise comes down the stairs
"Are those my favourite girls I hear?"
"Hello my Darlings, My goodness you both have grown so much"
"That's what grandad said"
"Well he was right look at you"
I walk towards her and come in for a hug
"Yeah, great, you still need to tell me about you know what"
"Oh yeah, I'll tell you much later"
I step away and Jude steps forward and greets her
After the greetings, Alicia asks a question
"Did you make your chicken roast" Alicia asked
"And your creamy Mashed potatoes?" Alice asked
"Well actually, Your Uncle Jobe made dinner today"
"Yep, he didn't have any help as well"
"Lord have mercy" Jude says
"Oh c'mon I'm sure it won't that bad, right?" I ask
"Yeah, let's be positive, we don't know how it will turn out" Denise says
And in that moment Jobe walks out of the Kitchen and wipes his hands on the apron
"Hello everyone glad we're all here, Dinner is nearly ready" He says dressed like one of those chefs from ratatouille
"What are you wearing" Jude asks
"My chef outfit, it's great right?" Jobe asks
Jude looks at me with a smirk and I hit his bicept
"Ok if you'd all just make your way to the dining room" Jobe says
We Make our way to the dining room, take our seats and patiently wait for Jobe to lay the food on the table
When he finally does we all look at it in horror
A sigh is heard next to me coming from Jude
"Guys, dinner is served" Jobe says with a bright smile
"Right, well here we go" I say reaching for the rice
I take a spoon full and place it on my plate
And everybody else follows dishing up for themselves
I turn towards the kids and ask them what the would like to eat
And they both tell me as I place the food on their plates
We say grace and Denise turns to Jobe
"Are you not eating love?" Denise asks Jobe trying to prolong the inevitable
"No I already had something to eat, so that there would be enough food for everyone, if anyone wanted seconds"
"Well isn't that nice of you Jobe" I say
"Thank you, now go on and eat, your food will get cold"
Everyone starts by going for different things on their plate and placing it in their mouths
Alice starts with her piece of chicken, continuously chewing it with determination and one of her eyebrows raised
I turn to Alicia and see her trying to figure out what she's just put into her mouth, is it rice,mashed potatoes or both
Next I see Denise and Mark exchange looks and open their pastries that are in front of them to reveal a brown looking gravy with what looks like meat
A cough is heard besides me, coming from none other than my Husband
He's picking at his plate with the same facial expression as Alicia trying to figure out if it's mashed pumpkin or is it mashed carrots and why the pasta is in a ball shape
"Great Jobe I really like the pasta, really unique way of making it, you're gonna need to give me the recipe for this" I say
Jude and the kids look at me with horror, like I've just said the most diabolical thing in the world
"Yeah, the pasties are really delicious, I like the chicken inside it" Denise says
"Oh, well I like it very much, right Mark?" She asks
"Yep, Most definitely, really delicious"
"And you Jude, how's you meal?" Jobe asks
"Uhm, it's, I can't put it into words, it's just so good that I have nothing to say that can describe the taste, I'm speechless"
"Alicia, Alice?" Jobe asks
"Yeah, I really like the chicken uncle Jobe, my favourite, I wish mommy made it like this" Alice says
"Well I'll give her the recipe and you can have it every night"
"My God" Jude mutters under his breath
"Great" she replies with the brightest smile
"I love the Mashed potatoes, it's like nana made them" she replies
We all look at him and he looks proud of himself
"I'll go and get dessert, I made it myself"
"Oh wow, just when you think you've seen it all, there's another suprise" Jude says
"Oh there will be plenty more surprises" Jobe replies and goes to the kitchen
For a moment it's quiet, until Alice taps my arm
"Mom, what's this?" She whispers pointing to her plate
"I don't know love, I'm just as confused"
The silence resumes again, I look out the window and see Charlie the Family Dog watching us from the outside
I turn to Jude and he looks at me and I nod my head towards Charle whose outside and Jude understands
"Alright everyone hand me your plates" Jude says
"Just do it quickly, c'mon hurry up" he says while taking everyone's plate
"Jude what are you about to do" Denise asks
"Has anyone fed Charlie today?"
"Well he's about to get his first meal" Jude says
And quickly Walks out the house through the front door and puts the food into Charlie's doggy bowl
He quickly walks back into the house and hands everyone their plates back and sits back down
"This doesn't feel right to do" Mark says
"The hospital is not too far away dad, do you feel like going to visit today?" Jude asks
"Alright everybody, here we are ... crepes" Jobe says
"Now mind you they are store bought so please don't kill me, Plan A Failed, it was suppose to be a trifle"
"Oh, no Jobe sorry, we know how you were looking forward to it, don't worry it's the fact that you made an effort, that what counts" Denise says
"Thanks mom let's dig in shall we?"
We eat the crepes in silence until Jobe looks at our previous plates from his meal that he prepared
"You guys must have been pretty Hungry, you cleared the plates" he says
"Yeah, the meal was really divine, to say the least" I reply and everyone agrees by nodding their heads
After having dessert we all take time to relax, spending Family time and catching up on the recent events of what has been happening in our lives
"So, what did you do after she went around saying you were sleeping with the boss" Denise asks as we're now sat on the sofa she's referring to the thing I promised I'd tell her later
"I reported her, she had no right, I earned that position fair and square she had no right to sabotage me" I reply
"Fired, they found our she was actually stealing sums of money from the firm"
"Babe, I think it's time to go home, the girls are asleep" Jude says holding each child with one arm as they use each of his shoulders as their pillows
"Alright then I'll grab my coat" I say standing up from the sofa and walking to where my coat is
"Wait, you forgot the recipes" Jobe says
I hadn't forgotten I was just hoping he did though
"Oh snap, yeah hand them over"
"Here I've already written them down for you" he says handing me 2 A5 papers
"My goodness how thoughtful of you"
"It's not a problem, really"
"Alright everyone we're on our way,thank you so much for dinner Jobe"
"No problem, it was my pleasure, do you guys want a takeaway, before you go?"
"No thank you Jobe we're quiet stuffed"
We way our goodbyes and drive to the home we have in England
I hand them over to him and he throws them in the bin
"What, we both know you weren't going to make them, they would've probably just ended up in the bin"
"Yeah but what if I actually wanted to try the recipes"
"Don't play around like that babe"
I laugh and take one of the girls from him and we walk upstairs and tuck them in their beds
"They really knew what to say, didn't they?"
"It actually concerns me how good they are at lying on the spot, what happens when they're older?"
"I don't know really, i guess we'll cross that bridge when we get there"
