With a roll of her eyes, Bella pulled Chris away from her parents. "I'm sure he's normal sometimes. I'm positive of it."
As they walked away, Chris chuckled and shook his head. "Ben's... actually kind of intimidating, I gotta admit. Seems nice enough though."
"He's nice when you catch him off his guard," Bella said with a sigh. "I'm sure my siblings Bray and Brandie are around here somewhere or another." Unless they were off making out with their respective other halves.
As if on cue, Brayden and Meredith walked past then, with Bray giving Bella a lighthearted kick in the ass. "Hey there, Diva... long time no see...." He said, MOSTLY kidding now with the 'diva' thing.
She kicked him right back in the ass, and she had heel to add to it. "Aren't you just pleasant today?" she asked. "Chris, this is my brother Brayden and his girlfriend Meredith. Guys, this is my boyfriend Chris. Play nice." No telling who she was talking to with that.
Mere decided to play nice and not hit on him, but mainly because Bray was with her and her hitting on guys made him fussy. "Nice to meet you, Chris," she said simply.
"And by that, she means she's already picturing you naked." Brayden added, smirking as he slapped Meredith on the ass. HARD. "Nice to meet you, dude. Hope you know the meaning if 'high maintainence'. If not? You're about to learn." Oh. Nice.
"One of us has to pretend that we're decent in public sometimes," Mere said with a laugh. "And if you slap me on the ass again your aunt is going to HATE us for making a spectacle in the bathroom at her wedding."
Bella gagged. "God help me I thought my parents were going to be the worst of this."
Chris looked at Brayden and raised a brow. "I think I can handle her, so... don't worry. And I'll take care of her. I promise." He looked at Mere and did a double take. "Hey, I thought you looked familiar. Love your band, seriously."
That seemed to put a little extra bounce in her step. "Thanks," Mere said to him with a grin.
"Yeah, he can handle me, so go and defile your girlfriend in the bathroom before I vomit somewhere," Bella said to Bray.
"Nah, I think I'll wait and defile her at home, thanks." Brayden said with a lazy grin. "Although lookin' at your guy here, I'm guessing HE might not be able to wait that long for YOU. Have fun, sis." Oh, what a douche. He cackled and walked away, taking Mere by the hand.
Bella groaned. "Oh god..." she muttered. "SO sorry that my brother's kind of a jackass. He took like, the worst parts of Ben and magnified them by a hundred or so."
Luckily, Chris just laughed there. "It's ok... trust me, I've met far worse. If your whole family so... outgoing?"
Bella thought on that and nodded. "Yeah, pretty much. My little sister is at least fairly normal, but they're mostly nuts in some way or another."
"Fantastic." He muttered, still smiling. "Well... at least I know this relationship's gonna be very interesting... and why did your brother call you Diva?"
"Because he's kind of an ass," Bella said. Who wanted to admit to not remembering any of their past? For what she knew, he called her that because of something she did or how she acted toward him in the past. God knows what that version of her did.
"Well, I can live with that." He laughed, looking around. "Damn.. THAT'S Blake's girlfriend?" He said, pointing at she and Gwen. "Jesus. She wasn't kidding when she said her girl was pretty."
"Yeah, she's also sorta my step-mom," Bella pointed out. "Yeah, my family's weird, let me tell you." You needed a flow chart to really understand Bella's life.
"You know what? I... I don't think I wanna know right now. My brain might explode. Wanna just go dance or something for a while? Spend some time TOGETHER?" He asked, kind of unable to take his eyes from her.
She laughed and nodded. "It's way too hard explaining my family. Let's just dance." Sounded like an awesome plan to her, actually."