{Vivians POV}

"I don't know why we have to do everything today if prom isn't until next weekend?" I groan while laying on the bench in the boutique store my mother dragged me to after hearing that John promposed to me in front of the whole school during lunch today,

"Everyone's already been shopping for the perfect clothes to look their best since many months ago and you need to look the absolute best, especially knowing the fact that your mate is the prince and everyone will wanna be seeing the cutest couple of mates at the prom, being the prince and his beautiful mate that is the one and only you of course. My daughter and her mate the alpha kings brother in law. I've never been more happy in my life than now" She gushed while excitedly looking through all the lavish gowns surrounding us in the store,

It's been 4 months since John and I's first date and ever since then, my mothers been overreacting with everything we do together.

John decided after our first date, that he was going to take me out on even more dates once a week. And he never broke that promise. But every time he did take me out, my mother would be ten times more excited than me. She'd purposely wait for him at the front door to give him a container of her home baked pastries that she used to only make for our own family, well until John came around now.

And that wasn't even the worse thing yet. While I'm getting ready for our dates, she would take the time to ask John a bunch of personal questions about how he feels about me and how she wants to have grandkids soon. And that pretty much scares any regular young 17 year old males.

I mean, John wasn't scared of the thought of commitment since he's just like my mother, he's also very excited about our relationship moving forward instead of backwards judging on how we were before our first date.

"Now come over here and try out some of the gowns I picked out for you" She continues while gesturing me to get up from the bench and into the changing room,

I grabbed the five dresses she chose and headed into one of the dressing rooms.

Of course most of the dresses she chose were red. Ever since I was born, my mother loved dressing me up in red and my brother in blue.

I don't know why she did it, I think my father said she had a thing against baby girls having to wear pink right when they're born. But I'm guessing she had to one up the color pink and instead make it red.

"Oh my gosh! You look so beautiful" My mother gasps when I walk out in the first gown she chose,

Rolling my eyes, I knew she was going to be saying that for all the dresses I was gonna try on since she's always done that since I was a child trying on church dresses.

It wasn't until I finish trying on all the dresses that my mother decided on asking my opinion on which one I liked best. Which in her mind is basically me picking one dress and her totally going against my choice and voicing out her opinion on which dress she thinks is the best on me, and in that situation the conclusions always ends up with us going home with the choice of clothing she liked instead of me.

"Mom, I really don't care which one you buy. Just pick one and let's go home, I'm starving" I groan while handing her all the dresses in my arms,

"No. Vivian this is your day. Your moment with your mate. You have to choose the gown you will feel the most confident and happy in. You know you and your mate the best, so I can't choose which one will make you both remember this moment for the rest of your life" She says holding me back from leaving the store as I let out a sigh before nodding,

"This one" I reply holding out the dress I liked the best as she made a surprise look before looking back at my face finally nodding at my choice,

"Let's pay for it and choose some heels that'll go with it at a different store before I change my mind" She says quickly guiding me to the register,

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"You going out with Alejandro again?" My mom asks after I finish eating dinner quickly to put my shoes on,

"It's alright mom, the guy's actually pretty chill. I like him way better than the uppity asshole that's always taking her out on these little dates around town" Damian says rolling his eyes while taking our dirty plates to the dishwasher,

"For the hundredth time today Damian, please stop calling your future brother in law an asshole. You don't even take the time to get to know him, you just assume he's an asshole because he's a prince" My mother retorts back with a glare as he scoffs,

"The dudes a popular football player that's also the alpha kings brother in law. If you think about it, just by saying all that, makes him automatically an asshole" He replies before walking upstairs with an annoyed look on his face,

"Vivian, I know you're close friends with this guy, but how does John feel about him being close with you like this?" My mother asks cautiously since she's always been suspicious of Alejandro since the day I first introduced them to each other,

"First of all, John doesn't get to tell me who I can and cannot talk to in our relationship. Second of all, yes he didn't like Alejandro at first but they are now willingly okay with standing each other because they both know that in order for me to be happy I need both of them in my life" I explain to her as she sighs before nodding,

"I just don't want this new male friend of yours to be like the one you had before, you know? Ever since he did what he did to you, I just can't help but be overprotective of my baby girl. You're growing up to fast" She says with a warm smile as I smiled back letting her engulf me in one of her big mama bear hugs she loved to do since I was a baby,

"Have fun, but not to much fun" She warns while squinting her eyes at me making me laugh while I'm walking out the front door,

"Ale!" I shout happily seeing Alejandro in front of my house leaning against his car with a grin,

"Ready to get your ass kicked at another game of pool?" He asks as I rolled my eyes while getting into the passenger seat of his car,

A few weeks after me and John made an agreement about me being able to hang out with Alejandro without John protesting against it, Alejandro ended up finding a nice place that we both can hang out without having to find a new place every day to hang out since we were running out of places not to hang out.

When I mean nice place, I actually mean the place is nice to hang out at with nice people but the place in general isn't really that nice compared to other places we hang out at. And what I mean about that is, there's a small bar near the outskirts of the kingdom walls and Alejandro and I hang out there since theres barely any people that go there.

The bar, unlike any other regular bars in the kingdom, is more like an arcade mixed with a bar section. Mostly old people and their kids go there to play with the machine games while the elderly people drink and gamble around the bar.

"Alejandro and Vivian!" The familiar voice announces as we walked through the wooden bar doors,

"Hey Uncle Jo!" I say back excitedly high fiving the middle aged man that owns the bar who somehow likes to go by the name Uncle Jo,

"Let me guess, 2 root beer floats?" He asks as we head towards the pool tables area while nodding back at him,

We began our usual competitive game throughout the whole night before stopping when I realized my phone was ringing during the time me and Alejandro took a another root beer float break.

"Hello?" I say into the phone while putting a thumbs up at uncle Jo when he asks Alejandro if we wanted any snacks,

"Bunny, are you doing anything this weekend?" John asks through the phone as I smiled happily hearing his voice,

"I don't think so, why?" I reply back while grabbing an Oreo packet from Alejandros hand,

"You don't have to say yes, but my mother and sister have been nagging me since we first met about how they wanted to meet you and your family. I clearly understand if you and your family don't want to do this, but this weekend there's gonna be a ball coming up for my brother in laws cousin who's getting married next week and my family wanted me to invite my mate and her family to finally get to meet you guys. I totally understand if you do-" Before he finishes his nervous rambling I cut him off quickly,

"It's okay John. My mothers been dying to meet your family as well and trust me if I mention anything about a ball at your castle she'll do everything in her power to make sure we are there in a flash" I reply with a slight laugh as a long silence was heard through the other side of the phone,

"John?" I ask confused before hearing him let out an excited cheer,

"I'm fine, yeah I'm okay. I was just trying to hold in my excitement in case you might change your mind" he answers back while letting out a long sigh making me laugh at his cuteness,

"What time did you want us to show up?" I question back while eating the Oreos in my hand,

"Actually since my mother's really is dying to meet you guys, she decided to get one of the biggest limos we had to bring you and your family in, but that's also not all. She also decided to somehow choose the most expensive and luxurious clothings for all 3 of you guys so when the limo gets to your house, the driver will give you guys her gifts in large gift boxes before letting you guys change into them and bringing you guys to our castle like a princess should be invited, which is her words not mine. And just to make this clear, even though my mother hasn't met you yet, I'm already seeing the fact that she's gonna love you way more than me since the only time she talks to me now is when I mention you or she asks about you" He explains as I smiled happily down at the Oreos making Alejandro look at me like I'm crazy,

"Tell your mom that me and my family are thankful for everything she's doing and we're all excited to meet you and your family, especially my mother" I reply as he chuckles before I looked back up at Alejandro trying to take some of my Oreos,

"Wait! I almost forgot, can Alejandro come to the ball?" I ask suddenly realizing John never mentioned Alejandro throughout our whole conversation,

"If it makes you happy, than I'm fine with it" He answers back as I cheer happily seeing Alejandro roll his eyes before smiling at my reaction,

"Okay, bye see you this weekend" I finish off quickly hanging up right when I noticed Alejandro was trying to begin the pool game before I hung up.

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