Knocking on the door we heard some claws hitting the ground at a fast speed. Marianne answered the door as a big brown Mastiff pushed her aside running towards Kal. Both of them seemed to know each other as they started playing around.

"Stella!" I hear a woman's voice yelling as Marianne was giggling at the sight of the two big dogs.

A brunette woman around her forties came running outside but she let out a sigh of relief as she saw that the dog was playing with Kal.

"Heather!" Henry called as he opened his arms wide so he could embrace her in a hug. Heather gladly accepted and hugged him back "mMissed you, you big oaf." she chuckled as she cupped his elbows.

"Missed you too. Let me introduce you to my girlfriend, Mia." he bragged looking at me.

"Mia, this is my sister in law, Heather-" but Heather cut him off before he could say anything more.

"Wait, are you Mia Wall? The photographer?" her eyes widened in surprise as she took a better look at me. I looked back at Henry knotting my brows in confusion then looked back at her "Yeah, that's me" my voice had a low tone as I rubbed my hands uncomfortably. ‘How did she know who I am?’

"Oh, shit! I'm a photographer as well and your work has been a great influence for my photos. You are one of my favourite young photographers out there." she exclaimed as she brought me in for a hug. "Welcome to the family." she whispered in my ear before breaking the hug and calling Stella, her brown Mastiff to come inside.

"Well, it seems like you're already on a good start." Marianne joked as she flung an arm around my waist giving me a soft peck on the cheek. "Hey Marianne." I smiled brightly at her as I returned the kiss and she led us inside.

The grey hall contrasted the white marble floor, as we reached the living room which had a nice creme shade was all around us. The black sofas and white coffee tables were resting in the middle of the room while the kids were running around. The mothers were yelling at them to be careful as a white haired man approached us. It must be Henry's dad.

"Welcome to our humble home lovely." He opened his arms wide to show the house and embraced me in a hug "You must be Mia- we've heard so much about you." He smiled brightly at me as he shook my hand. I nodded at him and saw Henry blush before his father brought him in for another hug. "Good job son." he winked at Henry as he tried to hide his smirk.

I could hear chattering from further away and Marianne led us to the kitchen. Black and white tiles were all around the walls and all the women were around the dark brown kitchen counters. I heard one of them mumbling some curse words under her breath but as soon as they all realised we were inside they cheered ecstatically and came to greet me and Henry and began pulling us into tight hugs. Anne, the tall and tanned blonde ushered Henry to get out of the kitchen so us women could prepare the food, letting out a chuckle Henry gave in and kissed me on the cheek before heading out.

Anne then let out a sigh of relief before taking my hand into hers. "Do you know how to cook?" she asked nervously and I nodded in return "Great, I need your help." she exclaimed as she lead me towards the oven. "Today is not my day, and it's the second time the food has been burned and I don't know what to do." she looked at me with pleading eyes as I noticed the burned food on the pot. ‘Was that supposed to be casserole?’

“Good thing you married Piers, cause darling you can't really cook.” Jane, the brunette woman around her thirties, joked which made Georgia and Heather chuckle.

"Jane, be nice." Marianne exclaimed warningly.

"Do you have tortilla wraps, mince, tomato puree, peppers, onion, garlic, mushrooms and flour?" I turned and asked Marianne and she searched through the cupboards and fridge as she handed me the ingredients I asked for.

"What are you going to make?" Georgia, the blonde woman with the tattoos on her legs, asked confused.

"Well I noticed that you haven't made any side dishes so I thought I'd make one." I respond looking around the kitchen to see some honey soy grilled pork chops, lamb burgers, hot dogs, pizza bread, kebabs, chicken fajita skewers. The guys were grilling some more things as well.

"Can you dice the peppers,onions, garlic, and mushrooms for me please?" I instructed Anne as I gave her the vegetables and she got straight to work.

I started cutting the tortilla wraps in half and put flour and some water into a bowl, mixing it up. As soon as I saw that the consistency was sticky enough, I got a knife and started spreading it on the edges of the tortillas and then wrapping them in cones, leaving them to dry. I was getting weird looks by all the women in the kitchen but I continued doing what I was doing when Anne gave me the diced vegetables. I sauteed the onions and garlic first, and then added in the peppers and mushrooms. Soon the whole kitchen started smelling wonderful from the vegetables I added the beef mince and cook it along. When it started to take that light brown colour, I added some salt, pepper, paprika, basil, oregano and a pinch of nutmeg and cinnamon along with a tablespoon of tomato puree. When it was ready, I took it off the stove and got the tortilla cones and filled them with the mince mix. When they were full, I took the sticky flour again and spread it along the opening so I could close them.

"Do you have an egg and some sesame seeds?" I turn to Marianne who is staring at me surprised.

"There you go honey." she smiled brightly as she handed me the ingredients. Smiling back I crack the egg in a bowl stirring it before spreading it on top of the tortillas and sprinkling some sesame seeds on top and putting it in the oven.

"Where did you learn to do that?" Anne asked excitedly and I couldn't contain my giggle.

"Just one day I decided to experiment with whatever I had in the kitchen, and since then it has been a hit." I admitted before a girl around her teens stormed in.

"Mum?! Are you done yet? It's getting tiring having to look after the boys." she pouted.

"Yes honey, I'm sorry." Heather apologised as she kissed her daughter on her forehead. That must be Luna then, the only girl of the family. She looked like her mum, her light brunette curls were reaching her shoulders and her dark hazel eyes were definitely capturing your attention.

"You must be Mia, uncle Henry's girlfriend?" she asked as she offered her hand in a handshake.

"That's me. And you must be Luna, the only girl of the family." I chuckled as I shook her hand and everyone in the kitchen just burst into laughter.

We then all headed to the garden where everyone else was. My eyes instantly fell on Henry who was by the barbecue and was drinking beers with his brothers. It didn't take too long for him to notice me and he smiled brightly at me and started walking towards us opening his arms wide.

"Were they nice?" he asked me but was looking warningly at the rest of the women.

"Yeah, it was mostly Anne that got bullied to be honest." I joked and Anne could only pout. That's when one of the toddlers crashed on my legs.

"Hiiiii!" he giggled as he looked up at me. "Who are you?" he continued and I got to my knees to get to his level.

"I'm Mia, and who are you?" I asked him in a lost a high pitched tone.

"I'm Archie." he bragged, "and that's my brother Liam and James, and my cousins Thomas, John, Josh, Andrew, and our baby cousin George." He pointed at every single person he was referring to before grabbing my hand and leading me further into the garden where Henry's brothers were. Without letting go of his hand, I followed him and he stopped in front of the four men.

"That's my daddy." he pointed at Charlie, the tall dark haired man. "And that's my uncle Piers and Nikki and Simon." He pointed at them and they all waved at me.

"Archie, leave the lady alone." Charlie stated, giving me an apologetic look.

"No!" he pouted as he grabbed my leg.

"It's alright." I tried to reassure Charlie and he just shook his head at his son. "He's a bit ill so he can be a bit of a pain." He almost whispered at me and I just chuckled.

"Mia?" I heard the little boy grabbing my leg calling me. I turned to face him.

"Can I tell you a secret?" He smiled mischievously and I got to my knees again. "Promise you won't say it to anyone", he put his finger on his mouth shushing me and I put my pinky up "Promise."

"I like uncle Henry the best." he whispered in my ear.