Arden's family were all around the yard, enjoying themselves in the hot, summer heat. They continuously came up to speak to Arden and also to introduce themselves to me. Everyone in her family was extremely friendly, especially the children. One of the little girls, Lillie, wouldn't stop following me around at one point. She was an adorable four year old who wasn't only infatuated with me, but Arden as well. It was like all of Arden's other little cousins weren't even existent and Lillie just wanted to play with us.

"As you can see half of my family are alcoholics," Arden told me with a slight laugh as we sat down at a picnic table in the backyard. Lillie climbed onto Arden's lap immediately and began grooming her hair, which was still messed up from the little encounter her sister had walked in on. "They drink as if it's going out of style." Half of her family was truly intoxicated off their asses at the moment so she wasn't lying. Nearly every adult had a beer in their hand. It made me wonder how exactly they were all going to get home safely.

"Don't worry. My family is just as bad, plus your family are all so sweet. They're nothing like you," I teased her as I pushed her shoulder lightly. Arden laughed, but Lillie gave me a threatening look for pushing her cousin. I put my hands up to tell the lovable little girl that I surrendered and that I wouldn't harm her big cousin again. She gave me a wide smile to let me know that she forgave me and I smiled back.

"Please! My family wishes they could be as good as me! I'm like a saint," my girlfriend told me sarcastically. We both knew that was a complete fib. Arden was so far from a saint that it was unbelievable. Fed up with the lies or just with us, Lillie hopped off Arden's lap and ran away to play with the other kids. "She's the cutest thing ever! Do you want kids?"

I shivered at the thought of actually having children. Kids were usually adorable and I enjoyed being with them but not for long periods of times. They were just so much work. You had to make sure they were cleaned, fed and in well health. It was a whole thing. "I don't know. Right now since I'm so young, it sounds like a ton of hard work but maybe in the future I won't feel that way. What about you?" I couldn't see Arden being anyone's parent but I decided to ask her anyways.

"Hell yeah! I want tons of kids! Like ten!"

"Are you popping them out!?"

"No, you are," she told me with a mischievous smile. "And all of their names are going to start with an A. They'll be Arden Jr. Amy. Alex. Aiden. Apple. Areola. Anus. Abomination. Anti-depressant. And most importantly, probably my favorite future child, Alcohol."

"First, there's no way I'm giving birth to anyone when I can barely handle my menstrual cramps! Second, we're not naming any of our children any of those names! Especially not Anti-depressant!"

"Not even Alex? I think that's a cute name, kitten."

"Too common." Arden frowned but the frown was wiped away when I kissed her lips softly.

"You're lucky I love you," she mumbled. "I think my names are phenomenal. What would you name our children, hm?" That was actually a good question. I had no names on the top of my head because I never thought about the idea. When I gave her my thinking face and didn't say anything in over thirty minutes, she yelled in my face, "Exactly! My names are the sh-t!"

"Nyugodj meg, kicsim," I told her softly.

"I don't know what that means but it made me really f-cking horny," Arden voiced. I laughed out loud, she was doing the exact opposite of what I had told her to do. She licked her lips as she looked at me up and down. "What's so funny, huh?"

"I told you, 'Calm down, baby'," I explained to her. "And here you are getting all worked up."

"Well, how can I not when you're over here talking to me in a whole other language in such a sexy way. It doesn't help that we got interrupted earlier. I love my family and all, but I still wished we could've finished, you know?" Arden kissed my shoulder gently before giving me a mischievous look. I tucked my bottom lip between my teeth as I tried to focus on something else other than having sex with her at the moment. Her family was all around and that was the last thing I needed to think about right now.

Right in time to get my mind out of the gutter was one of Arden's cousins. We had met briefly. She was around the same age as Arden and they seemed to be almost the exact same when it came to their personality. It didn't take lot to notice that they definitely grew up around each other. The girl's name was Carly and she had long, flowing brunette locks that she had tied back in a ponytail. She was beautiful and reminded me of a more feminine version of Arden. "What are you two lovebirds over here whispering about," she teased us with a light laugh.

My cheeks flushed with a bit of embarrassment. Was it that obvious that we were up to no good? Arden ran her fingers through her hair before wrapping her arm around me. "We were just talking about the names of our future children," she explained.

"You're having kids? Bless their souls. They're going to grow up f-cking insane! Mira, you're a trooper for even thinking about raising children with this bloody quid. You're special for even thinking about being her wife." Arden smacked her lips but also laughed at her cousin. She seemed to be closer to her than she was with her own sister.

"Whatever, Carly. My kids are going to sh-t all over your kids, just like I used to sh-t on you when we were kids."

"Bullsh-t! I beat you at everything from soccer to singing to bloody dancing!"

"You beat me in soccer!? Please! You f-cking sucked! When we all got together and played, my team always won!"

"Oh, please! You used to cry to your mum every time you lost, you f-cking dipstick!"

Before I knew it, the two of them were screaming right into each other's face. They obviously weren't taken each other too seriously, but I could see they were at least a tiny bit angry at each other. I knew Arden was competitive and I guessed the apple didn't fall too far from the tree when it came to her cousin. "Let's settle this! I pick my team, you pick yours and we'll see who's truly the best at soccer," Carly challenged.

Arden crossed her arms and smirked at her cousin. Of course she wasn't going to turn down the challenge. She had way too much pride. "Fine! You get your people and I get mine! But I call Atticus! He's my brother so he's on my team!"

"Fine, you can have Atticus but I got Mira." I was a bit shocked that suddenly I was selected by Carly. The last thing I expected to be playing was a soccer match. I was the most uncoordinated person when it came to sports, and soccer was one of those sports that truly took practice. I'm not sure why Carly picked me but she definitely had made a bad decision.

Arden looked from me to Carly and then chuckled a little bit. Her head nodded as she put her hand out to shake Carly's. "We'll meet back here in thirty minutes with our team," Arden agreed.

"Deal."

Carly pulled me along with her to find other people to be on our team. I had tried countless times to explain to her that I had no idea how soccer went and I most definitely didn't have the athletic skills for it. She just laughed at me although, grabbed my arm, and pulled me to form a larger team. My stomach was turning from the utter humiliation that I was about to face. Everyone Carly asked to be on our team, seemed hell of experienced. I guess playing sports was something all of Arden's cousins and her did all the time when they were younger. When I was younger, I was more focused on styling my baby doll's hair rather than kicking a ball around.

Once we got our team gathered, we met Arden back at the spot that we had departed from. On Arden's team, she seemed to have gotten a lot of guys while our team was mostly girls. She seemed confident as she stared at our team with smugness. The plan was to walk down the street to the soccer field where we would play a grand total of forty five minutes. I couldn't picture myself running back and forth for that long, so I volunteered to be the goalkeeper. Unfortunately, my volunteerism wasn't granted. There was Tammy on our team, and according to Carly she was the best goalkeeper in the family.

This led me to be put in some sh-tty position on the field that I didn't even heard about. I was completely lost as I stood on the field and waited for the game to start. Arden ran over to me with a playful smile on her face, and I could see the cockiness behind it. "No offense, kitten, but you're about to go down."

I blew my lips at Arden and crossed my arms as if she had no chance in winning this game, when she really had all of the chance in the world. I was probably going to blow this game into oblivion for Carly and the rest of my team. Arden wiggled her eyebrows at me with awe. "Wait, so you're good at soccer!?"

"Pft, of course," I lied with a simple shrug of my shoulders. My girlfriend laughed out loud at me, obviously not believing me. I couldn't blame her. I didn't even look like I could score a goal.

"We'll see about that." The rapper gave me a wink before running back into her position. Before I could wrap my head around anything that was going on, the game had started and everyone was playing as if they were skilled video game characters. I just stood there as if my whole body was put on pause until the ball was passed to me.

All eyes were on me and people started running up towards me. I let out an internal scream and kicked the ball with panic. I ended up passing it right to Arden. My girlfriend took it gladly and skillfully began making her way down the opposite end of the field. "I get that she's your girlfriend but that doesn't mean you have to past the ball straight to her," Carly yelled at me as she ran past me. I sighed and followed my other teammates who ran down the field.

The soccer game was the longest forty five minutes of my life. By the tenth minute, I had resorted to walking. It didn't take long for my teammates to recognize to avoid giving the ball to me at any circumstance. With me not being much of a help, and with Arden's team just being better overall, we ended up losing 4-1. It was devastating and Carly acted like she had just lost the biggest game of her life. Of course, Arden was gloating and running around to everyone on her team to receive a high five.

"Good game," Carly said to me even though I knew she didn't mean it. She damn near cried because we lost. "Next time, I think you can just be our cheerleader."

"Too bad she's already my cheerleader," Arden said as she came and wrapped her arm around my shoulder. I rolled my eyes playfully at the both of them. If there was a next time, I'm sure I'd rather just watch than to waste my energy.

"Whatever. You guys won fair and square. Let's just get back. I'm starving," Carly grumbled lowly to her cousin.

As we ate, everyone teased me about my soccer skills but it was all friendly banter. I didn't take anything to heart and I laughed at myself just as much as they laughed at me. Arden was enjoying herself and she made herself the star of the whole gathering. She was always way louder than any of the members of her family and she knew how to get the attention she wanted. When she was younger, she seemed like she would be such a show off. I could imagine her talking over anyone who tried to outshine her. She was the life of any party. It was just something special about her that attracted people.

Later that night, everyone piled into their cars and left Arden's mom's place. It was just Arden and I and we were still in the backyard. We were both lying on the grass with our hands behind our heads staring up at the sky. Not many stars could be seen, but the ones that were apparent were shining vibrantly. It was Arden's idea just to stare at the stars once everyone had left. I thought it was a weird suggestion, but also slightly romantic. I had never just laid with someone and stared at the sky. It was more peaceful than I imagined; almost like nothing or no one else existed in the world but me Arden.

"You know what's crazy," Arden suddenly said after moments of just peaceful silence. I looked towards her and gave her a small smile to ask her to go on. A grin came upon her face and she moved to lay on her side and face me. Her arm slung around me and her lips met my cheek. "It's crazy how my family loves you already. What's even crazier is that I've known you for just about two months and I f-cking love you too. It's unusual, you know? It's not normal, especially for me to feel this way about someone. You mean more to me than most of the stuff in my life and I'm not sure what I'd do if you'd ever leave me."

My heart quickened as I stared into Arden's eyes. She didn't know how much I needed to hear that or how much those words actually meant to me. Just to know that she felt exactly the way I did was incredible. "I love you, too, Arden. Just don't hurt me. Whatever you do. Don't break my heart," I mumbled. I'd never leave Arden, unless she gave me a valuable reason to do so. Just like she didn't know what she'd do without me, I wasn't sure what I'd do if she broke my heart. Just thinking about it made my stomach turn and my heart ache.

She leaned in and kissed my lips tenderly. "I won't, kitten."

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