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“I have no idea how I’m going to get through all this…there better be an open bar at this shindig of yours Vick or I’m going to jettison myself out the second floor window and it will be entirely your fault.” Noel grumbled in annoyance as she lay spread out across her brother’s couch, a limp arm draped lazily over her eyes.
It had been three years, three peacefully long years, since Noel had been in the same room along with her troublesome parents and now, due to her brother’s sudden engagement to his sweet heart girlfriend, she would be forced to engage in daily interactions with the two all the way up to the damn wedding day. Needless to say, this was going to be a very long, arduous and agitating time in Noel’s life. With an amused smile on his muscular face, Viktor playfully slapped his sisters’ feet off the couch and planted himself beside her, slapping his large hand on her leg which made her wince and jump up into an upright sitting position.
“It’s an engagement party Elly, so naturally there will not be an open bar but don’t go throwing yourself out of the window just yet I still need a best man for the wedding. Honestly kid, I don’t understand why you let mom and pop get you so worked up, I mean, they’re only going to be here until the wedding before they head back home.“ He replied casually as he shook his sister leg. It wasn’t a secret Noel didn’t get along with their parents, ever since she had come out as being a lesbian they hadn’t been able to really look her in the face since, which made it rather difficult to carry on any sort of decent conversation with them without her snapping or their constant barrage of agitating questions and complaints. They just didn’t understand that Noel was who she was and that there wasn’t a magic formula or sacred prayer that could change her though that didn’t stop them from trying.
“You don’t get it Vick, they’re not constantly harping on you…You’re still their malysh (little man) and I’m-“
“And you’re still their daughter Elly. I know they have a hell of a way of showing it but despite what comes out of their mouths you will always be their daughter and no matter who you may think or what is said between you that will never change…” With a warm smile spreading out across his lips which seemed to be infectious because Noel couldn’t help but smile back at her brother. He always did know what to say to make her feel better despite the circumstances.
“Now get off your a** and go get ready, the guest should be here in a few hours and I doubt you want mom to see you in sweat pants and a t-shirt, Lazy a**.” Noel playfully punched her brothers’ broad shoulder before standing to her feet.
“Yeah yeah punk a**, you should lend me one of your skirts.” Before Viktor could make a rude retort, Noel was bounding up the stairs to her designated guest room to get dressed and ready for the evening to come.

By the time the girls had arrived to the dinner party, it was already in full swing as friends and family members wandered around Viktors' sipping on glasses of wine and sparkling cider as they chatted and mingled amongst each other. Eager to get away from the agonizing conversation she was enduring with her parents, Noel herd the sound of the door bell and practically sprinted to answer it just as an excuse to get away.
"Thank God....any longer and I was going to start pulling out my hair..." She muttered to herself as she took a calming breath and turned the metal nob of the wooden door, pulling it back to revile two lovely ladies standing in front of her; one of them looking vaguely familiar.
"Hey there Crista, I'm Vicks' sister, Noel, and you two are late. Come on in! Vick should be around here somewhere..." Noel greeted with a soft smile on her lips as she opened the front door widely for the newest guest to the party.