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welcome, Meredith,” Nicola replied, “I don’t expect you to change your opinion about my family instantaneously, but I wanted to show you there’s more to us than meets the eye.”
     
    Meredith grinned. “I would love to return the favor one day and host your family for dinner.”
     
    “ That would be divine,” Nicola smiled. “Me and my boys would really appreciate it.”
     
    “ I would love to stay longer but it’s time we head back home,” Charles interrupted the ladies, “you two settle on a date and we can go from there.”
     
    Meredith stood up along with Nicola, who gave her a big hug, much to her surprise. “Thank you for putting on your happy face for us tonight. I know it was difficult.” Nicola whispered to her.
     
    “ You’re welcome,” Meredith whispered back.
     
    Simone and Eli were sitting out on the porch, holding hands when they saw her family getting ready to leave. “It seems like our families like each other,” Simone smiled.
     
    “ With my ma’s cooking, it’s hard to hate her.” Eli rubbed her hand with his thumb. “Say, I was wondering, real quick before you leave, I wanted to ask you something.”
     
    “ Okay,” Simone replied, “what is it?”
     
    “ I was wondering if you wanted to go to prom with me?” Eli asked.
     
    Simone smiled brightly and hugged her boyfriend. “I would love to, Eliodoro.”
     
    “ Great.” Eli smiled. “I’ll talk to you tomorrow at school, okay, Moni?”
     
    “ Okay, Eliodoro.” She kissed his cheek then left with her family.
     
    The D’Amatos all stood together on the front porch as they watched the Harris’ leave. Nicola wrapped her arms around Eli and hugged her son tight. “I hope she’s worth the trouble, Eli.”
     
    Eli breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. “She always is.”
     
    ****
     
    “ Soo…” Joey began as he sat on the bed watching the action before him. “Tonight’s prom, huh?”
     
    A few weeks had passed since the family dinner. Simone and Eli were set to go to the junior prom and Eli was nervous. He had heard prom stories from a couple of his friends about how they deflowered their respective girlfriends during that night, transitioning them to womanhood. Eli, however, wasn’t sure. He did want to make love to Simone at some point in their relationship, but they had barely started holding hands and kissing.
     
    Still, it didn’t stop his brothers from grooming and prepping him for the night’s big event, should there be one. “Yeah,” Eli commented as Nick fixed his tuxedo tie.
     
    “ Are you going to pop her cherry?” Tony asked.
     
    Kieran brushed Eli’s hair. “Can somebody please…?”
     
    Joey reached over and popped Tony in the back of his head. “Hey!” Tony rubbed his head. “You all were thinking the same thing!”
     
    “ So what’s the game plan for tonight?” Nick asked. “Are you two going to…?”
     
    “ I don’t know,” Eli shrugged. “I don’t know.”
     
    “ Do you want to?” Joey asked.
     
    “ Yes, but I don’t know if I want it to be tonight.” Eli admitted. While a lot of his friends and classmates went on and on about potential sex on prom night, Eli was perfectly fine ending the night with a kiss. He couldn’t bear to tell the real reason why he didn’t want to have sex with Simone.
     
    “ If you sleep with Moni tonight,” Kieran glanced at his brother through the mirror, “how many girls would this be for you?”
     
    Eli looked down at the floor and chewed his lips. His brothers caught onto his silence. “Eli?” Nick asked. “K asked you a question.”
     
    “ Mmm hmmph.” Eli mumbled through a closed mouth.
     
    The brothers looked one another and back at Eli. “Are you trying to tell us you’re a virgin?” Joey asked.
     
    “ Shhh!” Eli put an index finger to his mouth. “I don’t want anyone to know!”
     
    “ Dude, who are we going to tell?” Kieran’s mouth formed a smarmy smile. “Except the