Later on that night, you stayed in your room, playing GTA Online with your pals. It was one of your favorite things to do when you needed some time to yourself and who would blame you, the trip to that amusement park really drained you, but not enough to enjoy a little gaming night.

You didn't have a mic to speak to the other players, so you just resorted to messaging them. While on one of your heists, you wondered what Twilight's parents might think. You're pretty sure that her parents already knew you were her former science partner, but they probably don't know that you're Twilight's new boyfriend and you didn't want to be in one of those "overprotective daddy issues" moments.

You knew that stuff liked that happens in some movies and sometimes in real life, but honestly, to you it can get a little bit annoying now and then. The only thing you could do was hope that her parents would welcome you with open arms one of these days. Your parents have always loved and supported you throughout the past 18 years of your life thanks to all the time and dedication.

With that last thought, you got your head back in the game, blasting CPU enemy Merryweather soldiers with your signature special carbine and rocket launcher.

"Hey son!" your dad called out.

"Yeah dad? Whatcha need?" you called out.

"Come into the living room, your mom and I want to talk to you."

"Okay."

You felt disappointed about not finishing the heist, but if it was important, you had no choice but to put your PS4 into rest mode and hope to succeed another day. You turned off your TV and the light in your room as you walked out and headed into the living room where your mom and dad were waiting. They didn't look mad or disappointed, but with their straight faces, you knew something was up.

"Have a seat, son." your dad said. He patted the spot on the couch between him and your mom. You sat down where he wanted you to.

"So, am I in trouble? What's going on?" you ask.

"No, you're not in trouble son. In fact, your mom and I have been talking and we were just curious."

"About what?" you ask.

"We've heard that you found yourself a girlfriend, is that not right?" your mom asks.

"Yeah, her name's Twilight. We use to be partners in science class."

"That's nice. Have you ever met her folks?" your dad asks.

"No, but Twilight would always tell her parents about me. I guess, from what she tells me, they're joyed about their shy little daughter making new friends. But..."

"What is it, sweetie?" your mom asks.

"I think they were probably just talking about the girls that Twilight hangs out with. You know, the ones that played in this band called the... what was it again? Oh yeah, I remember, the "Rainbooms."

"That's nice. So they only know the "lab partner" she always studied with?" your dad asks.

"Yeah."

"Well, maybe they can get to know you more. Believe it or not, your father and I thought about it and we were planning on inviting your girlfriend, Twilight over and her parents for dinner. We talked it over with them and thought that we could all enjoy a family dinner this Saturday." your mom explains.

"What?! How did you even contact her parents?" you ask.

"Well, Twilight's father and I are co-workers for a real estate agency. So, naturally, anytime he and I ever need some time to enjoy a few drinks, I just give him a call. But not this time. I've called him and ask if we could get together at our house for a special dinner. Naturally, he agreed." your dad explains.

"Wait, so 1 or 2 weeks on the weekend, you've been going bowling and drinking with Twilight's dad? I thought you were always out and about all alone, or maybe with your boss." you say.

"Nah, my boss never has the time to drink with me or any of the other co-workers. Not at his age. He barely even has time to spend with his grandchildren. But as I was saying, make sure you're dressed and ready for Saturday night if you want to impress your girlfriend's parents." your dad says.

"Uhh, right. Thanks for the heads up. I'll keep that in mind."

"Good. Well, I think that's about all we needed to tell you about. You can go on ahead and play your games or watch TV or whatever it was you were doing." your mom says. You nod and give her and your dad a hug before getting off the couch and walked towards the hallway. But then, "Oh, and one more thing, sweetie," your mom calls out, making you turn around. "Be sure not to get your girlfriend pregnant too early."

You immediately dropped to the floor with your legs hanging upwards. "Mom, come on! Don't go bringing me up stuff like that, I'm not one of those guys who treats girls like one night stands!" you shout out in embarrassment with your cheeks blushing rose red.

Your mom giggled. "I know sweetie, I was just teasing you."

'And how often does THAT happen? I keep losing count!' you thought to yourself sarcastically. You got back up on your feet and brushed yourself off. Afterwards, you went back into your room and turned your game system back on, ready for another online gaming session.

But you still couldn't believe that your dad called Twilight's family over for dinner. You were in hot water now, and from the situation you're in, you'll have to dress to impress, especially if it's with Twilight's mother and father and whoever else is in her family. What's even worse, the only thing you have in your closet that even slightly nice to wear is your short sleeved button up shirt. But somehow, it'd look good with some of your nice blue jeans you had hanging inside your closet.

You shook your head to stop worrying a bit and get back to what you started earlier, heading into the GTA Online server with your friends again.

The next day, you slept in after going to bed late last night. When the sun shined through your window, you groaned, tossing and turning to get a few more minutes of sleep. Last night's online gaming was a real pain in the neck after some of your teammates kept getting slaughtered. It took you and your team a total of 10 tries before you finally completed a heist and went to bed at 2 A.M.

'Ugh, I get that they're trying, but next time, I need to work with pros who can at least live when getting capped or try to convince my team to use heavy combat suits.' you thought. You looked at your nightstand and your alarm clock read 11:45 A.M in the morning. It sucked that you had to miss breakfast and skip straight to lunch, but you still had some leftover cash from yesterday.

You got out of bed and stretched your body, yawning. You could already feel your throat all dry. You walked out of your room and down the hallway towards the kitchen. There was a water dispenser that gave out fresh, filtered water and that was better than tap water. You took a cup from one of the cupboards and placed it under the dispenser and pushed down on the lever.

After that, you drank out of your cup and headed back into your room. You picked out some nice clean clothes and walked into the bathroom. There, you stripped yourself of your sweats and boxer briefs, but you didn't wear any shirts when you slept throughout the night. You turned on the shower and stepped inside when it was warm enough and started washing off your body.

But this time, you washed yourself a bit slower than usual. The feeling of the shower beating down on you stopped making you worry and helped you think more clearly. Yes, tonight was a dinner night with Twilight and her parents, but earlier it felt like you were treating it like some job interview. Though, it was important to show her parents you really care and you were serious about being Twilight's boyfriend.

At the same time, you didn't want to get too serious and scare them off. Like most parents, they don't like seeing their beloved children getting hurt. Whether it was physically, mentally or socially, no parent likes to see their children hurt, no matter the excuse.

In order to make sure, you made a vow to yourself that when dinnertime comes around and Twilight and her family show up, you'd be on your best behavior and be truthful. With that last thought, you picked up the pace, washing down every inch of your body before rinsing off and turning off the shower. You stepped out and dried yourself off with the towel. You hung your towel back on the rack and put your clothes on before walking out of the bathroom and into your room.

6 hours went by and it was easy to pass the time thanks to all the old video games you like to play. Anytime you got bored with online gaming, it always felt good to play solo on your older Playstation systems and not have to deal with all those sore losers online.

Right now, you were playing Crash Bandicoot: Warped. You were on the 3rd boss battle with two of your Aku Aku masks still going strong. But then,

"Come here, son! Our guests are here." your dad called out. You paused your game and walked out of your room and into the living room. You saw Twilight and her parents, along with this other guy who looked a couple of years older than her. From the look on her parents' faces, they were curious of you.

You introduced yourself to Twilight's parents and shook their hands. "...it's very nice to meet you." you say.

"Well, nice to meet you, too, young man. My name is Night Light. I'm your father's old colleague and co-worker, of course, he's probably already told you." Night says.

"I'm pleased to meet you, as well. My name's Twilight Velvet, I'm Twilight Sparkle's mother." Velvet says.

"And I'm Shining Armor. Twilight Sparkle's my little sister." Shining says. He then gets a look at you and says, "Hmm, so from what I've heard from home and back at Crystal Prep, you're Twily's former lab partner and supposedly her new boyfriend?"

"Yeah. Also, I didn't know she had an older brother. Nice to meet you." you say.

"Right back atcha. At least with you, I'm more comfortable for my little Twily to hang out with."

"Huh?" you ask. You were confused why he was so comfortable with you dating his sister.

"Well, I'm sure you all have a lot to talk about, but why don't we discuss it at the dinner table. I've prepared a special kind of dinner for all of us." your mom says. Everyone, including you, nodded and went over to the table where a fantastic spread was prepared for everyone. You could feel your stomach growling and wanted to dig in already, but like any good host, you controlled yourself and sat down. Your girlfriend, Twilight, sat down next to you and signalled you to come closer to her. You did as you were asked.

"Your parents are really nice people. I didn't know my dad worked with your dad." Twilight whispered.

"Neither did I. All I know is that my dad works with an old colleague of his." you whisper back. "But, what did your brother mean when he said he was comfortable with me dating you?"

"Oh, well you see, there were these two other guys in high school that sort of had a crush on me, one of them being this guy named Flash Sentry, which Shining Armor hated, and Timber Spruce, which was during my trip to Camp Everfree because Timber was an adult and I was still a minor. Shining Armor and my parents didn't want me dating guys who were adults. As for Flash, I didn't really see him that way."

"Wow, I had no idea. I just hope I don't get on your parents' bad sides. I know your brother's okay with me, but I don't want to piss him off."

"You won't. I've told him to not hurt you."

Seeing the reassurance in her eyes made you nod and peck Twilight on the cheek. She giggles and the two of you grab the food from the middle of the table and onto your plates. Everyone else began eating and chatting away with the usual grown up stuff, talking about business and vacation ideas and just plain silly arguement they have with other people in their lives.

5 minutes went by and you were on your 2nd plate of food. At that moment, the subject about you and Twilight dating had just come up.

"Who knew Twilight's lab partner would actually be her brand new sweetheart. I always knew she'd find the right guy to call her own." Velvet says.

"Of course, normally, we've been a bit overprotective and picky about the boys who would always come after her and that sort of bugged me." Night says.

"I can understand where you're coming from. Believe it or not, I've been a little too worried with my son when he was still in high school. I would always get worried about him being taken advantage of him because he would always be so kind, but that never happened to him. He would always keep telling us about that one friend who always made him smile at the end of the day." your mom says.

"And that one friend is the very same girl sitting right next to him. It came to a shock to the both of us when he told us he was dating your daughter." your dad says.

"We were a bit skeptical at first, but from what our daughter tells us, your son is one of a kind. Twilight told us that your son treated her out to breakfast at Sugar Cube Corner and even took her out to that amusement park that's been attracting huge crowds." Night Light says.

"And as for you, young man," Velvet say to you. You gave her your full attention. "Thank you for taking good care of our daughter and making her happy."

"You're very welcome, Mrs. Velvet." you say.

"Aww, no need to be formal. You can just call me Velvet."

"And you can call me Night."

"Right. Okay then."

"Well, why don't you tell us about yourself? Twilight's told us about your little date and your two being lab partners, but we want to know more." Shining asks.

"Well, every now and then, I enjoy a few nostalgic moments, watching these old childhood movies in my room and playing old games. It's a hobby of mine. I'm sort of old-fashioned when it comes to music, so I listen to these old love songs my parents love to listen to. Aside from those things, all my life, I've had this stubborn habit with standing up to bullies whenever they keep picking on these other kids. But, I never had any friends to talk to or anyone to socialize with because I was "too spoiled." you explain.

"We went through a wild phase when he was in middle school. His mom and I have been putting in some overtime in order to receive more income. Because of that, we had to hire a babysitter to watch over him, and he was always upset he never got to see us that much." your dad says.

"Aww, that's so sad. Are you pulling through okay now?" Velvet asks.

"Of course. We've managed to make time for him, even though work is tough. But we could never bare the thought of not spending enough quality time with our son. But now that's he's grown into a fine young man, he's always been out and about these days." your mom says.

"I know my mom and dad work hard, but that's just how life goes." you say.

"Hey, maybe someday I could introduce you to my sister-in-law and my niece. And my dog, Spike. I'm sure they'd love to meet you." Twilight says, putting her hand over yours.

"Aww, thanks, Twilight."

"You're welcome. Now how about we finish eating."

"You took the words right out of my mouth." you say. Everyone else agreed and resumed eating. 10 minutes later, everything on the table was now completely tucked away inside everyone's stomachs and you kept patting your stomach from eating three whole plates of food.

"Woo, I'm stuffed. Thanks for the dinner, it was delicious." Shining says.

"Yes, thank you for inviting us. We had a great time." Velvet says.

"We should do this again sometimes. Only next time, we'll invite you over for dinner." Night says.

"We're glad you enjoyed it. And we look forward to that day." your mom says.

You, Twilight and everyone else got out of your chairs and walked to the front door and you opened it, letting your guests out and saying your good-byes. Twilight lean in and kissed you on the lips and took out a piece of paper and wrote what looked like her phone number. She gives it to you before head over to the car with her family and drove back home.

Afterwards, you placed the paper inside your pocket and headed back inside the house to help your parents clean up the mess in the dining room.

Author's Note

I wrote this chapter in order to help with getting into good terms with Twilight and her family so they can allow her boyfriend to keep dating her. I hope you guys like this because next chapter, that's where things'll get really heated so thank you and brony on everyone.