cw: mention of past car accident
[name_f]Alanis[/name_f] [name_u]Brooks[/name_u] [name_u]Everly[/name_u] (formerly [name_f]Alanis[/name_f] [name_f]Raquel[/name_f] Brooks) [35] is [name_f]Gem[/name_f] and Sal’s mother, currently expecting her third child and due any minute. She loves how both of her kids have their own interests already, she herself began to pursue art when she was between their ages and has continued to love the subject now. She actually sees a lot of herself in [name_u]Sal[/name_u] and would be completely floored and devastated if she found out that he was not biologically hers since she feels like they are very similar. She’s got a pretty bold and memorable personality but in a much different way than [name_f]Loretta[/name_f]. Instead of critical and harsh, she’s spontaneous and playfully erratic. It was her firecracker personality that made her husband and eventual father of her children fall for her back in college. Though they didn’t meet in class, they met both working as waiters at the same greasy spoon nearby their university that supplied both food to drunk/hungover students and coffee and pastries to many local politicians. One of which is the father of Mr. [name_u]Everly[/name_u], he was sent to work at the diner as a way of ‘building character’ but instead he build a relationship.
His parents disapproved of the romance since their son was supposed to follow in his father’s footsteps and eventually get politics like the other men his his family. [name_f]Alanis[/name_f] was an art major who loved to sculpt with clay and paint with oil paints, when she met her future in-laws for the first time she had just come from class and wore overalls covered in paint. Not exactly a perfect first impression.
Everything that his parents hated about her was what he loved about her and he refused to cease their romance. They dated for the remaining two years of college and after graduation they moved away and out of the town which his father was the current mayor of. [name_f]Alanis[/name_f] started her own business selling her art and teaching beginner classes for both of her favorite mediums while her husband works from home in the tech field.
For a long time they had no contact with his parents. Until [name_f]Gem[/name_f] and Sal’s father was in a near fatal car accident. At the time [name_f]Alanis[/name_f] had been pregnant with [name_f]Gem[/name_f], her own family was clear across the country and while they expressed their support for her they couldn’t make it into town until a few days later. Alone and scared, she make an impulse move and called the Everlys. After explaining what had happened the older couple said they were on their way.
Upon arriving and meeting in the waiting room while her husband was in the operating room, the three embraced. Years of old wounds just starting to heal. The couple apologized for how they had treated her in the past, they had been following Alanis’ art career online and were amazed by her talent in such a way that that it had inspired Mr. [name_u]Everly[/name_u] to help get more funding to the art department in the schools back in the town. They had also revealed that they had been trying to think of a way to reach back out to [name_f]Alanis[/name_f] and their son but were unsure how to do it and afraid it would not be well received. The trio started to bond during the rest of the night while they waited to hear about the surgical results. Thankfully, a little after midnight they were informed that it went well and he would be able to go home in a few days.
Once her husband was able to be emotionally and physically well enough to speak to his parents again, they reconciled as well. His parents also extended an invitation for the couple to live in their guest house for a while since their son would need some physical therapy and rehab and [name_f]Alanis[/name_f] was nearing her due date, so a little help might be beneficial. The younger couple accepted and once they were back on their feet, moved back into the town in their own house where they’ve been ever since.
Now the grandparents are much more active in their grandchildren’s lives, with them both very flattered by the namesake given to his grandson. They’ve already arranged to take the older kids a few days a week and drop off meals for once the latest [name_u]Everly[/name_u] child arrives. Which judging from the contractions that [name_f]Alanis[/name_f] has been feeling, which are waay to painful to be braxton hicks, is about to be soon!