My Living Nightmare

“This is because of that April Fool’s prank I played last year, right?” I said to my parents, looking up at them from where I sat behind my dad’s mahogany desk in his study. “Well, sorry to disappoint you, but I’m not falling for it. I’ve got to admit though; you almost had me fooled for a minute back there, dad.”
I chuckled, smiling lightly, but stopped immediately when my parents didn’t join in like I thought they would.

They shared a glance before looking back down at me.

“Alex, sweetheart, this isn’t some sort of prank, what I said is true. You will be marrying the Rivera’s youngest son.”