My name is Hallie McKennah and I am not afraid to admit that I am gay. I have a girlfriend we've been together for two years. She doesn't have any family, but she says she understands why I'm afraid to tell mine. No one else cared but my parents always wanted me to get married and have kids. And don't get me wrong I want kids I do, but I want them with Anna, my girlfriend. I want us to have a family, to be together with my family accepting up, but Anna, Anna thinks that it would be a wonderful idea to spend Christmas with my family. Ha, we could have just stayed home celebrated together but no we had to go. She wanted to meet my family. I knew why, it was because she never had one, but she doesn't want mine. They'll never accept us, I love her. She doesn't know that though, I could never tell her I'm to afraid.

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"Hal, when are we leaving for your parents?" Anna asked coming out of the bathroom, finishing putting on her earrings.

"Anna your not really serious about that are you?" Hallie asked her.

"Hallie I just want to meet them, you don't have to tell them anything about us that you don't want to." She smiled at Hallie. "Come on baby lets just go, you can tell were friends from work or something'."

"An, I don't know if its such a good idea." Hallie told her.

"Hallie you want to see them, I know you do." Anna told Hallie. "You told me you missed them."

"I do Hunny, but I still don't think," Anna was cornering Hallie, "that this is a good idea." Hallie told her.

"Do it as a Christmas gift for me, huh baby?" She whispered into Hallie's ear. "A special gift."

"Anna…Anna stop were supposed to, to be at dinner in ten minutes." Hallie tried to remind her as Anna began to nibble on her ear. "Look An we'll go okay and I promise I'll tell my family about us by the end of the trip, but only if we make it to dinner on time. Okay?"

"Mm okay, okay we'll go. I'll stop." Anna moved back just before she had begun to kiss the soft spot on Hallie's neck.

"Hunny," Hallie said grabbing her arm.

"Yes," she said innocently batting her eyes at Hallie.

"Your evil," Hallie told Anna playfully pulling her along.

"Oh believe me baby you are way more evil than I could ever be," Anna said and kissed Hallie gently before brushing past her.

"Ooo well I'll just show you how evil I can be," Hallie loving promised, then smiled wickedly. "After dinner."

"Fine," Anna said with a sigh of want and anticipation.

They had dinner with some friends from work, you see the truth in the matter was they were both physiatrists at First Care Hospital. That's where they met, where they got to see each other everyday, and where Hallie first new she was in love.

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