a/n: there needs to be this story. No one ever says how her family reacted when they saw her kiss owen. So there needs to be a story about him meeting the rest of her family.

The first thing Annabel did after we kissed by the fountain was blush and look back at the courthouse. I followed her gaze to her family. Only whitney was smiling at us. The rest of them were looking at the two of us in shock. She kind of giggled then grabbed my hand & pulled me over to them.

She pulled me up to a bubbly looking girl that I assumed was the sister I hadn't met yet. "this is kristen," she said, still holding my hand, which her father had his eyes locked onto.

"hello Kristen. Nice mix you gave Annabel, with 'thank you'. You have good taste in old rock." I had said it with an approving nod but I could tell that she didn't really approve of me. Annabel rolled her eyes & moved onto the next person in the crowd.

"This is my mom." I guessed that I had messed it up with Kristen & didn't want to mess it up anymore with her mom so I just nodded & said that it was nice to meet her. She nodded too, smiling pleasantly, but I could still tell she was confused. I could also tell that she was where Annabel got her need to be nice.

"you remember whitney, right?"

"of course I do," I said nodding to her. "what's new?"

Whitney answered with a smile, the only one other than their mom to do so, the only one with a genuine smile. "just meeting annabel's boyfriend." That caused their dad to tense up, right before we were introduced.

We shook hands & I was surprised that my hand was bigger than his too though it was obvious that Annabel got her height from him. His look told me that he was taking what happened hard & that he wouldn't trust me just yet, even though it was obvious that we'd been close for a while.

Then her mom asked, "are you going to eat with us. I'm sure we all want to get to know you better."

I shook my head embarrassed all over again about what I had done. "I'm grounded. Big time."

Kristen was the one to ask the question, "why are you grounded?" as both parents were suddenly wary about me being around their daughter.

I coughed a bit, avoiding saying it, then said, "I told my mom I punched someone. He really needed to be punched though so I'm not sorry I did it. I was just doing so much better & I disappointed her so she decided I needed to be grounded." Her dad looked even more worried for the safety of his daughter as I said that.

Then whitney asked, "who did you punch?"

"I punched will cash last night." I was still embarrassed that I had lost it but mostly because the first thing that her family learned about me is that I punched someone. Yeah I had a good reason but I shouldn't have done it. I looked up then & saw her dad looked satisfied at the fact that someone had punched him, while her mom & sisters looked at Annabel with looks that obviously asked why she was with me.

her dad reached out & clapped me on the shoulder silently congratulating me & thanking me at the same time. I smiled at him, understanding what he wasn't saying. I grimaced right after though. "I really do have to go though. It was hard enough talking my mom into letting me out of the house for this, I don't want her to add more restrictions because I stayed too late. I'll see you when I can." I looked her dad in the eye one more time before I hugged Annabel goodbye, just to tell him that I could take care of his daughter during the times he couldn't if he wanted me to. He nodded his acceptance & goodbye & we all went our separate ways.