As the weeks went on Mckenzie slowly started coming back to herself.. She was able to cut her therapy sessions back down to one visit every two weeks, she was able to go back to work and be with Fergal and all of her friends which helped a lot.. She still had her bad days for sure but they were taking it one day at a time..

Today was a big day.. Fergal's parents flew in all the way from Ireland just to come to the show tonight and they would be leaving two days later.. It was the first time he had seen them in almost 5 months so he was excited... Mckenzie on the other hand was a nervous wreck which wasn't helping her anxiety very much..

As Mckenzie sat in catering with her friends she was worried.. Fergal was gone to the airport to pick up his parents so that left Mckenzie alone with her thoughts...
"What if they don't like me?" She asked and Rebecca looked at her
"You make him happy... They'll like you" Leah said
"I'm serious..." Mckenzie said
"Okay look.. I've met his parents hundreds of times.. They're the nicest people in the world.. You'll be fine.." Rebecca said
"Easy for you to say... Of course They like you.. You're Irish!" Mckenzie said bringing her knees to her chest
"That's what your worried about? News flash Mckenzie there's not too many native Irish people living in AMERICA! They didn't expect him to find one and immediately marry her" Rebecca said trying to ease Mckenzie racing mind

The drive from the airport was spent catching up on everything he had missed while he was gone
"How is Mckenzie today?" His mom asked curiously
"She's doing okay..." He said a small smile breaking through
"Is there anything we should know.. Like what we shouldn't say or do?" She asked and Fergal immediately knew where this was going he shook his head
"No.. Just treat her normally.. She's getting a lot better.." He said, Yes he told his parents about Mckenzie's issues because he had to talk to someone about what was going on or he would have gone insane.. As much as this whole experience exhausted Mckenzie it drained him as well
"This episode really shook her didn't it?" His dad asked
"Yes... Like I said.. She's getting better.. But don't be offended if she doesn't talk much.. She's very shy around new people and now we know why.." Fergal said as they pulled up to the venue

Fergal showed his parents around and left them in the locker room while he went to find Mckenzie, he didn't have to go far he saw her standing at the makeup chair talking to one of the producers about the show tonight he walked up behind her wrapping his arms around her waist she smiled and leaned back into his chest while she continued her conversation.. After it was over she turned around with his arms still locked around her waist
"You ready?" He asked her and he felt her heart begin to race against his chest "relax... Breathe... You'll be fine.. I'm right here.. I've already told them you probably won't talk much.." He said
"Great! Now they're gonna think I don't want to talk to them!" She said putting her head in his chest
"No they're not.. Come on.. Let's get this over with.." He said as he grabbed her hand and began walking to the locker room
"I really don't like you, you know that?" She asked him with tears in her eyes he kissed her head knowing that this was very difficult for her to do

"Mum, Dad.. This is Mckenzie.." Fergal said and Mckenzie waved slightly
"Hi..." She said quietly
"Well son.. You were right about one thing.. She sure is beautiful..." His dad said
"Come here sweetie.." His mom said and hugged Mckenzie
"Mum.. I think she needs air.." Fergal said and Mckenzie smiled that was the first genuine smile he had seen from her in weeks
"Come sit with me.. We have a lot to talk about.." She said motioning for Mckenzie to sit with her She looked back at her boyfriend with wide eyes he winked at her before dropping her hand
"There's so many embarrassing stories that you need to hear about this one.." His dad said nodding towards Fergal and Mckenzie laughed before sitting down with his parents... That went well..

After about thirty minutes of embarrassing stories Fergal stood up
"I've gotta go get ready.." He said and his parents nodded he bent down to kiss Mckenzie
"Be safe.." She said before he walked out of the room
"Always.." He said shutting the door behind him

Once the show was over and his parent left to go back to their hotel Fergal came back into the locker room to find Mckenzie playing on her phone
"You ready to go?" He asked her reaching out for her hand
"Yeah.." She said as they began their walk out of the building "hey guess what?" She said
"What?" He asked her putting his arm around her
"I love your parents.." She said and he smiled
"They love you.." He said