I want to thank my beta Mike for helping me with this story.

Alicia was nervous. This weekend she would be introducing Peter to her mom and Owen. To her newest "stepdad" as well, but he probably wouldn't be around for long, so he didn't matter. Of course she already had introduced boyfriends to them, but in high school it had always been dinner, or lunch; never a whole formal weekend like this. She also was more serious about Peter than any of her previous boyfriends. It was time, so she rang the bell.

"Siiiiiiiis! Welcome home!" Of course Owen was the one to open the door. He was dying to meet her boyfriend since the letter where she told him she was dating someone.

"Hey Owen!" After she was able to free herself from his tight hug, she began introductions. "Owen, this is Peter; Peter, this is my brother Owen."

"Nice to meet you. Alicia told me you just started college. Mathematics major, right?"

Before Owen could answer Peter's question, her mother showed up, just as discrete as Owen was.

"Leeeeesh, sweetheart, you're home! We've missed you!" Her mother was the only one that still called her 'Leesh' and she didn't like it very much.

"Mom, this is Peter; Peter, this is my mother Veronica."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Cavanaugh."

"Oh no, dear, I haven't been Mrs. Cavanaugh for some time, it's Mrs. Holmberg now. But Veronica is fine."

Luckily Peter could charm everyone around him, so he was doing fine with her mother. Good enough for Owen to pull Alicia aside to talk to her privately.

"Well done, Alicia. Do you know if he has a gay brother?"

"Owen! He has only one sister."

"Oh." He said disappointed. "It's good to finally meet Mr. Georgetown. After so many letters about him. I'm dying to tell him his nickname. "

"Owen, don't." She said in a serious tone.

"What? I'm only doing it to embarrass you; it's expected from the little brother when a girl brings her boyfriend home. He'll laugh about it."

"It's not him."

"What?"

"He's not Mr. Georgetown."

"Oh my. Alicia! You write nonstop about Mr. Georgetown. I figured you were finally dating him. Even after you started dating you continued to write a lot about this other guy. Who is he? You obviously think more about him than Peter."

"Not now, okay, Owen? I care a lot about Peter. "

"But you are obviously in love with Mr. Georgetown." He said a little under his breath, but unluckily for him, loud enough for her to hear.

"No, Owen." She said seriously and shot him her infamous death-stare. Then she went back to Peter and her mother.

Dinner was smooth and after that Peter went to bed because he was tired from the trip. He was staying in Owen's room while Owen slept inona mattress on the floor in Alicia's. Her and Owen stayed up, because they had a lot of catching up to do.

"So, now no one can hear us. Spill it."

"Everything is fine at Georgetown. A little hectic, but I'm managing it. And Peter is great too, you've seen it."

"Alicia, you know that's not what I'm talking about. Mr. Georgetown, spill it."

"There's nothing you don't already know from my letters."

"Except that I can put it in context now. I thought for months that you were dating him. Who is this guy?"

"He is just a guy from my class."

"How does Peter react to him? Boyfriends usually don't like other guys."

"Well, recently I'm not speaking to him anymore. Except for classes and barely even then."

"Did Peter ask you to stop talking to him?" Owen was outraged. "Because if he did, he is -"

"He didn't." Alicia cut him off. "I decided it was better this way."

"Then why? It was because of Peter wasn't it? He didn't say it directly, but was irritated by it."

"There was a kiss."

"Oh. My. God. Alicia! You never told me that."

"It was a few weeks ago, we were studying late one night at his apartment and then there was a moment and we kissed."

"Wow! And then did you two…"

"No! I ran out of there as fast as I could. It was just that kiss, nothing else."

"If there's nothing else there, why are you avoiding him?"

"Okay, there is something there. But it's more of a 'what if' than a real something. I really care about Peter and we have the real deal. I don't want to screw that up. That's why I've decided to stay away from Mr. Georgetown."

"I still don't get why you didn't go out with him before. You talked a lot about him then."

"He never asked."

"Ah, c'mon, Alicia, that's not why. You could have asked him or something."

"I told you. He's too much of a ladies' man. Not boyfriend material. We would have lasted a week. Anyway, that's in the past. I am with Peter and intend to stay that way."

"If that's what you say you want. I still think you should take a shot with Mr. Georgetown."

"Night, Owen. I'm really tired."

"No you're not." He said loud enough for her to hear, but she didn't respond. This conversation was really over.