Author's Note: I'm tired as frak right now. This is unbeated. Hate me for the mistakes.

"I have to admit, I'm kind of nervous." Chloe said as they started to make their way off the plane after getting their carryons. "I really want your parents to like me."

"Everyone likes you Chloe." Aubrey reassured her girlfriend. "It's impossible not to."

"Alice doesn't." Chloe pointed out.

"Alice doesn't like anyone." The blonde said as she rolled her eyes. "Alice is just a stone cold bitch, like my aunt Deb. Well, mom's aunt Deb."

"It's going to be an interesting party isn't it?" Chloe asked.

"Oh don't worry about it, Janet and Seth will be there, we can just hang out with them." Aubrey answered as she scanned the area for her parents. "Hey, there's my mom, c'mon."

"There's my little girl!" Aubrey's mom called out as Chloe and Aubrey made her way to the older blonde. After hugging Aubrey she turned her attention to the redhead. "And this must be the infamous Chloe."

"It's nice to meet you, Mrs. Posen." Chloe said as she was pulled into a hug as well.

"Please dear, call me Katherine or Kate." Kate said as the hug ended.

"Where's dad?" Aubrey asked, looking around for the man.

"He hadn't made it home by the time I had to leave, he said he'd see you when we got home." Kate explained as they made their way to luggage claim. "We need to make sleeping arrangements. Uncle Ray and Larissa are staying in the guest room, and of course Janet and Seth are in hers. So are you two ok to share your room? Or would you rather stay on the couch Chloe?"

"Yeah, we can share, that's no problem." Chloe said after sharing a quick glance with Aubrey to make sure it was ok.

"That's great, it'll make things so much easier." Kate said

"So, your uncle is engaged to a woman a year older than your sister?" Chloe asked as they neared the Posen home. The ride was mostly spent catching up, eventually settling on various family goings on, and this discussion intrigued the redhead

"Well Ray is fourteen years younger than I am and Larissa is five years younger than him." Kate explained. "They're actually really great together."

"How did they even meet?" Chloe asked. Even at this point, ten months since first meeting, they were still learning about each others' families.

"They both work together for the state Democratic Party up in Raleigh." Aubrey answered.

"Yeah, it's a bit of a sore spot with Dick." Kate added. "They're both dyed in the wool, bleeding heart liberals and Dick's as republican as they come. But they find plenty of other things to talk about, so don't worry."

"It's Uncle Harry you want to watch out for." Aubrey said. "He's a crazy conspiracy theorist and he really likes Ron Paul."

"You mean Rumpelstiltskin." Chloe corrected. "Crazy old man, obsessed with gold."

"That's a good one." Kate chuckled as she parked the car. "Mention that to Ray and Larissa and they'll take an instant liking to you."

"I'll be sure to do that." Chloe agreed as they got out of the car. She smiled up at the three men on the porch putting down their beers to come help them with their luggage.

"Chlo, this is my father Richard, my uncle Raymond, and you know Seth." Aubrey introduced them.

"Ray's fine." Aubrey's uncle said with a nod to Chloe. "So this is the spitfire Bree goes on about, nice to meet you."

"You 'go on' about me?" Chloe asked placing emphasis on the words go on as she arched an eyebrow at her girlfriend."

"What am I supposed to talk about? How hard my classes are?" Aubrey asked

"First year classes are too easy." Ray offered. "I was pretty much drunk my entire first year at NC State and still pulled off a 4.0."

"And your girlfriend was 13 at the time." Aubrey's father teased the younger man as he hugged Aubrey before getting her suitcase and carryon.

"Fiancée and I didn't know her at the time." Ray defended himself as he grabbed Chloe's bags. "I was still with Courtney my girlfriend from high school at the time."

"Do you still talk to her?" Kate asked as they made their way into the house.

"We're facebook friends." Ray said "She and Victoria moved to Boston and got married a few years back, I expect I'll see them at our 10 year reunion."

"So, who's Victoria?" Seth questioned as he followed the others.

"Her roommate first year." Ray explained. "I had had a feeling she was gay before we started dating but she was adamant that we go out. Nobody else really interested me and we were good friends so I figured why not. The way she told me one night she saw Victoria in a whole new light and things clicked and she accepted it. We still hung out while we were in school but we drifted apart after we graduated, till all our old friends started getting on facebook."

"I always kind of liked Courtney." Dick said as they got to Aubrey's room. "It's good to know she's happy. Anyway, Jan and Larissa went to Baldoni's to get pizza and wings right before you got in, so you two can get settled in before they get back."

"Thanks guys." Aubrey said, a hint of surprise in her voice at her dad's reaction to Ray's story.

"Yeah, thank you." Chloe added, followed by a chorus of 'you're welcomes'. When they were alone, Chloe turned her attention to her girlfriend. "What's got you so deep in thought?"

"My dad. I half expected him to go off on a rant about gay marriage." Aubrey said, still clearly processing the situation.

"Hey, it's good he didn't." Chloe said, kissing the blonde. "Don't put too much thought into it, let's just get things sorted then go downstairs and wait for the pizza, I'm starving."

"Food's here." Janet called out as she entered the house followed by Larissa.

"Smells delicious." Seth said as he took the boxes Janet was carrying before kissing his girlfriend. "Missed you."

"Missed you too." Janet said as they headed for the dining room. "Hey everyone, what's going on?"

"Same as it ever was." Ray said with a shrug as he took the wings from Larissa.

"Talking Heads Once In A Lifetime. Try harder next time Uncle Ray." Aubrey said, turning to Chloe as the redhead raised a questioning eyebrow. "Every once in awhile we slip song lyrics into conversation to see if we can pick them up."

"Blackhawk, Every Once In Awhile. And it's not like I went as easy as you just did and used Focus' Hocus Pocus or something." Ray said as he put the boxes on the counter. "Sweetie this is Aubrey's roommate Chloe. Chloe, my fiancée Larissa."

"Nice to meet you. Don't worry, I don't bite." Larissa said with a smile. "Unless asked."

"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that." Kate said as she put a stack of paper plates by the boxes. "Everyone help yourselves."

"Hey any connotation you may have given it is entirely your own doing Kate." Larissa said as she grabbed a couple slices and took a seat at the table next to Aubrey's "So how was your first year Bree?"

"Way too easy. I hope all four years and law school go like this." Aubrey answered as she and Chloe got up and got their pizza.

"You've got a good head on your shoulders, you're gonna go far, you're gonna fly high," Larissa said, smirking as it went over Aubrey's head.

"I don't think I've ever loved you more than I do right now." Ray said as he sat down at the end of the table next to Larissa. Looking over at Aubrey he said "Pink Floyd, Have a Cigar."

"Your copy of Wish You Were Here was still in the CD player when we got in the car." Larissa explained. "But yeah, that's good. Any crazy stories? I bet you drove all the boys wild didn't you? Probably had to drive them off with a stick."

"Well, there was this British guy who hit on me at this frat party Chloe dragged me to a few months ago." Aubrey said, glaring at Janet who was smirking at her across the table.

"Was he cute?" Larissa asked, oblivious to the interaction between the sisters.

"If you're into that kind of thing." Chloe interjected, causing Janet's smirk to grow. Out of the corner of her eye, the redhead saw Aubrey gathering her courage and she had a fairly good idea what the blonde was about to do. She reached under the table and put her hand on Aubrey's leg to offer her support. She gave a supportive smile as Aubrey took a breath.

"Which I'm not." Aubrey said simply as all heads turned to her. After her father's earlier comments, the blonde had been reevaluating things. She decided she wanted her family to know the truth. She was tired of hiding who she was and her relationship with Chloe. The months since they got together had been the happiest of her life. Aubrey turned her attention to her parents as Chloe gave a slight squeeze. She relished the contact as she nervously whispered "I'm...I'm gay."

"I told you she'd come out before she graduated college." Dick said, turning to Kate.

"I admit defeat, you were right." Kate said, holding up her hands in surrender.

"You knew?" Aubrey asked, angrily turning her head to Janet. "Did you tell them?"

"No, I swear I didn't." Janet said defensively

"She didn't out you." Kate reassured her youngest daughter. "There've been signs. Like how you couldn't keep your eyes off of Emma from next door when she was tanning."

"You're not mad?" Aubrey asked, her eyes pleading.

"Well, she is only seventeen." Dick said, nodding at Ray across the table from him. "That's more your uncle's thing."

"Seriously, I was legal." Larissa corrected, rolling her eyes. "Could drink and everything."

"I know, I just like trying to get a rise out of him." Dick informed. He then directed his attention back to Aubrey. "It doesn't matter who you date, it matters what you do. I want you to be the best of the best. That's what's important."

"So, is Chloe your girlfriend?" Kate asked, studying the two.

"I am, we've been together for almost four months." Chloe said. "If you want me to sleep on the couch I'll understand."

"No, you're ok." Kate smiled at them. "And don't go through the charade of having separate bedrooms on our account."

"Just let me be there when you tell Aunt Deb and Uncle Walt." Ray said. "It'll be so much fun to watch their close-minded heads explored."

"I'll do that." Aubrey said, leaning in and giving Chloe a chase kiss. "I don't have to hide anymore! This is so exhilarating!"

Author's note: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I've got no clue what's coming next yet. Regardless, have a great whatever it is whenever you're reading this and leave a review if you're so inclined.