A/N: So the reason why this is posted so late because I had to rewrite this a few times and I really had to think about what direction I wanted to go with this. Umm this is mostly about Alex and Sage's relationship but the next one will have Palex in it =) and good job to AllyK00 who guess the song title from last week's chapter correctly. Yellowcard is working on a new album =)

Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi or it's characters. Also this chapter does not have the intention of offending anyone who is Irish or Catholic =)

Oh February, so close to March which means so close to Spring Break. Yeah it's February. After the whole L.A. disaster Alex, Beth, and I went home to spend the rest of our winter break with our families. Matisse is so big now. He still can't sit up by himself but I know he's at that stage where he recognizes familiar faces. He's also at that stage where he feels the need to put everything in his mouth and when I mean everything I mean EVERYTHING. He got my finger once when I wasn't paying attention. He also likes to make spit bubbles in his free time. That's Matisse for ya.

The rest of winter break went as well as it could. Of course there was this unspoken tension, anger, and heartbreak between all of us. None of us left L.A. undamaged. To my knowledge Paige tried calling Marco to apologize but he never picked up his phone. Ellie finally went to see her dad, which was a very good thing. I mentioned the note Paige gave to Alex once and I received a push into the wall for it while Alex received her cell phone taken away from her for a couple of hours. Alex spent a lot of break talking to Sage. I think what Paige said to her sort of made Alex question her feelings about Sage so I think Alex wanted to reinforce her feelings for Sage. But my thing is: if Paige made her question her feelings then maybe that means something. As for Beth and I, we pretty much spent our break together. When you and your significant other are seven hours away from each other for a majority of the year you tend to try to spend as much time together as you can while you're both in the same area.

Currently Alex and I are in our dorm room, doing homework as usual. I'm working on communication stuff while Alex is working on physics.

"I seriously don't think I need to know all these communication theories to be a radio DJ," I say out loud.

"Well why do I need to learn how to calculate the velocity of a rubber ball if I'm going to be a physiotherapist?" Alex asks.

"Because that's science and medicine is science."

"Exactly."

Wait, what? "What?"

"Everything is related to each other in some form and way," Alex says.

I raise my eyebrow. "I can't wait for this semester to be over so I don't have to listen to your philosophy mumbo gumbo anymore."

Alex just smiles at me. "Isn't college grand?" she asks and grins.

I just shake my head and roll my eyes.

Knock, knock, knock… knock, knock.

That's Sage knocking. How do I know this? Because Sage does a special knock to let us know it's her. I turn to look at Alex and she has a huge smile on her face. Ugh, I know I'm going to puke soon. Sage and Alex take couple cuteness to whole different sickening level. Alex hops off her bed and kind of bounces to the door. This version of Alex always kind of creeps me out. She opens the door and there's Sage. They hug and kiss and now not only do I feel sick I also feel very angry and jealous because they're couple action just remind me how much I miss Beth.

"Hey Jordan," Sage greets me.

"Yo," I respond, still focusing on my homework.

"So Lexie, I was wondering if you had any plans for this Spring Break," Sage asks Alex.

"What are we doing for Spring Break this year?" she asks, I'm assuming, me.

"After the disastrous winter break we had in L.A. I was planning on going to the grandparents' house for Spring Break," I tell them.

"Well Alex I was thinking if you didn't have any plans you could come down to Miami with me and meet my parents."

Whoa! Hold up! I quickly turn my chair and look at Alex and Sage. I start laughing. Haha! Alex's face is hilarious right now. She seems surprised, shocked, nauseated, anxious, and scared all roll up into one. Alex keeps closing and opening her mouth like a fish out of water. She's speechless and I'm laughing.

"I um…" Alex starts. "I-I…"

Sage sees Alex struggling and I'm pretty sure she understands. "It's ok," Sage tells Alex. "Maybe it's too soon."

"No!" Alex says quickly. "It's not that it's just. Parents don't always like me."

"Well my parents would like to meet you."

"Really?" Alex asks in disbelief. Sage nods her head. "Well in that case… Yeah sure, let's do it." Alex is looking at me now. "You're coming too," she says.

I'm shaking my head no. "Nu-uh," I tell her. "Sage's parents didn't ask to meet me."

"There's no way I'm going to go to Miami for Spring Break and leave you here by yourself. Besides you'll be able to see Beth while we're down there."

"Yeah except for the fact that Beth will still have classes and she works during the week."

"And you don't think Beth won't take off of work for a week to hang out with her girlfriend that she's crazy about? Come on Jordan, think."

I stand up. "Ok fine let's say we do go down there. How exactly do we get down there? Getting tickets now would be very expensive and I doubt Mom and Dad will pay for us to fly down to Miami and go college wild."

"We can borrow the car Grandma and Grandpa lets us use to get around Tallahassee," Alex answers. "Besides think about how happy Beth will be to see her girlfriend drove seven hours to spend spring break with her. And maybe you can talk to her roommate about giving you two some alone time."

Wow, when she puts it that way. I mean Beth and I didn't get to see each other over Valentine's Day, which just happened to be the very first Valentine's Day we were an actual couple. Maybe this year Spring Break won't be so bad.

I shrug my shoulders. "Ok, I'm in."

Sage claps her hands. "Yes!" she cheers. "This is so exciting. Jordan, maybe my parents will want to meet you too."

My face drops. Oh fuck.

Spring Break:
I've done road trips before. Alex and I took road trips back in Canada and they weren't bad. I mean when we do our road trips back at home they're fun and we take turns driving. But when we do road trips here, not so fun because someone still doesn't have a license to drive in this country. That's right; I had to drive all seven hours myself. My butt hurts, my foot hurts, and I have major road rage right now.

I finally pull up to the hotel that Alex and I will be staying in for the next week. We both agreed that staying at Sage's place would just be too weird since her parents would also be there. We decided to stay at the Residence Inn because it's part of the Marriott Hotels family and it just so happens that both Mom and Brian have Marriott Rewards cards so we got a discount on the room. Alex and I get to our room and I collapse onto the bed.

"So tired," I groan.

"Me too."

I raise my head up and look over at her. "You didn't even do anything!" I yell. "I'm the one that had to drive seven hours! My foot and butt are cramped! The people in the lobby downstairs were looking at me funny cause I was walking like I was in pain, which I am!"

"No one told you to drive all seven hours," Alex says bluntly.

"Well unless you magically got a drivers license yesterday the law says I had to drive all seven hours."

"Oh when it comes to letting someone drive you listen to the law but not when it comes to drinking or speeding," Alex is nodding her head. "You're such a law-binding citizen Jordan Johnson."

I roll my eyes. "When are you suppose to meet up with Sage?" I ask her.

"She's coming by this afternoon."

"When do you meet the parents?"

"I'm not meeting them till Wednesday night."

"Oo why wait so long? Why not just meet them tonight?"

"You're not funny," Alex deadpans. "Shouldn't you be on your way to Beth's?"

"I'm waiting for her roommate to call me. I'm going to surprise her but I gotta get the go-ahead from Juliana."

Shawty got them Apple Bottom jeans, jeans. Boots with the fur, with the fur.

Alex is giving me a weird look with a raised eyebrow.

"Don't judge my ringtone," I tell her seriously. I answer my phone. "Hello?"

"Hey Jordan, this is Juliana," Juliana greets me.

"Hey! What's up?"

"Just figured I'd call you to tell you that you can come over now."

"Thanks see ya in a few." I close my phone and look over at Alex and smile.

"Well obviously you're about to leave which is good for me because that means MY girlfriend gets to come over," Alex smirks.

I roll my eyes. "Please be clothed when I get back."

"If you come back."

"Oo true, very true." Alex and I pound fists. "Remember, no glove no love."

Alex is shaking her head at me. "Four years of knowing you and I still don't think you're funny."

I shrug my shoulders. "You're laughing on the inside." Alex is still shaking her head. I chuckle and leave the hotel room. Time to see my woman.

University of Miami:
I am so excited right now. I can't stop smiling and my hands are shaking with excitement. I haven't seen Beth since winter break and I'm just so damn excited. I'm walking to her dorm building right now with a rose in my hand. Juliana, Beth's roommate, is suppose to meet me right outside so she let me into the building. Whew, I have to calm myself down. I see someone standing right outside of the building. The girl looks Hispanic but I don't want to say it's Juliana because that would be kind of racist of me. I approach the girl.

"Um hi," I greet her nervously. "Are you Juliana?"

The girl smiles at me. "I don't even have to ask to know that you're Jordan," she says. "I've seen enough pictures of you to know what you look like." Juliana walks up to me and gives me a big hug and kisses me on both my cheeks. "Hola!"

I'm sort of taken aback from the kisses on the cheek. "Hi."

"You're dating Beth and her parents never greeted you with kisses on the cheeks?" she asks with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah her mom did it once and I was taken aback when she did it as well."

"Well you might want to get use to that. Latino families love being affectionate."

I nod my head. "Good to know."

Juliana swipes her card and holds the door open for me. I thank her and walk inside. Juliana swipes her card at the elevator and the elevator doors open for me.

"It's room 302," Juliana tells me. "And just so you know, I'm staying at my grandparents' house this weekend so the room is all yours." She winks at me.

I smile and laugh nervously. "Uh thanks, I appreciate it."

"Have fun," she sings as the elevator doors close.

Third floor, third floor, room 302. I take a deep breath and exhale it. Why am I so nervous? I mean this is my girlfriend I'm seeing, not some random girl I've never met before. The elevator dings telling me I've reached my wanted floor. I step out of the elevator and turn left. Alright wrong way, I walk back the other way. There it is room 302. Check the breath. Smells fruity, thank you Trident gum for that. Got the red rose, her favorite flower. I'm ready.

Knock, knock.

The door opens and I know I'm wearing the biggest smile on my face right now.

"Hel-." Beth stops short of her greeting and her jaw has dropped. She can't believe I'm here right now. "You're here," she says.

I open my arms. "I'm here," I say simply.

Omph! Beth just literally knocked the wind out of me. I'm up against the wall with Beth's legs and arms wrapped around me and he face buried in my shoulder. I have my arms wrapped around her, holding her up. Thank God for upper body strength or else we both would have fallen to the floor by now. I

"I can't believe you're here!" Beth practically squeals. Beth pulls slightly away to look at me. "I've missed you so much."

Mmm, kisses. I forgot how much I miss Beth kisses. I'm trying to focus on holding her up and kissing her at the same time but kissing Beth usually makes me forget about other things. I pull away needing air and we're pretty much putting on a show for anyone who happens to walk out into the hallway.

"We should go into your room before we put on a NC-17 show out in your hallway," I tell her.

Beth hops down, grabs my hand, and pulls me into her room. Wow, I don't even have to ask Beth which side is hers. On the left side of the room are four giant flags hanging on the wall; Ireland, Mexico, Canada, and Venezuela. My girl is proud of her heritage and where she comes from. Above her desk is a collage of pictures of her and me at various places from various times. I walk over to her desk and there are tons of pictures of her family and friends. There's also a picture of us at the beach in a frame.

"I love your side of the room," I tell her.

Beth smiles. "Good."

Oh yeah the rose. I hand Beth a rose. "A red rose for my love."

Beth takes the rose from me and smells it. "You're so romantic," she says. "Cheesy yet romantic."

Beth places the rose on her nightstand next to a vase that has a dozen of dead red roses in them. Don't worry, those roses were alive at one point. On Valentine's Day I sent Beth a dozen red roses and a giant Teddy Bear, which is currently sitting on top of her bed.

Beth walks over to me and wraps her arms around me and holds me close. "I've missed you so much," she whispers.

I wrap my arms around her. "I've missed you too."

"It sucked, not being able to be with you on our first Valentine's Day together."

"I know I know. I'm sorry I couldn't come down here. I had a stupid communication project I had to do."

Beth is shaking her head. "It doesn't matter because you're here now."

Beth pulls away slightly and looks up at me with a questioning look on her face. "What are you doing here?" she asks. "And why didn't you tell me you were coming?"

"Number one, I'm here to spend Spring Break with my amazing girlfriend. Number two, I didn't tell you because I wanted it to be a surprise." I smile. "Surprise!"

"Did Juliana know you were coming?"

"Well who else do you think told me what building you lived in and got me in?"

Beth is nodding her head. "That would explain why she told me to take this upcoming week off and decided to go to her abuela's this weekend. Is Alex is Miami as well?"

I nod my head yes. "Alex is meeting Sage's parents this week."

Beth raises her eyebrows. "Really now?" she asks.

I'm nodding my head. "Yep," I answer. "So while Alex is off trying to woo Sage's parents I get to spend time with my girlfriend."

"I like the sound of that." Beth leans in and I follow suit. Gotta love getting kisses.

Wednesday:
It's Wednesday afternoon and Alex, Beth, and I are in the hotel room relaxing. Well Beth and I are relaxing while Alex is sort of freaking out. You see Alex is meeting Sage's parents tonight so she's kind of nervous.

"Why are you so nervous?" Beth asks Alex.

"Sage's parents are rich," Alex starts. "They're going to take one look at me and be able to tell that I'm trailer park trash."

"You never actually quite lived in a trailer," I tell Alex. "Just a pretty crappy apartment."

Ow! Beth just elbowed me in my ribs, hard.

"Alex, don't think about the amount of money they have," Beth tells Alex. "Sage's parents are going to love you regardless of the amount of money you come from."

I scoff. "Maybe they would love Alex is she was a he," I tell Beth. "Her parents aren't exactly yay gay."

"Why do you say that?"

"Sage's last name is Kerrigan. Sage's parents are Irish Catholic."

Beth shrugs her shoulders. "And?"

"Hon, the Catholics aren't exactly the biggest fans of the gays."

Beth raises her eyebrow. "Hello I'm Hispanic, Irish, and Catholic, so are my parents and they're ok with me dating girls."

"Maybe Beth is right," Alex says nervously yet in a hopeful tone. "Maybe her parents will be like Beth's."

I stand up from my seat. "Text Sage and ask her who her parents voted for in the last election."

Alex gets out her phone and texts Sage. I can't wait to see what it says. Ding! Alex opens up her phone and checks.

"She says her parents voted for Bush in the last election."

Beth and I both whistle. Alex looks at us with a questioning look on her face.

"What?" Alex asks.

"Her parents are conservative," I tell her.

"And? The conservatives back home aren't bad. Most of them even voted for Gay Marriage."

I walk over to Alex. "Dude there is a HUGE difference between American Conservatives and Canadian Conservatives. Canadian Conservatives are like American Liberals. Bush, the conservative dude her parents voted for, tried to pass an amendment to ban gay marriage in the U.S. You're screwed."

Alex looks completely terrified. Ok, maybe I scared her a little too much.

You're the one that I want,(you are the one i want), o,o, oo, honey.

Nope that's not my phone. That's actually Alex's phone and that's Sage's ringtone. Yeah, I think it's cheesy as well but whatever.

"Really that's your ringtone?" Beth asks Alex.

I walk over to Beth and give her a kiss. Oh how I love my girlfriend and her comments on Alex's ringtone.

"Sage likes Grease," Alex answers. "Jeez." Alex answers her phone. "Hey, what's up?"

Sage is telling Alex something on the other end. Maybe dinner was cancelled. A smile is starting to form on Alex's face. Maybe dinner really is cancelled. Wait, why is she looking over at Beth and me? Wait, that's not a good smile!

"They would love to," Alex says into the phone.

I stand up quickly and run over to Alex. "We'd love to what?" I ask in a whisper. "What would we love to do?"

"Yeah I have the directions," Alex says into the phone. "We'll see you at eight, bye." Alex closes her phone.

Uh-oh I'm not liking the look Alex is giving me. Oh God please no.

"Please tell me no."

Alex crosses her arms, raises her eyebrow, and is now smirking at me. I can't believe this.

I turn around and look at Beth. "We're screwed," I tell her.

The Kerrigans' House:
I can't believe this. I can't believe this has fucking happened. I can't believe that Alex was effin prepared for this. Alex actually packed my khaki dress pants and my black New York and Company button down dress shirt. Ugh, I hate her and I dislike the Kerrigan's greatly right now. Right now Alex, Beth, and I are standing in front of the Kerrigan's house.

"I hate you so much," I tell Alex without even looking at her.

"If I have to do this you have to do it too," she says.

I turn my head and look at her. Alex just so happens to be wearing the red dress Paige gave her. Anyone else find it weird or ironic that she's wearing the dress her ex gave her to meet the parents of her current? I told Alex that dress was too dressy but she said she wanted to look really nice for Sage's parents. She's also wearing her signature hoop earrings.

"But I'm not dating Sage," I tell Alex. "YOU are."

"Maybe this won't be so bad," Beth says in a hopeful tone.

Alex and I turn our heads and look at her with looks they say "Are you effin crazy?". My darling Beth looks amazing as usual. She's wearing a black Marilyn sleeveless dress that hits right below the knees with black heels. Now that I've actually studied what Alex and Beth are wearing I feel a little underdressed.

I nudge Alex's side. "Ring the doorbell," I tell her.

Alex is shaking her head. "I don't think I can," she says nervously.

"What happened to bad ass Alex Nuñez'?"

"She left the moment her girlfriend told her she had to meet her conservative Catholic parents who probably dislike gay people which mean they probably hate the fact that I'm dating their daughter."

The door suddenly opens and Sage is standing in front of us in a really nice blue spaghetti strap sundress. Now that I see what Sage is wearing I don't feel bad about what I'm wearing.

"You guys look like creepers by just standing out here," Sage tells us. "Come on in!" she insists.

We enter the house and… Wow! And I thought my house was nice and that my parents had money but… wow! Her parents are like filthy rich. There are paintings and sculptures everywhere.

"I thought your dad own car dealerships," I whisper to Sage.

"Daddy does own car dealerships," Sage tells us. "This house use to belong to my grandfather who worked for a very accomplished law firm."

My eyes widen, oh my God. "You mean to tell me your grandfather is the guy from Kerrigan, Martinez, and Romano law firm?"

Sage is nodding her head. "My grandfather founded the firm and now my uncle Patrick is one of the partner's now that Grandpa Kerrigan has passed."

"Oh my God, I remember those commercials as a kid. They played them all the way up in Tampa."

Sage smiles. "Yep, the law firm has different branches all over Florida." Sage continues leading us into a different room.

"Yeah you should be very worried now," I whisper to Alex.

I literally just heard Alex gulp. She's not the only one that's scared though. I am deathly afraid now.

Sage directs us into what I'm assuming is the living room. Wow, the foyer impressed me and this living room just triple impresses me. There's this magnificent fireplace and over the fireplace is a picture of Sage, her parents, and I'm assuming the boy with them is her brother. I do remember at one point Sage telling Alex and me about her older brother who is in medical school to become a heart surgeon. Her family is like one of those American Dream and beyond families. I just notice two people sitting, well now standing, and I'm going to go ahead and say those are Sage's parents. Her father is a tall well built man with brown short hair that looks like it's thinning. He's wearing a khaki pants with a black vest over a peach striped button down shirt with a glass of, what I'm assuming is, whiskey in his hand. Mrs. Kerrigan seems to be about three inches shorter than me (which would make her 5'3''), medium length blonde hair and she's giving us a nice warm smile. She's wearing a white sleeveless solid layering tank top with a black belted pencil skirt.

We're walking closer and closer to them and I'm getting more nervous with each step. I don't know why I'm so nervous; this is all about Alex meeting them anyway. I'm just here by some twisted form of fate. We've finally reached Sage's parents.

"Mom, Dad, this is Jordan and Beth," Sage introduces us.

"Hi Mr. and Mrs. Kerrigan, it's very nice to meet you," I greet them and shake both of their hands.

"It's very nice to meet you Jordan," Mrs. Kerrigan greets me happily.

"Likewise," Mr. Kerrigan greets me. Wow, his voice is deeper than I thought it was going to be.

"Hi," Beth greets them and shakes both of their hands.

"And this," Sage takes Alex's hand into her own. "Is Alex."

Alex smiles nervously. "Hi Mr. and Mrs. Kerrigan, it's a pleasure meeting you," Alex says nervously and shakes both of their hands.

"It's nice meeting you Alex," Mrs. Kerrigan says.

"Nice to meet you," Mr. Kerrigan says.

"Well dinner isn't quite read so why don't we all sit in here and get to know one another?" Mrs. Kerrigan suggests.

Mr. Kerrigan and Mrs. Kerrigan sit in their separate armchairs while Alex and Sage sit on one couch and Beth and I sit on the other couch.

"So Jordan, Beth I'm so glad you two could make it to dinner," Mrs. Kerrigan says. "We know it was a bit last minutes but Sage didn't tell us Alex's sister was also in town."

"Thank you very much for inviting us Mrs. Kerrigan," I thank her. "Your house is very beautiful."

"This house belonged to my father," Mr. Kerrigan tells us. "My father, Cavin Kerrigan, and his brother, Malvin Kerrigan, built this house with their bare hands. You see the Kerrigans are hard working people. My grandfather, Cathal Kerrigan, immigrated to this country from Cavan, Ireland and worked his whole adult life in a plane building factory to provide for his family and then my father studied hard in school and got accepted to Harvard Law School and became a very well known very smart, powerful lawyer. And now my two children Connor and Sage are continuing that legacy of being hard workers." Mr. Kerrigan looks over at Sage and smiles but his eyes aren't smiling.

"Daddy you always tell that story to everyone who comes to the house," Sage says.

"It's a very good story," Mr. Kerrigan says and leans back in his arm chair with his hands together in his lap.

"So Beth dear, I understand you go to school down here at UM?" Mrs. Kerrigan asks Beth.

Beth is nodding her head. "Yes ma'am. I'm a sophomore at UM."

"What are you majoring in?"

"I'm in the pre-veterinary medicine program," Beth says proudly.

"Wow," Mrs. Kerrigan says impressed. "Veterinary medicine programs are very competitive."

Beth is nodding her head. "Yes they are. That's why I've put my studies first and I've already started volunteering at animal shelters."

Mrs. Kerrigan is nodding her head like she approves then she turns toward me. Oh shit.

"And what about you Jordan?"

"I am a Communications major," I tell her.

"And what are you going to do with that?" Mr. Kerrigan asks me.

"I'm going to work in radio," I tell him confidently. "I'm going to have my own nationally syndicated radio show."

"That's a big dream."

"Dream big or go home." I look him straight in the eyes. If I show no fear then maybe he'll back down.

Mr. Kerrigan raises his glass to me. "Good motto," he says and takes a sip from his glass.

"Dinner is ready," a maid announces.

Wait, they have a maid? Oh my God. We all get up from our seats and go into the dining room. Of course their dining room is also huge. I look up and yep, there's a huge crystal chandelier.

Mr. and Mrs. Kerrigan take their seats, each at opposite heads of the table. Alex and Sage sit on one side with Alex by Mrs. Kerrigan and Sage by her father while Beth and I sit on the other side with Beth beside Mrs. Kerrigan and me by Mr. Kerrigan. The maid brings out salad for us first. Ugh, I hate salad. Now I'm going to seem rude by picking at my food, damn.

"So Alex," Mr. Kerrigan starts. "Sage tells me you want to become a physiotherapist. My son is at John Hopkins Medical School to become a surgeon. Do you know where you would like to obtain your post-baccalaureate degree at?"

Alex's eyes widen a bit. "Um I'm not entirely sure at the moment."

"Well shouldn't you have a plan? I mean if you're not sure about what school you want to go to in the future then how are you sure on anything else?"

Whoa, whoa, whoa. I look at Alex and you can see the wheels churning in her head.

"Well sir when I meant that I wasn't sure I meant that I'm not sure which prestigious school I will attend since I have a lot of options," Alex says. There's the confident Alex Nuñez I know.

Mr. Kerrigan is nodding his head. "I see, and what makes you think you have all these options to attend prestigious schools?"

"Daddy," Sage says in a warning tone through clenched teeth.

"I'm a hard worker and my grades are very good, I'm not worried," Alex tells Mr. Kerrigan confidently.

"And how exactly do you plan on paying for these schools?" Mr. Kerrigan asks. "Having a lot of student loans isn't good." Wow, this guy…

"Our parents are paying for our schooling," I answer quickly. Mr. Kerrigan looks over at me. "Our parents pay for our schooling as long as we maintain a 3.0 GPA and Alex earned a good number of scholarships this year so the money our parents didn't have to use this year will be put towards Alex's medical school."

Mr. Kerrigan is nodding his head. "That's right, you two are sisters, I forgot because, in no disrespect, you two don't look very much alike. You don't even have the same last names."

Did this dude do like a background check on us or something? "Alex is adopted," I tell him. "My parents adopted her and she's part of the family. We also have a younger brother."

"Is he adopted as well?"

"Why?" Alex asks. "Would it matter?"

Mr. Kerrigan puts his hands up in surrender. "I'm just trying to find out a little more about the family of my daughter's girlfriend. You can't blame a father for being interested in his own daughter's life." Mr. Kerrigan looks over at Beth. "What about you Beth?" he asks her. "Tell us a little about your family."

Uh-oh, Beth's turn. I take her hand in mine and squeeze it gently, a signal telling her to stay strong.

"Well my father is half Irish and half Mexican while my mother is Venezuelan. My father is an accountant and my mother is a nurse and I have a younger brother."

"Your father is half Irish you say?" Mr. Kerrigan asks Beth, sounding really interested.

Beth is nodding her head. "My grandmother on my father's side is Irish. Her maiden name is Sullivan. My grandparents both went to the same Catholic school in Calgary when they met and fell in love."

"And were their parents ok with them falling in love?"

A confused look appears on Beth's face. "Why wouldn't they be sir?" she asks.

"Well I'm not exactly sure how things work up there in Canada but I know down here people weren't 100% happy about members dating outside their own kind back in the day."

"Coyle," Mrs. Kerrigan calls out her husband's name in a warning tone.

"I'm not saying that I'm for segregation," he says quickly. "Of course not. I'm just saying that sometimes parents don't necessarily agree with the choices their children make when it comes to 'falling in love'."

I see Mr. Kerrigan's eyes move swiftly over to look at Sage. Sage looks embarrassed and quite upset right now.

"Well maybe these parents should just be happy that their children are happy," Sage says.

"Maybe these parents could be happy if they didn't feel that their children were making a mistake," Mr. Kerrigan says while looking at both Sage and Alex. Uh-oh.

"You can't help who you fall in love with Daddy," Sage says confidently.

"Beth may I ask you something?" Mr. Kerrigan asks.

"Um ok."

"Are your parents Catholic?"

Beth is nodding her head. "Yes they are," she answers. "They go to mass every Sunday."

"And they're ok with you dating Jordan?"

"Why wouldn't they be?" I ask immediately. I look at Mr. Kerrigan, challenging him.

"Well sure, being gay might be ok when you're in college," Mr. Kerrigan says. "Hell it seems that everyone is gay, bi, tri, whatever in college these days but what about when you get out in the real world? What will you tell people, that you're living with your girlfriend or 'partner'?"

I take Beth's hand in mine. "I'll tell people that I'm living with my wife."

Mr. Kerrigan laughs. "Gay marriage will never be legal in America, especially Florida. The Bible clearly states that marriage is between a man and a woman."

"But the Bible is wrong sometimes," Alex says.

Mr. Kerrigan looks over at Alex and raises his eyebrow. "Oh really now?" he asks.

"'When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the slave is his money.' Exodus 21:20-21."

Beth and I look at each other asking the same thing: Alex knows bible verses?

"So should we go ahead and put Jordan back into slavery hit her with a rod and see if she survives a day or two?" Alex asks.

Mr. Kerrigan points his finger at Alex. "That is not the same thing. That part of the bible isn't 100% correct."

"But shouldn't the whole Bible either be 100% correct or not?" Alex asks. "You can't pick and choose."

"'There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.' Deuteronomy 23:1." Mr. Kerrigan cites.

"Coyle," Mrs. Kerrigan calls out her husband's name in a warning tone. "Do not call anyone a whore."

"All I'm saying is that there are specific verses that say homosexuality is wrong," Mr. Kerrigan states. He turns to Sage. "Now although I do not approve of this 'experimentation' I understand that it's college and kids experiment but do not think for one second that you can marry this girl or any other girl for that matter."

Ok so obviously we know how Mr. Kerrigan feels on homosexuality but what we don't know is Mrs. Kerrigan's point of view on the whole matter. Not like she's said much so far except for Mr. Kerrigan's name and to not call Sage a whore.

"Daddy, this is not an experiment," Sage tells Mr. Kerrigan. "This is who I am and you need to accept me for who I am."

"But it's not acceptable."

"You're my dad!" Sage yells. "You're supposed to love me no matter what!"

"And I do love you sweetie, I just don't love the choice you're making."

"Mom," Sage pleads to her mom.

"Honey you have to understand where we're coming from," Mrs. Kerrigan says. She looks over at Alex. "Alex, please don't misinterpret this as us not liking you because you seem like a very nice young lady." Mrs. Kerrigan looks over at Beth and me. "And you too seem very happy. It's just my husband and I don't think this is the life that our daughter should have. You understand of course?"

"No I don't understand," Alex says while shaking her head. "I don't understand why you don't want your daughter to have a happy life, to be with someone who truly cares about her." Alex is looking back and forth at Mr. and Mrs. Kerrigan. "I don't understand why you wouldn't want your daughter to be with someone who loves her."

WHOA! WAIT A MINUTE! Did Alex really say what she just said? I'm looking at everyone else and I think they're thinking the same thing I'm thinking.

Alex looks over at Sage. "I love you," she tells her. Alex looks back at Mr. and Mrs. Kerrigan. "Thank you for dinner, well for the salad, but unfortunately I can't stay. I love your daughter and no matter what you say or think that's not going to change." Alex kisses Sage on the cheek. "I'll call you later," Alex tells her and stands up from her seat.

Beth and I also stand up from our seats. "Thanks for dinner," Beth says nicely to the Kerrigans.

"Um, thanks for the salad I guess," I tell them. "Sorry I didn't eat it, I'm not big on salads but maybe next time we can have soup."

Beth pulls on my hand. "Come on you," she says.

Alex, Beth, and I walk out of the Kerrigans' house and to my car.

"Well that went better than I thought it would," I tell them. "Alex, how are you feeling?"

"I just told Sage that I love her, in front of her parents," Alex says, shocked.

"Yes, yes you did."

I pat Alex on the shoulder and we get into the car. I think this year's Spring Break might just have topped last year's.

A/N: damn Mr. Kerrigan sure knows how to get under my skin. please leave reviews =)