SPENCER'S P.O.V
I've never been this nervous about seeing my family.
My heart's racing.
I don't want them to be disappointed in me.
"WELCOME HOME"
The second she pulls the door back, I drop my bag on the ground and pull her in for a hug.
"Hi mum"
"You're finally back..."
She's a little excited.
"Honey I've missed you so much"
"You have?"
"Yer of course I have"
When she pulls back I force a smile.
"Did you get back from the airport alright?"
"Yer Chelsea's mum came and got us"
"Here"
When she holds her hand out, I pass her one of my bags.
"Thanks"
"Welcome back sweetie"
She has the biggest smile on her face.
"It's good to be back mum"
It will be even better when Ashley gets home.
"I can't want to see all of your photos..."
"There's a lot of them Mum"
"I have all day sweetie, I want to hear all about your trip"
When I look around there doesn't seem to be anyone else home.
"Okay well I'm going to shower and then I'm all yours"
"I'll make breakfast"
A SHORT TIME LATER
"Breakfast is served"
"Thanks mum"
She has more than two plates.
"Where's dad and Glen?"
"We thought you'd be later than this, so your father went to grab food for lunch and your brother's still sleeping"
He's not a morning person.
"Here you go"
"Thanks"
I'm so nervous.
I feel like there's a massive elephant in the room that we're both dancing around.
"Are you alright?"
"Yer I..."
I just want to get this conversation to be over and done with.
"Did something happen?"
"Mum have you spoken to Matt's parents?"
"I have"
She's not giving much away.
"Do they hate me?"
"Honey they don't hate you"
She's lying.
How can they not hate me?
"We're having a BBQ on Saturday for your birthdays and they'll all be here"
"Mum, Matt and I aren't really getting along at the moment"
"Honey he's just upset..."
"It's more than that"
"YOU'RE BACK"
When I hear his voice I turn around.
"Hey Glen"
When he gets to where I'm sitting he pulls me in for a hug.
"Mum I thought you said she was landing at ten?"
"I was wrong..."
"Well Spence it sounds like you've had an interesting trip?"
He's obviously been talking to Matt.
"Glen it was a lot more complicated than how Matt explained it"
"Fill me in..."
"I never meant to hurt him Glen, everything just happened so fast and I didn't know how to handle it all"
They're both staring at me.
"Spencer you should of ended it with Matt first"
"Glen you weren't there..."
"I know but he's a good guy and he didn't deserve to be cheated on"
Here we go.
"Glen you don't know the whole story"
"Well fill me in because the Spencer he's been talking about doesn't sound anything like you"
"Glen I'm not talking about this with you if you're going to attack me"
"I'm not attacking you"
He is.
"Spencer I just don't understand why you'd ruin a one year relationship with Matt for some random girl you met at a hostel in Europe?"
"She's not some random girl"
Mum's being really quiet.
"Mum we had this chat on the phone"
She obviously didn't tell Glen anything.
"Glen leave your sister alone"
He just rolled his eyes.
"How are you okay with her hooking up with some random girl?"
"Glen she's not some random girl... I love her"
Holy shit.
Did I just blurt that out?
"You love her?"
I love her?
"I..."
How have I just realised this?
"Glen do you not know me at all?"
He's meant to be on my side.
"I'm gay and when I was with Matt I felt trapped"
He needs to hear this.
"It wasn't what I wanted and I know I went about it all wrong, but you weren't there Glen, so you don't get to fucking sit there and judge me"
"Spencer I'm sorry I didn't..."
"Did he tell you that he hit her?"
"No"
Of course he didn't.
"He was shoving her and she busted her eye"
He only knows Matt's side of the story.
"She had to go and see a doctor"
"He didn't..."
"Of course he didn't"
I was in the wrong.
I should never have cheated, but it's hard to feel sorry for the guy when he outted me to my whole family and attacked Ashley.
"He hit her and then he fucking outted me to all of you"
"Spence I didn't know all of that..."
"Yer well you do now, so why don't you back off and stop judging me, because you have no fucking idea what you're talking about"
"I'm sorry"
I'm really tired.
I'm not in the mood for this.
"Mum I'm going to skip breakfast"
I really want to sleep.
"Spencer don't leave because of me"
"Glen go eat your breakfast somewhere else"
When mum says he hops up and walks into the lounge room.
"He doesn't mean it Spencer"
"Mum I cheated on his best friend"
"We all make mistakes sweetie"
"You're not upset?"
"I don't condone cheating Spencer, but I'm not going to judge you"
That's good.
"Mum I never wanted to hurt him, it just happened and I..."
"It's okay"
It's not.
"Are you and Ashley together now?"
"We are..."
"And you love her?"
"I do, but I haven't told her that yet"
"Come here"
When she reaches across the table and pulls me in for a hug, I smile.
"Sweetie it's really good to have you back"
"It's good to be back..."
"So when do I get to meet this girl?"
"I have no idea"
She'll be back on Friday.