Before long it was the weekend. The week went by way too quickly and now I was faced with the fact that I was going to be heading off campus to visit my parents for the weekend to eat some real food and do my laundry that I desperately needed to do. But I was conflicted because I wanted to spend time with Alex more. I knew my time with him was precious, and I didn't want to waste it. So I hatched up a plan.

"Alex, how do you feel about small towns," I asked him.

"Define what you think of a small town first," he replied.

"My hometown that's twenty minutes from here," I replied, "I want to visit my parents this weekend to eat a couple home cooked meals and do my laundry. I wanted to know if you'd like to come. I mean we are kind of dating, I guess, and this could be the only real chance you have to meet my parents in what could be a long time."

"I'll come with you," he smiled as he wrapped his arms around my waist, "Of we are dating, I think me meeting your parents early in the game will increase the strength what we have going on. Plus I can drive you out there too if you provide me directions."

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Alex finally pulled up to my parents humble little house on the corner of the same block as the nearby elementary school in record time. Alex grabs my laundry and overnight bag along with his own overnight bag before we both walked up to the house.

"Be warned, my parents have two dogs that love to jump or get out the door," I told him.

"Dogs are nothing," he scoffed, "I have two of my own so I know how it is."

"And my parents will drill you about how you treat me and how we met and shit," I told him, "Oh and practice some control on your language. I have a rep of swearing a lot and they don't really like it."

"I'll lay on loads of charm so your parents will love me," he smirked as I opened the door.

Instantly my parents two dogs, a soft-coated wheaton terrier (Missy) and shih tzu poodle mix (Zoey) came running to the door. They proceeded to jump on me and Alex as my dad got up from his seat on the couch. I could smell my mom smoking in the kitchen, too sensitive to the cold to venture outside to do it so she parks at the doorwall and has a fan blow the smoke outside (with little success).

"Hey we were going to come pick you up, Courtney," my dad said as he got the dogs to back up so Alex and I could remove our shoes to venture inside the house more.

"I know but I got a ride from someone instead," I told him, "Daddy, this is Alex. Alex, this is my dad Rick."

"You are the first boyfriend she's brought home in three years, you should feel proud taht she trusts you enough to come meet us," my dad joked.

"It's an honor to meet the people that are responsible for making Courtney into the person she is today," Alex replied. Damn he's good.

I ushered Alex through the house to drop off our overnight bags into my room that I shared with my brother's fiancée. She lived with us because of troubles at home and now that my brother was a marine, he was trying to get things ready for the two of them to get married so she can join him in California to live on base while he's in service.

"Hey Rochelle," I greeted her as Alex and i put our bags on my bed, "This is Alex, my boyfriend. Alex this is my future sister-in-law Rochelle."

"It's nice to meet you Rochelle," he smiled at her.

"Same," she replied, "Please tell me you guys will just sleep in here."

"Rochelle, we only just started dating, we're not that far yet," I replied, my voice climbing in pitch at her comment. I am not a sleaze, shit.

I grabbed Alex's hand and we took my laundry bag to my basement to throw it over by the washer and dryer. I decided to drag him over to the entertainment space of the basement, past my dad's work out space and all the clutter we stored. I sat down on the futon and he parked himself right next to me.

"Some privacy," I sighed as I leaned my head onto his shoulder.

"Your family is pretty nice," he commented as he ran his calloused fingers through my hair.

"Sorry about Rochelle," I told him, "I'm not a sleaze or anything."

"I know," he replied.

"I'm actually still a virgin, Alex," I told him.

"And that's perfectly fine by me. I'm not a virgin, but I make sure that sex means something to me before I actually have it," he replied, "I will wait until you are ready to take that step and I won't run off afterwards."

"Thank you for understanding, Lex," I replied before kissing him passionately.

"Anything for you, Court," he replied, "I love you."

"I," I paused for a moment; he actually loved me, "I love you too, Alex."

Notes

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Note: Some names will be changed and others won't be. My dad's name is really Rick and same with my dogs being Missy and Zoey. I would post pictures here, but I don't have recent ones on this computer. But you guys would die from a cuteness overload at seeing my dogs. I do every weekend I go back home.