Alex Dunphy x Fem!Reader - "I'm not gay!"

Chapter 11 - Introductions

After a quick and painless drive to Alex's Grandpa's home, you, Alex and the rest of the Dunphy's trailed their way over to the door. They were hastily greeted by Gloria, who smiled brightly and welcomed them all in. She was obviously familiar with everyone else but you, even Dylan, as she knew their names. Since Alex had walked away to go and say hello to her Grandpa, you stood in the entrance-way awkwardly, unsure of what to do,
"Hm, who're you? I don't think we have been introduced, mi querida."
"O-Oh, right, hi. I'm Y/N, a friend of Alex's!"
"Well, it's lovely to meet you, come on, come through to the kitchen and meet the family!"
"Oh, uhm, okay!"

Gloria dragged you into the small crowd of people, and told you their names,
"The ginger one is Mitchell, next to him is his husband Cam and their daughter, Lily. Over there is my sons, Manny and Joe, and Alex's brother Luke, but I'm sure you've already met him," You nodded, "I'm Gloria, the grumpy old man over there is my husband, Jay, and Mitchell is his son by the way."
"Right.. Okay, I think I got it. Thank you so much Gloria!"
"Anytime, mi querida."
You were about to go and talk to Alex when Gloria shouted to her, "Aye, Alex! Don't go leaving your friends! It's rude!"
"Sorry Gloria!"
Alex walked over to you, "I'm super sorry I ditched for a minute there, I was just going to get us both a drink," She handed you an orange-looking drink, "I hope you don't mind alcohol, I don't really know what it is, but Grandpa has it out so I figured we should give it a try. I mean, you don't have to of course, I'm not trying to make you do anything you-"
"I don't mind, thanks, Alex. It was very thoughtful of you.."
"O-Oh, good, I'm glad you like it!"

The two of you talked alone for quite a while in a small corner of the kitchen, until you went to go to the bathroom for a second. However, before you could get in there, you were approached by Phil,
"Hey, I wanna talk to you."
Oh Jesus Christ, he looks serious.. You thought.
"I was just wondering where you got your shirt from? It looks great, I'd like to see if they have any in my style.."
You breathed a loud, sigh of relief, "I got it from S/N."
"Oh, cool, I shop there sometimes too, I'll have to keep an eye open, thanks!"
He gave you a fist bump.
"Oh, right. One last thing. I saw you and Alex holding hands in the car."
You tried to say something, but he cut you off,
"Now, I don't care why, you clearly make her happier than I've ever seen her before but I'm just warning you not to hurt her, she's my baby. Got it?"
"Y-Yes sir!" As non-threatening as Phil was most of the time, he was strangely intimidating then.

You soon went back downstairs, and sat back down with Alex,
"Guess who's back."
"Hm? Is it Albert Einstein?"
"Close in IQ but not quite!"
"Pfft- come sit down, dork."
"Yeah, yeah. Sorry I took so long by the way, your Dad wanted to talk to me."
"Was he asking about your shirt?"
"Yeah, how'd you know?"
"He's been asking me about it since he saw you wear it at the family dinner haha.."
"Ohh.. Also, I think he knows that we're, y'know.."
"Oh God. How? Why? What'd he say?"
"It's okay, calm down. He's fine with it, he did tell me not to hurt you like some old-fashioned dad though."
"O-Oh, that's better than I expected, I don't know why, I just figured he'd be a little more reluctant about us."
"Whatcha talking about?" A young, squeaky voice asked.