It's not the end of the world.

FAMILY

Family.

I look at the ceiling fan as I'm laying down in my bed. Watching the fan go around and around.

Family.

That word has been on a loop in my goddamn mind. Family as in like a sister. Does he think of me as a sister? I just don't understand what he means by family. I turn my head and look over to see a sleeping beau with his arm draped against my stomach.

"Yeah right family," I say softly with a chuckle. "What fucking family does this?" I whisper to myself.

I feel Beau slightly groan and move. I shut my eyes in a panic. I open my eyes again and see him still asleep. Maybe I'm being dramatic. I know I am. He probably didn't mean anything by it and as far as I'm concerned I don't care. I'm fine with not knowing what he meant by that.

"I'm fine," I say quietly to myself.

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BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

I groan as I open my eyes and am blinded by the morning light. I slap my alarm clock to shut it up. I turn over and see beau putting his shirt on.  I am quickly reminded of my beau calling me his family. I cringe slightly at that memory.

"You're up early. it's the weekend you don't have to be up this early." I say stretching my arms.

"Well, I have to go home," Beau says while putting on his jacket. 

"Why?"

"My dad is home and he will flip if he finds out I didn't sleep there."

"You're dad is home?" I say while he is rushing to put his shoes on. He just nods his head in response.

"When did he get here?" I ask.

"Yesterday morning." I look at him shocked after he said that.

"Why didn't you tell me."

"Well, I'm telling you now," Beau says chuckling a little.

I have failed to mention that Beau and his dad don't get along. And I have failed to bring up his dad because he's not around much. He's always away for work. I'm not even sure what it is he does but as long as I can remember it's mostly just been Beau and his mom. I mean I can count on my hands the number of times I have met his dad. And every time his dad is around, I can almost feel Beau tense. Well at least with all this going on I won't have time to think about the whole family thing.

"Okay well, I just see you later then," I tell him.

"I don't know if I can hang out later I have something."

"Okay well, I'll see you at dinner then?" I say scratching the back of my head.

"My dad is making us have dinner together I can't. I was going to ask you to come. We're having dinner at 6." I give him an unsure look.

"Come on Hadley it will be good my dad likes you." He says walking over to me.
"He does?" I say surprised. He just shakes his head aggressively.

"I don't know Beau,"  I say, scratching my head.  He just looks at me with begging eyes.

"Okay, I'll go." I give in. 
"Thank you. Okay, I'll see you tonight." Beau says giving me a quick kiss on the cheek before climbing out my window.

"Family my ass," I say out loud. I finally get up from bed

I finally step out of bed, walk to my drawer, pull out a hoodie, and put it on. I have never in my life had Beau call me his family. I mean that weird right? I can't stop thinking about it. I walk over to the kitchen to see my mom and dad sitting and the island drinking coffee.