**Claire POV**
"It's this one right here" I tell Reneé, as we approach my mothers house. My palms are sweating and I've practically bitten my fingernails down the cuticle, I am so fucking nervous.
"Well, here we are" I sigh when we pull into the driveway. Reneé smiles at me as she puts the car in park and looks around. I wonder if this is what she was expecting, or maybe it's worse.
"Are you nervous?" I ask as I unbuckle my seatbelt.
"Oh no, I am excited" she laughs, unbuckling her seatbelt as well.
"You're not nervous at all?" I raise my eyebrow at her as she opens the driver door. I don't believe her.
"Absolutely not, parents love me" she says proudly. I wish I had even half the confidence she has. We get out of the car and walk to the front door, it's unlocked as always. We walk inside and into the living room where I see my mom helping my little brother Kane with his iPad.
"Hi guys" I say quietly as Reneé and I walk into the living room. My little brother Kane jumps into my arms when he sees me, trapping me in a tight hug. I put him down to hug my mom and by this time, everyone has congregated in the living room with us.
"Who's that?" Kane asks curiously, pointing at Reneé.
"This is my girlfriend bud, her name is Reneé"
"Hey dude" Reneé smiles at him and his face lights up immediately as she reaches her arms out to give him a hug.
"You're tall" he points out, noticing Reneé towering over everyone else in the living room. All of us laugh at his statement, including Reneé. At 5'8", she has at least 2" on everyone here, besides my step dad.
"This is my sister, Sam. Sam, this is Reneé"
"Oh right, yeah. I'll just pretend I don't know who Reneé Rapp is" Sam laughs sarcastically. She lost her mind when I finally told her. Apparently, her and her friends all love Reneé and went to her show in Indianapolis.
"Hi baby, nice to meet you" Reneé gushes, pulling her in for a hug.
"You too. My friends and I loved your show in Indianapolis. We were gonna try and go to Detroit too but we couldn't get tickets" she rambles, I'm almost embarrassed at this point. Reneé giggles at her honesty and I almost do, almost.
"This is my mom, Christi and my step dad, Rod"
"Hi honey, I'm so happy to finally meet you" my mom says, hugging her as well.
"Nice to meet ya" my step dad says, holding out his hand for her to shake.
"I'm more of a hugger" Reneé replies bluntly, wrapping her arms around him.
"Well, okay then" he chuckles, giving into the hug. This is going surprisingly well.
"Aren't you forgetting someone?" my mom asks mischievously.
"Who?" I ask, looking confused as my little brother Bryce walks around the corner in his army green.
"BRYCE?" I scream, running over to give him a hug. I haven't seen him in over a year. He hugs me back tightly, tears creeping at the corner of both my eyes.
"What are you doing here?" I ask as he pulls away.
"I'm home for the next few weeks so the timing of your visit was just perfect" he smiles.
"Oh my god" I cry, pulling him in to hug him again. I open my eyes and look at my mom who is also crying and Reneé who is definitely tearing up.
"And this is Bryce" I say, wiping my tears "he's been in Georgia for basic training for the last year and a half"
