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Lucy's Pov

"Well," Aunt Sherry blurts, "Isn't anyone going to speak tonight? We're eating together as a bunch of strangers who have never met before versus a family who has known each other forever! For gods sake, someone talk about something!"

We are at the dinner table eating some lasagna that my mother and aunt Sherry had prepared for us along with a salad and there is a silence filled with tension. I understand why aunt Sherry had blurted out basically pleaded for someone to speak because this silence is nerve wrecking.

No one speaks, everyone just glances at each other awkwardly.

"I guess I will have to talk for everyone," Aunt Sherry states eager to start up the conversation. She glances at everyone at the table, selecting her victim. Her eyes stop when she reaches me, "Lucille!" she smiles widely, "Do you have a boyfriend yet?"

Theres my aunt for you, always a chatterbox. Of course it is, "I actually do." I smile as the thought of Gregg pops up my head.

"By the looks of that wide smile, I suppose your quite taken with him, right?" She raises her eyebrows in curiosity. I nod but don't say a word.

"You would like him, Sherry." my mom states when she noticed my sudden silence. "He is such a gentleman, he treats Lucille like the princess she is."

"Awe, now that is sweet! You should invite him tonight, Lucille. I would love to meet him!"

My smile is now fading, "He's visiting some relatives in another city."

She frowns, "bummer." The rest of dinner, everyone begins their own conversations. My father is talking to uncle Tom, my mother is talking to aunt Sherry and my siblings are chattering their mouths away with my aunts children.

I am the only one who isn't speaking to anyone. No one even notices that I had risen from the table and wandered to my bedroom.

That night everyone is asleep, its around 1 in the morning; I on the other hand, cannot sleep. I pull out my laptop and open up Netflix; I scroll down until I find something interesting to watch. When I finally do, I hear some noises in the living room just before O.I.T.N.B. starts.

I listen carefully and soon realize the noises are voices, two voices. I slowly open my door and quietly walk out to the living room.

As I get closer I hear a soft chuckle, "We shouldn't be doing this. What if we get caught?"

Aunt Sherry?

"Who cares? As long as we stay quiet no one will catch us. Everyone is asleep, now hush up and come here." A male voice chuckles.

Dad?

I walk closer and see their faces. Dad and aunt Sherry are getting hot and heavy on our couch! While my mother and new uncle are sleeping!

What the fuckity fuck? I flip the light switch on rapidly and narrow my eyes directly at them. They both turn to me, worry spread across their faces.

"Busted!"