A Certain Romance

Family Distaste

Waking up I was more than happy to see Alex sleeping next to me. The way his long hair fell over his face was just perfect and he couldn't look cuter. As I'm staring at him I notice his eyes begin to open. He chuckles and says,
"morning, enjoying the view?"
"When it's of you of course I am," I reply
"Well you're quite a view yourself so I guess we're even," Alex says before stretching and getting up.
"Are you getting up already? Do you have plans?" I ask still laying in bed.
"Well I was thinking that we could go and meet my parents? They asked me to visit, s'alright if you don't want to go." He replies shyly.
"Alex I would love to meet your parents, but would it be fine with you?" I ask in response.
"Of course it's fine with me love, my parents will love you to bits." He reassures me.
"Are we leaving soon though I'm not exactly prepared.." I ask worried.
"Not at all love, they expect us for dinner, but I was thinking we could go out before then." Alex explains. 
I nod and hurry to go get ready, when I'm done Alex is already waiting at the door. We head down and he opens the car for me to get in. He gets in as well and begins to drive.
"So where are we heading?" I ask.
"I was thinking we could go to the museum that just opened it shouldn't be busy today." Alex explains. It doesn't take us long to reach the museum and once Alex finally finds parking we head inside. We view the museums collections on Egypt, Greece, and China before heading over to see the fossils. After we finish seeing the fossils I spot a photo booth.
"Hey we should take a picture together!" I excitedly tell Alex.
He nods and we head over to the booth. Alex pulls the curtain and we both don't know how to react when we see that Julian Casablancas is sucking on someone's breast in there. Alex quickly throws the curtain back in place and we run out of there.
"What. The. Fuck. Was that." I say shocked.
"I have no clue but let's agree to never speak of it again." I agree and we decide it's time to leave the museum. It's getting late so Alex informs me we're going to head to his parents. The trip there is silent since I'm nervous about their thoughts of me and Alex picks up on it.
"Love it's going to be alright they'll love you I swear." He tells me gripping my hand reassuringly. I smile at him and try to calm myself. He pulls into the driveway of a small cottage. He opens the door for me and holds my hand the entire way to his parent's door. He smiles again  before knocking. I see who I assume is Alex's mom open the door.
"Alex sweetheart it's been too long! Oh and who's your lovely companion here?" Alex's mom asks excitedly.
"Hello Mrs. Turner, my name is y/n it's very nice to meet you." I greet her.
"Oh darling there's no need for formalities please call me Penny, do come on in." She smiles widely. Alex leads me inside and we both head to the kitchen. There I see his dad sitting at the table. Before I can say hello I hear Alex say,
"Hello da' I want to introduce you to my girlfriend y/n. Sorry for hiding her from you both but you know I get busy with the band."
"Hello Mr. Turner it's a pleasure to finally meet you, Alex has spoken wonders about you." I say smiling.
Alex's dad says nothing in return and eyes me up. Things get tense when I suddenly hear Penny say,
"Alright dears well please sit down and I'll bring the food, y/n don't even think of offering to help you're a guest."
We sit in silence while Penny gets the food and I can't help but feel awkward. Alex keeps glaring at his dad but his dad pays him no attention. The food is finally served and things become less tense as we begin eating and Penny keeps the conversation going. Once we finish I hear Alex's dad say,
"Alex we need to speak upstairs."
Alex nods and follows him up. I decide to busy myself by helping his mom with the dishes. We talk some more and I learn about how she's a school teacher. We finish and head to the living room to sit. I see Alex come back into the room looking paler than ever.
"Alex are you alright?" I ask concerned.
Without answering my question he replies,
"Y/n we should leave."
I nod and get up.
"Thank you for the dinner Mrs Turner it was really lovely meeting you and Mr. Thurner. Thanks for having us." I say saying my farewells.
"Please do try to come over more dears it's lovely seeing you. And again call me Penny dear, we're family now after all." Alex's mom tells me and gives me a hug. Alex's dad doesn't say goodbye and we turn to leave. As we get in the car I ask Alex what's wrong again but he doesn't respond and things become tense in the car. He eventually pulls up to our usual café and heads inside without waiting up for me. By the time I make it inside he's already ordered and sat at our table.
"Alex are you finally going to tell me what's wrong with you?" I ask.
He sighs and says,
"Y/n listen I have something important to say. W-"
Alex gets cut off by them calling his name, he grumbles and gets up.
W? No there was no way. Was Alex trying to ask me "will you marry me?" I think to myself. The thought alone makes my heart race and I get a little too excited as he comes back to the table with our coffees.
I beam at him as he begins to speak, and I hear him say,
"We need to break up."