"That's exciting," Greyson comments. "I can't believe you guys are here."
                          
"Of course, we couldn't miss this," Maggie smiles, before her eyes advert behind us. "And who do we have here?"
                          
I follow her sight and spot Felix slowly making his way up the stairs. "This is my boyfriend, Felix! Felix, this is my aunt Maggie and uncle Zane from New York."
                          
"Hi, it's nice to meet you," he offers his hand to them and gives them a firm handshake before Maggie pulls me aside.
                          
"He's hot," she whispers. "Good job."
                          
A laugh falls from my lips, "Thanks, Auntie. I'm glad you're here."
                          
She wraps her arms around me tightly and rests her head on my shoulder. "I know this thing with your parents has been hard on you, Stevie. I'm sorry they're so stubborn."
                          
"Yeah, me too," I sigh. "Have you talked to her?"
                          
"Every day," she nods. "Who do you think she rants to?"
                          
"And?"
                          
"And she loves your dad more than anything," she smiles gently. "I watched her get out of a very toxic relationship and when Luke came into her life, she was very hesitant. He scared her because he was real and she wasn't ready for that, but he never gave up on her. He fought until she realized just how perfect they are for each other, but the thing is...your mom has never fought for him. When he got the offer in Los Angeles, she pushed him away and she was ready to let him go but he came back. He fought for her, and she simply went with it."
                          
"So...you're saying, what?"
                          
"She needs to fight like hell to keep him," she mumbles. "As much as you want to put this on your dad, and I'm not saying that it isn't partly his responsibly because it is but it's your mom's turn to fight and not give up because it got hard."
                          
I exhale slowly and nod my head, "I guess, I never really thought about that."
                          
"They'll figure it out," she smiles softly.
                          
"I hope so," I swallow and look around the party. "Well, I won't keep you. Have fun."
                          
She nods, "Love you, sweetie."
                          
"Love you too."
                          
She rejoins Zane and ventures off as I walk back down the steps to join Felix and my brothers, wrapping my arms around his waist and resting my head on his chest. My heart feeling like it's in two totally different places.
                          
"That looked serious," Riker comments.
                          
"Yeah," I nod, humming softly. "It was. Maggie thinks mom needs to fight for dad. She said their whole relationship was dad fighting for her. Making the effort to win her."
                          
Isaac hums, "It's definitely true."
                          
Silence falls between the five of us when Greyson's eyes drop to his shoes, shaking his head in disappointment. At first, I think it's what we talked about until I look behind me and noticed the hushed argument taking place between our parents.
                          
"Unbelievable," I mumble.
                          
"Are we ever going to get a day where they don't fight with each other?" Isaac asks.
                          
"Maybe you were right, Vee," Greyson suddenly says. "Maybe it's time we give it up. If they want to be together, they need to figure this out for themselves but they need to stop making this so awkward for us."
                          
"Agreed," Riker nods.
                          
"We need to try one more thing to bring them together," Greyson adds. "Show them what they're missing."