I made it through the rest of brunch without sharing any more eye contact with Blake's father. But once again I could feel holes being burnt into my head.

"Your brother in law is a little bit bigger than me." I say as I try to tie the strings on his shorts so they don't fall down my legs.

Blake is silent so I decide to look up and see her biting her bottom lip as her eyes are glued to my toned abdomen.

"Baby." I call softly to her and she finally meets my eyes.

I drop the muscle shirt and I slowly close the distance between us.

"You good?" I ask and she smiles while wrapping her arms around my neck.

"Mhmm." She says as her fingers find my curls.

"You're siblings seem nice." I softly say as I bring a hand up to caress her cheek.

"They love you." She says, finally letting her bottom lip go.

"Now I don't know about that.."

"Trust me, they do."

"You guys ready!" A voice says as they enter the room. Blake and I pull away from each other to see Eric.

"Hey now, don't be trying anything with my baby sister." He says with a serious face and I feel my face heat up and Blake slaps his shoulder as she walks past him.

"I'm kidding." He says with a smile but as I grow closer to him he shakes his head no with a stern face.

I gulp harshly and nod my head as we walk out of the room and down the stairs. We end up outside in the backyard and everyone is already waiting on us.

The girls are all seated around an extremely nice glass table as they sip on what looks like to be wine. But Blake's dad is sitting with them, and drinking what looks like something much stronger.

"Call teams." Eric says as Adam passes him the ball. We move towards the paved court.

"You already know." Adam says with a smirk as Liam stands beside him. Eric just laughs and shakes his head.

"It's your death wish." Eric says and he turns to see if I'm ready to play. I nod my head as I wipe my sweaty hands on my shorts.

Eric and Adam check up the ball and I get ready to guard Liam.

The game starts and Adam immediately tries to throw a lob pass to Liam. But I manage to jump off the ground and grab the ball with one hand before bringing it down to my chest.

I take it up to the top of the key and catch Eric cutting towards the basket. I throw a solid bounce pass and he catches it. He lays it off the backboard with ease and it swishes through the net.

The game continues to go back and forth and I'm honestly surprised with how much of a sweat I've worked up. Actually all four of us are basically drenched with sweat.

I've been doing work against Liam on the offensive end and I can tell it's bothering him that he can't stop me from scoring. Every shot I've taken has been nothing but net.

"Game point." Eric calls out as he dribbles the ball from the top of the key. He tries to shake Adam off of him and he manages to create some space. He jumps and takes the shot. I watch the ball move through the air and I make my way towards the basket.

Just as it hits the rim, I jump off the ground and catch the ball as it bounces off the rim. I slam the ball back through the rim and hang for a few seconds before dropping to the ground.

I turn to see the guys looking at me with wide eyes and Eric's for a grin on his face.

"We won!" He yells in Adam's face as he pushes him away. Eric laughs as he comes to my side and holds his hand out. I take it and we do a quick bro hug before turning to look at the rest of the family.

Both of Blake's nephews stare at me with wide eyes. Their mouths are hung open as they register what they just saw. The two rush towards me yelling and asking me to teach them.

I shake my head with a genuine smile followed by a laugh as I look at the two very eager boys.

As my eyes move back to the table I notice Blake and her father have disappeared.

I frown instantly but I quickly wipe it away as her sisters approach me now.

"Wow! I don't think I've ever seen a girl dunk like that before." Sarah says as she runs her hands through her boy's hair.

"Impressive." Samantha says as she takes another drink of her wine. Her face is very stoic and I still don't know how to read her. I can't tell if she likes me or hates me.

"Y/N, come tell us more about yourself." I hear Blake's mother say as she interrupts the good mood. I swallow thickly before meeting the older woman's gaze.

I nod my head as I move towards the table and I take a seat.

Adam appears beside me with a bottle of water and I happily take it while saying a small thank you.

"What would you like to know Mrs. Lively?" I ask the woman who gives me a small but forced smile.

"Please call me Katherine." She says and I nod my head in understanding.

"You can start with your family." She says as she brings her glass to her lips. I can feel all eyes on me and for some reason I'm nervous as hell.

"Well, I have two older brothers and a twin older sister."

"Oh so you're a twin?"

"Yeah." I say before taking another drink.

"And your parents?" She asks as her eyes remain the same, almost emotionless.

"They've been together for 33 years. They were high school sweethearts."

"That's amazing!" Sarah cuts in as she gives me a warm smile.

"It really is." I say with a genuine smile of my own.

"What do your parents do for a living?" Katherine asks and on cue I hear my girlfriend yelling at her father as she walks out the door.

"No!" Blake yells and I can tell by the tone of her voice that she's been crying.

"Blake that's enough!" I hear her fathers voice boom.

"You can't tell me who to love!" She cries as she rushes towards me. I furrow my eyebrows immediately as my heart clenches for her. I stand up from the table and she's clinging to my side instantly. Her grip on me is deadly and I frown as I watch the tears run down her beautiful cheeks.

"What's going on?" I ask confused as I look at everyone including her father now.

"What did you say to her!?" I say with my voice getting louder. The feeling of needing to protect her takes over as my arm comfortably wraps around her.

"It's none of your business! It's between my daughter and I."

"Paul." I hear Katherine say and he gives his wife an emotionless face and she closes her mouth instantly.

"It is my business because whatever you said to her upset her."

"I think you need to leave." Paul says and I stare at the man who is a few inches shorter than myself.

"This is a family matter." He says and I feel Blake cling to me even more.

I'm indecisive on what I should do here. Should I go, or stay and make things more complicated. Paul obviously does not want me here and I have a bad feeling as to why.

"Whatever you have to say to Blake you can say it to my face. I'm not naive Mr. Lively, I know you were talking to her about me." He's caught off guard by my words and I think they just pissed him off even more if I'm being honest.

"Fine! You don't love her Blake. This is just a phase you're going through. It will pass and you'll go back to dating boys like you should be."

Damn.

"It's not a phase!" Blake yells back as she moves away from me to stand her ground.

"Look at her Blake, I know she showed up here in your brother's clothes. She doesn't fit in with our lifestyle, she'll never be able to provide for you properly."

Ouch, he definitely knows where to stick it.

"You can't possibly see a future with her, she can't even give you children!"

I continue to stay quiet as I look at the man across the lawn from me. This hits differently as I feel my heart begin to ache within my chest.

"She's not good enough for you, and I forbid you from seeing her anymore." He says as his cold eyes stare at me.

Not good enough, I've heard that one before. One of my biggest insecurities with Blake.

"Dad that's enough!" Sarah steps in as she looks at her father.

It grows awkwardly silent and I avoid looking at anyone. I swallow thickly before stepping away from the group of people.

Before I know it my feet are taking me around the front of the house and towards my car.

"Y/N! Wait!" Blake yells as she tries to keep up with me.

As I get to the car door I rest my hands against the hood as I look down at the paved driveway.

"Don't let him do this to us." She pleads with me as I feel her hands land on my back. I turn around to face her and I can see the tears already spilling from her eyes.

"I love you and nothing else matters." She pleads with me as I feel her hands cup my face.

"You know all of those things he said back there matter. He's right Blake, we're kidding ourselves if we think that we'll make it." I say defeated as I look at the ground.

"Stop! That's not true and you know it."

"I'm never going to be able to give you this." I say motioning with my hands towards her sister's beautiful home.

"I can't give you the family you've always pictured." I say with tears filling my own eyes now. One of the biggest things that's heavy on my heart. The doctor told me when I hit puberty that my count isn't high enough to get anyone pregnant. That because I'm intersex that having children naturally was not going to happen for me.

Tears continue to leave her eyes at a rapid pace. I feel my heart break in my chest at the sight of her so distraught right now.

"I'm not good enough for you."

"Why are you doing this?" She asks as she sniffles and attempts to wipe her eyes.

"Do you not really love me?" She cries and I shake my head no rapidly as I wrap my arms around her slim waist.

"Oh course I love you. I love you so much that it consumes me." I softly say as I kiss her forehead.

"But your dad is right." Blake pulls back and pushes me away as she takes a step back to stare at me.

"Why are you giving up so easily?"

I stare at the blonde who is obviously heartbroken.

"You know what.." she says as she wipes at her eyes and tries to straighten herself out.

"Just forget it all. I don't want to be with someone who won't fight for us."

Before I can even get another word out she's rushing past me and into her sister Sarah's home.

I stand in the driveway heartbroken. She never even let me finish talking.

I was going to tell her that I don't care if her dad is right. That maybe I can't give her high dollar clothes or a mansion to live in, but I can give her my love.

Tears rolls down my cheeks as I realize I just fucked up. I should have led with that.

I don't think I've ever felt this bad in my life.