Yes

“I think we should,” Jan said.

Steve took a deep breath as he rolled over to grab his phone. He quickly dialled his mother and put it on speaker.

“Steven,” she said as she answered it, “What a nice surprise; I’m just sitting on our back deck with your father having a quiet glass of wine.”

“Hi, Mum, I have you on speaker. Jan is here too,” he said.

Jan grabbed his hand. She could tell he was nervous. Indeed, Steve was. It was like he was introducing his girlfriend to his family for the first time; his mother noticed his nerves as well. “I will put you on speaker, just a moment.”

After a moment, he heard his father, “Son, it’s not too late, but you normally phone earlier than this. Is everything alright?” his father asked.

“Yes, Dad, everything is fine. We, well, we have some news,” Steve said.

His mother jumped in before he could say anything, “Jan’s pregnant?” she asked quickly.

Steve laughed, and Jan chimed in, “No, not that news,” she said with a sly grin at Steve, indicating that Kaya might be pregnant.

“Oh, but nothing is wrong?” his mother insisted.

“Moira, let the man speak,” his father said. His mother and father were the exact opposite on the phone. His father hardly said anything, his mother spoke constantly.

“Thanks, Dad,” Steve said, “Actually, this is to give you a heads up that we are inviting some other people to the wedding.”

His mother’s tone was one of confusion, “It’s your wedding, dear; I don’t know why you would need to tell us who you are inviting.”

Steve shrugged, even though they were on the phone. “Well, it’s because we are inviting our girlfriend and her parents.” He waited a moment, and the silence became awkward.

“Our girlfriend?” his father asked, “As in, you and Jan share a girlfriend?” Before he said more quietly to Steve’s mother, “Would sharing a girlfriend be the right language? It sounds like I am talking about a timeshare property.”

Steve laughed, and Jan said, “Actually, we are new to this as well, but sharing is fine,” Jan said. “And yes, Steve and I are both seeing the same woman.”

“Well,” Steve’s Mum said, “you know we always support you both and just want you to be happy, so as long as you are, we support you.”

Jan squeezed Steve’s hand as he visibly relaxed, “Thanks, Mum,” he said.

“I’m curious,” his father said, “and please, if I am asking too many questions, just tell me to shut up. How did you decide to date the same woman?”

“She’s actually our neighbour, moved in not long ago, and has a slightly different background, so when she asked us both out, we were shocked, but after talking it over, we figured there was no reason we couldn’t both date her,” Jan explained to them.

“Huh, and is this, dating other people new to you, or, I mean, you don’t have to tell us. It’s just if you have an arrangement between you and have been seeing other people and not told us, then there must be something special about this woman.” Steve was a little taken aback. Usually, his father hardly spoke, but this time, he was asking all the questions, and his mother was quiet.

“No, we haven’t dated anyone else. We didn’t even think of it as a possibility before Kaya introduced us to the idea,” Steve said.

“Kaya?” his mother asked, “That’s a strange name. Is she from overseas?” she asked.

Steve’s voice tightened again, “Actually, she’s a centaur,” Steve said. There was another long pause before anyone said anything. “Mum, Dad?”

“Oh, we’re here,” his mother said, “I’m just not sure how to respond. I mean, if you are happy, I’m happy for you. It’s just you are about to get married and are now telling us that you are seeing someone else, and they aren’t even human. Is that, I mean, they’re people, but not human? That’s not racist of me, is it?”

Steve laughed; his parents always tried to be progressive, but they were also constantly worried about saying the wrong thing. “No, Mum, it’s not, she isn’t human, but that’s fine.”

A few more moments of silence passed before his father said. “Now, I’m not going to ask some questions, I’m thinking. I’m sure you can manage your own life, but I’m curious: your house wouldn’t be very well set up for having a centaur guest.”

Steve and Jan both laughed. They knew the kinds of things his father was thinking of asking. He was a very open man who had few compunctions about asking embarrassing questions. “We’ve had no broken furniture so far,” Steve said.

Jan laughed harder, “The bed, the dining table chair,” she said pointedly.

Steve blushed before his father said, “Yes, I suppose a bed would not support you three well together. I mean, if that’s not too inappropriate a comment to make?”

Steve laughed again, not wanting to get into the fact that it was Mina in the bed with Kaya and himself rather than Jan. “Well, no, but we are working on fixing that and a few other things. We just wanted you to know because she is becoming a big part of our life.”

Suddenly, Steve’s mother spoke up again, “Wait, so when you get married, would that, I mean, Jan will be my daughter-in-law, but would Kaya? I don’t know what that would mean?”

Steve hesitated for a moment, “I actually don’t know. I suppose Kaya is your son’s girlfriend and will also be your daughter-in-law’s partner. I don’t know if there is a term for that?”

Jan laughed as she was typing into her phone, “I’m sure there is. I’m guessing it will start with a ‘Hi’.”

“Sorry, start with a hi?” his mother asked.

Steve laughed, “Hi’yet is the Mythfolk term for one who is committed, like a partner or a child. Hi is the way they refer to a relationship.”

“Ha, I knew it,” Jan said, “Hi’let, the committed of one you are committed to. So Kaya would be your Hi’let.”

Steve laughed, “Mythfolk seem to have terms for all sorts of relationships that we don’t even acknowledge,” he said.

“Well, I am glad you felt comfortable in telling us, and we look forward to meeting Kaya and her family,” Steve’s mother continued. “Will you send us a picture?” she asked suddenly. “Of the three of you, seeing as you are all,” she trailed off.

Steve shot Jan a quick look; they had no pictures of Kaya clothed. “We’ll send one through to you soon,” Steve said.

“We love you both,” his father replied. It was his way of saying goodnight.

“Goodnight, Mum and Dad,” he said back before hanging up.

Jan rolled over and kissed him, “See, that didn’t go badly at all. I hope it goes as smoothly with my parents.” Steve nodded before Jan added, “You look tired.”

Steve shrugged, “It’s been a big couple of days, and that took a lot out of me,” he explained.

Jan pulled him into a spooning position, “Then sleep, my love. We have a busy week ahead.” Steve kissed the back of Jan’s head and soon started to doze, content in his new life.

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