Sorry for the delay in writing and posting this chapter! Had some medical stuff going on but I’m back and all good now!
Hope you all enjoy!
Jason walked back inside and headed up to his room once John had left to go back home. He got to his room and all of the emotions and thoughts that he had been playing through his mind the past few days had caught up to him. He laid on his bed staring at his ceiling fan spinning thinking “I can’t believe everything that has happened. I can’t believe I was scared of telling him this all along. I’m so happy.” But while he was laying there thinking about everything he noticed his phone was lighting up and his notifications for Facebook, Snapchat, and all his other social media accounts were going nuts. Jason got up and picked up his phone and opened up the first notification and immediately the blood drained from his face and his phone fell out of his hands and back onto his desk. Someone, not not just someone, his girlfriend Mel had posted a video of him and John outside his house kissing and hugging each other goodbye. “Oh fuck…oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck!!” Jason screamed out loud. “John!” He immediately picked back up his phone and called John. Straight to voicemai. “Pick up man, pick up” he dialed again. This time John answered “Hey sexy you already miss me? I just left not 10 minutes ago. What’s up?” “Oh shit” Jason thought….”he has no clue.” “Jason…hey man are you there, you called me?” John’s voice rang through the phone. “Yes I’m here…hey are you that far away? Can you come by and pick me up please? Like now?” Jason’s tone in his voice scared John and he knew something was up with his best friend, now boyfriend. “Yeahhh…I can. Are you ok? Are you totally second guessing all of this man…” John started to get emotional on the phone. “Oh if he only knew” Jason was thinking to himself. “No. Absolutely not. You’re the one that I want and I am more than sure I want us to be together, but…” Jason stamered out of his mouth. “What happened Jason?” John asked while he had turned around and already was almost pulling back up to Jason’s house. “I’ll tell you when you pick me up, I’ll meet you outside when you get here.” Jason hung up the phone and panicked. He looked at his phone again after hanging up with John and there posted for the whole world and school to see…was him and John not only kissing each other but full on making out and hugging each other goodbye in his driveway. “That fucking bitch. But not that I could blame her entirely…but fuck!!” Jason only said that out loud as shitty of a move that was on Mel’s part…he hadn’t officially broken up with her yet even though she was the one that essentially told him to leave her alone and not to talk to her again. But Jason being the thoughtful guy he is, usually minus all of this that just happened with John, wanted to talk it out with her and let her down. Not like this…not have his worst fears about his feelings for another guy let alone his best friend come out like this before they were ready and have his coming out story be blasted all over social media.
Jason ran downstairs and it caught the attention of his dad, who was sitting on the couch getting ready to watch the evening news like he always did. “Hey buddy are you ok? Where are you off to right now at this hour?” Jason looked at him and his dad caught the look in his eyes and the tears starting to creep down his son’s face. “Is everything ok? Jason tell me bud. Are you ok? What happened? Is John ok? Did he make it home safe?” His dad got up from the couch and walked to Jason standing at the bottom of the stairs close to the front door looking out the window. “Dad..” Jason said and the dam burst, tears started falling from his face and he couldn’t stop it. “Dad everyone knows…” His dad’s eyes got huge and went over to his son and wrapped him up in a huge bear hug. “Oh son…what…how…I mean you two just decided today…did you tell anyone?” He asked while trying to comfort his son, whose worst nightmare just came true. “Mel…I…we….*sobbing*…she…we..” Jason took a deep breath and continued. “She posted a video of us from just a while ago of me kissing and hugging John goodbye after dinner, all over social media. She must have been down the street and saw us and recorded us and posted. My phone hasn’t stopped going off ever since. I just called John to come pick me up because I don’t think he knows yet…” Jason tears falling down his face, scared and not knowing what to do. His dad’s eyes started to water, he hated when any of his kids were in pain and even though he would never know the exact feeling his son was going through right now, he wanted nothing more that to let Jason know he was there for him and he always would be. “Son, I am here and I will always be here, I told you two that something like this may happen and people might not like it but that doesn’t negate the fact that this shouldn’t have happened this way.” Right about then Jason could hear John’s truck pulling back up into the driveway and not 10 seconds later John was knocking on the door. “Well here goes nothing, we will find out if this was meant to be after all dad…” “You two need to talk, I will be on the couch if you need me.” Jason walked and opened the door. The look on both boys faces when they saw each other was painful. “He knows everyone knows.” They both were thinking to themselves once they saw one another. “Hi come in…” Jason moved and let John back in the house. Once the door was closed the two of them grabbed one another and hugged tight and fell to the floor both a mess of tears and sobbing. These two didn’t care right now who saw them like this. Jason’s dad was looking from the couch and felt for the two. At that moment Jason’s mom who had been getting ready for bed was coming down the stairs. “What…John you’re back? Jason what’s wrong? Boys are you two ok?” Jason was terrified, this was all so new and the only parent that knew was his dad.
The two of them picked themselves up off the floor and walked to the living room and she followed them in, she noticed that her husband was also a little teary eyed and was wondering what the hell was going on. “Ok so what in the hell is going on here? Why is everyone crying here?” Jason took a deep breath, well everyone else knew and if they didn’t they all will by the time school happens tomorrow. “Mom…I..I’m…gay and in love with John…and he is in love with me and gay also…” The look on his mother’s face was of pure shock, but no words could come out of her mouth. She just sat there for a minute and took all of the information in. She looked at the two boys sitting there on the couch so close and holding hands and the pure and utter fear splashed across their faces. “Umm..ok…well that was not what I was expecting…” She turned to Jason’s dad who was quiet…”did you know about this? Them?” “Yes, but only since this afternoon, when I walked in on…” “Dad!?” Jason yelled in embarrassment. “Well son, she was going to find out eventually..” He looked at both his parents and he was scared of what was next. But his mom completely shocked him by what she said next. “Now this all makes sense, she chuckled.” Both boys and her husband looked at her puzzled. “Um how…why do you say that mom?” Jason asked. “You two have been attached at the hip since you two became friends. Here lately I was starting to wonder if something more was happening between the two of you but I didn’t want to pry and I knew that if there was and when and if you were ready to tell me and your dad, you would come and let us know.” Both of the boys were speechless. “Mom…oh my goodness thank you for being so understanding…I was so scared when we decided to try this that you guys would not approve and hate me for being this way…” John just sat there quietly squeezing Jason’s hand and terrified, he was shocked in how accepting both of Jason’s parents were of them being together and being gay. But his parents…he was scared to death that that conversation, which he didn’t want to have any time soon with them, but now due to Mel taking it upon herself to post to the world one of the most intimate moments of his life thus far on social media out of hate, was going to make this happen a hell of a lot faster. “But that still doesn’t explain the blubbering mess you two were in on the floor when I came downstairs…what happened boys?” She asked. “Mom…Mel posted a video of us kissing and hugging goodbye on social media and now everyone knows and our phones have not stopped going off since…” His mom was putting two and two together as to why she kept hearing their phones going off. “What…that little bitch…I knew I never liked her!” Jason was shocked but laughed, he never hears his always polite put together mother swear like that. “Ok so now that makes sense, everything. I’m so sorry boys that this had to happen this way to you. But I love both you, so much.” She got up and walked to the boys and gave them both a huge hug. “Well John…have you spoken to your parents yet? Do they know where you are?” “Yes ma’am. I told them that I was coming back over here that I forgot something and if it was late I was going to spend the night so I wouldn’t be on the road late at night.” “Well you can stay if you like, I’m sure you boys are going to have a very rough day tomorrow at school, you can skip and stay here if you want, I will not be mad about you skipping school after what just happened.” “Thanks mom, I think we are going to go upstairs and talk some and try to sleep.” Jason said. She gave them both hugs again and told them goodnight and walked into the kitchen. Jason’s dad got up and told them goodnight as well and went to the kitchen after his wife. Both of them looked at one another and made their way upstairs.
They walked into Jason’s room and closed the door. Both sat on the edge of Jason’s bed. Scared and not knowing what to do next they grabbed each others hands and leaned their heads on one another. “I am scared of school tomorrow…I was not prepared for this to happen.” Jason told John. John was sitting there not saying a word, tears starting to run down his face. Jason noticed and wrapped John in his arms while he just started letting it all out. “I’m so scared Jason. My parents are not like yours. I’m afraid of what will happen when they find out. It’s only a matter of time.” Jason rubbed his head and held John tightly and just let him cry. Jason was starting to get angry all of a sudden, the rage inside was brewing. He was mad and angry, yes he needed to talk to Mel and tell her what was happening and officially end things, but what she did was not right. While he tried to to justify in his mind that what she did was because she was hurt by finding out that way, that still did not give her the right to post it on social media and tell everyone about them. “It’ll be ok babe, I’m here and I will always be here.” He told John. John squeeze him tighter “Thanks…I don’t know what I’d do without you right now.” He looked up at Jason and put his hands around his perfect face and pressed his lips onto his boyfriend’s and kissed him ever so lightly. Both of them sighed and kissed each other with a kiss that said I’m here and I’m not going anywhere.
They broke their kiss and looked at one another. “I guess we better get some sleep…I can only imagine what we are going to walk into tomorrow at school…” Jason stated. “I’m not sure and I’m scared but as long as we stick together and got each others backs, I think we can make it through.” They smiled and kissed each other. They crawled into Jason’s bed and pulled the covers over each other and John cuddled up to Jason. “Goodnight Jason.” “Goodnight John.”
