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Chapter 7

I sat in my room nervous as hell, I was getting ready to walk out and tell my mom that I was getting suspended from school, I was caught having sex in the locker room, and I was in a relationship with a guy. I just hope I don't give her a heart attack or a stroke with all this information.

I walked into the kitchen, my mom was standing at the stove cooking and dancing to the radio she had playing, I was so happy to see she was in a good mood. Just going by her mood I knew my dad wasn't home. He always had all of us so uptight and nervous we rarely ever could be ourselves with him around. I sat down and watched her sing and dance she is so bonkers how did she end up with crazy marine guy. But her mood and my dad's absence was going to make my news easier.

I walked over and kissed her on her cheek, “Good morning, Mom” I said as I grabbed some bacon off a plate.

She reached over and hugged me, “I'm surprised you're here, you've been spending so much time with your friends, I hardly ever get to see you anymore.” she cocked her head at me and smiled.

“I'm sorry about that.” I apologized not realizing my mom actually was missing me. But she probably would be happy to know my absence was caused because I was falling in love with my best friend. “Well, Mom” I paused as I thought about my next words. “I think I am falling in love.” I mumbled.

“Really Martin” she screeched. She seemed happy that I just told her, her teenage son was giving his heart away. “Is it Tonya? She's so cute and the two of you seem so perfect together.”

I swallowed hard hoping she would take the who part as easy as she was taking the what. “Mom it's not Tonya, we broke up almost two months ago. But I'm with someone I've known for years, just didn't know I had these types of feelings for until recently.” I told her still afraid to just come out and say I was with Darrell.

“Charlotte?” She asked, “I never considered her your type, but is it Charlotte?” she asked again slightly frowning.

“No Mom, not Charlotte. You would never guess this one.”

“Ok, this is someone you must have been hiding from us. Is she cute, nice, when do I get to meet her?” She questioned me.

“Well, you've already met the person I am dating, and yes they are nice and extremely cute or should I say he is handsome.” I admitted and sat and waited for her reaction.

My mom turned and looked at me strangely, her eyebrows lowered, I could tell she was confused. “He is handsome?” She repeated my words turning them into a question.

I nodded my head in agreement, letting her know she heard my words correctly. She took a seat in front of me at the kitchen table. Though I wasn't sure I believe she was in shock. “Mom” I softly called her. She raised a hand in the air signaling for me to give her a minute.

“So, you are seeing a guy?” She questioned me. She now was staring in my eyes as if she were searching for the truth in them.

“Yes.” I answered.

“You said I know him, who is it?” She calmly asked.

I sighed, “Darrell Nash” I told her.

Her eyes opened wide, “Darrell” she pointed out the window towards Darrell's house. “You and Darrell are in a relationship?” she asked slightly raising her voice showing she was surprised.

“Yes we are.” I nervously replied.

“Wow, Martin, I never would have thought you would experiment with a guy, and Darrell, Mr Macho himself. Wow, definitely didn't see this one coming.” She rubbed her hands through her hair and sat almost frozen in shock.

“I'm sorry mom.” I apologized though I didn't know why.

“Why are you apologizing?” She asked me, “You can't control who you have feelings for. Does he feel the same about you?” She questioned me. I nodded my head yes. “Well that's all that matters. Don't ever apologize for who you are. Are you gay?” She asked me.

“I don't think so, I just like Darrell.” I answered. I really wasn't sure if I was gay, but I was enjoying being with Darrell. Having sex and being intimate was scary, but I think that had more to do with my inexperience than anything.

“You know you've always been honest with me about your personal life, are you being safe? Are you having sex.” My mom asked and her face turned red. She knew I was waiting with Tonya and she would frequently asked me if I needed condoms, I was nervous about telling her I lost my virginity to Darrell.

I swallowed hard as I was about to tell my mom that I was having sex with Darrell, “I am being safe” was all I said.

“He's not pressuring you into anything is he, he seems so much more mature than you.”

“Mom, he's not pressuring me into anything, but we got into a little bit of trouble yesterday.” I started telling her my bad news. “Darrell and I had sort of broken up this week, and yesterday we found out it was all a misunderstanding, and we made up.”

“Ok, how did you get in trouble.” my mom questioned me.

“Please don't be mad at me mom” I begged,

“Martin!” she called me pushing me to tell what happened.

I blew hard through my lips and closed my eyes not wanting to look at my mom, “We got caught having sex in the boys locker room shower.” I explained completely embarrassed.

“Oh Martin!” she said with a sound of disgust in her voice. “What the hell were you thinking?”

I shook my head and shrugged my shoulders, “I don't know, I'm sorry.” I apologized knowing that wouldn't save me.

“Just go to your room, Martin, I can't discuss this right now.” She stood up and left the table.

I went to my room, I knew Darrell was on punishment, but out of curiosity I opened my curtains to see if he was in his room. Darrell's shades were down, and he wasn't answering my text. I just ended up siting in my room waiting for my mom. After several hours she came in to finish our conversation.

“I sat trying to decide what to do about your situation. You said you got caught right.” She asked. I nodded my head in agreement. “And what kind of punishment are you getting from school?”

“I think I am getting expelled on Monday morning.” I frowned.

“Ok, since you will be home for a few days, I want the garage cleaned, the yard taken care of, and the attic cleaned. Your cell phone is mine until I feel like giving it back, and the same with your car. And don't you dare think about calling or visiting Darrell, I think you've had enough of each other.” She turned to walk out the door, “We will just tell your father you were expelled for fighting, he doesn't need to know the Darrell relationship stuff.”

This was going to be the longest week ever.

Monday: Went to school, was only suspended for a week. Cut the grass, replanted a few flowers, cut the hedges, pulled all the weeds out the flower bed.

Tuesday: Cleaned the attic, yuck took all day

Wednesday: Did everybody's laundry, washed, dried and put it all away.

Thursday: Cleaned out the closets, cleaned the carpet in all the rooms.

Friday: Cleaned the kitchen, both bathrooms, dusted all rooms.

Saturday: Cleaned the pool.

Sunday: Sat with Grandma all day at retirement home.

Monday morning my mom woke me up for school, she handed me my car keys, and my cellphone. “Whatever you do today I hope you think, especially before jumping into any showers.” My mom warned me.

I hurried up and got ready, I decided to head over to Darrell's to get him since I hadn't seen him in a whole week. I knocked at his door, his mom answered. “Good morning Martin” His mom greeted me. “I suppose you are dying to see Darrell” she asked with her eyebrows raised.

“Yeah, is he still hear?” I eagerly asked.

She stepped out my way, “In his room, you boys don't do anything crazy today.” She said.

I rushed down the hall to his door, then I knocked. Darrell opened the door and stood with a cocky smirk, “You got a kiss for me pretty boy?” Darrell's hand went up behind my head and he pulled me down to his lips. “I missed you” He whispered. And then we kissed.

We kissed for a few minutes in his room and then we had to rush to school didn't want to be late and start our cycle of trouble all over again.

The moment we reached school, we both felt like we entered a bad dream. People were whispering as we walked by, Darrell's usual group of friends weren't waiting for him, but a lot of stares were waiting. I walked to my locker and a very nice message was there waiting for me a beautiful banner that had three simple letters FAG. I sighed heavily as I took it down, crumbled it up and shoved it in my locker. The moment I turned to leave my locker my next surprise was waiting. Tonya. I sighed heavily again.

“So, now I know why we never had sex, you would rather have sex with Darrell. I always knew something was up between the two of you.” She spoke with a very hateful tone. “So who was gay first you our him?” she teased.

I walked away from her and went straight to class. The whole day I was called so many gay slurs I lost track a few of them were very clever, and a few were very hurtful. Luckily through everything I still had Darrell, but if things weren't complicated enough for me, he definitely made it worse. Lunch time and I was just hoping for him to pull me to his car and we could either skip the rest of the day or he could kiss away the pains from the last few hours, but life with Darrell was not that easy. As I approached the cafeteria Darrell was waiting for just at the entrance. I was so happy to see him.

“Let's skip the rest of the day” I said as I walked up to him.

“Nope! I refuse to run from this, we have something we have to do. Do you trust me?” He asked,

I started getting worried, “I don't know, I guess.”

“This will end it all for you, but it will be embarrassing at first.”he warned me.

He grabbed my hand and we walked into the cafeteria hand in hand. And then he talked loudly. “Ok for those who don't know me I am Darrell Nash, your star running back for the last four years. If you haven't heard yet, I am gay. This is my hot ass boyfriend Martin. Martin and I are in a committed relationship, yep we are going steady and have been for a couple of months. Now we would greatly appreciate if all of you would leave us the hell alone and let us just be gay and happy.” he finished talking, pulled me to him, and kissed me in front of the whole cafeteria.

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