A Broken Kind of Life by Jamie Mayfield

Author:Jamie Mayfield [Mayfield, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf

Thirteen

“PLEASE don’t leave,” Aaron said slowly and plainly, looking up at Spencer. Then he turned to Dr. Thomas. “Please, can’t he stay?”

Spencer’s chest tightened at Aaron’s plea. He thought he would walk to the ends of the earth just to feel the warmth of Aaron’s fingers around his wrist. The monumental significance of Aaron touching someone else only slightly outweighed how good it felt. Even if Aaron were gay, Spencer knew he wasn’t capable of that kind of relationship, but that didn’t stop Spencer’s heart from wanting him.

“Spencer, do you have any problems sitting in on Aaron’s therapy session?” His dad looked at him and waited for an answer.

He wondered how Aaron would handle him hearing the most intimate details of his life, but the anguish in Aaron’s eyes made him shake his head and sit back down.

“Okay, let me grab a few things from my office and check on the pizza. I’ll be right back,” his father said as he got up from his plush leather chair and left the room.

“Are you sure you’re okay with this? It won’t be pretty,” Aaron asked Spencer with a sigh.

Spencer nodded.

“I. Want. To. Help. You. You. Are. My. Friend. One. Of. My. Best. Friends,” Spencer said, and the tension in Aaron’s shoulders melted as he relaxed back against the couch. He liked that Aaron could be so comfortable with him, more comfortable than anyone else he’d seen his friend around.

“You have seen the scars other people haven’t seen and didn’t run. I feel the same way, man,” Aaron said and leaned his head back on the couch, waiting for Spencer’s dad to return.

Spencer watched Aaron and started to second-guess his decision to get his father involved. What if he was beyond anyone’s help? What if his father’s alcoholism made him unreliable? He didn’t want his father to flake out on Aaron just when his friend needed him. Aaron was such a good person. Spencer wanted to see him take control of his life again, even if nothing else could happen between them.

His dad returned a few minutes later with his hands full of pizza, paper towels, and sodas. Spencer wondered why he didn’t want to take Aaron into the office to talk. They set the cut pizza down on the coffee table with the sodas, and Spencer handed each a paper towel to use as a plate.

“My mom would have a fit if I suggested eating on the floor of the living room off paper towels. In fact, she might even do herself bodily harm,” Aaron said with a chuckle, betraying the comfort he felt with Spencer and his father.

A smile crept onto Spencer’s face as he accepted a piece of pizza and dropped down next to Aaron on the floor in front of the couch.

Before his father sat, he pulled a digital tape recorder and a small notebook from his pocket. It appeared playtime was over, but it still didn’t feel much like a therapy session, sitting on the floor eating pizza.

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