Gay Youth Chronicles 07 - Disastrous Dates & Dream Boys by Mark A. Roeder

Author:Mark A. Roeder [03863017, Disastrous Dates Dream Boys]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Brendan

“How did it go?” I asked Nathan and Ethan as they entered the kitchen. “Not well,” said Nathan, “but it’s over.”

Ethan hugged his boyfriend’s shoulder and then stepped toward the steaming

kettle on the stove to make Nathan and himself a cup of hot tea. I gazed at Nathan as he pulled off his coat and sat down across from me. His cheeks were tear-stained, his features sullen and determined.

“I’m sorry,” I said.

“It was about what I expected,” said Nathan.

“I’m glad you’re back,” I said. “I’ve been sitting here worrying about you. I

was afraid of what would happen when you confronted your parents.” I took a sip of my own tea, a blend called Famous Edinburgh. It had taken every ounce of self control I possessed not to follow Ethan and Nathan when they made the drive into town to Nathan’s old home. Only by reminding myself that Ethan could handle anything that came up was I able to force myself to stay home and wait for the verdict.

“It was oddly anticlimactic,” said Nathan. “There was no yelling, no violence. I just said what I felt I had to say, and Mom and Dad just stood there, looking at me like I was a stranger.”

Nathan began to tear up. Ethan set a cup of tea down in front of him and then hugged him again.

“What did they say, if you don’t mind my asking?”

“Dad said I’d made my choice and he wanted nothing more to do with me. Mom didn’t say anything. She just looked at me without any particular expres

- 148 sion on her face. I asked them if they wanted to see Dave. Mom spoke up then and said he’d made his choice, too.”

“Nathan, I’m truly sorry.”

“I’m not. I knew they didn’t love Dave or me. The things that happened in that house would never have happened if they loved us. I didn’t expect them to apologize and beg me to come back. When I left with Dave, they gave in too easily. They just didn’t care. They were glad to be rid of us.”

“So they won’t fight for custody?” I asked.

That’s what I’d truly feared. Jack and Ardelene were working to get legal custody of Nathan and Dave so their parents wouldn’t someday try to take them back. If Nathan’s parents fought it, things could’ve gotten sticky.

Nathan scooted a stack of papers across the table to me.

“What’s this?”

“The custody papers. My parents signed them. They were so happy to be rid of Dave and me that they gladly met Jack, Ardelene, Ethan and me at Mr. Sawyer’s office to sign them.”

“You mean that’s it? Just like that?”

“Yep. Everything else has been done. Getting my parents to sign was the last step. If they had refused, things would be different, but Dave and I are officially in the custody of Jack and Ardelene. Mr. Sawyer already sent the copies onto … well, wherever such legal papers go.”

“Then we should celebrate!”

Nathan grinned. “Yeah, but just not yet, okay? I need some time to take all this in, and I need to have a talk with Dave.

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