By the Creek by Laughton Geoff

Author:Laughton, Geoff [Laughton, Geoff]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harmony Ink Press
Published: 2013-01-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“DAVID, I think you and I need to talk,” his mother called from the living room on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon a few months later. Summer was waning, and David didn’t have to work that day. He’d worked all the hours he could during the week, and he was looking forward to a quiet day that included meeting Benjamin for a “swim.” Their physical relationship, along with the emotional connection David felt with Benjamin, had continued to grow. They’d progressed slowly, but each discovery felt like unearthing a nugget of gold to David. A few weeks earlier, he’d discovered that if he licked a certain place at the base of Benjamin’s neck, he’d shiver ever so slightly and his breath would hitch. He also discovered that lightly licking Benjamin’s ears would make him go weak in the knees. He’d found out other things too, but David pushed them from his mind as he walked from his room, making sure he wasn’t showing anything he shouldn’t. Thinking of Benjamin made him pop wood at the most inopportune moments.

“What do you need?” he asked, stopping short at his mother’s seriously concerned expression.

She patted the chair next to hers, and David slowly sat down, preparing himself for bad news. “I think you and I have something we need to talk about.” She settled back in the chair.

“We aren’t moving again, are we?” The last time she’d said something like that, his mother had told him about her new job.

“No. But I think this conversation may be more important.” His mother took a deep breath and sighed. “You know I love you and that I’ll always love you, no matter what.”

“Yes,” he said warily as his stomach clenched. “I know that, Mom.”

“So is there something you want to tell me?” his mother asked. “We’ve never had secrets, and I can’t help you if you aren’t honest with me. I can’t support you and help you find what you’re searching for if you don’t talk to me.” She sounded hurt, and David wondered if she knew about him. “I love you, Davey, and I’ll do anything I can to help you, but you have to talk to me.”

“What is it you think I’ve done?” David searched through his mind, trying to think of anything he could have done wrong. Nothing came to mind.

“You haven’t done anything, sweetheart. I just want you to know that you can talk to me about anything, including any feelings you might be having that you don’t understand,” his mother said, and David’s stomach fluttered.

“How did you know?”

His mother nodded slowly. “Everyone has those feelings of uncertainty and loneliness when they’re your age. It’s part of growing up. You notice girls and they notice you, but sometimes you aren’t sure what to do or how to act.”

David shook his head. “Mom, I don’t have those feelings for girls.”

“You will, dear,” she said.

“No, Mom, I won’t. I don’t have those feelings for girls and I’ll never have those feelings for girls.

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