Let's Hear It for the Boy by T. A. Webb

Author:T. A. Webb
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: A Bear on Books
Published: 2013-03-19T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Patrick and I spent as much time together the rest of the summer as we could. We still went out and snuck into the Battalion to see the drag shows. I was surprised, though, when some of the guys came by our table and asked if I was going to do the Deniece Williams number again. A wig somehow appeared and I ended up strutting it across the stage again. Then it became a thing and I caught hell if I didn’t do it whenever Patrick and I showed up. I ended up taking Phil up on his offer. At first Patrick was a little jealous of all the attention I got, and I secretly got off on the glares he shot some of the more devoted of the fans. But I took him home and convinced him I only had eyes for him.

Before long it was time to start college, and Patrick and I both had gotten accepted at the University of Georgia, and we packed up our stuff and headed for the dorms. It couldn’t come soon enough for either of us. I wanted to be able to have some freedom and come out, and Patrick needed to get out from under his father’s thumb.

Classes went well, but Patrick kept getting colds and could never seem to gain back any of the weight he’d lost. His energy level would be up and down, and as the quarter ended, he barely struggled through exams and we went home for the holidays. We spent most of the time at my parents’ home, and I finally worked up enough nerve to tell them I was gay. We cried and they had to mourn they weren’t going to have grandchildren. And they were worried sick to think something might happen to me. That someone might beat me up or hurt me, and they had been hearing about AIDS.

Patrick wasn’t ready for me to out him, though, and I respected that. Our parents knew each other slightly, but they really didn’t like Patrick’s dad so we didn’t have to worry about the word getting back that I was gay. I asked Mom and Dad to keep it to themselves, and they had no problem with it. This was pre-PFLAG and other support groups for families with gay kids, and while they loved me, they weren’t ready to hang out a rainbow flag.

Patrick and I had the run of the house for a glorious week and I planned to take advantage of it. My folks were gone on a cruise, Dad’s gift and it was something my mother had always wanted to do. I’d threatened to go back to school and spend the holiday in the dorm if Mom didn’t agree to it. I thought I was being romantic, so I built a fire in the fireplace, opened a bottle of wine, and spread a quilt in the floor. We’d put on some music, some great new singer I’d found named Anita Baker, and I had him snuggled in my arms.

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