Misinformation by Keelan Ellis

Author:Keelan Ellis [Ellis, Keelan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63477-340-9
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2016-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

THE MORNING after he came out to Deirdre felt strangely similar, in some ways, to the morning after he’d gotten drunk and took Charlie home with him. He woke up with an unnamed dread lying heavy in his stomach, and it took him about half a minute to remember where it came from. He felt he’d crossed another line that would be impossible to cross back over, only this time the stakes were much higher. Now Deirdre knew, so any possibility of him being able to go back to the way things used to be had disappeared. There was one big difference between this and that other morning, however. This time he felt lighter than he had the day before. It felt like he’d solved the hardest problem on a test first and the rest of it should seem easy in comparison. The only thing was, he didn’t know if he could finish it—or, more correctly, if he should.

Deirdre had started coffee when he got up, seemingly unaffected by having drunk enough gin to knock out a horse. He hadn’t even been drinking, and he felt like he’d been hit by a bus.

“Morning,” she said brightly. “Want some toast?”

“Okay,” he said. He got down cups to fix their coffee. “Deirdre, about what I told you last night. It’s not going to change anything. I’m not planning to date any other men. I’m going to give myself a little more time to process it, and then I’m going to find a girlfriend.”

Deirdre snorted softly. “Do you know that in Minecraft they have a mod where you can find girlfriends and boyfriends out in the wilderness and take them home like pets?”

“I don’t even know what you mean by ‘mod.’”

“Yes, well, Fiona was telling me about it. She thought it was hilarious, and it is, but also a bit disturbing. That’s what you reminded me of just then. You’re going to go out and find a girlfriend, like it’s a mission. As if it doesn’t matter who it is, as long as she’s willing and looks suitable.”

“That’s not what I meant,” he said.

The toast popped up, and she set the four slices on the table. As she spread jam on hers she said, “Look, Ethan. I don’t care who you go out with. It’s truly none of my business. But if you’ve found someone you like already, you’d be stupid to walk away from it before you know where it’s going.” She set her toast down and looked at him. “That’s all I’m going to say to you about it. Eat your toast.”

After Deirdre left he went to pick Fiona up from her sleepover. She talked almost nonstop for the rest of the day about what they did and the things her friends said and what they ate, and Ethan was perfectly happy to let her. He was glad she’d had such a good time, and after a while he tuned her out a bit, listening with half an ear, so he could think about things some more.

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