When You Are With Me by E. L. Todd

Author:E. L. Todd [Todd, E. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fallen Publishing
Published: 2015-04-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Roland

I knocked on Conrad’s door. “Dude, it’s me.” He didn’t answer so I knocked again. “It’s Roland.” I knew he was home since his car was in the garage. I tried the handle and it was unlocked so I walked inside.

His living room was empty. “Conrad, it’s me,” I shouted. I opened the refrigerator and grabbed a beer before I sat down on the couch. A game was on but the TV was on mute. I turned it on.

Conrad came out of the hallway a second later, wearing gym shorts and a t-shirt. His hair was messy and he looked sweaty, like he was just doing his nightly push-ups. “Thanks for barging in, man.”

“How many times have you barged in on me?” I countered.

“Touché.” He grabbed his own beer then sat on the other couch. “What’s up?”

“I’m pissed off. That’s what.”

He raised his hands in the air. “Shit, what did I do?”

“Not you, idiot,” I hissed. “Heath.”

“What could he possibly have done?” he asked. “That guy is the coolest person ever.”

I appreciated the compliment even though I was mad. “He keeps riding my ass about telling my parents.”

“Literally?” he asked. “Isn’t that a good thing…?” A slight smile was on his lips.

His joke made me laugh. “No, not literally. Then we wouldn’t have a problem.”

“So, he’s just pushy?”

“He keeps bugging me to do it.”

He shrugged. “Then why don’t you just do it?”

“Slade and Trinity are getting married soon,” I said. “I don’t want to be the talk of their wedding.”

“Well, don’t make out with Heath in front of everyone and you should be good,” he said with a laugh.

“But if I tell my parents, they’ll tell everyone else. Gossip flies, man.”

He drank his beer. “Honestly, I don’t think the wedding has anything to do with it.” He gave me a pointed look.

I averted my gaze because he was onto me.

“You’re making excuses and Heath knows it.”

“Regardless, I’m not ready to tell my parents. It’s a really big deal.”

“Dude, they aren’t going to care,” he snapped. “Trust me.”

“We don’t know that for certain,” I argued. “Clementine is pregnant and Cortland flipped out about it.”

“He didn’t flip out,” Conrad argued. “He just needed space for a while. That’s not the same thing at all and you know it.”

I couldn’t win this argument. “He still needs to be more patient with me. I already told you and Skye. That should be enough for now.”

He turned to the TV and dropped the subject.

I fumed silently.

“I love you, man. But I’m with Heath on this one. If I was in love with a girl and she wouldn’t tell her family about me I would be pissed off. This isn’t any different.”

“But it is different,” I snapped. “My dad could never speak to me again.”

“Sean would never do that,” he said. “Being gay is really going to change your relationship that much?”

“It might. We don’t know.”

“Well, if this is who you are you’re going to have to come clean eventually. And I suggest you do it soon before you lose Heath.

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