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Nineteen
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Mikey was back from Boston and we were both at our parents house for Christmas dinner. Our parents were both retired and didn't really want much to do with our care anymore but it didn't mean they didn't love us all the same.
"How was Boston, Mikey?" our father asked while viciously cutting his turkey. Our mom wasn't the best cook and turkey every year was a substitute for either rubber or charcoal.
"It was good." Mikey answered.
"What did you do there?" Mom asked.
"Not much, hung out with Syd most of the time-"
"Is that the nice girl who works at Macy's? Don't tell me you took her to Boston and..." she trailed off but her disgusted face remained.
"No mom." Mikey sighed. "Syd is my friend from work, he's a boy."
"Oh, why did you go to Boston with him then?" my parents pretty much leaned in towards Mikey. As much as I loved my parents, they weren't homophobic but pretty damn close. Highly religious too. Mikey sighed and stirred his mashed potatoes.
"Syd wanted to go see his grandma beacuse she's in the hospital with colon cancer and she lives in Boston, I offered to drive him because he doesn't have a car." I raised an eyebrow.
"How sad." my mother began. "Such an awful thing to have... how long does she have left?" I inwardly cringed. My mother always said things like this and it bugged me.
"A few months."
"Bless her soul." she shook her head.
After dinner, Mikey and I offered to clean up since we were 'good children'. My mom would hang me if she found out I went to The Reverb every saturday and was gay on top of it all. What would kill her was the fact I was dating a man.
"Syd doesn't exist does he?" I asked as I began loading the dishwasher.
"Hell no." Mikey replied. Our parents were in the other room watching TV so we were alone in the kitchen.
"Haven't told them about your new girlfriend yet?"
"Hell no." Mikey repeated. "All mom would say would be that she's trouble and is Satan's spawn and dad would throw her out of my house if she came over."
"True." I responded.
"Imagine if you told them about Frank?"
"Oh God... I would be disowned." I groaned.
"I'd still love you."
"Thanks Mikes." I looked up and smiled at him.
"No prob bro."
"How was Boston, Mikey?" our father asked while viciously cutting his turkey. Our mom wasn't the best cook and turkey every year was a substitute for either rubber or charcoal.
"It was good." Mikey answered.
"What did you do there?" Mom asked.
"Not much, hung out with Syd most of the time-"
"Is that the nice girl who works at Macy's? Don't tell me you took her to Boston and..." she trailed off but her disgusted face remained.
"No mom." Mikey sighed. "Syd is my friend from work, he's a boy."
"Oh, why did you go to Boston with him then?" my parents pretty much leaned in towards Mikey. As much as I loved my parents, they weren't homophobic but pretty damn close. Highly religious too. Mikey sighed and stirred his mashed potatoes.
"Syd wanted to go see his grandma beacuse she's in the hospital with colon cancer and she lives in Boston, I offered to drive him because he doesn't have a car." I raised an eyebrow.
"How sad." my mother began. "Such an awful thing to have... how long does she have left?" I inwardly cringed. My mother always said things like this and it bugged me.
"A few months."
"Bless her soul." she shook her head.
After dinner, Mikey and I offered to clean up since we were 'good children'. My mom would hang me if she found out I went to The Reverb every saturday and was gay on top of it all. What would kill her was the fact I was dating a man.
"Syd doesn't exist does he?" I asked as I began loading the dishwasher.
"Hell no." Mikey replied. Our parents were in the other room watching TV so we were alone in the kitchen.
"Haven't told them about your new girlfriend yet?"
"Hell no." Mikey repeated. "All mom would say would be that she's trouble and is Satan's spawn and dad would throw her out of my house if she came over."
"True." I responded.
"Imagine if you told them about Frank?"
"Oh God... I would be disowned." I groaned.
"I'd still love you."
"Thanks Mikes." I looked up and smiled at him.
"No prob bro."
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This needed updating... next chapter expect something special ;D