I Don't Even Know His Name...

Alex’s POV:

I don’t think I’ve ever been more embarrassed in my life than I was right now. Even more than the time I got a boner onstage during a concert I did not so long ago. I wish I could forget that time but unfortunately I still remember it. Stupid Jack and his teasing. Why did I even let it go this far? I should’ve stopped but I couldn’t, I guess keeping my feelings from him for this long lead to this. Just seconds ago I was feeling on top of the world, finally being able to be intimate with the guy I’ve wanted this with for so long. Now I was cowering behind Jack both of us pulling the covers tightly over us, reality hitting home with a bang. We were so busted.

“Mum?!” Jack yelped reaching towards his nearest drawer scrambling to find some kind of clothing to cover our dignity.

“Don’t bother Jack” she tossed both articles of clothing onto the bed and looked sternly at the both of us.

“Downstairs, living room, now.” She left without another word closing the door silently behind her. I let my head fall into my hands cursing loudly, my cheeks turning a dark shade of red. The bed shifted as Jack reached for our shirts passing mine over wordlessly.

“What just happened Lex?” he whispered softly the underlying sense of fear hidden in his voice. Pulling my shirt over my head I looked at him blankly.

“Your mum just walked in on me moaning like a whore on top of you as we were making out Jack. That’s what happened” If I was honest I wasn’t sure how to feel right now, too many emotions were racing through me. Most annoyingly the feeling of lust was still begging me to go back to what I was doing before we were interrupted and it was becoming difficult to ignore. Getting up slowly I walked towards his window resting my head on top of my arms, needing to get some air right now. All I could think about is how awkward that must have been for Jacks mum to walk in on me practically raping her son.

What if she tells my parents? They don’t even know I’m bi let only in a relationship with Jack. Although it didn’t take long for a familiar pair of arms to make themselves at home around my waist once more and a slight weight on my shoulder. The feeling of his lips against my neck was making it worse, I blushed harder as I couldn’t help but stifle a groan at the sensation.

“Jack, please, not helping” I mumbled leaning back down so my forehead was pressed against my wrists.

“You know we have to talk to them sometime” I knew he was right but I tried to ignore the fact, amongst other persistent problems I was dealing with right now. Sighing I turned around my gaze falling to the floor.

“Can I at least borrow a hoodie or something, it’s bad enough your mum walked in but seriously my problem isn’t going to go away anytime soon” He smiled sympathetically as both of us were in the same predicament. We found on oversized pullover and I put it on quickly, my hand reached for his as I gulped loudly.

“Well it was nice knowing you Jack” gripping my hand tighter he managed a small chuckle.

“You too Alex, you too” And with that he slowly opened the door and lead me down the staircase to the horror that awaited us. The silent trip felt like a death sentence but was soon cut short as our eyes clapped onto the figure sitting on the couch. I bet we looked like two guilty kids who knew that they were about to be punished as we slowly sat down opposite her. Our hands were still interlinked; it offered a small amount of comfort to us both. We all sat there for a good few minutes of listening to the clock beside us before she finally broke the silence.

“So which one of you boys want to tell me what’s going on?” Jack tensed mumbling under his breath.

“Well isn’t it obvious?” I could hear her shift uncomfortably; she was quick to answer back.

“Well Jack considering I had no idea of this until I find the both of you together it mustn’t be that obvious to both me and your father” We both shrunk back into the sofa from the sound of the scolding tone of her voice. God please spare me now I thought as I watched on nervously, she looked between the two of us sighing softly.

“Why didn’t you tell me you two were together?” Jack looked up timidly through his eyelashes a permanent blush apparent on his cheeks.

“Because, I was scared mum” that whisper cut through the atmosphere like a knife and she immediately reached over to comfort her son.

“Honey, you know you can talk to me about anything right?” He squirmed slightly but nodded the guilt was heavy in his eyes.

“I know, it’s just, me and Alex only just started going out and I wanted to wait before I told you two. The thought of announcing to your parents that you love your best friend is pretty daunting” It was really sweet how honest Jack was; it was plain to see he was genuinely terrified of what his parents would think and how they would judge him. Thankfully his mum understood.

“Look, I understand it’s early in your relationship but if you told me earlier we could have avoided this and having to have this awkward talk right now” I think Jack was taking the brunt of this so for the first time I spoke up looking between the two of them.

“It was my fault though, I couldn’t control my emotions” The feeling of his hand squeezing mine lightly pulled me out of my thoughts. He thought differently.

“Alex, it’s not just your fault it's mine too, I could’ve stopped it but I chose not to.” To both of our surprise Mrs B laughed looking somewhat amused.

“Boys, you have nothing to feel guilty about, you are two teenagers, I should’ve expected it really.” We shared a confused look as she continued.

“I’ve always known you two had something special going on between you and to know that you two are finally together makes me feel so proud. I would never judge either of you on your preference, I’m only disappointed because I found out the way I did.” It wasn’t long until she hugged us both tightly.

“Next time clue me in, us mums need to know these things” The smile that had found its way onto my lips faltered slightly at the thought, my hand scratched the back of my neck nervously.

“Speaking of mums...” She looked me square in the eye, her gaze was first inquisitive but soon turned into a more comforting look.

“It’s okay Alex, no matter how much I want to, I won’t say a word to your parents” I sighed in relief yet she wasn’t finished.

“But I want you to tell them soon okay?” I nodded whilst resting my head on Jacks shoulder. By the time the awkwardness had finally left the conversation the sound of the front door closing attracted all our attention. Both Jacks dad and his brother Joe walked over to us looking quite confused at the situation in front of them. For Joe it all seemed to fall into place quite quickly.

“Wait a sec, are you two going out now?” he asked bluntly, we both blushed and sheepishly nodded. I was shocked to see him suddenly yell loudly before proceeding to look at his father expectantly.

“Come on dad cough up, you owe me!” What the hell is going on? I watched curiously as Mr B gave Joe around $25 regretfully. However Jack seemed to have figured it out.

“Hold up, did you guys bet on my sexuality?” He accented each word clearly astounded that his family would bet on such a thing. But to be fair this is Joe we are talking about here. My eyes widened and so did Jacks as Joe simply grinned and waltzed over to us.

“Yep, now I can get that CD I wanted, I knew you'd pull through for me bro!” I couldn’t help but snicker as Jack slammed his head against the table clearly embarrassed. Meanwhile Joe happily skipped put of the front room and disappeared somewhere in the house without a care.

“I can’t believe how messed up my brother is.” I simply wrapped my arms around him and smiled safe in the knowledge that no matter how fucked up the situation was, we would always find a way through it together.