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I look in the mirror and see Kate getting put in the back of the cop car.
"Damn it!" I say.
"That sucks." Max says.
"If I would have just kept looking for her this wouldn't have happened."
"Don't blame yourself for this you had other things on your mind. Besides Kate's old enough to take care of herself."
"I guess your right."
We get to Max's house right when Zoe is pulling into her driveway. Her and our friend Kim get out. Max and I go over to see if they know what happened.
"What a fun party." Kim says sarcastically.
"Did you see Kate?" I ask.
"Yeah, we passed them." Zoe says
"What happened?" I ask.
"Lisa's dumb ass backed right into the neighbors car trying to leave and they called." Kim says.
"What happened, I thought you were driving?" I ask Zoe.
"Kim told me that she was going to drive my car tonight so I had a few drinks. When Kate came to me and said she had to leave I tried to tell her, but she called you instead to bring her home. "
"You know Kate doesn't listen to anyone when she's drunk." Kim says.
"Oh my god this fucking sucks." I put my hands on my forehead.
"Ben this isn't your fault." Kim says.
"I tried to tell him that." Max says.
"It doesn't even matter, she's going to blame me anyway.
"Well, she can blame the three of us then." Kim says.
The light on Zoe's porch comes on.
"We should get inside before my parents come out." Zoe says.
"Call me if you hear anything." I say
"Ok, we will." Kim says.
They go over to Zoe's house and Max and I go back to my car.
"Thanks for the ride." Max says.
"Sure, no problem." I say.
"I'll see you around." He says.
"Ok."
He starts to walk up the driveway. I go to open the car door and it's locked. I look in the window and sure enough, the keys are in the ignition.I hear my phone ringing and I reach in my pocket and realize that it's in my seat.
"Fuck."
"What's wrong?" Max asks, turning around.
"I locked my keys inside and my phone."
"Shit, why don't you come inside and call your folks."
"Ok, thanks."
"I knew I was going to return the favor, but I didn't know it would be this fast." He laughs.
We get inside and the smell of something cooking hits me.
"Mmm, something smells good." I say.
"That's probably my dad. He must be getting a head start on his spaghetti sauce."
"Is that you Max?" A deep voice asks coming from the back of the house.
"Yeah pop, it's me."
He takes off his shoes and I do the same before following him towards the back of the house. The house is very nicely decorated and you couldn't tell that they just moved in a few weeks ago. It feels like they lived here for years.
We get to the kitchen and there's a very tall muscular man standing at the stove stirring something. He's in his underwear with an apron on.
"How was the party?" He asks.
"Good until it got busted by the cops."
"I remember those days. Did you drink?"
"I had three beers and my fourth ended up on Ben. By the way we're not alone."
He looks up and is surprised to see me.
"Hello." I wave awkwardly.
He goes over to a laundry basket and grabs some sweats and puts them on.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Leo Max's old man."
He reaches out his hand and I shake it. He looks familiar, but I can't seem to remember how.
"It's nice to meet you, sir."
"It's nice to meet you too. Thanks for bringing Max home."
"It's not a problem. He helped me out a little too,"
"Hey dad, I'm hungry how about a sandwich?" Max asks sitting at the counter.
"That sounds good I'll take mine with mustard." Leo says.
"Man, I should have seen that coming." Max shakes his head and goes to the fridge.
I can't help but laugh a little.
"Max locked his keys in his car with his phone."
"There's the home phone on the counter feel free to use it." Leo tells me.
"Thank you."
I grab the phone and dial my dad's number. I go into the other room. After a few rings he answers.
"Hey dad."
"Ben where are you? Robert just got a call from the police to pick Zach up."
"I'm alright dad, I'm at a friend's house. I locked my keys in my car."
"Ok, I'll be right there just let me get dressed and I'll bring you your extra set."
" Ew... you don't have to get out of bed. I could just ask if I could stay here."
"Ok, do it while I'm on the phone so I can know."
I go back to the kitchen.
"Leo?"
"Yeah, what's up?"
"Would it be ok if I stayed here for the night so my dad doesn't have to come all the way here?"
"Sure thing, I was going to suggest that anyway. The last thing we would want is for you to get pulled over smelling like cheap beer."
"His dad said it was ok." I tell dad.
"Ok, I'll bring your extra set to you in the morning. Where does he live?"
"He's right next to Zoe on the left."
"Ok, I'll see you then."
"Thank you."
I hang up and put the phone where it belongs.
"Since you're staying would you like a sandwich?" Max asks.
My stomach makes a low rumbling noise.
"I'll take that as a yes, Is turkey ok?"
"Yeah, that's fine."
"Why don't I make the sandwiches and you go get him a change of clothes? He might want to get cleaned up."
"Ok dad. Come with me, I'll get you set up."
We go up the stairs to Max's room. His room is big and it's a lot cleaner than I thought it would be. He has a big leather couch with a TV and a stereo on one side and a king bed on the other.
"You have a nice room." I say.
"Thank you, it's the master bedroom. The house has two one downstairs and this. Dad let me have this one for more privacy."
He goes over to his closet and gets me some sweatpants, a shirt and a hoodie.
"These should fit you, but if they don't my dad might have something that'll fit over your arm's"
"This should be fine."
"If you'd like to take a shower, there's an extra loofah under the sink in the bathroom and fresh towels on the counter."
"A shower sounds nice actually."
I take the clothes in the bathroom. I strip out of my beer soaked clothes, take the loofah from under the sink and get in the shower. I step under the rainforest shower head and enjoy the hot water for a few seconds, making sure not to get my stitches too wet so I don't mess them up.
I start to think about what I heard Zach say at the party. I really didn't like they way he was acting and hearing him say those things to his friends made me feel like some kind of whore, especially the part when Bobby said he wanted to be part of our threesome and Zach going along with it. Part of the reason I feel uncomfortable is because Bobby's a complete asshole with a sweating problem. The other part of me never thought he would act like that to try to impress them.
After washing the cheap beer smell off of me, I dry off and get dressed. I grab my clothes and go back in Max's room. Leo's coming in the room with a big plate,a big bag of chips and two Cokes.
"Here you go guys the best turkey sandwiches you'll ever eat."
"Thanks dad." Max says, taking the food from him.
"Thank you Mr..."
"Oh, it's Celotti."
"Thank you, Mr Celotti. It looks great."
" If you want I can toss those in the wash for you and they'll be done in the morning."
I empty my pocket of my wallet and some random stuff and hand him my clothes.
"I'll see you two in the morning."
'Good night." Max says.
"Good night." I say.
He leaves and Max and I sit down on the couch. He grabs the remote and turns n the tv.
"What would you like to watch while we eat, an action or a comedy?" He asks me.
"A comedy is cool with me."
He flips through Netflix and settles on an old but good one.
"So do you like California so far?" I ask.
"It's a big change from New York, but it's nice. The only thing I don't like is all the driving."
"Yeah, that can be a pain in the ass sometimes. I think being able to have the top down in your car makes up for it."
"Good point. I'm still trying to figure out some places to go like a new gym and stuff like that."
"I can help you out with that. My cousins own a gym."
"That's cool. I really want to get in shape for cheer."
"No way you're a cheerleader?" I ask surprised.
"Yeah, I am." He says.
"Me too."
"That;s cool."
We sit and talk until we finish our food. It turns out we have a lot of things in common like what books we like and what music we listen too.
"We should get some sleep." He says.
"Yeah you're right." I agree with a yawn.
He gets me a pillow and blanket and I get settled on the couch and he goes to his bed.
I pick up my phone and notice I have two missed texts from earlier in the night. They're from Max saying he hopes I feel better soon and he wants to try to hang out some other time.
"Thanks for the texts I just saw them." I say.
"Oh.... um You're welcome."He says.
He turns out the light and we both go to sleep.
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I wake up to the sound of someone coming into the room and go into the bathroom. I can hear the water in the shower running.
"Hey Max, did you get lucky with the Target hottie? What's his name Benny?"
Oh my god they're talking about me. Wait did he just call me Target hottie?
"Sean keep your fucking voice down." Max says.
"You did get some. How was it?"
The water shuts off and I hear them moving around.
"Ow, let go of me." Sean says.
The door to the bedroom shuts. I get off the couch and see if I can hear them in the hall.
"Did you ever think that I had a good reason for me to tell you to shut up? He's on the couch in my room."
"So that means you didn't get laid." Sean laughs.
"Shut the fuck up asshole. What the fuck am I supposed to him?"
"Relax he might not have even heard me."
"You have a voice that could wake the fucking dead, of course he heard you."
"Relax if he asks just tell him the truth."
"Fine, but next time please knock."
"Ok I'm sorry."
I go back to the couch and act like I'm just waking up. He comes back in the room with a towel around his waist. I can see the top of his pubes sticking out of the top. I look the other way to avoid making it anymore awkward.
"Sorry about all the noise. My brother Sean's being a real pain in the ass."
"It's ok I needed to wake up anyway." I say.
"I should get dressed." He says.
He goes into the bathroom and when he comes back, he's dressed in a pair of cargo shorts and a plain white t shirt.
"Umm.... I should explain what just happened." He starts.
"Oh, you don't have to." I say seeing how nervous he is.
"I do, I don't want things to be awkward between us."
He sits on the arm of the couch.
"The beer that I spilled on you last night was meant for you in the first place."
"It was?"
"Yeah, after we met at Target I've been trying to build up the balls to ask you out."
"Really?"
"When you told me to come to the party I thought it was the perfect time, but you stayed home, Then I saw you while I was getting a drink I got you one too as a little ice breaker."
"But you only had one drink in your hand when we bumped into each other." I point out.
"I got so nervous on the way I drank mine."
Now it makes sense looking back at it the texts the smiling and winking. I did notice and I should have told him about Zach.
"Oh, thanks for the drink, but I have a boyfriend." I say.
"It's Zach right?"
I feel at the blood leave my face and a lump form in the back of my throat.
"What did you just say?" My voice cracking a little.
"You're dating Zach aren't you?"
"Oh my god. You can't tell anyone he's not out yet and his mom is a really big bitch when it comes to gay people/" I start to panic.
He comes over and puts his hands on my shoulders.
"Ben calm down. I'm not going to say anything to anyone, trust me."
'How did you find out?" I ask.
He sits down on the coffee table in front of me.
"I saw you listening to what he was saying to his friends and how upset you got." He says.
"Was I that obvious?"
"No, but I was paying attention to you."
"That makes sense. Do you think anyone else noticed?"
"You have nothing to worry about, they were all too busy getting fucked up on cheap booze and grinding on each other."
"Ok."
I take a few deep breaths and relax.
"So is it like weird between us now?"
"Not if it's not weird for you." I tell him.
"It isn't." He says.
"Max?"
"Yeah?"
"You still have your hands on my shoulders."
"Oh, sorry." He laughs. He takes his hands away and moves back a little.
"It's ok."
We hear laughing and people talking coming from downstairs. Max and I go down and see his dad has my dad in a bear hug lifted off the ground.
"What's going on?" Max asks.
"Ben's dad Neil and I go way back we went to high school and college together." Leo says.
"Yeah, we used to raise hell when we were younger." Dad adds.
That's probably where I know him from. I heard stories about dad and his friends when he was younger. He must have shown me pictures.
"This is the same guy you used to party with?" Max asks.
"Yeah, this is the guy. Man, how long has it been?"
"We haven't seen each other since my wedding, twenty one years." Dad says.
"Do you have time to come in to catch up?" Leo asks.
"I have to run some errands, but they can wait." Dad says.
"Dad, we should invite Leo and his family to dinner tonight." I suggest.
"That's a great idea. We're having a big dinner tonight for my oldest son. He's leaving for his senior year of college."
"I don't want to butt in on your family time." Leo says.
"Oh, stop it you are family." Dad says.
"Ok, we'll come. Aw man this is great seeing you again."
"I know Aimee's going to freak out when she sees you. I'm gonna let it be a surprise."
"What time should we be there?" Leo asks.
"Well dinner's at 7:00 but we'd want to talk before than."
"We'll be there at 6:00."
"Sounds good."
"Graet."
"Ben have your keys." Dad tells me.
"Oh, right."
I go down and take them from him.
"Your mom wanted to tell you that she needs your help getting everything set up for tonight."
"I'll head home in a minute I just need to grab my clothes."
"I'll be home after I get a few things done."
"Ok."
He leaves through the front door.
"Max I'm gonna head out and get a few things so we can bring something to dinner." Leo says.
"Ok dad." Max says.
He grabs his keys and leaves.
"Do you know where my clothes are?" I ask
"I'll grab them for you." Max says.
Max goes and get's me my clothes.
"Here you go. I'll grab mine later so you can go help your mom."
"Thanks." I say.
When I get to my car I see Kate getting dropped off at Zoe's house by her step mom probably to get her dad's car. I put my stuff in the front seat and walk over. Kim and Zoe come outside too.
"I want you home in twenty minutes." She tells Kate.
"Whatever Barbra." Kate snaps.
I can already tell this is going to be a great talk.
"Hey guys." I say.
"Hey Ben." Zoe says.
"Hi Ben." Kim says.
Kate doesn't even look at me.
"You're not really mad at me are you?" I ask her.
"Yes, actually I am. Thanks to you I'm grounded for three months. After I bring my dad's car back, I'm not even allowed to leave the house without him or my step mother." She says in a bitchy tone.
"Kate there's no way this is my fault. It's not like I forced you to leave the house when you weren't supposed to or get shit faced."
"Yeah, but you ditched me at the party."
"Kate you left the party before the cops got there. You chose to get in the car with Bobby and Zach." Kim says.
"Stay out of this!" Kate snaps.
"Don't talk to her like that." I say.
"Whatever Ben I'm leaving." She goes to get in the car but Zoe stops her.
"Kate stop the bullshit and tell him the real reason you're mad." Zoe says.
"Fine, just when I thought my night couldn't get any shittier after getting ditched by my best friend, I see him drive past me with the boy I like." Kate says with a bitchy look on her face.
"Oh my god. You think I messed around with Max. Nothing happened, besides, I have a boyfriend."
"Lisa had Zach before you messed that up. What makes me think you won't fuck around on Zach?"
I can't believe she just said that. I never would have thought she would say that in front of anyone when I asked her not to. I look at Kim and Zoe and they're standing there with blank looks on their face.
"You promised me you wouldn't say anything." I say.
"Kate that's messed up." Kim says.
"You two are taking his side on this?" Kate asks pissed.
"Yeah, because he wouldn't do anything like that and you know it." Zoe says
"She's just pissed because she can't get a guy without getting get them wasted in order to get them to talk to her." I say getting mad.
"I might have trouble getting a boyfriend, but at least I'm not stupid enough to stay with a guy who's never going to claim me."
"You're such a bitch." I say.
I turn around and walk off. I hear a car door slam and tires screech.
"Ben wait." Kim yells after me.
I ignore her and get in my car and leave. I can't believ she's acting like this. I never once told anyone any of her anything she told me not to and for her just to say it like that right in front of someone makes me angry. When I get in the door, I must look upset mom stops me on the way to my room.
"What's wrong sweetie?"Mom asks,
"Kate and I just had a big argument over a guy."
"Over Zach?" She asks.
"No Max. She thinks I slept with him last night."
"Sit down and tell me everything from the beginning."
We sit down at the counter and I tell her everything about last night and the fight.
"Honey, i'm sure this is going to be resolved in a week or so. Just like any other fight you two have had."
"I don't know, I can tell you one thing I'm not going to be the first to apologize."
"Well, I don't see a reason you should."
"Do you think I'm stupid for staying with Zach?"
"As your mother, I'm not really supposed to call you stupid, but I'm not sure that I could or would do it."
"Oh, what about hat he said to his friends? Should I tell him that I heard him and that it really bothers me?"
"I think that would be a good idea. Being able to talk to each other about the things that bother you is a part of a healthy relationship."
"You're right, but I think I'm gonna wait a few days until things calm down. I don't even know if I'm allowed to see him."
"That might be a good idea,"
"Thanks for listening."
"Of course I love it when you kids come to talk to me about this stuff."
We do what house work that needs to be done, then I go outside to finish setting up the table's and chairs. I get the last table cloth on and I see a car pull into the driveway. Leo get's out of the driver's seat.
Mom comes out to see who it is and her face lights up.
"Oh my god I don't believe it." She says.
"Aimee, it's great to see you. You haven't aged one bit." Leo says, holding out his arms.
"Oh, stop it. " Mom says, giving him a hug.
He's right, my mom looks exactly like she did in college. It's kind of creepy actually. It's funny because all the moms at the PTA meetings are pissed, but you could never tell with all the Botox.
"What are you doing here?" She asks.
"Well your son drove my son home last night."
"Hey, you made it right on time." Dad says coming out the door.
"So you live in California now?" Mom asks.
"As of about two weeks ago." Leo says.
"That's great. Come inside and sit down so everyone can meet." Mom says,
"I brought some food. It's in the car."
"I'll grab it pop." Sean says.
"I'll help out out man." Marlon says.
They grab the stuff and we all go into the kitchen. Everyone goes inside to the living room. Dad calls everyone from their rooms.
"Leo these are our kids Marlon, Jennifer, Alyssa, Liam, Todd and Travis and you already know Benny." Dad says.
"You have a full house. These are my boys, Max, Sean and my grandson Chase."
"You're a grandpa?" Dad asks.
"Oh my daughter Victoria had Chase."
"Where's Kathy?" Mom asks.
"Well, she ran off with the neighbor about ten years in."
"I'm sorry to hear that." Mom says.
"I'm not. The only thing I loved about her was the fact that she gave me my kids. I'm talking to someone really special now and I couldn't be happier."
"That's great. When are we going to meet her?" Dad asks.
"Hopefully real soon."
Leo takes mom to the food and shows her what he brought. He brought some good stuff, cold cuts, homemade cheese and bread and a few different salads.
"Leo this looks great you made all this?" Mom asks.
"We make it at my restaurant."
"You did it, opened your own place." Dad says.
"Three actually. I have two in New York."
"Well you can help me grill up the food then."
"Sounds great."
We all go outside to sit and get to know each other while my parents and Leo catch up. Liam and Chase go straight for the trampoline and Travis, Sean and my sisters decide to play basketball. Todd, Max and I sit at the picnic table so we can keep an eye on the kids and talk.
The first to show up for dinner is Uncle Ben and Conrad. He is just as happy to see Leo as dad.
"Jesus Christ someone has been hitting the gym." Uncle Ben says, giving Leo a hug.
"Yeah, it looks like we traded places." Leo laughs ppinching Uncle Ben's side.
"Ha Ha very funny. " Ben says.
"I'm just messing with you. Where's your wife?"
"She is in bed. The morning sickness is kicking her ass this time around." Ben says.
"Poor thing, Who's this little man?"
"This is my son Conrad."
"Hey buddy." Leo says, in a funny voice.
Conrad looks at him and bursts out laughing.
"Aww he likes you." Mom says.
"Don't let it get to your head, he does the same thing to everyone." Uncle Ben says.
"You two are just the same as you were twenty years ago." Mom says.
"Hey Leo grab a beer and you can help me grill." Dad says.
"Sure."
They start grilling and we get the rest of the food ready for dinner. Robert comes over with a gift for Marlon.
"Thank you Mr. Martin." Marlon says.
"It's nothing big just a gift card to Lowe's in case you need to fix anything in the new place." Robert says.
"How's it going over there?" Dad asks.
"Well, he's not too happy with me. I took away everything that I could think except his phone, he's paying for that. He really hates the fact I'm driving him to and from work every day."
"Well, it could be worse." Dad says.
"He's so lucky it isn't, I can't get mad about the drinking thing because I did it when I was his age and I let him have a beer with me once in a while. I just can't get past him getting in the car with someone who was drinking at the wheel."
"Oh my God." I say. I had no clue it was that bad.
"Are you able to stay for a drink or two?" Dad asks.
"No, I should get back over."
Leo walks over to us. Robert gets a look on his face almost like he's surprised to see Leo.
"Robert this is an old friend of mine Leo Celotti, Leo, this is Robert Martin my neighbor."
"Uhh, it's nice to meet you Leo." Robert says shaking Leo's hand.
"Nice to meet you too." Leo says with the same look on his face.
That's weird. I look at Marlon and he must notice it too, because he nods his head.
"Well at least let me get you some food to bring over."Dad says to Robert.
"That sounds better than leftover pizza."
"Great."
Dad and Leo go to the kitchen but Robert stays back.
"Ben, even though Zach's grounded he is allowed to see you for a little bit but then you won't be able to hang out for a few weeks."
"Ok I understand." I tell him.
"At least one of you does. When he's not locked in his room angry I'll tell him to call you."
"Thank you."
He goes into the kitchen with Dad to get the food, leaving Marlon and I.
"Did you notice the look on their faces when they saw each other?" I ask him.
"Yeah, it was like they were deer caught in headlights." He says.
"And I can't help but feel like I've seen Leo before today."
"You're right now that I think of it, he does look familiar. I can't tell from where either." He agrees.
The rest of the night is a lot of fun. Dad and Leo acted like kids again and it's like they were never apart. It made me forget about the bullshit drama with Kate, well for a few minutes anyway.
"It was nice to see you two again, but I think I should get this guy home." He has Chase in his arms and he asleep.
"We loved catching up with you. I'm happy that our families are going to get to know each other." Dad says.
"Me too. I think Liam and Chase are best buddies already."
"That's great." Dad says.
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow at noon."
Dad and Leo made lunch plans at Leo's restaurant and he's going to give dad behind the scenes look at the kitchen.
"I'm looking forward to it."
"Drive safe." Mom says.
"I will. Goodnight everyone."
They leave and Peter and Uncle Ben are the only ones left.
"Man, what a day." Dad sighs.
"It was great seeing him after all this time." Uncle Ben says.
"The whole gang is back together again." Peter says.
"Almost, the only one missing is Kathy." Mom says.
"Yeah, I can't believe she ran off like that." Peter says.
"I can, she's cheated on him in the past." Mom says.
"You're right there."
"Well, we should get this place cleaned up. Marlon should get some rest, he has a busy day tomorrow." Dad says
"Speaking of cleaning. The wife and kiddo are coming back from her mother's tomorrow and I have a sink full of dishes and a hamper full of laundry to do." Peter says.
"Ok Peter I'll see you tomorrow." Dad says.
"Here's the gift card for lover boy." He says handing me an envelope.
"Thanks a lot Uncle Peter.
"No problem."
"Ok mom gives us our jobs and we'll get started." Marlon says.
"Travis Todd and Marlon you get the extra chairs put away." Mom says.
"Sure." Marlon says.
"Girls you get the trash all in one place so they can pick it up in the morning."
"Ok." They say in unison.
"Ben you can help your dad in the kitchen getting cleaned up and the leftovers put away."
"Ok mom."
"I already know what I'm supposed to do, feed the dogs take a bath and get ready for bed." Liam says.
"That's right."
We all spread out to do our jobs and when the house is all picked up. I go to my room and take a quick shower, brush my teeth and crawl into bed.
"Goodnight Bunny." Liam says coming in my room dressed in his pj's.
"Goodnight. I'll see you in the morning."
"Love you."
"I love you too buddy."
He leaves the room and I hear him go to Travis's room, then Todd's before going up the stairs. I decide to text Zach, it might not even get to him but it's worth a shot. I text him 'goodnight and I love you' and turn off my lights. I get a text back asking me to come over. I grab his gift card and put on my flip flops. I walk next door and he's waiting at the kitchen door in a towel.
We go up to his room and he shuts the door. We go over to his bed and sit.
"How much trouble are you in?" I ask,
"I lucked out and only got a minor in possession ticket so did Kate. Bobby got a DWI"
"Oh my god. What did your dad say when he picked you up?"
"After an hour of yelling he said the one thing no one wants to hear, I''m disappointed in you."
"I'm sorry."
I lean in and give him a kiss on the cheek. He takes my head in his hand and gives me a long kiss.
"Thank you baby."
"I got you something that might make you feel better."
"Really?
I take the envelope out of my pocket and hand it to him.
"Thanks."
He takes it and puts it on the bed. He leans in and kisses me on the lips. I back up a little breaking it off.
"Aren't you going to open it?"
"Later." He says trying to kiss me again.
I back away again to avoid his lips , getting annoyed at the way he's acting. All I want to do is talk and give him his early present. That night at the party comes to mind and it doesn't help any.
"What's wrong?" He asks.
"I'm not in the mood to fool around."
"Since when are you not in the mood to mess around?"
He reaches for me again and I move his hands away from me.
"Maybe I'm not as big of freak you told your friends I was." I say getting angry.
"What are you talking about?" He asks playing stupid.
"I heard you talking to your friends at the party."
"It's not like they know it's you."
"Is that supposed to make me feel better?"
"Is that what you're mad about the fact that we're not public? I thought you understood why we can't"
"I do understand, the thing I don't get is why you felt the need to tell your idiot friends about our sex life."
"So now my friends are idiots?"
"Don't change the subject."
"I have a better Idea, let's drop it all together."
He puts on a pair of underwear and leaves his room. I follow him down to the kitchen.
"Zach please don't walk off."
"I said I'm done talking." He goes to the fridge and gets a Coke.
"Zach..."
"God you are just like Lisa." He shakes his head.
I just stand there for a second shocked at what he just said.
"Are you fucking kidding me right now? How am I like Lisa?" I try to not sound like an ass, but it's not working at this point.
"You tell me to have fun with my friends, then you bitch me out for doing it. When I leave, you won't shut the fuck up and let it go!" He raises his voice at the end.
"I'm not bitching at you. I'm just trying to have a conversation with you, and don't raise your voice at me because you know I'm right."
"I'm the one who should be mad here." He says then takes a drink.
"Why should you be mad at me?"
"You told me you were ok with all of this and then the first time it's not convenient for you, you throw it in my face."
"Tell me how it was even convenient for me. You get to go tell your friends, whatever you want only if you add huge tits and a girl's name and you get a high five and a 'way to go man'. People who you've known two years. I get to tell my friends that I grew up with that I can't talk about it and get called stupid by the one person I actually told for even thinking you would come out and go public with me. I'm starting to think she's right."
We don't say anything for a few minutes we just stand there not really looking at each other.
"You don't have to worry about it anymore than I want to break up."
"You're breaking up with me over one argument?"
I'm trying not to loose it. I can't believe this is happening
"No you're right... It's not fair for me to put you through this. We should just break it off."
"I..."
I can't even get any words out. He won't even look up from the counter, but I can see tears coming down his face. I go to walk around the center Island towards him, but he turns away and runs up the stairs leaving me alone and crushed.