Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 13:10:00 +0000 From: Andrew Passey Subject: A Forbidden Romance Part Eighteen (Young Friends) Friday after school I walked back with Max to his house. On the way I asked what he thought his parents would say to us. "I honestly don't know. We had the initial chat on Sunday where I said we were in love and we'd been together for a few months. I said you're Dad hadn't behaved very well about the whole thing. They said they thought it was a phase that teenage boys can go through but said they'd talk more when we were together. If I had to guess...actually I can't. The thing is I doubt they'd ban us from doing sex stuff because I'm sure they think we aren't." "Hmmm well let's keep that bit of our relationship to ourselves. I doubt me saying I love the taste of your cum and can't wait to have your dick inside me one day soon would go down well!" I giggled as I said that but Max stopped walking, "seriously? You mean like fucking?" "Well yeah, I want you to fuck the memory of what Gary did to me out of me! But when you're ready. Let's just hope tonight goes smoothly." Max looked a bit shocked after I told him that but I also saw him surreptitiously rearrange himself in his trousers so it clearly excited him as well! It was a bit of a nervous wait for dinner, James was still at work and Diane had only just got home. Marcus was out so really the two of us could have gone to Max's room and had fun together. But we both thought it might be politically sensible to just watch TV downstairs together instead. Dinner was a bit nerve wracking, at least at first. I sat between Max and Marcus with James and Diane opposite me. There was a bit of an awkward silence that was broken when Diane wanted me to tell them more about my plans to be a doctor. It felt a bit like a job interview and strange that I was sort of being judged on my future plans given I was only fourteen! My enthusiasm for medicine shone through and whatever the test was I seemed to pass. "So......" James said when I was finished leaving it open ended, I waited to see what was coming next. "Max said your Dad didn't take it that well when he er, found about the two of you?" "Take it well?! He walked in on me and Ben kissing under the mistletoe at the Christmas party, called me a racist insult and then dragged Ben off and grounded him forever! Didn't take it well is a massive understatement! " Max interjected. "The question was for Ben Max!" James said looking slightly uncomfortable, whether at the mention of a racist insult or more likely the mention of us kissing. I decided to be honest with James and Diane, there was no point sugarcoating things. "As Max said he went crazy when he caught us, he grounded me and wanted to phone the school and tell them I should be banned from swimming and PE because I was a pervert and might molest boys." Marcus snorted at this point and I could hear him trying to stifle a laugh. I then continued, letting the words all flow out of me, it was cathartic in a way, telling Max's parents how I'd been treated. I hoped they would see that this just showed how important we were to each other. "He wanted to take me to conversion therapy to "fix me". He'd call me every gay insult under the sun. He said I was sick, that I had a mental health issue. He promised that there was no way I'd ever be allowed to talk or see Max again. He really lost the plot. I'm afraid to say he's racist and homophobic and he made no attempt to hide it." "But you're here with us now so he must have changed his mind," Diane said. I took a big sigh, did I really want to tell them what happened? Yes. It would hopefully make them mitigate their reaction as surely they wouldn't want to be thought of like him. "He hasn't changed his mind. That's why he outed us at football on Sunday. He told me afterwards he wanted our friends and teammates to ostracise us. He wanted you to ban us from seeing each other. The reason I'm able to see Max is because I insisted on it after what he did. A few weeks ago we had an argument about me and Max. He hit me so hard I hit my head on the kitchen work surface and was knocked out. I told him I wouldn't report him if he let me see Max. So while he wasn't happy about it he agreed. Graham spoke to him about the whole situation which helped. But he hasn't really changed his views." 'Hold on, Graham knew about this?" Diane said in surprise. I hoped I hadn't dropped him in it so I explained how much of a support he'd been to me and that Pete had told him about us. Whether they were disgruntled he hadn't told them wasn't really my concern, I was fairly sure Graham would be able to explain it to them. The conversation shifted away from me and Max to my immense relief, so far there were no ground rules or anything. Although once we'd finished dinner, Diane then left the room to clean up and Marcus went upstairs. I then realised it was time for the "proper talk". James looked intently at both of us before sighing loudly, "Well boys, you've left us in a bit of a difficult situation. Max, this isn't what your Mum and I wanted for you. We wanted girlfriends and eventually grandchildren. Seeing the way you are together though I'm beginning to understand this probably isn't just a phase. Ben, I can only imagine how hard it was for you the way your Dad reacted and I'm conscious I don't want my own personal beliefs to influence the way I handle this." We both nodded at that and Max took my hand under the table and squeezed it reassuringly. James sighed again, not so loudly this time, "Your Mum is very awkward about all of this Max. I'm more realistic. I remember what it was like being a teenager and I'm not naive. If you aren't sexually active even if it's just hand stuff you probably will be soon." My face was burning bright red at this point and Max looked very uncomfortable as his dad continued, "So there's no point trying to stop you, you'd find a way I'm sure, teenagers usually do. I just want to emphasise to be careful so that leads to the one ground rule we're setting. Keep your relationship in Max's bedroom. We don't want to see kissing or hand holding downstairs. And if you do anything sexual together then for gods sake keep the noise down. That's it. We're not happy about this but it is what it is. If nothing else we want to provide a safe environment for you both to work out if this is what you want. Right, lecture over, you can go and hang out together." I sighed internally with relief and we left the table after I thanked James for dinner. We wanted to rush upstairs but we watched some TV downstairs first before we went to Max's room. Marcus cornered us on the stairs. "Ben, if you want to taste a proper cock rather than Max's tiny one then just let me know!" Marcus said with a giggle before he slapped me on the back, "I'm not serious! Mum and Dad will come round to the whole thing, it's just a shock. It's not my thing but if the two of you are happy then that's good with me. I'll make sure my friends look out for you." "I'm more than happy with Ben and he's more than happy with my dick size!" Max protested which caused Marcus to laugh. "Well Ben is staying silent!" It was more because I was blushing again, while I thought I wasn't embarrsed about our sex life it was another thing talking about it. However I had a riposte ready "I'm very happy with Max's eight inches!" It might have been a lie but it caused the three of us to giggle uncontrollably before Marcus went to his room and we went to Max's. Once we got into Max's room we both sighed loudly. "Fuck, that was very embarrassing!" I said "If it was bad for you it was worse for me! That was my Dad talking about us having sex, not your Dad. I have to live with the knowledge he knows or suspects what we're up to and that every time he sees us he'll be thinking about it!" "Well at least he hasn't banned us. In fact he's pretty much given us a green light to do what we want," I said winking at Max. "I guess so, what do you want?" Max asked with a cheeky grin. I decided to go all in, to tell him exactly what I wanted and to make it a night we'd both never forget....