Gregory Patrick

01/13/2023

Jaiden – Chapter 187

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"Peyton, I heard about a Netflix movie I'd like to watch with you tonight and maybe with Charlie and Dale if they want to join us." "What's the name of the movie?" "It is a series called Heartstopper that Greg told me about at the hospital today. It's about three relationships that mirror how you and I met and got together, and two girls who got together much the same way Dale and Charlie did in high school. And then there is a twist about two characters who fell in love but haven't yet started dating, one a British-Asian young man and the other a transgender female. Greg said it was the most well-written, beautifully filmed, and described the relationship ideals you, Dale, Charlie, and I have." "Sounds interesting, Jaiden; let's ask Charlie and Dale if they'd like to see the show and have some coffee with cheese and crackers after the children go to bed."

 

"That sounds good to me; I'll ask them after they get home and we have dinner. Tonight is Prime Rib and asparagus night at the Country Club, so I'd like to have that for dinner and take Ginny, Granny, and their husbands with us." "Babe, that sounds so good, as tired as I am tonight. Today was a busy day for all of us, and we ended the day with some problems on the floor that we had to deal with before we got home."

 

Dale and Charlie walked in the door to the house at 6:15 pm, and Dale promptly asked Jaiden and Peyton to excuse him for a few minutes while he went to drop some friends off at the pool. Peyton put his hands over his face and said, "Damn, Dale, TMI!"

 

Charlie being himself, looked at Peyton and said, "at least he didn't say he had to go take a dump." Peyton rolled his eyes as Jaiden started laughing at Charlie's comment.

 

When Dale returned to the den, Charlie looked at him and asked if his `friends' enjoyed being dropped off at the pool, and Peyton all but gagged. Again, Jaiden laughed at his husband and clapped his hands as his mother would if she were there.

 

"Dale, Charlie, I'd like to take everyone to the Country Club tonight since it is Prime Rib and asparagus night. Then, after we get home and the children go to bed, Peyton and I would like to watch a Netflix show with you two while we have some coffee, cheese, and crackers. Would you two be interested in watching the show with us?" "Sure, we're game, and it will give us a chance to relax before we go to bed. By the way, what is the movie about?" "Long story short, it's virtually about our relationship and love for each other. Greg said it is the best movie series he has ever watched. It is reportedly such a great series that Netflix has renewed it for two more years."

 

"Sounds good to me. Perhaps it will work into what we try to educate people about regarding gay relationships and marriage." "I think you hit the nail on the head, Dale."

 

"If y'all will excuse me, I will call Ginny and Granny and see if they and their husbands would like to go to dinner with us."

 

"Ginny, Granny, and their husbands are going to meet us at the Country Club, so as soon as we can get the children loaded into the van and get there, we can eat, get home and spend some time with the children and then get them into bed. Afterward, we can watch the first episode of Heartstopper."

 

The dads loaded into the van, and everyone arrived for dinner at the Country Club at six. The children were excited about eating prime rib with their dads and were eager to take their seats for dinner. When the food arrived at the table, the dads cut up several steaks so the children could safely eat them and put the asparagus on their plates along with some mashed potatoes with butter. Before the blessing over the meal was said, not a sound was made, but afterward, the boys and Alaina Noelle squealed with delight. The children had their favorite ice cream for dessert when dinner was over that evening. Gampy and the Reverend had a blast watching the children enjoy their meal, especially their ice cream.

 

After everyone got home, the children played outside for an hour before they became tired and asked to go to bed. Their request was honored, and the parents settled into the den to watch Heartstopper's first episode, which lasted approximately forty-five minutes. Not much was said for a few minutes after the movie ended. Jaiden, Peyton, Dale, and Charlie all had tears in their eyes after reliving the beginnings of their relationships which bore similarities to the film.

 

Jaiden asked, "so what did y'all think about the movie plot?" Charlie looked at Dale, apologized for their rift at Wellstone, and said that Charlie Spring's relationship with the boy that was supposed to be his boyfriend made him so angry that he wanted to coldcock Ben for being an asshole. Peyton told Charlie to get in line that he had first dibs on Ben Hope. Peyton looked at Jaiden and said that Nick Nelson reminded him of his husband when he grabbed Ben in the classroom and told him that Charlie Spring said to stop and then shoved him down the hall and told him to piss off. "Jaiden, it was like when you went after the two preachers in the restaurant and made the news for what you said to them." Jaiden let a tear escape from his eyes, lifted Peyton's hand to his face, and kissed it. "Peyton, I did it then, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Nobody will disrespect you in front of me and get away with it...nobody!" Peyton reached up and wiped the tears from Jaiden's cheek and said, "Sweetheart, ditto. I love you so much it sometimes hurts."

 

Dale stared at the television and didn't say much.

 

When he finally calmed down, he looked at Charlie and said, "Babe, I love you to Mars and back, and I always will. Like Nick was to Charlie Spring, that is how I want to be to you." "You are, Babe, don't worry about that. I feel so loved by you and the children that I am the richest man on this earth."

 

Jaiden said, "you know, Ben Hope is nothing but a gaslighting narcissistic asshole, and he deserves to get his ass whipped, and I would love the chance to do just that." Then Charlie said he felt the same way and that, given a chance, he would stomp Ben Hope's butt into the ground." His comment got a laugh out of Peyton because he knew what had happened earlier in Dale and Charlie's relationship and how much the incident hurt both of them. Charlie Spring suffered the same pain in the first episode of the show.

 

Dale asked what everyone's favorite scene was in the first episode, and everybody said it was when Nick Nelson walked up to Charlie Spring at his locker and Charlie dropped all the contents of his locker onto the floor of the corridor. It was also the scene where it was evident that Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson indicated their feelings for each other. Everybody enjoyed the different scene when Charlie Spring tried out for the rugby team and tackled Nick. As Nick was getting up off the ground, it appeared he was about to sport a huge erection.

 

The more Charlie and Nick practiced rugby together, the more apparent it became that Nick had fallen in love with Charlie.

 

Then Charlie told Ben that he had seen him kissing the girl on the school grounds and let him have it inside the school for not respecting his feelings. That was the scene where Nick grabbed Ben, slung him down the hall, and told him Charlie had told him to stop and that he needed to "Piss off." Ben Hope did that, and he did it in a hurry. But he had no intention of letting Charlie Spring get away from him that easily and Nick had no intention of allowing him to bully Charlie.

 

As Nick sat on his bed and read texts from Charlie, there was no doubt that he had fallen in love with Charlie Spring, and Charlie had fallen head over heels in love with him.

 

The consensus after watching the movie was that the guys could not wait to watch episode two the following night.

 

Enter Elle onto the scene, and her desired relationship with Tao becomes evident. There is a twist to Elle that everyone will have to watch the movie to figure out, and it will take some concentrated viewing of episode two to figure out what is what. One thing was sure: watching the development of Tao and Elle's relationship would be exciting. Without a doubt, Heartstopper is the best-written best story ever.

 

The dads sat on the deck, drank coffee, and held each other. Jaiden and Peyton laid back on the chaise lounge, Peyton on top of Jaiden, who kissed Peyton and slid his hands inside Peyton's briefs and lovingly rubbed his butt, eliciting a protruding erection from his husband. It wasn't any different for Dale and Charlie, lying on the other chaise lounge, doing the same thing. The first episode of the series put love in the air, and nothing was going to extinguish that!

 

Jaiden got up, went into the den, and started playing Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow on the stereo.

 

Brudda Iz's music further set the mood for the evening. Peyton let a tear escape from his eye when Iz started singing You Don't Know Me. Talk about a love song! You'll have to listen to it on YouTube because trying to describe the piece won't do it justice; it is so beautiful and apropos. "Peyton, can we go to bed, and you let me just hold you?" "All night long, babe!"

 

Jaiden began singing in his beautiful baritone voice:

 

"I saw you in my dreams,

We were walking hand in hand,

On a white, sandy..beach...in Hawaii.

 

We were playing in the sun,

We were having so much fun,

On a white...sandy beach...in Hawaii;

 

Sounds of the Ocean,

Soothe my restless soul,

Sounds of the ocean,

Rock me all night long...

 

Those hot long summer days,

Lying there in the sun,

On a white, sandy beach...of Hawaii...

 

Sounds of the ocean,

Soothe my restless soul,

Sounds of the ocean,

Rock me all night long...

 

Last night in my dreams,

I saw your face again,

We were in the sun,

On a white, sandy beach...

Of Hawaii...

 

On a white, sandy beach...

Of...of...of...

Of Hawaii!

 

Tears flooded Peyton's eyes as the love of his life sang that beautiful tune he learned from Israel Kamakawiwoʻole while they were on their honeymoon in Maui, Hawaii. Dale and Charlie were stone-faced as Jaiden sang that song.

 

Peyton took Jaiden by the hand and said, "Come with me."

 

He walked Jaiden to their bedroom, went inside, and closed and locked the door. He undressed Jaiden, lay him on their bed, and then he undressed and crawled into bed with Jaiden and snuggled up to his husband as closely as possible. When he awoke the following day, Jaiden was still holding the love of his life the same way he was when they went to bed. Charlie and Dale were no different in their bedroom. The movie and the music from the night before had left an indelible mark on each of the lovers.

 

Jaiden slipped out of bed the following morning and told Peyton he would be right back. When he returned, he served Peyton breakfast in bed with the best cup of coffee Peyton had ever drunk. Dale did the same thing for Charlie and followed Jaiden back to their bedroom.

 

Thankfully, the children slept in that morning and gave their dads extra snuggle time.

 

When the children awoke, the dads got them dressed and into some warm clothing, fed them breakfast, and asked them if they would like to go to the mountain trails for a long walk or if they wished to go to the beach first. Alaina Noelle quickly answered and said she wanted to go to the mountain trail first. Then, she looked at her brothers with a particular expression, and the brothers didn't say a word. Finally, Dale grinned from ear to ear and said, "that's my girl, and the boys are still scared of her." Nathan Robert heard Dale and said, "Daddy, `Laina is mean; we don't mess with her. She's in a bad mood."

 

Jaiden and Peyton nearly laughed their butts off at Nathan Robert's comment, but they knew he was telling the truth. So when everyone was in the van and ready to go, instead of going to the mountains or the beach, they wound up at Mr. Pope's Ford dealership.

 

Charlie asked why they stopped there, and Jaiden replied, "you'll see." He went inside for a moment and then came back outside and asked Dale and Charlie to go with him and look at something.

 

They walked into the new car prep department, and Mr. Pope handed Dale some keys and told him to look at the beautiful red minivan. Dale looked at the van and said it was nice, but they already had two cars. Mr. Pope said he realized it was no fun taking their children anywhere when they had to take them in two vehicles. He handed Dale and Charlie three sets of papers and showed them where he wanted them to sign on the dotted lines. When they had signed the papers, Mr. Pope said, "Gentlemen, enjoy your new minivan. When Alaina wants to go somewhere, and the boys want to go somewhere else, they can take the children who want to go to the same spot, and Jaiden and Peyton could take the other boys to the beach or the mountains first."

 

Charlie interjected that they hadn't paid for the van. Mr. Pope said, "don't worry about it – he didn't tell them that Jaiden's mom bought the van for them so they could drive to Florida when they wanted to see their parents and siblings while Peyton and Jaiden went to see her in Abingdon."

 

Dale looked at Peyton and Jaiden and commented that they shouldn't have done that. "Done what," Peyton asked. "Paid for the van, that's what!" "Jaiden said, "Dale, we didn't pay for that van, so you need to look elsewhere for that." The funny thing is that Jaiden knew his mother bought the van for Charlie and Dale because she thought they needed it and would enjoy it, but nobody would say that it was she who purchased the van for the guys.

 

Jaiden drove down the road with the weirdest grin he'd had on his face in a long time. Peyton was steadily poking Jaiden in his side to get him to stop grinning before he gave the secret away. It didn't matter because Dale was driving the new van to the mountains.

Charlie, however, was in the big van with Jaiden, Peyton, and all the children. They would swap out the car seats when they got to the parking lot in the state park.

 

When everyone was ready to make the trek to the beach, Dale and Charlie put their children in the new van. When the children were in the new van, Chuck said, "Daddy, I like the new car, the other car stunk." Dale asked, "What do you mean, Chuck?" "Nathan was farting, and he stunk." "He did?" "Uh huh, and he stunk."

 

"Well, if nobody farts in the new van, it won't stink."

 

When Dale said that, Alaina Noelle made visual contact with each of her brothers, and they got her message loud and clear: if they farted, they would pay a hefty price!

 

While the guys and their children were in the mountain park, they discussed the movie HEARTSTOPPER.

 

Peyton asked what parts of the movie touched them the most.

 

Charlie teared up and said the scene where Charlie told Nick he thought they should break up because all he did was make Nick's life miserable." "Why did that scene upset you, bro?" "Don't you remember when I did something stupid at Wellstone and Dale, and I almost broke up? That was the worst day of my life and something I will never forget. I didn't mean to upset Dale that way; I didn't mean to do what I did; it happened before I knew what was going on." Dale looked at Charlie and turned Charlie's face to him.

 

"Charlie, do you remember what Nick did in the middle of a rugby game and what Charlie Friend did in the school corridor?" "Yes, why?"

 

"Didn't we do the same thing and renew our promises to each other?" "Yes, but what I did still hurts me to my core." "Charlie, you must let that go, and we must move forward together. I love you more than anyone else, and you know that." "Yeah, I do, but it still hurts that I disappointed you so badly."

 

Dale tenderly held Charlie's face as he lost it.

 

Peyton looked at Jaiden and said, "Just like Nick Nelson when he kissed his first boy, Charlie Spring!" Jaiden smiled and said, "Yeah, I know; it's sort of like we did the first night we held each other in bed after that unbelievable shower we took together." Peyton didn't say a word, but he smiled from ear to ear; he meant for that night to happen, and Jaiden knew it!

 

When Dale helped Charlie calm down, he said, "that scene where Tau got into a fight with Harry reminded me of the day Charlie and I had our disagreement, and the two of you jumped our butts. We all were mad at each other, but we made up and apologized as Charlie and Tau did at the spring athletic event at their school. That was the point for me that I realized how much we all loved each other at Wellstone and how much we still love each other." Peyton replied that he had the same thought when that scene played. Jaiden said, "do y'all remember what we started doing at that point?" Dale smiled and said, "yep, we started running together every evening to get rid of our stress." "That we did," Jaiden said. "Now look at us: we have ten children between the four of us; we all live together in a huge home, and we're extremely protective of each other, especially our children."

 

"What did y'all think of the scene where Nick pulled Dan off Charlie in the school room?" "Charlie started laughing and said it was similar to when Peyton took down Leon in the park in Memphis," Peyton said that was the same thought he had when he watched that scene. "It encouraged Charlie to start taking up for himself; I was so proud of him when Dan tried to apologize and kiss him at the hotel during Harry's birthday party, and Charlie pushed him into the hallway wall. Nick loved that happening because it was when he knew that Charlie was in love with him, or as they said, they "liked each other."

 

Jaiden asked, "What wasn't in the series you would like to see?" "Charlie being Charlie, said, "I would love to have seen the ten instances where they made out before confirming their relationship as boyfriends."

 

Dale spoke up and asked, "Charlie, are you eternally horny?" "Yeah, I think so, especially when I see you naked. I get so horny you couldn't break my dick with a sledgehammer." Jaiden laughed and told Charlie that was TMI. "Well, Dale asked, and all I did was answer him." "That's true, Charlie, but sometimes you can answer a question with your eyes and lips." "True, Jaiden, but it isn't nearly as fun answering a question that way." Jaiden hung his head while laughing and said, "damned if I didn't step into that one." Dale said, "amen to that."

 

Peyton kept quiet while that discussion continued, but he wasn't without an answer as he reached over and grabbed Jaiden's crotch.

 

Sweetheart, Charlie isn't the only one who seems to be horny all the time; your penis is so hard right now that you could slam the car door on it and never feel pain." "PEYTON!" "Hey, babe, if you hadn't sported that reaction, or should I say that erection, I wouldn't have said a word, so you could say you rose to the occasion." Dale and Charlie laughed so hard that they started coughing.

 

Neither of the guys saw Nathan Robert go behind them and didn't notice he wasn't in front of them until they heard, "Daddy, what is an erection?" Jaiden turned blood red and told Peyton, "You got it started, so you get to answer our son's question." "Nathan Robert, you know the flag pole at school? Well, it stands erect, meaning it stands straight up. That's what erection means, to stand straight up."

 

Peyton let out a massive sigh of relief when Nathan Robert said, "oh, OK, Daddy, and let the rest of his questions disappear." Jaiden said, OK, Charlie, that's enough, don't arouse more suspicious questions." "Jaiden, I'm not the one causing an arousal; I believe that is you!" Peyton lost it and spat Pepsi all over the ground. Alaina Noelle saw Peyton spit out Pepsi all over the ground and said, "Unka Peyton, you wasted Pepsi; you shouldn't waste Pepsi." "OK, Alaina Noelle, I'll be more careful. Unka Jaiden wasted something I wish he hadn't wasted. I would have liked to play with it." "What did he waste, Unka Peyton?" "Oh, it was just a toy I like, and he lost it." "Unka Jaiden, you shouldn't lose Unka Peyton's toys." It would be appropriate to say that Peyton, Dale, and Charlie were ROTGLTAO. Jaiden turned eight shades of red; he was so embarrassed – and the guys loved seeing him that way!

 

"Anything else you wish to add, Jaiden?" "Hell no, Charlie, and you better not add anything either."

 

Jaiden, what was your most realistic reaction to the story?"

 

"You know where Nick sat down to talk to his mother over a cup of coffee? When Peyton and I tried to tell our parents that we were gay, we got pretty much the same loving reaction from our parents. I was so happy that the lady who played Nick's mother taught parents how to respond to their children coming out as gay or bisexual." Dale said he and Charlie had the same feeling about that scene. How much more loving could a parent be to say, "Oh, baby, I love you"- when their child steps out of the closet? I wish Leon could have experienced that, and the children we went to court to help. I wish their parents could have been that kind of parent. It would have made a world of difference in the lives of Richard, Seth, and Andrew. But then again, if their birth parents had been kind and understanding, they wouldn't be Peyton's brothers at this point."

 

"And what about Jeremy Stanislauski, Bobby Gentry, and don't forget Maddie, Justin Tyler, and Daniel? It seems like every case we've all stepped into caused the lives of the children to be immensely better. Isn't that what Nick and Charlie's friend did for them? Make their lives better?" Jaiden, that's what made what we did worth all the costs we faced." "Amen, Charlie, amen."

 

What things did y'all notice, should have noticed, in the film that the ordinary person might miss?

 

"What do you mean, Jaiden?"

 

"Dale, there were some things that you would have missed if you didn't pay close attention to the film. What were some things that you may have noticed?" "Where did Elle first go to school?" "Didn't she first go to Truham?' "She did, Dale. But she transferred to a different school; what was the name of the second school?"

 

"Wasn't it the Higgs School?" "Yes, but what set it apart from the Truham School?"

 

"Wait a minute, Truham was a boy's school, and Elle went to that school for several years before transferring to Higgs. Higgs was a girl's school." "Bro, you are correct, so what does that tell you about Elle? Tau?" Elle is transgender, and she is in love with Tau, who is in love with her." "You got it.

 

Before the school clue, what else was there about Elle that you noticed – or didn't?" Think about her sitting at the tables on the school grounds, lying back on Charlie's bed and the table in the art room." "She was flat-chested." "Correct, she had no female breasts." "That she was, but she was still a lovely girl. "Dame, Jaiden, we need to watch that several more times to see what we missed in the translations." "My thought exactly. The series is similar to the movie, A Great Mind. He walked through a flock of pigeons, and they didn't so much as flinch; how many people noticed that the first time they watched that movie?"

 

"Peyton said, I know I missed it, Jaiden' now I have to go back and watch the movie again to see what else I missed." Jaiden had a smug smile, knowing he had touched the guy's minds and struck a mutual interest in re-examining things seen and heard; are they natural, subconscious, or what? Their exploration of the past movies seen would yield the answer to that question.

 

"If you had to say what your favorite scenes were in HEARTSTOPPER, what would they be?" "Geez, Peyton, for me, it would have to have been in the hotel when Charlie asked Nick if he would kiss him. It was evident that it was a dream come true for Nick and a dream realized by Charlie.

The look on Nick's face after he twice kissed Charlie was heart-rending. His eyes were enough to make you cry. And then the guilt that appeared on Charlie's face was so heartbreaking. And the following day, when Nick appeared at Charlie's house to discuss those kisses, Charlie's mom acted like an actual, uncaring heifer. Nick was about to cry when they headed up to Charlie's room."

 

"When Charlie started apologizing for asking Nick to kiss him thinking it had ruined their friendship and their relationship, when Nick cried on Charlie's shoulder, I wanted to do the same. The one part of that scene that gave hope was when Nick got Charlie to stop fretting and kissed him. Both their expressions were amazing." "Same here, Dale. What about you, Charlie?

 

"I think for me was when Kizzy, Corina, Elle, and Tao went for milkshakes before the band concert, and Nick mentioned a triple date while Tao was at the milkshake stand getting the last of the refills, and Elle realized Nick and Charlie were a couple and was overjoyed along with Kizzy and Corina; that reminded me of when Dale and I came out, and our parents abandoned us. Charlie's dad was very supportive, but his mother was a different story. Dale and I were both hurt that way. In a way, it brought back much pain and, at the same time, represented an acceptance of Nick and Charlie's relationship. I wish we could have seen Charlie's mom's reaction to the news; it would have been comforting to know that she understood and accepted the two as a couple – like Charlie's sister did.

 

Jaiden said, "Without a doubt in my mind, that was the most beautiful story told most amazingly and positively with little or no mention of gay sex. In addition, the series' filming was spot on and not vulgar in ways other such movies can be and have been.

 

It signals to me that our relationships are becoming more understood and accepted in society; I hope that is the case.