Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 11:12:00 +0100 From: Andrew Passey Subject: Coming Out Part Twenty Four (Young Friends) I raced over to Jamie's bed. He was sleeping but I sat on the chair next to his bed, held his hand and felt the happiest I'd felt since I'd seen him last. His face was bruised and I'd definitely seen him look better. The bruises and scratches spoiled his beautiful face. He'd put himself in harm's way to stand up for someone younger and weaker than him. Now he was paying the price for his bravery but it made me love him even more. I squeezed his hand gently and I felt a light squeeze back, he opened his eyes and smiled sleepily at me, "Sam! What are you doing here?" "Er visiting my boyfriend you idiot!" He looked at his watch, "shouldn't you be in school?" "Mr Johnson let me off P.E when I said I wanted to see you. I may have let slip we were boyfriends but as a gay teacher at a catholic school he's good at keeping things quiet. I thought it would be nice to have an ally at school." "That's fine," Jamie said which surprised me. "I didn't expect to see you. They're sending me home today. Dad's picking me up soon I think. We have a lot to talk about Sam." "Do we?" "A brush with death makes you reevaluate things." "Was it that serious?" I asked. "If the bus hadn't been slowing down I might not have made it. When the pain kept me awake last night I did a lot of thinking. About you, about us," "Oh...what did you decide?" I asked slightly anxiously. Had a brush with death made him change his mind about us? "That I need you Sam. I don't love you only because you're the most beautiful sexy boy in the world. I love you because of who you are. Because of who we are together. I already know I want to spend the rest of my life with you." My eyes were wet with tears as I leaned over and kissed his cheek, "I love you forever. You saved me. You made me happy. I don't deserve you!" "Don't say that!" Jamie said sharply before his expression softened, " You are amazing. You're so kind and gentle. So sweet and loving. You are the most amazing boy in the world and you need to always remember that. You complete me. You make me the best version of myself. When it's just you and me in my room it feels like we're one soul joined together fighting against the world." "Wow, no one has ever said that about me before." "Well it's true! And as I said I have done some thinking. I've realised that there's no point lying to people anymore. Well not lying, just not being totally honest. I want to tell Mum and Dad and your Mum about us, I want to tell everyone at school. I want you. I want all of you. I want everything and I mean everything. I could have died. I've held back from us going all the way because I was scared I wasn't ready, that it was too much too young for us. But that moment in the ambulance when I was scared I might die, I might die without you being there, without us having made love together. I changed them. Now it's time to tell everyone." I looked at him in amazement, "You really have been doing some thinking! " "I know! I meant every word. I doubt I'm mentally or even physically ready to go all the way just yet it's you but it's getting closer. I want to tell my parents tonight, with you there." "Fuck, I wasn't expecting that!" "Why wait?!" I sat there next to his bed, holding hands as we chatted for ages. Then Jamie let go of my hand and I noticed that Jon had arrived. "Hello Sam! Didn't expect you to be here." I said hello back and then Jamie got involved, "Dad, can Sam come home with us for dinner?" "Sorry Jamie, you need rest, there is plenty of time to see Sam at the weekend." "Sorry Dad, it's important. I have things I need to tell you and Mum and Sam really needs to be there." Jon looked like he might say no but then smiled, "Fair enough he can come but not stay late, you need to rest young man!" Jon closed the curtains and I stood outside them while Jamie got changed out of his hospital robe and into his clothes. Of course I'd seen him naked many times but Jon didn't know that! It wasn't long before we were on our way back to Jamie's house in the car. We pulled up on the road outside and Jacob came out the front door looking very excited to see Jamie (and perhaps me as well!) Jon helped Jamie inside while Jane fussed over him. She looked very surprised to see me but Jon said Jamie insisted. Jamie then tried to take some charge of the situation, "Mum, Dad, it's important to me that Sam is here for what I need to tell you. Can we talk first before anything else?" "Let me just order the takeaway first," Jane said, who ordered pizzas to be picked up by Jon in an hour. A couple of minutes later we were all sitting gone on the sofas in the front room. Jamie next to me on the smaller one. Jon, Jane and Jacob on the other one. "So what's so important and can't wait that meant you had to insist on bringing your friend with you?" Jane asked, looking slightly annoyed. Did she blame me hence calling me the "friend" not Sam? Jamie took my hand which caused Jacob to smile and wink at me, "This might come as a shock and there's no easy way to say it...... I'm bisexual...and Sam..... Sam is my boyfriend. We've been dating since January. I wanted to tell you but after Sam had gone through such difficulty at school I also didn't feel ready to tell anyone." You could briefly hear a pin drop, his parents looked a bit surprised although Jacob was beaming at me. "Well...that really is big news, I suppose that makes sense. I did think you spent a lot of time together. I just didn't realise you liked boys!" Jane didn't look too happy about things but maybe it was the being kept in the dark? "Mum, I'm bisexual, I like boys and girls! Actually that's not true, I only like one boy. Sam." Jon smiled and seemed happier than Jane did, "Thank you for being honest with us Jamie and congratulations boys.. I'm really happy for you both and just by looking at you both now it's obvious how much you love each other.. You make a lovely couple. Any relationship will have its struggles and its problems but just try to be honest with each other." "Thanks Dad, we've already been through a fair bit. But I love Sam and he loves me so I'm sure we'll make it work." I thought I heard Jane scoff slightly at that but Jacob beamed at us, "So does that mean you're my brother too Sam?!" Jamie laughed, "Not until we get married Jacob!" "I think that's taking things a bit too quickly Jamie. I know you think you're in love but everyone always says that about puppy love. We'll have to introduce some ground rules. I'm not sure sleepovers should be allowed and bedroom doors need to stay open when Sam is over." Jamie sighed, "It's not "puppy love" Mum. We've been together for months. I'm almost sixteen, I know my mind. I know how I feel about Sam. And I don't think it's fair that you should start introducing ground rules when we've behaved impeccably up to now." Not sure that having 69s counted as impeccable behaviour but they didn't need to know that! It seemed that while Jane might not be onboard Jon certainly was. "Jane, we let them have sleepovers together when we didn't know they were boyfriends. We shouldn't punish them for telling the truth. If we try and stop them they'll find a way. I'd rather whatever teenage experimentation went on was done safely in a bedroom rather than taking risks in public." "But they're so young!" Jane protested, "They aren't though, Jamie is almost sixteen, Sam almost fifteen. Face it, our boy is growing up and will be an adult soon. We treat him like one most of the time and he never lets us down. We need to trust him, trust them both that they know what they're doing." Jane was quiet for a moment or two before she sighed, almost in resignation. "I suppose you're right. Sorry boys, it's just, I guess it's quite a shock. Jamie, your dad is right. We won't introduce rules, for now, but just be safe and be kind to each other. Make sure there's always consent in whatever you do and make sure you use condoms." "Mum!! We don't do anything like that!" Jamie said, looking scandalised. "But thanks for understanding." We then chatted niceties until Jon went to pick up the takeaway and me and Jamie could catch up with it being just the two of us. Jane seemed to want to keep an eye on us so I said I'd help Jamie take his bag upstairs. We stole a kiss in his bedroom although we were careful in case Jane caught us.. "That went pretty well," I said to Jamie, smiling at him. "I guess so, I started to shit myself a bit when Mum tried to ban sleepovers!" "Yeah but by the end she was telling us to have sex! As long as we use condoms!" Jamie giggled, "Mmmm yeah, true! Well...I think my body needs to recover a bit first before we can go all the way.. Everything aches!" I blushed slightly, "I didn't mean right now (although if you weren't so injured I'd be tempted)!" Jamie looked a bit awkward as well, "Soon lover boy! If only so we can talk about it about without blushing or feeling embarrassed!" We went back downstairs and played with Jacob before dinner, We all ate takeaway pizza together and the atmosphere was very relaxed. Laughing, joking, chatting, whatever anxieties Jane had about us had either gone or she wasn't going to bring them up. After dinner I decided I should go home. I could see Jamie was tired and he also needed family time. We kissed goodbye in the hallway away from prying eyes and I walked back home. It was a cold clear evening, but people were still out drinking and having fun. It all made me feel so good about the world. I had the most amazing boyfriend in the world. His parents knew about us and were sort of cool with it. Jamie wanted to tell more people and best of all was keen for us to go all the way and have full on sex. That would need a bit of planning and research. I'd watched gay porn of course but I was also aware that porn isn't real life. I decided to do some research online so whenever the moment came I'd be ready. It was also time for me to tell Mum and Tom about me and Jamie. When I got home Tom was out with friends for the night. I really wanted to tell him and Mum together but once she gave me a massive hug as soon as I got through the door I knew it was the right time. "How's Jamie?" She asked. I smiled and explained all about what had happened to him. Then at the end of that it I apologised again for yesterday, "I was just so worried and stressed I wasn't thinking straight." "Sam, you're a loving loyal friend and it's nice you want to be there for Jamie." Now was the moment. "It's a bit more than that Mum....Jamie.... Jamie's my boyfriend." "I know sweetheart, it's written over your face every time you see him or talk about him. I was just waiting for you to tell me. I am so happy for you Sam, Jamie is such a lovely boy." I gave a sigh of relief and then opened up about how much I loved Jamie. I could tell Mum didn't think it was "puppy love" and I loved her for that. What a rollercoaster the past day had been. Now our parents knew about us and things couldn't be better particularly after yesterday which had looked so bad. I was exhausted after the emotion of the past twenty four hours and after messaging Jamie a few times I went to bed early and fell straight asleep.