Icing on the Cake

~17~

“Luke.” He said back to me right away. “Is it true that Mom and Dad kicked you out?”

“Well it was mostly Mom, Dad wasn’t home.” I clarified. “But clearly Dad supports that decision because it’s been twenty-four hours.”

“Where’d you stay last night?”

“Calum’s.”

“Are you still there?”

“Where else would I go?” I asked.

“You could’ve come to my apartment.” Ben had an apartment in the same town. “Why didn’t you do that?”

I suddenly became numb and a sense of dread and anxiety about going to the gay conversation place with my brother. “Because,” I said, realizing that if I spoke I would start crying. “I thought you would support their decision.” Tears rolled down my face.

“I would never…Luke.” He responded.

“How did you even know?” I said, knowing that it was obvious by how I sounded that I was crying. “How did you even know I got kicked out?”

“Jack texted me yesterday.”

“Then why did it take you until now to call me?”

“I was out last night and my phone died. I went to work this morning with it charging in my car and I saw it right after I got off work. I called right away.”

“Oh.”

“Come stay at my place. I can turn my office back into a spare bedroom.” Ben said.

“Okay.” I said. “Thank you.” I hung up the phone.

“Well, Calum.” I said. “I have a solution to my problem.”

Notes

Sorry I haven't posted in forever. Life...you know? But I've been ridiculously ill today, so bad I couldn't participate in life so here I am!

Thank you for reading, lovelies! :D