de Santis (complete)

chapter ten

muna giuseppe

"is noah returning to school soon?"i ask "we don't know"my dad says "but ace tells you everything"i say "this is different"my mom says

ace de santis

"i want to press charges"i say "okay we just need more information"one of my lawyers says

once i'm done talking to my lawyers i have noah sign some things and let him go to his room

noah told me what happened at school and i'm working with my legal team to press charges and keep it quiet

"this will stay out the press"i say "of course"one of my lawyers says "how much should we offer the family to keep this quiet?"a different lawyer asks "i don't care, they can name there price and i'll write a check"i say as i get up

"thank you"i say to my legal team

i go up to my sons room

"i miss jordan"noah mumbles as he hugs himself

"what would you like for lunch?"i ask "i don't care"noah says

noah de santis

i go down to the kitchen and watch my dad make lunch

"arlo wants to see me"i mumble "he can come over"my dad says

arlo rossi
an hour later

"your quiet"i say as i kiss noah's head

"arlo"noah says "what?"i ask

"i'm transgender, i was born a girl but now i'm a boy and i-i really like you but i don't want this to change anything between us"noah says quickly i look at him suprised "oh"i say

"w-was that a good oh or a bad oh?"noah asks

"i don-don't think we can keep dating"i mumble "but i'm a boy, like you"noah says on the verge of tears "do you-do you have boobs?"i ask noah nods "and girl... parts?"i ask noah nods "h-how are we supposed to have sex?"i ask "i'll wear my binder and-" "noah"i say cutting him off

"i-i think we'd be better as friends"i say "but i don't want to be friends i want to date you i want to kiss you and cuddle you and hang out with you"noah says "i'm gay but if i date you i'm bi because you still have the body of a girl"i say "i want to be able to have shirtless cuddling not me being shirtless and you wearing a binder and i want to feel a male body when i wake up"i say noah nods as his lip quivers "i don't think your not a boy, you are but you also haven't had to surgeries to make you more like a boy and that's a turn off for me"i say as i get up "i'm sorry"i mumble

noah de santis

"i don't think your not a boy, you are but you also haven't had the surgeries to make you more like a boy and that's a turn off for me"arlo says as he gets up i look down as tears fall out of my eyes "i'm sorry"arlo mumbles as he leaves

this is why i don't tell the guys i date

it's also why i don't have sex

my dad comes into my room "what happened?"he asks as he drops in front of me

"arlo wants to date a real boy"i say quietly "you are a real boy"my dad says "no i'm not"i say