Family Isn't Always Blood. - A Chenford Story

Boyfriends

Tim's POV

Recently one thing has been on my mind. WHO THE HELL IS LEO AND CARLOS? I've had enough.
"Girls I've had it. Who the hell is Leo and Carlos?" I ask as we eat dinner. Both girls smirk and look at me smugly.
"No one." Tamara says trying not to laugh.
"Mm, they weren't no one last night when you wanted to tell me about them." Lucy chimes in.
"DANG IT MUM!" Lexi says hitting the table.
"Wowww we thought we could trust you." Tamara frowns slightly.
"Nope, Tim and I are one." Lucy smiles.
"Ok, so who the hell are they?" I ask impatiently. 
"Our boyfriends." Lexi mumbles under her breath but I hear.
"WHAT? NO UH UH." I shake my head annoyed.
"Tim it's fine. The girls aren't dumb." Lucy tells me.
"Yeah but boys their age are." I grumble.
"Fine then I'll just be gay jesus." Lexi jokes but it still catches me off guard.
"I-i uhm, at least I would relate to you more?" I say trying to not sound homophobic.
"JESUS CALM DOWN." Lexi cackles.
"Don't joke about serious stuff then!" I say back but the girls are laughing including Lucy who is on the ground holding her stomach.
"I married a child." I roll my eyes as I help Lucy from the ground.
"Funny that a child could make you do whatever she wants." Lucy fake pouts.
"Nope." I say shaking my head.
"Dad you would do anything when it comes to her. Like Leo would for me!" Lexi smiles proudly.
"Ok well if you two are dating these boys I'm meeting them. Call them and invite them over for dinner tomorrow night. 6PM on the dot." I tell the two girls.
"Alright!" The girls say. We all finish eating then load the dishwasher then all split up and do our own things.

The next day as 6PM rolls around we are all waiting then there is a knock on the door. Lexi and Tamara run over. I watch carefully as the boys hug the girls and the girls drag them through the door. I will admit they look like nice, young men but I won't tell them that until I know they are.
"Hi sir." They both say as they reach for my hand.
"Hi." I say coldly and shake their hands. They then move to Lucy and she hugs them both.
"Nice to meet you guys! Come on dinner ready." Lucy smiles being her usual bright self. We all find a seat everyone next to their significant other.
"Alright, I have some questions gentlemen." I tell the boys.
"Yes?" One asks.
"Whose who?" I ask first which is a good question.
"Oh I'm Leo, then that's Carlos." Leo says and then tips his head towards the boy next to Tamara.
"Ok. Next question is do you have a criminal record?" I ask. I notice Lucy poking at her food trying to not laugh.
"No sir." Carlos says.
"Well I was once arrest but I was wrongfully accused for shoplifting." Leo says shyly.
"When, who was the arresting officer?" I question dropping my fork.
"I was 14 so about 3 years ago, I was arrested by Officer Lopez." Leo tells me.
"Mhm, let me call her." I tell him grabbing my phone.
"Wait you know her?" Leo asks.
"No she's just a stranger that is the godmother and Auntie of these two. Yes I know her." I roll my eyes. I call Angela and she answers pretty fast.
"Yes Timothy? I'm trying to feed my child." She snaps.
"Your child can wait because I want to know if mines doing a criminal." I snarl. Lexi immediately hides her face in the table and Lucy burst out laughing.
"Juicy. What can I do for you?" Angela asks more interested.
"This kid says he was arrested by you when you were an officer. Leo, he said he was wrongfully arrested for shoplifting." I say to her.
"OMG THAT LEO? AWW HE'S CUTE! Anyways yeah Jackson arrested him when he was a rookie but he wasn't the right guy. He's actually really nice. Anyways I have to go Jack is about to kill me for not feeding him cya!" Angela says and hangs up.
"DAD WHY DID YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT." Lexi yells at me.
"Just making sure. Plus he wasn't arrested by Lopez." I say looking at him.
"Ok, I was arrested by Officer West. Lopez covered his ass and told me to say it was her who arrested me." Leo says.
"Jackson?" Lucy asks looking serious suddenly.
"Uhm yeah." Leo nods.
"Tim do you think Jacks is sending me a message? Maybe that he's happy about us!" Lucy smiles I know it's just a coincidence but I don't want to hurt her.
"Mum it's probably a coincidence." Tamara speaks up before I can agree.
"I have to go. Nice meeting you boys." Lucy says coldly as she gets up and leaves.
"What is all this about?" Lexi asks.
"She's being dulu. Her bestfriend was Jackson West who arrested Leo. Then she thinks it's him sending a sign when that's just stupidity! Jacks is dead. HE'S FUCKING GONE." Tamara snaps.
"Uh, I feel like you guys need a family moment so we are just going to you know." Carlos says pointing to the door.
"Yeahh. Thanks for having us, Love you Lex." Leo says and then both boys leave.
"Tamara give me your damn phone." I say reaching out and holding my hand ready for her phone.
"WHAT WHY?" Tamara yells back.
"Because you can't talk about your Mum like that. She had to fucking watch him get shot so no shit she looks for signs. She misses him and it's unfair for you to go and say shit like that" I tell her.
"Fucking fine. But no one ever even asked me about all this. ONE DAY HE WAS HERE AND THE NEXT HE WASN'T AND LUCY WASN'T EVEN THERE TO LOOK AFTER ME OR ASK HOW I WAS BECAUSE SHE WAS TOO BUSY HERE PROBABLY FUCKING YOU." Tamara yells as she slams her phone down. She then gets up, grabs her keys and Lexi get's up and follows her out the door.
"WHERE THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU TWO ARE GOING?" I call after them as Tamara starts the car and speeds off. I have to find Lucy and I know exactly where she is.

Lucy's POV
I drive straight to Jackson grave. I park my car then run right to where he is buried then sit down and lean against his grave stone.
"Jackson." I say as I start to cry.
"I met Leo today. The one you arrest a while ago. At first I thought it was a sign from you but then Tamara called me out. I was being stupid. I miss you so much. Can you please give me a sign that your here?" I beg. Suddenly a bird that I'm guessing was an owl fly's right over my head.
"Holey shit am I going crazy?" I exclaim excitedly.
"No I saw that too. That was definitely Jackson." Tim says as he appears.
"Thank god I'm not going nuts. But what are you doing here?" I ask.
"Well after you left Tamara went off about how when we died you came over to mine and left her. She believe we were probably fucking that night." Tim chuckles slightly.
"Oh. Well where is she now I should probably talk to her." I tell Tim.
"Both girls left. I'm sure they will be back tonight. Let's talk to Jackson since we know he's listening." Tim says as he pulls his hands from behind his back and sets down a picnic blanket he's been hiding. We sit and talk for a bit then head home. When we get home the girls are already waiting for us. We all apologise and then watch a movie for some family bonding.