The next week, they had their appointment at the doctor's and a couple of days later, their results arrived. Fortunately, everything was alright.
"Nothing to worry about," Tom said pleased once they had read their letters and pressed a kiss to Jason's temple. "I told you, love."
Jason nodded and looked really relieved. "Thank god... I was really..." He shook his head. "Well, it's wonderful. Now I don't have to worry anymore when I'm with you." He smiled and pressed a kiss to Tom's head.
"Yeah," Tom smiled and stroked Jason's back. "By the way," he just remembered, "Mum asked if six o'clock works on Friday. What d'you think?"
"Yes," Jason nodded with a sigh. "Perfect. As well as your Mum, don't get me wrong, you know I like her, but... I'm nervous as shit," he chuckled.
"Don't be," Tom replied and stroked his back some more, "It'll be fine, I promise. She's really happy for us."
"Probably," Jason tried to smile. "You help me choose what to wear on Friday, right?"
"Sure, I'd love to," Tom grinned, "Will we stop by your flat today or tomorrow?"
"Er... tomorrow. Today I've got other plans with you, boy..."
Tom grinned. "Sounds good, love", he whispered and leaned in for a deep kiss.
*
It wasn't as if he had never done this before. He had met David's parents when they had dated during their time at Drama school and the whole evening had gone fairly well. Jason knew that he was a great talker and that he could be very charming – and he did believe Tom that his mother was happy for them. So all in all, this dinner should be a piece of cake – if there wasn't this nagging doubt in the back of Jason's head that Sharon was secretly disappointed of him. Disappointed that he was sleeping with Tom instead of filling the role of his father as they had all believed he would...
"Love," Tom said gently after he had parked the car, "Relax, okay? It'll be fine. You look very handsome and you know that you are a really charming bugger." He squeezed his arm and leaned in for a sweet kiss.
Oh, his gorgeous darling.
"Yeah, I know. We'll have a lovely evening," Jason replied eventually and tried to sound as confident as possible. "Let's go, hm?"
He took the bottle of expensive red wine from the back seat before he got out of the car and followed Tom to the front door.
Sharon greeted them with a happy smile and a hug, and apart from the fact that she had gotten quite chic for the evening as well, there wasn't any difference from their meetings in the past.
"How are you? Look, I've brought you this," he held out the bottle for her to take, "Your son unfortunately, had no idea what you like, so I got you one of my mother's favourites. I hope I'm not letting you down." With the wine of course. And... a few other minor things.
"Oh, Jason, you shouldn't have," Sharon smiled and took the bottle, "Thank you, that is so kind. Now, come in you two, I've already set the table..."
"Oh, wonderful," Jason couldn't help himself when she led them to her dining room where she had decorated the table prettily. Flowers, two candles in case they stayed late... Serviettes, the colour matching the flowers – Jason took in everything and tried to remember, because the stakes for her first visit were high now...
"Mum... It's just Jason," Tom chuckled embarrassedly.
"And you, sweetheart."
Tom still looked a bit embarrassed, but Jason could tell that he also really appreciated how much work his mother had put into the evening. "Thanks, Mum, it looks really beautiful."
