Fixing You; Fixing Me

Chapter 6: The Price Of Lying

Thomas laid on his bed, he had gotten home an hour ago and Zach had told him he was going to drop James off and be home right after. Thomas was still in shock finding out Zach had been lying to them about his sexuality. He seemed very comfortable when talking to James that Thomas didn't understand why he kept it a secret.

The other part of him was worried about how angry Glen would be that he had been lying about the same thing. Glen hated lies more than anything, it probably was because their mother lied so much, he didn't want anything in their family to resemble her. Thomas heard Zach's car pull up. He waited to hear the doors open and close but it was silent for too long. He looked out his window to see Zach sitting in his car. He went downstairs and out to the driveway, when Zach saw him and got out of the car.

"Sorry it took so long James and I needed to talk. Thomas I'm also sorry for being so untruthful for so long. It's time for us both to come clean." He gave Thomas a hug and before either could say anything the front door opened and Glen came onto the porch looking concerned.

"Hey you two what's going on? Is everything okay?" Zach approached the porch and smiled weakly at Glen.

"Not really, Thomas and I need to have a family meeting right away." Zach said emphatically as he walked past Glen into the house.

The kids were waiting for Glen to return so they could watch the next movie. Zach went and turned the TV off as the twins protested. Zach put his hand up to silence them and of course they knew this was his warning to be quiet so they stopped and waited for him to talk.

"I am sorry for interrupting your movie time. I will make it up to you, however I need to speak with you about something I've been keeping from this family for a longtime. Then Thomas needs to make a statement as well." Zach's shaky voice had Glen concerned.

Glen had a feeling things were going to get intense with the way Zach was talking. Zach didn't waste time telling the family about his sexuality. The twins were shocked, but Brett gained his senses first.

"Wait, if you've been gay this whole time what about your three year relationship to Perry?"

Zach shook his head and blew out a breath, he figured that question was coming. He had to explain that their relationship was fake and she knew he was gay. The so-called breakup was due to her finding an actual boyfriend. The twins kept looking over at a very unusually quiet Glen. If this had been one of them that had lied as much as Zach had done Glen would have been yelling his head off at them.

Glen, sitting there being extremely quiet, was making everyone uneasy.

"Um I guess that's all I need to say, Thomas it's your turn." Zach sat down nervously as Thomas got in front of everyone.

By the time he finished telling everyone that he too had been lying and that he was gay. The room was eerily quiet. Glen stood up and addressed the twins and Claire.

"I'm sorry you three movie nights are over for now, why don't you three go get ready for bed and then you can watch TV in my room until I get up there" the kids could see the anger on Glen's face and knew any protest would not go down well. They got up and gave sympathy looks to a now nervous looking Zach and Thomas.

Once the three kids were up the stairs Glen spoke through gritted teeth "my office now" he growled.

The two men practically ran there. Glen followed on their heels slamming the door behind him "SIT" he yelled at both of them

"Glen..." Zach started to speak.

The patriarch of the family simply snapped his fingers at Zach and glared at him. Zach stopped talking and waited for Glen to speak again. Zach had only seen Glen this angry a few times before but never directed at him. This was very unsettling to him. Thomas sat chewing his fingers nervously.