"We're here" mom said as the car came to a stop. I looked out of my window and saw the oh so familiar house.
"How long are we going to be here?" I asked. I started fidgeting a little bit in my seat.
"Just for dinner and maybe a little bit after that. Why?" Mom asked.
"I don't know. I just want to be home when Hayley get back" I said.
"We understand, but don't you want to hang out with your friends? You and kimmie got along so well last time we were here" dad said.
"Yeah, I know" I said. The memories were coming back. My parents exited the car and I followed. We walked up their driveway and mom knocked on the door. Soon enough, Kimmie opened the door.
"Hi mrs. Miller, mr. Miller, Logan...." She said. She opened the door wider and let us in.
"It's nice to see you kimmie! How have you and your parents been?" Mom asked.
"Great" she turned to me. "How are you? I heard about everything..." She said. I scratched the back of my neck.
"I'm fine" I said. How much did she know? What was she even talking about?
"Okay, well... Dinner is ready, follow me" she said with a small smile. I followed behind everyone. Mom and dad sat on one side. Mr and mrs Henley sat on the ends of the table which meant... I had to sit next to Kimmie. Talk about awkward. Our parents started talking as mrs Henley started serving the plates.
"I heard you had a girlfriend" kimmie whispered to me. I looked down and my plate.
"Yeah... How about you?" I asked.
"Honestly? I'm still hung up on you. I know I cheated, but I love you" she said softly looking down at her own food.
"You should move on" I said.
"What does she have that I don't?" Kimmie asked.
"Why does it matter? You left" I said.
"So Logan, you mom tells me you have a girlfriend?" Me Henley said.
"Yes sir" I said.
"What's she like?" He asked. Everyone was now looking at me.
"Um... She's beautiful and kind. She'd never do anything to hurt me and I love her" I said.
"What's her name?" He asked. Oh shit.
"Hayley" I said quietly.
"I guess that's a very common name" he said.
"Wasn't that new drama teacher named Hayley?" Mrs Henley asked him.
"Who?" My mom asked.
"There is this teacher I hired for the drama class. Logan has her for first period. Her name is Hayley and she hasn't been showing up to school lately. I'm going to have to fire her" he said.
"Oh, maybe she had a family emergency or a Health problem or something" my dad said.
"Maybe, but someone should've called to say she did" mr Henley said.
"Tell us more about this Hayley" mrs Henley said.
"She has short blue hair and is currently living with me."
"Why didn't she come for dinner?"
"She is talking to her parents tonight" I said.
"Why does she need to talk to them?"
"They kicked her out for being gay. That's why she's been living with us. This is the first time she'll be talking to them about it since they kicked her out." I said.
"we'll have to see how it went when we get back" dad said.
"She sounds like a nice girl" mrs Henley said.
"Hopefully you can find someone like that kimmie" mr Henley said.
"I have, but she's with someone" kimmie said quietly. Everyone got quiet and started eating. Slowly but surely our parents started talking again. After dinner our parents kept talking. Thirty minutes passed. Then an hour.
"Hey, wanna watch tv or something" Kimmie said.
"Sure" I said standing up. I followed her to the living room and we sat on the couch.
"Look, I am really sorry about the whole thing" she said as she turned on the tv.
"I know you are, but I'm glad you cheated. If I hadn't found out we might still be together" I said. Kimmoe looked like she was at a loss for words.
"I hurt you" she said.
"And I'm stronger for it"
"I made the biggest mistake of my life"
"And your a better person because of it. You realized your mistake and, hopefully, you won't make that mistake again." I said.
"Give me another chance?"
"No"
"Logan, we're leaving" my dad said. I saw them heading for the door. I got up and followed them out to the car. My parents seemed to be agitated by something, but I wasn't sure. I quietly got in the car and buckled up. My dad pulled out of the driveway and started driving back home.
"We learned something very upsetting" mom said.
"What?"
"That Hayley is your teacher" my dad said. My eyes went wide.
"What? You're crazy if you think she's-"
"Why didn't you tell us?" My mom said looking back at me.
"We weren't actually dating. I was just letting her stay at our place because of some stuff that had happened" I said.
"WHAT?" My dad shouted.
"Look, can we talk about this when we get home?" I asked.
"No, this is very serious. We need to talk about this!" My mom said. Oh shit.
