Growing Up With Gay Parents

Ch. 16

"I graduated!" Josh exclaimed, opening his arms and smiling at me. He's just standing there in his cap and gown and looking gorgeous as ever, with the happiest look on his face. I just scowled and shoved my hands in my pockets. He then frowned and put his hands down. "What's wrong?"

"Umm... We're going to go talk to your parents." Luke said, dragging Michael away. I sighed and looked from them to my boyfriend.

"Come on." He said, grabbing my hand and pulling me out of the gymnasium and into the hallway where we were by ourselves. "Are you ok?"

"No." I said quietly. He grabbed my face in his hands and looked me in the eyes. "You're not going to be at school with me anymore."

"Baby." He sighed. "I'm going to miss getting detention with you like hell but you'll always have Quinn."

"I can't make out with Quinn in the janitors closet, Joshua." I said, making him laugh.

"I thought you were going to go on the reunion tour with your parents." He said.

"Well I was, but I don't want to go with out you." I said. "I want to take you with me."

"So take me with you." He said.

"You're going to college Josh." I said. He rolled his eyes.

"You know I'm not cut out for college. I'm only going because that's what my parents want." He said. I pulled my face out of his hands and wrapped my arms around him, laying my head on his chest. He set his head on top of mine, wrapping his arms around me.

"I want you to actually have a future." I said, making him laugh again. "I'm serious."

"You know what Ryan?" He asked as he pulled away. I looked up at him and he smiled at me. "You are my future. You are everything I want and need. You are the love of my life. You're mine. I don't need anything else. Your happiness is all that matters to me Ryan. I want to go with you on the reunion tour, I've told you that before. I don't want to go to college."

"Josh-"

"Please say yes. I can give my parents an excuse not to spend twelve grand a year on me for school." He said. I chuckled and rolled my eyes. "Yay!" I pulled away from him and walked back into the gym, seeing our parents. He followed me over to them.

"Are you guys ready to go eat?" Sarah asked us.

"Is that even a question?" Josh asked her. "Of course we're ready to go eat."

"You're my favorite." Michael said, throwing his arm around Josh. Josh smiled at him and threw his arm around Michael's torso. They turned around and started walking and I sighed. Luke smiled at me before nudging me forward with his elbow.
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"What did you guys talk about in the hallway?" Michael asked me.

"Ryan was sad that I wasn't going to be with him at school anymore and I told him that I could come on the tour with you and he said that I needed a future. I don't fucking want to go to college. I'm not cut out for college. I barely graduated high school, Michael."

"Then don't go. As bad as it is for me to say that to you. Don't go. Do what you want to do with your life. I did and look where it got me." He said.

"I'm not musically inclined like you are."

"Ya, you're kind of bad at everything." Michael said. I scoffed and he let out a laugh. "Come on tour with us if that's what you really want to do. I do think that you need to think about your future though."

"I told Ryan he was my future." I said. Michael stopped walking and turned to look at me. "What?" He didn't say anything, just brought me into a tight hug.

"Thank you for loving him Josh. I wouldn't trust anyone else to do it." He whispered.

"Thank you for letting me love him." I whispered back, letting go of him.