Love Without Boundaries

Quality Time

Chapter Fourteen

            The next day Preston still had to call Grant, he wasn’t sure if having Grant over for dinner was a good idea. His father still hasn’t talked to him yet, and to top it off Ann Marie was going to have her boyfriend over and he didn’t know how he felt about gays.  He didn’t want to put it off any longer; he dialed Grant’s number and waited for him to answer.

            “Hello my love, how are you?”

  “I’m fine, I just wanted to call and invite you over for dinner tonight at my house.”

 “You’re inviting me to dinner at your house, with your family who isn’t ok with you being gay?”

            “Yes, plus it was my mom’s idea. If it were up to me I wouldn’t invite you.”

            “Ouch, what you don’t want me to meet your family?”

            “I do, but I don’t think my family is ready to meet you.”

            “Well I think your mom was right to invite me. How else are we ever going to get your family to be fine ok with you being gay?”

            “I know; it’s just what if they say something rude to you? Ann Marie is bringing her boyfriend, who by the way I have not met yet. I don’t know what kind of person he is or how he feels about homosexuals.”

            “Hey don’t worry about it, I’m a big boy and I can take care of myself. Your mom wouldn’t have this dinner if she felt like your family would react terrible towards me. Therefore, she knows Ann Marie’s boyfriend and knows he would never say anything rude. So don’t worry about it and relax, we will get through this together.”

            “You always know what to say to make me feel better.”

            “That’s what a good boyfriend does, so what time should I go over?”

            “Dinner is at seven, but I want you to be here a six thirty.”

            “Ok I’ll see you then my love.” Preston hung up the phone and let out the sigh he had been holding. He wasn’t really looking forward to this evening. He knew that Xavier and his mom were ok with him being gay. He just didn’t know how Ann Marie or his dad would act. What is Ann Marie’s boyfriend going to do or say? So many questions were going through his head, he truly felt like this dinner wasn’t a good idea.

            “Knock knock,” Ann Marie said as she walked into Preston’s room. He was surprised to see her come into his room. She hasn’t said one word to him since he came out.

            “Hey Ann Marie, what can I do for you?”

            “I came to apology for not supporting you. I know coming out to us couldn’t have been easy.”

            “Thanks that means a lot to me, now if I could just get dad on broad everything will be great.” Ann Marie walked over to where Preston sat on the bed. She sat next to him and hugged him.

            “He just needs  time; you know it can’t be easy on him either.”

            “That’s what everyone always says, but why should it be easy on him? I’m the one who is gay not him, I’m the one who has to walk around with people pointing and whispering behind my back.” 

            She wished she could truly understand how hard it was for Preston, many people frown upon his choice. She knew that his dad was one of them that did.