Monday morning came way too soon my head was still pounding from the party on Friday night. It was our graduation party and it got pretty wild. I smiled at the memory. Mom was forcing me to go to work with her to keep me out of trouble as she had put it. Not that I needed a babysitter I was eighteen and just graduated high school.
"C'mon Steph we are going to be late!" she yelled up the stairs. I rolled out of bed unwillingly and threw on a pair of khakis, a grey button down shirt, and my solid grey converse. I went to my bathroom and brushed my teeth. Looking in the mirror then down at my watch I realized I had no time for hair and makeup so I grabbed my Wonder Woman snapback and put it on backwards. Mom yelled once more, "Stephanie Hazel don't make me come up there." I ran down the stairs.
"I'm coming, jeez give me five minutes," I stated as I walked to the kitchen.
"I would have given you five minutes if you would have gotten up when I told you to. Did you even set your alarm like I asked? I told you I have important clients today" she said, well more like lectured.
"What could be so important? You plan weddings" I rolled my eyes "I don't see how you can be so happy and cheerful about marriage after what dad did to you. How can you still believe in it?" I grabbed a water from the fridge before walking out of the front door.
"I believe in it because not all people are like him, you'll see. One day you're going to meet a man and fall head over heals and be so happy and in love" She said almost glowing as she locked the front door. It made me want to puke. This woman is crazy.
"Mom I've told you like a thousand times already. I'm gay. You know flaming homosexual. Jeez woman, maybe if you would listen every now and then you would know" I said rolling my eyes as I fastened my seatbelt and staring blankly out of the window.
"It's just a phase honey trust me. Everyone goes through them. Of course for me it was more of a rebellious phase, maybe that's all this is" She stopped at the light. She was such a loving person and she used to be so happy then my douche bag of a father broke her. She isn't the same as before and it hurt to see her this way.
"Yeah sure mom" I rolled my eyes and put my headphones on leaning my head back and closing my eyes, I turned up the volume to tune her out. It was the same bullshit every time. It's not that she wasn't okay with homosexuality it's just just she wasn't okay with me being gay. She always said she wanted me to have a great life. I wasn't disappointed by any of it though I knew she meant well it was just how she was raised. A strong Christian background and strict parents made it hard to understand sometimes. Dad was a good guy or so we thought. His frequent business trips had a lot more than just business going on. Truth is my dad a was horny cheating bastard. My mom would still be putting up this it to this day if he hadn't left her. He actually left which is not how it usually goes. Men always say that they will leave their wives for you but usually they won't, they use you until they get what they want and then they toss you aside and move on the the next. I'm not saying all the women he has slept with are whores because I know not all of them knew he was married. I let out a sigh. All this thinking about him made me mad. My mom pulled my headphones off as she parked the car.
"Look Steph try not to be so down today, okay?" She said making me look at her. "I know you don't believe in it because of what your father did but these people in here do believe in it. They have hope and they have faith they can make it work. Not all men are cheaters some actually are faithful. And even if you being a flaming homosexual" She made air quotes around the words " isn't just a phase I will always love you" my lips turned up in a small smile. I let out a soft chuckle. That was probably the best thing she has ever said.
