Then I Quit [BL]

Teenage Rebellion

"Who's that?"

"Freddie said the younger sister-in-law of a Mrs Forman at Sumner," although Glenn's face and tone changes with each word, his interest in never unwavering.

"Oh, is that why he's mad?"

"Ah, no," Glenn laughs and repeats, "He's mad at himself."

"But why?"

"If you want to know you just got to go and ask him," Glenn looks about the room and continues with, "here he comes."

"I don't care. He can be mad all he wants," I close my eyes and take a deep breath in, "So did you guys finally made up? Since you know so much?"

"Oh no. Well," he puts some eggs into his mouth, chews it down, and says, "I don't know what I need to make up with him. I only know stuff because I hear stuff."

"Did his rebellious stage came later than normal people?"

"You see, that's the problem. I personally don't think there's such thing as a rebellious stage-"

Glenn stops as soon as Freddie stands 6 feet away from us. Freddie sits back down with us and says, "So what are we talking about?"

"Teenage Rebellion?" I whisper as I swallow a piece of scramble eggs.

"Oh, then I personally don't think there's such thing as a rebellious stage and if there really is one, then it's overrated in the negative connotation," Freddie picks up his fork.

I look at them in amazement. They're so alike so why are they not talking to one another?

"Um, You just repeated what Glenn said almost word for word," I think I should help them repair their relationship.

"Is that so," Freddie didn't bat Glenn an eye and likewise with Glenn.

"So? I think you guys could talk about why there's no such thing as a rebellious stage..." I trail off hoping that one of them would continue my effort in this conversation.

Luckily, Glenn decides to try, "I think that the negative teenage rebellion connotations come from adults, specifically parents, trying to force the faults of raising a immoral child to his or herself."

"I mostly agree, but don't you think the word immoral is a little too much? Especially in this context? If the word 'immoral' is change to misbehave, then I'll agree," I breathe easier as Freddie joins the conversation.

"Well, I do agree that immoral is not the best word but I don't see how misbehave is the best either," Glenn peals his hard boiled egg.

"You see, misbehave indicates that there is a standard set for what is considered as the perfect 'behavior'; furthermore, that is exactly the case used for describing teenage rebellion that I dislike about."

"Then why is teenage rebellion such a hot topic and to what extent is it for controlling social norm? Why do we say someone's teenage rebellion stage is early, on time, or late?" I try to contribute to the conversation.

"Meh," I hear Freddie sounds and Glenn simply smiles.

"Then, I'll be leaving first. My flight will be leaving in about an hour," Glenn gets up with his tray in his hands.

"You going somewhere?"

"Yes. To Accra, Ghana," Glenn goes over to throw his trash away and whispers a good bye to his mother and sisters and Gray.

He comes back to us and gives me a handshake while ignoring Freddie. Soon Glenn is out of sight and Freddie continues to ignore me.

Although it hurts me seeing him being so nice to me, it hurts me more when he is hurt because of me.

It's my fault that Jelly broke up with him. What should I do to make him smile?

Wait, I already said I don't care so why whenever he is near me, I can't seem to turn my back on him?

"Freddie?"

"Hm?" He looks up at me.

"How's Jelly?" I act as if I didn't know what happened to confirm my conclusion.

"Oh, we broke up. Sorry, I forgot to tell you."

"I'm sorry-"

"Why are you apologizing? You didn't do anything wrong," Freddie reaches for my hand and then stops himself before doing so.

"Then why are you so angry almost going mad?"

"I'm not-well, I'm just angry at myself about a lot of things," he finally smiles at me.

"Do you mind telling me about a lot of those things?" I put on a weak smile as I glance over at Gray.

"Sure, well, I'm just a little angry about how I ruined my relationship with Jelly, being born as Fred's son, Fred getting another young woman pregnant at his age and so much more," I could see weights rolling off his shoulders.

"Sounds more like a father complex than being mad at yourself."

"More or less," he laughs at my summary. "And it goes both ways with Fred and Mom."

"About your mom, why does he take responsibility for Fred's carelessness?"

Freddie lays his fork on his tray. One of his hand holds onto mine and the other pinches his nose bridge, "Mom is just such a good person and love Fred unconditionally. Grandma Vera is very unsatisfied with him as well and..."

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