Escaping Cliché (BXB) «COMPLETED»

Chapter 18

"Hello Boys" my mom said as they enter the house.

"Hi ma, pops" Andreas said while we are sitting on the sofa pretending to be casual since we just finished cleaning up the house seconds before they entered the door.

"You okay, Honey? You seem out of breathe" she replied as she came near me.

"I'm uh Fi-ine. Hows your visit? How's Mandy?" I replied

"It was great honey. Guess what? Youre gonna be an uncle, arent you excited?" she said almost jumping in excitement.

"Yeah. Super excited! How far along is she?" I asked

"2 months" she said in glee.

"That's nice. But why'd you came back early? I thought you were coming back much later" I said voicing out my concern since I heard the car pull up in the drive way.

"Oh. I dont know how to tell you this Zeke but.." she said looking around and stop upon seeing Andreas and raised an eyebrow at me.

I looked at Andreas and saw him sleeping on the couch.

I shrugged at my mom and she continued to stare at me until I finally got it.

"Oh my god. Its longer than that! Isn't she? Thats why youre buttering it up"

"I am not. Buttering anything up and dont tell your father that"

"He doesnt know? What would happen when shes giving birth before 9 months? He'd think the baby is premature. Mom! Why didnt you tell him? They are already married so it doesn't matter anyway" I cornered her.

"Why dont you head home Andreas. I'm sure your mother is looking for you" she said turning her attention to him.

We both looked at him and saw him still 'sleeping’ so she gestured for me to go with her in the kitchen.

"Your father would freak. You know that. Hell think they married for the baby" she said.

"But that isnt the case, right?"

"No" she answered quickly. Too quickly to be true.

"Mom! Why? I thought they love each other" I asked her perplexed.

Come on. Its like everything about here is a lie. I thought everything about here is cliché? All love and fairy tale endings. Its like its not real. I mean I guess it is really farfetched to assume that everything is cliché in every other town but this is cliché ville but maybe just maybe we werent really living in a fantasy world and we've been fooling ourselves that we are or so I am.

I am not cliché, never has been and never will be. Why couldnt I get that through my head? I'm gay for heaven's sake. I mean WTF. I am gay. Oh my gosh. I am gay and I am inlo-like I like Andreas. I'm never going to be normal I thought.

"They do. They do. They have since they were practically born. You know that. You saw them. Its just they got pregnant earlier. But they do love each other. Hey. Dont think about that now. They love each other very much. And even if Mandy's not pregnant with your nephew or niece they'd still get married. Their engagement was for a year" she answered calming me down.

Uh...right. Yeah. Its still cliché. Whew. And I thought I was gonna admit to Andreas again that he was right about us forcing cliché to ourselves.

"Zeke?" My mom said snapping me out of it.

"Yeah, yeah. But you guys got to tell dad someday though. I dont think hell freak out" I said finally.

"You just did. And he will. I almost decapitated Matt after hearing it" she said laughing.