Roman is at The Church bright and early the next morning, even earlier than Priestess Lawrence. When Lawrence finally arrives, Roman nearly jumps out of his skin, he's so excited to share his idea with Julian.
"Good morning Roman," Lawrence greets.
"Jen! I have so many new ideas to make this work!"
"Well then, let's get to work before Julian gets here." The two go inside and get down to business, discussing Romans ideas and planning what the final product that they will pitch to Julian will be.
Several hours later Julian makes his way over to The Church, Roman had texted him this morning to just come in when he got there. Julian goes inside and in the lobby area he finds Priestess Lawrence waiting for him.
"Hey there Julian," she greets.
"Your holiness."
"Come," she gestures for him to follow her, "We are ready for you." Lawrence leads Julian into a small meeting room where Roman is already seated and waiting. Julian can see the excitement practically radiating off of Roman and he gets up and gives Julian a tight hug.
"Thank you for coming." Roman says. Lawrence sits next to Roman while Julian sits across the table from them.
"What did you want to talk to me about?" Julian inquires.
Roman can't hold it in any longer, "I want to come out to the town, our families in particular, not only as gay, but also as a couple. And Jen," Roman gestures next to himself, "has agreed to help us."
Lawrence adds in, "What we were thinking is planning a party down at the beach and inviting both of your families, without letting each other know that the other is attending of course, as well as inviting the entirety of the town."
Roman continues her thought, "And then during that "party", once everyone has arrived, you and I will enter from either side of a stage we have set up and then BAM, we come out to everyone in attendance. There will be confetti and rainbows and flags, the works. Not everyone will be happy and we know that there will definitely be some backlash from all parties, but I don't want to hide," Roman gets up to hold Julians hands in his and gazes into Julians eyes, "and I especially don't want to hide you. Us."
Julian looks at Roman, seeing how much this means to him.
"I'll do it."
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Roman & Julian
RomanceI've been meaning to write this since ninth grade. That was four years ago. This book is crude, it is uncensored, and there are no trigger warnings because life doesn't give trigger warnings. Read at your own risk. ○edited: 12/07/17○ ○edited: 01/15...
