summer with my priest

lavenders are for losers

My parents soon forgave me after a few days of being grounded. They apologized to Tommy's parents, who were still upset about it, but were less angry than they were in the first place. Tommy never tells his parents about Spike continuing to be abusive again since that day I went to his house. They just seemed to assume that they were good brothers who decided to get along. Because they forced Spike to sleep on a mattress in Tommy's bedroom for now on.

He complained, of course. But not for long because Spike always snuck out to meet up with his girlfriend or something. Tommy would just be left alone for the rest of the night and wake up to Spike magically being there again as if he never left.

When Tommy told this story to the other choir boys, they laughed with him. There was something I can finally agree on with the rest of them, and it was that Spike is a complete mess. None of us liked him for any reason.

I didn't sit alone this time. I decided to eat with the other boys because I figured that it would make Father Benjamin proud. The other boys were happy to let me sit with them. But I still felt left out, seeing how much I missed out on. I never sit with them before, so i'm just that old-new kid no one really knew well. Except Tommy, who always clings to me for god knows what reason.

Tommy pulls out the small teddy from his lunch box and shows everyone. I spit out my honest-kids juice and begin to panic. "Tommy stop! Put that away!"

"Guys!! Look what Gavin got me!" Tommy smiles.

The other boys laughed and looked at me. As I expected... they start to question out loud if I really do have a soft side. Some of the boys started to ship us. Some others decided on calling me gross.

"No no!" I laugh nervously. "I never gave that to him! It was my grandma's idea!"

"sure..." Nelson rolled his eyes. " 'cause that totally happened."

I crossed my arms and look away. This is fucking embarrassing. I would have regret doing it but I had to for Father Benjamin's sake.

Our priest walks over to us and smiles. "why, isn't that a kind thing for Gavin to do?"

"Yeah. A pretty gay thing" William stuck his tongue out at me.

Father Benjamin frowns and walks away. I stick out a middle finger at William and he sticks one right back at me. Okay, so he would make fun at me but not at Tommy? Yeah that's completely fair. You see what I mean when I said everyone likes Tommy?

I hear running behind me and turn around. I toss my head quickly as if I never saw him but Spike spins me back around fast to face him.

"What are you doing here, Seth?" Tommy asked.

Spike tells his little brother to shut up and points right at me. "What did you do!"

"Fuck are you talking about??" I questioned.

"You know what you did!" He throws his hand in the air. "You little rat!! You snuck into my girlfriend's house!!"

What the actual fuck is he talking about? I rub my eyes and give him a confused look. "Are you on drugs??" I asked.

"What's going on here!" Father Benjamin shouts as he walks towards the group.

The other choir boys turned away, minding their own business and staying out of this. Tommy tries to do the same thing but Spike grabs him by the collar and chokes him for a second.

Father Benjamin looks angry. "Who are you! Don't touch my choir children! Who gave you permission to enter this church??"

"He's my brother!" Tommy cries. "It's okay, Father. He's with me."