Quietly Queer

Chapter 35

~Jacob's POV~

I walked back in about 30 minutes later. Shawn's hair was wet and he was just laying in bed, on his phone next to Zach. He looked over at me searching my face. I put on a fake smile and he bought it. The rest of the day I couldn't get my dad's voice out of my head. When I was done with lectures, I picked up some Chinese food and went back to the dorm. I handed the food the Shawn as Zach came running out of the bathroom. He jumped at me and I caught him so I was holding him.

"Hey tiger." We ate, talked, laughed, watched a movie etc. I went to the bathroom leaving my phone on the nightstand. My phone buzzed and Shawn picked it up and looked at it. My dad's name in my phone is 'Chris', his actual name. But when Shawn read the message from 'Chris' that said "I haven't seen you in a while, I look forward to seeing you ;)" he flipped out thinking it was another guy.

I walked out of the bathroom and looked at Shawn. He had an extremely pissed expression painted all over his face. He was holding my phone, sitting in bed. "What? What's wrong?" He showed me the text and I rubbed the back of my neck. "Who is this?" His voice was shaky like he was about to cry. I shuffled onto the bed, facing him. "Babe that's my dad. Well my biological dad. I don't call him dad I call him by his name."

I wiped a tear from his cheek as it rolled down his face. He let a breath go like he was relieved. "What do you mean? 'Biological dad'? Do you have more than one?" I nodded and sighed, looking down. He put his hand on my leg and rubbed it. "Why is he texting you saying he is looking forward to seeing you?"

I looked up at him. "He wants me to meet him to discuss 'business'. I told him no but he won't leave me alone about it. Babe he used to abuse me, I was put up for adoption because of it. I don't want to go... I don't know what to do.." now my voice was shaky. I'm terrified of my dad.

Shawn pulled me over to him and patted his legs so I would lay my head on them. I laid my head on them and looked up at him. He ran his fingers through my hair and was trying to calm me down. "It's okay, if you go I'll go with you. I'll keep you comfortable." I snapped up and looked at him like he was insane. He looked at me with confusion written all over his face. "I'm not letting you near him for starters. And if he knew I was with a guy I don't know what he might do... he's worse than my friends." He nodded and pulled me back down to his legs. I closed my eyes and he played with my hair. "I don't want to go. But I have to go." He hummed in response and smiled down at me. "When?" He scooted down and moved my head from his legs to his stomach so we are both laying down. "Tomorrow. Can you watch Zach?" He nodded and we both looked over at Zach who had gone asleep in his bed. I turned back and looked at Shawn. He pulled his shirt off and chuckled. I sat up, and looked at him, up and down. He grabbed the bottom of my shirt and tugged it up. I took it off. "What are you doing?" I laughed softly. "I want you to finish what you started before Dillon interrupted."