"Happy Birthday to you." We sang
Jace blew out his candles.
"You didn't make a wish." Sam pointed out
"I don't need to. I finally have a loving family again, I have a wonderful boyfriend that I can show off to people, Maria is no longer getting mad because I won't be her boyfriend." He said laughing
Today Jace is 16. It's scary to think that he's almost done school, and that Mark and I have had him for almost a year. Things have gotten much better at the school now that there's two openly gay couples. Mark and I finally told the students that Mark is more than my friend. Sam and Jace are finally seeming to be comfterble with eachother and being out.
"Earth to pa!" Jace said waving his had in front of me
"I'm alive." I laughed
Jace began coughing again. I thought it was just a cold, but it's been weeks.
"Jace, you should really let us take you to a doctor." Mark sighed
"I'm fine. I just have a bad immune system." He smiled
"I'm booking an appointment, no excuses." I told him
"Grr." He growled
"Jace I will drop you in front of your parents." Sam laughed
"You can't even drop a fly." Jace laughed
Sam has learned that Jace has a very sensitive neck and grabbing the back the right way will cause him to lose feeling in his legs. If it works the same way mine does, I don't wanna see it done to often. Soon the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Is this Sean McLoughlin?" A voice asked
"Yes."
"I'm calling about the results of your DNA test. Jace tested positive. Congratulations." She told me
"Thank you." I said hanging up
"What was that?" Mark asked
I pulled Mark into his recording room and closed the door.
"Do you remember, when we donated our sperm?" I asked
"Yeah why?" He asked
"You remember me telling you I was doing a DNA test?" I asked
"Oh my God. You have a son?" Mark asked getting excited
"Yeah." I smiled. "Yeah, I have a son. He's in our kitchen."
"Babe that's amazing. It explains so much." Mark smiled
"Do I tell him?" I asked
"I don't know."
We left the room and went back into the living room.
"Jace, I think we need to talk." I said softly
"If it's about the doctor-"
"Its not about the doctor. Did you mother ever mention her being with another man?" I asked
"Well we didn't move in with Dad until I was 5. But she wasn't with anybody when she got pregnant with me. She said she had a sperm donor." Jace laughed
"Did she ever mention who it was?" I asked
"No, she just said it was someone I see every day. We're the test results positive?" He asked
"How did you know?" I asked
"Cause I don't fall asleep that quickly, especially with someone shoving a sawb in my mouth." He laughed
"Oh. Well Yeah, they did." I said
"You owe me $20!" Jace said turning to Sam
"Damnit. I was sure it was Mark." Sam laughed
"Yes, because my fucked teeth, dirty blond hair, blue eyes, and freckles came from Mark." Jace laughed
"Well your mom had all those features."
"Moms hair was red and her teeth were great until chemo." Jace pointed out
"Okay, you win."
"You two were betting on this?" I asked
"Just playing a little "Who's your daddy"." Jace laughed
"And you thought I was his dad?" Mark laughed
"Well he says room the same way." Sam laughed
"Okay. Explain my accent then." Jace laughed
"No explanation for that." Sam laughed
"Sean." Mark laughed
After a few hours of birthday partying Mark and I left the house so Jace and Sam could do their thing, and we went out for supper.
"Who's your daddy?" Mark laughed
"Stop laughing, your driving." I told him giggling
We drove to a restaurant and ordered food. We were greeted by a couple fans of Marks once we were inside and Mark was very calm with them.
"I don't know how you do it." I smiled
"Do what?" He asked
"This. The fans. I like my kids." I laughed
"Well you've only been with your kids for 12 years." He smiled
"I think they're going to continue the program after these kids graduate." I smiled
"So, remind me why Jace is in the program. The program is for troubled kids that the school board determined that they can't function in mainstream schooling, right?" Mark asked
"Yeah, that's what the program is. Jace was put into the program for a few reasons, the main one being his speah. He still can't say my last name. It frustrates him, I can see it. He's tried over and over but just can't. All the students started calling me by my first name to make him feel better, except Sam, he just can't use my first name." I explained
"Okay. You said there were other reasons?" Mark asked
"His anger, his ADHD, he had Emotion Disregulation Disorder as a kid but he seems to have a handle on it now, I think that covers it. Most of my students have Autisim or Emotion Disregulation Disorder. They're all amazingly smart as well, out class is the top in the school." I smiled
"I haven't seem you this happy about work since we moved here from Ireland." Mark smiled
"These kids have come a long way. Every single one of them." I smiled
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The Teacher Who Cared
Fanfiction"Sean is the only teacher who actually seems to genuinely care for his students. He sure as hell cares more then you." Mason told her I loaded Jace into my car and we were off. Finally, we found Dean, Sitting on the railing of the freeway. "Dean...
