Sammy baby

Seventeen

Sam Pov

Dad was watching something on the tv when I came in from school, he turned it off as soon as he saw me come in, so I sat beside him on the couch.

"Hey Baby, how was school?"
"It was alright, hey Dad, I want to talk to you about something"
"Ok Sweetheart, what's up?"
"I haven't told you this yet Dad but I'm a Lesbian-"
"I know that you are Honey"

I was very confused as I had never told Dad that I was a Lesbian as I got with Amber while he was in a coma, (I forgot about the Dad sense that some Dads seem to get when their wife dies and they're left to raise their child(ren) on their own).

"What?, how?, I didn't tell you-"
"You have told me actually Sammy, now to be fair you were only 5 at the time-"
"So Mom knew too?"
"Yeah Baby, your Mom knew too"
"Right, sorry carry on"
"Anyway, I guess that you were sick of everyone asking if you wanted to marry a boy one day, especially when your Aunt Debbie said it, anyway so one day she was talking to me about it for some reason and I swear that you turned around from whatever you were doing and just said 'I will get married when I can marry a girl', so she stopped asking you about it after that as she doesn't believe that gay marriage is as worthy as her money grabbing straight one is"

I was shocked that I didn't remember that at all, but it did sound like a way that I would've come out to be honest here with you, but also it made sense why Dad didn't ask me about boys.

"I don't remember this Dad"
"Well Sweetheart I feel like you've blocked any interaction with her out of your memory and I don't blame you for that as she got on everyone's nerves"
"That does make sense"

I then hugged Dad, (what a surprise... not!), and we continued the conversation as you do when you're talking to someone, you know.

"Is that all you have on the agenda Sammy?"
"Well no, not exactly Dad, you see Amber and I got together while you were in a coma"
"About time too"
"Do you know about fucking everything?"
"(Snorts), No no Sweetheart, I don't know fucking everything but the fact that you two like each other in that way was very obvious to those on the outside looking in, anyway when did you two get together?"
"After I won my first fight"
"That has you written all over it to be fair Kiddo"
"You're hilarious Dad"

Dad then kissed the top of my head, it was comfortable, (please don't question my wording here as I do very well mean it), I felt comforted even though I didn't need to be comforted, (that sounds weird I know).

"Is there any other news that I should know?"
"Yes-"
"What else?"
"Well if you didn't interrupt me Dad, you would know already"
"Ok, sorry Baby, you carry on"
"I will, so to be fair this happened this morning so you're not the last to know, well actually you're probably either first or second to know, Amber proposed to me and I said yes"
"Is that why you decided to re come out?"
"No no, I was giving you time to wrap your head around the fact that you were in a coma for 3 years and that I'm 17 now, I was going to come out to you today anyway"
"Are you happy?"
"Yes Dad"
"Then I'm happy for you Sweetheart"
"Thank you"

Dad then went to the kitchen and did something, (sometimes it was better to let him do his thing in there rather than asking him a bunch of questions about it).

He came back in after 10 minutes, (again I didn't ask what he was making), Dad then sat back down beside me on the couch.

"You've really grown up on me Sammy, (kisses forehead), I remember when you were 8 years old and playing princesses"
"(Snorts), Play princesses was cool but my favourite game was death pit though-"
"I never liked when you played death pit, I never stopped because you always played very imaginative games with your dolls anyway"
"Did you hate Death pit because everyone was dead and I was ok with that?"
"That might be part of it, but I always figured that it was your way of processing your Mom's death as you only started playing it when she died"
"Well shit, I kind of feel bad now"
"No, don't be, I was just glad that you didn't get violent as some people did when they lost a parent"
"Yeah but you were actually there for me, violence usually happens when the child feels like they have nobody"