𝙸 𝙻𝙾𝚅𝙴 𝚈𝙾𝚄 [𝚁𝙰𝙽𝙳𝚈&𝙹𝙰𝙲𝙺𝙻𝚈𝙽]

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ANDY'S POV
This day has finally arrived. Ryan and I have been in the car for almost twenty minutes and you can't understand the anxiety I have right now. Rye is driving, focused on the road, while I have my eyes fixed on the window.

"You know you can always count on me" he takes my hand, intertwines our fingers and places them on his leg.

"I know. But you see, she has always been there for me, she is my heroine and I don't want to disappoint or lose her "I reply, looking him in the eye

"You won't lose her" he says, kissing my hand without letting it go.

"How do you know?" a tear runs down my cheek and then another and another.

"Love, a mother never loses love for her child. Children are the rocks of the parents. They can't live without them" he looks me in the eye and then turns his gaze towards the street.

"So why did my dad abandon us?" I ask with my voice broken by tears.

"Sometimes people are so stupid that they don't understand how lucky they are. Anyway, Andy, you're not the problem. Got it?" I try to say something but I couldn't. I continue to cry nonstop, the breaths are getting heavier and more frequent. It's happening again.

"Rye I- I can't bre-breath" I try to say, keeping a hand on my throat.

He pulls over quickly and takes my inhaler in his jacket pocket, which is in the back seat. He gives it to me but I can't quite calm down. We get out of the car to take a breath of air, I take a sip of water and immediately afterwards he hugs me tightly.

"Better?" he whispers in my ear.

"Yes" I give him a kiss on the cheek, letting him know that I'm actually better.

"Now let's go, okay?" he says, taking my hand.

***

"Hello son" God, how much I missed his hugs and kisses. How I missed her!

"Hi mom" I say in return. I don't want this to be the last hug, the last kiss ...

"Oh but you're not alone. Who is your friend?" he asks looking at Rye with a smile on his face.

"Hello, Ryan Beaumont" he says shaking her hand.

"My pleasure" "Well now come, it's ready to eat"

We sat down at the table, Rye's next to me and my mom in front of us.

"Andy never told me about you. How did you two meet?" my mom asks as she continues to eat.

"We met in a bar" Rye says, looking me in the eye and smiling.

"Okay mom enough now!"

"What happens love?" the confusion in his eyes as they both look down on me.

I sit back up and Rye shook my hand having already figured out what's going on. My mom keeps looking at us confused.

"Mom, Rye is my boyfriend. My boyfriend. We are a couple"

"Oh Andy"

"I'm sorry mom. I didn't want to disappoint you, I thought it was right that you knew "

"Son, I've always known that. I also knew it when you got together to that girl, Hannah I think her name was. I remember when at the age of five you saw the scene of two gay boys kissing, on TV, and you looked at me with two eyes full of happiness and surprise, I looked at you smiling and you said to me "mom, but if two boys can be together I can too ". You said it innocently and since that day I have only been waiting for you to come to me and tell me everything. Andrew I am proud of the son I raised, nothing and nobody will make me change my mind" our eyes full of tears. These words spoken with a sincerity and a sweetness that only a mother can.

"Oh mom. I love you. Thank you" I hug her holding her close to me, almost as if I'm afraid she might vanish out of nowhere.

"Ryan, you're a really nice guy. Treat my Andy well, okay? " my mom says going to hug Rye.

"I'll do it ma'am, don't worry. I love your son more than myself "

"Well, as long as you don't call me liek that and we will love and agree" I'm happy, I'm really happy.

Rye and I share a quick kiss and the three of us go back to eat. The thing I love most about all this, right now, is eating, at the same table, with my mom and my boyfriend, the two people I love most of all.... of course I love Brook too, but it's a different love.
After eating we go home. I will miss my mom, I plan to go and see her again soon. This was certainly one of the best nights I've ever had.

Once home, exhausted but happy, we throw ourselves on the bed and after a quick cuddle session we fall asleep.