Oh dear lord in heaven...
"Did you two...?" his mother asked carefully.
"No!" West replied quickly. "I mean, well, he wanted to but I thought he was just messing with me, and then he..."
"And then he?" his mother looked at her son quizzically.
"...got very excited." West finished again.
"How excited?" his mother inquired suspiciously.
"He... well he... you remember Uncle Roger's dog?"
"Yes," his mother laughed, "I thought that thing would never leave your father's leg alone... oh!" She looked at West again, trying to stop her laughing.
West turned red again. "It wasn't that funny...." he muttered petulantly.
"Don't... mind... me," she gasped, trying to stop her bouts of laughter, "I am just picturing little Matt... doing that..."
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"What are you going to do?" Jenny asked him.
"You know what?" he said, making up his mind. "I don't care; I have a few weeks left of school and I am off to university where who I choose to fall in love with doesn't matter at all. I don't want to hide who I am any more, it's causing hurt to other people, all because I'm lying to everyone around me. And I don't want that." He was staring straight at his parents as he said it, "I have to be me."