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Finding love - 8. Chapter 8
I couldn’t work up the nerve to tell Brody that I like him too and he stayed silent on it too.
Mom and dad told me that Hastings was appealing his sentence on the grounds of new evidence and that evidence actually was going to get him locked up even longer. It turns out that he had installed cameras in the boy’s bathrooms to “protect the students”. The State’s Attorney pointed out that they were just in the boys bathrooms and if it was meant to “protect the students” that should be in both bathrooms, a fact that Hastings and his attorney couldn’t dispute. It turns out that Uncle Ron had found them once the police had left and called them back. I wasn’t sure why they sat on the evidence but they must have had their reasons.
I had texted Mark but wasn’t getting responses. Mom had told me he felt responsible for it blowing up. It turns out he had posted the video’s and got his 15 minutes of fame at my expense. Our families had been friends for years and I wasn’t sure why Mark was doing me dirty. I wasn’t as close with Nathan and Nick as much as I was to Noah and I felt alone most days. They were keeping me in the hospital for observation and I was doing physical therapy and therapy with Liz. My memory was doing better but there were certain things I still couldn’t remember. Noah’s death still bothered me and Jonah showed up a few more times but the guard stopped him after Asher have him a talking to.
I must have dozed off after physical therapy, as Greg worked muscles I didn’t know I had. He was really good at his job and it helped at he was kind of cute; nowhere as handsome as Brody but Greg could have anyone he wanted easily. I expected Asher to be seated there as it had become custom for him to visit but he returned to Iowa for school. I came to face with Carly and baby that looked like Noah.
“Who’s that?” I said making her jump.
“Hey sleepy head; this is your nephew.”
“Nephew? Noah was a dad?”
“Yes, but he had no idea. I found out in July but I kept it to myself. I told your parents when you were in the hospital. They have been helping take care of Noah Jr.”
“Noah Jr?” I said my voice breaking.
“Yes, I named him after his father.”
“Oh wow,” I said and starred at little Noah.
“I assume you have questions?”
“Not really, you and Noah have always been so close. You dating just made sense.”
“I want to be honest with you Matt. Your brother, Asher and I had a relationship for a while.”
“Noah was bisexual?”
“Yes, he was. It was me who brought Asher into our relationship.”
“Is Asher his father now?”
“No, when we lost Noah we just couldn’t continue being together. Your parents stepped up and helped with the appointments since my dad couldn’t always be there.”
“Is this why Mark is being distant?”
“No. Mark is being Mark. Brandon and Asher really lit into him about posting the video and made him donate the money he made from the interviews. My father went ballistic when he found out how much Mark made from going viral.”
“He made money off me being tormented?”
“Yes and all of it has and will be donated to various alphabet mafia causes.”
“Alphabet mafia?” I was confused.
“That’s one of the new nicknames for the LGBTQIA+ since letters keep getting added.”
“I don’t know what to say,” I was becoming fidgety and Carly noticed.
“Do you want to hold your nephew?”
“Yes, please.” I said through the tears that formed.
He looked up at me and just smiled and cooed. Somewhere deep down I felt Noah’s presence. I played with Noah the best I could and Carly was smiling and took a few pictures.
“Just so you know, you are his god-father,” Carly said as she was getting ready to leave.
“What does that entail? I’ve never been one before.”
“We can talk about that later. Are you ok with this whole nephew and brother news?”
“He accepted me for who I am, so I accept him for who he was. I am also very ok with having a nephew.”
“Good diapers are yours for now on.” Carly said and laughed.
“I wouldn’t wish that on anyone,” Brody said from the doorway.
“It looks like I have perfect timing. I’ll see you later.” Carly said as she kissed my forehead and left.
“How is physical therapy?” Brody asked.
“Well Greg, he’s hot so it bearable.” I watched Brody digest that statement.
“I think you’re hot,” he mumbled.
“What was that? I’m a thot?” I giggled.
“Not a thot, you’re hot.” Brody blushed.
“Well I think you’re hot too,” I said turning crimson.
“Well it’s established, you’re both hot,” Nathan said coming into the room.
“Cock blocker,” I said under my breath. Brody seemed to lose any steam in telling me if Nathan was around and I decided right then I needed to do something.
“Nathan, do you have a problem with me being gay?”
“No, just don’t try anything with me.”
“First that’s incest and second I wouldn’t ever think about kissing you. Lord knows where your mouths been.”
“Pussy, dude.”
“Not from what I heard.” Brody said.
“Excuse me?”
“Chill Nathan, it’s not a contest.”
“Says the high school virgin.”
I don’t think Nathan saw it coming and not sure I did either. Brody decked him with a right hook and knocked his ass flat on the floor. Brody took off while Nathan sat there and rubbed his jaw.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter.
Thoughts on what will it take for Nathan to be accepting?
How was the surprise of Noah Jr?
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