You're Not In This Alone

The next day I get up and dress for school but when I make my way to the kitchen to grab breakfast dad and pa are sitting opposite each other looking very serious. "Hey" I greet them and they both turn to look at me. "Morning baby girl" dad says and I scowl at him, making him chuckle. "Sit down Rubes" pa says, pulling the chair out next to him. "What's going on?" I ask, unable to take the suspense anymore. "I have to go away for a week, to London." I nod, not saying anything and dad makes a small noise. I look over and he's pouting so I smile and shake my head. "You'll be fine, drama queen" I tell him and he sticks his tongue out at me. I shake my head again and smile as pa says "Now now children, can I trust you two alone?" "We'll be fine" I tell him and he smiles at me. "When do you leave?" I ask and he says "My flight leaves in about four and a half hours." I nod, shocked at the short notice and he says "How about you take the day off huh?" I nod, taking any excuse to not go to school and I leave the room, changing out of my uniform. When I come back into the kitchen pa is in dad's lap and I make gagging noises as I cover my eyes with my hand. "Oh come on" I groan out, mostly joking around. I hear pa giggle before his arms wrap around me. "Sorry Rubes" he tells me as he presses a kiss into my hair.

That night is my 'date night' with dad. Once a week I have a night dedicated to each of my dads, where we go out and spend time together and then they have a third where they go out just the two of them. Tonight dad takes me for dinner before we go and see a movie. Being Friday night when we get home we decide to stay up late and play video games. We get into an intense battle playing Mario Kart until I poke him in the ribs, putting him off and making him lose. I bounce around and cheer, gloating and he just shakes his head and says "You so got that quality from your father." I flip him off and he shakes his head at me before standing up and getting back on the couch, turning the game off and putting on a movie. "You wanna watch with me?" He asks and I nod, seeing he put on A Nightmare on Elm Street, curling up next to him on the couch and turning the lamp off. Twenty minutes into the movie he gets up and leaves the room, coming back with a small tin and his lighter, pulling a joint from the tin and lighting it. I stare at him wide eyed, knowing he and Matt did that but never having actually seen him do it. He smiles over at me after he's taken a few drags before offering it to me and I stare at him wondering if it's a joke. "Just don't tell your father, he would really kill me" he tells me and I nod, taking the joint. We pass it back and forth until it's gone and he lights another, both of us sharing that one too. By the time it's done we are both giggling at the tv, watching everyone get slaughtered by Freddy Krueger. I feel very relaxed and I open my mouth, saying "Dad I'm gay." He looks at me with his forehead creased for a second before saying "Me too" both of us cackling hysterically until I hear a weird noise in the background. "What the fuck is that?" I ask and dad giggles more before going silent and looking around. Dad gets off the couch and stumbles across the room, answering his ringing cell phone. "Hey sexy" he yells into it and I lay on the couch pretending to gag, making him giggle again. "No I'm not drunk" he says before giggling into the phone and leaving the room, continuing to talk. Ten minutes later he comes back into the room with two bags of chips and he throws one at me, hitting me straight in the face. "What the fuck?" I snap and dad slaps my leg. "Watch your fucking language" he snaps and we both start cackling again. When we calm down again I turn my attention back to the tv, moving around and laying with my head in dad's lap and that's the last thing I remember before I fall asleep.

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