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Benny is my best friend, his dad drove both families home from the hospital when we were born. Then he told me he was gay, then called BS when I lied to him. We started a business, that summer, my dad kicked me out and then, tried to kill my best friend and grandpa... And that's only the beginning.
Where the Cross Roads Met: Chapter 2
"Benny?' Tom asked.
"Yea?"Benny, stopping almost to his room.
"Can I see you for a minute?" He asked. "I'll give him right back." He said to Jayden.
Benny nervously followed him to the living room. The two were alone, which was rare, cause it was where they all lived. Benny suddenly felt there was going to be a talk, and prepared for it. For Christmas one year he got a new graphics card for his old desktop, and after a few weeks, his parents made Wendsdays family game night, and Friday movie night, Of course, Jayden was invited. Later that year he got his first gaming laptop and was given a spot of his own in the living room, so he could be part of the family, he always suspected that is why he got a laptop.
One day two years ago, Jayden's dad left us at Walmart, after we looked for him for a bit, we called him. He said he had to run to another store, for work, and he'd be back soon. Walmart security started to follow us around after three hours. After an hour of us playing hide and seek with them, they kicked us out. Benny wanted to call his mom for a ride, but Jayden said no, that the boys should walk home, and his dad would pick them up on the way. That was two hours, into a two and a half-hour walk home. Jayden told his mom and asked her why Jayden would defend his father. She said love is blind. He told her he didn't deserve Jayden's love, she chuckled at him funny and didn't say anything.
"What's up?" I Benny asked, preparing for the worst his father could give.
"So, there is a really good, chance Jayden, won't go back to live with his father." Benny's dad said, Benny grinned. "Hey, that doesn't mean he can live here." Benny's face turned red and he felt anger welling deep inside him. "If it was up to us, he would, but it may not be." Benny felt the heat in him cool, still, angry Jayden could be taken from him, just not from his own parents. Benny was relieved that he avoided the 'sex talk'.
"Yea." Benny sighed, trying not to look as devastated as he was.
"But my work, has allowed me a few connections with the right people, and my reputation, has allowed for a mutual respect, so I think we are safe enough to assume, it's going to happen, but we shouldn't get Jayden's hopes up..." Benny nodded him. "That said, you understand that adding another teenager to the house, will mean we will have to make a few cutbacks."
"As long as he can stay with us, he shouldn't be alone, somewhere..."
"I agree, so this laptop every birthday thing is going to have to change, we just can't do two new laptops in one month...."
"Dad." The teen whined. "I just want to keep him safe, that's all that matters now, I owe him that much."
"Benny, this isn't your fault either." His dad said in his 'Listen I am your father tone', stern, calm, and reassuring. Then he handed him the thing that brings dread to every teen boy's heart, " There is one way to put this on, so it rolls." Then he handed me a little bottle. "I don't know the specifics, but you'll need this too."
"Yes, dad I know!" Benny grumbled, then blushed as he raised an eyebrow at him.
"Relax your mom and I both figured, you have been secretly watching porn." He chuckled The young man now huffed at his father desperately trying to avoid a much harder-to-navigate conversation. "I Did when I was your age, and I did it on the family computer, your phone is in your room all the time. You just need to understand, most of what you see, isn't sex, it's acting, sex is messier, more awkward, and you should wear a condom."Benny groaned at his father's safe sex talk.
"Yea I know!" He huffed. "I took a health class."
"Ok, I think you get the point, put those away until you're both ready... Now go drink energy drinks and stay up until five or something." He chuckled.
"Thanks!" Benny sighed relieved and practically ran to my room.
