After Jonathan’s secret was released he felt very uncomfortable around his father. He never really said anything about it after the punishment. Maybe his father really didn’t care; that’s what he hoped. The grown 31-year-old man doesn’t even talk to his dad. He knows he’s still alive, because he keeps in touch with his mother and two other siblings. Jonathan doesn’t know if he’ll ever see his dad again; now that he has a boyfriend, again.

Evan tries to keep in touch with his parents as much as he can. He hasn’t told anyone of them yet about his sexuality or Jonathan. Maybe Evan should reach out to his uncles first, ask his mother’s brother how he came out.

Remember the fact that Jonathan would never see his father again? Keep that in mind…

“Are we going to do anything special for Labor Day?” Luke questions as he pours himself a glass of orange juice from Delirious’s fridge. The man glares at him for taking his drink, but then he turns to Evan with a goofy look on his face, “Any idea?”

“Nope, I’ve got nothing.” They all sigh in defeat. “I mean, I have a pool. We can hang there? Just us,” Luke offers. “We can get alcohol, cards, different games, a volleyball. Ya know? Food.”

“Fooooooooood,” Delirious quotes himself. They chuckle at their plan and agree to it. CaRtOoNz rushes out of the kitchen to grab a notebook to make a list of things they’ll need to get. Once he’s gone the couple turns to each other and give each other a goofy smile. Their hands, by instinct, connect and intertwine. Evan smiles and then sighs, “So, when are we going to tell Luke that we fucked for the first time two months ago?” The blue eyes widen and the free pale hand punches Evan in the arm. “No! He’ll kill me!”

“Why?” Evan questions with a cheeky smile. Jonathan thinks back to that moment. The look on Evan’s face, his quiet moans. At the time he thought he were dreaming. Evan’s the most fit man on the fucking planet, and then Jonathan looks like a “before” picture from those Weight Watchers’ commercials. He sighs, but a hand squeeze makes him look up into those wonderful brown eyes. “We don’t have to tell him anything. We don’t even have to tell the boys.” Honestly, both of them forgot about YouTube for a little bit. It’d be neat if they both would play together more often and update. They should come back strong. A few game ideas pop into the head of the clown.

“I haven’t talked to any of the guys in a while…” Jonathan shamefully admits and rubs his thumb on Evan’s fingers. Suddenly the clown’s phone rings. Vanoss frowns as Jonathan’s hand disconnects from his. Jonathan grabs his black framed glasses and slips them on to read the caller ID. “Hmm,” he mumbles and steps out of the kitchen to talk.

Vanoss sits there and wonders who is on the phone with him, and why he had to move away. He sighs and stares at the orange juice sitting on the table.

In the living room Jonathan greets his sister, “Jenny?”

“Jon?! You’re alive!”

“Yeah, no shit. Why’d you call?”

“To see if you were okay, and… well, Mom’s invited us over for Labor day. Dad’s gonna-”

“Dad,” the name sounds like poison on Jonathan’s tongue. Jenny rolls her blue eyes and sighs into the phone, “Johnny please. Dad won’t care-”

“I have a boyfriend though. I’d love to take him over to meet Mom, and you and Sam!”

“What?! You have a boy and you didn’t tell me?!” Her voice seems to get louder as she speaks. Jonathan pulls the phone away from his ear as she rants. He smiles and brings the phone back, “I’m sorry. You remember that Vanoss guy I was talking to you about like 4 years ago at Christmas?”

“Yeah! Oh my god! It’s him?! No way!” Laughter mixes between both of them until the line grows silent again. “So, are you coming down?”

“I don’t know…”

“Jon, please. I think you should,” Jenny begs. What Delirious didn’t know was the fact that his Dad only had a month or so to live. His body is slowly shutting down, because of alcohol and smoking. Jenny frowns and hopes to God Jon will come over. He needs to see him one last time.

“Dad’s changed,” she explains, and she wasn’t really wrong. Delirious sighs, “I guess. I’ll have to cancel plans with Evan and Luke then.”

“Fuck Luke,” she spats in a joking tone. They laugh again and then Jonathan hangs up.

He strolls back into the kitchen to a smiling CaRtOoNz and Vanoss. He notices the long list and solemnly smiles, “Well, we have to cancel our plans for this weekend?” Luke looks like he just watched a cat get his by a truck and Vanoss looks like he was just handed a test he had no idea about.

“What?! Why!?” Luke whines and slams his hand on the table. “We’re going over to my parents for Labor day.” Evan’s jaw drops, which then slowly turns into a smile. Luke’s face pictures a lot of worry, about Jonathan going back. He hasn’t talked to his dad in thirteen years, and he really isn’t looking forward to it.

Throughout the evening the two pack their bags as Luke makes plans with other friends. Evan just repacks his whole suitcase, since he hasn’t really brought his stuff down from his home yet. Jonathan worries about his boyfriend. Anxiety rises in his throat like a deadly disease. Maybe he should hide the fact Evan is his boyfriend, but that’s a terrible idea. Fuck it. A sudden punch of rebellion hits the 31-year-old. Hell, maybe they’d even fuck in his old bedroom- No terrible idea Delirious. Or is it? Jonathan looks up at Evan and smiles. He returns the cute smile as they finish up packing. They crawl into bed together and prepare themselves for the short trip tomorrow.

Just before falling asleep Evan mumbles, “I love you.” And flips away from Jonathan, pushing himself into his arms. Those words with his voice toward Jonathan made him replay the saying in his head over and over again. He wonders why he does as he wraps his arms around Evan’s hips. He nuzzles his nose into the back of his head, “I love you too.”

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- HoodiniClown