Dan would be coming home from school in nearly a half an hour. The house was an absolute mess so Diane Howell usually spent those times cleaning up the house. Her other son was sick so he was staying over from school for a few days until he got better, and then her husband wouldn't be getting home until around dinner time, sometimes it would be a little later than that. She had plenty of time to herself, which was usually nice.
Diane sighed as she wondered into the living room. She started picking up some of the clothes that were left everywhere. Having two sons could be a handful sometimes- one being 17 and the other being 14. But, other times she was grateful to have them in her life, she loved and adored them both equally. Diane looked over and raised her eyebrows when she saw Dan's wallet sitting on the table. She walked over to it and picked it up. Normally she wouldn't be the kind of parent to search through her sons personal items, but sometimes she couldn't help but be a little curious.
"Let's see here-" Diane mumbled out loud to herself as she opened the wallet. Nothing too bad was in their. Just some money and some photos, and then that's when she saw the two condoms in the wallet. Diane gasped and covered her mouth with her hand. Dan didn't seem like the person who would walk around carrying condoms in his wallet, and that's what concerned her the most.
Of course, Diane was very well aware of the fact that her son was gay and that he was in a relationship with another boy. Both her and John 100% supported the fact that Dan was gay, even though it was a total shock to them when Dan had come out as gay just about a year ago. But, the family loved and adored his boyfriend, Phil, so they didn't really mind that Dan was gay. Dan was happy and that was all that mattered to Diane and her husband, John.
But seeing these condoms in Dan's wallet made Diane totally change her mind. She didn't want her son sleeping with another boy at such a young age, and she was definitely going to have a word with Dan as soon as he gets home from school today. She wasn't going to wait.
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And so a half an hour passed. Dan was just getting home from school, and Phil was with him.
"I'm home, mum!" Dan called as he and Phil walked into the house. He reached over and shut the door, locking it afterwards. "Shit. Why does it have to rain so much?" Dan complained. He was freezing and wet because he and Phil had to walk home in the rain. It started raining when they were halfway home.
"Rain is the only weather London knows," Phil said, quickly fixing his hair.
"Apparently," Dan said. He chuckled and smiled as he looked up at Phil. Then he looked over as soon as he heard footsteps. "Hi mum." He said. He blinked a few times when he saw the look on her face, and she definitely did not look happy. "Mum?" Dan asked, slightly nervous.
"We need to have a little chat, Daniel," Diane warned, crossing her arms against his chest.
"Oh my God. I didn't do anything wrong, I promise!" Dan yelled quickly. Dan knew that he was in trouble for something because his parents never ever called him 'Daniel' unless he was in trouble. Dan hated to be called Daniel, he much preferred Dan better. It suited him better as well.
"Follow me, you two Phil-" Diane walked into the living room.
Dan looked up at Phil. "What's going on?" He asked quietly.
"I have no idea, but let's hope you're not in trouble, alright?" Phil whispered. He quickly grabbed Dan's hand and then they finally walked into the living room.
"Oh! There's my wallet. I knew I had left it home," Dan said as soon as he spotted his wallet sitting on the coffee table in the living room. "I thought it was long gone." Dan went to grab it but Diane quickly stopped him. "Mum?" Dan asked as he looked up at her.
"Leave it Daniel. You have some explaining to do-" Diane warned as she held up the two condoms that had been previously in Dan's wallet. "What are these?"
Dan's eyes went wide with shock as soon as he realized what his mother was holding. "Mum, please... it's not what you think it is!" He quickly yelled. Dan was absolutely petrified. The last thing that he needed was his mom finding two condoms in his wallet, and he knew what she was thinking so he definitely had to come up with something so it wouldn't look like he and Phil were having sex with each other.
"I think it's exactly what it looks like. Daniel, you're only 17!" Diane yelled.
"Well aren't you happy that I've actually got protection on me?" Dan asked.
"Yes, of course I am. But, you shouldn't be doing any of this until you're older," Diane sighed.
Dan took a deep breath and shook his head. "They were handing them out in Health class a few days ago. We had a speaker come in and talk about uhm... you know, sex and stuff-" This was very awkward for Dan to talk about this stuff with his mother. They've never talked about it before so Dan was uncomfortable. "I thought that maybe it would be safe to take a couple, just in case." Dan explained, even though he was technically lying.
Diane sighed and then she tossed the two condoms onto the table.
"Mrs. Howell, you should know that... Dan and I would never ever think about doing anything like that, we've already talked about it. We want to wait until we're out of high school at least," Phil told her, hoping it would calm her down. Phil didn't want Dan's parents that they were only dating to sleep with each other, or think that Phil was using Dan. Phil absolutely loved Dan with all of his heart and would never dream of hurting him in any way.
"Well, thanks for giving me a heart attack Dan," Diane said.
Dan chuckled slightly and rolled his eyes playfully, though he couldn't help but feel bad for his mother. "Honestly, you have nothing to worry about mum. Look, you can have them if you want to. I was going to take them out of my wallet anyways and put them in like a drawer or something where they would be kept safe. I would never ever think about doing unprotected sex. Come on mum, you know me better than that," He said.
"Yes... I know and I'm sorry for accusing you like that. I shouldn't have done that but... I guess it was just a mother's worry and I went straight to that. Just promise you won't do anything you're not supposed to do?" Diane asked, much more calmer.
"Of course... I promise you mum," Dan said. He gave her a reassuring smile.
"Now if you excuse me... I'm going to go take a much needed nap," Diane said.
Dan and Phil waited until Dan's mom was completely gone before looking at each other again. "Nice save." Phil said. He laughed as they sat down on the couch.
"I feel horrible for lying to her but come on... she would have flipped!" Dan exclaimed.
"We shouldn't have lied to her but... come on! We've been dating each other since we were 14-years-old, three years now. I think we've waited long enough now and we're totally mature enough to have sex with each other. At least we waited to do it," Phil said. He shrugged his shoulders.
Dan nodded as he snuggled up to Phil. "And it's not like we're rushing into something," He added.
"Exactly." Phil said. He leaned down and then he kissed Dan. "I love you."
"I love you too." Dan whispered, smiling as he kissed Phil back.
