"Okay hotshot, who else knows?" Stef wondered if they were the first ones.
"Connor, Marianna, and Jesus" Jude listed them off slowly, trying to remember who he had told. Connor was an easy one because well…that's obvious. But he remembered telling Marianna at one of their gossip nights. And he told Jesus right after they were adopted.
Lena gasped. "You mean Callie doesn't know?" Lena thought Callie would be the first one Jude told. They had such a good relationship and it seemed so improbable that his sister did not know that Jude was gay.
Jude nodded his head no. He was scared to tell Callie due to the remarks she had made in the past about gay people. She always called gay guys 'faggots, and pansies' and Jude could not stand it when she was talking about someone else, now she would be talking about him. Jude realized that her viewpoint shifted once Lena and Stef adopted them but he had a feeling she still wouldn't be thrilled.
"Let's go tell your sister this wonderful news!" Stef exclaimed. She couldn't imagine Jude living without Callie knowing this.
Jude's whole body filled with nervousness and fear but he knew he had to tell his sister at some point. He slowly nodded and said shakily "Can I tell her alone? It'd be better that way."
Lena looked at Stef puzzled "O-Okay…I think Marianna is in there but you could probably ask her to leave if you wanted." Lena didn't understand why Jude wanted to be alone but she respected his descision and watched him climb the stairs.
"Poor thing, look at him he is shaking." Stef put an arm around Lena's waist. She remembered when she came out to Mike and her parents. Her hands were shaking so hard that her family thought she had come to tell them she was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease.
*Knock Knock* "Callie can I talk to you for a second?" Jude said as he pushed open the door. This was it, it was now or never. Well actually it was now or later, seeing as his moms would probably confront her.
Callie put down her phone "Sure, do you want to go somewhere, or have Mari leave?" Callie looked at Marianna who was studying for a huge history exam the next day, then she looked at her brother who's legs were shaking like he had to pee.
Jude furiously shook his head no and said "Not Marianna can stay, she already knows." He walked oer and sat at the foot of her bed.
Marianna knew what was coming and she only hoped it went well. Jude was such a good kid and she was proud that he finally got the balls to come out to his sister. It surprised her that he came out to herself and Jesus before he came out to his sister who he shares such a great bond with.
"I just told moms and they seemed to already know so I'm guessing you might too. I am really nervous so I am just going to say it…I'm uh…I'm gay." Jude immediately looked at the floor trying not to look at the disappointment and pain in his sister's eyes.
It took Callie a moment to process what her brother just said and slowly she croaked "Jude, you're only 12 it is probably just a phase or something. You are going to get hurt if you run around saying that." It was in Callie's best intentions to keep her little brother safe and she knew the horrible names he would get called if he went around professing that he's gay.
"Wha…Wh…Since when were YOU allowed to tell me who I love and who I don't?! I will NOT allow my voice to be silenced by others and especially you Callie. It really amazes me that a girl who wants to date her own brother would tell me who I can and cannot love. If you can run around with Brandon I sure as hell can go out with boys." Jude felt the tears streaming down his face by now and he sped out of the room and down the hallway.
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