When lunch time finally came, TJ and Vince had found themselves to be busy answering peoples questions. they were happy that people felt comfortable enough with them that they could come up to them and ask, even though it was exhausting. They took turns answering questions every five minutes. TJ found it frustrating however, when one of the questions kept being asked. It was, 'how did you two get together?' After it was asked the 7th time, TJ had enough and yelled that they had sex. That question wasn't asked anymore after that.

Twenty minutes into the Q&A, the two of them stop answering and sat down with their friends. It didn't take long for them to notice them staring. TJ figured that it was due to the arm that was around his shoulders. Too hungry to argue, he simply gave Vince an irritated look although he knew it wouldn't do any good.

"So," Said Spinelli. "I have a question and its okay if you two don't answer."

"What is it?" TJ asked, still directing a glare to Vince.

"Okay so let's say it's Christmas," She started. "And it's time to exchange gifts. Which one of you presents the gift and which one of you accepts it?" Quickly catching on to the metaphors in her question, they shared a quick laugh before calming down to answer.

"Me," said Vince. "I present the 'gift,'" he said in between laughs.

"No you don't!" Said TJ. "Just 'cause you did one time doesn't mean anything!"

"Look, you are the submissive one and you know it!"

"Like hell I am!"

"You're not going to win this argument!"

"I will keep arguing until I do!"

"You weren't arguing about it Friday night!"

"Look, they're fighting," Said Spinelli. "Isn't that cute?" Looking up they saw that they were the center of attention in the cafeteria. Not willing to embarrass themselves further they settled down. "You guys keep fighting like that and you're not going to last very long."

"It's okay," said Vince. "It's how we show our love. Isn't that right TJ?"

"Yeah whatever," TJ said quickly before taking a bite out a sandwich.

"Are you mad at me?" Vince asked in a teasing tone.

"Yeah, I am," He said. "I'm not your bitch."

"You're not really mad at me are you?"

"….no. But I wanna be."

"If you two are done fawning over each other," Spinelli said, taking them out of their private conversation. "I would like an answer to my question."

"He's right," TJ said. "He's the dominant one." He struggled to force those last two words out, as it was difficult for him to give up control. Ten years of leadership was hard for him to stop all of a sudden, but he didn't see a way out of this dispute. Grudgingly he admitted defeat, realizing that it was Vince's nature to want to win things, and that he usually does.

"You guys owe me ten dollars," Spinelli told the rest of the group.

Around 6 o'clock, Vince and TJ had went their separate ways and head for home. They agreed that they would tell their parents separately, and call each other after. Nervous about the outcome, they gave one another a hug and a kiss before headed towards their homes.

Walking into his house, TJ could smell that dinner was ready and headed straight towards the kitchen. Ten minutes later, he, his mother and father, and sister Becky who was visiting were sitting around the table. He most kept quiet and listened as they all went around and talked about their day. Soon enough he was asked about his day and he took a deep breath preparing himself for what he was about to say.

"I broke up with Spinelli a few days ago," He said, poking at his food.

"But why?" His mother asked.

"I just didn't like her that way," He said. "I've been wanting to break up with her for a while..."

"That's too bad; she was such a nice girl. Do you have your eye on anyone else?"

"Yeah," He said nervously.

"What's her name?" His mother asked, clearly eager to hear his answer. "Is she nice?"

"It's not a 'she.'" He said. "It's a guy. I'm gay…" The looked up at them, trying to guess what their response might be before they had actually said anything.

"A-are you sure?" His mother asked. He nodded.

"Are you guys mad at me?"

"Of course we're not mad," he mother said.

"We still love you, son," His father assured him.

"Am I the only one who knew this already?" Becky said. "Look, TJ, I don't mean to sound brute or anything, but I knew this. I knew since you were ten." They all looked at her with disbelief. "Well I did. I thought you guys noticed too. Guess not. So do you have a boyfriend?"

"Yeah," He said, still processing what she had said before.

"Well who is it?" She asked. "You know what would really be a surprise? If it was that Vince kid you hung out with. THAT would surprise me." Before he could react to his sisters amazing ability to accurately guess everything in his life, the doorbell rang.

"It's for me." He walked to the door and opens it to see a very distraught Vince standing there, holding a duffle bag. "What happened?"

"My parents kicked me out," Vince said. "I told them about us and they kicked me out."

"They can't do that!"

"Well they did! And I don't have anywhere to go."

"Yes you do. You can stay here. My parents aren't mad at me, hell, Becky already knew I was gay. And you're like family. C'mon," TJ grabbed him hand and pulled him inside. He told Vince to wait in the living room as he went into the kitchen to his family.

"Who was it, TJ?" his mother asked him.

"My, um, boyfriend." He said. "We said that we were both going to tell our parents tonight, but his parents weren't as nice as you guys and they kicked him out and he needs a place to stay. I was wondering if he could stay here, in the guest room."

"Who exactly is this boy?" His father questioned.

"Hold on," He walked back out the kitchen and came back with Vince. "He needs a place to stay…."

"Your parents kicked you out?" His mother asked him. Vince nodded. "Well then of course you can stay here. You're like family. Come on in and sit down, you must've had a hard evening."

After dinner Vince had put his bags in the guest room but he wouldn't have been found in it. He and TJ sat on the floor of TJ's room talking about what exactly had happened.

"I told them," Vince started. "About us. That we were dating and they asked about what happened with Ashley A. and I told them that I broke up with her weeks ago. They said that I better go find a new girlfriend or dump you. I said that I wouldn't because I really liked you and they kicked me out….."

"They don't know what they're tossing out," TJ told him. "You didn't deserve that. But don't worry okay? You're staying here." Knock on the door interrupted their conversation. They looked up to see Becky open the door.

"Hey there lovebirds," She teased. "You two wanna watch a movie? I got Toy Story."

"Wanna watch?"

"Yeah, I like that movie."

Donna nnov: I don't know why, but I only can pair him with another boy. I actually tried to make him the more dominant 'husband' one but I couldn't. I just couldn't imagine in it and if I did, it didn't seem believable. But he would put up a fight for it at least. And I think I know which fic you're talking about, is it in the crossover section with the rugrats? Also, I'm feeling nice so I'll let you (and anyone else you reads this) in on a secret. I (originally) was going to pair him with King Bob. But for some reason I forgot all about that idea for a while.

Chickflick737: That's okay, I imagine for the average reader in this canon this pairing can be quite shocking. And that's what I intended.

Please review, those make me happy.