Chapter ten

It was coming to the end of the day and Fays sister had yet to return to that all important thing she said she needed to go to this morning, which was the reason she left before eight in the morning. Fay was getting worried as she couldn't seem to get a hold of Charlotte on her phone.

"I'm sure she is on her way back as we speak my love. Give it another half an hour then if you want I'll organise a search team to scout in and around the town for her." Shadow softly said as he hugged his wife from behind, whispering in her ear soothingly to calm her down.

"Thank you dear, it will make me feel so much better. Is Lilith ready for bed?" Fay sighed with closed eyes as she lent into her husbands hug.

"Yes and calmly sitting on the sofa brushing her unicorns mane. Jamie's still on the phone to Troy in his room but somewhat ready for bed too….and I do believe that will be your sister opening the front door." Shadow gently said in Fays ear then both got a hello from Charlotte as she closed the front door and walking into the kitchen.

"Shadow?" Charlotte called out in question as she was not expecting to see him here still.

"Yes, what's the matter?" Shadow asked calmly as he let go of his wife and turned to face his shocked looking sister-in-law.

"Sorry nothing, I wasn't expecting to see you in here that's all. Thought you would have convinced my sister to return to work earlier than planned." Charlotte lied convincingly with a forced smile at Shadow.

"It is on my list of things to do. I will leave you both to chat, I'll be in the bath if you need me." Shadow chuckled then casually walked out of the kitchen and into his and Fays personal bathroom.

"He can try all he likes he wont be convincing anyone to return to work early." Fay grinned as she and Charlotte looked at each other.

Shadow sighed out in contentment as he stepped into the hot water of his bath, lying down as he began to relax.

"This I totally needed." Shadow muttered under his breath as he slowly closed his eyes.

Shadow's eyes shot opened and he was back in that liquid. The wires still in place and the mask on his muzzle also still there. He looked around slowly as he tried to make out where he was then gasped in surprise when that figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

"You are a persistent one I'll give you that but not to worry because after this dose you definitely wont be waking up and this time I will make sure to stop that immune system of yours from fighting against it." The man sinisterly said then pressed a button on the panel beside Shadows status pod.

Shadow groaned as he could feel something entering his body and causing him to feel a little on the numb side. He softly moaned out as his eyes rolled to the back of his head and he was out once again. Shadow slowly opened his eyes and sat up in the bath. He felt confused and a little disorientated as he tried to recall what he saw in his mind.

"Why can I never remember what I see?" Shadow whispered to himself then decided to get out of the bath tub for the water was now too cold.

Shadow pulled the plug and wrapped a towel around his waist then walked out of the bathroom and over to his and Fays bed. Shadow raised a brow as Fay was fast asleep in bed then Shadow looked over at the digital clock on the bedside table.

"It is almost ten o'clock and Fay just left me to sit in a bath for hours?" Shadow thought as he looked back to his sleeping wife.

Shrugging it off he roughly dried his pelt and brushed through his fur until it looked neat and tidy. He left the bedroom and walked into the kitchen for a quick drink before joining his wife in bed. He opened the fridge and grabbed the milk then pushed it closed gently.

"Shadow, I saw you leave the room. Are you alright dear? You were in that bathroom a long time and kept telling me to leave you alone." Fay asked with a worried look as she walked over to her husband.

"I did? I'm sorry I do not remember say that." Shadow replied with an apologetic look, placing the milk carton on the side then gently pulled his wife in for a cuddle.

"I did debate in ignoring you but you sounded so relaxed so I left you too it." Fay sighed happily as she nuzzled into the cuddle her husband started.

"You know I don't really feel all that tired so I might just stay up for a little longer, you don't mind all that much do you?" Shadow asked as he pulled Fay away slightly so he could look into his wife's eyes.

"Nope and I'm in no rush to go back to sleep either. We can stay away together, in our room on our bed." Fay seductively whispered as she moved her lips closer to Shadow.

Shadow smirked then closed the small gap between himself and his wife then chaos controlled them both to the bedroom for some much wanted fun, completely forgetting the milk carton on theside. The next morning Shadow was the first one up and feeling better than ever. He felt completely happy once more as he walked down the hall and towards the kitchen to get breakfast on the go. Shadow chucked the carton of milk he left out a rabbed a new one from the fridge to put on the table, along with the cereal hoops and bowels. He was son joined by his son, no more than three minutes later, who walked in lazily and rubbing his eyes.

"Morning dad." Jamie tiredly said as he took a seat and grabbed a box of cereal hoops then poured some into a bowel.

"Morning Jamie, you are up early. Usually me or your mother has to drag you out of bed, you ill or something?" Shadow smirked over at his son then took a seat with his morning coffee.

"Oh ha-ha dad I actually soiled the bed." Jamie joked as he woke up a little more.

"Well I do hope you cleaned the sheets. Why are you up before seven anyway?" Shadow chuckled as he played along then asked with a curious look at his son.

"Troy is coming over at eight and I want to make sure I am up and ready for when he knocks." Jamie smiled happily then poured milk on his breakfast.

"Right maybe I should ask Troy to come over every school morning if it gets you up." Shadow grins then sips at his coffee.

"He said he has something important to tell me on the phone last night, he sounded really nervous but for some reason needs to tell me what it is to my face this morning before school. I'm a little scared he wants to break things off with me, I really love him and I do not want him to break up with me." Jamie sadly said with scared eyes over at his father.

"It might not be that and don't you teens like to break something off by text or something? He could be telling you something more positive like he wants to take things further by coming out into the open. Or maybe his parents have found out and rather you finding out from them he wants to tell you himself. Or he wants to get cozy with you in the bedroom." Shadow smirked playfully and winked when he finished that last part.

"Dad, we are no where near that stage. I'm utterly shocked you would say that, you wouldn't mind if it was that though right?" Jamie said with wide eyes then raised a hopeful brow as he asked.

"Jamie, between you and me I was far younger than fourteen when I lost my virginity. Granted I have always looked the way I do and knew a far lot than a teen does but if we want to get technical, I was barely six years old." Shadow whispered over to his son, still smirking playfully.

"You are so setting a very bad example for me to follow." Jamie grinned playfully back at his father.

"Just remember this, I am very different from a naturally born being and back then, even if I was coming up for my sixth birthday, I was equivalent to a twenty- five year old adult and knew exactly what I was doing. As for you and Troy you are both fourteen and coming on fifteen, it would be wise to wait a little longer but if it is what you both feel you wish to do and you are both ready for that stage then I wont be mad. Can't say the same for Troy's parents or your mother but I wont see a single thing wrong with it. You both want to express how much you both love and care for one another then go a head. Just do me a favour and don't go off somewhere to some dodgy looking motel or somewhere public. I would be much happier if you were somewhere safe and if you are here together then don't be too vocal alright. I have very good hearing and I really don't need to hear my son and his partner at it." Shadow smiled as he spoke back to his son.

"In fact give me some kind of hidden message and I will evacuate everyone so you both have some privacy together." Shadow added with a wink then drank more coffee.

"Sure erm thanks for being so understanding dad but I don't think it is that anyway." Jamie nervously smiled then made a start on his breakfast, finding it hard to believe his father was being so calm and open with him over the subject of gay sex.

It was now coming up for eight o'clock and Jamie was nervously waiting for Troy to arrive up the kitchen table. He was all ready for school and slowly sipping on some orange juice. The door bell went off and Shadow so happened to be on his way to the shoe rack at the same time so he answered the door.

"Hello Troy, Jamie is in the kitchen." Shadow softly said with a smile as he greeted his best friends son.

"Thank you." Troy nervously said as he walked in then smiled as Jamie rushed over to the door.

"Hi Troy, we can go to my bedroom to talk." Jamie smiled as he tried to keep his nerves in tact.

"Sure."Troy replied then followed Jamie to his room.

Shadow closed the door and grabbed his daughters shoes to pass to her then slipped his on while there. He then casually went into the living room to where his daughter was relaxing while watching a bit of telly before school.

"Here we go sweetheart, when you are ready." Shadow softly said as he placed Lilith's shoes on the floor by the sofa.

"Thank you daddy, you coming to take me to school?" Lilith calmly asked as she looked up at her father.

"I am yes and I'll be coming to pick you up too." Shadow smiled as he replied then walked out of the living room only to bump into Jamie.

"What's wrong…whoa not so fast." Shadow said as Jamie grabbed his wrist and pulled him down the hall and into his bedroom.

Jamie let go of his father then closed the door shut. Troy was sitting on the edge of the bed and looking as if he was about to burst into tears any given moment.

"Oh no what's the matter Troy?" Shadow asked with a worried expression as Jamie moved to sit next to his secret boyfriend.

"Troy is a little emotional because his parents found out we are together last night. They heard him on the phone to me the other night and now assume we are sexually active with each other because what we were talking about." Jamie answered for his boyfriend.

"I told them we weren't but dad doesn't believe me." Troy whispered as he looked up at Shadow with watery eyes adding, "Dad wants me to break it off with Jamie because he believes we are having sex at fourteen. I swear we are not and we don't plan on doing anything of the sort until we are at a legal age."

"I see…don't you boys worry I'll talk to your father today and put him straight, maybe even knock some sense into him if you mother hasn't already. I will sort this for you both so please try to have a good day." Shadow softly said with a warm smile.

"Thanks dad." Jamie smiled with gratitude up at his father.

"Yeah thank you." Troy sadly smiled as he spoke his thanks.

Shadow left his sons room and went to grab his mobile from his room. He punched in Sonics number then put the phone to his ear.

"Hello Sonic are you free at all this morning?" Shadow calmly asked.

"Yep why don't you come over later, me and Amy need to talk to you about something." Sonic said as he forced a happy tone.

"Sure ok, it is nothing bad is it?" Shadow asked with fake concern as he knew what it was about.

"That all depends, I'll tell you over a coffee and bring Fay with you too. See you both later bye." Sonic said then hung up before Shadow had a chance to say bye.

"Ok that is so not like him to be that short with me, he must really believe the boys are active. This is going to be harder than I first thought." Shadow thought as he put his phone back on the bedside table and left his room.

"Hay dad, we are going to make a move now ok. You are free to tell mum about us since everyone else knows." Jamie grinned as he and Troy walked out of the bedroom and stood in front of Shadow in the hallway.

"You sure you don't want to tell her?" Shadow raised a brow as he looked at his son and sons boyfriend.

"It will probably come out better if you say dad. We should really get going before we are late. Bye see you later." Jamie shrugged then grabbed Troy's hand and pulled him along towards the front door.

"Bye." Troy managed to say with a more cheerful tone then disappeared around the corner.

The front door slammed shut then Shadow walked into the kitchen where Fay was standing by the sink washing up. Shadow stood behind is wife and hugged her from behind then kissed her nexc teasingly.

"Sh-Shadow I'm trying to get this done before we have to get Lilith to school." Fay giggled as she was being attacked by her loving husband.

"I have something to tell you but you have to promise not to over react alright." Shadow softly said then kissed his wife's neck again.

"A-alright, what is it?" Fay said as she stopped what she was doing and turned herself around to look at Shadow.

"Ok I'm going to be straight with you and just say it. Our son has a boyfriend and his name is Troy." Shadow smiled as he gave his wife the biggest news she will ever hear.

"Come again?" Fay raised a brow in slight shock, not believing what her husband had just said.

"That is right, our son is gay and is in a serious relationship with our friends son Troy. Now before you jump the gun, no they are not sexually active but they are very much in love with each other." Shadow smirked as he explained further to his wife.

"Wow, I mean I had my suspicions Jamie was gay but never in a million years though he and Troy would be an item. Does Sonic and Amy know about this?" Fay faintly smiled as she asked.

"They do and confronted Troy last night but they don't think we know about them being a couple. Sonic wants to tell us something and has asked us to come over this morning to chat over a coffee." Shadow said with a worried expression as he didn't think things were going to run smoothly.

"There is something you are not telling me Shadow." Fay seriously said with crossed arms.

"Alright first I was the first to know but promised to keep it quiet. Second Sonic thinks they are both having sex and is not very happy with Troy when Troy tried to say they weren't. I do know they are not at that stage yet and they are not sexing each other up so the problem is convincing Sonic they are not." Shadow said with a small smile at his wife.

"I can see the problem but even if they were, what would be the problem with it? So long as they don't disappear off to some dodgy motel or use public areas to do the deed right." Fay deviously grinned at her husband.

"Exactly it is not like we have the concern of teenage pregnancy on our hands." Shadow smirked back as that statement was so true.

(Another chap finished and done with, if you like it I would love to hear your thoughts on this story. Next chap will be up soon...)