All I can say for this one is yes, finally! :D

XI. Memory

"Hey Blaine?"

Hey Mom? Dad?

"Yeah?"

What is it, dear?

"About that thing I needed to tell you when I got home…"

"Oh yeah, I forgot! What was it?"

Go on, Blaine. You can tell us.

"…you know you can tell me anything, right Sam?"

"Yeah."

Yeah, I know. It's just…

"So cough it up, silly!"

"Okay, well, so…"

Um….

Go on.

"So lately I've been thinking, kind of a lot. And I don't know how exactly to put this, but…"

Mom, Dad, I'm gay.

"I think I might be…not very straight."

Oh, honey. Come here, it's okay, come here.

"Sam, that's awesome! Wow, yeah, I know how confusing this stuff can be…if you have any questions you'll talk to me, right? I'll try to help as much as I can."

"Wow, uh…thanks. Yeah, the thought's been bugging me for a while now. I should've come to you sooner."

"Bugging you?"

It's okay, kiddo, don't cry. We'll help you get through this phase.

It's not a phase, Dad.

"Well, yeah. No, no, not in that sense, I have no problem with gay people. If I did why would we be best friends? It's just, I've been 'straight' my whole life, and this is just a really weird realization."

Blaine, it's going to be okay.

Not if you won't accept this. It's never going to be okay if you ignore who I am.

Why don't you wait a bit before deciding anything, think on it a little more?

"I know what you mean. But I'm here for you, okay? I always will be."

"Thanks. That's really cool of you."

I have that '50s truck in the garage that still needs repairing…

"Am I the first person you've told?"

"Yeah."

Maybe we can go work on that. Get your hands dirty a little bit, clear your head.

"Thank you. You know, for telling me. I know how nerve-wracking coming out can be. And if it means anything, I'm really proud of you right now."

No thanks, Dad. I'm sorry, but no matter how hard you want it to, nothing's going to change this.

"Thank you, Blaine. Yeah, it means a lot."