Emma took the eggplant dish out of the oven and put it on the counter. "Okay, this is ready. I just want it to cool down for a few minutes."

"That smells good, babe."

Emma smiled, "I hope it tastes as good as it smells."

"I'm sure it does." Sean walked over, wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, and kissed her shoulder. "I wonder how things are going downstairs."

Emma turned around and wrapped her arms around Sean's neck. "I'm assuming it's going okay because neither one of them has come upstairs."

"This is stressful." Emma kissed him and smiled as she pulled away. Sean asked, "What was that for?"

"It's because you're amazing."

Sean raised his eyebrow and said, "Oh yeah?"

Emma nodded, "Oh yeah..."

They kissed again and didn't pull away this time. Not until they were interrupted by the basement door opening. Drew turned to Maddie and said, "See? I told you."

Emma giggled as she pulled away from Sean. "Hey, kiddo." Sean straightened himself up and turned around. Emma said, "Dinner's ready."

"Good."

Emma turned back to the eggplant and asked, "Maddie, what would you like to drink?"

"I'll have another root beer if you have more."

"We do." Emma walked to the fridge and looked at Drew, "Sit down."

Drew and Maddie sat down, and Sean whispered to Emma, "They seem okay."

"Yeah. Guess we'll find out." Emma called out to Drew, "Would you like root beer too, sweetie?"

"Yeah, thanks."

"Great!" Emma began slicing the eggplant and plating the food for everyone. "Go sit."

Sean shook his head, "I can help you with this."

"Thank you." She kissed his nose.

Maddie whispered to Drew, "So they're always like that?" Drew nodded, and Maddie turned to look at Emma and Sean. "I don't think my parents even kiss anymore." She watched as Emma and Sean plated the food together. Then Emma kissed Sean on the nose.

A few moments later, Drew whispered, "Okay, stop staring at my dad."

Maddie turned back around and said, "I wasn't staring at him!"

"Sure, you weren't."

"Oh, shut up."

After they finished serving Maddie and Drew, Sean and Emma sat down at the table. Emma asked, "So how did the Lord of the Flies review go?"

Maddie smiled and said, "I think Drew will do well on the test."

Emma looked at Drew and said, "See? As long as you read what your teachers tell you to read, you'll do well."

Drew took a bite of his food but remained silent. Sean looked at Emma and shrugged; they couldn't tell how things went between Maddie and Drew, and they weren't about to ask.

There was silence at the table for a few moments. Drew ate his food and wouldn't look at his parents. Sean and Emma watched as he ate his food, and Maddie could tell they were curious about how the conversation went. Maddie stopped eating and said, "I know you're both probably wondering about the discussion we had downstairs." Sean and Emma looked at her, "I just want you to know that I am 100% supportive of Drew."

Sean felt like he had a thousand-pound weight lifted off his back. Emma smiled and said, "We're both happy to hear that, Maddie."

Maddie added, "And I think he should tell Oliver how he feels."

Drew rolled his eyes, "Maddie."

Sean asked, "You do?"

Maddie nodded, "Oliver has never shown any interest in any girls at our school or any other school, and I think he may like Drew back."

"Oh, god." Drew put his head in his hands and groaned.

Emma asked, "Sweetie, isn't this a good thing?"

He kept his head in his hands, "I don't know."

Sean said, "I can understand your apprehension, kiddo."

Maddie said, "I could always ask him for you."

Drew raised his head and said, "No. No way. I'll," He took a deep breath, "I'll figure something out."

"Okay. I won't pressure you, and I promise not to do or say anything to hurt your chances with Oliver."

"I don't think I have a chance with him."

Emma asked, "Why not? You're adorable! Where's your confidence?"

"Ugh, mom." Drew blushed. "Stop."

Maddie said, "She's right. You are."

"Okay, I'm going to go downstairs, lock myself in my room, and never come out again."

Maddie and Emma laughed. Sean said, "Okay, ladies, let's leave Drew alone."

Maddie said, "Fine. But I still think Oliver likes you."

After a few more moments of silence at the table, Drew looked at Sean and said, "Dad, Maddie thinks you're hot."

Maddie nearly choked on her dinner and hissed, "Drew!" She looked down at her hands, and her face turned beet red, "I hate you."

Sean shook his head and said, "Andrew, that was not nice."

"Oh, but it's fine for her and mom to tease me about Oliver?"

Maddie couldn't look up and said, "I want to die now. Thanks."

Sean said, "Maddie, don't be embarrassed."

"How can I not be?"

Emma looked at Maddie and said, "Hey, I don't blame you. He is pretty cute."

Sean laughed, "Great, now I'm embarrassed."

Drew and Maddie looked at each other and started laughing. Sean grabbed Emma's hand and winked at her.

Maddie looked at Drew and said, "I'm sorry."

Drew said, "I'm sorry too."

Emma looked at Sean and said, "Did you just have a flashback too?"

He laughed, "Yep." Sean shook his head, "That was pretty trippy."

Maddie said, "By the way, Miss Nelson, this is excellent."

"Thank you, Maddie. It was a spur of the moment thing, but I'm glad you like it."

"Yeah, mom. I like it too."

Emma smiled, "Maybe you can bring some to school for lunch." Then she looked at Maddie and said, "Maybe I'll give him enough for two."

Maddie and Drew retreated down to his room after dinner while Sean helped Emma clean up in the kitchen.

Emma teased Sean and asked, "So what's it feel like to be the sexy dad young girls have crushes on?"

Sean laughed, "Oh, please."

"What? I tell you you're sexy all the time."

He scoffed, "That's different."

"Poor Maddie. Her face was so red."

Sean shook his head, "I can't believe Drew did that to her."

"Well, I'm just glad they made up."

"Me too. And I'm glad Maddie is supportive."

Emma nodded, "I had a feeling she would be. She's a good kid."

Sean asked, "What if Oliver does like Drew?"

Emma smiled and asked, "Will you be able to handle our son having a boyfriend?"

"Yes, as long as they're as chaste and as innocent as we were when we first went out."

"Ah, right. Only holding hands and kissing each other on the cheek." Emma said, "I don't think we have to worry about that. Not yet."

"We will need to talk to him about being safe at some point." Sean shook his head, "I don't know if I'm ready for this. I'm still getting used to being a dad. I just don't want to screw anything up."

"You won't."

Sean asked, "How do you know?"

"I just do." Emma wrapped her arms around Sean, "You are an incredible father, Sean. You have nothing to worry about."

"Maybe we can ask for Marco's help with this. I don't know the first thing about being a gay man, but Marco knows what it's like to be in the closet and come out of the closet and how to deal with being a gay teenager." Emma smiled at him, and he asked, "What?"

"I told you you had nothing to worry about."

Sean asked, "Now, what if Oliver doesn't feel the same way as Drew?"

"Well, then we'll have to help Drew through his first heartbreak."

Sean shook his head, "I just don't want anything bad to happen to him."

"I know you don't. I don't either, but it is inevitable either way. Even if they do get together, they're not going to stay together. They're just teenagers."

Sean smiled and said, "Maybe they'll be like us and makeup and break up a few times."

Emma nodded.

Sean asked, "What's wrong?"

Emma shook her head, "Nothing." She quickly kissed Sean and walked back over to the table. She wiped it down, and after she finished, she came back into the kitchen.

"Em. What did I say to upset you?"

Emma stopped by the sink and shook her head.

"Emma."

She turned to him and smiled, "I'm fine."

"Are you sure?"

She nodded, "Yep." She walked past him and headed for the couch. Before she sat down, she asked, "Want to watch some of those wacky housewives with me?"

Sean smiled and said, "Sure."

"I still cannot believe you told your dad I think he's hot."

"I'm sorry. I was an ass."

"So was I. You should tell Oliver how you feel in your own time." Drew nodded, and Maddie continued, "I know coming out wasn't easy for you, and I know that this is a big deal."

"Thank you."

Maddie smiled at him, and I said, "I just can't believe I didn't see it sooner."

"See what?"

"You liking boys."

"I haven't been obvious, have I?"

Maddie shook her head, "No, but I should have known by your reaction after you kissed Cecilia at that party that you didn't like girls."

Drew blushed, "Yeah, it didn't do anything for me."

Maddie nodded.

"I do feel a lot better now that you know, but please, do not make it obvious around Oliver, okay?" Maddie nodded, and Drew said, "I will be so humiliated if he rejects me or even worse if he's straight and hates me."

"I promise. But again, I think Oliver likes you. I've seen him sneaking looks."

"You have?"

Maddie nodded. "I didn't realize it at the time, but looking back now, I can see it."

Drew started pacing, "And what if he does like me back? I wouldn't know the first thing about anything. Like do I make the first move? Do I wait for him to do it? I've only kissed a girl, and I hated it. Ugh! Why is this happening to me?"

Maddie smiled at Drew, "Okay, Nelson, you need to calm down. I'll tell you what to do."

He stopped pacing and asked, "You will?"

Maddie nodded, "I have some experience kissing people."

Drew asked, "Who did you kiss?"

"A couple of boys at camp." Maddie pat the space on the bed next to her, "Sit down and relax. I'm going to teach you how to kiss someone."

Drew sat down and asked, "We're not going to kiss each other, are we?"

"God, no. I'm just going to tell you what to do because some guys do not get this right, and they end up licking your face, and no one wants that."

Drew shivered and said, "Ew."

"Yeah, it's gross."

Drew shook his head, "I can't believe you're doing this for me. I feel like an idiot."

"You're not an idiot at all." She smiled and said, "I just want your first kiss to be a good one, and I want you to lay a kiss on Oliver that will make him fall in love with you."

"Maddie!"

"Sorry. Okay, first things first..."

As Sean and Emma sat on the couch together, Sean asked, "Em, are you sure you're okay?"

"Yes. I'm okay."

"Because I didn't mean to upset you earlier."

"I know."

"So, you were upset?"

"For a nanosecond." She turned to him, "I was just thinking about us getting together and breaking up and how cruel I was to you the last time we broke up."

"It's ancient history, Em."

She nodded and kissed him. "I know."

"We're together now. That's all that matters."

"I know."

Suddenly one of the housewives fall and nearly bashed her head into a table. Sean yelled out, "Holy shit!"

Emma shook her head, "Can you imagine being that drunk at her age? How embarrassing."

"She could have killed herself!" He shook his head and rewound the DVR, "Look at how close she was to hurting herself." He played it in slow motion, and both he and Emma cringed.

Emma joked, "Promise me you'll never let me get that drunk."

Sean chuckled and said, "I promise."

Later that night, after Maddie left, Sean went down to Drew's room.

"Hey, kiddo."

"Hey, dad. Everything okay?"

Sean smiled, "That's funny. I was going to ask you the same thing."

Drew nodded, "Everything is fine. Really."

"Good." Sean looked around at Drew's room and said, "So, do you like it down here so far?"

Drew smiled and said, "I love it down here. I can't hear you and mom going at it anymore."

Sean laughed. "Sorry."

"I get it. You're making up all the time you lost."

"We are." Sean sat on the edge of Drew's bed and said, "Speaking of that..."

"Oh god, are we having the birds and bees talk? Because I know all about how sex works, dad. They teach us in school."

Sean asked, "Do you know how gay sex works?"

Drew blushed, "Well, I mean, yeah. Not from experience, obviously."

Sean nodded, "Because if you need someone to talk about this, and you don't want it to be your mother or me, you can always talk to Mr. Del Rossi."

"Dad, I don't want to talk about sex with Mr. Del Rossi."

"Not about sex, but you can talk to him about being gay. Marco went through a lot of stuff when we were in school, and I think you could benefit from talking to him. I don't know what it's like to be gay."

"That's because you've been in love with mom your whole life." Sean smiled. "Look, I appreciate what you're trying to do. And I know this isn't easy for you. You just found out you're a dad, and now you're dealing with your son being gay."

"Drew, I love you, and I'm proud of you, and I have no issues with you being gay, okay?"

Drew nodded, "I know, but wouldn't you rather have a straight son?"

"The only reason why I'd ever want you to be straight is that I'm scared for you. I know how people can be, and even though things have gotten a lot better since I was a teenager, people can still be jackasses. But that's it. It's just for your safety. I'm not disappointed because you're gay if that's what you're thinking. In fact, get that thought out of your head right now." Sean placed his hand on Drew's. "I am proud to be your father, kiddo."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

They hugged, and Drew exhaled. As they pulled away, Sean asked, "Are you okay?"

"Yes. I feel a sense of relief. But not totally because I still have to deal with Oliver."

Sean nodded, "Don't worry about Oliver just yet. You have that Lord Of The Flies test to worry about first."

"Yeah, but I still have that project in Perino's class with Oliver. We have to do the presentation on Thursday since we were both sick last week."

"Ah, right, I forgot about that. Well, try not to act like things are different. Get through the project first."

Drew shook his head, "This week is going to be stressful."

Sean said, "I can teach you more breathing exercises if you want. They help me when I am feeling stressed."

Drew nodded, "Yeah, I'd like that."

Sean smiled, "Okay."

By the time Sean made it upstairs, Emma was already in bed reading a book, "You were down there a while. Is everything okay?"

Sean smiled and started getting undressed, "Yep. Everything is great."

"Good." She continued reading her book, and Sean got into the bed with her.

He asked, "Is that a good book?"

"It is. I don't want to put it down."

"Oh."

"Why?"

He shrugged, "No reason."

Emma smiled and said, "Let me finish this chapter, and then we can have some fun."

"Or..." Sean went under the covers and positioned himself between Emma's legs.

"Oh, my God." She squealed when he pulled down her panties. "You are so bad."

He peeked his head out of the covers and said, "But I'm also so good."

"True."

After Sean got Emma's panties off, he went to work while Emma attempted to read the rest of the chapter. Within moments she had put the book down. She couldn't concentrate at all.

Drew lay awake in his bed, staring at the ceiling when his phone buzzed. He reached over, looked at it, and sat up. It was a text from Oliver.

"Do you think we can meet up during our free period to work on Perino's project?"

Drew wrote back, "I have to take my makeup test for Mr. Del Rossi tomorrow. Would you want to come to my place after school? We can work on it here. And you can see my new room." As Drew waited for a response from Oliver, he hoped he wasn't too aggressive.

Oliver wrote back, "I'll ask my mom in the morning. If she knows I'm actually working on something, she'll be fine with it."

Drew smiled and thoughtfully wrote back his response. He wanted to play it cool and not be obvious at all. "Sounds good. So see ya tomorrow?"

Oliver wrote back, "Yep. Goodnight."

Drew wrote back, "Goodnight," put his phone down, and snuggled under his covers.

Sean and Emma were making love in their bed when Emma whispered in Sean's ear, "I can't wait to make another baby with you."

Sean raised his head and smiled, "Yeah?"

Emma nodded, "Yes." Sean peppered her neck with kisses, and she said, "I'd love to have a little girl with you."

Sean pulled away from her neck and said, "I'd be happy with a healthy baby either way."

Emma smiled and kissed him.

Drew woke up early the next morning and spent time getting ready. He ran up to Sean and Emma's room and knocked on their door.

Sean sat up, and Emma groaned.

"Mom? Dad?"

Emma sat up and covered herself, "Come on in, sweetie."

Drew slid the door open and asked, "Dad, can I borrow some of your hair stuff?"

"Sure, kiddo. It's under the sink on the right."

"Great." Drew went into the bathroom, and Sean shrugged at Emma, who was wondering why Drew suddenly needed to put gel in his hair.

Sean put on his boxer briefs and walked over to the bathroom door, "Is everything okay?"

"Can you help me?"

"Sure. Give it to me." Sean took the gel, poured some into his hands, worked it between his fingers, and started playing around with Drew's hair. "So, what's going on?"

"Nothing, I just felt like looking good for a change."

Sean laughed, "You always look good."

"I invited Oliver over tonight. Is that okay? We won't have time during our free period to work on Perino's project because that's when I'm taking my Lord Of The Flies test, so I figured if he came here after school, we could work on it."

"Okay, take a breath." Drew nodded. "Yes, Oliver can come over after school. That's not a problem."

"Good."

Sean finished and said, "There. That looks good."

Drew looked at himself in the mirror and said, "Wow, that does look good, thanks."

"You're welcome, kiddo. Now get out of here. I have to shower."

Drew nodded, "Thanks again, dad."

"No problem."

Drew walked out of the bathroom, and Emma was fixing the bed. She turned around and said, "You are ready early."

"Oliver's coming over after school. Dad said it's okay."

Emma smiled and said, "Okay."

Drew walked over to the stairs and said, "You can go into the shower with dad now, mom."

Emma giggled, and Drew went down to the kitchen.