Simon lay back on his airplane seat thinking. He was flying from New York City, where it's okay to be gay, to boring, rude, gossipy Glen oak, to be with his family. His boyfriend Phil was sitting next to him, asleep. Simon always hated his family, especially Matt and Lucy. Simon now was a journalist for the New York Times. He led a nice, quiet life with Phil. They were gay, but happy. Simon had never been so happy before he met Phil. He knew that his family would not react happily to him being gay. Once, on the phone with his mother she asked him if he was in a relationship. Simon said yes. To a person named Phil. Annie assumed that it was a woman, who's real name was Phyllis. He didn't have the heart to tell his mother the truth. Simon layed back, and was falling asleep as all the memories of his childhood crawled back to him.