Chapter 3 – Busted

Simon decided it was better not to bring up his late night kiss. Maybe whoever it was didn't see and didn't want to interrupt. If it was Ruthie, he knew she would be around to get something in return for not telling.

"What are you two doing?" Annie asked her twin boys, Sam and David. They had been pretending to smoke the night before.

"Kissin," they said together.

"Where did you learn that?" How could they not know what it was. There sisters were always kissing, especially Lucy with her live-in almost fiancée. Simon and Cecilia had kissed in front of them. Even her and her husband had. What concerned her was that they were kissing each other. Boys don't kiss boys. How could they have gotten that idea?

"We saw it on the porch last night." Annie was impressed, that was a long sentence for them, especially to say in unison.

Annie went off to find Kevin and sit him down with the boys. When they all sat down in the living room the twins said, "you're in big trouble."

"What?" Kevin asked. He had felt like an idiot last night when they said that. They had seen him smoking by the trashcans. He blamed it on stress. What really made him feel stupid was how he had criticized his brother's girlfriend so much. But he didn't burn down anyone's house. What could he be in trouble for now.

"The twins said they saw you kissing on the porch last night, and were kissing each other." He had kissed Lucy on the porch before, they could have seen him. But not last night. Last night Lucy found him by the front stairs after her date.

"We didn't say we saw Kevin kissing."

"Then who?" It couldn't be anyone else. No one else had anyone to kiss last night.

"Simon."

"Yeah, Simon." He's going to be in big trouble if he had Cecilia over while on restriction. That boy needs to learn something from his actions, and an attitude change.

Annie let Kevin go and went off to find Simon. When she found him in his room playing his guitar. He tended to do that when he was upset about something, which was quite often lately, mostly about Cecilia it seemed. He has been worse than Matt, Mary, and Lucy. They had each had their own times like this. Annie couldn't decide exactly what it was, but Simon definitely was more depressed than any of the others had been. She asked, "Simon, the boys said they saw you kissing on the porch last night."

Simon dreaded this happening. He would rather run away than face his family with how he felt inside. Did he really like guys? Was it just one night, or was he…gay? He quickly came back to reality and reacted rather harshly to his mother's inquiry. Instead of answering her, he pushed her onto his bed. She fell on his guitar and was more surprised than hurt. Simon ran downstairs and dialed Sid's number. "Hello, is Sid there?"

"Yeah, I guess, umm…is it Simon?" Chandler answered the phone.

"Yes." Simon was surprised to see no one trying to see who he was talking to and what about, and no one seemed to be listening on another phone. This, at least, he had to be thankful for.

"Okay, he's coming." Chandler didn't know what to think of Simon calling asking for his brother. Sid was only here for a few days telling him he should make peace with his dying father. What could Simon want with Sid?

"Hey Cutie!" Sid's voice instantly comforted Simon.

"Hey Sid. My little brothers told my mom they saw us last night. What do we do?"

"Pack a bag, I'll be there on my motorcycle in five minutes."

Thank you Cypher and Hoedogg for your criticism.

Cypher, I took your advise and reworked the last two chapters. I see what you mean by "meat on the bones." I'm still working on the fluid thing.

Hoedogg, Simon jumped to that conclusion on his own. A normal person might make sure he was caught, but my Simon is irrational, like me. Sid's motivations, however, will be at the beginning of the next chapter.


And to an anonymous Anna for asking for more. Thanks to anyone else who is reading this, review even if you don't have anything constructive, I do that a lot.