Okay Folks. I'm back from my internet vigil!
A/N: You see, during my four months (or so) of no updates, a lot has happened.
First of all, assuming anyone wants to read this, my wrists were sprained, which obviously affected my writing. Then when they healed I was 3 day eventing (dressage, cross country and show jumping) with Virgo, my hyper pony, and of course he decided it would be fun to throw me off in the water, and me being stupid held onto the reins and got dragged resulting to more damage to my wrists. (I think Virgo really enjoyed that) and then my landline was disconnected FOR FIVE BLOOMIN' WEEKS! While waiting for broadband, and then I got a serious case of writers block. Then the computer broke. THEN at Christmas I got the Sims2 which my sister is absolutely obsessed with so I can never really find a time for my writing.
Then Virgo tore a ligament in his left foreleg, (he fell into a ditch, some animals can be really stupid!) so now he can barely walk and I'm at the livery yard, where I keep him, constantly.
Anyway, it's finally here. The next chapter!
A/N2: this might be a little short just to get me back into the 'flow' of writing. (My English teacher says that and he's a bit batty really. We reckon he has a stash of magic mushrooms in his filing cabinet)
Warnings: AU, FrancisOMC slash.
Disclaimer: see chapter one.
Summery: chapter one as well.
Chapter 5. Argyments and Apologies.
That night, Rob and I just lay there on the bed in silence, the day's events running through our thoughts. Personally I thought my family took it quite well, at least as well as my family can take news like that. I was kind of expecting mom to at least make some sort of homophobic comment, but nothing. I was a bit surprised about dad's reaction though. He didn't seem to want to talk about it much. Although I wouldn't blame him. Reese was probably still trying to figure out how two men can have sex and Malcolm is probably still in shock. A bit strange really, I thought he was the most level headed person in the house.
Dewy and Jamie just accepted it, although Dewy can be kind of open minded.
As we lay there thinking I heard mom and day close the door to their room, which was right beside mine. I could hear them whispering, it was like they didn't want anyone to hear what they were saying. Although, the walls in this house are pretty thin so as their voices got louder I could hear them.
"– and if the neighbours found out- "that was dad.
"Stop it, Hal, they won't find out if we don't tell them!" why did I get the notion that I know where this argument is going.
"Oh, they'll find out alright, they know things Lois!"
"So you're embarrassed of him?"
"No- it's not that - it's just – NO!" dad stuttered, obviously trying not to anger mom.
"Hal, if you're embarrassed jut say so!"
"But – it's just – I'm not – I can't – "
"Just admit it if you are!"
"Ok, maybe a little"
I could not believe what I was hearing; dad was embarrassed at my sexual orientation! This was not what I expected from dad at all!
"So you're a homophobe?"
"NO, I just – the idea – two men – I just don't think it's right!"
"That makes you a homophobe, Hal"
I couldn't believe that mom was defending me; I expected it to be the other way around with dad defending me and mom being embarrassed and homophobic. Well I suppose you can't judge a book by its cover. I looked at Rob who was sitting up and listening intently, as if waiting for some sort of insult to be said about him. I could have mad some comment about nosey people, but decided against it.
"But I can't be! I know gay people, I don't hate them!"
"Hal, you don't know any gay people."
"Yes I do!"
"Name one then."
"Err – "
"Next time don't lie!"
This could have been a very humorous scenario, if I wasn't the issue being discussed.
"So, what if I don't agree with it! So what if I think it is wrong and immoral! I'm not homophobic" god, that man is in great denial!
"Hal, listen, if you don't agree with it and think its wrong, then that's being homophobic"
"I'm not though!"
"So if you were to walk in on two boys kissing, you would just go 'afternoon boys' and walk away?"
I snickered at that.
"Erm – yeah - yeah – of course!" I rolled my eyes at the obvious lie.
"Right. So what did you think of his boyfriend?" mom asked, keen to change the subject, but obviously still determined to prove dad's homophobia.
"Err – he was nice"
"I thought he was very polite!" mom said.
"Yeah"
"And had great table manners"
"Right"
"And he was even polite to Dewy!"
"So he's brilliant then is that it Lois? Why don't you go marry him if you think he's so perfect!" dad snapped. I could already hear the sirens.
"I did not say he was perfect, Hal, I was merely saying that he seems to be a very nice person!"
Dad mumbled something that sounded suspiciously like "For a whore". I couldn't believe what I was hearing; he was calling my own boyfriend a whore! I looked over a Rob, to see if he heard, he did. He had a look of complete disbelief on his face and I was certain that he was going to cry. I took him in my arms and kissed him soundly to reassure him that it he wasn't a whore.
"Hal, I can't believe you said that!" Mom shouted. I was sure that the whole house was awake and listening.
"But I think it's true, I mean did you look at him! How obvious can you get?"
"So you mean that just because he looks gay, he's automatically a whore?"
"NO – Well – No!"
"Hal, this is a big deal, they are going to receive a lot of homophobic comments towards them, the last thing they need is to receive them from you! YOU'RE SUPPOST TO BE SUPPORTIVE! AND I DON'T THINK CALLING FRANCIS' BOYFRIEND A WHORE IS SUPPORTIVE!" wow, angry, angry person!
"It's not like that Lois I-"
"Just go to sleep Hal"
Then silence filled the room, I sat there, still holding Rob, who had his head pressed onto my shoulder, still shocked by what dad had said. After about ten minutes, I heard a knock on the door. Then I heard the door open. I looked over to see Malcolm, Reese and Dewy standing there.
"We just want to say, we're sorry, if we didn't treat you right" the said to Rob, who was looking at them worriedly as if they were going to say something offensive to him. I saw him relax when they apologised though.
"Yeah, I'm sorry for any comments I might have made" Malcolm said.
"Yeah, I hope you forgive us. We just – we were just not really sure how to react, that's all. We really do want to be friends" Reese said. I was surprised that he knew that he did wrong.
Rob looked at them for a moment, as if to make sure they weren't joking.
"Sure, of course I'll forgive you!" he said smiling. "And I really want us to be friends as well!"
"Yeah, and you can listen to this piano piece I made!" Dewy said with excitement. He really liked composing piano pieces.
"Yeah, I'd like that" Rob said.
"Oh, and we don't think you're a whore either" Malcolm said.
"Thanks"
"Ok, we're all happy and friends, now get the hell out of my room!" I said laughing. My three brothers left the room smiling.
"That was harsh" Rob said when hey left.
"Don't worry; you'll soon learn to control them like me!" I joked!
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Okay, so I've got chapter five done! (Huge cheer comes from an imaginary crowd)
And now my replies to your reviews!
Byproduct of evil: I'm really happy you think this is a good slash fic, to be honest I think it's a bit weak! Oh, and about maths, my mom likes maths… please keep reading!
Jaded Havok: I hope this chapter was like that as well! I'm sorry for the long update! Keep reading and don't forget to drop a review!
Hipa: I thought that as well about Hal, but after watching a lot of MitM and reading about it, I think this chapter is accurate enough as to how Hal would react! I hope you agree with me, but if you don't, it doesn't really matter! I hope you enjoyed the chapter anyway, and I hope you keep reading!
Matilda: I defiantly did not update soon, but I do hope you find this chapter and read it! I'm glad you think my stories are good! I need a little encouragement! Thanks, and keep reading!
Pyro Dragon 117: I'm not exactly sure weather Lois's anger is what you expected, but I hope you liked this chapter and keep reading!
Kitty-Black-heart: I'm happy you caught up with the fic, and I hope you liked this as well, please keep reading! My updates are a bit slow at the moment though…
Chibidark angel: wow, and Irish reader! I'm glad you liked the reactions, and funny thing is, I've got a lot of reviews saying the Malcolm/Reese seem a bit thoughtful about the whole gay thing, but honestly, I did not mean anything by it, that's just how the chapters ended up! I'm happy someone knows what it's like to study Irish. I've got so many poems learned off; I can't remember any of my French! Go raibh maith agat! And keep reading! ;-)
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Reese&Malcolm slash: sorry about the long wait, the paragraph at the start of the page explains my absence from the slash world!
: interesting choice of pen name. Like I might have mentioned already, my only intention was to make Malcolm a bit curious, I didn't mean anything of it! I actually have quite a few reviewers saying that Malcolm/Reese seem a bit curious. Perhaps I might write something of it, but not in the near future!
Hahaha-evil: I'm happy you love this; I hope you liked this chapter as well! Keep reading!