Being Different Isn't Normal
Chapter 4: Megan finds out
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Drake walked through the front door, everything was pretty much as it was, and for the moment, all he wanted to do was go to bed and go asleep.
Josh was pulling the overnight bag behind him, which his mum had packed. He could hear Josh cursing under his breath as he lugged the heavy 'overnight' bag, which his mum had packed enough stuff in for a year. It gave him a small bit of amusement to remind he was home again.
His parents walked slowly in behind, exhausted after almost three days of drama, especially his mother who had been hit with a bombshell and was still acting all weird around Drake, which he couldn't understand because she had told him she would never hate him. Although he thought, hate and shocked are two completely different things, everyone reacts differently.
Drake trooped up the stairs to bed, where he found Megan setting up another booby trap for Josh.
He silently laughed at her "What's that?" he asked in the strongest voice he had
"It's for the boob" she smiled fixing the final touches on it
"Oh, keep going" he smiled climbing up onto his bed not bothering to change
"Aren't you even going to get changed?" she questioned
"Nah, and besides you're in here so how can I?" he sighed comfortably shifting himself into his blankets
"True, so when do you get the bandages off?" she asked being unusually inquisitive
"Two Weeks why, and anyway what are you making for Josh"
"I just needed to know when I can start doing pranks to both of you again"
"Ok, I'll look forward to it, so what's that thing anyway?"
"It's a juicer, you see when Josh steps on this button when he goes to play his beloved video games this small dispenser will dispense tomato juice all over his over-sized head" she smiled pressing one last button
"He does have a big head," Drake laughed softly
"Yeah, well I had better be going" she smiled "And don't worry if you fall asleep, there's a camcorder behind that bookshelf over there"
"We have books?" Drake questioned
"Yes, it's a surprise isn't it?" she smiled leaving the room
Drake settled into his bed once again and began a dreamless sleep.
DOWNSTAIRS
Jane was thinking, she knew she couldn't hate her son, she just knew it. Nevertheless, she had always thought that she had nothing to worry about when it came to Drake being gay; the thought had never even crossed her mind. Never in the seventeen years that she had known her child did she ever consider him gay. It was tough because Walter was starting to wonder why she was so deep in thought every time he went to try to have a friendly conversation.
She knew she couldn't leave him in the state he was in, she had covered for him at the hospital but they still had said that he needed help to make sure he wouldn't self-harm again. It was too many emotions for her to be dealing with let alone a seventeen year old who's only comfort was the fact that he might just have one person on his side.
She sighed once more; she had been doing a lot of that lately, though she thought most of the situations were sigh-worthy.
A cup of coffee might help she thought to herself as she walked slowly through the brown swinging door that led to the kitchen. Walter was there with a cup in his hand reading the local newspaper; he knew not to come into the sitting room, even if he did not know why.
"Hey honey" she smiled pouring a strong black coffee into her cup "Want a refill" she smiled gesturing the pot to his cup
"Thanks" he smiled placing his newspaper down on the table.
She sat down beside him finally deciding that he at least should know some of what is going on. He was perched on one of the large stools that stood around the island table in the middle of the kitchen, just looking at her; he knew something was not right.
"Walter honey I need to tell you whats going on, I feel like you're being left in the dark" she sighed placing her hand over his
"It's obviously important, go ahead" he nodded taking a small sip of the boiling black liquid
"Yes it is" she paused searching for an answer "I-It-Its important that you know at least something, Drake will tell you the rest in his own time"
"He never talks to me," Walter said
"Yeah well he'll be talking to everybody sometime soon I can imagine," she said, her eyes rolling to heaven
"O-Oh ok then what is it?" he questioned looking directly at his wife
"Well I can't give proper details about it yet, but I can tell you its worth too much worry- because I'm the one who does it enough for the two of us, anyway its just something that we'll all have to come to terms with"
"How is this telling me anything?" Walter asked
"It isn't really I know but believe me it's helping me, anyway-"
"He's gay isn't he?" Megan joked suddenly walking in with her oboe
"Megan, a word please?" Jane asked suddenly pulling her daughter from the room
She brought her to the small corridor, which lead to the stairs
"Megan where did you hear that?" Jane asked
"Hear what?"
"My conversation with your dad?" She asked accusingly
"Oh you mean Walter" she paused momentarily "Yeah I've been back for ten minutes now listening in on your little conversation , that and I heard him mumbling something about Johnny Depp- it wasn't pretty" she shuddered at the memory
"Honey when were you in your brothers room?"
"Today, I was um dropping some Laundry that had gotten mixed up in my drawers back and I heard it"
"Oh" she looked at her daughter, who didn't seem to mind at all.
How she wished she could be like her, not minding the little arrogant voice in her head that told her not to accept her son for who he was.
"Honey, is everything alright?" Walter called
"Yeah sweetie just done" she called back
"A-And you don't mind" Jane questioned
"Why would I?, It's kinda common nowadays, and besides he can't help it, so why punish him?" she asked, sticking up for her brother for once.
It felt weird she thought. And it wasn't going to happen again
Jane nodded in agreement. Although she did wonder where her twelve-year-old daughter got all the insight from and if there was some going spare?
"Look, don't tell Drake, Josh or your da- I mean Walter about this o-ok?, it's supposed to be about Drake, when he's ready to tell us"
Megan nodded "Deal, but mom, one thing?" Megan turned around
"Don't hate him, he's a boob already" she smiled walking up to her room