Fall Out
By:
Me
I own nothing, but sure would like to own Atticus Mitchell. Just saying.
Chapter Three
"Mom? Dad? What are you doing here?" the Seer asked in guarded confusion.
"We brought you a packed bag of some of your clothes and things to use while you are here," Mrs. Morgan answered as she handed her son a duffel bag.
"Thanks," Ethan offered as he grinned at his mother when she gave him an encouraging wink.
"I also came to see if I could apologize to Benny," Mr. Weir admitted as he shifted in his seat uncomfortably, "It was horrible the way I treated your…um…your…"
"Boyfriend?" Ethan offered as he narrowed his eyes at his father.
"Yes, Ethan. It was horrible the way I treated your boyfriend," Mr. Morgan stated as he looked his son in the eyes, "I want to apologize to you as well. I'm sorry that I am finding it hard to accept the fact that my son is gay, but never doubt that I love you. I just need a little more time to wrap my mind around the fact that my son has become independent enough to become his own person."
Ethan smiled when he realized that his father was telling the truth. It would take time for the man, but all good things take time.
"Thank you, Dad," Ethan expressed as he came over to sit across from his parents, "Benny is sleeping right now so you are going to have to wait for another time to talk with him. He is on some pain medication for his arm and I think the pills are making him get overly tired and a bit loopy."
"Still? How bad?" Ms. Weir questioned as she sat up in her seat.
"He called himself 'Batman' when he wanted to go to sleep," the teen chuckled out as Ms. Weir rolled her eyes in amusement, "He doesn't seem to be in any real pain at the moment."
"If he can sleep then my grandson is not hurting too badly," the elderly woman sighed out in relief.
"You said that Benny's fever broke," Mrs. Morgan added, "Has his health been compromised because of last night, Evelyn?"
"My Benny-Bear will be fine," Ms. Weir assured, "The doctors still think that he can go back to school next week, but he will have that cast on his arm for the next six weeks or more. The good thing is that the broken bone is a clean break so Benny will not have a bad recovery period."
"I've already taken care of arranging to pay your grandson's medical fees," Mr. Morgan reported, "I cannot begin to express to you how sorry I am for causing all of this."
"I already told you that you are forgiven," Ms. Weir consoled, "Just never let it happen again. Ever."
"Ethan, we understand that you had to miss school today, but you will need to start again tomorrow," Mrs. Morgan said apprehensively.
"I don't want to leave Benny," Ethan began before growing silent when Ms. Weir raised her hand.
"You will go back to school as your parents instructed," she gently ordered, "Benny is fine and I will be with him at all times. You will see him in the morning and once you get out of school so no arguments.
Ethan scowled but nodded his head to show he understood. His parents excused themselves after chatting for about an hour. The Seer then assisted Benny's grandmother in baking some chocolate chip cookies in-between going and checking on his sleeping lover.
"This is fun," Ethan grinned out as he pulled out another batch of cookies from the oven, "I haven't helped Mom make cookies in a long time."
"I always make Benny cookies when he doesn't feel well," Ms. Weir admitted with a fond smile, "I guess that's my form of a 'get well' present."
"It's my favorite 'get well' present," a voice called out from the doorway.
Ethan turned to see his boyfriend standing in the doorway, with mussed hair, and his robe half on over his pajamas.
"Benny! Why didn't you let us know you were awake?" Ethan fussed as he hurried over and helped settle his boyfriend at the kitchen table.
"Smelled cookies and had to come," Benny grinned out as his lover helped him ease his cast through the robe arm and back in the sling, "Ow. That hurts, E."
"Here, Benny," Ms. Weir offered as she brought over a tray loaded with cookies and a mug of milk, "Take some more pain medication."
"That stuff makes me feel funny," Benny whined as Ethan sat beside his lover and watched him in concern.
"This is not as strong as the pills from the hospital," Ms. Weir advised as she opened her grandson's prescription, "I promise you won't feel so loopy this time."
Benny looked at his boyfriend and got an encouraging smile and so he took the pills without complaining again. Ethan laughed aloud when he saw his lover begin to stuff his gob with one cookie after another.
"You're going to choke, Baby," the Seer grinned out before cheerfully accepting a cookie from the taller teen and taking a bite, "Yum. These are great, Ms. Weir."
Benny's grandmother nodded her thanks. Ethan guffawed loudly when his boyfriend let out a large belch.
"Benny, your manners are atrocious," Ms. Weir exclaimed with twinkling eyes.
"My compliments to the chefs," the taller teen gleefully stated before beginning to pout, "This sucks. Ethan and I can't play videogames since I can't manipulate the controller with one hand. I was just about to beat his score in 'Fright Night Fight Night."
"You are to be relaxing as the doctor instructed," Ms. Weir snapped as she shook her finger at her grandson, "Go watch some television with Ethan. I have a feeling you two will be eating a very late lunch since you gorged yourselves on cookies."
The Seer smirked at his boyfriend's adorable pout before tugging gently on Benny's good arm to lead him into the living room to sit on the couch. The spell master continued to pout until Ethan leaned down and kissed him sweetly on the lips.
"All better now?" Ethan asked as sat beside his lover and propped the two of them against one another.
"Yes," Benny agreed as he accepted the remote from his boyfriend while Ethan pulled a blanket from the back of the couch to cover the spell master, "But I also didn't mention that it sucks even more that you and I won't be able to have sex until this cast is off."
Ethan's eyes widened in horror before he pretended to pass out in shock. Benny's laughter shook the couch making the other teen begin to giggle as well.
"Our relationship is not just physical," Ethan began after the two had sobered up, "I think we can last a few weeks."
"I know," Benny whined, "But your cock feels so damn good."
"Benny!" Ethan almost squealed as he turned cherry red, "Your grandmother is in the next room."
Benny only cheekily grinned as he looked up from his boyfriend's chest before flipping the television on and beginning to watch an old black and white movie. Over an hour later the Seer was completely trapped with his lover sleeping soundly against him.
"Not going anywhere anytime soon?" Ms. Weir asked as she peeked into the living room.
"You've got that right," Ethan groaned as he turned scarlet for the second time today, "Ms. Weir, I need to go to the bathroom."
The Earth Priestess couldn't hold back her mirth and had to stifle her laughter behind a hand as the Seer scowled. Finally, Ms. Weir took pity on the teen and used a spell to support her grandson so Ethan could slide out from under Benny.
"There we go," Ethan said as he eased a pillow under his boyfriend's head as Ms. Weir lowered him back down.
The two watched as Benny grumbled in his sleep before settling. Ms. Weir had to stifle her laughter again when Ethan zoomed out of the room to the restroom. The woman tenderly pulled the blanket up and tucked her grandson more snuggly under the covers.
"Is it normal for Benny to be sleeping so much?" Ethan whispered as he came back into the room and turned off the television.
"It's the medication," Ms. Weir admitted, "There is an ingredient in most pain medications that makes him overly tired. The good thing is Benny actually has a pretty high pain tolerance so he will probably start weaning himself off of the pills on his own."
Ethan nodded, but didn't look too happy. The Seer settled down in a recliner and took a catnap himself before waking when he heard his boyfriend beginning to stir.
"E, how long have I been asleep?" Benny asked as he sat up groggily.
"About two hours, Baby," Ethan answered as he stood up and stretched and came over to kneel in front of his boyfriend to look him in the eyes, "Are you in pain?"
"A little," Benny truthfully responded, "But I am not taking those pills again. They make me sleep and I am sick of sleeping."
"Sleep is good when you are trying to heal, B," Ethan argued before laughing when he heard his boyfriend's stomach rumble, "So is eating. I'm hungry too. It's almost 3:00."
In no time Ms. Weir had some soup and sandwiches made and Ethan watched as his boyfriend gleefully slurped up his favorite chicken and rice soup.
"This is the best, Grandma," Benny complimented as he began to take big bites out of his sandwich.
"Swallow before you speak, Benny," Ms. Weir chuckled out, "Try to have some decorum."
The Seer grinned as he watched the grandmother and grandson bicker back and forth to one another. This is how the Weirs said "I love you." Ethan felt very content over his boyfriend's good appetite. Benny was certainly on the road to recovery. The threesome was startled at the loud knocking that suddenly reverberated from the front door.
"I'll get it," Ethan offered as he got up from the table and opened the door.
The teen was surprised to find Rory, Erica, and Sarah on the other side of the door looking concerned.
"Where have you and Benny been?" Sarah demanded as Ethan let his friends inside, "You two didn't show up for school or call and then Mrs. Morgan just told us that Benny had needed to go to the hospital. He was fine last night! What is going on?"
"Calm down, Sarah," the Seer insisted, "It's complicated and I need to know if Benny is okay with me telling you everything that went down after you three left."
"I'm okay with telling them," Benny offered as he came around the corner.
"Benny, go back and sit down right now," Ethan fussed as he shooed his boyfriend into the living room to sit on the couch as Rory, Sarah, and Erica followed with wide eyes.
"Dude, your arm is in a cast," Rory stated, "Does that mean your arm is broken?"
Everyone froze and turned disbelieving eyes on the blonde vampire.
"No," Benny drily answered, "That means that I had my arm replaced with a robotic arm that is as strong as the Hulk."
"Cool," Rory squealed before groaning at the slap that Erica gave to his head as everyone else shook their heads in wander at the dense blonde.
"Of course his arm is broken, you idiot," Erica snapped before turning her eyes to glare at the couple, "What happened to your arm and why do you have a large bruise on your cheek? What happened last night? Spill!"
Ethan and Benny alternated telling the group what occurred the night before. The three vampires set their faces grimly in anger once the tale was finished.
"Are you kidding me?" Erica growled out, "How could your father do something like that? That's horrible!"
"Dad was just panicking," Ethan defended as Benny nodded his head to agree with his boyfriend, "It wasn't pretty, but he is really sorry for what happened last night."
"I sure am," a voice said from the doorway making everyone look up to see Mr. Morgan standing in the doorway, "May I speak with Benny alone?"
Ethan glanced at his boyfriend and frowned when he noticed that the spell master looked nervous. Benny leaned slightly against the Seer unconsciously needing assurance.
"I'm going to stay with Benny, Dad," Ethan replied as he set a reassuring hand on his boyfriend's shoulder, "Guys, why don't you wait in the kitchen? Ms. Weir and I baked some of her cookies and they are delicious."
"Don't eat them all," Benny added as the three vampires left the room with angry looks directed at Ethan's father.
Mr. Morgan came over to sit on a chair next to the couch. The older man fidgeted nervously before leveling his eyes on the taller teen and his son.
"I see that you already told your friends what happened. I think part of my face has melted from the looks they just gave me," Mr. Morgan remarked as he settled down, "I don't blame them for being angry at me. I came to apologize to you, Benny."
"It's okay, Mr. Morgan," the spell master assured, "I don't have any hard feelings against you."
"Well I do," Ethan's father admitted as the two teens exchanged looks with one another, "My bad reaction has made you nervous around me and now my son does not trust me to be alone with you, Benny. I am ashamed of the way my temper got away from me."
Ethan bit his lip as he watched his dad. His father was right. The Seer did not feel comfortable in allowing his father to be alone with Benny.
"Dad, I…I'm sorry. I want to say that I trust you, but my Benny cannot be upset until he is fully healed. I feel better if I am close for right now," Ethan explained, "Last night was awful, but I think that Benny and I understand where you were coming from."
"Absolutely, Mr. Morgan," Benny agreed, "I do understand that you were trying to protect Ethan and I am glad to hear that you are trying to understand our relationship. I want you to know that I love your son very much."
"I can see that," Mr. Morgan replied as he looked away nervously, "The thought of this is still…unusual for me, but I promise you that I will be able to wrap my mind around this better in the future, Just give me some time."
"We will," Ethan assured as Benny smiled at his boyfriend's father, "I know that this must be hard for you. Thank you for attempting to understand for Benny and I. It means a lot to me that you are trying so hard."
Mr. Morgan nodded his head before scowling when he examined the taller teen's face.
"God, I can't believe that I left a bruise on your face," Mr. Morgan groaned out as he let his head sink into his hand, "I am so ashamed. I swear that I will never touch you in anger again, Benny. I cannot apologize enough."
"I'm fine, Mr. Morgan," Benny comforted as he came to sit beside the older man as Ethan looked on with protective eyes, "I forgive you so why don't we put this in the past and forget about it. Everything is going to be okay now. No grudges."
Mr. Morgan and his son looked at one another and then nodded their heads with a smile. Ethan and his lover were startled when the older man stood and yanked the kitchen door open suddenly. Erica, Rory, and Sarah all came toppling down on top of one another as Benny and Ethan burst into laughter.
"Let me apologize to you three as well," Mr. Morgan chuckled out as he helped the three untangle themselves, "I promise you that I will never hurt your friends again."
"Do you promise?" Rory demanded as he narrowed his eyes at Ethan's father.
"I give you my word of honor," Mr. Morgan swore which made the three vampires relax.
"We'll hold you to your promise," Erica warned.
"Stop it, Erica," Sarah snapped before looking back at Mr. Morgan, "I'm glad that you are trying to make things right again."
"I am," Mr. Morgan agreed as his son came over and he folded the teen into a hug while Benny looked on happily, "Never doubt that I love you, Ethan."
"I don't," the Seer agreed as his father released him and walked over to a surprised Benny.
"Welcome to the family," Mr. Morgan greeted as he shook the teen's good hand, "I'll leave you guys to yourselves. If I don't go home soon to report what was said then my wife will have my hide."
The group called out their goodbyes as Mr. Morgan left. Ethan gasped when he saw Benny silently crying.
"Baby?" the Seer asked as he hurried over to his boyfriend while the three vampires looked on in concern, "What's wrong? Is your arm hurting?"
"No," Benny sniffled out as he gave Ethan a watery smile, "Your father welcomed me into the family. I've been so scared that I would lose you and now I know that we will not be separated. I'm happy."
Ethan embraced his boyfriend and rubbed his back as Benny cuddled against him.
"This calls for a celebration!" Rory exclaimed as he pumped a fist in the air.
"Right. Like our party last night ended so well," Erica drawled as Sarah shook her head at the two blondes.
"I love a party," Benny grinned out as he sat up.
"Not going to happen," Ethan denied making Rory and Benny turn and pout at him, "Benny still needs to recover from last night. I think we should reschedule the party for this coming Saturday. That way Baby has a couple of days to recuperate. How does that sound?"
The group all agreed and they happily chatted with one another until the three vampires had to head home for the evening. Benny ate a small dinner and then began to whine when he heard that Ethan had to go back to school the next day. The Seer kissed his lover's pout away with the promise that he would stop by the movie rental store and get some of the movies that Benny had been wanting to see.
"You're going to spoil him," Ms. Weir remarked with a smirk when her grandson stuck his tongue at her, "Benny can be a real brat."
"Grandma!" Benny pouted as he scowled, "I'm not a brat."
"Sometimes," Ethan laughed out as his boyfriend turned his scowl on him, "But babies are meant to be spoiled."
Benny laughed and then allowed his boyfriend to talk him into taking some more pain pills to sleep through the night. The two teens cuddled on Benny's bed as they slept, but tomorrow was going to be a very interesting day.
To be continued…