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Chapter 6

Andrew was looking at the maps they had brought and grumbled; Aunt Debbie was in Pittsburgh and he was still wondering how she would accept him and John. After all, Dad had cut off all contact with her when he separated from the family; he had no idea about what she was like or her family, if she had any family.

John grumbled as they drove eastward; they should've just visited her right away instead of going all the way in the middle of nowhere.

Bobby was looking outside as the road passed him by, wondering just how did these two become his best friends, especially John, 'He is so different from me,' he thought, 'A bit anti social and Andrew, who I had heard the Professor speak of in such glowing terms.''

'Brothers,' Bobby snorted; he wished his brother was like Andrew more, the more he thought about it. Last time he had talked to mom his brother had moved in and made everything in his room his.

The car trip was uneventful because Andrew refused to let John race across the country at the car's top speed; first, to avoid trouble with the cops and second, he didn't want to have to explain to Scott why his car has been impounded.

As they stopped for the night at a hotel Andrew thanked god that they were able to even find the members of the Wells family and pretty soon they would have to find the few members of their mom's family.

John was getting nervous, apparently Aunt Debbie lived with her brother and he was surprised about that but then again he had almost no knowledge about them as Dad had left them, he wondered if they would even want to know them.

Andrew had to call the Professor and inform him what happened, Charles was sorry to hear that their grandfather had died and learned that they would be in Pittsburgh tomorrow.

"Now Andrew, please be careful about revealing your status about being mutants," Charles said, "We have no idea how they'll act."

"I know," Andrew said, "John's going to reveal it for us, I think."

Charles looked up at that and thought, 'That'll end well, I'd better monitor the news for that."

Bobby sat next to Andrew and said, "You going to be ready for this? I mean your Aunt Debbie could be a gun toting bigot who believes in killing them all and letting god sort them."

"No," John said, "If dad didn't want anything to do with her then that means she could almost be halfway decent."

Andrew laughed as he went to sleep, 'John was right, if dad didn't want anything to do with her then she could be cool."

As Bobby went to sleep he saw Andrew crawl into John's bed and snuggle close to him, he prayed that this Aunt Debbie would be cool to them.

John was the first to wake up in the morning and saw Andrew curled up next to him and muttered, "Gotta break you outta this habit," he knew he didn't mean it, he loved his little brother so much.

Andrew looked up and smiled sleepily at him and John laughed as he pulled Andrew into a warm hug and felt him trying to get out of the hug.

"Come on," Andrew said, "We gotta get ready to go meet Aunt Debbie."

They woke up Bobby, who groaned as they had slept in as it was actually eleven in the morning. Andrew was getting excited, this was going to be fun and hopefully Aunt Debbie would be nice.

As they drove off Andrew was busy looking at the pictures that they wanted to show Aunt Debbie, there was one of her when she was young.

"Alright," John said, "According to some of the letters she sent Grandpa Wells she works on Liberty Ave at some restaurant."

Bobby looked at the maps and muttered, "Liberty Ave? Where's that anyways?"

John shrugged and rolled down a window and saw a man walking by and said, "Hey you, do you know where Liberty Ave is?"

The man sneered and said, "Wherever the rainbow flags are," and spat at John's face.

"Thanks," John said as he flipped the man the bird and drove off, humming a tune.

Andrew muttered, "That was rude, he was disgusted by the mention of that street."

"Because," John said, "It's the gay area of the city, probably goes down there to beat them up," he snorted in disgust, "Should've burned something off him."

"No," Bobby said seriously, "We don't need to give humans anymore reasons to fear us; I mean they're scared of us enough."

John shook his head and said, "No, they hate us they don't fear us, there's a difference."

Andrew looked down at his feet, he didn't think John was right he believed in the Professor's dream for peace between mutants and humans, he wanted John to think like he did and he had told the Professor that too but the Professor said that no one can be forced to think what they don't want to think.

John looked at Andrew and whispered, "Sorry, I forgot you don't like me talking like that."

As they looked around for Liberty Ave. John patted Andrew's knee and said, "It's going to be alright, I'm sure Aunt Debbie is going to love us."

An hour later they had found Liberty Street, John parked the car and got out and stretched, he looked around and muttered, "Great, now we have to find out where she works."

Andrew grumbled, "I'm hungry; let's go get something to eat."

They stopped in the first place they could find and a woman came over and gave them a menu while Andrew looked over the menu and saw John order the greasiest meal on the menu.

Bobby made a face and said, "You trying to get a heart attack?"

John shrugged and said, "If I'd rather enjoy life and besides I'll burn the calories off, you know that?"

The woman came back and placed the food in front of them and said, "There you three go."

Andrew looked up and said, "Thanks."

Andrew ate his eggs and sighed, it was such a big place, where could they find Aunt Debbie? They should've just looked for mom's brother after all, he would've been easier to find.

John groaned as he bit into one of his sausages and moaned, "This is SO good; whoever worked at the grill was good. I have to find out how the guy did this."

As the lady came by with the bill and Andrew pulled out his credit card when she said, "No, you kids don't have to pay. I mean I think it's great to see some young people here."

Bobby sighed; he would ask maybe on the off chance that she knew Debbie Wells and said, "Do you know the area well?"

She laughed loudly, startling Andrew and said, "Yeah, you could say that," and looked at them and asked, "You guys looking for something?"

John smiled and said, "Family, actually we heard his sister was working somewhere around here."

"If she's around here maybe I heard about her," the woman said.

"Umm," Andrew said, "Her name's Debbie Wells, John and I are her nephews and we've been wanting to meet her for awhile."

She froze and looked at Andrew and the other guy he indicated at, she looked at John and whispered, "You look just like your father."

Andrew frowned and focused his mind and sensed shock and a more than a little guilt; he looked at her and said, "Are you Debbie Wells?"

"No I am not Debbie Wells, I'm Debbie Novotny," she said and she sat down and regarded John and said again, "You look just like your father."

John groaned out and muttered, "Great, a reason to get plastic surgery."

Debbie looked at them and said, "Where have you two been living?"

"Aunt Debbie," Andrew said, "We haven't been living with dad for the last two years, we've both been at a special school."

"Oh, where is your father?" Debbie said sadly, "I want to see him again as it's been so long and we didn't part on good terms."

"Pay it no mind," John shrugged, "We didn't part on good terms either, I mean he put Andrew in a coma for five months after he kicked me out."

Andrew glared at John and said, "We weren't going to tell her that until we got to know her better."

"Wait," Debbie said, "Why did Jacob kick you out? And god help him if it was because you were gay."

The three of them looked nervous at each other, John was more than ready to out himself as a mutant as he wasn't ashamed of himself, he was just worried about Andrew; who knows how she would react and Andrew didn't need anymore rejection in his life.

Debbie stared at them and had a large smile on her face and said, "It doesn't matter, I'm just happy to have met you two. So how long you guys staying in town for?"

"About a week," Andrew said, "Then we're heading west again."

TBC

Poll question: How should Debbie take them being mutants?

Disclaimer 2: I do not own Queer as folk or the other crossover I'm bringing in.

Timeline: Season 2 of Queer as folk.

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