"Ethan, I told my story!" I yelled happily as I entered his office.
"Good for you." he answered,not even looking at me. He was still in a bad mood.
"I didn't come here just to tell you that. I came here so you can tell me your story." I said and sat down.
"I really don't feel like talking."
"Honestly,I don't care." he finally looked at me.
"I think you should le..."
"Leave,I know. But I wont. Listen. I've been here for only two weeks. But I feel like I've been here forever. And for those two weeks, I realized you are an amazing shr... psychologist. And I don't know why are you acting like this. I don't know what happened. But I shared some secrets with you... and you read some from my file. But you know what I mean. You told me some secrets,too. And I just want to know what is going on, because you are not just my shrink. You are my friend. And as your friend, I think I should know what is going on." he grinned.
"You are the most interesting patient I had in these 4 years I work here."
"You worked for only 4 years?" he grinned again.
"I will talk now. So better listen. And the secret I tell you,you need to keep to your self. If you don't,I will get you to a new psychologist."
"Alright."
"So,first, I am not 28. I'm 24. When I was 13 I understood I was gay."
"Wait what." I was In shock. I wasn't expecting him to say that.
"Yeah. I found out when I fell in love with a boy from my class. He was always there for me and.. yeah. We got together. Anyway, when his mother found out about him, she sent him here. She said he has severe depression. And whatever he said to his psychologist,they believed his mother. After all, he was a 14 year-old. So, I told his mum I should go too. I went here for a month,just for him. And once, I saw him making out... with a girl. I explained the situation to my psychologist and she let me go. When I was 20, I came out to my mother. I waited till I was 20, so if she told me to leave I had where to go. And she did. My brother, who was 13 at the time I left, stayed with my mother. And I saw him once,right after I left to work here. It was my first time working as a psychologist, so it was a bit hard, but I knew this was a job for me. And when I came back here,the guy I was with was gone. I never saw him again." I was... speechless.
"Damn... I was not expecting that... um, you know.. that story seems really... like... I think... Are you maybe.."
"Brandons older brother? Yes." What. the fuck. Is wrong with this place.
"Oh my... oh my god. Um, Ethan, does Brandon knows?"
"No. And that is the reason this is a secret. You cant tell him."
"I won't,but why don't you tell him?"
"Because... I feel like he think I left him and never cared about him enough to call him. It's just that... I was scared. I didn't know will he accept me? And I cared about him much more then I cared out our mother. And before I knew it, almost 4 years have passed, and here he is."
"How didn't he recognize you?"
"I changed quite a bit. Plus, I try to avoid him as much as I can." I nodded.
"Listen, Ethan, I think Brandon is not mad at you. I think he would love to talk to you,to know who you really are...wait,on the picture you were holding, who was the guy next to you?"
"The boyfriend. And I act this way every year for a week because this is the time I left Brandon alone with mother."
"Oh,alright. But, please, think about talking to him."
"What if he rejects me? If he hates me?"
"you two will keep not talking. It will stay the same. And If he accepts you, everything will be great."
"I guess you're right."
"Jeez,It's like I'm the shrink in here." he grinned and left the office. It's about to go down,I though. And I better be there. I followed Ethan all the way to Brandons room...