Alright you guys ready? The only way I could tell this was in Daniel's POV so here it is.
Chapter 30- Daniel
I really wasn't sure if this was the right time, especially with his wife sitting here too, if he wanted her to know he would have told her along time ago. "dad" I hear Zo say, when I look up I see the confusion on her face. "sorry kiddo" I mutter and look into the fire. Taking a deep breath, I begin "we were kids when we met in grade school, since we were the same age, we had every class together, and with our last names being close in the alphabet, and there being no S's in our class we were always sat together" I start. "one day I came to school without my lunch, my mom had gotten busy the night before and forgot the make it" I pause "so Carlos shared his with me, we then started talking about fishing, I told him where I lived and we had an awesome fishing spot, and we made tentative plans for him to come out over the weekend. To my surprised, he showed up, with brand new fishing gear, I was excited to finally have a friend, as you know living that far out of town, it wasn't easy to hang out with people" I look up and see Zo nod. Taking a deep breath, I continue "it started out as two best friends hanging out all the time, there wasn't a moment we weren't together, on the weekends he'd come out and spend the weekend with me" I look up, a little embarrassed I had everyone's attention but I went on. "once we were teenagers, things started to change, we'd still sleep in the same bed, one night I woke up and found I had my arm around him, when I rolled over he did too, laying his head on my chest, I wasn't sure what to make of it, so I went back to sleep, only waking up an hour or so later to him" I paused, clearing my throat "he was running his hand up and down my body, I could feel his" I paused again clearing my throat "erection on my leg, which caused me to" another deep breath "you know" I see everyone nod "when he realized I was awake he pulled away, but I reached out pulling him back down and kissed him. Thinking he'd pull away, I was confused when he deepened the kiss, and crawled on top of me"
"wait, so you two were" Alex says, I look up at him and nod
"that explains why you never batted an eye when I came out" Zo says, I nod "from then on, when we were alone, we would" I paused, I really wasn't comfortable talking about this "I have never told anyone this story, your mother didn't even know about it"
"so you two were together, up until he left for college" Lucia asked
"we were still together when he left for college, he'd promised he'd come back to me"
"until he met me" Lucia says, I look at her and nod "you know the rest of it"
"wow" I hear Callie say "no wonder he has such a problem with me being gay"
"you're not gay" Alex says "you're bi" Callie shakes her head and mutters "whatever"
"Daniel" Lucia says getting my attention "I didn't know"
"I know" I say reaching over touching her arm "it's ok, it hurt then, but it was for the best" I smile "I wouldn't have met Barbara, we had an amazing life together, although she was taken too soon, but it was amazing"
"have you ever been with another dude?" Alex asks
"no" I shake my head looking up at him "and I don't plan too, Carlos was"
"you know" Lucia starts to say "there was this guy, after him and I got together, I always thought they were too close, and then nothing, kind of makes sense now"
"hmm" I hum, "excuse me" I say, standing all the sudden I felt like I needed some alone time
"dad" Zo says, I turn back to look at her "are you ok?"
"yes kiddo" I give her a sad smile and nod "just give me a minute"
"ok" she says I could see the concern on her face. I nod and walk off, finding myself at the waters edge. I haven't thought about this in so long, the last few months since Zo met Callie, had my mind whirling. It hurt, the way he left, but I know it was for the best, there was no way we could have lived the lives we lived being together. Don't get me wrong, I loved Barbara with everything I had, she gave me two amazing kids, ones gone now, but I still have the other. I wouldn't have any of what I have now if he had come back, like he promised. But my heart still aches for him, the old him, I hear footsteps behind me and turn around to see Lucia, "excuse me" she says
"sorry" I mutter, not sure if she heard me, "I just needed a minute"
"I understand" I tuned out the rest of what she said, how could such and ass like Carlos have such and amazing wife, and daughter?
I hope that all made sense, I wasn't sure how to go about bringing it up. And thank you to Tingtorn78 for suggesting it, to be honest I wasn't sure why Carlos had a problem with Daniel, until you brought it to light.
