Jason returned to his apartment the day after his boyfriend had dumped him feeling as worthless as ever. They had been together three years, but ever since they had started discussing the future and possible marriage, Jason felt that Michael had become as distant as ever. He tried to ignore it, but deep down Jason knew that this was coming.
Collapsing on his couch, Jason did the one thing that could get his mind off of constantly thinking about where everything went wrong: he turned on his nintendo switch and began playing video games. It seemed like a Mortal Kombat kind of night. He figured he would one day outgrow his love of gaming, but at 35, it hadn't happened yet. He was a self described tech geek that worked as a computer coder. He tried to fight out his frustration with Kitana, his favorite character. A few fatalities in and he got a text from someone he hadn't heard from in ages.
MEG
Hey stranger! I know its been like forever, but I'm moving back to town! I want to be closer to my grandmother, and I found a nursing job at the hospital. Oh, and I'm married! I found this wonderful woman named Tara and she's in sports med. We're coming back in a few weeks, we'd love to see you!
Jason read the text and responded, telling her that of course he'd be down for hanging out. Meg was a dear friend from undergraduate school that left about 10 years ago. They occasionally talked and saw each other when she was in town to visit family, but over the years they seemed to drift apart a little bit. "At least I'll have a friend here again," Jason thought. Over the years it seemed that everyone he was close to had moved away. Meg was his hag in college, and the two were inseparable.
A few days after Meg and Tara had settled in, they invited Jason over. "Jason!" Meg said has soon as she opened the door, and practically jumped into her arms. She was a shorter woman with short black hair, who had a trendy style and wore lots of makeup on her pale face. "Its been forever!" Jason said, and she led him into the living room. Tara entered and shook his hand "So this is Jason!" she said.
Tara was almost as tall as Jason, who was 6'1. She had a very athletic build and was more lean where Meg was curvy. "We're watching Bridesmaids, and we have plenty of wine," Meg said. "Ha! I can't count the times we've seen this," Jason said, and happily sat down with them on the couch.
After several glasses (or was it bottles?) The three of them were trashed and Jason had to pee. In the bathroom, Jason looked at himself in the mirror. "At least I still get carded" he thought, although he was still feeling pretty lousy for being dumped. He looked in disdain at his slightly overweight fame, pushing in his stomach through his Legend of Zelda t-shirt. "Its time for the gym," he thought, and rejoined the girls.
After more alcohol, which seemed impossible, the three of them got into drunken chatter. "How long have you been together?" Jason asked, and Tara responded "Five years. We tied the knot last summer. I know I should have told you, but we just went to the courthouse. Nothing big." "Its no problem!" Jason responded. "You're adorable, like a cute computer nerd," Tara stated, and she kissed Jason on the cheek. "This boyish face and dimples. And that nervous laugh." Jason was sitting between them at this point, and was feeling pretty smashed.
"I think I may need to crash on the couch," he said. "No problem!" Meg stated, and in their drunken stupor, they shifted their conversation to something more serious. "We want kids," Meg said. "I was under the fence about it when I was younger but the older I get, the more I want them." Tara agreed, and Jason replied "I think thats great! You know I always wanted kids, but I don't exactly like vagina." That got them laughing again.
"Are you going to adopt?" Jason asked. Tara replied, "we discussed it, but I think we want to go all the way with this motherhood thing. If straight women can birth a child, then so can we." Jason pondered that a bit "Ah, so you're going the traditional route then. I guess a sperm bank?" Meg looked at him and said "we've thought of that too, but I think we want to know the person. That makes things even harder."
Tara joked, " well, he has sperm," and they all started laughing again. "Yes I do. You know, I would consider the thought," Jason said, and both women stared at each other, smiling. "You would?" Meg said, and Jason nodded. It was now or never he thought, and even though If he had to be an "uncle" or something, the idea made him happy. At this point they were passing out, and the girls left Jason on the couch and they went to sleep. Jason had to leave early for work, so he let himself out while Meg and Tara were still in bed.
