In Part 40
The Rainbow Alliance picnic April 14th
Word leaks out about Jamal and Rusty's Pool Party
Catastrophe hits - Joe loses everything
Note: All sexually involved characters in this story are Eighteen years of age or older. There is a young, gay boy, 15 year old Fernando, whose father has kicked him out (which happens way too often in real life) and CPS (Child Protective Services) have placed him with foster parents, a married straight couple. There is no direct, or implied, sexual activity between Fernando and any other character in this story.
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DJ Part 40
Wednesday the 11th of April was pretty typical. Karen, DJ and Jamie all had coffee (except Jamie had his normal glass of juice) and breakfast together before Jamie and DJ headed to campus for their 9:00 AM class. Devon and Quentin also arrived on campus separately, but both also had 9:00 AM classes. Bryan and Phil enjoyed naked coffee with Candy and Rina, and Bryan had to leave for his 10:00 AM class about 9:30.
About 9:30 AM LaShonda Kendrick, driving her Mom's car, pulled up and parked in front of Devon Williams's house, and she nervously walked to the front door and rang the bell. Mrs. Williams answered the door wearing her housecoat.
"Hello," Mrs. Williams said, "how can I help you?"
"I'm LaShonda Kendrick, I need to know if you are Devon Williams's mother before I can say any more, I hope I have the right house."
"So, I finally get to meet Devon's girlfriend," Mrs. Williams said, "I'm surprised that Devon didn't bring you around weeks ago to introduce us."
"Ex-girlfriend," LaShonda stated, "Devon broke off our relationship a couple of weeks ago, but there is something about Devon that I think you and his father need to know."
"Come in please," Mrs. Williams said, "I think we need to talk, please have a seat," and she also sat down in the sitting room, "Is Devon in some kind of trouble?"
LaShonda, sitting down, "Not with the law, or anything like that, but he may be confused. Did you ever consider that he might be homosexual?"
"No way!" Mrs. Williams exclaimed, "Not Devon, he's been a ladies man for at least the last three years, and I've even seen room receipts, where he has spent nights with you at the Shady Inn."
"Mrs. Williams," LaShonda said, "Devon and I have never had sex, and those nights he spent at the Shady Inn, he was with his—boyfriend, Quentin. Quentin broke up with his girl too, the same time Devon broke up with me. Their reasons were the same, they both said they didn't have time for girlfriends."
"LaShonda," Mrs. Williams stated, "I have some very mixed feelings right now, one side of me wants to hate you, for even suggesting such a situation, the other side wants to thank you for alerting me to it. I can tell you this, Devon's father and I are going to have a talk with him tonight. Devon has never lied to us, if it's true, I believe Devon will tell us, if not, we'll know you are out for revenge. I think you need to leave now." Mrs. Williams has a truckload of tears that she is holding back, as LaShonda Kendrick left, and drove toward her home.
Minutes later the dam broke, Devon's Mom, sat on the sofa sobbing her heart out. Her visions of her only Son getting married someday, and giving her grandchildren to spoil was fading into oblivion. She walked into the bathroom, grabbing a towel, and then wandered into Devon's bedroom, picturing Devon and Quentin's small brown bodies inside their white skivvies, kneeling beside the bed and saying their prayers, together.
Who would ever imagine that those two beautiful and innocent boys would ever grow up and possibly want to share a forbidden type of love with each other, as LaShonda Kendrick had accused. She knew that she and her husband were going to need to confront Devon, but dreaded the need to do so.
Devon would be home for lunch after his 11:00 AM class ended. His Mom was trying desperately to 'get herself together' and prepare lunch for herself and Devon, without Devon noticing that she had been crying. She decided to do some shopping that afternoon to 'buy some time' until Devon's father came home from work, about 4:30 PM.
After lunch, Devon headed to his room and started to hit his books, working on his assignments for Friday morning, and his Mom went shopping.
While his father was on his lunch break, his Mom managed to get a chance to call him on his cell phone, and briefly explained what LaShonda Kendrick had accused Devon of that morning. Quite naturally, Devon's Dad was upset.
Devon's father, John Williams, felt he needed a friend to talk with, and called his closest friend of many years, Jeffrey Smith. John and Jeffrey had been close friends since high school, and had played basketball together, on the school team as well as anywhere they could find a net. It was actually the long-term friendship of these two men that eventually led to the close friendship of their sons, Devon and Quentin. They made arrangements to meet with each other right after work, and have coffee at Burger King. John called his wife and told her he was having coffee with Jeffrey and would be late getting home.
John, after they both got coffee and sat down, "Jeffrey, what would you do if you found out that your son was, or might be gay?"
"Oh my god, John," that's what you're up against?" Jeffrey asked.
"He hasn't said that, himself," John answered, "but his ex-girlfriend came to the house and told my wife that Devon broke up with her because he didn't have time for a girlfriend, and he's been sometimes staying at the Shady Inn with his boyfriend, and she believes he is gay."
"Gosh, John," Jeffrey said, "there are really only two choices, reject or accept. I could be in a similar situation, I only have one son, and if he were to confront me with that, I think I would have to swallow my pride and accept him. If I didn't, I would probably lose him, and I would never want to lose my Son. You might want to question Devon, and try to find out what he's really feeling."
"Jeffrey, you may have the same dilemma," John said, "according to Devon's Ex, his boyfriend is your son, Quentin. She said that he also broke up with his girl at about the same time, and for the same reasons."
"Oh, shit!" Jeffrey exclaimed, "Looks like it's time for a heart to heart talk with my son too. John, good luck with your son and thanks for the heads up, it's good to see you." The two fathers parted, and went home, neither of them looking forward to what lie ahead.
Knowing that John was going to be late getting home, his wife delayed preparing dinner. After Devon finished his homework, he put on his headphones, lay on his bed and got into his music, oblivious as to what lie ahead. The fact that his Dad and Jeffrey were having coffee together was nothing to worry about, as they'd been close friends for many years, and occasionally did get together just to chat.
After John got home his wife started dinner and he joined her in the kitchen. Devon was still in his room, lost in his music, and thinking about Quentin. He was wishing that Quentin were there, by his side.
"John," Devon's Mom asked, "are we going to confront Devon tonight, about this situation?"
"The sooner we tackle it," John replied, "the sooner we can put it behind us. I think Devon will tell us the truth, he's never lied to us, that I know of."
"What are we going to do," she asked, "if Devon admits to being gay?"
"There's not much we can do, Hunny," John replied, "I'm not going to be one of those asshole parent's, that kick's their kids out of their home, when the kid comes out as gay. When Devon was born, we accepted an obligation to raise him to manhood, and we're not done yet. If we can't accept his sexuality, we stand a chance to lose him, and I'm not willing to risk that possibility."
"Do you think," Devon's mom queried, "that allowing Devon and Quentin to sleep together when they were kids might have caused them to become gay?"
"Nope," John countered, "when my sister and I were kids, our parents took in a couple of foster children. The girls shared the same room, but had twin beds. Jeremiah was two years older than I, and we shared a full sized bed from the time I was six until I was 14, and he was 16, and he was removed from my parents care."
"Jeremiah taught me how to masturbate," John continued, "and those last six or eight months before he got removed, we masturbated together, a lot. But neither Jeremiah nor I ended up gay. Jeremiah fell in love with a girl, they got married and now have four of their own children. And you well know the story of our love affair."
"John," Devon's mom said, "wanna see if you can pry Devon out of his room, dinner is ready." The Williams family shared a casual dinner together, with only small talk. Mrs. Williams gathered up the empty dishes from the table and carried them to the kitchen sink to be washed.
John, as Devon started to rise from the table, "Sit tight, Son, we need to have a serious talk."
"Uh, Oh!" Devon exclaimed, "What did I do now?"
"Relax, Devon," John said, "It's nothing you've done, but we need to ask you about something, and we need you to be truthful and honest about it, Are you gay?"
"Dad," Devon said, looking down at the floor, "it's not like I've been in bed with every boy on campus, just one boy. Does having a gay experience with just one boy make me gay?"
"That may depend on a few factors," John said, "was that experience just for sex, or is there more, like, do you and he have some deeper feelings for each other? Maybe you're both gay? Maybe there is even love involved." The last sentence went right to Devon's heart.
"Dad," Devon explained, tears starting to slip down his cheeks, "there is love involved, I can't lie, that boy is Quentin, I love him and he loves me. We just want to be together, like we used to be, but back then, we didn't know anything about love or sex, we were just kids that were almost inseparable, and we've always loved each other."
