34 The Carter House (1/2)
As we passed by the living room, I could see Nathan's parents on the sofa binging some TV show. His dad, whom I call Mr. Carter, saw me and waved. His mom, whom I call Aunt Lizzy, had a more enthusiastic wave. They were both really nice people who've, like Tegan, treated me really nice whenever I came over.
I had to admit, when they first moved here, I thought Nathan's dad was really hot. Like Nathan, his dad Bernard had deep brown complexion and really handsome features. I bet he looked exactly like his son when he was young. But I couldn't tell Nathan that, could I?
His room was on the far end of the corridor, past the bathroom and Tegan's old room. Once we got in, Nathan closed the door behind him and locked the door.
”What do you want to do?” I asked, sitting on the bed.
”Hmm,” Nathan was thinking. ”How about we watch a movie on my laptop?”
”Oh, sure.” It wasn't what I expected.
”What do you want to watch?” He grabbed his MacBook and sat on the bed, next to me.
”I've been wanting to watch this one on Netflix,” I put my hands on his shoulders. ”It's a cool new movie about some bird in a box, I think.”
”The one with Sandra Bullock? I don't think it's about birds, silly.”
The movie began to play, but we weren't all that focused in it anyway. The both of us certainly already had something else in mind; the movie was just to make things more comfortable.
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”Hey, can you pause?” I yawned during one of the scenes.
”What is it?” Nathan pressed pause on his laptop.
”I just wanna piss. Wait for me.”
I stepped out of the room and along the hallway towards the bathroom, also bumping into Nathan's mom Aunt Lizzy.
”Hi, Aunt Lizzy,” I politely waved.
”Luca,” She called. ”Come 'ere.”
I followed her to the other side of the hallway. She turned around and spoke quietly.
”How are things between you and Nate?”
”Oh, we're good.”
”Hehe, don't give me that answer,” She gave me a smile. ”I know about you two.”
”Huh?” I tilted my head in confusion, then upon realizing what she'd meant I lowered my head in embarrassment.
She knew.
”Tegan actually told me about it.” She chuckled. ”And just so you know. I'm completely fine with it. Bernard's fine with it too.”
I was silent in embarrassment.
”Haha, you're a good kid.” She continued. ”I'm glad he chose you. Go make a move on him, Luca. You know how shy he is.”
I politely nodded and grinned, my face flushed red.
”I won't bother you two then,” She was smiling ear to ear when she turned and left for the stairs.
What the fuck just happened? Now Nathan's family knew that we were both gay, I screamed internally.
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While we were continuing watching the movie, a text popped up on my screen. I grabbed the phone to see the notification.
It read, ”Message from TRAVIS ;)”.
This wasn't my phone.
”Who's Travis?” I asked Nathan who was concentrating on the movie.
”Oh!” He took the phone. ”That's just an old pal, haha.”