Sparks and Gasoline 9/? Part 3
Reid groaned and turned over.
Luke just rolled his eyes and pulled his boxers back on.
Just as he was about to the door he heard,
“Luciano Eduard Grimaldi Snyder, answer this door this instant.”
Luke’s heart dropped.
He looked back to see Reid sit straight up in terror.
The door was opened then and the hotel manager was standing in the door with a keycard.
Lily stormed into the room and stopped abruptly when she saw the state of dress of both boys.
“Luke, get dressed and wait outside for me.”
“No, I’m not leaving him.”
“Do you realize what you two have done?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Reid’s parents are here and they are not happy.”
“Reid is 18 why do they care?”
“Because, Reid is gay.”
“So?”
“Not everyone is as accepting as your father and I, Luke.”
Reid was desperately trying to put his clothes on, but he wasn’t fast enough.
His mother was standing in the door.
“Reid Timothy Oliver, get your stuff right now and get in the car.”
She shot a glare at Lily and Luke.
“Mrs. Oliver it’s not Reid’s fault.”
“I don’t want to hear anything from you, Mr. Snyder. You are the reason my son is like this.”
Lily stunned at the hatred and vitriol in her voice turned to face her.
“My son is the not reason your son is gay, Emily.”
“He is the one who turned him completely.”
“Do you realize how unbelievably stupid you sound right now? Your son was always gay; Luke didn’t seduce him, take his innocence, or offend his finer sensibilities. They are two teenage gay men who happened to start a relationship.”
“Stay out of this, Lily. You of all people have no business talking about relationships, seeing as you cheated on Luke’s real father with his stepfather and then when you had problems cheated on his stepfather with his real father.”
“How dare you?”
Luke’s face went white then and he collapsed.
When he came to he was sitting in his mother’s car with his bags in the back seat.
“Where’s Reid?”
“He’s on his way home with his mother.”
“How did you figure out where we were?”
“We ran into each other at a benefit. They were asking how our kids were and we said that you were in Chicago for a weekend with Casey and Will, and they said Reid was there too for a weekend with his friend Derek. Then we saw Derek come in with his girlfriend and knew instantly it was a lie. It wasn’t hard to get the information of the hotel as Reid’s parents paid for it, and since you are a minor, I was able to get into the room.”
“Why couldn’t you have just left me alone?”
“Because I wasn’t going to let Reid’s parents show up and attack you.”
“Well now you know.”
“I do, and honey, you could’ve told me you know.”
“How could I? It started when you and dad were fighting every night. I spent nearly every night for five months at his house, just so I could get sleep and maintain my grades.”
Lily winced then.
“I’m sorry, Luke. I didn’t want you to find out like this.”
“So you really saw Damian?”
“Yes. He came back a few months ago.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Damian is no good for you.”
“Really, but he’s okay for you to fuck?”
“Luke!”
“What? You cheated on my dad with my other dad. I mean, really mom, I’m supposed to pretend like it’s okay and none of that happened?”
Luke sat in stony silence the rest of the way home.
They passed the Oliver house and could see they were already home.
Luke went upstairs and threw his bags on the bed.
He couldn’t believe his parents were getting divorced. His heart and head hurt and all he wanted was to see his boyfriend.
Luke snapped out of the memory when he heard a knock at his door again.
He opened it to see Amber standing there, pale.
“Pete’s missing. I went to the police station to get his help again and Jack said that Pete missed his past two shifts. They’re sending a patrol car to his apartment, but I don’t have a good feeling about this, Luke.”