Chapter 29 As Justin waited for Josh to pull up, he sat on the porch steps. A light rain had begun to fall, and Justin hugged himself to keep warm letting his tears get lost in the falling rain. He couldn't believe his mother had taken his admission so badly. He knew she wouldn't be happy, but to throw him out of the house was one thing he never expected happening. When Josh pulled up, he grabbed his bags and walked down the walkway stopping to take one final look. The house was now dark. Sighing, he opened the passenger door, and threw his bags in the back seat. Slumping down in the front seat, he closed his eyes. Josh reached out and touched his arm, but he pulled it back. Josh sighed as he started the car. The drive back to Josh's house didn't take long, but the silence in the car made it feel longer. Josh kept looking back towards Justin,but Justin had curled himself in a ball on the seat crying silently. When he pulled into his driveway, he stopped the car, and reached into the backseat for Justin's things. Justin opened his eyes, and the sadness they held made Josh want to cry for his friend. Whatever Lynn had said had hurt Justin terribly. Justin got out of the car, and walked into the house without saying a word. By the time, Josh had locked up the car, and made his own way into the house, Justin was nowhere to be found. A few minutes later, he found him laying on the guest room bed. Placing his bags on the floor, he shut the door behind him and made his way to his room.He knew what he had to do, so he walked over to the phone. Luckily, Justin had given him Lance's phone number at his sister's house. He listened to the phone ring, hoping that Lance was home. On the fourth ring, the line was picked up. "Hello?" Josh didn't recognize the voice who answered. Must be his sister."Hi. Can I talk to Lance?" "Can I ask who is calling?" Josh sighed as he sat on the bed playing with the phone cord. "It's Josh." "Okay. One second." Josh listened to the phone being placed down. Laying back on the bed, he waited the few minutes it took for Lance to get on the phone. "Hey, Josh," Lance said laughing as he got on the phone. "What's up?" "Lance, it's Justin." Lance could tell from the tone of Josh's voice that something was wrong. "What's wrong? Is he okay?" "Far from it. I don't know exactly what happened." "Then how do you know something is wrong?" "He's here. He won't talk to me. I know he was doing something tonight though." "What?" Lance began to pace back and forth trying to let out the anxiety that was building in him. What had Justin done? Oh, no. "He talked to his mom, didn't he?" "Yeah. I don't think it went well, Lance. He won't even talk to me." Lance walked towards the stairs.Taking them two at a time, he entered his room grabbing his bags from the closet. "I'll be there as soon as I can, Josh." Without even saying good-bye, he threw the cordless phone on the bed, and began to quickly pack his bags. He needed to get to his boy. Had to be there with him now. Had to hold Justin in his arms, and let him know he hadn't lost everything. He knew how badly his parents had taken his admission to them all these years ago. He had never thought that Justin's mother would have a similar reaction, but apparently he was wrong. After explaining to his sister what was happening, he threw his bags in the trunk of his car, and began three hour drive to Josh's. changes 28 menu changes 30