Chapter 30 Lance made the three hour drive from his sister's house to Josh's in record time. During the drive, he kept thinking about Justin. He had hoped Lynn would be one of those mothers that loved their child no matter what. Justin loved his mom more than anything in the world. He was always saying how much he hated how she always babied him, but that didn't mean he still didn't love her. Lance hoped that his mother's reaction didn't cause Justin to want to leave him. He didn't honestly know what he would do if Justin didn't want to be with him anymore. Whenever he looked at Justin, he saw the rest of his life. If she had ruined that, he would make sure she knew about it. Two and a half hours after he hung up the phone with Josh, he was pulling into his driveway. Parking the car, he practically jumped out of the driver's door letting it slam closed behind him Running up to the front door, he knocked. Stuffing his hands in his pockets, he waited for Josh to open the door. A few minutes later, Josh opened the door with a worried expression on his face. "He's upstairs," he said, moving aside to let Lance in. "How is he?" Lance asked as he walked to the stairs. "Hasn't talked yet. He won't stop crying." Lance took the stairs two at a time with Josh following closely behind him. Josh pointed out the guest room to Lance before entering his own room across the hall.  Lance sighed as he pushed open the door. The room was dark. He could barely make out the shadow of Justin's form on the bed. Justin's sobs could be heard the second he opened the door. His heart broke at the sight of his boy crying in the darkness. In that second, he hated Justin's mother for doing this to him. Walking into the room, he made his way over to the bed and sat down by Justin's legs. Reaching out, he put a gentle hand on Justin's back. Lance felt Justin flinch away from the slight touch, so he took his hand back. "Josh, just leave me alone." Lance lowered his head and whispered in Justin's ear, "It isn't Josh, baby." Lance saw Justin's eyes open wide with recognition. Turning his head, Justin whispered shakily, "Lance?" Lance reached out and ran his hand across Justin's cheek. "Yes, baby. I'm here." Justin shook his head. "But how?" "Josh called me, and told me you were here." Lance moved so that he was laying next to Justin on the small bed. "I'm sorry." Justin eyes filled with fresh tears with Lance's whispered apology. Moving closer, Justin buried his head in Lance's chest as he continued to cry. Lance rubbed his back gently until Justin's sobs finally subsided. The two boys lay in silence until Justin whispered, "She hates me, Lance." Lance sighed as he pressed his cheek to the top of Justin's head. "She doesn't hate you. She just doesn't understand." "She wanted me to change. Thought you had corrupted me.When I told her I wasn't going to change because I was happy, she told me that I wasn't her son, and to leave by the morning." At Justin's words, Lance had mixed emotions come over him. He was happy that he hadn't lost Justin, but he hated the fact that because Justin loved him, he had lost his mother. "Justin, you know I love you, and no matter what happens I will always love you." Justin nodded his head. "That's the reason why I said what I did, Lance. I know that you and I are meant to be. I want my mom to be a part of my life, but if she doesn't want to be that is her choice. I'm not going back to lying to myself because I shouldn't be gay. I am gay, and I love you." Lance closed his eyes as he felt Justin's lips press against.his.lips firmly. He felt Justin's lips part slightly, and his tongue lick against Lance's top lip begging for entrance which Lance quickly allowed. They continued to kiss until Lance broke away. "Baby, we can't do anything here." Justin looked down pouting but then sighed. "Yeah, I know." "We should get some sleep. Tomorrow we can go back to my sister's, or to the college." "College." Lance smiled. "Want me all to yourself, huh?" Justin laughed as a blush crept across his face. 'Well, yeah... I mean..," "It's okay, baby. I like being alone with you." Lance pulled Justin down for a quick passionate kiss before Justin lowered his head to Lance's chest. "Go to sleep, baby boy. Tomorrow is another day." changes 29 menu changes 31