Dancing with the wolves

Me and Mike was lead in his bed cuddling.
"Row I need to talk to you." Mike said.
I moved away from him and looked at him.
"Is it because of me?" I asked and looked down.
"No. No its not because of you." He said and made me look at him.
"Then what is it?" I asked.
"You know dad is in the army and all that shit." He said and looked down.
"Yeah, you said that you move around a lot but he wasn't going to move anymore because of yours and your brothers exams coming up." I said.
"Yeah, that's what we thought." He said sadly and looked down.
"What's going on? Tell me." I said.
"Dads being posted back to England. We all have to go with him and we don't know if we'll be coming back or not." He said.
I looked down.
"Row, we can still be friends. I know this is hard for you and that but if I had a choice I wouldn't go I would stay here." He said and I got up and got dressed.
"Where you going?" He asked.
"I need to think." I said and pulled my trousers on.
"About what?" He asked.
"I don't know. I need to think why I'm losing people I can about?" I said and pulled my hoodie.
"Row your not losing me. I'm just going to be across the ocean." He said.
"I need to think. If you want to find me then you know where I am." I said and walked out his house.

I was at the skate park when i saw Finn walking over with her board.
"There you are. Dad and Pa are worried about you." She said and sat next to me.
"Mike is moving." I sniffed.
"What do you mean?" She asked and looked at me.
"He's going to the over side of the ocean." I said and flicked my cigarette away and got another one.
Finn put her hand on top of mine.
I looked at her.
"You'll give yourself cancer if you keep on smoking as many as you do." She said quietly.
"Don't see the point anymore." I said quietly.
"Hey don't say that. I know you really like Mike and everything but maybe someone else will come along and wipe you off your feet." She said.
I sighed.
"I dunno what to do Finn." I said.
"You are going to be a friend. And you'll support him even though he's half way across world." She said.
I smiled.
"Come on we gotta go home. Dad and Pa are worrying and we both known what dad is like when he worries." She said.
"Gets himself in a right state." I chuckled.
"Exactly so we have to go." She said and stood up.
I did the same.
"Come here you look like you need a hug." She said and she pulled me into a hug.
I smiled and returned her hug.
"Its gonna be okay Row." She whispered in my ear.
"I know it is." I said quietly.

We got home and I went straight to my room.
A few hours later dad came up with food.
"Hey Row." He said quietly by the door.
I looked up and smiled.
"Hey." I said quietly.
"Can I come in?" He asked and I nodded.
He came in and sat on the bed.
"What's up? Finn said Mike was leaving." He said.
"Yeah. His dad is being posted back to england." I said and sat up and sat next to dad on the bed.
"You alright with this?" He asked.
"No. I'm losing my best friend. I don't know what the hell I can do without him." I said.
"Your not losing him. If you two where meant to be good friends then you two will still talk like you do now." He said.
I sighed and rested my head on his shoulder.
"You'll find someone else to fuck." He said.
"Its not just the whole fuck side of thing." I said.
"Oh. Them sort of feelings." Dad said.
"Yep. But I'm just going to have get over it." I said.
"You'll find someone who can cope with your madness." He chuckled.
"You say it as if its a bad thing." I chuckled.
"Its not a bad thing. I mean you can't help having what you have. If people don't like it then fuck them because they can't see past your problem and actually see what a nice young man you are." He said and messed with my hair.
"Don't go all gay on me." I chuckled.
"Your a fine one to talk." He said.
I looked at him confused.
"Don't worry you secret is safe with me." He chuckled.
"How do you know?" I asked because I wasn't even sure myself about being gay not that dad and Pa would mind because they was as bent as anything.
"A gift of when your gay. Your little gay radar goes off when one of you guys are debating about it or not." He said.
"Damn there is nothing you don't miss is there?" I chuckled.
"What a mother hen does. Can't pull the wool over these eyes." He chuckled.
"No we fucking can't." I said.
"Come on. Pa and Finn are in charge of the DVD front and we both know they choose some right shit." He said.
"Oh hell are we not watching that romantic shit they both love so much." I said and ran downstairs.

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