Love Without Boundaries - Chapter 32: Chapter 32

Thirty-Two
Preston woke up the next morning alone in bed; he had forgotten they were leaving early today. He was going back home for about a month. He wasn’t looking forward to it, his dad and Ann Marie weren’t talking to him. He knew things at home were going to be tense, he still hadn’t told his mom about everything that has happened. He was worried she was going to think badly of him. He rolled out of the bed and get ready. He found everyone in the kitchen eating breakfast.
“What part of we are leaving early in the morning did you not understand?” Vera asked as she handed him a plate of food.
“It’s not my fault someone didn’t wake me up.” Preston said as he cut into his pancakes.
“Yup that’s Preston for you, always laying the blame on someone else.” Xavier said. Preston looked at Robert for some help.
“Come guys, I didn’t have the heart to wake him up. You have no idea how adorable he looks when he sleeps.” Robert said as he gives Preston a kiss.
“It still is going to put us behind schedule, but lucky for you I’m really in no hurry to get home. Not really looking forward to all the drama that is going to go down when everything is out in the open.” Xavier said.
“Must you remind me? I still have no idea what Ann Marie is going to do; you know she never lets anything go without making a big deal about it.”
“Tell me about, but don’t worry you got me on your side.”
“Thanks Zay, I’m going to need all the help I can get. You realize this is going to be my first Christmas at home in four years?”
“Dang your right, they weren’t the same without you there. Now this Christmas is just going to be tense. You know what I think we should just stay here, we can tell mom something came up and we can’t get out of it?”
“Don't tempt me, I really wish we could but you know mom would just kill us for not going home. We missed thanksgiving already and plus Robert’s little sister will kill me if I keep Robert here and he misses her first ultrasound.”
“Yeah she will, ok come on hurry and finish eating. The sooner we can get on the road the better.” Robert took everyone’s plates but Preston’s, and started washing them in the sink. Xavier leans over to Preston and whispers “he knows he has a dishwasher right?” Preston almost choked on his food, while he was trying not to laugh.
“Dishwashers are for lazy people that don’t care if their dishes are properly washed and who don’t like to get their hands dirty.” Robert said as he placed the last plate in the dish rack and turned around to look at Xavier.
“Damn you heard me, I could barely hear myself?”
“Sorry Zay you don’t know how to whisper, I could hear you from the bathroom.” Vera said as she came back into the kitchen.
“You know what, that would probably explain the rude and weird looks I get sometimes when I whisper things to people.” Everyone busted out laughing, “Ha ha well come Vera lets go get our stuff in the car.” Preston shook his head and got up to wash his glass and plate, but before he could, Robert took it from him.
“Here I got it, why don’t you go get your stuff ready.”
“What about your stuff, don’t you need to go get it ready also?” Preston asked as he tried to wash his glass, but failed when Robert snatched it from him before he could place it in the water. Preston pouted and Robert kissed him.
“Don't you trust me to properly wash the dishes; the whole time I have been here you never have let me do the dishes on my own.”
“My stuff is already packed and it’s not that I don’t trust you will do a good job, I just prefer to do it myself.”
“Yeah that doesn’t sound like you don’t trust me.” Preston said as he rolled his eyes. Robert grabbed his hands and rubbed them between his, “if you want rough hands like my, then I will let you do the dishes from now on. However I must tell you I prefer that your hands stay soft and smooth.” Robert kissed his right hand and slowly made his way up Preston’s arm, then to his neck. Preston gasps and let out a loud moan as Robert kissed his neck. He felt a pinch, and then a tingling sensation as Robert nibbled on Preston’ neck.  Robert move to kiss him on the lips. When Robert broke the kiss, he had a grin that spread ear to ear. Preston was wondering why he was grinning, when his hand moved to where Robert had been sucking, he felt tenderness and how hot it felt. Then he knew why he was grinning.
“Oh my god, you have better not have given me a hickey Robert!” Preston ran into the bathroom to look in the mirror. Sure enough when Preston checked the base of his neck, he saw a huge purplish-red mark.
“Dammit Robert I have to go home with this on my neck! Do you know how embarrassing that is going to be? Oh, my god what is my mom going to say when she sees it, especially when I tell her I’m not with Grant anymore? She is going to think I’m such a man whore.” Robert walked up behind him and wrapped his arms around his waist.
“Amorcito it’s not that bad, you can hardly see it. Your shirt will cover it anyway.”
“Are you sure no one can see it,” Preston tried adjusting the collar of his shirt to cover up the mark.
“Yes I’m sure,” Robert said as he kissed him on the cheek.
“You know you’re going to pay for that now?”
“I’m looking forward to it, come on I’ll help you pack.” Robert guided Preston back to the bedroom to pack his things.
They met up with Vera and Xavier in the parking garage. Preston placed his bag in the backseat of Robert’s car, as Vera came up to him.
“So I couldn’t help but noticed that lovely hickey you have on your neck.” Preston started to blush; he was so going to kill Robert for that.
“Dammit he told me you can’t even see it, I’m going to kill him.” Preston tried to fix his collar to hide it again.
“Did you not see the size of that thing, my god I think it has its own zip code.” Vera started laughing as she took out her makeup.
“Come here and move your shirt to the side, this should be able to hide it for now.” Vera dabbed on some of the makeup on the mark, as she dabbed, Preston hissed.
“Sorry, man he got you good.”
“No kidding” Preston said as he fixed his collar once more. He thanked Vera and went to where Robert and Xavier were. He walked up to Robert and punched him in the arm; he knew that it didn’t hurt him as it had hurt him.
“You jerk; you told me it wasn’t noticeable.” Robert rubbed his arm that actually hurt him. He looked at Preston and saw he had covered the hickey with makeup.
“Amor I didn’t think anyone was going to see it, I’m sorry. What can I do to make it up to you?”
“Oh don’t you worry you will, come on lets go I want to go home.”
“Ok guys lets go.” Xavier said as he and Vera walked to his car.
About an hour into the drive, Robert had noticed Preston had been very quiet and had not taken his eyes off the road ahead.
“A penny for your thoughts?” Preston snapped out of his daze when he heard those words he smiled and laugh.
“Never have I heard five simple words that would cause me to spill my biggest secret to a complete stranger, but it also led me to meet an amazing person as well.” Robert reached over for Preston’s hand and gave it a gently squeeze.
“So what is on your mind?” Preston took a deep breath.
“I’m worried about what my mom is going to say when I tell her everything that has happened.” Robert knows that Preston is carrying a lot on his shoulders right now and was worried about things he didn’t have to.
“You don’t have to tell her alone, if you want I can be with you when you tell her everything. When she sees how happy you are, she is going to be ok with it. Just because I’m Ann Marie’s ex doesn’t mean anything. She will see how happy we are together and know we belong with each other.” Preston knew Robert was right, his mom would never think badly of him. If she could accept him being gay, then nothing should come as a shock to her.
“Your right thank you, you always know what to say.” Preston leaned his head on Robert and drifted off to sleep. Preston was woken up when Robert pulled up in front of Preston’s house. He was finally home, in a house where half the people that live there weren’t talking to him. He knew that his mom was the only one home right now and he was grateful for that.
“Thanks for the ride Robert.” Preston leaned over and gave him a kiss before getting out of the car. Robert handed Preston his bag from the backseat.
“Anytime amorcito, and if you need me for anything call me.”
“I know, I love you and I’ll see you later.”
“I love you too.” Preston blew him a kiss and shut the car door. He walked up to the front before Robert drove off.
Robert pulled up to his house and was glad to see is his uncle and Rose weren’t home. He grabbed his bags and went inside. He placed his bags on the floor and called out for his mom, “Mom I’m home.” Robert heard footsteps coming from the kitchen, when he turned in that direction, he saw his mom. He went up to her gave her a big hug.
“Hi mijo it’s so good to see you back to your old self. I see Preston has been taking good care of you.” she looked into her son’s eyes and he had the light back in them again.
“I know mom, so where is Nora? I thought she would have been by the door to greet me.”
“Oh she and Vince are out doing some Christmas shopping.”
“So it’s just you and me in the house right now?”
“Yes why?”
“Did you ever get a chance to talk to dad?” his mom sighed.
“I did and he said he will see you and just you, he doesn’t want Nora to be put in danger if your uncle finds out.” Robert’s eyes lit up, he couldn’t believe what he heard.
“Are you for real mom and when does he want to see me?”
“Tomorrow and here is the address.” She handed him a piece of paper. Robert looked at it; he knew where this was at. Then it dawned on him that tomorrow was Sunday. How was he going to get out of going to Sunday mass?
“Tomorrow is Sunday, how I’m I going to get out of going to mass and having dinner with the grandparents?”
“We are going tonight and your uncle is working tomorrow, so we don’t have to go to your grandparents for dinner. He will be too busy to even notice you’re gone.”
“Thank you mom, you have no idea how much this means to me.”
“I think I do mijo, by the way don’t tell your sister where you are going. She will just want to come along and your father doesn’t want anything to happen to her.”
“I know don’t worry I will figure something out. I’m going to go take a nap before we go to mass.”
“Ok mijo see you when you wake up.” She kissed him on the cheek and left to go back into the kitchen. Robert went into his room to call Preston and tell him the good news. He waited for Preston to answer the phone.
“Hey Robert, what’s up?”
“Amor I just got some wonderful news and I wanted to share it with you.”
“What is it?”
“My dad agreed to see me tomorrow, after six long years I’m finally going to see my dad.”
“Oh my god Robert that is great, I’m happy for you.”
“Thank you and I have a favor to ask you.”
“Hum I don’t know if I should be doing you any favors after what you did earlier.”
“Aye amorcito I said I was sorry.”
“Well ok I guess I could do you a favor. What do you need?”
“I want you to cover for me with Nora; I can’t let her know where I’m going. Then she will want to come with me and my dad doesn’t want her there. He still thinks my uncle will somehow find out and he might hurt Nora.”
“Oh of course I’ll cover for you, but I want to hear everything that happens.”
“Ok I’ll tell you everything, have you told you mom yet?”
“No I was going to tell her tomorrow.”
“Ok just remember I’m here if you need me.”
“I know I have to go my mom is calling me. I’ll talk to you later, I love you, bye.”
“Love you too, talk to you soon bye.”