Chapter 20 - Gen 6 - Lyric

Cello:  "So why did you bring just me here??"
Lyric:  "I've already told you, we need a serious talk
Cello:  "Im in trouble again - I knew it!!"
Lyric:  "Not exactly but I'm not happy with your antics of late Cello, especially what you have done to your brother and sisters relationships - you just don't do that its wrong - it's a line you shouldn't cross!!!"
Cello:  "Not that again!!"
Lyric:  "Yes that again and I'm going to keep on until you get it into that thick skull of yours!!"

I am really struggling to make him understand that he's crossed a line that shouldn't be crossed, his attitude worries me a little, he acts like anything is game and I haven't even started with him over his sexuality yet.

I have brought him out because I needed a serious talk with him over the Ugli family tradition, I wanted him to be the next generation heir but a few things about him worry me and I need to clear those up with him first.

Lyric:  "Tell  me something, do you really think there is no difference between boys and girls"
Cello:  "Now we are on about the kissing thing again aren't we - why does it bother you so much?  I would have thought you would be the last person to care if I'm kissing girls or boys or both!!"
Lyric:  "I don't care if you are kissing boys or girls or both - I just need to know that you are not suddenly going to turn completely gay on me and decide you dont like girls."
Cello:  "You're joking right!!!  YOU don't want me to be gay - YOU!!!"

Lyric:  "I don't care if you are straight, gay or bisexual - I just need to know for definite what you are before I make my final heir choice."
Cello:  "Oh that!!"
Lyric:  "I've told you all about it and I've kind of decided on you, so obviously I need to know you are up to the job, I don't want you to feel forced into something that you are not capable of doing like I was."
Cello:  "What do you mean?"
Lyric:  "Your Grandmother, she was adamant, she chose me to be the heir knowing full well I am gay, I swear she only did it thinking she could change me ..... anyway, she had plenty of straight options - your Uncle Piper for example ..... if you only knew the hell I went through to get you three ......"
Cello:  "Jazz says - you never really wanted us - you didn't want any kids!!"

I sat looking at my son, the expression on his face is a strange one

Lyric:  "That's not true - of course I wanted you, I love you more than anything, all three of you!!"
Cello:  "But we wouldn't have been here if you hadn't NEEDED us to be here!!"
Lyric:  "I suppose not, but that doesn't mean I didn't want you!!  I am gay - having my own children was never an option for me so it was something I tried not to think about, not until it was forced upon me.  In a way, as much as I hate the woman, now I'm glad your Grandmother did what she did - because now I do have my own children ... and one day I hope you know how that feels."

He just sat there silently staring at me

Lyric:  "So now we need to talk about you ...."
Cello:  "Yeah ...."

I hesitated for a moment, not really sure I should be digging this deep, but it will probably be the only way I can be sure of what he is..

Lyric:  "So I need to ask you something very personal and I SERIOUSLY need you to tell me the truth ... you won't get into any trouble, but we need to talk about it, so I can figure out what you are and if you are up to the job."
Cello:  "What?"  he looked at me a little confused as he started eating again.
Lyric:  "I know you've kissed a girl and a boy, so what else have you done with them?"  I picked up my fork and carried on eating, food that I really didn't want that has now gone cold.  I hoped not looking at him would make him feel more comfortable about telling me.  "I need to know how far sexually you've gone with them both."  I heard his fork drop onto his place with a loud clank.
Cello:  "You are joking me right!!??"
Lyric:  "No, sorry I'm being serious ...."
Cello:  "Are you seriously expect me to tell YOU exactly what I have done with Jessie and Chad??!!"
Lyric:  "Sorry, but it's the only way we are going to make sure you are up to baby making without going through the hell I went through."
Cello:  "And what exactly did you go through? ..... you keep making out that you had a hard time and I know you and Mom don't get on very well any more ... but you did mange to do it didn't you ... we are here!!!"

We had both stopped eating now and a waiter who had been hovering close by came over to ask if we'd finished our meals.  We sat in silence while the waiter cleared away the plates, I watched him walk away and out of earshot before I started to speak again.

Lyric:  "Okay .... so, if I'm truthful with you .... will you answer my questions truthfully?!"
Cello:  "I suppose ..."
Lyric:  "Cello!!"
Cello:  "Okay ... Okay!!"
Lyric:  "I ...... we ..... me and your Mother .... it's not exactly what you think, well I'm not really sure what you kids think, its not something I've talked about with any of you, I'm not sure if your Mother has told you ........"  I looked at him not really knowing how to put it into words without upsetting him - telling him he was not conceived in the conventional way might not be easy for him to hear.  Cello just sat looking at me waiting, I put my hand on my head and looked down at the table and started talking  "I'll start at the beginning .... you know about the Ugli family tradition don't you, your Grandma Amber was the 5th generation heir and I am the 6th.  Why my Mother chose me I will never know, she made her excuses but they never really washed with me because there are six of us but she had to choose me and she was adamant it had to be me even after she found out I was gay.  I'm not sure if you really know what your Grandma is like, she's cold and callous, she never showed us an ounce of love or kindness from the day we were born - all of us have issues because of her - we basically grew up without a Mother - she was there in body but that was it - your Granddad Brady and Cain brought us up - she had nothing to do with us other than giving birth to us."  I looked up at him  "I have issues, I'm gay and I'm terrified of women, I struggle being around them, I panic if they get too close and struggle to even hug them - I blame all this on my Mother.  How does a gay man with hang ups over women have children - me and Forrest went through hell trying to figure out a way to work it out .... "
Cello: "Forrest?!  but ... Mom weren't you with her first?!"  he looked confused

Lyric:  "No, me and Forrest were together before I even met your Mother - she was already married to Lilac - Me and your Mother have never been together in the way you might think."
Cello:  "Now I'm confused ... how ... ?"
Lyric:  "Forrest used to be your Mom's best friend and that's how I met her - we were two gay couples, I needed a baby and they wanted one - so we came up with the idea of baby sharing - two gay couples living together, the plan was one baby for the four of us to share - I was getting my heir and they was getting the baby they wanted - in principle it worked and for me it was the perfect solution because I had added baggage a big hang up about the child not growing up with a mother - this way the child has both parents and we all got what we wanted."
Cello:  "So you slept with Mom just to make a baby?!?!"  his eyes widened, which made me wander why he Jazz or Melody have never questions the "different" family situation that we live in.
Lyric:  "That was the plan ... but it never worked out that way, when it came down to it ... I couldn't do it ..."  I didn't feel comfortable telling him how Melon had made my skin crawl and how I just couldn't bring myself to have sex with her - she's his mother, I can't say these things to him I hope he understands what I'm saying.
Cello:  "But you must have done!!"
Lyric:  "I tried a few times, but I couldn't do it .. I am gay with hangups about women - that's when I lost the plot, the pressure of needing a baby that I couldn't bring myself to make - it cracked me up, I hit the bottle and spent quite a while totally wasted, I used alcohol to make the problem go away -  I'd probably still be wasted now if Forrest hadn't threatened to leave me and your Aunt Melody hadn't thrown me a lifeline - Artificial Insemination."

Cello:  "What?!"
Lyric:  "I'm sorry but you weren't exactly conceived in the normal way, me and your Mother have never slept together - it was all done at the hospital, do you need me to explain how?."  he just sat there looking at me with his mouth open for a moment before he shook his head.  "Of course we never expected the three of you, we were lucky to get triplets - the plan was only ever one baby."  Cello sat for a while silently looking down at the table, I guess he is trying to process what I have just told him.
Cello:  "Jake - where did he come from?"
Lyric:  "Jake was conceived in exactly the same way - Artificial Insemination. this made him frown for a moment and he didn't explain why.
Cello:  "Why do you and Mom keep fighting and why does Mom hate Forrest so much?  he says suddenly.
Lyric:  "Things with me your Mom and Forrest kind of got complicated - this baby sharing plan - didn't quite go as smoothly as we expected it too - the stress has never really stopped but we don't really need to talk about that now."
Cello:  "I want to know .... You said you'd be truthful!"
Lyric:  "Your Mom ...... she ......  she's bisexual, she can be gay or straight, which me and Forrest didn't know when we entered into this baby sharing thing.  She .... loves me and it's caused complications, but I don't really want to sit here talking about your Mother."  he sat saying nothing, I stayed quiet for a while as he sat thinking.  "Now we really need to talk about you - you see I don't want you to go through what I've had to go through - if you can't sleep with women than I need to rethink my heir choice."  he still didn't say anything  "So ........ have you got past kissing Jessie or Chad?"  he looked up and started sniggering

Cello:  "Mom likes both too ...... I thought there was something wrong with me!!"
Lyric: "Why?"
Cello:  "I didn't think it was normal, I don't care if it's a boy or a girl - there is no difference for me."
Lyric:  "Kissing yes, look Cello ...."  I am getting irritated that he's avoided my question again  "Its easy to kiss both male and female, I managed to kiss your Mother without a problem ....... it's what comes after the kissing .... that worries me with you .....  "
Cello:  "Well you don't need to worry ....... I can do both!!"  he says looking down and breaking our eye contact. "You did say I wouldn't get into trouble didn't you!??"
Lyric:  "Yes."
Cello:  "I've done both"  he said still not looking at me
Lyric:  "You've done what exactly that really doesn't answer my question still !!"
Cello:  "Look ...Why do you think Jazz and Mel are so pissed with me .... do I really have to spell it out to you, I thought you would have got it when I said I've done both ..... I haven't just been kissing them .... I've been having sex with both Jessie and Chad for months!"  

Now I'm shocked ...I sit looking at him, the expression on my face must have told him what might be going on in my head ... how old is he - he's not old enough in my book ... both of them?! ... He's sleeping around already ... when does he get the chance ... and the energy?!   I know I'm asking the questions but I never expected him to say he'd been there and done it already!!  The odd grope, a blow job even, but not to actually be sexually active with BOTH Jessie and Chad!!!  Now how do I carry on without kicking off!!

Cello:  "No trouble you said!!!"
Lyric:  "I know ... just give me a minute .... I need to get my head round it!!!"  he started sniggering again  "Don't push me Cello!!"
Cello:  "Well you did ask!!"

It took me a few minutes to compose myself, my head is all over the place especially wandering if Jazz and Melody are up to the same, or is it just Cello?!  Oh Berry! I don't think I want to know!!  Thinking about it I suppose knowing he is sexually active takes a great weight off my shoulders - it makes this a whole lot easier, I won't be guessing and hoping - I'll know for sure ...

Lyric:  "One question ....... which do you prefer, male or female?"
Cello:  "Like I keep telling you - they are both the same to me - I don't prefer one over the other."
Lyric:  "So you won't have a problem sleeping with women and making babies in the future?!"
Cello:  "No ... no problem"  he said with a smirk on his face  "So..... do I get the job?"
Lyric:  "Yeah .... I suppose you do!!"



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