Total pages in book: 75
Estimated words: 73002 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 365(@200wpm)___ 292(@250wpm)___ 243(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 73002 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 365(@200wpm)___ 292(@250wpm)___ 243(@300wpm)
Wells: He prefers Matty, but I’m sure he won’t care.
Wren: Good. So things are good?
He smiled.
Wells: We’re great. I’m really happy.
Wren: Fantastic. Has he come out to his family yet?
Wells: Not yet. His sister is first.
Wren: Should do it all at once. Like a family meeting, and boom, Matthew’s gay, and he’s in a relationship with a grandpa.
Wells laughed, shaking the bed, at which Matty groaned. “Stop watching YouTube and go to sleep. I wanna get up early to go cave dwelling. You promised.”
“Yeah, yeah,” Wells said, shaking his head as he went back to his phone.
Wells: I’m only eleven years older than him, hardly a grandpa.
Wren: Eh. He’s a baby.
Wells: He is. But I love him.
Wren: I know.
Swallowing hard, he stared at Wren’s two words. I. Know. It was obvious that he loved Matty. Hell, everyone knew, but no one on Matty’s side of the family knew. How would they react not only to the news, but also to Wells? Insecurities burned deep inside of him as he traced his phone with his thumb.
Wren: They’ll love you.
Wren: Once they get past the part where he’s gay.
Man, he needed that to happen.
Wells: I hope so.
Wren: They will, how could they not? You’re awesome.
Wells: I’m so glad you’ve finally realized that. Took forever.
Wren: And that’s the last time I try to be nice.
Wells: lol. Sorry. Thank you.
Wren: Anyway, so the real reason I was texting you was because I wanted to run something by you.
Wells: Yes, you can name the baby after me.
Wren: Lol. Jensen already said no.
Wells: He’s such a buzzkill.
Wren: Haha. But, Jensen surprised me with a trip to Cancun, and I wanted us all to go.
Wells: Us who? And shouldn’t this be just you two?
Wren: No, it’s a private beach with three huts, so me and Jensen, Matty and you, and then Brie could have the last one.
Wells’s brows pulled together. She was forgetting someone.
Wells: Vaughn?
Wren: Just Brie.
Wells: Jesus, what did he do?
Wren: That asshole told Brie she wouldn’t get big like me because she wasn’t fat before that.
Wells grimaced.
Wells: He said it just like that? Jensen didn’t deck him?
Wren: Basically! Vaughn said she didn’t have the build like me.
Rolling his eyes, Wells chuckled. Brie was itty bitty. Wren wasn’t. It was the truth—not to be mean he was sure—but Wren was emotional.
Wells: I’m sure he didn’t mean it hurtfully.
Wren: I hate him.
Wells: So can he come but not talk to you?
Wren: Yes.
Wells: Cool, so Cancun, huh?
Wren: Yup!
Wells smiled, looking over at the back of Matty’s head. “Wanna go to Cancun?”
Matty groaned. “Yes, but since you can’t leave me alone, you owe me head on the beach.”
Wells nodded before looking back at his phone.
Wells: We’re in.
Wren: Good. It’ll be fun for all of us, minus Vaughn.
Wells: I’m sure, though you know you’ll start talking to him before we go.
Wren: Maybe.
When she didn’t text back, he laid his phone down, letting out a long sigh as he stared up at the ceiling. For the last couple nights, he hadn’t been sleeping well. He wasn’t sure if it was because Matty was basically a furnace or if it was his mind not shutting the hell up so he could sleep. It was probably both, but more so his brain. With each day that passed leading up to the trip to Florida to see Avery, he couldn’t shake the anxiety of everything going to shit. He wanted so much for it to go well. For Avery to forgive Matty. But he knew it was a long shot. It wouldn’t be that easy, especially if she was even half as stubborn as Matty. Wells just yearned for things to be good between them. For both of them, not just Matty. They were twins, for fuck’s sake. But Wells had also wanted Matty to love him freely and openly, and it took damn near nine months for that to happen, and it still wasn’t exactly how he pictured it.
It was new, he understood that, but he sort of wished Matty would have told his family before he came back to Wells. The anxiety over their reactions alone was going to drive Wells insane. Because he wanted them to accept Matty, to love him like he did, but also because he wasn’t sure if Matty would stay with him if they didn’t.
That wasn’t a good feeling.
Closing his eyes, Wells tried to push those feelings away, but it wasn’t that easy. Begging himself to just go to sleep already since they were getting up early, he went to put his phone down when it vibrated with a text. Opening it, he saw Wren had sent a video. He smiled as he watched his nephew kick the crap out of Wren’s belly. When the shot changed to her face, her brows furrowed, annoyance was plain in her expression as she shook her head. Laughing, he typed back quickly.