Page 20 of A Little Christmas! Johnny
I chuckle silently and move my hand to run my fingers through Johnny’s hair while I consider what I’m going to tell them. I noticed in most of the texts that Johnny makes it a point to use gender neutral phrasing for Jess, so I’m making an active effort to get into that habit early with them. It’s not as difficult for me to manage as it is for some of the older generations, but I still get tripped up from time to time with gender presentation not matching pronouns. I appreciate when people like Ash at the club wear the pronoun pins, but Ash is gender fluid while I don’t yet know how Jess identifies. I don’t know if they are agender or non-binary or trans or if they just frankly prefer neutral words.
I’m getting side tracked...
Me:
technically i haven’t actually asked. him to be my boyfriend yet but we’ve had our first date and he stayed the night last night
Okay, so I’m stretching the truth a bit on this. But to be honest, I can’t exactly tell a teenager that I want to eat her uncle’s ass before mounting him on my cock and then tucking him in with a bedtime story and a binkie and it’s been that way since I first saw him last week.
Jess:
did u steal his phone? R u a stalker?
Me:
not a stalker. He's staying with my neighbor and ended up falling back asleep while showing me the fucked up texts he got this morning
Jess:
Ew. Yeah. Mom's pissed that he says he wont watch BM1’s dogs.
It takes me a second to put together what they mean by BM1 and chuckle softly when it clicks – Baby Mama One. I go back to the phone to continue reading what Jess is sending.
Jess:
if he comes over for Peanut mom and dad are just planning on leaving the other dogs here too so he has to watch them
I kind of had a feeling that was going to happen. Johnny’s family doesn’t seem to ever take no for an answer from him. When he says it, they just act like they didn’t see it.
Me:
i won’t let them do that to him
Jess:
can i get ur number so that i can check in on him while I'm stuck in family hell without him? He won’t be honest with me about how he really is.
I'm not a kid anymore
Says the sixteen year old. Nevertheless, I go into the contacts and forward Jess’s contact information to my number, adding my own information into Johnny’s phone.
Me:
I'll text you from my phone when i grab it after ur uncle wakes up
And just like that, I have an ally on the inside – someone who Johnny knows and trusts that will most definitely put me in my place if I fuck up.
17
JOHNNY
I dreamed that Dexter comforted me and held me while I slept. It was a good dream, but I know that’s all it could ever be. What do I have to offer a guy like him? I’m a homeless, immature twenty-six year old whose own family doesn’t want around. He deserves better than that.
“Hey sleepyhead.”
I damn near tumble off the edge of the bed at the sound of his voice right above me. So, it wasn’t a dream? Dexter is just leaning against the headboard, smiling down at me while I try to untangle myself from the blankets like a fish caught in a net. I know I’m turning into a tomato again when he has to help me get free.
Isn’t there a limit on how badly I can fuck up with someone before I at least get to see his dick?
