Chapter 104: Chapter 104

Nate's POV

I feel great relief as I lie on my bed after the dinner. I didn't think coming out was this simple and my parents would take it so normally. Even my sister took it as a great deal. But Dad and Mom acted so cool.

I believe they won't ask me to break up with Ethan when they finally see him and figure out he is their Son. But for now, I'm not showing them his pics or anything.

And I decided I don't want to know what exactly happened at the hospital and why they didn't give me back to my real parents. I'm just going to pretend like nothing happened and I don't know anything. Let them think, I believe I'm their son.

I can't help but smile as I lie looking at the ceiling. I sure am Ethan's Mom's Son. So I now have two Moms. And I've a little sister. Woah !

But my Dad is sadly an ass. Okay, I don't even want to see him.

But I really want to see my Mom and sister and spend time with them. I should have actually went with Ethan to his home when he asked me to go with him.

Oh..! I think Ethan is mad at me right now. Let me call him.

I slide out of the bed and go to the desk taking my phone. I walk back dialling his number and crawl up on the bed, taking a pillow and placing it on my lap. Ethan picks the call after a few rings but doesn't speak.

" Ethan.., are you mad at me ?", I ask. He doesn't respond. He is mad.

What should I do now ? Shall I say ' I love you.' I haven't said that to him yet. Should I say for the first time through phone ?

" Hello Ethan, please t..talk to me.", I say.

" Hello..are you Michael?"

It's a gentle female voice. Shit ! It's probably Ethan's Mom ! Oh it's my Mom !

" Hello Michael..", she says again as I don't respond. I can't make myself to utter a word. My heart is beating double the rate than normal.

" Y..yeah..It's M..Michael..", I at last manage to say.

" Oh..yeah Michael. Ethan is sleeping in his room. He left his phone here, downstairs.", She says.

" Oh..o..okay.", I respond.

She laughs a little. " Anything urgent ? Shall I wake him up ?"

" Oh..no..no. I- I'll call him tomorrow. Bye..ahm..G..Goodnight..bye.", I stutter out and cut the call without waiting for a reply.

Ahh Shit ! What did I do ? Why did I end the call like that ? What would have she thought ?

And what did I first say before she said hello ? I didn't say I love you, right ? No..I didn't. Thank God !

Oh wait ! Shit ! Ethan has saved my contact as ' Love' with a red heart on his phone. OH MY GOD !!

She already had suspicions. So, now she sure understood. Great ! Now my biological Mom has found out, her Son loves her Son. It was the only thing yet to happen.

Wait ! But then how did she figure out I'm Michael ? Oh.. maybe from my stutter.

Anyway so, I now talked to my Mom. Or more aptly embarrassed myself. But now why am I smiling and blushing looking at the ceiling. Am I alright ?

Once I recover from the blush on my cheeks, I lie thinking how things would have changed differently if I and Ethan weren't switched. I wouldn't have been able to stay strong and support his Mom like how he did when her husband left her. No, I'm not referring to her as my Mom yet. I can't still think about her as my Mom. My Mom is here and also I'm not 100 % sure she is my biological Mom. But still if by chance I grew up there, I think....I would have got bullied my whole life. There’s not an older brother to protect me there. Good that I got switched.

And if Ethan grew up here with my family, what would have happen ? Would he have turned into a nerd like me ? No he won't ! I think he and Alex would have been always competing or fighting. They are actually the same, in literally every single thing. And Ethan sure won't let Alex and Anna pamper him and treat him like a baby, just like how they did to me.

Things would have been totally different. Maybe we wouldn't have actually met. But everything happened like this. Maybe this is all fate. There might be some hidden force or something that made us meet. Or how will we meet like this and then fall in love ? Or this is all God's funny game. He might be having so much fun sitting there above us, watching all this drama. We are all just his puppets and we don't know what he has planned for us next.

Somewhere in the middle of the night, sleep wins me over my thoughts.

When I wake up, it's almost 9. My parents too woke up late cause it's Sunday. So when I skip downstairs, my Mom is just bringing breakfast to the dining table and I go and help her. We have a peaceful breakfast whilst talking.

" You haven't booked return train ticket, right ?", Dad ask me.

" No..I need to book.", I say. My train is at 5:20 PM and it reaches there in Texas before 7 Am.

" No need to book. I booked flight. It's at 5 PM.", Dad says whilst sipping on his coffee.

" Oh..you booked flight again ?", I ask in surprise. Last time also he booked me flight to return.

" Thirteen hours train journey is hectic.", My Mom says. "Mickey, don't come back again soon. Next come only on sem vacation, okay ?"

" So you guys don't want to see me ?", I pout.

" It's not that honey. Traveling is hectic. Imagine you have to spend more than 26 hours on travel, just to stay here for less than two days. I now wish we didn't send you there.", she says sighing. " Next year you attend some university here.", She adds. " Oh..wait ! Will you be wanting to attend the university your crush's gonna go to ?", she quirks an eyebrow. I shakes my head and laughs a little.

" So when are you confessing to him ?", Dad asks.

" I don't know. M..maybe soon ?", I say.

" So you actually came here to ask our permission to date him??", Mom asks.

" Hmm...yeah..", I nod.

" You didn't have to.", she laughs a little whilst serving me one more toast. " Between is he handsome? Show us his pic."

" I won't.", I shake my head.

" Why ?", both Dad and Mom frowns.

"Ahm..Cause..I haven't even d..dated him now. And I don't have his pic. But he is very g..good looking."

Both of them burst out laughing. " Okay, can we see his pic after you date him ?", Mom asks.

" Yeah..okay.", I nod although I don't even know whose pic I should show them.

" He is in Football. So he might have muscles and all.", she says and cuts her toast with the fork whilst side eying me. I nod to her feeling myself start blushing.

" Is he cute ?", she asks and I nod. " Yeah..I know all guys in football are actually cute."

" You are sure he isn't a play boy or a jerk, right ?", Dad then asks munching on his toast.

" No..he really likes me.", I say and laughs a little thinking Dad is actually asking about his own son.

"So, he is very sweet and caring ?", Mom asks.

" Yeah..", I nod again and she laughs while Dad chuckles. I can't help but look down and blush a crimson. And they start laughing again. They keep on asking a few more questions about Ethan, making me blush harder. Anyway I quickly finish my breakfast and rush upstairs with cheeks flaming red. Dad and Mom laughs looking at me, running upstairs.

I wait sometime for Ethan to call me. But as I don't receive a call even after 10 Am, I pick the phone and call him.

" Good morning baby.", he says when he finally picks the call on the last ring. He doesn't sound happy.

" What happened to you now ?", I ask.

" Nothing..", he says.

" Why you didn't call me morning ?"

" I didn't want to disturb you.", he replies.

" Ethan, look I'm s..sorry for yesterday. I really didn't mean what I said. I was so t..tired then."

" Hmm..it's okay.", he hums.

" Uhm..then say something.", I say feeling sad at his lack of response. He is so upset.

" You are gonna get mad at me if I say this thing...", he says and leaves a sigh.

" Is it that your Mom knew about our r..relationship?", I ask.

He is silent for a second but then he let out a nervous hum. " She picked your call right ? And you know what's your contact name on my phone..."

" Yeah..I known. It's love. I figured out your Mom found out. It's...It's okay. Everyone now knows. I'm n..not mad at you."

" Woah ! You aren't ? You are okay with that ? Really ?", He asks in great surprise. His voice suddenly enthusiastic.

" Yeah..I'm.", I laugh. " I think It's actually a g..good thing that your Mom now knows. And guess what, I..", I pause. I was actually going to tell him I told my parents. But I think I should tell him when I see him in real. I need to see his expression. He will be so damn happy.

" You ?? What ?", he asks excitedly.

" Ahm...I- I'm coming back today evening by flight."

" Oh ! You are coming? I thought you will come back only after a few days.", he squeals.

" No..I'll reach there by 7. When are you coming ?"

" Uhm..I was actually planning to come tomorrow morning. Anyway we are different dorm now. So no use in coming early. ", he says, his voice again upset. I'm also upset.

" Oh..", I hum. " I was actually g..going to ask you to......nevermind.....you are only coming tomorrow. "

" What what ? What were you going to ask me ? Should I come evening ?", he asks eagerly.

" No..you don't need to. And you p..probably won't be bringing car this time.", I say.

"No..I can bring. Shall I pick you up from airport?", he asks.

" Yeah...", I giggle.

" Okay..", he laughs. " I thought you will be so mad at me. What suddenly happened? Why are you in such a good mood today ?"

" Uhm..I don't know. Tell me how your Mom c..confronted you. What all did you say and wh..what did she say ?", I ask falling back on the bed, ready to hear about his Mom's reaction.

" Woah ! Something really happened to you ! "

" Nothing happened to me. You just tell me h..how was her reaction.", I say impatiently.

"Okay..", he laughs. " It was all of a sudden she asked, while we were having breakfast. She was like, ' You and Michael are dating, right ?' I almost chocked on my coffee in shock and then when I looked up, she was glaring at me. I couldn't help but nod in fear. And you know, she then totally frightened me by saying she is disappointed in me. But then she laughed and said she is disappointed for not telling her earlier. "

I laugh hearing that. Our Mom is so cool. So Ethan too had a situation just as similar to me during today's breakfast. He might have been so embarrassed. " Then what you t..told her ?", I ask.

" Baby, I tried my best telling her we just started dating last week and it isn't actually a real date like she thinks. But she wouldn't believe. Then at last I had to say you are afraid to tell your parents and also your brother looked somewhat like me. Are you now mad at me, baby ?", he asks.

" Uhm..I guess I'm not.", I say. But I think she now thinks I'm a total coward and a nerd. And it was better she didn’t know my brother looked like Ethan.

" You are not ?? Then give me a kiss.", Ethan demands.

" I don't like this ph..phone kiss,Ethan. Wait till evening and I'll give you r..real kiss.", I say.

" Oh ! ", he gasps and laughs in surprise. " Okay, I'll wait for that. But now a.."

" No ! No phone kiss. It's weird. ", I cut him off. "Now t..tell me what your...Mom thinks about me."

"Uhm....she thinks you are cute.", he chuckles. " She said how you got frightened yesterday and ended the call.", he laughs. I run a hand through my hair and starts blushing in embarrassment.

Ethan continues whilst chuckling. " You know she really wants to meet you. She asked a lot about you. She had some works to do or I think she would have made me sit there and talk about you until noon. But I'm sure she will soon come to me again after finishing her works. Prince Charming, she really liked you."

I couldn't help but smile and feel so happy hearing that. I never imagined one day I'll suddenly come to know that the woman whom I call 'Mom' is not the woman who gave birth to me. And I never thought I would act like this, so eager to know what my real Mom thinks about me instead of letting this heavy shock consume me. I just feel happy now. I don't know whether it's wrong to feel happy.