Chapter 25

Still, he wasn’t about to argue when the first thing Jude did after brushing his teeth was turn from the sink and kiss him.

“Mm, spearmint, yummy,” Anton said mockingly, and Jude pulled a face as they wandered back to his room and flopped out on the bed together.

“Better than morning breath and last night’s fish and chips, trust me,” he said. “Hey, d’you wanna stay for lunch? Emma’s mum does a roast when she gets back from church and it’s really good.”

Anton paused. “She…she goes to church?”

Thankfully, Jude seemed to figure it out without Anton needing to make something up. “Yeah but she’s not like one of those mad Christian types who hate queers or whatever. Emma went through a questioning thing and told us all she might be into girls over dinner and her mum was just like ‘well, okay then.’ She’s alright.”

“What about your dad?”

“Dad spends every day just grateful I don’t take after Mum,” Jude said cheerily. “He’s not going to mind you. So, you want to stay?”