Chapter 5

“I love your family. I think maybe it’s because things have been going so well. I don’t want to ruin this by having to explain that my own family can’t stand the sight of me.” Finally satisfied with his eye liner, Donnie stops fiddling with it.

“That won’t ruin things. I mean, two of them are gay. They probably know what it’s like to have people be assholes about it. They won’t judge you just because your family is a bag of dicks,” Kelly says.

Donnie groans. “Ugh, I hate being nervous. I mean, the band, they’re all nice people. Me and Penny have been texting a lot. She’s really nice. I shouldn’t be nervous.”

“And Jed is nice,” Kelly says, waggling her eyebrows in a way you only normally see in TV shows, not real life.

“Don’t start,” Donnie says, finding his wallet and keys and putting them in his pocket.

“What? I’m just saying he’s a very attractive man,” Kelly says, casually teasing him.

“Kelly, you’re a lesbian.”