Boys will be boys -- Summer 2018

I was at the Blacks' home with RJ and Tommy.  I knew that Ryan had a hard time with his dad liking Professor Finn.  It was odd seeing her at times when I visited my mates.  We were outside just chilling.  I looked over at Ryan and sighed.  I was the calmest one between the three of us.  "How are you handling everything with your dad?" I questioned, knowing that Finn and Mr. Dean were getting rather serious.  Also, it had been a year since he lost his mum and his "aunt".  That one hit my family a bit, too, as the Lupins were very influential in my dad's life, even though he was not overly close to them or anything.

I was on the swing, just absentmindedly moving about on it.  I looked over at Hunter and shrugged.  "It's alright, I guess," I said to him slowly.  "It's just... a pain, but whatever."

I shook my head at Hunter.  "You expect RJ to talk feelings?  Please you'd have a better chance with me than him," I pointed out to our mate.  "But don't ask me about my family life, mate.  It's still a bloody mess."  I knew that we all could always talk to each other.  We were all best mates.  But sometimes talking about it just annoyed us and we got worse if we did rather than better.

I chuckled slightly at what Tommy said.  "It's not all that bad," I said.  "It's just sucky... I hate seeing Finn here and whatnot.  It's so awkward."  That was about as much into things as I was going to get.  I was not good with any of this.

I nodded, trying my best to understand.  "It's gonna suck even worse at school," I pointed out, "because you know a lot of people are going to find out... and you and Stan will be the ones they try to get dirt from."  I got a dirty look from both Tommy and Ryan.  I shrugged it off easily.  "I'm just being honest, mate."

I gave Hunter a look that told him he needed to shut it.  "Yeah, but sometimes being that brutally honest isn't always a good thing," I pointed out to our mate.

I sighed.  "I am already aware of what will happen at school," I assured my mates.  "And I'm definitely not thrilled about it, either."  Why did Dad have to go and start dating a professor?  Like... honestly.  It was as if he did not even care about our reputation or anything.

I looked at Ryan.  "It might not be too bad," I said, trying to back track a little bit. I knew how hard this all was on him.  Honestly, I was sure that Tommy was going through more now than Ryan, but I was not going to trivialize either one.

I sighed and looked at the two of them.  "Hopefully they bug Stan more than you," I said to Ryan, hoping to get this under control.

I shook my head.  "They won't though because he can't see her," I said, knowing how it all would go.  "Stan might have to put up with the snide comments, but I'm going to deal with that plus everything else."

I sighed. "Don't think so negatively about it all," I suggested. "It honestly might not be that bad." I knew it probably would be, but one could hope.