[Janice Johnson]

It was soon 6:10. Dad said, "You want to go get some Dairty Quuen buddy?" He smiled at me.


I smiled at him. He called me "buddy" when he was happy with me. I said, "Sure," and soon, Dad and I were at Dairly Queen, eating Brownie Earthquakes. Dad said, "It's going to be hard, but I accept you the way you are. You didn't ask to be gay," he said, looking sedated and happy. I felt sedated too. (Don't tell anyone this, but we Winstons LOVE chocolate, but it sedates us. The Seratonin really is like a sedative to us). The chocolate fudge, Oreo cookies, and brownie were rerally working our sedatation. The BE is great!


We chatted about my coming out very openly. The Seratonin helped us talk freely about the "outing." After we were done, we went home, still feeling the sedative effects of the Seratonin. Damn, that was good chocolate!


Mom noticed how serene we looked. "Hmm, you guys ate a chocolate dessert, didn't you guys?" She said, teasingly.


"Yep," Dad said. "We saved you some," I said, serenely.


Mom tried to resist, but we knew she wanted it. "No thanks, guys," she said, unconvincingly.


"Okay, we'll just throw it down the sink," I said.


"No!" Mom said. "I'll eat it!" Mom said.


"Aha! We knew it!" dad said, triumphantly.


Chocolate is our Kryptonite. And we love it! We can't resist it.


Mom ate the Brownie Earthquake, and had the serene look too. We chatted freely about my liking guys. We sounded and looked stoned. But, we knew we weren't.


After about 10:00, the Seratonin wore off and we were normal again.


"That was great," Mom said. "We were all open about Dave coming out." Mom smiled.


Dad agreed.


He said, "Dave, we're not sedated by the chocolate anymore, but we can still chat freely about your "coming out."


"Dave, society will be tough, but don't let that get you down. There's nothing wrong with being who you are. Be proud of yourself." he smiled at me.


Mom said, "We accept that you're gay. Just don't tell anyone in church. They might shun us."