It is an fictional account about a character I created. It is not a short story. It deals with the day to day life of a Gay character called Cal Pinkman….
In the last part, you have learned about my family. By the way, I am Cal Pinkman. This time you’ll know about a certain person who lives with my house with my partner Rocco and it is his nephew Monty.
It all started like this.
We always wanted to have kids and after trying for a year with different agencies and surrogates, we failed. The legal obligations were bit tiresome to say the least. Most of our friends thought we are going to get the baby, and when we did not get one…well, it was really sad….Rocco was bereft. That night, when I returned home, Rocco was looking very nonchalant. I could feel the tension in the air. We chit chatted a bit then I suddenly without able to control my anxiety said “ok, we need to address the elephant in the room?” it was ironic coz there was a 800-pound elephant in our room…. Gays having a baby is a relatively new thing, so our friends do not know how to modulate baby gifts. When Steven and Stefan had Sultan, our friend Pippin painted a rainbow in his nursery. It was so bright that since then he is scared of bright colors…. And I am not allowed over there.
About a month ago, Monty, Rocco’s nephew started living with us. We agreed to that coz it will be like a test run to see whether we could handle a kid or not. He is a great kid but sometimes I think even our dog Pink Panther has more IQ than Monty. Last night’s incident is a proof of that….
Me: So…Monty, How was school??
Monty: It was good…
Me: Anything new??
Monty: We had a surprise test today.
Me: And?????
Monty: I was really surprised………
He also has certain eccentricities when it comes to dressing… One time he came to our costume party wearing a backwards baseball hat and said he was “Snoop Dogg”… the funny part was he did not even know who Snoop Dogg was..he thought Snoop Dogg is a Dog Detective… When I was 12, I could sing each and every Madonna’s song by heart……. with the choreography (hey!!I am Gay). I feel bad for him coz I’m telling you that kid is going to have so many embarrassing press conferences in the future….
But Monty has many good traits too, E.g he is very brave like his father, though you should see his father at the restaurant when the waiter shows up with the check, he runs to the bathroom like Jamaican athletes. He is a very good writer too. Last night, when he narrated his new creation “If you love someone, Let her go…..Unless it is a tiger” I was surprised to say the least, we all thought that he is a moronic idiot but instead he turned out to be a genius. But my opinion about him was short lived because I overheard his conversion with his friend, Phil..
Monty: you know, Tysha literally attacked me and kissed me today…
Phil: Really?? You did not kiss her back??
Monty: Don’t be a stupid!! Why would I kiss her back ? I kissed her mouth.
Having said all that, I realize that he may not be the brightest of kids or the smartest of chaps but he is someone whom I love. He was only 13 when he started living with us and after almost two years later he is leaving us. And you know why?? Coz
WE ARE ADOPTING A BABY…….
