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As they opened the garage door, they noted their parents' car. They knew that either Dad had revealed it to Mom, or used lunch as an excuse to come home, so they would have to tell her themselves. Knowing Dad, it was the latter, and he evaded Mom's questions, if she asked him any at all. Dad was good at evading unwanted questions. That's where the twins had picked it up. Hunter and Harrison exchanged worried looks. Even though they were confident of their mother's reaction, they still had some slight doubt.

"Want to make a break for it? We could drive to the cabin for a couple of days until everything blows over and Dad has to reveal it to everyone. We could watch some porn with really hung guys in it," Harrison suggested.

"What, are you comparison shopping, Harriet Junior? We could, but when we get back, there will be hell to pay for escaping. You know Mom. She'll give us a long lecture about responsibilities and why cowardice is wrong," Hunter replied.

"Yeah, not to mention the grandparents we'd have to deal with. They'd raise so much hell that we'd never live it down. Every time we tried to cover things up as kids, the outcome was worse than if we just faced them," Harrison agreed.

"However, I still wish we could just skip past all this to the end. Kinda fast forward through the hard part," Hunter commented.

"What, can't you take what you dish out now? Seriously, I agree, but let's get it over with," Harrison suggested.

"I can't take it? You're the one who asked me to look into that fancy lube last week!" Hunter reminded him with a grin.

"Hey, that was just because I saw the commercial about the heightened sensation when you use it! That doesn't mean that I can't handle your dick size! Jesus, it's the same length as mine!" Harrison rolled his eyes.

They exited the vehicle and walked to the kitchen door. Each took a deep breath before they opened the door. They walked in, trying to act as calm as possible, as if nothing was different than any other time when their parents came home for lunch.

"Hi Mom, hi Dad, how is work so far?" they asked naturally.

The brothers attempted to seem nonchalant as they set down the bags of booze. Harrison made a gagging gesture when he noticed the V8 that Hunter preferred to put in his unique Bloody Mary concoction. Hunter gave him a raspberry in response, implying that regular tomato juice was a sign of bad taste on his lover's part.

Dad grinned knowingly at Mom, non-verbally indicating amusement. This was the long-standing dispute between their sons over the proper mix for a Bloody Mary. It was one of the boys' few disagreements in taste. Personally, he disagreed with both, thinking it was a sin against the booze gods to use tequila at all in a Bloody Mary instead of the traditional vodka.

"Fine, we just decided to grab lunch at home today. Nothing much going on at work right now, most of the computers are fixed and ready for the customers to pick up Monday," Mom replied, laughing inside about her sons' little spat. She really didn't care for a Bloody Mary at all, Hurricanes being much better.

The twins exchanged a quizzical look, wondering what Dad had said if he said anything.

"You think he told her yet? I don't like how calm she is!" Hunter asked his twin, using their private mental path to communicate with Harrison.

"Don't know. I'm with you. She is way too calm," Harrison shot back.

"We grabbed the new liquor supply this weekend for when the grandparents show up, Dad," Hunter announced.

"Mamaw and Papaw are easy to please, though. I mean, we could pick up their booze from the nearest still. No, seriously, we got their gin and tonic ready. It was tougher finding enough 18-year-old Scotch for Grams and Granddad. They were down to two bottles of their favorite brand," Harrison elaborated.

"Thanks, boys. Mom reheated the fried chicken. Grab some and set down!" Dad ordered them.

From the way that their father looked at them, they knew better than to argue or escape. Dad knew the twins wanted to, but that was tough luck.

"Okay," both said at once.

Hunter grabbed two plates and made both Harrison's and his, "Here you go, hon."

"Thanks," Harrison responded.

Mom looked at the boys as if they had grown a second head. Something wasn't right, she decided. They were too good, not even teasing her. She'd forgotten about their comment on the phone when Horatio had returned to work. She had chalked it up to them teasing her. She caught the look Dad gave the boys when he ordered them to grab some chicken.

"Horatio, why would we need any more liquor than what we already have? We don't normally drink that much with our parents," Harriet asked him.

"Well, it seems the boys have some news they need to tell us. After hearing what it is, I figured we would need it to calm our parents. This is as big as our attempt to hide that you were with twins in a high-risk pregnancy. If you recall, that was why we decided Kale Escort to stop having kids. Yeah, it's that big of a situation, at least with your parents," Horatio answered her.

Both boys looked at each other and knew Dad hadn't said anything. Mom must have thought they were kidding when they told her on the phone. They were afraid of that. That's what they got for teasing her so often. They cried wolf too much.

Mom looked back and forth from the boys to their dad and wondered what was up. Then she debated if she should have a drink before or after the news. She finally made up her mind, "Horatio please make me a drink. Something tells me I will need it after all. On second thought, make it a double."

"I'll do it," both boys said at once, trying to escape.

"No, I'll do it. I said sit down! You're never too big to get a spanking!" their dad responded firmly.

As they sat back down immediately, Hunter communicated, "You tell her! She likes you better."

"No way, you tell her! You're the one who told her on the phone about the BJ," Harrison retorted.

"You started it all by giving me the BJ and not closing the door. Now tell her!" Hunter demanded.

Harrison thought about arguing more. However, he knew that when Hunter was like this, he would only have to do it any way and pay for arguing with him later. Harrison nodded to Hunter, indicating he would comply, as if he had a choice.

Once Dad was back with Mom's drink and one for himself, he asked them, "Well? Which one of you is going to tell your Mom your news? I think it is long overdue. You should have told us sooner, a lot sooner."

Harrison looked one last time at Hunter, pleading mercy.

When Hunter only glared back, Harrison looked down at his food, then looked at his mom and began, "Well, when Dad came home earlier this morning, he kinda walked in on Hunter and me doing something."

"Well, what were you doing?" she asked, and then she remembered their "joke" on the phone.

"Please tell me you were just kidding when you told me that Harrison gave you a BJ and Dad caught you, Hunter," she pleaded.

"No, Mom, that wasn't a joke. I hoped that you'd ask Dad about it. Then he would tell you so we wouldn't have to," Hunter answered her.

"Yes, Mom, we are gay. We have been gay since we can remember. We have been lovers since high school. We are never planning on getting married to anyone but each other," Harrison revealed.

"What about the grandkids that you promised me? I wanted grandchildren!" Mom responded, after she downed her drink in three swallows.

The men burst out laughing in spite of themselves. Here the twins just told her that they were gay lovers and all she worried about was grandchildren. Horatio was also relieved that she took it better than expected and didn't have the massive coronary that he predicted earlier.

"Mom, we plan on adopting. You will have grandbabies. We may even try to find a surrogate mother to carry one for us," Hunter responded.

"I don't see what you find so funny!" she complained.

"Well, most Moms right now would be more concerned that their sons were either gay or lovers, not worried about grandkids," Harrison explained.

"I'm not worried about either of those. They are both legal and natural. I just want grandbabies. You guys are my only chance at them," she explained. "As long as I can get grandbabies, I am fine."

Both boys let out a long sigh of relief, thinking "two down, four to go". Now they only had to tell their grandparents. They dug into their chicken and ate it as if they hadn't eaten all day. Harrison grabbed both plates and refilled it with more chicken.

"Here you go, babe," Harrison responded, using one of his terms of endearment for his brother.

"Thanks, honey," Hunter replied.

"I suppose this was why you didn't want separate bedrooms or even beds," Mom commented.

"Well, that and the fact that we just didn't want to be separated. We've slept in the same bed from birth and didn't want to sleep any other way," Hunter responded for both of them.

"I guess the signs were already there. I don't know why we didn't see them," Horatio replied.

"Because we didn't want to," Harriet answered.

"Umm, what are Grams and Granddad going to say?" Hunter asked.

"And Mamaw