FOREWORD: the fictional story could reflect the social issues and the nowadays impact. The same-sex marriage legalization emerges globally and affecting the society, spread into the politics and the other human matters. Nevertheless, it is the first time ever in planet, the Rainbow flag overwhelmed in many countries, actually the Western. The same-sex component activates the rallies those often occur with the requirement of the equal love and legitimate the same-sex couple married as the natural couple. The homosexuality is minor but they know how to unify and struggle, convince the left parties, the hungry ballot’s politicians, so the same-sex marriage becomes the global movement and becoming the power. The same-sex marriage legalization is the imminent event that pushes the national and public interest behind the personal choice of the private life. The story describes a same-sex couple in the US, despite two males have never have a child but they have an adopted boy.
In a random coincided that occurred more than a decade ago, Mr. Jonathan Johnson and George Haywood met in San Diego in a store of Walmart and after they fell in love and decided to live together as a de facto couple. George has a good job, electronic engineer and Jonathan is a sale person of the local hardware store.
Jonathan moved to George’s payoff house after few months had the homosexual relationship. Their life is normal, therefore, having a child is impossible, but a couple homosexuality decides to have children. Eventually, they adopted a boy named Thomas when he was a year old, his parents killed in the car accident in San Francisco. Thomas has no relative, his parent was orphan.
Thomas took the surname of George as his father and registered on the birth certificate. From an adopted boy Thomas Haywood presents in the family, both are happy, the new life has started. As any family, the same-sex couple has a normal life and Thomas attends a local primary school at year 7. But a day, after Jonathan took Thomas home and in a dinner, Thomas asks some questions those his friend raised.
The two-storey house located in the beautiful landscape where circled by the old pine trees and the flowers. The warm nest of any natural couple, including the homosexual couple. As the daily routine, today the food cooked by Thomas’s mum is Jonathan who has the cooking skill and the good family carer. Under the electrical lights, the dining room is lit, three people have the seats around a wooden table while the dishes are ready. Thomas favors the roast Chicken serves with potatoes and corn, actually, he does love gravy that made by Jonathan mum who has a special recipe. After eating some food, suddenly Thomas asks Jonathan:
-Mum, my friend David told me, why does my mum have the mustache and beard?
Jonathan and George stop eating, both look each other, they hesitate a moment while their child is waiting for the response. For the same-sex couple, the question couldn’t have the answer, but when their child wants to know, they must find some reasons to explain. George is sensible, he has spent few minutes and replies:
-Son, do you know the goat has beard and tiger, cat, dog has the mustache. Your mum has the beard and mustache too.
Thomas seems not convince, he glances at George and says:
-Dad, the snake, turtle, frog have not beard.
Jonathan intervenes:
-You are right, every kind has the different forms, so I am, I am your mum and I am not same with your friend’s mum.
The table falls into quietly for a while, everyone enjoys the meal, but George and Jonathan feel their adopted boy being influenced by a friend, actually in school. Thomas still thinks about his parents, after his close friend David revealed some things, he is eating and looking his mum and dad with the curious eye. The dinning falls into the silence, therefore George and Jonathan feel not comfortable after the strange question of Thomas. A dessert displays with ice cream and canned fruits that serve, but Thomas eats lowly, he may wonder something. Once again, Thomas breaks the silence:
-Mum and dad, my friend David told you are the same-sex couple, is that right?
George and Jonathan upset, their faces change, but George angers:
-Shut up, we don’t want to hear that.
Thomas replies:
-David told his mum knew my biological parent.
Jonathan cut off:
-No, I am your mother.
George adds:
-I am your father, do not listen to everyone.
Thomas says:
-No mum and dad, David mum told to him, my biological parent is her friend, they knew each other in San Francisco.
Both take the silence about few minutes and Jonathan confessed:
-Yes, you are our adopted son, but we do love you as any biological parent.
George confirms:
-Son, you have no worry, we take care whole your life…
Thomas says:
-David told me, your mum and dad are the men.
Jonathan advises:
-Son, don’t mention it, whatever, we are your parent.
Thomas asks:
-How could a dog bear puppy?
Jonathan and George knew Thomas do like a puppy, they intend to buy a small dog, but his question shocks. George tries to explain:
-Son, two male or female dogs couldn’t have a puppy, but we have you because we are a human being.
Jonathan drives the problem to the other direction:
-Tomorrow, we will take you to a pet shop, we will buy the beautiful puppy for you.
Thomas feels happy, he temporarily forgets about his story:
-Thank mum and dad.
The dinner finishes, Thomas returns his room for rest but in the dining room, the same-sex couple still sits. Today they feel worried after Thomas raised the questions, while George is thinking, Jonathan tells with the sad voice:
-Darling, Thomas is right, but we do nothing to change. The people are lucky, but if the cow, pig, chicken, goat…are like us, we will have no meat, milk and the others.
George consoles himself:
-We have Thomas that is enough.
Jonathan explains:
-A lesbian couple is luckier than us, they could have an adopted child or IVF.