"Virgil!" Roman exclaimed, grabbing his stuff, as well as Virgil's, and chased after him, Logan and Patton on his tail.

They followed him to the bathroom, and watched as he threw himself into a stall and began to shake-no, literally vibrate as silent tears streamed down his face. 

"You forgot to close the door" Roman said with an awkward smile.

Virgil jumped, before looking up to see all three of his friends staring back at him with concern on their faces. They sat down next to him in a silent attempt to comfort him. Virgil appreciated it as he leaned into Logan, who was closest to him.

Logan's small blush went unnoticed.

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When Virgil finally got home after a panic attack and a ten minute sob fest with his friends, who ended up driving him home as well—he told Remy what had happened since he had been home.

"That's the stupidest thing i've ever heard. How can you make someone who can't physically talk, talk?" Remy asked, "i'm going to go to that school myself and punch those teachers in the face"

Remy snapped sassily and sipped his coffee, "maybe we can get mom to write you a note for your teacher."

Virgil nodded, heading up to his bedroom. He wanted to argue with Remy that the teachers didn't know, but he didn't have the energy as he closed his bedroom door and flopped onto his bed.

Remy sighed.

He wished Virgil would talk to him. Remy knew it was selfish. It wasn't Virgil's fault. Still, he couldn't help but think that he was doing something wrong.

He knew he couldn't force Virgil to talk, but damn, he missed his voice. It's been weeks since Virgil uttered a single word to anyone.

'Patience' Remy thought, 'he'll get better with time'

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Patton was freaking out. He couldn't do this.

"Pat, stress is bad for the baby. You should just do it and get it over with" Roman encouraged gently.

"How will my mom react if I tell her i'm trans?! Oh god, she-she's dressed me up in pretty little skirts and dresses all of my life, anytime I tried to wear a basic t-shirt and jeans she'd tell me I looked like a boy because of my haircut-she hated when I got my hair done short! She just wants me to be her perfect little girl, but that's not who I am!" Patton ranted, tearing up.

"And won't this just cause more stress?! What if she kicks me out!"

"Then you can stay with me" Logan said quickly.

Patton's eyes widened. "W-what? But your parents-"

"Love you. You know, when I came out to my parents they weren't accepting at first. They were disappointed. They've always been very strict on me. I was never allowed to see friends outside of school until I was in the eighth grade. And even then they discouraged it. I never received enough..affection when I was young. My parents were always gone, so I was stuck with a babysitter. And when they were home they wanted nothing to do with me. After a long conversation that quickly became emotional, they realized how horrible they had been, and promised they'd try to change..and they did.." he trailed off.

Roman looked at Logan sadly, "but it's not enough is it?"

"What?"

"Your whole life you were treated like sh!t on a stick, a quick apology and a few hugs out of a million you missed out on-all of the bonding time you never got to have with your parents- they can't just make up for it now. It still sucks. No matter how sorry they are" Roman explained.

Logan sighed, "yeah..but this is different for Patton. He's not just coming out as gay, he's coming out as trans and gay, because well, since he's trans and his mother knows i'm in a romantic relationship with him, she'll know he's gay."

"Oh...right well, at least you'll finally get it off of your chest-"

"You know what I want to get off of my chest?" Patton asked, "these boobs."

"Patton that's not what I meant-"

"It's what I meant!"

"Coming out as trans is especially hard because most view it as an actual mental disorder which requires counseling and therapy treatments in some cases" Logan commented.

"My mom has always pressured me...so much to be this perfect little princess-"
He choked, "b-but that's just not who I am, and I wish she could accept that..I want to be a boy-I have to be a boy, I don't feel right in my own body-i-i've always felt so, so different.." Patton buried his face in his hands and let silent tears flow.

"Patton...it'll be alright, and if it's not..it'll still be okay. Deep down she'll realize that you're still her child. Boy or girl" Logan smiled softly, giving a hug to Patton.

Patton smiled too, sniffing, "i'll tell her..after my dad falls asleep. I just want a heart to heart with my mother. Rape or not, my mom is very disappointed in me for wanting to keep the child and not abort it..she hates that i'm pregnant because 'sex before marriage' is against the holy bible.."

"...but you didn't choose to have sex"

"I know!"

Patton's dad, (a/n: in case you forgot his name is mike) who had caught the end of the conversation as he walked by, called, "you know, Patton, your mom got pregnant with you the first week we were dating..."

"Mike!!" Sheila yelled from the other room, "I was young!"

"You were thirty three, plus you had many boyfriends before me that you had sex wit-"

"MIKE!"

Patton Logan and Roman were all smirking at the irony of the situation.

"Okay..i'm telling her tonight" Patton whispered after his dad was out of earshot.