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Keith and Jason helped Lucasta and Eleanor clear away the debris of their morning tea.

“We'll do the washing up,�? offered Jason.

“Nonsense.
You young things must have a hundred things to do! I'll do it.�?

“No you won't, Eleanor! My friends all descend upon you like gannets and eat you out of house and home! The least I can do is do the washing up!�?

“it's so nice to see young appetites,�? Lucasta said, “all that energy and able to eat whatever you want and not put on a pound of fat all that zest for life.�? She glanced worriedly at Jason, thinking that for a time his zest for life had disappeared. But he looked happy. Had he forgotten Brent? She didn't think so. One didn't forget the person one loved dear Harold had been dead these twenty years and had only met Jason at the christening if that counts as meeting you could hardly have small talk could you with a baby but at least Harold had seen his grandson which was nice though come to think of it Harold would not have been too happy about Brent though she wasn't sure about whether it was because Brent was working class or a man perhaps not so much the man because after all he'd been to Eton and, well, there were all those pashes weren't there with teachers and the other girls at her school and she was sure that boys at Eton had that too but then did boys have pashes Harold never said, so interesting.

From the film Spud

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Footy, chapter 33

You can read chapter 33 of Footy here.

Only two more chapters to go!

Evelyn Waugh, author.  Bisexual

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Luigi reached over and wiped away Cody's tears with his thumbs.

“It's not easy, Coads. We're gay or bi or … different. People don't approve. They think we're wrong or evil or perverted. And it makes it hard. And we … well, sometimes. Some of us. We have … we see … fidelity differently to everybody else, too. We … fuck each other. But it's not like we're being unfaithful to each other. We … if we … look, love, it's wrong to deceive or lie or cheat … but Keith knows about Jason and Jason knows about Keith and, you know something? I reckon Tom knows about Keith and me and Jace.�?

“Don't you get jealous?�?

“Yeah. Sometimes. But … what's important is that we're friends. We love each other, in our own way. We … care. I know it sounds weird to you. But … we're a sort of family.�?

“I wish …�?

“What?�?

“I dunno.�? Cody shook his head and looked away.

“We'll try and work it out, Coads. We will. Because that's what you do with people you love.�?

“Do you love me?�?

“Yes.�?

“I love you too, Lou. More than you can know.�?

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The inimitable and delectable Adam Lambert.  Who is gay-shaded.

They glared at each other angrily.

At last, Luigi sighed, “I know every man and his dog think gay is wrong and evil. Ieven thought that once. I hated myself. I wanted more than anything to be like the footy team. All manly and macho and straight. I fucking begged God to make me straight. And He never did.�? He turned away and stared into the distance. “You know what? I think God doesn't give a flying foo-foo valve about gay or straight. And half the fucking priests in the Church are gay. I'm me, Coads. I know I have faults. I know I'm effeminate. And over-obsessed with clothes. I know I'm not perfect. But, Coads, I've struggled hard to learn to like myself. To learn to love myself. To accept—to be happy with—what I am.�?

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 “Yes. But sometimes you wouldn't answer your mobile. You wouldn't be there for me. When I needed you. When I wanted to talk to you.�?

Cody looked away. He didn't answer.

“And what about Phillippa? You weren't there for her either. You lied to her. And you lied to me.�?

“You lie to your mates.�?

“No I fucking don't. We all know the score. Jace and Key and I fuck each other, sometimes together and sometimes just two of us.�?

“That's … wrong.�?

“Why the fuck is it wrong?�?

“You should stick to one.�?

“Yeah. Like you did!�?

“ style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Being gay …. it's …. wrong, Lou. I know that. You know that.�?

“I fuckin' don't! You know what? Trying to make a gay person straight is like trying to make a short bloke grow an inch. It won't happen. It's impossible. Against nature.�?

“But I'm not gay!�?

“Yeah. So you said.�?

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 “Yeah, and you throw me out like a piece of dog shit! While you're sleeping around and your friends are fucking everything in sight."

Luigi took a deep breath and counted to 10. Cody had been through a lot.

Before he'd got his temper under control, Cody said, his eyes angry, his tone challenging, “Well?"

“Firstly, I wasn't sleeping with Keith and Jason when you and I … when I was going out with you."  Neither noticed the old-fashioned phrase, implying so much more than just a fuck or a fuck-buddy, implying in fact as it had been once in the 50s and 60s and 70s, the inevitable prelude to marriage and life-long commitment.

“Yeah, well." Cody wouldn't look at him.

“And … I was angry with you because you'd been deceiving me."

“I … Lou … I had no choice … I couldn't tell Phil. She would've dumped me. And I love her."

“Why should I always have second best? Just because I'm gay? Why can't I have someone to love?"

“I do love you. I did love you, Lou. I did!"

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“But Coads … you're gay.�?

“No!�? Cody shook his head vigorously. “No, I'm not gay.�?

Luigi was starting to get angry as well as depressed. “You liked it well enough when we had sex,�? he said, letting go of Cody and turning away.

“Yeah. But I'm not gay.�?

“OK. What are you?�?

“I don't the fuck know, Lou. I'm … I dunno. I do love you, Lou, I do. But … but, Lou, what if what happened to me is a punishment. From God.�?

“Do you believe God is good?�?

“Yeah. I s'pose.�?

“So why would He choose someone evil to do His bidding?�?

“I dunno, Lou. I just feel maybe if I'd been straight … then ...�?

“I thought you weren't gay?�?

“I'm not. But … it's a no brainer … I'm prolly not straight. I don't know, Lou.  I don't know anything any more.�?

“You need to talk to Key and Jace. They're not 100% gay either. Key … I think Keith is half in love with Esmé, who works in the café next door to the pub. But he also loves Tom and … Coads … he's my friend too.�?

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