JC
He heard Raymond laugh and he grimaced, choking on air for a moment before being pulled back to reality. Shaking Arthur's hand quickly, he retracted his hand and buried it in between his knees with the other. Sam, having apparently seen his momentary breakdown, began to talk about him. "JC allowed me to write an article about his earlier life. It was one of the things that actually got me into the whole writing thing." In all honesty she owed JC everything. It was the article she wrote on him that got her where she saw today. Well, not that she was even very far today, but she worked on her novel whenever she could, and if it hadn't have been for him she would have never even tried to pursue her dreams as a writer.
JC smiled at the mention of their article. It had mostly been about his childhood abuse, some parts dipping into the severity of it, even the sexual abuse he had suffered from his older brother and his friends. Though it was a sad thing to think about, he hoped that somewhere it helped someone. Let someone know that they weren't alone. Or at least it allowed someone to see that, hey, being attracted to the same gender isn't a sin. Even though his parents tried to get the article removed, even called and screamed at him for it, he still felt proud of it. And it pleased him even more to know that Sam had liked it too, or even remembered it.
Though soon his attention was pulled back to the conversation. ..your wife? JC nearly laughed, but contained himself and just shook his head. "You could pretty much say I'm here alone. My husband, the real father, is with the surrogate." The way he said 'real father' sounded slightly bitter, and he tried to brush it off. Though it also upset him a bit that he'd called Johannah the surrogate. JC loved that girl, but if the pair continued to bring that up JC was done. It may have been something irrational to leave about, but it was something that upset him very much and both of them knew that. But since his husband obviously didn't even care enough to come see if he was okay, then he probably wouldn't have that hard of a time raising a child with its real mother.
Sam tilted her head to the side slightly, watching JC curiously. He was obviously upset about something, but she didn't want to ask about it while her husband was here. Not that she minded her husband being there, Sam was actually really excited that JC got to meet him, but she didn't want the boy to feel compelled to tell the whole room his business. Shifting back, she leaned her head against Arthur's shoulder, though she was tilted in a way that still allowed her a clear view of JC. "Just in case you didn't get that, JC is a flaming homosexual. Too gay too function." One thing that she and JC had done together was watch Mean Girls, and it was always his favorite part of the movie. As she saw his face light up she felt accomplished.