"Hey Moms, can Connor come over for dinner tonight?" Jude asked shyly. He was still getting used to calling them Moms instead of Lena and Stef. Connor was his only friend at school and he had a major crush on him. This was his first crush on a boy and it made him so confused. Ever since Lena and Stef adopted Jude and Callie he had been meaning to tell Lena and Stef that he was interested in boys, but he could never muster up the courage to actually do it.

Stef raised her eyebrows and nudged Lena "Connor hey? You two have been hanging out a lot" Lens always knew that Jude was probably gay or bi but she wasn't going to ask him. Stef, on the other hand, was impatient and she always wanted a gay kid.

"Um, yea, he's my best friend. So can he come over?" Jude was nervous because he felt that Stef was hinting that Connor and him were a thing of some sort.

Lena cut Stef off just as she was asking if Connor and Jude were something more than friends. "Sure, he can come over; I'll just set another plate at dinner. Kay, bud?" Lena felt bad for this poor kid. He was clearly petrified of answering Stef.

Jude said a quick "Thank You!" and ran upstairs to avoid any awkward questions

"Did you really have to do that?" Lena said sharply as soon as she heard the bedroom door close.

"Come on Lena, I want him to know that it's safe to tell us if he is gay,"

"Then tell him that it is safe to tell us. Don't try to ask if he and his friend are going out!" Lena was raising her voice and giving Stef her famous look.

Stef noticed that her wife was starting to get angry. "Okay, sorry!"

Up in his room Jude was crying into his pillow. He was alone in his room because Jesus was out at a volleyball tournament today. He felt like such a coward. What kind of a person isn't even able to tell his two moms that he's gay? He didn't even know why he wasn't able to tell them, he really wanted to but whenever he went to say it his mouth turned into goo. There was a knock on the door.

"Hey, can I come in?" It was Lena

Jude sat up and quickly brushed the stray tears off his cheeks. "Yea, sure" he said cheerily, trying to hide the pain he was feeling. He quickly got scared again. Was she here to ask more questions?

Lena noticed Jude's puffy eyes and got angry because Stef potentially did that. She walked over and sat next to her son on his bed. "Remember when I told you that if you are taught to hide what makes you different, you will end up feeling a lot of shame about yourself?"

Jude nodded. He kept these words very close to him

"Good, well Stef and I want you to know that you don't have to hide anything from us. We don't want to push you to tell us something if you are not ready but you know we will not judge when you decide to tell us." Lena tried to make it as subtle as possible, but she still thought it was a little too out there. A part of her just wanted to yell out "Just tell us you're gay already!" but she would not want to be like her own mother.

Jude turned red in the face. How obvious was it that he liked boys instead of girls? Did everyone at school know too? Now would be the perfect time to just tell Lena but the doorbell interrupted him. "Saved by the bell, that must be Connor." Jude shot out of the room and out the front door to his friend.

Lena let out a long sigh. "So close." She whispered to herself "So Close."