Dad had gotten up early and transferred the chronivac program from Jeff's pc to his laptop and taken the emitter. Jeff cried in horror and infinite sadness as he watched this happen through his fathers eyes. "Why are you doing this?" Jeff screamed in his father's head. "You can just make yourself any age you want to be!"
His father paused for a second, "Life is about the experience Jeff, You need to take the chances you are given and enjoy life to its fullest."
If Jeff had a mouth it would be agape. He has the audacity to be fatherly after stealing any and every chance Jeff has at a normal life? WTH? With a telepathic blast of white hot rage, Jeff screamed, "YOU HAVE ACTIVELY STOLEN ALL MY CHANCES!"
Jeff's dad reeled momentarily by the emotional force of the message. Maybe there was even a twinge of guilt. Jeff sensed this and for a second he felt powerful. Then he began to feel aroused and all his willpower couldn't stop what came next. That being him and his dad.
Jeff was humiliated, enraged, confused, and scared. He just wanted this to be over and not be sent to the underwear drawer. His dad was eating breakfast in silence, Jeff could sense he was thinking about seeing his crush at work. Jeff was disgusted, not by the homosexuality, but by his willingness to abandon his loving family.
Being the hormone infused, emotionally spent teenager who felt he had nothing left to lose, Jeff let his father have it. "Hey! I know what you're thinking about! And dont you dare say work because I know it isnt. How could you do this to Mom? She has stood by you for years, supporting you the best she could and raising your children! You're plan is just to abandon her once you get a boyfriend? You promised to cherish her, you promised to protect her... You disgust me. How is my little brother going to learn how to drive, how to treat a loved one, how to take care of a house? You are leaving and destroying his big brother at the same time. Way to go, Dad!"
Jeff felt his father turn sour, he knew he hit a number of touchy points. "I don't love her how a husband should love his wife, me leaving to let her move on, is the most responsible thing I can do.", came dad's quivering and calculated response.
Jeff shot back immediately, "No it isnt you stupid fool! You have the Chronivac, the responsible thing would be to release me and change your sexuality so that you could love her the way you promised to and continue taking responsibility for the children you brought into this world."
"How is that being true to me and my feelings?!?!?!?!" Dad shot back without hesitation.
"Fuck you and your feelings, Dad! These are the consequences to the actions and choices you have already made!" Jeff didnt like labeling himself as a consequence, as it only seemed to dehumanize him more but he felt it was a risk worth taking.
"Shut up!" Was dad's response and there was a sudden and severe lessening of perception. The proverbial slamming the door shut, Jeff's dad had severed the telepathic connection, limiting Jeff's access to the outside world.
Jeff's dad was always the impulsive child at heart. Always doing things on a whim, this actually wasn't uncharacteristic. Maybe a lot more severe, with farther reaching consequences. but not uncharacteristic. Jeff could actually still forgive his father if he did the right thing.