It only clicked then that Garrett didn't know Shannon was disabled. Which is about the moment Fin realised it wouldn't be obvious on his Facebook pages because there was no big deal made about it. Shannon was Fin's boyfriend, they were Facebook official and all. But Shannon had his profile locked up, so even if Garrett Facebook stalked, he wouldn't see any of Shannon's stuff. The photos Fin has posted of Shannon, there was no obvious evidence of a wheelchair. He nodded. "Yeah, we're sitting. I'm sitting on his lap. Shannon's disabled. He's in a wheelchair," he explained. At least then Garrett wouldn't get a shock. A shock Shannon might see if he wasn't forewarned. "She's an amazing girl. She makes me smile and she grounded me again when everything was going awful for me. It was one big shitstorm when I got there. Then I met Shannon, and he... I don't know. Gave me everything I didn't realise I desperately needed. Dad does care. A lot. He just didn't know how to put it in action at first. Last he ever saw me, I was in diapers. They pants'ed me in front of the entire gym class, boxers and all. They'd be harassing me and saying awful things. Then they put this shit in my water that made me puke over and over, I ended up in hospital because they thought something was really wrong with me. Then as if that wasn't enough, they did it with laxatives too. You can imagine how that turned out," he mumbled. He gave a shake of his head and busied himself getting Michelangelo's blanket from where it was hanging in the back of the stall. He was still embarrassed as all fuck with what happened.
"Yeah, they know why. He was thrown from a spooked colt on his family's farm and broke his back. He could've died, but he didn't. He was in a coma and they thought he was either quadriplegic or paraplegic. He was paralysed for awhile, but then they did some massive surgery on his back and he got the feeling back. But his spine at his lower back is full of pins and plates. He's not paralysed but his back was damaged so badly, he can't stand or walk. He can move in and out of the chair and he's pretty self-sufficient. He can move his feet, but he can't really move his legs much. Because the injury was so bad, he still has pain issues. Mostly he's good, just some days are real bad for him. But it's okay, because he's taken just as much care of me when I've been sick. It's not all one-sided. No. No, I don't want anyone vetting him. No one needs to vet anything. He's judged enough." He was brushing Michelangelo down now, but his last words were firm. He didn't want any of his friends interrogating Shannon about his intentions. Shannon didn't have to prove himself to anyone. He stopped the brushing abruptly though and he looked over Michelangelo's nose at Garrett. "You brought the drugs to the party? They were your drugs?"
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"Yeah, they know why. He was thrown from a spooked colt on his family's farm and broke his back. He could've died, but he didn't. He was in a coma and they thought he was either quadriplegic or paraplegic. He was paralysed for awhile, but then they did some massive surgery on his back and he got the feeling back. But his spine at his lower back is full of pins and plates. He's not paralysed but his back was damaged so badly, he can't stand or walk. He can move in and out of the chair and he's pretty self-sufficient. He can move his feet, but he can't really move his legs much. Because the injury was so bad, he still has pain issues. Mostly he's good, just some days are real bad for him. But it's okay, because he's taken just as much care of me when I've been sick. It's not all one-sided. No. No, I don't want anyone vetting him. No one needs to vet anything. He's judged enough." He was brushing Michelangelo down now, but his last words were firm. He didn't want any of his friends interrogating Shannon about his intentions. Shannon didn't have to prove himself to anyone. He stopped the brushing abruptly though and he looked over Michelangelo's nose at Garrett. "You brought the drugs to the party? They were your drugs?"