He didn't even want to think about it. "Yeah, if I didn't have gel than it would be just a huge mess of hair. Believe me you don't want to see the afro that would come out of this head." He started to laugh. "So I keep it gelled back and out of the way, and I don't use TOO much gel, just enough to get it down."
But this was supposed to be a serious conversation with him about his dad. "I know that its scary when you have to tell someone you love that you are gay. But, if he's all you have and your all he has, he wouldn't want to lose you. Telling him instead of hiding it is the best way so that it is out in the open and you can talk about it."