My Promise To You

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George's POV

After school I went home excited. I was happy after I had talked with Clay and I let myself fall down on the couch.

'How are you doing, George?'

'I'm good,' I said with a smile on my face.

'Dang, you look happy. Have you seen any cute guys or something?'

I giggled. 'Sort of.'

'Tell me about him.'

'There were two new people at school, they are in a relationship, I think. Although the boy said it's more a friendly relationship than a love relationship. His name is Clay and he's pretty cute and handsome. I've talked with him for a bit and he's really sweet. I asked him to come to the group we have at school and he said he supports LGBTQ+.'

My mum smiled and grabbed my hand. 'Do you have a little crush on him?'

My face heated up and I shrugged. 'I don't yet, but I might get one quick. He has a girlfriend, so I hope I won't get a crush on him.'

My mum smiled as she stood up. 'Do you want some tea?'

I nodded. 'Sure, thanks mum.'

My mum smiled back and turned on the kettle as she turned back to me. 'How does he look?'

'He has blonde hair, not long and not short and I think his eyes are green. He was just wearing some sweatpants and a yellow or a green hoodie.'

My mum smiled and gave me a warm cup with boiling water, putting a small scale with different tastes next to it. I grabbed the strawberry taste and my mum looked at me.

'Are you wearing makeup?'

I nodded. 'Not much, but I was chilling with Niki, Cara and Olivia. Olivia never wears makeup, but Niki and Cara do.'

'Looks good.'

'It does.' I laid down on the couch and my thoughts went back to Clay again. Would he be in our school's group chat? I grabbed my phone and I went to the group chat to see if Clay might have been in there. I had added everyone to my contacts, but two random numbers.

I clicked on them and the first profile picture was a girl with a cat. That must have been Hannah, I added her to my contacts and clicked on the other number. A profile picture of a boy with blonde hair in football clothes, smiling at the camera. It was obviously Clay and I clicked on the chat.

You
Hi :)

Clay was online immediately.

Clay
Hi, I'm so sorry, but I have no idea who this number is :,)

You
It's George :)

Clay
Oh hi! I'm so lost with all those random numbers in the group

You
I'll tell you tomorrow if you still wanna hang out

Clay
Sounds good, ty

You
How was your first day at school?

Clay
It was okay :) thanks for asking, yours?

You
It was fine! I don't dislike school and I just had fun with my friends :)

Clay
Sounds good

You
May I ask why you've moved schools?

Clay
For my dad's work :) nothing bad

You
Okay! Do you live with your parents?

Clay
Yes, my parents and my brother and sister, you?

You
I live with my mum, she's amazing. Where would you like to go after school tomorrow?

Clay
I would love to see your place :)

You
Okay :) but I'll be going to yours after

Clay
:) sure

I smiled and closed my phone, looking at my mum. 'He's so sweet.'

'Did you text with him?'

I nodded and giggled. 'He's cute. Look, this is his profile picture,' I said as I grabbed my phone again to show my mum his profile picture.

My mum nodded. 'He looks great, do you know if he likes boys too?'

'He has a girlfriend, I don't know if he likes boys. If he does, he still has a girlfriend. We are hanging out tomorrow after the LGBTQ+ club of the school.'

'Are you going to our place?'

'Yes, he wanted to come here.'

'Okay! I will buy some biscuits for him,' my mum smiled.

'Okay, thank you. I don't know what he would like to drink, do you have multiple drinks?'

'I have tea, coffee, some sodas and just water.'

'Okay, I think he might at least like something out of that. I'm going to do my homework for the day after tomorrow too so I don't have homework when Clay is with me. I want to chill with him.'

'That's sweet of you! Good luck.'

I nodded thankfully and walked upstairs, grabbing the books and stuff I needed to do my homework with. I was happy, I didn't even know how Clay and I were suddenly going to hang out this quickly after meeting, but I was more than happy that we were going too.

He wasn't only cute, handsome and whatever, but I was sure he was actually an amazing friend as well. I immediately smiled as I thought about him again, I kind of liked him already.

I had never really been in love, I had found guys hot before and I had no interest in girls. I just never had been actually in love, but I was almost sure I was going to fall in love with Clay already.

I finished doing my homework about two hours later and went to lay down in bed, playing some games on my phone. I had done a lot of homework just then so I was pretty tired now.

I smiled and opened Clay's and my chat again, looking at his profile picture. He was really good looking there, just as he was in real life. I almost sent him a text to compliment his profile picture, but I figured that might have been a bit uncomfortable so random and soon. I just knew him one day, I wouldn't overwhelm him.

I kept looking at his profile picture for a good few minutes and put my phone away after to sleep for a little. I fell asleep, thinking about Clay.

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