growing pains

chapter 5: First Day of Freshman Year

   Over the summer, Me, Nicole and Tyler barely saw each other. I mean of course we saw each other at parties but never any long conversations. I hung out with my friends, Nicole hung out with Jayden and Tyler was hanging out with whoever had the alcohol. The 3 of us had been friends since kindergarten so not being with them 24/7 was weird but they did warn us that high school split friend groups up.
   The first real conversation I had with them was on the first day of school, here's how that conversation went "Hey Nicole!" I screamed from the other side of the hall. "Hey omg, dude we haven't talked in forever" She said. "Yea umm there is actually something I needed to tell you" I said hesitantly. Behind the scenes there was stuff that I had never told my friends but over the summer I got into a relationship that kinda forced me to tell them my big secret. "OK go ahead, there's nothing you can't tell me" She said. "This is Corrine, I don't believe you've met her before but she's a sophomore and she is actually my girlfriend." I said scared that I would lose my best friend. "Oh my god thats so cool, hey corrine!" She said accepting. "Wait so you're not gonna stop being my friend" I said relieved. "Oh my god no why would I, I've known you since kindergarten you don't think that I didn't know you were kinda fruity the whole time, you never had a crush on a single guy" she said as she started to laugh. I was so happy she didn't care that I was queer, she really has been my biggest supporter. The only problem that I have now is that my parents don't know and if they did they would probably kick me out. Corrines been out of the closet since she was 13 and her friends and family are very supportive so any time we hang out I have to go to her house because my parents would question our relationship too much if they met her. The next thing I had to do was tell Tyler. "Yo Tyler we need to talk" I said calmer than last time. "Yea olivia we do need to talk" he said really upset. "Wait what why are you so upset?" I said really confused. "Dude you ghosted us all summer and what to hang out with your new friends, I mean you don't even know what was going on in Nicole's life, she has gone through hell these last 2 months and you weren't there for her, you're such a shitty friend but sure what do you want" he said frustrated. "Well now my thing doesn't seem so important" I said mad at myself because I felt so guilty. "What were you gonna say that you're gay or some shit cause I already knew" he said. "Um yea actually this is my girlfriend, Corinne." I said timidly because I felt like the whole world knew before even I knew. "Oh well hi corinne" he said. "Umm hey this is kinda awkward now, I'll come back later, bye babe" Corinne said sweetly as she walked away. I turned to Tyler and he immediately started to walk away. "Tyler Wait! I'm sorry I ghosted ya'll, I've just been preoccupied. Please I'll make it up to you! My house 6 o'clock?" I said hoping that he would accept my invitation. "Yea I'll pass, me and Nicole have better things to do than hang out with you" Tyler said right as he turned around to go to class.
   I felt horrible I didn't realize that they were so upset with me I just wanted to hang out and be with my new friends and my girlfriend. It was kinda weird though how Tyler was really upset about me ghosting them but Nicole was being all nice and sweet. Something is definitely up with Tyler but I'm not sure what.
   I had 3 classes with Nicole and only one class with Tyler so I barely had any time to be able to apologize to him. The whole day I was anxious to talk to him, it kinda sucks cause the class that I have with him is the last one of the day. Finally I had gone through lunch and all my other classes, it was time to talk with him. When I went in the class I saw him sitting in the very back which was unusual for him because usually he likes to sit front and center but it was fine. I headed straight to where he was sitting. "Hey, we need to talk" I said. He looked like an angry ghost like he was there but he wasn't and he definitely had rbf (resting bitch face). "Hello you there?" He wouldn't respond. Of course the silent treatment, he thinks he is so funny. I went home that day with no clue how to make him forgive me and I spent all night wondering why he was acting so weird. I don't know what to do.