Chapter 5: Tomorrow is the Day...

Tommorow  was the dance, and Dirk was nervous. He felt like he should tell Jake how he feels, but he new he would get bothered.
Dirk walked up to Roxy in the hallway. "Hey, umm, Roxy? Can I have some advice?" He asked. "Sure!"
" So the new kid, Jake. I have a bit of a crush on him, and I want to tell him how I feel. But then again, I also don't want to be called things like 'Gay fag' or 'homo freak' I-I just..." He sighed. "I don't know what to do! Can you help me?"
Roxy looked at him with worry. "Dirk, you shouldn't let how you think people will react get in the way of someone you love. If you loved Jake that much, you wouldn't let the opinion of someone around you affect your opinion of someone else." The bell rang. "I have to go, but take at least some of what I said seriously, o-okay?" Roxy waved to him and turned around to head to class.
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Later, at lunch, Dirk sat his table alone with Roxy, when Jake walked over. " Hey! Can I sit here?" He asked. " Sure. No one really sits here but us so knock yourself out." Roxy told him and patted the seat in between Roxy and Dirk. Roxy looked at him. " So, what's your name, kid?" She asked in her usally slurish tone. " Jake English. And you?" He asked. She admediantly eyed Dirk. "My name is Roxy Lalonde." He smiled.
                      The three of them talked about random things, that included what music they listened to, favorite colors, what TV shows they watched. Dirk was surprised that Jake and him had a lot in common. They both listened to almost the same bands like Panic! At The Disco and Fall Out Boy. " Oh shoot, I forgot a spoon. I'll be back." Jake told them and went off. " Roxy looked at Dirk a bit after he left. " Soo,  Jake huh?"  She asked, grinning. " Yeah. That's Jake. What are you getting at?" He asked. " That's Jake?! He is pretty cute. Dirky, you totally gotta go after him!!" She took a sip of her 'waterbottle'. " I will, I'm just nervous..." He fiddled with his thumbs. " Aah, you'll be fine." "But-" Jake came back. " Alrighty, I'm back." He smiled at then, and Roxy smiled back. Dirk sighed and continued on with their coversation.

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Dirk fell onto his bed. He looked upon his wall, looking at the various posters taped to it. And see the tiny robotic peices on his bed side table. He put his hand over his face. Cal hung on his headboard next to some sketches of a machine he was planning to making. He got up and walked to the kitchen. His brother wasn't home with him, and he wouldn't be for the next 6 hours or so. He went into the fridge and grabbed a bottle of AJ, opening it with a hiss. He turned the TV on and plopped on the couch.
He was thinking about what to say to him tomorrow. Jake. The boy he's known for two weeks now. He had to say something, and a simple, ' I love you' wouldn't do. He had to say more before the big word came out. He had to figure it out in the next twenty - four hours...