Nervous Young Men

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by losborrachos

by losborrachos

I woke up, immediately stretching my arms. I opened my phone to see what seemed like hundreds of messages from Trait. All of them were different variations of him asking what happened with Cossett last night after we left Trait's house.

"Good morning T." I texted him.

"Finally you're up," he complained, "Tell me what happenedd."

"Nothing," I assured him, "He just drove me home."

Just then I got a message from an unspecified number.

"Hey Timmy.. It's Cossett."

"Hi." I replied.

"Do you maybe wanna hang out later?" He asked.

I smiled at my phone and quickly responded. "Yeah."

"Okay.. I'll be over to pick you up later then." He said with a smiley face.

He planned to come pick me up around noon today, and despite it being 9 o'clock, it felt like noon was far away.

I texted Stoney. "Hey I won't be able to hang out today."

"Why?" He replied.

"I have some other plans.. Maybe tomorrow though." I replied.

"Okay sounds good," he replied, quickly following up with, "what's your plans bro?"

"Uhh.. Hanging out with Cossett." I replied, hesitantly.

"And you said you WEREN'T friends." He replied.

"Okay, maybe we are." I replied back.

"Knew it," He typed back, "Anyway have fun!"

"I willll.." I responded.

I immediately got a text from Trait.

"So you're hanging out with Cossett today I heard?" He asked.

"Yeah, what about it?" I replied.

"I thought you didn't like him, thought you hated him or something." He said.

"He's alright.." I texted back.

"I think you think he's more than alright." Trait said, mockingly.

"Shut it." I responded.

"Oo.. someone's mad." Trait continued.

"No I'm not." I said, finally deciding to mute him. It was 10 o'clock now, so I decided to get a shower and get ready. By the time I was done, it was nearly noon, so I went outside and waited for Cossett, scrolling through messages of Trait pestering me for muting him. I heard the familiar sound of Cossett's pickup truck approaching my house. He stopped and immediately greeted me, I climbed in his truck and we drove off into town.