Escape || an LGBT+ story (DISCONTINUED)

Chapter 70

Jamie looks around in content. It is perfect now. Pizza Gang is there, Jay, Josh and Mike, Zoey and their BFF Neveah and, of course, Ian. Jamie can't stay mad at him, he means so well. Ian truly is a sweetheart, just a very dumb one. 

Right now, Jay has engaged in a conversation with Chase. Chase, ignoring social rules as always, is openly flirting with Jay, since he is a softie with a strong personality, nice tan, long lashes, sorta round cheeks and freckles, so pretty much his ideal type. Needless to say, Joshua doesn't like that. He is sitting in his wheelchair next to Jay, eyeing Chase up and down to the point where the midget is nervously fiddling with the fabric of his sleeveless top while trying to form sentences that can not be considered flirting. However, since flirting is his first language, he is struggling a lot.

Zoey and Neveah are chattering away with Brian, Luka and Brandy while Mike struck up a conversation with Terence, probably the sanest one here. The only non-sane thing he has ever done is agreeing to be Brandy's boyfriend.

Jamie turns to Ian. 'See, it's perfect like th-'

Hey, where did he go?

Jamie looks around, but he can't find his oppar. He is about to ask Jay where he went to when he hears Ian clear his throat. Through a microphone. On the stage behind the curtains that are now moving aside. 'Test, test.'

That idiot, Jamie thinks to himself. There's only eleven people here, does he really need a stage and a mic? 

At the same time, he realizes that the stage is a part of Ian's personality. Without a stage or an audience, he's pretty much nothing in his own eyes. So Jamie decides to let him live for once.

'James Theodore Watson, light of my life, my lovely blueberry, my favourite fierce midget...'

Jamie glared at him so he quickly shut up and smiled. 'Happy, happy birthday. You're finally eightteen now, and you know what that means...'

Jamie raises a brow, expecting some corny remark.

'You can escape and be your true self...'

Oh my god. He has actually remembered that? Jamie said that at their very first meeting, and come to think of it, Ian has brought it up before, when they talked about Jay. However, Jamie never knew Ian actually realized how much it meant to him.

'...and I'd love to join stand with you on that journey.'

Jamie can't keep a little "aww" from escaping his mouth, but quickly regains his composure, curious as to what Ian has to say.

'So of course, I have a present for you. However, before I go on and tell you what it is, I would like to tell you a story.' 

Jamie  folds his arms. Let's hear it.

'Until the 28th of June this year, at 9.58 PM sharp-'

'It was 9.57 PM,' Jamie corrects him.

'Alright, 9.57 PM. Until 9.57 PM on June 28 this year, I was sure I was straight.'

'Boo!' Brandy and Chase protested.

'But the moment I saw you, I instantly knew I was everything but straight.'

'Yeahh!' Zoey and Neveah now joined in as well. Ian smiled in content and gestured with his arm towards somewhere. The next moment, the lights were out except for two spotlights, one for Jamie and one for Ian.

'I can still see you standing there, jaw dropped, eyes big, all flustered.' Ian's soothing voice filled the room. 'You know, I didn't need Jay to inform me of your gayness, since it was so obvious that it overflowed, on me. Yeah, that's my theory now. You were so gay that it jumped over to me.'

'That's bullsh*t!' Chase yells from the dark. 'I was always gay for you and you never spared me a glance.'

'You are gay for every man that breathes, Chase,' Ian replies.

'By the way, Ian,' Zoey's voice sounds, 'it's called "falling in love at first sight", not "gayness jumping over".'

Jamie chuckles.

'Your sibling is sassy,' Ian says, chuckling as well. 'Not as sassy as you though. Alright, I fell in love at first sight and so did you. The chemistry between is was so strong that both of us were unable to hide it. So I wrote a song about it. You want to know its name?'

Jamie nods, feeling his heart speed up. Ian wrote a song, just for him?

'It's a really silly name, so you better don't laugh at me.'

'I can't promise I won't, but I will try,' Jamie says.

'Okay. It's "Three billion meters per second". Three billion meters per second is ten times the speed of light, because I was sure I had already fallen for you when I saw you.' He winks at Jamie and his spotlight goes out. Jamie hears Jay's voice behind him. 'Here, take a seat.' 

Jamie is so flustered, he just stares at the stage while sitting down on the soft armchair Jay offers him. Soon, the lights dimly start shining again above the stage where the six members of Pizza Gang have now taken in their positions, Ian in the same place, but with his guitar. 'Are you ready?' he asks Jamie.

'N-Not really?' Jamie stutters flusteredly, causing the others tho laugh. 'But I don't think I ever will be either, so maybe you should just start.'

Ian chuckles. 'Okey dokey, my blueberry. Bri, give us the beat.'

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Word count: 886

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Did I mention I love Chase already?