Tronnor (Vidcon)

Chapter 5

Tyler and I talk for an hour and a half about Troye. When the door opens we stop talking. I go back to my bed and play on my phone.

"Hey guys" Troye says and takes his shoes off.

"Hi" we say in sync.

"What have you been doing?" he asks.

"Well, I finished making Ty's thumbnail and watched TV" I say.

"And I got the schedules" Tyler says.

"Okay..." Troye says. He obviously knows something was up.

"Do you guys want to go down to the pool?" Troye asks.

"Maybe later, I have to go set up the hall for the 2 o'clock panel, but you two should definitely go" Tyler says and when Troye isn't looking he winks at me.

"Do you wanna?" Troye asks me.

"Um, sure, just let me change" I say and grab my stuff, going to the bathroom and changing.

"You can do this" I say quietly to myself in the mirror. I grab my towel and the sunscreen and walk down to the pool with Troye.

"So, how was the panel?" I ask while we walk down. Every once in a while our arms brush and my heart speeds up every time.

"Boring" he says vaguely, "the interviewers only talk to like one or two people on the panel; they barely acknowledge the rest".

"Yeah, I'm glad I only have one this year" I say.

"Maybe you will be on the LGBT panel with Tyler and I next year" he says and I look at him.

"Oh my God. I'm sorry. I shouldn't say it so loud" he says and I see his face getting red.

"It's okay Troye" I say and he stops walking.

"Hey Con?" he asks, and I stop walking too.

"What?".

"I really am sorry...about everything" he says and I feel guilty for making him feel this way.

"I know" I say and he smiles at me.

"So, we're okay then? You don't hate me?" he asks. I almost laugh at how ironic that question is.

"No, I don't hate you Troye" I say and he starts walking with me again. When we make it down to the pool, Caspar is there and so are Joe and Marcus.

"Hey guys" I say and they say hi back.

"Come on in and join us, the water is beautiful" Marcus says.

I put my stuff down on a chair and Troye does the same. I walk over to the pool and dip my toe in the water. As I do so, Troye pushes me and I fall into the pool. When I resurface I shake the water out of my hair, wipe the water from my face and look up at him.

He is laughing above me and I push myself out of the water. I stand in front of him and he keeps laughing.

"Two can play at this game" I say and he slows his laughter.

"Oh come on Connor, you had to see that coming" he says.

I don't say anything to him but I gently grab his wrist and pull him to me. His body hits my bare chest slightly and I push him into the pool.

When he resurfaces he takes off his shirt, throws it towards me and says, "okay, now that were even, come in with me".

I jump in the pool next to him and while underwater I scream. He makes me happy without even trying.

I float to the top and Caspar, Joe and Marcus join us. Like the children we are; we end up playing Marco Polo.

After an hour and Marcus winning multiple times, we get out of the pool and I lay on the chairs in the sun.