dancing on broken glass

20. out of the closet

Skye

It's been a month and a half since the day I changed my number. It's safe to say that it was quite successful cause Carter didn't find out. He still hasn't. Well, what he doesn't know won't hurt him I said to myself, internally shrugging.

We were going strong and steady for a month, with hardly any issues. Although, the last two weeks have been a little shaky. Carter used to basically stay at my apartment, all his belongings were here, and we would spend most of our time together and fall asleep in each other's arms. But since the last two weeks or so, I'd barely seen him. He would stay out most of the day and come back late at night or he wouldn't come at all. The nights he would come home, he would come just before dawn. He would come to the bed, thinking that I was asleep, when in reality I wasn't, I was in too much thought. He would take his side of the bed and lay down with his back facing me. He wouldn't touch me. When I would sometimes reach out to him, he would either move away or respectively remove my hand. He would disappear in the morning.

But today, I had decided that I had had enough of this absurdity. I will confront Carter when he gets back. I will

Uhhhh yea ok sure

What's that supposed to mean?

You'd probably just stutter and make a fool of yourself and then pray for the ground to swallow you whole duh

Wow ok Ashley

Having had enough of Ashley for the day, I decided to patiently wait for Carter to come back, if he does that is...

...

It's been about seven hours now, and there's still no sign of Carter, his car isn't even down.

I decided to wait for a while more before he turned up.

...

I was almost asleep when I heard a low rustle,

Keyword: almost

Carter came into my view once I blinked a few times trying to adjust to the light. Well excuse me but I just awakened from the dead. We need darkness to survive in hell. Ok, I don't know what I'm saying. He looked like he had been caught by the FBI halfway through a murder, which in this case, was precisely it. I was the FBI and he was committing murder, he was murdering my feelings

Cue Ashley

Ashley: *absolute suicide silence* I'm done with your shit

Ahhhh man, another one

We the best music
Another one
DJ Khaled
Yeah, you're lookin' at the tru-

I start singing to myself, completely forgetting about my ongoing mission. I focus on Carter again, before pointing at him "you and i" I said pointing to the two of us for the sole purpose of emphasis cause why not, "need to have a serious talk son" I completed. Carter nodded and shook his head meekly, like a child getting shouted at but he doesn't know why. "You sir, have been avoiding me," I said accusingly. Carter looked at me for a second before gathering the courage to say " no I haven't"

The sheer audacity.

I shot him a pointed look "yea and the people who were infected by the black death were roaming around freely on the streets of whatever fucking town they lived in" I said rolling my eyes.

Carter looked at me with wide eyes, bigger than saucers might I add, when he heard me cuss. He understood the assignment and was scared to see the outcome if it wasn't completed. Good.

"I-I am sorry" he stuttered.

If I may say so your honour, I'd say he's guilty

Is he really though?
Shut up Ashley

It"s your honour to you, and what? It's true, you're just mean and accusing him wrongly.

Oh, well I'm sorry for the mean, awful, accurate things I say.

getting back to court, I look at Carter expectantly, beckoning him to continue.

"I met someone," he said so softly that I would have ninety-nine per cent missed it, but then again, being the most amazing human to ever exist has it's perks.

You're high

Isn't there a bullet somewhere you should be jumping in front of?

*again, utter silence*

Ha loser, suck it

Focusing on the accused again, I look at him blankly "what do you mean you met someone?" I said calmly cause

1. He's my best friend
2. He deserved to be happy and I know that there isn't much of us, or much ahead of us, as much as I love him, it's platonic, there's no spark or excitement like I had with Blaze

Of course, I'm not going to tell him that straight away, I want to mess around with him a little

"Uh-um his name is Shawn"

His????

"His???!" I screamed out, not expecting that in the least

"Ye-yes. Nobody knows and I didn't want to tell anybody yet. I was waiting. Both of us didn't want people to find out so soon" he said softly.

Not being able to hold it in, I leapt onto him, clutching him tightly, squeezing him

"OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOUUUUUUU. THIS IS AMAZING CATER" I yelled out happily, making him flinch.

"Wait so you're not pissed?"

"Pissed? Hell no, why would I be pissed" I asked, genuinely confused

"Well, maybe cause I cheated on you and used you as a cover?"

"No I'm surprisingly not, this is the best news I've heard in a long time Car! Thank you" I said beaming. "And to be honest, if I get used this way, by someone I love as much as you, platonically" I added quickly "I wouldn't mind. Ever." I told him proudly. "It takes a lot of courage Carter, I'm proud of you. You don't have to tell people if you don't want to, and I promise you that I won't tell anyone either" I told him in a comforting manner, only to be attacked in one of his world-famous bear hugs. We hugged each other for a long ass time before parting

"So dicks over chicks huh," I said smirking

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I can die a proud mama now, I'm so proud of my Carter🥺

sorry for the late update, and I'm sorry cause I missed uploading a chapter yesterday, life's been too hectic anyways I hope you enjoyed his short ass chapter