Now everyone knows we're boyfriends. They might not if Clay didn't go around telling everyone. He's just so excited to finally be out. He'll go up to random strangers, holding my hand and say, "Hi, we're boyfriends." Literally. Today in class he went up to the front of the room and shouted, "OLIVER CONNER IS MY BOYFRIEND!" Everyone stared at him. He even told Ms B, who was very excited for us.
Today is the day we go on the plane to go to Italy. I invited LouLou over to help me pack. She can't go because she's moving this week, but she's excited for me. "Should this go?" I ask, holding up a cute pair of swim trunks. "Absolutely." She nods. I throw them in the suitcase. "You need to take pictures! And send them to me!" LouLou scolds. "Okay, mom." I laugh, throwing a few more things in the suitcase before zipping it up. "Okay... I think I'm ready!" "Not so fast!" LouLou says, taking off the butterfly necklace that she always has on. "Here!" She smiles, putting it on me. "So that you remember me!" I hug her, tears in my eyes.
"I could never forget you." LouLou hugs back, rubbing my back soothingly. "Love you, loser." She grins. "Love you too, idiot." I smile.
Clay and I meet up at the airport. We walk to where we're supposed to meet up with the rest of the class, hand in hand. As soon as we get there we see Ms B scolding a group of rowdy teens. We smile at each other. As we're boarding the plane Clay stops by every person, turns to them and says, "This is my boyfriend." Holding up our hands. I blush and smile.
The ride to Italy was very peaceful, I slept most of the time. As soon as we get off, Clay yells "I LOVE MY BOYFRIEND!" Everyone around us gives us weird looks but we don't care. We're boyfriends.
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Written In The Stars
Roman d'amourOliver is a young trans boy coming out to his family. Clay is the king of soccer and definitely straight. Or is he? When they become friends, something more complicated blooms.
