ROYALS

-7-

-: Sitting next
to you
is like
taking a sip <- Reminded me of a special 2
of eternity,
the sun, the stars,
the sky,
never tasted
so good :-
-Christy Ann
Martine-

The days leading up to the audition blew by in an instant. There wasn't much going on beforehand, other than Simon and I trying to see each other as much as possible. After our talk it was scary to see him leave even just my sight. I didn't want him to ever leave, I didn't want him to get pulled away like Erik.

Every night I fell asleep with the image of his face in my mind. Call me obsessive, call me stupid, call me anything you want, but everywhere I go I keep his love with me.

That's where we were now, lying together in the morning of our audition, and holding each other. His skin brushed up against mine, and as I brushed my hand through his soft curls the edge of his mount curled up into a grin.

"Are you sure you're not just dating me to get to play with my hair all the time." He mumbles, the other half of his face in the pillow.

"Oh no, that's just a really good bonus." I say, placing a kiss on his shoulder.

"You ready for the audition today? Need to practice a little bit more?" He asks, nudging my arm.

"Listen I messed up the lyrics one time, I swear!" I say in retaliation.

"Say what you please Willy, but the rest of the band believes otherwise." He laughs.

I pull my pillow from below my head and throw it at him.

"Oh it's on." He says, sitting up and starting to push me down. My hands are crossed against my chest, trying to shake him off, and he giggles while grabbing the pillow and throwing it down on me.

I fight back and flip him over, bringing his hands over his head.

"Defeat." I say, making a frown on my face. He rolls his eyes. Time starts to stop, as I see him relax into my grasp, and look into my eyes.

I reach to cup his cheek, and start to pull him closer to me. I dip down to kiss him, and graze my tongue against his lips. I can feel him leaning into me, as he reaches his hand to my head, combing his fingers through my hair.

I move to his neck, and begin kissing it which makes him groan. I suddenly pull away, and face him.

"Didn't you say I had horrible morning breath?" I say, sitting upright.

He pushes me lightly.

"That didn't stop me last time." He says, which makes me smirk. 

"As much as I would love to stay here all day and make out with you, we should probably start getting ready or we're going to be late." I say.

I suddenly get up and putting on my clothes, and Simon quickly follows suit. I look over to him and start to fall in love with him all over again. Just the sight of him alone could make me come undone. My eyes trailed down his body until he catches my attention.

"Staring much Willie?" He says, stepping into his black jeans.

I blush and look away, putting my shirt on. It's not like seeing each other undressed was anything new, but each time felt like such a new feeling. I just couldn't explain it.

We walked out of the hall holding hands, which was something we've been doing everyday. The first time it happened was the day after we talked. He took my hand when me met while walking to class, and I swear I could feel myself go numb. I felt exposed, naked.

I wasn't used to being out, if it even really was coming out. Everyone at the school knew it was me in the video, it was inevitable. Telling the public was nothing other than giving the homophobic people what they wanted.