𝙗𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 - byler

16

"oh, that's nasty," nate, one of the football players, said.

felix ignored the vomit on him and carried will over his shoulder, "what the fuck! let me go!" will screamed.

felix's friends followed them downstairs and outside.

at this point, a lot of the people went outside to go hangout in or near the pool.

felix walked up to the very edge of the diving board, still carrying will. "felix, what is this?"

"guys, do i throw him in?" some people swimming and his friends started cheering.

a few girls got out of the pool quickly to avoid what was about to go down while others stayed in because they were intrigued.

"throw the fag," troy shouted. people started to chant that.

-

"that's... really shitty of him. god, why did i ever become friends with him?"

"i ask myself the same question," james took a sip of his beer.

"hey, what are they doing out there?" mike looked out the window.

"who's that on the diving board?"

"i don't know. it looks like they're holding someone."

"wanna check it out?"

"yeah."

-

"throw the fag! throw the fag!" will was sobbing at this point. people had their phones out and were recording this.

"why are you doing this?" will asked even though his sobs made his words sound incoherent.

mike and james walked out while felix threw will in the pool. will also pulled felix down in the pool with him as he was going down.

"oh, damn!"

"double homicide."

"what?" troy looked at nate weirdly.

"i just wanted to reference- never mind."

troy brought his phone that was recording closer to the scene.

"who the fuck did you guys just throw in?"

troy put his arm around mike, "your boyfriend."

will and felix were fighting and shoving each other under water.

mike shoved troy and jumped into the pool. he swam over to will and felix and pulled felix away.

"what the fuck are you doing?"

"we're just having some fun. right, will?"

will hurried out of the pool.

mike punched felix and felix swung back but missed.

will pushed past people who were watching the two fight and rushed inside. he ran into someone.

"oh, shit, you're wet."

will choked into a sob as robin wrapped her arms around will.

-

"we can go to my place now."

will was wrapped in a towel and sitting on a bed in a random bedroom at felix's house. robin, steve, and dustin helped him find max and lucas.

will felt his eyes tear up.

"are you okay?"

will put his head in his hands and started to cry again.

"is he crying or laughing?" lucas whispered.

will lifted his head up, "i'm crying, you idiot," he giggled while more tears streamed down his face.

they started talking about random things to get will's mind off of what happened until someone barged in.

max and lucas immediately got up, "oh hell no. get the fuck out."

mike had a towel wrapped around him, too. he took a step back and put his hands up, "i-i just came to see if will was alright. i had nothing to do with this. i-i swear on my... life and my mother."

"then why are you wet?" lucas looked at mike up and down.

"guys, he didn't do anything. he kinda... helped... ish?"

"okay, um, you saw him. he's fine so go away now," max tried to shoo mike off.

"can i um," mike scratched the back of his neck, "talk to him alone?"

max and lucas looked at each other then at will.

"i mean, okay. as long as you don't throw me in the pool... or try to kill me agin."

"i wasn't trying to k- okay."

"yeah, i don't know about this," max crossed her arms.

"we could just wait right outside the door," lucas whispered to max.

"ugh, fine. have fun, lovebirds." max and lucas walked out and shut the door behind them.

"you can sit down."

mike slowly took a seat next to will on the bed.

"i'm sorry, like about what they did. if i knew they were gonna do this, i totally would've warned you."

"it's fine," will knew it wasn't fine but he didn't know what to say with his crush so close to him. he felt his face getting warm and he hated it.

"no, it's not fine. this is a little off topic but look, i'm really sorry for being an asshole. i just-" mike stopped himself for a moment to think about what he was gonna say. "it's just a hard time now, you know? growing up and puberty and shit." mike realized he's saying things his sister said to him but he kept going. "and i know i'm not the only one going through a hard time. like, i've made it worse for you and that was such a shitty thing for me to do. just because i feel like life sucks, that doesn't mean i should make it suck for others." mike took a breath and will just stayed quiet, waiting for him to continue.

"i just want you to know i'm sorry and i'm sure felix and those idiots will be sorry later in their stupid, sorry lives," mike smiled when will quietly laughed. "i know this is probably all confusing. like why do i keep trying to apologize and just fucking it up every time? i don't know, everything's confusing for me too um. i can't seem to stop talking- sorry."

will playfully rolled his eyes, "stop saying sorry."

"sorry- i mean sorry. shit. um, also, there was another thing i wanted to-" max opened the door.

"we gotta get out of here. the cops are here."

will and mike looked at each other in shock for a second before scrambling to get up.

everyone upstairs was shoving each other as they made their way downstairs.

"shit, shit, shit. if i get arrested, my mom's gonna kill me," will panicked.

"just shut up and keep moving."