The Lovers Connection: Volume 1

Chapter 7

Jules’s POV 11 am:

Chapter 10 was a flirty kind of chapter with the main characters. Chapter 11 was a problem with how people viewed them in the world. Chapter 12 was about them fighting for their rights to be together where they lived. Chapter 13 was another flirty kind of chapter with the characters together. Chapter 14 was a date night with the characters and their future views. Chapter 15 was the characters getting into some trouble with some bullies. Chapter 16 was a heartbreak with the characters getting in trouble together. Chapter 17 was the main character Sam trying to fix their relationship. Chapter 18 was the main characters working the problems together. Chapter 19 was the characters getting into a final fight with the enemies. Chapter 20 was the characters fighting more problems together and then, it stopped there. No more writing. I think he ran out of time to continue. So far. Fritz’s book was amazing. Every bit of it was amazing. The writing would be in cursive and soft and clear when the story was at a relaxing point and then seemed to press down on the ink and make the writing seemed more aggressive when the story took a deep turn of events. It was such an emotional rollercoaster that made me want to keep reading to find out what happens next. Now I just gotta give the book back to Fritz today. Hopefully, I can find him. It’s Friday and it’s lunchtime so hopefully, I’ll see him somewhere. I started to explore the hallways of the school, hoping I’d find him, and sadly couldn’t find anyone. Not even my gang. Maybe everyone’s just lost today. Fritz wasn’t at the spot I showed him yesterday either. I grew sad. I started walking down the hallway again until I spotted a  rabbit, going through a locker. A bright smile burned on my face. I could show him the book Fritz wrote. That’ll be cool. I made my way over towards him and when I got close enough, I greeted him. “Hey, Riley!” I called out. He jumped and spun around. Then he saw me. “Jesus, Jules. You scared the crap outta me.” He said. I nervously laughed. “Sorry. Heh. How are you doing today?” I asked him as he closed his locker and grabbed his stuff. “Not the greatest, but I’ve been ok.” He told me, “What about you?” He asked me back. “Oh, I’ve been good.” I said. He smiled. “I’m happy to hear that.” He replied. “Oh um. I wanted to show you something.” I said pulling my bag out and opening it. I pulled our Fritz’s book and held it close to my chest. “Did you know Fritz writes books?” I asked him. He shook his head no. “Well he wrote this amazing book and I thought it would be cool to show you.” I said, holding out the book to him. He took it and held it in his hands. “The Lovers Jinx...” He read the title. “Yea. So it’s about four boys as the main characters, right,” I started to tell him. He open it and started to skim the pages, “But there’s this huge twist with them. I really didn’t expect it either but...” I continued  “...The four boys are secretly in love with each other.” I finished. He looked like he jumped. “The four boys are what?” He asked. “They’re in love with each other. Like a four-person relationship. I think it’s cute.” I said. I saw a small little smile come on his face. “I didn’t think someone would write about a story like that. That’s... interesting.” He said. I was confused. “Why wouldn’t someone write a story like that?” I asked. He looked at me with his bunny ear drooping a little as he tilted his head. “Do you not know?” He asked. I shrugged. He lowered his voice. “Two guys dating is called gay. Or a guy who likes guys is gay.” He explained to me. “I heard that term be used before. Not in a good way though. And I didnt really understand it.” I said. “That’s because the world thinks being gay is wrong. The world thinks a male should be with a female. Not a male with a male. Some religions say it’s sinning and a crime against humanity when in reality, a guy being in love with someone of the same gender really shouldn’t matter.” I waited a moment until it clicked in my head. “That’s why the bullies call the main characters ‘disgusting’ and ‘faggots.’ That makes more sense.” I said. When I said the second word though, he looked like it hurt him. “Was that offensive? I’m so sorry if it was.” I apologised immediately. “N-no it’s ok. Faggot is just an offensive way of calling someone a gay idiot and whatnot.” He told me. “Oh...” I said. I took a moment to think before saying, “I don’t think it’s wrong.” His ears perked up. “W-what?” He asked, confused. “I don’t think a guy being with a guy is wrong. I think that should be ok. Like, love is love, right?” I said. He smiled. “Yea. Love is love.” He repeated. He seemed very happy about what I said. “Um. And the four boys in the story. Do you know what that means?” He asked me. “No. I’ve never really thought of more than one person in a relationship before.” I told him. “Well, that kind of relationship is called a polyamorous relationship. It’s where you can have a relationship with more than one person. For example, this book shows all four boys loving each other.” He explained to me. “That’s really interesting.” I said. “Yea, I think it’s very interesting too.” He said, looking back at the book. I grew curious about how he knew this much information. “How do you know so much about this stuff?” I asked him. His ears perked again. “Well um... I’m uh... It’s an uh...” He tried to explain. I waited patiently. He then took a deep breath. “So there’s this community that supports this movement for people. It’s called the LGBT. They try and support people who are Transgender, Bisexual, lesbian, Gay, and so on. They support people who have separate sexual orientations or romantic views and how people view their gender and whatnot. It’s a community of people who feel different about their love.” He explained to me. “Well, that’s cool. How do you know so much about it?” I asked. He seemed shy to answer. “If your comfortable with it.” I said, making sure he’s ok. “Yea, it’s ok. The thing is, is that I’m actually a part of the community myself.” He answered. “Really?” I replied. He seemed a little more embarrassed. “Well, I’m... I’m Bisexual.” He told me. My heart jumped. “You are? What does that mean?” I asked, curious again. “Well... It means someone who likes both genders. Male and female. So I like guys and girls. But I have been leaning more to males than girls recently.” He explained. “Well, that’s awesome. I’m very happy for you.” I said. He gave me a sweet smile. “T-Thank you. That means a lot to me.” He said. I gave him a sweet smile back. He then looked down and scanned the book again. “Would it be ok if I read this?” He asked me politely. “Sure! It’s not completely done yet but I think he’d love it if you read it.” I said. He smiled again. A lovely smile. “Thanks, Jules. I’ll make sure to return it when I’m done with it.” He said. I smiled. “Well well well.” Someone suddenly said to our right. We both looked to see who it was and it was the dog gang. Oh no... I grew scared but I don’t think Riley did. They walked up to us and laughed. “It blue haired bitch talking to the faggot himself. Wow, who woulda know this shit woulda happened.” One of the dogs said as the others laughed. Riley didn’t respond to that. “Hey, leave him alone. And don’t call him that.” I said. Defending Riley. His ears perked up. “Woo ho ho. Someone’s getting defensive.” Another dog said. “Oh Im so sorry. Did I say something to hurt you boyfriends feelings?” He asked me with a baby voice. “Just leave him alone. He’s not even doing anything to you.” I argued. “What he’s doing is being a little sinner. A mistake. A freak in our world. And your just following in his footsteps.” One of the dogs said, getting up in my face. “Hey! Dont talk to him like that!” Riley argued with the guy, pushing him away from. He laughed. “You think your strong, faggot? Cause all you are is a dick sucking slut.” He said. I couldnt take this. It was so mean. Riley doesnt deserve this. “Cmon Riley, we’re going.” I said, grabbing his hand and starting to walk him with me away. He followed me, gripping my hand back. It felt soft and lovely holding his hand. “Yea, walk away pussy’s!” One of the dogs shouted at us. “We continued to walk together until finally we were far away enough from those dogs that we stopped. I turned to him. “Im so sorry that happened, Riley. Those guys are so mean.-” “Hey, its ok. you defended me. Thank you for that. That ment a lot to me.” He said. “But they shouldnt be treating you like that. Its so rude.” “Hey, its ok Jules, I can handle it.” He said again. I sighed. “They shouldnt be mean to you like that.” I said, upset now. “Hey, its ok. Some people are just reckless idiots. they’ll never understand.” He said. He noticed my sadness and tried to cheer me up. “Hey, but Im ok now. And you defended me. Thats really brave of you.” He said. That slightly made me smile. I then looked down and noticed I was still holding his hand. I let go and he let go too. We both chuckled nervously. “S-sorry about that.” I apologised. “It’s ok. Don’t worry about it.” He said. Then the bell rang and that was our cue to go to our next class. “That’s our cue.” I told him. “Yea.” It went silent for a moment. “Please text me if anything else goes wrong, ok?” I asked him. “Yea. I will.” He said I gave him a smile and he returned it. “I guess we better get going. Thanks for your help Jules. And thanks for the book.” He said before slowly getting ready to turn around. “Y-yea, no problem. Have a good rest of your day!” I called out to him. He waved. “See you at your practice. Text me!” He shouted. “I will!” I shouted back. He left and I sighed in relief. Then I noticed my face burning. Am I blushing? Why am I blushing? I wiped the blush off my face and started my way down the hallway. I don’t know why I was blushing. Was it because I was holding his hand? But gosh, it was so gelt and so soft and sweet in mine. Maybe I was just embarrassed. Or maybe... Maybe I liked it. I thought of that in my head while I continues walking to my next class.