It was Bruce's first day at his new high school. He knew only one person there. His name is Billy Showalter. They've been friends for a couple years now.
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3rd Person
Bruce stared at his reflection in the mirror. He looked decent. He had on a short sleeve Led Zeppelin shirt, black baggy jeans, and black converse. His hair had been blow-dried, making it extra fluffy. Bruce sighed quietly, running a hand over his face.
"You'll be fine. Billy is there." He started to say to himself. His stomach twisted and turned out of nervousness. "You'll be fine."
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After a couple more "You'll be fine." 's from Bruce, the boy finally made it to his new school. It seemed like hundreds upon hundreds of teenagers were standing outside chatting amongst themselves. Bruce felt small in the crowd. His eyes scanned over everyone in search for his friend Billy. He couldn't find him.
"You new here?"
Bruce turned around to be faced with, the one and only, Vance Hopper. But Bruce didn't know that yet. The blonde had two other boys next to him. One on his right, one on his left. "I'm Vance. This is Finney and Robin." He motioned to the other two boys who smiled and waved at him. "Oh. I'm Bruce" The, now a little less nervous, boy replied. Finney stepped forward a little bit, looking at Bruce. "What classes do you have?" He asked still smiling. Bruce fished his schedule out of his back pocket and handed it to the smaller boy. Finney's eyes scanned over it, his smile growing. "You have 1st through 3rd with me, lunch with all of us of course, 5th with Robin, and the last two with Vancey here." Finn explained to Bruce, who eyed Vance carefully when his 'nickname' was said. Vance softly smacked Finn on his head. "Shut up Finn." He said laughing. Robin laughed as well. They all looked at Bruce, who smiled at them in return.
"Well let's get going then." Finn spoke.
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The day went by okay. Bruce found out Billy had gotten stuck trying to help out this younger kid, Griffin Stagg, with his locker. He was new too. Finn, Bruce, and Billy all had first period together so they all got to know each other. It was honestly just more of Billy and Bruce getting to know Finn. Bruce ended up finding out Finn loved baseball almost as much as him, and that he was also dating Robin. Bruce nor Billy minded. After all, they were gay as well.
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When lunch arrived, the newfound group of friends walked together to the cafeteria. Bruce wasn't as nervous as he was this morning, but he was still nervous. The group got their lunches and sat down at a nearby table.
"So Bruce. How was your first day?" Vance asked, mouth stuffed with pizza. Finney jokingly gagged at him, starting to tell him to stop talking with his mouth full. Vance just opened his mouth more, showing Finney with a large grin. Finney actually almost threw up.
Bruce laughed at the two before answering Vance's question. "My day was good V, you?" He questioned picking at his food. The table around him got silent. Weirdly silent. Bruce raised his head up, looking away from his tray. Vance's face was a deep shade of red, the rest of the boys had large smiles. Bruce was confused. "What?" He asked staring at the smiling boys. "V?" Robin inquired, placing a forkful of macaroni in his mouth. Bruce's face turned as red as Vance's. He didn't even realize he had said that. Vance mumbled under his breath. "What Vance?" Finn asked, leaning towards the blonde.
"I said I liked the nickname."
Bruce's stomach erupted with butterflies. He looked at Vance, who smiled at him in response. Bruce laughed and the group continued to eat.
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After that day, Bruce and Vance became very close. They were almost inseparable. Billy and Bruce were still close as well, but Billy had taken a liking to Griffin (in this book he's only a year younger) as well. He spent a lot of time with him.
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It had been three months since Bruce started going to school with the others. He had realized only a couple weeks after that he liked Vance. Way more than friend-wise. Vance felt the same way. Robin knew this. Finney knew about Bruce.
A secret plan was going to be made.
Robin was currently at Finn's house. They were on the floor of Finn's room, soft whispers could be heard from both boys.
"So we're going to break into Vance's house when Bruce is there and lock them in the bathroom together?" Finney asked the boy sitting across from him. Robin nodded eagerly.
"You're so fucking stupid Robin."
