With Him

Chapter Twenty-Five

● There are some parts of this chapter that could be triggering so here is a trigger warning ●

Tyler's P.O.V

"Do you have work tonight?" Daniel asks me as I take my insulin, "No" I take my shot then put it back in the drawer.

"Good when I get off tonight we're gonna start putting up our Christmas decorations" he smiles. "So you want me to help?" I'm not sure why he's telling me this, if he wants me to help just say that.

"If you want to, you don't have to" he says dragging out the 'o' at the end.

"Yeah, I'll help" I nod and go over to where I left my bag in the living room then go to my car to head to school.

I'm worried that Daniel and Chris might treat me differently now after what Dallas showed them yesterday. They shouldn't I hope, but I can't be sure.

When I pull into the parking lot I see that James is already there. I get out of my car and go over to his as usual.

"Anything exciting happening today?" I ask shutting the door behind me. "I think we have those lectures today" he says looking at me.

"Lectures?", "Yeah, they'll put all the girls in the school in one and all the boys in another and talk about who knows what".

"That sound very, I don't even know" I shrug, "Well probably get a talk about not sharing nudes girls send us. Ya'll will probably get one about don't send nudes. It's kinda sexist but it's how it is" he turns and leans his back against his window.

"What if I didn't go, like hid in the bathroom or something" I turn so I'm sitting like him. "Won't work, they go and check all over the school to make sure everyone's in them. They take these things very seriously I don't know why we never learn anything from them" he shakes his head.

"Why are you wearing a quarterback hoodie?" he asks taking in what I'm wearing. "O,h this was Greyson's from our last school, I stole it from him" I shrug.

"You know that school is our rival right? You'll get eaten alive for wearing that in there" he says and digs in his backpack.

"Here, can't have you wearing a hoodie from another school, let alone a quarterback one at that. I'm a lineman show your support for me at least" he says throwing me a hoodie.

I open it up and see that it's his, and says 'LINEMAN' in big letters across the chest, and the school's name under that.

"Sorry," I say taking off Greyson's hoodie, "I was kidding, you don't have to apologize," he says when I put his on.

"This one's better anyway, smells like you" I put the sleeves up to my face and sniff.

We go into the school and into first period, first as always. "So what are you doing tomorrow?" James asks stretching.

"Well we're putting up Christmas decorations tonight so hopefully it won't take up two days" I pull my hair up into a ponytail.

"Oh, so you wouldn't wanna come and decorate our Christmas tree tomorrow?" He raises an eyebrow. "Will you're parents be okay with that? I know some people see that as like a family only type of deal" I know many foster family's I was at were like that.

"Well, they actually told me to ask you to come. Being honest with you if you say no they'll just make me go to your house and drag you over to mine so" I giggle. "Yeah, I'll go" I haven't decorated a Christmas tree in years.

"They'll be happy, and you'll get to meet my siblings" he smiles. Oh that's um, "You said your brother is autistic right?" his eyebrows scrunch together. "Yeah, why?" "I've met very few other autistic people, and the few I have met it never seemed to go well" I mess with the strings on his hoodie.