The Lovable Jerk (boyxboy)

Chapter 23

Arlo

I quickly made my way to my room according to Tobias, he left Finn there because he was emotional and Mom was around. I couldn't believe Tobias was still giving our mother the silent treatment and pretending she didn't exist. Usually, his anger tantrums would last for a couple of hours maximum not days.

As soon as I opened my bedroom door I found Finn cuddled up at the corner of my room with hands around his legs and his face buried on his knees. My heart broke a little when I heard him sniffling softly, I walked towards him and called his name in a low but soft voice. He looked up with puffy red eyes, I could tell had been crying for a while now probably as soon as he came here.

I sat next to him and kept quiet. He didn't look like he wanted to talk right now so I hugged him and soon I felt my shoulders get wet. I hugged him tighter not uttering a word because I genuinely felt bad for him.

"Xander is an officially certified asshole..." He finally said still hugging me tightly. "And so is Garrett." He let go and looked back at me.

"What happened?" I asked and he drew in a breath and stared at his hands.

At this point, I think we both already knew how much of an asshole Xander was but I didn't think there was any way he could be a bigger asshole.

"Turns out Bingo... Garrett's cousin helped Xander do what he did to you." He spoke up ashamed. That was understandable, it was probably why Bingo didn't get back it us...unless Garrett never contacted him the whole time. Either way, this wasn't enough to make Finn cry right? "And Garrett was fucking pretending to help?!" Finn's voice got louder and with his red face, I could tell he was getting angry now.

"How did you find out?" I asked.

"Xander told me after he found Garrett and me...he found me and Garrett..." His face got redder but not angry red, embarrassed red. I patiently waited for him to speak again. "We were having sex in my room and he found us, okay?" My face turned red as he said that. "He wasn't supposed to be there and I thought my door was locked but I was wrong...very wrong because he found us in the process of--"

"I GET IT." I quickly exclaimed and he nodded looking away again.

"Anyway after he caught us he and Garrett had a full-on argument and things were said, when I tried defending my boyfriend Xander threw the biggest bomb at me about how Garrett has been sleeping with other people on several occasions and how he was a big help on ruining your dignity." He finally looked at me.

"Garrett is an asshole," I commented.

"I know." He whispered in a low defeated voice.

"And so is Xander..." He nodded looking up at me. "Fuck them both!" I exclaimed getting frustrated myself that's when I realized I never vented out about Xander...He was wrong.

What he did was messed up and he was generally a bad person. I never deserved what he did to me. He was a self-absorbed asshole! 

"Yeah, fuck them both!" Finn also exclaimed smiling at me, I smiled back standing up and holding out my hand for him.

"They don't deserve your tears," I stated. "Also totally going off topic but was that your first time with Garrett?" I asked and a blush crept up his cheeks.

"No, it wasn't, we already did it on numerous occasions also he isn't my first." He pointed out and I nodded in understanding, that clears up a lot.

If that was his first that would have been mortifying. I was a little curious about who his first was, I had never really seen Finn with anyone. I honestly didn't know he was gay, he was just so mysterious in schools and never talked much.