Music teacher

Confessions

"So where you from?" John asked looking up from his guitar.

"Liverpool" Paul said, still looking at his guitar.

"Really? Me too!" John exclaimed.

"Oh? What's else don't I know about you?" Paul looked up.

"I live with my aunt" John frowned.

"Why?" Paul questioned, innocently.

"Me dad left me and me mom- got hit- drunk driver" John looked down.

"Cancer" Paul sighed.

"What?" John looked up with a raised eyebrow.

"My mum died of cancer. A few years back" Paul said quietly.

"I'm sorry" John whispered.

"I am too" Paul whispered back.

John leaned forward and hugged him. Paul hugged back. After they pulled away from each other they smiled and looked into each other's eyes.

Paul cleared his throat and they both snapped out of it and leaned back.

"You must be a popular kid at school" John smiled to Paul.

"No actually. I'm not" Paul frowned.

"Why's that? You're great!" John questioned because Paul really was an awesome person to be around.

"Imagine being a fat ga- kid" Paul stopped himself from saying gay because he didn't want to lose John because John hating him for being gay.

"You're not fat!" John exclaimed with a hurt expression on his face as if Paul said that about him.

"Oh really? I am John! You just don't know cause you're fit" Paul argued back.

"You ARE NOT FAT!" John yelled as he stopped his foot.

"John. I am but it's okay" Paul said in a calm voice.

"Take off your shirt and let me see" John demanded.

"Excuse me?!" Paul leaned back in shock.

"It's just to see! Chill!" John reasoned.

"That's just too weird" Paul shook his head.

"I'll show you my belly fat too" John compromised.

"What 'belly fat'?" Paul raised an eyebrow.

John lifted his shirt over his head and set it on Paul's bed.

"This" John pinched his stomach.

"That is not fat" Paul chuckled.

"Then what is?" John smirked.

"This" Paul said as he took off his shirt and pinched his stomach.

"Is not" John shook his head.

"Is so" Paul nodded back.

"Not"

"So"

"Not"

"So"

"Whatever. It's not though" John shook his head, leaning back.

"Mhm. Whatever" Paul rolled his eyes.

"There's the sass again!" John pointed.

"What sass?" Paul asked with puppy dog eyes as he grabbed his shirt off the bed.

"The sass you used since the moment I met you" John said matter-of-factly.

Paul put his shirt on.

"Oh yeah. Thanks for pointing that out I front of the whole damn class by the way" Paul pouted.

"It wasn't that bad" John rolled his eyes.

"It was embarrassing!" Paul stood up.

"I had to show order" John gave a stern face that soon broke into a smile.

Paul smiled too.

"You ever gunna put your shirt back on?" Paul motioned to the shirt still on the bed.

"Maybe. Maybe not" John smirked.

Paul walked over and sat next to John on the bed.

The door opened and Ivan walked in. The scene in front of him looked different than it was. Two boys, one shirtless, sitting on a bed and one of those boys being defiantly gay.

"Paul, I know I told you I respected you being queer but I said don't do it in front of me. That includes the cabin" Ivan put a hand on his hip.

"We weren't doing anything!" Paul quickly tried to clear things up.

"Queer?" John turned to Paul with confusion plastered on his face.

Paul's cheeks flushed red.

"You are?" John said with a small voice.

Paul quickly stood up and ran out. Tears were starting to form at his eyes. The boy he thought he was in love with knew what he didn't want him to know and now he would hate him forever. Paul ran anywhere he could. He found himself under some trees by a pond.

"We weren't doing anything I promise. I didn't even know he was- queer" John cleared up with Ivan.

"Oh shit. Sorry" Ivan apologized.

"No actually. Thank you" with that John left the cabin to find Paul.

"Paul!" John finally found Paul sitting under some trees in the dark with only the moon as light.

Paul looked over and stood up. John was walking quickly to him.

"John, I'm so sorry. I don't want you to hate me! I've never cared about someone so much!" Paul cried, tears staining his cheeks.

John made it to Paul within reaching distance and grabbed Paul's face with both hand and smashed their lips together.

Paul froze then kissed back, putting his arms around John's neck.

John moved his hands from Paul's cheeks and put them on his hips.

Soon they pulled back for air and hugged each other tightly. Both shaking from adrenaline and earlier tears.

Together they stood in the moonlight, holding each other close.