𝐎𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨 (✓)

chapter forty seven

"Are you sure you want to tell them? You don't have to if you don't want to, remember that."

"No, I want to. I'm sure." Jay nodded, taking a deep breath as he sat on Nick's bed, waiting for the others to arrive.

They were going to hangout with the whole friend group, and recently Jay had been wanting to tell everyone about him and Nick.

On prom night, Matt was the one driving everyone home. Matt went to their own house first to drop off Delilah and Isla so they could drive home together. But right when Matt was about to take off again to drop off Jay, Nick stopped him. He asked Jay if he wanted to just stay the night at his house, since it was already getting late anyways.

Jay immediately agreed, and once they walked into their home Nick gave Jay some comfier clothes to change into, and Nick did the same, changing out of his uncomfortable suit.

The two ended up having a long conversation, and somehow, without the two even know how, the conversation topic turned to the night of Jay's birthday party- most specifically, the kiss they shared.

That night, they broke a wall down between them.
Although he hadn't actually straight up said his feelings for Nick, it was definitely obvious to the two what he felt, and that Nick for sure felt it too.

But they hadn't talked about that night. They left it there, not even mentioning once what had happened. Both of them were beyond too scared to, but after the night of prom, Jay began to feel more comfortable. He felt comfortable discussing his feelings, now that he was sure Nick felt the same.

And so they did. Jay finally put it into words about how he felt, and Nick did the same. They both agreed that they were honestly just tired of the bullshit label of 'friends' and wanted to skip the awkward phase, and just jump right in.

Neither of them really knew what they were doing, but in the moment they didn't care. They wanted to be together, and they both knew that there was no point of waiting anymore. They wanted to finally put a label on it.

Although Jay knew he had no idea how to tell his dad about his sexuality, he knew he wanted to tell his friends.

To Jay, his friends were the most important part in his life. He had a shitty home life, and because of this, his friends were always the people he looked up to. They were the people he loved most, the people he trusted most, and that was why he wanted them to be the first people he came out to.

He knew it was going to be hard to find the right words, though. Part of him just wanted to get over with it, but the other part knew this was a big deal, and that he should take this seriously.

After a bit of talking to Nick, they had decided to ask the group to hangout together at the triplet's house.

Jay had currently been in Nick's room all day, but the rest of the group was going to arrive soon, and he was currently preparing for what to say.

After about an hour of them talking, Matt walked into the room to tell the two that everyone had arrived.

Jay worriedly glanced over at Nick, and Nick gave him a soft, encouraging smile before walking out of his room with Jay besides him.

The second the two walked out, everyone greeted them.

"I didn't know you were already here Jay! Great to see you though." Delilah exclaimed, pulling him into a hug.

Jay chuckled awkwardly. "Oh, yeah.. I've only been here a couple minutes." He lied, and Matt and Chris glanced over to each other, both clearly confused.

Nick noticed the two sharing a glance, and mouthed to them, 'don't worry about it. We'll talk later.' And both Matt and Chris nodded.

"So, what are we gonna do?" Fallon asked.

Chris shrugged, putting his arm around Isla. "Not sure. Anyone have something they wanna do?"

"Wait." Jay interrupted before anyone could state their ideas. "Uhm.. Can I tell you guys something?" He asked nervously, and looked over to Nick, standing next to him and giving him a nod of support.

"Of course. What's up?" Isla asked him.

"Well.. I don't really know how to say this but.." he trailed off, and took Nick's hand. "We're together." He breathed out, and everyone stopped what they were doing to look at them.

The room was filled with a silence, a deafening silence that made Jay want to burst out into tears. Just as he was about to leave out of embarrassment, Stella spoke up.

"That's awesome!" She exclaimed, pulling both Nick and Jay into a warm hug.

After Stella said that, everyone joined in, all in a tight group hug. They gave their congratulations, giving Nick and Jay nothing but support. And just like that, the weight was lifted off his chest as Jay was surrounded by all of his closest friends together.

After they all let go of the hug, Jay suddenly asked, "You guys aren't gonna hate me or something, or make fun of me?"

"Oh my god, no! Why would you even think that?" Isla gasped.

"Yeah Jay, we love you." Delilah smiled at him, and everyone pulled him into a hug again.

"We would never make of you." Fallon promised.

"Yeah." Stella agreed.

"Love you man. I'm proud of you." Chris gently patted Jay's back in comfort, as he pulled away from the hug.

After that, they decided to go to the movie theater. The whole time though, everyone was giving Jay nothing but love and supper to try and ease his overthinking that they knew was happening.

The rest of the day, Jay felt free. He felt like he had finally gotten this off of his chest, and now he was free to breathe again. For the last few years, he'd felt trapped in his own head, his own overwhelming thoughts- the ones that kept him up at night.

But now, he felt free to do whatever the fuck he wanted. He finally had freedom, the best support system he could ever ask for, and most of all- the boy of his dreams.

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Lowkey hope this wasn't cringy or anything since I'm bad at writing friendships buttt yk
I actually cannot even begin to believe the fact that this book is almost done.. I feel like I started this just yesterday 😭
Also I kept forgetting to say this before but..!
Isla's name is pronounced Iz-la, not I-la.
(Just like you how say island)
I realized your supposed to say it like I-la, but I had alr come up with the nickname Iz by then and was too far by then to change her name (hope that actually made sense and wasn't confusing asf)
Anyways I love you all sm, and I hope you have a wonderful day/night.

Love,
Stxrniolotriplets
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