Beyond Friendship [Remastered]

Chapter Eleven.

"Loving You Doesn't Change."
trigger warning(s);
knives, bruises and cuts, swearing(?), Etc.
Word Count; 1,669 (1.6k)
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One Week Later...

Elijah has been avoiding James since he realized he was back together with Josh.

James spots Elijah as soon as he enters the hallway and they make eye contact, James smiles at Elijah and Elijah looks away. Usually he would smile and wave back but he didn't. James walks up to Elijah, causing him to walk away from where he was, leaving James stunned. Josh comes up behind James and puts an arm around him, Josh kisses James' cheek and glances at Elijah. Josh grins, seeing Elijah is now avoiding James and he can do whatever he wants to or with James without Elijah interfering.

"What's wrong with him?" Josh asked.

"I don't know..." James whispered, barely audible.

Josh grabs James' waist, spinning him around toward him. Josh smiles and plants a gentle kiss on James' lips. Josh breaks the kiss and hugs James gently before glaring at Elijah and winking.

"Baby, how about we-" Josh started, getting cut off by James.

"We can."

That catches James off guard but he wasn't going to pass up the opportunity. Josh pulls James into an unoccupied classroom and locks the door. James knew what he agreed to, even if he didn't want to, he knows it's his fault Elijah is ignoring him. It sent a feeling through James that he hasn't felt before, numb. James' thoughts were broken by Josh kissing him.

Josh grabbed James by his waist and pulled him in closer. James kissed Josh back but with less passion then he kissed Elijah with the other day. Josh is James' boyfriend, why can't he get aroused by him? Josh deepens the kiss, slipping the kiss into James' mouth. James closes his eyes, a tear rolling down his cheek.

Lunch Time

James is asleep with his head on his desk, he gets woken up by Roselyn pulling the hood off his head and the sun beaming onto his eyes. James looks up at Roselyn, his eyes puffy and bloodshot. Roselyn immediately got a bad feeling in her stomach.

"We need to talk..." She says,

James shook his head, pulling the hoodie back up and laying his head down to his desk, he closed his eyes, trying to go back to sleep to ignore the pain radiating through his body.

"There's a video." She whispered.

James pops his head up, feeling dread develop in his chest. Roselyn nodded, confirming James' thought. She holds out her hand to James and shoos it away, standing up without her help. They both walk out into the hallway and Roselyn guides him toward the rooftop so they could talk in private. James sits on a bench that's on the roof top and stares off into the sky.

"How did he get a video?" Roselyn asked, curious.

"What do you think?"

"I don't understand, you never slept with him..." She muttered.

"I did earlier, and he's showing everyone a video he took." James' voice shook with his words.

James puts his head into his hands. They are unaware but Elijah is listening in the distance, they just happen to choose a spot near him.

"Elijah saw," Roselyn tells James.

James didn't think Josh would show him but he did anyway, they're silent for a moment until the silence is broken by James' sniffling. Roselyn sits beside James, leaning her head on his shoulder.