On The Line

The Break-Up

Mitch's POV:

Well wasn't this a great way to end up. I looked back and forth between Scott and Travis who would occasionally look at each other, but mostly me. I took a deep breath and looked towards Scott. "Hey Scoot, could you maybe give me and Travis some alone time?" I asked, I saw his eyes stretch then go back to normal. I guess he was trying to play it off, I knew he was shocked. I was too! I hadn't called him Scoot in almost 2 months but somehow right now, it just rolled off my tongue. "Uh. Y-Yeah!" He said before walking over to a park bench. Now for what I came to do.

"Travis... I-I can't do this anymore." "I know." I tilted my head a bit, "What?" Travis started to speak up again, but this time looking at his feet, "You want to break up, right?" I closed my eyes. I didn't know I would feel this guilty. "I'm sorry. I really am. We... We just lost our connection. It's not the same. It's not worth it to keep going if our hearts aren't there." I said. He was silent, then looked in the direction Scott was sitting in. "Just make sure he takes good care of you." I scrunched my eyebrows together. Did he know my feelings for Scott? "I kinda figured it would happen sooner or later, Mitch. You may not see it, but I do. You guys have major chemistry. It's like you 2 were made for each other..." I could feel a tear threatening to fall. All I had to say for myself was 'sorry'. "I-I wish we could've worked..." He only shook his head, "Be honest with yourself. You want it to work with him. Now, I am gonna go and you will try to work out your situation with Scotty over there!" He hugged me and kissed my forehead. "Thank you." I mumbled into his chest. After what seemed like 2 seconds, he pulled away and told me goodbye, then slowly walked away.

Scott rushed up to me as he saw me start to cry. I guess this had more of an impact on me than I thought it would. "What happened?" Scott asked. "I-I broke up with him." I felt Scott's warm embrace and somehow I felt so much better. I really missed him. "It'll be okay. It'll be okay!" He said stroking my hair, "Let's get you home." Scott guided me home, both of us staying silent until we reached my door. "Do you wanna talk about it?" I shook my head, "Do you want me to stay?" I nodded as I heard him chuckle slightly. "Ok." he said as he opened my front door. "Scott? Is that you?" My mother questioned. It had been a while since they had seen him. "Wow, Scott how have you been boy!?" My dad chimed in. "I've been better... But uhm, right now I am gonna take Mitch to his room!" "Go on, sweetie!" I internally rolled my eyes, they were happy to see someone other than Travis here. "C'mon Mitch!" Scott said dragging me up to my room. No Mitchie, even in front of my parents.

I got inside my room and layed in my bed, it has been a long day. I just needed my dose of Spongebob and to cuddle with my pillows. Scott looked over at me and kicked his shoes off before hopping in next to me in my bed. "Can I help you" He ignored me and turned my TV on and found Spongebob. Could he read my mind? After he saw I didn't complain, he scooted up against my many pillows and layed back opening his arms. "I know you want to!" He said while looking at the yellow sponge on the screen. "You have 5 seconds..." Scott said finally looking at me. I sighed and cuddled into his arms. "How hard was that Mitchie?" My eyes widen as I tilted my head up to him, "You little -" "Language! Watch Spongebob, Mr.Emotional." Scott said. Like you should be talking... "What was that?" Uh-Oh. I had said that out loud.

"I'm just confused Scotty." I said getting out of his arms, "First you don't even tell me you're gay, then you go date girls! When someone calls you out you run out practically in tears then sing some love song to God knows who. Now you're acting as if none of that happened today!" I said getting most of the things off my chest. "I'm not here because I want to talk about me..." Tears started to form in my eyes, "What happened to us Scotty?" He closed his eyes as he spoke "I don't know."

We sat in a comfortable silence until Scott spoke up again, "I really wanted to tell you, but I wasn't so sure myself. When you had told me about you... My parents had told me it was just a phase because I felt something towards girls, so I just went with it. So when Naomi transferred I thought it'd be the perfect opportunity to try dating a girl, and besides I needed something to distract me from you dating Travis. I hated not having you... I mean to talk to and stuff!" I saw the blush forming in his cheeks, he was adorable. "But I wasn't happy with her, she was a prop in my life and apparently I was too. She had used my popularity to climb to the top of the food chain. When she had announced that I was gay, I felt so embarrassed that others knew and I felt their judgment. I felt like a joke. It cut deep when I heard the giggles and whispering of the people who used to be 'friends' with me. So I left and ended up pouring my heart out in song..." "I know, I kinda heard you singing. You sounded like you needed to sing that, so I didn't come in until I thought it was clear... So, Scoot... I'm not dumb. I know you had a reason for singing it. Who was it for?" "You know, we should move on... Are you okay? You did just break up with your first boyfriend...?" He's avoiding my question with a question! How dare he!

"Actually, I felt bad at first but now I'm accepting it. Better now than later when we'll both regret it." I said truthfully. "We ended on mutual terms... It's just crazy how you can go from liking someone to losing the feelings you had so quickly." "Yeah.." "So are you really not gonna tell me?" He shook his head and opened his arms back up, "We are missing the Spongebob marathon." I sighed and caved. I rested my head on Scott chest as he wrapped his arms back around me.

This felt good. This felt right. I belonged here, in his arms...