bulletproof in black like a funeral

parties and lil chats

Tyler was sitting on the couch at some local kid's house. In his lap was a wasted Jenna who was going on about something to her friend sitting next to her.

Josh and his friends were actually here too. Somewhere in the house he was probably kissing some girl against a wall. Pete and Patrick were probably sitting on opposite ends of the couch in the basement wishing they could act on why they were most likely thinking about doing to each other.  Brendon and Ryan, well he can see Brendon and Ryan. Brendon was sitting on the other couch across the living room from them, Sarah was straddling his lap and kissing his neck. Both of them were wasted, Ryan and the others probably were too. On the other side of the couch Ryan had his chin rested on his palm and he pretended to be interested in whoever he was texting but Tyler could see that he was looking over at Brendon and rolling his eyes then looking back at his phone, he repeated the process every now and then.  Tyler felt a price of his heart break as he watched Ryan but his thoughts were interrupted by Jenna placing a sloppy kiss against his mouth. Tyler pulled away and Jenna groaned.

"Take me home Tyler, please I need you" Jenna whined into Tyler's neck. He could smell the vodka on her breath drifting to his nose.

"Jenna I'll take you home but we're not doing that" Tyler said as she kissed his neck. He faked a moan to keep up the act of the whole boyfriend/girlfriend thing.

"Please Tyler" Jenna whispered and she flipped herself over so she was straddling him. She grinned her hips down into his. Winning a moan from Tyler because of the contact. Then she went back to kissing him and he was reminded all over again about the reality of the vodka on her tongue and the thoughts in his mind.

"No Jenna, not when you're drunk, let's go home" He said firmly and pushed her off of his lap. He stood up and picked her up bridal style. He pushed past the crowds of drunk teenagers that littered the hallway and the grass in the front yard. If there was one thing he hated, it was being around a ton of drunk kids.  Why did he go to the parties then? He asked himself the same question all the time. He decided it was yet another formality in his life. Just like dating Jenna, playing basketball, and hanging out with the Jocks. Of course he wouldn't mind drinking or maybe even smoking with his new 'friends' but he definitely didn't want to do it around 100 other people.

He opened the door to his car and put Jenna down gently inside. He walked around to the other side and got in. Jenna was already asleep by the time they pulled out of the neighborhood, she had crashed fast. Tyler dropped her off at her front door and pecked her lips goodbye.

Monday morning rolled around quickly and Tyler was sitting in his first period class. His muscles ached from his session in the weight room with his team this morning and he wanted nothing more than to sleep. He read the bell work assignment on the board and it said he had to find a partner to discuss last nights homework with. He looked around the room and made eye contact with Ryan across the room, he did a hand motion and Ryan nodded, stood up and walked over to the desk next to him. He sat down next to Tyler, and smiled weakly.

"How you doin' fren" Tyler asked, he felt oddly comfortable around Ryan. Even though he had been hanging out with the 'clique' for a month or so. He felt connected to him in some way.

"Okay, I guess" He replied quietly.

"What's wrong?" Tyler asked hesitantly, wondering if it was okay for him to even ask.

"Nothing" Ryan lied straight through his teeth. Tyler could tell something was wrong just by looking at him. His hair was all messy, his eyeliner was a little crooked and smudged. Almost as if it was what he had worn the day before and he had just gotten up and come to school.

"Ryan, I can tell something is wrong. I know we aren't best friends or anything but I am here if you wanna talk" Tyler said, and he meant every word of it. He's always needed someone to talk to but has never had anyone. He would never want someone else to be in the same position.

"Ugh" Ryan groaned loudly and put his head down on his desk. "It's just" he turned his head so his face was facing Tyler, his cheek was pressed against the desk. He looked into Tyler's eyes and Tyler tried to give him a reassuring look. Ryan looked down again at the linoleum floor. "I spent the night at Brendon's last night, and we you know..." He trailed off, Tyler just nodded his head,  he didn't want to know the details. "Afterwards we got into a big fight about Sarah and all that shit. It just sucks so fucking much. He doesn't even like her Tyler but he won't break up with her. I kind of feel used. Like he's just using me. And I feel bad for Sarah, she's so nice and her boyfriend is fucking cheating on her with his best friend. I kind of wanna bang my head on the fucking desk, I'm so frustrated with everything" By now Ryan's eyes were a little teary now and he sat up and wiped them. Tyler leaned over and rubbed his back. "And we're still fighting. I fell asleep on his couch and woke up late. I came straight here, Brendon had already left. He didn't even wake me up or anything like that to tell me I'd be late" That explained why Ryan looked so disheveled. Tyler jus continued to rub his back while Ryan rambled. Tyler looked around, thankfully no one was listening or looking at them.

"Thanks" Ryan whispered after a few moments of silence.

"For what?"

"Listening. I know I can tell any of the guys but I don't know I haven't and it felt good to get it out" He replied, he looked around the classroom and looked pleased that none of the other students had heard their conversation.

"Oh my God, dude. It's no problem. You can always talk to me" Tyler said sincerely.

"Okay class back to your seats" the teacher announced to the class.

"Oops, we didn't even do the assignment" Ryan said, he seemed less down now.  Tyler smiled and looked over to the teacher, feeling better than he had before.

A/N

LOL sorry this is literally all filler. I know Tyler and Ryan aren't friends irk but I think this works with the story. Joshler will happen, I PROMISE. This is just slow burning and I have some really good ideas for other things besides the two of them gettin together. Thanks for reading and pretty please vote and comment :)