Him.

Why don't you?

He texted back "oh really?" Then sent a picture of him being a smartass by smirking at the camera and sitting on the bathroom counter in a pose. He sent it to me, and I giggled. He texted me "like that?" I replied to him "ehh I guess." he texted "good lord woman, what do you want me shirtless?? xD" I texted him "NOOOO nonono xDD"

"I know you do"

"please, don't xDD"

"why?"

"because, 'I don't want our friendship to go any further', what if I fall for you and our friendship breaks? you're like my first best male friend ever."

he called me, and I grunted then answered it and said quietly "hello?" he said "don't worry about our friendship. As far as I know, if you don't want me to, then I won't, I was just playing with you." I could tell he wasn't angry or sad, nothing. He sounded more amused than anything. I said "well.. I-it's hard to explain, y'know." I made a small huff of laughter, and he said "this is getting weird.." and we both laughed on the phone. He said "hey, I noticed you looked a little sad in like.. 5th hour, what was that about? you were all happy and shit then you turned sad." I said "I.. I thought you would make better friends with them than me because since, you know, guys make better friends with other guys and such, plus I'm too weird of a friend." I chuckled, but he was silent on the phone. I got worried that I might have said something wrong, but he sighed and said "you're sensitive, shy, and too innocent, which is a good thing, but first off, not every guy makes friends with every guy. Some guys prefer girls, others prefer both, but I'm sorry I made you feel that way.. and what's wrong with being weird? I think you're perfectly fine, I'm weirder than you physically." I blushed after hearing the compliment, then heard the last sentence and said "wait- how? I don't see how you're weird, you're like.. perfect!" he said "thanks, but I'm not, I'm more afraid of losing my friendship with you than anybody else, I hate scaring people off." I said "Jason, just tell me. I'm always there to listen if anybody has to tell me they hurt themselves or anything, it's not like I'm going to go tell their parents or the cops. I'm a good friend, I'll probably already forget about what you told me before I can remember." he said "but... ugh, I'm not a normal human, I'm not like everyone else. Can I explain this later?" I said in a small tone, afraid I was pressuring him "yes, I'm sorry.." he said "no, it's fine, I guess I just don't feel comfortable yet showing some of my true colors." I said "I'm not sad or anything, I just knew you were getting a little stressed." he said "well, thanks. I would tell you but it's damn near one o'clock in the morning, so you need to sleep." I added on "so I can bug you in the morning." he chuckled at that, then he said "alright, well, goodnight." I said "goodnight." and he hung up. I held onto the phone tightly, then closed my eyes and thought about him the rest of the time I was awake. I fell asleep after about 30 minutes, then when I woke up, I put on my clothes and got ready for school, then he texted me "good morning" I smiled, then texted back "good morning! c:" when mom left, I stayed at home until I had to leave for school, since it was down the street. I was so happy it was Friday, I was ready for the weekend. I remembered I left my violin at school, so I grabbed my board excitedly and headed out the door. I boarded down the street with such happiness when my favorite song came on, I started doing my usual tricks on it. I knew when I would arrive at school, he would be somewhere in the building, maybe walking around the building in circles like everyone else does, or sitting in a booth in the commons. When I made it to the south entrance, I saw him standing with a few guys and I assumed they were his other friends he made. They challenged him to run up the wall and jump off of it, like the rest of the men that were over there, so he backed up and ran quickly like it was walking, then jumped and ran almost all the way up to the roof, then jumped off and spun to where he landed on his feet. The guys who challenged him complimented on him and started patting his back, then he nodded, and had a glimpse of me walking into the school. He said bye to them, then jogged to catch up with me. He caught up with me and grabbed my shoulder, then said "hey!" I looked at him and smiled, then said "oh hey! I saw your jump back there, I wouldn't be able to do that with my skimpy legs." we both laughed, then I went to check on my violin in the orchestra room with him, and when I looked at him to speak to him, the first thing I noticed were his arms. I thought to myself he must really work out. I asked him "hey Jason?" he looked at me and said "hm?" I said "are those really contacts?..." I squinted, waiting on his expression to change, but he stayed the same attitude and said quietly "no." I said "wow, well, your eyes are amazing. I wish I could have some like that." he said "eh, I guess they're ok. What color are yours?" I said "well I have heterochromea." he said "what's that?" I said "it's where you have two eye colors but I have 3." he said "wait- what colors? that's really cool!" I said "my right eye is blue, the other is green with amber on top." he said "lemme see!" and we paused and he looked at them. He said "I see it now, that's really cool." I said "I guess-" he interrupted "no, that's cool." I said "alright, fine." and we continued walking. He said as he looked at my board "oh! guess what I brought today-" I looked and said what, and he had me walk with him to our 1st hour. I saw another skateboard in his class, and when he grabbed it I grinned with excitement and said "awesome!" as we walked out. He said "yeah, it needs a little cleaning, after being abused by me." we both laughed, and I placed my bag to the wall of the hallway, and carried my board out with him. We threw our boards down, and I waited on him to go first. I checked both ways when I creeped out into the street, then gave it a good push when I knew no cars were coming then we rolled to the entrance of Cowboys, where the weed and smokers went. I followed him up the ramp, then I waited on him to move, then I put my board down and showed off to him how I could whip it through the tight turns of the pavement. He shook his head and said "show-off!" then put his down and rode with me. We cruised around the neighborhood, then since he had more strength than I had naturally, I grabbed his wrist and he pulled me along with him. I paused by my house, and didn't give a care if he went inside the house with me. I shut my bedroom door to keep him out, but I grabbed my earbuds because I forgot them, and walked out. He walked with me outside, and I shut the garage door. I rode with him back to school, and I saw my friend, Angelica. I waved to her, and Jason said "you going to talk with her?" I nodded, then he stepped to the side so I could talk with her. I chatted with her, then when I kept mentioning everything I did with him and that I had a huge crush on him, she said "you guys should really date each other!" I said "I can't, I don't know if he'll reject me, I really want to ask him though." she said "then why don't you?" I said "because I'm scared Jelly." she said "don't be, it wouldn't hurt, right?" I said "I guess not, I'll give it a try." she nodded, then smiled and hugged me. I told her bye, then poked him so we could go back to school. He looked up and walked with me, then I took one of the earbuds from him and put it in my ear so I could listen to what he was listening to. He scowled at me with a small smirk, then a car zoomed past us. Jason waved at them, then I said "you know them?" he nodded, then we crossed the street. I looked at him, nervousness building up inside of me like a overfilled water balloon, then my balloon of shyness exploded and I said quickly "I have another question!" he raised his brows and said "hmm?" I said with hesitation "are you free this weekend?" I didn't want to ask him yet, I was too shy.. He said "yeah, why?" I said "well, I was going to invite you to go with me to the mall, and if that didn't work out my mom would take me to Sulfur." He said "oh uh.. I don't know about Sulfur, but I can go to the mall." I said "ok well, just text me when you can come!" He said "alright, will do." Then the bell rang. He walked with me to class, then we put our boards down next to each other, and sat in our seats. I offered my pencil to him, but he smiled and said "nah, I remembered to get some, thanks though." I nodded, and looked back at the board. The teacher pointed at me to answer a question, so I tried answering it but I got it incorrect. I shrugged, and when he asked Jason if he knew, he answered correctly. The teacher complimented on him, then he rolled his eyes and continued playing on his phone. If I had cat ears to explain my mood, they would be flattened down, mainly because I just felt so nervous being with him, but I didn't mind it. When we had a couple minutes left of class, we all packed up and he sat on my desk. I smiled, and he poked me. I poked him back, and he smiled. The bell rang, and we grabbed our boards and walked out of the classroom. I borrowed one of his earbuds again, and he walked with me to my 2nd hour class, then he left. I saw Jelly(Angelica) walk in, and she looked at me with a cheesy grin and shook her head. I said "what?" with a smile, and she said "you two should really date." and I said "I know, I know.. I'll think about it on the weekend, he might go with me to either the mall or Sulfur to swim around." she raised her brows at me and said "no way! that's awesome Sam!" I grinned and nodded, then we got our instruments and suffered through the boring hour of orchestra. When I packed up, I waited at the door to go, and when the bell rang I hurried with my friends out the door. I saw him walking up to the entrance of the orchestra hallway, so I hurried up to him and he walked with me quickly to my next class. He nudged me with his elbow, and I looked and he showed me a text message saying "I don't care." and I said "what's that?" he said "I can go with you to Sulfur." I said with a huge smile "awesome!" and he smiled. I entered my 3rd hour class and sat in my seat, and he sat behind me in his usual desk. He tapped something against my arm, and I looked at it and it was a package of gum. I took it from him and put 2 sticks in my mouth, then gave the package back to him. He put it in his pocket, and we did a 2-person group activity. I turned my head to him and he said "sure." we did the activity, and after 3rd hour we hurried out of the doors and he put his sunglasses on. I waved to Tori, my friend, then he took me out to eat real quick, and came back to school.

After school, mom texted me as I walked out the orchestra doors with him "Hey Ill b late picking u up, go ahead and board home" I texted her "can I go to Jasons house if it's ok with his parents?"
"whos Jason??"
"a very awesome best friend of mine, he's like a brother to me"
"I guess, hopefully he doesn't live far."
"yayy!"

I asked if I could go home with him, and he said "I guess." I asked him again "so.. Will your parents be ok with that?"
"I don't live with my parents."
"wait- ok, whoever takes care of you...?"
"it's just me, I was abandoned."

I stared at him in confusion, then said "how?..." he said in a rushed tone "I'll explain when we get to my house." I said ok, then we packed our stuff in his car. He drove to his house, which was a beautiful, regular sized house. It was a light grey color with white trim, a well kept look. He parked in the driveway, and I had butterflies in my stomach knowing he lived in my neighborhood. We got out, and I set my stuff next to the door. I saw a staircase, and said "how many rooms does this house have?" he said "about 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. One bathroom shares with two rooms. Feel free to look around." I nodded, and walked around the entire house while he collapsed on the couch and turned the tv on. After I finished exploring his house, I sat down on the couch as well, and waited on mom to come pick me up. I remembered our conversation in his car, then said "so.. How are you abandoned?"
"My dad turned crazy then took custody of me and kicked me out of his house. My mom couldn't do anything, hence why he took custody of me, so.. Yeah."
I looked at him surprised, then said "oh.. I'm sorry."
He shrugged, then looked out the window and said "I think your mom's here." I picked my stuff up, then he said while putting a hand on my shoulder "hey, don't forget to ask her about if I can spend the night!" I grinned and nodded, then walked up to her car and said "hi mom!" She said "hey!"
"Ok, I have a quick question for you, Jason wants to know if he can spend the night at our house so there won't be so much hassle to go to Sulfur."
"Maybe.. Does he have his things ready?"
I hurried back to him and said "do you have your stuff ready?" And he said while walking away from me to pack up "no not yet, but I'll do that right now." I nodded and waited on him, and when he brought a different stuffed backpack, I went ahead and sat in the car to wait on him to tie his shoes.