One Year, and He changed my life (BoyxBoy)

Chapter 19

Chad's POV 

  I purposely stayed home the next day. I'm being a wimp, but I can't see Cory's hurt face again. I'm an asshole and it wasn't what it looked like! Patty pulled me into the closet and began kissing me and I had to play along. She wanted to make Josh jealous and get him to break and want her back. She told me that everyday he walks by the janitor's closet at the same time to get to English, but that day Cory walked in. He ran away before I could grab him, but I saw the hurt in his eyes before he left. 

So, I stayed home, giving Cory his space. I was laying on my bed, flipping through the pages of a random book I've read dozens of time. I was getting less and less interested the more I skimmed  through it. After twenty more minutes, I sighed and tossed the book aside, giving up on any chance to be entertained. I stared at the ceiling and wondered what Cory was doing. Considering it was only 12:47p.m., I assumed he was still in Science. I wondered if he even noticed I was gone...Or if he even cared. I have to find a way to get him to believe it was all set up by Patty. Why did he look so hurt? Did he maybe love me back? Was he jealous? He said he wasn't gay, which hurt a lot to hear, but he looked so hurt to see Patty and I. Maybe he was jealous of Patty...maybe he liked her and I'm just thinking wrong. Argh! he's so hard to understand! I decided to just forget about it for now and maybe get some of that project done. 

Mom came home and wasn't too happy to get a call that I wasn't at school today. I told her I needed a break and she instantly went into comforting mode. I told her what happened and she just shook her head at me. 

"I raised you better than that!" She smacked my arm for the tenth time since I began talking. Like I said...comforting.

"Ow! Okay I get it! Stop hitting me!" 

She glared, but stopped.

"So you haven't talked to him since?" I shook my head 'no', "He's been avoiding me. What do I do mom...?" 

She looked thoughtful for a minute before answering, "Go to him. Tell him that you love him and before he can get a word in, kiss him." 

I looked at her with wide eyes, "Are you serious?"

"Do I look like I'm kidding?" She raised her eyebrows. 

Kiss Cory. 

I can't just kiss him!...Can I? Maybe he'll accept me and kiss back. But, what if he says he liked Patty...he'll probably never talk to me again. 

"Already have the no talking thing down anyway," I muttered to myself. 

"What?" 

I shook my head, "Nothing, okay I'll do it. What do I have to lose? I already lost his trust..." I sighed and she gave me a soft smile. 

"I'm sure if you just tell him, he'll understand. Hell! Maybe you two will do more than kissing," she wiggled her eyebrows and I groaned. 

"Ew! Mom, not cool." 

She pouted, "Whaaaaat? Can I not have a conversation with my son?" 

"Not about my sex life! No!" She laughed and I glared at her.

I shook my head and muttered, "I swear, sometimes I'm the parent." She just grinned at me. For the rest of the day we talked until dad got home from work. He walked in the door and looked tired from the day, but brightened once his eyes landed on mom. He bent over and kissed her cheek.

"Hello, my love," mom blushed and he smiled, looking over at me. His smile turned into a sad one and I looked at him confused. 

"Hey son, how was school? I heard about Cory." 

I tilted my head a bit in confusion, "What do you mean? What happened to Cory?" My heartbeat was starting to pick up and so many thoughts swarmed in my head of what happened to him as I waited for dad to answer. He looked at me confused and then realization dawned on his face. He glanced at mom and she held the same worried and confused expression. 

"David, what happened?" she asked. 

"Cory got hit by a bus today."