We Aren't Nerds! {{PETEKEY}}

{{Epilogue}}

Mikey hadn't been expecting Pete to call him again that day. They'd been together for quite a considerable amount of time, and he couldn't think of any reason why Pete would still need to talk to him. Even so, he answered the phone, curious about what he wanted to tell him so badly that it couldn't wait until Monday.

M: "Hi, what's up--"
P: "I told you not to come between me and Patrick. But you didn't listen and I let you in and now he's tried to kill himself."

Mikey wasn't sure what was going on. Pete sounded angry, but he was definitely crying about something. He heard a mention of Patrick, though, and assumed it probably had something to do with him.

M:"What happened with you and Patrick? Did you guys get back together?"
P: "Are you kidding me? Were you not listening at all? He's tried to kill himself, Mikey. He's in hospital!"
M: "Oh my god! Is he going to be okay, though? That's the important thing!"
P: "I don't know, but it's all your fault!"

Mikey didn't know why Pete was blaming him for the fact that Patrick had tried to kill himself. It didn't make a lot of sense to him, but attempting suicide was very serious, and Mikey didn't want to question it too much.

M: "Why do you say that? I thought you loved me? How could you blame me for something like that?"
P: "I was wrong. I thought I loved you, Mikey, but it was just the idea of you. You're terrible, you hear me? I thought I loved you but it turns out because of you the person who I really love could die!"

Mikey just sighed. He have anything against Pete, but he could tell things were going to be left badly. He really had liked him, and he thought Pete had liked him, too. It came as a complete surprise that he was saying he loved Patrick again. He tried not to be offended, but it was quite difficult. No one wanted to be told someone loved them and then have it taken away so soon afterwards, especially not while being yelled at on the phone.

M: "Are we even friends now?"
P: "We can't be friends now. I thought you were a nice guy but it turns out you just wanted me for yourself. Patrick tried to kill himself because he thought I didn't need him anymore. He thought that because I was always off with you, Mikey! It's all your fault!"
M: "You can't really believe that, can you, Pete? I want to be your friend, honestly I do. That's all I think I ever really wanted, even when I denied it."

Pete was still crying over the phone. He was in his bedroom, sitting in the exact same place he had been when he'd kissed the boy he was now screaming at. It was all wrong, really. He shouldn't have kissed him, but he only realised that thinking back on it now, after it was too late. He couldn't take it back, but he needed to.

M: "Listen to me, Pete. It's going to be okay. I'll just go. You thought we were good for each other, but clearly not."
P: "How could I have been so stupid? You're just a little kid, really!"
M: "I'm just going to ignore you from now on. After all, you're in love with Patrick Stump, you're just a gay nerd."

Pete hung up the phone. His tears stopped and he simply said aloud, "We aren't nerds."