Love Maybe? (BoyXBoy)

Chapter Eight

Chapter Eight

"Wait, you're what? Did I hear you right?" Jenna asked. Oh man, I wish I could take it back now. I wish I never told her. Why did I tell her? "And you thought I wouldn't accept you because of this? You were afraid to tell me? Chris, I love you. You are my big brother, and you have always been there for me. You should know I will always be there for you as well. Now come on, we should go look for Jeremy."

I agreed and we entered once more into the building. We walked to the most obvious spot, his locker, and found him. Of course he wasn't alone. There he was, standing in front of Alyx, who was leaning against Jeremy's locker, where they were in the middle of a heavy make-out session. I couldn't watch this. My breathing became harsh and my chest tightened. I looked away as quickly as I could.

I heard Jenna clear her throat. "Ahem, could you two love birds call it quits for now? Chris and I would like to go home. Unless, you know, you don't want a ride, Jere?" The sarcasm was dripping off of her voice. That's Jenna for you, the sarcastic but lovable sister of mine. She was a pain from time to time, but I would never dream of changing her for the world.

"Oh, uh, sorry. Lost track of time. How long were you waiting?" Jeremy asked while trying to catch his breath.

"Five minutes or so. I wasn't exactly timing it. When Christian came from the building without you, I made him come back in and look for you. Anyway, you coming?" She was running short on patience.

"Yeah, just give me one sec. Just got to grab my bag and books," Jere then proceeded to open his locker, grabbed everything out he needed, and turned to Alyx. "See you tomorrow?" She nodded and smiled. They shared one last quick kiss before saying goodbye and the three of us left the building.

About fifteen minutes later, we were back home, but it felt like hours. Jeremy kept talking about how wonderful Alyx is and how much he cares for her. Each word that came from his mouth was like a knife jabbing into my heart. I wanted to be happy for them, I really did, but I don't think I can get over seeing them together so soon.

We walked into the house, and I ran off up the stairs to the guest room I was staying in. I put my stuff down on the floor and laid down on the bed. I was exhausted from the day and before I knew it, I was fasted asleep.

What seemed like minutes later, someone was knocking on the bedroom door. It couldn't be Jenna, she never knocks. I rolled over with a low groan and stood up. I then walked to the door and opened it to find Jeremy standing there. I was a bit surprised to see him. After all, it was like he didn't notice that I was gone during school. I turned around and walked back to the bed to lay down yet again, all while leaving the door open. Jeremy entered the room and sat at the foot of the bed as to join me.

"Are you alight? I didn't see you at lunch today and you used to always wait for me by my locker after school. I mean, I know that there is a lot going on with you right now, but you're still my best friend, and I worry. Talk to me?" So he did notice I was gone. I felt bad for doubting that. Jere was still my best friend and I should know better than to think he didn't care just because he has Alyx as more now. What was I thinking?

I wasn't. I was in pain and just jumped to conclusions. I sat back up on the bed. "I'm fine. I just needed time alone to think, that's all. I still haven't fully grasped everything. And then on top of that seeing you and Alyx suddenly together... It's just a lot has changed. I'll be fine. Really," I assured him. At least I told him the partial truth. He didn't need to know that I have feelings for him. He didn't need to know how badly it hurt to see them together.

"Well alright then. You know if you need to talk, I'm here to listen. But on a slightly different note, where were you during lunch?" He genuinely wanted to know.

"I sat at the back table in the corner of the cafeteria. I think I'll be sitting there a lot actually," I wanted to see how he would react to this before I tell him who I would be sitting with now.

"Wait a minute.... During our lunch, doesn't Daniel Carrier sit there? Are you two friends? Am I a bad best friend for not knowing you were friends with him?" Jeremy began to panic. Bad best friend? For that? Not at all. I mean today was the first time ever I have spoken to Daniel.

"No, it doesn't. Today was the first day I have actually spoken with him. He asked if I wouldn't mind joining him from now on, and I agreed. He doesn't deserve to be alone just because he was brave enough to come out in a homophobic school. I mean, what if that were me?" Jeremy just nodded in understanding and sighed with relief.

"Alright. I'll let Alyx know about the new seating agreement tomorrow and we'll join you. He must be pretty cool for you to want to be around him. I feel bad now that we have never spoken to him before. I mean, why be afraid of social suicide when it never mattered to you what people thought before. Man, we have been acting so lame!" Yet another reason to love Jeremy. He knows when to admit he did something that was wrong. I nodded at his statement. We were being cowards. Daniel had been isolated for two whole years basically for nothing. Why couldn't we have been brave enough to step forward and stand beside him before now?

"Thanks, Jere. It means a lot to hear you say that. And you're completely right. I apologized to him for that. I can't believe it took me this long to get the courage to speak out about this and to try and be friends. He really is nice, and I kind of let it slip that I know kind of what he was going through, so he knows about me. And I told Jenna today after school as well," I wanted to keep him updated on who knows. "And I think I want to tell Alyx tomorrow. So, if you don't mind, I'd like to talk to her tomorrow after school. I'll let Jenna know that we will be leaving a little later than normal."

"Alright, man. That's fine with me. As long as you are sure that's what you want to do," Jeremy was a bit worried. Why? I had no idea. Maybe he thought I would regret it later? Who knows? "On a different note, are you ready for dinner? Mom sent me up here to see if you were hungry. Gave me an excuse to ask you what was up with you today," He chuckled. His mom likes to spend time with him after school. She likes to hear how his day was, whether he wanted to or not. I always was envious of that. My mom could care less about me if I wasn't cooking or getting her another drink. Anyway, back to reality.

"Yeah, starving. Did you really have to ask?" It was a known fact between us that we are both garbage disposers when it comes to food. "Well, what are you waiting for? Let's go already!"

Dinner was amazing and for the moment, everything seemed to go back to normal between Jeremy and me. For the moment, I was content. For the moment, I was actually happy. The only question was, how long would that last?

A/N: 

Hi there! I just wanted to apologize for the long wait for this new chapter. I know it isn't anything too special, but I'm thinking that next chapter will be a bit more interesting. Drama? Fighting? Confessions? Maybe all of the above? You'll just have to wait and see (and I will too! This story has a tendency of going on it's own unplanned path lol).

On another note, classes are ending within the next two weeks, so hopefully I can get the next chapter up a lot sooner than this one. Wish me luck!

Anyway, that was all I wanted to share with you for now. Please feel free to comment and vote for this chapter. Any guesses what could be coming? I would love some feedback :)

Thanks for reading! :D It truly means a lot to me.