--Mitch's POV--
I was gonna do it. I was gonna ask Adam if he wanted to go to dinner with me. As a friend or more? That I do not know just yet.
I had skipped the last class to go to town and get a card. Why a card? I wanted to make him think I died. Then boom as he's crying I'll pop up and say 'naaah I'm alive, wanna go to dinner' and he'll be soooo upset to say no! So I go to Walgreens and get a card saying 'Sorry For Your Loss' then bring it back to school. Inside I write, 'Adam Dahlberg we are sad to inform you your friend Mitchell Hughes has died.' Then I slip it into Sky's locker. I hide behind the corner and wait.
About forty minutes later he comes out of class and opens his locker. Sky picks up the card and reads it. He gasps and covers his mouth, tears streaming down his face. I jump out and hug him from behind, "hey hey buddy! It was a joke! I'm still here!"
Sky whirls around, face angry. What did I do wrong? "Mitchell Donald Ralph Hughes you..you prick!" He yells. I 100% did not anticipate this.
"I-I'm sorry? I said it was a joke, so that makes it okay right?" I offer gently.
That seems to anger him further, "friends don't play jokes like this on eachother! Have you ever seen Friends?! They never did this stuff," he shouts. People are turning to watch us.
"Sky calm down...I just wanted to ask you to dinner and I thought this would be a funny way," I look away from him.
"This is not funny Mitch. I thought my one friend was dead. And if the offer of dinner is still up, well I decline." He spits, grabs his stuff and rushes out. I catch a glimpse of someone following him.
--Sky's POV--
I run out of the school and to the woods out back. I am a few feet into the woods when I realize I'm crying and there there's someone following me. I whirl around "Mitch go aw-" I begin to spit but then I realize it's Ty. "Wha..what are you doing here...?"
Ty blinks, "he's not your only friend." is all she says, face blank.
"He isn't...?" I ask, whipping my face and sitting down at the trunk of a large tree.
"I'm your friend too Sky. And I wouldn't pull a prank like that. Maybe I'd plant drugs on you but I wouldn't tell you died then ask you out to dinner. That's just kind rude." She says while sitting next to me.
I huff, "and I thought I liked him... Stupid jocks are always the same!"
"Mhm I know that feeling. Cheerleaders suck too."
"Why are people so mean..?"
"That's like asking why the world turns. It's just something that happens Sky, can't change it."
"Maybe you're right, Ty."
She snickers, "I know I'm right. And my names Tyra. But..I guess you can say Ty too.. Yea! I like that. Reminds me I still have a dick."
"But if you're trans don't you wanna pretend you don't..?"
Ty pauses, "no..I like to remember I'm different."
I look at her and smile the best I can. She smiles back. "And Sky?" She asks.
"Yea?"
"Don't listen to anyone that bullies you. You're beautiful and different. People like to try and break things higher than them. Unless by higher they mean on more drugs, then they kinda wanna match you."
I laugh, "Alright Ty." I liked her, she was cool and sarcastic. My life was slowly becoming a sitcom wasn't it? Just more..graphic.
