You're My Reason Why (Boyxboy) #Wattys2016

Chapter Four

(Eric's pov)

I walked out of my bedroom and down to the kitchen where Connor was. I grabbed an apple and he smiled at me. "You want to take the bus or me to take you?" I took a bite of my apple and pointed to him. He grabbed his keys and we walked out of the house and got into the car. We drove to the school and I got out. "Bye, I'll see you after school!" I nodded and kept on walking. I walked into the school and saw my little group of friends. They all stopped talking and laughing as I walked right past them.

"Eric, wait!" Monica called. I stopped and they all ran up to me. Monica and Candice kept staring at my neck while Alec and Lloyd just at the ground.

"Did you stop me for a reason?"

"We're. . .um, we're all really sorry. We didn't think you were being serious," Monica said.

I rolled my eyes and said, "Whatever, I have to get to class. See you at lunch." I walked away from the people I call my friends and went to my locker. After I got my books out I went upstairs to the junior hallway; I have advanced classes up here. I went into my advanced math class and Mr. Buckingham gave me a sad smile.

"Hey there, Kiddo. How are you doing?"

I shrugged and said, "Better than I was." He nodded.

"That's good, I'm glad. Just remember, if you ever need to talk to me you can." I nodded and thanked him. I went to my seat and the other students started filling the room. "Okay, class. Please turn to section 6-4 in your algebra books."

After class I went to my locker and as I was putting my stuff away I felt someone staring at me. I turned around and saw Ricky staring at me. He gave me a small smile and waved. I slammed my locker shut and walked up to him. He was with his friends and they all looked at me confused.

"Why the fuck do you keep staring at me?!" I asked.

He bit his lip and said, "I just wanted to see if your face was okay." I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms.

"Liar, you don't give a shit about me," I said. His face turned red in embarrassment and I looked at him confused.

"Yeah. . .you're right," he said.

"So, why do you keep staring at me?"

"Maybe he wants to know how you got all those burns on your neck," one of his friends said. "Because I sure do."

"None of your fucking business, like I said before," I said. Ricky just looked at the ground and I walked back to my locker and went to my biology class.

(Ricky's pov)

I felt like I wanted to craw into a hole and never leave. I can't believe he caught me staring again! I sighed and my friends looked at me, expecting me to explain. "That was Eric Grim. He's a boy I accidentally hit with a book yesterday. That's how he got that bruise," I said. They all started laughing and I groaned.
"Stop it! It's not funny!"

"Why are you so upset about hitting him? You don't even know the kid," Damian said.

"But I do know him," I said and blushed. They all stopped laughing and started at me.

"Wait. . ." Calvin said. He pointed to me then to Eric's locker and wiggled his eyebrows. I nodded my head and looked at the ground again.

"Awe, that's so cute!" May said, while coming up to us.

"It's not cute! I don't know what to do. . ." I mumbled.

"Bro, I don't know much about being gay and all but I do know you need to talk to him," Damian said.

I rolled my eyes and said, "First, I can't because he hates me. Second, I've had this crush on him for over a year and I've been too scared to do anything about it." They looked at me in shock.

"You seriously have it bad for him, don't you?" I nodded and the late bell rang. We all ran to class and I quickly wrote down all the notes I missed.

I walked into the lunch room and sat down with my friends. "So, Ricky, I have a plan so that you can go sit with Eric," May said. I looked at her curiously and she smirked. "We're going to pretend to kick you out of our little group and then you can go ask Eric to sit with him and his friends." I nodded and May smirked. She told me to stand up and pretend to be sad. I did and then she started yelling at me.

"Get the freak out of here!" It was kind of hard not to smile since she sounds like a kid since she doesn't cuss. "Go find some new friends!" I walked away from the table and when I turned back around she was flipping me off. I had to hold in my laugh and saw half the cafeteria staring at me. I grabbed my lunch and walked up to Eric's table, the only table with some extra seats.

"Um, hey," I said as I walked up to Eric and his friends. They all looked at me confused except for Eric, he had a look of anger on his face.

"Yes?" the blonde haired girl said while batting her eyelashes.

"I was wondering if I could sit with you guys."

"Of course!" the girl said. I sat down across from Eric and he just stared at the table.

"So, what's your name?" this red haired boy said.

"Ricky."

"I'm Alec, that's Lloyd, Monica, and Candice. Oh, and Eric of course." I smiled at them and Monica scooted closer to me.

"So, you look older than all of us," Monica said.

I nodded and said, "I'm a junior, you guys are sophomores, right?" They all nodded and Eric finally looked up at me.

"So, why are you sitting here?" Eric asked.

"Eric! Be nice!" Candice said.

"No, he's been following me around all day. I want to know why."

"I'm not following you around. I just see you a lot," I said. He rolled his eyes and crossed his arms.

"I doubt that," he said.

I took a bite of my food and said, "Why is that so hard to believe?"

"I don't know, it just is," he said. I bit my lip and shrugged.

"So," Monica said. Eric stopped glaring at me and turned to her. "Why exactly are you here?"

"My friends sort of kicked me out of their group," I said.

"That sucks," Lloyd said.

I shrugged and said, "It's whatever."

"So, do you have a girlfriend?" Candice said. I laughed and shook my head no. "Do you want one?"

"No thanks, I don't swing that way," I said. They all looked at me shocked and I sighed.

"You into dudes, bro?" Alec said. I nodded and he shrugged. "I've never actually met a gay guy."

"Are you fine with it?" I asked. They all nodded but Eric just got up and walked away. His friends called after him but he just walked away. I sighed and got up and put my lunch away. I guess he really does hate me.