Sweet Wipeout

Sweet Mark

                        Mark's POV

     It's midnight, and I'm unable to sleep. I've been staring at my ceiling for 3 hours. I've been doing this every night ever since Tony kissed me. Here, in my room.

     It feels kinda weird, for me to be a guy and have another guy kiss me, but at the same time... I kinda liked it. His lips were sweet and warm. The way he wrapped his arms around my waist was so comforting. I'm not supposed to like it, but I did, which was why I'm confused. Which was why I try my best to say away from him until I could understand these feelings.

     I don't know what to do, I don't know who I should talk to about this. Everyone I know is homophobic, and talking to Tony about this would probably not make things better. The only other person I know who isn't homophobic is Megan, Tony's mom. But would talking to her about this be worth it? And how could I approach her without Tony around?

     Ohh I get it, if Megan is off and Tony goes to the beach, I could talk to her then. I smile and nod to myself, I'm so clever. I sit up on my bed, staring out the window. The night was so calm, why aren't I? I look at the moon and stars. I never really took time to look at them. They're so pretty and relaxing, almost makes me want to go back to sleep, until I saw something move. It looks like a person, walking. The person stops, looks in my direction, and comes closer.

     I back up, and attempt to close my window, until I saw who it was. Nick.

"'Sup dude." He greeted as he came to my window.

"Hey, whatcha doing up and walking around?" I asked.

"I was just walking to calm myself down."

"Ohh ok." I saw something on his leg. "What's that on your leg?"

"Oh, just a bag of frozen peas. I tripped and fell over some trash cans, then...... found this frozen bag of peas and used it on my leg."

"Oh really?" I was not buying this. "You found the peas, completely frozen, in the middle of the ground, at night?"

"Yeah dude..." We were quiet for a while. I still wasn't buying it. There's no way there would be a bag of peas on the ground. And if there were, they would've be as frozen. He broke the silence, knowing that I could tell he was lying.

"Ok, ok, promise you won't tell anyone?"

     I nod. He sighs. "Ok, I was walking to calm myself down, then I tripped over some trash cans, in front of the fag's house. Then HE gave me this bag of peas for my leg."

     I slowly nod. "He helped you out, huh?"

"Yeah. He's not a bad kid. He let me in so I could rest a while, then we talked personal stuff. He actually pretty cool, we need to hang with him more often, who cares that he's gay?"

"Yeah, exactly." I said without realizing that I said it. My eyes widen after I said it.

     He chuckled. "Don't worry, he told me that you guys are best friends. And I have nothing against that. You're pretty lucky for that. You don't have to act like a bully to him anymore, well not in front of me."

"Well, we got into an argument after he kissed me, and I'm not sure whether to avoid him or not."

"You shouldn't have to. How was it like? To kiss another guy?"

     I thought about it for a while, then said, "It was weird, but it also felt nice, I guess? To be honest, I kinda want to do it again, just to be sure."

"Ohh ok then." He chuckled a little.

"What about you and Lily? How are y'all?"

     He sighed. "Still haven't asked her out yet. Should I ask her before or after the tournament? Which would be better?"