Love knows no gender - Danstickz fanfic

Chapter 20

*The picture is Olly*

Jesse P.O.V

I entered the school doors and took in the scent of the dirty floors and people’s different perfumes and aftershaves. It wasn’t exactly the nicest mixture of smells…

I prepared myself for another day in hell as I walked past the judgemental stares, towards my locker.

I opened my locker and cringed when I saw my reflection in the mirror. I quickly adjusted my hair and grabbed my maths and science books as I shut the door. When I turned to make my way to my first lesson, I was face to face with my personal bully. Tyler.

“Sup faggot?” He nodded as he smirked and leant against the lockers neck door.

“Get out of my way Tyler…” I tried to push passed him but his little posse blocked my path.

“Why? What’s the rush?”

“Just move!” I began to get impatient.

His smirk faded and he stood up straight in front of me. He was at least half a foot taller than I was and he was part of the rugby team, so you could see why I was intimidated…

“Now, you know better than to talk to me like that…”

“C-Can I just get through p-please?” I stuttered as I looked down. Great, show him I’m scared…Well done Jesse!

“Why? So you can go and cry about not having any real parents?” He remarked earning a few chuckles from his ‘friends’.

That pushed me over the edge. They could say whatever they wanted to me but not about Dan and Chris. “Well, at least my parents chose me. Your parents are stuck with you!”

His friends stopped laughing and I turned to walk the other direction, leaving Tyler and his posse stood there, jaw-dropped. I mentally smirked to myself, knowing I had hit a nerve, but I spoke to soon as I heard footsteps running up behind me and felt my body being slammed against the lockers as my books went flying across the hall.

“What the fuck did you just say?” He said through gritted teeth as he pushed me harder against the cold metal.

I decided not to make myself seem weak. “Y-You heard me”

By now, a small crowd of about 10 people had gathered to see what was going on. Tyler pulled back a fist to punch me square in the face so I shut my eyes and flinched back, preparing myself for the worst.

When I didn’t feel anything collide with my face, I dared to open my eyes to see what was taking so long. I saw someone had grasped Tyler’s hand in a death grip and was twisting his arm.

“I don’t think that will be necessary…You deserved what he said for being an asshole…”

I turned to look at the mystery guy and saw it was none other than my long time crush, Olly. Of course I could never tell him that thought, since you know, he’s straight and no one really knows I’m gay, they call me a ‘faggot’ because of my look…Anyway…

Tyler looked at him with wide eyes.

“Well? Are you going to let go of him?” Olly demanded. I didn’t understand how he was so calm with him. It was kind of soothing.

Tyler looked around at the crowd of people, clearly embarrassed that he was being confronted.

He gave me one last death glare before releasing me and gesturing his friends to follow him down the corridor. I quickly re-adjusted my jumper before looking around for where my books had gone.

I felt someone tap me on the shoulder and I turned to see Olly handing me my books with a soft smile.

“Thanks” I said, shyly.

“No problem. Sorry, I would’ve come to help sooner, but I’ve only just got into school”

“I-It’s ok…” Damn it! I really need to sort out this stuttering problem.

He smiled again as we began to walk down the hallway. By now the crowd had disperse and everyone had gone back to what they were doing before. “Anyway, are you ok?”

“I think so, thanks again” I smiled back at him.

“I kind of wanted to get my own back on him. He’s such a dick! I hate him” He chuckled slightly.

Olly P.O.V

 I know I probably don't look like the type of guy to stand up to bullies but I'm a lot stronger than I look...

I always seem to get these strange feelings around Jesse. I’m not sure what they were. I mean, I always felt the need to protect him. Make him feel safe. I never thought it could be that I possibly could like him, I mean, I’m straight right? I’ve had girlfriends before…But this was different…Maybe I did like him?...It’s the same feelings I had when I had a girlfriend…Urgh! High school is the worst time to be questioning your sexuality…

I turned to look at him. Now that I think of it, he is kind of cute…The way his hair covers one eye and his snake bites suited him perfectly.

“What? Do I have something on my face?” He smiled slightly, touching his cheek.

I quickly turned away, knowing I had been caught. “Uh, no…I just think your snake bites are cool” I lied. Well, It wasn’t a full lie…They were pretty cool.

I was slightly taller than he was. Only by a couple of inches but I still had to look down on him.

Jesse P.O.V

“Olly? Can I ask you something?”

“Yeah sure” He smiled again.

Oh, crap…No getting out of this now…

I looked around to see how many people were standing nearby. Hmm…Too many. I gestured for Olly to follow me to a secluded corner of the hall.

He gave me a confused look and chuckled slightly. “What is it?”

“Ok, promise you won’t think I’m weird or a creep or anything?”

“Promise” He nodded.

I took a deep breathe. “Well…I like you. Ok bye…” I said in a rush and began to walk away so he couldn’t laugh in my face.

He grabbed my arm and pulled me back.

“Wait, what?”

“I said, I like you. I have for the past year now…Anyway, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go before you laugh at me…” I replied looking at my tattered shoes.

He chuckled. “Don’t be silly! I’m not gonna laugh at you”

“You’re not?” I looked at him slightly.

“Nope” He smiled. “So you’re gay, huh?” He leaned against the wall.

I nodded shyly, unsure of where this was going. “No one really knows. I just needed to tell you”

“I understand. Anyway, if I’m honest, I think it’s kind of cute”

“You do?” I raised my eyebrows slightly.

“Mhmm. And um…I guess I do kind of like you back…I don’t know what it is about you but I feel the need to hug you all the time and like, I feel I get butterflies when I see you…”

I immediately knew that he saw my eyes light up and a huge grin spread its way across my face.

“Yeah…that’s kind of what happened when I realised I was, you know, gay…”

He looked at me. “I don’t get it though. I’ve only dated girls…”

“Yeah, you don’t usually fully realise it until you meet the right person…” I replied.

“So, I guess you’re that person then” He smiled shyly and I smiled back.