all my books are just going downhill i think i might be done writing soon
i'm also sitting on top of a table at work writing this bc my kiddies are sleeping and i'm bored
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CHASE SAT IN DETENTION with tyler to his right and amara to his left. of course, bailey was a goodie goodie and stayed away from the actions the three had caused because she'd never had a detention and didn't ever want one. the three had been trying to see who could get on top of the lockers first and even though tyler had won the three managed to get detention.
"i almost made it." chase mumbled once the teacher left the room.
"didn't make it fast enough." tyler chuckled and amara shook her head.
"i might've been last, but i'm still the smartest one here." she spoke quietly, not wanting to disturb the other kids in detention. there wasn't much time left and the teacher was probably going to be gone until time was up.
chase laughed as he stumbled out of the building. the teacher had moved them to separate areas of the room when he returned for the last ten minutes and once they were dismissed they raced out of the classroom. the blue eyed boy clearly won as tyler and amara came out a few seconds later.
"is that tom?" amara questioned, causing chase to look in the direction she was pointing. tom's car was parked across the street of the school and the said boy was sitting inside looking at his phone. he wore sunglasses on his face and his hair looked messy.
"yeah, it is." chase answered. the smile was still on his face, but not as wide as a few seconds prior.
"hey, thomas!" amara shouted, running across the street to say hi to him. chase and tyler slowly followed over as tom started a conversation with the girl. when the two boys reached them amara rolled her eyes at something tom had said. "let's be honest, when isn't he?"
"when isn't who what?" tyler asked, leaving chase mute.
"chase is grounded from his car, so tom's here to bring him to alec's game." amara answered for the older boy and even though tom's sunglasses were still on the younger boy could tell he was looking at him.
"too bad i don't have my phone for someone to tell me that." chase spoke sarcastically as he walked around the the passenger side of the car. "see you guys tomorrow."
"tell alec we said good luck!" amara smiled before her and tyler headed off to their cars.
chase buckled up his seatbelt and glanced over at tom who was looking at his phone again. he shook his head at something before he locked it and placed it in the middle console. he didn't even look at the younger boy as he put the car and drive and headed off in the direction of alec's baseball game.
chase licked his dry lips and looked out the window. "did you volunteer to pick me up or did someone ask you?"
"your brother asked me to pick you up since i have to pass the school on the way to his game." he stated. "apparently you're not allowed to be home alone nor have your phone or car for two weeks? how do you manage to always get in trouble?"
the younger brunet shrugged his shoulders and looked out the window. "i may have gotten grounded for cheating on a test and then got mad so i threw a plate on the floor." he rolled his eyes, "they don't want me to be home alone because they think i'll break more stuff. it's dumb, really."
tom shook his head, "you're so stupid."
the blue eyed boy pursed his lips and looked down at tom's hand as it gripped the gear shift. "are we gonna talk about what happened saturday night?"
"no." tom answered rather quickly. his grip tightened on the gear shift and chase sighed, resting his head against the window. it was silent for a few minutes before the older boy spoke again. "it shouldn't have happened. you're only sixteen and i'm almost twenty. it's illegal, wrong, and completely reckless."
"it's not illegal if given consent and trust me, there's consent there." chase mumbled and it caused tom's hand to jerk off the gear shift and grip the steering wheel with both hands.
"i'm not sure i'm even into guys." he stated. "i guess it was more of an experiment."
the younger brunet scoffed, "so i was an experiment?"
tom sighed, "i didn't mean it like that. i just—" he paused. "you caught me off guard when you kissed me that first time, but i wasn't disgusted by it like i thought i would be if a guy ever kissed me, so i was seeing how i would feel when i initiated it." he shook his head, "that sounds wrong, but i—"
"yeah, i get it." chase shook his head. "but that doesn't answer the fact that you let me kiss you and you kissed me a lot saturday night." he glanced over at him. "you—you cuddled me and kissed my forehead before you brought me home the next day."
"i felt like it was the right thing to do." he responded. "you were drunk and hungover."
"you don't fuck with a guy's feelings." chase spoke loudly and tom hit the breaks a little harder than intended.
"feelings?"
chase's cheeks heated up, "nevermind." they came to a stoplight and chase quickly unbuckled. he climbed out of the car and ignored tom's shouts as he walked across the street and down an alley that led to an open field that was usually deserted except for a few stoners.
"hey chase." ryan gave the boy a lopsided smile and the brunet approached him, doing a small handshake before the boy continued to walk.
"chase, wait!" tom's voice made chase roll his eyes and he kept walking. when a warm hand grabbed his arm and stopped him he whipped around and glared at the boy.
"what?" the word felt like venom slipping off his tongue.
tom's gaze locked with chase's and the older boy frowned. "listen, i'm sorry. i just don't know how i feel right now."
"yeah well," chase pursed his lips, "i know how i feel and i feel like being as far away from you as possible. go to the game and tell them i ran off. i don't care."
"chase, please. i'm sorry."
"goodbye, tom." he pulled his arm out of tom's grip and headed off in the direction of the park woods.
