Don't Disappear

Chapter 15 (BMC)

TW: Mentions of abandonment.

Jeremy-
"Jeremy!! Jeremy!! What are you doing??" Michael called from somewhere in the distance. I knocked on his front door waiting for his moms to open the door.
Veronica opened the door.

"Hey Jeremy, what's up, sport," she said using some finger guns. "Can we come in?" I asked. "Of course," she answered opening the door wider to their house. Their house looks cool.

"Where's Martha?" asked Michael. "She was called, some kid around your age got shot," she replied, frowning.

Violence triggered bad memories for Veronica. She twitched. "Oh, hey Jake, and Rich," she stated realizing they were here.

"Hey Mrs. Sawyer!!" Rich said. "That's Veronica to you," she said. "Yeah Rich," Jake said sarcastically. Rich pushed him a bit make Jake wrap his arm around his shoulder smirking.

"So what'cha kids up to?" she asked handing us cookies and some tea in red solo cups. Jake breathed in heavily, remembering the last time he held a red solo cup. I looked at Michael sadly grabbing his hand, he looked at me realizing the hurt in my eyes. He smiled at me reassuringly, I still can't believe he can accept my appoligize, I was such a big spruce that night.

"Michael needs to tell you something important," Rich suddenly said breaking the hurtful silence. "What is it honey?" she asked obviously confused.

"Mom, I'm gay," he replied tensing, waiting for a response.

"Oh honey, we already knew that," she said like nothing has changed. "Wait what!!" Michael practically shouted. "Yeah it's quite obvious dear," she replied.

Rich and Jake we're stiffing laughter from behind.

"Oh, shut it Rich and Jake, I doubt you guys have come out to your parents," Michael stated. Jake squeezed his eyes shut, while Rich looked hurt.

Everyone knew that Jake's homophobic, young, parents left him and he was very faulty over it, and he gets depressed over it easily. Rich also had an abusive, homophobic father who drank too much kicked him out due to his depression right before Halloween. His mom also died when he was a young age. So both of them were disowned at the age of sixteen.

Michael sighed realizing what he just said. "I-I'm sorry I didn't mean it like that," Michael replied realizing his mistake.

"Where's your bathroom," Jake asked his voice cracking a bit.

"Upstairs and to the left," Veronica replied. Rich and Jake headed that direction fairly quickly.

Veronica left and went to go check on her growing garden.

Michael sat down at the island in the kitchen and banged his head steadily against the counter top. "NO, don't hurt your pretty head!!" I yelled running over to him to make him stop. He looked up at me his with pleading eyes, and a light smile.

I ran over to the refrigerator and grabbed the Mountain Dew Red 2 liter and two red solo cups. I filled the red solo cups with ice and filled them with Mountain Dew Red. I handed one to Micheal who stopped banging his head when he saw it. He picked it up and drank from it. I smiled at him, soda was left around his lips.

I kissed him feeling the coolness around my lips. I pulled away.

That's when Rich and Jake ran in with tears in their eyes.

"Woah, what happened?" I asked.

"Murphy's house, now!" Rich demanded us.

We ran out to the car cranking it up. Michael and I had know idea what was going on. But we knew it was something important.

Author's Note-
Ooooohhhhhh, a cliff hanger. I'm so mean, you guys are going to hate me later, but I still love you Teddy-Bears!! Also Rich's father is based off of some oneshot book I've read. So please comment. I know this is super cringey. So have a good *insert time of day*, and see ya in the future Teddy-Bears.
-Han

(656 words) ;)