DIRTY LAUNDRY

12

She's got her secrets,
Yeah, I got mine too •

"What?" I heard her say, I might've shocked her a bit there.

"Oh, fuck, I should've told you when we met, it's just that it's not really the best conversation ice breaker - Oh hey, I'm Alex and I'm gay by the way." I said and face palmed hard. Then I heard her laugh.

"Relax, I'm only kidding." She said, chuckling. "You should've seen your face, I really got you."

"Holy shit, don't do that to me!" I sighed from relief and buried my face into my palms.

"Jesus, what did you think my reaction was going to be?" She giggled.

"I don't know, that you'd never look at me again?" I mean I know she's not judgmental but you can never be sure of a certain person's background.

"God no, that's not really my style. Besides, I could tell when we met, I can't really say what it was, but I knew right away." She said, smiling.

"Well why didn't you say anything?" I asked.

"Because that's not really what you say to a person when you meet them, remember?" She winked. "Oh and I saw how you were looking at Jack, it was clear as the blue sky."

I blushed hard. I knew that if people observed me closely, when I'm around Jack, they would notice me liking him, but it being so obvious presented a problem.
"Was it really that obvious?" I asked anyways.

"Well, I think you already know the answer." She said. "And don't worry about us."

"Still friends?" I gave her a smile.

"Never stopped." She said and put her hand on mine.

"Sorry for kissing you." I apologized again.

"Oh, please. You're a good kisser, no apology needed." She giggled. Yes, I can still make girls giggle. "You weren't really leading me on, we only kissed that one time."

"Even better, because I felt shitty as fuck." I admitted. I did, I was using her to make Jack jealous and I knew it was wrong but I was still up and ready to do it again.

"Nah, we're good. I'm glad you called me, I was starting to miss you." She said and I internally thanked the universe for her. Like I said, if I were straight, I'd probably marry her.

"Yeah, sorry for taking so long, it's just, so much has happened with Jack and all... such drama." I said.

"What? You mean like with you and Jack?" She opened her mouth in surprise. I nodded and blushed.

"Alex, baby... you're gonna have to give me a little more than a nod." She said. "Come on, spill."

God, if she only knew what kind of things went down in our room.
"Well, we randomly got drunk in the dorm one night and we kissed... to be more specific, he kissed me."

"And?" She was waiting for more.

"And he told me he likes me." I blushed again.

"Anything else you wanna tell me?" She asked with a big smile plastered on her face, eyebrows raised up.

"Uhm, sort of. We kinda did it." I babbled out.