truth or dare (jachary)

Chapter Two

zach 💍

the day sucked. i made it to class on time, but classes were extra boring and i had a headache all day. i just wanted to go home. i found myself staring at the clock all throughout fourth hour. i'm just glad that at lunch i could talk to jonah and hopefully feel better. 

i made my way to the lunchroom and walked straight into the food line. i was too hungry to wait for jonah. i made my way to my seat, and seeing that jonah was already there, sat down.

he chuckled at my lack of enthusiasm, but after that lunch was going pretty normal.

i told jonah i was probably just going to go home after school, skipping the volleyball game, but he convinced me to go. and man did i take some convincing.

i got up from my seat to get snacks for us at the game, him hot cheetos and me funyons. after i payed for the food, i turned around and ran straight into somebody. my face grew red as my ass hit the floor. i felt eyes on me from all around the lunch room. i looked up quickly and saw why.

jack 🍜

today had been a great day. i was in a random good mood, and the only reason i could think of was the hype for the big game tonight. i got high fives from random upperclassmen and teachers i didn't even know. that just boosted my confidence.

all through fourth hour, i was praying for the bell to ring so i could go to lunch. i was still in a good mood from this morning, but i couldn't wait for the game tonight, and the day was going by way too slow. at least at lunch i can talk to the boys about it. 

i walked into the lunchroom and set my things at the table. i waited for daniel and corbyn so we could go grab our food together.

we got it and sat down, and just like the rest of my day, lunch was almost entirely uneventful. almost. there was something that caught my attention. or rather, someone.

i walked up to the snack bar to grab a drink. just as i was walking to get in line, a boy turned around and ran right into me. he fell to the floor.

normally, i would tell them to watch where they're going, but this time it felt different. i felt all eyes glued to us as i looked down and saw a face that for some reason seemed so familiar but at the same time, like i'd never met the kid.

he looked up and his wide eyes met mine. his cheeks were bright red. i held my hand out for him. he got up.

"o-oh so-sorry" he stuttered out before turning,to walk away.

"oh, no problem. i'm jack." i turned around to see the boy had already left. for some reason i felt disappointed. why did i feel disappointed? i didnt even know the guy.

everybody carried on with whatever they were doing by the time i had bought the drink and sat back down next to corbyn.

i found myself zoning out on whatever daniel was talking about and scanning around the entire lunchroom to find the boy that i had bumped into. i finally found him, sitting at one of the end tables, talking to a talk brunette guy. he laughed, and i felt like my stomach was doing flips. i knew i had to shift my gaze back before bean or dani saw me staring.

they were the only people that knew i was gay, and i wasn't planning on outing myself in front of the entire team anytime soon.

i softly hit corbyn's arm. "who's that kid?" the three of our gazes landed on the boy.

dani spoke up. "oh thats skittles."

skittles. cute. like him.

no. stop it jack. if you get too caught up on him, everybody will know your secret.

"oh. why is he called skittles?" i asked.

"no one knows, really." corbyn said. "people say you had to have gone to his elementary school to get it." he shrugged.

just then, the bell rang. thank god. only three more hours till the big game.