Here For the Credit • Gawsten (boyxboy)

Chapter 11: Is Pink A Good Color? Discuss.

UPDATING EARLY BECAUSE I FINISHED THIS FIC IM SO FUCKING PROUD OF MYSELF (THIS ISN'T THE LAST CHAPTER. THERE'S FOUR MORE. I'M JUST PREWRITING SO I CAN WORK ON MY NEXT FIC BEFORE IT'S RELEASED.)
EDIT: ALSO I LOVE USER PINKLOBOTOMY. HE'S THE BEST.

The last few days of spring break were somewhat uneventful in perspective, and flew by fast. Soon enough, they had to return to school and get used to the regular schedule.

Awsten, Jawn and Otto were walking to class together as they always did. Jawn had ranted about how he'd broken his favorite camera lenses and Otto had mentioned that he had gone on a date with a girl in his geometry class by the name of Grace. Awsten didn't mention that he had a crush on her in the 7th grade.

It was nice to be back in town — in Awsten's opinion. California was outstanding , and don't get him wrong, he'd miss it like hell , but it wasn't home. It felt nice to get back into the swing of things.

"I'm bisexual." Awsten stated as they reached Jawn's classroom, formerly quiet. They were extra dearly, so they had time to talk before class started. Awsten's internal dialogue decided it was now or never.

"So am I. You want an award?" Jawn responded, chuckling. He waved himself off. "Just kidding. That's cool, Aws. I'm glad you figured yourself out."

"Awesome, dude. Now you've got almost unlimited partner possibilities. That's sweet. " Otto continued off Jawn's statement, patting Awsten on the shoulder.

"Speaking of partners," Jawn said teasingly, "How're things with your man-crush? You didn't update me much over break, asshole. Too busy with your face in a pillow?"

"Something like that. We're, uh," Awsten felt his face get hot, lowering his voice. Jawn and Otto shot him interested glances. "We're together now. We're actually going on a date... today. We kinda went on some in Cali, but we haven't been on like, a real one till now. I'm kinda scared."

"Holy shit. 'Was gonna invite you to the skate park after school but I think that's a little more important." Otto's eyes widened. "Good luck, man. You'll be fine."

"Yeah," Jawn agreed, stepping closer to the door of his first period. "I gotta go, but you'll be okay, dude. Don't sweat it, just chill out."

Awsten sighed as Jawn left and him and Otto continued to walk down the hall in content silence. Awsten wasn't positive as to where his new elective was, but he knew it was going to be interesting. He tried to get into graphic design because he liked editing, but instead he was placed into art because the class he wanted was full.

Otto left to his class, and Awsten fended for himself and found the art room with time to spare before the bell would ring. It was kind of sad that he was a senior and hadn't known where it was until now. He sat down at one of the few tables there, setting his bag on the ground.

His schedule had switched his biology class to second period instead of first, so he no longer had this class period with Geoff. Luckily though, Geoff's schedule transferred him to second period bio as well, so they still shared that class in general. It was still unfortunate that Awsten didn't get to see him first thing in the morning, though.

He fished a pencil out of the front pocket of his thrasher sweatshirt and set it on the table, sitting with his head resting on one of his hands upright. He spaced out until the stool beside him pulled out, and he briefly glanced over. It was Carter.

"Oh. Hey, dude." Awsten said tiredly, his eyebrows raising as Carter put their own bag on the floor with a loud thud. "How was your break?"

Carter smiled softly, still obviously half asleep as they conversed at the table. "To be honest, pretty uneventful. Slept in, played video games, the whole shebang. How was the wondrous California? Your pretty face get sunburnt?"