The Fire and The Rain ☽ e. dolan

Chapter 5

James' pov

I sat on my bed criss cross and stared at Jordan's bed across the room. I had tear stains on my face with tears rolling down my cheeks as I let out small, quiet sobs.

I heard the door open and didn't bother looking at who it was.

"James, what's wrong?" Jordan said walking over to me and sitting next to me on the edge of my bed.

I looked at her I wanted to cry even more from the expression on her face. I laid my head down in her lap.

"I... I think I like James." I said. She didn't say anything. I mean, she knows I'm gay, her and Brody are the only ones. They're the only ones that know because I never had anyone else to come out to.

We sat there for a while. I lifted my head up off of her lap and wiped my tears away with the sleeves of my long sleeved shirt.

"You wanna go get some food?" She asked as she got up and grabbed her phone and purse off of her night stand.

"Where?" I asked wiping my eyes once again.

She thought for a moment. "How about in 'n out." She suggested.

"Alright, I'm down." I said smiling. Then my smile faded. "How are we gonna get there?" I asked looking up at her.

"We could walk." She suggested.

I sat there looking at her as if she were crazy.

"You know I go to the gym to practice boxing right?" She asked. I nodded getting up. "So....." She dragged out.

"Okay." I said. She slipped on her sandals as I put my vans on.

"Ready?" She asked reassuringly holding out her hand.

I grabbed her hand and we walked all the way there.

On our way over there I saw some street art. I saw five pieces to be exact. The first one was of a train smashing through the wall.
The second one was of Aladdin, with Aladdin and Jasmine flying on the magic carpet.
The third one was a can of shaving cream. I let out a chuckle and Jordan turned to me.

"What's so funny?" She asked with a confused look on her face.

"Have you not been paying attention to the street art people put on the sides of buildings?" I asked.

She looked around and stopped once she noticed a flower on the building in front of us. "I made this one." She says as she smiles looking up at it.

I looked up at it noticing all of the detail put into it. "You made this?" I asked impressed and surprised at the same time.

She nodded her head and we started walking again. I heard my phone go off a couple times while we were walking but I ignored it.

| 1:07 a.m.

"I would like the cheeseburger without onions or tomatoes with fries and a strawberry milkshake." She said smiling at the cashier.

His name is supposedly Andrew... but I don't think so.

"And for you?" Andrew asked me.

"I'm gonna go with... the double-double without onions," I shuddered after saying the word onions because I hate onions, "fries and a vanilla milkshake." I said throwing a fake smile at him.

"That would be twenty-three dollars and fifty cents." He said winking at Jordan. I made a disgusted look and got on my phone as she got out her card and handed it to him.