Parade

Slumber Party

     After everything had settled and Sebastian had made some new friends, he invited everyone over to his house.
     "My moms gonna be working late tonight and I told her we'll have people over so it's basically just a win-win!" Sebastian said to the group. Johnathan was a bit scared at how to...approach this subject with his parents. Of course him going to a sleepover seemed normally fine to his parents but if he showed any kind of extra excitement to this one specifically, his parents might catch on. After going over these scenarios over and over in his head Johnathan finally mustered up the courage to ask. He walked out of his room and over to the living room where his parents are.
    "Hey, um, mom dad, can I go to a sleepover? Thomas and Eden will be there." Johnathan said,
     "Sure Johnny, go ahead. Jut be back here at the end of school ok?" Replied his mother, she was a lot kinder than his father.
     Sometimes she would even console Johnathan after one of the protests . She disliked them as much as Johnathan did, and she's usually pushed, or pressured into going. His father on the other hand was not as lenient.
     "Do you need any money or something?" His father asked, clearly trying to avoid the conversation all together,
     "No dad, I'll be fine." Johnathan started for the door, just as he was about to open it he heard a knock.
     "I got it, it's probably just Thomas picking me up." Johnathan yelled out. He knew it wasn't Thomas, that wasn't his knock. Johnathan opened the door and hurried out closing it as fast as he could behind him.
     "What are you doing here Sebby?" Johnathan whispered,
     " Oh, I was coming to pick you up to come to my place." Sebastian replied.
     "Yeah, I know that, but my parents saw you in the parade, they'd probably recognize you and then we'd be banned from seeing each other." Johnathan sighed, "Let's get moving, ok?"
     "Okay".
     The two hopped onto his bike and rode off, since Johnathan didn't have a bike himself. Surprisingly, they actually lived quite close to each other, Sebastian lived in the neighborhood just across the street. When they reached his house Johnathan remembered he hadn't packed anything. No sleeping bag, no other clothes, no nothing. Johnathan shrugged it off, he'd figure something out.
   "You wanna go inside? Thomas and Eden are already here so we might as well. Oh! Uh, are you allergic to dogs by any chance?" Sebastian asked,
     "No, I'm not. I actually love dogs. I beg my mom for a puppy every year for my birthday." Johnathan replied excitedly, he'd finally go into Sebastian's house. This was a pretty big deal to him. Then he noticed something fly by his face and hit the window of Sebastian's house. An egg...Kyle.
     The two turned around to hear taunts about them,
     "Hey homos!! Aren't you gonna kiss again?" Kyle and his friends made kissy noises and laughed at them until a loud slam was heard. It was the door.
     "KYLE! WHAT THE LITERAL FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" Eden swore, Kyle let out a small whimper-like noise. Eden walked down to Kyle and grabbed him by his shirt collar.
     "Do you have any idea how much of a little shit you're being right now? Leave them alone. Or you're dead," she let go of Kyle,
     "And the rest of you! All little assholes with nothing better to do than to make fun of a loving couple? Clean up the mess you made, ya dicks." Eden pointed at the window and everyone complied, they cleaned up the egg and left to their separate houses. Johnathan still has no idea how she does it.
     They all eventually went back inside where Johnathan played with Cooper, Sebastian's German Shepard puppy. They played games, watched movies, and ate snacks, until it was time to sleep. They all went to separate rooms, Thomas took the guest bedroom, and Eden took the couch. Now, Johnathan was left with no where to sleep, except, possibly, Sebastian's bed. It was Queen sized so it could fit the two of them.
     "Oh hey, Sebby, I didn't pack any clothes so can I borrow some pajamas?" Johnathan said in a desperate attempt to change his thoughts. Normally he'd sleep in underwear and a sweater, but since he might have to share a bed he thought he'd try to be polite.
    "Hm? Oh, uhhh...I don't think I own any pajamas...normally I just sleep in the clothes I have on but you can check my dresser." Sebastian pointed to a small white dresser. Johnathan checked and there were only sweatpants that fit him well enough, and comfortably enough to sleep in.
   "Uh, Hey Sebby, I know this is kinda weird to bring up now but, I don't have anything to sleep on. I thought maybe...I dunno, I could sleep in your bed..?" Johnathan could feel the butterflies inside his stomach, and they were frantic to say the least. Sebastian's face went a light shade of pink,
    "Oh, yeah, yeah sure that's fine. I'll just uh, sleep on the floor..?" Johnathan laughed at Sebastian's response a little.
     "The bed will fit the both of us. Just...sleep up there with me ok? Couples do that kind of thing all the time don't they?"
     "Yeah, I guess."
     The two of them got into the bed together. Johnathan woke up before Sebastian, but he wanted to go back to sleep. Back to the warmth and rhythmic breathing of Sebastian.

That's when he noticed his parents standing over him.