~Ditch Day~

Clearsprings Lake

*first period bell rings* I shuffle out of homeroom dreading the school day ahead. walking through the hallway I spot Oliver, a soft looking kid I had my eye on for a while

"Hey Ollie how's it going?" Say dryly

"Hi Marx, Im okay, Do you know why everyone isn't here?" Squeaks the soft, brown-haired boy.

"I dunno. oh shit, I think today is ditch day! I'm just gonna leave then." I reply

"Lucky! I want to leave too but my house is too far away and I don't have a ride"

"Do you want to ride with me?"

Oliver eyed me up and down as he smiled nodded. We rush out the front lobby in long confident strides. Oliver and I walk to my car, a grey Honda Civic that is mostly new. I turn to open the driver side door and notice Oliver is having trouble opening his door.

"Want help bud?" I ask

"Yeaah" Oliver replies with an embarrassed look on his face. I walk quickly over to help him open the door as it gets jammed sometimes. I open the door seamlessly with no trouble whatsoever and hold it open so Oliver can get in my car.

"Thanks marx" oliver replied sheepishly with a smile I turn my head and smile at him finding his existence just too damn cute. I start my car and pull out into the street checking left then right. The sheepish boy looks at me.

"I sort of don't want to go back to mine, It's boring there i'd rather spend the day with you if that's alright?" Oliver says with a red face. I whip my head around and look at him while driving.

"YOU want to spend the day with someone like me?" I exclaim, actually shocked he asked me.

"Yeah of course," Ollie replies with a spark of confidence. I look at him with serious intent in my eyes.

"Ollie, someone like me is different from someone like you" I reason, Oliver looks at me with gentle intent in his eyes.

"Marx, I want to hang out with you because I think you're really nice, although we've never really talked. Maybe this is our chance to" Oliver mentions. I look at him and smile while turning around, away from the direction of his house.

~Several minutes later~

I pull in to Clearsprings lake. A place where my mom and I used to go fishing in when I was young.

"This place is so beautiful" Oliver exclaims with his eyes wide.
"Not as beautiful as you" I mumble just enough so Ollie doesn't hear.
"What?"
"Nothing."

I step out of my car and plant my feet in the uncut grass watching as Oliver got out too.

"I have an idea!" I say practically shouting.
"Let's play hide and seek!"

"Letting out your soft side?" The beautiful boy exclaims. I look at him and frown slightly.

"You see, that's the thing I've always been soft. I've always wondered why people are afraid of me" Ollie furrows his brows and looks at me tenderly.

"Marx, i'm not afraid of you." Claims Oliver "Maybe people are afraid of you because you're tall" says the short boy laughing. I lightly punch him in the arm through fits of laughter.

"You hide first!!" I excitedly say, and with that I close my eyes and count to 30.

"Here I come!" I yell "here kitty kitty," I start to wonder along the tall grass looking for a tiny boy. Making my way along the pine trees and orange leaves I see a brown mop of hair poke out from one of the trees.

"GOTCHA" I shout. Oliver keeps running and when I finally start catching up to him we trip, and I fell onto Oliver, bracing my fall.

(Both)"OW" we look at each other for a moment time seemingly going by slower, god his eyes are so pretty. I quickly get off of Oliver and help him up.
"Shit shit shit, are you okay? Are you hurt?" I say freaking out slightly because I might have crushed one of Ollie's bones.

"Yeah, im just shaken up a bit." Ollie says while wiping the dirt from his jeans. We agree to walk back to the car and we sit on the roof, peering out onto the lake as the sun approaches the horizon.

"I uh wanted to talk to about something" says the sheepish boy laying next to me, I turn my head gazing into his blue-grey eyes.

"Okay, shoot"

"So I like you, uh I've actually like you for a while now." Oliver explains while cheeks turn rose-colored.

"Ollie, I like you too" I reply. I move my head forward our lips meeting ever so slightly, I pull away and smile at Ollie, he pulls me back in, taking my breath away. His forehead meets mine and I can feel him smiling at me.

"Okay, so that happened," I say through my huge smile Ollie looks down then up quickly.

"Uh Marx, you seem to have a uh situation in your lower half" Oliver chuckles, I look down and my face turns bright pink.

"Oh my gosh I'm sorry, I swear i'm just happy!" I say defensively.

"Okayy...I'll take your word" says Ollie slyly. At this point the sun has reached the horizon and is almost halfway down. We decide to go back to my house to spend the night.

~20 minutes later~

The jingling of keys breaking the silence as we walk into my small apartment. I make my way to the kitchen and make two sandwiches as Ollie watches.

"Turkey or ham?" I ask.

"Ham please." Squeaks Oliver. We sit down in the living room and eat our sandwiches while making small talk.

"So how'd you get this apartment? Shouldn't you be living with your parents?" Says Oliver. I look at him and furrow my brows.

"I was emancipated at 15, my dad is a deadbeat that was never in the picture and my mom passed away a year before" I choke up "I was going to live with my grandparents in Oklahoma but just can't seem to leave Maine behind, so I got emancipated. It was a long agonizing process and my grandparents pay my rent" I continue, Oliver looks over at my and pulls me in for a hug.

"Oh my god that's awful, I'm so sorry" Ollie says muffled through my neck. I look at Oliver.

"Ollie, it's okay, everything happens for a reason."

We finish our sandwiches with warm glances and smiles at each other. Ollie pulls out his phone and calls his mom.

"Yeah hi, just letting you know i'm staying over a friend's house over the weekend, Yes I just did. Yes I'll get a ride to school Monday. Mom, trust me I won't. Okay love you too, bye."  Oliver says with monotone. "I'll sleep on the couch"

"What, no my couch is not meant for sleeping, why don't you sleep in my bed with me? If that's not weird for you." I reason

"Okay, that's fine with me, I get cold easily anyway." He says joyfully, we head into my bedroom which is surprisingly clean after I made my bed this morning.

"Just letting you know I am taking off my pants so don't be alarmed" I say.

"Haha that's fine im taking mine off too" replies Ollie. We both take off our pants and I glance at Ollies baby blue and green boxers, they suit him, I think to myself. We lift up the blankets and crawl inside my cozy bed.

"Uh Marx, I don't mean to bother you, but i'm cold" Oliver says through shivers, I pull him in close, his forehead resting against mine, and our arms around each other, Ollie makes a cute little noise that lets me know he's comfy.

"So yeah today happened, and I was wondering, do you want to be my boyfriend?" I ask hopefully, Oliver pulls me in for a quick kiss.

"Definitely." Oliver replies through a huge smile, we hold each other as we drift off to sleep.

I never thought that this would happen, but it did and i'm so glad I can call him my boyfriend. My Ollie <3

~End of chapter 1~

~Authors note~
Thank you for reaching chapter one, the way updates will work is: I will update whenever I have inspiration which can mean I can update frequently or not at all.
Either way I will keep y'all posted.
See ya,
Sami