On we go... Thomas and James.
---Thomas' POV---
Jemmy and I had yet another argument about being a f****t. I wasn't, I swore, and he stormed out. I had to track him down, tell him... I didn't know what I'd tell him when I caught him, but I needed him back.
He was my best friend!
Everywhere I looked touched something in me that stung like hell.
A lesbian couple getting coffee together. "Thank's Usnavi!" F****ts.
"Hey, you! You seen a quiet black dude with-" I spoke through a grimace at Daniela and Carla.
"Madison? James Madison?" Usnavi cut me off, his eyes cold. "Nope."
A young man slid in from behind me, a backwards baseball cap on. Usnavi rolled his eyes.
"Sonny, ya late." He smirked.
"Chillax," Sonny replied to his cousin, jumping over the counter with ease. "You know you love me."
Good, I thought. A strong, properly masculine man. I almost smiled. Someone like him wouldn't be a-
"Not as much as I do." A guy in the shop door with a tanktop and a blush spoke up. A spray can in one hand...
"Graffiti Pete?" I blurted in disgust. I looked at Usnavi, who smiled. What?! I swore, everyone-
"We're official now."
Uhg! I stormed out.
I glared at the menu. I refused to meet this Schuyler, this lesbian's eye. "Have you seen James-"
"Reynolds? No. Good riddance." Maria Lewis finished. I eyed everything but the two girls kissing. They were being noisy on purpose.
"Madison," I growled, teeth gritted. "F*gg-" they stopped kissing. Good.
"Out." Angelica.
The whole world was against me.
"Why the fuck are you defending these-"
"Excuse me, you aren't ordering anything so step out of my way, and leave this building. I need to go teach my morning class and I need my coffee."
I slammed my hand on the counter forcefully. "Have you seen James Madison?"
Without missing a beat, Maria slapped a large accounting book onto the counter, as if swatting a fly, and I had to yank my hand back to avoid getting crushed. Damn, these freaks were unfriendly. (Books are weapons, they are.)
I guessed it made sense that Maria used force. I mean, she liked girls. She was basically a guy.
"Pardon me." Angelica stepped smoothly around me, stomping my my foot as she left, coffee in hand.
"You unfeeling b-" I started after her.
Angelica whipped around, a fierce look twisting her features. "Ace aro does not make me unfeeling. It just means I'm not romantically or sexually attracted to anyone. You wish you could say that about James, poor guy."
"Have you seen-"
"Yup, he went that way." Angelica walked out the door without pointing out a direction, but I was too proud to give her the satisfaction of chasing her down and asking where. Fuck her.
And now I'd caught sight of Sally's hair just as she rounded the bend, after passing two obviously gay kids.
This was an effe up world. And I was done playing nice.
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