Marks

I Have Friends In Holy Spaces

I sat down with Korey at lunch, as I did every day.

"Wow, someone is glowing, love does wonders for you, Tyler." Korey laughed.

I shoved him playfully, "shut up man. Besides, I don't love Troye, not yet anyway, he loves me though... He's really great, Kor, you'll like him." I looked at my phone to see if he texted me. He hadn't and I frowned. "Troye has lunch this period, why hasn't he texted me to see where we were?"

"Calm down, mother," Korey mocked.

I stood up, "I'm going to look for him." I turned around and ran into none other than Troye. Some of his lunch poured onto me.

He gave me wide eyes, "TILLY I'M SO SORRY! IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!"

Korey was laughing, "TILLY?! HAHAHHA What the fuck? And dude you look a mess now!"

Troye started to cry, "I'm so sorry!" He turned away and ran.

I glared at Korey, "why did you do that?! You know Troye is sensitive!" I ran after Troye.

I knew exactly where he would be, the restroom by his locker. I locked the door and sat next to the stall, just has I had done just hours earlier.

"Troye, it's okay. I didn't like this shirt anyways."

I heard him sniffle, "r-really?"

"Nah! My mom got it for me and I figured I should wear it for her."

"Y-you're not just saying that?"

"Would I lie to you?"

"Um... I guess not?"

"You wanna come out of the stall and maybe we could ditch the rest of the day?"

"Are you serious?"

"Hell yea! Why not?"

Troye walked out of the stall, face red and splotchy. "Where will go?"

"Anywhere you want, babe." I led him out the door, "oh but first let me change shirts."

I told Troye to wait for me while I ran to my locker. I opened it up and pulled out my gym shirt.

"Tyler?"

"Oh! Korey! I'm glad I ran into you. I need your keys."

"For what?" Korey asked.

"Troye and I are gonna ditch!"

"Tyler, are you serious? Why would you do that? You don't ditch! I don't think you've ever broke a rule."