↔IMPULSE↔

↔Senior Year↔

High school became a blur.

Sophomore year went by in the blink of an eye, Reese and Blake spent their free time collecting volunteer hours and keeping their G.P.A up, believe it or not, for horny teens, they cared about their grades. 

Gabe returned to school a couple weeks after getting out of the hospital and he became a happier, more playful guy. He normally ran around campus getting interviews for the school paper and he came out completely. Everyone in the school knew him as 'the guy who's dating a rockstar' and a few dicks tried to screw with him but the backlash for picking on the cute, little Gabe was tremendous.

Nikki had documented their time through the years, Blake had seen the trunk of tapes under her bed, one labelled 'Blasse Cuteness pt.1'. Her and Dory somehow managed to remain a couple despite their constant bickering. Dory still hated Archie for 'corrupting' his best friend but could at least be in the same room as him.

As for Blake and Reese, they still had their relationship under wraps. Archie, Gabe, and Nikki were the only ones who knew. The school stopped believing that Reese was dating someone they'd 'never' met, but when they saw the scratch marks and love bites, they were dubious. 

It was the beginning of senior year, their last year of high school. Five months until Reese's and Blake's third-year anniversary. The first day of school, Blake woke up in Reese's bed to his low voice.

"Blake, time to get up for school."

Blake opened his eyes and stared up at his boyfriend who's long hair was dishevelled and he had some dried drool at the corner of his mouth. Blake smiled and buried his face in Reese's pillow, breathing in the scent of his conditioner and natural salty scent. "Ngh, I don't want to get out of bed. I might need some motivation."

Reese pressed a kiss to his bare shoulder, "baby, we have to get ready." Blake shook his head and a kiss was placed on his nape, Reese's hand slipped down his back, kneading circles in Blake's lower back. Blake let out a sigh mixed with a groan, "it's our last year, can you believe it?"

Staring up at Reese, he finally sat up and kissed his lips. "It's crazy, huh? Seems like last week I proposed the bet."

"And I won~" Reese sang softly with his morning breath. 

Blake rolled his eyes and got out of bed, "let's go get ready, I need to shave."

Reese chuckled and touched the stubble growing on Blake's face, "you could grow a beard if you wanted."

"You're just jealous because you can't." They laughed, Reese's facial hair wasn't thick enough for a beard or a moustache. While Reese showered, Blake shaved and brushed his teeth. 

Winnie shouted from the hall, "boys! Breakfast!"

Spitting out the toothpaste, "Ree-Ree, hurry up, we'll be late."

He poked his head out of the shower curtain, "who was the one who didn't want to get out of bed."

Blake put on an innocent look, "I don't know, Reese, why didn't you want to get out of bed? Honestly, so childish."

"Just because you're eight months older doesn't make me a child!"

Wiping off his face and pulling on boxers and pants, "I'm already eighteen, sleeping with a minor is illegal y'know."

A wet rag hit Blake's back, "you enjoyed breaking the law last night."

Blake threw the rag back at him, "shut up! I'm going to eat, hurry up." Sliding down the fire pole, he bumped into Gabe, still drowsy. "You spent the night?"

"Huh? Yeah," a yawn, "Archie had a concert last night."

The two went and saw Winnie making banana pancakes. "Good morning, boys." She said with a smile, her tie-dye maxi dress fluttering around her ankles. 

Blake laughed, "thanks for breakfast, Winnie. It looks like you run a boarding house, sorry."

She laughed and flipped a pancake in the air, "it's fun having more people in this big place. After all, you two are family, my cute son-in-law and my third child." Blake thought, your second son-in-law.

Reese came sliding down the pole, "Mm, sustenance. Thanks, Mama."

"Uh-huh." Mickey came walking downstairs in his robe. "Morning, Dear."

He grumbled a 'good morning' and plopped in his chair at the table, sipping the coffee his wife had left him along with the paper. The radio was a little static-y as it garbled the weather report. "Have a good day."

After shovelling their food down, Archie appeared looking well-rested to drive his boyfriend to school while Reese too his Jeep with Blake. In the car, Reese talked about his applications to college.

Reese applied for Stanford with Blake for marine biology while Blake wanted to go into political sciences rather than law. They planned on getting an apartment together and it made Blake giddy with excitement that they were planning their future together.

They arrived and just like old time's, their clique met on the quad. Nikki under Dory's arm with her camcorder and Gabe jogging over with a chipper smile as Reese and Blake laughed about their schedules.

Senior year was going to be great.