teacher's pet

eleven

//declan//

"what's going on with him? what's going on with me?" dec was so confused by the event that took place at the shopping centre. he found myself asking these questions, and it's been about 2 days since.

stephen bumped him into the lockers. "you're murmuring again. what's going on with you?" he raised his eyebrow at him and stared dead into dec's eyes. "declan donnelly. tell me, your best mate, your childhood mate, what is going on. please, i want to help."

he was right. stephen is his best mate, he had to tell him. dec dragged him to underneath the stairs, where barely anyone goes, but still whispered just in case someone decided to use those stairs.

"i, uh, i ran into anthony, erm, mr. mcpartlin; and i mean literally ran into him. i was at the shopping centre just walking around, looking for you and i wasn't paying attention because i was messaging you." stephen looked at dec the entire time.

dec continued, "next thing i knew, he was on the floor and mr. walliams helped him up. i apologized and the second he looked at me, he ran." dec held his knees to is chest and placed his head down.

stephen looked at dec sympathetically, "oh, dec, are you okay though? you know that i'm always here for you." he placed a hand on dec's shoulder and scooted towards him to give him a hug.

"i know, mate. i appreciate it." dec sighed, "anyways, have you finally asked out emma?" he smirked at stephen, and he blushed. "was that the bell? oh, well, better get to class. bye, dec!"

stephen ran off and dec laughed at him as he got up and walked to class himself. he only had to attend 7 classes now, considering he now took math online. he was no longer enrolled in anthony's class, and he didn't know how to feel about that.

he knew that distancing himself from anthony was a good thing, for him, but he had no idea about the effect it had on anthony.

as he was thinking about this, he bumped into anthony again. but this time he fell on top of the teacher in the middle of the hallway. everyone was staring. great, dec thought.

dec heard whispers as students walked by,"what's going on?"

"are they together?"

"that's gross."

"fags."

and that's the comment that got to dec. he quickly got up and ran to the nearest restroom, locking himself in the furthest stall. he pulled his knees to his chest and began to cry.

[knock knock]

"declan? i know you're in there." it was anthony. "listen, i'm sorry i bumped into you. are you alright?"

anthony sat on the other side of the stall door, right next to where dec was sat next to the stall door. he didn't answer anthony's question, he just sniffled.

anthony sighed, "it's okay. you don't have to answer me. i just want you to listen." he took a deep breath before letting everything out.

"i know we only went out the one time, and it was a fun night. one of my favourite nights actually. i also know that i have this feeling in my stomach whenever i see you, and my heart starts to beat faster." dec lifted his head.

"that's why i lost it when i read the note you left. 'course, you didn't know that, but you do now. i guess what i'm trying to say, is that, i like you declan. fuck, i really like you dec. i couldn't imagine how my life would be if i had never met you." anthony leaned his head back onto the wall, looking up at the ceiling.

he didn't hear that dec had gotten up until he heard the stall door open. their eyes met, they were in a comfortable silence. anthony smiled at dec and stood up, taking dec's hands in his.

"do you mean that?" dec asked, looking down at the ground. anthony lifted dec's head using his finger, "does this answer your question?"

that's when anthony kissed dec. it was passionate, but it wasn't too aggressive, nor was it too soft. it sent the right message to dec: anthony meant what he had just told him.

their lips part and their eyes meet once again. dec wrapped his arms around anthony's neck and buried his face into his neck. "i like you too, anthony. a lot."
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ooo, okay, so... let's talk about this. it's kinda short and i apologize, BUT there is going to be a follow up to this chapter in the near future hopefully. fingers crossed.

question: what's your ideal date?

more updates to come for...
- one shots! - ant and dec
- this is NOT a love story
- Teacher's Pet
- i love you, can't you see?
- sweets can kill