In Love With My Best friend (boyxboy)

Weeks Later

Chapter 21

Aaron's POV

Maybe not getting a call or a text back from him was a good thing. A sign maybe. Or maybe he was trying to make me move on. From him.

Nawh he wouldn't do that, he's trying to help me not think about it. Yeah that's probably it.
However, not thinking about it was not quite the deal here. If you think I haven't thought of him the past 5-6 weeks, then boy are you wrong.

Cause I have. I think about him every day. Every night. All the time. It's like I've become obsessed. I've tried everything to get in touch with him but he hasn't answered back. I've tried calling him and texting him, I've left several voicemails, I even called his mom, who didn't respond very nicely. She began yelling and telling me to never contact her family again, but it didn't make me stop, I kept calling and texting Zach, hoping that he would write back.

I had just been to free period; my next class was math with Adrian. I met up with him at his locker, and watched as he placed his books, replacing them with what I assume is his math books. He smiled as he saw me. I liked his smile. I like it because, when he smiles, it feels like he's smiling for the both of us, since I haven't been able to smile lately, and it's very similar to my smile, so it kind of feels like it's me smiling, even though it's not...

''Ready for math?'' Adrian asked, smiling wider.

''I guess... do I have a choice?'' I replied dully, as I've done for the past month and a half.

''Aaron, it's almost been two months, don't you think it's time to go back to the old, happy, you?'' Adrian asked for the hundredth time this week.

''I don't know...'' I replied, making him sigh loudly. I felt sorry for not being the old me toward him, I promised him I would give him my full attention once Zach was gone, but since we didn't get the goodbye we wanted, it hasn't been an option, and that, I hate myself for. Cause I do want to be a good brother. I just can't find it in myself to be happy without Zach. People must think I should've gone insane for thinking of him 24-7, but luckily I got a job, to keep myself busy. Adrian got a job as well, and both our first days starts Sunday, in two days, but it's not the same job. He got a job at a Frozen Yoghurt and I got a job at Quint.

We went to math, hating every second of it. Now instead of annoying Zach and I, our teacher, Mr. Nostril, annoys my brother and I, and every time he does, he makes me want to bite his ugly face off; luckily, I have Adrian to calm me down. I think I've gotten a temper after what happened with Zach, I'm a lot harder to talk to now. The only person I haven't yelled at, is Adrian, and trust me, he's very grateful for that. I don't use my energy a lot, but when I get mad I use all that energy I've saved, and trust me, it does not look pretty.

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, math was over, and we walked toward his locker, I was too lazy to grab my books for math, so we only needed to pass by his locker, plus to meet up with Bailey. Yes, that Bailey. We found out that he went to our school a week after Zach and his mom left. He had been our ''friend'' ever since. We didn't have any classes with him, but we hung out at lunch break and after school together with Jacey and Dylan. Bailey and Adrian and I had even planned to go watch a movie today, though I wasn't planning on coming. I know it's mean to ditch your friends, but they kept begging and forcing me to say yes so I told them to, just meet me at the movies. I just still haven't figured out how to hide from Adrian.

''What's up, guys'' Bailey greeted.

''Not much, we still on for tonight?'' Adrian replied.

''Of course, I mean if you're still on, Aaron.''

''yeah sure...'' I replied making both of them sigh loudly. They were getting tired of me being so down all the time. I just don't think they can fully comprehend how I feel. Zach was like my other half, he wasn't only my boyfriend, he was my best friend, and I love him. I needed him with me to be able to be happy. Shit, I needed him just to be able to sleep right.

***

''Please just tell him I got sick, he'll understand, please Adrian.'' I told him as I hid under my covers.

''No he'll get so sad, you know that"

"Then pretend you're me and say Adrian got sick...''

''Aaron, we both promised mom, that we would never do that again. She got so pissed that day."

''Come on, she'll never find out...'' I mumbled. He sighed again, which he has done a lot lately.

''Come on, Adrian. I'm not ready to go out and have fun yet, do this for me...''

''Aaron...'' he wined, making me give him the puppy eyes. ''Fine, but you owe me, big time...''

''Thanks, I know I do''

He put on his socks and left our room. Now, I was finally home alone. My parents were visiting some of their old friends, and they happened to have a son at Benjamin's age, therefore they brought him with them. I laid back in bed, and grabbed my phone. Scrolling through my contacts, I found Zach's name at the end, and pressed 'call'. It rang a couple of times with no respond, unfortunately. A tear escaped my eye as I thought of Zach. I kept realizing how much I missed him every second. Right before the beep, I hung up the phone. I went through my photo album on my phone and found a picture of Zach. I placed it on the pillow next to me, and fell asleep seconds later.

I didn't get much sleep, after a while I heard my phone ring next to me, and a picture of Zach showed up on the caller ID...