My Boy (boyxboy) ON HOLD

Chapter 2

"Hey Gabriel, are you alright?" Attic said with a hand on my shoulder, his deep velvety voice echoing in my ears.

"Right as rain" I replied. Right a rain? who says that, are you kidding me Gabriel? Right as rain, really? Again my thoughts are interrupted, but this time it's by Charles.

"Well, if you're done having a mental breakdown there Gabe. I'd like to go choose some good lockers before they're all taken." he said giving me a suspicious look. To my knowledge no one but my family knows of my sexuality. I had been meaning to tell Charles, but I never knew how. But him being my best friend and all I think he has his suspicions.

I gave him a curt nod and Charles began to lead the way. Xavier and Atticus followed behind, but I hung back in order to "discreetly" take in Atticus' God-like figure. His short brown hair was slightly tousled, with some pieces sticking up in the front. He was wearing a plain black hoodie and dark olive green cargo pants, that cinched in at his ankles. They were pulled up slightly to reveal his white socks, that were paired with a very clean looking pair of Nike runners. He carried his black backpack over on shoulder, and his hands were in his pockets.

His pants sculpted out his bum so well I had to look away. And thank goodness for that, cause I realized we had reached our destination. I fished out my lock from my backpack, and then claimed the nearest locker to me. And what do you know, Atticus picks the one next to mine, just my luck.

"Alright let me see y'alls schedule." X said, holding his schedule out for us to examine. We all put our schedules together, and began searching for shared classes.

"Yes! All of us have English first period with Mrs. Walts." Charles pointed out.

"Alright then boys, let's get going." X said, slinging his backpack over his shoulder. We all started towards her room, X and Charles leading the way chatting about their summer experiences.

"How was your summer Gabriel?" Atticus asked, eyes trained on the hallway.

"Not bad, I mostly just stayed at home and visited relatives. Were you at Charles' birthday party? I don't think I saw you." I said. Honestly, I knew for sure that Atticus wasn't at the party, because I spent the first hour searching for him.

"Yea, I actually couldn't make it. My sister was in labour so I had to take her to the hospital." Atticus replied. I remember hearing stuff about his family, his father was a boxer. A good one at that, my dad took me to see some of his fights when I was a kid, despite my mother's protests. However, he passed away after his concussion took a turn for the worse. After that his mother became a shell of who she once was, she just stayed at home a sulked.

Atticus also had an older sister, and an older brother who was also a boxer. Him and his sister, Georgina, were really close. And last year she got engaged and pregnant to a real catch. I think his name was Spencer and he was a... well I actually don't know but he was rich. He also travelled a lot for work so Atticus' sister basically lives with him during her pregnancy at least.

"Wow, congrats man. Did Georgina choose a name yet?" I asked giving him a small smile.

"Yea, she chose Olivia after my second name Oliver" He replied proudly with a wide smile, "I'm also her god father."

"You don't say. That's really cool, I bet she's adorable." I said.

"Oh yea, she's the cutest thing I've ever seen. Hey you should come over sometime and see her. Georgie would love some company" he offered. I thought about it for a while. Georgina be disappointed and sad, because her fiancé wasn't there for the birth. And I do love babies, plus it will just be a quick visit, go in see the baby and get out. Hopefully Atticus isn't affectionate with the baby, seeing as my weakness is guys who are good with kids.

"Alright, when is a good time to come by?" I ask, trying to hide my excitement.

"Does Friday afternoon work for you? We can meet after school and I'll drive you." He said.

"Actually... I kinda need to bring my car cause I drop me sister off at school every morning." I said awkwardly looking away from him.

"That's no problem, I can pick you both up the next morning and take you to school." He offered "what do you say?"

"Well... if it's not problem then sure." I replied, wondering what I had just signed myself up for. He nodded smiling, as we steered into the classroom. The desks were in rows of 2, Charles had already saved me a seat behind Xavier and Atticus.

Other than that class I only had one other class with Atticus, Chemistry. Which was ironic considering we had chemistry together, but we would never have chemistry.
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After school I had American football tryouts, the ones of us who had been on the team for a while were guaranteed a spot. So I was really just going to check in with Coach Puk.

"Alright boys, this year we are going to have to train our hardest. Especially since we got some of our best players leaving after this year." He announced "So we want to give them the best farewell, am I clear?"

"YES COACH" everyone said in unison. Coach was as strict as they came, but if you were on his good side you were good. I heard somewhere that he is an ex-navy seal, and I wouldn't doubt it considering his teaching methods.

"That's it then boys, practice starts next week on Tuesday, y'all better be on time." He stated sternly, dismissing us all.

"Well then I'll see you tomorrow. I would hang around but my mom's got some 'start of school' dinner planned." Charles said.

"Yea no problem man, see you around." I replied, slapping him lightly on the back and turning to leave.

As i was about to leave I felt someone's eyes on me so I turn slightly to look. And out of the corner of my eye I say Atticus look away slyly, his face turning a light pink and a small smile plastered on his beautiful face. Oh man, what have I gotten myself into?

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I never expected writing to be so tough but DAMN! I have a new found respect for all writers. I'm actually surprised I managed to finish this chapter, well done me!

On a totally different note, the song Un Poco Loco from the movie Coco has been stuck in my head for the past week. I can't stop singing it and now all my siblings are singing it as well.

What's song is stuck in your head?

Who's your favourite artist?

Currently mine is a tie between Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish (I am living for Billie's new album. Xanny is my anthem)

ATL
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