my best friend: a tyrus fanfiction

chapter 1

This story is dedicated to the amazing people of Andi Mack. Thank you for everything!

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The halls were filled with people my age. Some I recognized and some I didn't. Some people looked the same and some looked different. I glanced down at my schedule again just to make sure I was going the right way. I was making my way to intro to art. I hadn't picked the class, I was put into it by guidance. I thought back to the day I had made my schedule.

"TJ," Mrs.Johns started, "You are going to be a junior, you have to get your requirements filled."

"Ok," I said reluctantly. I knew I needed to fill my requirements but I didn't want to get put into a class I didn't want to be in.

"I'm putting you in intro to art. You'll like it," she tried to convince me.

"Are you sure?" I asked unsure about what she was trying to tell me.

"TJ, you need to complete your visual/performing arts requirement. Unless you want to make music on the computer I think this is your best bet," she explained.

"Ok, fine," I agreed. Music tech did sound kind of cool but I do like to draw I just don't like people to know that.

"I know you want to take another history-related class but you already taken 4, there are no more to take," she explained. I knew she was right but I refused to believe it.

And now I'm here, walking up to the classroom. Somewhat regretting my choice of a class. The room was sectioned off from the rest of the school. A short hallway led to the door of the classroom. Just next to the small hallway was a set of stairs a quarter of the size of the main stairs. The art wing was off of the history wing but no one ever ventured down that way. I walked into the classroom with a sigh. The teacher gave me a small smile when she saw me. I smiled back.

"Hello, what's your name?" She asked as I approached.

"TJ Kippen," I said it without realizing TJ wasn't my real name, "Tyler John Kippen."

"Ah, yes. TJ, you're over there," she pointed towards the back of the room. It was a small table about 3 feet off the ground with stools for seats. A boy I recognized was already sitting there. I knew exactly who he was. I smiled and nodded my head and sat down at the table.

"Hi, I'm-"

"Cyrus," I finished for him, "I know who you are."

"Right. You're TJ," he said laughing a little, "Sometimes I just forget that people actually know who I am."

I thought about it for a moment. I guess he's right. I never really thought about the fact that I exist to people who I don't talk to and that people actually talk about me when I'm not there. I shuddered at the thought. That's so weird.

"I never really thought about that," I admitted. He smiled at me and looked down at his notebook in front of him. I examined him for a minute. He was holding a pencil in his left hand and he had a white eraser in the other. His hair was out of his face and a focused look masked his face. He had on a yellow button down and khaki pants. His gaze met mine.

"What are you drawing?" I asked, my eyes landing on his notebook.

"It's a cat," he said smiling at the picture. I watched him look so happy while he looked at the drawing. A feeling I had never felt before came over me. I need to be friends with this boy. I had never felt the need to be friends with anyone before.

"It's cute," I said after a breathy laugh.

"Thanks," he said with a smile.

"Wait, why are you in this class?" he picked his head up and looked me in the eyes as if he had offended me, "I mean... you're just more of a sports-"

"I know what you mean," I laughed, "I guess I'm full of surprises."

He laughed and with that class was beginning. Ms.Barnello started to pass out paper. She wanted us to draw the first thing that came to our heads. I placed my elbow on the table and rested my head in my hand trying to think. I looked over at Cyrus who already began to draw. I began to draw an eye on my paper. I found myself looking at Cyrus for inspiration. I focused on his eyes while he drew.

"TJ," he sounded shocked, "that's amazing! What the heck?"

I smiled at him letting myself laugh a little, "Thanks."

Why can't I be as perfect as him? I found myself wondering when I got home from school. I sat down on my bed holding my phone in my hand. I heard my bedroom door creak open. I looked up to find Amber standing there.

"Oh hey," I said placing my phone down and turning to face the door. She walked in a flopped down on the beanbag that sat in the corner of the room. She picked up my guitar that sat next to her. She began fiddling around playing random chords in orders I didn't recognize.

"Hey Amber," I said getting her attention.

"Hey," she smiled.

"What are you doing?" I asked she placed my guitar back on the stand and crossed her legs in front of her. She looked up at me and said, "How was school?"

"That's what you came in here for?" I asked confused.

"No," she said flatly. I gave her a confused look. "I think I have a crush on Andi."

I smiled at her, "I know." She furrowed her eyebrows at that but didn't question it.

"I don't know if she-"

"She does," I cut her off.

"You don't even know what I was going to ask," she said annoyed.

"Oh but I do," I answered.

"TJ Kippen, who do you like these days?" she asked playfully.

"Noone," I said sure.

"Yea right," she said with disbelief.

Hey guys! So I had planned on posting this chapter on April 24th but I never got around to it. So many things have happened since I planned on posting this. I had a message all written out but I wanted to change it so here I am now. I never imagined so many things would happen to me all at once but I'm not going to go into detail. I just wanted to let you guys know why I didn't post this when I had planned to. One thing I strongly believe in is that everything happens for a reason. I know it is sad to think about but this is the right time for this amazing show to end. We might not ever know why but I know it's meant to be. Even though I know it needed to happen I am still beyond sad over the news. I know we will still get new episodes but I can't help but think about what I will do without this show. I am heartbroken over the loss of this show. This show has truly been a miracle and I am so beyond happy that I got to experience it. I want to say thank you for the amazing things this show has offered us. I know the cast will never see this but I just want to put my thanks into the world. Even though the show must come to an end, we will still have the edits and the fanfictions. We will still have the episodes even though we won't get new ones. One day we will all stop writing fanfictions and we will move on from Andi Mack. But, we will never forget the things this beautiful show has taught us. Always remember, I'm with you all the way.