Partnered Up

Chapter 11

Dan was taken back by Michael's sudden outbreak but, managed to recover quickly.

"What the fuck?!" He yelled while clutching his jaw. Michael stood there seething.

"You know the only other British fuck in this school, Gavin? The asshole you made out with? Yeah, hello I'm his pissed off boyfriend." Gavin finally caught up to Michael, just in time to hear that last part.

"B-boyfriend?" Gavin stuttered. Michael was too engrossed in deciding how to murder Dan to hear him.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Sorry that he enjoyed it, asshole." The grin Dan flashed at Michael was the last straw. Gavin knew Dan had gone too far, Dan even knew he went too far and was screwed.

"YOU MOTHERFUCKER." Michael charged at Dan and tackled him to the grass. While literally sitting on him, Michael absolutely whaled on him. Punches, screams, swears, and even a few bites were exchanged between the two. Students formed a cleché circle around them. Gavin just stood there, unable to think of what should be done. Luckily, someone had told a teacher who had come to break it up.

"HEY, HEY, CUT IT OUT! GET UP!" The teacher grabbed Michael by the shirt collar, pulling him up onto his feet. Michael had a bloody lip, bloody nose, and many bruises starting to form. Dan, however, had it much worse. Once he managed to stand up, you could see his eye was bleeding, along with his mouth. his nose was bent at an odd angle with blood pouring out, not to mention all of his forming bruises.

"Principal's office, now." The two walked in defeat with their heads down and shoulders slumped, to Mr. Hullum's office. That's a place no one wants to be, trust me. You can hear him yelling at people from anywhere in the building. He's a scary guy when he's pissed at you.

Gavin watched as both guys, well Dan limped, back into the building. Should he follow them? Is he allowed to do that? Well, Gav was too late anyway. He decided to just walk home and deal with this tomorrow.

After half an hour of walking, Gavin made it home. His parents were in Florida studding some kind of fish species, so he has the house to himself for three more days. Gav unlocks the door and immediately heads up to his room. He drops his bag, kicks off his shoes, and flops onto his bed. Today was a long and tiring day and almost instantly, Gavin was out like a light.

*Ding Dong*

What the hell?

*Ding Dong*

Slowly, Gavin pulled himself out of bed and checked the time; 5:47. He had slept for two hours!

*Ding Dong*

"Coming!" He called to whomever was the Impatient person at the door. Gav bolted down the stairs and nearly ran into the door. He opens the door and pauses.

"Can I come in? I need to talk to you."

"O-of course, Michael. Come on in." Gavin moves so Michael can enter. They both sit at the island in Gavin's kitchen, across from one another. Michael has cleaned up a bit, but the bruises are way more visible than before.

"Gav, I-"

"Michael-" They both interrupted each other.

"Just," Michael sighed, "Gavin, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I didn't listen to you. I'm sorry I screamed at you. I'm sorry I'm an asshole. I fucked up big time and I'm really, really sorry. I get it if you hate me and never want to speak to me agai-"

"Michael. I don't hate you. I was crushed when you lashed out at me, but it did look horrible. Dan grabbed me and started to make out with me. His grip was too tight for me to escape. I'm happy that you cared enough to 'tell off' Dan for touching me... I still love you, Michael. I really do." Gavin smiled softly at Michael, who was a strawberry pink color. Michael put his hand on top of Gavin's and kissed his cheek.

"Of course I love you, idiot. I stood outside your door for thirty minutes trying to decide whether to ring the doorbell or not." They smiled at each other before deciding what to do.

"You can stay over, if you want. My parents wouldn't care, they let me stay over your house all the time. What are they gonna do, fly home and yell at me? Come on, I have homework to do." Gavin dragged Michael upstairs and into Gav's room.