Why Is That Funny?

What Do I Look Like?

For about a few weeks there was a routine. Fast school days, visit mom in the hospital. When she came home she stayed on bed rest for only three days before going back to work. Me and Dan attempted to get her to stay home but she is a workaholic.

Even after she came out of the hospital, another slightly different routine started. Fast school days, keeping Dan outta trouble, easy win games, and hook ups with Jace. The highlights of my week would be with Jace.

Me and Jace didn't just have sex, by the way. We would hang out and catch up on missed time. We even went to the zoo, which led to animal inspired sex positions later that day.

Honestly, everything besides Jace seemed depressing. Jackie had to leave school for online school because she ended up pregnant. Maria hasn't been in school because of a suicide attempt that we had an assembly about. My mom also has been ordering our food since she got home from the hospital because she is too tired when she gets home. Also, I saw my dad in a drunken fight in a bad neighborhood. I didn't intervene. It would have just added to my pile.

I actually held a blade to my wrist. All I could think about was how everything that described my life was falling apart. Then my phone rang. It was Jace. Then I remembered that he is a reason to keep going. Even if all my friends leave, Jace was always the one to still be there. He can't get stuck with the two depressed ones as friend's right?

That is why I am currently walking with a blue ribbon wrapped box down the school halls headed for his locker.

Once I reached his locker I could see his mood lighten in his eyes but he didn't show it on his face.

"Yes, Tadrick?", he teased with a poker face.

"I can't show up to say happy birthday?", I said attempting to sound offended. "Here's your gift, Jay.", I said handing him his gift.

"A glass rose, really?", he asked holding up the glossy metallic rose.

"First of all, it isn't glass. It is a light type of metal. Second, it's not just a rose.", I smirked.

"What is it?", he said rolling his eyes?

"A butt plug or dildo."

"What the hell? This looks like is would hurt!", he whisper shouted trying to not cause attention.

"Well, it defiantly doesn't hurt more than me, does it?", I asked with a goofy grin.

He chuckled and turned to grab another book out of his locker and shoving it in his bag and closing it. He put the rose in his bag too and we were off to first period.

As I plopped at my lunch table I looked across me to see Jace. Jace has been sitting with us during lunch since Maria has been in the hospital.

I looked over Talia's shoulder, on my left, to see she was on FaceTime with Jackie.

"Hey Tad! Talia tell the rest of them I said hi to them to. I don't want all of them to feel left out.", she said with a fake frown.

"Hey Jack. Did you know that child birth is the second most painful thing next to burning alive?", I said with an innocent look on my face.

"Did you know that when a Jackie Thomson makes an enemy while pregnant, after giving birth, she will hunt them down and not kill them but torture them in every way, never killing them to watch her victims misery for longer?", she said with a way to happy smile on her face.

"Oof."
I turned to Jace to see him texting on his phone.

"Is it Maria?"

"Yup.", he deadpanned without even looking at me.

"Tell her I said I hope she gets well." He looked at me confused. " I talked to her before. She is nice. And has a cute accent."

"Okay.", he said turning back to his phone.

The rest of the day was boring. We had a game after school. We won, of course. After the game me and Jace has the best victory sex ever. We tried the butt plug. There were many things about watching it inside home I loved. (A/N PG Thirteen kids) I just loved the way when you pushed the metal pedals in first, his entrance still squeezed to stem too. That just proved how tight he is. It makes me so hot and bothered. He must be mechanically built to be gay. Every time is better than I ever had with any of my quick hook ups on the block list on my phone.

Then we went to a pizza parlor and the movies for his birthday. Then after that we went to my house and watched the all the hunger games movies in my bed. He fell asleep at the end of the third one. I turned on the fourth one and pulled him close to my body.

The next day, around two, while I pulled up to Jace's house there was a police car and blue car with a red cross on its side

When we walked in, there was a buff police officer and a short lady with red heels and a blouse and a black skirt sitting on our couch across from Jace's mom who was fully clothed looking sort of decent besides the tears in her eyes.

"Um what's going on mom?", Jace nervously asked.

His mom got up and went to hug him. "I'm gonna go for a while. Stay strong, okay honey?"

The police officer stood up and began to speak. "Well, first of all, your mother has been late on her bills for the past two months, so she is being evicted. Two, her neighbor reported her for constant drug abuse and is being admitted in rehab."

I could feel Jace's mood turn gray. Within the next four hours, Jace has all his belongings in my living room, with my mom sitting next to him on our couch comforting him in a hug.

"Listen, you can stay with us as long as you need, babe. We don't have any guest rooms, so you'll just stay with Tad. Okay?", my mom softly said.

"I haven't felt a true loving mother's hug that isn't drugged out in years.", Jace whispered while looking at the floor like it is an interesting movie. I could see my mother's arms tighten before she let go about two minutes later.

"Well I have to head to the store for dinner. I'll be back soon.", she said grabbing her keys off the table.

"I'm still stuck on the fact that we have another person to eat up all our food." We turned to Dan sitting on the steps staring into space.

"Be nice boy.", my mom said leaving the house.

"Whatever.", he deadpanned, leaving the house to God knows where.

I looked up at Jace who was still looking at the floor. He suddenly took out his ponytail and let it hang past his face. "Hey.", I attempted to start conversation. I got up and sat next to him. "You can tell me how you are feeling. I bet it's bad."

"What do I look like to you?!", he turned and shouted at me. "A pity party? I'm fine okay! Just leave me alone!", he screamed at me.

We just looked at each other. I just grabbed him in a hug as he sobbed on me. The next thing I knew, we were in my bed, cuddled together. He fell asleep before I did. I just stroked his hair until I fell asleep.

After today, I felt a need to be there for him. And I will be. Always.