Complexes (LGBT) (boyxboy)

chapter 26

Chapter 26

It was Saturday, middle of the day, and Lucas and I were in the rec room along with Eddie and his girlfriend Sophia, who were actually a lot more serious than I thought with the amount of 'I love you's' exchanged. 

It made me feel kind of inadequate that I couldn't be all out in the open with Lucas. Sophia and Eddie sat at a table with their laptops open. 

Lucas and I were on the couch, sitting on opposite ends but still close, of course not close enough though. 

He was reading a book and I was on my phone, entertaining myself with a game. 

I peered over my phone at Lucas. 

He was so cute when he was concentrating on something, especially with the way he would mindlessly bite on his lower lip. I looked away before I got too enthralled in him and opened my text messages instead. 'I really want to kiss you.' I sent to Lucas. I looked up at him to see his reaction. Straight away he took his phone out of his pocket and looked at the screen. A moment later his eyes flicked to mine. 

The cheesy text was totally worth the small smile appear on his lips. 

He was an angel. He didn't reply to me, or say anything for that matter. He put his phone back in his pocket and went back to his book. He had been acting a little bit off ever since Ethan came back. 

It was understandable, of course, but I hated seeing him unhappy. He was constantly worrying about what Ethan would do and I would probably kill Ethan just to make that feeling go away. 

Unfortunately that was illegal. I knocked my knee against Lucas's, getting his attention again. "You okay?" I asked quietly. He smiled and nodded before going back to his book again. I dropped the topic for now. I sighed and leant back on the couch, looking around. 

It was kind of boring around here on weekends when we didn't have a game. 

At least I'd get to spend my night with Lucas. Looking towards the entrance of the room, I could have just exploded then and there when I saw Ethan walking through. Ricky was with him. 

I didn't know how I was supposed to act normal around him. I didn't know how I was supposed to ignore the fact that he drugged my boyfriend and wanted to hurt him. I wasn't good with keeping my temper down, but I knew I had to. 

I knocked my knee against Lucas's again and when he looked up at me I nodded towards Ethan and Ricky who were coming towards us. 

Straight away I saw worry in Lucas's eyes. He went from calm and comfortable to looking like he wanted to be anywhere but here. "Hey there, teammates. Got anything planned for our day off?" Ethan asked as he got to us. 

He sat on the arm rest right next to Lucas, who visibly tensed up. He kept his gaze away from everyone. I hated seeing him like this. He was usually so confident and sure of himself but now he was just a scared little boy. "Nope." I answered simply. "Yeah, I think everyone's kind of in for a quiet night. 

I heard the last few parties took quite a toll on everyone, right Lucas?" Ethan asked, putting his hand on Lucas's shoulder. 

I wanted to chop his hand off. I've never had more murderous thoughts in my life. "What do you want, Ethan?" I sighed impatiently. "Don't be so hostile, Kells. I just want to catch up with you guys. What have you all been up to?" The asshole asked. 

Ricky stood by his side, clearly there just for back-up and not to get involved in any type of conversation that might actually require him to use a brain. "Same old, same old." Eddie chimed in this time, "Studying, practicing, hanging out." "Ah, yeah, I've missed practice.