Silent Love (BoyxBoy)

Chapter 2

After school, Thomas asked if I wanted to hang out with him. Thinking about whether I wanted to go home to an abusive father or my new friend, I nodded my head. It's not like my dad would care, in fact he'd probably be happy that I'm not home.

We decided to walk to the nearby fast food restaurant. Along the way he told me about his old life at the city he used to live in, his best friend there, and we shared our likes and dislikes. I actually wrote it all down. Is that how you act in a friendship? If not, it might help buying him gifts.

Walking into the nearby Mcdonalds that was only 10 minutes away, we quickly warm up in the line to get our food. I write my order down on a piece of paper and hand it over to him.

"Go wait at a table, I'll grab the meal." I nod and walk to a nearby table.

This is actually very terrifying because I don't know how to act or what to say. I'm definitely not going to tell him about the abuse my father inflicts on me and I can't really tell him about fun experiences with friends because I've never had any. 16 years old and I've never had a single friend. Wow, life sucks. But I've managed.

Thomas snaps his fingers in my face taking me out of my thoughts and asks me to grab the pop. Not sure what to get I fill it up with root beer and go back to the table.

"Oh! Root beer! It's my favourite!" Thomas exclaims with enthusiasm. Yay another thing to write in my notes about my new friend. I smile to myself.

"So, considering you've never had a friend before, how is this experience with me?" He asks politely.

"Well, I'm not sure how friends act, I've noticed that they range from talking to hugging to rough-housing and I'm actually enjoying this a lot. I can't wait until we become really good friends." I write and hand it to him with a smile. I tend to smile a lot I've noticed.

Finishing out meal, we walk to the nearby park and play on the playground.

"I've never played on the playground, at least with other people. My dad never brought me to the park as a kid and nobody wanted to play with me in elementary school." I hand the piece of paper over. His eyes grow wide.

"You mean you've never played tag!?" He shouts. I frown and shake my head. Just then he hits me in the arm and runs away.

"Your it! Now you have to chase me!" He shouts while running.

Confused I chase after him.

We ran around chasing another and laughing for a good 30 minutes until we were tired and out of breath. I don't think I've ever laughed this hard other than watching YouTubers in my room alone.

"Are you having fun, Echo?" He asks. I nod, laughing.

I check the time on my phone. It's 5 o'clock. I had better go home. I never had a curfew but I never went out so I have no idea when I should be home.

"Sorry but I have to go home. I have homework to do. I had a great time. Thank you." Handing the piece of paper over, he frowns but then gives me a hug.

"Ok, I guess I'll see you tomorrow. And I'm glad you had fun." He says before walking off.

I make the 30 minute walk home and try to brace an angry father. If he would be angry. Walking into my house, my dad shouts from the living room.

"Where the hell have you been?" He gets up to me face and gives me a death glare. I grab a piece of paper but he snatches it away.

"Tell me. With your words. Not on a piece of paper, you little shit." His spit lands on my face. I wipe it off and shrug. I cant talk. I haven't used my voice in years. I don't even know if I can form words anymore. Just then he punches me in the stomach and I fall to the ground. I grasp my stomach and lay on the ground, quivering from the pain and also the fear of my dad. He kicks me in the same spot on my stomach and finally walks off.

"Learn to defend yourself. And learn to talk, dumbass." He says before turning around the corner.

I lay on the ground for another minute and finally shake off the fear and pain from my father and make the trek to my room.

I set my backpack on the floor and lay down on my bed. I lied about doing my homework to Thomas. I felt bad but oh well. A sudden wave of tiredness overcame me and I passed out with seconds.

I have a friend and this was probably the happiest day of my life.