Wild Flame

Chapter 2

Keeping secrets from your best friend is never easy. Especially something that could potentially ruin our friendship.

I think about telling Evan everyday. The gay part, not the being hopelessly and madly in love with him bit, that wouldn't go down too good. How would that even go down? Oh hey Evan, buddy, ma bestie, my pal. How are you doing? Good? Oh that’s good now listen, I have something to tell you... I'm very very gay and I'm kinda in love with you ha. What? Your in love with me too? Oh well that's great news. What? You want to run away with me? I can have our bags packed in thirty.

I got snapped out of my daydream by Evans poke in the side of my ribs, does he not have any idea how much that hurts? Oh wait, he does, telling by the huge smirk he's wearing across his face.

“What?!” I snapped, annoyed that I was interrupted from my beautiful daydream.

“Teachers asking you a question dumb-ass” oh, so that's why he was looking like that. I directed my attention towards the front of the class, we were currently sitting in third period English, it was the first day of school so the teachers were mainly just blabbering on about what we would be doing this year and handing out course outlines.

I raised my eyebrows to Mrs Cocus indicating for her to continue, I had her last year, she's a bitch. But for some reason she likes me, Evan was convinced that I banged her that's why I'm the only person in class she lets do whatever they want, I told him he must be on crack because I wouldn't go in a ten foot mile radius of a naked Cocus. I hate Mrs Cocus.

“Nice to finally have your attention Mr Ward” she smiled her wrinkled mouth smile at me.

“Yep” she just continued to smile at me. “What?” I sighed.

“Oh, well we were just about to tell the class about our summers and I thought that you could start us off.” Talking about our summers, just great, it's not like I actually care about what other people did over break.

What did I even do during the summer? I spent it mainly with Evan, all I our friends that I like hanging out with all went away with their families, and when Evan was busy with Victoria, which was a lot, I spent it by myself in my room, because my mother was working, My fathers a dick so I don't like seeing him, even if I wanted to I couldn't, because he moved to the other side of the country with his new family and my brother Darren was travelling with his girlfriend Lilly, she's a lovely girl, I hope they stay together forever and I think they will, they lasted all through college. Darren and lilly are the only people that know that I'm gay, I was staying over at their place one day and I just blurted it out and cried for hours. 

I did go to this gay club two towns over though, I was feeling really lonely and was texting Darren about how bored I was and he told me to go check it out, it was, in my own word FUCKING AMAZING!

“Ummm, I just read books, watched TV, movies, hung out with friends, that sort of thing.”

“What, no family time?” she laughed.

“No.”

“Oh” yeah bitch stop prying into my life. “Why not?” urgh.

“My mum way working all summer, don't talk to my estranged father and my brother was travelling with his girlfriend.”

“Oh, well at least you had your friends.”

“Did I say friends? Oops, I meant friend. I only hung out with Evan when he wasn't with his girlfriend, because all my other friends that I actually like were out of town. Now if you don't mind, can we please go onto someone else, I've had enough of talking.”

I could feeling Evan looking at me but I refused to meet his gaze, because apparently I'm mad at him for leaving me alone most of the summer. I didn't even realise I was mad until just now. I'm mainly hurt that he abandoned me. 

Finally the bell rang signalling fourth period. I was the first packed up and out the classroom, they should really call me the flash, I was just that fast.

Luckily for me, biology is one of the only classes I don’t have with Evan. Usually that would make me sad that I don't get to feel his warmth radiate through my body from beside me but from answering Cocus' questions I've found myself in a pretty shit mood directed towards him.

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 Fourth period went by in a blur. I had it with my good friend Danny, but I was too busy drawing stick figures of Evan and stabbing it with my pen.

I was now sitting at our lunch table ignoring Evan, it's actually quite fun watching him get frustrated and beg for my attention, I should of done this years ago.

"Harrisoooonnnn" Evan whined "I'm sooorrryy" he pouted. I absolutely hate that he is so adorable, I just want to grab his face and kiss him senseless.

I turn my head away from him and started talking to Rebecca, she was a sweet little redhead who managed to worm her way into life, I was reluctant at first, as I am with everyone because I don't like getting close to people, I'm terrified that I will blurt out my secret and they will leave me for being who I am. But she literally inserted herself into my everyday life and held on, I don't know how I survived summer without her.

"So Becky, did you watch last nights episode of Teen Wolf? It literally BLEW MY MIND! I was just staring at the screen for like ten minutes after it ended!”

“Oh my god I know! Dylan O'Brien just gets hotter and hotter everyday!” Oh no she didn't! Dylan is MINE! Who does she think she is? OH HELL NO. Now I'm pissed at Becky.

I turn to Evan who is still starting at me with wide eyes and a pout. I look over his shoulder and see Victoria glaring at me because she's not getting any attention, stupid hoe.

“Please, forgive me Harri. I will do anything” suddenly an idea struck me and I couldn't wipe the smirk that forms on my face.

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"Harrison. Please tell me why I'm wearing a dress?!"