Bang and Burn ~ Dreamnotfound + Skephalo

Chapter 16

George was thankful when they made it back to the Forte building. The ride was silent because no one really had anything to say. They could all feel the tension in the air, especially now that Jude was sitting in the car with them. George liked him at first but started to change his mind a little bit when Jude kept talking about him in his group chat. He, Geo, and Jake kept going on and on about how "in love" George and Clay were. The car came to an abrupt stop in the middle of the parking lot, jolting everyone forward. After a moment, Clay begins uncontrollably wheezing as Dylan mumbles profanities under his breath. Not too far in front of the car, Geo was in the middle of the path, straddling Dylan's motorcycle. Understanding that some sort of stand-off was going down, Strawberry parks the car in a spot behind them, deciding they'd rather walk to the door than wait for this to end.

Dylan rolls down his window and sticks his head out. "Geo, move before I run you over!"

Geo laughs. "You wouldn't hurt your precious bike, would you?"

"Geo! Come on! MOVE!" Dylan demands.

Geo shakes his head. "Get out of my car and hand over the keys, or I let your bike fall over."

Dylan gasps. "You wouldn't!"

Geo shrugs. "Try me!"

"You two are ridiculous," Jude says from beside George.

"Oh, shut up!" Dylan growls. He rolls up the window and puts the car in park, but refuses to leave.

"This is exactly what happened last time!" Clay laughs. "You two are so dumb!"

"This isn't exactly like last time! He didn't let my bike fall last time!" Dylan responds. "I'll just wait him out and he will leave eventually."

Almost as if he heard Dylan, Geo abruptly stands up and gets off of the bike. He holds one of the handles in his hand. "I'll give you to the count of three!" Geo yells. "One...........Two............THREE!" When he reaches three, he shoves the bike over, letting it fall onto its side.

Dylan yanks the keys out of the ignition and storms out of the car. "You did NOT just fucking do that!"

Geo laughs. "Oh, but I did!"

Dylan chucks the keys at Geo and picks his bike off of the ground. As he inspects it for any damage, Jude says, "We should get going before they try to kill each other again."

"Shouldn't we make sure that neither of them die?" Nick asks.

Jude smiles. "They'll be fine!" George pops his car door open and exits, helping Jude out behind him. Nick and Clay both get out of their side of the car and begin walking to meet up with Strawberry by the building entrance. "So," Jude says quiet enough to keep Clay and Nick from hearing. "When are you going to ask Clay to be yours?"

"Never!" George says, almost too quickly. "We are not a thing."

Jude nods. "Right. And I'm not a straight cross-dresser who works a killer pair of heels." He stops George and turns him around. "Look, I know that you two are having problems, but as captain of this ship, it is my duty to make sure it happens."

George giggles. "You are not the captain of this ship because there is no ship!"

Jude laughs. "Oh, there's a ship, honey. And it set sail the night you two fucked!"

George groans. "Can we please not talk about that?"

Behind them, they hear Dylan begin yelling about there being a new scratch on the side of his motorcycle. Geo laughs until he sees Dylan charging at him. Jude looks at George. "Had they not began making all of that noise, we would've talked about it. For now, let's just go inside." He takes a few steps, then stops. "But just so we are clear, this isn't over, honey."