Willco/Solangelo: A love story

XXIII- Zack

After I publicly declared that Lance and I were dating, Janet pulled me aside. She was holding hands with a guy that seemed older than me and Chris was walking behind her occasionally glancing at Lance and I holding hands. She didn't stop pulling me until we reached my cabin. All five of us walked inside and Janet closed the door. For a moment no one spoke. Janet kept pacing back and forth. Then she looked up.
"WHAT?!" She gestured at Lance and me holding hands. "How did this?! When did you?! You're gay?" Then Lance began to laugh. Then I began to laugh. Soon enough all four of us were laughing except for Janet. Once we stopped I wiped the tears that were beginning to fall from my eyes. I put my arm over Lance and faced Janet.
"I'm sorry if you're disappointed. But I like Lance. I don't know how it happened. But I began to get feelings for him ever since we first got to camp." I looked down at Lance who was redder than a tomato. Janet began to laugh and we just looked at her as if she were crazy. "Why are you.. Laughing?" I asked.
"Because. Why would I be disappointed? I'm happy for you!" She got closer to Lance and I. "Look Zack. I always had a hunch that you were gay. But since you were always dating a girl I thought that I was just wrong. That was until I walked in on you and Lance talking that first day we got here. I saw how you to were just smiling at each other every time you met each other's eyes. I just wish you would've come out sooner. Then maybe you wouldn't have been attacked by that monster of a girlfriend you had." I looked at Janet in awe. Was she really happy? Or was she just pretending? I couldn't tell. Then Chris walked up closer to me. He looked at my arm around Lance and smiled.
"So Lance is your boyfriend now?" He asked.
"Yeah." I looked at Lance. "He is." I smiled at Lance. He leaned in and kissed my cheek. Then I looked back at Chris. He was smiling.
"That's cool. I like Lance. As long as he doesn't turn into another snake-lady I'm fine." Then he turned around and took the guy that Janet was holding hands with my the hand and pulled him closer to us. "This is Jay. He's Janet's boyfriend."
"Wait what?" Janet and Jay said in unison.
"We're not. I mean. We haven't decided." Janet stuttered. Jay laughed quietly.
"We're.. Getting there." He gave Janet a half smile and Janet blushed.
"Getting there?" I asked. "Care to explain?"
"No. There's nothing to explain. Oh look at the time. I got to go. Let's go Jay. Chris." Then she pulled them both out of the cabin before I could ask anything else. I was left alone with Lance. We both laughed.
"So I'm you're boyfriend now?" He asked as he walked on over to my bed to sit down.
"Yes." I smiled at him. "Are you okay with that?" He began to giggle. "Or am I goi to have to persuade you?" I was now towering over him putting my hands on his shoulder. He put his arms around my waist and looked up at me.
"I think I could use a little persuasion." I smiled and leaned in to kiss him. After we pulled away he smiled. "Thanks for defending me Goldilocks"
"Anytime Lance." I kissed him again.
"You know we're public now. Which means that you can't go back in the closet anymore." He said as he stood up heading for the door.
"I would never go back inside. Not as long as I have you." I reached over to take his hand and we walked outside. "Let's go check on Will. I want to make sure that he's okay." And we walked on over to the infirmary hand in hand.