STUDY BUDDIES

prt two.

Jordan's Point of View

It was the beginning of the new school and for such reasons, I woke up around four am cause of my brain over thinking the things that might happen that day. Especially seeing Caleb Warden. His Instagram profile confirmed that he spent his festive season in the Palm springs in California. I've been crushing on his for the longest time, literally since I arrived highschool. I first made eye contact with him when my dad dropped me off in the parking lot and we both strolled up the paved path towards the entrance. Best memory ever.
Anyways, while laying on my bed in a dark and calm room, I checked the time on my phone which literally showed: 4:03am, then I put back down. Just when I started thinking about my late mom, my stomach growled of hunger and thirst and almost instantly, I snatched my phone off the bedside table and used it as a flashlight to lead me downstairs. Luckily there still some of the macaroni and cheese left from the day before and so I dished up for myself with a large glass of apple juice. As I sat down at the kitchen island, I suddenly heard soft footsteps coming down the stairs, my heart then started beating with rapid speed and I froze in one position, scared to face the thing. But then...

"Jordan?" I recognized Jacob's voice, "Is that you and what are you doing in the dark?" When I turned around, I noticed how he was holding the baseball bat in his hand, ready to mash my skull.

"Hey, it's just me" I finally said, after sighing of relief. He then placed the bat down on the stairs then came sitting next to me, after fetching himself a fork in the cutlery drawer, then started eating from my bowl.

"So, how are you feeling?" he suddenly asked, "Returning to school from our stay home Christmas?"

"I'm feeling fine, I mean it's just like any other day" I shrugged

"But aren't you nervous about starting grade 12, your final year of high school?"

"No"

He then seemed like he had a lot to say but don't exactly know how to express himself.

"What?"

"Jordan, I didn't wanted to say anything or as you something that actually makes you uncomfortable, but promise me that you'll tell me the truth and nothing but the truth" he pleaded

"Sure" I said, not knowing what was going on.

"Are you into boys?" he finally asked and after hearing that, I choked on my food and almost died of a heart attack. For a while I just stared into his green eyes, not knowing how to answer him and come out of the closet. But soon, I found myself nodding in agreement. "I appreciate your honesty but why didn't you just tell me that?"

"I didn't know how to, you know how dad is" I whimpered, trying to remind him of my dad's homophobic comments whenever a gay character show up on screen.

"I understand, and I promise that I'll keep that promise" he literally held his hand out for a pinky promise. After that, we both finished my bowl of food and then went to bed. For fifteen minutes straight, I laid awake thinking about my first come out and how my dad will react to it if I'd come out to him. He was actually very very nice and had a warm personality but I was afraid he'll treat me a lot different out of all three of us. I mean, three boys, the middle one is gay. Something won't continue normally.
Anyway, after that I was snoring my way out of my worries.

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That morning, I was the second to wake up; shower and get ready for school. I dressed my body in a dusty pink oversized shirt, jeans and white kicks. I went downstairs to find my dad, Cynthia and Kyle behind the counter, cooking breakfast and having a huge laugh.

"Good morning" I greeted them as I sat down at the table and they greeted me back.

"How did you sleep?" my dad asked.

"I slept fine" I nodded

"Were you or Jacob down here last night, there's a bowl in the sink and we did the dishes last night?" dad asked

"Yeah, we ate"

Then just within twenty minutes, the table was set and we were stuffing ourselves. While we were eating, Jacob finally came down wearing sweatpants, only sweatpants. How did I know? Well, I could see he way his dick hung loosely in his pants and he was shirtless.

"Morning" he said, sounding as if he was bored, but we all greeted him back and watched as he went to he fridge and gulped down a full bottle of water, then came sitting down next to me. Breakfast was rushed down and then, Jacob offered to take me and Kyle to school. So, when we climbed in the car, I instantly Bluetooth connected my phone to his sound system and played some Troye Sivan.

Part Two of this chapter is in the next chapter...