Chapter Four
“Are you two okay?!” Ms. Yonez panicked, “Are you guys bleeding? Andrew? Riley?”
I spun around to look at Ms. Yonez instead I saw the rest of the students in the P.E class standing around her. Then I turned around to look at Andrew, I lent my hand out to help him get up.
He grabbed my hand with his warm soft hand, and stood up, “I’m okay.”
Everyone in classes was staring right at Andrew with a disgusted facial expression, including the teacher.
One kid screamed, “Eww Your Nose is bleeding!”
I drew my attention at Andrew and he was bleeding through his nose. I think I elbowed him. My gosh, I’m such a loser. I feel so embarrassed, “Andrew … I-“
“You need to go to the heath room right now.” Ms. Yonez demanded.
“Er, okay?” Andrew agreed.
Andrew grabbed his stuff following Ms. Yonez out the door.
Ms. Yonez turned around, “Francis, you’re in charged till I come back okay?” Francis nodded while she continued, “Why don’t you all just shoots some baskets for now. That isn’t to hard, is it?” Then we all nodded.
As they were walking out the door, Andrew stopped walking, took one last look at me. I got a tingly feeling all over my body.
The rest of the period 6, wasn’t that fun. A lot of people were just loitering around like fat hippos trying to run for basketballs… the sad thing is some of them were fat.
When the bell rang and I met up with Mina to eat lunch, we had “doggies in your butt, with green and orange sticks of health,and hot potato slipped in yellow cover.” It was simply just hot dog in a bun, carrots and celery, and French fries. Well I forgot the “white juice”, which apparently is milk. Then I decided to actually bring up the party that Andrew has invited me to right before I broke his nose.
“I’m invited to Andrew’s party tonight,” Mina was eating her food with her earphones on from her iPod. I yanked the earphones out of her ears; Mina made an Ouch-That-Hurt-Man kind of look on her face. I stared at her frustrated, “I bet you didn’t here me huh?!”
She wasn’t smiling and she looked shocked at the anger in me, “You said something?”
I sighed not mad, but bummed and then I said “Never mind, I’m not going to go anyways.” I looked down at my food, not even hungry just cutting the French Fries into small pieces.
“Are you okay?” Mina asked me as if some one had died that was important. Made me laugh because not just one person 2.
“I am, but just confused,” I said. I looked back at her, “I think I might have a crush on Andrew.”
Her eyes widened in confusion, “Wait, don’t you like Cameron?” She paused as I nodded, “So you like two people?”
“I don’t know I guess so. I like Cameron but he likes you. I just don’t want to like someone that will never like me.” There was a long silence between us. She opened her mouth to talk, but I interrupted, “Andrew invited me to his party tonight and I don’t think I’m going.”
“Why?” Mina opened her mouth but it was another voice that said it. It was Cameron. He was standing on the side of me looking at Mina, “Hi Mina.”
“Oh Hi.” Mina said in a small voice looking down at her food. Then after two seconds or so she looked at me, “You should go! I’ll go with you it’ll be fun.”
“Maybe we should all go together?!” Cameron Suggested.
I looked at Mina Pursing her lips probably trying not to be rude. I smiled an evil laugh, “Yeah we should!” I said with excitement, “ All of us together!!”
“Okay I guess I’ll just meet you guys there then” Cameron said right when the bell rang. “See you guys there!”
He walked away and when he was far enough for him not to hear us Mina exploded. “I’m not going! You did that on purpose!”
I smirked, “So, it’ll be fun!” I said in a sarcastic way.
She gave me a stink eye, “I hate you so much! Well I shouldn’t be worrying about anything, your going with the two guys that you like in the area.”
I hissed at her, she laughed, “NOT FUNNY.”
Its 6:30pm, I’m in front of the house. His house; I don’t even know him and he invited me. Should I go in? There are a lot of people. Maybe I should’ve stayed.
“Are you going to go in Riley?” Mina whined. “We’ve been out here for ever!”
“We just got here!”
“Well I feel stupid out here!”
“Hey guys,” Cameron said. He just arrived right behind us. “Let’s go in, Shall we?”
Cameron looks so good tonight. Well he always looks good. I smiled looking at him, “Alright.”
I heard Mina hiss behind me though I didn’t mind it. We walked into the house, music really loud, people dancing, laughing and eating. It looked so normal, surprisingly no alcohol. I guess Andrew is a goody boy. Speaking of the devil, Andrew was looking at me across the living room.
He stood up off the chair and walked toward us. I didn’t know what to do, should I walk somewhere else. He comes close, closer and closer, “Hey Riley! Glad you came!”
“ Me too” I said making my voice a little loud cause of the music, “I hope its okay that Mina is here.” I looked back at Mina and saw her smiling. I turned to Andrew, “Oh and I’m also sorry for hitting your nose in P.E.” I noticed the Bandage on his nose.
He snickered cute laugh, “Its fine. Just glad you could make it.”
I felt kind of awkward. Why was he glad? I think he may be…“MINA!” I raised my voice.
“What?” she said after I startled her.
“You guys want a drink?” I asked looking at Andrew and Cameron. They both nodded, “Okay me and Mina will get it, please excuse us.”
I grabbed Mina to the punch bowl; “I think I like Andrew” I talked in her ear.
“I know” she said in my ear.
“He might be gay or bi!” it made me pause and say in small voice “But I like Cameron.”
“What?!” she asked in frustration from all the loud music.
I said it again. She still didn’t hear me. So I screamed it closing my eyes. “I LOVE CAMERON.”
At that second I screamed it, there was a Black Out. Now it was pitch black and dead silent.
Chapter 5
It was still pitch black; people were talking and whispering, “Who said that?” One asked.
“I don’t know, it sounded like… like…” another started, but didn’t finish.
“Riley?” Cameron said. The lights turned on and everyone looked at me. It felt like I was the ugliest and grossest person in the world by the way everyone looked at me.
Was it me or was the room was starting to spin. I looked at Mina. I can tell by the way she looked, that she felt sympathetic. Water fell from my face to the ground; I was crying.
I was debating on running out of the house or acting like it wasn’t me who said it and trying to look for the one who said it. Though I was crying, I think the second choice wouldn’t be successful. So I looked around for the nearest door out that I could escape.
I power walked to the back door, I tried my best to ignore all the whispers, laughing and stares that came from the people surrounding me. I took look up; Cameron. Seeing him made me have butterflies in my belly. Not the one when you like someone, but the feeling right when you don’t want to have to do a oral presentation. But ten times worst.
“I… Uh…” I paused and looked down at the ground. “SORRY!” I quickly walked around Cameron.
“Riley!” Cameron called for me. But I just walked to the door.
I got out of that house. It was raining, great. I wiped off the tears falling from my eyes thought it didn’t want to go away. So many questions I keep asking my self. Why didn’t they play the music when the lights came back on? It really got me mad. How can this actually be happening?!
“Hey! Riley! Wait!” A voice called. I walked more quickly, “Riley stop!”
Ugh! Its Cameron, the one I use to like, the one that likes Mina, the one that guessed my name when he heard “I LOVE CAMERON”.
“Riley! Please?” Cameron said right behind me (He must’ve caught up when I was thinking about him in my head).
I stopped, turned around to find out it wasn’t Cameron. Instead it was Andrew. He was soak and wet from the rain, and as I just noticed, so was I?
“Andrew, what are you doing?” I asked confused, “Your party?”
“Are you okay?” Andrew asked the way he always did.
“Yeah I am,” I lied, “Dude your wet, and maybe you should get back to your party.”
“Who cares? I just want to make sure your okay.”
I looked down at the wet asphalt, I started to cry more. Why, because I wasn’t okay. I hope he couldn’t tell I was crying. “I’m not okay; I’m going through a lot lately.”
He was looking around, “Hold that thought, and let’s go sit over there,” He pointed to a little bus stop that was roofed, in it was a benched that we sat on. “Okay, tell me what’s bothering you.”
“My parents died a week before I came to live with Mina. They were arguing in the car about me. My dad was mad at me for being… Er… Gay.” I looked up to see his facial expression which didn’t change. I guess he understood, “And my Mom was backing me up trying to make my dad understand. But he didn’t want to accept the fact so he pulled over and unbuckled his seat belt, turned around and slapped me a hard one.” I checked his face again and his eyes were widened, I continued, “Then My mom yelled ‘Riley get out of the car right now! I need to speak to your dad alone.’ I unbuckled my seatbelt crying, because my dad hated me for whom I was, then got out of the car and sat on the sidewalk waiting for them to stop arguing in the car in front of me. All of a sudden the car drove off, swerving left to right, right to left, in the speed of 45mph, and then the car hit a truck that looked like it was going 60mph or so. I screamed for help. Someone I saw walking called the police to come. I was crying my eyes out hoping everything was okay. When the ambulance came it was too late. My mom and dad were gone. It was my fault. Everyone tells me its not but it was.”
“It wasn’t. It was an accident, Riley. Don’t blame yourself for who you are.” Andrew tried to comfort with his words. Kind of helped, knowing he cared for me.
“Thanks,” I shot him a smile. “Ugh! Not to mention, everyone knows that I’m gay now.” My smile was gone.
“Just the people at my party.” He said saying it like it was no biggie.
“It’s going to spread through the school. I’m not ready for that Andrew! What about Cameron?” I said very confused and sad.
“Aw… Where’d your smile go?” He grimaced. “If this will make you happy, I’ll tell everyone that I’m Bi.”
It made me angry not happy, “Don’t say that if your not, It’s really nic-“
“But I am and I like you, Riley. I think your really cute, and have an interesting personality, I know I don’t know you much, but I’d like to,” He interrupted. “And I wouldn’t need to tell anyone because I’d want to be holding your hand when we go back to my house.” He smiled his cute laugh, “If you would let me?”
This made me happy and now I got my smile back. I nodded to his question. Now I got the lovey-dovey butterflies. We stood up; he took his jacket off and put it on me. We walked back to his house in the rain, hand in hand, side by side. Perfect.
Chapter 6
The pouring rain settled down a bit ‘till it was drizzling. We walked up the drive way and as soon as we got to the stairs; I stopped walking and tightly squeezed on Andrew’s hand and looked up at him as he looked down at me.
“What’s wrong?” He asked with concern.
“I’m scared,” I said looking into his beautiful eyes on that gorgeous face, and then I looked down feeling ashamed. “I’m not sure if I want to go back in. People are going to judge me. Then there’s Cameron, he’s going to be freaking out. I think I’ll just walk home.”
I let go of his warm soft hand, and took his warm, almost soaked jacket off, looked up at him and handed his jacket to him. He grabbed his jacket, stood still looking at me. I shot him a smile, turned around and walked away.
I counted in my head the steps away from the person I truly had feelings for. One… Two… Three… Four… Five… Six… Sev-.
As I counted seven Andrew swung me around with his hand and pulled me close to him, and in a second he leaned down to my face, closer, closer, and this time there wasn’t any bee on my head. Instead his lips on mines, he titled his head and I tilted mines the opposite way. It was like fireworks on New Years, but a million times better.
We were kissing, his arms around my waist, and my arms over his shoulder. His lips touching with mines are tongue wresting with each other. I giggled and I felt his lips curve into a smile though he was still kissing me. Or was I kissing him? Then from a short distance, I could here “awe’s” and giggles. I didn’t stop the kissing.
“I bet that kiss is better than my kiss with Cameron” I hear Mina said.
I gasped, surprised at the fact that I didn’t care that people were watching us, but more about Mina and Cameron kissing. I pulled away from Andrew to look at the people looking at me with my hands over Andrew’s shoulder. I took them off and just stood next to him, though he still put his arm around me.
“Having too much fun there?” Mina snickered at me.
I smiled at her, “Not as much fun as the kiss you gave Cameron, huh, Miss Mina?”
“Oh Shut Up!” She complained as everyone laughed. She looked at me and Andrew, “Just get both of your asses up here before you get sick from the rain.”
Andrew and I walked up the stairs to get on the porch with everyone else. I hugged Mina.
“Are You Okay?” she asked.
“Of course I am. I got you and Andrew.” I pulled back smiling at her.
“Okay guys, if there is anyone here that has a problem with me and Riley together please leave.” Andrew announced. No one said anything and no one moved.
There was a movement in the crowd. A boy was walking and everyone was looking at him like he was a criminal. He felt everyone eyeing him down. Well i guess he was leaving because he had something against me and Andrew together.
He looked at everyone around him. “Uh, can I use your bathroom, Andrew?”
“Oh, sorry,” Andrew apologized. “Go a head, Tony.” Andrew answered him.
He smiled shamefully and went inside the house and used the bathroom. I chuckled because I felt sympathy for him. I mean if I was being stared at for the wrong reason, I’d feel really embarrassed. Wait… I have been through that before. It was silent for awhile, it got awkward. I cleared my throat, “Come on people its still early! Let’s Party!”
Everyone went in the house and the music came back on. Andrew went to explain what was happening to his parents. I sure hope his parents understand. Well what am I still doing outside, it’s a party.
I walked in the house and on the side of the door Cameron was there I guess waiting to talk to me, “Hey Cameron, What’s up?”
He looked at me, not happy, but also not mad, more likely like sad, “I’m sorry, It wa-“
I interrupted him, “Don’t be, it is okay really. I’m fine let’s just have fun to nigh-“
“No it’s not okay,” He interrupted. “I made you cry and I’m sorry for saying your name out loud. And I embarrassed you for som-“
I interrupted him again, “Lets just have fun right now Cameron. It was the past, and its no big de-“
“Pleas stop interrupting me,” He demanded, so I just nodded and listened. “I feel horrible I really do, and I embarrassed you for something you can’t control and for who you are. I really don’t care if you like me or not. Its cool, but I’m not like “That”. I like Mina. And as she said we kissed. She was lecturing me about you in front of everyone saying ‘Cameron, why’d you do that for! He only liked you and you had to let the whole world know. Just because your cute, hot, sexy, tall, and whatever else you are, doesn’t mean you can just-‘ then I kissed her and then she pulled back after 3 seconds or so and slapped me. And I guess that slap got to me. So again I’m really sorry for what I’ve done, and I hope this doesn’t have to be a guilt thing for me.”
“Are you done?” I asked. Then he nodded, “Its okay Cameron, you don’t need to feel guilty anymore, because I’m over it. Everything turned out fine for me; I got my best friend and my boyfriend. What more can I ask for?” It got quite for a while, “so let’s just forget about this and have fun to night, like you said at lunch today.”
He nodded and we walked different ways, oh and I forgot, “For future reference I don’t like anymore.” I smiled at him and he smiled back.
Meanwhile I head over to Mina and sat next to her, “So how’s the kiss?” I teased.
“Ugh. It was horrible. But surprisingly I liked it.” She said as my eye’s widened. “This is what happened I was yel-“
“I know, Cameron told me,” I told her.
“So what happened between you and Andrew, or do you not kiss and tell?” she teased.
“Oh my gosh, he is so sweet and romantic! He let me where his jacket and-“
“Umm, do you want to dance?” Tony asked Mina.
“Hey, you’re the dude that used the bathroom, right?” Mina asked rudely. He nodded in shame.
“But I really don’t have anything against you Riley. I think it’s great that your comfortable with people knowing.” He said in an apology way.
“Thanks,” I said making him feel comfortable. It’s funny how people know my name now. Oh right, Cameron said it.
“So will you dance with me?” He asked Mina again. I nodded at Mina as she looked at me.
She looked up at him, “Did you wash you hands?”
Tony nodded and took her to dance. I was sitting thinking about Andrew and what this night became to be. I wonder how his parents are taking it. I hope it’s alright.
It wasn’t a while till Andrew came back, to dance with me, “Are you okay?”
“Yeah, “I answered. “Actually I lied, I feel great.”
He smiled and leaned down to kiss me. Instead of kissing me, he whispered, “I really like you. And I hope you feel the same way.”
I looked up at him directly into his eyes and kissed him. “What do you think the answer is?” I said as he smiled at me.
Meanwhile Tony and Mina were dancing with each other. Cameron from a distance really wanted to dance with her and it was almost the last dance. He walked through the crowd to get to her and as he got to her, he asked, “Tony can I cut in?”
Tony smiled and walked away, Mina on the other hand, rolled her eyes when they started dancing.
“Why don’t you not like me?!” Cameron complained. “I’m sorry for what I did and Riley already forgave me so what’s the problem?”
Mina didn’t say anything at all and was just dancing. Cameron didn’t know what to think and so he just sighed and walked away.
Mina grabbed his hand and pulled him to her and kissed him for about two seconds, “I like you Cameron and I’m shy, sorry if I seem mean.”
He smiled at her and danced the last dance right by Riley and Andrew.
“So what happened, or do you not kiss and tell” I mimicked her in a mocking way.
We were all laughing and dancing to the slow song called “Wondering Where You Are” by Tyrone Wells. I laid my head on Andrew’s chest same position as when were kissing. Moving left from right and right to left, feeling the warmth of his body in front of me, it felt as if all that has happened to me finally paid off.
The party ended and everyone went home except for me. I told Mina that I was going to head home later because I wanted to hang out with Andrew for a little bit. So we just lay on the lawn in front of his house just talking, his arms around me and my head on his chest just the two of us staring at the stars.
“How did your parents take it?” I asked him relating to what happened earlier when everyone came out.
“They said they love that I told them and they said that whatever makes me happy will make me happy.” He answered.
I smiled, “I’m glad they took it better than my parents did.”
He sat up to look at me in the eyes “Riley, don’t beat yourself down about your parents accident. It’s not your fault, okay? I hate seeing you sad about the past.”
I looked at him and smiled, “I’m okay and I will stop. I have no reason to look back at the past. I got you. I couldn’t ask for more.”
He smiled and kissed me. He lay back down and I rested my head back on his warm chest.
We both saw a shooting star, “Riley wish for anything you want, I’ll get it for you?”
“I told you; I couldn’t want ask for anything else but you.” I reminded him. “ You wish for something.”
“I have nothing to wish for,” Andrew said. “I feel bad for being happy about this, but I’m glad what happened to get you here happened, because I would have never met you if it didn’t. I feel horrible.”
“Honestly me too, I love them so much but for some reason I think they are happy for me being happy also.”
“I know this is early but I really feel like I do. Riley, I love you.”
“I love you too,” I whispered, “I never want to find someone else and I wish to be with you forever too.”
“Corny don’t you think?!” Andrew teased.
I elbowed him in the rib. “You’re ruining the mood!”
“Ouch!” he complained.
I sat up and looked at him, I hurt him again. “I’m so sorry! I never meant to! I’m so sorry.”
He chuckled, “You’re cute when your pleading for forgiveness. It hurts and so you owe me a kiss now.”
I smiled back, “Alright that doesn’t bother me at all.”
I leaned down and kissed him. I lied on his body as I kissed him, his harms around me; I loved the warmth of his body under me as are tongues wrestled.
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