Ethan exhaled a long, nervous breath as he and his brother walked up to the school gates. As they entered the school gates a couple of kids came from around the corner and barged into him, and all his books went flying from his grasp,
'Oi, bloody watch it!" Ethans brother yelled in anger. His brother began to walk angrilly towards the pair.
"No, don't Jack im fine." Ethan said as he began picking up all his books 'Bloody hell." He muttered 'Theyve ruined everything." Ethan and Jack sat down near Ethan's books and let out a frustrated sigh as they began to sort the pages back into the books. Ethan stopped sorting the pages as he heard footsteps come up behind him.
"Um, H-Hello." The boy said.
Ethan turned his head and looked up at him.
"Hi." He said nervously. He had blonde hair, glasses and he had a cute body. 'Oh god, ive allready fallen for him and ive only known him for 10 seconds.' Ethan thought to himself. He covered his eyes from the glare of the sun.
"Um, Can I help? Those guys are the bullies of the school, I hope they didnt give you too much trouble." He said as he kneeled down and began sorting out the books.
"Oh boy, i'm out of here." said Jack and walked away towards a group of his friends who were also joining the same school.
He began to start sorting through different books when he realised the boy was putting the wrong stuff in different books.
"Hold on, you dont know what goes where." Ethan began to reach over and help, and he accidently brushed his hand over the boy's. "Sorry, I didnt mean..." He looked at me and smiled.
"No it's ok, dont worry." He then started sorting the books with Ethan again.
"What did you say your name was?" Ethan asked him nervously, you could easily point out the tremor in his voice. He gave me that smile again, he slumped down onto the cement.
"My names Daniel, And, uh, whats yours?" He asked shyly, he couldnt hold my gaze for atleast more than a few seconds until he looked down at the books.
"My name's Ethan." They held the gaze for atleast 15 seconds before they broke it, Ethan looked away his face reddening.
"We'd better sort this out." They finished sorting the books when the bell rang.
"Thankyou for helping, Dan, do you mind if I call you that?" Daniel looked up brightly.
"Oh yeah I don't mind." Daniel said as he began walking the other way towards his class.
"Hey wait! Where do you usually sit and hangout and stuff? I dont have many friends here, so, I thought I could hang out with you?" Daniel was still as shy as ever.
"I usually... Hang out at the library most of the breaks." Daniel said quietly.
"Ok, thats cool, i'd love to come around and check out the library." Ethan said with a smirk. He began to walk away when Ethan tapped Daniel on the shoulder.
"What is it now?" Daniel laughed as he turned around. Ethan gave him a little hug when no-one was around.
"Thankyou for helping me, I would never have gotten through the morning without you." 'Oh god, I hope I haven't messed our relationship so far'
"I dont usually greet people, but... You caught my eye." He began to walk away, turned around for a brief moment and opened his mouth to say something, but he quickly closed it and ran off to his class.
"Well, that went well." He said to himself as he began to walk happily to his first class.
Once he had been to his first Maths class of the year, everyone rushed out of the room to get to second period, Ethan got shoved and face planted into the floor. He clenched his fists, got up and began to walk to second period when out of nowhere something hit him in the face. 'What the...?'
"Haha, Thats what you get for hugging another boy, gay poofda" Ethan's mouth dropped open.
"Why?... Would you do that?" He looked at them in complete shock. Then his face began to soften and then he began to laugh. Ethan began to walk over to them, he got right in the guys face, pure anger in his eyes. "Listen, you can call me names, taunt me, shove me, but I wont ever GIVE A FUCK what you think of ME!" He shoved him back in anger, tears in his eyes, he walked away to the library. 'I can't do this, I need time to think...'
Ethan changed his mind and went to his next class, but just sat there never participating in anything, just thinking about life. He thought of how things were not going good in his new school. Fortunately for him, none of the bullies were in his next couple of classes and he somehow made it through the rest of the morning by ignoring everyone including his new friend Dan. After eating lunch by himself and not seeing Dan in the cafeteria he decided he wanted to be with Daniel and headed for the Library where he guessed he was. Entering the library he immediately saw him reading a book sitting at a small table near a window and he walked over and sat down facing him. Dan looked up with a smile on his face seeing Ethan but quickly noticed something was wrong and asked,
"What's wrong Ethan? You don't look happy at all! And why did you ignore me all morning in class, are you mad at me?!" Daniel was almost yelling at him.
"Be quiet you two, this is a library!" The hundred and fifty year old librarian quickly told them. Daniel stuck the finger up at her when she turned her back.
Dan looked at Ethan and nodded his head indicating `follow me'. Dan knew of a table furthest from the old lady and hidden behind a book shelve where the boys settled themselves before Dan asked again in a soft tone, "What's wrong Ethan?"
Ethan looked into Dan's eyes before answering.
"It's those damn bullies again, they saw us hugging and... then they c-called me gay, I told them I don't give a damn what they think of me but I do care. I don't want to be labelled gay in High School even though... I am gay." Not believing what he had admitted to someone he had only known for a few hours he got up grabbed his backpack, then hurriedly walked out of the library knowing he was not going to anymore classes today.
Ethan, wait!" Dan yelled from behind him. Ethan turned around and looked at him,
"Uh, I have something to say." He dropped his gaze to the floor. "I-I'm gay as well." Ethans entire face showed every sign of happiness.
"I don't...know what to say." Daniel just looked at him and gave him that smile.
"I guess we'd better get to our classes?" Daniel said quietly,
"I don't think we'll be going to any more classes after that." Ethan said, Daniel looked up quickly
"Hey, Come with me. I have a secret hideout, nobody will come there." He began to run off, leaving Ethan to think, he snapped out of his thoughts and ran after Daniel.
As he ran to catch up to Daniel, we came up to an old abandoned sports shed. 'This is where i spend most of my time when I have no-where else to go." He pointed to a chair.
"You can come here whenever you want,'cos no-one comes here." He got up and walked around.
"Well..." He walked back to Daniel, grabbed his arm and pulled him close to him. Ethan could hear his nervous breathing. He rested his head on his shoulder and spoke in a quiet voice
"I've never felt like this about anyone before." They parted the hug, but they still held on to each other. They both smiled, and then broke down into giggles, Ethan gave him one final hug.
"I'll see you tomorrow." He smiled once more, then Ethan ran off to his next class.
"Oh no, Gym." Ethan muttered.
"Hey, come on, dont sweat it, it'll be fun." A guy walking next to him said.
"Oh hi. Name's Ethan." He shook his hand.
"My names Eric, when did you move here?" He looked him up and down.
"I moved here last week, this is my first day, and let me say, it hasnt been one of the best." He looked at him with concern, then shook his head and ran off towards the group, as Ethan was emerging from the change room he spotted Daniel coming in.
"Oh! You have Gym aswell?" He asked me with complete surprise.
"I do, why else would i be here?" He gave him a quick smirk then started to change into his gym clothes. Ethan stared as he began to take off his shirt. 'Damn, he has the most beautiful chest i've ever seen.' Ethan kept staring as Daniel began to take of his shorts.
"You mind?" He looked at him with his hands on his hips.
"Oh, uh sorry." He gave him a grin and shook his head just as he walked away.
"Allright, we'll be doing some running drills today for a warmup, then seeming as how its the first day we'll play some dodgeball." A cry of cheers came up from the kids around him. Then walked out onto the oval, when he heard Dan come up behind him.
"Hey Daniel." he said, "Im so going to beat you." He just looked at him and shook his head again.
"Hey, im just trying to start a converstion here." He turned his head and gave him a playful punch.
"On your marks, Get SET, GO!" Everyone began jogging as a start up, they still had 9 more laps left. Ethan turned his head and looked Daniel up and down, 'He's so cute...' Ethan thought as he continued to stare at him. Dan turned his head and saw him staring, Ethan quickly snapped his head forward, Daniel gave him a full on grin and then ran ahead. 'God hes cute, i can't seem to keep my eyes off him.' He thought.
After 10 laps was finished everyone sat down and had a huge drink of water. Daniel came up just behind him and patted him on the back,
"Good race, but you still beat me." Daniel took a quick glance down at his sweat-soked shirt, then quickly looked back up and ran towards the benches. Ethan stood there looking where he used to stand, then a grin spread across his face and he began to walk back to the shower rooms. He took a glance around the room before he began to step out of his clothes, he was just about to take his shorts of when something hit him square in the back.
"Holy fuck....!" He grunted in pain and turned around, it was the bullies again.
"Fuck you, why cant you just leave him alone!" Ethan heard Daniel come over in his defense.
"Stay the hell out of it Daniel." Said one of the guys and pushed Daniel into a puddle, he tripped and fell on his back. he sent out a cry of anger and pain.
"HOW DARE YOU!" Ethan got up and gave the kid an uppercut with strength he thought he never possesed. The kid went sprawling and hit his temple on the side of a bench. His head snapped back to the bullies "You want some?!" His breathing became more heavy as his anger filled. he ran towards one of the bigger ones, brought his foot under and pushed him forward, tripping him and then gripping his hair yanked his head back with all his strength, a clump full of hair tore out, the kid hit the ground with an almighty scream.
"Ethan, stop!" Daniel got up and walked over to him.
"I hate to see you get hurt..." Ethan said, tears forming in his eyes. Daniel came over and gave him a hug, they parted as they realised all eyes were on them. Ethan looked at all of them,
"Anyone got a problem?" A mumble of "No's" came out from all of the kids. "Good."
At the end of the day Ethan and Jack waited outside the school gates for there Mum. They waited for atleast half an hour until she arrived. "Hey boys, guess what?" She said as him and Jack climbed into the car.
"What?" She turned her head and Ethan spotted the anxiety in her voice.
"I drove past a Boy Modelling Agency called 'Boys 4 Life', and i had a look at what they had to offer, whad'ya think?" Jack and Ethan turned there heads slowly, Ethan leaned in close and whispered quietly.
"Well, we'll see what they have to offer first, and then we'll try it, but if you decide you dont like it, you can allways quit." Jack decided this for a moment. Jack nodded slightly.
"Ok, awesome." Ethan said to him. Then both boys said in unison "Yes!" Then their mother jumped in her seat with joy.
"I knew you boys would atleast try it!" As soon as she had settled down, Ethan asked.
"So, Mum, can you give us like a sheet of paper to tell us what they do there and stuff?" She looked in her purse and then puleld out an agreement form.
"It says everything there, but you can call the Director if you have any questions." Ethan looked at his Mum, she looked at him with concern,
"Whats the matter?" He looked at her then let out a sigh.
"Mum, I've found a guy i like, his name's Daniel, please dont get mad." She looked at him then laughed. She pulled over and leant over and hugged him.
"Oh sweetheart, i would never get angry at you for something like that, never." He gave her a kiss and then leant back in his chair.
"Thankyou, Mum, for understanding." He relaxed into the seat, and then drifted off to sleep.