Author's Note: I'm new to the community, so please be easy on me! If there are some suggestions on things I should change or add, please let me know. Also, I have a few more chapters already written for this story so let me know if anyone is actually interested in it. Disclaimers: I don't own any rights or franchises. Rated M for sexual scenes, drug and underage alcohol use, and self-harm depictions. If any of these things make you uncomfortable, this is your warning, they will show up in later chapters.

Chapter 1

Alex

"Alright class, today is going to be a group day. Get into pairs, and I want you to draw each other's portraits," the art mechanically chimed. I felt bad for her, no one in this room actually liked art. It was just an easy elective with low failure rates. I glanced around the classroom, already noticing that Token and Clyde had grouped up together again. Token and I caught eyes and he gave me an apologetic look. Even though we were friends, when it came between me, Clyde, or Craig, I was no match.

"Wanna be my partner?" I glanced up to see a long haired blonde stand in front of my desk. I think her name was Jessie, I never really talked to her before, but I knew she was always looking at me in class.

"Sure." Not like I had the choice. She scooted a desk to sit opposite from me. She smiled and took out pencil and paper.

"So, Alexander, right?"

I gave a faint smile and nodded, I already knew where this was going. Another girl attempting to hit on me, "Yeah?"

"You know, we've been going to school together since elementary school and I don't think we've ever really talked," She commented while twirling a strand of her hair.

"Yeah, I guess we just never hung around the same people," I took the lack of drawing to be a sign that I was supposed to draw her first. I lifted my mechanical pencil and sketching out her figure lazily.

"Do you have a girlfriend?" She blurted suddenly mid-sketch.

I looked up at her, mildly annoyed that she was talking so much while I was working. "No," I stated a little too abruptly.

"Would you… maybe want to hang out some time?" She smiled, making her best attempt at being cute. Which wasn't working.

"I'll… have to think about it," I looked back down at my sketch. I hated that I was such a pushover, I was never able to just tell girls I wasn't interested.

The bell rang and Jessie stood up. "Great, you should call me some time." She winked and tucked a slip of paper into the front of my half zipped hoodie. "See ya, Alexander."

Lunch

"I see Jessie finally talked to you today, you know she's been staring at you for a while now." It was Token. He was always the observant one in our group. I chose to be in my own little world instead of actually paying attention to what other people did.

"Yeeeeeeah," I sighed.

"Dude, are you going to call her?" Clyde interjected. Clyde was always trying to get me to date girls, he was quite the ladies' man himself, though with him currently dating Bebe he could only live vicariously through the sex-capades of his friends.

"I don't know man, she's cute and all, but wasn't she kind of a slut last year?" Not that it mattered to me. I was just trying to save face. Even though Token and Clyde were my friends, I hadn't told them I was gay. For all they know is that I'm Bi, and because of that, they are adamant on me finding a girl, rather than a guy. Telling them the truth would make my life so much easier, but I guess deep down I was still worried about them turning on me.

"Dude! That's the best part! You want a chick that is experienced, since you're a little rusty."

"Shut up Clyde," A deep monotoned voice echoed from behind me, I turned to see Craig standing there with his lunch tray. He may be 6'3", but his stoic face hadn't changed since we were kids. "Not everyone wants sloppy seconds," He sat down beside me.

"But dude! She's hot! She'd be perfect for Alex." Clyde whined.

"Or, you could mind our own damn business and focus on your own relationship instead of everyone else's." Craig took a bite out of his gelatinous meatloaf.

"Thanks Craig," I muttered then went back to my own lunch.

"Fiiiiiiine," Clyde groaned, looking down defeated. His face almost immediately perked back up. "Token! So is the party still on for tonight?!"

"Yeah, my parents are still scheduled to fly out by 5:30."

"Yes!" Clyde exclaimed. "I've been needing to unwind for a few weeks now, school and practice have been kicking my ass. Are we going all out for this one?" That was Clyde's not so subtle hint of asking if there was going to be pot tonight.

"Yeah man, Kenny is supposed to bring it with him tonight. If not, I'm going to kick his ass."

"Sweet!" Clyde could barely hold in his excitement. Out of all four of us he was definitely the party animal, being so social, parties are where he's in his element. He turned to me and grinned, "I bet Jessie will be there too."