I do not own, work for, or know anyone who works on and for Disney Channel's television program Andi Mack.

Chapter One

Cyrus Goodman walked into Jefferson Middle School Friday morning almost a week has past since his bar mitzvah, Cyrus felt proud of himself for having the courage to come out to Andi, one of his best friends.

"Step by step" he told himself, hoping someday he had the courage to come out to the world, and more importantly his family. He knew how his set of parents felt about people who identified as gay and bisexual amongst other things. While they have never said a bad word about anyone of the LGBT community, but would they have the same thoughts and opinions when it was their own child.

He didn't get the chance to start to feel himself ride that train of thought as it was interrupted, by none other then the captain of school's basketball team TJ Kippen.

"whats up Cyrus"

"Oh hey TJ"

"Thanks for inviting me to your party this weekend"

"Yeah did you have fun"

TJ shrugged his shoulders "Yeah it was cool, anyway hows Jonah doing he looked bad when I last saw him"

"What do you mean? Did something happen to Jonah?!" Cyrus could feel himself start to worry about his best friend and his crush, he really hoped nothing bad had happened to Jonah, at his own bar mitzvah at that.

"I don't know what happened but when I saw him, but he didn't look like himself, I think he had a panic attack"

Cyrus could not believe his ears, should he even believe TJ? He lied to Buffy about passing her the ball at the basketball game. Then again Cyrus had no reason not to believe him about something like this, especially after the moment they shared on the swings in the park where he felt he saw a side of TJ that no one else probably has seen before.

"Are you sure that's what it was TJ?" Cyrus asked his friend.

"I mean I'm pretty sure, thats what it looked like, my cousin gets anxiety attacks and they look the same, plus he looked scared and just not himself, so I grabbed one of your dads, because I thought he could help Jonah." TJ told his smaller friend.

"Then why didn't he tell me about it?"

"Who didn't tell you about it? your dad?" TJ asked Cyrus.

"No not my dad. Jonah why wouldn't he tell me?"

"I don't know Cyrus, maybe Jonah doesn't want anyone to know, because be real would you honestly want anyone to know" TJ said while shrugging his shoulders once more.

"No I guess your right, but still I just thought he would trust me enough to tell me" Cyrus said feeling himself getting down.

"Look I gotta get to class, see ya later underdog, try not to think too much about it, if Jonah wants to tell you, let him tell you on his time." TJ said as he strutted off to his class

Cyrus nodded as he waved goodbye to his friend, wanting to believe TJ was right. Cyrus sighed as he started to make his way to his own class, hoping Jonah was okay.

(Lunch Time)

Cyrus walked out of his class and headed towards the cafeteria seeing his friends, the good hair crew as he had coined them, already at the table they usually sat at, and of course seeing Jonah with them, which brought a smile to his face. After grabbing his food and sitting down next to Jonah, he started to internally feel conflicted on how he should bring up to Jonah that he knows about the panic attack he had or if Cyrus should even bring it up at all, once they were alone of course. Before Cyrus could continue with his internal thought Andi spoke bringing him out of his thought process.

"Hello Cyrus did you even hear what I said?" She said noticing her friend starting to space out.

Cyrus shaking his head looking now at Andi, not realizing he was zoning out, "No sorry, guess I was lost in my own head, what did you say?"

"I said since Buffy and I are gonna go to The Fringe after school did you wanna come with us or did you have plans already?" Andi asked.

"Actually I was hoping Jonah could teach me some more skateboard stuff" Cyrus said secretly hoping he could use this time to see if Jonah would tell him about the panic attack.

Jonah turned to his friend "Really Cy Guy, that would be docious magocious, I just learned a new trick too you should see it." He said as he flashed his signature smile.

Cyrus feeling himself get weaker after looking at the facial features of the popular boy. "Yeah I'd love to see your new trick."

"Lets just hope you don't end up in the emergency room again." Buffy said chiming in.

"Nah, Cyrus is gonna be fine second time is always better then the first." Jonah said confidently

"What do you guys have to go to The Fringe for anyway?" Cyrus asked his lady friends.

"My mom's boss is having us help with some new makeup products and Bex wants Buffy and I to be her guinea pigs."

"I don't know even why she needs us to help, is she gonna pay us at least for helping your mom?" Buffy asked somewhat annoyed that they might be working for nothing.

"I'm sure Bex will get us some way of compensation maybe some cool new makeup stuff, but come on we better get to class Buffy I wanna talk to the teacher about something she said yesterday, before class starts. "Andi said as Buffy and her stood up to go to their next class leaving the two boys alone.

"See you guys and Buffy I'll talk to you later" Cyrus told his friends knowing Buffy would want details later on what might be going on, before turning his attention to his crush. "So Jonah, I was hoping after you showed me some more skateboarding stuff you would wanna come over and spend the night," Cyrus not wanting to sound desperate to spend time with his crush "we could have a bros night, I could show you the new game I got for my xbox with my bar mitzvah money."

Jonah chuckling "Sure Cy, that sounds fun, I'll just meet you after school by my locker so I can get my board and we can go to the skate park."

"Sounds like a plan bra." Cyrus said trying to sound cool.

Hearing the bell ring signaling the end of lunch, both of the boys left to head to their respective classes, with Cyrus hoping that Jonah would trust him enough to tell him about the panic attack he had the night of his bar mitzvah.

(During Math Class)

PA System: Cyrus Goodman, please report to the office please.

Cyrus got a lot of oohs and aahs from his classmates thinking what kind of trouble the goody too shoes Cyrus could be in.

Dr Metcalfe wanted to call Cyrus into his office so he could talk to the student about the video he had wanted him to make for the new incoming students, wanting to know why it was Jonah Beck in front of the camera and not Cyrus as he asked him to be the one in front of the camera.

"Hello Cyrus please sit down."

"I'm not in any trouble am I Dr. Metcalfe?" Cyrus asked the principal worried not really knowing why he was called into his office.

"Well it depends, do you have any idea on why I might have called you into my office?"

Cyrus shaking his head, the only thing that could come to it was the video. "Does it have anything to do with the video me and Jonah made?"

"First its Jonah and I, not me and Jonah, but yes thats exactly why I called you in here today. Cyrus I asked you to be the star of the video, and do you know why I did that?"

"No sir I don't, I wasn't sure why you would want me to be the star I'm not on any teams, I'm not one of the pop"

"Alright stop, Cyrus thats one of the reasons why I did choose you to be the star of my video. You may not be any of those things, but you are a great student and someone I feel a lot of students can connect with."

Cyrus turning his head to look at his principal as if telling him to continue

"You're someone who I feel is genuine with his friends and with himself, students need that, they need someone to look up to, and yes they can ultimately look up to anyone they choose, but if I had a say in who they could look up to I would like them to look to you for advice because I know you'll do right by them."

Cyrus feeling his face get flush with slight embarrassment and pride, not knowing his principal thought so highly of him. "So I take it you weren't happy with Jonah being in front the camera then instead of behind it."

"I wouldn't say I was unhappy, the video itself turned out fine, just wasn't what I had originally planned for it."

"Dr. Metcalfe, I know you wanted me in front of the camera, but did you see the way Jonah looked in the video, he looked like a natural, a modern day Clark Gable if say so myself."

The principal not wanting to lie to the child on how good the video did turn out, "Yes Cyrus the video came out great, just next time please just remember there is more then one star in the skies, you're dismissed please go see Miss Stetson for a late pass to your next class."

"Thank you sir, for everything" Cyrus said feeling almost a new confidence about himself, before going to get the pass for his next class.

After his last class, Cyrus stopped by his locker to drop off the text books he wouldn't need for the weekend. After unlocking his locker he opened it up to see the space otter jersey that was given to him by his crush Jonah Beck, which brought a smile to his face, Cyrus still couldn't believe Jonah made him the team's MVP, he wasn't even on the team, thinking back to the conversation he had with Dr. Metcalfe, maybe the principal was right, Cyrus thought. Maybe just because he play on the team that didn't make him a part of the team nonetheless, even better since Jonah gave him the jersey he must think of him more then just a fan, another smile came to Cyrus face as he closed his locker and headed over to Jonah's to wait for the ultimate frisbee player.

Jonah finished talking to his teacher and walked to his locker to see his best friend Cyrus already there waiting for him. After grabbing his board he turned to his friend, "So Cy ready to learn some gnarly tricks?"

"You know it Jolamajama." Cyrus said once again trying to use his cool guy voice

Jonah smiling as he shook his head at the boy, knowing Cyrus was genuinely trying. "Come on Cyguy, lets go." Jonah said as he was happy he had someone like Cyrus in his life, through all the bad times, like the episode he had at his friends bar mitzvah which he wasn't sure if he'd want to tell the boy, but he was lucky to have a friend like Cyrus who always kept him in good spirits and made him a happier person.

Both of the boys made their way out of the school and on to their next adventure, both having so many thoughts running thru their heads. Cyrus hoping his friend would tell him about what happened at the party. And Jonah debating if he should tell his friend but deciding he would tell him why he had his panic attack when he felt the time was right.

Thats it for chapter one, please remember to read, review, and recommend to your friends, just keep one thing in mind this is my first time writing a story

Thanks again everyone, remember to always Rise Like a Fenix