Brendon's all alone

It's the first day of school and Brendon's standing all alone. A very happy looking boy named Ryan is surrounded by his friends shouting," YEAH!! I love being a 5th grader!!" He notices Brendon out of the corner of his eyes but still chatters on with his friends. Spencer says to him," Ryan, none of them have the same class as us." They look knowingly at each other. Only Spencer was Ryan's real friend in the crowd and all of the other people were a pain in the butt. The people around them got into their own groups. Then Ryan whispered to Spencer," That boy over there is pretty cute!"'

"Oh, that Brendon kid?"

"So his name's Brendon?" there was a twinkle in Ryan's eyes.

"RYAN!! Behave, no one ever found out we're gay, and I don't want them to."

"He'll be my friend then."

"Whatever. Do what you want, but not anything too wild!!"

"See you in class!" Ryan had a big smile plastered on his face and Spencer was shaking his head.

Spencer and Ryan were cousins and under circumstances, Ryan lived with Spencer and his family. They were accepted at home and were trusted, so they could do almost anything they wanted.

Ryan got shocked because when he was about 5 ft. away from Brendon, a 5th grade girl ran to Brendon and hugged him. She said,

" Brendon! There you were, I've been looking all over the place for you."

Brendon's expressionless face suddenly turned bright and happy.

" AMBER!!" he kissed her cheek.

Ryan turned back around to find a hysterical Spencer. "You should see your face!"

Ryan followed Spencer to their classroom since the bell was going to ring soon. He kept on looking back to see that Amber and Brendon were heading the same direction.

"Spence, they have the same class as us!" he half screeched half whispered.

He added," Wait, no. The girl is going to another class."

Brendon looked at his retreating cousin and sighed. Amber turned around and said," See you later, my favorite cousin!!"

Amber saw the way Ryan was looking at Brendon and her so she made it clear they weren't together. She even laughed when she saw Ryan, he was in her 4th grade class, quickly turn around and look at Brendon.

"SPENCER!! Did you hear that? She's his cousin!!"

Spencer just rolled his eyes. He walked slower so he could walk right across from Brendon.

"Hello" Ryan greeted him enthusiastically.

"Yeah..."

They entered the classroom and Ryan sat down by Brendon. Mr. Wentz told them," The seats you're sitting in right now will be your seats for the rest of the year." Ryan smiled inwardly. Brendon was unfazed. Spencer was shaking his head, yet again. "Okay kids, since it's the first day of school, introduce yourselves to the person sitting by you. I'm not asking you to spill your guts to the person, just say your name if you want."

"Well, like I said before, my name's Ryan." He said with a smirk.

"Yeah, it's Brendon." Brendon was looking down at the desk, so Ryan wouldn't notice his blush. Ryan did notice after all and his grin widened. Brendon cleared his throat and Ryan said,

"Well… how's the first day of school going for you?"

"It's been p—pretty great." Still looking down.

Our teacher interrupted the class and said," I need to do some stuff so you guys do whatever the heck you want." Ryan exclaimed," PETE!! You rock!" The teacher looked at him and said," I know I do Ryan, just don't shout it out so loud!!"

"C'mon Brendon!" Brendon looked up to see Ryan calling him. He stayed where he was until Spencer came by and told Ryan," Did you scare the poor guy?"

Spencer took the seat by Brendon and asked him," Did my cousin do anything awful?"

Brendon's eyes widened, " NO!"

"Okay, I was just checking." He said with a laugh.

"Brendon, Spencer. Spencer, Brendon." Ryan said happily.

Spencer was already whispering to Brendon," He's a little cuckoo, but he's pretty okay."

Brendon just nodded then cleared his throat and said," So… what do you guys wanna do?" with just a hint of hesitancy but was covered by a veil of courage. Ryan smiled at the open action. "Let's get to know each other!!"