Hi everyone! This is chapter 2
I don't own Tower Prep
Enjoy the Story!
It was 7:00 am and Ian got up to do his morning routine. He did his jogging, while thinking of Gabe. He did his homework he forgot to do the other night, while thinking of Gabe. He walked to the lunch room, while thinking of Gabe and finally, he ate while thinking of Gabe. Ian fought the urge to spell out Gabe's name with ketchup on his eggs. It all became a routine. Every corner of his mind was filled with thoughts of Gabe. Although it sounds terrible, it made Ian happy. Ian would fall asleep and dream of Gabe and would be even happier to wake up to see Gabe in the morning. Most days, Gabe would sleep in and Ian would watch him sleep before waking him up.
The day seemed to go by fast for Ian, but that's what usually happens on Fridays. Before he knew it, he was walking to dinner with his friends. Everyone was laughing as they traded crazy and funny stories. Gabe was telling an awkward story about his elementary dance unit in his P.E class.
"Since there were no girls left, I got pared with another boy!" Gabe said while laughing, "not only that, it was ballroom dancing!" Everyone was laughing hysterically at Gabe's situation. Even some students standing in the hallway heard this and laughed.
Ian blushed, imagining little Gabe awkwardly dancing with another boy trying to make it look normal.
"My teacher video tapped the whole thing," Gabe continued, "and gave a copy to my parents. My mom and a group of her friends watched it, while my dad sat in the back of the living room blushing the whole time."
"Were you even embarrassed by it?" CJ asked.
"Nope" Gabe answered "I was smiling the whole time."
That statement gave Ian some hope. This hope was that his lost cause which was love might turn out to be a dream come true. Ian had many dreams of him and Gabe and he hoped that one day his dream would come true.
"So Ian," Gabe asked, "Do you have any more awkward stories to tell us"
"Not unless you want me to make up a story of us dancing together." Ian teased and winked at Gabe (he couldn't believe he just did that).
CJ and Suki laughed in appreciation of the joke. Gabe blushed a bright shade of pink and responded
"Um, no thanks. So anyway who's hungry for dinner?" Gabe quickly changed the subject. Ian, being the perceptive person he is, immediately saw Gabe's reaction to the invitation. He blushed as well, he hoped no one noticed.
At the dinner table, the foursome continued the conversation. Ian noticed that Gabe wouldn't stare into his eyes. In his mind, Ian put the pieces of the puzzle together: blushing at the thought of dancing, not looking me in the eye after I winked at him, changing the subject and smiling while dancing with a boy when he was probably aware of the homosexual life style… Ian finally came to a conclusion and when he did, in his mind he jumped for joy. He couldn't believe it. Gabe actually liked him; he was just not willing to make the first move. Ian knew exactly what he had to do. Ian was determined to march into their room and kiss Gabe until his lips became numb. Ian had a plan.
Once dinner was over, Ian waited for Gabe to go to his room, he would surprise him. Ian marched to his room, a look of determination on his face, Ian completely forgot about why he was afraid of approaching Gabe, he opened the door triumphantly, he walked in having a sense of power, but when Gabe looked at him smiling, Ian became weak and all those fears of his secret coming out and his fear of heartbreak immediately became present.
"Hey Ian," Gabe said "Come look at this." Ian walked to Gabe's computer to see a picture of a girl skinny, thin, big breasts and lips perked. She was definitely pretty.
"Isn't she hot" Gabe said, "I've been talking to her and she says she would totally go out with me."
Gabe's words hit Ian like a giant bolt of thunder. That thunder bolt hit Ian and landed a perfect shot at his heart. He could feel it break into a million pieces; the pain was terrible and bitter, he could feel the once pounding heart in is chest become a dark void of nothingness. The only thought that formed in his head was "ouch." like his heart was literally ripped out by gnome in battle.
Ian quickly regained his composure and even looked at the floor to make sure pieces of his heart weren't on the ground.
"Look at her Ian," Gabe said "She's way cuter that CJ, isn't she"
Ian was now about to cry and he was angry.
"Just shut up Gabe, shut up" Ian managed to choke out crying as he ran out of the room.
"Wait Ian I didn't mean it" Gabe replied feeling bad about what he said about CJ.
Ian ran to the bathroom tears down his face, finally knowing what heartbreak feels like.
WOW! That was tragic wasn't it! See you next time!
