Chapter 2:
When Brendon walked into English class, everyone could tell that he wasn't himself. He was enthusiastic about everything they were doing that day. The teacher told the class to choose a partner for a group project. Looking around, Brendon noticed Josh sitting in the back. He got up and sat down next to him. Josh glanced at him and looked away. "Hey dude, you wanna work together on the project?" Brendon asked hoping he could regain their friendship. Josh looked back at him with a bit of a surprised look. " After ignoring me for a year, you finally wanna talk?" Brendon wasn't sure if it was sarcasm or an honest question, Josh's face showed quite a few emotions. "Look, I know I should have talked to you after everything went down and I'm really sorry I didn't." Brendon replied, "But I really think I've moved on from it. If you don't wanna be friends that's fine, I completely understand." Brendon could see the expression on Josh's face change. "Ok," Josh sighed. "meet me after school by the buses and we can talk about it if you wanna." Brendon smiled and agreed, he was even more happy that he was actually getting somewhere.
After school, Brendon rushed out of class so he wouldn't miss Josh. When he got outside, Josh was sitting on the bench and looked up to see Brendon coming closer. "So first things first," Josh started. "What exactly happened with you and... You know who?" Brendon explained that he just got a random text from him saying that he wanted to break up. "I tried to ask why but he never replied back." Brendon said trying to hold back tears not wanting to relive the past. Josh hugged him and said that he was too good for people like that. After Brendon calmed down a bit, Josh said, "Now my next question is what changed your mood today? You seemed really happy which was pretty surprising to a lot of us." Brendon laughed a bit and proceeded to tell him about Dallon and how he felt a certain connection towards him. "Oh yeah, the new kid! I have a couple of classes with him." Josh said. " He seems really cool!" Brendon couldn't help but blush when he thought of Dallon. "My issue is," Brendon said. " I don't know if he likes me the same way which makes it kinda difficult to ask him out." Brendons smile slowly turned into a small frown. Seeing this made Josh feel bad for him. "How bout this: tomorrow, I'll try to talk to him maybe try to get any hints on if he likes you." Hearing this made Brendon perk up and gave Josh a huge hugged "OMG you are so fucking awesome!! Thanks a ton!!!" Brendon exclaimed then quickly let go. "Well, I better head home now, thanks again Josh!" He said as he got up and started walking home with hopes that he could really be the one.
