A/N: Hey everyone! Just gonna say that this will be the last chapter of this story. I glad you guys have liked my story. Don't worry, I'll think of something else soon. There will be a twist in this story, and all the mentioned characters will be satisfied in the end. Enjoy!

Chapter 3

It's been about three months since Drew had found Zane in the park and everything seemed to be going back to normal. Zane and Riley were back together, Zane's wounds have healed, and he was finally truly happy. Everyone was, except for one person.

Drew.

It was like Drew and Zane switched places; Zane was the happy one, and Drew was the one displaying a façade. Drew would always appear to be happy, but on the inside, he was upset and, most of all, lonely. There was only one person that could halt his loneliness, and that person was Zane.

Drew had discovered his bisexuality, and was actually perfectly fine with it. He was waiting a little while to come out at school though. Maybe he could do that during his senior year. A person staring wasn't something he needed, everyone had just forgotten about the Spring Break incident.

It was about the end of the year, and Zane and Drew were assigned as partners for their junior project (Note: Zane and Riley are both juniors in this). They had become nothing short of best friends these past few months, so this project could be fun for the both of them. They decided to work at Zane's house since Drew's was being fumigated.

"So how are you and Riley doing?" Drew asked him.

"We're… we're good." Zane stammered.

"Uh-oh. What seems to be the problem?" he asked.

"Nothing."

"Come on Zane, you can tell me."

"No, I mean that's the thing. Nothing. I mean… Riley's great and all but… Love's just drifting away. It's been a little boring, and I think he feels the same way."

"Oh. So are you going to break it off with him?" Drew asked, secretly excited.

"I don't know…" He trailed. "Can we just finish? I don't really feel like talking about this right now."

"Ok, that's fine."

About twenty minutes later, both of the boys were exhausted.

"Can we take a break, man? My arms are killing me." Drew said.

"We're almost done, so I guess we can stop for a few minutes." He said to him. "Are you hungry? I can order a pizza. You like sausage?"

"I'm vegetarian" Drew said, smirking.

"Oh really? I'm sure those hot wings you shoveled down your throat last week would speak otherwise." Zane giggled, getting a pillow thrown at him. "Ow."

About 20 minutes later, they were both chowing down and Zane decided to ask Drew a question. A question that had been on his mind for months.

"Drew, can I ask you something? Something kind of serious?" he asked.

"Shoot" Drew said back.

"Feel free to not answer, but um… what happened to you during Spring Break?" he asked. "There's been several different rumors going around. I just wanted to hear it from the horse's mouth."

Drew's smile slowly faded and he began to feel uneasy. He really hated talking about that incident. Now that school was almost over he had more or less gotten over it. Still, it was difficult for him to talk about.

"Um…" he started. "I… I…"

"You know what, that's ok. We don't have to discuss it. Sorry I brought it up." Zane said.

"No, no it's ok. You're pretty much my best friend now; I guess you should hear it from me." He said, and began to talk about it. "Ok, so I went to that Keke Palmer concert and I saw Bianca with her ex. I was incredibly pissed, so I decided to leave. I was walking through an alley and I heard Bianca screaming for help. When I got to her, I'm pretty sure he was going to rape her. I fought him off of her, and he almost had me beat, but Bianca hit him over the head with a brick and we both ran off. The next day, we read in the newspaper that he was, well, dead."

"Holy crap." Zane said.

"Yeah. Bianca was already on probation, so it would've really ruined her life if the cops had found her. I took the fall for her. I didn't get into any legal trouble. But Anson's gang found out and… and they beat me up. I've pretty much had PTSD since then."

"PTSD?"

"Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder."

"Oh… Oh gosh dude I'm sorry."

"Thanks Z." That was Drew's nickname for him. "I… I was so scared. I had nightmares every night for weeks. I had gotten over it but… then he shot Adam and…" Drew felt tears sting his eyes. He got emotional every time he even thought about that fateful day.

"Drew, it's fine. You don't have to expand anymore." He said, rubbing his back. "Trust me, I know how you feel."

Drew felt a tear roll down his face. He had promised himself he wouldn't cry about it anymore, but with Zane, he felt like he could be as open with his emotions as he wanted. He leaned into Zane's shoulder and began to just let it all go.

It was something that Drew really needed. Drew had his emotions bottled up inside of him for a while now. Every time he was about to cry, he'd force himself not to. He wanted to just feel comforted, not alone. His other best friend, KC, had been off taking care of his kid, and Dave was to busy running after Alli. He didn't want to cry with Adam. It wasn't that he didn't love him; he just wanted to be strong for him. But now that he had Zane, he could finally let his emotions run free.

"Drew, don't cry." Zane said, wiping his tears.

Drew started to look deeply into his eyes and started to lean in. Their lips connected for about half a second and Zane pulled back.

"Drew, what are you doing?" Zane said.

"I… Oh my God Zane, I'm so sorry. I'll… I'll just go, we can finish tomorrow." He stammered, practically sprinting out of the house. Zane didn't believe in cheating; he felt like no one ever deserved it. But Zane couldn't help but like it.

~Later~

It had been a couple hours since Drew had left, and Riley had just arrived.

"Hey Ri." He said.

"Hi…" he said, somewhat upset.

" Are you ok?"

"Yeah… We need to talk."

"Um… Ok"

Riley sat down next to Zane and took a deep breath. "There's no easy way to say this, so I'll just rip the bandage off now." He said. "Zane, you are one of the greatest guys I know. We've had great times together and I really hope that doesn't have to change, but I just don't feel it anymore.

"You're breaking up with me?" Zane asked.

"Zane, please don't be mad. I'm sorry."

"Riley, is there someone else?" Zane asked.

"I didn't cheat on you, but… yes." Riley said, looking down. "I'm sorry."

"It's fine, Ri. Really it is."

"Are you sure? I mean, can we still be friends?"

Zane smiled. "Sure" he said, playfully punching him the arm.

Riley took a huge sigh of relief. "Oh gosh. Thank you for not being mad." He said, pulling Zane into a hug. Then, they heard a car blow its horn.

"That's my ride. Thanks for understanding, Zane. I'll see you soon, ok?" Zane waved at him goodbye.

Riley climbed into the small car. "How'd it go?" the driver asked.

"Better than I expected." He answered.

"So, is Zane ok?"

"Yeah, he actually is." He said, "Thanks for driving me, babe."

"You're just lucky I love you enough to drive at this time of night." He said.

"I must really be lucky. Riley said, kissing him. "Thanks Peter."

~Meanwhile, back at Zane's house~

Zane wasn't exactly sad about Riley breaking up with him. It wouldn't be the first time, or the second, but he was perfectly fine with it. Zane loved Riley, and probably always will, but it would never go past friendship.

Zane felt a little lonely and decided to call Drew. He wanted to talk to him about that incident that happened earlier.

Drew was laying down in his bed when he felt his phone buzz. He saw the name "Zane" flash on his screen and he cringed. He felt like Zane was going to call just to chew him out about earlier. He felt like he deserved it, so he answered. "He- Hello?"

"Hey Drew. I need to talk to you. Can you come over?"

"Um… ok."

Millions of things were going through Drew's head. He had no idea of what he was in store for him when he got to his house. When he finally arrived, he took a deep breath and knocked on the door, expecting the worst.

"Hi Drew." He said, letting him in. "Take a seat."

"Hi." He nervously said.

"So, I wanted to talk to you about… well, you know."

'Crap' Drew thought. Here we go.

"Look, Drew. I don't want to make you feel uncomfortable or anything, it's just… since when have you liked guys?"

"I… I don't know. I guess I figured it out after saving you."

"Ah… I see." Zane said.

"Look, Zane. I'm sorry for kissing you, I had no right. I should've never tried to make you cheat on Riley. It's ok if you're mad or something."

"The only reason I didn't kiss back was because I was with Riley."

"I know and I'm sorry. I shouldn't have- Wait. Was?" Drew asked.

"He just broke up with me." Zane said.

"Oh… Oh God, dude I'm sorry. Are you ok? I mean-" His sentence was cut short as Zane kissed him out of the blue. Drew was somewhat surprised at first. He didn't expect it at all.

When they finally broke free Drew said. "Um… what was that?"

"Well… I was thinking we could try that kiss again. The last one seemed… sketchy."

Drew blushed to the point of resembling Mars. "Oh… well, I guess you're right." He said, pulling Zane into another kiss. "Maybe we should finish our project while I'm here." He said.

Zane gave him a weird look.

"Well, we have until Friday." Drew said.

"Yeah, it was boring anyways." Zane said.