Marcus woke up and looked at the clock. It was 4:00 A.M. and was wondering why he got up so early. He looked around to see that everyone was asleep except Mike. He wasn't even in his sleeping bag. Marcus stepped over the others to check where Mike was. He went to his room to see Mike sitting on the floor looking at the moon. Callie also got up and to see Marcus and Mike were missing. She went over the few that were sleeping and headed to Mike's room. When she got up to the stairs she saw Marcus there too.

"Marcus," Callie whispered.

Marcus looked at her and tiptoed to her.

"Yeah?" He whispered.

"Why are you at Mike's door?"

"He's in there. I was going to talk to him, but you should. He probably trusts you more than me."

"Okay. You can go back to sleep."

"Thanks, Callie."

Marcus went down stairs and went back to sleep. Callie peeked through his door. She heard murmurs from him.

"W-who should I tell? Will they treat me differently? I can't tell any of them or they will probably leave me. They'll probably leave me lonely." Mike said in his murmurs.

Callie knocked at his door and Mike looked back at her.

"Callie! You should be sleeping."

"I came up here to find you, ya doofus. What's going on? I know I shouldn't have eavesdropped but what can't you tell us? What are you afraid that will make us your friends leave you?"

"I'm scared Callie. I don't want to lose you as a friend. I'm afraid of people thinking of me differently."

"No one is going to do that Mike. I known this group for a couple of years now. They will not change their perspective of you ever."

"Really? Okay but I need to tell you then."

Callie walked over to him and sat next to him looking at the moon with him.

"What is it, Mike?"

"Do you promise not to think of me differently and not tell the others yet?"

"I promise, Mike. I understand and not tell the others until you are ready."

"Okay then here goes nothing. Callie, I'm gay."

"Okay. I respect that. I don't really care if you're gay. You're still my friend and friends are in this together."

"Thanks Callie. I've been gay since we were thirteen and now were both 17 years old. I had a fear of telling anyone. I felt sexy every time I look at a guy. I have those naughty thoughts in my head every time. It's been mostly when I've been with Marcus or Blitz. Those two don't know I love them more than a friend especially Marcus. He's my hero to me. He protected me from getting hurt. Please Callie, I beg of you to not tell anyone else. I want to tell everyone when I'm comfortable. So are we cool?"

"Wow Mike. I didn't know you had that much stressed about it. I promise not to tell anyone about it. There's nothing to be afraid of Mike. Your secret is safe with me."

"Can I tell you more thing Callie?"

"Yeah?"

"I've been email that other gay person too. I can pull up my emails on my laptop for you to see."

Mike got up, grabbed his laptop, and sat back down next to Callie opening his emails. He showed her the email he has been sending to Green. She took a deep breath and looked at Mike.

"Mike, I understand this person has been making you happy, but I don't think you need to tell him your personal life things. You can always tell me. I can always help you with things all the time. I appreciate you Mike. You forever my best friend and nothing will ever break it. But if you want to keep on talking to him, okay I won't stop ya. If this is want you want okay. I won't say a word to the others Mike."

"Thank you Callie," Mike said having tears coming down his eyes," I-I am so lucky to have a friend like you."

He started to sob and Callie hugged him to try to comfort him.

"It's going to be alright, Mike. Nothing bad is going to happen to you. I will always be here for you."

"Thanks Callie. We should head back to bed."

"Yeah. I'm glad that we came to agreement Mike. Well I'm going back to bed. Come down when you're ready Mike."

"Thanks Callie. I'll be down in minute."

Callie went back to sleep downstairs and Mike continued to look at the moon.

"Was that the right choice to do? To tell someone my huge ass secret? I can always count on her but what if something goes wrong? He shook the thoughts in his mind and was ready to go back to bed. He went downstairs and went back to sleep. Before he went back to sleep in his sleeping bag, he looked around at all his friends. He planned to tell them on Christmas Day which was only 2 weeks away. Monday he had school the Christmas Day started on Tuesday until two weeks later they go back to school on Wednesday.

He laid down and put his hands on the pillow so his head was resting on his hands. He looked at the ceiling wondering how he should tell them he was gay. He was worried about someone being disappointed at him, but he let that slide and closed his eyes and dreamt things of his amusement.

The End of Part 3

How long do you think Mike's secret will last before it is exposed to the whole school? Do you really think Callie would keep his secrets "safe?" Put your thoughts in the review, give it a like, and I'll see ya later.

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