Agron threw the empty beer can towards the trash can but he missed, "See how pathetic I am? I can't even make it into the trash can." He had been complaining to Spartacus and Crixus for the last hour. He was glad that at least he was friends with Nasir but he wasn't fully satisfied. Spartacus could tell that Agron was stressing out and so he offered Agron to have some beer and to talk. Agron agreed but when he showed up at their usual drinking spot he saw that Crixus was there too. He hadn't expected that and didn't like the fact that he was there but he kept his mouth shut.
Crixus took a drink of his beer, "You need to quit crying like a little baby. It's really starting to get on my nerves."
Agron was fast as he lunged forward and smacked Crixus in the head, "I don't care what you think I don't even want you here."
The death stare Crixus gave Agron told him that he was about ready to attack him, he prepared for an attack but Spartacus stepped in, "You two need to stop this right now." He turned and pointed to Crixus, "I invited you here only to help out Agron not to insult him." Spartacus turned to Agron, "You need to stop having this little pity party and ignore what Crixus says. He only says stuff to piss you off; you guys are like siblings that way." Spartacus sat back down and looked at Agron, "How about we help you get Nasir to come back to you?"
Agron scoffed, "How are we going to do that?"
"By wooing him, we could put love letters in his locker or put flowers in there, whatever we choose to put in there. Of course we would make sure it says secret admirer so that Nasir doesn't know it's you."
"He is going to think that it's me because he knows I am interested in him." Agron liked the idea but it's not going to work if Nasir knows that it's him.
Spartacus pointed at himself and Crixus, "That is where we come in; you'll make sure that he is with you between when he goes to his locker and then when he goes back to his locker. That way he has seen you with him the whole time and he can't suspect you."
Now Agron was getting it, "So you guys are going to put stuff in his locker for me to help make me look innocent when I am really not?"
"Exactly now you just need to start writing letters and buying for whatever you want to give him as gifts."
Agron nodded his head, "I can do that.
Crixus was quiet during this whole exchange but he finally spoke up, "We are also going to keep with between us. We have a reputation to hold and we don't want people to think we are a bunch of women."
Spartacus fist bumped Crixus, "Of course we are going to keep this a secret like Crixus said. We don't want people to think that we are soft."
"I totally agree." Agron took another drink of his beer, he was really hopeful now.
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The next day at school Agron gave Spartacus a letter and a gift that he bought before he came to school, "This is the first item; I think it would be best to do this at lunchtime. I can make sure he goes to his locker before and after lunch."
"Okay that sounds like a plan." Spartacus takes the letter and puts it in his pocket along with Agron's gift.
Agron bit his nail, which he hasn't done since he was a kid, "Do you really think this is going to work?"
Spartacus patted Agron on the shoulder, "I don't know all we can do is just be hopeful." He patted Agron's shoulder one more time before heading off to class. Agron stood there a moment taking it all in, he could possible win Nasir's love for him. He hit the lockers next to him in excitement before he turned and headed to his class.
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Nasir was a little excited to see Agron, they have been friends for about a week now and it seems to be going well. He wasn't sure how things would work out after he asked Agron to be friends but it turned out so well. Nasir was smiling about much this was working out; he was stepping out of his classroom to go to lunch when he almost ran into Agron, "Oh sorry I didn't see you there."
Agron laughed, "It's fine. Hey do you want do you want to go to lunch together?"
Nasir smiled up at Agron, "Sure let me go put these books in my locker first."
"Okay sounds good to me." Agron walked along side of Nasir as he was heading to his locker. They made it to Nasir's locker and he put his books in. He shut the locker door and they headed to the lunchroom, Agron turned to him as they were walking, "So how have you been since yesterday?"
"I'm good just preparing for a test in history class. This one is half our grade so I really need to study." Nasir looked at Agron, "Did you want to help me study tomorrow night; I'm going to need the extra help."
"Okay I'm game. Where do you want to meet?"
Nasir thought about it and the only place that would create a relaxed mood was a coffee shop, "How about we meet up at Max's coffee shop, that way we can supply ourselves with a lot of coffee to keep us focused."
Agron smiled at Nasir, "Okay that sounds good to me." Agron started to laugh.
"What's so funny?" Nasir was completely clueless about what was making him laugh.
"I was just wondering what you look like when you are high on caffeine."
Nasir laughed, "I don't think you want to see that. I get a little weird and start doing things that might freak you out."
"Are you kidding me I would love to see that? It would be nice to see a crazy side of you because everybody has them."
"I am sure we all do." They finally reached the lunchroom and got their food. Nasir and Agron sat down at a table together by themselves. He would like to have Chadara sit with him but she refused to be anywhere near Agron and Nasir wasn't able to be rid Agron like she wants him to.
Agron's head snapped toward Nasir, "Oh crap I forgot to tell you about this but there is this band coming into town at the end of this week and I was wondering if you wanted to go?"
Nasir thought a concert sounded fun, "Which band is that?"
He shrugged his shoulder, "It's some new band but I have heard that they are very good so I wanted to check it out."
"Okay well let me know where to get tickets."
"Well I already have 2 tickets. One was for me and the other was for Spartacus but he is going to be out of town with his parents so I have one extra ticket." Agron dug into his back pocket and pulled out a pair of tickets. He handed one to Nasir, "Here keep this with you and I will meet you at the concert at 4 that day."
Nasir waved the ticket, "Well thanks for giving me this, I will just put in my wallet for safe keeping." He dug out his wallet and slid the ticket inside before putting his wallet back in his pocket.
They lapsed back into conversation until the end of lunchtime. When they threw away their garbage they headed back to Nasir's locker to get his stuff. Once Nasir got to his locker and opened it up; he saw that something was attached to the inside of his door. There were two envelops that were tied to a string which was taped to the outside of his door. He removed the string from his door and untied the two envelops; one of them was flat while the other had something in it besides paper. Nasir looked toward Agron, "Did you do this?"
He raised his hands in surrender, "When would I have been able to do that? We have been together this whole time."
Nasir didn't think about that, "Oh right, sorry for getting after you." He looked back at the two envelops and slowly opened one. Inside was a piece of paper, he pulled it out and opened it to read it, "Dear Nasir, I think you are the most beautiful man I have ever laid eyes upon. Your long black hair makes me want to run my fingers through it. I hope one day you and I could be together. I hope that you like the little gift I sent you. Have a lovely day Nasir. – Sincerely, your secret admirer"
Nasir had no idea how to react to this, he was flattered but then he was also a little suspicious. This could be a creep wanting to get him alone. Agron cleared his throat which startled Nasir out of his thoughts, "So who is it from?"
He showed the letter to Agron, "It just says that it's from a secret admirer." Nasir could see that Agron looked a little angry, "Why do you look mad all of a sudden?"
"I'm not mad, I'm really not." Agron's jaw clenched, "Well I am going to head to class now." He turned around and was down the hall before Nasir knew what happened.
The only thing Nasir could come up with was that he was jealous. The little flair of triumph of that knowledge settled in his stomach and it confused him. He was only supposed to care for Agron as a friend but the thought that Agron was jealous made his stomach flip. When he put the letter in his locker he suddenly remembered that there was another envelop. He quickly opened the other envelop and inside was a leather braided bracelet. It was an awesome bracelet and he loved it because it matched the necklace that he wore sometimes. Nasir smiled as he put it on, he just loved how it looked.
The sound of the bell made him hurry up and get his stuff so he could get to class. He slammed the locker and practically ran to his next class.
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The next day Nasir got another letter and gift. He dragged Agron with him even though he complained about it. Nasir was still fighting his feelings for Agron so that was the main reason why he dragged Agron with him. He wanted Agron to think that he was over him and was interested in someone else. Plus this guy might be able to help him get over Agron.
Opened his locker and saw two more envelops, inside one of them was basketball tickets and the other was a letter, it said, "The way the sun hits your hair it gives you a halo which matches perfectly with you because you are an angel. Everything about you makes you such a lively person like your laughter makes me want to laugh too."
Finally on Wednesday Nasir was getting tired of not seeing this mystery person and Agron was nowhere in sight so he decided to sneak out of the lunchroom. He quietly walked down the hallway; he didn't want to alert a teacher that he was in the hallway when he was supposed to be in the lunchroom. Nasir made it to his hallway and peeked around the corner; what he saw made him so mad. Agron was at his locker taping the string to the outside of his locker, "What the hell do you think you are doing Agron?"
Agron swung around and looked like a deer caught in the headlights. He tried to open his mouth to speak but nothing came out. After a few more tries he finally spoke, "I am your secret admirer."
Nasir marched forward, "I thought I told you that this can't happen. Why didn't you listen to me?"
Agron sighed angrily, "I didn't listen because it's too hard being just your friend Nasir. I want to be more so badly but you didn't want that. After first I was just going to go on being tortured like that but then my friends decided to help me out. They put the stuff in your locker for me so that I would look innocent in your eyes."
Nasir put his hand on his hip, "Then why didn't you friends help you out today?"
"Crixus is sick and Spartacus went somewhere with his parents. I wanted you to get something every day so I decided to do it today."
Now Nasir was confused, "So why did you act all jealous when you saw the stuff in my locker?"
"I did that so you wouldn't think it was me and that I wasn't happy about it. I got all that stuff for you and wrote those letters so that I could express what I felt for you." Agron looked Nasir in the eye, "Can you tell me that those letters and gifts didn't make you feel good inside?"
Nasir knew he couldn't say that because he did like getting that stuff. Plus realizing that all of this was done by Agron was very sweet and it made Nasir see a totally different side of Agron, "I can't say that Agron because I did like the stuff but that doesn't excuse you from going behind my back. I have good reasons for not being with you."
Agron stepped closer to Nasir to the point that they were only a few inches apart, "What reasons are those? Are they the same ones you said about me having to stop doing all the bad stuff I do or is there more? I need more reasons than that Nasir because I like you so much that it hurts," Agron pointed to his chest, "It hurts right here and the more I hang out with you the worse it gets."
Nasir wasn't sure how to feel about these confessions; it was almost like Agron loved him. The thoughts in his head were confusing him, part of him was begging him to make the step forward to kiss Agron while the other part of him wanted to run away and hide. His breath started to become heavier when the first part of him was starting to win.
Agron placed his hand on Nasir's cheek, "Please talk to me Nasir."
The feel of Agron's hand on his cheek broke all his restraint; he grabbed the back of Agron's neck and pulled him forward. He brought their mouths together and hungrily kissed his lips. Agron stayed frozen for a little while before he let out a sigh and started kissing Nasir back just as passionately. Nasir moved his hands all over Agron while he devoured his mouth; he was even letting out little whimpers.
He was trying to understand why he was just friends with Agron but his mind was coming up with a blank. The kiss felt so good that I made his toes curl. Agron pulled away for a second to sigh Nasir's name before going back to kissing him but hearing his name like that made him feel like he had a bucket of ice water dumped on him. He pushed Agron away from him and brought is hand to his mouth. Nasir had no idea what came over him, he looked at Agron and saw that he was just as affected by the kiss. He started to panic, he didn't want this to happen again. Nasir took off running down the hall; he had to get out of there now. He had to get away from the pain and emotions from the past.
*To Be Continued*