Michael rubbed his eyes lazily and looked at the clock, it glowed 2:36 am he groaned, Josh had left an essay he'd had for over a month until the last minute which in the end had worked out for him and not for Michael.

it was a long one at a minimum of 6,000 words. Michael had written 3,874 of these and was running out of things to bullshit. He slammed his fist an the desk and cursed, it was as if Josh had planned to find out Michael was gay it was certainly working out the well for him.

Michael heard a knock on his door, he turned around and called "Who is it?"

"Your mom, honey" she said gently as she entered the room "What are you still doing up?, you have school tomorrow"

"I know, I have to finish this essay" he said, gesturing towards the papers on his desk.

"Why didn't you do it sooner?"

"It's complicated"

"Michael" she said sternly

"Sorry mom, I'll do it sooner next time ok?"

"Alright, don't stay up too late, you're a growing boy and you need your rest"

"Night, mom"

"Goodnight, sleep tight and so on"

Michael drew in a deep breath and went back to the essay. He scribbled on the paper, spewing utter crap, repeating himself multiple times using different words and phrases throughout the next two hours, his handwriting grew steadily more sloppy and incoherent. Eventually he started to drift off, his eyes drooping and his head almost being dragged onto the table, but he pulled through and as soon as he'd painstakingly written the 6,000th word he let his head fall onto the hardwood desk and fell asleep instantly.

After what felt like two minutes his alarm beeped and his eyes opened slowly he had to force himself with all his might to stand up and as soon as that was done he felt a pain in his neck, he had slept with in a bad position, he rubbed his hand on the effected area "Fuck"he turned off his alarm and stormed downstairs.

"Hey mom, Do we have any coffee?"

She walked in from the living room saying "I Just made some but- Jeez, Michael, how late did you stay up?, you look awful"

"I don't know, pretty late I guess, coffee?"

"Here, take this it was for me but you can have it, its fresh"

"Thanks" he took the cup from her hand and gulped the bitter brown liquid, He felt the warmth slide into his stomach and he would swear that he could already feel his energy coming back.

He collected his books, changed his clothes and stood outside in the morning cold waiting for Josh while gripping the damned essay in his fist. Josh appeared ten minutes later. Michael got into the car and handed Josh the essay, not wanting to look at any longer than he had to. Josh read the first few paragraphs and nodded.

"Nice work although I already had most of it done, you didn't have to re-do it" he said with mock sweetness

"What are you talking about?, you just gave me the assignment and deadline, that was it!"

"oh, I must've left it in my locker, sucks for you" he smiled widely, obviously he had planned this whole thing and he was reveling in the results.

"You fucking asshole, do you know how fucking late I stayed up to finish that for you?"

"No, and I don't care either"

Michael felt rage build up inside him and gripped the leather material on his seat and said nothing, it wasn't worth the fight.

As soon as the car stopped Michael burst out of the door and practically ran inside, he needed to get away from him or he was going to hit that motherfucker right in his fucking smug bitch ass face.

He went to his locker and shoved his books violently into his bag and slammed the door with an impressive crash.

"Whoa whats got you riled up"

Michael looked up at Ray and said "Fucking josh"

Ray wiggled his eyebrows "ooh you fucked him"

Michael glared at ray and walked in the opposite direction.

"I was Joking, Michael, hey" Ray Patted Him on the back gently "Lighten up"

Michael's face softened, Ray meant well, sometimes he just chose the wrong moment to say things "Sorry Ray, late night"

"Yeah you look like shit"

"Thanks"

"You're welcome"

Gavin joined them and immediately noticed the bags under Michael's eyes

"You OK Michael?, you look terrible"

"Uh huh"

"He stayed up late do- actually, what were you doing?"

"Finishing Jo- my English essay"

"But you've had that done for weeks, you bragged about it and everything"

"I uh, lost it"

Ray shook his head "You're stupid"

"Yeah, kinda"

The bell sounded and they collectively sighed.

Rays eyes widened "Shit, I'm on the other side of school" he turned and ran, Ray was always late and another slip meant detention which never went well at home.

"Who's stupid now!" Michael shouted after him

"Shut up asshole" he called back

"Chemistry"

Gavin nodded "Chemistry"


Michael waited at Josh's locker at the end of the day, not wanting a repeat of the awkwardness he'd experienced the previous day.

"Here for my books gay-boy?"

Michael looked swiftly side to side, checking if anyone had heard when he concluded they hadn't he turned back to Josh "Could you keep it down, we have a fucking deal you know"

"Chill, bro" He got a pile out of his locker and handed it to Michael "there's another essay for you there"

"Really?, another one, what do you even you do with your time-"

"I'm kidding Jones calm yourself"

"You're a dick"

"and you suck dick"

Micheal sighed "Clever" he said sarcastically and he left and headed home he didn't want to talk to anyone right now all he needed was a bit of sleep, when he was halfway home he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket, he unlocked it and the notification read Gavin.

G: Rays?

Michael considered it but the likeliness that he'd even make it to ray's and still be awake wasn't good.

M: not today, i need sleep

G: ok, have sweet dreams boi :p

M: will do

Micheal tucked his phone back into his pocket , he smiled and thought they will be sweet if I dream of you and then he took a breath and laughed "That was really fucking gay"