Chapter 10- We are All Gay
"all our parents know that we think of Bella as a sister and she thinks of us as brothers. Their parents were a little uncomfortable the first time we brought it up last year." he gestures towards eddy and Emmett. "It was the beginning of freshman year. Bella and I had been like brother and sister since we were like 5. Eddy and Em's parents moved here last year and we all started hanging out in the beginning of the year. We finally asked if we all could have a sleep over at Bella's house. Their parents kind of freaked out a bit, but Bella's dad and my dad talked to them and said they'd be watching us the whole time and they said ok. After that we started sleeping over each others houses more and more and all the parents kind of just excepted it." he said looking at all of us.
"doesn't that ever create at least a little tension? I mean I know you guys treat each other like siblings but in the end we are all teenagers full of hormones." I say cautiously hoping I hadn't gone to far by mentioning sexual tension amongst a group of 15 year olds.
"Not at all" Emmett says finally breaking the silence. "plus didn't you know?" he asks me then looks at everyone else. "we are all openly gay." he says coolly. I look at all of them with my mouth open.
"then why we're you checking out all the girls yesterday?" I ask again wanting to slap myself for asking. This time Bella steps in.
"it's kind of an inside joke." she says and when I pout she explains. "they check out girls for me and I look at guys for them." she pauses and I nod. It kind of made sense.
"so you are all gay?" I ask still not processing it all. They all nod. A thought suddenly pops into my mind. "my brother and I told everyone we were gay last year too." I say quietly, almost to myself.
"who's your brother?" Edward asks. Then jake adds.
"yeah haven't seen him at school. What grade is he in?" he asks and I have to think for a moment to remember what grade he was in. Wow I must be really tired I think to myself.
"his name is Jasper and he's only a year ahead of us. So, he's in 11th." I say finally. I get up and grab a soda from the fridge. "since Bella and I are dating, can I ask? Do you guys have any boyfriends?" I ask taking a sip of my pepsi. Edward and Emmett nod. "who?" I ask.
"wow bells you haven't told her anything have you?!" Edward laughs and Bella just shrugs at them. "we aren't really dating but we know we love each other more than most brothers." eddy says. I pause and process that. So edward and Emmett? Wow, didn't see that one. Then after I thought about it for a moment I found it adorable.
"surprised?" Emmett laughs. "yeah that's one of our rules." he says gesturing to everyone. "when in a relationship no public displays of affection around us." he says. I nod. I could deal with that. Bella said to start as friends anyway but I don't get mushy infront of other people so I don't think I need to worry about that.
"no problem." I say and sit back on Bella's lap and drink my soda. Jake turns on the tv and we start watching teen titans on the boomerang channel. I instantly recognized the show, considering my brother and I watch it every time it's on. I hope he doesn't change the channel. "you guys get a good signal even though we're in the middle of the woods." I say quirking an eyebrow at jake. Jake nods and looks at me.
"it took a while but we figured it out. We are kinda stealing signals from my house." i nod, it maid sense. "...and a couple of the neighbors." he adds smirking and I laugh. "Oh and as for the show." he says pausing to point to the tv. "hope you don't mind but it's one of our favorites." I nod and laugh.
"I love this show" I say simply. I start comparing my friends to the characters in the show. Who was the innocent alien? Who was the strange yet funny sweet kid? Who was the comically strong protective second in charge? The mysterious one who kept quiet while staying kind? Who was the leader? I decide that I was the alien, because I was new here. Edward was the funny sweet kid. Emmett was the second in charge. Bella was the kind mysterious girl. I finally decided Jake was the leader. I mean they all work as a group but he fits the role most. We all watch the rest of the episode and by then it's 5:30.
"I'm hungry." I hear Edward and emmett say. We all agree and get up and go out side. Jake goes into the duffle bag we left laying on the ground and pulls out snacks for us. He pulls out a box of cheez its and throws it to Emmett and edward. He pulls out a bag of goldfish and throws it to Bella and I. He finally pulls out a bag of Oreo cookies for himself before we all sit down on the logs around the fire pit. The logs were set up in a square with the 4 logs going around it. We all start eating and trading with each other. It was funny the way they traded with each other. It was like a game you would expect 5 year olds to play at lunch time. A cookie was worth 5 cheez it's or 10 goldfish and vise versa. I also learned that they bring the same thing every time they come here. The same brand and amount of sodas. The same snacks we had now. A few blankets. I couple flash lights. And stuff to make s'mores. I keep watching them and smile to myself. I could get use to this.