So I am just so excited to present this to you all, so let's just go! Also, the song in this chapter is Imagination by Shawn Mendes, and I would recommend listening to it. Although I am just saying that because it's a Shawn Mendes song! 😜

He just smiled back at me, and I really couldn't believe that he was in the car with me. "Just eat those, and listen to this" he said, as he turned off the radio in the car. For a second, we were submerged into silence as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. Not wanting to say anything that would ruin this moment, I began to open the packet of Reese's.

"Want one?" I offered, causing a smirk to grow on his lips.

"I thought you didn't share treats" he replied, causing me to let out a small chuckle through my tears.

"If I'm not mistaken, I also said that I wanted to bridge that gap with you" I retorted, causing his smile to grow. I nudged the packet in his direction a little, causing him to chuckle as he pulled one out of the packet with one hand, loading up Spotify with the other.

"And then, you made that comment about us both liking nuts, I remember everything" he added, a stray tear now rolling down my cheek. "Now, stop distracting me, and just listen to this ok. It'll explain everything. You'll just have to ignore the pronoun used" As soon as that was said, the car was filled with a familiar strum of a guitar, one that I knew all too well.

Oh, there she goes again
Every morning it's the same
You walk on by my house
I wanna call out your name

I want to tell you how beautiful you are from where I'm standing
You got me thinking what we could because

I keep craving, craving, you don't know it but it's true
Can't get my mouth to say the words they want to say to you
This is typical of love
Can't wait anymore, I won't wait
I need to tell you how I feel when I see us together forever

In my dreams you're with me
We'll be everything I want us to be
And from there, who knows, maybe this will be the night that we kiss for the first time
Or is that just me and my imagination

We walk, we laugh, we spend our time walking by the ocean side
Our hands are gently intertwined
A feeling I just can't describe
All this time we spent alone, thinking we could not belong to something so damn beautiful
So damn beautiful

As the song talked about how our hands intertwine, I saw how he put his hand out over the gear stick, and I couldn't help but link our fingers together as we both just stared at each other, listening to the song as it continued. A whole new batch of tears welled in my eyes by this point, but they were ones of joy instead of sorrow, something that hadn't happened in a long time.

I keep craving, craving, you don't know it, but it's true
Can't get my mouth to say the words they want to say to you
This is typical of love
Can't wait anymore, I won't wait
I need to tell you how I feel when I see us together forever

In my dreams, you're with me
We'll be everything I want us to be
And from there, who knows, maybe this will be the night
That we kiss for the first time
Or is that just me and my imagination

Imagination
Imagination

In my dreams, you're with me
We'll be everything I want us to be
And from there, who knows, maybe this will be the night
That we kiss for the first time
Or is that just me and my imagination

I keep craving, craving, you don't know it, but it's true
Can't get my mouth to say the words they want to say to you

As the final notes of the song played, I still couldn't get over everything. First off, he's just confessed all of his feelings out to me, and secondly, he did it using a fucking Shawn Mendes song. My brain was going completely haywire about everything and I couldn't help but stare at his face, my eyes focusing down onto his lips more specifically. He must have noticed this, as I saw him lean in, just as I was leaning in and we soon met in what was probably the best kiss I had ever experienced, despite the fact that I hadn't much experience.

At first, it was just a mess, with us being unable to figure out what to do with our noses and our arms but before long, we had shifted so our noses were no longer clashing, and I found myself bring my hand up to cup his face, while his arms found their way over my shoulders and around my neck. Everything in the moment was complete bliss, like all of my worries and fears had just flown out of the window. Neither of us cared that we were sat in the school car park, we were both just enjoying the moment that was a long time coming.

When we finally pulled out, I could see that his cheeks were slightly red from embarrassment, but he had the cutest smile on his face as he stared back at me.

"It's really you" I said, causing him to nod.

"It's really me" he replied, as we smiled at each other.

"I really should have seen it sooner. I mean, you're were dying to strip in front of me on Halloween"

"Hey! At least I didn't decide to play with a buzzy bee" Kendall shot back, causing us both to chuckle at each other, neither of us saying anything. I think we both had so much to say, but neither of us could find the words to actually say it. He was the first person to finally speak up. "I'm guessing you didn't think it was me then?" he asked, causing me to shake my head.

"I will admit, I had some suspicions it was you. Did know it was me?" I asked back, causing him to tilt his head from side to side.

"I had my suspicions." He replied, causing us both to chuckle. "Mostly it was the psychic thing. It came up too soon after we'd talked about it in the emails, so I got a little bit suspicious. But other than that, you never really said anything else to make it suspect it was you" he shrugged, causing me to nod. It was definitely awkward in the car for a moment, the silence filling the air but that was interrupted when we both spoke at the same time.

"I'm sorry" we both said, looking at each other as we did so. I saw him raise his eyebrow at me, and I took that as a cue for me to start.

"I'm sorry that our emails were leaked, and that I didn't tell you about it. It's just, I thought that if you knew, you'd get spooked and stop talking to me and I really didn't want that. I really enjoyed talking to you" I said, another tear rolling down my face.

"I'm sorry that I did stop talking to you. It all just happened so fast, and you're right, I got scared and I didn't want to risk everyone finding out" he said, as he looked down at the floor.

"So, what changed?" I asked, putting my hand under his chin so he would look up at me.

"Today in the cafeteria, the way you defended me. I could see how serious you were after they mentioned my name, and if I'm being deadly honest with you, it kinda turned me on, how protective you were" he responded, his face reddening as he said it. I just placed a chaste kiss on his lips before he continued. "And I know you said about it in the emails, but actually seeing it in real life was just… wow. Then during Chemistry, I overheard a girl talking about how you'd done it earlier in the corridor and I just…I needed to get out of the lesson. So, I told Mrs Hunter that I needed to go to the toilet and just walked out of the school. When I saw you sat in the car, and saw that you were crying, I wanted to protect you like you had done to me." He finished, still looking me in the eyes.

Much like before, it didn't take long for the two of us to start making out again, instantly finding out rhythm as we did. When he pulled out this time, his lips were a little swollen and I can imagine that I looked exactly the same.

"Can we talk somewhere else?" he asked, as I glanced at the time on my dashboard. It was nearing let out time for the school, and I could see that he was getting slightly antsy.

"Sure, how about we go to Sundaes? I can get us something and we can just chat. Think of it like our first date." I replied, causing his face to redden with blush.

"Sure, I'd like that" he replied, causing me to chuckle over how cute he was. I placed one last chaste kiss on his lips, before turning back towards the steering wheel, and pulling out of the car park. I could see how his hand was sat on the centre console, and I couldn't help but reach over and link our finger together.

As I did, I saw another blush settle on his face as he looked over to me with a small, dimple filled smile.

When we arrived at Sundaes, we were lucky enough to get a booth in the back corner, where we could just talk and air everything. The two of us started to glance through the menu, but I could see how he was staring at me from behind it, causing me to chuckle.

"You don't need to hide while you stare" I joked, causing his face to go red from embarrassment as he put the menu down. "I just can't believe this is real. I never thought I'd have the confidence to come out during high school. I was just going to wait until college"

"Funnily enough, that was my plan as well. I was going to move away, and just begin a new life where I could just be myself" I replied, reaching my hand over the table in an attempt for him to hold it. I could see how he glanced around a little bit before placing his hand into mine.

"Hi guys, what can I get you?" we heard a perky voice say, and we looked up to see the waitress had come over to the table. I looked over at Kendall, waiting for him to say something but instead he raised his eyebrow back at me, almost like a challenge.

"Can we have two M&M waffles please" I replied with a smile, causing her to nod.

"Of course." she said, before collecting up our menus. "And FYI, you guys are super cute" she added, before walking off. When I looked over at Kendall, I could see how his face had been engulfed with a deep shade of red.

"I'm guessing it won't help if I said that you look cute when you blush" I commented, causing him to blush deeper.

"Stop it! You're horrible to me" he joked back, forcing a small pout onto his lips. In response, I reached over the table and placed another chaste kiss onto his lips, causing that pout to disappear. "So, I have to ask you something" he began, causing me to raise an eyebrow at him. "What happened between you and Dak? I mean, one day you and him are best mates and the next thing, you're leaving his party early as you try to hide the fact that you're crying" he continued, causing me to look down at the table.

"You noticed that?"

"I was drunk, but not blind." He replied, with a shrug. When I hesitated, I felt him squeeze my hand. "I promise you can tell me James, and I won't judge." He added, causing me to nod. Before I could start, the waiter delivered our food and that allowed me a little break to collect my thoughts. Once we were both finished, I began the story.

"I suppose it all began on the day I sent the email to you about gossip. It was later in the day and I was sat in a free when Beau came up to me. He said that he'd logged onto a computer after me and that I'd left my Gmail open, so he read my emails. That's when he started to blackmail me. He said that he'd taken screenshots of them and that if I didn't help him get with Lucy, then we would leak them on the school's Tumblr. It was actually right before you and Dak joined me"

"So you went along with it? That's what you said in the email, 'you did everything you could to protect me' so I'm guessing you helped him"

"Yeah, it wasn't the wisest choice, but I knew that I had to. Anyway, so the day I had sent the email about me and the buzzy bee, I got a phone call from Dak saying that he was thinking of asking Lucy out."

"So, you had to lie to him"

I nodded. "I told him that Lucy told me she had a boyfriend back in Oklahoma. He believed me"

"And then Halloween happened."

I nodded again. "I wasn't expecting Beau and Lucy to actually announce they were together and especially so soon, but apparently I was wrong. So, obviously Dak called me upstairs and asked why I lied to him. He said that he asked Lucy about her 'boyfriend' and obviously found out that he didn't exist."

"But you couldn't explain why you lied before that would mean that you would have to come out"

I nodded once more. "So, he got pissed and said that I should leave. Since then, he hasn't spoken to me. Camille came around the day after and asked what happened, so I lied to her as well, which I'm guessing is why she is pissed at me"

"And I'm guessing Lucy found out about the blackmail."

"Yeah, she found messages from me and Beau saying about it and broke up with him. Obviously, Beau got pissed off about it and leaked the emails."

"And here we are now" Kendall finished causing me to nod.

"Here we are" I replied, glancing down at the table.

"It's a difficult one James, it really is but I think now that everything is out there, you should just explain it to everyone. I mean, I'm sure they would understand right?"

"Not Lucy apparently" I replied, causing him to raise his eyebrow. "She came around after you stopped emailing me and gave me a mouthful. I told her everything that happened, but she didn't care. I tried again earlier at school, but she still wasn't interested"

"Just give her a little more time. I'm sure she'll understand eventually. But, I think you should at least explain everything to Camille. I could see how bummed she was today at lunch, and the table was dead without you James." He said, giving my hand another squeeze.

"But what if they don't forgive me?" I replied, my voice small and full of nerves, and my eyes filling with water again as they focused down on the table.

"Then you'll have me. I'll spend lunches with you so you're not alone, and I'll even wait outside your classrooms for you in a proper rom-com fashion" He replied, his voice firm with a smile on his face.

"What, like a…like a boyfriend?" I asked back, my tone saying the same as I prepared myself for the answer.

"Exactly like boyfriends. If you want that, that is" he replied, as I lifted my head up to look at him. He was just smiling back at me, but I could see how nervous he was in his eyes.

"Are you serious, of course I want that. You know how I feel about you. I love you" I responded, mumbling the last bit as I got slightly embarrassed.

"I love you too" He replied, squeezing my hand one again, but I could see he was just as embarrassed as I was. "And I wouldn't worry about them not forgiving you. Camille was ready to jump up and defend you when Wayne. So was I actually, especially after hearing you defend me. If it weren't for Jett and Dak, I think the two of us about have actually punched him"

When the waitress came over to take away our plates and placed the bill on our table, the two of us took that as a sign to leave. I was quick to grab it, causing Kendall to raise an eyebrow at me.

"How much is it?" he asked, causing me to shake my head.

"Nah ah, I've got this one" I replied, causing him to roll his eyes at me.

"Seriously come on, let me get it" he replied, but when I pulled the receipt into my chest, he sighed "Fine, but I get the next one"

"So, you want a next date?" I smiled back, blush settling on his face as I chuckled. "Deal"

I finally paid for the waffles, and when the two of us made our way outside, I knew that I didn't want to leave him just yet. I just had this feeling, like I just wanted to be near him constantly, and yes, I know how weird that sounds, but I didn't care. He must have had the same feeling as he asked if I wanted to just go for a walk, something I was quick to nod at. We quickly settled back into conversation.

"So, how was your Christmas?" he asked, causing me to shrug.

"Surprisingly, it wasn't actually so bad. After the emails were leaked, I was pretty sure that this would be my first Christmas to suck, but it actually didn't. I came out to my parents on Christmas day, and they were super supportive, and I feel like we've been closer ever since. The only real bummer was seeing Snapchats of the party on New Year's"

"Yeah, I can imagine that was difficult for you. Everyone asked about you by the way, we all wondered where you were. Dak just told everyone you were spending it with your parents, but a small part of me knew that you hadn't been invited. If it helps, you didn't miss much, as it was only the small group of us. Dak and Lucy got super drunk, but the rest of us sort of just sat there. I think Camille felt guilty about you not being there. We all did want you there James but any time we mentioned you, Dak got defensive"

"Anyway, enough about that. How was your Christmas?"

"Interesting. I spend a lot of it thinking about you" he replied, a small blush settling on his face. "I felt bad about stopping the emails, so I went back and read them all. I think I fell in love with you all over again when I did, knowing that there was a face now connected to it all and I spent a lot of it considering whether I should come out to you"

"And you did"

"Well, like I said earlier, after today, in the cafeteria, I knew that I had to say something. But anyway, I didn't really do much other than that. I saw most of my family I suppose" he continued with a shrug.

"So, I have to ask. When you said in the email about you spending most of the night on Halloween alone, did you mean when I left?" I asked, causing him to nod.

"Yeah, I'm sorry for interrupting you and Logan, but I was drunk and just wanted you to be happy. I think a small part of me knew it was you then, but I was drunk so." He shrugged.

"I didn't want to go" I quickly added, causing him to chuckle.

"I know. I guess I thought that we could hang out when you came back down, but obviously that didn't happen"

"I'm sorry" I replied, causing him to chuckle.

"What for? You didn't know how I felt"

"Yeah, but I ruined that whole night for you. I just feel so bad. I mean, you were crying after I left" I replied, causing him face to go bright red.

"But, you went into your protective mode when I came stumbling up to you, and you know how I feel about that" he joked, causing me to chuckle.

"Horn dog" I joked back, nudging him as I did so. His face went a darker shade of red as he continued

"Anyway, when you left I did pretty much spent the night alone. Jett did look after me, and I did beg for you, I'm not going to lie, but Jett didn't really do a lot, he just sat with me. Didn't talk or anything."

As much as I wanted to kiss him, we were in public, so I needed to be careful with what I did. Conversation on a busy street was something that we could get away with, but everyone would notice me kissing him on the cheek. Instead, I steered our conversation into another direction.

"So, I'm guessing that no one else knows" I asked, causing him to shake his head.

"No, you and that waitress are the only people who know" he joked back, causing me to chuckle. "Although I've been thinking about telling my mum and sister for a little while, and being with you is definitely helping me have a little bit of confidence"

"Do you think she'll…um…how do you think she'll…um" I began to stutter, wondering how to word what I was trying to see. Kendall just seemed to chuckle next to me, before taking over.

"I think they'll be ok with it, if that's what you mean" he commented, causing me to blush a little which he chuckled out. "But I think it'll be a shock to my mum."

"It was a shock for mine as well. When I told them, I looked up to see them both crying. The few seconds before they said anything wasn't fun" I replied, before taking his hand into mine quickly, and squeezing it before letting it go. "But I felt so much better after I did it. I'm guessing you know what I mean when I say that it feels like a weight has been lifted off your shoulder" He nodded in response, and I could see he was thinking the whole situation over. "I can be there with you if it'll help?" I offered, causing him to shake his head.

"I'll be alright. I think if I came out, and said I had a boyfriend, it might be a little much at first" he joked, causing me to chuckle.

The two of us must have walked around for about another hour after that, just sharing anything and everything we could about each other. I told him about my parents and their jobs, and in turn, he mentioned how his mum was a doctor and that his dad had died a few years back. Kendall said that he was an air force pilot and that his plane was shot down during a recon mission. I expressed my deepest of sympathies, and I could see that he was grateful for that. I wasn't until I got a text message that I knew that I should probably be heading home.

As we walked back to the Sundaes car park, I notice how close the two of us had gotten during our walk. We still weren't holding hands or anything, but as we walked, our shoulders seemed to graze each other's, and our hands were practically touching.

"So, do you need me to drop you back at the school, so you can grab your car?" I asked, but he shook his head as we opened the doors and got in.

"Would you be able to drop me home, if that's ok? I don't drive in anymore, my mum's car went completely bust, so she is using mine while she looks for a new one. With her working however, it might be a while"

"Then I'll pick you up every morning" I replied, causing him to raise an eyebrow at me as he turned to face me. "What? I kinda want to spend as much time with you as a I can" I continued, blushing as I did so.

As the car started, he reached over and placed a chaste kiss onto my cheek before saying "How did I get so lucky"

So there we have it! Comit is Kendall, and I know that a lot of you will be happy about that! So, this chapter was a lot of talking between the two of them, and we found a few things out! So, it was Dak that didn't invite James to the party and he told everyone that James couldn't make it, and we also found out that both Camille and Kendall were ready to jump up and defend James! I've seen a few of you say screw his friends, so I hope this shines some light on their situation!

I want to say a massive thank you to RainbowDiamonds, Guest, Winterschild11 and EpicallyObsessed for reviewing the last couple of chapters, and I hope that you enjoyed the reveal! A few of you, cough RainbowDiamonds and EpicallyObsessed cough, were slightly annoyed by the cliffhanger, but I thought it made good writing 😜 I feel like somewhere on my profile I should have a sticker that tells everyone I am evil 😂😂 You all also seemed to like the twist with Lucy find out, and I had to admit, I am proud of that one!

I will say that I am really thankful for all the support you guys have left on this story so far, and even though Comit has now been revealed, we still have eight chapters to go! Anyway, I will see you all on Monday for the next chapter of Class Vs Character but until then,

TTFN 😃