President Perfect
By: P.M.T
~~~Him~~~
I placed My history book on top of my locker shelf, I smiled as I felt a slap on my shoulder
¨AYE! GARRET!¨ It was Lucas, My friend that I have had since Birth, I blushed and Put my hand on my shoulder
¨Ow, Really?!¨ I whined
¨Relax Rolans, you're fine, See ya tonight!¨ Lucas patted my shoulder, I winced, He walked off, leaving me again. I sighed and grabbed my Math Book
¨Nice Game yesterday Rolans!¨ Said A voice, I turned around, My Mess of Gingerly Black hair flowing behind me, It was Hunter, The head of the lacrosse and Soccer team (Which I do play on, other than being president of Student council)
¨T-thanks!¨ I spattered out, He smiled and walked away, with a peace sign molded into his fair tan hand, and his pierced tongue poking out, I felt my face go hot, I smiled
¨No, No, NO! You can't like Boys, you will be the loser of the school!¨ Said a Voice, I shook my head and headed to class.
~~~His~~~
I tugged on my leather jacket. Knowing that I´d get yelled at for it, our school does not allow Leather clothing, unless it's for a club or a sport, I had a huge secret that nobody could know, not even My girlfriend. Her name is Winnie, which is short for Winniealeigh Marie.
¨Baby! I'm bored¨ She whispered, Winnie has sat next to me, every year, in every class, since 1st grade, we started dating back in 6th grade.
¨Well, class starts in 2 minutes, so we better pay attention¨ I mumbled, opening my math book
¨You sound Like the President of the student council!¨ She cried out
¨You mean Rolans?¨ I asked back, Winnie Nodded, her braids bouncing off her olive shoulders.
¨Well, He´s a good dude, he's nice, cool, and good at soccer and lacrosse¨ I exclaimed, starting to sweat, Winnie smirked and blushed
¨You know, Maybe Rolans has a secret, you see how he is?¨ Winnie giggled, her grey eyes staring into my blue eyes, I blushed
¨Like Rolans has one, Besides, we need him for the teams!¨ I exclaimed back, Winnie raised her eyebrows. In case you're wondering, Winnie is the president of the Drama club, and the lead for every play and musical she has been in. She is also on the Gymnastics team and Cheer team, but what is even crazier, she plays the flute in the 11th grade marching band!
¨Whatever, I have play practice right now!, so bye¨ Winnie kissed my cheek and flicked her braids, I sighed, and right on cue, Rolans walked in, his gingerly black hair was about neck length, and he was holding his math book close, I had a surprise for him during lunch
~~~Him~~~
I knew that it was gonna be a long day today, student council meeting during lunch with the new recruits, Soccer practice during gym, and lacrosse game after school, I held my math book close, I felt a stare, burning through my chest, I looked up, It was Hunter, His Girlfriend Winnie must of had Play practice, because she wasn't here in math. I blushed so hard that I almost dropped my math book.
¨Mr Rolans, you're late, where's your pass?¨ said Mrs Caradel, I fumbled through my pencil case, and found the green slip ¨You had to finish up a test?¨ I nodded ¨Go take a seat behind Mr Lee please¨ She pointed behind Hunter, I began to blush furiously, I waddled over behind Hunter
¨I guess she changed up the seating chart¨ Hunter whispered, I opened up my math book and nodded, I hid my face with my palms.
¨Today, we will be starting are new math project, the family project¨ said Mrs Caradel, ¨I will be picking partners this time, all 28 of your names are in this cookie jar¨ I smiled and stared at Hunter´s lucious Brown hair, I blushed
¨STOP Blushing, You can only like girls!¨ said the voice in my head, I shook it off,
¨First up we have… Hunter¨ exclaimed Mrs Caradel, I frowned, he'd probably get paired up with Winnie or something. Mrs Caradel put her puffy hand in the jar and fumbled around with the names. I sat back in my seat, did I mention that Mrs Caradel is one of 17 teachers in are school who supports LGBTQ+, Not that I'm a part of it.
¨He will be partners with…. Garret!" She exclaimed again, I began to blush hard, everyone stared at us.
¨Guys it's fine, Winnie will probably get Lucas or some other guy she used to like¨ Hunter exclaimed, staring at Lucas, who was staring at his boyfriend, Silver O´mara, who was on the cheerleading team, he stared over at us
¨Why would I want to be with Winnie?¨ He asked, playing with Silver´s purple shirt. ¨She knows Im Pansexual, and Im taken right?¨ Hunter rolled his eyes, I followed and stared at the back of his head, his hair seemed so flowy?
~~~His~~~
Math seemed to go by slowly, we were starting our project, by choosing jobs, house, pet and child count, etc. I finished my form, but Rolans seemed to be very much distracted, he only got to his job.
If you are in high school, you know hallways are rough, they smell, and there's always a fight happening, Well, being a junior in a halfway is even tougher, there's always the senior jocks who push you around, and when your brother is one of them, it sucks even more
¨Aye! Baby bro! You heading to lunch?!¨ Said my giant of an older brother, Jaxon, He grabbed my shoulder
¨Yeah, so, didn´t mom say to pick up Nelle after school today¨ I asked him, if you're wondering, Nelle is my little sister, she is 7, I have another Little Sister, Harper, who is 14
¨Yeah Yeah whatever, bring me back some of those brownies today!¨ He smirked, slapping my head, apparently if you're 17 ½, 6´3, and Play Football, Basketball, Cross Country, and Tennis, you're a jock. He walked away, and I made my way to the cafetorium.
I may regret this, but I joined student council, I signed up under my actual name, Cosmo Lee, Hunter is my Middle name, and the recruit meeting is during lunch, So I have to get my lunch, and find Rolans and his friends, if he even has any. I stood in about the mile long lunch line and sighed, I stared at the wall clock, it was already 11:35, I had 35 minutes left of lunch.
The Line moved quickly, no surprise, they had run out of today's main lunch, so I ended up with a side lunch, hooray for soggy sandwiches! I blushed and made my way to Rolans measly table, which was in, of course in front corner, I felt his green eyes focus on me, I saw his face go red, was he gay?
~~~Him~~~
I placed my lunch box down on the sticky, somewhat big table. I was with my vice president, Connor Zion, a junior, and secretary, Mckenna Leene, a freshman, and a couple of freshmen and juniors, there were 3 seniors too.
¨Not a lot of people this year huh pres?¨ asked Mckenna, her hair in 2 pigtails, she pushed her glasses up,
Right on cue, I nodded as I saw Hunter sit at the end of the table,
¨Excuse me, This is student council territory, The Junior Jocks are over there¨ exclaimed Connor loudly, his boots making a pounding noise
¨I'm actually one of the recruits, Cosmo Lee? It said put first name, My nickname is Hunter¨ He exclaimed, I turned away and began to blush hard,
¨Who names their kid Cosmo?¨ asked Mckenna, who was now seated, she fiddled with her Demi-girl pin.
¨Parents of 4, so, Now that I have explain myself, Rolans, Why didn't you finish your part of the project in math¨ He asked, I began to stutter
¨I, uhm, uhhhh, I- I, uhm¨ I felt something push up my throat, I gulped ¨Let's just start, Connor, can you speak, I´ll be right back¨ I stood up before he could nod, I rushed out of there before you could even spell Mississippi. I opened my eyes and stopped in my tracks, I was in front of the middle mirror of the boys bathroom, I stared at my mirror self, It stared back. That Gingerly black hair, those Green eyes, was me, Garret Rolans, Middle child, Adopted at age 2.
~~~His~~~
Rolans ran out of the cafetorium, faster than I´ve seen him run during soccer and lacrosse practice, When he ran out, His face was a bright blush red, he had one of his hands over his mouth and one over his forehead,
¨Baby, what are you doing?!¨ Exclaimed Winnie, she had gotten back from her play practice, she had changed out of her yoga pants and tank top, into her sweatpants and crop top.
¨A-Attending a club meeting?¨ I asked, Winnie has always had a short temper, ever since Pre-k, that's when her parents became friends with mine, we didn't fully become friends until 1st grade.
¨Well, I don´t care, I'm gonna go sit with Schulyer and Edia¨ She rolled her grey eyes, she made her way to the middle table, which was full of a bunch of plastic homaphobic Cheerleaders and Gymnasts. I rolled my eyes, why did she want to date a closted Bisexual Mess. Yeah, Thats right, Im Bisexual, In the closet about it though, I´ve known since 4th grade, and it takes ever muscle in my body, to not Blush at my Boy crushes.
¨Okay, so, Im Connor Zions and this is Mckenna Leene, as you know, are president said for me to speak, he will be back in a few minutes¨ Exclaimed the boy with a mullet, he looked like a bad boy, I shook my head as he continued to speak, I really didn't care about the speech, I just wanted to join a club, other than sports. My parents are huge sports fans, and I am too, but they want me to do every sport at our school, Of course, I didn´t, But of course Jaxon did, I only agreed to play lacrosse and soccer, I needed a break from sports
¨And That is all, are net meeting is after school on friday, we will discuss Funds for the Fall Fling.¨ exclaimed Mckenna ¨The rest of the Lunch period is yours!¨ I took a bite out of my soggy caesar sandwich, It tasted like crap, I looked around, Surprisingly, Garret was not back? Maybe he went to grab something, maybe he had to go to the principals? I shook my head and locked my eyes with Mckenna, I blushed a little
¨If you wanna say you like me, Im Lesbian?¨ she snapped, The girl sitting next to her kissed her lips. I rolled my eyes and stared back down at my sandwich. Sadly, I frowned. Rolans had been gone for a while, and I was getting concerned, so I stood up, threw away my sandwich, and proceeded to walk out the cafetorium.
~~~Him~~~
I continued to stare at my mirror self, Which had started bawling. I found myself Curled up under the bathroom sink, sobbing,
¨You're Worthless, You let him see you blush!¨ Said the voice in my head, I wiped my Green eyes with the back of my hand, I had let Ian paint my nails black, I liked them, but My so called parents didn't, They've never enjoyed having an adopted son, I mean, they had 2 daughters, Leslie Spencer and Vivian Marie, who Betsy gave birth to. My life is like Matilda, But with 2 sisters, and a 3 story house, and me being adopted.
You see, My parents had my older Sister, Leslie, who is a freshman in college, and were happy, but they wanted more, so they tried a few months after Leslie´s 1st birthday, but they had a miscarrage, they tried again, but the same thing happened. So, when Leslie was 4, they decided, after 5 miscarriages, they would Adopt. So, when they went to the adoption center, they chose me, a shy, Introverted, Weird, 2 year old, Toddler. I don't remember all of it, but I do remember meeting Leslie. She had her Blonde hair in 2 messy buns, her cute pink overalls, with rainbow pockets (Hint Hint Betsy and Peter) she was so adorable back then, up until grade school, she had always been happy go lucky and very girly. But then, Something big dropped. It was the start of 6th grade for her, 4th for me, and 2nd for Ian, Leslie changed her name to Logan, she dyed her blonde hair a purple, and she had taken down her unicorn painting from 3rd grade, and put up 2 flags, a transgender flag, and a Pansexual flag. It took me a bit to realize that Leslie wanted to be a boy. I asked Leslie about it, and he came out. I agreed to call him Male pronouns, Call him by his preferred name, and not tell our parents. I promised Him and with my toothy grin, I smiled. But, when he started his Junior year, It slipped out at a family event, and everyone started spoiling him, But one day it got too far. It was when I was a sophomore, I walked in to see Logan, Passed out on his bed with some Boy, I was shocked, and kinda grossed out, I was an ally, but not fully. A few weeks later, He graduated, and moved out. I was surprised, since Not a lot of people moved out this early in their college days.
I opened my eyes and stared at my hand, did the Nail polish make me look, Gay? I blushed as tears began to flow out of my green eyes again, I sniffled and wiped my nose with my palm.
¨Rolans?¨ said a voice, I turned around, my pupils got large, I began to Blush Hard.
~~~His~~~
My ankle started to become inflamed, I´ve been looking for Rolans for what seems like hours, but, it had been 15 minutes, We had to be at P.E in 20 minutes, and No sight of Rolans,He must of been in the boys bathroom, but which one, are school had 36 bathrooms, 12 boy, 12 girl, and 12 gender neutral. I ran my fingers through my rough and sweaty brown hair. I really needed a shower, but I was so busy with everything, mostly with sports and babysitting my sisters. My parents are not your average parents, They are really Homaphobic and Transphobic, and they are very Strict and Mean. Our school is a Private school, with no uniforms, and for the Very Rich. In our school, we have a rich chart, and I'm the 3rd richest, some freshmen triplets, Crystal, Gale, and Beatrix Connors are 2nd, and then, Rolans and his little sister, 1st. I've known Rolans since Kindergarten, He's always been a happy go lucky guy, up until 4th grade, when he went away for a month, turns out, he was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder and Anxiety, He hasn't been the same since then, but, when he takes his meds, he's a whole different person. He thinks we don´t know about his disorders, but he's wrong.
Can I ask you something, but you can't tell anyone, Okay?
I do not Love Winnie. My parents are friends with her parents, and they wanted us to date. My crush is, and do not freak out, Rolans. I´ve liked him ever since 1st grade! I dunno if he likes guys or not, but we are friends, are we? I dunno, It's not like it matters, half of my family (everyone except Harper and Nelle) hates the LGBTQ+ community, But, they gotta learn to support their Bisexual Mess of a Son, their Genderfluid Lesbian Mess of a daughter, and their Youngest, who is a Bisexual Mess. I stopped in front of a window, and stared out of me, It was Jaxon and his pack of Loony Men, I frowned, Did I mention, I very much hate my brother, He's always made fun of me, just because, I like to wear a little bit of makeup, and Wear dresses. He says I'm Meant to be a girl, But I'm not! I just like girls' fashion, And Besides, the homecoming is coming up, and I wanna ask out Rolans. I know he may say no, But, There's A 50% chance he might say Yes, Right? I sighed and ran my tan hand across the window seal, I was here for what reason? My Smartness, My Grades, My Family being the 3rd richest family in the Town?!
I found myself staring at the Rich Chart. I saw Rolans Cheeky Post-Braces smile with his Little Sister, Vivian, who looked kinda Boyish. Then, I stared at mine. It was Me, Jaxon, and Harper. Harper has not been herself since she was in 6th grade, We took her to the doctor, and found out she had depression… My parents said it was a phase, and did not take the doctor seriously. They decided to not give her her meds, her therapy, or see any social workers at school. Of course, I was Mad as heck, so I told the doctor That I would pay. Of course, she said no, and forced my parents to pay. My Parents of course, agreed but were mad, Which is Baloney! They should care about their daughter! But, of course, they only care about their perfect son, Jaxon is such a piece of crap, with his fake girlfriend, who is probably made of plastic, and a bunch of lip gloss. I really did not want to go to Practice, and are game today. I proceeded to make my way to the Library boys bathroom. The library was one of my favroite places in the school, other than the lacrosse and football fields and locker rooms. I felt my stomach churn, I had a feeling that Rolans was in here. I placed my hand on the handle, and twisted it, the wooden creaky door opened and I saw a sports jacket sleeve sticking out.
¨Rolans?¨ I felt my voice crack, I winced. He stared up at me, with his watery eyes, His pale face, turned a bright mix of red and violet, I giggled.
~~~His~~~
I stared up at Hunter, My face felt hot and sticky, hot from my, Intense and gay blush, and sticky with my tears.
¨You okay?¨ He asked, I blushed and stood up, I wiped my eyes, I stared at him.
¨I-I'm fine!¨ I yelled out, I covered my mouth as he stared at me, I began to Blush even harder, I sat back down.
¨The fact that I found you sobbing in a bathroom gives me, Michael in the Bathroom vibes¨ He muttered, I sniffed and smiled a little bit, I was surprised he knew Be More Chill, I'm a huge broadway buff. He smiled and sat down next to me.
¨I have a question to ask?¨ I asked, he stared at me like a child ¨Do you wanna come over to my house after the game, its me and my friends annual homecoming sleepover?¨ I asked him, I pinched my eyes shut and began to turn bright Red, I knew he would say no.
¨Sure¨ He smiled, I looked up at him and smiled a little bit ¨I'd love to come over, now, give me your phone¨ He asked, I raised one of my ginger eyebrows, I raised my shaky hand, he grabbed my phone out of it so hard, one of his full finger rings pierced the tip of my hand, I winced and held back the tears of pain.
¨Here's my number, so we can text, now come on, we gotta head to the locker room and change for Practice¨ He reminded me, He stood up with ease and opened the door, I stood up, and hit my head on the 30 year old paper towel dispenser, I winced and put my hands over the bump that started to form, I ignored it and followed Hunter, I blushed and ignored the voice in my head, I knew if I listened to it, I would be in a bad place again, and I didnt want that. I inhaled the scent of his Deodorant, Caesar Sandwich, and a mix of sweat. It did not smell good, but he looked cute. I hid my face as he opened the metal doors to the men's locker room. I´ve used this locker room since freshman year, and nothing has changed. Hunter turned left as I turned right to go to my small, cramped, smelly gym locker. I´ve always hated the locker room, I hate people staring at me, But, It's worse for Kai and Nikolas. Kai and Nikolas are both Trans males, and most of the boys in our gym class hate LGTBTQ+.
I stared over at Kai, who was in the corner, putting on his gym shirt, I smiled at him, he smiled back,
¨HEY GAYS!¨ Boomed a voice, I turned around, it was Aylx Comniers, The head of the Junior Debate team and starter of the baseball team, I gulped ¨You guys make me sick¨ He strutted up to me and stared down at me, ¨I know your secret!¨
I gulped and tried to hide my fear, but it was no use.
¨I know your gay!¨ I blushed, ¨ANSWER ME!¨"He yelled, he jammed his fist into my gut. I winced in pain and fell to the ground.
¨HEY!¨ Said Kai, he ran up to me, Tears rolled down my cheeks, the pain was unbearable and it felt like I was gonna throw up.
¨AYLXANDER COMNIERS!¨ said a voice, I managed to look up and see Coach Jones, he looked mad ¨MY OFFICE NOW!¨ Aylx blushed and proceeded to Coach's office, ¨Hunter, can you take Mr Rolans to the nurse?¨ Hunter nodded as he helped me up, I stared at the ground, the pain in my gut was unbearable, I wheezed
¨How did this happen Rolans?¨ Hunter asked, I stared at him,
¨I don´t wanna talk about it¨ I mumbled, I wiped my eyes as we took a sharp left turn, I just wanted to go home…
~~~Him~~~
I´ve never seen Rolans in this much pain. He was on the verge of tears, and he looked sick to his stomach. We made it to the nurses office, and surprisingly, My Aunt Maria was working today. My Aunt is a nurse, but subs as a school nurse when she has her break days.
¨Hijo! What happened to this one?¨ She asked, her brown hair in a messy bun, I put Rolans on the bench and leaned against the wall, Rolans wiped his Green eyes and hiccuped
¨Comniers Kid punched him in the gut¨ I answered, Rolans fiddled with his band aid covered fingers
¨Oh, that boy will take the life of me, his Dad too¨ she replied back, I´ve always looked up to my Aunt, She's taken care of me and my sibs since we were born. She took Rolans Temp and checked at his gut.
¨A-Am I gonna have to m-miss P-practice a-and the b-big game t-tonight?¨ Rolans sniffled,
¨You're gonna have to miss both of them sweetie, I'm sorry¨ stated My aunt. Rolans looked away and bit his lip, in all my years of knowing him, I have never seen him in this much pain, and I have never seen him cry before. I put my hand on his back, making sure my full finger ring did not cut him.
¨It's okay Rolans, Besides, there's always the next game-¨ I didn't get to finish my sentence before Rolans stood up and pointed his finger at me
¨HOW WOULD YOU KNOW! YOUR PERFECT AND EVERYONE LIKES YOU!¨ He stormed off, leaving me, again. I stood there, staring out the door. I sat in the chair that he sat in orinallgly and thought about him.
¨Hijo?¨ asked my aunt, I stared down at my feet, and wiped my eyes. What have I done?!
~~~His~~~
Of course, My anger always gets the best of me for the worst reasons! I wiped my eyes and stopped in my tracks, I found myself by my locker, it was free period, until 2:35, then school ended,but not for me and Hunter, and the rest of the prep boy Junior jocks.
I opened my locker again, notecards fluttered out of there like people during black friday. I bent down to pick them up when I heard a voice.
¨Hey Garret¨ I turned my head around and wiped my eyes to clear my vision, it was Silver, aka Lucas´s Boyfriend
¨Oh hey Silver¨ I answered back, he sat beside me and fiddled with his shoes, I stared down at them. ¨What's with your shoes¨ He stared at me with his amber femanine eyes, and they started to tear up.
¨Its my first time wearing my Trans shoes and I've gotten a lot of slurs, names, and comments thrown at me¨ He sniffled pulling his beanie over his eyes, I´ve known Silver since we were 2, our parents are friends, Silver has been using He/Him pronouns since 3rd grade, but people still call him his dead name, Stella and using She/Her pronouns, and he hates it, I scooted closer to him,
¨Hey, Silver, it's gonna be okay, just don´t let them crawl under your skin¨ I answered, I stared at him, he was crying, and I mean crying hard! I stared back at my hands and sighed ¨Do I need to grab Lucas?¨ Silver pulled his beanie off his glassy eyes, he nodded and sniffled, He leaned his head on my shoulder as I grabbed my phone out of my pocket
Me
Hey, Can you meet me
By my locker? Its Silver?
Lucas is Sus
I'M ON MY WAY, try and keep him happy
Until I get there? ﾟﾙﾃ? ﾟﾙﾃ? ﾟﾙﾃ? ﾟﾙﾃ
I placed my blue cased phone, back in my pocket, I looked at Silver, who eyes were wide open, He sniffled
¨Im s-sorry for this G-Garret¨ He buried his head into my gut, I winced, I placed my hand on his beanie
¨Its fine, I'm used to my sister crying into my gut all the time¨ I rubbed his head, he sniffled
¨I'm not used to this, I wish I never came here¨ His warm tears soaked into my shirt, I stared down the hallway and saw Lucas running down the hall
¨MY PRINCE¨ He yelled out, sliding into me, he grabbed Silver and moved him to his bare lap, ¨What happened, did somebody hurt you¨ He wiped his tears, I looked away and frowned with jealousy ¨I'm gonna go get Silver all cleaned up, you good by yourself?¨ I nodded, Lucas smiled a little bit and picked up Silver slowly, he walked into the boys bathroom, leaving me with my thoughts, I stared at my hand, my finger was still bleeding a little bit, I winced and rubbed it with my pinky, More cherry red blood ran down my finger.
¨You should probably grab a band Aid¨ A voice stated
~~~Him~~~
I stared down at Rolans, The Lower part of his Red Polo was soaked, and he looked in pain still
¨Hunter?! Oh jeez¨ He whimpered ¨ It's okay, you don't have to come over if you don't want to, It's fine!¨ Tears started to roll down his face, his hand rose up and wiped them away.
¨No¨ I stated in a monotone voice, he looked up with his glassy eyes
¨No?¨ He asked, I knelt down and placed my hand under his chin
"What are you doing?" He asked, resting his hand against the floor. I slid my thumbs underneath his eyes, where tear stains were left.
"You'll humiliate yourself." I said, sliding my thumb over his chin now. He began to blush again, I smiled
¨I have a question for you?¨ I asked, Rolans blushed
TO BE CONTINUED