AN: Hooooooookay. So it's been a while huh? I did warn you guys. I'm back... Just about. I have graduation coming up this week. So yeah. But I didn't want to wait yet another week. I know how you feel when you like a story and then they don't update.

Btw I'm always open for suggestions or story ideas. After all you guys are awesome and supportive. I apologize for leaving you hanging and rambling this long. So enjoy!

P.S. I think I was super obvious with Sawyers secret. Some like Pepper were a little harder to hint at without getting off topic. Now for Sawyers secret.

Sawyer took a deep breath before starting his confession. "Blake had moved here from Minnesota and was just settling in. That's about all I knew until one day, in biology, the only class we had together, we were assigned as partners for the anatomy unit. The assignment was to make a 3-D model of the human body, male or female, with labels.

In class we moved seats to sit with our partners for the next week. We introduced ourselves and I soon realized how cool he was. In Minnesota he lived on a dairy farm. He would work on the farm milking cows everyday. For fun he'd go hang out with friends and watch football. So being paired with him wasn't too bad.

We decided to meet at my house that night to get started and leave the labeling for class. The night he came over was the night that changed me. We were sitting in my room which had a beautiful view of the farm. I was sitting by my window sill while he was sprawled out on the floor. We were brainstorming ideas to make the model out of until he broke the silence. "Hey I never told you that you have a nice farm. I really like it. It makes me feel like I'm back in Minnesota."

"Thanks. I chose this room so I could see out over the barn. People always associate barns with smelly animals and loud roosters. They'll never appreciate something like this" I gestured out my window.

"It's true. The farm is a unique place to live." He shifted to a sitting position, dropping his pencil.

"So maybe we could make a model out of hay?" Trying to get back on topic.

"Hay? Really?"

"Hey at least I tried! You haven't contributed"

"Hmm ok Huggins. What about cheese?"

"No that'll rot and smell bad. Especially in this Texas heat"

"Right forgot not Minnesota where it's always cool" he placed his hand on his chin to think some more. I turned to look out at the sunset.

"This is always my favorite part of the day" he got up to sit next to me and look out the window to see what I saw. The sun left a pink, orange hue over the barn, where the cows were settling in, the chicken coop quieted down, and an extreme sense of tranquility came over the whole scene.

"Wow" Blake said almost breathless at the view. This is amazing. And at that point I was a gonner. I turned to look at him staring out in aw at the view. His green eyes twinkled in the light and the last few rays of sun bounced off of his dirty blonde hair.

"Yeah wow" I said still looking at him. That night we didn't accomplish anything but the fact that I really liked him. Like more than a friend. And I wondered if I was gay. I mean I liked girls but did I like like them like that? I didn't know a lot of questions swam through my head that night"

"Wait so... You're gay?" Troy cut in.

"No. Not exactly. Let me continue. The next night I went to his house. He had a farm too but it was much smaller with only a few cows and chickens.

"What if we make it out of little farm animal figures?" I suddenly asked causing him to jump a little from the broken silence.

"Actually that's not a bad idea! They sell them at that corner market for like 20 cents a figure" he said put his hand out in a high five motion. Our hands met followed by our eyes. In that moment I did the stupidest thing I possibly could have done. I leaned in to kiss him. He didn't react. He didn't say anything after our lips parted. Nothing. He pretended like it never happened. So I dropped it.

In class the next day we had half our labels finished and we worked in silence. After school we went and bought all of the figures and were glueing them together, in silence. I shouldn't handle it anymore. "So we're not going to talk about it?"

"What?"

"You know what!" I said flabbergasted. He reached out and put his hand on my knee giving it a light squeeze.

"Look you seem confused and maybe you need to experiment" he said moving his hand further up my leg, stopping near my crotch.

"Look I don't know what came over me but something about you just-" his hand moved to my junk and all of my thoughts stopped.

"Now hand me the rooster to glue next" he said again like nothing happened. We finished the model that night and the labels in class that next day. So after school we went to my house and glued all of the labels on. We completed the project early that day and it was due tomorrow. So we decided to just chill. We were on my bed when he turned to me and kissed me. Just like that. Of course all of my thoughts, all of my questions, and reality other than him melted away. We just kissed for hours before he went home. And can you guess? Without any explanation of what we were doing. If we were a thing. If I really was gay.

The next day we presented our project. I have to say no one else thought of it. We did pretty awesome on it. When class ended. He was gone. Out the door. I texted him. I needed to talk to him. What were we? I walked out of the classroom and that's when I bumped into you Pepper. Remember?"

"Oh yeah! That year we really didn't have many classes together but we did hang out a lot" Pepper recalled

"Yeah and that's when I realized I liked you. It was such a confusing time..." Sawyer trailed off. Everyone was silent. Not urging or pushing him to move on. With a deep breath he continued. "So that night we met up and I wanted to talk.

"What are we, Blake? What is this?" I spewed as soon as he approached me.

"Woah calm down"

"No Blake I need to know"

"Look we- we're just friends who were experimenting. Th this meant nothing. I was just trying to help you man."

"That's it?" I was bewildered

"Yeah? It's not like we were going to fall in love and be a thing man." He stated.

"But... I'm so.. I'm so confused" I put my hands to my face.

"Sawyer. I- I didn't mean to lead you on. I though I was helping you." He went to touch me but I batted his hand away.

"Go" I demanded. He was about to say something but stopped. He got up walked and said something that I remember perfectly to this day:

"I'm sorry I hurt you and confused you even more. That wasn't my intention. I wanted to help, Huggins. If it makes you feel better. It'll get better. You'll figure it out. You're a smart guy who, from what I see, is interested in a special someone that's not me" and he left.

"The next few months went by and we kept to ourselves. We stopped talking and I deleted his number. In that time I had a few crushes both guys and girls but none of them as strong as it was for Blake.

"I remember coming back from spring break and not seeing him in class. It had been so long since we've talked but I felt like I need to talk to him. We left on bad terms. I walked to his house after school to find that it was vacant. The cows and chickens gone. The house had a sign that said sold.

"Apparently he moved over the break and it was so sudden no one knew except the teachers. I never heard from him again. But his words helped me through. I found who I am. I'm bisexual. I fell hard for Pepper. Maybe that's what he was implying this whole time. Maybe he knew I was confused and not completely gay. Maybe he was trying to watch out for me. I wonder where he is today..." I trailed off.

The thick silence in the air was cut with Peppers words. "You're bisexual?" She wasn't mad or concerned, but rather surprised.

"Yeah. Freshman year took a weird turn on me, especially since none of us really had classes together. I mean we hung out but it was an off year for me..."

"That was really personal how you put your heart out" Bella spoke.

"Yeah man. You're my bro and nothing will change that. Infact I think I love you more Huggins" Troy playfully punched Sawyers shoulder.

"That was deep" Sophie added.

"Yeah I give you props" Newt ended.

"Thanks guys. That was hard to say but I feel even better now that I told y'all" he took a deep breath. "So that's my secret. Uh who's next?"

"I'll go"

Alright guys that's it. I hope you guys liked it. I did. It went a little different than I expected but definitely for the better. Catch my other story. That's updated, too. Peace out til next time.