At Summer's house, she and Marissa were lying on a bed looking at a magazine.

"This poor girl!" Marissa said laughing. "She found out her boyfriend is gay! That is so terrible. We shouldn't be laughing at her…"

"Yeah! But we are going to anyways. You know… speaking of which you remember that girl Caroline right?"

"From elementary school?"

"Yeah. Well she apparently thought Cohen was gay! Is that not the funniest thing you ever heard? I mean eww Cohen and guys?"

"Well…" said Marissa, "The thought had crossed my mind."

"What?" asked Summer feigning horror.

"Come on! You don't find him a little effeminate? And the way he is always hanging on to Ryan… it is a little stalkery."

"What? No! Ryan is always hanging on to Seth. He is all 'no I won't go to the party… wait Seth wants to go, I'm going to,'" Summer said hitting Marissa with a pillow.

"Okay! I'll admit it! They both can be a little gay at times," Marissa said grabbing a pillow.

After a brief but fun pillow fight the girls settled back on the bed.

"You don't think he really is gay?" asked Summer.

"No! Of course not, you slept with him didn't you?"

"Yeah, but it wasn't like good…" Summer said insecurely.

"No! They are both really straight." Marissa said firmly.

"Okay, I think we need to talk," Seth said as he nervously paced the pool house.

"This isn't about… that one thing?" asked Ryan.

"Uhh, well I just think things are slightly weird between us. That sucks. We shouldn't be weird."

"Okay. So someone thought we were gay…"

"Not that there is anything wrong with it," Seth helpfully added.

"But we are not. So lets just forget the whole thing."

"Well, well, well I suppose that is good for you. You can live in denial. Go ahead live in Egypt. But I can't just let things go. Have you learned nothing about me? I analyze and pick things apart going over each and every piece until…"

Ryan had learned by now when to tune Seth out. A ranting Seth rarely made much sense, and plus he had a tendency to repeat the point three or four times. But this particular rant seemed to not be stopping. Ryan walked over to where Seth was talking with the intention of putting his hand over the other boy's mouth in an effort to get him to quit talking. But when he looked as Seth's lips moving he was over come with the idea of another means of stopping the babbling.

"And if you had seen me with Anna and then later with Zach where I just kept picking and picking…" Seth said, but he was suddenly stopped by Ryan's mouth upon his. Much to Seth surprise he felt his mouth returning the kiss. It felt warm. It felt good. It felt right.

An hour later Seth awkwardly rolled over facing Ryan on the bed. Ryan was fast asleep, but that did not really matter to Seth. He leaned over and started to poke Ryan.

"Ryan? Are you awake?"

Ryan made a slight grumpy sound. So Seth decided to take more drastic measures. He reached over and closed Ryan's nostrils with his fingers.

"Ahh, I'm awake, I'm awake."

Seth tried smiling, but it quickly contorted into a look of nervousness.

"Hey, Ryan. Umm I was wondering what that was."

"Weren't you there?" Ryan asked puzzled.

"Well… I mean… I don't really understand. I mean I never have done anything with a guy before. Are we… gay?" Seth asked.

"Do you… feel gay?" Ryan asked back.

"How does it feel to be gay?" Seth asked as he pulled him self into a small ball.

"I don't know. I am not sure what we are…" Ryan sighed as he inched closer to Seth.

"Do you, uhh, like regret what happened?" Seth asked.

"No. Uhh, you're my friend. And we can still be friends," said Ryan as he placed his arm over Seth's shoulder.

"Okay… I guess I should go back to my room. I don't want the parents being… weird," Seth said as he got up. As he was leaving Seth leaned in for a kiss, however Ryan looked at him oddly. So he pulled back. When Ryan saw the other boy look a little hurt he got up to give Seth a hug, but Seth had already gotten to the door.

"Umm, see you are breakfast," Seth said quietly.