A/N: I've been sick for the past twenty-four hours, but something good came out of it. I came up with an idea for a third book, so you guys won't have to wait so long for that one. It should be coming out soon. Now on with the chapters!
Victor was enjoying the pride parade with his boyfriend, friends, and family. They sat on their blankets and watched the parade. Benji touched the top of Victor's fingers with the palm of his hand. Victor smiled softly at his partner.
"So Mia, where is your boyfriend?" Lake asked. Near the end of the school year, Mia had started seeing Andrew Spencer. He was on the basketball team and was known for being kind of being a douche.
"He's at basketball camp this week," Mia said.
"Didn't you say that you wanted to try out for the basketball team, Victor?" Benji asked.
"Yeah, but it didn't work out this year," Victor said. Since he missed about two weeks of school around the time of the trail, he had a lot of schoolwork he had to make up. Since that took up a lot of his time so he could move to tenth grade, he didn't have time to tryout. "Maybe next year."
Benji nodded before looking at Victor in the eyes. "Victor I," Benji said. He thought about what he was going to say for a moment, but he stopped himself from saying what he was originally going to say. "I really like you."
"I really like you too," Victor said. He rested his head on Benji's shoulder. One day, Benji hoped he would have the courage to say what he really wanted to say.