Author: Skytate17

Title: You Won't Be The One That Got Away

Summary: The two ended up at the same bar every Friday night. One came to dance, one came to do his job. They were two different worlds, colliding on these ambitious Friday nights when the party goers were out. Stealing glances across the bar, one wishing the other would knew he existed, the other wishing he never existed at all.

Chapter Sixteen

Sky stepped outside into the muggy Virginia air outside. It had been raining earlier that day and it was a damp, summer evening. He caught sight of Bridge resting on the bench before she slowly wandered over, taking a seat beside him. The two were silent, Sky knowing he should apologize, Bridge just wanting to yell at him, but not having the heart to do it at the moment. His heart had basically been flattened by Sky's actions in the restaurant.

"I understand you don't want to tell your parents," he sighed, staring blankly across the street as a car flew by, splashing water onto the sidewalk. It was still drizzle just a little bit outside, but not enough to get anyone soaked. More like a gentle mist. "But to lie like that…"

Sky remained quiet, leaning forward on the bench as he rested his elbows against his knees as he stared at his nervously tapping foot. "I'm going to respect your decision to be quiet about us, but I'm not going to listen to the lies…"

"After we head back home, I probably won't see them much anymore," Sky then protested, nodding his head with a heavy sigh.

"That's not the point!" Bridge suddenly yelped back, sitting up on the bench. "The point is that you just lied. You told them you went to school! That's a lie! You don't want to go to school! You told them you were still dating some girl you met at work! That is definitely a lie!"

Sky lowered his head, knowing what he had done was really stupid. But he couldn't help it. It just came out and it was going to keep his family happy for the next few days he was there. That was all he had to do was sit things out for the remaining days. He knew Bridge wasn't going to like it, but that's just how things were going to work.

"Listen, Bridge… I know I've pissed you off, but can you just calm down and just… pretend like you don't hear anything for the rest of the time," he muttered, clasping his hands together and pressing them to his lips as if he were begging.

Bridge glanced to him with a defeated glance, shaking his head. "Fine," he murmured, although it was the last thing he wanted to do. Pretend like he was being rejected in front of his boyfriend's family. Sure, it was a lot easier said than done though. He knew it just feel like another stake through his heart every time, but he'd endure it for Sky's sake.

"Thank you," his companion muttered, dropping his hands from his lips. He wanted to leave over and give Bridge a kiss just to remind him that he still adored him, but another thought of his parents possibly seeing stabbed him in the mind, so instead he just stood up, making his way back inside the restaurant. Bridge sighed, closing his eyes as he rested his head back. What had he gotten himself into?

Later that night, the family and Bridge had returned to the Tate's home. As of right then, they were just lounging around, watching television, and things of that nature. Sky was in the living room, still catching up with his family. Not really up for hearing anything else, Bridge made up the excuse that he was going to shower.

He wandered down the dark hallway, fumbling against the wall for a light switch before the light clicked on. He stared down at the end of the hall, seeing Sky's sister in her pajamas, already looking ready for bed. "Hey," she muttered, tucking back her deep brunette hair as she lingered in her halfway opened doorway. "Want to see something cool?" she questioned, biting her lip briefly.

Bridge stared at her for a second, not even wanting to look at her, but it was going to keep him out of the living room, so he silently agreed. He wandered his way down the hallway, following her into her quaint room. It was the same size as Sky's, but it seemed a lot bigger because her bed wasn't huge. She also didn't have an entertainment center like he did.

She closed the door behind them with a smile, pointing towards her little desk in the corner of the room. "I haven't gotten to show you yet," she stated then, taking him by the hand suddenly and leading him to the desk. "I get to wear some cords and medals for graduation tomorrow."

"That's cool," he murmured with a nod, realizing that she still hadn't let go of her hand. He wiggled his hand from hers before shoving it in his pocket, staring down at all the awards she had received. "What's the cord for?"

"Special achievement in sports… I'm the head of the senior girl's soccer team," she said with a cheery grin, turning around to lean her bottom against the edge of her desk. "Trying to beat out my brother… he also got a cord for sports, but in football. Of course, I don't think he got anything else than that."

He bit his lip, feeling awkward with the sibling rivalry, one because he could never quite understand it because he didn't have siblings himself, and two because he was on Sky's side regardless of what this girl said. "Can I tell you a secret?" she questioned then, biting her lip and batting her eyelashes.

He stared at her, suddenly wanting to rush out of the door and back into his room or the bathroom, whichever would be easier to hide in. Instead, though, he let her go. "Sure," he murmured as she inched herself a little closer, cornering him between her and the computer desk.

"When my parents head to be tonight, I'm sneaking out because a friend of mine's having a party," she stated, leaning into him a little bit before running her finger over his chest, a eager grin coming to her face. "I think you should come with me."

"Uhh…" Bridge muttered, staring down at her hand which was now perched up on his chest, feeling her hips swaying gently against his. "I don't… think…"

The girl suddenly forced herself up on her tip toes, pressing her lips against Bridge's. He gasped, but it was unheard against her lips as he nearly stumbled back on the computer desk to get away for her, but she gave a hint that she had no intent of backing off.

"Tell her you have a boyfriend," he thought, still feeling her lips against his. "No, be like Sky… lie… say you have a girlfriend, that's more reasonable," he then thought, bouncing thoughts in his mind as to what he was going to say instead of just shoving her to the floor.

As soon as she parted for just a second, he sucked in a heavy breath, blurting out the first thing that came to mind in those simple seconds. "I'm dating your brother," he yelped, immediately regretting it when she stared up at him in shock.

"What did you say?" he muttered, backing away from him immediately.

"I… uhh…"

"You're dating my brother?! You're gay… with my brother?!" she squealed, shaking her head as she immediately fled from her room, Bridge smacking his forehead. He was supposed to be a good boy and keep his mouth shut, but he wasn't about to sit there and let Sky's sister have her way.

Biting his lip, he quickly fled down the hallway, seeing that she had already disappeared. Not really wanting to hear what was most likely going to erupt in the living room, he ducked into the bathroom, slamming the door and turning on the water, drowning out any sound from around him.

In the living room, Sky could hear the slamming door, then seeing his sister turned the corner with a completely surprised expression smacked across her face. She shook her head, not even wanting to speak about the situation, so she instead headed into the kitchen to busy herself with something else until her parents went to bed so she could sneak out. She hoped by that time she could just forget what she found out.