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 Seventeen

Eventually Bridge ended his shower, wanting to just hide away in his room before he got a chance to see if anything was happening because of what he had said. Michelle didn't seem like the kind of person to keep her mouth shut, so he knew something was bound to come out. Knowing better, though, Bridge wandered towards the living room, seeing Sky sitting in there by himself.

From the other room, the kitchen, he could hear an argument happening between the daughter and the two parents, about something he hadn't quite expected. "I can't believe you!" Michelle yelped, both Sky and Bridge jumping slightly when they heard her fist pound against the counter. "I'm 18 years old and about to be a high school graduate! Can you start treating me like one?!"

Bridge took a seat on the couch a little bit away from Sky, glancing towards him briefly with a smirk. "What happened?" he questioned, leaning his head back a bit to see if he could get a good view into the kitchen.

"She got caught… her friend called and my parents overheard her talking about sneaking out," Sky stated then, somewhat embarrassed that his little sister was acting like such a brat. Then again, back when he lived with them, this wasn't unusual. But he assumed that after the three years that he hadn't been living with them, she would have matured a little bit. Some people just never grew up, though.

"Sky used to do it all the time!" his younger sister shot back, Bridge immediately glancing to his boyfriend, who looked even more awkward about the situation than before. The guy just wanted to slide his way over to the couch and give Sky a comforting kiss, but he knew he couldn't, not even when his parents were away. He was sure he could be sneaky about it, but Sky wouldn't like that.

The girl continued her rant, not giving her parents a second to speak. "He always did and you knew it! And you let him get away with it! You always let him do what he wants! It's not fair!!" she stammered then, Bridge once again leaning his head back to catch a glimpse of the girl in the kitchen.

The dark haired young lady stared at him before narrowing her eyes, clenching her fist at her side. Suddenly she thrust a finger towards him and exclaimed, "You know, Sky has a boyfriend!"

The said young man nearly tumbled out of his chair hearing this, his pale green eyes going wide as he felt one hundred times more tense about this situation. "That guy that's staying here, Bridge! They're dating! He told me!"

"Michelle, what are you talking about?" Sky mother murmured cautiously, following her daughter's finger towards where Bridge was sitting. The parents turned around, staring at the boy before he looked away, acting as if he hadn't heard a thing. Wasn't that what Sky told him to do, anyway?

"Your son is gay! He's gay! He's with a guy, and to be specific, that guy in the living room! Wasn't it weird to you that he randomly brings over some man you've never met!" the girl continued to exclaim, Sky shaking his head before he finally got out of his seat.

Bridge thought he was going to head into his room to hide or something, being such an insecure person, especially about this topic. But much to Bridge's surprise, Sky ran straight for the kitchen, hopefully to pop his sister upside the head. "What are you talking about?" Sky questioned, making his boyfriend cringe in the other room.

Bridge took a heavy breath, unsure of what his boyfriend was going to say. He didn't want to but himself into this, but he had a good feeling he was going to have to say something. But before he did, he wanted to stay as far from Sky's parents as possible, just in case they were ready to kill him at that moment for corrupting their little boy.

"He's not my boyfriend!" Sky exclaimed, Bridge staring blankly across the living room now, feeling his heart snap. It was one thing to lie about going to school and say that he was dating another woman… it was another thing to outright deny the fact that they were together. "What the heck were you doing to him in there, anyway? He probably said that to get you off his back."

"Oh, I'm sure," Michelle shot back, the two siblings now fighting about the situation until she finally let out a frustrated screech. "You know what? I don't care. Just leave me alone," she yelped, racing out of the kitchen, past the living room, and into her bedroom, slamming the door.

Things in the area were very quiet and extremely tense before Sky peeked his head out into the living room, seeing Bridge still sitting there. "What did she do?" he questioned, Bridge knowing that he wanted him to lie to save him from embarrassment from his parents.

Bridge clenched the edge of the armrest, licking his lip briefly before turning back to Sky, seeing his parents also glancing out of the kitchen. He put on his best grin and murmured, "She was trying to put the moves on me, man… so I told her we were dating." He didn't lie, but he laughed like he was. Inside, though, he was cursing out himself for not just screaming out to his parents how stupid they were. How stupid Michelle was. How stupid Sky was.

Without sitting around to hear the rest of the conversation, he stood up, heading into the guest bedroom where he was to be staying for the rest of the night. Sky watched him leave, biting his lip as he turned back to his parents. "Yeah… he says things like that. He's totally joking. I'm still with Gayle," he lied with a firm nod of his head, smirking from the corner of his lips.

Inside, he was punching himself for his stupid comments. He wasn't sure why he couldn't just be open. "Tell them you're with Bridge… tell them you don't care what they think. Tell them you're happy," he continued to remind himself in his mind, but the more he thought about, the closer he came to not telling them. It didn't matter if he was happy. He wanted them to be happy.

Bridge closed the door to his room, locking it behind him as he glanced to the clock. It was only ten o'clock and he definitely wasn't tired, but he was going to be crashing in his bed for the rest of the night. He sighed heavily, crawling into his bed without changing clothes or anything.

His body wasn't tired, he was just mentally drained. He wanted to get out of here. He didn't want to hear the lies anymore. Bridge assumed that once they got back to their home, things would be okay. Sky would come over, he'd get to snuggle with him, kiss him, talk to him like they were more than just college buddies. They'd get to be a couple and he wouldn't have to worry.

But what about when it came time to see his parents again. He'd go back to this. Joking about the fact that they were together. Hiding in the guest bedroom because his boyfriend was too chicken to say anything. Sleeping alone regardless of the fact that Sky was just in the room next door.

If things were going to keep going on like this, he wasn't going to be able to do it. Bridge sat up in his bed, staring towards the floor where his suitcase lay left open, the things inside scattered about. Turning his head towards the window, he could see his car parked out in the driveway.