Mike was now sitting in the living room of Thorn.
"Why were you outside anyways?" Thorn asked him, handing the wet boy a cup of hot coffee.
"I was on my way home from the park." Mike explained.
"The park?" He asked, raising an eye brow. "What happened at the park that got you so pissed off?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." Mike said
"I heard you yelling at God."
"Oh, you heard that?" Mike blushed and looked away.
"Well you were standing right outside my house." He stated a mater of factly.
Mike sighed. "Let's just say I ran into some old friends."
"Conformist assholes." Thorn muttered.
"Yeah." Mike agreed.
Thorn put his arm around Mike and patted his shoulder.
"Are trying to comfort me?" Mike asked.
"Yeah, is it working?"
"Yeah, but it's kind of awkward." Mike said.
"Sorry." He apologized.
"Hey, you tried." Mike smiled.
Thorn smiled too.
"Jack, honey, are you in here?" a woman called.
Thorn blushed lightly.
"Yeah." He replied.
"Oh, I didn't know you had a friend over. Who might this be?"
The woman looked exactly like Thorn, except her hair was plain black and she was female.
"Michel Makowski, but you can call me Mike." He introduced, shaking her outstretched hand.
"Hello, my name is Thelma Debrova." She smiled. "Will Mike be staying for dinner, Jackie?"
Thorn's blush darkened at the nick name. "Yeah, sure, whatever." He mumbled.
"Okay I'll get started then." She walked off to the kitchen.
"Anything that happens here you will forget as soon as you walk out the front door." He told him.
"Okay." Mike said, smiling widely.
"What are you so happy about?" Thorn asked.
"Oh nothing…Jack." Mike began laughing.
"I suggest you stop laughing unless you up for another trip to Scottsdale." Thorn threatened.
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry." Mike whipped a tear out of his eye.
"And you will never call me Jack, got it."
"Can I call you Jackson?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"It's not my name."
"What is your name?"
"Jacob."
"Then shouldn't you nick name be Jake."
"Yes."
"Then why isn't it.
"To make you ask questions." Thorn snapped.
"Oh," Mike began laughing again.
"Are you trying to piss me off?"
"No, not really. I'm just curious. I know nothing about you." Mike said.
"Good lets keep it that way."
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The next morning he felt like everyone was staring at him as he parked his car and walked to his usual spot.
"Hey," Razor greeted. "Is it true?"
Mike looked at her confused. "Is what true?"
"Did you really confess your love for Trevor Brown and try to kiss him?" She asked.
"What?! No!" Mike assured her.
"He and his friends posted this picture all over the school of you." Shadow gave him a black and white picture of the almost kiss from the park yesterday.
"That asshole," He muttered under his breath. "He tried to kiss me." Mike told them.
"And you were gonna let him?" Ash questioned.
Mike blushed. "Well, maybe. I wasn't quite sure what to do," He explained truthfully.
"You know, it really doesn't surprise me that your gay, but next time, please pick someone better then Trevor to crush over." Razor said.
"So you guys really don't care that I'm gay?" He asked.
"No." Ash said.
"No," Razor agreed.
He looked over at Shadow who was trying desperately to hide a small smiled.
"Not in the slightest." Shadow said.
Thorn didn't say anything. Mike already knew how he felt.
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Thorn and Mike walked slowly down the road.
"I'm giving up on Ash." Thorn said casually, as if he was saying 'it's sunny outside'.
"Why?" Mike asked, trying to sound concerned to hide his joy.
"I know a lost cause when I see one. Why waste my time," he asked.
"It's never a lost cause when you love someone." Mike told him.
"I never said I loved him." Thorn said sharply.
"Not out loud." Mike mumbled.
"Whatever, I like someone else anyways." Thorn said.
"Really," Mike asked.
Mike wished his house was futher away so he could continue this conversation. They walked up the porch steps to Mike's house.
"Oh, by the way, sneek out around eleven and come over to my place." Thorn instructed.
"Why?" Mike asked.
"You'll see when you get there." Thorn said.
Mike opened the door.
"I'll see you then." Mike turned to walk inside.
"Hey Mike?" Thorn said.
"Yeah," when Mike turned around he received a small peck on the lips.
"See you later." Thorn said before turning off and walking away like it was nothing.
Mike stood in the door way, stunned for several mineutes.
"Mike, honey, come inside, your letting all the cold in," His mother called from where ever she was in the house.
"Yes mom." Mike walked inside and closed the door.
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Later that evening Mike snuck out. He walked the 10 minutes to Thorn's house and found the others waiting for him on the porch.
"You're late." Ash said.
"Sorry, it's hard to get past the security system." Mike told them. His mom had it installed after he had gotten back home.
"Come on." The walked over to Razor's car. In the back seat lied a sleeping Trevor.
"We wanted to do something like what's in the Saw movies, but none of us had enough money." Thorn said.
"We figure we would just drive out to North Park, go deep into the woods, then just leave him there." Shadow said.
Mike thought for a moment. Did Trevor really deserve the same kind of torcher he did? Was it really right to put someone through that?
"We should probably steal his clothes as well." Mike said eventully.
Ash smirked evily. "I was thinking exactly the same thing."
THE NEXT DAY
Trevor woke up feeling dizzy and light headed. He looked around confussed and cold.
"Hello?" He called out. "Hello?" He said a bit louder. "Is anybody there?"
TBC