URGHHH FINALLY ANOTHER CHAPTER UR ALL THINKING LOL! I am soooo sorry it took so long, I haven't had much time to write it, not with all this silly year 12 work lol. A few days ago I was showing one of my friends all my reviews, and they suggested I should keep going along with it, so I thought hmm yes it has been a while lol. But yes, here it is, finally, I hope you enjoy it :D oooo and btw, I just finished the game again xD WOOT for 8 times finished!! xD enjoy!!

There was a silence between the two boys, not knowing what to say, or what to think. Petey thought to himself, he couldn't lay anything on too thickly, he had to be gentle with the fragile boy, he has more than likely had a tough enough time in the Happy Volts Asylum, therapy, medication? Petey decided, perhaps a casual conversation would be suitable, at least for now.

"So, you got your old room back…" he said quietly, trying to act as casual as possible, but it was noticeable that he was trying his best, for he wasn't exactly the best actor. Gary struggled to find words to say, but he proceeded with Petey's casual act.

"Yeah…so it seems…" Gary paused after releasing those words, he was wondering if he should say it. He has always said it, it was his tradition. But Petey was more popular than him these days. Still that didn't stop him.

"Femme boy" he said, letting a small smirk sweep across his face. Petey's ears pricked at those two words, that he hadn't heard in so long. It was the first time he had ever been happy to hear Gary say it. Petey smiled faintly and moved to take a seat on his bed.

"Haven't changed much have you?" Petey said softly. Gary had changed though, his sense of humour was still the same, but his mental state wasn't at its best. All the therapy he had gone through broke him, he was still recovering, and it didn't help that he was open for bashing, because everyone in the school hated him. Petey was the only nice person to him so far, he hadn't spoken to anyone else, most people kept away from him. But who knows what other events would happen to him that afternoon. He just felt like crawling into his bed, and never leaving it. He thanked god that he didn't have to share his room with anyone else other than Petey.

"So, what's been going on? How are you?" he asked, to carry on the casual talk, and to stop the awkward silence that came between them.

"Not much" Petey responded, "Lonesome" he added quietly and shyly, not fully understanding why he said that. Gary suddenly looked up from the ground to Petey, hearing that word, "lonesome".

He wondered what Petey meant. Was Petey lonesome without him? Gary didn't ponder on that for too long, he waited for Petey to say another word.

"So" Petey started, "How have you been?"
Gary hesitated to answer, he hadn't been well at all, he had lost his confidence, but he didn't let that stop him from answering Petey's question.

"Yeah, umm…alright" he kept it brief, not wanting to go into detail. Petey had about a million questions to Gary, but he wasn't sure how to word them.

"Gary" he finally said, causing Gary to look at him again.

"Why…why did you do it?"

Gary paused and sighed. Within the past year he had heard that same question, over and over again.

"Petey.."

"Gary, I-it may sound dumb, but it really hurt me when you turned against me and Jimmy" Petey blurted out. Gary paused again, not knowing what to say, he has never had a talk like this with Petey, without bullying him or annoying him.

"I never turned against you Pete" he managed to say. Petey looked to Gary. He could see Gary was truly sorry for what he had done, and that he never turned against him? It made Petey feel slightly relieved at what Gary had said, and strangely enough, found himself blushing slightly. Shaking it off, Petey decided to question what Gary meant.

"What do you mean?"

Even though Gary bullied Petey all the time in the past, he still had a soft spot for him. He would never hurt him.

"I just…never went against you Pete. I was against Jimmy. Not you" he explained as briefly as he could, trying not to let out a hint of something he had been thinking about in the past year.

Petey smiled slightly. It brought him happiness to know that Gary never hated him like he did with Jimmy.

"Why…I thought you hated me…?" Petey said quietly, wanting to receive more of an explanation, as he tried his best to stop his cheeks from flushing to pink at a thought he had in his head. Gary couldn't believe he was having such a proper conversation with Petey; it was so different from how they use to act.

"I…don't hate you, femme boy, I never hated you" Gary said, trying to bring back some of his humour to lighten up the seriousness.

"What do you, then?" Petey blurted out curiously before thinking why on earth he did so. Gary raised his eyebrows slightly, and then sighed.

"You want the truth?" he asked. Petey nodded his head in response.

"Well…I think that, I…" Gary hesitated.

Woot woot for cliff-hangers xD gotta love em. Review if u wish me to continue on with the next chapter, and this time don't worry, It wont take months for me to post it lol! It will only take a matter of a few days. That's if people still even want me to write it lol. Thank u, hope u enjoyed! Review please!