CHAPTER 4
Ian waved goodbye to his parents and watched as Anthony pulled up in his driveway.
"Get in loser, we're going shopping." He grinned.
Ian put his suitcase in the trunk of Anthony's car, "Really?"
"No." He frowned, "I don't understand the joke, but Kalel said that it would be funny if I said it because maybe you'd understand."
"It's from a movie." Ian sighed, buckling his seat belt, "You really didn't know that?"
Anthony shrugged, "Whatever. Your parents know you're staying with me, right?"
"Of course they do."
"Good." Anthony nodded, "I'd be upset with you if they didn't."
"No, they know that I'm going to your place, and they know that we're going to the beach."
"Do they know that I won't be home tonight?"
Ian frowned, "I didn't know that."
"I'm spending the night at Kalel's."
"Yeah?"
"Well, no. I'm spending the night at Mari's, but Mari has a ballet camp thing all weekend that her parents have to attend, so everyone's gone. Mari said we could use the place."
"You do know that the Moss kid lives there too, right?"
"His name is David, and I completely forgot. Can you keep him occupied at my house?"
Ian crossed his arms, "I guess so."
"Please?" Anthony pulled up to the house, "I'm begging you. I'll return the favor when you want to fuck someone."
He sighed and closed his eyes, "Fine. I'll babysit Moss."
"You don't like him do you?"
Ian shrugged. In all honestly, Ian was fine with David. It was the way he felt about him that he didn't like. Ian had accepted the fact that he was never going to like change, and David had brought a whirlwind of changes. For starters, David always seemed to want to be around Ian, and Ian really just wanted some space. The part that pissed Ian off the most is that he was beginning to not want some space. He was beginning to want David to be near him. He didn't know why or how or anything. He was just confused. David made him confused, and Ian hated that.
"He's really nice." Anthony smiled.
Ian got out of the car and grabbed his bag, "I guess."
"I spent the night at his house while Mari was at Kalel's..." Anthony shook his head, "That kid is insane. We both drank way too much because-"
"He's into beer? You're into beer?" Ian frowned.
"What?" Anthony turned back, "No. You didn't let me finish. We both drank way too much because he found Mari's secret stash of foreign sodas in the basement fridge. We were bouncing off the walls all night. I got no sleep."
"Sounds like a party."
"If you ask him nicely, I bet he'd bring them over."
"I don't even have his number." Ian shrugged.
"I'll give it to you." Anthony grabbed Ian's phone and plugged the contact it.
Ian snatched it back when he was done and looked at it. He was saved as '/David/' as if Anthony was trying to italicize and put emphasis on his name. Ian quickly changed it to 'Moss' purely to make Anthony angry.
"So, invite him over, will you?"
Ian sighed.
'hey moss, its ian. anthony's going to fuck his gf in your house. come over here if you dont wanna hear it.'
'How'd you get my number?'
So David was that kind of guy. Perfect spelling and punctuation.
'ant gave it to me. now tell me if youre comin or not'
'Your house?'
'ant's house. my parents are out of town so i'm staying here for the week.'
'What about his parents? I'm assuming they aren't stupid and will eventually notice that their son is gone.'
Ian frowned, "Anthony, what about your parents?"
"What about them?"
"Won't they notice if you have two friends over but you aren't here?"
He waved a hand, "They're going out tonight. It's their anniversary."
"Then why not just do it here?" Ian looked at him.
"I didn't think about that. Can you go to his house?"
'he says theyre out for the night and that he can just do it at home, but i have to go over to yours.'
'My parents won't be here tonight.'
'yeah, i know. i heard. but just do me a favor and get out that foreign soda. im going to need some.'
'Will do. I'll see you tonight?'
'order pizza and ill be there in a few hours'
'Kalel says that she doesn't want to do it at his house. Something about feeling guilty. I'm coming over to Anthony's place now.'
'this is the fucking weirdest thing ever'
'I know. I'll be there in an hour. Don't order pizza without me.'
Ian sighed, "Change of plans. It's still on at the Takahashi household."
Anthony shrugged, "That way I don't have to explain the mess."
Ian glanced down at his phone, "Actually, David says you still have to clean it up and not to do it on his bed. He says he laid out the extra mattress for you guys.
He rolled his eyes, "He's just jealous."
"Jealous?"
"Of not getting it on tonight."
Ian shrugged, "I don't think so. He seems to not really be interested in anyone."
Anthony frowned, "He talks to Mel."
"He does?"
He nodded, "Yeah. They sit next to each other in English. All they do is talk."
"Damn. He's getting the girl then?"
"Nah. She's not interested romantically."
"Good."
"Good?" Anthony looked at him, "You still have feelings for her?"
Ian shrugged, "Not really, but friends don't do that to other friends."
"I thought you two weren't friends."
"He considers us friends."
"But do you?"
David threw his phone across the room when he saw 'hey moss its ian.'
Why does he have my number? How did he get it? Does he want to hang out? What does he want with me? He barely acknowledges me; why choose now?
Most of these questions would have been answered had he not let go of the phone in his excitement. It slid under the changing stall and he watched Kalel pick it up. He had to get off the couch and ask her if she would pass it back, blushing.
She opened the door and came out in a dress. Even though she had originally gone shopping to help David pick out clothes, they ended up going to all the girly stores and getting asked if they were dating because they made a cute couple. David nearly gagged at the thought of that. Kalel was like his sister. She was his sister just as much as Mari, minus the legal documents that made him an official member of Mari's family. She teased him like family. She called him 'the Takahashi boy,' even though David had asked to keep him last name, which the Takahashi's were fine with.
"Why did you-" She paused, looked at his phone, and laughed, "Oh I was so right I totally knew it."
"Shut up!" He grumbled, grabbing it back and texting him.
"I knew it." She smiled, pulling the dress up a little higher, "Do you think this will look good with teal hair?"
"Yeah sure." He waved a hand, texting Ian back.
"You haven't even looked."
He looked up at her. She looked beautiful, but not in a way that made David attracted to her. He still cringed at the thought. He blinked and scanned the dress and her hair.
"Yeah. It'll look really good with it." He nodded, "That's tomorrow, right? I'll go with you if you want. I need a haircut too."
"Thank you." She smiled, "And of course. You'll like my hair dresser. She's super great."
"You owe me a clothing check like that." His gaze stayed on his phone.
"You'd look good in tighter shirts."
He stared at the screen for a few seconds before looking up at her, "What?"
She grabbed his arm, "Look at this thing. It's fit. Do you work out?"
He nodded, "A little bit."
"I could tell. You've gained weight since I first met you."
"How does that prove I work out?"
She frowned, "Well you were extremely skinny when you first started school, as if you were malnourished." She walked back into the stall, "Then you gained weight quickly; I noticed how much you were eating at lunch."
"Yeah?"
"You ate a ton. You'd finish whatever we didn't eat." She had a laughter tone in her voice, "It was funny. I also noticed that you never got fat, and that muscle started showing up."
"You sound like you're in love with me." He looked back down to see if Ian had texted him back.
She opened the door immediately, even though she was only in her jeans and bra, "Say that again?"
"You...that sounded like something you'd say if you were in love with me." He shrugged.
She grinned.
"What?"
"That's how you describe Ian."
"Is not!" He crossed his arms, "Go change."
She grabbed her shirt and pulled it on, "Done. Can we go now?"
"Aren't you going to buy the dress?"
"I put it on hold." She shrugged, "In case I grow a little before homecoming."
"It's like...three months away."
She handed the dress to the worker, then looked at David, "You know what I noticed back there?"
"Hmm?" He texted Ian back.
"You didn't stare at my boobs." She picked up her bags and walked out.
"And?" David put his phone in his pocket.
She looked at him, "You're totally gay."
"That's not...I'm just polite." He wouldn't meet her eyes.
David was never very good at lying, and he knew it. He was surprised that no one had found out about his past.
"You've never been polite, David."
"Yes I have." He frowned, looking back at her, "I usually always make eye contact when I talk to someone and I always say please and thank you and-"
"Come on. We're going home now." She grabbed his arm.
"Wait Ian wants to know where you guys are doing it tonight."
"I'm not doing Ian tonight." She frowned, "But you are."
"I am not." David rolled his eyes, "Stop saying that."
"Anthony and I will be at your house tonight though. I'd feel too guilty if I did it at his house."
"I'll let him know."
"Where exactly is Mari?"
"Ballet camp." He shrugged, "It was cancelled due to one of the instructors quitting, but they just sent out an email saying that it's back on."
"You're still texting Ian?" Kalel looked over at his phone when they got in the car.
"No." He frowned, "Just Anthony."
"Does Anthony know?"
"Know what?"
"That you like Ian."
"I do not like Ian!" He slammed his fist against the dashboard, "At least not that way and holy fuck that hurt."
Kalel rolled her eyes, "Whatever you say, lover boy."
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