"What do you mean they never made it to preschool!?" Billy yelled into his cell phone, making Cassie cringe on the other side.
"I went to go pick them up, and they told me they never showed up," Cassie tried to reason with Billy.
"But I saw them walk through the gate!" Billy started to cry, "I saw them walk up to the door!"
"Billy, you have to make sure they actually get in the building," Cassie said.
"I know that Cassie!" Billy started to argue, "but I was late for class and had to run! I know I shouldn't have done that, but I didn't think anything could go wrong!" Billy started to cry again, he leaned against his locker and slowly slid down.
"Billy, it's okay. We will find him, I'm sure of it." Cassie tried to comfort him over the phone, "I'll start over at your house; they might have gone there."
"Okay," Billy wiped away his tears, "I'll start looking everywhere."
"We will find them Billy," Cassie said, "Bye."
"Bye." Billy stared in shock at the other side of the hall; he couldn't believe this was happening. He heard footsteps coming from down the hall. He turned to look and saw Teddy coming his way. Oh great, he thought, just what I need today.
"Billy, what's wrong?" Teddy asked hesitantly.
"The twins, they're missing." Billy told him.
"What? Where? We have to find them!" Teddy said, going into protective mode.
"Why do you care? It's not like you cared about me or the twins genuinely anyways. I can do this on my own." Billy coldly said.
As Billy walked towards the door, Teddy grabbed his shoulders and spun him around. "William Kaplan, I don't know what got that idea into your head!" he started to yell at Billy, "I have always cared about you and the twins! I always want to protect you three; I'm sorry I haven't talked to you this week, but there is no time to explain. Let's go find the twins!"
With that, Teddy grabbed Billy's hand and marched him out the door. People saw him holding hands with Billy, but he did not care. He had to find those kids. It took him a while to realize that it was almost like he was in Father Mode.
…
"I just got off the phone with Billy," Kate stated, "He and Teddy are going to look on the east side of the neighborhood, so we should take the west side."
"Wait, Teddy is with him?" Eli sounded confused.
"Yeah, why wouldn't he be?" Kate asked, equally confused.
"I thought they weren't on speaking terms anymore," Eli said.
"Well I heard that Teddy hadn't talked to Billy in a while, but that doesn't mean they weren't on speaking terms," Kate replied.
"Well actually there's something else along with that story," Eli said, proceeding to tell Kate what he heard in the locker room.
"Hun, did you hear all of that conversation?" Kate said.
"Yes! Well, I heard the gist of it…the main part…the part I wanted to hear…okay so I didn't hear everything!" Eli said, each pause looking at his girlfriend giving him the "are you telling the truth?" look.
"Maybe what Teddy said afterwards wasn't exactly against his boyfriend," Kate said, "did you ever think about that?"
"No, I guess not…" Eli muttered, "I was just trying to help Billy."
"I know you were hun," Kate said, "wait, you told Billy this!?"
"Ummm, yes," Eli stammered.
"Elias Bradley!" Kate yelled, "You better hope that Teddy fixes this with Billy or I'm going to kick your ass!"
"Sorry…" Eli whispered.
"You better be!" Kate huffed, "now let's go find the twins."
…
"Billy, you haven't said anything since we got in here," Teddy pleaded, "please say something, anything. I want you to know that I'm sorry. I'm sorry for running out on you at the diner, I'm sorry for not speaking with you this whole week, I'm sorry that I am a horrible boyfriend sometimes. I'm just sorry Billy."
"Are you sorry about not wanting me around anymore?" Billy hissed, "Are you sorry for your dumbass friend Greg? Are you sorry that you are a fake, a phony, and most of all are you sorry for leading me on? Thinking that you actually liked me? Huh!?"
"Billy, what are you talking about…" Teddy started.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about!" Billy yelled, tears in his eyes, "Eli heard you and Greg talking in the locker room! He said you were planning to get rid of me!"
"This is about the tape!?" Teddy yelled back.
"What tape!?" Billy asked.
"Eli obviously didn't tell you everything," Teddy sighed, "Greg had a tape of you and I in bed together. Sick, I know. He blackmailed me when I walked out of the diner that day. He told me to get rid of you or else he would out me to everyone. It took me a while to think it over; that's why I didn't talk to you this week. What Eli heard in the locker room was only half of the conversation. After Greg told me not only to get rid of you, but to make you suffer as well I told him essentially to screw off. I don't care if I'm outed anymore Billy, as long as I'm with you."
"So why did you run out of the diner in the first place Teddy?" Billy asked.
"It was something Kate had said," Teddy replied, "she said that we looked like a cute little family. I didn't pay too much attention to it at first, but then I realized the responsibility that I would have taking care of the twins. It freaked me out a bit, so I needed some air. Throughout the week though I realized that I didn't care about that either. I would look down at my chain you gave me and think how beautiful it really is, and how beautiful we are together, with the twins. And I finally realized how much I care for you. Billy, I truly, deeply love you. I love you Billy Kaplan."
The car had stopped and Teddy was looking deep into Billy's eyes. "Did you just say what I think you said?" Billy sounded shocked.
No answer was given to the question as Teddy pulled Billy up to his lips. It was the most tender and loving kiss that they had shared together. It moved mountains. Billy finally realized that this was the guy. This was the guy he wanted to spend the rest of his life with.
Teddy set Billy back down in his chair and smiled. Billy smiled back, his eyes filling with tears, "I love you too, Teddy. More than you know."
"Oh I think I have an idea," Teddy winked, "now let's go find the kids."
They got no more than a block when Teddy's phone started to ring. Teddy told Billy to reach down and get it for him. Billy looked down and the screen and scowled. "It's Greg," he muttered, "do you want me to hang up on him?"
"No," Teddy said, "I'm not going to run away from that dick anymore. Give me the phone." Billy handed him the phone. "What the hell do you want?"
"Teddy, I know you probably don't want to talk to me right now, but this is important," Greg said on the other side.
"I don't think it's more important than finding Billy's brothers, so goodbye!" Teddy yelled.
"Wait!" Greg yelled back. Teddy put the phone back up to his ear. "This is probably about Billy's brothers!"
"What do you mean?" Teddy asked.
"These two little kids were in the gym after practice today, which you didn't show up to, but that's beside the point. They were asking for you Teddy, I didn't know what to do so I called you. They look like twins…"
"Okay, be there in a bit!" Teddy smiled.
"I thought Greg was an asshole?" Billy questioned Teddy's smile.
"He may be an asshole, but I think he just found the twins!" Teddy beamed, "tell everyone to meet at the gym!"
…
Teddy sped. It took approximately one minute to get back to the gym. Billy was scared for his life, but happy that Teddy cared this much for the boys. When they got to the school they ran to the doorway where Greg was standing with the two boys. Billy almost pile drove the twins into the stairs when he gave them a hug. "Don't you ever run off like that again!"
Billy picked up Johnny and Teddy picked up Jack and hugged them until they complained about not being able to breath. "Why did you guys run off?" Teddy asked Jack.
"We were looking for you Teddy," Jack said in the most innocent voice Teddy had ever heard.
"Yeah, we thought you were lost!" Johnny piped in.
"I will never leave you guys like that again, okay?" Teddy said as he ruffled both boy's hair.
"Good," Johnny, Jack, and Billy said in unison.
During this time Greg had moved from the stairwell to the parking lot to join Kate, Eli, and Cassie who had shown up seconds after Teddy and Billy. He had a solemn look on his face when he spoke. "Please tell Teddy and Billy that I'm sorry for everything. Tell Teddy that I won't send out the tape, and that he can come out on his own terms. Plus, seeing him this happy makes me think his basketball game is going to be pretty well off. The twins also told me about their home life, I didn't realize that Billy had so much responsibility. I feel like a major ass."
"We'll be sure to tell the Greg," Cassie told him as he walked to his car, "Oh and Greg," this made him pause, "you're not an ass, you just act like one sometimes. I'm sure if you're willing to change your attitude, things will be just fine between you three." Greg smiled and nodded as he got into his car and left the school.
The three in the parking lot looked back at the happy four on the steps. "They do look really cute together," Cassie smiled, "all four of them."
"I guess you are right," Eli also smiled, "I should give Teddy a break. He seems like a good guy, and a good father figure."
"Huh," Kate chuckled, "they have turned out to be quite the unexpected family."
All three of them laughed as Teddy and Billy hugged their boys.
….
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