Tuesday morning

Cody walked into the school office and saw Ted with an ice pack on his hand. "I thought you were going to let it go?"

"You know me better than anyone." Ted said. "So you should have known that I wouldn't let it go."

Cody sighed. "Are you suspended?"

Ted shook his head. "No but I'm grounded for two weeks."

Cody smiled "So mom was pissed?"

Ted chuckled. "Yeah you could say that."

"You're going to give her a heart attack." Cody said. "Why can't you just let it go?"

"Because that was messed up what he did to Randy." Ted said. "The boy that he's so called in love with."

"Look mom is already going through a lot and she doesn't need this too." Cody said. "Just stay out of trouble."

"Fine." Ted said. "Now go to class before you get detention for being late."

"I'll see you later." Cody said leaving the office.

…

Randy was heading to class when he was pulled into the janitor's closet. As the lights went on he was met with John. "What is it John?"

John sighed and leans back against the wall. "I'm sorry for what I did. You know I didn't mean it right?"

Randy nodded "But it still hurt." He noticed a bruise under John's eyes. "What happened to your face?"

John smiled. "I had a little talk with Ted earlier, no big deal though."

Randy sighed. "So can I ask you something?"

"Sure." John said.

"Are you ever going to come out?" Randy asked.

John slid down the wall and sat on the floor. "Of course I am but I'm scared of what might happen once I do. You of all people know how my dad is."

"Yeah but he's not going to disown you." Randy said. "He's your father and no matter what he will always be."

John looked down. "Do you hate me?"

Randy sat down across from John. "No I don't hate you. No matter what you did I could never hate you because I love you too much."

"Does that mean you still love me?" John asked moving to sit next to Randy.

Randy smiled "I never stopped loving you."

John took Randy's hand. "It's not going to be like this forever Randy. I'm going to come out and I would love for you to be there when I do."

"I'll always be here." Randy said. "But those guys aren't you real friends. If you don't stay away from them you're going to do something much worse than what you did to me."

"I know." John said. "Do you think you can forgive me for that?"

"I already did." Randy said. "I know how hard this is for you and I'm really not trying to pressure you. I just want to be with you, out."

"I know." John was about to say something else but he was cut off by the bell. "Can we please talk later?"

Randy nodded and stood up. "Yeah."

Without thinking John stood up and kissed Randy. He was about to pull back but he felt Randy begin to kiss his back. Resting his head against Randy's he smiled. "I love you."

"I love you too." Randy said.

…

Lunchroom

"So now what are you two back together?" Ted asked.

"I don't know." Randy said. "We just talked and kissed."

"You kissed him." Kelly said. "Okay you two are so back together."

"We are not." Randy said.

Ted shook his head. "All he's going to do is hurt you again. Randy if I were you I would move on now because he's never going to come out." He stood up. "Stay away from him Cody."

Cody sighed and nodded. Watching him walk off he turned to the others. "I hate it when he get's like this. Ever since our dad died he felt like he has to be the man of the house. He acts like my bodyguard for crying out loud."

"I can see why." Randy said. "Remember when you and your mom got in that car accident. You were in the hospital for nearly a year. Ted felt like it was all his fault. He wouldn't even leave the house. He lost his father so all he had was you and your mom. I'd probably do the same thing if I was in his shoes."

Cody sighed. "He didn't tell me any of that."

"He just doesn't want you to get hurt." Randy said.

Cody looked down. "Yeah."

…

Later that day

Cody was in the bathroom washing his hands when John walked in, followed by Wade, Hunter and Chris.

"Hey freak." Wade said walking up to him. "You didn't think we were going to let your brother get away with what he did to our boy John did you."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Cody said.

Wade smiled. "Well you're going to find out right now."

…

Last period

Ted was sitting in class when he was called to the office. When he found out that Cody got jumped and was taken to the hospital he left as well.

…

At the hospital

Randy was sitting in the waiting room along with Ted, Kelly, Justin and Ted's mother.

"I'm going to kill him next time I see him." Ted said. Just then he saw John heading their way and he stalked his way. "You have nerve showing up here."

Randy grabbed his arm and held him back. "Calm down Ted."

"I just wanted to see if he was okay." John said.

"After you put him in there!" Ted yelled

"I didn't touch him." John yelled back.

"No you just stood there and watched." Randy said. "Stay away from me and Stay away from my brother. I swear to god if you say one word to me I will fucking kill you."

"Teddy come here." His mother said.

He glared at John a few more seconds before heading over to his mother.

John sighed "Can we talk for a minute?"

"No." Randy said. "I told you something bad was going to happen and now Cody's in the hospital. Just go John and don't come back." He walked back over to the others.

John stuck his hands in his pockets and started back away. No one would look his way so he turned and left the hospital.

A/N Thanks for reading and please review.