Jeremy wanted to smack himself. His SQUIP was yelling at him, Robin was glaring at him with the intensity of a lioness protecting her- well, she sort of was protecting her cub. Protecting him from this dumb ass boy who didn't know what he wanted right now. Jeremy was flushed, and was stuttering, trying to take back his response.

"I... uh, I didn't mean, er... well, I was... uh, what I meant was- I'm not in love with him per say, uh, I-"

"Oh so now you don't love him?" Robin raised an eyebrow at him, still glaring fiercely.

"I'm, uh, just going to.. uh, to go," Jeremy tried, wishing he hadn't come. His SQUIP was still yelling at him, calling him an idiot and telling him to stop stuttering.

"You are not running away from this, Jeremiah Heere," Robin told him. "This is my son we are talking about, and though I know I have not been the best mother lately, I will now. What happened last night that has both of you freaked out?" Jeremy flinched and looked down at the floor. He hated this, it was such a big mistake to come here.

'Tell her what happened, Jeremy.'

'I don't want to.'

'You are 17. Stop being a baby and do it.' Jeremy frowned. His SQUIP wasn't wrong, but he didn't want to see Robin's reaction to all of this. Or get Michael in trouble at home. He tried to stand up to leave- after all, she couldn't force him to stay- but he couldn't stand up. Maybe she couldn't make him stay, but his SQUIP could.

'Fine.'

"I, uh, I mean we... I mean, uh-"

"Jeremy," Robin said, a stern tone in her voice.

"W-we kissed!" Jeremy had to admit, it was easier to breath after he said it. But only for a minute, because when he looked up at Robin, she was glaring at him, and it looked like she was trying to burn a hole through his head.

"Thank you Jeremy. Now please leave. I do not want to discuss this anymore." Jeremy nodded quickly and got up straight away. He grabbed his backpack and rushed out of the building, feeling like Robin was going to follow him and try to hit him with her car.

Jeremy went through his school day feeling paranoid and avoiding Michael. He still wasn't sure where he stood on his sexuality, and didn't want to talk about last night. He had been avoiding Michael very well until he got to lunch and saw Michael sitting with all the popular kids. Which just so happened to be where Jeremy had promised to sit that day. He blushed, and made his way over with his tray. Michael was sitting by Rich, and laughing at something the shorter boy had said. Jeremy felt a pain in his stomach, and couldn't figure out what it was. Seeing Michael laugh at one of Rich's stupid jokes made Jeremy a little angry, so he sat down across from Michael and glared at Rich.

"What's so funny?" he asked, eyes not leaving Rich.

"Oh, uh, hey Jeremy," Michael greeted, blushing. "Rich was just telling me about the play!"

"Yeah, I actually think it's going to be pretty cool. If you ever tell anyone I said that, tall ass, I will deny it." Michael chuckled again, and that only made Jeremy angrier.

"Oh, yeah. Cool." Rich and Michael continued their conversation while Jeremy quietly fumed. It suddenly came to Jeremy how he was feeling. He was jealous. But why?

'Well you did admit to being in love with-'

'Shut up please. That was such a mistake. Michael's going to kill me! If he doesn't get killed first!'

'Well, I'll leave you a bigger problem to worry about. Michael or Christine?' Jeremy let out a low, tortured groan. Rich and Michael looked over at him, both somewhat concerned.

"Hey Jere, you okay?" Michael asked, biting his lip. Jeremy wished he wouldn't have done that. The lip biting thing was really cute, and Jeremy wasn't sure how to handle his feelings.

"Yeah tall ass, you don't look so good. Maybe you should go to the nurse?"

"I'm fine," Jeremy snapped. His eyes widened and he suddenly felt bad. "Oh God, I'm sorry. Look, I'm not feeling myself today, okay?" He stood up, ignoring both of their protests. "I'm gonna go get ready for class." He walked away towards the door, leaving his tray behind.

Michael watched him go, concerned. He was about to stand up, but Rich put a hand on his shoulder.

"Let him go. He'll be fine." Michael nodded. He rested his head in his hand, and sighed. "Did something happen between you two?" Rich asked. Michael nodded.

"Yeah, uh, we had a bit of a disagreement about something." Rich nodded, letting his hand sit on Michael's shoulder.

"It'll be okay, dude. You two have always been best friends," Rich told him, smiling slightly. "I mean, you two were so close everyone was sure that you were dating. I mean, you guys act like an old-" Michael stood up, effectively cutting Rich off. "Whaaa-"

"I'm gonna go. Bye Rich." Michael walked away from the table as well, glaring at the floor, leaving Rich to stare after him in confusion.

"What did I say?"

Yeah, that's it for this chapter. Yeah, I know it's short and I'm sorry. I promise 8 with have more in it. But hey, in other news I'm starting a one-shot book! I just posted the first chapter! And I'm just warning you now updates will come less often. I am starting school, so I will have more to do and won't have as much time to write. Thanks for reading!

Please comment any comments or concerns! I love reading them, because none of you know what's coming and it's cracking me up.