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"Liv! Where are you" Parker called. "My sister says she has a surprise. No spoilers from me but let's just say she's friends with the rock." He said raising his eyebrows.
"His movies are not age appropriate for me" Evan said, shaking his head. Parker just shrugged. Liv rushed into the room with a purple box.
"Ok I've got something totally coolsies for you guys!" Liv exclaimed in her high pitch voice. "Get in a circle, crisscross applesauce." Parker screamed internally. She did not just say crisscross applesauce! "You're all going to love this. And I know that because dinosaurs have always been Parker's favorite.
Parker knew this was going to turn out bad. He looked around the circle to see the other boy's faces showing the same annoyance as his.
"Caw caw" She shrieked, waving her arms like a bird.
"She's choking" Evan exclaimed jumping up. "My mom prepared me for this. I'll give her the Heimlich." Parker chuckled along with a few other boys.
"No" Liv gasped, throwing out her arms. "Evan honey, I'm not choking. That is just my pterodactyl impression." She chuckled.
"Are you sure" Evan asked in a concerned voice. That made a few of the boys laugh louder and Liv scowl.
"Well let's play" She said, slightly less enthusiastic. "Who's ready to play duck duck dinosaur!" She enthusiastically pulled out a dinosaur mask from the box and put it on. She began to go in a circle pressing each of the boy's head saying "duck" in an annoying voice. No one looked happy, not even Evan. He had that look on his face when the mask was placed on his head and Liv yelled "Dinosaur." He didn't even bother to move as she started running. She took a lap around them before happily shouting "come on. Chase me" Still no one moved. "Woohoo" she shouted taking another two laps.
"Dude even my mom would think this is lame" Evan said to Parker, taking off the mask. Liv looked down on them sadly. "Come on you guys! Let's go eat something without washing our hands." They all stood silently and left the living room.
"What? Where are you going" Live asked in a sad little voice.
"Duck duck dinosaur" Parker groaned to her, throwing out his hands in disgust. "Liv what were you thinking?"
"I-I thought you loved this game" She said, truly confused.
"When I was six" Parker shouted. "You embarrassed me in front of my karate buddies. Your killing my playground buzz" he finished angrily before following the boys.
When parker walked in he saw most of his friends had walked upstairs while three sat on the kitchen table, kicking the back of the chairs aimlessly. Evan was one of them.
"Dude this party's lame" one of the boys said.
"Yea. I thought your sister was supposed to be cool." Before Parker could answer they had gotten up and walked up the stairs leaving Evan alone with him.
"It was still a fun party" Evan said sympathetically. Parker sighed and pulled himself on top of the table crossing his legs. "It's been the best day of my life" he continued, a tiny smile on his face.
"Thanks" Parker mumbled, looking at his knees.
"Parker I know you can make this fun" Evan told him, his voice becoming even higher than normal. "You had the idea for the gun fight. I know you can come up with another one."
"Thanks Evan" Parker whispered, uncrossing his legs. He moved to sit next to the other boy. They fell silent, shoulders touching.
"I can help" Evan said quietly, his voice sad.
"How?" Parker asked, finally looking up at his friend who'd gotten a miserable look on his face and was staring at the floor.
"You can always make jokes about me" he said softly. "People always have fun doing that." Parker was stunned. He couldn't believe Evan was telling him to make fun of him. Parker's heart fell.
"No they don't" Parker said softly.
"It's ok. I know" Evan said, all his cheerfulness gone from his voice. "It's why I have no friends. I…"
"I'm your friend" Parker interrupted, slightly louder than necessary. The smaller boy's eyebrows shot up.
"Really" he said, a little bit of happiness returning to his voice.
"Of course. Why would I invite you to my sleep over if we weren't friends?" he asked? Evan shrugged.
"People still like to tease me" Evan said. "You can still be my friend and tease me… if it helps you have fun." Parker reached out and grasped Evan's hand.
"I don't have fun teasing you" Parker told him sternly. "I care about you."
Evan leaned back a few inches. It was then that Parker finally realized how close they'd gotten. Evan looked thankful and relieved. Parker knew this wasn't what friends did but he also knew Evan didn't know. Friends didn't sit this close or hold hands. Evan just didn't know enough about friends to judge. He couldn't tell Parker liked him. He'd never find out if Parker decided to scoot away. But oddly he didn't want to scoot away. He liked being this close to Evan. The boy let his mind go blank, all his sense washed away, replaced by the sound of his heart beating a thousand miles an hour.
"What w…" Evan started before a pair of lips pressed against his own. The redheaded boy froze He stared at his only friend who's eyes were closed and face pressed against his.
Parker whipped back, scurrying off the table and across the room in seconds. Evan stayed stock still, eyes glued to the wall.
"Parker" A boy yelled, hurrying down the stairs. He glanced at Evan. "What's with him?" he asked.
"He…" Parker stuttered.
"I was thinking" Evan said. "It's important to make time in the day to think. It gives you time to sort out your goals and dreams" he said in the singsong voice he sometimes uses. Parker could tell it was strained but the other boy though didn't seem to think twice.
"We're telling scary stories upstairs. Come up and spend some time at the actual party." The friend said. Parker nodded and let himself be lead up the stairs away from the boy he'd just kissed. Things blurred from there. Parker didn't pay attention to any of the stories. He made sure to jump when the others did and show surprised reaction when he was supposed to but he didn't really hear the words. From the looks of it neither did Evan. The younger boy was just sitting there staring at the floor. No one was paying him any attention and it hurt Parker to realize that this must be what it's always like for him. Parker had a chance to fix that. He could have made Evan happy. He should have been his friend. But now it was over. Evan wouldn't want to see him again and that meant he'd go back to being alone. He could only hope one of the other boys chose to still hang out with him but he knew that wouldn't happen. They didn't care enough about him.
Parked averted his eyes when Evan caught him staring. There was no emotion in that face. Evan was never like that. Every emotion was to the extreme for him. He was either ecstatic or depressed. There was no in between and it was frightening how expressionless he was right now.
Liv's voice called from downstairs making parker role his eyes.
"Should we see what she wants?" one of the boys asked. Parker shrugged, trying to hide the emotions swirling inside his head. They all slumped down the stairs. Liv stood at the bottom smiling.
"Booo" the boys yelled, making Liv frown.
"Ok I know we weren't all fans of duck duck dinosaur but there is something outside that's going to blow your ten year old minds!"
"I'm nine" Evan told her humorously. A few of the boys laughed. Parker wasn't one of them.
"Just come outside" she said, scrunching her eyebrows. Everyone glanced at Parker. Everyone except the one Person Parker wished would look at him.
"Fine." He grumbled. "But if there's someone out there in an Elmo suite I'm going to loose it." He said angrily, glaring at his sister. She only smiled and clapped her hands.
"This way" She called, skipping out the back door. There where wow's and whoas. Even Parker smiled when he saw the watermelons hanging from ropes in the backyard. "Terry cew my jam." Liv called, pointing at a clown with a DJ system in the corner of the yard. The clown pressed a button and start fist bumping to the music.
"Whoa what did you do?" Parker exclaimed, momentarily forgetting about his problems. Who wouldn't forget when there was a clown spinning some fat beats?
"It's Liv Rooney's Karate watermelon smashathon" She squealed. "Dojo Bros" She said stepping away from the watermelons. "Attack!"
Parker was the first to walk up to the watermelon. The boys behind him cheered his name. Parker round kicked the watermelon as hard as he could. It split in half, its innards falling to the ground. Parker turned and strutted back to his friends. He glanced at Evan to see him clapping along too, smiling back at Parker. Parker's heart leapt. Maybe they could still be friends. Another boy went doing the same as Parker. The same cheering erupted. Parker ignored everything as he walked toward Evan. Just before he got there the younger boy turned away and rushed at a melon.
"Hiya!" he shouted, hitting the melon with his fist. It swung a few inches before swinging back. "This is so awesome" He shouted running back to the group. He slowed down when he walked toward Parker. "Hi" he said shyly.
"Hi" Parker said back. The shouts and music were ignored while they stared at each other.
"About earlier" Evan mumbled, grabbing his own arm behind his back.
"I'm sorry" Parker said, faking a smile.
"No" the other boy said in a hurry. "It's just that… well… I…" He mumbled before stopping.
"You don't like me" Parker finished. "I understand." Evan opened his mouth but shut it after a few second. "I didn't mean it. I just… I'm sorry" Parker said again. "Con we still be friends." Even he knew how lame that sounded. "Even if you don't like me like that we can still…"
Parker was shut up when Evan leaned in and kissed him on the lips. I lasted only a millisecond and was gone before Parker even realized it.
"You… You" Parker started. "I thought… Ummm"
"I like you too" Evan said quietly.
"Parker" Liv called. The boys jumped.
Parker's eyes grew wide and looked round. Everyone was still kicking and hitting the melons and the only people staring at them was liv and Terry the clown. "Ummm" Parker mumbled to Evan before walked quickly to his sister with his head down.
"Parker" Liv exclaimed quietly, when he reached her.
"Liv" he hissed.
"You and Evan?" She asked, her voice somewhere between shocked and fangirl.
"No" Parker hissed. "Please be quiet."
"He kissed you" she squeal-whispered. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Cuz it just happened today" he growled, looking over his shoulder. "Please don't tell anyone." Liv seemed to think and then smiled.
"Lips sealed" she said, zipping her lips with her fingers and throwing the imaginary key over her shoulder. Parker sighed in relief.
"Parker watch this" One of the boys yelled. Liv smiled as her little brother ran back to his friends.
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