Here you go guys! There will be more tonight actually. I made you wait long enough so there will be another chapter after this! Thank you for your patience!

Time flies when you're having fun. Time also flies when you're in a trance.

Tavros, was in a trance. He didn't know what happened or why it happened, but silence fell over the boy like a curtain, covering his eyes and ears. Making him dumb to the world.

About 2 weeks passed without a word from Gamzee. Tavros hardly left the bookstore. Quietly he restocked, relabeled and rearranged the shelves from top to bottom. Rosa watched him with worried eyes as he worked. She had excused him from school, and tried to talk to him about it, but he just looked at her with blank eyes and turned away, going back to what he was doing.

Rosa would drop it and go back to what she was doing, until finally, on a Wednesday night, Tavros broke. He dropped the stack of books he held and ran to her, wrapping his arms around the skinny woman, burying his face in her chest. There were no tears though. Just Tavros, clinging to her.

The book keeper opened her mouth to asked what was wrong, but Tavros interrupted her," don't ask me…stop asking me. Rosa…I…will you not….shun me…" He asked looking up at her with his sad blue eyes, a desperate look sitting deep in the sapphire irises.

Rosa nodded and kept quiet, waiting for Tavros to continue, and he did. He pulled away from her and gripped the hem of his shirt, staring at the floor," Rosa…I…I think I'm gay. No. I know I'm gay. I don't want to go to school. I don't want to see him. I don't want to get beaten up again. Though…at least I know why they were….beating me up in the first place. Heh…they knew before me…" Tavros said, the lump in his throat sat painfully, his heart pounding against it. Tears sat in his eyes, but never spilt over. He spoke strongly. He had never been sure about anything in his life. He was sure about this though.

Rosa smiled her narrow smile and chuckled," Tavros my dear, I've known that since you first came into my store. Don't worry. I loved you then and I love you now. You're like a son to me. I would never shun you for who you are. How did you realize this?" Rosa asked as she walked over to the punk, pressing her hand to his shoulder comfortingly.

Tavros looked up at her," Gamzee." Was all Tavros said and the tears spilt over, running down his round cheeks, he quickly wiped them away, but as he wiped them away, more came," he…I….walked…me home….we…were watching Peter Pan…and…he…." Tavros whimpered and hugged Rosa again.

She held him tightly," shhh it's ok baby. It's going to be ok. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to." Rosa whispered as she rubbed Tavros' back comfortingly.

"He kissed me. I kissed him….he…ran away…he left….without a word….nothing…he didn't say anything to me after that…just…slammed the door." Tavros choked out. As he finished, Rosa held him closer.

"He…did that to you." She said in a bitter tone. She let him go and gently sat him down in a chair, letting him cry it out," I see him and I will give him an earful…"

She didn't finish her sentence, for Gamzee walked through the shop door. The jingling of the bell seemed very out of place in the silence that fell over Rosa and Tavros when they both saw Gamzee.

"Uh…hey…can…I talk to my bro?" Gamzee asked Rosa, gesturing at Tavros, not making eye contact with Rosa.

"No. How dare you. You stupid selfish boy." Rosa hissed at Gamzee. Gamzee looked up, his eyes wide, staring back at her, he started to back up to the door, but Rosa grabbed him and dragged him from it and began to yell," How dare you! HOW DARE YOU! This poor boy does not deserve to be treated like some whore you can kiss then throw away! He has been through so much, along with the fact that he is nothing but nice to everyone around him! No matter whom they are! No matter how they treat him! He is kind! Because of that, stupid selfish children like you take advantage of that! You play with his heart, and then leave him! What's wrong with you! Who does that to someone? Who uses someone like that?" Rosa yelled at Gamzee, who just stood there, his dark ringed eyes just stared back at her wide.

He worried his bruised lip between his teeth and clenched and unclenched his fists, when she finished, he hung his shaggy, messy head. He didn't have anything to say. His head was too foggy to string words together. He knew he deserved every mean word the woman yelled at him," m sorry…" Gamzee mumbled, keeping his fists clenched. He didn't have anything else to say but that. There was no excuse that would make it better. No words that could make this woman see more of him. He was done prattling out excuses to adults that would look down their noses at him no matter what he said or did. He was done.

"I'll leave…ok? M sorry…" Gamzee said again, he lifted his head a little, shooting a glance at Tavros, who wasn't looking at him…he…no one…Gamzee's head hurt. He pressed a hand to his head, the world spun around him, he needed a drink. He needed a high. He was sober for too long. He needed…he needed to feel nothing. He tried to walk but he fell fast, holding himself up on the checkout counter, the world spun around him and he looked up at Rosa, then swung his head to Tavros, then back to Rosa and tried to walk again, but fell fully to the floor this time.

Rosa wrinkled her nose and looked down at him," disgusting. Get out! GET OUT OF MY STORE!" Rosa yelled.

Gamzee scrambled against the floor and finally made it to the door. He burst through it and ran down the street and away from the two.

When he was gone Tavros said in a very small voice," god is this all there is?"