Hey everycreature! What's up!?

Finally doing the short story I planned on doing first!

Now before I get to the actual story, I have to say this…

This story will feature a gay couple, if you don't feel comfortable reading this specific story, than that's fine, however… I have the right to delete any reviews or block you if you post comments that are going to threaten gays and lesbians.

And before you accuse me of being a gay person myself, let me make some things clear, even thought I'm straight and Catholic I am highly supportive of the rights of homosexuals. And it is also my duty as a writer to appeal to as many different readers as possible and it is my moral obligation as a human being to protect those who are under attack!

Now with that said, lets get to the story!

Keeping a Secret? Part 1

There are plenty of different kinds of relationships in the School of Friendship, of course there's the average teacher and students relations, the relations between the teachers themselves or the students. And then there's the romantic relationships between the students, as one would expect the mostly young stallion or colt to date a young mare or filly in the school. However sometimes there's a weird relationship, between different kinds of creatures and well… Two boys.

It was just another normal day at the school, Rose was walking down the halls with her friends, going to their next class. While they were walking down the halls, Sandbar remembered something…

"Oh I forgot my quill again!" Gallus remembered all of a sudden as he stopped walking. "You all keep going, I'll catch up."

"I'll help you find it." Sandbar added on right away, Gallus not objecting to it. "We can find it much faster."

"Should we help too?" Silverstream asked politely.

"No!" Both Gallus and Sandbar replied at the same time.

"We'll be fine." Sandbar said, trying his hardest to hide a blush.

The two boys rushed off back to Gallus' room, leaving the rest of their friends, all girls, wondering what was up with them. Rose, especially, was curious because those two have been acting weird for quite some time.

"We should get going." Ocellus spoke up. "Professor Rarity expects us to be on time."

"What about Gallus and Sandbar?" Yona asked.

"We can just tell Professor Rarity that Gallus forgot his quill and Sandbar went to help him, I'm sure she'll understand." Rose answered as the girls continued on to Rarity's classroom.

As they got to Rarity's classroom, they explained where the two boys were, Rarity understanding as she started the lesson of the day. It was at least five minutes before Gallus and Sandbar came to the classroom, out of breath as they apparently rushed to get to the classroom.

"Oh, there you boys are." Rarity commented. "Gallus, I expect next time you remember to bring all the things you need for class and be on time."

"Of course professor." Gallus replied as he quietly took his seat, Sandbar seating down next to him.

"That doesn't sound like Gallus at all…" Rose thought in her head as she refocused her attention back to note taking.

During the class Rose took quick glances over at Gallus and Sandbar, noticing the two sharing soft laughs, showing each other pictures they drawn, even when Gallus' quill broke, Sandbar gave him his'. It was so very odd to Rose, one part of her thought it was just because, of course, the two were friends, but another part of her wondered if they were more than that…

Soon enough the school day came to an end as classes were over and teachers and students, who lived in town, went out. However Rose and her friends stayed at school, after telling her brother Rose wanted to stay longer at the school to do her homework with her friends, of which they decided to meet after a short break in the library. As Rose made sure she had all her work and packing it up in her saddle bag, she trotted over to the library, which she became accustomed to how big it was compared to her. As the little filly came inside the lit library, she found her friends, well most of them, seated around a table, waiting for everycreature so they could start their homework.

"Where's Gallus and Sandbar?" Rose asked as all the girls were here.

"Last we heard Gallus was in his room, taking a nap or something." Smolder answered.

"And Sandbar?" Rose questioned.

"No idea, maybe he went to remind Gallus about our study session?" Silverstream askes, putting her claw to her chin as she thought about it.

"It's kinda of funny how those two spend a lot of time alone together without us…" Ocellus commented.

"So you been thinking about that too?" Rose asked, grateful she wasn't the only one who thought about that.

"Well they are the only two boys in our group, probably they just go off to do boy stuff." Yona figured.

"I just wish they would hurry up and get here so I can get my homework done." Smolder pouted.

"How about I go try to find them?" Rose suggested while taking off her heavy saddle bags and putting them on her seat at the table.

"When you find them, make sure they know I'm going to give them a piece of my mind." Smolder said as Rose began to head out of the library.

"Duly noted." Rose called back as she exited the library. "Okay… Smolder mentioned Gallus might be taking a nap, so he's most likely in his room still, Sandbar's just probably trying to shake him awake." Rose chuckled to herself thinking of how funny it would look to see Sandbar trying to wake up a very irritated griffon.

After crossing the open forum in the middle of the school with its center water fountain, Rose went inside the student dorms, having been here a few times before when she visited her friends in their rooms, so she knew where Gallus' room was. Seeing Gallus' door, she saw that it was slightly creaked open, but what was surprising was that the lights were not turned off, but also not at its brightness, they were rather dimmed.

"That's weird…" Rose thought as she trotted closer to the door.

As Rose got closer, she heard the two boys talking, but not able to make out the words and as she got closer…

"Is that the sound of kissing?" Rose thought in disbelief, knowing the sound of kissing since her parents would do it often whenever she, her brother, or sister, were next to them.

Rose quietly made her way and peeked through the slightly open door, not believing what she was seeing as the two boys were together in Gallus' bed, all cuddled up with each other like how her parents would be when they slept in their bedroom.

"Shouldn't we get going?" Sandbar asked Gallus. "We're keeping the girls waiting."

"They can wait a little longer and besides we hardly ever get to be truly alone together." Gallus answered, not alert to Rose's presence until…

Rose was so focused on staring that she accidentally put some weight on the door, not enough to swing it wide open, but enough to make a small creaking sound, which was enough to alert the two boys.

"What was that?" Sandbar questioned.

"I'll go check." Gallus said right after as he got off his bed and walked over to the door and found… nothing. "Probably just a little breeze from outside." Gallus told Sandbar as Gallus completely closed the door.

Meanwhile Rose made it quickly out of the student dorms and was outside on the forum, breathing rapidly in and out. No wonder the two boys have been acting weird lately…

"They're more than friends…" Rose softly spoke out. "They're in love with each other…"

And I think I'll leave it off there!

So what is Rose going to do now with this information!? Well I guess I kinda of gave it away with the title of this short story!

See everycreature later!