Chapter 2: Guy Crush

As Ryan walks to the hallway to empty out his locker, he happened to notice someone walking past him on his locker's mirror and as he turned around, he saw the guy that he's got a little crush on. His crush; stands at 178 pounds, 5'4 in height, 17 years old, brown and grey striped fur, hazel-blue eyes and is wearing a grey T-shirt with a rock guitar on the front, dark blue jeans with a chain around the back pockets, has on dark courdory Who-verse sneakers and a spiky black mohawk with a blue/red highlight; is just getting some stuff out of his locker and emptying it out for the summer as he's looking forward to getting out of school and take it easy.

Ryan kept staring at him from a further distance to avoid getting caught and assumed that he's spying on him like crazy, but he saw a little bit of his crush's jeans sagging, staring at his Fruit of the Whom underwear and his heart just kept pounding as sweat comes out of his head and thought to himself, 'He's so awesome. I just hope he notices me somehow.'

But Ryan couldn't help himself because he's always had a crush on this guy from the minute he came to this new school, but didn't want to give too much away because of his fear that him coming out soon may make this crush lose total interest and might pick up a girl instead of him. He took a deep sigh and closes his locker hard, which sorta caught his crush's attention quickly as he looks at Ryan.

Ryan was definitely nervous after noticing that his crush is staring at him and panicked a little bit because now he's not sure what he's gonna say or do next and his crush came over and said, "Hey."

"Uh...hi." Ryan replied.

"Is there some reason why you're following me or something?" asked Ryan's crush.

Ryan became definitely scared to say anything else because his crush is standing right in front of him and he just became speechless due to his crush's good looks and shattered confidence to even make eye contact and Ryan answered, "You're so freaking hot!"

That completely took his crush by surprise, but horrified Ryan after saying that and he just felt so stupid for even saying that and covered his mouth quickly in total embarrassment and just ran off, thinking that he just blew it and that his crush is not interested in him at all. However, his crush stood there a little bit surprised that he got complimented by this guy. At a loss for words, he chuckled softly and caught his breath and stroked his spiky fringe a little and said to himself, "Wow..."

His crush whipped out his phone and went to Whosebook to post a little status as he types, 'I just got told I was hot...loss for words right now. I think I might've gotten a guy-crush...and it's someone that's in the same school. #EndofSummer' and he posted it and puts his phone back in his pocket and takes all the stuff out of his locker, grabs his bag and walks out of the hallway.

While walking to the hallway, he sees a little something on the school's bulletin board that reads 'To all music lovers, sign up for the summer's hottest camp, Camp Harmony! Whether you like songwriting, producing, performing or whatever suits you, sign up now. Sign up ends at 12:00 pm on the last day of Whoville High for the summer' and that definitely captured his interest. He looks at the clock and it's 11:45 and he quickly picks up that pen and signs his name on the slot and as he did so, he looks at some other signatures and one of them stood out...Ryan.

He then realizes that the same guy that said he's hot is coming to the same camp as well and he smiled a little and said, "This is gonna be an awesome summer."

Meanwhile

Ryan bumped his head against the lunch table saying 'stupid' a couple of times to himself after making an idiot of himself in front of his crush after saying that he's hot and he notices Jonah, Zeke, Travis and Austin looking at Ryan for a second and Jonah asked, "You okay?"

"No! I did the most stupid thing I've ever done. Maybe the most stupidest thing I've ever done in my life!" Ryan wailed.

"What, did you forget to wear underwear again?" asked Austin, a little concerned.

Ryan rose his head at Austin after that initial response and answered, "That was one time before Christmas break, Austin. I made a fool of myself in front of my crush."

"What did you do?" asked Jonah.

"What did I do? What did I do? I'll tell you what I did! I looked at his face and it literally affected my confidence and I blurted out that he's so freaking hot right in front of him." Ryan answered.

That response seemed to have a mixed perception on how it can be a big deal and the most humiliating thing ever and Zeke asked, "That's it?"

"Yeah, that's it. Now he's gonna be interested in a girl." Ryan said, still embarrassed.

"You think that's the most embarrassing thing you did? Dude, you gave him a compliment." Austin answered.

"He'll never be interested in me. I just have no confidence in myself. It's gonna be hard for me to come out because I don't want him to think I'm a freak." Ryan said, in a worried tone.

"Ry, I've known you for a long time. So what if this guy's not interested in you? There are plenty of awesome ones out there. You just have to build up confidence in yourself so you won't feel more insecure." Austin answered.

Ryan sighed heavily and said, "Insecurity always wins, Austin. You know that more than I do."

"Want me to find this guy for you?" asked Travis.

"No, Travis. It probably won't matter anyways." Ryan replied.

Ryan is totally unaware that his crush was sitting from a further distance, but heard everything he said and blinked his eyes a little bit and he doesn't know it yet, but he knows exactly how he's feeling. But it's gonna take more than just wondering in order to find out for himself and Camp Harmony may be the only place to get the answer.