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Chapter 3: Denial
"You're wrong," Miles said as Lucas tried to tell him all about Zombie Attack 2: Back from the Dead and Zombie Attack 3. He was trying to tell Miles how the characters had survived the second game.
They were waiting for the bell for homeroom. They were sitting alone arguing. The girls were off doing god knows what and Miles hadn't seen Kyle yet.
"How am I wrong, they were in the third game. They weren't named but you know it was them. They wore the same clothes. I'm sure once the new DL content comes out you'll see I'm right," Lucas said pointing to Miles.
"You're crazy, in the last cut scene of he game their boat is attacked," Miles said.
"Yes, but we don't know if they all die, some of them could have survived," Lucas reason.
"You're delusional," Miles replied waving his hand at his brother.
"You are just in denial. I'm right and you know it," Lucas replied.
"Oh please, you're in denial," Miles countered.
"Ladies, ladies you're both pretty so stop fighting," Kyle teased as he walked up to the two. He leaned against the wall looking down at them.
"Where have you been?" Lucas asked.
"My dad is a pain in the ass," Kyle replied.
"Dude he cares about you. Sure it may seem harsh, but he's just looking out for you," Miles said.
"Well I think he cares a tad too much," Kyle replied bitterly. "He needs to back off and just let me breathe," he said.
"Oh knock it off he's not that bad," Miles said.
"He is, he's over bearing and strict. I step one toe over the line and I toast, but Leora could kill a man and dad would give her a medal," Kyle said.
"You're exaggerating," Lucas said.
"Ok maybe a bit, but he is way harder on me," Kyle said annoyed.
"Whatever dude, you should just be happy you know your dad," Miles said standing up and walking away.
Kyle was his best friend, but lately he had become a bit of a douche. He was always ragging on his dad and then disappearing for hours and asking Miles to cover for him. Normally that wouldn't be a problem, but Kyle wasn't telling him why he needed to cover for him. Miles was a little tired of being walked on.
-We Are-
Erika made her way into the cafeteria. She spotted Layla and Millie siting down eating already. Erika ran over to the two. She had something she needed to tell them. She was practically bouncing with excitement.
"Oh my gosh, you guys will never believe what I just got!" Erika exclaimed.
"What?" Layla asked with a smile.
"My parents finally got me tickets to go see Icsis!" Erika all but screamed. Icsis was her favorite band. She had a right to be excited.
"No way, really?" Layla asked smiling.
"How many tickets?" Millie asked curiously.
"Five two for them and three for us," Erika said.
"Awesome, if you left me out I'd be so mad at you," Millie said pointing a finger at Erika dramatically. Erika and Layla laughed at her.
"I could never forget you Millie," Erika said sitting down at the table finally.
"Aren't you gonna eat?" Layla asked looking at Erika confused.
"Oh yeah, I was so excited I forgot," Erika said jumping up. She quickly got some food and rejoined the two. "So it's gonna be an over night thing since they couldn't get tickets to the LA show. It's in Sacramento so ask you're parents and have them call my parents if they have questions," Erika said digging a slip of paper from her pocket. "Here's my home number," she added handing it to Millie. Layla already had her home number.
"Awesome, thanks," Millie said.
"This is gonna be so much fun," Erika said excitedly.
-We Are-
Logan flipped through a report for one of his patients. He had his cell phone cradled between his ear and shoulder. He was attempting to talk to Carlos, eat his lunch, and work at the same time. It was proving to be pretty difficult.
"This is nuts Logan, I barely stepped out of my car and they were all over me," Carlos sighed.
"You're famous Carlos, we used to have to deal with this before, why is it so different now?" Logan asked as he took a bite of his food.
"I don't know, I guess I'm just not used to attention being on me like this anymore," Carlos sighed.
"Don't worry babe, I'm here for you," Logan said.
"I know, this is just a little weird to be the center of attention again," Carlos sighed.
"Los, I gotta get back to work. I'll see you later ok," Logan said looking at the time.
"Yeah I should probably get back on set as well," Carlos mumbled more to himself than to Logan.
The two said their good byes and hung up. Logan pocketed his phone and quickly took another bite of his food before tossing it. He had to get back to work.
-We Are-
Cooper tapped his foot as he waited for Jake to show up. Cooper had a class in ten minutes and he needed to get going. Jake should've been here already. His class was supposed to be out twenty minutes ago. Miri was babbling happily to her toys in his stroller. She was oblivious to her dads anxiety.
"Coop!"
Cooper looked up and saw Damien heading his way. He was relieved and co fused. He had been sure that Jake said he was coming.
"I was expecting Jake," Cooper said.
"I know his class is running late and I have an hour before my next class. He texted me and he's really sorry," Damien said stopping infront of Miri.
"I have to go, here's her stuff I'll be back to get her in an hour," Cooper said.
"Got it, go on," Damien said.
Cooper took off running. He was so glad that his classroom was close by. He never would've made it if his class had been across the campus. Cooper pulled his phone out and wondered why Jake had t texted him. He then saw he had a few missed texts from Jake.
Cooper arrived to his class with second to spare. He slid into his seat as the professor entered the room. Cooper busied himself with getting his book out and a pencil and notebook as well as his professor talked. Cooper finally looked up as his professor introduced his Teaching Assistant.
"This is my TA, Jace Munroe, he will be taking over for the day," he said.
Cooper couldn't help but stare. He remembered Jace from last week, but he thought that would be his only run in with the upper classman.
Now that Cooper wasn't in such a hurry, he had time to actually look at Jace as he spoke to the class. Jace was tall, maybe six foot, and was stunningly good looking. His hair was dark and his eyes were a palish-blue. His hair looked as if he had just rolled it of bed. His clothes were a bit preppy looking, but all in all Jace was hot.
Cooper immediately looked down at his note book and just listened to Jace talk. It was a nagging feeling, but even though Cooper was single he still felt guilt for look at Jace like that.
The hour went by so slow, Cooper was sure that time had stopped. He could help staring at Jace either. Finally Jace dismissed the class. Cooper quickly gathered his things. He moved to stand but someone was next to him.
"Could you be anymore obvious?" Mina Carmichael asked with sly grin. Mina was a friend Cooper had made in high school. Mina was kind of a teen mom in a way too, she had taken her nephew in after her sister disappeared. Mina was still only a senior in high school, but she was taking a few college classes with a program from school for teen parents.
"I have no idea what you're talking about," Cooper said playing dumb.
"You've got the hots for the TA," Mina hissed at him. Cooper glanced up to Jace who was busy going over his paper work.
"Shut up," Cooper said his cheeks red. He stuffed his things in his bag and followed Mina out of the classroom.
"It's ok Coop, you're single," Mina said as they walked along to the parking lot together.
"I know, but I've got other things to focus on. I've got Miri to take care of and school, and work, and-" Cooper said.
"There is always another reason to be scared," Mina said cutting him off. Cooper stopped and looked at Mina. "Look Adam left and your hurt, but you can't just mope around. Adam may never come back and if he does will you pick up where you left off?" She asked looking at Cooper curiously.
"No, yes, no-I mean I don't know. I still care about him but maybe Adam and I aren't meant to be. Look at what we've been through and what we've both done to one another," Cooper sighed hanging his head. "We've been through some terrible shit together, but I hurt him and he's hurt me. I don't think we can ever really work out," he said.
"Look Coop, you can't spend you're life in fear of getting hurt. You have to move on and get back out there," Mina said.
"I know, but I just...miss him so much," Cooper admitted. It wasn't something Cooper had said out loud often. Ever since Adam left he tried to avoid talking about him.
"Look I gotta get back to school, but it'll get better Cooper," Mina said pulling the older male into a hug. Cooper just nodded his head. Mina let him go and took off running.
Cooer sighed, he was so conflicted. On one hand he still cared for Adam. Adam was his first real love. Adam wasn't here anymore. He had left and for all Cooper knew, he wasn't coming back.
Cooper sighed and pulled his phone from his pocket. He waited as the phone rang. He listened to the voicemail message before leaving his message.
"Adam, it's me again. I just...I wish you would come home. Miri misses you, and well...I still miss you. Just please come back."
Cooper ended the phone call with a tear slipping down his cheek. He wiped it away and turned around. He had to go pick up Miri and bring her to his mother's for the night.
-We Are-
Jake yawned as he walked into his apartment. He saw Damien sitting on the couch playing a video game. He had his headset on and was talking to someone. He waved to Jake but kept playing his game. Jake wasn't really in the mood so he waved back and made his way to their bedroom.
Jake shed his jacket and crawled into bed. He wanted nothing more for it to swallow him whole. Today had been hell, and Jake wanted to forget everything. Classes seems extra long and things just didn't seem to want to go his way. On top of all that Damien had stood Jake up for their lunch date. He was probably hanging out with Tito.
Jake was really getting fed up with Damien ditching him for Tito. It was all Damien seemed to be doing. He hardly got to see Damien, and when he did he was busy. He was either doing homework, babysitting Miri, or playing video games. Damien never seemed to have time for him anymore. Jake knew that he had been a bit busy lately too, but he was trying to make time for Damien.
"Jake?"
Jake gave a muffled groan as his reply as he buried himself deeper into the blanket. He didn't want to get out of bed ever again.
"Is everything ok?" Damien asked slowly as he walked into the room.
"Never better," Jake replied lifting his head a bit. "Classes sucked, I lost my paper that printed off so I had to reprint it only to find my last edits didn't save so I had to fix them. This day was the day from hell and I just want to go to bed."
"That bad huh?" Damien asked. He seemed oblivious to the fact that he had stood up Jake.
Jake bit his tongue and didn't say anything. He didn't want to start a fight. Instead all he said was,"It was pretty bad, now if you don't mind I just want to go to sleep and forget this day ever happened."
"Ok, I ordered a pizza and rented some movies for later if you want. I'll be out in the living room," Damien said. He turned to leave he stopped and looked over his shoulder. "Oh and sorry for missing lunch my class ran late and I had a paper to finish barely had time to get to my next class. I forgot and I'm sorry Jake," he said. He left Jake sitting there.
Jake sat there a moment before he sighed. Despite how mad he was, Damien was still so sweet at times. Jake sighed and got out of bed. He walked out to the living room. Damien was sitting there.
"Day," Jake said.
"I am sorry Jake," Damien said. Jake walked over to Damien and crawled into his lap. He rested his head on Damien's shoulder. He forgave him and Damien knew that.
-We Are-
Kyle stared at the TV before him. Jared and Roldy were sitting beside him. Roldy was waiting for Noah to come out of his room. Noah wanted to go to a movie and was dragging the smart boy with him.
"I don't know why he wants me to go," Roldy mumbled.
"Oh relax Ro, it's not like he's asking you to commit murder," Jared said with a laugh. Kyle laughed as Roldy made a face.
"It's probably some dumb comedy," Roldy said.
"Which you'll probably love, just stop being such a grump and have fun for once in your life geeze," Jared said.
"Have you noticed he's always making me do things with him. Why doesn't he make you go," Roldy whined.
"He tried, but I've already seen the movie he wants to see," Jared said shrugging.
"Roldy I'm ready lets go," Noah announced as he walked out of his room wearing a tight shirt and skinny jeans. "I invited some other friends as well I hope that ok," he said smiling mischievously.
"I am not going on a blind date," Roldy said jumping up. Jared jumped up as well and stopped his friend from bolting.
"Come on Roldy, when was the last time you went on a date? I think you need to just let go and actually have some fun for once," Jared said. Roldy looked about to complain but Jared held a hand up. "Noah is this guy hot?" He asked.
"Extremely, I'd date him if I weren't going out with Nicole tonight," Noah replied.
"See, if Noah thinks he's hot that's saying something since he rarely looks at dudes even though he claims to be bi," Jared said to Roldy.
"Hey I totally went on a date with Drake and he was dreamy," Noah said.
"Drake was hot," Jared said nodding his head. "Now you two go have fun and stay out late for crying out loud. Ro just let go," Jared commanded. Roldy sighed and hung his head.
"If he's not hot Noah I will kick your ass," Rodly said pointing a finger at his friend. Noah smiled and grabbed Roldy's arm and pulled him from the apartment.
Once they were gone Kyle stood up and walked over to Jared. "I thought they were never going to leave," he said.
"Me either," Jared said pulling Kyle close and pressing their lips together. Jared led Kyle over to the couch and pushed him down onto it. He then climbed into his lap.
"Eager much?" Kyle asked playfully. Jared just grinned and pressed their lips together once more. Kyle welcomed the kiss. He tangled his fingers into the older males hair and pulled him as close as humanly possible.
Kyle and Jared had been sneaking around together for some time now. Kyle had approached Jared and told him he was sure of how he felt. He knew what he wanted and didn't care what Kendall thought. He was old enough to make his own decisions. Jared had refused at first, but Kyle wore him down. He could be annoying and persistent when he wanted to be. Jared was easy to wear down though.
Ever since they had taken what ever chance they got to hang out or secretly go on a date to the movies or some obscure restaurant. They hadn't gotten caught yet. Kyle was thankful for that. He didn't need Kendall freaking out. It would be just another reason for him to ground Kyle.
"Is everything ok?" Jared asked looking at Kyle.
"Yeah, just thinking," Kyle said slowly. "It's nothing," he added quickly.
"Are you sure? We don't have to do this if you don't want to," Jared said. He was always hesitant. Kyle thought it was sweet, but he had done so much more with Lilly.
"Relax Jer, I'm not some innocent kid," Kyle said placing a hand on the back of Jared's neck and pulling him down closer. "You act like I'm some kind of virgin or something," he added.
"In a way you are, I'm you're first boyfriend," Jared said.
"Yeah and all the more reason for me to explore and get used to all the differences," Kyle said grinning. Jared laughed and crashed their lips together. Kyle's hands anchored themselves on Jared's waist.
-We Are-
Kendall felt the bed dip beside him. He flicked an eye open and saw James crawling into bed. He yawned and rubbed his eyes sleepily.
"Jamie?"
"Yeah it's me, I just got back, I didn't mean to wake you," James said smiling at his husband.
"It's ok," Kendall said sitting up enough to peck him on the lips. "How was the shoot?" he asked.
"It was good, I got some good shots," James said nodding his head. "It's ok though you can go back to sleep. We can talk in the morning," He said quickly.
"M'kay, miss you," Kendall said sleepily. He pecked the brunette once more. He laid back and pulled James into his arms. James smiled as he settled against him. "Love you Jamie," Kendall said pressing a kiss to the side of James' head.
"Love you too Ken, go back to sleep," James replied. Kendall nodded and pulled the brunette close to him.
So much going on. Cooper is still hung up on Adam. Miles is tired of being lied to, will Kyle tell him what's going on? Kyle is dating Jared in secret. How long can they keep it a secret? Jake and Damien seem to be on rocky waters, can they make it through this?
Always
OUTOFMYMIND