The Way that They Live

This is old so it probably sucks.

A Teenage boy named Azen is laying on his bed staring at the ceiling. He sighs then he gets up and walks out of his room. He goes downstairs into the kitchen. He opens the refrigerator and looks in it, he grabs a soda and goes back up to his room. He sits down at his desk and turns the computer on, he sets his soda down beside the keyboard. He logs onto the Internet and signs into his e-mail account. He sighs onto his Instant Messenger and scrolls down the list of names and finally clicks on a name and starts chatting with the person.

 

When Azen goes into the school, he walks halfway down the hallway and stops at his locker. He opens his locker and grabs his bag, he puts his math, science, and art book in it. He shuts his locker and turns away from it, behind him there is a guy standing there. The guy says,

Hey!

Azen says in return,

Hey, Xavier, Whats up?

Um, Im glad you asked um, I told everyone that Im having a party only my mom wont let me so I was wondering if I could have it at your house?

Azen looks at him and starts walking.  Xavier is walking beside him while talking.

Azen, I cant tell everyone that my mom said I couldnt have a party, theyll laugh at me or something like a kid and . . . Xavier starts whispering, Itll ruin my rep. I cant handle that not after what my dad did.

Azen shakes his head,

I cant, my parents only go out one night a week and that was Monday.

Xavier looks serious now,

Azen, Im desperate, I need this.

Azen stops walking and turns to Xavier,

Xavier, I cant, my parents will not go out again, Im sorry, tell everyone the partys been rescheduled till next week due to a family emergency.

Xavier looks at Azen and says,

I never thought of that.

I kinda figured.  I have to get to class, okay?

Xavier nodded and walked away. Azen walked to his psychology class. He walked in just as the bell rang. He took his seat in the back of the class room. His teacher, Mr. Bradley, started teaching. Mr. Bradley said,

Okay, class, did everyone do their assignment? Okay, um . . .  Azen comes up and read us your dream.

Azen stood up and said,

Id rather not read it out loud. Its kind of personal.

Mr. Bradley got a look of frustration on his face and said,

Azen, its a dream, dreams are never personal

Of course they are, dreams come from either your conscious or your mind whichever is closer to the surface of your brain. And your conscious is personally telling you whats right or wrong and if its from your mind then the people you tell know whats going on in your head. And for me thats a big deal. I only let people that I know I can trust, in. So no, I will not read my dream to you.

Azen sat down and had to get back up because Mr. Bradley told him to go to the office. At home Azen was being lectured to by his dad, his dad started with,

We got a call from your school, they said you were in the office and youve got detention on Thursday. Azen sat back in his chair and said,

So!

Azens mom said,

So? What has gotten into you? You stay in your room here, at school you mouth off to your teachers.

Azen stands up and says,

I have a lot on my mind, okay? Just leave me alone.

Azen starts to walk away when his dad stands up and says,

Azen, talk to us, tell us what is wrong?

Azen stops and turns around and says,

Dad, what goes on in my mind is my business and its nothing that you want to know.

Azen walked out of the living room and up the stairs. His dad sat back down and said,

What is wrong with that boy?

Azens mom answers,

I dont know, maybe we should get him some help, a counselor or something.

Azens dad stood up and said,

Samantha! The boy doesnt need a counselor he just wants attention, and were not going to give it to him.

Samantha stands up this time,

Bill, we need to get him help what if he feels like hes not good enough for us?

Bill answered,

Then we will show him that he is. Im not going to answer his cry of trying to convince us hes insane.

Samantha started to cry and said,

Our son needs help, you can ignore it if you want bu Im not.

Samantha grabbed her purse and left the house. Bill went into the kitchen and got a beer. Azen is up in his room on the computer. He goes to, Yahoo images and types something in the computer loads and the screen changes to a page that has pictures of guys kissing and having sex with each other. He clicks on a picture of two guys in the shower kissing and touching one another.

 

Azen walked into the school and Xavier was waiting on him, Azen keeps walking ignoring Xavier. Xavier comes up beside him and asks,

So did you find out when your parents are going out?

Azen looked at Xavier and said,

Its possible that their not going out!

Xavier got paranoid,

What? No, they have too, the party!

Azen stopped walking and turned to face Xavier, he said,

Xavier, what the hell am I to you, if your only hanging with me so you can have my house every week as your damn party house then just leave me alone.

Azen walked away leaving Xavier standing there. Azen goes into his psychology class and goes up to Mr. Bradley and says,

Hey, Mr. Bradley can we talk?

Mr. Bradley laid his pencil down and looked up at Azen and said,

Of course, are you gonna smart mouth me now or wait until the middle of class?

Azen sighed and said,

Thats what I want to talk about, I just wanted to apologize, I just dont feel comfortable reading my dreams to anyone, to me theyre really, really personal.

Mr. Bradley grunted and said,

Azen at the end of the six weeks I always take up the dream journals and I read them, for a grade. Today is the first time I take them up!

Azen looked at Mr. Bradley and said,

Mr. Bradley, I cant let you read my journal, it is seriously personal.

Mr. Bradley looked at Azen and said,

Then youll get an F!

Azen gave Mr. Bradley a look of hatred and threw his journal at him and said,

Fine, but if you tell anyone what is in that journal Ill find some way to get you fired.

Mr. Bradley sighs and says,

I dont let anyone grade my papers except me, no one sees them except me, okay? Now take your seat!

Azen took his seat.

 

Xavier came up behind Azen and tapped him on the shoulder. Azen turns around and says,

What now?

Xavier looked down and said,

I just wanted to apologize, I know that Ive took our friendship for granted and I never meant to. I just wanna start over.

Xavier looked around to make sure no one was looking there way. He takes a step and kisses Azen on the lips. He stops and takes a deep breath and runs away from Azen. Azen stands there in shock for about five seconds then looks around to make sure no one saw what happened then he went to his next class.

 

At home that night Azen is sitting on his bed looking at a picture of Xavier, he started talking to himself, he said,

I cant date my best friend, what if something happens? God! Im so confused!

Azens cell phone rings and Azen picks it up and looks at the caller I.D. Its Xavier, he answers the phone and says,

Xavier, hey, um what are you doing?

Azen hears Xavier sigh, Xavier says,

Um, I wanted to see how your doing, I know I mustve . . .

Dont finish that sentence, its all too weird as it is.

They sat there in silence for two or three minutes and Azen says,

Look, um, I like you but I dont think this can work, I mean weve been friends for a long time . . .

Xavier interrupted,

What are you saying? Are you gay too?

Azen stayed silent and Xavier said,

You are, arent you? How long have you known?

Well lets just say, I dont ever remember liking a girl!

Me, either, um, Im sorry about that kiss, uh, I was just apologizing and I got carried away, I mean I thought you hated me and Ive liked you for a long time and it hurt.

Azen takes a deep breath and says,

I like you too, thats the only reason I let you have partys when my parents were out because I had hopped that we wouldve been able to talk or something but . . .

But what? I mean we know each other and I mean weve been through a lot, you helped me through my parents divorce, and my dad hitting me and everything else Ive been through. Ive thought of this for a while and its been giving me time to realize that I want to be with you.

Azen sighed and said,

Xavier, I know the feeling, I love you. Ive loved you for so long but I know I cant be with you.

What? Why not?

Because, what if we break up. Itll ruin our friendship.

No, it wont, weve had tons of fights this year, we got through them we can get through a break up and I have no intention of breaking up with you, why are you thinking about that we arent even dating yet!

They sat in silence, Azen said,

Yes, we are!

Azen smiled and Xavier said,

Really? Are you serious?

Yeah, I mean if you still want to?

Of course, um can I come over now?

Its eleven oclock (laughs) cant you wait until tomorrow?

Xavier sighed on the phone and said,

No, I wanna see you.

Okay but lets meet somewhere. My parents will flip if they catch you here.

Okay, where do you wanna meet?

Azen though for a minute and said,

Graveyard?

Xavier questioned,

The Graveyard?

Yeah, um they dont have any kind of lights around it so we should have our privacy.

All right, Ill meat you there in thirty minutes.

Azen turned off his cell phone and grabbed his leather trench coat and put his cell phone in his pocket, he walked over to his door and opened it a little to look down the hallway to make sure his parents werent there, no one is in the hall way. He goes out of his room and goes down the stairs and stops right before the kitchen entrance he hears his parents talking in the kitchen. He herd his dad say,

The boy is an embarrassment, I went into his room to get the glasses and hes got the curtains spray painted black and shut.

His mom said in his defense,

There not spray painted, how stupid do you think our son is? He bought those curtains.

Bill grunts and says,

What about that long black leather coat in his room, we dont have the money for that and I know he doesnt have the money, he looked down and then looked up surprisingly and said,

What if he stole it? How else would he get it?

Samantha stands there and glares at Bill, Azens eyes fill with tears, he leans on the wall and wipes his eyes he takes a deep breath then goes back upstairs and into his room. He runs over to his window, he pulls the curtains back and lifts the window and climbs out onto the room fo the front porch, he jumps off it and starts walking toward the grave yard.

 

Xavier is walking down the sidewalk alone he hears a noise behind him, instead of turning around he just stood there and said,

Whos behind me?

A guy came up behind him and grabbed his mouth and said,

Wheres your boyfriend?

Xavier elbowed the guy in the stomach and pushed his hand away, he turned around to see who his attacker was but he got knocked out.

 

Azen is sitting on a tombstone when Xavier showed up, limping and holding his stomach, Azen looked up and ran over to Xavier and helped him over to a tombstone and touched his face and asked,

What happened to you?

Xavier gasps for breath and says,

A guy, I dont know who, came up behind me.

Azen interrupts him saying,

We need to get you to the hospital! Come on!

Azen put Xaviers arm around him and started helping him walk. Xavier looked at what Azen was wearing and said,

Youre wearing the coat I bought you for your birth day!

Yeah, I figured now would be the best time to wear it for the first time. Of course my dad thinks I stole it.

Xavier laughs.

 

Azen carries Xavier into the hospital and sits him down in the waiting room then he goes to talk to the woman at the desk, then he goes back and sits with Xavier. Azen rubs Xaviers hair and says,

You shouldve came strait here!

Xavier said back,

Couldnt let you think I stood you up!

A nurse came out and said,

Xavier Brown!

Azen helps Xavier up and over to the nurse they both start going in and the nurse stops them and says,

Um, only a family member can go in with him, are you a brother or a cousin?

Azen looks at Xavier and said,

Im a friend!

Azen started walking but the nurse stopped him.

Im sorry, but unless youre his relative of some kind . . .

Xavier gasped,

Let him come, please?

The nurse moves to let them walk through. She shows them to the room and motions for Xavier to sit on the bed then she says,

The doctor will be in, in a few minutes, um you need to take off your cloths and put on the gown.

She points to the gown on the table. Xavier nods and the nurse leaves Azen says,

Um, Ill just step out while you change.

Xavier stands up and says,

Azen! I need help, I cant lift my arms without it hurting.

Azen sighs and walks over to help Xavier takes off his shirt. When they get it off Azen looks at Xaviers chest and stomach and he saw the bruises, he touched Xaviers chest and said,

God, what did they do to you?

He beat the hell out of me!

Azen helped Xavier takes off his pants. Azen felt uncomfortable and Xavier knew it. Xavier said,

Come on, its not like I planned to keep them on all night.

Azen laughed and said,

Calm down, were not ready for that step.

Azen got off his knees and got the gown off the counter and helped Xavier put it on. Xavier sat back down on the bed and the doctor walks in and looks at Xavier and said,

Xavier Brown?

Xavier tried to stand up but couldnt, his legs were too tired after standing for Azen. The doctor stopped him and said,

What happened to you?

Azen stood up and said,

Um, he said, someone beat him up.

The doctor looked at Azen.

Were you in here while he changed?

I helped him, your nurse didnt seem to see that he could barely move so I had to stay in here and help him change. Now um I dont think whether I was in here with him while he changed is your job, so if you dont mind will you please do what your getting paid to do.

The doctor shook his head and started patching him up. Xavier got eight stitches on his eye brow and got prescribed some pain medicine.

 

At Azens house, Azen is sitting up in his room looking at the picture of Xavier. He puts the picture down on the bed and picks up the phone and dials Xaviers number, Xaviers dad answers, Azen says,

Hey, Mr. Brown, um is Xavier there?

Mr. Brown sighed and said,

Yes, but hes resting, you guys little stroll wore him out.

Can I please talk to him?

Mr. Brown said,

Hold on!

Azen herd the phone hit the table and after a few minutes of silence, Xavier picked up.

Hey! Whats up?

Azen answered,

Nothing, just wanted to see how your doing.

Im fine, my head is pounding but thats because of my dad.

Why is he even there?

He and my mom are dating again, he swears that hes changed but I dont believe him.

Have you said anything to your mom?

Yeah, but she wont listen.

Oh.

Yeah, I guess Ill have to deal with it.

Azen sighed and said,

Yeah, but you shouldnt have to.

I know but theres nothing I can do.

I know.

Azen hears a knock on his door and says to Xavier,

Can you hold on a sec.?

Yeah.

Azen got up and answered his door. It was his mom. He opened the door all the way and Samantha walked in. He shut the door and said,

What?

Samantha said,

I just wanted to tell you not to make any plans for Thursday!

Why?

Ive got you an appointment with a physiologist.

What? Why?

Your father and I are worried about you!

Azen crosses his arms and says under his breath,

Yeah, I bet dad cares!

Samantha walks closer to Azen and puts her hands on his shoulders and says,

Your father does care.

No, he doesnt, hes too worried about me cramping his style.

Azen, your dad loves you, hes just got a lot fo pressure, his firm is working on a big case.

Yeah, well what does that have to do with me? His case shouldnt make him call me a disappointment.

He never called you that!

I herd him, last night, while you were talking in the kitchen!

Samantha thought of something to say,

He. . . he was upset!

Over what!?

Over our. . . our separation.

What?

Your dad and I are separating.

Azen stood there and put his hand on his head and looked at his mom,

Get out... Get out of my room... just leave me alone.

Samantha left his room, Azen laid down on his bed and started to cry. Xavier is still holding the phone to his ear, he herd everything, he silently hung up the phone.

 

The next day at school Azen goes into the bathroom and stands there. Xavier comes in and says,

Hey, you doing okay?

Azen slams his hand on the sink and says,

No! Im not okay, my parents are separating!

I know. I herd you and your mom talking over the phone.

Xavier walked over to Azen and put his arm on Azens shoulder and said,

Im sorry, I know how it feels.

Azen turns to Xavier and leans on his chest and starts crying. Xavier rubs Azens hair and hugs him, the bell rings. Xavier looks down at Azen and says in a low voice,

Thats the bell, you wanna go to class.

Azen looks up, his eyes are watery, he says,

No, I dont.  I just wanna stay here... with you.

Okay.

 

On the walk home, Azen and Xavier are holding hands and talking, Azen says,

Im sorry, I made you skip class.

Xavier says back,

Dont worry about it, I know what your going through, and I know it hurts, um... I also herd about what your dad said. Why didnt you tell me?

Azen looked down and said,

I didnt want our first night together to be with tears and any thing bad, but of course, that was ruined by some a*s hole.

Sorry, um, you wanna try again tonight?

What do you wanna do?

Ive got enough money for us to go get some dinner and watch a movie.

I can pay for me if you want?

No, its our first date, were going to do it right.

Azen smiles. Xavier says,

Maybe you can even stay the night?

Azen got a look of worry.

As long as you know nothing can happen.

I know, I just think we can, hang out and make out.

Xavier laughs, Azen smiles,

Okay.

Azen moved closer to Xavier and kissed him. Their eyes are closed. Azen moves away and Xavier opened his eyes and said,

Wow. Our first real kiss.

How was it?

Amazing.

It was three seconds. Azen said, Xavier said,

Yeah, but it was the best three seconds fo my life.

Okay, dont over exaggerate.

Xavier looked like he was in a trance but after Azen said not to over exaggerate, he snapped out of it and said,

Um, yeah, uh, come on.

They started walking again.

 

Azen and Xavier walked into Azens house and went into the kitchen to find Azens mom cooking dinner, Azen goes up to her and asks,

Mom, can I stay the night with Xavier?

Samantha stopped stirring whatever is in the pot and said,

Azen, we need to talk, you, me and your dad.

Azen, sighed, and asked,

Can we not talk about it tomorrow? Xavier doesnt want to stay at his house alone.  You know what his dad did to him. Please mom?

Okay, but tomorrow, we talk, and I mean it.

Okay! Fine.

Azen and Xavier walked out of the kitchen and went upstairs to his room. Xavier sits down on the bed while Azen is getting his cloths put in a bag, Xavier lays down and says,

Are you doing better, you just seem happier than earlier?

Azen put the bag of cloths on the floor, and he got on the bed and laid beside Xavier and said,

You know, I havent thought of my dad since we left the bathroom, all Ive thought of is you, and how all you did was hold me and try to comfort me, and how I didnt get to do that for you, the only thing I done, was tell you everything will get better, but it didnt, did it?

Xavier sighed and said,

In terms of my dad, no, but everything else has been great, the best thing is us, and that happiness beats all of the sadness Ive had all of my life... Azen, weve started over, theres no need in trying to punish your self with thing that you think were wrong. I know, that you didnt know what to say, you were trying to make me feel better, and it worked and Im glad that your happy, because, you being sad is the last thing I want for you.

Azen is looking up at Xavier and says,

I love you.

Xavier looks down at Azen and asks,

You do?

Yeah!

I love you too.

Azen smiles and kisses Xavier and says,

Hm, lets go, if we wanna make the movie in time, we better go.

Azen stands up and grabs his bag, Xavier says,

Where do you wanna go eat?

Doesnt matter to me. Some where cheap, dont wanna spend all your money in one night do you.

Xavier stands up and says,

If its for you, its worth every penny.

Azen smiled, they left the room and the house.

 

They walk into Xaviers house, Xavier yells to his dad,

Dad, Azen is staying the night!

They go upstairs to Xavier room, Azen puts his cloths beside the bed. Xavier sits down at the computer and says to Azen,

Ill get online and see whats playing.

Azen nodded in agreement, Azen sat down on the bed and looked at the dresser beside the bed a rapper of some kind was sticking out of the drawer, he opened it and saw what was in it, he saw a box of Trojan condoms and a couple of packs outside fo the box, he picked up and said to Xavier,

Are you planning to get busy tonight or something?

Xavier turned around and said,

On, no um, you remember my ex-girlfriend, dont you?

How could I forget she tried cheating on you with me.

Well... those are left over from then.

Azen looks at the condom then looks up a Xavier,

Oh, um, okay, so you two, um...

No! We started to but I couldnt, dont worry Im still a virgin.

Azen sighed

Oh, thank god.

Xavier got up and went over to Azen and said,

Azen, your being paranoid, Im not going to force you to have sex with me, what I said last night at the hospital, I was just trying to lighten up the moment, sorry I made you think...

No! You didnt, I want to... but Im afraid Ill do it wrong or something, its not your fault.

Oh, well um, you dont know if you do it right until you do it.

I know, Im just scared.

Yeah, so am I, its a big step from almost having sex with a girl to having sex with a guy.

Azen looks down at the condom and says,

Well... well we can try tonight, if you want.

Are you sure? Dont say that just to make me happy cause sex is only good if both of the people are willing.

I know, Im willing to try. I swear.

Okay, you still wanna go out?

Yeah.

Okay, um what do you wanna see?

Is the Omen playing?

Yeah, theyve got it for 7:30 and 10:00, well go get something to eat and well see what time it is after were done and decide then what time to go, sound good?

Yeah, um... lets go.

Xavier got up and grabbed Azens hand and they left.

 

At the restaurant (Taco Bell), Azen and Xavier are standing in line waiting to order, the guy in front is taking his precious time.

Um, I want a number two, no a number four, oh wait, I dont know, make it a number one, oh no okay a number three.

The girl at the register says,

Are you sure?

The guy gave her an evil look and said,

I think I know what I want to eat.

Okay, just making sure.

The girl punched in what the guy ordered and gave him his total. He paid and moved aside. Xavier and Azen stepped up, the girl eyed Xavier and said,

What can I get you?

Azen turned to Xavier and said,

Hon, get me a number one, Im gonna go get a table.

Xavier said,

Okay.

Azen kissed Xavier and left, he smiled and looked at the girl, she looked shocked, Xavier said,

Um, give me two number ones with coke and sprite to drink.

The girl took the order and said,

Thatll be $12.95.

Xavier payed her and waited for the food. His number got called and he got the food, and the straws and went to where Azen is sitting Xavier set the tray of food, on the table and sat down and said

That girl was stunned when you left, she was in shock, so was I a little.

Azen grabbed his taco and said,

Why were you, were dating, thats what we do?

I know but I didnt expect you to kiss me in front fo any body.

Oh, well, surprise!

Xavier laughed and started eating, he took a bite of his soft shell Taco and then said,

About tonight, um are we gonna have music or candles or anything.

Azen stopped eating and said,

Um, if you want, I guess, is that how you picture your first time?

Yeah, I guess, I dont know.

Well, then we can have them, we can stop by the store and get a cd of love songs if you want.

Ive got, H.I.M.s greatest love songs.

Azen shakes his head, and says,

Okay, thats cool, thatll work.

You dont want to do it do you?

No, I do, I just want to let it lead its self to whatever, dont wanna make to many planes, it could ruin the moment.

Okay, um, sorry.

Azen put his Taco down and said,

Were nervous wrecks, look at us, your trying to make the night perfect and Im wrecking it, by trying not to ruin it, we shouldve just let it happen, normally.

Xavier said, disappointedly,

We can still back out.

No, lets just plan it, I want it to be perfect too.

Okay. Xavier smiles.

They finish eating and leave the restaurant. They walk to the movie theater and get the ticket to see the omen at 7:30, they go and sit in the theater alone because no one else is in there yet. There holding hands and sharing a slushy. Azen asks Xavier.

Do you have the time?

Xavier said,

Oh, yeah, he gets his cell phone out and tries it on and says, 7:15.

He puts his phone up without turning it off. As it hits 7:30 the movie starts and the theater is full now, and when the actual movie starts, Xaviers phone rings he gets it out and answers it, its his mom wanting to know where he is, Xavier says,

Im at the movies, I gotta go, bye.

He hangs up the phone, this time he turns it off. After the movie they walked back to Xaviers house, they went inside and went up into Xaviers room. Azen sat down on the bed and said,

Um, uh, you wanna do it now, or wait?

I guess now.

Xavier took off his shirt, Azen could still see the bruises and said,

Are you sure your up for it?

Yeah, why?

Azen looks at Xaviers chest and Xavier looks down ans says,

oh, Im fine, it doesnt hurt any more.

Azen sighs and takes off his shirt and leans back on the bed. Xavier walks over to Azen and leans over him and kisses him. Azen laid down and pulled Xavier on top of him. Xavier starts kissing Azen on the neck, Azen grabs Xavier on the sides and rubs his hands up and down his side, Xavier stops kissing Azen and sits up and unbuttons Azens pants, then starts kissing Azen again, Azen moves his hands to Xaviers pants and unbuttons them, then he pushes Xaviers pants off him, and all Xavier is wearing now is his blue boxers. Xavier rolls over and pulls Azen on top of him he takes Azens pants off and takes his own boxers off. Azen looks down and says,

Oh, um its uh big, is this going to hurt?

"I don't know, I've never done it. Turn over!"

Azen kisses Xavier and turns over, he lays there and lays his head down. Xavier grabs a condom and slides it on. He lays down on Azen and Azen feels Xavier's penis go in, he raised his head and says,

"Oh, god, oh... my god!"

 

Azen and Xavier are asleep, the sun shines in and Azen's face and wakes him up. He sighs and looks over at Xavier then he get's a worried look on his face, he lifts up the cover and looks under it then he drops the cover and lays there looking up at the ceiling. He thought for a minute and realized that he didn't want to be there when Xavier woke up, so he quietly got out of bed and slid his pants on, he grabbed his shirt and shoes and left Xavier's room. As soon as Azen shut the door Xavier woke up and got up to get Azen's attention but was to late, he sighed and laid back and said outloud,

"What did I do wrong?"

 

The rest of Saturday and all day Sunday Xavier tried to contact Azen, he called, he e-mailed, and he went over to his house, no one answered the phone, Azen didn't reply to the e-mails and Azen had his mom tell Xavier that he doesn't feel good. All Azen done over the weekend was lay in his room, his parents came up there to talk about what's going to happen between them but other than that Azen didn't say a word.

On Monday, Xavier is waiting at Azen's locker when his friend Jack comes up to him and says,

"Hey, X, where were you all weekend I tried calling to ask you when the party is?"

Xavier looked at Jack and said,

"The party is off, um, have you seen Azen, I really need to talk to him?"

Jack got a look of confusion on his face and said,

"Um... yeah, he just went into the bathroom, wait..."

"Thanks, we'll talk later."

Xavier walks toward the bathroom, he walks in and sees Azen standing at the sink washing his hands, Xavier says,

"Azen..." Azen turned around, "Hey, can we talk?"

Azen looks down and says,

"I can't, I have to get to class."

Azen started to leave but Xavier moved in front of him and says,

"Azen, please?"

Azen stops and sighs and says,

"Fine. What do you wanna talk about?"

"Friday night, did I hurt you or do something wrong?"

"No! It... It was the best night of my life."

"Then why'd you leave before I woke up?"

"I... I was afraid to hear how I was, I was afraid that you didn't enjoy it as much as I did."

Xavier sighed and moved closer to Azen and put his hands on his shoulders and said,

"Azen, I love you, and Friday was the best night of my life too."

Xavier hugs Azen and kisses him. As there kissing Jack walks in and sees them kissing and says,

"What the crap?"

Xavier stopped and turned around to see Jack. Jack said,

"Oh, my god! what's going on?"

Azen said,

"Jack, it's not what you think!"

Jack laughs and says,

"No! it's exactly what I think, you two were just making out!"

Xavier said,

"Yeah, so? Do you have a problem with it?"

Azen looked at Xavier and Jack said,

"No! I'm just surprised, this is awesome, in a way. I mean I have two gay friends."

Azen smirks and says,

"Your not against it?"

Jack shook his head,

"No!"

Xavier looked at Azen and said,

"Oh, cool."

They leave the bathroom and a guy comes out of a stall frowning with an angry face.

 

At Azen's house Azen, Xavier, and Jack are sitting in Azen's room, Azen and Xavier are sitting on the bed, Jack is sitting in the computer chair. Jack asks,

"So have you two... done it?"

Azen and Xavier look at each other Jack gets the hint,

"Okay, weird, shouldn't have asked, how was it?"

Azen and Xavier look at each other and Xavier says,

"Best night fo our lives."

Jack looks down and says,

"Um... What time is it?"

Azen looks at his phone and says,

"6:00, why?"

"I have to get home for dinner, um, I'll talk to you later!"

Jack leaves. Azen and Xavier lay down on the bed and kiss.

 

The next day at school Azen and Xavier are walking down the hallway, they go to Azen's locker and Azen gets his books and they start walking again but are stopped by a coking of a gun. The guy that was in the bathroom, (Josh), was holding it. Azen and Xavier moved back slowly, Xavier said,

"Whoa, okay put the gun down, we haven't done anything to you."

Josh says,

"Shut up f*g! Neither one of you deserve to be happy, your going to end up hurting people who don't deserve it."

Azen says,

"Dud, what are you talking about?"

"People like you are the reason my family split up, you ruined my life, you and all of your damn boyfriends."

Xavier stepped in front of Azen, blocking him from the guns range and says,

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"My dad left for another man, now he or his partner want nothing to do with me and I'm not going to let you do that to another kid."

Jack jumps in front of Xavier as the guy pulls the trigger, the bullet hit Jack right above his heart, Jack fell on the floor, Xavier and Azen bend down and takes off his shirt and holds it over the wound, and he holds Jacks head up, Jack coughs and says,

"X, I want you to know, I Love you."

Xavier starts crying,

"Jack, your going to be okay, youre my best friend and I'm not going to let you die!"

Jack whispered,

"Your too late."

Jack died in Xaviers arms, Josh starts laughing and said,

"Looks like I still go to kill a queer!"

Azen stood up and said, as Josh is laughing,

"Shut up! Shut the hell up! or I'll f*****g pulverize you! Shut Up!"

Azen ran at Josh, and attacked him, the gun went off and the bullet went into Azen, the teachers came and grabbed Josh. Xavier went over to Azen and started crying harder and put his hand over the wound,

"No! Azen, god, please don't die, Please!"

The paramedics were called they quickly got Azen and Jack into the ambulances. In the ER the doctors got the bullet out of Azen and stopped the bleeding, Azen lived but Jack was dead.

 

A month later Azen and Xavier are laying on Xaviers bed, Xavier said,

"Did you hear what Jack told me before he died?"

"No, what was it?"

"He told me that he loved me."

Azen smiled,

"I knew he did, what's not to love, he showed signs all the time, but I didn't want to make you feel guilty for being with me and not him."

Xavier sighs,

"Azen, I can't feel guilty for being with you and not him, I mean I didn't want to hurt him but I love you, not him."

"I miss him though!"

"So do I! I've cried so many times over his death but if I had lost you, I don't know what I'd do."

Xavier kisses Azen and they go to sleep.

 

The End