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            First period was Physics, and as we walked in, all eyes immediately glanced over to us and the others began speaking in hushed tones. Adam lightly squeezed my hand as he went and took his seat while I went towards the back where my assigned seat was. We all sat at a table that seated two people, and the other person was to be our partner.

            I was lucky that my partner also happened to be the quietest person in school that hardly ever talked to anyone, so I wouldn’t be bombarded with questions during class. His name was Steven, and he was just your regular guy, but just decided that he would rather not talk and cause even more drama, or whatever he thinks will happen.

            Luckily when I walked back, he wasn’t there yet, so I would have a little time for peace and quiet to myself to think out things before class began. Up a few desks in front of me, I saw Adam being hassled by his partner Amanda Birkins, the biggest gossip in the whole school. I slowly shook my head as I saw him thwack his head onto his desk, and just left it there. What could I do? If I went over there, I would most likely be bombarded myself, and I wasn’t up to that yet.

            A moment later, Steven entered the classroom and made his way back to our desk. He quietly sat down next to me and put his stuff out in front of him. I expected him to take out a book and read like he does every day before class, but instead he just turned to look at me, giving me an accusing glare. His hazel eyes boring into me, gave me the creeps, so I fidgeted in my seat, trying not to give in.

            My nerves were slightly taken away by the fact that the chairs in the lab room were swirly chairs. As our teacher Mr. Kendrick walked into the classroom as the bell rang, the announcements started and we rose for the pledge. Sitting down, I could still feel Steven’s eyes on me. I turned to glare at him, but the look he gave made me turn back instantly.

            Mr. Kendrick called the class to attention and was explaining what we would be doing in class today. Today was our lab day so we had two periods of Physics. He turned around to write something on the board when I found a piece of paper in front of me. I turned to Steven and he was looking at me expectantly. Slowly I reached for the paper and read what was written.

            “I know that you’re lying Devon.” I could feel my heart skip a beat. I looked from the paper over to Steven and then back to the paper again. How did he know I was lying?

            “What are you talking about?” I wrote back and passed the slip of paper back over to him.

            Steve read it and slowly shook his head. He picked up a pencil and wrote back and then passed it to me. “I know that you are lying about dating Adam. Everyone knows that he is gay but just doesn’t want to admit it. I bet that he just asked you to help him cover it up.”

            I crumbled up the paper and threw it at him while Mr. Kendrick wasn’t watching. I took out a new piece of paper and wrote back. “He is not gay! I am his very best friend, and I know everything about him, and he is definitely not gay. Do you have some kind of problem with him?”

            He smirked as he read it. He scribbled something down and passed it to me once more.

            “He has every girl in the school at his disposal and doesn’t pick a single girl, but now all of a sudden he has a girlfriend? I find that suspicious. Besides, weren’t you chummy with Justin? What happened with that?”

            I looked all around the classroom and saw that everyone was getting to work. “That is none of your business,” I hissed at him. “But I suggest that we start on the lab before we get in trouble with Mr. Kendrick.”

            Luckily that was the end of the conversation as we quickly started on the lab. Usual I got along with Steve very well, but after our little note chat, I was absolutely furious with him. He knows nothing about Adam or me, and yet he was accusing Adam of so many things. The whole two periods were tense, but luckily after the bell rang signaling the end of first period, we got a quick break to walk around the halls until second period started.

            I met Adam over by the door and whispered in his ear urgently, “We need to talk.”

            Grabbing my hand, Adam led me down a hallway and took me to a part that was usually not very crowded. “So what do we need to talk about?”

            “I think that Steven is onto us. He accused me of lying about us dating, because he thinks that you’re using me to cover up the fact that you’re gay,” I said upset.

            “How dare he! He has never even talked to me before, and yet he thinks that he knows me. He has no clue how wrong he is,” he said maliciously. “He’s just jealous that I’m higher in the class rankings, so he feels the need to start rumors.”

            “It’ll be ok, I’m here for you,” I said giving him a hug.

            He returned the hug, squeezing me tight. “You have no idea how glad I am that you’re here for me,” he whispered in my ear. “I love you Devon.”

            “That’s what best friends are for. I love you too,” I replied smiling.

            “Yeah, best friends,” he mumbled to himself. He let out a sigh of frustration as he ran a hand through his hair. “We should get back before the bell rings,” he said taking off.

            I shook my head at the feeling that Adam seemed upset somehow and quickly caught up with him and walked back with him. Walking back, I smiled at everyone we passed who gave stared at us questioningly. When we entered the classroom, he left me and walked away to his desk without a word to me.

            I stood at the front of the classroom, just watching him walk away, wondering what I did or said that upset him. Glancing back at my desk, I saw Steven smirking at me. Rolling my eyes, I made my way back to my seat and sat down, waiting for the bell to ring to start the next period.

            “Did you and your little boyfriend have an argument already?” Steven said sarcastically as I made my way to the desk.

            “Shut up,” I said sitting down. “No, we didn’t have a fight. Adam and I have never fought before, I don’t know what’s up with him,” I frowned, sad that I didn’t know what was wrong with my best friend.

            Steven shook his head and started to read his book. I really liked Steven a lot better when he didn’t talk as much. He wasn’t as annoying as he is now.

            We finished the lab and then turned in our work and questions that we had to fill out. The whole time it was hard for me to concentrate, for I was upset that Adam was upset with something that I did or said. But luckily Steven was nice and did most of the work when I was brain dead or useless.

            Our next class was choir, and usually we walked to our lockers and then to class together, but he took off before I could even get my things gathered. I thought back to what I said in our conversation. He was happy until I talked about Steven, and then I told him that he was my best friend and I loved him. But he told me that he loved me too. He couldn’t have meant it as love, love, could he? After all, we’re just pretending and how could you love someone that you haven’t even dated and be able to know them better?

            I walked to choir lost in thought. I grabbed my music and then went and sat down with the rest of the altos. I sat in the front row since I was one of the better and stronger singers. With my back to everyone else, I sat down at the end of the row that was closest to the window and looked out, trying to distract myself.

            There was a tap on my shoulder, and I turned to see Layla looking down at me with concern in her eyes.

            “Is everything alright D? You look like something’s troubling you,” she said as she placed an arm around my shoulder.

            I really wanted to just break down and cry in her arms, but I couldn’t do that there in the classroom. “It’s just that right now Adam seems really upset, and I have no clue why, but I think it might have been something that I said,” I said softly, trying not to cry.

            “Oh, honey,” she crooned, wrapping me up in a hug. “Let’s go talk about it,” she said as she pulled me up. She told Mrs. Kingly that we would be outside the door, because I really needed to talk to Layla. We were two of her favorite students, so she just nodded and continued to take attendance.

            Soon as we were out in the hallway, tears began to stream down my face. “I don’t know why he’s upset. He’s never ignored me before. I’m just so confused,” I sobbed as I crashed down onto the floor.

            Layla sank down onto the floor next to me, and put an arm around me. “Shh,” she crooned while trying to calm me down. “Just tell me what happened between the two of you.”

            “Well, we were on our break from Physics class, and I really had to talk to him because Steven was saying some things. He said that Adam was only using me to cover up the fact that he’s actually gay.”

            “But that’s no reason for Adam to be upset with you. That’s Steven’s fault. Who knew that he could actually talk so much?” she joked.

            “That wasn’t it. I told him that I would be there for him. And he told me that I had no idea how glad he was that I was there for him, and then he told me he loved me.  I then said that’s what best friends are for and I loved him too. He huffed and just said we should get back before the bell rings. He’s been moody ever since,” I said, a little bit more calm.

            Layla was silent in thought for a minute before she finally spoke. “Have you ever thought that maybe Adam loves you as more than a best friend type thing?”

            My jaw dropped. I voiced this to myself earlier, but I just dismissed it. “No, I haven’t. Best friend don’t normally feel like that towards each other. Sure, I love him like in a brotherly fashion, but love love? I don’t know Layla.”

            “If you only like him in the brotherly fashion, then why are you dating him?” she asked, her gaze never leaving me.

            What was I supposed to do now? I didn’t know what to tell her! “Well, I guess that lately I might have been seeing him in a different light, and then he asked me out. I said yes, because who knows where it could lead to? But right now, I don’t see it as a love, love type thing. Do you really think that Adam feels that way?”

            “I don’t have any other explanation for it. They always say that the best relationships are those you have when you’re best friends. See where it goes, and try not to break his heart, k?” she said as she stood up.

            “I’ll try my best,” I said while standing up. “Thanks for everything,” I said as I glomped her into a hug.

            We headed back into class where they were just beginning to do warm ups. I guess we missed out on one of the quizzes, but oh well. With a quick glance at the guys’ section, I saw Adam looking in our direction, but he didn’t give off and sign of how he was feeling. Looking down at the ground, I made my way back to my seat. This was going to be a long day.

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