Collin's point of view

I stared at the dress in my closet and then bit my bottom lip as I weighed out my options and then the pros and cons of them. I think I spent over five minutes debating it but I'm not sure, I was to busy thinking.

I took a deep breath and then grabbed it, choosing to wear it and to ignore the people who will make fun of me. I need to start doing that. I need to focus on doing what I like without the fear of others judging me and criticizing me.

I pulled the dress on and then tugged it down a bit more since it was a bit short. I looked into the mirror and smiled because I was going to do this. I was going to show people I don't care what they think.

I pulled on a leather jacket since the dress wasn't long sleeved and then I put some bracelets on just in case. I grabbed my combat boots and then went to my bed so I can put them on.

After I laced them on, I stood up and went to the bathroom. I brushed my hair out a bit so it fell in front of my eye and then I put my glasses and earrings on.

I brushed my teeth since I had already had breakfast, thanks to Luke, and then left the bathroom to grab my black backpack.

I walked downstairs after I tossed it on my shoulder and Luke spit out his cereal. "Where did you get that?" He asked me as he wiped his mouth. "Who bought you that?"

"Michael." I said and he nodded. "He said-He said if this is how I wanted to dress, he'd buy me some skirts and dresses." I said, mentally begging that he didn't make fun of me for it.

People at school is one thing, but the people I live with is another. I care about their opinions.

"So-So you like dresses and stuff?" He asked me and I nodded. "And-And you're ready to wear them out in public?" He asked me and I hesitated before I nodded.

"Yeah." I said and he stood up. He grabbed his keys and left his bowl of cereal on the table, unfinished.

"I'm proud of you and want you to know if you like uh dresses that I'll buy you more." He said and gave me a hug. "If anyone gives you shit for this tell me okay? I'll handle it... Me, Michael, Calum, and Ashton will handle it." He told me and I nodded.

"Understood." I said and smiled. "Is it time to go now?" I asked as my stomach twisted with anticipation and nerves.

"Yeah."

-

I walked into the school, a blush on my cheeks as people just stared as me. They didn't say anything, but I usually got a smile or a nod from them, which I think was good.

I went to my locker and then opened my bag, noticing a pile of letters in it still. I groaned as I realized I have yet to check them and then I put my textbooks into my locker.

"Collin! Homeboy!" I turned around and then saw Justin walking over to me, a black dress on and a white leather jacket thrown over it. "Looking amazing. Shit man, I want your legs." He said and I laughed.

"Hey Justin." I said as I closed my locker. I zipped my backpack shut and then I looked at him. "Have you seen uh Kayla?" I asked and he nodded.

"She's coming. She just had a run in with some varsity jacket wearing hoe. I think she's on the cheer team and her boyfriend is on the football team." He told me and I nodded.

"Did you see what she wanted?"

"Something about staying away from you and keeping her filthy paws to herself. Trust me, if I didn't have any morals, I would have dropped kicked that hoe so fast she wouldn't have even seen me." He said and clapped. "Ooh, you don't mess with my homies." He told me and I nodded.

"I need your help." I said and looked at him. "I um have a date with Kayla next Saturday and I need to go pick up an outfit and since you're amazing with fashion, help me." I begged and he smiled.

"Only because I'm such a hopeless romantic and you two are C-U-T-E, cute." He told me and I nodded. "Is Friday okay? I'm free Friday."

"I'll have to ask but I think that's okay." I said and nodded. "Don't tell Kayla about this, please. This stays between us." I said and he nodded.

"Ooh, I brought the stickers again! I want pink this time! You get red." He said as he pulled a packet of stick on gems from his backpack.

"Why do you have those again?" I asked him as he opened them. He told me he likes sticking them on himself and that he likes decorating with them.

"Like shit man, these are evil too. I stuck these all over my brother's poster of nirvana and it hella ripped when he tried pulling them off. He almost cried and I was laughing so hard that I did cry." He told me and I nodded as he placed the stickers on my face.

I'm just going to put this out here, I like it better when Kayla does it.

"There." He said and smiled. "Looks nice, very tumblr." He told me and I laughed.

"Hi Collin," a girl I didn't know said to me. "You look really nice today. You totally have the legs for that dress." She said to me.

"Th-Thanks." I said and smiled. "You look nice today too miss." I said and she blushed.

"I'll see you in second period Collin." She said and I nodded. She walked away after waving to Justin and I just looked at him ad he spoke.

"Why are you bringing in chicks like crazy now? Kayla said your ass only talked to her and that people didn't necessarily like you." He said to me with his hands on his hips.

"I-I don't know." I said and he nodded. "It's new to me okay? I'm uh not used to this either." I said and I felt hands over my eyes.

"Guess who?"

"I don't know." I said honestly because I don't talk to anyone besides Justin and Kayla. The person huffed and I turned around. "Can I help you?"

"Yes you can. Do you maybe want to go hang out this Friday?" She asked and I looked at Justin for help.

"Sorry sweetheart, we have plans." Justin said and held my hand. "We're going to spend some time together, right Collin?"

"Yeah, uh, I'm sorry." I said and she nodded, telling me it was fine. "Maybe some other time." I said and she nodded before walking away.

"There's your girlfriend, go over and say hello." Justin told me as he pushed me away. "Ew, your palms get sweaty easily."

"S-Sorry." I said and he laughed. "Hi Kayla." I said and she was dressed like me; combat boots, a black dress, and leather. Her dress was shorter than ours, but it wasn't short enough to the point that if she bent over, you'd see everything.

"We're matching. We're friendship goals." She said and I laughed, agreeing with her. "I want stickers."

"Okay, hold still." Justin said as he pulled some blue ones off of the page. "It won't take long. Do mine after?"

"Deal."

-

"Selfies!" Justin said and forced us to take some pictures. I sighed and did their ridiculous poses with them. "Shit shit shit, administrators." He said and immediately put his phone in his backpack.

"Ma'am, stand up please." A teacher said to Kayla since she kept tugging her dress down. She stood up and the teacher shook her head.

"That dress is above school dress code, you're going to have to change out of it." She said with crossed arms.

"Mhm, if you're going to get her in trouble, you can get me in trouble too." Justin said as he stood up, his dress riding higher than it was earlier.

"M-Me too." I said and stood up, pulling it up a bit. Kayla laughed and the teacher seemed irritated.

"Homies stick together, always." Justin said and I agreed. "You get her in trouble, you get us in trouble."

People began staring and us three and and few even took pictures and videos I think. I would be seeing this all over my twitter but whatever, I don't care.

"You three, office now. Call your parents." She said, clearly upset and unamused with out behavior.

Just because you don't have friends who stick up for you...

"Fine." Justin said and we began to walk to the office. "The three musketeers." Justin said and Kayla scoffed.

"More like the three stooges." She said and I laughed as she reached over to hold my hand.

"N-No. It's Spongebob, Patrick, and Sandy." I said and Justin laughed, telling me that was so accurate.

"Who's Squidward?"

"The teacher." I said and she laughed as I fixed my glasses with my free hand. "I bet we're going to get in-in trouble for the sticky gems too."

"If we do I'm going too whip my phone out and show them that it's not apart of some satanic cult that drinks blood and kills people. It's a Tumblr thing I guess." Justin said with a shrug. "I don't know, I call it a Tumblr Girl thing."

"Call your parents." The teacher said to us and Kayla went first since she was the girl. "Boys what are you thinking? Dresses are for girls." She said.

"And suits are for men." I accidentally said and she gasped. "If-If dresses are for girls then-then does that makes us girls? I mean, last I checked I was-I was a boy."

"Mr. Hemmings I will not allow you to back talk me like that." She said and I looked at Justin, who looked like he was about to cry from trying not to laugh

"And-And I will not allow you to tell me I-I can't dress the way I want without-without being called a girl." I said and Justin actually laughed.

"What's so funny?"

"Bro, you can't be sassy and intimidating when you're stuttering like that." Justin told me and I blushed. "It's funny watching you try." He said and I pushed him away from me slighty.

"Mr. Hemmings, keep your hands to yourself and call your parents." She said to me and I went up to the phone since Kayla was done.

I dialed Luke's number and he picked up immediately. "Hello? Luke here." He said and I heard laughter. "Hey! That's cheating mum! Move your piece back!"

"What's cheating is you coming out of the womb before you were supposed to, that's fucking cheating Luke." His mum said and I laughed.

"Hey Luke, I need to come home to change my clothes. Apparently-Apparently my dress is too short and um is meant for girls only." I said and his laughter stopped.

"Who told you that? Your dress is not short, it was the perfect length." He told me and his mum asked if he was talking to me. "Yeah, it's Collin."

"A teacher did. So can you uh come pick me up? I'll explain after school or something." I said and he said he'll be by in ten minutes. "Okay, bye Luke."

"By Collin, I love you." He said and I smiled to myself.

"I love you too Luke, bye." I said and then hung up. I handed the phone to Justin and Kayla looked at me.

"That was cute." She told me and I hummed, asking her what she meant. "The whole 'I love you' thing, that's adorable."

"Oh, I just... He's done so much for me and yeah... I love them all so much."