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Dalton P.O.V

"Hey, did everything go well yesterday?" I asked Garrett as he was getting the books out of his locker.

"Yea. Everything's fine" he said although he didn't look it.

"Are you sure?" I asked convinced he wasn't telling me the truth.

"I'm sure" he said before he dropped his book and went to pick it up but winced in pain while he did it.

"Did your dad hit you?" I asked.

"Just forget it" he said trying to drop the discussion.

"It is not ok for him to hit you" I said a bit pissed.

"What do you want me to do huh?" He asked a bit annoyed.

"Call the cops on him" I said sternly.

"Yea I can call the cops, then they'd take me into child services and I'd be sent back to Alabama to live with family I don't even care to see" he explained.

"Yea but you gotta do something" I urged.

"As I said. Just drop it" he repeated.

"Hi cuz, how are you?" Elliott said as he approached us.

"I'm great and how are you doing?" I asked.

"Never better" he said while smiling.

"I'm Elliott, Dalton's cousin" Elliott said while extending his hand to shake Garret's.

"I'm Garrett. Nice to meet you" he responded as they both smiled at each other and shook hands.

"Likewise" Elliott replied.

"So are you two dating?" Elliott asked blatantly.

"Oh wow.... no beating around the bush huh?" I said while chuckling.

"Well those are the rumors" he said while shrugging.

"Your cousin is handsome but if ya ask me, sometimes I think if his brains were dynamite he couldn't blow his nose" Garrett said before walking away.

"Hey what did I do!!!" I said out loud as Garrett just kept walking off.

"Guess you got a lot of work cut out for you still huh?" Elliott said while chuckling.

"You bet, he's one tough nut to crack" I replied.

"He seems nice though and knowing you, you'd be sure to get him in no time" Elliott said boosting my confidence.

"You really think so?" I asked.

"Of course not but you think I'm gonna tell you that, you're my cousin and may as well be my older brother" he said as my confidence dropped and I sighed in defeat.

"Look, if he really likes you which I can see he does even if it is the slightest of likes then you two will get together. Just let fate do it's job" he said trying to reasaure me not to give up.

"So enough about me, what's this I hear about you and Ryan Votelli?" I asked genuinely intrigued.

"Who told you? Was it Celeste?" He asked clearly annoyed.

"I have my sources" I said knowing that it would annoy him.

"You're worst than Micah, you know that?" He asked.

"Hey, Micah's a good parent ok" I stated.

"Sure....." he said unconvinced.

"I don't think Ryan's a good match for you" I said honestly.

"What do you mean by that?" He asked.

"Look, he's a bit ill tempered not to mention there was a rumor his dad is some kind of mafia boss. He's Italian after all" I explained.

"So you're stereotyping now? And besides his dad is dead." He said.

"I'm not stereotyping. I'm just saying what I've heard and are you sure his dad is dead?" I defended.

"Look, whatever Ryan and I have is not serious and why would he lie about his father's death? Besides I have no intention of dating him.....we're just friends" he said but even he couldn't help but doubt his own words by the sound of it.

"Said every gay friends who ended up as couples" I retorted.

"Trust me it's nothing like that" he said before the bell rang and we said our goodbyes before heading to our respective classrooms.

Elliott P.O.V

"This is the 3rd time in 3 days you two are meeting up" Celeste stated.

"What can I say? We have a good time together" I explained.

"Oooohhhh" she said clearly teasing me.

"I mean we have a bit of a bond but strictly platonic. We're just friends though, nothing serious." I said truthfully.

"Not yet at least. When are you going to stop beating around the bush?" She asked.

"What do you want me to do? Stick my tongue down his throat and give him a blowjob? It's only our '3rd date' well sorta. We basically hang out." I stated.

"You know sticking your tongue down my throat and a blowjob doesn't sound so bad" Ryan teased as he came from behind me.

"Do you want me to cancel this 3rd date?" I threatened as he held his hands up in the air in defeat.

"Alright Mr. Fiesty, we better going" he said.

"Bye" Celeste and I said to each other before she kissed me on my cheek and we both headed our separate ways.

"Have you ever rode on a motorcycle?" Ryan asked.

"No" I asked a bit confused by the random question.

"Then today's your lucky day" he said as he presented his motorcycle to me.

"I don't know about that" I said clearly scared to drive around in that thing.

"Oh come on. You only live once and I'm a pretty great driver" he explained.

"So I'm supposed to leave my life in the hands of a guy I started hanging with three days ago?" I asked rhetorically.

"That's the spirit!!" He said excitedly clearly ignoring my fear.

"I don't know if I can do this" I said clearly fearful.

"Life's about taking risks. Just trust me ok?" He said as he put his hand out for me to take and I hesitated but after a deep breath I slipped my hand into his before he kissed it for good luck as he said before helping me get up on the motorcycle before he climbed on. I then snaked my arms around his waist and held on for my life before he started up the motorcycle and sped out of the school parking lot.

Antonio P.O.V

"Hey hijo" I said as Dalton entered the house.

"You're rather home early" he stated.

"There wasn't much to do at the office anyways" I said explaining my early appearance at home.

"Lucky you" he replied.

"So what's this about a new boy your dad was telling me about?" I asked because it's not everyday I get the time to discuss things with my son.

"Dad is making a big deal out of nothing. There's a new guy at school that I find attractive because he's super hot but he hasn't even told me if he's gay or not but he said I'm handsome so I don't know if he just thinks I'm attractive as a human being or possibly attracted on a whole other level." he explained

"He's definitely gay or at least bi. Admitting a guy's handsome is something ninety-nine percent of straight guys don't say" I said explaining to him.

"So you think he's into me?" He asked.

"It's possible but only he can answer that" I stated.

"I don't know what to do Papi" he said clearly needing advice.

"Have you tried asking him out?" I asked.

"I would but he's got a bit of an overprotective dad so he can't even stay back after school" he explained.

"Helicopter dad huh?" I asked.

"Exactly" he said.

"Well if he can't stay back after school, why not have a makeshift date at lunch?" It may not be the most romantic atmosphere but it's a start" I explained.

"You know what? That might actually work and I'm sure in the future we can work around him not being able to stay back after school" he said thrilled by my idea.

"Bueno chico. Now go upstairs, take a shower, do your homework and get ready for dinner" I said before he hugged me.

"Geez, you smell like my dirty jock straps" I teased clearly knowing he had football practice that day.

"TMI dad" he said before he rushed upstairs as I couldn't help but smile knowing that my chico was growing into a hombre.

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