Let's see how the happy couple is getting along....

Chapter 12.
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Avi walked through the door to find Mitch alone in the empty classroom.

"Hi."

It was sooooo awkward.

"How's your Tuesday going?" Mitch asked.

"Good. Yours?" Avi replied putting down his bag.

"Yeah, it's good."

Silence.

Really really awkward silence.

"About what happened on Saturday-" He started.

"We are not talking about this." Mitch interupted instantly.

"Why?" Avi got out his paperwork and put it on the desk.

"It was a mistake."

This is the point in a sitcom where he's supposed to feel really sad because it meant something to him, Avi thought.

But he wasn't sad, what Mitch said was true.

"I still think we should talk."

"Ok. I'll start."

Avi finally finished playing with the papers and sat next to them on the desk. Mitch pulled up his spinning-chair to sit near him.

"Do you remember telling me your secret?"

Avi literally stopped breathing.

"What secret?"

This was going to be good.

This was the point in a sitcom where there was a dramatic pause. But Mitch spoke too quickly for that to happen.

"Oh my god. This is so funny."

"Tell me!" Avi whined.

He was so scared about what Mitch was going to say.

"You came out to me."

"I did what to you?"

Avi was disgusted. He didn't want to know.

"Ew. No."

Then he realised that was probably not what Mitch meant.

"You told me you were bi."

There was officially no colour left in Avi's face. He couldn't believe it.

He told someone. He told Mitch.

"I told you that? Well I don't know if I really am or not."

Avi didn't understand sexuality. It was really confusing and made no sense.

"How'd you find out?" Mitch asked.

"Boys are kinda cute." He smiled back.

"Duh. Who turned you?"

Mitch wanted to know Avi's mystery man that made him see the dark side.

"No one." Avi was definitely not telling him.

Mitch sensed the hesitation but continued asking.

"They must be hot."

"They are." Avi nodded with a smile.

"Tell me about him. Do I know him?"

"100%."

"What'd you like about him?"

Avi thought.

"I don't really like him at all, I hate him in fact. He just made me question things."

It wasn't that Avi liked Mitch.

It's just that after the countless flirty conversations with him he felt something.

It was the comments and the topic of conversation not Mitch himself, Avi was sure of it.

"Well after Saturday it's pretty obvious you aren't straight."

This was the second time they'd been in a room together without shouting or arguing.

A thought suddenly popped into Avi's head.

"How are the hickeys?"

Mitch blushed a little and pulled at his collar.

There were only about three marks now and they were pinky-red instead of purple.

Avi got off the desk and held Mitch's collar to get a better look.

Mitch was still sat in the chair but now had Avi leaning over and touching the bruises on his neck.

The bruises that he made.

They were very close. Mitch felt Avi's breath on his neck and Avi could see Mitch's chest rising and falling.

Avi traced each bite with his finger until his hand was under Mitch's chin.

Mitch stopped watching his movements and looked up at Avi's face.

They held eye contact.

And suddenly they were leaning in.

"Mr.Grassi!"

They jumped away from each other so quickly Avi almost fell over.

"Brandon."

Mitch turned in the spinning chair to face a teary eyed boy.

"What's wrong?"

Avi tried to calm his breathing and stop his heart from beating out of his chest. Mitch was doing the same but was being distracted by the student.

Avi felt a little out of place but stayed to watch the interaction. He didn't realise Mitch and Brandon had ever met let alone were comfortable enough to be having heart-to-hearts.

"I messed up."

Brandon let his bag fall to the floor and rubbed his eyes.

"What happened?"

Dr.Grassi- professional therapist- ready to listen and give some good hugs.

"Um..."

Brandon looked at Avi, not wanting to talk with him there.

"I'll go. Yeah... see ya."

Avi had to think about what had happened before Brandon arrived anyway so decided to leave.

He left all of his stuff as it was only ten minutes until the bell.

"From the beginning."

Brandon pulled up a chair opposite Mitch.

"I got a paper round 'cos I need cash and yesterday I got to this like crazy expensive house. I had to give them a box so I knocked on the door and guess who answered."

Mitch knew so whisper-shouted. "Samuel!"

"Yeah. That's not the best bit, guess what?"

"What?"

"He wasn't wearing a shirt! It was like so hot."

"Oh my god. What did you do?"

It was weird talking with a student about hot boys but even weirder for the hot boy to be another student.

But Mitch still liked the gossip.

"It was kinda like awks at the start but then we were flirting I think. Well he was like biting his lip and blushing so I think it went well."

Brandon was smiling but Mitch knew what was to come. Brandon had come into the room crying so something bad must have happened.

"How'd you mess up?"

"I was talking to him for ages and I had to go so I gave him the box. And then like..."

"Yeah?" Mitch leant forwards.

"This thing came out of his door and attacked me."

"What?" He gasped.

"So I like kicked it really hard."

The story sounded fake but Mitch was too into it to care.

"Turns out it was his cat."

Wow. Oh my god.

Don't laugh. Don't laugh. He couldn't laugh.

"I literally nearly killed his cat in front of him. He probably hates me now."

He couldn't laugh, Brandon had cried over this.

The amount of awkward that could have happened next though kept Mitch asking. Did he apologise? Make it worse?

If it was Mitch he would have made it worse.

"What did you do after?" Mitch asked.

"I ran."