Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 15:13:32 -0800 (PST) From: Tyler McHary <bnddg22@yahoo.com> Subject: You Are The One - Chapter 1 If you are not allowed to read these types of stories, then please don't continue. As much as I would love for you to read the story, I don't want you to get into trouble. If you're reading this story expecting sex...sorry, wrong story. Don't get me wrong, I love stories with sex in them too but this one has a developed plot and storyline. There will be sex but that won't happen for awhile. Also the song in the story is written by Andrew Fromm. It's not mine, so all copyrights go to him. Other than that...ENJOY! :) You Are The One. Chapter 1 It's really hard being in high school. You'd think that being smart and being nice to others would get you far during high school? Wrong. Unless you have the latest cell phones, or the best mp3 player...basically if you have a lot of money, people would be drawn to you. My family does have a lot of money but I work summer jobs so I don't always rely on my parents. I don't worry about all the materialistic shit that most of my fellow classmates are in to. Let me introduce myself. My name's Bryan, I'm 17 and a junior at Lake Fire High. A typical day for me is waking up at 5:30 in the morning, making myself breakfast, taking a shower, going to school, coming home, doing homework, watching a little t.v and then being in bed by 10 pm. Hm...maybe not having a social life makes it a tad bit harder for me to make friends. I digress, I do have friends, not a whole lot but a few to keep me sane. I was walking towards my first class, pre-calculus. I hate this class because I'm not very good at it. I miss the days of "If there are 6 ducks but 3 get taken away, how many are there left?" I sit in my usual desk near the front and took my books out. The loud chatter of teenagers talking about what happend last weekend and the parties that are happening this weekend makes me jealous that I never get invited to them. As I try to drown out the noise, I look over at the door and he walks in. Andrew Wright, one of the most popular guys in the school. He's 5'10". Jet black hair cut really short, the most gorgeous brown eyes you could ever see. Andrew is half white and half Japanese, both of his ears are pierced and his smile is hypnotizing. He has a great build, not too big and not too skinny. He doesn't play any sports, he's just popular because he's very good looking. I snapped out of my trance and focused on getting my homework out. The class was boring as usual, Mrs. De La Cruz told us that we have a test tomorrow and to make sure that we study hard for this because it's the 2nd most important test we would take. Great. As I was walking to my locker to get my other books, I was shoved into it. I look over and there was Andrew and his friends pointing and laughing at me. "Is the faggot going to cry this time?" Mark, Andrew's friend said. I looked at them for a second and I opened my locker. Taking my books out, I closed it and walked away. I just don't get it sometimes, I'm a very nice guy, What did I do to deserve this? I mind my own business and I don't get into other people's way. I guess I'm just an easy target. Lunch time rolled around and my best friend Dana was waiting for me at a picnic table outside. "You do know that it's the middle of October right?" I said. "No shit, but just look at the leaves on the trees, it's beautiful and I know it's a little chilly outside but it's much quieter out here." Dana said as she flashed her million dollar watt smile. Dana is the cutest thing I've ever seen in my whole life! We've been friends since we were 7, she knows me inside and out. Dana was the first person I came to when I realized that I was gay. Of course I was scared to tell her because I thought she wouldn't want to be associated with me. She told me that she loved me too much to think differently, she said that everything clicked when I came out to her. She finally realized why I didn't have a girlfriend, why I was so into boy bands back in the day and so forth. "So guess what happened to me today." "Um...Andrew and his little dim witted lackies pushed you?" "Correct, what did I do to them? I just don't get it." "Bryan, you didn't do anything. They just needed someone to pick on." Dana said matter of factly. "Why me? Not to sound mean or anything but I'm pretty sure that there are better canidates than me." "True, I don't know Bry. You have money...so I don't think it's that. Maybe you're weird and awkward?" "What the hell is that supposed to mean Dane?" "Well you don't exactly hang out with a lot of people. You just sit at home, doing homework. You're such a homebody. Maybe if you go hang out at the mall or be a normal 17 year old, instead of just focusing on your studies. That's great and all but you have to find a balance." "I know, I know. It's just really annoying. I just want them to stop picking on me, if it wasn't for the fact that I like Andrew..." Taking a bite of my sandwhich, I just realized that I haven't told Dana that I did like Andrew Wright. She looked at me with a smile on her face, I knew what she was going to ask. "You have a crush on Andrew?" Bingo... "Yeah, I tried not to. More than likely he's straight." "Remember the old saying, if a boy is picking on a girl, the boy really likes her." "Um...I'm pretty sure that's not the case. Have you seen him? He's so cute! If he wasn't such a dickhead to me..." "Listen, there's a party this weekend and I know for a fact that Andrew's going to be there. Do you wanna come with me?" "I don't know, I have a lot of homework and studying to do...I don't know what to wear. And I..." "No excuses." Dana interrupted me. "You're coming whether you like it or not. I'll pick you up at 8 on Saturday. Don't worry about what you wear. You're a whiz on what to wear. You make anything look good. Ok? No excuses!" "Ok fine, but if I get uncomfortable promise me that you would take me home?" "Alright, the bell is about to ring. Let's go to class." The rest of the day was boring, no incident between Andrew and myself. It's only Tuesday and the party is on Saturday. I was going back and forth thinking if I should go or not. Do I really want to see Andrew this weekend, would I sacrifice being possibly humiliated? I bit the bullet and decided that I was going to go. Besides I hardly ever go out and maybe I might make some new friends. The week went by really fast, it was weird...Mark and Andrew left me alone. It was a daily occurrence that they would find a way to make me feel like I don't belong. They probably got tired of me or they found a new target but I'm not complaining. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's the day! I rummaged through my closet to find what to wear. I want to impress a lot of people, but I want to impress Andrew more. I found a black shirt with some funky cool neon pink and green, a little nod to the 80's. A black and grey pin stripe vest and a pair of black skinny jeans. My hair is in a faux hawk and on cue Dana walked into my room. "Damn Bryan, you look really good." "Thanks love, I really tried." "Hon, I told you don't have to try. You have this innate ability to put things together. You show people that you don't need designer clothes to look good." "You don't look too bad yourself. Who are we wearing today?" "D&G of course, but I went to the mall and found the cutest Louis handbag and I couldn't say no. So my dates tonight are you, Dolce and Louis." "Whore..." I said with a smirk on my face. "Bitch, now let's go." "Alright, alright. Let me grab my shoes." Dana and I walked downstairs and I went to the shoe closet next to the door. I picked out my white Nike high tops and followed Dana to her car. I got into her car and I put on my Gucci sunglasses. I know, I know. You're thinking 'wait? I thought that you weren't materialistic?' Well, I worked my ass off for those, I saved 3 paychecks and even though I'm not materialistic, it's nice to have a good pair of glasses. Anyways, the drive to whoever's house was a decent one. Only 15 minutes away from where I'm at. Dana told me that the person throwing the party, their parents are on a business trip and that they won't be back till Tuesday. As we got closer to the house I started to get nervous. I've never been to any parties and Andrew is going to be there hitting on some girl trying to get in their pants. My palms were getting sweaty and I almost told Dana to turn the car around. Dana parked her car and we walked towards the door. All of a sudden all my fears went away and I was calm. The door opened and we were greeted by Sam. "Welcome Dana and guest!" Sam said enthusiastically. "Thanks Sam, this is my best friend Bryan." "Oh wow, do you go to Lake Fire?" She asked me. "Yeah, I'm a junior there. And we have history together." 'Um...right. Sorry, I guess I never noticed you. I should pay more attention to you. You look great." I blushed by her comment and she escorted us in. I walked into the living room and I see Mark drunk off his ass, it's only 8:30 and he's already blitzed. I kept on walking towards the kitchen and there he was. Andrew was in a pair of black slacks, a black hoodie, and a white baseball cap. I didn't know what to do, I didn't know where to look. Weird thing was that he wasn't drunk. Andrew was walking towards me, "Shit!" I thought, why was he coming to me? Maybe he needed to pass me to get somewhere else? "Woah Bryan, I didn't know you were coming." He said non-chalantly. "woah Andrew, I didn't know you wore glasses." I replied back. "Yeah, I've been wearing them my whole life. I just didn't feel like wearing my contacts." "Oh...why are you talking to me? I mean you've been a real ass to me." "I know I've been a jerk to you. It's just I don't know how to interact with you." "I don't know Andrew. A 'Hey how you doin?' or 'What's up?' is a totally acceptable way to talk to me. I don't bite. I use to think you were this cool person. Now all I see is an ass who has nothing better to do than to create a living hell to a person who they think isn't up to their standards." He just looked at me shocked. I had to tell him how I feel, and I couldn't sugar coat it. I walked away from him and I found Dana already boozing up. "Bryan grab a drink and have fun tonight. OK? For me?" "You don't have to ask me twice." And I grabbed for the bottle of Captain Morgans. I started to get a little tipsy and I was actually having a great time. I met a lot of new people and we hit it off great. I went back to the kitchen to get a glass of water. I'm not used to drinking and I decided that I'm gonna take it easy tonight. As I was drinking my water, Andrew walked towards me again. I couldn't walk away, the look in his eyes just broke my heart. "Bryan, can we talk?" He asked. His tone sounded desperate, like he needed me to hear what he was about to say. "What's there to talk about Andrew? Are you drunk?" "No, I'm not drunk. After our first talk I thought about hitting the bottle but I just couldn't. All I could think of was you and what you said. Please can we go outside and talk? "Sure, come on let's go." We walked out to the backyard. It was huge, we walked through the crowd of drunken teenagers and we found a spot under this huge evergreen tree, far from people to hear us talk. "Look, Bryan. I know I've been really mean to you and I just want to apologize for the way I've acted towards you." He was so sincere and in my heart I know I couldn't stay mad at him. With all the mean things he's said and done to me, I forgave him. I don't know if that was the right thing to do, but at that time I knew it was. "That's really nice of you Andrew. I don't know what to say, I accept your apology. I knew I liked you for a reason." As I said the last sentence, I cringed because I was still a little drunk, and I didn't mean for Andrew to know how I really felt about him. "You like me?" "No, I don't like you, like you. I now like you as a person." Good cover Bryan! "Uh huh. Well, let's go back to the party. Friends?" "Friends. Thanks Andrew. Now you have to tell your little lacky Mark to leave me alone too." "Deal, ok. It's getting colder, let's go!" We both started to walk back into the house. We went our seperate ways, I went into the living room and sat on the couch listening to some music and Andrew went back to the kitchen. Andrew came to the living room and sat next to me. We were both talking to this one girl, something strange happened. I guess Andrew couldn't hear what the girl was saying so he leaned in really close to me. I looked over at him and he smiled at me. I pushed it out of my mind and pretended that nothing happened. Then he got up and he put his baseball cap on me and he started dancing in front of me. It was like my own little show. We kept eye contact, I couldn't tell what was happening to me but a flood of emotions came over me. Here's this guy that I've liked for the longest time and he finally is great to me. I couldn't take it and I got up and left. I went to the front door and started to walk home. I heard my name being called and I turn around and I see Andrew running after to me. "Where are you going?" Andrew asked, winded because he was chasing after me. "I'm going home, I just can't..." "Can't what Bryan?" "I...I can't." I started sobbing. "Oh Bryan." He put his arms around me and gave me a hug. "Please...let me go." "What?" "Let me go Andrew." "Sorry. I just thought you needed someone to..." "I don't need anyone. Just leave me alone...please." "Alright. Here's my number if you need to talk." He took my cell out of my hand and entered his number in it. "Please text me to let me know you got home safe. How far do you live anyways?" "Driving wise, 15 minutes. Dana took me to the party so I didn't take my car with me." "That's like an hour walk! I'm not letting you walk alone. Either I walk home with you or you come back to the party." "Fine, you can walk with me." "Ok. Great." We started walking back to my house. To my suprise, we started talking and it wasn't awkward. We started talking about what we wanted to do after we graduated high school, he wants to go to school for business and hopefully open his own. I asked him what type of business he wanted to open and jokingly he said a strip joint. I gave him this weird look and he told me that he was joking. "In all seriousness, I want to open a shoe store." "A shoe store?" "Yeah, but not just any shoe store like Foot Locker, but a store where it sells everything under the sun. Have you ever gone into a store to look for a specific type, but they're out of stock or they don't carry it?" Andrew was so adorable when he was explaining this to me. "Yeah..." "Well, with my store I'll make sure that wouldn't happen. I'll find what the latest trend is and make sure I have enough in stock. I want to hire local designers and have them work with manufactuers and make sure that their dreams come true as well." "Wow, that's great. I know you can do it." "Thanks Bry. What do you want to do?" "This is going to sound weird, but I sing. Dana and my family are the only people who know that I do. I would love to go to school in New York, or move to L.A and see what happens there." "Amazing, can you sing me something?" "What? No, I can't. I get too nervous." "Then how are you going to have singing a career if you can't even sing to me?" "I've never been put in that situation before." "Please...for me?" I looked in his eyes, and I've never seen this look before. It was burning through my soul, and I couldn't say no. "Fine... I don't know, how or why. I feel different in your eyes. All I know is that it happens everytime. Cos' there's something in the way, You look at me, it's as if my heart Knows you're the missing piece. You make me believe that there's Nothing in this world I can't be I'll never know what you see, But there's something in the way you look at me." "Bryan...that was amazing. You have an amazing voice, you have to let everybody know." "Thank you Andrew. That really means a lot to me. I'm just scared that's all." "You don't have to be, you're talented." He whispered to me, his face was really close to mine. All of a sudden his lips touched mine, I didn't know what came over me but I returned the kiss. His soft pink lips grazing across mine, I was in ecstasy. Andrew backed away and just looked at me. "Wow...that was unexpected. I sing for you and I get kissed. If I would have known that earlier I would have done it sooner." "Yeah, wow. Bryan, look...I don't know what came over me. I'm not gay..." I looked at him in horror. I couldn't believe that he said that. I let my defenses down for him and I thought maybe something could happen between us. "But...but you kissed me. I can't believe you! You just reminded me why you were a jack ass in the first place." "I'm sorry Bryan, I'm not gay. I'm not..." "What? Like me? You think it's easy for me to come to school everyday and have you and Mark accost me for being different? You think it's easy for me? HUH?!" I've never been so livid in my entire life, but he went too far. He just looked at me again. "I know my way from here. I thought you were different. I thought that I finally saw the Andrew that no one ever sees. I was wrong, you played me for a fool. You know what? You shouldn't open your own business, you're a much better actor." I walked away, leaving him standing alone. As if on cue it started raining. Am I living in a fuckin' cliche? UGH! I've never cried so hard in my entire life. For that brief moment that he and I shared...I can't explain it. I finally got home, I've never been so happy to be there. I entered my room and looked around for my sweats. I layed in bed and thought about it again. I've never been so hurt, so betrayed. I was in bed all day Sunday, my phone was ringing off the hook. Most of the calls were from my parents and Dana. I didn't feel like answering them. After a few hours sulking my door opened. "Hey Bry...you haven't answered any of my calls! Where fuck have you been? You know how worried I was?" "Relax bestie, I've been here ever since the party." "Oh. Well why haven't you been answering me? What happened?" "Well, Andrew walked me home and then we started talking..." "Oh! What else?" "Stop interrupting me and you'll know." "Touchy, touchy. Sorry." "Whatever, anyways we started talking and he told me what he wanted to do with his life after he graduates high school and college. He wants to have his own business. Then I told him what I want to do, and I sang for him." Dana's eyes got bigger when I told her that I sang for him. She knew that it was a big deal for me to sing. "After I was done singing, he told me that I was talented and he kissed me." "HE WHAT?!" "Yeah, he kissed me. It was amazing, but then he told me that he didn't know what came over him and he told me that he wasn't gay." "But he kissed you, something is up with that boy. I'm sorry that you had to go through that. I'm sure he'll come around and he'll see that he is missing out." "Thanks love, but if you don't mind...can I go back to moping? I'm still not over it." "Sure, I'll see you at school tomorrow ok? "Alright. Later Danes." I was dreading going back to school, how am I supposed to face him? I woke up later than usual and skipped breakfast. I pulled into school at around 7:45 with 5 minutes left to spare before the first bell rang. I rushed into the halls passing all the students who didn't care if they were late for class. I opened the door to Mrs. De La Cruz's room and everybody had their eyes on me. It was so unsettling, did Dana open her big mouth and tell everyone what happened? This whispers were everywhere. I didn't know what to do. I looked over and I saw Andrew, we locked eyes. I turned around and walked out of class. Mrs. De La Cruz called my name, but I just kept on walking. I went to the bathroom and headed for the stalls. I sat down and I lost it. I'm so tired of being embarrassed, I thought to myself that I'm just a normal teenager. Why am I the one subjected to the humiliation? Then it hit me, why do I care? The reason why people keep doing this to me is because I let it affect me. I told myself that the old Bryan is gone and the new one starts today. I walked back to class and sat down, I told Mrs. De La Cruz that I had to use the bathroom really bad. Class was over and I headed for my locker. I felt a tap on my shoulder. "Hey Bryan, how are you doing?" Andrew asked. "What do you want Andrew?" "I deserved that. Look, can I explain to you why I did what I did? "There's no need to explain, I get it. You're straight and you didn't know what you were doing. Honestly, I really did like you...a lot and I thought that with that kiss you did too. I felt butterflies, I was nervous. I actually felt...loved. Then in an instant you took it away from me." "I didn't mean to do that. I'm not that bad of a guy. You have to understand that. I'm not Mark. The reason why I laughed everytime he shoved you into your locker or says shit about you is because I was hiding. After our conversation that night walking to your house, you were the first person who ever listened. You saw the real me, the me that I was afraid to show people. I wasn't the popular kid that night, I was me. I was vulnerable. Bryan, I think I'm..." "Save it." I couldn't hear anymore of it. "Look, I gotta get to class. Later." I started to move through the heard of people. Why was he doing this to me again? This emotional rollercoaster is too much for one person to handle. I was in deep thought when he yelled, "I LOVE YOU!" I turned around and locked eyes with him, I couldn't believe he just said that to me. I just looked at him and walked away. All morning I couldn't concentrate on school, I tried finding him at lunch but he wasn't at his usual table. I went outside to find Dana...again it's in the middle of October and she's still eating out there. "Hey Bry." She said looking down at her books while eating her sandwhich. "How did you know it was me?" "Um...I looked up before you came to the table...duh." "Oh, whatever. Guess what happened to me today?" "Did Mark push you again?" "No...Andrew said he loves me." Dana dropped her sandwhich and just stared at me. "Hello...earth to Dana..." "Sorry, still digesting the fact that Andrew loves you." "Yeah, it was weird. First he kisses me, then he tells me that he's straight and now he loves me? He needs to figure out what he wants." "He already did honey. He wants you. I know with your parents being gone all the time because of work you never really knew what love was, but I know that deep down you love him too." I thought about it and it was true. I do love Andrew, but I was so scared to love. My parents are successful business people. They travel to different places, they're always busy. I see them only during the major holidays. I'm always alone in the house, well me and the housekeepers. It wasn't all like that, before their careers took off we were always together. At home, eating together...spending quality time. That's when I had my first taste of what a caring and loving family felt like. Then both my parents got huge promotions within their jobs and now we are here today. I miss them so much. With them being gone 361 days out of the year, I forgot what it was like to be loved, what it's like to have a family. Sure they call everyday but it's not the same. It affected me greatly, everytime that they're not here I lose a little bit of me and I lose how to love. Do I blame them for making me feel this way? Not really, they're trying their hardest to make sure that I'm living comfortably and I'm sure if they had their way they would be home with me too. I was snapped back into reality when Dana asked me what I was going to do. "I don't know Danes, it's not like everyday someone professes their love to you. I'll try to find him after school and talk to him. Andrew Wright is in love with me." I smiled thinking that Andrew and I are something. I felt really bad leaving him and not having the chance to explain. I was so stubborn. I wish I hadn't done that. There's nothing I can do to change what happened a few hours ago. I waited for Andrew after school and I waited for about a half hour and he hadn't shown up. Maybe he didn't want to see me...I don't know. I got into my car and drove home. As I got near my driveway I saw a car that I didn't recognize. I parked my car and headed towards the door. I was suprised to see Andrew sitting on a chair on the porch. "Andrew...what are you doing here?" "I'm here for you. That night when I kissed you I got scared. I didn't think about how it was going to hurt you, I thought about my own reputation. Maybe if I pushed you away those feelings would go. It was the most agonizing weekend, you were all I could think about. Your smile, your heart, your eyes. It was a mistake for me to do that to you and I hope you forgive me." Then he gave me a bouquet of orchids. "Orchids? Those are my favorite flowers. How did you know?" Tears started welling up in my eyes. How did he know? In that instant I knew that I fell in love with him. "Well, a little birdie named Dana told me. After you left to go to class, Dana heard everything. She told me that she would kick my ass if I ever treated you badly. I told her that I would never do that to you because you went through so much." "So that little trick knew all along? She played it off so well!" I took the orchids from him, the smelt so wonderful. "You know Andrew, you are all I could think of. When you told me that you loved me, my heart stopped. I thought it was a dream. Drew-bear...I love you." "Drew-bear huh? I like it. What are you doing on Halloween?" "Spending time with you?" "You got it! Don't make any plans ok?" "I won't. You have no idea how much you just made my day." Inside I was doing flips. I've never smiled so much in my entire life. "Anything for you Bry. Look, I gotta get going. I have to start making plans for our first date." "Ok." Andrew started to turn to walk away. "Drew-bear?" "Yeah babe?" He turned around, I walked over to him and kissed him. "What was that for?" "Just 'cause. What? I can't kiss my own boyfriend?" "I'm not complaining. I love you." "I love you too, now go and make those plans. I can't wait to see what you have in store." "Ha ha, alright. See you at school tomorrow." With that he walked to his car. I heard his engine turn on and then it hit me. I have a boyfriend...Andrew is my boyfriend. I looked at my orchids and smiled. He went through all this trouble to make me happy. I can't wait to see what this relationship has in store. Authors note: Alright, this is chapter 1! I'm so proud of this story. A lot of hard work went into this. I've been working on this chapter for about 3 weeks now and it's finally done! Hopefully the next chapter won't take that long. I apologize in advanced if it does. Notice that I did not describe Bryan. I did that on purpose, I wanted my readers to immerse themselves into the story. I want you to be Bryan, all I did was give him an age. I did describe Andrew because in reality there is a guy that I do have a crush on. Questions? Comments? I love to hear feedback! bndgg22@yahoo.com . Please put the name of the story in the subject line. Thank you again for reading!