"Wake up, lazy ass!" said someone while taking away my blanket.

"Five more minutes..." I groaned still half asleep.

"You already said that five minutes ago! Come on, birthday boy, time to go to school!" she excitedly said.

"Why do you have to come each morning?" I whined in protestation.

"Because if I don't, you won't be able to get that lazy ass off the bed. Now, go shower and all. You have 20 minutes," she firmly ordered not taking a no as an answer.

"Fine..." I answered while getting out of my bed.

I sighed and went into the bathroom across the hallway. Like usual, everybody was already up and ready, letting the bathroom all for myself. I took a hot shower hoping it would wake me up. I loved the feeling of water on my skin. I have reached heaven!

"Come one lazy ass! Get out of the shower, don't make me come get you! You already spent 15 minutes inside!" said my childhood and best friend, Alexandra, on the other side of the door.

I groaned and shut the water off. I took a towel and put it around my waist. I unlocked the door and stepped out. There I was welcomed by a fuming Alex. I grinned sheepishly and ran into my room. It was so cold! I opened my closet and took a black T-shirt with a pair of sweat pants. I heard a sight and looked at my best friend.

"What?" I asked while putting on my clothes.

"We will have to go shopping sometimes. Your wardrobe is so plain!" she complained.

"Yeah, yeah..." I said dismissively and went downstairs. "Good morning everyone!"

"Good morning," grumbled my father and sister already eating their breakfast.

"Good morning love, breakfast's ready," she said from the kitchen.

"Thanks, mom," I said while taking the plate from her and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

I sat on my chair between my father and twin sister and began to eat.

"Alex darling, you want to eat too?" asked my mom.

"No, thank you. I already ate," she answered with a smile. "Hurry up Matt or we will be late!" she said to me with an eyebrow up.

"Okay, okay," I answered bitting on the toast and went to take my backpack. "!" I exclaimed with the toast in my mouth."

"Let's go then! Jess you ready?"

"Yup!" she said while popping the letter "p".

"We're going mom, dad!" my sister and I said at the same time.

"Have a nice day and be safe!" our mom answered.

"Be good Matt and Jess don't mess around too much!" My father grumbled not taking his nose out of his newspaper.

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"Hey, birthday boy! What's up?" asked James, my other best friend as we arrived at school.

"Aren't you forgetting someone?" my sister said while putting her hands on her hip.

"Sorry, happy birthday to you too," he said with a smirk.

"Whatever, I'll see you later Matt!" she said to me while waving on went toward her friends, ignoring James.

"Yeah, see you later," I answered.

"What's up with her?" James grumbled, but both Alex and I pretended like he said nothing.

Then the bell rang, and we could hear a few groans coming from everywhere.

"Let's go to class guys," said Alex taking both of our hands.

"What do we have now?" I asked.

"History," both of them answered at the same time.

I sighed, I hated history! It was so boring, plus the teacher seemed to hate me for a reason I didn't know.

"Great," I murmured, and we entered the class, taking a seat with me between Alex and James.

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It was finally lunch time. I sighed in relief and was about to get up when James made a strange sound.

"What?" I asked while looking at him in confusion.

"You want to go outside to eat? What do you think of..."

"Let's go to Subs!" said happily, Jess.

"No, I want to go to Azzip Azzip!" protested James.

Each time, it was like that. They always needed to argue about something. I sighed and waited for them to stop.

"Where do you want to go Matt?!" they both asked me at the same time.

"Let's just go, I'm craving a cheeseburger," I said ignoring their angry glares directed to each other.

"But..." they said again at the same time.

"No, but! I want a burger, and we will eat it and... It's my birthday. Can't you both do it for me?" I asked doing my puppy eyes while faking it like I was going to cry. Yeah, I know. That was low, but if I agree to one of them and not the other, either one of them would be ignoring me for the entire lunch. "Please..." I whimpered like a hurt puppy.

"Fine!" they both said again at the same time.

"Yay, I love you both! You guys know that right?" I happily asked not really expecting an answer.

"Anyway, let's hurry. I'm hungry," said James already walking out of the room.

We exited the school and started to walk toward the burger shop only two blocks away from school. The fight about the food was already forgotten. Alex and James were now talking to each other as if they didn't try to kill each other a few minutes ago. We were talking about everything and nothing.

I was ignoring it for a while now, but I had the feeling that someone was observing me. I looked around, trying to find who was spying on me since I left home for school... The stalker knew where I lived?! This is really bad, isn't it? Shouldn't I call the police? But I have no proof, will they take me seriously?

"What's wrong Matt?" asked Alex noticing that I wasn't walking anymore.

"Huh? Oh, nothing. Sorry, I was just daydreaming," I said while catching up to them.

"Did you find a boyfriend?" asked James while wiggling his eyebrows.

"Why made you think that I had?" I answered a question by a question.

"Just asking," he answered and talked about something else with Alex.

Yes, my friends and Jess knew I was gay, but not my parents. I didn't have the courage to tell them yet. I didn't know how they would react and hope they would be okay with it. A chill went through my body. I shivered and looked around again. There was no one there, so who could be spying on me? Or was it only my imagination? I really hope that I was imagining it...

"Matt, stop daydreaming and come on or we won't make it in time!" shouted Alex when she noticed that I stopped walking again.

"I'm coming!"