C H A P T E R T E N

HE FUCKING PUNCHED HIM. I was standing in front of Kameron and Greg while they were fighting and it was all my fault.

                  24 hours earlier

I look through my instagram as I lay in bed waiting on my parents to tell me breakfast was ready. On a normal Sunday with my mom we would be at church with the pastor screaming in my ear about very sin and what was wrong and right. I would seat there and listen to every word he said and believe it without thinking.

But over the last month I had learned a lot about myself. I had learned that no one was perfect and sex was a normal thing. Every since the mall restroom incident, Greg and I had been hooking up a lot. We hadn't had sex yet but we had done other stuff before we got to that point.

"Hey Babe, wanna hang out later ;)." Greg texts me.

"And do what?" I respond before returning to my instagram feed liking people photos from back home; mostly my old teachers since I didn't have friends.

"We can go see a movie and maybe jerk each other off in the back." I laugh at his response but sent an ok before finally pulling myself out the bed and going into the bathroom.

I look different then I used too. I look happier and more mature. My hair was growing longer than mom would ever let it be and my eyes look so much better when they weren't red from crying constantly. I missed my mom but I didn't miss the constant problems that came with her.

"Jacob, someone is here to see you." My dad yells from the bottom of the stairs.

"Who is it?" I ask from my bathroom.

"She says her name is Grace and she has something important to ask you." He responds which causes my heart to fall to my feet. What was Grace doing here? Did she know about me and Greg?"

I run down the stairs and into the living room to Grace sitting on the couch and she doesn't look happy.

"Hi." I say sitting on the love seat across from her.

"Jacob, are you sleeping with my brother?" When the words left her mouth my heart drops and if I was drinking something it would have been spit on her face. "There's a rumor going around about you guys."

My heart drops into my stomach when the words come out her mouth. I didn't know what to say at the moment, so much going through my head at once. First, why was this going around because I didn't hear one person come in the bathroom when Greg and I were in there and second, why does Grace care what happens between me and her brother.

"So is this rumor true Jacob?"  She brings me out my thoughts and back into reality.

"No, I promise you it isn't. Why would be and Greg do something like that we aren't even friends and I don't even know him that much." I say while looking in her eyes to try my best to convince her I wasn't lying.

"Okay, well I believe you but you need to put this rumor because you don't want people to think you're gay and hooking up with my brother." She says before hugging me and leaving.

Gay.

That wasn't a word that was used a lot in my vocabulary because of my mother and to think that I could be gay must have her turning in her grave right now. But gay was a word that had a lot of hate behind it and I don. want to be associated with hate. Why can't I just be Jacob, I don't want to put any labels on my self since i'm already stuck with christian freak.

The sound of my phone ringing pulls me out my thoughts and back into reality. The caller ID reads Greg. I answer and could hear moans coming from the phone and then my name being called.

"Jacob, please help me finish." Greg's voice says from the other end of the phone.

"Fine." I say before walking back up to my room locking the door.

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I walk into school the next morning feeling weird not only because everyone's eyes were on me but also because I feel like something bad is going to happen today and my fears are correct when I see Kameron, Kory and Greg walking my way.

"Jacob, can we talk?" Kameron says while pulling me into a empty classroom

"Y-yes?" I had no idea what was about to happen.

"So, I was wondering if the rumors were true and have you been with Greg after being with me for that time we were together." He says while blushing a bright red.

"It's complicated and why do you need to know you called me a fag and told me to get out your house." I say with anger coming from out of nowhere.

"Look, I'm really sorry about all that and I want to make it up to you. I don't know why but I think I might have feelings or something for you but you can't tell anyone." He says not meeting my eyes.

I couldn't get any words out before Greg comes into the room with a pissed off look on his face.

"What's going on in here?" He asks leaning against the door.

"Can we talk in private Greg?" Kameron walks over to Greg and grabs him by the shirt trying to throw him out the room.

"You can't talk to Jacob without me, he's like my buddy you know that you hook up with." Greg smirks at Kameron and starts whispering stuff in his ear. Kameron starts turning red again and has a look of anger in his eyes.

"You fucking bitch." Kameron tries to lunge for Greg but he moves out his way making Kameron hit the door.

"He doesn't want you Kameron, you've never even been with a guy." Greg laughs.

"Yes I have." Kameron says making my heart drop.

"Don't." I shake my head from him not to say anything but he continues.

"I fucked your buddy Jacob at my party last month, we fucked all night long and he was moaning my name and it was amazing." Kameron smirks now making Greg turn red and become angry.

"Is this true?" Greg looks at me waiting for me to say it wasn't but I don't say anything I just look down at the ground.

"Wow." Greg says before doing something I didn't think needed to happen.

He punches Kameron in the face. The two began to fight knocking over stuff in the classroom while I stand back trying not to get hit.

"Hey!" A male teacher runs into the room and pulls them apart. "All three of you to the principal's office NOW!" We all walk out the room to a crowd of student watching us and whispering.

And that's how we got to the point we're at now, sitting in the office with both my dads getting suspended for five days for doing nothing. But that wasn't even the worse part, Greg nor Kameron were talking to me and I felt like this was all my fault.

I had caused all this drama and now I was paying for it.