Disguises

I toss my phone into my back pocket after replying to Vee’s text. I was already dressed so I grab the car keys, tell my parents I’m going out and hop into the car. I feel giddy all over. Although I just saw Vee earlier, I felt like I had to see him again. I chuckle at myself, shaking my head while pulling into Vee’s drive way.

Getting out of the car, I walk up to the door and knock. There’s the sound of running footsteps before the door is thrown open. Vee’s sister smiles at me, “Hi Greyson.”

“Hey,” I laugh, slipping past her and into the house. “Is Vee upstairs?”

“Yeah,” she pouts, a hand on the phone and the other on her hip. “Pat and him are playing video games.”

“Cool,” I mumble. Pat? Pat as in…Vee’s druggie friend Pat? I bite my lip. It’s not that I don’t like him. I just don’t know him, I guess.

Sighing, I head up the stairs and open Vee’s bedroom door. I don’t have much time to prepare myself for Vee lunging himself at me. I laugh and somehow manage to hold us both up. Wrapping my arms around his waist, I rest my head atop his and smile. “It’s nice to see you too.”

Vee grins and leans up to press a kiss to my lips. My lips tingle and I force back a blush. Pat is sitting on Vee’s bedroom floor, a controller in his hand. He smiles when he sees me and says, “Hey man.”

I wave to him and allow Vee to drag me into his room, sitting me on the floor and handing me his controller. I glance at him and ask, “What is this?”

“A controller…Pat was complaining about my girly video game skills,” Vee whines, kicking Pat as he does. Pat chuckles.

“I’m no better,” I say honestly but allow Pat to kick my ass anyways. I may be good at sports but when it comes to video games, I’m terrible. I guess it’s because I don’t play them much. I’m normally outside.

“So…” Pat whistles, catching my attention. From the corner of my eye I can see that he’s occasionally glancing at me when he has the chance. “How long have you liked Vee?”

Vee looks at me, seeming eager to hear my answer. I grumble because to me, it’s kind of embarrassing. How can I just say that I liked him from the first time I saw him? I’d sound like a girl or something. Sighing, I decide to answer honestly but I whisper it so it’s hardly audible. “You remember when we first met? When I kind of…slipped and fell on you?”

Vee nods, laughing probably from remembering when I accidentally implanted myself between his legs. Just thinking about it makes me blush. “Since then.”

Vee only seems to smile more as Pat says, “That was almost a year ago, man. You sure are slow at asking people out.”

“Shut up, that’s why I didn’t want to answer!” I shout, waving the controller around through the air. Flushing, I sigh and grumble angrily to myself. “Besides, I didn’t know if he liked me too so…”

“I always wondered why you didn’t get your hands on all those girls who throw themselves at you. If I had that many girls coming at me, I’d be having a field day.” Pat grins.

“I bet,” Vee laughs, wrapping his arm around mine and leaning into me. I can’t keep the smile off my face. Having him this close and knowing that he’s mine…it’s too good to be true. If this is a dream, please don’t ever let me wake up.

“It’s getting late,” Pat says later on that evening. “I should go. Remember children, always use protection.”

Vee laughs and I feel my cheeks heat up. Vee hugs Pat good-bye and once he’s gone, Vee runs back over to me and places himself in my lap. I smile and wrap my arms around his waist, holding him against my chest while he turns the TV on to some random channel.

I could definitely stay like this forever.