2. the next three years

I missed Oli so much over those 6 months when I didn't talk to him. I needed him back. After those months, half were in the summer, when i went back to school i saw him. This was our first year in high school.

I walked up to him and waved. He glared at me and walked away. "Oli please. I'm sorry." He stopped walking and turned on me "Hunter you told me to get out of your life. I can't sit there and have to loose my best friend again if you get upset at something. I will not walk on eggshells."

I grabbed his arm "I promise you won't have to. I'm sorry. I was just upset about my dad. I should not have taken it out on you. Please forgive me." We were off in a hall away from everyone else.

He hugged me. "I know Hunter. I forgive you. Your my best friend I would do anything for you."

I looked into his eyes and it made me realize I had feelings for him. Stronger than just friends. I had to pull away from him before I kissed him.

"Uh so what classes do you have?" He was in my homeroom because our last names were close together. His Johnson mine Jackson. That's how home rooms were selected based off last names.

He showed me his class list. I pulled out mine and we had 6 of our 8 classes together. We had a block schedule meaning four classes one day four the other day. They were green and blue days because those were our school colors.

"Good we will have almost all our classes together. Except the last one each day."

"That sucks the last class is always the most boring. I just want the day to end." He told me. I nodded.

We started slow. We sat next to each other in all of our classes. After a few weeks we had an assignment that needed to be done at home. We choose to be partners.

"Do you want to go to your house or mine?" I asked him.

"My parents are fighting a lot recently so I would rather go to your house."

I called my mom at lunch and let her know we would be over after lunch. His sister who was in 7th grade asked if she could come too. I agreed after talking to Oliver about it.

When we went to my house we started working on the project. After a few hours he told me he was getting a headache so he laid his head on my lap. I rubbed my hand through his hair. I leaned back against the headboard continuing to rub my hand through his hair.

"You two look so cute." Olivia said. I rolled my eyes and blushed. She noticed but didn't say anything.

"Lay down with me" he whispered. He held me as my back was to him. "I'm tired wake me up when it's time for dinner." I laughed at him but agreed. I loved feeling him hold me, his skin touching mine.

He would always lay in bed with me whenever he would spend the night, which before our fight was almost every night. One of us would be at the others house. It was weird because his parents would always make sure he was awake so they would come in his room to wake him up. Which meant we always woke up earlier to get me on the floor.

Usually when we slept together at night we were just in our underwear though. We obviously didn't want to start stripping in front of his little sister.

I felt his breath on my neck as he feel asleep. I couldn't stand it anymore so I got up and went to the bathroom. When I came out Olivia was waiting for me. "Why did you blush?"

"What are you talking about?"

She was speaking loudly. "When I said you were cute."

"Olivia be quiet."

"Do you like my brother?"

I bit my lip when she asked this. She smiled widely "you do. Don't you? You have feelings for him." She said it the last part very matter of factly.

"Yes I have a crush on your brother but he can never know. Please Olivia promise you won't tell him." I whispered to her.

She nodded and followed me as I went back to my room my mom called up to us a few minutes later telling us dinner was ready.

I woke Oliver up "wake up. Dinner is ready." I whispered playing with his hair.

He moaned as he felt my hands in his hair. He bit his lip and looked up at me. I couldn't breathe looking his eyes. He sat up and smiled at me. "Calm on then. Let's eat. I'm hungry." He looked at me seductively as he bit his lip again.

I don't think he even knew how turned on he was making me. After dinner my mom said they could stay tonight. I told her about their parents fighting.

Olivia slept in our guest room while Oliver laid behind me in bed holding me. It was going to be nearly impossible not to get a boner that night.

He wasn't touching me anywhere except his arm around my waist. I could still feel his breath on my neck. He was in his underwear so I could feel a lot of his skin touching mine.

When we woke up the next morning I turned so I was facing him. I moved his hair back from his face. He opened his eyes, they were a beautiful blue green and I loved seeing them.

"Good morning" he whispered and smiled at me.

"Morning" I tried to turn around to get up but he grabbed me holding his arm around my waist. "We need to get up and go to school."

"Mhm" he moaned and pulled me close to him.

After 20 minutes of him holding me he finally agreed to get up. "If we are late it's your fault."

We walked to school with his sister. The middle school was right across the street from the high school. Oli was taller then me but since it was still hot he were shorts of mine and a t shirt. Olivia were one of my t shirts and the same jeans she were the day before.

Most of the time when were going our project Olivia would come over and they would both stay over. Oli always in my bed. It was hard to sleep next to him because all I wanted was him.

It took us a month to finish the project at that point it was close to Halloween. Oliver and I agreed to take Olivia trick or treating along with a couple of her school friends.

That night we were going to have a party at my house after. Just with us me and him and Olivia and her friends.

So after trick or treating for a few hours we went back to my house.

Olivia grabbed me and asked if I was planning on letting Oli know that I liked him.

"No Olivia I do not plan on telling him. I can't even tell him I'm gay."

"He's your best friend I don't think he would care and he might like you to."

"Yeah might. Doubtful. I can't tell him. You can't tell him either."

She nodded and went back out there to her friends.

It was a fun night we all played games board games and card games then we played video games and after that we all laid out on a couch or the floor. Oli and I were on the couch while a couple girls laid on chairs the rest on the floor.

We started watching a horror movie. We were on the L shaped couch he was laying on the L part my head on his lap. He started playing with my hair. I fell asleep in his lap. A few hours later he picked me up and carried me to my room.

A month later it was Thanksgiving our families spent it together. Even though Oliver's parents weren't even looking at each other. When we said the thing we were thankful for he said me and my mom so did his sister. Both of his parents looked upset but they said their kids. My mom said me. I said my mom and my friends.

With in the next few weeks his parents were fighting more and more which meant he didn't leave my house. After a few weeks they separated.

He stayed with his dad for a while after that. He grabbed me one day after school and said "I'm sorry i havent been around you for a while my dad is just lonely. You know how it is with only parent."

"Yeah but my dad is dead your mom just moved." I looked down at the floor. He grabbed me and wrapped his arms around me. "I'm sorry. You're right."

We went home our separate ways during Christmas vacation he came over and we spent time together. I missed his birthday because it was December 5th and he was at home by then.

I gave him his birthday and Christmas presents he gave me my presents as well then we were together for the next few days playing the games we got for Christmas.

Our next semester we still spent most of our time together but he stayed at his house more of the time. Then on our last day of our freshman year there was a party and he begged me to go. I eventually agreed.