David Had nothing against Dante being gay, his main fear was how others would react to the news of the school's toughest dude being gay and also their parents. Nobody truly knew how the news would make them feel but right now it was only news between Nattie and David. Funny enough Dante himself hadn't come to terms with it yet. He was confused. About his sexuality, which made him turn to researching how he felt.
He found out a lot and the more he did the more he got scared, he didn't want anyone to find out about this, mainly because he wasn't sure either. Social media successfully hid the side to discovering sexualities where the person slides into depression, hates, and resents themselves for absolutely no reason. That was the stage Dante was in at this point. He had started drinking and smoking more than usual, he ignored his diet, and stopped going to the gym.
On his last day at the gym after working out, he walked in on a guy peeing. He literally froze in his tracks. His heart was beating at an uncontrollable rate, continued to stare at the boy until the boy said "what the fuck are you looking at mehn" That was when he realized he had messed up. He turned around sharply and left praying silently and hoping that he would tell anyone.
He was lucky, no one found out. But he got paranoid, whenever he saw someone staring at him he would instantly think they knew what happened. This made him recoil into his own shell. He stopped talking to people and more importantly his brother. This was the part that killed him the most, because he knew he was hurting David, but he could not help it. They always did everything together right from when they were little, they were basically inseparable. Although he was really rude and acted like a jerk most times, he never did that to his brother.
After a lot of research, Dante had come to terms with the fact that he was infact Gay. He locked everyone out and started to spiral downward. But locking everyone out meant there was no one to tell Dante that there was nothing wrong with him being comfortable in his preferred sexuality. He felt alone and abandoned and he had brought that on himself.
Nattie had a hard time controlling herself after what she had just heard. She took her time calmed down and told David it was alright and that he didn't have to worry. "I think what Dante needs is time and most especially you, it doesn't seem like it, but he really does need you. I can't really say I understand how you feel but you need to stay strong for him and slowly try to make him get better." She sat beside him and gave him a warm hug.
Cassie and Brian, were at this point completely oblivious to the world around them, they were focused on the movie but their minds were somewhere else. Occasionally Cassie would catch Brian stealing glances at her and she would blush. Halfway through the movie Brian took her face in his hands softly and kissed her, ever so carefully.
Cassie could feel her knees go weak, she closed her eyes and let herself go. She had wanted this for so long. Then they remembered they were in a movie theater and things had started to get a little bit too heated, and Brian definitely didn't want to pull attention to both of them so he stopped. Cassie could feel her temperature rise she could tell her cheeks were bright red at this point. She turned away and chuckled as they turned their attention back to the movie.
Unknown to them both they had pulled the attention of someone but it definitely wasn't t random. Brian had left his house earlier that evening with nothing but optimism. He was sure, 100 percent positive infact, of the fact that Sarah felt the same way about him. Kate on the other hand was on her way to his home, to try and get him to talk to her since all her efforts over the phone were a waste. When she saw him leaving with a skip in his step, she decided to follow him and sure enough, she did.
Quietly and carefully she walked and stalked him from afar. She followed him all the way to Cassie street and she felt like she could explode. She recognized the street from a mile away. She sat two seats behind them and watched them kiss. She held down the urge to scream and rip her hair out of her scalp. She had tried to forget Cassie, and it had actually started to work, but this took her right back to where it all started.