laughing about death

I open my window quickly. Adam steps into my room and just stares at the floor. It feels like forever until Adam asks." Can I stay for a bit?" I nod my head yes. I say" I'll go grab you some pillows and blankets." I run down the stairs. My heart is racing. Oh God, he's here! I grab three comforters and two pillows. I got to be all mathematical and crap. I run back upstairs faster than I ran down. I open my door softly. I look in and see Adam spread out on my bed all comfortable. I put a blanket on him and make me a bed on the floor. I will sacrifice anything for you. I can't believe I just thought that. I lay down watching the clock on my wall tick before I know it I'm passed out.

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I wake up to the sound of a phone ringing. It's mine. Adam is still asleep. He is one heavy sleeper and he snores, how cute. I look at my phone and see it's an unknown number. I answer " Hello." says a familiar voice " Is Thomas there?" I whisper back" yes" The voice belongs to Adams's grandpa. He replies" thank goodness just take care of him." He hangs up. Take care of him? what does that mean? Anyway. I lay back down and stare at my ceiling. I'm just waiting for Adam to wake up. About twenty minutes pass and I look over at Adam who is also starting at the ceiling. So he's awake. How long? We don't speak we just share small glances for about an hour. I hear a knock on my door. I answer it. It's Rachel, " hey dad's home." I'm about to answer when " Hey cutie I'm Rachel what's your name?" Rachel holds her hand out for Adam to shake. Adam shakes Rachel's hand, " hello I'm Adam. Rachel's face changes, " Oh you're the guy who dumped my brother, I would too, you don't look gay." Someone pulls Rachel out of my room. " hey!" It's my dad. Man, I told him he could meet Adam. " Hello I'm Rick Thomas's father, I heard your Adam and you and my son dated." "Why did you break his heart?" My little sister butts in. I blush hard and push my family out of my room and slam the door. " I'm so sorry about them." I apologize to Adam. He is laughing really hard. Is he laughing at me? " What's funny?" He doesn't answer he just keeps laughing. Did I say something stupid? Did I embarrass myself? " Hey, Adam are you okay?" He answers" My grandma died my parents died your mom died and here we are still laughing and being embarrassed by family, life goes on its just funny that we all forget or get used to how it feels." I shouldn't understand but I do. I start laughing too. What do we do now, two middle school boys laughing about death? Adam looks at me and says" I saw your note but I didn't read it, I was too scared." He is still laughing.