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Chapter 28. Jordan

Without a word, he pulled my face to his in a fervent urgency. His hand gripped the back of my neck, keeping our lips interlocked as he swiped his tongue across my lips, begging me to open to him. I eagerly parted my lips, allowing him to dominate the kiss, leaving me breathing heavy as we pulled away from one another.

"We've gotta get going," I said breathlessly, swiping my hand across his hair smoothing it out. He let out a sigh before reluctantly agreeing and got out of his car. He rushed over to my side to open my door for me and grabbed my backpack and threw it over his shoulder. He reached for my hand and walked me into the school.

In one sense, it felt amazing to be holding his hand out in public like this. It showed everyone that William Harper was mine. But on the other hand, it showed everyone he was mine, meaning in a way I was coming out of the closet. William must have sensed my trepidation since he squeezed my hand lightly. Having him to help me through this was making it worth it.

As we passed through the hallway, I couldn't help but notice the number of looks we were getting from students and teachers alike. I tried to ignore them, keeping my head down, but I managed to see them nonetheless. From behind me, I could hear my name being called. I turned looking towards the source of the sound and saw a familiar mop of curly auburn hair bouncing down the hall towards me.

When Aubrie finally caught up, she looked down at my hand interlocked with William's and let out a smile. She let out a small squeal before she gathered her composure and gave me an excited look that told me she was going to be pressing me for details in chemistry later.

"I took the notes in class yesterday for you since you were out, I figured you might want them. You never know when Dr. Kaps is gonna give us a pop quiz." She sang out while digging through her backpack and handing me the papers.

"Thank you, Aubrie! You're the best."

She smiled brightly before she bounced down the hallway saying she would see me later and giving me and William another fan girl look. William chuckled beside me as we passed through the hallway to my locker. When we arrived, I pulled my hand from his to enter my code and opened the locker up. I took my backpack from him and shoved it into the locker.

As soon as the bag was in the locker, William pushed me into the row of lockers, trapping my body against his as his lips crashed down to mine. My whole body tensed up, my lips unmoving against his. I felt super self-conscious as he kissed me with the whole school getting a show. I pushed my hands against his chest, causing to pull back a bit, his face looking hurt.

I instantly felt guilty for feeling the way that I did, I shouldn't care what everyone else thought. I couldn't help the way that I was feeling, however.

"I'm sorry," I mumbled out. "It's just-"

"I know. You're worried about everyone around us. Don't worry about them. If anyone has something to say, then they can deal with me. Please just kiss me, Nathan."

I knew that he would definitely put someone in their place if he had to, his words put me at ease. I pushed up onto my tiptoes, laying a light kiss to his lips to which he grabbed onto my body pulling me into him roughly. He held my lips to his for several moments before he pulled back.

"I'll walk you to class. What do you have first?"

"I have art first. Let me just grab a pencil and then we can get going." I shuffled through my bag, procuring the pencil and slammed the door shut. William wrapped his arm around my shoulders, pulling me close to him as we meandered down the hall to my class.

Once we arrived, he gave me a peck on the cheek before he scurried off in the opposite direction. I let out a happy sigh before I headed into the classroom and took my seat. I pulled out my painting and began to work on it, feeling a renewed sense of inspiration. As I stroked across the canvas with my paintbrush, my thoughts began to travel.

It felt crazy that I was coming out of the closet so suddenly, but with him it made it all seem...normal. It didn't feel like it was something out of the ordinary. It felt like love. It felt like the world would stop spinning when we were near one another and like time itself was frozen. Even though it felt okay when William was around, I couldn't help the hesitation I still felt about it all.

I've read horror stories of people coming out of the closet and getting bullied and getting a lot of hate and discrimination. I didn't want that to happen. I had avoided conflict at all costs and now it's like I have a flashing neon sign on my forehead screaming 'I'm gay'.

I could feel eyes on me as I painted, causing me to look up to find a boy's eyes locked on to me from across the room. He was a small thing with tanned brown skin and blue eyes. When he saw that I had caught him looking, he let out a sheepish smile before he hesitantly walked over to me.

"Hey, Nathan, right?" I nodded in response, wondering where he was going. "I'm Jordan. You're dating William Harper?"

Wow, that didn't take long to be all over the school. I didn't answer the boy, turning my attention back towards my art.

"It's okay.....I'm gay too." He said, the last bit as a whisper so light that I wasn't even sure I had heard him correctly. My wide eyes met his as he looked away, his cheeks flushed in embarrassment. I honestly couldn't believe it. All this time living here in this town and I thought I was the only one. I gave Jordan a soft smile and gestured for him to take a seat, which he did.

"I think it's really brave of you two to be so open about your relationship. This town makes it seem like it is such a formidable thing and I think it's just great. I hope one day I can be like you guys."

I gave Jordan a genuine smile, feeling like his words were actually true. It made me feel good that even when I was doubting every second of it, someone else was being helped. It felt strange to me that I was the one that was becoming this person to look up to when I was freaking out over it. Jordan probably hadn't realized how much his words would resonate with me when he said them, but it felt nice.

"Thanks, dude. You have no idea what that means to me. I honestly have been freaking out about it."

"I can understand that. When you live in a small town like this, it's a scary thing to do. You guys make me feel like one day I can come out too."

"I like you, Jordan. You seem like a cool guy." I said to him. He smiled brightly, his tan skin erupting into a blush. The poor kid didn't seem like he received compliments very often. In fact, to be honest, I had never even noticed him before. Not that that's saying much since I really kept to myself at school.

"Thanks," Jordan replied softly as we both continued working on our different projects. Throughout the rest of the class, we chit-chatted and I had invited him to sit with William and me during lunch which he accepted happily.

Not much after that, the bell had rung and we had said our goodbyes. As I left the classroom, I felt a hand on my shoulder pulling me to the side abruptly.

AN: I've been sitting on this for about a day now and I feel bad holding off on posting for so long, so here's an early upload for you guys! Hope you enjoyed the chapter.

What do you all think of Jordan?

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CrazyCatMan7