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Newwww chapterrr         Soooo... I'm sorry about all the cliffhangers lately...    

Before I get to the story, there is something very serious I would like to mention.  Yesterday afternoon, a former classmate of mine lost her father to cancer.  We aren't really friends, and I don't think we've really talked much about anything besides school.  I haven't seen her in over a year, but I know how she feels.  My father too passed away, and I know I found it comforting when someone honestly cared, so please, if you will, keep her and her family in your thoughts and prayers.  Thank you :)  and although she probably won't read this, this chapter is dedicated to her :)

Chapter Seventeen- Austen's POV

   "It's Zeek.  I'm gay and I'm in love with Zeek, and he loves me too and he's my boyfriend."  I could feel a giant weight being lifted off my shoulders, and smiled.  I grabbed Zeek's hand and laced our fingers together.  He smiled at me, almost making me forget my family was in the room.

  "OH MY GOSH!  So cute!!!" Beverly threw herself at us, crushing us both into a hug.  When she finally calmed down, she stood at my side and I looked at my parents, waiting for their reaction.

  "Austen, are you honestly in love with Zeek?"  My father stood up and took a step toward us.

  "Yes.  With all my heart."

  "And you want to spend the rest of your life with him?"

  "Forever and always."  Zeek blushed and smiled.

  "Then I welcome you to the family, Zeek.  I've always wanted another son."  My dad smiled and gave us both a hug.  I turned to my mom.

  "Mom?"

  "Get out."  My heart sank and my eyes began to water.

  "What?"

  "I said get out.  I will not have something as disgusting as this living in my house.  You have five seconds to get your slut and leave."  I no longer felt sad.  I was pissed.  Furious.

  "Do not call him a slut.  He is more amazing than you will ever know.  He is the love of my life, and if you can't accept that, then I guess you no longer have a son."  I turned to my father and sister who were speechlessly standing aside.  "As for you two, I will stay in touch.  Love you dad, love you Beverly.  Give Emma a kiss for me."  I gave my mother one last glare and pulled Zeek out the door.  We walked across the yards and I was about to enter Zeek's house, but he tugged on my hand, stopping me.

  "Austen, are you okay?"  I was about to say yes, but I knew I would be lying to him, so I didn't answer.  "Austen, come here."  I shuffled closer to him and he wrapped me in a big hug.  "I love you."  He whispered.

  "I love you too."  I returned his hug and wiped my tears with my sleeve.  "I'm sorry my mom called you a slut."  He laughed and pulled away a little.

  "Don't worry about it."  He held my face in his hands and brushed his thumb across my cheek.  "You're amazing, you know that?"  I raised a brow.

  "No... Why am I amazing?"  He smiled.

  "Not only are you incredibly attractive, but you're very sweet.  You're more worried about a stupid comment your mother made about me, than the fact that she kicked you out.  You have more self control than anyone I know.  You're more than just my best friend and my boyfriend.  You're my hero, and as far as I'm concerned, I'm lucky to call you mine."  I smiled and pulled him closer to me.

  "You're the amazing one Zeek.  I don't know how you've managed six years of seeing me almost everyday and being in love with me, without telling me.  I've only realized my feelings about a year ago and  I almost told you many times... I was actually planning on telling you the day I heard you talking to Naomi..."  

  "You were?"

  "Yes.  So even if I hadn't of heard you guys, we would probably be together anyways..."

  "I'm glad you heard though... I was going insane."  He laughed.

  "Me too.  Can we go inside now?"  He laughed and pulled me to the door, leading me to his room.

  "Movie night?"  I nodded.

  "I have a feeling we'll be too busy to watch it though..."  He blushed and shoved me on the bed, leaving the room to find a movie.

  "Perks of Being a Wallflower, Finding Nemo, The Notebook, Twilight or The Hunger Games?"  He came back in the room with a stack of movies in his hand.

  "Surprise me."

Of course I didn't watch the movie.  I was to busy staring at my boyfriend...

  "Stop staring at me."

  "I can't.  You're too cute when you get angry."  He blushed and smacked my face with a pillow.  "You wanna go there?"  I smiled at him with mischief as I grabbed a pillow near me and smacked him with it.  

  "This is war..."  He grabbed another pillow, and we began to beat eachother... He hit me in the face, and I hit his butt.  I was about to step towards him to hit him again, but I tripped, knocking us both down.  I looked up at him to apologize, but froze.  He was staring at me... it reminded me of when we fell over the day we met... How he froze and stared at me...

  "Zeek?"  He shook his head and blushed.  "Why were you staring at me?"

  "Your eyes are so beautiful."

  "You're beautiful."  He blushed and I leaned closer to him, pressing my lips to his.  He buried his fingers in my hair and pulled me closer to him.  I nervously traced his bottom lip with my tongue, asking for entrance, and he gave it to me.  My tongue instantly invaded his mouth and rubbed lightly against his, sending chills through my body.  I snuck my hand under his shirt and traced the muscles on his stomach, making him shiver.  I pulled by mouth away from his and kissed down his jaw, to his neck, biting and sucking softly.  Then I heard someone clearing their throat, making me jump off of Zeek and smack my head on the nightstand.

  "Well that was sexy... I'll have to come by for surprise visits more often.  Zeek, you got a little problem downstairs... Actually you both do..."  I glared at Naomi as she sauntered over to Zeek's bed and plopped down.  "Oh, and nice hickey by the way."

Luke's POV

 "Are you sure you wanna stay in a hotel?  I'm sure Beth and Jonathan wouldn't mind if you stayed with us..."  I gave Millie one last hug and sighed.

  "It's okay.  We'll pick you up tomorrow morning for breakfast... You still like oreo pancakes?"

  "With extra syrup."  She grinned and kissed me on the cheek, whispering in my ear, "I know you like him.  I think he likes you too."  She waved and walked back into her house without another word.

  "She looks kinda like you."  Gabe said from behind me.

  "We both look like our mom.  Thank god we look nothing like our dad."  I laughed and climbed into the car.  "Let's go find a hotel, I'm tired."  So we found a hotel... But due to some concert nearby, they only had one room available...With one bed... No pullout couch... No couch at all actually... Just one bed.  Which means either one of us would sleep on the floor, or we... shared the bed... I secretly hoped for the second option, although I knew we weren't going to share, so when we got to the room, I bundled up some pillows and blankets on the floor, but was stopped.

  "What are you doing?"  Gabe questioned.

  "Making my bed..."  He sighed and picked up all the pillows and blankets, setting them back on the bed.

  "We can share."  He smiled.  "I hope it won't be awkward, but I normally sleep in my boxers... I can put on some sweats if you want..."

  "No, it's fine..."  I said a little to fast.  He chuckled and pulled off his shirt, tossing it aside, and pulled down his jeans.  "Nice Spiderman boxers."  I laughed... Although I probably shouldn't considering I was wersing Adventure Time boxers...  I pulled off my clothes too, jumping into bed, ignoring the half naked sex god that was climbing in next to me.

  "Night Luke."

  "Night Gabe.  Thank you by the way... For finding the orphanage and taking me here... And everything else.."  I gathered up some courage and pecked him on the cheek, rolling over fast and turning off the light... 

I kissed him...

On the cheek...

I kissed Gabe on the cheek...

And he didn't hit me?

Ta daaaaa <3  It's short... I know... but I'm tired... and I'm starting to get writer's block...

Sooo... I think I'm gonna start a 'question of the day' thing and maybe put some of my favorite answers in the next chapter...

QUESTION OF THE DAY 1:

Who is the cutest couple and why?  Austen and Zeek, Weston and Shane, Naomi and Jack, or Luke and Gabe (although they aren't technically a couple yet...)   You can also ship some other characters together... :)

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