Emery [bxb]

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"'Sup, dude?" I greet Emery, picking him up for school in my crappy truck. "You look good." I'm dressed as a power plug for Halloween, and Emery is dressed as an outlet.

"Hey, you look good too." A smile splits Emerys' face.

"C'mere, we need a picture of this." Halloween with my Boo™️, I caption our selfie. "Get it? Boo."

Emery comes with me to a party after school even though he hates the music. Danny, Bella and Matthias come too, and promptly fade into the background as they tend to do. Matthias in particular is way too innocent to be at these things, and is quite frankly too bewildered to move most of the time. Em prefers to stay with them and keep them company, whereas I keep wanting to drag him off to see the hot girls. Again, we compromise, and again, the friends win.

It's a bit of a game with Griffin and I, staring at each across large open spaces in a secret challenge to not get caught by the other. Or maybe I'm just imagining it. I'm still too nervous to talk to him. I've never propositioned a guy before, but I kind of want to now.