Michael

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"What's the deal with you and the small tree boy?" I ask Jared. I think that the "small tree boy" is called Evan, but I'm not 100% sure.

"It's... There's a deal, alright." Jared laughs a severely strange laugh.

"I wanna hear about it." I say.

"I don't think-" Jared starts.

"It's fine." Evan says in a quiet voice.

"Okay then... We sort of just got back together today, haha." Jared says. He has an arrogant, joking tone.

"Tho you were dating, then you weren't. And now you're dating again? Thath cool." Rich says. His lisp is cute. I tell him that a lot, but he doesn't believe me. He also doesn't want to be "cute". He wants to be vicious and tough and stuff. He can be pretty scary sometimes, but it's hard to be scared of him with that adorable lisp in his voice.

If I'm being honest, though, all short people are horrifying. Rich is just a little more innocent than most of them.

I glance at Jeremy and Jake, who are sitting close to each other (but not too close, cause they're "straight"). Jake's face is glowing bright red, and he's got his fists clenched. I think I know what's going on in his brain, but I can't be sure...

He's totally wanting to touch Jeremy.

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