Tyler walked down the hallway, headed toward the busses. He was smiling. He couldn't wait to get home and tell his parents about his date tommorrow. His best friend Andrew asked him to go on a date with him. It was just a date on the playground at recess but tyler didn't care. It was the fact that anyone even asked him out that made him so happy.
Tyler hopped on the bus and sat down next to Sherman. Tyler didn't really like him but he wasn't a complete idiot like everyone else on the bus.
"How was your day?" Sherman questioned. He always asked questions like that. Tyler was pretty sure that Sherman was his stalker.
"Um. Good" Tyler said, sidetracked.
"Did you kiss any guys today?" Sherman said pretty loud.
"No! Dude. Shut up!" Tyler accepted who he was and so did Sherman. Sherman Was Just Very open about Tylers sexual prefrences.
After listening to Sherman rambling about some girl in his class, tyler got off the bus and walked toward his house.
"Tyler " his 17 year old sister called to him with worry in her voice.
Tyler turned around to face her as she hugged her boyfriend goodbye.
"Yeah?"
She walked over to him and put her hand on his shoulder
"Um....I heard some people...like...someone said....they told me....that um...I just. ...I ...heard that..um..you....um...have a boyfriend?"
Tyler felt his cheeks get hot and knew he must've been blushing like crazy.
"...um. I.....I dont.....not really....well yet anyway" Tyler mumbled.
His sisters face instantly went from concern to worry and she spoke so urgently that tyler thought she was being held hostage at gunpoint "you can't tell mom, or dad. Or anyone, tyler. Trust me. I know how our parents feel about this. Before they adopted you...well, there was another kid they were looking at. A few days later they found out the kid was gay. They completely dropped contact with that company. That's why they went all the way to south Dakota to adopt you. They love you tyler. But if they find out.....they won't anymore. I love you too tyler. I always will. You're my little brother. I know you can't help it but please tyler. Don't tell mom and dad. Please. You cant. If they find out you're gay...theyll...they'll do alot of things. I just need you safe." She said. Tyler didn't know why she was acting like this. He knew his parents loved him and that they always would, but mabey his sister was right. His parents always seemed disgusted by gay people. This meant he could tell them about the date. He could go places with his boyfriend.
"Yeah. Okay, Amanda. I wont. I promise" he said looking into his sisters eyes.
"Good" she turned and walked over to her freind who had been waiting for her.
Tyler started to walk up his driveway and into his house. He put his backpack down in the living room and went upstairs to his room. He started to carve a cup from wood. He already made 3 of them earlier but his friend gracie said they needed atleast 7. Tyler and gracie had built a tree house a few months ago, now they were making it into an actual home. Instead of buying cups and plates or blankets and paintings, gracie had the idea that they should make it all themselves. Gracie was in charge of things like rugs, blankets, vases, and furniture while tyler was in charge of things like tv, silverware, microwaves, and a mini fridge. Tyler had been gathering parts from old broken down things so he could put them together to make things for the tree house. He finished making the microwave last week but he still had lots of other things to do.
After he had made all the cups he took them, along with some snacks and sodas to the tree house. He climbed up the ladder with the basket of stuff.
"Took you long enough* gracie said, sitting on the floor painting.
"Yeah. Sorry" he said, giving her a sandwich and grape soda. He looked at what she was painting and rolled his eyes.
"Me and Sherman are never going to be a thing. He's straight" Tyler said gesturing to her painting of him and Sherman practically glued together.
"For now" gracie said with a smirk, and continued painting.
Tyler rolled his eyes and put the cups away before sitting on the couch to watch the tv that gracies dad hooked up for them. He dozed off during the pokemon marathon, along with gracie who had joined him on the couch at some point. They were cuddled together, practically like a couple. Tyler didn't mind though, he liked gracie. Like a friend that is. They slept like that for the rest of the night.
