Just Another Day

1. He's Not Gay

Noah

Thinking back to that morning, I always try to find any kind of sign that it was going to be a different sort of day. The kind of day that changes your life forever. But I can't find any, not a thing.

My alarm clock went off like normal, and just like every other day I pressed 'snooze' like a gazillion times, until eventually my mum burst into my room and yanked the covers off my bed.

"Noah Blackby, get your lazy backside out of bed now!" she shouted before whooshing back out of the room like a tornado that had wreaked havoc then disappeared into thin air.

I groaned and rolled to the edge of my bed, letting gravity do the hard work as my feet plopped onto the floor.

I hated mornings.

A buzzing noise finally caused me to fully open my eyes so I could locate the source. It was my phone.

I quickly snatched it off my bedside table and checked the caller ID before answering.

"What's up Maxy Moo?" I said, just to piss him off.

"What's up, is that you've just cost yourself a ride into school," a rather disgruntled Max replied.

"Seriously, you've got the car?" I said, my mood suddenly improving tenfold.

"Yeah, but you're no longer invited."

"Oh come on Maxy....Max, I said Max then see. Max, come on Max, you know you wanna? You can't leave your bff all alone to walk into school now, can you?"

"Hmm, I don't know. It's gonna cost you...," he replied, and I felt my face pull into a smile at the same conversation we had every morning he had the car, just a slightly different version.

I sniffed noisily. "I think my mum's making pancakes?"

"Honey and syrup please, and plenty of it. I'll be round in 20 minutes. Be ready or I'll go without you."

"Fine, fine," I said, already walking to the bathroom.

"Oh, and ask Robin if he needs a ride too."

"Sure thing. See you soon."

As soon as I hung up, I immediately checked my phone for messages.

Robin was a bit of a night owl and had a habit of texting me random things in the middle of the night.

A smile spread across my face at the sight of a message received at......2:34am?!

Robin: I just did a headstand on my bed and I swear I'm now an inch shorter. Man, you need to measure me tomorrow! I'm not even kidding!!!

I snorted as I read. The boy was an idiot.

I replied,

Noah: Max is picking us up. He has the car :) Bring a tape measure!!

I chucked my phone back on my bed and headed into the bathroom for a quick shower.

I heard my phone buzz again, but forced myself to ignore it so I wouldn't be any later.

As I showered I thought about Robin. Whereas Max was my best friend, Robin was my 'cool' friend. We didn't hang around in the same groups at school, but somehow we had still become friends.

Robin was on the school football team, and mainly hung around with other guys on the team. I had my own group of friends, including Max, but none of us played on any sports teams. We weren't anywhere near the top of the social ladder at school, but we weren't at the bottom either. We were just that group of kids that went unnoticed by everyone but each other. And Robin.