Your Secret's Out (Peterick)

America's Suitehearts

-Patrick's P.O.V.-

I woke up and turned to my other side. I jumped a little at the sight of a naked Pete Wentz in my bed, until I recalled what happened yesterday. He was laying like a starfish with his arms and legs completely sprawled out. I glanced past him at the clock and wasn't surprised that we had slept in until noon. I gently poked his bare stomach and all his limbs retracted to the center of his body as if he was protecting himself. I laughed a little and poked his cheek next. Pete moaned and his arm moved up a little, trying to swat my hand away.

"Peeeeeeeete, we need to get up," I whined.

"Pattycaaaaaakes," he mimicked and opened one eye to look at me, "I don't want to." He pulled the covers over his head and sighed. I scooted closer to him and pulled the covers back down. Pete turned his head and gave me an agitated look. I pursed my bottom lip out and looked back at him, causing him to laugh.

"But even if you don't want to, we have to because the band has a meeting at the recording studio today," I said and gave Pete a quick kiss on the lips.

"But I just want to lay here with you," he responded and gave me another kiss.

"Well so do I. Our band-mates need us though, we're discussing the new record today." I grabbed his hand and interlocked our fingers.

"Yeah...I know." He squeezed my hand and sat up.

"You should also think about putting some clothes on," I said and got out of the comfort of my bed.

"Aww man, I wanted to go to the studio naked," Pete chuckled as he slipped his boxers back on. I rolled my eyes and threw a pillow at him. He just kept laughing to himself while he finished getting dressed.

"Come on, we're going to be late."

***

Pete and I walked into the studio holding hands. Andy was mindlessly tapping a beat on his drum set and Joe was on his phone.

"Hey guys!" Pete exclaimed and sat on the floor, dragging me down with him because he was still holding my hand. Andy stopped playing but Joe didn't even seem to realize we were there. Andy must have noticed us holding hands.

"So I see you two have resolved your conflict," Andy said.

"Yeah, I guess we have." Pete smiled at me and I grinned back at him.

"That's great, I'm happy for you guys. Aren't you happy for them, Joe?" We all turned to look at Joe but he acted as if he didn't hear Andy and continued to do whatever he was doing on his phone. Andy stood up and smacked the phone out of Joe's hand.

"Hey! What are you doing?" Joe shouted as he stared at his phone that was now laying on the floor.

"You need to stop spending so much time on your phone!" Andy yelled back. "Did you even notice that Patrick and Pete showed up?"

"Oh, no I didn't. Hey guys, sorry I didn't notice you're here," Joe apologized.

"It's okay," I laughed.

"What were you even doing on your phone that made you not notice anything around you?" Pete asked cautiously.

"Probably texting Marie," Andy mumbled.

"Well she is my wife! Am I not allowed to text the person I love the most?" Joe shouted at Andy.

"Awwwww!" Pete and I exclaimed at the same time. Joe looked over and glared at us.

"Speaking of two people in love," Joe tried to change the subject, "are you guys together now?"

"I guess so," Pete replied as I shook my head in agreement.

"Finally! Your conflict was making things real awkward not just between you guys, but this whole band," Joe yelled.

I looked over at Pete and laughed awkwardly. Now it was my turn to try to change the subject. "So, we came here to talk about the possibility of a new record?"

***

I pulled into my driveway and turned off the ignition.

"You know, Patrick," Pete grabbed my hand, "I would love to stay another night with you but Hemingway is probably getting lonely."

"I know, and you also should feed him." I squeezed his hand back. Pete laughed and gave me a kiss on the cheek.

"I love you, Pattycakes."

"Love you too, Pete."