Chapter Six: Guys + Bras? DEFINITELY Gay.

"I'M BURNING AND I'M BLACKING MY LUNGS
BOY YOU KNOW IT FEELS GOOD WITH FIRE BACK ON YOUR TONGUE
IF YOU TALK YOU BETTER WALK YOU BETTER BACK YOUR S**T UP
WITH MORE THAN GOOD HOOKS WHILE YOU'RE ALL UNDER THE GUN"

I sang along with the lyrics of my current favorite song of the week as I got ready for my "date" with Andi. Okay, so technically it wasn't a date. It was just two friends getting together to hang out. But hey, a girl can dream right?

I skipped over to turn the stereo up even louder, a permanent grin stuck to my face. It was rare I could play my music this loud. Usually my sister, Chris, would come in and just blatantly turn it off or Dad would come up screaming. Fortunately for me, I had the house all to myself for once. Chris was out job hunting and as always Dad was at work.

I opened a drawer at my desk and pulled out my makeup bag. I would keep it simple. I wanted to look nice for Andi but I didn't want to over-do it. I already had my everyday makeup on from school so I decided another coat of mascara and a touch up on eyeliner would do the trick. When I was done I eyed my reflection.

Perfect.

Okay, now time for clothes. Meh. I looked down at what I was already wearing. Frayed jeans and a Paramore band T-shirt. It would do. Andi wasn't a high maintenance guy so why did I need to be a high maintenance girl?

A hand touched down on my shoulder and I shrieked at the top of my lungs. I spun around, fists in the air, already moving into a fighting stance. I stopped as soon as I saw the face of my would be "attacker".

Andi.

I sighed with relief and held up a finger, signaling him to wait with whatever he was going to say as I went to turn the stereo off. Turning back around I glanced at the clock, 5:12 glowed back at me.

Opps..

"Heh...sorry about just kinda like barging in on you. I called you at first but when you didn't pick up, I came up to the door. And then I heard the music playing and I figured you probably couldn't hear the doorbell. So..I came in, followed the music and well, here we are." Andi explained, in the ever calm manner of his, as if it was natural he should be standing in my bedroom.

"No, it's fine. It was my fault really. I should have been ready. How- How long have you been in here?"

"Not long. I just came in and found you. So..you ready to go?"

"Yeah. Is there anything I should bring along?" I asked.

He shook his head, "Naw, I got two boards, we should be good."

"Kay, cool. Lemme just grab a jacket and we can go."

As I spoke I reached over to pull my Panic! hoodie off my chair, revealing my lacy black bra from the day before. I blushed profusely and snatched it up, hiding it under the sweatshirt and going to throw it in my closet.

Of course, Andi had to be the over observant one and posed a question I really didn't want to answer.

"Hey Alex, whatcha got there?"

His voice sounded awfully close and I turned to see he was only inches away. Er, well, his chest was only inches away. Have I mentioned just how much I hate this height difference between us yet? I completely and totally and utterly do.

As I was fantasizing of how to smush Andi down to my size, he took advantage of my distraction and snatched my hoodie away.

"ANDI!" I squealed, "Do. Not. Open. That."

Of course, Andi didn't listen.

"Lingerie, I like," he said smirking and smacking his lips.

I buried my face in my hands but quickly brought them back down when I heard Andi chuckling. I looked up to see Andi looking at himself in my mirror, wearing my bra!

Oh. My. God.

Andi turned, a seductive smirk covering his face.

"You like?" He asked in the gayest voice possible.

I smiled to myself, I could turn this around.

"I guess I wasn't lying when I told my Dad you were gay."

Andi's jaw literally dropped and he pounced, landing us on the floor with him straddling my waist.

"I am not gay. I'm very straight as a matter of fact. I can even prove it to you." he boasted.

"Oh really? And just how are you going to do that?" I asked trying to mimic his playful tone.

Andi's hands moved from holding my waist up to my face, caressing my cheeks. My eyelashes fluttered and a shudder ran through my entire body. He moved his lips to follow his hands, placing butterfly kisses along my cheekbone, stopping when he got to my earlobe.

"Like this." he whispered into my ear.

He placed another trail of butterfly kisses down my cheekbone, hesitating only when he reached my lips. His dizzying green eyes looked up at me asking a silent question. I went with my instincts and closed the rest of the distance between us. Our lips melded together and I found my fingers running through his hair. He brought his hands back up and tilted my head, deepening the kiss. My heart was racing and I finally pulled away breathless when I couldn't stand it any longer.

I looked up at Andi through lowered lashes to see his eyes were still closed. I giggled as I realized he still had my bra on and his eyes immediately snapped open, an offended expression in them.

"Why are you laughing?" he demanded.

"You- Y- Yo- You- Y-" I couldn't get a hold of myself and I continued to laugh as I pulled my phone out from my back pocket. I flipped it open and clicked the picture button, centering on Andi's torso and up. Click. There was a flash and then I had my very own picture of Andi wearing my bra on my phone which I immediately saved as my background.

Andi sat up and blinked, "What the f**k did you just do?"

I also sat up smiling and handed the phone over to him, "Take a look for yourself."

Andi flipped the phone open with a flick of his thumb and looked confused for a moment before glancing down.

"You know if you show this to anyone I'll kill you, right?" Andi looked at me with all seriousness.

"Of course." I smirked.

"Oh no
Don't go changing
That's what you told me from the start"

My cell began ringing and Andi tossed the phone over to me. I caught it and glanced at the name. Dave. If it had been anyone else I probably would have let it continue ringing but this was the first I heard from him in two weeks. I answered as quickly as I could.

"Hello?" I turned away from Andi, feeling awkward talking in front of him.

"Hey, Alex. It's Dave."

I tried to keep my voice as level as possible, "Oh, hey. Whats up?"

"I was just wondering if you were free? Maybe we could down to DQ and grab a slushie of something.."

"Sure. Yeah, that sounds good. When you wanna come get me?" I tried to sound calm but on the inside I was screaming. Dave and I used to go down to the Dairy Queen all the time when things were okay with us. This was a good sign!

"I'll be around in 15, is that okay?"

"Yeah, I'll be ready."

"Okay, see you."

"Bye."

I snapped my cell shut again. YES! This was great! We were finally going to fix things, I just had to get ready and crap. Andi. I had totally forgotten he was still here. I turned back around to see Andi throwing my bra somewhere towards the vicinity of my closet. I blushed before grinning sheepishly at him.

"Can we get a rain check on that skateboarding lesson?" I put on a puppy dog pout.

Andi cocked an eyebrow, "Do I get an explanation as to why?"

"Dave, he's my best friend, was the one who just called right now. We've been in a fight for nearly two weeks and this is the first I've heard from him. We're meeting up in 15 and I hoping we can fix whatevers been bugging him."

"Does.. Does this 'Dave' guy have a girlfriend?" Andi questioned.

"Uh, no. But why does that matter?" I asked confused.

"I didn't say it did." He responded defensively

My eyebrows knitted together, "Well than why would you ask?"

"Why does it matter why I asked?" He said obviously avoiding the question.

"Why do you keep answering all my questions with another question? Just tell why you wanted to know." I was trying my best not to scream at Andi but he was just being so frustrating!

Andi wasn't doing as well as I with controlling his emotions.

"Why else would he ask you to meet with him if he didn't have feelings for you?!"

I was stunned and I fell back to sit on my bed.

"Okay okay, Andi wait." I called as Andi turned to leave my room, "Where are you going?"

Andi turned in my doorway, the darkened hallway shadowing his face, "I need to get out of here. Obviously that kiss didn't mean the same thing to you as it meant to me.", and with that he was gone.

I was thoroughly confused. Okay, obviously he didn't want me to meet with Dave, but why?

"Why else would he ask you to meet with him if he didn't have feelings for you?!"

If I was reading into that right, that would mean Andi was jealous and for Andi to be jealous, Andi would have to like me. I thought about it. I was the one who kissed him though, not the other way around. And what did he mean by the kiss didn't mean the same thing to me and it did to him?

I groaned, threading my fingers through my hair. Why do guys have to be so confusing? Why, why, why?!

Grrr....

"Ding Dong."

I heard the door ring and as much as I wanted to patch things up with Dave, I really didn't want to see him right now. But this wasn't about me anymore. It was about Dave and what exactly had been going on with him these past few weeks. I needed to be there for him and just forget about my own problems for the moment.

I made my way along the hallway and down the steps to the front door opening it.

"Hey." I said forcing a smile when all I wanted to do was cry because I was so goddamn confused about everything.

Daves face contorted and he took me into his arms, "Aww, baby, whats wrong?"

The moment he finished speaking the tears just began pouring. Dave placed a gentle arm around my waist and lead me to the porch swing where we both sat down. I placed my head in the crook of his neck and he rubbed a comforting hand up and down my back as I tried to reel the tears back it.

"God, I'm so sorry. I'm supposed to be here helping you and all I can do is cry. It's pathetic." I said, wiping my tears off onto my sleeve.

"Alex." Daves tone reprimanding, "Don't say that. You know I'm always here for you, even when we are fighting."

"Dave, I know. I know, I know, I know. You're always here for me but when have I ever been there for you. I mean you even said that to me two weeks ago, I wasn't there."

Dave shushed me, a nervous smile on his face, "You can be there for me now."

I brought my head up off his shoulder to look in his eyes, "How?"

"I- I have someone for you to meet. He came along actually, hes waiting in the car."

As Dave spoke I saw him gesture to someone who was in an unfamiliar car that was parked on my driveway. I ran my thumbs under my eyes to catch any mascara or eyeliner that might have smudged in my little crying fit.

"You're beautiful. He won't mind anyway. I promise." Dave assured me.

A very preppy looking boy made his way up my front porch with a shy smile on his lips. Dave rose and took the boys hand in his own, turning back to me.

"This is Xavier and," Dave took a deep breath, "he's my boyfriend."

Before shock could even register in my mind a smile was on my face, "Omg, Dave. That's great!"

"Really?" Surprise read plain on his face.

"Of course, it's fabulous. Here I'm thinking something terrible was going on but wow, Dave, this is amazing."

Dave practically beamed and pulled Xavier down for a quick peck.

I squealed, "OMG! You guys are soo cute together! Xavier, sit down, sit down." I patted the bench next to me.

"It's good, it's good to meet you." Xavier said with a very heavy accent.

He turned to Dave, "I say that right?"

Dave grinned impishly, "Perfect."

I raised my eyebrows, curious to hear the story behind this, "Oh do tell how you met."

Dave turned back to me, "It's kinda funny actually. We were at Giant and Xavier here was in line to check out in front of me and he couldn't quite figure American money out. I couldn't let the poor guy suffer so I asked him if he needed any help. Which he did, obviously, so I helped him out and checked out myself. I started to walk home and Xavier noticed and he offered me a ride. And before you freak out Alex, he's only 17, a year older than me so now worries about us being illegal. Anyway I said yes and we got to talking. I found out he was from Spain and he was living with his Aunt to attended a private school here in New Jersy. We got home and I wanted to repay him so I asked him inside and well one thing lead to another and now here we are. I was scared at first because well two weeks ago I found out I was gay. It's not exactly something you just say okay to, it was a shock. That's why I was so upset with you. I wanted you to be the first to know so I could tell everyone else. Now that I have told you, I'm only praying everyone else has the same or a better reaction than yours."

I smiled warmly, "I'm sure everyone will be just as happy as I am for you guys."

Xavier grinned at me, before politely dropping his eyes and pointing to his wrist watch, "Time?"

Dave laughed, "He's still having trouble with full sentences. I think thats why he intrigued me so much, but he is right. It's getting dark and we should be going."

I pulled his wrist to me, 8:04. Chris should be getting home soon and I doubt she'd be as comfortable with the couple as I was.

"Yeah, well I'll see you both again soon, alright?"

"Definitely."

I hugged both of the boys before watching them get into the car and drive away. I disappeared into the house, content that things were finally okay with Dave.