Alan's POV

Austin parked the car in front of the school and climbed out, quickly running around and opening my door for me. I rolled my eyes and laughed as he appeared by my side, taking my hand in his. I looked up at him and bit my lip. To say I was nervous was the understatement of the year.
The night Austin told me he loves me, we sat awake most of the night just talking; Reminiscing on childhood memories and talking about the future, getting to know each other again and filling each other in about what had happened during the early years of high school. Austin told me about how he is going to college to study law because his dad said it would be good for him, although Austin didn't seem too thrilled about the idea of it himself. He told me that his dad wanted him to go to a college in Michigan since they had some family over there so it wouldn't be an unfamiliar city. The conversation of college didn't last too long though as Austin seemed to want to change the topic pretty quickly, which was fine by me since I was still worried about what was going to happen to us once Austin left.
That night we also agreed that we were going to come out to the school that we were a couple. We weren't going to shout it out in the middle of the corridor but we weren't going to hide away anymore. It wouldn't take too long for people to figure it out themselves once we stopped pretending. Since there was only a few weeks left until graduation we both figured we may as well make the most of our time together, even if it did mean drawing some unwanted attention towards us.
"Hey." Austin whispered, stopping to look at me. "I'm just as nervous as you are but we can do this. It's going to be OK."
I forced a smile and he laughed while ruffling my hair. I pushed his arm gently before fixing my hair and following Austin towards school, putting my hand back in his once we were through the front doors. It was easier than I had initially thought. Most people didn't notice and the people that did didn't seem remotely interested, which was exactly what I was hoping would happen. I let out a sigh of relief when I got to the door of my classroom and Austin let go of my hand, only to wrap his arms around my waist.
"See, it wasn't that bad." He smiled.
I pulled him into a hug and inhaled his scent, rubbing my cheek against his soft hoodie. Austin kissed the top of my head and then pushed me away slightly.
"You're going to be late for class. Get in there." He said before kissing me quickly on the lips and nodding towards the classroom door.
"Looks like the two faggots came out of the closet, eh?" I heard a voice laugh from across the hallway.
I cursed under my breath and looked towards Austin who had his fists and teeth clenched. I placed a hand on his shoulder and he relaxed slightly.
"It's not worth it, Aus." I whispered. "Just ignore him."
"Better do what your bitch says." Tino spits.
"Want me to break your nose again Tino?" Austin shouts back.
Tino laughs and runs a hand through his hair. "You wouldn't dare."
"Oh wouldn't I?" Austin challenges, dropping his bag to the floor and rolling up the sleeves of his hoodie.
"Austin, don't!" I shout, holding onto his arm and pulling him back towards me. "He's just trying to provoke you. Don't give him the satisfaction."
"I'm not going to just stand here and let him insult you, Alan." Austin replies, sounding frustrated.
"I'm fine, Austin please. We're having a good morning, let's not let him ruin it." I whisper, still holding onto his arm.
Austin looks from me and then to Tino, then back to me again.
"You're right." He sighs.
"What's that Carlile? Too pussy to fight me?" Tino shouts.
"As much as I would love to beat the shit out of you Tino, I have better things to be doing. Why don't you find a hobby or something that doesn't involve making other people's lives a misery. You might actually have friends if you do that." Austin replies calmly.
Tino looks shocked for a moment before he kicks a locker and storms off down the corridor. I smile and stand on the end of my toes to quickly place a kiss on Austin's cheek.
* * *
"Hey Austin." A guy with brown, shoulder-length hair and a lip piercing spoke as he stood awkwardly next to our lunch table. "Are you coming to my graduation party on Friday?"
"Of course." Austin replied. "Are you going Phil?"
Phil looked up from his lunch. "What? Oh, yeah. I wouldn't miss it for the world."
"Awesome." The other guy said before turning to me. "You must be, Alan, right?"
"Um, y-yeah." I nod awkwardly.
"You're coming too, aren't you?" He asks.
I look up at him and then at the other expectant gazes around the table. "I-I mean, if that's alright with you then, sure."
"Of course it is. Any friend of Austin's is a friend of mine." He smiles before patting Austin and Phil on the back and saying his goodbye's.
"Who's that?" I ask.
"His name is Shayley. He's in a few of my classes." Austin shrugs.
"Are you good friends with him?" I hadn't seen him around much before, especially not with Austin.
"No." Austin laughs. "But the entire year is pretty much invited to this party."
I nod and move my attention onto my lunch.
"Do you want to come over later Austin? I got this awesome new game for the ps3." Phil asks.
"I'd love to but, I'm busy tonight." Austin mumbles.
I look up at him and raise an eyebrow in confusion. As far as I know, Austin was free tonight. Austin looks back at me and smirks.
"Alan kind of owes me something." He whispers before winking at me.

Notes

I feel like I haven't updated in ages when really it's only been 5 days. Sorry if I've kept anyone waiting though.
I'm off school at the moment for the Easter holidays (or spring break if you're American) and Of Mice & Men are starting their UK tour in a few weeks and they aren't coming anywhere near my city and it's making me incredibly sad.
Oh well, I have at least 40 chapters for a sequel of this planned out. Who would be interested in reading the sequel?

- Georgia x