'Hey... I'm sorry I made you mad enough to not want to be near me in class... I won't push. Whatever is going on between you and Lin isn't my business if you don't want to tell me. But Tan you have me now and I'm not going anywhere I'm just worried. I care about you so please call when you're ready to talk.'Tan reads the text from Sven as he's on the train heading to Harris's house, the pit in his stomach hurts, is it guilt? Of course, it's guilt, Tan isn't strong enough to go without Harris for long he needs this. But Sven doesn't deserve this and neither does Harris, let's hope Tan gets to that conclusion.Making it to Harris's he knocks to no response, he tries again and is ignored hearing Harris's muffled voice, Tan thinks to wait until Harris is ready to answer but his lack of patience gets the best of him. Grabbing the knob he doesn't expect for the door to be unlocked but to his surprise, he is able to walk right in."Listen to me we go to court on Monday if there is a surpris
Tan nervously waits for Sven to come over as his mom sets up the table and his dad is in his office working."Are you going to help me, Tanner?" His mom asks"Sure." He starts to set the table with her "when Sven gets here could you please not ask him if we're in a relationship?""Are you in a relationship?""No mom we're not he's my friend""Sure ok" she smiles "I'll go get your father." His mom walks away, knocking before opening the door "Scott dinner's ready""I'm very busy right now Sheila is his boyfriend even here yet?""No, and he's not his boyfriend""Then why are we meeting him? I have cases I cannot waste time meeting all of Tan's friends""Listen to me!" She hisses and Tan hears them "we said we'd try for him right? Our son wants us to meet this boy so get off your ass and try!" Walking back to the living room Tan stares at his mother "he'll be out soon."Tan nods "Sven's on his way."Hearing the doorbell after a while, Tan heads for it opening it to Sven's face "hi" he sm
It happened, his friends won't talk to him and Sven won't even look at him. Tan's screwed and he knows what the right thing to do is but he doesn't want to do it.Skipping the rest of the day Tan goes home to hide in his room, no one can hate him in his room he thinks as he climbs his bed with teary eyes. He can't tell Harris his friends figured it out that'll make him freak out, and if he remembers correctly he did warn Harris about this. No one knows Tan like Lin and eventually she would've figured it out. If he loses everyone then he'll have Harris, Harris has to be better than nothing, right?"Tanner?" He hears his dad call from the front door, wiping his eyes he walks out of his room "I just waited in front of your school for half an hour, what the hell?""And you just left me there? Why didn't you call?""Left you there? Tanner, you're standing right here! Why didn't you wait for me to pick you up? Are you skipping again?""No" Tan lies "school ended and I got a ride from someo
Sitting at home in a real bind Harris pours himself some liquor to drink while he contemplates, Sarah being back is triggering for him. Sarah Stiles knows too much about Harris to be in his current life, one he's tried so hard to build outside of her. Hearing a knock on the door Harris looks at his watch not expecting anyone at this hour, so it is easy to detect who it might be.He gets up opening the door to Tan "hey what are you doing here?""Just needed to talk""Sure come in"Harris walks away expecting Tan to follow but Tan stands near the door after shutting it, he looks very uneasy. "Are you ok?" Tan shakes his head afraid to speak "what's the matter?"The words are harder for Tan to say than he expected "I don't think we should see each other anymore" his low voice carry towards Harris who isn't standing close."Why? Did I do something wrong?" Tan doesn't look at him in the eyes afraid he'll see Harris's heart breaking, he's really not ready to lose Tan.Tan tries to find a wa
"Hey Teagan" Tan walks over to her desk as she gets up grabbing her bag "Hey""Harris in there?""No he's been in court all day should be back soon though, I'm done for the day""All right I'll just wait in there for him""Ok bye Tan.""See ya" he walks into Harris's office shutting the door. Staring at the man's sophisticated chair Tan gets the urge to sit in it, doing so he gets comfortable and starts to look around.Bored out of his mind, Tan paces waiting for Harris to come back. He looked through every drawer in the office even though Harris is a lawyer and snooping is probably illegal. He finally walks in and Tan stops walking "Tanner" he stops seeing Tan's face"Hi" Tan smiles nervously "took you long enough""Were you waiting for me?" Harris shuts the door walking to his desk dropping his briefcase and taking off his jacket."Yes I really needed to talk to you""All right" Harris sits in his chair behind his desk with Tan sitting in front of him."I know it's been almost 2 we
"He's right there" Lin stands next to Tan at their lockers Monday morning staring at Sven talking to his friends. He looks so good wearing his letterman jacket and jeans that hug his butt perfectly, Tan is in the Sven Trance "hey!" Lin snaps him out "focus""What if this is a good thing?" Tan asks going back to what he was doing "maybe I'm not supposed to be with him, just drool from a distance like the gods intended.""Um no shut up you're meant to be with him""Then why did I take him for granted? No one like me has ever gotten this far and I fucked it all up, I'm a disappointment to gay guys everywhere.""I should stop thinking like a woman and think like a gay guy!" Lin follows Tan's posture as Tan stares at Sven, she fakes her trance "I see it... he's too sexy""Yes! He is way too sexy""Ok but that was me talking, he's too sexy for me because I'd never think about going after someone like that. Way out of my league, but you didn't think that way and somehow got that man" she sta
Tan rushes grabbing his cap and gown as Ronnie sits outside with the other girls anxious to graduate, "I'll see you guys at school!" He yells to his parents before walking out the door.Getting in the back seat next to Lin "were you planning on graduating today or next month?" Erica asks as they pull away"Shut up""Guys we're gonna be late, Principal Taylor will blow a fuse.""She'll be fine" Tan answers and they all ride to school. "ok so let's recap for the grad party tonight at Carrie Jensen's, is your brother still getting us booze, Erica?""Yes, he'll meet us at her house at 8""No we need it before we go in, we can't get in if we come empty handed""First of all I dare Carrie Jensen to not let me in her house, and we will have it, trust!"The last few months of school were not as easy for Tan and Sven as they were for everyone else, they didn't talk to each other not even in math. Tan still went to his JV games to support but Sven doesn't know. It broke Tan's heart when he star
Tan slowly wakes up to the sound of music, he opens his eyes and his sights land on Sven dripping wet with a towel around his waist looking in his closet. He looks over to Sven's computer on his desk where the music is coming from, sitting up he continues to watch Sven as he wipes his eyes. Sven turns seeing him and he smiles "good morning" he greets Tan"Morning" Tan replies in his tired morning voice"Sorry if I woke you up, I like to listen to music when I get ready""It's ok" Tan yawns stretching "how do you feel?""Threw up a shit ton earlier and besides a headache, I'm good." Sven watches tan sit at the end of the bed putting his shoes on "thanks for last night.""You're welcome" Tan stands after tying his shoes "any chance you could give me a ride home on your way out?""Um, I was actually thinking if you weren't busy today maybe you could come to Bradley with me for tryouts, if you still want to? I remember you asking last night before I blacked out""What else do you remember