I Bet I Can Make You Speak (Boyxboy)

Chapter Twenty-Four

(Riley's Pov)

Luca fell asleep in my arms and I smiled. He looked so cute when he slept. "So, how long have you liked Luca?" Joshua asked. There was no point in hiding it anymore.

"Awhile," I said and he nodded.

"Why don't you tell him?" he asked.

"He's straight," I said and Joshua laughed.

"No offence, but you're blind as a bat if you can't see that Luca's gay. Or at least bi," Joshua said.

"How do you know?" I asked and he pointed to Luca.

"Dude, he fell asleep in another guys arms." I bit my lip and tried to hold back a smile.

"You mean I might actually have a chance with him?" I asked excitedly. Kyla giggled and nodded.

"This is awesome!" Kyla whisper yelled. "My friends are going to be a real life gay couple!" We all laughed and I looked at Luca again to make sure he was still asleep. He was breathing softly and I smiled again.

"I still can't believe that what happened to him actually happened," Chester said.

"I know, it makes me want to cry. That man is a monster," I said and Kyla sighed.

"The worst part about it is that he actually thinks he deserved it," Kyla said and I shook my head.

"We'll have to change that," I said and they all agreed. I felt Luca's head start to move on my shoulder. I looked at him and saw his eyes were shut tightly and he started curling into a ball. I knew he was having a nightmare and had to wake him up. The others could tell, too, since they were looking at him worried. I put my hand on his shoulder and felt him tense up.

"Luca?" I said gently. He whimpered a little bit but didn't open his eyes. "Luca, please wake up," I said it a little bit more loudly and he opened his eyes. He blushed when he saw his positon. His legs were in my lap and he had his head on my shoulder. He also had his arms wrapped around my left arm.

He looked at me confused and said, "Wh-why did you w-wake m-me up?"

"You were starting to have a nightmare. You don't remember?" Chester asked.

"I-I sort of d-d-do. . ." Luca looked up at me and smiled. "Th-thanks for w-waking m-me up." I shrugged and smiled at him.

"It was no problem. You want to go back to sleep?" I knew he was still tired.

"N-no, I'm g-good," he said and I nodded.

(Luca's Pov)

Riley smiled at me and I got up off of him. I felt kind of empty when we stopped touching but ignored the feeling. I stretched out my cramped arms and legs and looked at everyone. They still had a look of pity on their faces and I sighed. I don't want their pity. . .I don't deserve it. I still felt very scared about them knowing about my past. Would if they use it against me sometime? Would if they think of me differently? "Luca?" I looked up at Joshua. "I can tell you are kind of worried about telling us the things that happened to you. You don't have to worry. This is between us and only us."

I faked a smile and said, "Th-thank you."

"No need to thank us. It's what friends are for," Chester said. I nodded and Riley got up from the chair.

"So, do you want to watch a movie or something?" he asked and I nodded.

"Sure," I said and went to find a movie. I got out The Corpse Bride and everyone agreed to it. We watched the movie and talked a little bit until Storm got home.

"Bye, Luca. See you at school!" Riley said on his way out the door and I smiled.

"B-bye, guys," I said and they all waved. They left with Michael and Storm smiled at me.

"So, how did everything go?" he asked.

"I f-fell a-asleep on R-riley. . ." I mumbled embarrassed. I can't believe he just let me sleep. Won't most straight people push you off if someone of the same sex was sleeping and cuddling on you? So why didn't he?

"That's so adorable! How long did he let you sleep?" Storm asked.

"I-I don't know. H-he w-w-woke me u-up when I started t-to h-have a-a-a nightmare," I said and Storm nodded.

"Well that's good that he let you sleep. I know you haven't been getting much sleep. We'll talk about it in therapy tomorrow."

"O-oh. . . I-I forgot about th-therapy."

"Storm sighed and said, "I know you don't like talking to Dr. Miller. But you have to talk to someone so you can get help."

"B-but sh-she didn't even w-wait t-to get to know m-me. She j-just m-made me t-tell her about my p-past. I didn't t-tell h-her everything b-because I d-don't t-t-trust her." Storm shook his head and bit his lip.

"How about I talk to the therapy office tonight and see if we can get a new therapist that you might like?" Strom said.

I smiled and said, "Okay, th-that s-sounds good."

"Good, now I brought you home some pizza fries from the mall. You want me to heat them up?" I bit my lip and nodded. I know he knows that I haven't eaten anything all day. I don't want to worry him but I also don't want to get bigger. I just want to be skinny like Riley or strong like Chester. I know I've said that before but that's my goal. Me eating isn't going to help me accomplish my goal. "Okay, I'll heat them up and then I'll call the therapy office."

"O-okay," I said and he took the bag of food into the kitchen and heated up my dinner. He came back into the living room and I ate some of the fries while he went upstairs to get me a new therapist. After I ate about half of the fries I felt sick to my stomach. I knew I was going to throw up so I ran into the downstairs bathroom and started to throw up into the toilet. I felt better now that my stomach was empty. I could feel myself growing with each bite I took. I'm a little worried about that feeling. Do I have a eating disorder? Now I have to tell Storm about that. . . He already worries about me going into the bathroom by myself, even if there's no razors or sharp objects in there. He took them all out. Now he's going to worry more. He's going to watch me while I eat and make sure I don't puke afterwards. What have I done to myself?

*Hey, guys. Sorry about the sucky chapter. The next one is going to be much better. I'm really sorry about not being on here as much. My best friend since 5th grade had to go back to the hospital and ive been occupied with her health and well being. But she's getting better so I'm going to be on here more again. I hope you all can forgive me. I really do love writing for you guys and all the kind messages I get help me with the struggles in my life. Thanks for reading and don't forget to comment and vote. Love you all! <3*