Boys!

"So Al. That one guy... What's his name... Martin? He follows the same classes as you right?" Megan asks, rolling from side to side, not able to just stay still for a second. "Martin? Yeah I think so." You stroke an imaginary beard, a ridiculous habit you picked up when you were around 8 years old. "He's the tall sporty guy right? Why?" "Isn't he just, like, so dreamy?"

"Wait... Dreamy?" you think to yourself, you casually grab your phone to check something. "I mean, he's good looking, sure" "I KNOW right!" Megan interupts and continues by listing all sorts of reasons as to what is so great about Martin. Opening TransDev you just nod and sometimes interject with a well meaning "yeah" or "uh-hu". Having saved Megan to your quick-select you can go directly to her profile to check, and yes, there it is.

Sexuality: Lesbian

"So, TransDev has her as a Lesbian. And yet she chose to talk about hot boys? Is this an error?" you wonder what this could mean and slowly dissappear into your own mind. Suddenly Megan pinches your thigh and you jump up! "Eeeep! Megs, what the heck?!" the only response you get is Megan laughing and rolling around your bed. When Megan finally stops rolling around she sits up wiping away some actual tears of joy, "My god, that yelp was funny as hell! You totally spaced out on me Al, if you didn't want to do this you could've just said so." "What? No! I just... Something you said reminded me of something. I'm sorry Megs, please, continue." You say, feeling a little bad about, basically, ignoring your friend.

"Nah, it's fine, I'll just go to my own room and sleep" but as Megan starts to rise from your bed you quickly grab her wrist and pull her back onto the bed with you. "No, Megs, we we're gonna have a talk and a sleepover! Even if the talk isn't going great, the sleepover isn't over just like that!" As Megan lands on her back a smile grows on her face, clearly happy you haven't given up yet. "Alright, then it's your turn! Clearly ME talking about a guy wasn't interesting, so now it's your turn!" she rolls onto you and playfully interrogates you by squeezing your arms together and holding them over your head.

"Fine, I guess..." you say, but then you realise the only guy you've even interacted with lately who isn't a teacher and where the interaction was more than a greeting was Nick. But you can't tell Megan that conditions of the interaction... "There is a guy in class who seems nice, and before you ask, he's not super hot-" "Aaahw" "Shush! He's not bad looking either."

"Who is it?" Megan asks as she lets go of your arms and rolls off you, laying on her side next to you. "It's this guy named Nick, I don't know him that well, but we've started talking and he's been nice to be around." a slight blush creeps in as talking about Nick makes you remember scenes from what happened earlier. This is something Megan notices immediately as she tries to do a so-called wolf-whistle, but it ends up sounding more like a dying-air-conditioning-unit-whistle. "Hahaha! What the hell was that sound Megs?!" you laugh, and she does the same saying "I suck at whistling, but you know what I was going for you dork!" as she slaps you on the shoulder. But then she continues "I guess you actually find him really attractive? You're blushing just talking about the guy!" and you wonder how to answer her. You don't like lying to your best friend, but telling her the truth about why you're blushing would involve having to explain having one of the biggest bullies in the school as a perverted pet. You decide to just let her think whatever and say "Maybe, yeah..."

You notice that the smile Megan had as she was teasing you retracted as she fell silent. Then she went from looking at you, laying on her side to looking at the ceiling while laying on her back. After a moment a shaky voice you'd never heard from Megan before said "I'm happy for you Alice..." and then she turned another 90°, having her back towards you. You realise something is wrong, but you're slightly confused as to what just happened. But you know one thing that always cheers Megan up. You slide towards her and wiggle one arm under her and throw the other arm around her, embracing your sad friend in a big hug.

"I'm not sure what just happened Megs, but if you want to talk about it I'll always be here for you" but she just responds with "Let's just stay like this for a minute." And you nod, accidentally hitting the back of her head with your forehead. "Ouch, Alice, you're ruining the moment you dingus" you think to yourself, but Megan doesn't seem to respond.

Moments later you drift off into sleep, still holding your friend, unsure if she had drifted off before you or not.