Chapter 8 Josh walked back up to the room to find Justin laying on his bed staring at the ceiling. "Okay to come in now, J." Justin didn't say anything. Just made a motion with his hand. Josh walked in closing the door behind him. "I was talking to Lance downstairs." Justin sat up in bed looking at his friend. "What did he say?" Josh sat next to his friend and looked down at his hands. "Not much really." Shrugging, he continued, "He just didn't want you to find out that way. He wanted to be the one to tell you." Justin threw his hands up in the air. "Then why didn't he? It wouldn't have made a difference. I would have still been his friend. Hell, I'm your friend, and I don't like you all that much." Justin broke into a smile before getting up and running out of the room. It took Josh a second to realize what Justin had said, but when he did he got up and ran after him. The two young men flew down the stairs not even watching where they were going until Justin flew head on with Chris. Chris got himself off the floor before looking at the two young men nervously watch him waiting for what he would say. Instead of speaking, he just started laughing. Brushing off his pants, he motioned Justin aside. His laughter immediately stopped, and his face took on  serious expression. "Is everything all right with Lance?" "Yeah. Why, Chris?" Chris motioned towards the game room. "I just saw him in there and it looked he had been crying. Just wondered why?" Justin sighed. "I have an idea what the problem is, but I can't really talk to you about. It'll be okay though. I just need to go talk to Lance." Chris nodded. "Okay. Remember I'm here if either of you need to talk. It's my job to keep you bozos in line." Justin laughed. "I'll remember that. Thanks, Chris." Walking away, Chris turned back. "Anytime." He turned back around and continued on to his apartment. Justin looked towards the game room before turning back towards his friend. He wanted to go in and talk to Lance. He hated to hear that he had been crying. Josh hadn't mentioned that when he had told him he had talked to Lance.  If he had... What would he have done if Josh had told him Lance was crying? Crying because he was upset about him finding out he was gay. Lance didn't know him very well if he thought that would be a problem. Well, it was true that Lance didn't know everything about him. There was some things only a few people knew about him. One of those people being Josh. Maybe if he opened up to Lance and told him about himself Lance would feel better. "Justin, go and talk to him." Josh said as he leaned against the wall. Justin sighed and walked towards the game room. When he walked inside, he began to search the room for Lance, but found no sign of him. Walking back out, he went over To Josh and shrugged his shoulders. "Not in there." "Let's go back up to the room. He might have gone back up there." "Good idea." Justin walked over to the elevator, and pushed the button. Tapping his foot, he waited for it to arrive on the first floor. When it did, he jumped inside, and hit the button for the second floor. Once there, he walked off and went straight to his room. The door was closed and locked. Frowning, he reached into his pocket for the key. Once inside, he looked around the room.  He noticed that Lance's backpack was gone. Along with a few of his books. He noticed a slip of paper laying on his pillow and reached over to grab it. Dear Justin: I decided to go home for the weekend. Need to think some things out, too. Tell josh he can have my bed while he is here. I'll be back sometime Sunday, and then we can talk about this. Lance Justin handed the note to Josh. "This fucking sucks, Josh." Justin flung himself on his bed face down. "Him being gay is not an issue. Why does he think it would be?" Josh just sat next down his friend not saying anything. He had told Lance he wouldn't tell Justin about his feelings, and he would keep that promise. "I don't know, Justin. You guys need to talk when he gets back. Until then, let's go have some fun. Go meet this guy Joey you told me about. It's Friday. Maybe they are having a party at his frat." Justin nodded. "They are. he told Lance and I to bring you to it." Josh reached down and pulled his friend up. "Then what are we waiting for man. Let's go PAR-TAY!" justin laughed and got got off the bed. "All right. Can't do anything right now about Lance, so might as well. First thing on Sunday though we are going to have a long talk." BACK MENU NEXT