It's lunch and Tan rushes to his friends, well Erica and Ronnie. Sitting across from them at the table he says "Sven just told me he wants to be with me and I need you guys to talk me into doing it." He wants to be with Sven but Harris is hanging over his head. How do you get your cake and eat it too?"Just be with him, it's not that hard" Erica replies"Ok but what if there's a third person in the picture? Say Sven had someone else he really cares about and doesn't want to hurt, but he really likes me too. Do you guys think he should stay faithful to the other person or...""Are you asking us if you should be Sven's side bitch?" Erica asks"Tan, what's wrong with you?" Ronnie and Erica obviously don't agree"Ok when you put it like that it sounds bad""Anyway you put it, it'll sound bad Tan! If he's seeing someone else then he shouldn't be coming on to you""Fair enough." Now Tan really doesn't know what to do, his morals are telling him no, his friends are telling him no so the answ
"Fuck!" Shiela rushes down the hall as Tan eats his bagel "why didn't you wake me up?" She sees him dressed and ready for school"You didn't ask me to""Well we're running late and I have a meeting in 20 minutes""Responsibilities am I right?" Tan jokes as his mother collects her stuff and looks for her keys"Can I trust you to get to school by yourself?" She looks over at him sitting at the counter eating his bagel and drinking his orange juice."Yes mother I'm not a child""All right I'll probably be working late so your father will pick you up, make sure you eat dinner Tanner!" she leaves shutting the door.Getting a better idea Tan picks up his phone calling Sven, Not expecting him to pick up Tan's eyes grow when he hears "Hey""Hi didn't think you would answer""Why wouldn't I?""You're mad at me and are ignoring me""Do you need me for something Tan? I'm about to drive to school" Tan called as he was climbing in the car"That's why I was calling, I need a ride to school and was
"It's a park?" Tan question as Sven parks the car"Basketball court" Sven corrects him. "I like to play basketball here sometimes but I haven't been in awhile. I thought maybe you and I can play for a little bit""You want me to play basketball? Sven, I can't even hold a ball longer than 30 seconds without it somehow falling through my hands, look at my hands!" He holds them outSven smiles "they're cute""They're small" he puts them down.Sven gets out of the car and opens the back seat grabbing his ball, "come on Tan" he says to Tan who's still sitting in the car."I'm gonna embarrass you" Tan walks behind him"There's no one else on the court so we're good""You're gonna regret those words."They both walk on the court and Sven pulls Tan to where the hoop is, "how about we start with just some free throws that's pretty easy." He hands Tan the ball standing him a small distance away from the basket"I don't know what that means"Sven laughs "just make some shots Tan that's all it is
After having breakfast together the boys reside on Tan's couch and Tan lays on top of Sven, they're watching tv while they cuddle.Tan's phone rings on the coffee table and Sven reaches it and hands it to him, he answers the call "Hey, Ron""Hey Boobs hope you're ready Erica and I are on our way"Confused Tan asks "ready for what?""Yoga? 11:30 remember? It was your idea""Fuck" he whispers pulling the phone from his face"What's up?" Sven asks whispering"Umm I kinda made plans with my friends to go to yoga today and I totally forgot""That's ok I can head home" he sits up"No, I don't want that" putting the phone back to his ear "hey Ron am I on speaker?""Yep""Hey, Tan!" Erica greets on speaker phone"Hey, listen I'm in for yoga but there's a slight change of plans""Change?" Erica asks"Yeah umm Sven's joining us," he says"Tanner Milton!" Ronnie barks"What the fuck Tan?!" Erica yells at him "why is he coming to our yoga class?""Because I completely forgot about yoga and what's
"Are you ready?" Shiela walks into Tan's room as he ties his shoes"To go to therapy for no reason? Yep""Be sarcastic all you want Tan but you're father and I could've easily gotten a divorce, that would be worst.""For who?!" Tan stands up facing his mother "I'm only doing this so I won't have to fight with you guys about not wanting to do this. You and dad are doing this to waste everyone's time." Tan walks out, going to the car he gets in the back seat and crosses his arms waiting for his parents.Scott gets in the driver seat and Shiela in the passenger "Tan when we get there can you not embarrass us please?" Scott drives away "I said please""I wouldn't dream of it.""Just be honest and it'll all be ok" Shiela turns back at him smiling"Yep.""Welcome Milton Family, why don't we go around and introduce ourselves? I'll start" Tan and his parents get to the therapists and they sit down to meet her. "I'm Doctor Jacquelyn Dwyer but my patients call me Jackie," She turns to her left
The next morning Tan sits in the car with his mother avoiding eye contact. "Your father and I love each other" Shiela starts talking as she drives "I know you told the therapist you want us to get a divorce-""I've also told you guys a thousand times""But that's not what we want, Tan""That makes no sense to me!" he yells turning to her "all you ever do is fight! Every single day, no matter what time or where we are you guys find a reason to fight. Don't you hate each other-""We don't hate each other Tanner your father and I love each other""Then you have a funny fucking way of showing it""Watch your language.""Yep," he leans back in his seat crossing his arms."We're going to learn how to be good parents, Tanner" his mom's voice gets softer."Do you understand how sad it is to hear you say that? I'm 17 mom, you guys had 17 years to be good parents but weren't and you want to try now? Kinda too late""We were young when we had you Tan" she gets into the drop off lane "Scott was
Kissing on the bed with Sven hovering over him, Tan starts to unbutton Sven's shirt "you look so cute" Sven caresses his face.Tan giggles "shut up you're gonna make me blush"They kiss grinding on each other shirtless, they didn't make a peep but the tension between them filled the room. Making out as they roll back and forth on Sven's bed, the boys catch glimpses of each other and chuckle making each other turn red in the cheeks even more.Tan lays in Sven's arm as Sven plays with his hair and gives him comforting kisses on the face "do you really want to meet my parents?" Tan asks looking up at Sven"Yes and I also want to tell them to their faces to fuck off and realize how amazing their son is" they both chuckle "but I'll settle for just meeting them."Sighing knowing he'll probably regret this "ok you can meet them"Sven grins "yeah?"Tan nods "the night after we went to therapy my mom gave me my camera back, she said that she's willing to try so I have to try too, right? She as
'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