Nathan

"A tour?" I asked

"Yeah since I have nothing to do anyway and we could talk about before" He replied but the last part sounded more like a question

Before... I couldn't remember anything about him but it would be good to know anything about him, to be honest, he seems nice and he used to be my friend (at least that's what it sound like), an awkward silence enveloped our walk to the stairs I noticed he kept glancing at me while I admired the view of the school through the large windows.

"So you have nothing else to do?" I asked

"Not really, the only things I have to do is just be ready for school that just involves buying school supplies and making sure all my files are all complete," he said nonchalantly

"What were you before you saw me then?"

"I was visiting my old classroom" he laughed

We had already walked back to the main hallway of the school, the time was 11;25, the tour consisted of him just showing me the rooms around the school, where the laboratory was where the theatre club was, where the volleyball club was basically the entire school, I stayed silent the whole time but would say some "okay" and "oh" when he shows me a room and by 1;47 we walked backed to the main entryway.

"Thank you, Nathan," I said to end the awkward silence that kept coming back to us

"Your welcome Aure,"

The daunting silence came back was but ended by sound, the sound of Nathan's stomach, I wouldn't really blame him for being hungry from walking around large buildings and carrying the conversations on his shoulders. I was also quite hungry so I figured why not eat lunch with someone I used to be friends with.

"Do you want to eat lunch?"I asked him

"Yeah I do"

"Where can we eat?"

"What kind of restaurants d you like?" he asked me

"I like Mcdonalds," I said because who doesn't like fast food in our generation

"There's one nearby if you like"

"Perfect I just need to grab my bag"

We walked through the gates and the parking lot, I called Aran to find where he was, Nathan just patiently waited typing something on his phone and smiling, weird he looks good when he smiles I thought to myself. Aran picked up and was driving back to the school he was eating his lunch. after about two minutes of waiting a black car came in, the windows rolled down to reveal Aran.

"Sorry about that," he said

"It's okay I just need my bag," I said as I open the back door and there was a small light blue bag, I picked it up.

"I'll just call you again to pick me up later," I said to him, Nathan was still scrolling through his phone he seemed to be finding something.

"Just make sure you aren't too late," Aran said as he rolled the window back up

"Of course," I said, and I and Nathan began walking to the restaurant but it was mostly me just following him, the walk wasn't that far and we got into the restaurant, the whole time I kept looking at my surroundings while he kept scrolling through his phone, what is he doing I kept asking myself but I kept quiet and minded my own business. the establishment had only about ten people scattered around in their own group, we paced our bags on a table and ordered separately, we sat down and started eating.

"Can I show you something?" Nathan broke the stillness between us

"Sure" I replied

He opened his phone and showed me a picture of two kids wearing superman and batman jackets sitting on a porch, the other was me, thin with black hair light brown skin, and the other was big black hair and light-skinned. and suddenly I remembered everything about him about us being friends, he looked nothing like the large child in the picture, he looked more fit and muscular now but his face had some similarities like his light blue eyes and a large smile. Nat-Nat I remembered I used to call him that I could pronounce his name.

"It's me and omg," I said

"I was right!" he cheered

"what do you mean?'

"That you didn't really remember me," he said smirking as I continued to eat my burger

"I mean you look nothing like you did before Nat," I said

"I guess you do now, you even remember that nickname" he pointed out

"Wow you really don't look the same" I looked at the picture again

"Stop pointing it out, my friends call it a "glow up" he air quoted it "but I just learned that working out and a diet exists"

"You really were my friend"

"Took you long enough" He hugged me and I embraced it, the hud felt warm and familiar in a weird way

"How did you even have these?'" I said as I let go of the hug

"I texted my mom about you and she sent me these"

"Really your mom remembered me"

"Yeah she got excited" he showed me his messages

Nathan

mom do you remember Aure?

Mom

Aurelius? your old friend/

Nathan

Yeah Aurelius Wilson

Mom

omg is he in town? he was such a nice kid, did you see him?

Nathan

yeah we are going to eat lunch and I think he doesn't remember me

Mom

that's great honey

and you do look different maybe he just needs to see your old pictures

-mom sent 6 attachments-

you can show him these

and say hi for me

Nathan

thanks mom

I looked at him, he had an awkward smile and he was almost blushing probably because he just showed me texts from his mom.

"Can I see the other ones?"

"Of course," he said and he gave me his phone

The second photo was us playing in a sandbox both very dirty from playing, the third photo was our kindergarten class we stood next to each other I was taller than him which was a shock for me because now he was a foot taller than me, the fourth photo was me wearing a pharaoh costume and he dressed as a mummy, the fifth photo was him painting an elephant and me just trying to take the paints he was using, the final one was us older the other photos were us three or four years old but this one was us at six I was wearing a large hoodie sleeping on a sofa and him trying to wake me up.

"That was our last photo together before you moved"

"It's not cute"

"How?" he asked

"I'm literally drooling Nat" I pointed at my little face

"You are" He laughed and zoomed the photo

We continued eating our lunch while talking about our old shenanigans, me taking his paints and I dropped them, him trying to wake me up from sleeping only for use to fight, us trick and treating with our parents, and us getting Christmas presents, I was surprised he could remember so much since we were only about four and six. and suddenly my phone rang it was already 3;46, we didn't realize that it was already so late and Aran was calling me.

"Omg it's already three" I chirped

"Shit mom is gonna kill me," He said as he looked at his phone

"I think we should get going," I said

"good idea and before that can I get your number so I can send you the pictures," Nathan said

"Oh yeah" I gave him my phone and he types his number and we were headed out of the building.

"See you later Aure"

"See you later too Nat" I yelled as he walked in the opposite direction to his house, I saw the back car and opened the door.

"That was a long lunch," Aran said as I sat down at the back

"He's an old friend"

Aran started driving, I was connecting my earphones to my phone when a notification popped up

Nat

hey aure did you get home?

-Nat sent 6 attachments-

here are the photos btw

Aure

I haven't

and thanks for the pics btw

Nat

No problem Aure

I have to do something brb

Aure

ok

He closed his phone and played a one direction album as the drive continued, his house wasn't that far, about ten minutes they came to the gates of his quite large house, he got out of the car and entered the house, he entered the kitchen, Clair was cooking with Ms.Rose, Luke was writing something on his laptop but like the other day's dad wasn't there, Luke noticed me

"Hello Aure," He said and Clair and Ms.Rose turned around

"Hi" I replied taking off my earphones

"Where have you been?" Clair asked

"I went to EHS and don't worry asked dad and his secretary said ye and Mr Harrison was there to help me" I replied

"Good" Clair replied, "Ans isn't Harrison your mom's old friend?"

"Yeah he's a teacher there" I took a seat and Cair continued to stir the pot while Ms Rose was chopping some onions. A notification pooped up again

Nat

I found more photos

-Nat sent 3 attachments-

Aure

Thanks Nat

I looked at the first one and It was us dancing together wearing the same light blue jacket.

"what are you smiling like a freak about?" he noticed me with a large grin on my face

As soon as those words came out of Lukes's mouth

"I met an old friend," I said Immediately

"Who?" Luke asked and that also seemed to be everyone's question as they stooped whatever they did

"Nathan" I replied "We were friends when we were like five"

I rotated my phone to Luke and the others so they could see the picture

"That's cute," Clair said and continued on cooking

"Is that your friend?" Luke pointed at Nathan, Clair hit his arm with the spatula she was using "Ow! that hurts mom"

"Said the adult who insulted a child"

"He changed Luke," I said

"Do you have a picture?"

"No"

And that was the end of the ruckus caused by Nathan, Clair and Rose continued cooking, Luke typing something on his laptop and I was staking Nathan on every social media site I could think off. Dad came in an hour later and I managed to find all his social media accounts but only followed him on one so I didn't seem like a creep, but that wasn't important because now I have to convince my Dad to not put me in a Christian school. The dinner table was filled with food, We all sat at our usual seat.

"You went out today?" Dad asked as he put food on his mouth

"Yah I went to EHS"

"So what's your decision?" Clair asked

"I don't want to go to Avert" I replied

"Why?" Luke asked

"You already know Luke," I said not wanting to repeat my rant about the school

"Is it because your gay?" Dad asked when I only came out to them last year, they were very supportive, but he still doesn't know the difference between being gay and bi

"Dad I said I was bi but Yeah that's a reason"

"They aren't gonna tell you to go to hell would they?" Luke stared a me

"Probably" I replied, I have experienced my fair share of homophobia

"Well if they do then you should go, honey," Clair said turning her head to stare at my dad "Right Micheal?"

"Yes of course" I smiled he finally agreed

"Finally this argument is over" I rejoiced "how did you even come up with the idea of sending me to a very Christian school," I asked

"One of my coworker's son goes there and he suggested it"

I opened my phone to text Mr Harrison about the recent news

"Are you telling Harrison?" Clair asked

"Yeah cause dad finally agreed"

The dinner continued after that, everyone minding their business while having small conversations about work, school and life in general.