Life's not easy when your mum's nuts, your uncle is becoming your aunt, and one of your crushes could -- and probably would -- break your face if he found out how you felt about him. That's Tab's life, though, malevolent gods and all. His text-flirting with Demi, the brother of his best friend, is going nowhere: Demi already has a boyfriend and anyway, who dates their best friend's twin? But then, the pining after Nick is going nowhere either, because Nick probably likes gay-bashing on Friday nights for fun. He's gorgeous, but he's dangerous, and Tab knows better than that. So what's a bit of harmless flirting, when one is taken and the other is straight? It's just a bit of fun. That is until Demi is suddenly single, and Nick is not looking as straight and scary as he was before.

The Suicidal Peanut

But he couldn’t go out with Nick either. Nick was straight. Whatever Demi said, and however comfortable Nick appeared to be with Tab being gay, he wasn’t. Nick had a girlfriend, that Luce girl. There was no way forward with Nick, which meant he wasn’t an option either.


And lately…lately, Demi’s butterflies were competing with Nick’s. The storm when Demi flirted—when they’d…almost sexted, even though it hadn’t really counted—was just like the storm when Nick came out of the changing rooms in his boxing shorts and gloves and nothing else. They were equivalent. Matched. In direct rivalry. Like…Butterfly Hunger Games. Or something.


About what? Sorry, at work n its a bit busy :-/


About u and the gym guy, Tab replied honestly. I really like u but its not fair on u when I have such a huge crush on him :( and I cant go for him cos its not fair on him that I like u plus hes str8. dunno what I’m gonna do!


Chapter 47