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Bram woke up before Simon the next day. It wasn’t until he fully opened his arm that he noticed Simon. At some point during the night, Bram had laid on his back and Simon had laid on his chest and grabbed him like a teddy bear.
He didn’t know if it was his crush talking, but Simon fit perfectly cuddling with him. It was only 8 a.m., so he didn’t want to wake Simon. Bram was happy that Simon was cuddling, but he needed to go to the bathroom. He tried to get out quietly and without waking Simon up, but had no luck.
Simon opened his eyes and realized he was laying on Bram. He quickly jumped out.
“Eh..Good morning Bram,” Simon said blushing.
“Good morning Si,” Bram said. “Sorry, I needed to go to the bathroom.”
“Oh, yeah, sorry,” Simon said still blushing harder than before.
Bram left Simon’s room and went to the bathroom. While Bram was in the bathroom, Simon was trying to calm down and figure out how to apologize to for sleeping on Bram, but honestly, it was the best rest he has had in a long time. Before he could think, Bram was back.
“Hey,” Bram said sitting on Simon’s chair.
Simon opened his mouth to say something and quickly closed it.
“Is everything okay?” Bram said. He was surprised about waking up with Simon cuddling him, but he wasn’t going to complain about it. He wished it happened more.
“I-I just wanted to apologize for this morning. I didn’t mean to cuddle you…” Simon said softly.
“Don’t worry about it,” Bram said with a smile and getting close to Simon. “It was actually nice and you looked cute sleeping.”
“Stop,” Simon said blushing.
Bram thought this was his chance. He was going to tell Simon how he felt about him. His crush had died somewhat when they had stopped talking, but now it was back with a force. As Bram was about to tell him, Jack opened the door.
“Guys, time for breakfast,” Jack said.
“Thank God, I’m starving,” Simon said.
“Yeah, same here,” Bram said a little sadly, but Simon didn’t noticed.
They ate some muffins Nora made and Bram needed to go home early to help his mom. They were planning to have a mother-son day, so Bram left.
Over the next couple of weeks, school started and Bram and Simon had some classes together and lunch. It was nice to have Bram and Simon back on the lunch table and it was nothing happened.
Simon decided not to try out for the play this semester, since Cal was still involved in theatre. Also, he wanted to focus on his studies to go to a good school.
It was around homecoming. Bram didn’t know if Simon planned to go again, but he was hoping he didn’t. The soccer team had another tournament out of state, this time in Chicago. The coach told them, since it was further than Florida, they could bring a family member or friend.
It was a week before the trip when they needed to tell coach who they planned on taking. Garrett and Nick decided not to take anybody, but Bram told coach he planned to take Simon.
“Okay, you just need to get approval from his parents, since he is still under 18” Coach said.
“Okay,” Bram said trying not to panic. He had hold off on asking Simon for a long time, but now, he needed to get it together.
Bram texted Simon to meet him at the bus stop.
Simon replied that he will be there in 5 minutes. He was scared that it will go the same way the last time they met there.
“Hey,” Simon said with a smile.
“Hey,” Bram said nervously.
They were quiet for about 30 seconds until Simon spoke up.
“So, what’s up?” Simon said.
“You now about the tournament this weekend right?” Bram said.
“Yeah, you guys need to stop playing during homecoming,” Simon said with a nervous laugh.
“Well, since it’s in Chicago, coach is letting us bring a friend or family member, and I was wondering, if you, I don’t know, wanted to, maybe if you don’t plan on going, I don’t know..” Bram was rambling on.
“Are you asking me if I want to go to Chicago with you for a weekend with Nick and Garrett? Because yes, yes I do Bram,” Simon said with a smile.
“Yeah, that’s what I was getting at,” Bram said with a laugh.
“I would love to,” Simon said.
“Cool,” Bram said. “You just need your parents to sign this form and they we will be good to go.”
“They are going to be good with it,” Simon said. “They are actually going out of town with Nora, so they didn’t want to leave me alone.”
It was a couple of days after and they had just arrived in Chicago. Bram had already texted Will and they were planning to meet up for dinner after one of the games. Will wanted to introduce Bram to his boyfriend and he also wanted to meet Simon.
They went out to dinner and introduced themselves.
“Bram and Simon, this is my boyfriend Jake,” Will said.
“Nice to meet you,” Bram said. “Will, Jake, this is Simon, my best friend.”
“It’s good to finally meet you Simon,” Will said giving him a hug.
“Same here,” Simon said. “Bram said I needed to meet you.”
They sat down and talked about anything. Bram and Will talked about soccer and the tournament, while Jake and Simon talked about theatre.
After dinner, they decided to walk around the city. Simon and Jake were in front, while Will had slowed down so he could talk with Bram.
“Bram, you need to tell him,” Will said.
“What are you talking about?” Bram said.
“It’s pretty obvious, Bram,” Will said. “You are in love with him. Tell me I’m wrong?”
Bram remained quiet.
“I knew it,” Will said with a smile. “And I can tell Simon feels the same way.”
“Now you are just talking crazy,” Bram said laughing.
“He has been stealing glances at you all night,” Will said. “I didn’t notice it, but Jake did.”
“Well, I was planning to ask him to Prom and then tell him,” Bram said.
“That’s going to be really cute Bram, you have to take pictures and send me some,” Will said.
“I’ll see what I can do,” Bram said with a smile.
They decided to eat some ice cream and go back to the hotel since it was getting late. Simon and Jake exchanged numbers, so they could sit next to each other at the games, while Bram and Will played.
When they got to the room, Nick and Garrett were still awake watching a movie, so Simon and Bram joined them. Simon and Bram feel asleep on the couch with Simon laying on Bram’s shoulder.
Nick had gone to bed earlier, so it was Garrett who saw them and took a picture. He sent it to Leah and Abby, since they all knew about Bram’s crush on Simon.
Simon woke up in the middle of the night and realized they had fallen asleep on the couch. He nudged Bram awake.
“Bram, let’s go to our beds, we fell asleep on the couch,” Simon said.
“Okay,” Bram said.
When they went into their room, they realize there was only one bed.
“Wait, there should be two beds,” Bram said.
“I guess Nick and Garrett took that room,” Simon said.
They were both tired, so they just layed on the same Queen bed.
“Thanks for inviting me Bram,” Simon said.
“I’m glad you came,” Bram said. “Goodnight.”
“Night, Bram,” SImon replied.
Bram woke up again and was disappointed when Simon wasn’t cuddling him again, but then he realized that Simon wasn’t in bed at all. He had left Bram a note telling him he was going to grab breakfast with Jake and explore the city. Bram and the team were busy since they had a game at noon.
Jake and Simon talked about random stuff until they got to the game. It was Bram’s team against Will, so they were cheering for different teams, but they didn’t really care about soccer.
“So, how come you are not dating Bram?” Jake said.
Simon was drinking coffee and he spit it out when Jake asked the question.
“What? W-what do you mean?” Simon asked.
“Will and I were talking last night and noticed that you can’t stop looking at Bram,” Jake said.
“I didn’t think anybody noticed,” Simon said blushing.
“Will didn’t, but I did, because that was the way I looked at Will before we started dating,” Jake said.
“If I’m being honest, I don’t want to ruin our friendship, since we just became friends again,” Simon said.
“That’s fair, but Bram feels the same way.” Jake said.
“What do you mean?” Simon asked.
“He looked at you the same way when you weren’t noticing. You two are really oblivious,” Jake said laughing.
“Really?” Simon said a little too excited.
“Yeah,” Jake said. “Do you love him?”
“I do,” Simon said without hesitation. “I sometimes wish I would have never dated Cal and dated Bram instead.”
“Don’t beat yourself up,” Jake said. “Sometimes we need to make mistakes, to get to where we want to be.”
“True,” Simon said.
They talked until the game was over and decided to go out for dinner again. Bram and Simon returned to Georgia with the team and continued to be friends and hanging out from time to time.
They decided to apply to different colleges out of state, since they didn’t want to go to school in the South. It was in February when they found out if they got accepted. Bram got accepted to Columbia with a full scholarship, while Simon was accepted to NYU with some scholarships as well.
It was 3 weeks before Prom when Bram decided to ask Simon. He enlisted the help of the team. He invited Simon to the last game of the season. It was when all the families usually went to honor the seniors on the team.
They won 2-1 and Simon was waiting in the stands for Nick and Garrett with Leah and Abby to got to Waffle House. Simon was talking to Abby and Leah with his back towards the field when everyone went silent.
“Simon,” Bram yelled.
Simon noticed how quiet it was and turned around.
“Would you do me the honor?” Bram asked Simon pointing at the PROM sign his teammates were holding.
Simon was speechless until Leah and Abby nodged him forward.
“Yes, of course, yes,” Simon said running to the field and giving Bram a hug.
They all decided to go to Waffle House and talked about it. Bram said he wanted to take Simon alone in his car, so the rest were simply going on a limo.
Prom arrived faster than they thought. Bram showed up at Simon’s house early and took a million pictures.
“You look really good Simon,” Bram said with a smile.
“Not as good as you,” Simon said hugging Bram. “Thank you for asking me.”
“It was my pleasure,” Bram said.
They arrived at Prom and danced with the rest of their friends. It wasn’t until a slow song that Bram and Simon were one of the few couples dancing.
Simon was looking at the other couples while dancing with Bram.
“Si,” Bram said softly. “One of the reasons why I asked you to Prom, was because I can’t hide it anymore.”
“What do you mean?” Simon said.
“This,” Bram said grabbing Simon’s cheek and kissing him. He kissed him like there was no tomorrow and they were alone in the word. He kissed him after years of holding his crush in. He was getting worried until Simon backed out a little.
“Si, I’m so sorry. I shouldn’t have,” Bram said.
“No, no, Bram it was perfect. I was actually hoping you would kiss me,” Simon said. “I-I love you.”
“I love you too,” Bram said leaning in again and kissing Simon again.