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Scene I
As soon as the lights dimmed, curtains closed, and all bows were done, Alex raced over to his dressing room and nearly ripped his costume off of him as he changed back into his everyday clothes. He fiddled with his hair in the mirror, his heart starting to beat excitedly as he was excited to see Hank. First thing Alex would do when he saw him would be to apologize and then, he would kiss him again.
There was a knock on his door and hope started to flood through him at the possibility of Hank being behind that door. Giving himself a quick look over in the mirror, Alex took a deep breath before he opened the door.
“Sweetheart! That was amazing!” Gushed his mother and before Alex could even register what had happened, he was engulfed into her arms and given a nice and log hug followed by a kiss to his head. “Scott called us this afternoon and told us you were going to be in the play! You never told us you were into theatre too!” He was pulled back then and saw his mother’s beaming face.
“Yeah, I-um-I didn’t know either,” he said a little awkwardly before being pulled into a hug from his father.
“Proud of you, son.” He gave him a pat on the back before he let him go and Alex brushed past them both to see Gabe was in the hallway, playing on his phone.
Alex walked over to him and ruffled his hair and Gabe whined, swatting Alex’s hand away. “Stop it loser,” he grumbled before returning his attention to his phone. “You and Scott are dumb for doing a play.”
“Maybe you’re too much of an idiot to appreciate one.” Scott had said, coming towards them. “One day Gabe, you’ll know what it’s like to appreciate-”
“God you’re so fucking annoying,” Gabe mumbled and Scott shot him a displeased look while Alex laughed.
“Gabriel Summers, you do not swear,” Scott scolded and Gabe flipped him off. “I’m going to tell Mom and Dad.”
“Do it, I dare you.” Gabe narrowed his eyes and Alex brushed past them both, making his way down the hall as he continued to look for Hank.
Alex excused his way through the crowded backstage, apologizing whenever he bumped into someone, and was congratulated by fellow castmates. He looked around the room and didn’t seem to find Hank anywhere, so he left the backstage area and made his way towards the auditorium seats.
“Hey!”
“Sorry,” Alex muttered as he bumped into someone. The person turned around and Alex saw that it was Peter, who was smiling excitedly at him.
“Dude you nailed it!” Peter nearly yelled. “And man those kisses with Hank were great! I’m glad you two finally-”
“Have you seen him?”
“Who?”
“Hank. Have you seen Hank?” Peter nodded. “Where?”
Peter pointed towards the exit. “I saw him head that way with Raven. Man, can you believe she showed up? She has mono and she still came to watch the play. I mean hey, good for her for having the dedication but people need to stay far away from her because she is so contagious.”
“Raven’s here?” Alex felt his stomach drop and a sense of worry started to fill him but he didn’t know why.
“Yeah, she seemed a little upset too which can’t be good,” Peter went on, “probably because she’s sick, you know? Anyway, John’s having a party tonight at his house. You coming?”
Alex shook his head. “Can’t, sorry. I’ll see you later.” He made his way past Peter and made his way out of the auditorium into the hall. The hallway was fairly empty since most people were still lingering inside but Alex didn’t see Hank or Raven anywhere.
He walked further down the hallway and came to a halt when he reached a deadend. Alex started to wonder if Peter had got it wrong and Hank went with Raven somewhere else, so to keep looking, he turned on his heel and stopped again as he saw Hank was standing only a couple of feet away from him.
“Hey,” Hank greeted smoothly. He had changed out of his costume as well and was wearing a sweatshirt and jeans, his hands shoved into the pockets. “I was looking for you.”
“I was too, looking for you too I mean,” he replied a little nervously. “Peter told me I’d find you here with Raven.”
“Yeah, she wanted to congratulate me and apologized for missing out.”
Alex nodded, shoving his hands into his pockets as he stared at Hank. “You did a good job.”
“As did you.”
“Look Hank-”
“Alex, I’m sorry,” Hank interrupted, stepping even closer. “I shouldn’t have acted the way that I did this morning and the only reason why I did was because I really wanted you to play Juliet since I like you and I really wanted to kiss you.”
Alex’s breath caught in his throat. “You like...me?”
Hank nodded. “For like the past two months and I wanted to tell you but I didn’t know if you felt the same way or not so I didn’t say anything.”
“Hank, I like you too.” Alex smiled and felt his shoulders relax as he finally spoke the secret that had been weighing him down for so long. “I’m so sorry about this morning too and everything that I said because none of your interests are ever lame and there’s no excuse and I’m sorry. I was worried that when we would kiss it would ruin our friendship or something and yeah.”
“I think we can both agree that we were idiots,” Alex nodded, watching as Hank stepped closer and closer to him, “but,” he slid his hands out of his pockets as he got closer to Alex and wrapped them around his waist, “we’re idiots for each other.”
Alex hummed. “That doesn’t really make sense, but okay,” he giggled and Hank silenced him with a kiss.
Scene II
Once Scott hugged his parents goodbye and got another nasty look from Gabe, he went back to the stage and started to remove all the props. The school wouldn’t be touched for another two weeks because of winter break and Scott wanted the janitors to have an easy time when they came back so he did it himself. He didn’t have anywhere to be once tonight was over and there was no one crowding the stage either which helped with cleanup.
Thankfully for him, there were only about a dozen or so props out on display so he knew he would have an easy cleanup. He scooped up the plastic dagger Alex had used to stab himself with along with the small plastic bottle Hank used, gathering a couple more smaller items he could carry before turning around. Scott halted as he saw Logan standing off stage, his arms casually crossed over his chest and a grim expression on his face as he looked right at Scott.
“You know you don’t have to do that, right?” Scott shrugged at Logan’s question, trying to move past him but Logan blocked his way.
“I know but I wanted to.” Scott replied as he stood there awkwardly, his arms full of props. “Look Logan,” he began, taking in a deep breath, “I-um-I really need to put these down.” Logan remained stoic and Scott let out a deeper sigh. “Okay so you’re not moving,” he said to himself, gently setting the props back down on the floor as he crossed his arms over his chest. “What?”
“You’ve been avoiding me.”
“I have,” Scott admitted because it was true and he wasn’t a liar and truly had no reason to deny it, “and I’m sorry. I didn’t know how to address what happened, or didn’t happen I should say-”
Before Scott could finish, Logan cut him off by pressing a chaste yet firm kiss to his lips before pulling back.
“-you just kissed me.”
“You talk too much.”
Scott huffed but nodded. That was fair. “You still kissed me though,” he looked up and down at Logan before stepping forward and kissing him again. Neither of them pulled away as Logan’s hands settled on Scott’s waist and Scott’s arms loosely wrapped themselves around Logan’s neck to pull him closer.
It took Scott about maybe five minutes before he pulled back but not away. His cheeks felt hot along with the rest of his body, and his heart was beating a mile a minute. Logan ran a hand through his hair that rested on his cheek, his thumb sliding down his lower lip.
“You kiss by the book.”
Logan let out a faint laugh and shook his head at him, a smile creeping onto his face.”You were always such a theatre a dork,” he teased and Scott smiled as well. “That’s one of the things I like about ya.”
Scott let out a faint gasp. “You like me? Since when?”
“Since when do you like me?”
Scott bit down on the inside of his cheek to hide his grin. “When I got to know you,” he confessed. He truly didn’t know Logan back in college but now, well now Scott actually got to know him and yeah, he liked him. Maybe they didn’t always see eye to eye when working together but in a way, it made things fun. “But enough talking,” he said once he escaped his thoughts, leaning closer to Logan again. “Wanna go back to my place?”
Logan cocked an eyebrow. “Really Slim? We’re not even dating yet.”
Yet.
Scott gave him a quick kiss on the lips before pulling back and taking his hand. “Your classroom unlocked?”
“No, but I got the key,” Logan smirked, giving Scott a heated kiss this time. “Let’s go.”
Scott completely contradicted what he told Alex but what Alex doesn’t know won’t hurt him…
Scene III
Erik greeted Peter backstage with an enormous hug and kisses all over his head. “Dad,” Peter groaned of embarrassment as he pulled back.
“Can a father not show his son how much he loves him?” Erik asked teasingly, grinning at his son. “I’m so proud of you, you really nailed it out there!” Peter beamed and hugged Erik again, making him laugh. “Ready to go? I have a surprise-”
“I’ll be back in five! Meet you at the car!” Peter quickly said before he ran off and Erik chuckled.
He made his way to his office where he unlocked the door and put his coat on, leaving it in there just because, and was about to leave when he heard a knock on his door. “Come in?” He called out, sounding a little confused. He wondered who could possibly be visiting him right now. He doubted it was Charles since he was too busy decontaminating his house from Raven’s sickness.
His door opened up and Erik shouldn’t be surprised to see Alex, yet he was. Alex gave him a small smile as he stepped in and closed the door behind him.
“I wanted to thank you, for everything.” Alex began and Erik gave him a small smile and a nod.
“Just doing my job,” he replied as he grabbed his keys off his desk and walked closer to Alex and the door. “Have a good break, Alex.”
“You too, Mr. Lehnsherr.”
Before Erik could make any sudden movements, Alex gave him a hug before he left his office. Erik smiled to himself as he stepped out of his office and locked the door behind him. As he made his way down the hall, he saw Alex with another kid a few feet ahead of him, holding hands. Erik smiled some more knowing he’ll be just fine.