A/N Well, it has been a couple days since I last updated. I did not plan on it being this long, but somehow it happened. This chapter turned out to be long though, so that is always good. This chapter actually strayed from what I originally had planned for it, but I think this turned out a lot better than what I had planned. I also wanted to end this chapter on a little dramatic cliffhanger, but decided that I should have one chapter end on a happy ending. So that dramatic stuff will be coming in chapter 36.
There is dialog between two characters. So the bolded and italicized dialog is Michael's girlfriend and just the italicized dialog is Michael. So hopefully no one gets confused. Once his girlfriend leaves the dialog system is back to how it normally is, with the chapter character's dialog in the poem type thing and the other character's dialog in bold and stuff.
So onto the chapter! Thank you to everyone who is reviewing, alerting, and all that good stuff! All of you are awesome!

Chapter 34: Nathan

Words Never

Bothered me. Someone calling

Me gay, queer, or even faggot

Never broke through my skin

And never tore me down. But

Hearing it from the one person

Who had Michael really hurt me

More than I could have ever imagined.

He Didn't Love Her,

He didn't even like her, but she had

Him. He was hers, and at the moment

All I was to him was a crush, someone

He liked. I didn't have him and I didn't

Know if I ever would. I don't even

Know if he is even going to break

Up with her. That is all I want right

Now.

I Was Hoping

That Michael would jump

To my defense when she

Called me a faggot, but

He just sat there, lost

For words. I was looking

At him, hoping that he was

Just looking for the right

Words.

She Had Her Hands

On hips. She was looking, well

More like glaring, at him waiting

For an answer.

When one didn't

Come she said,

"Did I stutter? I don't

Think I did. What are you

Doing with this faggot?"

He Still

Didn't say anything. I was

Wondering why he wasn't.

He stood up for me when

Adam was going after me,

But now it was his girlfriend,

Someone he knew personally,

Going after the guy he liked.

She Asked Again

And this time he stood up

And got in her face. He

Shouted at her,

"Don't call

Him that!"

She smiled, "Oh, why

Not? I think it is a

Fitting name for him

Because that is what

He is."

"No, he isn't. He is a human

Being just like everyone

Else, well except for you.

You're just a fucking cunt."

She smacked him across the

Face. The sound was ringing

In my ear. I sat there on the

Floor with my mouth hanging

Open. I was in shock, but I

Was afraid to do, or even say,

Anything. I was afraid I would

Just make it worse. Michael

Didn't even flinch. A red mark

Appeared on his cheek, I could

See the pain rise up on his face,

But he just stood there and

Held back tears. I looked over

At her and I saw the joyous look

On his face, she was enjoying this.

I Could See

The tears start to make

Their descent down his

Face. He started to say

Something, but he couldn't

Get it out without choking

Up.

"Oh, do you want to say something?

Why don't you have your little butt

Buddy say it for you?"

Finally, after some struggle,

He got the words out.

"I never loved you. Every time we had

Sex I was thinking of a guy. I am leaving

You for him,"

He said while gesturing

In my direction.

"I like Nathan. Think of this as

Us breaking up. Now please

Leave us alone."

"No one breaks up with me.

You can have your little faggot,

But you are staying with me.

Get that? You. Are. Mine."

With that said, she turned

Around and left Michael

And I.

He Sat Down

And put his head in his hands.

It wasn't long before the tears

Starting coming down like a

Waterfall. I didn't know what

To do so I just pulled him

Into me and held him. I didn't

Know if I should say anything,

So I didn't.

The shoulder

Of my tux was getting wet from his

Tears, but I didn't mind. I knew

That this is what he needed right

Now. He needed someone to

Comfort him through actions

Rather than words.

Eventually

He pulled away from my

Embrace. His eyes were

Red from crying. Even in

A state like that he was

Beautiful.

I Moved

My finger towards his

Face and brushed away

A tear that was starting

To slide down his face.

He said, "Thanks.

I'm sorry for what

She said and that

You were there for

That. I'm so sorry

I broke down in

Front of you."

"Don't you dare apologize

For her actions. And don't

You dare apologize for crying."

"No, I need to. She shouldn't have

Done that. She had no right to."

"I know she didn't, but you are

Not apologizing for her behavior.

I won't allow it. You had nothing

To do with what she would say. That

Is all her fault."

"Okay, and just so you know I'm not

Staying with her, no matter what she

Said."

Suddenly a rush of happiness

Flowed through my veins. I got

What I wanted. "I never doubted

You for a second," I said and launched

Myself onto his lap. I put

My hands on the sides of

His face and kissed him. He

Let me, and then we were

Kissing again, and again,

And again. We didn't care

That people were watching

Us or that some were even

Taking pictures. I knew that

He probably had some fears

About what his parents and

Family would say, but right

Now, in that moment, those

Fears were miles away.