Nothing like a heartbreak from the guy you're pretty much in love with to make it feel like your world is ending. Why did a kiss that meant nothing feel so good?

"Instead of getting your teenage brood all over the couch, why are you not out living your life?" Craig walks into the living room to find Garret laid on the couch sulking while he watches cartoons.


"Bold of you to assume I have one,"

"What's going on with you, big guy?" Garret's dad sits at his feet Sighing he replies "nothing"

"Fine then I'll tell you about my problems, your mom keeps getting her underwear in my drawer, I mean do I want her bras touching my socks?" He turns to Garret who's rolling his eyes "no I don't! But god forbid I say-"


"All right Dad!" Garret sits up "I'll tell you if you please stop talking." Craig stops and Garret sits looking forward next to him, knowing Harper isn't home makes what he's about to say a little easier. "The other night at Porter's party I kind of saved him from drowning and to thank me he kissed me"

Garret admits


"Harper's boyfriend Porter kissed you?"

Garret turns to him "he's not- you think Porter's her boyfriend?" Craig shrugs "Porter's gay, dad!" "Oh, then that's good, right? You're gay he's gay, what's so wrong with..." he motions his index

fingers to touch

"Is that supposed to be us-"

"Kissing yes" he stops doing it, "so what's the problem?"

Garret sighs getting to the hard part, "Harper would shit a brick if she found out about the crush I have on her best friend, and Porter has a stupid boyfriend who took him to Italy over the summer." Garret gets sad looking down at his lap "and I can't compete with that"

"No you cannot" Craig replies, "I'm in charge of your bank account so I've seen it, there's only ten dollars in there." Garret looks at his

father "you can't even afford to take him down the..." Craig turns to see Garret scolding him

"Are you done?" He smiles nodding "I don't know what to do dad, I can't stop thinking about the kiss but I know I have to let Porter go because to him that kiss meant nothing. But I can't seem to figure out why he did it, why would he just kiss me of all things? As if he knows I like him and somehow wants to reel me in like a fish just to throw me back."

"Then ask him" Craig suggests "No, I can't-"

"Yes, you can! And you have a right to, he kissed you so he needs to explain and if you don't it'll just eat away at you trying to figure it out for yourself."

"You're right!" Garret agrees

"I know! You kids think your mother is the only grown up with advice in this house, I'm wise too damn it." Craig stands "now I'm gonna go figure out a mature way to ask your mom to keep her underwear out of my drawer" he leaves Garret alone in the living room.

Thinking about his father's advice Garret sit's on his bed the next morning leg tapping as he impatiently waits for Porter to pick Harper up.

He's not sure what he's going to say but it has to be good, he needs to know what Porter was thinking, and why kissing him felt like the right thing to do that night.

"Thank you, Mrs. Philbin, but I already ate" Garret hears Porter coming up the stairs, when he reaches between Garret and his sister's door, before Porter walks in Garret pulls him in his room shutting the door. "Whoa" Porter reacts "good morning to you too," Garret stands in front of him completely frozen, this always happens he thinks. Trying his best to not show how freaked out he is Garret turns and begins to pace, an act he thinks will make what just happened normal but in reality,

it just confuses Porter even more. "Um if this is you abducting me you're doing a terrible job so far"

Porter smiles

"Stop talking so loud" Garret finally says in a lowered voice.

"Ohkay" Porter matches his tone, "is there a reason you yanked me into your room?"

Taking a deep breath "I like you, I've liked you for a long time, my feelings for you are the reason I came out and Harper knows but forced me to never say anything. I've had feelings for you way before you were with Elia and you didn't know any of this, but the night of your party for some reason I cannot understand you kissed me, why?" Garret thought a simple why did you kiss me would have sufficed, but all of that just came out and even he didn't think it would.

Porter is stunned, to say the least, none of that was what he was expecting Garret to say but he can tell it's all true and that makes him feel-

"I'm an idiot." He stares at Garret but before he can continue his phone rings.

Garret's bedroom opens and in come Harper who hears the ringtone as she's calling her best friend, "um what the hell?" She hangs up

"what are you guys doing?" Harper walks between them as their eyes are locked "Nothing" Garret walks away picking up his backpack leaving them in his room.

Driving to school he tries to go with his morning routine and do his best to not react in any sort of

way to what he had just done, Garret is tired of letting this mess with his mind and Porter couldn't even give a straight answer so why should he care if Porter doesn't?

"Thank god you're here!" Alexis rushes to him as soon as he walks into the A/V room, "Reggie is late and he needs someone to cover the anchors this morning because he has a doctor's appointment."

"Why can't you do it?" Garret asks putting his things down

"Because it's my turn next week, and you'd only have to do it today. Please Garret"

sighing "whatever," he takes the clipboard from her with the checklist to make sure everything is ready before they start.