#ohdarling

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@ohdarling​ // chey x joseph

It was the pinnacle of spring: that time of year when the mud was all dried up and everybody started to eat outside again. Advanced placement tests were over and even teachers were losing motivation to do their jobs, hungry to end it just to start all over. With less than a month left, junior year was practically over, and yet it was the start of a few brand new things for Joseph. 

For one, his parents finally let him get a fucking car. He didn’t have to promise great grades or anything, just to stay in school and balance out his days off so he wouldn’t be knocked for truancy. (Notice, they knew he wouldn’t be able to not play hooky every now and then, so it was pointless to make him promise 100% attendance.) His black Maserati Granturismo finally got shipped in this morning, and he drove that baby to school, practicing utmost self-control to keep it a secret from Chey. 

For two, basketball was over, and even though Port Aransas didn’t take the state championship home, they got pretty damn close. And Joseph got to see Dallas for the first time with Chey. It was time to start practicing soccer again, even if most of it came second nature to him anyway. The fields were mowed and the nets were put back out, and he was probably going to get into another fight with one of the football players for turf again. 

For three, Chey had been his girlfriend for a few months now. And, judging by their on-again off-again track record, that was pretty fucking long. It was complicated: When they first started dating, Joseph never made it official -- he just kept messing up. Only around the time of homecoming did Joey decide to ask her out. Though they always felt like a fleeting thing, he couldn’t shake the taste of permanence on his tongue whenever they kissed. 

And finally, the sun. Texas was a sunny place in general, but when it rained, it rained. It was good to feel the warmth on his skin again, remembering what the color yellow felt. 

But that car. 

He rushed through the lunch line in the cafeteria, slapping a five dollar bill on the counter before winking at Lupita, the lunch lady. On his bright red tray, he had his favorite meal: a greasy slice of pepperoni pizza, some chili cheese-flavored Fritos, an apple, and a sliced fruit cup, but for Chey. He shoved a can of Coke in his cargo shorts’ pocket, and it felt a little heavy to carry on one side, but he pushed out the glass doors to the picnic tables outside. 

He saw Chey sitting at one of the tables underneath the huge cherry blossom tree. Kirk, Ben, Luna, Rory, Lulu, and Beckett were there, too. Cohen was sleeping on the ground next to them, and Kirk and Beckett were trying to see how many cheese puffs they could drop on his face before he stopped thinking they were just petals. 

“Hey, idiots,” Joey said, sitting beside Lulu and across Chey. He tossed her fruit cup onto her tray and winked at her. “And beautiful lady. -- Better eat quick, ‘cause I got a surprise for you, and I wanna get outta here before anybody notices.” 

favorite songs

The Beatles Oh, Darling