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Any resemblance to real people living or dead are purely coincidental. Now that all that stuff is out of the way, on with the story. Hackers' Revenge by: Lasertech Chapter 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryan sat staring at Alex's computer for a few moments concentrating on one particular sentence of his best friend's suicide note. "Tell him that although he never would have wanted me, I have wanted him as my boyfriend for a long time." He was shocked to say the least. Just hours before he was staring at his friends nearly lifeless body in his suicide attempt before Ryan was able to call for help and save him. Now he finds out that not only is his best friend gay, but loves him as well. Ryan always thought that he would have to hide his sexuality from everyone, but that seems to not be the case anymore. Ryan made his way back to the hospital with his mind overloaded with thoughts. Thoughts of Alex, his suicide attempt, the pain he's endured, and now, his professed love for Ryan. He was feeling quite overwhelmed with that last one. The idea that the object of his desire also loved him sent tremendous waves of excitement and adrenalin coursing through his body. It gave him a mile wide smile so brilliant it was probably visible from space. While he was parking the car, however, he realized that that note was not meant to be seen by him while Alex was still alive. Alex must be scared to death that Ryan may have seen it when he went back to Alex's house. 'How am I going to pull this off,' Ryan thought. 'I just can't go back in that room and say, "Hey Alex, I love you too, want to be my boyfriend?" I'd have to come up with a more subtle way of introducing the subject so I don't scare him off. I don't want to screw up this opportunity to have the unrequited love of life become the actual love of my life.' He had to sit in the car several minutes trying to wipe that silly grin off his face (no small feat considering he had been hoping for this for over a year) and to concoct a plan to turn his dream into reality. He gathered up his stuff and Alex's PSP he had been sent for and made his way to the lobby of the hospital and up to room 321 where Alex was staying. With as neutral of an expression as he could muster, he knocked on Alex's door. ----------------------------------------------------------------- As soon as I heard the knock on the door, I knew it was Ryan returning. My Mom let him in with a nice smile and greeting. I immediately swung my head around to study his face, looking for something to tell me whether he hated me now or not. His face was so neutral that I knew he must be hiding his hate and disgust for me. My face dropped and all the blood in my faced rushed towards my feet as I knew I had now lost my friend forever. Why couldn't I have just finished the job back in my bedroom? Now I'd have to face the world without my best friend, be a sex slave to 5 of the worst people on the face of the planet, and most likely be outed to the entire school. He approached my bed slowly (or maybe it just seemed to happen in slow motion), but with each step I curled up into a tighter ball, pressing myself back into my pillow, trying to disappear, bracing for the beating I was about to receive. By the time he was at my bedside, I was crying like a baby, trying to think of a way to escape this world again. It was then that I felt Ryan's hand touching my shoulder. I winced and pulled away quickly burying my face into the pillow, like an ostrich trying to hide by burying its head in the ground (futile, but worth a shot). He again placed his hand on my shoulder. This time I could tell that it was a very gentle touch, not one of anger but friendship. He then began to gently rub my back in small soothing circles. I don't know if he was saying anything because my sobbing was so loud mixed with my face being buried in the pillow as to drown out the world. After a couple minutes though, my body began to calm down beginning to believe that I wasn't about to be beaten again. I turned my head to meet his gaze once again and he had such a warm smile on his face it could melt the polar ice caps. I couldn't help but return the smile. "You don't... hate me?" I asked with trepidation in my voice. "I could never hate my best friend in the whole world," Ryan responded never losing his smile. Suddenly I panicked, thinking, perhaps he hadn't read the message. "Did you see it? My note?" "Yeah, I saw it," he said while only lessening his smile a miniscule amount. "Then how come you don't hate me?" I queried. "How can I hate you when I feel the same way" he said. "You don't mind having me as a gay friend?" I said hesitantly, without having let his last statement sink in. "How about having you as a gay boyfriend?" he said with a smirk on his face. "On that note, I think I'm going to leave you two alone for a while," Mom said with a slight giggle. I didn't even realize that Mom was still there, and I blushed profusely, as did Ryan. All I could muster was a "Thanks, Mom." She just gave us a wink and a grin as she quietly slipped out of the room. I quickly refocused my attention back to Ryan. With a smile, I said "I think I could handle that." His smile widened to reveal more of his brilliant white teeth and leaned in close to me. "I was hoping you'd say that," he whispered before continued towards me and placed his lips against mine. I've never felt such a feeling in my entire life. My whole being seemed to be lifted into the air to perform a tango with his soul of such passion that I thought I would explode. He lifted off me and ours eyes connected to communicate volumes of pent up love that both of us have been holding in for such a long time. No words needed to be spoken to cement that fact that we had just sealed our love for each other for all time with that single kiss. "That was better than I ever thought it could have been," Ryan remarked wistfully. "Yeah," I breathed in the afterglow, as if I had just had the orgasm of my life. Suddenly though, I felt as if a two ton weight had been dropped on my stomach and I was consumed by this emptiness that had me in tears in a matter of moments. I had just realized that if I had killed myself I would have never been able to experience that wonderful feeling we had just shared a minute ago. Not only that, but I would have denied Ryan from having experienced it as well and that caused me to feel so overwhelmed with guilt. It was such a selfish thing that I had tried to do in the heat of the moment and I am now beginning to understand how I would have affected the lives of those around me, the lives of those I loved most. Ryan was confused why I was suddenly crying and pulled me into a hug and began to gently massage my back trying to reassure me that everything will be okay. "What's wrong, Alex," he asked me full of concern. "Do I need to get the doctor?" "No, no. It's okay. I was just thinking how stupid I was for trying to kill myself. I would have missed this. I've never felt this alive before, actually," I said, somewhat shocking myself with that last statement. "I promise to never let myself go down that road again, Ryan. I have too much to live for now, and I won't let anyone steal my happiness again, no matter what they do to my physical body. I want to live because I want to be with you forever." I started smiling again and in return I got to view his pearly whites again. I don't think I could ever tire of that image. I was also rewarded with another kiss. Shortly after we kissed, my Mom knocked on the door and we let her in. As she entered, she saw Ryan with his arm around me and both of us grinning from ear to ear. "I take it I have a new son, now?" she asked. "Yep," we answered together. "You two look so cute together, I'm glad you could be together. I wish I had a camera to remember this moment," she said with a couple tears of joy sliding down her cheeks. She then came over to my bed and we had a group hug and I think we all had a good cry for a minute. "It's getting late you guys, and you need your sleep, Alex," my mom stated much to my disappointment. "Did you want me to give you a ride home, Ryan?" "No!! You can't leave, Ryan," I almost yelled. "Please stay with me. I don't want to be left alone." "Would that be okay Mrs. Drummand?" Ryan inquired of my Mom. "Sure. Who am I to deny my son of a first night with his boyfriend?" she smiled at us. "Mom, we're not going to do anything like that!" I stated blushing a bright red. Turning to my love, I noticed he had a nice pink flush in his cheeks as well causing me to giggle and say "you are so cute when you blush." I was rewarded with an even deeper shade of red and that wonderful smile. "You're making your mom cry, you know. It is so wonderful to see you so happy. Especially after what's happened today," my Mom said with a sniffle. "I already told Ryan that I now realize how stupid I was for trying that and I vowed never to do it again. I know how I would have affected those around me and I never would have had the opportunity to this," where upon I grabbed Ryan and pulled him down to me and planted my lips on his giving a very loving kiss. The look on Ryan's face was precious as his eyes bugged out for a second only to be replaced by a scene of contentment draped across his face, then jumping back to one of complete embarrassment realizing he had just kissed his boyfriend in front of my mom. His whole face flushed over once again. "You're right, Alex, he is cute when he blushes," my Mom chuckled. That got all of us laughing and released a little of the tension. After a couple minutes to recover she continued, "All right you two love birds, I'm going to go home and get a little rest if you're going to keep watch, Ryan. I'll be back in the morning with a change of clothes for when you are discharged." "Thanks mom. I'll miss you. Get some good rest, you need it," I told her. "I will, and you two be careful. And don't do anything that will cause embarrassment for the nurses." That a got a nice blush from us. "Oh look, matching stop lights!" she giggled in delight. "Oh Mrs. Drummand, if I call my Mom to bring some clothes to your house, will you bring those as well tomorrow? I don't want to scare the staff away by reeking," Ryan called to my mom. "Sure thing, hun. And no more of this Mrs. Drummand stuff. You're family now, call me Mom." Just before my Mom left the room, Ryan bolted off the bed to my Mom and caught her. "Oh, uh, Mom, don't tell my Mom that I'm out yet. I haven't told them and I'm not quite ready to tell them yet. Please" "Of course, dear. Remember, Alex and I are here for support, if you need us. I have the feeling though, that your parents won't have a problem with it. I've known Jerry and Tina a long time and they're very open and understanding people. When you're ready I'm sure they'll love you all the same," said my mother with such a caring smile that you knew she could be trusted. Once she was gone, my love turned towards me and smiled once again and gave me another kiss followed by, "your mom is so kewl. I can't believe how calmly she's taking everything." "Yeah, after you left I realized you were going to see the note and I just broke down. I admitted I was gay and I told her about the note and what I said about you," I recalled. "She just hugged me and told me she loved me, that is pretty kewl." "I'm kinda glad this happened. I've actually had a huge crush on you since last summer and my love has kept growing and growing. I was so worried I'd slip up and say something to you and lose your friendship forever, I didn't know what to do," he seemed relieved after that statement. "I've been in love with you for so long, too. I always had to distract myself when I'm around you so I didn't end up staring at you so much that you'd catch me. I guess there is a silver lining to this story," I finished with a smile. "I guess we should go to bed, shouldn't we," Ryan sighed. "Yeah, too bad there's not enough room here for you, too," I said with a devilish grin. "That's okay, besides, we promised your mom, and we don't need someone walking in on us here. There will be plenty of time in our future for that." "You're right, of course. Okay, good night, my love," I said in almost a whisper. "Good night. My heart is yours, love," he leaned forward and gave me my first good night kiss. I think that is most soundly I have ever slept. End Chapter 3 Authors Notes: Well that was close call. At least everything between Alex and Ryan worked out. Now they can face this tragedy together, Alex is going to need all the support he can get. Hope you are enjoying it still. I really appreciate all the e-mails I've received. I really like to get reader feed back on how they like my work. More chapters to this story are available on www.storylover.us. Go to the 'Hosted Authors' section, then scroll down to Lasertech. Lasertech Editor's Notes: WHEW! I was worried after the first couple of paragraphs that Ryan was going to over do the 'I don't know anything,' thing. Why couldn't he just walk in and say, "Hey Alex, I love you too, want to be my boyfriend?" I mean that is almost what happened anyway, except for the tears because he didn't do just that. Now it is no longer 5 to 1, but 5 to 2, Still not great odds but a whole lot better. Something tells me that they have some real friends in the Computer Club but we will see. I can think of a lot of things that computer Geeks could do but I guess I'll just have to wait like all the rest of you for the next chapter. Needless to say, I'm very hooked on this story and can't wait to go badger the author for more to edit. I kind of know where it's going but can't wait to see it get there. Str8mayb