Wow! An update! I was certain I would just end up posting like two chapters and forgetting about this, but I've made it to Chapter 3! Yay! **Also, after this chapter I'm gonna stop warning you about the homophobic slurs because they're in almost every chapter**

TW: Homophobic slurs used

Connor's POV
Tuesday, 6:00 pm

After a very dangerous and tearful drive home, I was up in my room attempting not to have another panic attack. My other sisters were downstairs watching something on TV so I could sneak upstairs pretty easily. I just texted Olivia that I had to leave and she could tell me about what happened at rehearsal when she got home.

I tried to calm down by getting out my notes and started choreographing "Carrying the Banner" to ease my mind. I thought that would work, but turns out, thinking of the musical made me panic even more, so I just decided to watch some Netflix on my laptop.

I fell asleep about twenty minutes later.

This time skip is brought to you by:
How gay I am for the Polish Exchange Student at my school

9:00pm

At about 9:00 I was being shaken awake by Olivia. I was still disoriented but I had to talk to someone about it. She basically started interrogating me about why I left so early and why I sent the vague, ominous text, rather than just calling her. She kept going on and on about how I "scared her to death" and how she was "so worried about me". I think she was just mad she had to walk home because I took the car.

I knew I had to talk to someone but telling Olivia when she was like this probably wasn't a good idea. That and she would kill Kevin if she found out he would never acknowledge it. So, I brushed her off and told her I just didn't feel well and asked the director to go home. She looked skeptical but decided to just leave it alone to go do her homework.

It was about half an hour later when I got a text from Chris.

Chris
Where were you most of rehearsal? I looked all over for you
Connor
I didn't feel good
Connor
I went home
Chris

Connor
Wtf Chris
Connor
A Supernatural clip is not gonna get me to do anything
Connor
I didn't feel good. I went home. End of story.
Chris

Connor
This is getting out if hand
Chris
Then tell me what's going on
Connor
Ughhhhhhhhh fine
Chris
Spill
Connor
I met my soulmate today
Chris
W H A T
Connor
...
Chris
HOW COULD YOU KEEP THIS INFORMATION FROM ME FOR FOUR WHOLE HOURS
Connor
Calm down, I'm not excited about it
Chris
BITCH, YOU SHOULD BE
Connor
1. Language
2. But I'm not
Chris
I'LL SAY WHATEVER THE FUCK I WANT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Chris
W H O
I S
I T
Connor
n o
Chris
Pleeeeeeeeeeeease
Connor
Maybe
Chris
WHO
Connor
His initials are N.Y.B.
Connor
None of your business
Chris
IT'S A GUY??
Connor
I thought we've been over this
Connor
I am more of a homosexual than your tiny brain can even comprehend
Chris
Why can't you just tell meeeeeeee
Connor
Fine.
Connor
It's Kevin Price.
Chris
That asshole???!!!?!?
☑ Read 9:20 pm
Chris
ARE YOU SERIOUS
☑ Read 9:21 pm
Chris
CONNOR
☑ Read 9:21 pm
Chris
I AM SO INTERROGATING YOU TOMORROW
☑ Read 9:22 pm

Kevin's POV
Tuesday, 9:00 pm

We didn't do much during the first practice. Everyone got there scripts and scores, and we assigned double roles for Brooklyn's Newsies. The German exchange student, Moritz Steifel was playing Spot, and turns out he has a pretty decent voice, he just needed to work on his accent. (wedonlytalk he's just in this little part for now) We did a run through of the script, and that's when I realized the girl playing Katherine was Olivia McKinley, my supposed soulmate's twin sister. Well that's not terrifying at all.

When I got home I went upstairs to "highlight my lines" (that's the first thing I do when I get scripts) I had already done that at practice, and Josephine knew that, but she didn't say anything.

I got upstairs and I just thought for a bit. My mind was racing at a million miles a minute and I just needed to get my head under control. My mind was kind of arguing with itself, and it was making me dizzy.

There's no way Connor can be my soulmate, he's a guy! And I am not a homo!
But Connor is really cute, and he's you're soulmate. You should give it a shot.
Connor is NOT cute. And I can not think like that! I am straight!
Clearly you're not.
I AM!  The only possible solution to my problem is avoiding Connor until we graduate, then I'll go on a mission and never see him again!
You still have a whole year of school after this one, and you've barely started your junior year. You'll have to talk to him at some point.
Then I'll procrastinate that as long as possible.

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Oof sorry for the short chapter. The next few are just gonna be fillers until the actual conflict goes down. Anyway, don't forget to comment and vote! Have a nice day!
      ~ Virginia