Anthony's POV

Julia rushed up to me. "How was it?" she immediately asked. "I told you a million times last night, it was fine," I said, exasperated. "Oh, my God. Did you guys plan another one?" she asked. "No! I haven't seen him since last night," I answered. "Sorry, sorry. I just need my OTP to happen," Julia gushed. Oh my Lord. Why. Not even with a question mark, just WHY. 

"Fine. Let's go find him and his friends," Julia said. She grabbed my wrist and ran around the schoolyard. When we finally ran into them, I noticed Thomas and Ella and I didn't say anything to them. "Hiya. Anthony, right?" Ella asked. I nodded. "Julia's told us a lot about you," Thomas said. They both shook my hand. I looked at Ryan. For some reason, we didn't speak to each other. He was sitting down next to a wall. I sat down next to him. By the time he said "Heya,", the others had already left. Of course they did.

"Any idea why we're acting so awkward?" I asked. "None," Ryan answered. "So, do you... want to go on another date sometime?" I asked again. Ryan thought about it for a while. "Only if you want to," he answered, and grinned widely. God, he's so cute. Oh jeez. Julia was right. I love this guy. "NOW KISS!" I heard a voice. Actually, three voices. Thomas', Ella's, and Julia's. "Wha-GUYS! What the heck?!" Ryan shouted. "Oh come on, that was cute!" Thomas said. "You guys should see your faces! You're both blushing like mad!" Julia added. "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" Ella chanted. "We've literally only had one date, and known each other for about 2 days, guys," I said. "But you just asked Ryan out on another date. And he accepted," Ella said to me. "Whatever. We'll leave you to your smooching. We won't interrupt," said Thomas, and with that, the three of them left. 

"I have the worst friends ever," said Ryan, his face completely red. I couldn't help but stifle my laugh. I hid my face in my hands. "So when are we going out?" Ryan asked. He just straight up asked it with 100% confidence. What the heck? How does one do that? "Uh... I dunno... when do you want to?" I said nervously. How am I getting this flustered?! This shouldn't be happening! "How about 2 days from now? That okay?" he asked me. "Yeah. That sounds great. Should you come over to my place? My mom won't be there to bug us... she never is..." I said. Ryan nodded and gave me a swift kiss on the cheek

Ryan's POV

WHY. WHY DID I DO THAT?! I just ACTED. I didn't THINK. I just DID. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY! I mean, I guess it's not an entirely bad thing... I walked away as soon as I kissed Anthony. I'm just glad the others weren't there to see it.

-day of the date (laziness intensifies)-

"Hey, Mom, Dad, I'm going out with some friends," I said to my parents. "Don't be late," my father grumbled. "R-right," I stuttered, and quickly left the house. As I arrived at Anthony's house at the given address, he invited me in. We watched a movie. I leaned onto his shoulder. "This movie is crap," I told him. "I know," Anthony said. "Why do you think I picked it out?" he continued. "I hate you, you know that?" I asked. "Sure you do," Anthony remarked. I looked up at him. "You're dumb," I joked. "You're short," Anthony said back. "Fight me," I grumbled. "Ryan, that's gay."

"You're gay."

"Yeah, so are you."

"Well, duh."

"What time is it?"

"8:17. Why?"

"Didn't you say you had to be back home by 9:00?"

"Yeah, so?I have a little time."

"I still think you should go."

"But Anthony-"

"I'll see you tomorrow, Ryan. Go."

And with that, I left his house, and got back home at, like, 8:42. Thanks, Anthony. Everything was pretty much the same since then. Thomas, Ella, and Julia kept hanging out, talking about "Project OTP", of course. I'm actually kind of glad Julia did this for us. We're kind of like a big group now. I mean, only really because the three of them ship Anthony and I like FedEx, but, still, I have Julia to thank really.