I fell asleep in Zhay's room shortly after Taylor and Laidie had left. I woke up to the vibration of my pager about a half hour later. Shit, it was my parents.
I looked over at Zhay. She was curled up at the foot of the bed sleeping. I didn't want to wake her so I got up silently and used the phone in the other room.
"Hey, Mom." I said, in a very monotone voice.
"Hey honey. How are you?"
"A little tired. I'm at Zhaina's."
"All right, that's all I wanted to know. We got home about an hour ago to an empty house and I just wanted to check up on my sons. Do you know where Taylor or Isaac are? I can't get a hold of either." She asked, like I keep tabs on where my brothers are 24/7.
"I don't stalk my brothers, Mom. I have no idea where they are."
"OK. You don't have to be smart with me, you know."
"I know, I know. Sorry. Can I go now?" I said, eager to get off the phone.
"Sure. Be home at a reasonable time and if you go somewhere else please call. Oh, by the way, Bunji Nye called about 20 minutes ago. He says to call him as soon as you can."
"All right, bye Mom." I said, hanging up the phone and dialing Bunji's number.
"Hey Bunji, what's goin' on?" I asked curiously.
"Nothing. Hey, wanna come over?"
"I guess. I'm at Zhay's though." I said, wondering if she was awake or not. Cause if she was, I'd rather stay here for a little longer.
"Ooh. What's goin on there? Gettin' some action?"
"Shut the hell up man. I'll be over soon." I walked back in Zhaina's room and she was still sleeping. She looked so cute, I didn't want to wake her. I left a quick message for her to page me if she wanted to.
It seemed like it took me forever to get to Bunji's. He only lived a few blocks from Zhay, but it still seemed like forever. I guess I sort of had a lot on my mind... And I was really, really tired. Not to mention hungry. I was hoping that Bunji would have some food in his house.
When I got there he was playing Super Nintendo and drinking a 40. I sat down on the chair in silence, hoping he'd offer me some too.
"What's wrong with you?" He said in kind of a mocking tone. "Couldn't get any play today?" He laughed.
"Nothin'll be wrong if you gimme some of that fizzotey."
"Get your own." He said, pointing to the miniature fridge in the corner of his room.
"Holy shit! When did you get this?"
"Birthday present."
"And they don't mind that you keep alcohol in it?"
"Why would they look in it in the first place? And even if they did, they wouldn't care."
I reached in and grabbed a 40. He had about 4 in there. That kid amazed me sometimes. I was surprised he didn't make me pay or anything, but I wasn't about to ask why he was being so generous.
He set the controller down and sat uncomfortably close to me on the chair. I wasn't sure if I was just imagining it or not, but it looked like he was about to kiss me. I didn't want to be rude and scream out "What the hell are you doing?", in case I really was just my imagination.
After a few attempts for him to get closer to me, I really backed off. "Seriously, what the hell are you doing?" I said in a very rude tone.
"Oh shit." He mumbled to himself. "It's just that ... after the party... I thought..." He started.
I cut him off though. I had a feeling I knew where this was going and I didn't really want it to go there.
"You kissed me." He said. I sat there in disbelief for a few minutes. That definitely couldn't have been true. I remember kissing someone that night, but there's no way it was Bunji!
"Yeah, so, I'm bisexual. I, um, thought you were too... I always have thought so. And at Aliza's when we kissed...... I... I was so happy because I've wanted to kiss you for so long."
"Dude, I was drunk and stoned off my ass. I don't even really remember it!"
"Oh my god! I feel so fucking dumb now, so fucking dumb!" Bunji had fallen off the chair and was now crying. "I can't believe I just did this. I'm so fucking stupid. Forgive me Zac, dude, please forgive me. Shit, I am going to kill myself tonight. Damn, I'm so embarrassed. Forgive me, please." I couldn't believe this, he was in hysterics, rolling all over the ground and begging me for forgiveness, it was one of the most uncomfortable situations I had ever been in.
"SETTLE THE FUCK DOWN! It's okay, I am not mad at you at all. You misunderstood my actions man, it's okay."
"Look, maybe you should go." He said, suddenly looking very mad at me.
I was so fucking confused that I ran the hell outta that joint and I continued running until I reached Zhay's house. I let myself in to the Parker's house and back up to Zhay's room. She was sitting on her bed, bent over something and looking quite content.
"Hey cutie." I said as I entered the room.
"Oh, hey Zac! Yakov just stopped by and brought us some good shit. I was about to page you, but I wanted to try some of this shit out first. It is supposed to be the best. I told Yakov you'd pay later whatever my money didn't cover, you having the rock star income and all."
"Let me see that shit." I wanted to make sure that Yakov hadn't ripped us off, as he's been known to do a few random times. It looked nice, very few stems and seeds.
"So where were you?" Zhay asked, in the middle of my inspection.
"I, was... uh... at Bunji's" I said in a very nervous voice. I didn't really want to tell Zhay what had just happened. After all, it was a pretty embarrassing experience for both of us.
"Why do you say it like that? What happened?" She was always so good at detecting the things I attempted to cover up.
"Nothing Zhay. We just had a stupid argument. It was no big deal I promise." I tried to be as convincing as possible, but I was sure she didn't buy it.
"Whatever dude. I don't believe you, but...fuck, I just want to smoke this shit as soon as I possibly can. So as far as I'm concerned you and Bunji could have made out again and I wouldn't find it the least bit interesting. Can you please hand me your lighter?"
I just stood there and stared at her. Was I the only one who didn't know that I had kissed Bunji? Hadn't Zhaina made me believe it was her that I had kissed? Did that mean she was tricking me or maybe that she had just recently found out from someone else who had seen us? Shit, I thought, before I know it the press will be writing articles titled "The Long Time Suspicions about the Youngest Hanson Brother's Sexuality Have Been Confirmed. Zac is Gay, Fans Are Crushed." This couldn't be happening.
"What do you mean again? I have never made out with Bunji!" I practically screamed.
"I saw you guys kiss at Liza's party, duh! We were playing spin the bottle and when he spun the bottle landed on you. Dude, you were so fucked up you didn't know what was going on. The next thing we know you are making out with Bunji in the dark corner of the basement. You were both all into it, you honestly don't remember?" Was she lying to me? I didn't remember a damn thing about that part of the night, except that I was kissing someone in the corner of the basement. I could have sworn it was a girl though....
