A Day in the Sun (Drew and Daisy's pov)

(Drew's pov)

I threw the ball to Jake, a smile crossing his face as he hit it back with cupped hands and a cheeky smile plastered across his face. I hit it back to him, looking over to Lia for a quick second, waiting for Jake to hit it back but soon I began to get bored of volleyball and wanted to swim or maybe just relax under the umbrella that we hulled all the way out here.

Liam and Henry were building a sandcastle with Zoey while Lia ate a snack from our beach bag. Daisy and Sadie came with us, I'm not sure why but apparently we're all on a little quintupple date or something, but to me it's more like a hangout with all of my friends. I wish Jake would have told me just how great Zander and Luke are, maybe I wouldn't have judged them so early on or maybe I would've but soon realized that I'm not always right.

Sadie splashes Daisy with water, her light blue bathing suit completely covered in water, soaked from head to toe. Sadie seemed to be happier when around Daisy, she seems to make her extremely happy which doesn't surprise me. Only certain people can bring out the good in me, but when I'm alone or around anyone else, I'm a train wreck.

I wish that Jake would have left me though, I'm a terrible person, he doesn't deserve me he deserves someone much better than me, someone like Daisy or Stacy or one of the dumbass girls in our grade besides those two, which, in my opinion, Daisy is not an idiot. Jake notices me spacing out and taps me on the shoulder, smiling sweetly, reassuring me that everything's okay.

"What's on your mind, Rew?" He asks, catching me off guard because he has never once called me that in his lifetime. "Rew?" I ask, looking at him with wide eyes and a smoldering grin that could probably knock him out. He blushes from embarrassment, then proceeds to explain the newfound name he created for me. "Y'know, like a shorter version of Drew, Rew, just for me," he trailed off saying the last part, not wanting me to hear him, but I did and I smiled a sly smile as I looked at his embarrassed rosy cheeks. "Wow, didn't know you were into pet names, that's new," I say, using a voice that is obviously and painfully fake, full of faux surprise and empty words. "Babe, don't mess with me!" He yelled, a smile plastered across the fair complexion that made up his face. "I thought it was Rew now? I feel so attacked, maybe we should just call it quits!" I exclaim in a dramatic tone, throwing my hand over my forehead and closing my eyes.

He rolls his eyes playfully, smiling and giggling as we approached the water with ease. Something or rather someone caught me off guard, a certain girl with aqua hair and another with hot pink hair. Oh no. I looked over to Jake who was shaking from the cold water, but soon getting used to it. "Jake, Milly and Hailey are here," I told him, looking into his eyes with concern. I pointed over towards Hailey who was setting up a cooler and umbrella meanwhile Milly was setting up foldable chairs that are good for the sand. "Oh shit!" He yelled, alerting Hailey and Milly who weren't very far from us. They looked all around them until they eventually found the source of the newfound noise coming from a mysterious direction.

Hailey's eyes went wide as she saw us and then she saw Zander and Luke who were now helping Liam, Henry, and Zoey find things to decorate the sandcastle with and she froze, eyes open in terror and betrayal. She marched over toward Zander, phone in hand and eyes full of rage. First she was going to give him shit for hanging out with us and now she was going to approach him? What the fuck? She walked over to Zander as tears began to leave her eyes. Me and Jake watched mortifyingly as she cried and just stared at Zander until she finally opened her mouth.

"Zander, what the hell? I called you 12 times! 12 times, you hear me? I was worried sick don't ever do that to me again!" She yelled, grabbing him by the forearms and hugging him, wrapping her arms around him. He didn't hug back though, instead he just simply watched, the corners of his mouth turned down and wilting like a daisy. Everyone of us gathered up by the beach bag and umbrella, some sitting in chairs while others sat on the towels. "Zander?" She said, wiping the tears from her eyes as she looked at him. He had no expression, none whatsoever, he was more blank than a canvas, he just seemed to not care or at least not care enough to show emotion. "What do you need, Hailey?" He asked, not smiling, not frowning, just nothing. She froze in place, noticing Zander's behavior.

By the time she had time to process it all, Milly came barreling over to talk to Zander, phone also in hand, a worried expression plastered on her face. "Hailey, what happened?" She asked, looking towards Hailey and gripping her forearms softly. She looked over to see an expressionless Zander and began to get angry. "Zander, what the hell is your problem, huh? You don't like us anymore? Is that it? You left us for these... for these fakes! None of them even like you, don't you understand? Jake's not gay for Drew and Drew certainly isn't gay for Jake, it's all just some made up sick joke to gain attention!" She yelled. I've about had it, I'm about to go berserk on Milly and her dumbass attitude. The only people that knew about my current predicament with my parents was the seven people that I regularly hang out with, Jake, Zoey, Lia, Henry, Liam, Zander, and Luke, if I had to tell someone else to get them to back off, I would, even if it meant pity from little Miss uptight, I would because no one calls Jake a liar.

I marched straight up to Milly, tears in my eyes as I thought of what to say to her. She watched as I walked up to her, tears falling from my eyes and cheeks rosy. "I love Jake, I do. He took me in when my parents kicked me out. He always stayed by my side even when I was a dick, which no one seems to question, hey why is he such a dick anyway? Well to be honest, I've known I was gay since before I dated Zoey, I've known since I was young, but my parents were homophobic and I knew I'd end up on my own if I showed or told them or anyone else, so I hid my sexuality, dated Zoey, and acted like a bitch! Is that what you wanted to hear? Do you enjoy finding problems to escalate? Find the problems of people like me, people who are just trying to fucking live? I wasn't planning on spilling my whole life story to someone like you but I might as well tell you now, I was abused by my dad and the only person I felt I could talk to was my best friend, now boyfriend, Jake, so forgive me if I can't help but love him, forgive me if I couldn't accept myself for so long, please, forgive me for trying to live my life, all I wanted was to be happy, I wanted to be loved. I'm sorry for wanting that for myself!" I sobbed out and suddenly ran off.

(Daisy's pov)

Drew just dropped a major bomb on Milly. Abused? Kicked out? Hell I didn't even know that, he does a nice job of hiding it. He left Hailey and Milly speechless, they sat there just no words to explain what in the world just happened. Jake came up to Milly, angrier than ever and now crying as well, his face also quite red from the crying. "I love Drew, he loves me, Zoey loves Lia, Lia loves her, Henry loves Liam, Liam loves him, why in the actual hell do you need to question that? We all love each other, we can all choose who and who not to hang out with, so back off." He seemed really angry, probably because Milly made Drew cry which is understandable, if someone made Sadie cry, I would make them cry.

"C'mon Zander, Luke, let's go get Drew, he trusts you guys," Jake yelled out to Zander and Luke who now got up from the towel that they were sharing on the sand and ran to catch up with Jake, eyeing Hailey and Milly as they did. Jake told Liam and Henry to stay back along with Zoey, Lia, and me and Sadie because Drew will get overwhelmed with a bunch of people around him. Hailey and Milly just stood there, flabbergasted by what just happened. Hailey walked over calmly to Henry and Liam who ere now sitting in chairs next to each other, worried expressions plastered on their faces. As Liam and Henry noticed her, they didn't seem to be angry or upset, just expressionless, I understand though because Hailey didn't make Drew cry, Milly did. She sat next to them like she was invited over there, which to be honest, nobody wanted because by the sound of Zander's stories of Hailey going to all extents to not go anywhere near any of them, she didn't deserve to be accepted so quickly by any of them.

"Is um, what he said true?" Hailey asked nervously, not wanting to admit that Drew is actually a good person on the inside. Henry and Liam turned to look at each other, trying to decide if they should tell her or not, which they decided to tell her because the cat was already let out of the bag, what else could they tell her, that it was fake? If they tried to say that even Hailey would know it's a lie and she's not the sharpest tool in the box. "Drew's had a hard life," Henry started, looking back over at Hailey. "He has self-inflicted scars, scars that his dad put on him. Each and every one of those scars just reminds him that he will never be able to forget, never be able to unsee the shit he's seen and experienced. Jake was his cure. So one day, Drew kissed Jake and now here we are." I looked over to see Hailey, shocked at the information that was just told to her about Drew, her rival, her bully, the one person she would never expect any of this from.

"As for me and Liam, we confessed our feelings to each other, Zoey told Lia that she loved her after Drew broke up with her. Drew's gay, Jake's bi, I'm Pan, Liam's gay, Zoey's lesbian, and Lia's bi, not that it's any of your business anyway," Henry said to Hailey, Hailey amused by the stories he told to her. Nobody seemed to notice Milly who was listening to the stories from afar, wilting at the thought of Drew getting abused by his father, Drew being forced to not accept his sexuality, it was all a shock to the two of them, all a shock to me as well.

"I'm sorry," Milly simply says, looking at Henry with her large sad orbs that could stare through you. Henry flinched, not knowing that Milly was standing there before Jake cleared his throat behind her, Drew's face buried in his chest and Jake's hand on his neck.

"I think you should be saying that to those two," Henry stated before pointing to Jake and Drew who were standing behind her along with Zander and Luke. "I'm sorry Jake, and I'm especially sorry to you Drew, friends?" She asked as she held her hand out. Drew sighed, staring at her pale hand before saying, "don't push it." I laughed at this, Sadie slapping my hand before kissing me on the cheek and hugging up to me, the sound of the waves echoing through my ears.

Milly and Hailey sat down between Jake & I, turning to Jake who was on a red and white striped towel before asking about the infamous audio that everyone in the school has heard by now. "Why'd you do it Jake?" She asked in a heartbroken tone, looking down as she said the last few words. Jake looked down at Drew who was asleep in his lap, curled up like a cat and laying his head down on him. He smiled and just simply said, "I was manipulated, but they apologized for it and I forgave them. It took a little bit of time to forgive them and to put my trust into them, but soon we were okay." Hailey and Milly both seemed to be shocked, manipulated, trust? It was all new to them and I was quite interested in the story. Had I heard this story many many times before, yes, but every time I hear it, I love it more than the first time. The story of how Drake came to be, a beautiful story with hardships and troubling waves of rage that no regular relationship could ever have. Jake and Drew, lovers of the age, record for having the longest gossip duration at Rosemeadow high, and power couple of the year. Sadie claims that power couple of the year, quite an underrated one, is us.

We have been together for a year. It's not that we didn't want to be publicly out, we never really talked about it. It was sort of an unspoken agreement that it was okay to be seen on dates or with each other at school, that it was okay to publicly hold hands or kiss each other, but no one seemed to notice. Drew and Jake were well known, Drew's parents were rich and Jake was always seen with him so everyone knew them, Jake and Drew, now known as their ship name Drake which everyone knows them as. Sadie has always been the jealous type, don't get me wrong, sometimes I'm grateful for it, but others it seems excessive. Before Jake got with Drew, he had a crush on me, he told me himself, he told me that before he would ever be able to say 'I love you' to Drew, he had to tell me that he had a crush on me but lost feelings, that was how I told Jake about me and Sadie. Sadie was always jealous of Jake because he didn't exactly keep it a secret that he liked me, practically everyone but myself knew including Drew which must have crushed him at the time, but Sadie knew and was always jealous of the infamous Jake Sterling, the one person I couldn't be less interested in. I may be Pansexual but that doesn't mean I want everyone all at one time.

Sadie was also jealous of Sean, he also had a crush on me, but when he told me, I told him that I was taken and he apologized and asked if we could be friends. The first few weeks were awkward, to say the least and I felt bad for having to reject him but I knew that I made the right choice to be with Sadie instead because I really love her, I love her so much. I told Sean who I was dating at the time and he said he understood but that he needed a bit of time which I painfully gave him. He may have had a crush on me, but he was still my best friend, someone I knew that I could trust and that doesn't come easily.

(Drew's pov)

I woke up to the sound of the ocean and light snoring, feeling the boy beneath me rise and fall with every breath that he took which gave me butterflies. Hailey was talking with Daisy and Zander and Luke were still decorating their ridiculous sandcastle, which looked to be more of a hut than a castle. I don't think that I could ask for anything better than this. Before now, I was lonely, unhappy, abused, and broken, I was a wreck. Now, when I look all around me, all I see is love, I no longer see the heartache and trembling hands that I once saw before, I now see happiness, no more hurt, no more pain.

Milly was chasing Henry and Liam around the beach, Henry rested in Liam's arms as he acted like some sort of knight in shining armor, or in this case, a knight in shining swim-trunks. Maybe the freaks aren't freaks, maybe they're special, maybe they are who I have needed this whole time, the friends that hid in the corner of my mind as they watched me from the sidelines. I'm glad that they're here now and I'm glad that Jake is here with me because with him I can conquer any obstacle that comes in my way, in our way.

Lia joined in on Hailey and Daisy's conversation on gender and sexuality spectrum which almost never ends well, but this time doesn't seem too bad, well, not to me it doesn't. Apparently Hailey is bisexual just like Jake and Lia which, to be honest, is a shock but that's probably because I don't know her at all. Milly's straight, Sean's pan just like Daisy, Luke, and Henry which I kind of expected from him. At this point, I'm honestly expecting Hailey's little sister or maybe even Milo to come rolling up as queer in some way.

Jake shuffled underneath me, lifting his head to look at me and smile an endearing smile that could have me hooked for a lifetime. It suddenly hit me right then and there, he is the only one I will ever love and I'm okay with that because with Jake, everything's better, no, with everyone, including little miss uptight and the stupid pink-haired-devil, everything is spectacular.

A/N: Hi everybody! If you saw my most recent announcement then you know that I will be extending this book by 5 chapters, meaning that instead of 15 chapters there will be 20. One reason I am doing this is so that I don't feel rushed to finish the storyline, another one is to tie up all loose ends such as who leaked the news that Drake was official and the story on how Saisy came to be, but one of the main reasons was the extra chapters is a gift to my audience who has somehow got this story to 1k+ views! also, shoutout to:

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