More Than Just Friends by Max Hudson

Author:Max Hudson [Hudson, Max]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2019-04-29T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

The food was good, at least, and the company too. Lance wasn't used to such a quiet atmosphere. At his home, when he was growing up, everyone had always been loud and happy people. Most of his other friends, as far as he could recall, lived in loud homes as well, full of children or full of energetic adults.

Had Stefan's house always been so quiet? He couldn't remember there ever being much noise. As a kid, Lance had not thought much about it, but he had been the main source of noise when he went to visit. Even the TV volume was so low, he could barely hear it. Lance felt bad for judging it, but his own home and his life with Millie had always been a bit livelier. It felt empty without much sound in such a large living room with two people. All Lance wanted was for them to turn up the TV or talk, to drown out his own thoughts. They seemed happy enough eating in relative silence, with some historic documentary quietly playing in the background.

In any other situation, with any other person, Lance would start talking over it, or ask for the TV to be turned up, or something. That was just how Stefan was, though. In Stefan at least, Lance liked that. He liked Stefan for himself. He couldn't force Stefan to be louder. He just wanted to be able to be himself too.

If they didn't want to talk, then Lance would talk to them.

"Hey, Stefan, you doing much this weekend?" Lance asked.

Stefan looked up from his plate of spaghetti. "Nah," he replied.

"I'm thinking of hitting some clubs over the weekend," Lance said with a shrug. "Just have fun. Want to come too?"

Stefan hesitated. "Maybe, if you will be there."

"Not really your scene, is it?" Lance asked.

Stefan nodded. "Basically."

"I mean, we can do something you like, if you really don't want to go to a club," Lance said. "I just mean, I want to go out somewhere for fun and to take my mind off things. So, if you want to go anywhere else, we can."

"To be fair, I spend most weekends indoors, on my own," Stefan said, a faint flush spreading across his cheeks. "I am not sure I could think of a place that opens on the weekend."

"You've always been the same, haven't you?" Lance asked with a slight laugh. "Even as a kid you would spend all day inside on video games."

"But you liked it," Stefan replied. "You would always come over and we'd just sit around, playing on that old setup my uncle gave me, bringing me weird retro games to try out."

"Yeah, I missed being here," Lance said with a nod, looking over at Mrs. James. "I guess I was too busy most of the time, but I feel bad now. Just because I like going out doesn't mean I don't like you guys."

Stefan's mother laughed now. "I didn't assume you meant it that way. I know how much you enjoy going out all the time, seeing more people, being around noise.

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