"Billy, please!"
There was no answer.
Johnathan leaned his head against the door with a sigh.
"Is everything alright?"
Johnathan turned to see Kurt Gidley standing a few feet away and glared.
"None of your business, Gidley"
Kurt just looked at him.
"If you're looking for Cooper's room, it's that one" he pointed to the door to the left of the one Johnathan had been banging on.
"That-" Kurt said, pointing to the door Johnathan had picked "- is Sam Thaiday's room"
Johnathan looked at the door and back at Kurt, mollified.
"Thanks"
- - -
Johnathan knocked on Cooper's door.
"Billy! Billy, please!"
The door abruptly opened and he was suddenly face to face with Cooper Cronk.
"What do you want?" Cooper asked.
"I need to talk to Billy"
Cooper glared.
"Well he doesn't want to talk to you!"
"Billy!" Johnathan called over Cooper's shoulder.
"Billy, I'm sorry. Please...hear me out!"
Silence.
"I don't think I want to listen to anything you have to say right now" Billy's voice came from somewhere within the room.
Johnathan's face fell.
"Billy..."
"You heard him. He doesn't want to talk to you"
Johnathan looked at Cooper.
"Tell him I'm sorry"
- - -
Billy was sitting cross legged on the bed when Cooper came back in to the room.
"Is he...?"
"He's gone"
Billy looked heartbroken.
"I should have talked to him"
Cooper sighed.
"No, you shouldn't have"
He sat down next to Billy on the bed.
"He hurt you. It's only right he suffers a little"
Billy looked at him, eyes wide.
"What if...?"
"He won't. He loves you" Cooper pulled Billy in to a hug.
"It's obvious to see"
- - -
Billy found Johnathan practicing his goal kicking at the local park. The Sun had set but someone had turned the lights on for him. Billy picked up a ball that had rolled away and walked towards Johnathan. Johnathan saw him coming and stopped. Billy kicked the ball he had and Johnathan caught it easily.
"I'm sorry, Billy"
"Johnathan-"
"No, let me say this. I'm sorry for what I said. I just...I wish I was him. He gets to be with you everyday and I'm so jealous that he knows you better than I do"
"I wouldn't be in love with you of you were him. Johnathan, he's my friend. My best friend. And I do love him but not the way I love you. You don't ever have to be jealous" Billy touched Johnathan's face.
"Ever" Billy leaned forward and kissed him.