Ashton was chatting to a couple of friends during lunch when one of them suggested that they should all go the fair together.

Every high schooler would be there, every parent, every kid—the whole damn town. It usually got a little crazy each year as everyone made it a must to go.

Ashton was happy to attend for he had been doing so since he began high school. He always went with some friends, but last year he had gone with a girl he was dating at the time. It ended with him breaking her heart, but hey, he had his reasons.

"Ashton no fucking girls this time okay?" Shawn told him, a stern expression covering his features.

"Exactly, this is a gays only event!"

They all turned their heads to Benji who took a seat across from Ashton and next to Shawn.

Their was silence for a moment and everyone watched with narrowed eyebrows as Benji happily chewed on his sandwich.

He gazed up, scanning everyone's stares, "Damn you guys homophobes or something? Not cool. It's twenty nineteen, the year of rainbows and all things gay!"

"Oh," a girl who was cuddled into a her boyfriend's lap said, breaking the silence.

Everyone grumbled incoherent words under their breath and Benji shook his head in a amusement.

Ashton watched him curiously, "Okay well, we can all go together I guess?"

Shawn nodded his head, "Yep. So you, me, Benji, Ali and Mateo."

"Cool," all the guys seated at the table replied.

The girl perked up, giggling to herself, "Well then I guess I'll be going with my girlfriends since I'm not invited."

"Why don't you go talk to them about it then?" Mateo suggested, smiling brightly.

She nodded, pecking his lips before climbing off his lap and rushing over to a different table.

"Fucking hate that bitch," Mateo murmured once she was completely gone.

"Dude, she's your girlfriend," Benji replied, the hint of his smile not even conveying that he was amused by Mateo's words.

"So? Besides, I've been banging her best friend behind her back and let me tell you, she is much better in the bed," Mateo said, causing Ashton to scrunch up his nose.

"Dude...That's not right.." Ashton commented, nibbling on his lower lip.

Mateo only laughed, "And when you dated Himari and kissed Sadie.. that was right?"

Ashton groaned, shoving his face into his palms and shutting his eyes. He forgot how infuriating his friends were.

"Dude, that shit's in the past. I'm over that crap," Ashton reasoned, removing his hands.

"Ah because of Betsy Violet? The crazy red haired freak who made you fall in love? Pathetic," Mateo shot back, snickering to himself.

Ashton just brushed him off like dirt on his shoulder, "Whatever man, I like her so what?"

"So what? The chick kicked my brother in the balls. She's crazy. If a guy wants to fuck a girl, he is allowed to. She doesn't have to act like some physco because of it. Dramatic fucking whore," Mateo explained, shrugging his shoulders.

Before Ashton could comprehend what was happening, Benji had his hands gripped on Mateo's collar and he dragged him to the edge of his seat.

"If you talk about not just Betsy, but the whole of women who have fought and fought their whole lives for equal rights only to have disgusting men like you talk about them in that way then you can suck hell's ass. You piece of shit."

Everyone peered at Benji with widened eyes of shock, watching as he finally let go of Mateo's collar and forcefully pushed him back onto his seat.

And smiling brightly, he went back to munching on his sandwich like nothing had happened.