A/N: Hello everyone! Thank you for reading! I'll save my "please review, give me ideas for the next chapter" for the end...see you there!

Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own Degrassi or any of its students...but if I did...hehehe
Warning: This is a guyxguy fanfic, don't like, don't read! Not my problem!

Marco woke up with a jolt, breathing hard, realizing it was just a dream. But then he opened his eyes to Kevin, standing bent over his bed, looking at him with a worried expression.

“Are you alright?” Kevin asked.

“Uh…yeah,” Marco choked out, still trying to catch his breath…and shake that disturbingly wonderful dream from his head, “I-I’m fine. I’m fine.”

Marco had to be fine. Even if he wasn’t, he HAD to be. Because when your best friend from the third grade, who is as straight as a ruler, moves back into town, you can’t suddenly be attracted to him! Like really, almost unable to control attracted to him! Well, it was hard not to be… with his caramel-colored hair, and his eyes that always twinkle… like he knows something you don’t. And his cute little dimples, and the way he’s got a sarcastic remark for everything, and the way he gives you a lopsided smile whenever he passes by you. How you just know that he could see right into your soul if he tried…but he wouldn’t want to do that to anyone…and how obviously good he looks shirtless, and how when he wakes up first thing in the morning, he’s always—but no! Marco could NOT be attracted to him! …or that’s what he kept telling himself.

“Marco, you were dreaming, I guess…moaning. And…I dunno, maybe you said my name a few times…is everything okay with you?” Kevin asked.

Marco breathed in and shook his head a few times, still trying to clear his head, “No. Uh-yes, I mean. I’m fine. But…just go back to sleep.”

Kevin reluctantly nodded his head and returned to his bed on the other side of the room.

Marco didn’t get any sleep the rest of that night.

A few hours later, Marco heard something downstairs, probably Ellie. And, glad to get out of the room where the current cause of his emotional turmoil, A.K.A. Kevin Fitz, was sleeping peacefully (and beautifully…), he found himself quietly sneaking out of the room as to not wake Kevin.

“Good morning, sleepyhead.” Ellie said as Marco plopped himself down on the couch.

“It’s 4:30 in the morning.” He stated.

“Well, that’s probably the best greeting you’ve ever gotten from me this early, so you should accept it!” She said with a grin, “So let’s try this again. Good morning!”

Marco sighed, “What’s so ‘good’ about it?”

“You okay Marco?”

“No…no, I’m not. It’s…ugh, never mind.”

Ellie frowned, “Something’s eating at you, and I’m not going to stop nagging you until you tell me.”

“I guess you’re right…” Marco sighed, “It’s just…just…”

“Just-?”

“It’s Kevin. …and me. …You know what I mean, don’t make me say it…”

“Like Kevin…and you?”

Marco sighed again, “Yes… It’s like…I know he doesn’t like me. And I know I shouldn’t like him! And up until recently it’s been totally under control, you know, just act normal. But now it’s like…I don’t know! It’s like I know I need to not feel like this, but I just can’t make myself, it’s just not enough, you know? He’s just such an amazing, nice, funny, cute, exciting, daring, fun, makes-you-just-want-to-run-away-with-him-every-time-you-see-him guy! And it’s almost like he’s trying to get to me! And I know i’s totally crazy, but… You know, I can’t deny my idiotic feelings anymore, and I just need to spill my guts to somebody.”

“It’s okay, I get it.” Ellie said. “And…I would’ve asked you about it before long.”

“What!? You can tell that every time I’m around him…I just want him so bad. And I know I can’t have him, and…it’s starting to feel like my heart’s being ripped out…?”

“Well…no…”

“Well, just so you know, I’m not trying to feel like this! In fact, I’ve been trying with every fiber of my being to think about him as just another person. But…it’s not like he’s making it easy! I mean, just a few hours ago, I suppose it was, I was…dreaming, and-”

“You were dreaming? What kind of dream exactly?”

“The…horribly great kind.” Marco said, in exasperation.

“O-kay.”

“But you know what the worst part is? When I woke up, he was there! Said I was making weird noises and was concerned! Plus…he was shirtless! Shirtless! Waking up from a dream about him, to HIM actually standing there…shirtless, with the most sincere and adorable look on his face…”

“Oh yeah, the nerve of that guy! Caring about you. How dare he!”

Marco groaned. “I’m serious Ellie! I just don’t know what to do!”

“Do you really like him?”

Marco gave her a look.

“Well, Marco, maybe you should just give it some time.”

“What do you mean?! I can barely sit in my chair and eat breakfast without jumping on him! Let alone living with him…sleeping in the same room as him, seeing him all the time, and knowing I can’t have him.”

“Marco, does he even know you’re gay?”

“N-no. I don’t want to tell him.”

“Why?”

“Because I’m afraid he’ll freak out and never want to speak to me again! And…that might just be worse then not having him.”

“But, Marco, you don’t even know what would happen if you told him.”

A/N: So we meet again! Anyway, I'd appreciate reviews or any constructive comments. I've also been hit with writer's block, so anything that may help me write the next chapter (ideas, what you were thinking as you read it, etc.) would be praised and appreciated!