My checklist [END]

<div align=center>The boy frowned, and shook his head. He didn't think she was stupid, or ugly, and he told her that. Animals were better than people sometimes, at least, when they were friendly anyhow. He sighed and shook his head, the poor girl was so desperate for someone to keep her company, and he felt for her, he really did. William was generally a person that accepted someone regardless of how they were, he had been used to having the opposite done to him, therefore he was willing to look past strange pasts and strange powers and strange personalities. No body was really different, he thought, individual differences were common, humans would be boring if they were all exactly the same. People were meant to be different, so he didn't understand why some got mocked and others didn't.

"I'm not a stranger," he murmured, "not really." He smiled softly, and laughed. They hadn't really spoken much, but William would usually offer himself as a shoulder to cry on, it didn't really matter who you were, he was nice enough to want to help. Though he was naive, too, and this was a terribly dangerous quality, it could get him into trouble one day, but not any time soon.</div>

<div align=center>William didn't know how to answer. It varied, really, some reacted badly, and some sought to be his friend. He told her that, back at home people had been scared of him, but it was different here, he tended to be ignored more than anything else. He preferred to be ignored than bullied though, it was much nicer. He frowned, he didn't think a certain someone would allow him to be bullied, he though perhaps that person might have something to say. The boy sighed and leaned back on his hands, "why do you wanna be kissed so badly?" He asked her, frowning a little. She was only fourteen, he wasn't even thinking about romance at the age of fourteen.

Now was a different story of course, romance was on his mind an awful lot nowadays, or something along the lines of romance. He explained that to her, slowly, carefully, trying not to make his words sound odd. He thought perhaps she was lonely, romance wasn't always the way to fix loneliness though, at least, most of the time it wasn't. It was nice to have someone to cuddle when you felt sad though, and not someone you merely saw as a good friend. "I guess you've just gotten to that age."</div>

<div align=center>William listened to her, he didn't interrupt her, he didn't tell her she was wrong, he merely sat there and listened, frowning. No one should feel like that, he thought, being lonely was one of the worst feelings in the world, he knew that well. The girl just wanted someone to be close to her, it wasn't a matter of sexual desire or attraction, she just wanted someone to love her. He supposed he was similar, though there was some other elements in his life that needed someone else there for him to run to when he was scared or upset, he could't deal with his feelings very well on his own, and he hated that, he would always run to Gabriel or Micheal, he hated that he had to rely on someone else to deal with his emotions for him, but he also liked having someone there to help him, to make him feel better.

William placed a hand on her upper arm, merely to offer her comfort rather than anything else. It was nice to have comfort, even from someone you didn't really know very well. He sighed, "it's alright, it might seem difficult, but you just gotta wait. Waiting is hard, but it pays off." He paused, "you can't search for someone to love, it just kinda... Happens, and sometimes you don't realize that they're the person you love..." William had no idea why he seemed so wise all of a sudden, he was as clueless about love as she was, he had no idea what it felt like, nor when it came along. Although he thought maybe, just maybe he knew what it was like now, he thought that perhaps... The boy shook his head, he'd think about it later. Do you have someone like that? He supposed he did, and he nodded just a little, "yeah... I.. I do..." He almost felt guilty for saying it, but it wasn't his fault, he really hadn't meant for it to happen. It was a nice feeling, and he completely understood why she wanted to experience it. He wondered how long she'd have to wait, he didn't really recall waiting, he hadn't really been searching.</div>

<div align=center>William laughed, he full on laughed, and shook his head. "Lucky to have me?" He asked, as if it were a joke, "I'm lucky to have him." He sighed, and let out a few more estranged barks of laughter. He thought that was funny, Gabe had to deal with him more than he would have liked, he was annoying to have to look after all the time, and he knew that he was. He didn't know really if what he felt for Gabriel was love, though, he didn't know what love felt like, therefore that thought crowded his mind an awful lot, he confused himself a lot trying to work out what it was like.

"I'm a pain in the ass." He laughed again, "Gabriel isn't lucky to have me at all, he deserves someone so much better." He smiled, and let out a short sigh, he thought all of this was very funny. Gabe had told William that he loved him, and William had taken that well, though he hadn't said it back just yet, he didn't feel comfortable saying it back just yet, it was a scary prospect for now. He'd put it off for a bit, Gabe had said it was okay. "I actually had my first kiss right up here." He thought this was funny, too, apparently.</div>

<div align=center>William scratched the back of his head, staring idly off into the distance ahead of him. "It was kinda heat of the moment..." He coughed quietly, a small frown upon his features. He'd regretted that kiss when it had happened, but now he looked back on it, it had been more or less perfect. Because God knows William was a sucker for romance. He let out a dreamy little sigh and giggled, he liked to think about that, it made him happy. Are you with them now? She had asked, well, no, he wasn't with his boyfriend, not right at this moment, anyway. But she hadn't meant that, and he knew it.

"Yes, I am." He stated, nodding a little, a tiny smile crossed his face, he was proud of that. As a young teen his friends seemed to have girlfriends all the time, they came and went but he always seemed to be without. It was alright now, though, Gabriel was better than any of them. He scowled at himself, wow stop being such a sap. He couldn't help it though, that's exactly was, if he thought about it. "We're going steady," he answered, nodding just a little. They hadn't really done anything past kisses and cuddles, though.</div>