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Sorry it has taken me this long to get you the next installment, but life has a funny way of getting in the way when you least expect it, I hope the wait was worth it. Also I want to thank all of you who have been kind enough to send me an e-mail, your words of encouragement have meant a lot to me. I just wanted to remind you that while there will be sex involved in this story it isn't all about the big O, so if that's what your waiting for then you might want to check out some of the other great stories that Nifty has to offer. On the other hand if you're interested in relationships, especially ones between guys that aren't sure of themselves or love, like anyone ever is, then this is the story for you. Feel free to contact me at writerscramp71@yahoo.com.
I've never had a problem making friends; in fact I have quite a few close friends and a ton of acquaintances. Though I couldn't say that I ever had a true best friend, I was never without someone to hang out with or mess around when I wanted to (no not like that perverts). But I never had to work at it with Jay, it seemed to come so naturally and man that felt great. There was an unspoken agreement between us that allowed us to be ourselves. Not once did he put me on the spot to explain myself to him. There weren't any uncomfortable pauses when we where together, nor did he ever bring up any questions of sexuality. We slipped into the most comfortable friendship I have ever had to this day. After that Jay and I were inseparable, and I wouldn't let him out of my sight except during classes.
I arrived at his house a few minutes before 7:30, parked my car and got out to knock on his door. As I was walking up to his porch he opened the door and looked completely surprised. I stood there and took in the sight of him. I still couldn't believe how he made me feel every time I stared at him. His hair was still wet from his shower, and I could see a little bit of toothpaste in the corner of his mouth.
"I didn't really expect you to show up." He said looking at me sheepishly.
"Well I don't know what your other friends are like but I assure you I'm a man of my word, I could never lie to you." I said, and I meant it. I knew deep in my heart I could never do anything to hurt him physically or mentally.
I couldn't resist and took a step forward; I raised my hand and wiped the toothpaste from his mouth. The smell of his freshly washed body made me dizzy. His eyes showed shock at first but quickly that look was replaced by one of love, awe? I really couldn't decide what he was thinking; a grin that could stop traffic was my reward. We walked to my car and for some reason I opened the door for him while he sat down, it just occurred naturally I didn't think about it.
"So listen at lunch I want you to sit with me ok, and after school I have practice so you'll have to wait until I'm done." I told Jay as we drove towards school.
"What?" Jay replied with concern in his voice. "I don't think your friends will want me to sit with you at lunch."
"Well you let me worry about them, but trust me they wont care and if they do then I will have to change their minds." I said giving him a sly grin.
"Ok I guess."
"Hey don't sweat it little man, if I say you're sitting there that's the way it is." I said with determination.
With that out of the way we were off and again all the way to school I couldn't keep my eyes from looking at Jay's body. I had already gotten off once this morning but already I was getting hard just being close to Jay. Before I even noticed we had pulled into the school parking lot and I was walking Jay inside.
Walking down the halls to Jay's locker I spotted Billy and Ray, both looked like they had been through a few rounds with a bus and had come out on the losing end. I flashed them a big smile as we passed them, they just glared at us, and I noticed Jay kept his head down until we got to his locker.
"Hey Jay don't worry" I said "I'm not going to let those guys hurt you anymore ok."
"Ok" he kind of mumbled.
"Don't you believe me?" I asked him.
"It's not that I don't believe you, its just.... I guess I am so use to guys like them." He said.
"What do you mean, guys like them?"
"Well they aren't the first bullies to beat me up, in junior high everyone use to pick on me, I guess after so many years of getting beaten I don't expect it to just change over night." He said as his eyes watered up.
"Look Jay I don't know what you've gone through, but I can say without a doubt that from now on if anyone messes with you they mess with me." I said to him as I gently lifted his chin to look him in the eyes. "I'm not going to let anyone hurt you again, that's a promise."
His eyes showed so much expectation at that moment, I could see all the years of pain and misery he had gone through, but beyond that I also saw hope and a vulnerability that was oddly attracting me to him even more. In that second of connection that we had in the hall something was cemented in our relationship, a kind of unbreakable bond that only true love can create.
Suddenly the shrill sound of the warning bell rang, it broke our connection and Jay realized he was going to be late for homeroom.
"Oh my god I've got to hurry." He said
"Do you have everything?" I asked him.
"Yes I do, I guess I will see you at lunch then." Jay said as he began to walk towards his class. I followed him for a few steps before he turned around.
"What are you doing your going to be late for homeroom and you haven't even stopped at your locker yet." Jay said
Laughing I replied "Dude don't sweat it I wont get in trouble, besides I promised you I wouldn't let anything happen again remember?"
Smiling Jay turned and began to run, shouting back "Yea well you might not get in trouble but I will if I'm late!"
Jay made the last bell with a few seconds to spare; I walked towards my locker to get my first period books. I should at least keep up the appearance that I work hard I thought. Opening my locker I noticed a strange smell coming from inside. An over powering stench of piss and musk wafted out of my locker as I stood there. My anger was beginning to boil; suddenly I heard footsteps running away from the area and laughter echoing down the hall. I knew who was probably responsible and this only made me angrier. My mind was plotting revenge when the assistant dean walked around the corner.
"Mr. Matthews why aren't you in class?" Mr. Arnold asked.
"Well sir I was running late and when I opened my locker I found someone had poured what I think is doe urine all inside my locker. It has soaked into all my books and I was just about to go to the office to let someone know when you walked up." I said in my best wounded pride response.
"Hmm well did you see anyone near your locker before class?
"No sir I didn't, I was helping a friend to class which is why I was running late, but I did hear someone running down the hall after I opened it." I replied.
"Well here you take this" he said reaching for a pad of paper to write a note, "This will keep you out of trouble with your teachers and I will get a janitor to clean this mess up and have you assigned to a new locker with new text books before lunch ok." He stated with a smile. Like I've said before being a chosen one does have its advantages.
I left first period early so I would be at Jay's class before the bell rang. I wasn't going to take any chances with his safety especially after the locker incident. I knew Billy and Ray would be looking for any opening to hurt either one of us. From then on I walked Jay to each of his classes and met him before he got out of them. I talked to my teachers and explained to them why I would be late and leave early, while it really didn't matter as long as I kept winning on the field, I still didn't want to piss anyone off.
Lunch was a little trickier than I thought it would be, because Jay's lunch started 15 minutes later than mine I had to wait before I could eat with him. Sitting at the table my friends noticed that something wasn't quite right, and began to give me the third degree.
"Dude what's your problem you look like your about to have a stroke? Sammy asked me.
"Nothing" I replied "I'm waiting on someone." Even though I knew it wouldn't be a big deal to have Jay sit with me I was suddenly afraid that I couldn't pull this off. It wasn't like my friends were snobs, far from it, it's just that I knew I would have a hard time not staring at Jay's body and I wondered how long it would take them to figure it out.
"Who is she?" Rick asked with a lecherous grin.
"It's not a girl" I murmured "just a new friend."
"Well dam dude you need to relax" said Ben "your starting to make me nervous just watching you." I shot him a look of silent anger and continued to watch the door; it was almost time for him to be here. I didn't think he would have any problems getting to the cafeteria seeing as he would be coming with most of his class. Right about the time I was going to go and check on what was keeping him he entered the room and nothing else mattered. The din of the lunch crowd disappeared and I only had eyes for Jay. I got up from my table and met him in line.
"Hey what would you like for lunch?" I said grabbing for my wallet.
"You don't have to buy me lunch John I have money." He replied
"Well what if I want too?" I said looking into those baby blues and feeling like anything was possible with him by my side.
"You can do what ever you want to John." Jay whispered to me as a blush crept into his cheeks.
Instantly my dick went stone hard as I couldn't help but look him up and down imagining what exactly he would let me do. After we had gotten our trays we walked back to the table where my friends were sitting.
"Hey guys this is Jay" I said with a huge grin plastered to my face.
"Jay this is Ben, Rick and Sammy, these guys make up half of the best offensive line ever." I said as I introduced my friends to Jay, a little flattery never hurt.
Jay sat down next to me and began to quickly eat his lunch. I could tell he was extremely nervous; it wasn't until Sammy asked him a question that Jay's head came up from his tray.
"So Jay how did you guys meet up?"
"Well um...I was getting my ass kicked by these two guys and John jumped in and saved my skin." Jay replied with a look of embarrassment on his face.
"Who was given you shit?" Ben asked.
"Um these guys Billy and Ray they are in my gym class, they've had it out for me since junior high."
"Well not anymore." I said with a laugh, "After the beat down me, Jeff, and Jason put on them I doubt they mess with you again."
The table erupted with laughter and we continued to finish lunch. The conversation came easy after the ice was broken, and every time I heard Jay laugh my heart swelled with love, not to mention other areas as well. After about 15 minutes the guys left to go back to class and Jay and I were alone.
"So I was wondering if you weren't doing anything after school... um well I just wanted to know if you wanted to hang out with me after practice." Jay asked in a soft voice.
I could tell he still didn't believe that I would want to be with him, seeing the look of doubt in his eyes made my heart break for him.
"Hell yea" I said "if you want we can hang out at my house, my folks wont be home from work until after 9:00. We could watch some movies or swim what ever you want."
I tried to be cool about it, I didn't want to seem over eager but inside I was doing back flips. For a second I saw surprise come across Jay's eyes but then he smiled and continued to eat. The last 5 minutes of lunch we just sat and stared at each other. I couldn't help but think of what might happen when I had Jay all to myself. We had never really been alone besides driving in the car, and I was a little worried and a lot excited about tonight.
After we cleaned up our mess from lunch I walked Jay back to his class, all the way there I had this over whelming desire to hold Jay's hand. I just wanted to touch him so bad; it scared me to think that he had that much control over me.
Finally after what seemed like an eternity the day was almost over. I was on my way to Jay's class before practice. I had arranged for Jay to stay in the coaches' office during practice. I wouldn't be able to keep an eye on Jay while I ran drills, knowing he was safe would let me concentrate on running plays.
"Hey you ready?" I asked Jay as I met him coming out of his last class.
"Yea um how long do you think practice will last?" said Jay.
"Well usually a regular practice last about 2 hours, unless the coaches are pissed at us for losing a game or making any huge mistakes." I told him.
"So you won't be done until 5:30?"
"Yea but we only have 3 a week during school." I said "Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday usually."
"Oh ok well lets stop at my locker and I will get my books so I can do my homework while you do what ever you do." Jay said with a grin.
"I talked to coach and he said you could stay in his office while we practice, that way nothing will happen and I wont worry about you ok?"
"Um ok where is the coach's office?" Jay asked with some hesitancy.
"It's in the locker room." I said.
A look of terror came over Jay's face and he slowed his pace.
"What's wrong Jay?" I asked.
"Nothing" Jay said.
Walking into the locker room was something that I took for granted. I had spent years changing and showering in front of guys so to me it wasn't a big deal. Even though I would check out guys, I never had a problem keeping things under control if you know what I mean.
Upon entering the locker Jay began to sweat, and the whole time his eyes were down cast. Even though I couldn't see his face he must have had a really bright blush going on judging from the scarlet color of his neck. Looking around there must have been 25 to 30 guys in some state of undress. I showed Jay where my locker was before I took him to the coach's office. The whole time he wouldn't look anyone in the eyes, it was kind of cute, and I couldn't help but notice his jeans were getting tighter.
After I had Jay settled in I changed for practice and headed on to the field. It was going to be one of those days when the coach didn't even give us time to warm up before he had us running laps. It took all I had to keep my offence together as we went through almost every play we had in the book. After we had been run ragged, almost to the point of collapse we were finally done. I couldn't wait to get changed and have Jay all to myself