Chapter 2
It was mid October. The air wasn't frigid but at 6 pm the sun was almost gone and a little chill hung on the air. I texted my mother saying I was catching a ride with one of my team mates. We jogged to one of the only cars left in the parking lot cause it was sprinkling a bit of rain and both of us were cold enough. Andres had a modest Corolla with little palm trees hanging from the rear view. I got in and set my bag in the back seat. His car smelled like some woodsy cologne that I found incredibly sexy. My phone buzzed.
- oh good that saves me a few miles gas see you at home craigy- mom don't call me that...- you're still my boy no matter what
I hated that she could always put a stupid grin on my face no matter how absurd she was acting. A few minutes later we were on the road. I was nervous. Andres was chatting about something that had happened at school but I wasn't really paying attention. He had his sleeves rolled up and was running his hand through his damp curls. I keep myself pretty well shaved as a personal preference but I noticed the light brown almost blonde hairs on his forearms. The thick muscle sliding ever so slightly against his sweater."Craig? Hello earth to mars!" I heard in an impossibly gorgeous accent. I snapped out of my delerium and realized he was talking to me. "Huh? Oh sorry I was...looking at...the lamp post." I replied nervously. Nice one Craig.He chuckled in a friendly way."Must be a pretty interesting lamp post." He offered in that honey sweet Latin accent. "I was asking you how long you've lived Des Moines." He said."Lived here all my life. I think my parents lived in Indianapolis once but my dad got a really good job offer so they moved here a few months after I was born." I replied. He was alternating looking at the road and looking at me. "Man I would have loved to live somewhere permanently." He said. "Did you're family move around alot?" I asked."Well you see, I'm adopted." He offered back a bit more serious now. "My mother was a doctor in Buenos Aires. The capital of Argentina where I'm from. My father was a road worker of the..." He suddenly pulled out his phone and tapped twice. "Autopista" The phone chirped and stood silent for a second. "Highway." He turned to me and showed me the translation. "I am pretty good with everything in English but I'm still working on it alot." He said smiling. "It must be exciting to move to a new country." I said, not wanting to reveal my delerium. The cologned scent of the car and his honey brown eyes were literally making my head spin plus waking other parts of me as well. I willed my cock down as much as I could seeing as it was starting to fatten up with every second I looked at him. "It is. The girls here different." Andres said. A part of my insides sunk slightly as we hadn't broached the subject of girls as most straight guys would within a few seconds of conversation."How so?" I asked."Girls here dress too exposed and it's almost too easy. I like to chase you know?" Andres said smiling as though he was reminiscing. My eyes wandered over his smooth mocha skin. "What do you like to do?" He asked casually.I racked my brain to think of a coherent response. Outside of my school work and the occasional fiction novel I didn't really have interests other than swimming. "I like...to read." I said carefully revealing my complete nerd status. Andres looked at me and I felt my heart skip a few beats when I saw him grin at me."Bit of a nerd aren't you?" Andres said with friendly laughter in his voice. I blushed slightly. We turned into my neighborhood and while he turned his head to turn into my cul-de-sac my eyes noticed the clean cut line at the back of his head and I longed to rub my fingers through the damp curls that hung above it. He was asking me something when his gaze caught mine. It happened in a flash and I wasn't sure it did. I felt a warm hand touch my cheek gently and immediately snapped back to reality realizing what had just happened. Andres had asked me which one was my house but stopped suddenly when his eyes met mine. "Which house is..." He trailed off.Time had frozen in place seizing my words but still giving my thundering heart an audible noise. The sent of the car making the senses transferring to my brain a spinning blur."You okay man?" He said gently as his probing eyes searched mine for something. Then I felt his hand touch my cheek and I froze again. I inhaled a mix of fresh laundry and cologne as his hand ever so slowly ran down my little bit of stubble. His lips were just so pink and moist I just couldn't help myself. I inched my head closer to his and was momentarily pinpricked with the slightest fear he might reject me. When he started to come closer but slower than me I took the leap and placed my lips on his for a few seconds without moving. I drew back and looked in his face half expecting a mix of fear and rage. Except he had a bit of a dazed look with his mouth slightly open. Panic suddenly filled my head and I rushed to get out of the car."Wait!" I heard as I made to shut the door behind me not daring to look at him. "Craig!" He called again but something inside wanted to wall the possibility of ruining everything in my life. I heard a car door open and footsteps on the wet asphalt. He was advancing towards me now I knew it. I felt an arm grasp mine gently and turn me around. Already the hot tears spilling over as the panic increased."I'm sorry I don't know what just happened please I know I'm messed up I just..." I started the words spilling out in a jumble."No don't worry man it was..." He began but I interrupted him before he could finish."No please I promise I won't te..." I continued the panic in my chest rising.Then something happened that stopped my fear dead in it's tracks. Andres had taken me in his arms and placed his forehead against mine, his lips mere centimeters from mine. I looked into his honey eyes and peered into a golden depth that told me this was different than what I thought it would be. His gaze bore into the depths of my mind and the same fear that almost suffocated me returned at half mast cautious that he would figure out my secret."Can we do that again?" Andres whispered breathlessly as if the words were only priveleged to my ears.My heart rose from the pit it was rapidly sinking into and formed a lump in my throat. Our lips met again. At first it was just slightly chapped sking rubbing against each other relishing the relief from the chilly breeze of the fall evening air. Then our bodies responded from the warmth coursing slowly down our veins and firing every nerve the wave came into contact with. Andres slowly opened his mouth a bit to mouth my upper lip and suck at the tender flesh before once again coming in contact with my mouth as a dry wimper left my throat. I heard my bag drop in the distance against the stiffness of the fall leaves as it left my limp body held only by his arms as I gently embraced him around his neck. I moved my mouth and smacked his lips softly with mine as heat radiated from our bodies sending my mind into hyperdrive as the contact with his tongue probed permission into mine. I felt his tongue search for mine as we began to deepen the kiss. I felt his hands reach behind my shirt and touch the skin on my back as he glided his hands slowly up and down. The skin on skin contact was sending chills up and down my spine. A sudden flash of light down the street alerted us to my mother approaching. His lips parted from mine with a slight smack as he looked at me with his honey amber eyes. "I don't know what this means..." Andres said in a brethless daze. His breath pouring out of him in steamy puffs."But I know I didn't want to stop, and neither did you..." He continued."I don't...is this..." I whispered at him unable to form a coherent thought. He put his fingers against my lips."We'll talk about this later. I'm just not read for anyone to know anything about me yet." Andres said hurriedly as my mother was pulling into the driveway. She parked the car and got out exhaling loudly. "Gosh I'm tired of being in that car. Hi honey who's your friend?" My mother rattled off a bit exasperated but smiling.She came over to us and kissed me on the head. Unable to form words at the moment Andres stepped forward and extended his hand."Andres madame." He introduced himself with a smile. My mother took his hand and shook it with both of hers."Oh yes that's right! Craigy was just telling me about the foreign exchange program they have now isn't that wonderful!" My mother said excitedly. The midwestern accent coming out of in her voice."Yeah he gave me a ride." I said nervously hoping she hadn't seen us in our liplock."Honey isn't that your bag on the floor?" My mother asked sharp as a tack. I forgot that it had tumbled our off my shoulder while engaged in our kiss."Oh yeah it tumbled out of the car we just pulled in too." I said rather hurriedly again gthering it up off the floor the paranoia in me rising again."Alright well get inside sweetie we're meeting your father for dinner in a few minutes get dressed. Nice to meet you Andres you boys should meet up here after practice sometime! We enjoy all of Craigy's friends..." Mom said in her best flight attendant friendliness. I blushed slightly and raised my hand to my forehead."Mom don't call me Craigy..." I said trying not to sound mortified. She pranced up the walkway to the front door and disappered inside. I turned around to Andres."We'll talk later I gotta go. Call me later tonight please?" He said scribbling his number on a piece of paper he tore out of a notebook in his car. I grabbed the piece of paper and looked up and nodded with a slight grin."Great talk to you later!" He said then pecking me on the lips. The contact jolted me inside and I immediately wanted more. Andres got in his car and drove away leaving me in a swim parka, a heavy bookbag, and a great big goofy smile. I couldn't wait for tomorrow. I punched the number into my cell phone and headed inside to relive every single moment. (And beat off a few loads as well...)