Thank you to my editor CD Mathews and my old buddies Night owl and Lisa.
I watched as Melinda made out with Cody on our living room couch for a couple minutes before I cleared my throat. This gets their attention and Cody turns to me with a knowing grin on his face.
"Yes, we know each other. But how do you know him?" I am staring into Cody's hazel eyes as I ask.
"We're in the same grade and we do have the same classes together, so we've known each other. We just hadn't gotten to know each other until Saturday night. I ran into him at Aaron Stafford's party and he was just a mess. Apparently he got into a fight with some kid over a girl but he wouldn't mention any names. I helped him get cleaned up and before we knew it we introduced ourselves and started getting to know each other and, you know, one thing lead to another."
What a fucking douche bag! I wanted to kill him. He was putting Melinda's feelings on the line for me. There was only one person that was going to truly get hurt in this mess and that was Melinda. Robbie was definitely not going to like this at all.
"So, are you two, like, a couple now?" Melinda smiles and giggles out of happiness.
"We're going to try it and see what happens." Cody leans over, without taking his eyes off me, and gives Melinda a kiss on the cheek.
All of a sudden I don't feel too good. I need to lay down.
Melinda is going to hate me when this all plays out. There is no telling how my family will react when they find out they out that the family is one-fifth gay.
"Good night," I say, clutching my stomach as I walk up the stairs into my room.
Dane isn't home yet so I'm deciding if I should call him and feel him or wait because I know he's gonna be pissed.
Before I make a decision I hear footsteps followed by voices that belong to Melinda and Cody.
"I just have to go to the bathroom," Cody says and I roll my eyes when Melinda just giggles like the giddy schoolgirl that she is.
"OK but hurry up. I'm going to call Stacey." I heard one door close but not the other and before I had a chance to take another step my door opened, Cody stepped in, and closed the door behind him.
"What are you doing in here," I start off in a loud voice but lower when I remember Melinda is right across the hall. Cody folds his arms and stands tall like he's the big man here (OK so he is).
"It's payback time and I know exactly what to do to get what I want." I take a few step backwards and slump down on my bed still looking at him.
"What do you want," my voice cracking as I ask because I already know what he wants. Cody licks his lips and hunger enters in his eyes.
"You." He states in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Why me? There are plenty of others you can have that are better looking than me." It truly does stump me that these buff guys would go for a little, scrawny guy like me.
"You really have no clue how hot your skinny ass is, do you?" I just stare at him with a blank stare, causing him to roll his eyes.
"Trust me when I say that Robbie has made a fine pick. Even if you are scrawny you're a babe."
"So what happens if you don't get what you want?" I don't do a very good job hiding the apparent fear in my voice which he smiles.
"I'll just have to tell Mommy and Daddy that they have a fag in their midst and Robbie won't be too happy to hear who you've been banging behind his back." I get up, right in his face, with anger in my tone.
"I haven't been with anyone and you leave him out of this!"
"No, you haven't, but you will." He lets his arms loose and walks over until he's standing right in front of me.
He takes a hold of my wrist and places my hand against his crotch, which of course is hard.
"You know you want it." He sneers as he starts guiding my hand, using it to give himself a hand job. My whole body shudders.
"I can't do this Cody." He grabs my wrist and pulls me into him I'm so close I could smell his breath.
"You can and you will. You like it so quit complaining!"
"Melinda." My voice croaks out and he chuckles.
"That's right, I almost forgot about her. We'll continue this another time doll face." He shoves me back on the bed and walks out of the room leaving me in a haze.
What do I do now? It hasn't sunk in that I'm being blackmailed but when it does I know it'll hit just as hard as a hangover.
*** I feel like shit. This is not what I should be doing. Of all the places why did it have to be here in the school bathroom?
"Just like that." I can't very well move since Cody has his hand on the back of my head so I look up at him while I'm thinking these thoughts.
I try to empty my mind and not think about what was going on at that very moment: me with Cody's dick in my mouth.
Now I know to avoid him every chance I get, even if it means going the long route to class.
I was on my way to AP class when Cody pulled me back from behind.
"Come on, let's go doll face." I whip around to face Cody, who looks flustered a bit.
"But I have class." I look down at my watch and see that I only have two minutes to get to class.
"Skip."
"You're crazy Cody. I have to go to class!" I huffed and was about to walk off when he snatched my arm harder this time and pulled me back to face him.
"You remember what we talked about the other night?" My thoughts returned to the other night and I let out a sigh as blackmail danced around in my head.
"What do you want me to do?" He smiled and that's how we ended up in the bathroom by the exit with me sitting on the toilet giving Cody head.
We both heard the door open and, in an instant, he let go of my head as I put my feet up. Cody looked down at me and put a finger over his lips telling me to be quiet.
I felt so guilty and I fought with myself. Part of me knew I should run out of there that moment and tell Robbie what was going on. I knew he'd believe me.
The other part of me actually wanted to stay and see where this adventure/blackmail was heading.
We waited for the toilet to flush, the sink to stop running, and the door to close to continue and once we did I put in all the effort I had to make it his best blow job.
His breathing was getting raspy and I knew he was getting close. He put his hand back on my head and tried to force me to deep throat him but he didn't get very far before I started gagging.
I got half of it down my throat and then just used my hand to jack the rest off and before long he exploded, his seed sliding down my throat as I swallowed every drop of it.
"Nice job for a cock sucker. Now don't forget you're my bitch." He takes me by surprise when he leans down and kisses me right on the lips! I don't kiss him back though I'll do everything he asks of me except kiss him back.
When he breaks off the kiss he just looks back at me as if he's confused but then leaves me there to stir in my own guilt.
I sit there until the bell rings trying to figure out how I got myself into this mess and how I could get out of it without Robbie knowing anything about it.
Until lunch arrives I try to avoid Cody at all costs and am so thankful that he's a junior.
I don't see Robbie and the gang until lunch and I'm quieter than I normally am. Shelly notices this but doesn't say anything, unlike Austin.
"Hey Wade, you're acting as if your goldfish died. Whats up?" This causes Robbie to look in my direction and I try to put on a fake smile.
"I'm fine. I just didn't get to much sleep last night." There was the first lie I had ever told Robbie. It wasn't said directly to him but it was for his ears as well.
Austin decided not to pry and I was thankful for that. I don't feel good at all when I lie to someone I love but in my eyes it was for their own good.
I could feel Shelly and Robbie's eyes on me now but I kept my head down and stared at my plate full of food. I wasn't too hungry with the guilt weighing me down and instantly felt tons better when the bell rang.
I didn't seen Cody the rest of the day and when school let out I walked home. Luckily football practice was in session.
I had an after-school snack, went upstairs, and took a shower to wash the lies, the guilt, and Cody off my body.
I thought of how everything in my life hadn't been perfect but since Cody had entered it, everything could all easily head straight to hell.
Cody easily had the upper hand with all that he could use against me. I could lose my family, my friends, and Robbie, the most important person in my life.
I had much too lose and, after a serious debate with myself, I made a final decision and that was to do everything possible to keep Robbie by my side.
Even if lying was the way to do it.