Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:08:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Christoper Lock Subject: finding love on the field chp.3, high school This is my story, read it if you will, but if you know that you shouldn't be reading this, then don't, this story is a slow process, im still learning how to write so bare with me, suggestions or comments on my story is appreciated, CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is welcomed. This is a love story, sure sex will come, but not just yet, if your patient enough then read on. And thanks in advance for reading my story. Chapter 3 Today is Saturday and its shaping up to be a fun day, spike, lee and Zach were down to come with me Jason and Sheldon to the art gallery, with so much of us guys I opted to pick everyone up from their respective places and we head to the gallery as well as grab some lunch afterwards. It was around 1130am and ive got all the guys crammed in the back seat, I felt that Sheldon didn't need to be stuck in the back with the guys, who he hasn't even met yet, so I relayed the message to Jason and he completely understood. At first when i called Sheldon he was hesitant for me to pick him up from his place, but when I arrived at his house I could clearly see why, his house was inadequate to be lived in, the house was falling apart and the yard could have used some work as well. But then it clicked, he didn't want me to pick him up because he was embarrassed, but I hope I had given an impression to him that im not the type to judge, my family came from that situation , and Sheldon seems to have a good head on his shoulders, so I didn't really worry about him being successful later on in his life and not messing it all up. After a couple of minutes Sheldon came out, and he looked hot, and I mean blazing, I cant compare him to Jason because I see Jason in a different light, but Sheldon can hold his own. He was wearing a black tank top with a cool design on it, it showed off his nice biceps perfectly ,as well as his defined chest, he must've gotten a haircut yesterday because he was now completely bald, which made him look pretty rugged, and his new style really complemented his chic reading glasses, he was wearing black plaid checkerboard shorts, which showed off his nice legs, and he wore some classic vans slip-ons with medium length black socks. I can guaranty that if Sheldon wore the exact same clothes to school as he is doing now people would look at him different. As he approached my car closer I could see in my rear view mirror Zach completely staring at Sheldon..hmmmm I wonder? Nah, doubt it. Sheldon hopped into my truck and I introduced him to the guys. "Hey guys, this is my friend Sheldon, Sheldon, that's Lee to your left, Spike is next to him, Zach is in the middle, and this is Jason to your right." Sheldon shook all of their hands and said their hellos and what ups. I was viewing all of this from my rear view, and noticed Zach looking nervous, I might not know Zach well enough but from our conversations, he was always the outgoing type the one to start up conversations, but not today, he was mr. shy guy. So I started my car and we headed off to the gallery, I had to comment Sheldon on his new look. "dude! Since when did you have chest and biceps? And have a sense of style with clothes?" he just scratched his head in embarrassment. "I don't know, im in school to learn, get my diploma and get out, im not here to impress anyone, whats the use for it when ive got college right?" he did have a good point, that's the way I am too, on some days I would just come in my sweatpants a tank top and some shoes and I was good to go. "do you play any sports?" I turned to see Zach out of all the guys speak. But Sheldon shook his head. "nah, I mean I played basketball throughout my elementary and junior high days, but once high school started I was like, whats the point?" now it was Sheldons turn to ask a question. "so im guessing all 4 of you are on the football team?" they all just nodded their heads, but Jason spoke up as well. " Trevor made the team too." A small smile crept onto my face, the more acknowledgment I got for being on the team, and the more real it actually is beginning to be for me. Sheldon turned to me with a big smile. "Dude I knew you would man! Congrats bro." I shook his outreached hands and said thanks. "now that I made the team, you gotta watch and cheer us on son!." He started to laugh and just shrugged his shoulders. During the drive we just made small talk, got to know one another, and I swear, I can see Zach staring at Sheldon, like the way, Jason stares at me. Ive got to ask Jason about that. But the drive didn't take very long, and once we got there we all headed inside. "to me, this art conveys sadness in a exaggerated manner. If you look at the kids face you can see that he is weeping over something so small as a cup of water." "I can see what angel your working with Zach, but you've got to look at the painting with an open mind, don't take the art for what it shows, there's an underlying tone to everything that you see here. Okay, take a look at the kid again, sure he spilt the water but then when you pan out your vision away from the kid, you can see that his surrounding is nothing but chaos and darkness, see the dark blue and black colors used for the background, yet when you look at the water, it is the only color that is a contrast to the darkness that surrounds the boy, this was purposely done to show how the water represented the only thing that was pure in the boys life, a symbol for the forces between good and evil, light and dark." For the past two hours that we have been here, it has been the Zach and Sheldon show, every piece of art that we go over, they both analyze and interpret. Don't get me wrong me Jason, Spike and Lee were doing that for the first hour, but to go through every single piece with their input was INSANE! I guess only people that truly appreciate that arts can have the conversation that the two are having. Me and the guys were sitting down at the lounge as we waited for the other two, but I continued to watch them from the distance, and it seemed that they are taking a liking to each other, I can tell by the animated movements they would make to emphasize their opinion about the piece, and every now and then, I could see them just stand real close to each other to look at an art piece, yet I can sense an ease for the two guys. I wonder what they are talking about, besides the art. I guess im going to have to talk to Sheldon one on one to see what went on. My thoughts got interrupted by my cell phone. It was by Jason, so I turned around and he was just smiling at me. "after we drop off the guys after lunch did you want to hangout afterwards? Just us two?" I replied back. " of course I want to hang with you, it sucks that you have to keep us a secret from your friends. =(." I got a response back. " hey, don't worry about that, when your comfortable enough to tell them then well tell them together, but for now lets just enjoy us, and getting to know each other better.=)" I had to smile, even through text, this guy knows just the right words to say. "kay." After our little chat, Sheldon and Zach approached us. "Okay sorry for the delay but we just couldn't help ourselves." Zach said. When I looked up at them, they were both beaming with happiness. I guess with these two they both love art with a passion. I mean who could stand and look at art for 2 hours straight? Only fanatics could. "No way?! You guys are done?" I said sarcastically. I saw both of them give me a sarcastic smile. " hey, you were the one all gung-ho to go." Sheldon got me there, it was my idea, but if I would have known id take this long, I would have opted not to. " kay you got me. Can we really go though were all super hungry." Once I said that, the 3 guys sitting on the bench all nodded in unison. Sheldon spoke up. " you guys down for some Chinese? I know this good spot." He looked at Zach. " you down for that?" and Zach just smiled at him and nodded. Am I seeing what im seeing? These two guys are really chummy with each other. I gotta talk to Jason about this pronto, hes gotta know something about Zach, I mean theyre super tight and all. So we all agreed that Chinese it was. Sheldon talked to one of the guys saying he was going to go grab lunch. Hmm? Why did he say that? Cant think to much im too hungry. We all headed out to the pier and walked to this quaint little Chinese restaurant down a block from the gallery. It may not be PF changs or Pandas, but I had a feeling that this mom and pop restaurant was going to be a treat. As we sat down we all sat in pairs one across the other. Me across Jason,Sheldon and Zach sat next to us, and Spike and Lee were on the opposite side of them. Odd, maybe I'm too perceptive about things I want to be true. Well with Sheldon and Zach at least, because I know for a fact the Spike and Lee both had girlfriends, they couldn't come due to work. Our server came and asked us what we wanted to drink, we all opted for water. The server left to grab them and we all looked at the menu to see what was there to eat. After looking over the menu for quite some time we all opted to go ala carte. We ordered a ton of food, ranging from beef and broccoli, orange chicken, kung pow chicken, spring rolls and a lot of rice. What can we say we were all growing boys. After ordering our food Sheldon spoke up. " so....how did you guys like my art?" We all snapped to his attention. His art? No way, was that all his? " dude are you serious? That was all your pieces?" I was still in shock when I said that, and he just nodded. Wow I never would've guessed. Sheldon began to speak again. " yeah i was given an opportunity by my dads friend to put my art at the gallery. Part of this charity work he's doing, getting kids art up and pieces be sold, the profit goes into a trust fund for that artist to use for his or her college. So im crossing my fingers that people buy some." Zach spoke up. " sorry for critiquing your work like that, If I knew I wouldn't have been harsh." He got all red, and I turned to look at Sheldon just smile at him. " Bro its all good, I liked our little banter." And he just smiled. " so are any of those pieces going to be used for your portfolio?" He nodded. "if no one takes'em all." We all started to laugh. Zach raised his glass. " to an empty gallery at the end of the day." We all raised our glasses and tapped it lightly against each other. A bunch of `here,here' came right after. Then I suddenly remembered Jason telling me about Zachs portfolio he was creating, and an idea popped in my head. " hey Sheldon, Zach here is creating a folder to turn in to an art school too." Two things occurred. One an amused face appeared on Sheldon. And a horrific facial expression appeared on Zachs face, as if I just revealed his biggest darkest secret. "really?" Sheldon said. All Zach could do was stutter. "uh...yyeah. ..not.t.nothing much though." He was all red with embarrassment, and all Sheldon could do was smile at him. "we should hang out sometime and you can show me your pieces, that's if your down for it." BINGO!!!! Zach just nodded. " Yeah sure, that'd be cool, lets plan something later." And they both nodded in agreement. I looked at Jason who was just shaking his head in amusement; I knew he knew what I was doing so when he looked at me I just gave him a wink After we devoured our food nothing was left but full stomachs from 6 stuffed boys. We thanked the server, paid our tab and headed out the door. We were headed back to the gallery to drop Sheldon off, he told us over lunch that he had to stay and show face, which we all understood, he did have to sell his pieces after all. So when we got there we all said our goodbyes to Sheldon, Spike even invited him to eat with us, which I thought was cool , now I didn't have to split my time getting to know the guys and Sheldon. We were all about to head out to my car when Zach said wait. So we did, and we watched Zach head into the gallery and talk with Sheldon as he pointed at a particular piece, after a while Zach trotted back to my car with an art work. We asked what he picked out and to my surprise it was a painting that me and Jason were looking at together, it was a black and white painting of two hands holding one another, but what struck me was that me and Jason took a good close look at the painting, the hands didn't show a feminine trait what so ever, so we both assumed it was two male hands holding each other. That was just us, but maybe Zach saw something completely different. So I looked at Jason and he shot me a confused look, now I really need to ask him about his friend here. After dropping off the guys it was just me and Jason, in my room, alone. I know what your thinking, we would do the naughty naughty? Well tough luck suckers! Im still new to all of this so that's a no go. We were just lounging around, thinking of things to do, as usual my dad was no where to be seen, no doubt off saving the world, one vaccine shot at a time. I was on my computer looking at my profile page on myspace, and I felt Jasons head on my shoulder, I don't know if this sounds weird, but I inhaled his scent and my god it turned me on, a mix of his aftershave balm and his own scent just got me going, I spoke first. "mmmm, you smell good." I heard him chuckle. "thanks, and you smell good too." He kissed my cheek after he said that and he walked over to my bed and just laid down. After closing my browser on my computer I turned my chair around and just admired the guy that was laying down on my bed, his t-shirt rode up a bit and I could see his happy trail, the fact that he was tanned underneath his shirt showed he like to show off his body, and thank god, I hate seeing guys with tshirt tan lines, you know where the is a clear jump of body color from your arm to the rest of your body covered by a shirt? You guys know what im talking about. He had his eyes closed, but wasn't asleep. So I took the initiative and laid next to him. "got anything in mind that you want to do?" I asked him, he propped himself up on his elbows and just looked at me with a cheesy grin. "we could just lay here all day and cuddle." That sounded like a great idea, but It was a Saturday, and I wanted to do something productive, and an idea came in mind. "say, want to go to the gym? We could work out, grab some dinner and take it to my room and we can do movies afterward?" That seemed to perk his interest. "yeah that sounds like a great plan, I actually got my duffle bag in my car, so we can just swing by my house to grab it on the way to the gym." I was excited now, I don't know what it is but I just like going to the gym, some people when theyre bored they lounge around and be lazy, but me if im not tired from football practice, I like to put in extra time in the weight room, I actually get irritable when I miss a scheduled gym day that I planned out. "okay cool, lets get going stud." And with that I got up and pulled him up as well, that kind of surprised him that I pulled him up so easily. "wow for a small dude, your strong." He had his hand around my shoulders as we walked out. I lightly punched his stomach for that remark. "hey im not that small, maybe compared to you I am. Remember big things come in small packages." He raised his eye brows. "really?" I didn't get it at first but then he started to chuckle, and then I got the joke. "oh!...ewww I didn't mean that! Well not that im small! Fuck it get in the car!" all I managed to do was make him laugh harder. "oh shut up, get your head out of the gutters!" he stopped, but was panting. "kay sorry, you had it coming." All I could do was turn red and shake my head. "ass." And with that we headed off to grab his things and get our fitness on! thanks to all of the feedback guys i feed on them, sorry for the MAJOR delay with school and work ive brushed this chapter aside, but hope you guys enjoy,chp4 is currently being written.. cheers