Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 17:43:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Eric Foster Subject: In Time part 5 Disclaimer: this story contains sexual material. If you are not 18 or over, or this is not legal in your country you should not read any further. This material may offend if you find homosexual acts offensive or homosexual acts between younger boys offensive. All similarities between this story's plot line, characters, names, places, or any other item are purely coincidence. Enjoy In Time It was Sunday night, the night before school began, 12 AM. Alex sat at his desk pondering what he was going to do about Martin. Over the last week, the two boys had hung out at Martin's pool, gone to the mall, swam together, and played some video games, all of which had led to a growing feeling of attraction in Alex. He desperately wanted to tell Martin how much he liked him, how much he wanted him, and how in only a few days his desires had started to consume him in a fiery passion that nearly drove him to insanity. Yet, Alex knew that there was no way he could bring himself to make such an admission to Martin; at least not yet. He sighed and let his head drop to his desk. "Damn it...how am I going to deal with him tomorrow in school?" Alex asked himself, exhausted by the pressure of having to hold his tongue about his true feelings. He had already found out that he had an almost identical schedule to Martin, except that his sixth period class was a keyboarding, while Martin was in some health care course. Beyond that they shared every class, and every teacher. Alex knew that he had to find some way to express his feelings, some way to release the pressure. Thoughts of what he could do raced through his mind, but most were completely impractical or too dangerous. The last thing that he wanted was to make a fool of himself in front of Martin this early on in their relationship. Suddenly, an idea popped into his head. Poetry. Alex had always had a knack at writing poems, but had never really revealed this talent to anyone else. It seemed a bit corny, clich , and even a bit girly in his opinion, but he knew that he had to do something and was the only idea that came to mind. He went to his music library and hit the song by Death Cab for Cutie, "I Will Possess Your Heart" (radio edit). Suddenly inspired, Alex was about to start typing when a thought came to mind. If he typed out his poem on this computer, Martin might see when he came over to hang out. They had played games on Alex's computer in the past, and he didn't want to take any chances now that they had become close friends. But if I write it out...he can't trace it back to me...unless he recognizes it's my handwriting....unless I do a good job at disguising it. WAIT! I'll just use my left hand. Though Martin didn't know it yet, Alex was ambidextrous. Well sort of, he used his right hand almost all the time, but if he had to he could use his left as well, but his handwriting looked slightly different. As a result, it wouldn't be as easy for Martin to recognize Alex's left handed writing. He pulled a piece of paper out of his printer, grabbed a pen and began to think about what he wanted to say. At first, he wrote down only a few unconnected, scratch ideas, but after about twenty minutes he had managed to piece together a poem that was ready to be copied out as a final draft. He read it over to himself and felt proud. The desires of Fire burn I can't fight this urge You seem distant, yet close in every way Why is it you have flown away? Out of reach I see you, yet it is you I desire and beseech For it's because of you I keep feeling these burns Like a cat at the bowl of the fish You're something I see, yet just beyond my reach But one day I'll break this glass And I'll have you at last I wonder what he'll think about it Alex mused as he looked over it a few more times. He glanced over at the clock 12:23 A.M Crap it's getting way too late, and I need to have my rest for tomorrow, he thought. With that, Alex grabbed the piece of paper and folded it neatly in half, and then in half again. He then walked into his bathroom and quickly brushed his teeth and looked himself over in the mirror. Although he had grown quite a bit over the past year, his twelve year old frame was still relatively thin, with only some muscle definition through his stomach and in his arms. His shoulders were about the average width for a kid his age, and his perfectly identical, dime sized nipples stood out on his bare chest, which almost glowed in the mirror. Alex's skin tone wasn't exactly pale, and he definitely had noticeable tan lines, but he sometimes felt as though his fair complexion and features gave him a feminine look. Moreover, his face had always looked odd in his opinion, with high cheek bones that were set in a way that resembled those of some girls he had seen in school. Yet his lips were fuller in definition and had a pink hue, and his chin stuck out a bit, which gave his face a chiseled look. Alex felt that it was a strange mix of masculine and feminine features in a single body, and sometimes he felt uncomfortable looking at himself in the mirror or comparing his body to other boys. Despite multiple girls telling him how cute they thought he was, and having several who admitted to having a crush on him, he always had doubted them and felt that he just looked weird. He gave out a sign and shifted his eyes down to the countertop. I just hope to god Martin may be able to look past how weird I look to even consider me...That's assuming he's even interested in the first place. Alex left the bathroom and walked towards his bed. He stared at his ceiling as the fan spun, blowing the cool air down to his face and thought about what he would say to Martin if he could only utter a few words to sum up everything he felt. He thought of complicated phrases, elaborate vocabulary words, but finally came down to a single and very simple phrase that properly wrapped up everything he felt for Martin. Martin...I need you "JACOB GET UP IT'S TIME FOR SCHOOL!" yelled Ms. Stewart from down the stairs. Jacob rubbed his eyes, made a few moaning sounds, and eventually managed to roll himself out of bed. He dragged his feet, almost zombie like, as he made his way to the closet to collect his things. He scanned over the clothes and wondered what he wanted to wear. Well it's the first day, and first impressions are important...maybe something upper casual? He grabbed a grey button down, with a blue and black design on the bottom part, some black skinny jeans, a pair of white and black Nike Airs, and a blue watch. He walked up to the mirror and looked himself over. Yea this looks pretty good, and I think Corey would like it too...I think school's going to be bearable now that he's around. He grabbed his backpack from the floor and walked down the stairs to the table where Alex already was eating his cereal. Jacob sat down to the table as his mom brought him a bowl of cereal. He looked over to Alex, who he could tell was exhausted. His eyes drooped down, were bloodshot, and he looked a bit pale. "Sleep well?" Jacob asked in a voice indicating he already knew the answer to the question. "No, I had a bad dream," Alex replied as he continued to stir his spoon in his cereal "Ouch, sorry about that Alex. But look to the bright side, it's the first day of school so there won't be any work or homework," Jacob said as cheerfully as possible. "Yea...I guess you're right." But school wasn't what Alex was worried about; it was the note in his backpack that he had ready for delivery. He was so afraid of what could happen, and he had dreamt of everything that could possibly go wrong. "Oh by the way, I'm going to be gone until Thursday, and your dad is coming home tomorrow night. You two should know what to do until then. The credit card is in the usual place, as well as all the contact numbers in case of an emergency," she said as she placed her coat on top of her suitcase and started grabbing the needed paper work. "Where are you going this time Mom?" "San Francisco, it's for an Australian firm that is expanding into America. I'm meeting the owners there tomorrow." Jacob and Alex's eyes met for a second as they both wondered the same thing. "Umm...Mom, is the firm a car suspension company owned by some people with the last name of Lee?" Jacob said a bit slowly, slightly in shock by the coincidence. Mrs. Stewart looked over at her son, her eyebrow raised and her face questioning. "Actually yes....how did you know that?" Jacob and Alex immediately grinned from ear to ear. "Because Mom, remember those two boys we were hanging out with this weekend? Those are their sons and they live right down the street from us," Jacob said laughing a bit. Mrs. Stewart rolled her eyes a bit as she placed her hand on her forehead. "So, I'm flying several hundred miles to meet my neighbors that live right down the street. Tells you how efficient this business is huh?" Mrs. Stewart said as she grabbed her stuff and started walking to the garage. "Well, it's fine. We have to meet with one of the regional managers in order to get the contract approved for us to move the funds for them from America to Australia and vice versa when it's needed. So even if they were next door to us we would still both have to go to San Francisco. Though if I had known this earlier I could have saved some gas money with carpooling," Ms. Stewart said as she continued to move the documents into the trunk of her car. Though they had plenty of money she still treated her personal finances like a bank, so she liked to save as long as it was reasonable. "Ok well are you two ready to go?" "Yes Mom," Alex and Jacob said in unison as they put their book bags in the trunk of the BMW. Jacob sat in the front passenger seat and Martin got in the back seat behind Jacob. Ms. Stewart started the car, backed out, and with that they were off. It was only a ten minute to drive until they were at Alex's middle school, which was a large building that was shaped like a giant triangle. Each of the three sides housed an individual grade, with the base of it being sixth, the right side seventh, and the left side eighth. The building had a modern design with a lot of colored glass, metal, and bricks forming a repeating pattern of triangles. The gym and library were separate buildings, with the gym being to the right and the library being to the left. Both repeated the triangle pattern with their brick and metal designs. The cafeteria was located in the middle of the main school triangle. The soccer field and other sports fields were located to the right of the building. "Ok well have a great first day of school Alex. I love you and I'll be back on Thursday" Ms. Stewart said as she leaned back to give Alex a light kiss on the forehead. "Ok bye Mom. Bye Jacob. I'll see you after school today," Alex said as he got out of the car. He grabbed his book bag from the trunk and walked towards the front entrance. After that it was only a three minute drive down the road to Jacob's high school. He wasn't sure what drug the designer was on when he made the plans for the school, but it had to be something crazy. The school was a giant elliptical oval that was three stories high. It was evenly divided from the center into four parts, each one being an individual grade. The middle of the school was a giant auditorium. Then off to the far left were the school's track fields, football field, gym, tennis court, soccer field, and baseball field all in a fairly large, expansive field. The cafeteria was directly to the right of the building and was also an oval shape. The library was next to cafeteria. "Bye Jacob, have a great day at school," Mrs. Stewart said as she gave Jacob a kiss on the forehead as well. Jacob recoiled a bit as she kissed him. "Mom...I'm 14, don't you think I'm getting a bit old for that?" Jacob said. Mrs. Stewart let out a light chuckle at the notion. "You're right. Sorry honey. Anyways, enjoy school." Jacob got out of the car and grabbed his book bag from the trunk and began to walk to the front of the building. He had visited the school on Friday to get his schedule, but he hadn't had a chance to see Corey's yet since the guidance office was still working on his transcript. As a result he was anxiously waiting to find Corey and figure out his schedule. This is either going to be absolutely amazing...or pure hell...I just hope things get better this year. Martin stood next to his locker looking down the halls of the school. He was waiting for Alex to arrive, since Alex's locker was right next to his. Just as he was about to grab his phone and text Alex he saw him walking down the hall towards him. He was talking to another boy, who looked to be about the same age but was slightly taller, with brown hair and eyes. Martin also noticed that the boy seemed a lot tanner than Alex and was wearing a white button down, acid washed jeans, and some grey running shoes. Alex on the other hand had on a blue graphic t-shirt, some checkered Converse sneakers, and dark blue jeans. Martin swore to himself that Alex was wearing this just to tease him. How did he know that blue is my favorite color? "Hey Alex," Martin said as he walked up to the two. "Hey Martin," Alex said giving a smile and high five. "This is my friend, Caleb Olson. Caleb, this is Martin Lee. He just moved here this summer from Australia," Alex said as the two said hello and shook hands. "Well Alex I got to get to class, I'll see you later bro, and it was nice meeting you Martin. I look forward to getting to know you dude," Caleb said as he gave Alex a high five and walked off to his class. "So... ya look a bit zombified. Are you feeling ok?" Martin asked as he gave Alex a bit of a concerned look. "Yea, I'm fine. Just had a bit of trouble sleeping last night," Alex said as he grabbed a drink from the water fountain. "So how long have you known that boy?" "Who, Caleb?" "Yea." "Since fifth grade. Why do you ask?" "No reason. I just wanted to know how close of a friend he is," Martin replied. "Well, you'll get to be close friends with him as well. He's really cool and I think you'll enjoy hanging out with him. But hey we should head to class" Alex said as he began to turn in the direction of their first period class. "Sounds good to me, LETS GO CONQUER THAT MATH CLASS!" Martin said in a fake war yell as the two walked down the hall. Alex let out a giggle and placed his hand on Martin's mouth to indicate he was being way too loud. Martin slid his eyes so he made eye contact with Alex. This boy really is amazing. Jacob walked around the halls, desperately trying to find Corey. He looked down to his cell phone, but no text messages had arrived, even though he had already sent one to Corey trying to find him. He turned his head, looking for any sign of his new friend. He had just passed the boy's restroom when his phone beeped indicating he had received a text. He looked down and the only thing it said was Behind you Jacob flew around and there stood Corey right in front of him. He was wearing a red, striped button down, dark blue jeans, a red watch, and black Nike Airs. On his neck he wore a silver chain and a pendent. It was a large piece of opal that was had splashes of every color imaginable. It was mostly blue and green but Jacob could see yellow and red as well as other colors. "Hey Alex, I'm glad I found ya," Corey said as he walked up and gave him high five. "Hey Corey...Where did you get that? It's really cool looking," Jacob said pointing to the opal pendent. "Oh well this was a gift from my grandmother for my 10th birthday. She had gotten it in Australia for me, seeing that we are the largest exporter of opal. She said it was supposed to be a representation of life, since life is so colorful and different in so many ways. I guess it's her way of saying that life is just another adventure," Corey said with a smile. Jacob loved how Corey had described the pendant. It really did sound like life, at least in his opinion. "That's awesome Corey, she sounds pretty cool," Jacob replied. "Yea she is" Corey said as he looked out the window and began to remember home. "So can I see your schedule?" Jacob asked as he pulled his own out of his pocket so he could compare. "Oh sure," Corey responded with a bright smile as he handed Jacob the folded piece of paper. Jacob opened the paper and expected to see numbers and letters indicating the schedule, but instead he saw something completely unexpected. It was a sketch. The picture had been drawn with a pencil and was incomplete. Jacob looked at it for a second and realized that the person it depicted was him. His eyes widened and his heart fluttered as he realized that Corey had been thinking about him, and even went to the extent of drawing a sketch of him. The picture showed Jacob looking down; his hand on his forehead and his other hand to his side, and it looked like he was leaning back against someone. He was shirtless and it was only complete from the waist up. He saw another hand around his stomach area and could see it going back to another person, but the other person wasn't complete yet. The sketch appeared to show part of the other person's head right next to his ear and under Jacob's arm, which was raised to his own forehead. Corey gave him a lopsided smile wondering why he looked so shocked. "What, did my schedule reveal some secret code?" Corey asked with a bit of giggling. "I didn't know you were such an amazing sketch artist!" Jacob exclaimed as he continued to scan the picture. Immediately, Corey's eyes grew huge as he reached out and snatched the paper from Jacob's hand. FUCK! I forgot that was in there, shit...I just need to change the subject quickly, Corey thought as he scrambled to grab his schedule out of his pocket. He practically shoved it into Jacob's hand as he stuttered while trying to speak. "So...Uhh...Do you have the same schedule as me?" The nervousness in Corey's voice was blatantly obvious. Jacob looked at him and thought that the reaction was odd, and was about to ask, but decided that it would just make Corey more nervous if he made him explain himself. "Well we both have first period and third period together, but that's it. Second and fourth we have the same classes but flipped" Jacob said as he handed Corey back his schedule, somewhat disappointed. "Damn...I was hoping we could have all the same classes. Oh well...at least we have two of them together." Corey paused, wondering whether he had been successful in changing the subject. "Why don't we head to our first class? What do ya say?" Corey said quickly, the composure returning to his voice as he recovered from the shock of almost exposing himself to Jacob. "Sure let's head off" Jacob said as they walked down the third floor hall. As they made their way to the class, his mind was filled with questions about the sketch. I wonder if the other person in the picture was Corey... It was the last period of the day and Alex sat staring at the screen in keyboarding class. The teacher was only going over basic classroom instructions. He looked over at the clock and noticed that it was 3:00, which meant he had 30 minutes left until school let out. He opened the front compartment of his book bag and slipped the note into his front right pocket. He raised his hand just as the teacher was about to start another lecture on what they would be learning in this class. "Yes, do you have a question?" "May I go to the restroom please?" "Yes you may, and good work on using proper grammar" the teacher said. It really wasn't that Alex was trying to impress her; he just had always said it that way. He slipped out the classroom and walked down the hall, past the restroom. He moved as quickly as he could, since Martin's locker was on the other end of the hall, and the restroom was only a few feet away from the keyboarding class. He finally reached his destination and found Martin's locker. He quickly folded up the note and looked at it one last time. God please...please let this work, Alex thought as he placed the paper in the slit of the locker. It slid in and he heard it hit against Martin's books. He turned around and began to walk back to class when he suddenly saw Martin walk out of a door directly in front of him. Martin turned in his direction and nearly collided into him. "Whoa...watch yourself there Alex. I almost ran into you," Martin said cheerfully. "Sorry about that, I was heading back to class." "Its fine...Wait isn't your class on the other end of the hall? What are ya doing all the way down here?" Martin asked, raising his eyebrow. Alex looked away, trying to conjure up a lie. "Well...honestly I had asked to go the restroom, but class was getting really boring so I decided to walk around just a bit," Alex replied. His response had been easier than he thought, since it wasn't entirely a lie, just sprinkle of lies. "Skipping class eh?" Martin said as he crossed his arms and turned his head side to side. "You're being a naughty boy, Alex, and you'll have to be punished for that," Martin said, again narrowing his eyes in a nearly seductive look, with a mischievous grin. "Ok but be gentle when you do it" Alex said in a pseudo-pleading voice as he squeezed his lips and opened his eyes wide to produce a fake puppy dog look. My god, if we weren't in school right now, I would jump on him right now. I think that may have been the sexiest thing I've ever heard, Martin thought as he imagined throwing himself on Alex and doing him right there in the hallway. They both laughed and had a few minutes of small talk. Alex gave Martin one last high five and ran off to his class. That was way too close...but totally worth it, he thought. I hope you enjoy the poem, Martin. The bell rung, indicating that school was over. Martin picked up his book bag and walked to his locker. He put the combination into his lock and opened it up. He was about to drop in his books when he noticed a piece of folded paper on top of the book that was on top of the pile. Martin picked up the piece of paper and unfolded it. He scanned his eyes across the paper and read. With each word, his hormones flared and his heart rate increased. He felt his dick stiffen and he shifted nervously from side to side. It was a well written poem, confessing that its author was madly in love with him. Just then Alex approached from behind. "Hey Martin, what's up?" Alex asked sheepishly as he stood next to Martin. "Hey Alex, not much, but this is a bit odd" Martin said pointing to the piece of paper. "What is it?" "It's someone telling me they want me to date them...I think." "Wow...can I read it?" Alex said as he tried his best to keep himself from smiling, since he knew he had written it just for Martin. He pretended to scan over reading it and nodded his head after he was done. "Yup...I think they like you. Lucky you" Alex said nonchalantly as he patted Martin on the back. "Yea," Martin paused. "But there's just one thing that's kind of weird about it all," he continued in a confused voice. "What?" Alex said, now a bit pensive since he had no clue what seemed weird about it. "Well...I've only been here one day...and I don't know anyone else here but you...so I mean who wrote it because I don't know anyone?" Martin asked, again looking over the note. Alex felt his heart stop and his mind rush forward. Adrenaline filled his veins and he tensed up as he realized that he had failed to think through his plan completely. FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!! I FORGOT HE DOSENT KNOW ANYONE ELSE BUT ME....SHIT HE'S GOING TO FIGURE OUT I WROTE IT....LIE LIE LIE !!!!!! Alex screamed in his mind as he tried to come up with something. "Well...I mean...maybe some girl just saw you this morning and thought you were cute so they wrote you a letter and put it in your locker," Alex offered with a nervous grin. He had stuttered a few times and hoped that Martin didn't pick up on it. Martin turned towards Alex and locked eyes with him for about ten seconds. Alex looked away nervously, but Martin could tell he was guilty. HA...caught ya! Martin thought as he gave a light smile. "Yea...I guess you're right...but hey I don't want to miss the bus, so I suggest we get outta here," Martin said as he grabbed Alex by the shoulder and walked with him to the bus lane. "Cool. Are we still hanging out this afternoon Martin? I'm looking forward to it." "Damn right we are, mate. I'm looking forward to it too" Martin said as he let go of Alex's shoulder and walked right next to him to the bus. I'm really looking forward to this afternoon Alex...cause I have you now, Martin thought as he looked down and smiled, knowing that he now had this cute boy for himself. Authors note: So Martin is catching onto Alex, and Jacob is getting suspicious of Corey. I wonder where this one is heading. Well it's going to get very interesting for all four boys as they discover who killed who....wait...that was clue my bad...I mean who likes who. Anyway so I hope you have enjoyed this chapter to the story and please e-mail me back as to what you think about it. So if you have any questions, comments, suggestions, please e-mail me at EFoster447@yahoo.com because with your feedback I can determine how it's turning out. Plus I love hearing from you guys because it gives me motivation to keep writing. Of course I need to thank my editors Mike Archer Jonathan Tan Again thank you all for reading and please e-mail me back as to what you think of the story. Soon we shall see a relationship form, and this relationship shall be tested by the sea of life, because it's a beautiful and colorful thing, but there are darker parts of it all.