Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 11:30:03 -0500 From: BballBusta04 - Subject: Sex With Best Friend 28 (young friends) ****Sorry for the long delay ****Hope you guys enjoy! ****static382@mindless.com Sex With Best Friend 28 "Pigs Get Fat, Hogs Get Slaughtered" part 1 I woke up around 10am on the first day of the new year. I looked on the floor on both sides of my bed, and Corey was asleep on one side, and Alex wasn't in his makeshift bed. I rested my head on my pillow and watched Corey sleep, his naked upper torso peacefully moving up and down with his steady breathing. He was sleeping on his back, and the blanket was only covering him from the waist down. He had the most gorgeous chest, and I especially admired his nipples. I took the time to notice his biceps, his firm stomach, his perfect childish-yet-manly face, his matted-up hair, everything. After a couple of minutes I got up and slipped on a tanktop, and headed for the bathroom. I came back and sat on my bed and continued to watch Corey. He began to stir in his sleep and his eyes slowly opened. "Morning," I said to him in almost a whisper. He stretched his arms over his head and I grinned at his facial expression. "Mornin'," he groaned back, flashing me a small smile. He was truly a sexy guy. "You hungry?" I asked him, standing from my bed. He sat up and rested his back on the nightstand behind him. He was wearing only his Joe Boxer boxers, and his package was imprinted for the world to see, but he didn't seem to notice. "Not really, I'm not usually a breakfast person," he answered me, yawning. I stood up and pulled on some shorts and walked towards the door. "I'm going downstairs," I told him as I left. He nodded as I left him and walked to find everyone else. I found myself wondering what it would be like to be with Corey, for me and him to start dating, but then I always remembered that I was with Alex. I didn't understand why I was thinking about Corey so much more lately, because if I was truly satisfied with Alex then I wouldn't give Corey a second thought. But maybe me and Alex rushed into everything, I mean we got drunk one night and woke up in bed together. I didn't even remember our first night together. Since then, we've been having casual sex, and sure I cared a lot for Alex, him being my best friend since childhood, but I wasn't sure if our relationship was anything more than sex. I hated thinking like that, but the thought had been clouding my mind for a couple of days now. I snapped out of my deep thinking and walked into the kitchen, where Tonio and Alex were sitting at the table. Tonio was drinking orange juice and Alex was eating a pop-tart, and they were both looking at the newspaper. "What are ya'll doin'," I said to them as I walked to the table. I sat beside Alex and looked over at what he was reading. He looked to be seriously interested in the article he was reading in the sports section. He looked at me and smiled, then returned to his reading. I looked at his body as he read, his sexy pecs and his flat stomach made me grin to myself. Then I felt guilty again - here I was, with a totally adorable boyfriend who is nothing but good to me, and I'm lusting after someone else. My thoughts for Corey were making me doubt my feelings for Alex. It was then that I figured out what to do. I'd still be friends with Corey, but I wouldn't allow myself to think about being anything other than friends with him. "Nothin' much," Tonio said to me. I looked up at him and he was bringing me a warm pop-tart, fresh from the toaster. He sat in the next seat closest to me. "So, did you ever call Bobby?" I asked Tonio. He was a good friend of mine and it was aggrivating me that Bobby was treating him this way for no reason. "No, I'm tired of chasing him all the time. If he wants to talk, he has my number," he said back to me. I nodded and Alex snickered. "Yea man, thats good thinkin'," Alex said to him. I grinned too. The phone rang and I got up to answer it. It was Alex's mom. "Alex, its your mom," I said to him. He got up from the table and came to the counter. I handed him the phone and went back to the table. As he was talking on the phone, Corey entered the room and took Alex's seat next to me. He was still shirtless, but now he was wearing pajama pants. His hair was all ruffled and the Joe Boxer band of his boxers was showing, and I had to stop myself from letting my mind wander. Alex hung up the phone and came back to the table. He took the other empty seat, pretending not to notice that Corey was sitting in his spot. "My mom is coming to get me, she said we gotta run some errands or whatever," Alex said to us. "Oh, so when are you leaving?" I asked him. I didn't want him to leave. "She's on her way, she said she wanted to give your parents a break and she wanted some company while she ran her errands." he replied. He got up from the table and went upstairs. "If you want anything, help yourself," I said to Corey, who was now looking through the sports section like Alex was earlier. "Thanks," he said back. He ran his hand through his hair and his biceps flexed, and I had to look away. "I'm gonna go get dressed," I said aloud and I headed for my room. I found Alex, slipping into his pants and putting his other stuff in his duffel bag. "Call me when you come back?" I said to him, sitting on my bed. He stopped what he was doing and pushed my door shut. "Max," he said to me, walking to where I was sitting. I looked into his eyes and he continued talking. "I want you to forget about Corey, forget about Tonio, about Bobby, about everything, and I want me and you to have a quiet night together. We haven't been alone in so long, and its driving me crazy man!" he quietly said to me with a smirk on his face. He leaned in and stopped, our lips not even an inch apart. "Can you do that?" he whispered to me, staring into my eyes. I leaned in the rest of the way and our lips met, and I brought my hands up to the sides of his face, and his tongue touched my closed lips, as if knocking to be let in. We began to make out, and he slowly laid me back onto the bed. He started to grind into me and I thought I was going to explode from the sudden pleasure of it all. He reached down and pulled my tanktop off of me and our bare chests were pressed against each other now, and the warmth from his body felt so good on top of me. He reached down once again and unbuttoned his pants, letting his growing member plop out and slap me on the chest. He untied the string of my athletic shorts and pulled the silky shorts off of me, and then he pulled my throbbing meat from the slit in my boxers. I let out a deep breath as he caressed my member, and he eased himself down on top of me, so that his cock was directly on top of mine. He began to grind into me once again and I could feel my load boiling inside me. "What do you think about a quickie?" he whispered in my ear as he continued to grind me. I wrapped my arms around him, rubbing his warm back and then I let my hands roam his body, eventually finding their way to his bubble ass. I squeezed his ass and he let out a quiet moan in my ear everytime I did. I started to lick on his neck and nibble on his earlobe and his grinding began to quicken and become harder. The pleasure was so good, I didn't know how much longer I could take it. Alex held onto me and rolled over, putting me on top of him. I took a second to adjust our cocks, then I was the one grinding him. He threw his head back and grabbed hold of my ass, squeezing constantly. His eyes were squeezed shut and I pressed my body hard onto his, grinding for all I was worth. His breath was picking up, and he grabbed me and rolled over once again. He began to grind into me slowly now, looking into my eyes. I looked back into his, and his head came down and we began to make out once again. I was feeling so good right then, that I didn't want it to end. He broke the kiss and started to grind into me furiously. His breathing really picked up and some soft moans escaped his lips too. That farmiliar feeling began to start, and I knew I wasn't going to last too much longer. My hands grabbed hold of his hips and I let myself go. "I'm gonna cum," I whispered to him. I felt my load getting ready to blow at any given second. My breathing became heavy and his did too, if that was even possible. His quiet moaning was really sending me over the edge. I began to grind back into him as he grinded me too. "Me too," he whispered back. He began sucking and licking my neck as he humped me frantically, and I felt his cock began to twitch. He threw his head back and whinced as his load began to spray onto me, and almost simultaneously I felt my load reach the tip of my dick and the feelings I felt as my load shot were amazing. I shot at least 8 spurts out onto my chest and Alex's cock, and he collapsed on top of me when his orgasm was over. He moved around, making our slimy mess smear onto our chests. He stayed on top of me for a few seconds, kissing my neck and me grinding our now semi-hard cocks into each other. He got up and found my stash of Kleenex in the bottom drawer of my nightstand, grabbed some for himself and handed me the box. We cleaned up and he leaned in and kissed me on the lips. He pulled back and smiled at me. "There's that smile," I said to him, smiling back. "What?" he asked, standing and pulling back on his pants. "I like that smile you flash all the time," I told him as I walked over to my closet. I put on a pink collared Polo shirt with jeans and burkenstocks and went back to my bed. "Aww," he said to me, smiling again. He put on his clothes and stuffed the rest of his stuff in the duffel bag. His mom honked the horn outside, and he grabbed his bag and walked over to me. He put his hands on my waist and kissed me again. "Call you later," he said to me as he grabbed his bag again and walked out the door. I followed behind him and waved at his mom as I watched Alex get into the car. I walked back into the living room and Corey was laughing, lying on his back on the couch watching TV and Tonio was sitting on the floor, his back resting on the couch that Corey was lying on. "What's so funny?" I asked Corey. I sat in front of the fireplace. "Tonio told me this joke," Corey answered in between his laughs. Him laughing made me laugh too. "Remember that dumb joke about sergeants and privates that Riley told us at lunch the other day?" Tonio asked me. "Oh," I said, remembering. Riley was on the swim team at school. He was pretty cool but most of the other guys on the swim team were stuck-up rich bitches. Tonio stood up and stretched. "I think I'm gonna get going, I didn't tell my dad where I was going last night so I'm probably gonna hear alotta shit," Tonio said to us. He put on his shoes and grabbed his coat from the closet. He motioned for me to follow him to the door, so I did. "I hope you and Alex weren't fooling around upstairs," he whispered to me as we stood at the door. "Why do you say that?" I asked him. "Because Corey said he was gonna go grab his shirt, and he went upstairs, and when he came back, he didn't have a shirt with him." Tonio whispered to me. My heart dropped - what if he peeked into my room and saw me and Alex? Alex didn't lock the door, so what stopped Corey from walking right on in? "Relax, I'm sure he didn't see anything," I said to Tonio. I was trying to assure myself more than I was trying to assure Tonio. "So you and Alex were fooling around?" Tonio asked, grinning at me. "What were you doing? Was it goooood?" Tonio teased me. I smirked and shoved him out the door. I walked back to Corey and sat in Tonio's place. "I wonder if I have any siblings," Corey came out of nowhere and said. "Who knows, man," I said to him. I would hate finding out I was adopted, the what if's would drive me crazy. "It would be so cool to have a brother or sister, someone to fight with, to hang out with, the whole nine yards," he said, getting off the couch and sitting next to me on the floor. "I've had the most fun with you guys lately," he said. I looked over at him and he was looking into my eyes. I saw myself kissing him, but I knew better than to do that. "How about I take you to where I go when I'm pissed at the world." he told me, standing up. I stood up with him. "And where would that be?" I asked him. He smiled. "I'll show you man," he said, running upstairs. I followed him into my room and he pulled off his pajama pants. I watched out of the corner of my eye as he changed into his clothes. I silently wished he wouldn't, but he finished dressing. He threw my athletic shorts at me and told me to hold onto them, and to come on. "Can you take us on your motorcycle?" he asked me, grinning. I punched him on his arm for making fun of my moped and we went downstairs. I grabbed the moped key and we were soon on the road together. He pointed out the directions and soon we were in his neighborhood. We passed his house and I noticed his dad's car was there, the grass was freshly cut and it looked like new mulch was spread on the bushes and flowers. He didn't tell me to stop, though, so we kept on going until we arrived at the back of a building. I parked on the side of the building and we walked through the side door. Corey led the way and I read a sign on the wall. "Cornerstone Gym?" I read aloud the sign. Corey nodded. "Yeah man, I love coming here. I can blow some steam and get in shape at the same time," he said to me. He led me to the counter and he flashed his membership card to the clerk, and she let him pass. She didn't say anything to me as I followed Corey through another door to the weightroom. It was a huge, spacious room with dark navy blue carpetting and mirrors mounted all over the walls. "Come on," he said, walking to a door in the back of the room. We went in and it was a locker room. He pulled a key out of his wallet and opened his small locker, pulling out some black athletic shorts and a black tanktop. He started to pull off his shirt, and I pulled out my athletic shorts I had stuffed in my coat. I took off my Polo shirt and stood in my tight white t-shirt. I pulled off my pants and watched as Corey took off his pants and pulled on his shorts. He slid into his black tanktop, which showed his figure perfectly. I put on my shorts and shoes, and Corey was done dressing at the same time. We put our stuff in the locker and went back out to a weightbench. "Spot me," he said as he laid on the bench. The bar already had two 25 pound weights on each side. I stood behind the bench and Corey nodded at me, so I helped him lift the bar and he held it in the air. He started to lower it to his chest, then back into the air, and he started a steady rhythm with it. He looked to be doing it with little effort, and I watched his biceps flex with every motion. After 25 reps, he put the bar back on the stand and he got up. He waved his arms around and flexed his muscles a couple times. "You work out?" he asked me. "Yeah, at school, but not all the time," I answered him. He smiled at me. "You have a nice body, I thought you at least worked out every other day," he said to me. I began to wonder - did he just make a pass at me, or was it a simple compliment? Had he been noticing me, or was he casually saying that to me as a straight friend? "Thanks, but I work out a couple times a week in the school weightroom with some friends," I told him. I laid on the bench and he spotted me. "You want me to take some weight off for you?" he smiled down at me. I smiled back at him and nodded for him to help me lift the bar. He picked the bar off the stand and I held it in place, then started lifting. The first couple reps were okay, but after about 10 of them, I could feel the burn coming. I didn't let myself stop though. I kept lifting until I had to take a break. I ended up doing 30 total. Corey reached out his hand and helped me up. We went and did some squats, which I was really good at. I put 150 pounds on each side of the bar and did 30 reps before Corey showed off and put 225 on each side, doing 30 as well. We did leg curls and got on treadmills together, and worked out on various machines for almost 2 hours, talking, laughing, joking, basically enjoying each other's company. "You know this place has a pool too?" he told me. I shook my head no. "I've never been here before," I told him. So far, me and Corey had been the only ones there. I guess nobody else wanted to come to the gym on New Year's morning. "Wanna go for a swim?" he asked me. Before I could answer, he was already going to the double-doors. We walked down to another set of double-doors and there was a great big rectangular pool with buies dividing it into three sections. The water was sparkling blue and the roof had a big skylight, letting the morning sunlight shine on the water. "I don't think we're supposed to swim without a lifeguard on duty, but I know CPR so it'll be okay." Corey said as we walked to a bench. "You know CPR?" I asked him. He nodded as he pulled off his tanktop. His chest was slightly sweaty from our previous workout. He sat and undressed until he stood before me in only his shorts. He looked at me and his eyes went to my chest. My t-shirt was pressed against my body, and my pecs were outlined clearly. My nipples were imprinted on my shirt and he reached out and pinched them with both hands, sending me jumping in the air, screaming. He laughed and dove into the pool. He came back to the surface and motioned for me to join him. I stripped down and jumped in with him, and we swam around for a little. Some guys came walking in a few minutes later, and I couldn't help but notice that they looked farmiliar. That's when I saw Riley, and I realized that the guys were from the school's swim team. I swam over to Corey. "Those guys are from my school," I whispered to him. He looked over at them. "Friends of yours?" he asked. I shook my head. "I know Riley- the one in the middle- but I don't know the others. I mean, I know who they are, but we aren't friends or anything." I said. I held my breath and went under. I hated opening my eyes underwater without goggles, and I didn't really like water going up my nose so I normally pinched it shut. But this time, I didn't let it bother me. I went underwater and pulled at Corey's shorts, making them slide down a little. Corey jumped back and as I went up for breath, he dissapeared under the water. I knew he was coming for me, so I tried to swim away, but he grabbed my leg and pulled me underwater with him. I held my breath and went under, and we found our way to each other. His hair was waving freely in every direction under the water. I let my eyes look over his body and I must say that he was gorgeous. He inched over to me and wrapped his legs around my waist, and his arms around my chest and shifted his weight so we would sink to the bottom of the pool. He was smiling at me and I let us sink. I suddenly felt his member twitch just inches above mine, pressed against my chest, and I knew that if I didn't break free, that I would spring a boner and give myself away. I squirmed free of his grip and propelled myself through the water. After a few more seconds I was a good distance away from Corey, and I swam back near the bottom of the pool. I heard a grumbling noise so I looked above me and saw air bubbles surrounding a sinking mass. I made out what it was - Riley. He swam right past me, probably not noticing who I was. I was out of breath so I went back to the top. Riley appeared a few feet away from me. "Max! What's been goin' on man?" Riley greeted me. Riley was the all-american type - blonde hair, blue eyes, beautiful pearly whites, sexy physique, broad shoulders, toned body, everything. He was also a party boy and had wild ways too. "Nothing much man, just hangin' out," I said back to him. The other two guys, Will and Vance, came swimming over to us. so did Corey. Riley, Vance and Will were all 15, and they had nice swimmer's bodies. "We heard about your car wreck, we're glad ya'll made it out of that okay," Will said to me. I didn't really know Will, we had a class together last year but we never really talked to each other. :"Thanks man," I said to him. Corey got beside me. "Guys, this is my friend Corey, and Corey this is Will, Vance and Riley." I introduced everyone and they all said their hellos. We splashed around and made small talk about nothing in particular for a little while. Later, Vance set up a basketball goal on the side of the pool, and he pulled out a foam ball. Since there was five of us, three of us had to be against two, so me and Corey decided to go against Vance, Will and Riley. We played and had a blast, but Riley's team won with a score of 20-14. "You guys wanna come with us to the pool hall later?" Vance asked me and Corey after we had tired ourselves out. I glanced at Corey and he shrugged. "Sure man, what time?" I asked. He said in a couple hours. We all got out of the pool. I gave Riley my number, and he said he'd call me. They wrapped their towels around their waists and walked out. Corey and I grabbed our clothes and went to the locker room. "They seemed pretty cool," Corey said to me as we made our way to his locker. "I know, Riley is a cool kid but I always thought that Vance and Will were the snobby type," I said back. We sat our stuff on the benches. I'm gonna go rinse off in the shower," Corey said, pulling his wet shorts off. He wiped the excess water from his boxers and grabbed a towel from his locker. "You coming?" He asked me, grabbing another towel from his locker. I nodded and he gave me a towel. I followed behind him to the showers, and there wasn't a big shower room like I imagined there would be - there were individual shower stalls with their own curtains. I was a little dissapointed, but relieved at the same time. I didn't want to pop a boner in front of Corey, and I knew I wouldn't be able to help it if we showered together, so maybe this was a good thing. He went into a shower stall and I took the one next to him. We washed off and pretty soon we were back at the lockers. He unwrapped his towel from his waist and from the corner of my eye, I saw his bare ass standing before me. I couldn't help myself - I turned my head to him and gave him my full attention, but his back was turned to me, so all I saw was his backside. He slid into his fresh boxers and pants, then his shirt and everything else. I was comfortable with my body, and I didn't mind undressing in front of anyone, so I let my towel drop and turned my back to him. I noticed from the corner of my eye that he was looking at me, watching me, so I took my time putting on my boxers, then my pants and my shirt. He turned away from me as I sat on the bench next to him and finished dressing. I wonder if he was actually checking me out. We made our way outside to my moped, and halfway home he told me to stop by his house. "I gotta talk to my dad," he said in my ear as we raced down the street. "If that's what you wanna do," I said back to him. I didn't want him to go home, and I especially hoped his dad wasn't drunk, but he knew what he wanted to do. I soon got to his house and let him off. "Want me to wait for you?" I asked him. He shook his head. "I've been mooching off you for too long already. Can I call you later though?" he said to me. I really didn't want to leave him, and I started to miss him already. "What about the pool hall with Riley? You still wanna go?" I asked him, thinking of excuses to get him to come back home with me. "Yeah, he said that he'd call you in a couple hours. Let me talk to my dad and stuff, and I'll call you," he said back. He put his hand on top of my head and ruffled my hair. "Thanks man," he said to me. He pulled his hand from my head and walked to his door. I turned the moped around and started my journey home. ----------- Corey walked into his house and noticed that everything was clean. The dishes were washed, the floor was freshly vaccumed and the aroma was clean too. He stood in the living room and continued observing everything, and his dad walked through the hall and joined him. "What made you clean everything?" Corey asked him. He noticed that his dad was sober and looking pretty good. "I stopped and took a long hard look at things, and I'm getting my life back," he replied. Corey cocked an eyebrow at his dad, and his dad chuckled. "Son, it must be rough finding out that you're adopted and all, and I haven't been a model parent for a while now. But I'm changing my life now. I quit drinking and I won't go near another cigarette, just you watch," he continued talking. Corey walked past him and into the kitchen. He poured himself a glass of orange juice and rejoined his dad in the living room. "Dad, I wanted to talk to you about something," Corey began. He sat on the couch and his dad sat too. "I've been thinking, and I wanna meet my birth parents," Corey came out and said. His dad looked away, and Corey did too. Corey knew that his dad was trying to change, and he seemed sincere about it, but Corey had came to this decision a while ago. Plus, his dad had promised to change before, and he always reverted back to his old ways, so why should this time be any different? Corey was trying to protect himself from being hurt again, so he didn't get his hopes up. "Well son, you have that right, and I knew you would tell me this. So, I took it upon myself to set up an appointment with the adoption agency." his dad announced. Corey's eyes lit up at the news. His dad smiled. "I called them a few days ago, and the woman said she'd call your birth mom. A couple hours later, the woman called me back and said that your mom said she could be here as soon as tomorrow morning," he kept going. Corey jumped from his chair and let out a howl of excitement. His dad got up and walked over to him. His eyes looked Corey up and down, and he smiled. "Son, I haven't treated you right, and I am so sorry about that, I didn't know how lucky I was to have you in my life. After your mom - well, after my wife died, I went over the edge. I drank to numb the pain, and the alcohol made me even crazier. But I want you to know that never again will I touch a hair on your head. You are a handsome young man, and you have a good head on your shoulders. I love you, son," he told Corey as he reached out to hug him. Corey went into his arms and they hugged each other. A tear fell from Corey's eyes, and he wiped them on his dad's shirt. For so long he waited for his dad to change, and this might actually be the day. They broke their embrace and stood, looking at each other. "So, who is this friend of yours that's been with you lately?" his dad asked him. Corey got his glass of orange juice and sipped on it. "His name's Max," he said back. His dad nodded. "So where'd he come from?" he continued to interrogate him. "He lives a couple blocks over. He's pretty cool," Corey answered. He walked to the kitchen and washed his now empty glass. "So is he the one you've been staying with?" he continued to ask questions. Corey was surprised at the sudden interest his dad was taking in his life. "Yeah, dad, I've been staying with him lately. I met him a few days ago and we've been hanging out ever since," Corey said back. He walked down the hall to his room and plopped on the bed. His dad followed him. "Well, he seems like a nice kid. You two stay outta trouble, okay?" he said. Corey nodded. "The appointment with the adoption place is tomorrow at noon. Get your clothes ready, we'll leave tomorrow morning for breakfast, then go to the adoption place. I don't know how this thing is gonna work, but we'll find out together." he said. Corey nodded again, and his dad left, closing the door behind him. Corey was so excited and nervous too. What would she be like? What would she look like? Would he get to go live with her? Would he have to leave his dad behind? So many things were clouding his mind that he decided to leave it alone. He went to his closet and put on some fresh clothes and called Max. "Hey, how'd it go?" Max asked him after hearing Corey's voice. "Pretty good, man, he set up an appointment for me to meet my real mom tomorrow morning and everything!" Corey told him. He could barely contain his excitement. "Whoa, thats cool man!" Max replied. "Yeah, he said he was gonna stop drinking and all that. He seems like he means it too," Corey said. He wanted to jump up and down on his bed like a little kid. "Well I'm happy for you. Riley called me a little while ago, said he'd pick us up at 3, and its 2:30 right now. You wanna hang out here and wait for him?" Max asked. Corey nodded. "Sure man, vroom vroom your motorcycle over here and pick me up," Corey smiled to himself. Max laughed back and threatened to run him over with the moped if he made fun of it again. "You already tried that, remember?" Corey laughed into the phone. Max said he was on his way, and they hung up. Corey went outside and his dad came to the door. "I'll be back later dad," Corey told him. "Okay, stay outta trouble, I love you," his dad said to him. Corey smiled. "Love you too," He said back. A few minutes later Max came into view, and they zoomed back to Max's house. ---------- "It's cool that you and your dad are getting along again," I told Corey while I poured us some Coke. "Yeah, I walked in and he had cleaned everything, and he just told me that he was gonna change. I kinda brushed it off, cuz he says that all the time, and I told him I wanted to meet my birth parents, and he told me he had already set up an appointment!" Corey smiled up to me from the couch. He took his glass from me and took a sip before finishing his story. "He spilled his guts to me, saying he was gonna change and he meant it, and he said he loved me, and I didn't know how to take all of it in. I didn't really say much, I just listened." he told me. I could see that he was really happy, and that made me happy. I sat beside him and we started flipping through the channels, looking for anything good on TV. I noticed him looking at me, and when I turned to meet his gaze, he turned away. I smiled and turned back to the TV, and once again he turned to me. I looked back at him and he turned away, grinning. "What?" I asked him, smiling. He smiled and looked back at me. "Nothing, its just.. you're so... damn... cute man!" he said in a playful voice. He pounced on me unexpectedly and I fell back, and he crawled on me, pinching my cheeks and kissed my forehead over and over. We wrestled for a few seconds and I kicked him off of me. "Sorry about that, I'm just so damn happy right now I feel like exploding," he said, smiling and jumping from the floor and into the air. What I wouldn't give for him to kiss me over and over again, but other places. 'Stop,' I thought to myself, 'you have Alex.' My cellphone rang, and it was an unknown number. I answered and it was Riley. "We're almost to your house," Riley said to me. "Okay, me and Corey will be outside," I told him. He hung up and Corey and I went outside. My cell rang again and this time it was Alex. "Hey babe, what're you doing right now?" he asked me. "Oh, me and Corey were just waiting on Riley," I told him casually. "Riley, from the swim team? What are you waiting for him for?" he asked, surprised. "He asked me and Corey to come to the pool hall with him, Vance and Will," I explained to him. I didn't know how he was taking this. "I thought you didn't like those guys?" he asked, sounding aggrivated. "Well Riley and me have been friends for a while, and I thought the other guys were jerks but they're pretty cool, they ran into us at the swimming pool and we got along pretty good," I told him some more of the story. "So you guys are all gonna go off together? What about our quiet ... thing later?" he asked me. Just then a navy blue Chevy Tahoe came into view and pulled into the driveway. "Alex I gotta go, talk to you later," I said, and I hung up the phone. The jeep was nice and shiny, with 20-inch rims and a blasting stereo system. The passenger side window came down, and I saw that Riley was driving, and Will was in the front seat. "Hop in," Will said to us. We went over and got in the back, and I saw that Vance wasn't there. "Vance is meeting us there. I hope you guys aren't dating anyone," Riley said to us, laughing. He backed out of the driveway and we started to drive away. "Why do you say that?" Corey asked. Will turned around and looked at us. "Because Vance said there's a private party going on right now at the pool hall, and there are alotta fine ass girls there," he smiled at us. He turned back around and kept talking to us. "I don't mean to put you guys on the spot, but are you virgins?" Vance asked. He turned back to look at us again, and Corey answered first. "Yeah, I am, I'm not really in a rush," he said casually. I grinned to myself. I was proud of him - he could have any girl he wanted, but he was taking it slow. I respected that. "How about you, Max?" he turned his attention to me. "Yeah, I am too," I answered. I couldn't exactly tell him that I had sex a couple times with my best friend, who happened to be a guy. And I wasn't completely lying, because I haven't had sex with a girl, and that's what he was asking. "Well, maybe you guys will get lucky tonight," he smiled at us. He turned back around and cranked up the music. A song by Pretty Ricky came on the radio, called Grind On Me. Vance started to sing the hook aloud, and he was totally destroying the song. We all laughed at him. Riley looked so cute as he calmly drove the car, in his Abercrombie & Fitch t-shirt and his baggy khaki pants. He was wearing sunglasses which looked expensive. His parents had more money than they knew what to do with. Half the guys on the swim team came from rich families, and most of them were as stuck up as they come. That's why I assumed that Vance and Will were that way, but they seemed pretty decent. I wondered how I misjudged them all this time. -------- Tonio walked into his house and called for his dad, but there was no answer. He went to the fridge and saw a note, saying that his dad was out and he'd be back by nighttime. There was pizza money on the table if he got hungry. He put the money in his pocket and plopped on the couch, thinking about what he could do to pass some time. His mind brought him to Bobby, and even though he had tried to make himself mad at Bobby, and tried to forget about him, it didn't seem to be working, because he always started back thinking about him. He thought about the first time he and Bobby got together, how he made a move on him one day and Bobby freaked out, and how he ran away, only to end back up at Bobby's house having sex a little while later. He laughed at how fast it all went, how they realized they had a crush on each other and let themselves get carried away with each other. He picked up the phone and dialed Bobby's number, expecting either a busy tone or no answer, but Bobby's mom answered. "Hello?" her voice rang in Tonio's ear. "Hi, is Bobby home?" Tonio asked. "Oh yes, hold on," she said back. Tonio shifted in his seat. It had been days since he last spoke to Bobby. What would he say? "Yeah?" Bobby's voice said into the reciever. Tonio paused, but made himself speak. "Hey, you know who this is?" Tonio said. He heard Bobby take a breath before talking. "Yeah I know who this is, what's up man?" Bobby said back casually. Tonio shook his head. How could he act like nothing's wrong? "Oh nothing much, just wondering what's up with you," Tonio said back. "I know we haven't talked in a while, but--" Bobby started, but Tonio interrupted. "But what? Look, if you don't wanna be with me, just let me know, save us both alotta trouble," Tonio heard himself say unexpectedly. "That's not it, honestly man," Bobby said back. Tonio didn't say anything, just listened. "Look, I gotta go, I'll call you later," Bobby said, and there was a click. "Hello? HELLO?" Tonio called into the phone, but the operator soon came on. He slammed the phone on the hook and jumped from the couch. He felt anger brewing inside of him, and decided to go for a walk. He walked outside, aiming for no place in particular. -------- We rode along and talked about whatever, and pretty soon we were at Bucky's Pool Hall. I always thought you had to be a certain age to go into a pool hall, but there was nobody at the door stopping us, so we walked right on in. There were a lot of teenagers walking around, the lights were dimmed and party lights were glaring all over. Vance found us and took us to a booth. The smell in the air was of popcorn and pizza, mixed with other things. Unidentifiable party music was blasting through the speakers and the crackling of pool balls could be heard from every direction. We all squeezed in a circular booth in the back corner and watched all kinds of people walking, talking, laughing, playing pool, drinking, having fun. "You guys ready to pick up some babes?" Vance practically screamed to us over the music. Riley smiled and nodded, and Corey and I looked at each other. He smiled and shrugged, and I smiled back. "Hey you guys!" some squeaky voiced girl screamed at us. We looked over and saw a girl with long blonde hair, big puppy dog eyes and she had on a halter top with a skirt. She had hoop earrings and looked like too much makeup. I had seen her around school before but never talked to her. "Hey Alicia!" Riley said to her. She leaned in and hugged him, and she waved at the rest of us. Riley introduced me and Corey to her, and she was eyeballing Corey, clearly fucking him with her eyes. I laughed at my thought and shook my head. "Come play pool, you guys," she said to us. She pulled Riley up by the arm and we all followed them to a now empty pool table. Corey and Vance played first while the rest of us watched. Corey took the first shot and broke the balls, and made a solid ball fall in the hole. "Can I take a shot for you?" Alicia asked Corey. He shrugged and she took the pool stick, and turned back to look at Corey. "I don't know the first thing about this, can you help me?" she asked. She was acting trashy, the way she was throwing herself at him. Corey smiled and got behind her. She knelt over the table and held the stick incorrectly in her hands, and Corey wrapped his arms around her. He took her hands in his, and helped her hold the stick the right way. She backed up into him so they were pressed together, and she looked back at him. He smiled down at her and turned his attention to the game. "Now aim at your ball, and take your shot," he said to her. She pointed the stick at a ball that was lined up perfectly to go into the quarter pocket. "Use only the force you need for the shot, you don't wanna hit it too soft or too hard," he continued to tell her. She pointed the stick and finally took her shot. She hit the ball, and it moved fast at first but slowly as it got closer to the hole. It inched forward until finally it fell in the hole. She jumped for joy and hugged Corey, pressing her body into his as tight as she could. He hugged her back and he started back playing with Vance. Riley took me by the arm and led me away from the table while everyone else stayed behind. We got to a table and sat. "Does Corey go to our school?" he asked me. I shook my head. "No, he goes somewhere else," I answered him. I realized that I had never found out what school Corey went to. "I was wondering, cuz I never seen him around before," he said. "What made you ask us out tonight?" I came out of nowhere and asked him. "We were talking about coming here today, and we saw you guys at the gym, so I thought the more, the merrier, ya know? Plus, I miss us hanging out like we used to back in the 6th grade. You remember that?" he smiled at me. I smiled back. "Yeah, we ruled our math class," I said, smiling. We used to be good friends before we got seperated somehow. One year we were best friends, the next we barely saw each other, and so on until the person you once knew so well was just a face you occasionally saw passing you in the hallway, or someone you saw across the lunch room. It happens. "Maybe we can hang out more," he said. It was more a statement than a question. "You still talk to Alex?" he asked me. I nodded. "Yeah, we've been friends forever," I told him. If only he knew the whole story. "I know, you guys are joined by the hip or something," he smiled at me. "Hey, so are you and Will," I snapped back. He threw his arms up in the air, laughing. "Calm down, tiger! But yeah, me and Will are tight. He's been with me through alotta shit, ya know?" he said. I nodded my head and casually looked around, and thats when I saw it - Corey and Alicia coming from the men's bathroom. ------ Tonio walked to the park, and saw someone on the hill shooting basketball. He thought he'd go up and maybe join in, so he started walking up the stairs. As he got closer he noticed it was Alex. "Hey man," he called out as he ran up the last few stairs. Alex turned to him and nodded at him. "Hey, what are you doing here?" Alex asked him. He took his shot and made a perfect 3-pointer. "I don't know, Bobby pissed me off so I just started walking, and now I'm here," Tonio said. Alex grabbed the ball and held it to his hip. "What did he do?" Alex asked. He brought the bottom of his red t-shirt up to his forehead to wipe off the sweat, and Tonio stole a glance at Alex's now exposed stomach. "I called him and he just blew me off. I told him to stop leading me on and just tell me if he wanted to call it quits, and he avoided the question and hung up on me," Tonio vented to Alex. Alex passed Tonio the ball and Tonio took a layup shot, and made it. He passed the ball back to Alex, and they played a quick game while they talked. "That sucks man. I don't know Bobby all that well but he sounds like an ass. Get rid of him," Alex told him as he stole the ball and did a layup, making it perfectly. Tonio stood, staring at him. "I wasn't expecting that from you, you usually have upbeat advice. What's got you down?" Tonio asked. Alex took another 3-pointer shot, and the ball hit the backboard and almost fell off the rim, but miraculously went in the net. "Did you hear me?" Tonio asked him. Alex turned to face him. "Max. I called him and he told me that him and .. Corey... were going off with some guys from the swim team to a pool hall. He blew me off completely," he said to Tonio, dribbling the ball harder and harder. "What, you don't like Corey?" Tonio asked. Alex looked up at him. "I have nothing against Corey, he's a cool guy, but Max spends way to much time with him. It was okay at first but now its ridiculous. Corey can take care of himself, he doesn't need Max with him every second of everyday," Alex was becoming more and more frustrated as he talked. "Corey sees more of him than I do these days," he said. Tonio stepped closer to him. "Well don't worry about it, Max and Corey are just friends," Tonio tried to reassure him, but was unsure if it was working. They walked over to the water fountain as they talked. "Yeah I know, but I've been thinking.. what if Max has a thing for him?" Alex wondered aloud. He took a sip from the fountain, then Tonio did, and they made their way to the picnic area. "I wouldn't worry about that if I were you. You and Max are tight. Now me and Bobby's situation is worth worrying about. He is seeing somebody else and I know all about it, but he hasn't told me yet." Tonio said, looking out at the empty playground. "Like I said, forget about him, find someone else," Alex said, looking into his eyes. Tonio returned his stare. "I wish I could have something like you and Max have, something good," Tonio said to him. Alex nodded slowly. "Well, I'm sure it'll come along eventually," he said back, still staring into his eyes. "Sometimes I wish I was in Max's place," he said, inching closer and closer to Alex. "Why is that?" Alex asked, slowly coming closer to Tonio. "So I could... do... this...." Tonio's voice trailed off as his lips met Alex's, and they slowly started making out with each other, their tongues exploring new territory for the first time. Tonio brought his hand to Alex's face, and they lost themselves in each other. Alex leaned over Tonio and Tonio laid back on the bench, and they continued kissing in each other's arms.