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A Stepbrother's Desire - Josh and Tyson 5
So Monday was a nondescript day. I asked Ginny if she would go with me to the homecoming dance. She said yes, thankfully. She said it was a close call because She knew Stuart Parker was going to ask her and he was a close second to me. I was relieved because that kept me out of clutches of Crocodile Lisa. The great thing about Ginny is that she not assuming and doesn't expect every popular boy to be her boyfriend. Homecoming - check.
Tuesday turned out to not be so nondescript. It was a usual day of classes until at 2 pm, a flashtext popped up showing a picture of Tyson, in a tennis skirt. Did you get that? A tennis skirt. Well I knew it was fake but the rest of the school got wound up. The chatter in the hallways was blowing up. I checked the second floor hallway for Ty but couldn't find him. I couldn't find Tristan either. It was a big wing and I didn't have time to scour the first and third hallways looking for him. I went to my last class and still the chatter and giggles went on. I had texted Tyson like three times and hadn't heard back from him. He's a strong guy but I was getting worried.
As I headed to the locker rooms for football practice, I headed for my car to drop off my bookbag when I noticed some movement down on the baseball pitch. So, no one is allowed on the baseball pitch unless the baseball coach sanctions it. The guys down there were acting up in a peculiar way when I noticed one of them in an orange shirt. I recognized that shirt because it was the one that Tyson was wearing this morning. I put my hands over my eyes like vizor to see more clearly and this was not playtime. They were rough housing with Tyson. "What the fuck!" I screamed out. Just then a girl yelled, "What's going on down there?" and some other students started pointing. "Nothing good," I shot back. I took off for the stairs, jumping three as I went down. "How many fucking stairs are there for God's sake!" I yelled. Must be like a three story building.
I reached the bottom and skipped a step and hit the track. Just a ways down, I entered the baseball field just in time to see the lead guy push Ty toward the other two. Not thinking it was their chance to catch him, he fell into the dirt. Oh my good god was I mad. I reached one of the guys and punched him in the face. He went down. I turned and got to the lead guy as the third guy ran away. I hit him hard in the face just as he was about to give me some stupid grin. I lifted him by his shirt and punched him again, this time in the mouth. His lip split and blood leaked out.
"What the fuck do you think youre doing?" I asked. He just rubbed his jaw and moaned. "Its not rhetorical question shitface! Do you think this is funny?" I demanded. Still no answer.
Ty said, "he demanded I give him $1000 or he would ruin my life. He sent that pic of me," Ty said accusingly.
"I did not demand anything," he said.
"Yes you did! I still have that text moron!" shouted Ty sitting up.
"You put that shit in writing? You really are stupid. Goddamn stupidest thing I have ever heard of!"
I leaned over and helped Tyson up. He had some dirt on his face and some scratches. I looked down at the bully and said to him in a deep growl, one that would not be considered sexy, "if you ever come near him again, I mean even by accident, I will make this little show look like Sunday School! Got me?" I asked. He didn't respond. "Not much for words now are you? I screamed.
I took Tyson by the hand and led him away. Ol' boy laying on the ground screamed, "you will pay for this Mr. Quarterback! Yeah, I know who you are. You got nothing on me! Got me?" he asked, mocking me.
I turned and looked back at him, "you will be talking when they drop you off at the emergency room but you won't be able to do much more!" I started pulling Ty again and he pulled his arm away. "You're dragging me, Josh. Stop!"
"I'm sorry Ty. I'm so angry. Hey, are you ok? Are you hurt anywhere?"
"No, I'm ok. It's just so humiliating. What a fucking mess," he said.
I took him by his hand and this time gently led him to the gate. Some watchers were all standing there and wanted us to talk to them. "Out of the way," I commanded and I pushed by them and walked back toward the stairs. I looked up at them, "Do you need me to carry you or can you walk them?" I asked.
"I can walk them," Ty said.
"Praise God!" I said and he chuckled. Ok, we laughed all the way up those stairs. When we got to the parking lot, my bag sitting by the car where I had left it. I could see the team heading out to the field for practice. I wouldn't be there today. I texted coach. Big emergency. Will explain later. Ty said his car was in the front lot but I wasn't going to let him drive home. I figured Bill and I could come back later and get his car, the little mini cooper.
When we got into the car, Ty told me how he and Tristan had ran into the guy and his two stooges over by the University. They were picking at Ty and Tristan about being rich kids and fags and how the two usually went together. Tristan had made the mistake of saying, "Come on Ty, lets get out of here," and that's how the guy located Ty. Had been picking at him and stalking him on facebook. Found them at the movies one previous weekend and told him to fork over some money. When Ty told him to go to hell, he went quiet until he sent out the picture which he had found on Ty's facebook page.
I called Mom and she didn't answer. I remembered the emergency message she had planned with me years ago in case of trouble. "Code Red. call" was my text said. She called within minutes and I told her what had happened. She flipped her shit there in her office. Said she would meet us at home.
When we pulled into the drive, she pulled in behind us about the time I was getting my bag from the truck. She leapt out of the car quickly and ran to Tyson and gave him a big hug. She wiped his face and led him into the house. My blood was boiling, as you could imagine. I had never felt so much rage. Honestly. And who would be so stupid? I mean Tyson Breck may be the gay guy in school but he's well connected. Having friends like Bryce Chatley and John, well these are not guys to fuck around with.
Tyson was at the kitchen table and mom was getting off the phone with Bill. She told me to take him upstairs and get him fresh clothes and wash his face off. Tyson could tell the story to Bill when he got home so he wouldn't have to repeat it.
Bill pulled in thirty minutes later. He joined us at the kitchen table. Tyson walked him through the whole thing. Bill asked some clarifying questions and I pulled out my phone to show him the picture. He shook his head in disbelief.
Mom said she hadn't thawed anything for dinner. You know this is life in the South. If you don't thaw something, you have nothing to cook. She suggest she would order Chinese and Bill and I could go pick it up and get Ty's car at the same time. Bill said that was a great idea. He wanted to change clothes and he wanted to talk to my mom about next steps.
I took Ty upstairs and he was ok but he was very quiet. I laid down on his bed and, well, I was just standing there, so I laid down beside him and spooned him. I put my arm under him and the other over him.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"I'm not letting you go, Ty. I got you," I whispered in his ear. "I want you safe and snug. Want me to get up?" I asked.
"No," was all he said and he pressed back into me. We were laying like that for a while and almost fell asleep when Mom came in. "Oh shit," I thought. I felt so exposed. So gay!
"What are you doing honey?" she asked me. I looked up at her, without trying to add to my guilt.
"I didn't want him to be alone. He's fallen asleep," I told her.
"Oh my God, you two. I'm so glad you have each other." She whispered in my ear, "You're a good man Josh Warner," and she wiped my hair. "Can you go with Bill and pick up the food and Ty's car?" "Yeah," I said untangling myself from Ty. I know you were all thinking I had my chance lying there with him but it wasn't like that, not at this moment. I showed him my love but not the dick and ass kind. I would hold him like that all night if he let me.
Bill explained in the car that he had talked to the Principal Dillard who had already heard of the incident and he would interview us tomorrow morning. If there was a police report to file, we would file it in conjunction with the school since it was on their property. Just in case the idiot guy called Mooch decided to call the police, we wanted to self identify. I didn't believe we would hear from him again.
That night after dinner, we all hung together in the family room until bed time. I went into my room and undressed and crawled into my bed. A few minutes later, Ty came through the bathroom door and stood by my bed.
"What's wrong? Are you ok?" I asked.
"Oh yeah," he said. "But I wanted to see if I could stay in here with you," he said flatly. I lifted the comforter and he slipped.
"Why don't I have silky sheets like these?" he asked.
"I brought these with me, silly. I can't have scratchy toilet paper sheets rubbing against this ass," I said, lifting my backside slightly. He laughed.
I laid down on my back and he crawled up onto my shoulder and put his head by my neck.
"Sorry if you think this looks gay and whatever," he said. "I was just so glad when you showed up this afternoon. I was really glad," he said. I put my arm around him and squeezed him to me.
"No, Ty, I am going to come running when you need me. I guess it's time I draw it out for you. EVer since I moved into this house, Ty, this is where I would have liked you to be. All I have wanted to do is touch you, hear your voice, look at your sexy body. Its been a struggle for me, actually," I said finally admitting the truth.
"What!" he exclaimed. I had to shush him from not waking the parents who were down the hall. "But Ty, I mean, you're the big football player. I didn't know. I just thought when I met you, that you were a hot guy but then after you moved in, I thought you were funny and smart and it was like, I don't know, I tried to keep you at a distance so I wouldn't give my feelings away."
I laughed since apparently we had been thinking and doing the same things. "But you Josh? Gay? I can see your flirts now but before, I just didn't get you," he told me.
"I have known since about 12 and I decided that football was my life. I would keep it in until I graduated then go out and live my life. I wouldn't have met anyone like you in my old school so moving here just caused me all kinds of anxiety. Football has kept me mostly distracted. Then you brought in that cute Tristan the other day, and oh my God, I have been missing out on not knowing guys like you. So incredible," and before I could finish, he kissed me. Oh went for the jugular. His lips grabbed mine, my tongue got pulled into his, and, wow, it was the most amazing thing I have ever felt. His soft skin pressing against mine was just about all I could take. We would do this for a long time. Just kiss, and make goo goo eyes at each other in the dark. I made him set the alarm on his phone for 6 am so he could be out of here when the parents woke up.
I slept like a baby with him by my side, neither of us daring to pull away.