Broken Facades By Alex Bright Chapter 20 Lines Drawn
Justin
"Deep hitch pocket on three...ready...break." Tony looked at me with a puzzled look and frowned
"Red 19! Red 19! Hut...hut...hut." I called out the signals as the ball was put into my hands after the third count. I dropped back into my pocket, side stepped a rushing defensive player and delivered the ball to my secondary receiver, for a short gain of 8 yards.
The coached whistled for a water break. As I walked over to the bench I could see Tony coming over to me.
"Justin, what's wrong buddy? You've thrown one pass to me all practice. What's up?"
"Coach asked me to play a little more conservative." I said to him coldly
"Bull shit, you're playing like a fag. I'm burning the hell out of our DBs and I know you see me...." Before he could finish
"Why must you always use that word? I'm playing like this because the coach said..." Then me cut me off
"Fuck what the coach said." he says under his breath. "Get me the fucking ball!"
"I'm only doing what the coach told me to do." I say to him again look coldly at him
"Bull Shit, I saw you in lunch today talking to those two faggots after I left them."
"They're not gay, Tony." I say again as I am quickly losing my temper
"What the fuck you have lunch with them and suddenly your back to being what buddy, buddy with them?"
"Leave...them...alone." I tell him as I step into his face
"Why are you suddenly protecting them? That was the second time that you stepped in and saved them. What did they do, promise to suck your dick if you protect them." At that point I lost it and grabbed Tony.
"Fuck you, Tony. If you ever want to catch another ball on this team ....leave...them...alone." With that I let him go and walked away as a few players started approaching.
"What the Fuck was that about?" Joe asks
"Nothing, I may have to put plan B in effect a little earlier than I thought."
Brad
"ALISA, WHAT ON EARTH!" her mother says as she turns around no longer facing us
"Mother you could have waited until I said come in." She says reaching for my shirt and putting it on
"Excuse me, I walk into my house and into my daughters room and I am suppose wait until my daughter and some boy are decent, well young lady and young man that is not how it works." She says as she turned around as Alisa finishes putting on my shirt and I am trying to return to the womb by burring my face in Alisa stomach, which only causes Alisa to giggle
"I can't believe you find this funny Alisa, and you young man didn't your parents ever teach you..."
"I'm sorry Sarah...I mean Mrs. Simonson." I say cutting her off and peaking around from Alisa as she now starts to rub my hair
"OH GOD BRADLEY...OH MY GOD...BRADLEY...OH SWEETHEART..."she says as she is shocked that I am back
"Hi." I say with a smile still peaking around from Alisa
"Bradley...oh my gosh...teddy bear..." she says slowly walking over to the bed and kneeling down as Alisa step away and starts to rub my face. "I can't believe you're back...I mean are you? I mean does this mean ...I mean...wait this doesn't change anything you two still shouldn't be naked and in your room alone."
"Mother, I wasn't naked I had my bra and pants on and bear had his pants on we weren't doing much...I mean we weren't ...you know." Alisa says as she sits down next to me and puts her arm around my waist.
"We'll talk about this later Alisa, why don't you too get dressed with the right cloths on and come down stairs. I still can't believe you're here Bradley." She says as she continues to walk out of Alisa's room
"Well that went well." Alisa looks at me with a smile then throws a pillow at me
"If you think that went well wait until Daddy to find out." She says as he grabs me around my waist and kisses me again.
Alex
"Hey buddy." Justin says to me as I am walking out of the locker room and he is coming in from football practice
"You'll never believe who I just ran into." I say to him
"Let me guess, Jacob Lee." He says
"How, how did you know."
"Hey, just because you disappeared from the world doesn't mean everything and everyone did too."
"Yea, I guess I've been such an ass for the past three years."
"Hey you said it not me." He say laughing
"Gee thank."
"No problem that's what friends are for.... I'm kidding, I' kidding. Hey don't be so hard on yourself. I know you went through so serious shit...stop punishing yourself."
"I just feel like I wasted three year and I have so much to make up for...especially to you, Alisa and Brad."
"Hey we all feel that way, but we can only live one day at a time, and forgive what has happened in the past."
"I know, but I feel like I have to do something."
"I do too, but we can't change the past only remember the mistakes and learn from them."
"I want to make up for the lost time that was stolen from us, and I now know what we have to do."
"Why do I all of a sudden feel like I am going to get in trouble?" Justin says with a look of concern
"You're not, not as long as Alisa and Brad don't find out." I say smiling
"Now I know I'm going to get in trouble, what are you planning Alexander?"
"Just a little covert operation, first we have try to find out who started the rumor about Brad and then we have to break a promise by making them pay."
"Alex you promised you wouldn't do anything if you found out."
"I know I did, but you didn't. Once we find out who it is you'll kick their ass."
"Alex I...I..."
"I know I can count on you, and don't worry Bear and Alisa won't find out. See you at 7." He says as he walks away smiling
Alisa
We final made our way down stairs and sat to talk to my mother and filled her in on everything that happen...everything. From why we separated to the vandalism of Brads parents car. Of course she asked all of the why questions, like why didn't we talk to her or the other parents and so forth. Let me tell you there were a lot of tears shed from the three of us.
"I take it your going to talk Brad's parents? After that where are you two going to go?" she asks
"Justin's house, then get something to eat then put my plan into further motion."
"Your plan? Oh I've got to hear this one," my mother says teasingly
"Hey, my plan seems to be working so far."
"Wait a minute, one of your plans is actually working?" my mother again asked this time with a smile
"That's what I said." Brad adds in with a condescending smile. I turn to him away from my mother and give him the one finger salute.
"Maybe later." He says with a smile
"I know you might not want to answer this question but who do you guys think told everyone that you were gay?"
"We don't know." Brad says, "I don't care at this point, as long as I have Alisa, Alex and Justin nothing could be better." He says as he grabs my hand as I look at my mother and she see the worried look that I have on my face.
Justin
"Great." I said as I walked into the locker room
"Justin, what the fuck is going on?" Tony says as he walks up to me with Joe and Mark.
"What are you talking about?" I answer back as I reach the football cage and start to open my locker and start to take off my equipment.
"What am I talking about? I'm talking about you budding up with those two fags. God what the hell is wrong with you? You're supposed to be with us..."
Before he could finish "First off don't tell me who I should be with or what to do." I said as I quickly finished taking off my equipment and start looking around in my locker for my towel
"What the hell has gotten into you" Mark says as I looked at him
"Yea your suppose to be on our side" Joe says
"Man this is a war now. Did you know that the soccer team is now on his side? Joe and Mark almost got in a fight with them. After what that faggot did to me today and putting his nose in our business yesterday he's .... " Tony tries to finish saying as I cut him off again.
"You need to back off, leave Alex and Brad alone."
"What, What the fuck are you talking about?" Tony says stunned
"If you know what is good for the three of you, you will back the fuck off." I said as I grab a towel from inside of my locker and walk to the shower. "Leave Alex and Brad alone or else." I tell them as I continue walking away from them.
"Or else what? Justin...Justin...JUSTIN!"" Tony calls, I didn't even answer him I just continued to walk to the shower to let him think about my threat.
Alex
"Mama I'm home." I announce as I walk into the house and walk into the kitchen where she is cooking. "How was class?"
"Fine." She answers and turns around to face me and looking at me
"What's for dinner?"
She doesn't answer she is just standing there looking at me.
"What?"
"Al don't play games with me. How was practice? What did Mike have to say? Did you look rusty?"
"Easy ..."I said with a smile " First thanks for setting me up, Ill have to get you back for that one." I say as a smile slowly starts to emerge on my face. "And to answer your question OK...OK...NO. Now your turn."
"Beef Stew." She says as I walk over to the pot, open it and smell it
"Yech...Thank god I'm eat over at Justin's, Love ya." I tell her with a smile but not before I quickly kiss her on the forehead and leave her standing there with a stunned look on her face. As I run up into my room to change I wonder how tonight is going to every get any better.