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Written by: Nicky Smith Edited by: JD Kaster
CHAPTER NINETEEN: INTERLUDE
BEAR'S POV
The year was starting off well. I was done with football, other than training, for a while and I looked forward to spending a lot of extra time with Trey now that we were at the same school. I didn't anticipate how busy he'd be though.
The school really set him off at a breakneck pace. I was worried about how much had been added to his plate but he actually looked happy about it. He was a strange one but it was just another thing to love about him which I did.
With Trey being so busy though I found myself in the position that I guess he'd been in many times; waiting for free time from the one I loved. I guess that since he was so busy that left me more time to train. I preferred another form of "training" but I had no idea when we'd get the chance.
"What's up with you?" Deacon asked as he came out of the bathroom butt naked and running a towel over his hair to dry it.
"Dude, I know we're guys and all, and we're supposed to be used to seeing each other's bits and everything, but don't you think you could be a little more modest in our room?" I was mostly joking with him as I didn't really care how he chose to walk around. It was his room too. Besides, he didn't have anything that interested me... much.
"I'm trying to seduce you can't seem to take a hint," he said with a teasing smirk. I decided to mess with him so I jumped over the back of the couch and went to stand right in front of him. I stood so close that he had to move back and up against the wall. I moved closer and placed my hand on the wall next to his head and leaned close as I did with Trey sometimes.
"You should have told me," I said in my most husky voice as I made a show out of eyeing him up and down.
"Uh, huh," he said around a huge gulp as he looked at me with wide eyes. I tried to maintain my sexy stare but I just couldn't and busted out laughing as I moved back a bit from him.
"You're funny," I said as I held my sides laughing at him.
"Um, yeah," he said, still sounding a bit shocked.
"Are you okay dude?" I asked as I started wondering if I'd gone too far. I didn't want him to start feeling weird around me thinking I was perving on him or anything. I knew he didn't care whether or not I was into guys but you never know how far a straight guy's tolerance goes.
He looked at me with a weird look for a few moments before speaking. It definitely increased my worry. "Dude, I know I'm straight, like really, but that right there had me questioning myself for a second. That was hot," he said still looking a bit shocked. I was surprised he had said it out loud even if he was feeling it.
"I've been told," I said with a smile after I recovered from the shock.
"I'm gonna get dressed before I get in trouble," he said with a smirk.
I hopped back on the couch and pulled out my phone. I sent a text to Trey asking what he was doing. He replied about a minute later saying he was doing some research. I asked when he would be done. He said he could be done now if I wanted to see him. I didn't feel right about taking him from his studies so I told him to keep doing what he was doing and I'd see him when he got some free time. He tried to argue but I told him his studies were more important right now. We said I love you and that left me with nothing to do.
I spent some time texting with my friends and my sister. I considered texting my parents but, especially with my mother, I knew she'd wanna talk about Alicia's kid. I didn't wanna spend any more time thinking about that kid than I had to. I know it makes me sound like a heel which is why I didn't wanna think about it.
After I finished my texting session, I got up and grabbed my gym bag so I could head over to the gym. Deacon met me on the way out of my room and he was dressed like he had a hot date. He confirmed as much telling me don't wait up. We both left our room headed in opposite directions.
I headed across campus to the athletic building and headed for the gym. There were a few guys from the team already there using the various machines and weights. I decided to do a full run of the equipment since I had excess energy to burn.
I decided to work on my lower body first so I hit the hack squat machine, then the leg press, leg curl, and finally hit the stair stepper. I was surprised I still had the energy to keep going. Deciding not to overdo it, I did some free weights on my upper body and finally finished with the weight bench. I was just sitting up from my last set when I felt something behind my ear.
"Did anybody ever tell you that you're hot when you sweat?" I heard next to my ear in a familiar husky voice that made my dick twitch like crazy. I decided to have some fun though.
"Dammit Deacon, I thought I told you that I ain't interested," I said so convincingly that I half expected an Oscar.
"I'll tell Deacon right before I kill his ass," Trey said in his most menacing tone. It was strangely hot, or I was just horny. I turned around to see a serious scowl on his face as he glared at me.
"I was just joking Trey," I said cause the look on his face screamed that he was plotting somebody's murder.
"Uh huh," he said not seeming to believe me.
"I'm serious," I said and he seemed to finally, believe me, at least a little bit.
"Where is he anyway?" He asked with a slight scowl still on his face.
"He's with his girl for the evening. He said I shouldn't wait up but I wouldn't be surprised if I didn't see him until tomorrow morning at the earliest," I said, and that seemed to perk him up considerably.
"You don't say," he said with a sexy smile.
"Yeah, I do," I said and the mischievous sparkle in his eyes had me half hard at what he could be thinking.
"That's interesting," he said as he stepped up to me so that he was standing as close to me as possible. I had to look up at him but I didn't care.
"What are you thinking about?" I asked even though I was almost positive I knew and I was down for it.
"I'm thinking that I need a break. And, what better way to take a break than to have some Trey and Bear time," he said as his smile turned into a mischievous smirk to match the look in his eyes. He had learned far too much from me in the art of seduction and I was very happy about it.
"I really need some Trey and Bear time," I said as I took his hands in mine and threaded our finger together. I heard the slight quiver of desperation in my voice and I know he did too.
"Me too," he said as he briefly increased his grip on my hands.
"Get a room," I heard from my left. We looked and it was Flynn and Kenneth coming into the gym.
"Screw you Cross," I said back. I knew he was joking and so was I.
"Not with your boyfriend right there. Have some class man," he said with a smartass grin. Kenneth and another one of my teammates a few machines over busted out laughing.
"I'm gonna hit the showers. Wanna come with?" I said with my own husky tone.
"Are you crazy?" He asked with wide eyes as he stepped back from me a bit.
"Yeah," I said as I stood up.
"No fraternizing in the showers Davidson," Kenneth said from the leg curl bench across from me.
"Stop being nosy," I said as I tossed my towel at him. He laughed as he caught it and tossed it back.
"I think I'm gonna stay here," he said as he took up the seat on the bench I'd just vacated.
I told him to wait for me and he said he'd try. Flynn said that I'd better hurry before he started getting ideas and Trey might not be there when I got back. He laughed along with Kenneth and Trey but I just gave him the stink eye which only made them laugh harder.
I'm not gonna lie and say that I took it as a joke because I didn't. I couldn't be sure of any of the guys on the team, especially where Trey was concerned. I know he didn't believe it but he was extremely hot and I couldn't trust that any of the guys were completely straight. After all, I hadn't been.
I headed to the showers and started to rush through a shower. Then I thought about what Trey probably had in mind and slowed down a bit to make sure I was squeaky clean for whatever he had in mind for our evening. I paid extra attention to certain areas since I was alone in the showers.
I got finished and dried off before throwing on some clothes and hurried back to find Trey on the weight bench, lifting the weight bar, with no shirt on, with Flynn spotting him. It looked innocent enough and I know guys spotted each other all the time but my hackles were still raised.
I walked over and looked down at him and tried to smile but I think he saw that I was uncomfortable with watching him with his head that close to another man's dick. He started to get up but I waved him off and told him to keep going. Instead, I went and sat on the leg press adjacent to him and watched him work out a bit.
It struck me that I'd never seen Trey work out before, but he had steadily been getting more and more muscular and defined over the last few years. I knew he ran but I'd never seen him do that either. As I watched him pump the bar and tried to ignore Flynn's words of encouragement, I became mesmerized by the way his muscles moved under his skin. I started to feel heated and I really had the urge to lick his body all over. It was weird but then again Trey seemed to have a way to continually inspire new desires in me.
"Hey man, I think you'd better call it quits today before Bear here spontaneously combusts," I heard from next to me. I turned to see Kenneth kind of fanning me with a towel. I looked confused until Trey and Flynn looked at me and Flynn busted out laughing while Trey looked at me with a raised eyebrow and a slight smirk. It made me want him even more.
"Dude, you're almost as red as a tomato," Flynn said between laughter.
"Shut up," I said as I stood up, feeling embarrassed for some reason.
"Guys, I think we're gonna head on out. Thanks for the tips though Flynn," Trey said as he stood up too. The guys were still laughing as Flynn waved us off but Trey wasn't laughing. He looked thoughtful as he put his shirt back on.
I turned and grabbed my gym bag before heading toward the entrance. I looked back and Trey was not hiding the fact that he was ogling my ass. When he saw me looking, he winked at me and my dick twitched again. I quickened my pace as we left the building and I heard a slight chuckle from behind me that I knew was Trey.
After what seemed like forever, we made it back to my room. I opened the door and held it open for him. He slowly walked through with a mischievous smile on his face. I closed and locked the door before dropping my gym bag down on the floor. I walked to the bathroom and then stuck my head in Deacon's room to make sure he hadn't come back for some reason as I had plans.
I looked back at Trey and he had an amused smile on his face now. I speed walked over to him and stood as close as I could. I looked down into his eyes and he looked up into mine. We just stood there staring at each other and breathing the other in. I raised my hand and gently touched his cheek and he reacted by closing his eyes and letting out a deep sigh. He reached up and grasped my hand which caused me to do the same.
When we opened our eyes and looked at each other, I saw the force of desire in Trey's eyes and I'm sure he saw the same in mine. We kissed tenderly at first before Trey introduced his tongue to the mix. When our tongues touched, the tenderness faded. We clawed at each other as our tongues dueled. I lifted Trey up and he wrapped his legs around my waist as we continued our feverish make out.
I walked us to my bedroom as we continued to kiss and our hands continued to roam all over every inch we could reach on each other. I laid us down on my bed and managed to pull myself away from him. He lay beneath me panting for air like I was. His eyes were heavy with lust and desire and his swollen lips made me wanna attach myself to them again.
Instead, I pulled my shirt over my head and tossed it before I frantically started working to get the buttons of his shirt open. I needed to see more of his flesh, to touch the muscles I'd seen working back at the gym. He chuckled as I fumbled with the buttons before stopping me and taking over the task of opening his shirt.
Once his shirt was open, I helped him remove it before I laid my hands flat on his chest. I let out an involuntary sigh at finally getting to touch him. I thought it weird that I was feeling this desperate to touch him as I'd certainly had my hands on him plenty but it was like I'd never done so before and the need to do so was overwhelming.
"I can see that things are about to get heavy so before we get too far, I wanna take a shower," he said with an easy smile. I found it odd he was so relaxed meanwhile I felt like I would die if every part of our bodies weren't touching each other immediately. I didn't comment on it though.
"There are towels in the chair over there," I said pointing to the pile of laundry sitting in the chair in the corner. I looked around my room and saw that while it wasn't too nasty, it wasn't exactly "date night" clean.
"Thanks, and stop worrying. I don't care about your room not being tidy," he said before placing a kiss on my cheek and getting off the bed. He grabbed a few towels and headed for the bathroom. That left me to flop back on my bed and try to cool down a bit. I was so heated I would probably finish before we started. How the roles had reversed.
TREY'S POV
Bear was certainly horny tonight. I was too but Bear was outpacing me by leaps and bounds. I was catching up to him though as we lay in his bed so I made an excuse to put some distance between us. Besides, after my brief workout and my busy day, I felt grimy and I wanted to be clean when Bear and I got dirty again.
I hopped in the shower and soaped myself from head to toe. I took my time cleaning up making sure all the important areas were especially clean. I even cleaned between my toes extra well. I got out of the shower to a steamy bathroom. I dried off and considered putting my clothes back on until I remembered that we had the place to ourselves for the evening.
I wrapped the towel around my waist and grabbed my clothes before heading back to Bear's bedroom. When I got there, he was laying on his bed in only his black boxer briefs and a smile that was directed at me. He was such a perfectly formed man that I was almost breathless.
He patted the bed and I walked over to him. He motioned for me to lose the towel and I did. His breath hitched before he recovered and beckoned for me to join him on the bed. I laid down next to him and he leaned over to wrap his arm around me loosely.
He then raised his hand up to my face again and caressed my cheek before his hand traveled with a light sensual touch over my chin, down my neck, and finally arriving at my chest before he placed a flat palm on my chest over my heart.
He then moved his hand to place a kiss on the same spot. It touched me deeply. Then that tender, loving look in his eyes morphed into one of intense lust and desire. He raised up on his arm and hovered over me. Looking over his strong body above me lit an intense fire in me as well. I know when he saw it to because of the sexy grin that appeared on his face.
He shocked me and turned me on, even more, when he quickly latched onto the spot behind my ear that lit my fire. He licked, nibbled, and sucked on that spot which lit me on fire even more. He must have realized this as he increased his ministrations. I could hear my moaning and I almost laughed at one particularly long one.
He pulled away and looked into my eyes again briefly before burying his nose in the crook of my neck and taking a deep breath. He licked the spot where he'd sniffed before I felt his tongue trail further down my neck to my chest. He took a minute to encircle each of my nipples with his tongue before briefly suckling and nibbling on each.
His tongue continued its trip down my body, making a stop at my navel. I felt a jolt of electricity shoot straight to my already achingly hard dick as he tongued my navel. I felt my body involuntarily come up off the bed when he pinched my left nipple as he continued to tongue my navel.
He seemed to like his new discovery since he engaged my right nipple into the mix. I was moaning so loud I knew that if any of his dormmates were in their rooms on this floor, they had to have heard me. He lowered his left hand down to my dick but bypassed it and pressed the spot behind my balls while he kept up the nipple and navel play and I suddenly didn't care who heard me.
He finally gave me a break and ventured further down my body with his tongue. He headed in the direction of my dick but again bypassed it and kept going down my legs. He lifted my legs and I thought he was going for my ass but he instead trailed his tongue behind my left knee and I was shocked that it would feel so good. He didn't stay there though as he continued until he got to my feet.
I looked at him curiously because he couldn't have been thinking of sucking my toes. It's just something I'd never considered before. I did have time to think that he'd eaten my ass out before so my toes shouldn't have been so shocking and that I was glad that I'd washed them so well.
I continued looking at him and he smiled and nodded before diving in on my big toe. My eyes rolled in the back of my head and a long moan escaped me. After a bit, he stopped and moved over to my right toe. I was shocked that my toes were an erogenous zone and that Bear knew to find out.
He gradually moved back up my body before stopping again at my dick. Again, he bypassed it and instead took each of my balls into his mouth one by one and gave each exquisite pleasure. By this point, I was leaking heavily, which he used as a lubricant to probe my hole while he continued his work on my balls.
He finally came up for air and looked at me. He seemed pleased with whatever he saw. He came up and kissed me again as he gripped my dick in a tight grip at the base and stroked up and down a few times. I almost came but I pulled myself back at the last minute. When he pulled back he had a big ass sexy grin on his face. I saw what he was doing by jacking me off. He'd gathered the copious supply of my precum and used it to lube up his dick.
He lined up the head of his dick with my hole and leaned down to kiss me again. As our tongues dueled, I felt his dickhead breach my hole and we both let out loud moans that were muffled by our connected lips. He slowly pushed in until he bottomed out. We both sighed into our kiss.
He pulled out and pushed back in again slowly. At first, this was our tempo. He went slowly as we continued to kiss but inevitably, the passion kicked up to 11 and he pulled back. We looked into each other's eyes and I saw that telltale sign that I was about to be ridden hard. I welcomed it with a nod.
He pulled out and rammed back in pinging my prostate. I shouted before I could stop myself. He kept this up pinging my prostate on every stroke and I was moaning and grunting and not caring who heard. He was grunting and snarling and the look of him had me on fire and rapidly approaching climax.
Bear shocked me by grabbing my dick in a tight grip and jacking me off as he continued to ride me hard. I was grunting and asking him to go harder and before I knew it, I was exploding all over my chest and abs. Bear slowed to a stop while I rode the wave of pleasure.
When I was coming down, Bear resumed his stroke game and the sensations were so different, almost too intense. I looked in his eyes and he had a mischievous look in them before it shifted to a serious look.
He gripped my softening dick and increased his tempo, shifting his angle to hit my prostate on every stroke. My dick perked back up again in no time flat. He started jacking it again while I was slamming my ass into him and he slammed into me. Our moaning and grunting and the slapping of our skin together was a symphony of lovemaking and I could listen to it forever.
Bear starting his growling/snarling and I knew he was getting close. His hand started moving at rapid speed as he pounded my hole. Yet again I reached the precipice but this time Bear leaped over with me as he let out a loud "oh fuck" as he slammed into me one final time. I came again as I felt his dick pulsing wildly in my hole which I'm sure was clamped down tight on his dick.
Bear collapsed on top of me while continuing to make slow in and out strokes and my arm instinctively wrapped around him. We both struggled to catch our breath while I enjoyed holding Bear in my arms. Eventually, he stopped and pulled his softening dick out of my ass and I missed the fullness.
He laid down next to me and pulled me close and wrapped his arms around me. I sighed being held in his arms which is the best place I could think of being. He sighed too and I looked up to see his eyes closed and a content smile on his face.
I woke up sometime later to find Bear gone from the bed. I noticed that I had been wiped down as I wasn't sticky. I felt lonely like I always did after we'd been together and one of us had to leave the other, even briefly. I got up as I had to go to the bathroom and headed out of Bear's room. I stopped as I was unsure if anybody was in the common room. I peeked in and saw it was empty so I rushed to the bathroom as I was still naked.
I took care of business and as I took another quick shower, I realized that Bear had to have been gone since he wasn't in his bedroom or the common room and I doubted he was in Deacon's room. I got out and dried off using one of the two towels hanging near the shower that I hoped were clean. I wrapped it around my waist and left the bathroom to see Bear arranging food items on the small dining table in the kitchenette.
"Hey good looking," he said as he looked up and into my eyes with a loving smile which I returned.
"Hey yourself handsome," I said as I walked over to him. He stopped what he was doing to give me a quick kiss.
"I went out to get us something to eat cause I figured you'd probably be hungry," he said as he finished setting up what looked like an Italian feast. He'd gotten a small Antipasti of different meats, crackers, cheeses, and olives, a delicious smelling Minestrone soup, a few Pasta dishes including Lasagna, some thick garlic butter breadsticks, a delicious looking salad, and a Tiramisu. My stomach actually growled and Bear chuckled.
He walked over and pulled out my chair for me to sit. I briefly became annoyed at the gesture that I saw as one a guy made for his female date but I chose to get over it and took the offered chair. I felt a little weird sitting down to eat only wearing a towel while Bear was fully dressed until he excused himself to his room and returned in only his sexy black boxer briefs and nothing else. He grabbed two bottles of water from the fridge before coming back to the table and placing one in front of me.
"Dig in," he said after he was seated. I smiled and did as he said. The food was delicious and just what I needed. I had been kind of neglecting to get a decent meal since returning to school as I had been so busy. Even if the meal wasn't exactly homemade, I needed it and I appreciated the effort Bear had made.
"Thanks, Big Guy. I needed this, all of this today," I said after taking a break from my Lasagna. It reminded me of Jessica's Lasagna and I suddenly wanted to taste hers again.
"Anything for you Trey. You mean so much to me and I know what you've undertaken will be very daunting so I wanna do everything I can to make it easier on you, even if it's something as simple as making love to you or feeding you a takeout meal," he said, ending with a sheepish smile.
"First of all, you being you is enough for me. Second, this meal may be takeout but it's delicious. Finally, our lovemaking was anything but simple. It never is because you seem to do something new every time," I said and meant it as Bear always seemed to have a new way to make my toes curl or have my eyes rolling in the back of my head. The man was a sex genius.
"Well, I do try," he said with a cocky grin.
"Cocky," I said returning his grin. His expression became more serious after a few moments.
"I don't want our bedroom activities to get stale so I always try to add something I haven't tried before. Of course, If I ever do anything that you're not ready for or that makes you uncomfortable or hurts you, I want you to tell me immediately. I never want to do anything to hurt you again. You are the most important thing in my life and I wanna make sure you are safe and happy," he said and his words and the look in his eyes as he stared into my soul touched me so deeply cause I could see he meant every word.
I then had a fleeting feeling of guilt that I couldn't explain. I knew it was about something he'd said but I couldn't pinpoint what it was. I shrugged it off and found my happiness again. I thanked him for what he'd said and returned the sentiment as best I could. He smiled as we went back to eating.
"Trey, I wanna apologize for what I did earlier," Bear said out of the blue as we were sharing a piece of the Tiramisu.
"Huh? What did you do?" I asked as I couldn't think of anything he'd done today that he would need to apologize for. He couldn't have been apologizing for leaving me to go get the food.
"I saw that you didn't like when I pulled out the chair for you. It was an instinct to do it but I can see how you'd see it as an action that a guy would do for a girl. I just want you to know that I don't see you like a girl, or feminine. You're very much a man to me and I like that very much, very much," he said, putting emphasis on the second "very much" while waggling his eyebrows and shooting me a sexy grin.
"Bear, there was nothing wrong with what you did. You shouldn't apologize for that. That's my hang-up and really, there's nothing wrong with a feminine guy. It's just that I tried so long and hard to hide the truth about myself that it probably messed me up in ways that I still haven't gotten to the bottom of yet. Don't stop being the sweet loving guy you are cause that's one of the most important reasons that I love you," I said and the twinkle in his eyes grew even brighter.
He reached across the table and laid his hand on mine. I moved my hand so that we could intertwine our fingers together. He mouthed "I love you" and I did the same back to him. We sat there communicating with each other silently with our eyes for what seemed like forever and at the same time a brief second.
We then finished the Tiramisu before getting up and putting the rest of the food away. We had to cram all the leftovers in the small fridge but we got it all in there. We then went to crash on the couch and watch some Netflix movies on Bear's laptop. We watched for a few hours before I fell asleep again.
The next thing I recall is waking up to being carried by Bear. When he saw me looking, he smiled before he maneuvered himself to switch off the light to the common room then walked into his bedroom. He laid me down on the bed and ditched his underwear before closing the door and turning out the light in his room as well. He slipped under the covers and pulled me to him spoon-style. That was all I needed as I drifted off to sleep again.
"So, you look happy and well rested," Miriam said as we walked to the student union. I wanted to look over some materials before my next class which wasn't that long from now.
"Maybe," I said noncommittally with a sly smile.
"So, I take it Bear gave you some," she said with a mischievous grin.
"Yes, he did, but it's not just that," I said which was true. It was everything that he'd done a few days ago that had rejuvenated me.
"What was it then?" She asked looking truly confused. I felt so sorry for her cause that meant that she'd probably never experienced love as Bear had given to me.
"Are you sure you wanna hear all the juicy details?" I asked putting emphasis on juicy, for more than one reason.
"Yes!" She said immediately, then backtracked and tried to act nonchalant. "I mean yeah, if you want to tell me," she said, far too transparently. I told her okay and that she'd asked for it. I was gonna tell her everything which shocked me as I was supposed to be a prude.
"Well, first he gave me a tongue bath, and before you look like that, I made sure I was very clean before we did anything. Then, he made love to me and I mean really made love. He was all about my pleasure before his. He made sure I came twice before he finished once."
"Then while I slept, he went out to get me some Italian food. He fed me and told me that he loved me and only wanted to make me happy and safe. That he wanted to do everything he could to lessen the burden on me as I did my studies. He said that I was the most important thing in his life and I saw that he meant that. That made my heart soar," I said as I finished gushing about my big loveable guy.
"Well, that was a lot," Miriam said. I could see that she was blushing and I realized that I probably could have left out certain things. Oh well, it was too late now.
"It's like he knew that I needed tending to and he more than delivered," I said and I couldn't help but smile at the memory of my Bear. We didn't say anything else for a bit as we started walking again.
"Trey, can I tell you something?" Miriam asked and that piqued my curiosity. After my story, I figured it was something about her and Dale.
"Sure," I said, probably too eager. She noticed cause she smiled briefly.
"You know I'm happy that you and Bear made up and got back together, right?" She asked and while it could mean anything, I felt something was coming that I wouldn't like from the tone in her voice.
"Yeah," I dragged out as I looked at her suspiciously.
"Well, I'm not trying to hurt you when I say this," she said trying to land her blow as softly as possible. I appreciated her for it, sort of.
"Say what?" I said with a slight edge that I couldn't hide.
"Don't you think it's wrong that Bear isn't trying to be a part of his daughter's life and that you're not trying to convince him that that's wrong?" She said and for some reason, and I don't know why I expected that to be what she was gonna say.
"No, I don't," I said again with an edge that I wasn't sorry for this time.
"Trey," Miriam said but I wasn't having it.
"No, I'm not doing it and I refuse to feel guilty about it," I said even though deep down, I was already doing so before she'd said anything.
"Trey, I'm not trying to make you feel guilty," Miriam said trying to diffuse the situation.
"Alicia got Bear drunk and took advantage of him to get knocked up, while I was in a fucking coma mind you. Now you want me to forgive and forget and pack his bag and send him off to make a new fucking family with her and her fucking kid?" I said, almost yelling at her. Hell, I probably was yelling at her.
"Trey, don't be silly. You know that's not what I want you to do," she said trying to sound reasonable. Fuck that though cause I was mad.
"Good cause I ain't doing it. Bear doesn't want anything to do with Alicia or her fucking kid and I ain't gonna force him to do so," I said much too harshly to her.
"Trey, first of all, that's an innocent kid that didn't ask to be a part of any of this drama, so stop calling her a "fucking kid". Secondly, I'm not trying to convince you to push him towards Alicia. I'm trying to get you to push him to want to be a part of his daughter's life. There are enough deadbeat Dads out there. I would think you wouldn't want your man to be one," she said hitting me between the eyes.
She was right in that the kid was innocent in all of this. I knew that intellectually but emotionally, I blamed her too. I blamed her for existing, and because deep down, I feared that he would seek a relationship with her and in turn, Alicia. That once together he'll want a family with them and leave me. It was selfish I know but I couldn't help feeling that way.
I remember when we were 16 and Bear held his Aunt Dawn's baby for the first time. As he held his little cousin, I saw a sparkle in his eyes that I'd never seen before. He confessed to me later that that's what he wanted, a family, one day. I also remember that I briefly wanted to give him that family before I had to squelch the thought. I was still in the closet then and Bear was still "straight" then so I felt at the time that such a thing was impossible.
It was more than possible now but Alicia Lake came with a ready-made family being the mother of his child. That's why I wanted to keep him away from them as long as possible. I feared that the pull of wanting a family, the love of that child would bond him and Alicia together in a way that I'd never be able to undo. I think she expected it too which is why she did all this in the first place.
"He'll leave me," I said in almost a whisper.
"No, he won't," Miriam said as she placed a hand on my back and rubbed it a bit.
"Yes, he will," I said as my voice broke. "He wants a family; a real family, and Alicia can give that to him while I can't. Hell, she already has it ready for him," I finished as a lump formed in my throat. I started to feel the loss of Bear already.
"Trey, didn't you just get through gushing about how Bear knew that you needed tending to and he pulled out all the stops to take care of you? That he dedicated himself to lessening the burden you have undertaken?" she said and I nodded, not able to say anything.
"Also, there's more than one way to have a real family. A real family isn't just a man and a woman having sex and creating a baby. A real family can also be two men or two women or any mix of Non-Binary people adopting a child or children and providing them with a safe and loving home with loving parents," she added, and again while I knew all of this intellectually, emotionally I feared the worst.
"Maybe," I said wanting like hell to believe Bear wouldn't leave me for Alicia. Miriam started to say something else but she was interrupted by Ivy walking towards us.
"Hey Ivy, what a surprise," I said with a smile as she reached us, but it faltered when I saw that she looked like she was in a hurry.
"Trey, I need to talk to you, right now," she said without a greeting.
"About what? What wrong?" I asked in a rush. She had me worried about numerous people in my family.
"It's important," she said while glancing at Miriam.
"Trey, I'm gonna go. I'll catch you later," Miriam said before giving me a pat on my shoulder as she passed me by.
"Okay, what is it?" I asked more urgently than before once Miriam was out of earshot.
"I have to tell you something really fast but I need your discretion about where you heard this," she said speaking fast.
"Okay," I dragged out.
"I have a friend that's a clerk for the court. Well, she knows Bear or rather his family," she said and I was immediately interested, especially since this seemed to be about Bear.
"What's going on?" I asked or rather demanded that she tell me.
"She saw something she shouldn't have and since she knows me and knows I'm related to you and about you and Bear, she told me," she said beating around the bush too much for me.
"Told you what!" I almost shouted.
"She saw a petition filed with the court where Alicia Lake is about to lodge a paternity suit against Bear," she said and I saw red.
"That bitch," I snarled. Imagine me here lamenting the fact that Bear would leave me for her and now I find out that she's about to do this.
"Yeah, I know. I wanted to get to you so Bear could get his ducks in a row before things make their way through the courts and this all comes out," she said looking rushed.
"I can't tell Bear about this," I said while thinking up ways to torture Alicia.
"Why not? You have to tell him," she said and while that was true, I just knew that was trouble.
"Bear is very reactionary lately. I don't want something bad to happen if I can help it," I said. The irony that I was worried about Alicia's safety after learning about this and my previous feelings was not lost on me.
"Well, what are you gonna do then?" She asked, and I didn't know.
"Look, thanks for coming to tell me this. I can't tell Bear, at least not right now, but I will do something," I said and she was about to say something before she must have seen something in my eyes which made her change her mind.
"Okay, just remember what I said... discretion," she said before she gave me a quick hug and departed.
I paced back and forth for what seemed like ages before I stopped as I had started getting a headache from thinking so hard. Alicia seemed to be determined to forever be a thorn in mine and Bear's sides. I needed help with this and while it may have been the wrong thing, I knew what I was gonna do.
I headed for my truck and when I reached it, I tossed my book bag in the back before I hopped in. I pulled out my phone and called my student advisors to tell them I'd need to miss my work for the day as I had a family emergency. I then called Reese, a guy who was in my next class and in the program as well and asked him to take notes for me as he had the same classes as me.
I then pulled out of the parking lot and hit the road. In no time I was on the highway headed home. On the drive, I thought about everything I had said to Miriam about Alicia and her baby and wondered if this was just a ploy of hers' to get Bear. It was far too convoluted if so, but then so was getting knocked up to try and get a man to love you.
A few hours later I pulled off the highway and arrived in town. I wanted to go home but I had something to do so I headed in that direction. In about 20 minutes I was driving down a familiar street and a few minutes later I was pulling up to Bear's parents' house.
I sat there after having told April everything I'd learned without bringing up Ivy's name. I'm sure she knew how I'd learned of it though as she knew Ivy but she didn't say anything. She got up and paced for a minute. Then she took out her phone and looked like she was about to call someone before she changed her mind and lowered the phone.
"You're sure about this?" She asked and I understood her being unsure.
"As sure as I can be," I said. She looked at me for a few seconds before looking at her phone again. She searched something then selected something before putting the phone to her ear.
She said hello to Alicia, letting me know who she was talking to. She asked about Prue but didn't ask Alicia how she was doing. Alicia must have been telling April her whole life story because it was minutes before April said another word. She looked annoyed near the end. When she finally got the chance to talk, she asked Alicia if she would come over because she had something to give her. I actually heard Alicia over the phone excitedly say yes before she ended the call.
"She's on her way," April said before she walked over and sat down on the sofa across from me.
"What are you going to do?" I asked because I couldn't think of anything yet.
"I don't know yet. I need to look in her eyes first," April said before she stood. She told me that she needed to take care of something before Alicia got there. She told me to help myself or tell the maid if I wanted anything from the kitchen, before she left the room.
A new maid, an older white lady named Beatrice, came in and asked if I wanted anything. I told her no. I started to ask where Juanita was before I remembered that Bear told me that Juanita had been sort of promoted and she was only there on the weekends now to check over the week's work of Beatrice and the other new maid, a young white girl named Trini. I thought 3 housekeepers was a bit much but what did I know about maintaining a huge house like theirs was.
After about 20 minutes April came back in with some papers. I thought to ask what they were but that was none of my business. It was probably something completely unrelated to this whole thing. She saw me looking and must have seen the curious look on my face because she gave me a slight smile.
"These are the papers Alicia filed with the court," she said and my eyes went big.
"How did you get them?" I asked but probably shouldn't have.
"I got them," she simply said. I didn't say anything else. I knew that money talked and I knew her family had a lot of it even without what Bear's Dad had made himself.
After looking at them for a few more minutes she walked over and sat next to me. She started to show me the papers before the doorbell rang. Beatrice came in a minute later with Alicia in tow looking giddy until she saw me sitting next to April. She managed to recover quick enough though.
"Hi Mrs. Davidson, Trey," she said saying my name with barely disguised distaste.
"Hello, Alicia. Please have a seat," April said. Alicia looked at the two of us, especially me, before walking over and sitting on the adjacent sofa that April had gestured to.
"You said you had something to give me," Alicia said trying to keep a neutral face. As I watched her, I couldn't help but be thankful that she left her kid at home because I don't think I could bear seeing her at the moment.
"When Lawrence and I found out about your baby, didn't we do right by you?" April asked and I wanted to roll my eyes. Not at April specifically but at the situation.
"Yes, you did," Alicia said doing her best to look earnest. I almost laughed.
"Then you can see how I'd be quite a bit upset to find out that you're doing sneaky things behind my back," April said and her tone was very calculating, very familiar. I watched her very carefully.
"I- I don't know what you mean," Alicia said trying to sound confused. Maybe she was confused because she sounded convincing. April looked at her again for a long time before she did anything else.
"This is over," she said finally as she slid the papers she had across the table to Alicia who picked them up. She looked at them and her eyes went big. That's when April continued. "You're gonna go to the courts and withdraw your paternity suit against my son," April said and the manner in which she spoke to Alicia was slightly reminding me of her mother, Maude Forrester.
"What? How did you?" Alicia tried to say. She looked positively stunned and I liked it.
"I will continue to spend time with my granddaughter and give her what she needs, but whatever plans you had for my son are over, now," April said as she fixed Alicia with a steely gaze. Alicia tried to act all scared and timid but gave up the ghost after a minute.
"Why would I do that?" She stupidly asked with a haughty tone to match. April stood and glared down at her.
"If you don't, I'll make sure a judge hears that you raped my son to get pregnant with that little girl," April said as she stared at Alicia with her arms folded.
"You mean your granddaughter?" Alicia asked as she stood and tried to match April's stance. "Also, I didn't rape him. We had sex. Besides, nobody will look at little old me and believe that I'd be capable of raping a big guy like Bear," Alicia finished with a smug look on her face.
"You'd be surprised what money can do little girl. It can be used to hurt you just as easily as it can help you," April said now sounding just like her mother, aside from the accent. It gave me chills.
"What are you trying to say?" Alicia asked, now looking worried but trying to hide it.
"I'm saying that I'm sure that we can come to an amicable solution regarding Prue. It would be in your best interest to do so," April finished as she pinned Alicia in a frigid glare that again gave me chills.
"I- my parents will ask questions," Alicia said seeming to fold under the intense glare.
"Well, then you'd better convince them that you changed your mind. As I just said, it'd be in your best interest to do so," April said and Alicia looked to want to make a stand but after another look in April's eyes wisely chose to back down.
"Okay," she said in almost a whisper.
"Good. We're done here so you can leave now," April said sparing Alicia no malice. She looked at April, then at me and actually had the nerve to scowl at me before hurrying out of the door.
"Well, that was certainly trying," April said before taking a seat again.
"Do you think she'll really drop it?" I asked. I wouldn't trust Alicia with anything, especially dealing with Bear. Her obsession with him seemed to override whatever sense she had.
"She'd better if she knows what's best for herself. I'm not letting her mess up my son's future just because she's obsessed with him," she said as she looked at me intently. I wondered if she considered me a part of his future. I mean, I know he did but I wanted to know how she felt about me deep down.
She invited me to stay for dinner but I declined and said that I wanted to visit home. I left after she thanked me for coming to her as soon as possible. I left and went home to be grilled by my mother for the spontaneous visit. Calvin invited me to a party he was going to but I begged off and stayed in to eat some homemade cooking by my mother. I slept in my bed and missed Bear and hated Alicia.
In the morning Mama fixed me a big breakfast and I chowed down. Before I could leave, she fixed me some of the pot roast and sweet potato pie that was leftover from dinner. It was a lot so I'd be getting some use out of the new mini fridge that I'd gotten for Christmas from my mother's parents. I left home after a promise that I'd come home again as soon as I could.
I arrived back at school in time to rush to my room and stash the leftovers in the fridge. There was no sign of Drake so I figured he was either in class or still moping over Serena who still hadn't forgiven him it seemed. I grabbed some more books and stashed them in my backpack I made sure to retrieve from my truck and rushed to make my second class of the day.
At the end of the day of work and making up what I'd missed the day before, I was exhausted. I dragged back to my room and crashed on my bed. Drake was sitting on his bed leaning back against his headboard dressed in black. He was reading a book but I was too tired to check the title. I fell on my bed and contemplated getting some of the Pot Roast before deciding to pass on that idea and get some sleep.
Before I drifted off, I got a text from Bear asking why I'd been ignoring him since yesterday. I felt guilty about it but I didn't know what to tell him. I decided to stall and just tell him I'd been very busy. He took a minute to respond and I questioned if he believed my excuse. He seemed to as he texted back that he missed me and that he loved me. I returned the sentiment.
I told him I'd see him tomorrow and he replied with 3 smiley face emojis then sent a pic of his handsome face with good night captioned in the corner of the pic. I smiled and said good night back. I told Drake there was leftovers in the fridge in case he wanted some. He just grunted went back to his book. Even after what had happened with Alicia, as I drifted off to sleep, I couldn't stop my conversation with Miriam from replaying in my head and the guilt I felt.
To be continued...
Author's Note's:
The new years has begun and Trey and Bear are getting back into things regarding school. Bear has free time now that football season is over for him, but busy season for Trey has just started. But unlike Bear, his won't end until they graduate.
Noticing that Trey needs some downtime and him needing some Trey time, Bear does his best to tend to all of Trey's needs, emotionally, sexually, and hungrily, lol.
Trey has a talk with Miriam about Alicia and her baby and after a near argument, Trey reveals that he's afraid that Bear will fall for Alicia if he spends any time with his daughter. Miriam doesn't get time to fully talk him down though as Ivy alerts him to a crisis.
Has April dealt with Alicia for now? Will Trey ever get over his insecurity about Prue to convince Bear to be a father to her? Will any more of Bear's teammates fall for Trey?
Find out in the continuing Chronicles of Trey.
Hello all, we're back with another chapter, and I didn't take over 8 months this time, lol. I do apologize though because I intended to have this chapter done way before not but something came up. It's taken care of though and I'm already writing the next chapter. I hope to have it done before the end of the month, or the beginning of next month.
If anyone want to send me an email, send it to thestoryguy9783@gmail.com. I look forward to and enjoy hearing from my readers so if you want to, shoot me an email sometime. I hope everyone is okay regarding the cold weather.
Until next time... Nicky.
Editor's Note's:
Hey guys, welcome back to another chapter, and it wasn't that long of a wait. This was a bit of a easy going chapter, up until we learn what Alicia is up to. But gotta agree with Miriam that Bear doesn't need to be a deadbeat dad. I'm sure Nicky will cover more plot points above so I'm just going to end my notes here.
If you liked the chapter let Nicky know with an email to the address above, and if there are any mistakes that I missed please let me know. It let's me know to keep a better look out. You can reach me at jd.kaster1987@gmail.com.
Until next time guys,
JDK