Title: Yo Puedo Ayudar Fandom: Going to the Mat Pairing: John/Jace Rating: NC-17 Feedback: lilli_luthor1961@yahoo.com Disclaimer: Going to the Mat is copyrighted by Disney. Author's Note: This is all Jim's fault. Summary: Lost in translation. By the way, I used a Spanish-English translation website, so if the language is too formal, forgive me.
John Lambrix stood staring at himself in the bathroom mirror. At 5'9" and 150lbs he was lean and well toned. He flexed his pecs before towel drying his hair. Most students would envy him. The seventeen year old blonde was a star athlete on his high school wrestling team and dating the most popular girl in the school. He was courting a scholarship for college wrestling and scouts were even considering him for the Olympic team. Only two problems stood in the way of John's perfect life. He was flunking Spanish and he was gay. To top it off, the latest sensation on the team not only was blind, but also had become the main source of John's wet dreams.
John had though about quitting the team several times. He just wanted to be himself, tell the whole world he was gay and be done with it. But he lived in a small town, and that wasn't something that was readily accepted. Besides, as arrogant and self-centered as Jace Newfield was, he was the only thing interesting to happen to their school in a long time. John had convinced himself that his decision to stay on the team was to show Newfield up. *** John stood in Spanish class angry. The instructor had just informed him that if he didn't pick his grades, he would be off the wrestling team. Lost in thought he heard a low and almost seductive voice of Jace Newfield behind him.
"Yo puedo ayudar", he whispered.
His breath was warm against John's cheek and the athlete felt his own breath hitch and his body respond. He caught himself before his eyes fluttered closed and whirled around to face the teen.
"What did you just say?" The athlete spat out angrily, standing face to face with the blind teen.
"Don't worry. I said I can help...in Spanish."
John studied the boy for a few minutes. 'I don't need this shit', he thought, 'You're the last person I want help from.'
The truth was John felt guilty about accepting help from Jace. Although the teen was hard to get along with, John realized how difficult it must be to fit into a new school, especially with a handicap. He also knew the he and his other teammates didn't make it any easier for Jace.
"You'd help me", John asked sheepishly. He stared at the vacant brown eyes of his worst enemy and best fantasy. *** Jace knew he hadn't managed to endear himself to anyone during his first weeks at school. His first encounter had been with John. Since then, they butted heads constantly, even more so since Jace joined the wrestling team. John had been very vocal about having a blind guy on the team. Jace knew he was arrogant and cocky and had started off on the wrong foot. In fact, offering to help his teammate with Spanish had been his attempt to make amends. He respected John for speaking his mind and not tiptoeing around the fact the he was blind. John didn't feel sorry for him or pity him. Jace liked that. He also liked the way John smelled after workouts, and the cologne he wore and the sound of his voice when he was ragging on him.
Although he was blind from birth, Jace imagined how beautiful John must be. He wanted to touch his face and trace the lines and contours of his lips, his jaw. He wanted to let his fingers read every nook and cranny of John's body. But he was already a blind freak, being a gay blind freak was more than he was willing to handle at the moment. *** John barely got to sleep the night of his first Spanish lesson. He had agreed to help Jace with his weight training in exchange for tutoring. The athlete closed his eyes and slipped his hand beneath his sheets recalling the rich sound of Jace's voice speaking Spanish to him.
"How do you say I love you", John had asked and was instantly grateful that the teen could not see him blush with embarrassment after asking.
"Te amo", Jace purred and John was almost sure it was a confession.
"Te amo Jace", John murmured as he drifted off to sleep.