Contacting Space

Chapter 4

When they got to the house Jasper showed Dan the way to his room. He closed the door behind them and grabbed out his clothes from earlier. "You gay?" Jasper questioned.
"W-what? No." Dan replied in a panic.
"I'm just messing with you. I saw you watching me while I was practicing. You like playing baseball?"
"I don't really play, but I enjoy watching." Dan lied. He hated sports, but he liked some of the balls that were in the game.
"You should come to my game this weekend." Jasper said dropping his pants. "We're going up against the best team in the state." He removed his jock exposing his lower half. Dan's eyes followed downward towards Jaspers shaft and balls before quickly closing his eyes and looking away. Jasper notices Dan but decides to not say anything. 'So he is a fairy.' Jasper thinks to himself.
"Hey," Jasper says. "Mind if I stay in just my boxer briefs? It's a little hot in here."
"No, it's fine." Dan's mind raced. 'How am I gonna possibly focus on the chemistry when I want to engage in chemistry with his underwear?' Jasper sits next to Dan, purposefully making contact with their legs. He holds out their paper in front of them, leaning into Dan trying to push him to his limit. Dan thinks to himself, 'What the hell is he doing? Is he really trying to see if I'm gay.' Dan shuffles away from Jasper slightly, who continues to move over. "Can you not sit so close?" Dan finally says.
"Why not?" Jasper questions. "You seem like you would enjoy men rubbing up against you."
"Well you're wrong. Now let's just get this shit over with." Dan replied.
"Alright," Jasper says, knowing very well what he saw from Dan.

They finished their work and Dan contacted his mom to come pick him up. He distanced himself from Jasper, feeling slightly uncomfortable. "Hey," Jasper said. "Do you wanna exchange phone numbers? I'm sorry for what I did to you. I only just realized that it might be beneficial for us if we exchange our numbers."
"Yeah, sure. Whatever." Dan said. He handed his phone to Jasper for him to take down his number. Jasper created a new contact in Dan's phone. He typed in "Jasper Myers" then went to the emojis. He had a quick glance at the frequently used tab and saw a rainbow flag. Jasper thought to himself, 'He really is gay. Great now I feel like a dick.' He decided to use the emoji followed by "(ally :)". He gave the phone back to Dan. Dan's phone rang as soon as it was back in his possession.
"My mom's here. Imma get going."
"See you." Jasper said with a little smirk on his face.
"Yeah. See you tomorrow." Dan said, a slight frown covered his face as he headed for the door.
"Wait." Jasper said causing Dan to turn around. "I'm still sorry for what I did." He lowered his head.
"Like I said. It's fine. It's over with now and we learn from our mistakes." He said with annoyance in his tone.
"Have a good night."
"Yeah."

Dan got into his moms car. "So how'd it go?"
"Fine."
"Is anything wrong?" She asked.
"No nothing." Dan looked out the window.
"Ok." His mom started the car and began driving away from the house. On the drive Dan noticed a notification on his phone. It read, "Text Message From : Jasper Myers (🏳️‍🌈ally :) 'Test'" A smile grew on his face. He continued reading the words over and over on the drive back to his house.

When he arrived at his house he went to his room to look at Jaspers contact. He decided to text Jasper. "Thanks" he typed and sent. Jasper responded with ":) np" Dan was filled with the joy of knowing that Jasper would keep his secret of being gay to himself. He felt a little distrust within him but Dan believed that Jasper would be quiet about him.