Behind Closed Doors

5 - Day At The Pool, Where Violence Is Always The Answer!

Riley's POV

After my wanton and INDECENT behaviour the other day, I tried to avoid Connor as much as possible.

But that's hard to do when I practically lived at my bestfriend's house.

Mom even joked that she'd start having to offer to pay rent on my behalf.

As a compromise, both our families planned a pool day to unwind and get to know each other better.

Which was useless cause my mom and Connor were already very good friends.

The adults just wanted an excuse to go to the pool, and we weren't kids anymore so a "play date" won't cut it.

We arrived at the pool very late, around 3 pm, when the water would start to cool as the sun would begin its descent across the sky.

We almost didn't make it at all as all of a sudden, the "adults" who organised everything suddenly had last-minute emergencies.

My mom got called into the hospital for a porn-related accident involving a dildo. And Connor had a frantic client call in to report that one of the pieces of furniture he'd made broke unexpectedly.

I'd like to believe both incidents were related as both parents got the call at the same damn time.

No one held their breath that my mom would show. But we respectfully listened to her bullshit excuse nonetheless.

Even though I told myself that I would avoid him the whole day, I still couldn't help but sneak a peek at Connor from the other end of the pool as I lazily floated on my doughnut tube.

His eyes were dead set staring straight back at me.

W-w-why is he staring at me!?

I panicked and slipped in my seat as I flinched from the unexpected direct eye contact.

It was as if he was staring straight into my very soul trying to unearth my deepest darkest secrets.

Oh my God, can he see the gayness on me!?

You'll never catch me alive, copper!! You will never figure out I'm gay!!!

I frantically tried to think of the straightest thing I could do at the moment.

I lifted my hand up from out of the cold pool water and gave him a thumbs up.

That was straight enough, right?

I couldn't help but internally facepalm at my pathetic display of straightness.

But I guess through some miracle it worked because Connor's eyes stopped glaring at me and turn to look in another direction.

I assumed he turned his attention towards Allison, because she was off swimming somewhere in the direction that he was currently looking at, so I leaned back on my inflatable tube and breathed a sigh of relief.

Crisis averted Riley. Everything is perfectly fine and he thinks you're 100% normal.

Connor's POV

Something was up with that boy, and I'm going to get to the bottom of it!!

The whole time we've been here, he hasn't once checked out Allison!

My daughter is beautiful!! Any boy would be lucky to be allowed the privilege to drool at her feet!

And here is her literal boyfriend who is dating her not even so much as bothering as to give her a passing glance!?

On behalf of my genetic code and markup, I am deeply offended.