New In Town (boyxboy) (student/teacher)

Six-y Times

A/N: It's been a while since I did the last chapter and I completely lost where I was going with this, so pleasepleaseplease forgive me if this jumpy and confusing. Oh, and this is the shortest chapter yet, but I diverted my thoughts and this came out. Love me anyway?

~DM~DM~DM~

   I unlocked my door quietly, knowing my dad could still be in his bed. I had already told Austin to keep his voice down just in case, but it was pointless. The first thing I saw when I entered was the familiar post it notes from Dad. 'Jason called. Gone hunting. You have the numbers if you need me.' "Well I'm dad-free for the week." I said laughing, even if it was still tight.

"That's cool. So is your place. You should throw a party." He commented.
"Aren't you already throwing the party of the year? I wouldn't want to top you." I smirked.
"Oh please, you would top me or bottom me if I gave you the chance." He said, laughing.

"He seems more of a bottom to me. Am I right, Mr. Delaney?" Jon said from the doorway.

"We really shouldn't be talking about this." Jake said with a slight blush.

"So what do you want to talk about?" The quarterback asked after his surprise disappeared.

"Yeah, someone want to explain why Austin thinks there's something going on between you two?" Jake's eyes widened quickly.

"I swear, I'm not- never-" The older man stumbled over his words as he rushed to me. I understood why, I mean, had our first full day together included me being accused of cheating I would have been a stuttering mess.

"I know that. Someone needs to tell him that and tell me what's going on."

"Mr. Delaney is my confidant." Jon sighed, collapsing on the couch tiredly. "I go to him when I need someone to talk to. I feel safe from everything else. In ways I can't find anywhere else. Mel knows, even if she doesn't know it all."
"Well now I'm your confidant and you have no choice but to tell me." I told him, sitting on the coffee table across from him, holding his hands in mine. When Jon spoke next his voice was low, quiet in a way I hadn't heard him use in the short time I've known him, and he was obviously refusing to look at his stepbrother.

"Since 6th grade I was ruthlessly bullied by the jocks for.. well, for whatever they could think of at the time. When this gets out, that I'm gay, because I'm done hiding that part of me, I'm afraid it's going to start up again. Worse than ever."
"With me at the lead." Austin realized. "That's what you think."
"You're their leader, that's the way it works." Jon said slowly, looking at our linked hands.

"Even though I'm gay too, and that our parents are married, you still think that?"

"I don't think he thought you would bully him because he's gay. He thinks you'll find something else to bully him about and let the guys continue to bully him on the grounds that he's gay to get back at him." Jon nodded minutely to my observation. "I think that, in order to solve all of those dilemmas you guys have, you need to talk it out. Be honest. I'll start. I'm thinking dirty thoughts about Mr. Delaney, even as we speak." I said, winking saucily at the dark haired man, trying not to laugh when all he did was raise an eyebrow.

"What happened to your lover?" Austin asked.

"I am his lover. There, more honesty." Jake said, holding his hand out to me. I rose, patted Jon's shoulder, and took the extended hand.

"There's our honesty, how about yours?" I asked, pulling Jake toward my room slowly, giving the other boys some privacy, even if I want to spy.

~JC~JC~JC~

   Austin just looked at me, deer in headlights before opening his mouth. He closed it and opened it a few more times before anything actually came out. "I should start." I was surprised, figuring he'd make me, but I wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. "You already told your secret." I almost corrected him with 'one of them', but thought better about it. He sighed, sitting in front of me, taking the spot Dristan had just vacated. "You remember when you first showed me around the house, when I moved in?" I nodded. "All I wanted was to throw you down on my new bed and convince you to never leave it." I gasped in shock.