A Hot Rock Between Us BOYXBOY

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

What lies beneath

I wake up with a massive headache. Erik has his arms wrapped around my body. I get up and a wave of nausea hits me. I run to the bathroom and hurl.

"You ok? Your not pregnant are you?" Erik asks. I look up from the bowl of the toilet. I give him a 'really' look and he chuckles.

"Not funny. I need to meet my mom for lunch today." I say, getting up and flushing the toilet.

"Was that the woman at the door last night?" He asks. I nod and turn the shower water on. "Have room for one more?"

"Ummm sure." I say. We get changed and get in the shower. He scrubs my back and washes my hair while I wash my body. He gives me a hug from behind and kisses my neck. I feel something hard poke my butt. "Whoa, not now." I say.

"Please?!" He pleads in my ear. I turn around and kiss him, gently on the lips. I put my hands on his abs. I pull away and he smiles. We finish up and I get out and get changed. I head down to the coffee shop. I head across the courtyard and down the street to the coffee shop. I order a latte and sit at the table across from my mom.

"It's nice to talk to you again." I say.

"I'm so sorry for kicking you out, but at least you got to stay with Tyler...." She starts, but I interrupt.

"Sorry doesn't cut it, I lived in a hotel room, almost got shot in Italy, got stalked by a guy in Italy, and got admitted to the hospital so many times, I can't count them with my 2 hands. Now, if that had all been over a lifetime, it would have been ok, but no, this was over 3 years. You coulda helped out, tried to reach me somehow but you didn't!" I say.

"You have every right to be mad at me. I didn't give you a good final years, and you grew up way to fast. You shouldn't have had to move in with your boyfriend at 16...how is Tyler now anyway?" She asks.

"We broke up after he cheated on me and tried to rape me..." I say and take a sip out of my latte.

"Oh honey...I'm so sorry..." She says. He puts her hand on mine. I came here to tell you something." I look up from my latte. "There's an 'underground' club on campus, one that's dedicated to putting an end to bullying against gays." She says. "Go to the main building, and knock on the custodial door at 11:30 o'clock tonight and they'll take you to the meeting." She whispers. I write it down on a napkin and shove it in my pocket. She leaves and I finish my latte. On my way it, I bump into Gavin and it hits me that Daniel hasn't come around.

"Hey there clumsy!" He says. I giggle.

"Hey Gavin, I need to ask you something." I says.

"Ask away!" He says.

"Have you seen Daniel around?" I ask.

"Last I saw, he was getting into a black car around midnight a couple days ago." He says. Marcelo. I say goodbye and run outside and behind the coffee shop. I look for Marcelo with no luck. I pull out my phone, but I drop it next to the dumpster. I bend down to pick it p, but see something underneath the dumpster. I grab it and pull it. It's heavy, but I manage. I scream when I find out its Daniels body, battered, burned, and lacerated. I quickly call 9-1-1 and cry until the police get there...