Until Death Do US Part (boyxboy)

Chapter Five

Thomas’s P.O.V

When I woke up I felt like I had been ran over by a bus, but I still climbed into the shower anyway. Halfway through my shower I was wracked with nausea. I pressed my back against the tile and when it didn’t pass right away I slid down the wall onto my butt. I was forced to put my head between my bent legs and to take shallow breaths.

Eventually, the nausea passed and I finished my shower and clambered out dripping water everywhere and not caring. I wrapped a towel around myself and collapsed onto my bed. After a moment I pulled myself together and got up to shrug into a pair of sweatpants and a Warriors shirt. I skipped breakfast and barely made the bus.

The bumpy ride made me regret not being old enough to drive. I leaned my head against the bus seat with my eyes shut tight. I was absolutely disgusted with myself. One round of Chemo almost had me down for the count. I thought I was supposed to be tough.

After the excruciating bus ride, I rushed to my locker waiting for Jayson. As I waited for him I heard awful whispers about him. From what I had gathered he had beaten up Kaleb yesterday because he was raping his sister. And if rumor held true, he was arrested.

Suddenly first block didn’t sound so important. My legs gave out from under me. I felt the ground rush up at my butt and I just leaned my head against my locker to keep me upright. I sat there with tears trying to spill out. I fought them back until I saw Jay walk in with a slow-healing busted lip and slightly bruised face.

Big fat tears slid down my cheeks causing him to quicken his pace and pull me into a warm embrace. I lost all control then. He held me tight and cried too. The bell rang, but we stayed there holding each other and crying.

The tears slowed and he still held fast. I clutched at his t-shirt. Finally, he pulled back and looked at me swiping away the tears staining my face. “Now, now, tell me what’s the matter,” he urged in a low voice.

“I’ve b-been sick all m-morning and then I h-heard what happened a-and.. b-but they said you w-went to jail,” I finally stammered out.

He brushed my hair back from my face and kissed me carefully on the lips. I felt him tense from the soft brush of his busted lip against my chapped one. I rubbed circles on his forearm. “For the record I really did get the best of him, I’m kind of shocked.”

This brought a smile to my lips, but I decided to swallow it down and tease him. “I don’t see how, I mean look at you, Jay; you’re a scrawny little shorty.”

“Jerk,” he said biting my lip a little harder than necessary.

I smiled cheekily and hugged him. He circled his arms around me. He lifted me up and the ground rushed up from beneath me, flip flopping my stomach. My face must have gone ghost white because Jay freaked out a little bit.

“Baby, are you okay? You look so sick.” He pressed a palm to my clammy forehead.

“I just feel like puking. I don’t know if coming to school was a good idea or not,” I said in a quiet voice and leaned a woozy head on his shoulder.

“Do you want to go to the nurse’s office?” He asked rubbing small measured circles on my spine.

“I don’t think that she could do anything about, unless she has some serious nausea pills.”

  He held my close and carried me down the hall.

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The lunch table was unusually quiet. No one really made eye contact with Jay but me. I sat on his lap leaned against his chest so I had a great view of all the diverted eyes.