The Hills (boyxboy)

Chapter 18

"I'm going to sign up for kickboxing classes at the gym." I tell Colton during lunch. Terrence is hiding in some bathroom and I don't have to tutor Marie today. So it's just the two of us and the tree Pepper and I usually eat under.

"Why?" he asks, slightly confused. "Not that I'm complaining. You'll just get that much hotter."

I smile and take a bite of my sandwich. "So I can punch those seniors the next time they get within arm's range of Terrence."

Colton just looks at me with a sad smile. He doesn't know what to do about the situation either. After a bit of silence we talk about his upcoming audition. Then a sudden thought enters my head and I make the conversation take a brisk turn. "Should we come out at school?" I ask. Colton thinks it over for a while while taking a bit from an apple. Then he takes a sip from his coke bottle. After letting out a sigh he finally gives me an answer.

"I don't think we should do it explicitly with words. Just actions. I'll kiss you in the hallway." he says and grins. I smile back. "And can I know when this kiss will happen?" I ask. He shakes his head. "It's a surprise."

My smile widens and I bite my lip in an attempt to hold it back. Colton pouts and pushes my shoulder. "Don't hide your smile. I like watching it."

I give him a smile that shows some of my teeth and look away quickly. He looks very happy.

During the afternoon classes two tests are announced. After school I head over to Pepper's house. Her older brother is the one to open the front door. He spends me an annoyed glance and lets me in. I ignore him and go straight to my best friend's room. Without even knocking I enter her room. She doesn't mind me doing that because I'm gay. So if I were to ever walk in on her getting dressed it would just leave me scarred and she would have something to laugh about. But no such thing has happened yet.

"You sick?" I ask and sit down on one of her bean bag chairs. A miserable groan coming from the pile of blankets on her bed is a clear enough reply. After messing around in my bag I drop some extra notes I made for her on the ground next to me. "There are two tests coming up. History and Chemistry." I tell her. Another miserable groan. I smile and go over to her bed so I can mess with her hair. She looks up and swats my hand away with a pout. "Get well soon." I tell her. She smiles. "Will do Laurence." And with that I recollect my bag and leave. I have a kickboxing class to sign up for. Which hopefully doesn't need parental approval.

Turns out it does need parental approval. So I arrive back home with a permission slip. I'm sort of lucky though. Mom is sitting at the kitchen table with a bowl of soup when I enter through the backdoor. I give her the paper immediately.

"Kickboxing?" she asks with a raised eyebrow. "Gay kids get bullied in high school all the time. I want to be one step ahead of them." I elaborate. She nods and gets up to go look for a pen. Pens are always scattered everywhere, until you need one. Then they're gone. Such traitors.

"There's some leftovers in the fridge if you want them. Shouldn't be too cold yet." she mentions while signing the paper, folding it up and handing it back to me. I accept it and nod. Looks like my saturdays will be spent in the gym from now on. "Also, here." she says and pushes something else in my hand. She quickly walks away, leaving behind half of the soup bowl she was eating. I look down and feel a blush crawl up to my cheeks. It's a package of condoms. Not just one. A 50-pack.

Colton bursts out laughing when I show him mom's 'present'. He was waiting for me in my room again. I caught him smelling my pillow. I'm not sure if that's creepy or cute. I call it cruuty. Never mind. That sounds horrible.

I watch Colton laugh and it doesn't look like he'll be able to stop any time soon. I blink. Then I throw the pack of condoms at him. It hits him in the middle of the chest. He loses his balance and nearly falls of my bad. But he can slowly stop laughing now as he rubs his chest in mild pain. I smile proudly.

"When do you think we'll be putting them to use?" he asks with a sultry smile. One of his pointer fingers traces edges of the package and he wiggles his eyebrows suggestively. He even lays down on his side with one leg bent. What a charmer.

"Aren't we too young?" I respond to his question with a question. Colton rolls his eyes and flops down on his back. "Just because there's an average age people start having sex on doesn't mean we need to do it on that age too. We could have sex today or in four years. We should just do it whenever we're both ready." he says. I smile and join him on my bed. For a while we just kiss. Then we cuddle until he decides to go home. I watch him leave and smile to myself. With a sigh I crawl over to my backpack and start revising for those tests.