Cory

Chapter.1

"Pass it to Cory, he'll hit it." Mr. O'Connell said, crouched, clapping his hands. The volleyball headed straight for Cory. He ducked, covering his arms above his head.

"What the hell?!" an angry classmate said, folding his arms, shaking his head. Others lift their arms up, mouths open, saying not much different.

"Okay... well that's all we have time for today. Go to your locker rooms." Mr. O'Connell said, disappointed. Cory folded his arms, and looked down, slowly walking to the locker room. Many uttered insults as they rushed past him.

"Idiot!"

"Coward."

"Faggot."

Cory looked up and squinted. The insulter fell, tripping from nothing. Cory smirked, and continued walking.

Cory walked into the locker room after the boys' gym class finished playing kickball. He got out of his gym clothes and picked up a towel then wrapped it around his waist and walked to the showers nervous and slow while carrying his shampoo and body wash. He wished he didn't have to shower where the other boys showered, and then he thought about what his mother said about showers being sinful.

Cory stood there looking at the showers nervously when the gym teacher walked in. Cory heard a loud clap then jumped to look at who looked a little angry. "Cory, are you waiting for the end of the world!? 10 minutes until the bell, get a move on." yelled Mr.O'Connell, while the other boys snickered at Cory. He went back to his office, and Cory looked down and found and open space in the shower room. While he was walking he heard some of the other boys talk about their prom plans.

"Do you think it's stupid that the prom is Sadie Hawkins? Tristan Hargens asked Brandon Gray and Caleb Sanders. "I don't, I guess its fine, and Chalene asked me to the prom." Brandon replied to Tristan. "But you and Chalene are a couple so you two were going any way." Tristan said back to him. "Hey do you guys think a girl will ask Trevor Anthony to the prom? Caleb asked while laughing. Tristan looked over to Cory, then looked back at Brandon and Caleb. "I think his mom might ask him." They all sprang into a laugh at Tristan's joke. Cory tried to ignore them. " Yeah who would ask that fagot ginger to the prom anyway? Another boy named Taylor Cooper said that while his twin brother Tyler laughed and then said "Such a church freak." The boys laughed while leaving the shower room to dry off and get dressed Cory was finally left alone in the shower. He didn't want to think about what the other boys said about him, so he closed his eyes, turned the water on and thought about something else.

He started to think about a girl at school he liked, he thought about her long beautiful long hair, her crystal blue eyes, the she walked down the halls in school, the sound of her voice when she talks, sings, laughs. Then all of a sudden Cory started to feel something, some pressure. Cory looked down and saw his was straight out and hard, he had no idea what it was, he used his hand to push it back down but it went straight back up. He tried to hide it but when Tristan walked by to leave the locker room.

"Oh my god, you guys Cory has a boner! Tristan ran back to his friends while he was saying it. "Really, was that fag watching us shower? Caleb said. "Taylor, open the little cabinet full of condoms." Taylor did what he was told and opened it and gave a bunch of hand fulls to the other boys. "Wrap it up, fag! Tristan said while he threw a condom at him. As soon Tristan threw it all of the others did. They threw condoms, tissues, paper towels. Then all started to chant the words "Wrap it up! In unison, Cory grabbed his towel and put it around his waist to hide his erection, but it tented under the towel. "Stop please?! Why are you guys doing this?! Cory yelled.

While they were chanting Tristan grabbed his phone and hit record. Cory was walking backwards to get away from then when he slipped on some water and fell, Brandon stopped throwing condoms and tissues at him when he slipped and fell. The others just kept throwing and chanting, Brandon just stood there watching what the other guys were doing and started feeling remorseful for what he did.

Mr.O'Connell came in through the crowd, "Guys what's going on here? It wasn't until he saw Cory that he knew what was going on. "Ok Cory just stand up and get yourself dried off and get dressed." he said to Cory calmly, "I don't know what's going on, something is not right, something is not right." Brandon walked over to who was trying to help Cory. " , I don't think he knows it's a boner."

"No! Cory screamed.

"Brandon you're not helping, Cory pull yourself together now! Mr.O'Connell slapped him.

POW! A light bulb right above them burst.

"Everyone out now! Mr.O'Connell yelled.

All of the boys left while they were talking about what just happened to the light bulb.

"Now Cory let's get you dressed and we'll have a talk."

Cory was dressed and walked into the principal's office with and (The Principal). "I'm very sorry for slapping you, I should have handled it more maturely. You know it's absolutely normal for young boys to have erections; they usually start getting them a lot earlier. Is this your first time? Cory was silent when Mr. O'Connell asked him that. "Cory, do you know what's happening to your body? He asked again. "I don't know, it felt weird at first, but then it felt sort of... you know." Cory replied, "Do you know what you did to make it like that? he asked again

"Well I was thinking about this girl I like." Cory wanted to say he was thinking about Chalene Griffin (Brandon Gray's girlfriend) but he was too nervous to tell them that.

"Did your mom try to tell you about this stuff? Mr,Oconell asked.

"No she never told me anything, she didn't even let me go to health class back in middle school." "Well maybe you can talk to someone about that." said.

"Now Cody-

"Cory," corrected her.

"Cory what I need to know is who started throwing.... Material?

"It was Tristan Hargens and all of his friends." told . "Cory, did Tristan start the throwing? asked him, he was silent and nervous. "Cory you don't have to protect them, what they did was terrible and unforgiving." Cory was silent.

"Ok, it looks like Cory is not going to tell us who did it, so I need you to weed out the group, and find out who did it." Miss,Marshall said to Mr.O'Connell .

"Ok, and Cory your excused from gym for the rest of the week, just take study hall, and here are some books on the changes of the male body." he handed him the books.

"Ok, thank you." Cory said.

"Here you go this should excuse you from classes for the rest of the day." handed him a dismissal sheet. "Thank you , I'll go and gather my things and be on my way." "Wait, Cory before you go, would you like to call your mother or would you want us to? asked Mr.O'Connell. "What? I don't want you to call my mom and I'm not telling her." Cory said nervously while the water in the glass tank bubbled in the water cooler behind him. "Cory we have to bring your mother into this." Mr. O'Connell said.

"No! Cory yelled when the glass water tank burst with water pouring everywhere. Cory l got up from his chair and walked out of the office before could call him back in.

Cory walked down the hall to his locker which had a bunch of sticky notes on it saying "Wrap it up" on them, Cory opened his locker and got his stuff. While he was gathering his things Tristan Hargens and his friends(except for Brandon who was a few lockers down from Trevor) were walking towards him, while they were walking to him they sang this rhyme that the cheerleading squad made about him back in middle school. "Praying Trevie, ugly short and scary all his friends are, imaginary." They all laughed once they were finished singing and walked away leaving Cory glassy eyed. Cory got his back pack and headed for the door. While he was walking away Brandon Gray saw him and felt really terrible for what he did to Coey in the showers.

"You ok honey? Chalene Griffin asked Brandon and greeted him with a kiss. "Nothing babe let's just get to class.