What My Best Friend Doesn't Know (BoyxBoy)

Chapter 15: James

Tonight is the big homecoming game. There is a huge pep rally today during school, and a parade that starts at the local ice cream shop here and ends at the football field. Every team makes floats for the parade and we throw candy and school spirit things to the crowd watching as we go by. 

The dance is tomorrow night, and Lauren and I have been discussing the dance for weeks. Her dress is yellow so I had to go buy myself a yellow tie. I think I'll wear a black dress shirt and white pants with it or vice versa. We are going in a group with Ryan and Amy and my sister and her date. We are all eating dinner at an Italian place here in town called Pasta Routine. We are taking pictures in Ryan's backyard. His mom planted a bunch of flowers that make it look really nice. 

Anyways, the day runs smoothly and the pep rally was just as exciting as ever. The seniors won the spirit stick as normal. Ryan drives my sister and me home as usual and then we all get ready for the parade. I put my football uniform on (minus all the pads and such), Ryan gets into his soccer uniform, and Rosie puts her cheer uniform on. Once we are all dressed we drive over to the ice cream shop and get on to our respective floats. 

Soon the parade is moving and I can hear the sound of the band marching behind us and playing the fight song and other songs that they are playing this year. They are doing a Panic! At The Disco theme which is really cool! When we get to the field, they start to announce homecoming king and queen. 

"This year's homecoming queen is..... Lauren Murphy!" 

There are cheers from the cheerleaders and the crowd in the stadium. 

"And your king is... Ryan Andrews!" 

His soccer team cheers as he stands in shock. This could pose a problem... he's king and the queen is my date. 
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With the excitement from the parade and king and queen being announced, the whole stadium radiated energy. When kickoff was about to start, I could almost feel the electricity around me. I call out our play to my team and the game begins. 

I pass the ball off to our running back and I start to run towards our end zone for him to eventually pass the ball off to me again if he needs to. Otherwise he's supposed to just run through if he can. That doesn't happen as smoothly as we would want it to as usual though so we kind of have to modify what we are doing. I end up running about 40 yards away from our end zone so he can pass the ball off to me, and run for my life towards our end zone. I get tackled about 10 yards away from a touchdown. 

By the end of the game, we are 10 points behind with 30 seconds on the clock. We are not winning this game. Nonetheless, our team still tries our best to close the gap. The final score ended up being 32-40 with them winning.

We all felt super bummed to lose our homecoming game. But my coach wasn't too hard on us for once and told us that things happen and you can't win them all. We still had to run around the perimeter of the stadium 8 times. We always have to run the amount of points we lose by. 

My legs felt like noodles and my lungs were on fire by the end of our run. I was more soaked in sweat now than I was before, which I didn't think was possible. We all walk back to the locker rooms to get our stuff and head home. Ryan had waited for me with Rosie so we could go home. But as I was about to get into his car, Lauren comes running over.

"Hey James! Want to come back to my house? My parents made margarita pizza for us and left for the night!" 

I see Ryan's shoulders sink. I look at Lauren smiling wide, and decide that I can hang out with Ryan tomorrow while his mom is helping Rosie get ready for the dance. 

"Yeah! Are you cool with taking Rosie home Ry?" I ask him. 

He shrugs and nods, but lingers for a second before getting into his car and pulling away with Rosie in the seat next to him. 
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Lauren and I finish off the pizza, and she lets me go shower before we sit and watch a movie on her couch. She put on "Pet Sematary" and we relax to watch. 

About halfway through the movie, she sighs and climbs into my lap. I'm actually interested into the movie, so when she buries her face in my neck, I look around her to keep watching. Her cool breath tickles my neck, but the air is soon replaced by her warm lips. She lightly sucks and kisses my neck as I watch the movie. My breath hitches when she sucks on a certain spot, and my eyes close slightly as she continues to bite and suck on that spot. 

I think I want her to stop. This... this doesn't feel right. I kind of just wait for the feeling to pass. Hopefully it will. 

She soon detaches her lips from my neck and moves to my mouth. We make out for a while and I feel her start to move her hands down my chest and her hand comes to rest on the button of my jeans. As we continue to kiss, her hands unbutton and unzip my jeans and find their way into my pants. She starts to massage my dick, and I take a sharp inhale in through my nose.

I want to stop. I want to tell her that I have to go home. The feeling from before is almost a panic feeling that climbs into my throat. I push her by her shoulders slightly so I can look at her. 

She gives me a loving stare and smile. Most guys would be all over this. Why do I feel so weird? 

"I.... I have to go." I say breathlessly.

She looks at my confused, "Babe... what do you mean?" 

She gently climbs off of me, and I stand up buttoning my pants back up. 

"I'm sorry," I say, "I have to go home. I'm so sorry." 

I grab my bag and head towards the door but she grabs my wrist and turns me back around. 

"Did I do something wrong? Talk to me James." 

"No! No you did nothing wrong. I-It's just getting late and my dad will start to worry if I don't get home soon." 

She lets go of my wrist, and sighs, "I'll see you tomorrow then I guess...." 

I rush out the door faster than I should have and quickly make my way home. When I enter the house, my dad is sitting in his chair in the living room reading a book. 

"Hey kid, how was your night with Lauren?" He asks. 

A chill runs down my spine, "F-fine. We uh... we watched a movie and ate some pizza," I stutter out. 

He raises his eyebrow, "You okay kid? You act like you've seen a ghost," He chuckles.

"I-I'm fine! I'm going to go to bed. See you tomorrow!" 

I run up the stairs and into Rosie's room. She jumps as I slam her door open and looks at me questioningly. 

"What's wrong JJ?" She asks looking up from her phone. 

I shut her door and sit down on her bed and explain the events of the night. 

"So she tried to get you to have sex and.... you didn't want to?" She asks. 

"Not only did I not want to... it almost felt like I didn't like it!" I say quietly. 

"You probably just aren't ready yet. Don't be too hard on yourself okay? Don't worry about it." 

I nod, "Thanks Rosie. You always seem to know the right things to say." 

She smiles, "I am a woman of wisdom after all." 

I roll my eyes and ruffle her hair. She swats my hand away and fixes her hair as I wave goodnight and exit her room. 

I flop onto my bed and stare up at the ceiling. Maybe she's right... I'm just not ready yet. 

But I felt ready with Ryan....