Scrum Half

9

It was last lesson on Friday, we were in chemistry with Dr Cherry, who, rumour has it, is having an affair with a student. Jenna sat herself on our table on the other side of Matthew. We were just finalising our project notes before we finish our research tonight.
Matthew, what are you and Ben doing your project on?" She said to him as she placed her arm around his shoulder.
Before he had time to reply I butted in
"We're doing ours on the affect of charge on ions in the ion drift chamber, thank you very much, and if you don't mind, Matthew actually has work to do for said project during this lesson, so get off of him," I remarked with a prominent tone of anger in my voice. They all stared at me in bewilderment.
"Geez sorry benny don't get your Viccy Secret's thong in a twist," her and Max started snickering at each other.
Dr cherry let us go early as Max was staying after school to help him reorganise the prep room.
"You ready?," I asked him as he got his bag ready.
"Yep lets go,"
We started the walk back to mine.
Several times on the brief walk home his shoulder brushed against mine, and yet again I could relate this to that night i brushes my hand against his cheek and the lust I felt. It was even harder to contain myself now.
After we got home, I slammed the door behind me, and went straight to my room with Matthew trailing behind me.
Later that evening, around 7:30pm, the sky was a dark navy hue with peachy fragments of light beaming from the west side of the horizon. Tiny stars beams higher into the sky and a crescent moon sat above a flock of pasty clouds. All I could think was all though sometimes me and Matthew were apart, we were both under the same sky.
"We should go to the store, you know South Harptree Spar?" Said Matthew, with a smirk.
"Sure, I'll get the keys"
We walked across the grey marble gravel of my driveway, down to my Volvo V40. Matthew hopped in the passenger seat.
The car radio turned on as I started the engine, and immediately connected to Bluetooth; Dakota by Stereophonics started playing.
Whilst we were driving across the vale lake bypass, he started questioning me about snapping at Jenna earlier on.
"What's wrong with you and Jenna? You snapped pretty hard at her earlier on,"
"She was distracting us from work and it's really an important project, there's nothing going on, she was being annoying,"
"Is that really it? Nothing else.. at all?!" He started to press me further and I could feel my cheeks getting hot.
"Of course there's not fucking anything else!!! What the hell are you talking about!!!" As he continued to press me, I was growing livid at even just the thought of her by now; I was struggling to focus on the road ahead of me.
"Well it seems to me that there's a problem!!! You always stare at her!!!" He was getting angry too.
"What the hell are you talking about!!! You're chatting shit!" I replied, with little thought.
"WELL ITS PRETTY OBVIOUS YOU FUCKING LIKE HER BEN, ALL YOU DO IS STARE AT HER AND ACT PISSED AWHEN SHE'S NEAR ME!!!"

I pulled into the lay-by next to the lake and just stared at him in total bewilderment. That's what he thought. All this time. I felt the tears well into my eyes. My head went dizzy and my face felt red as well as the river pouring out of my eyes. I jumped out of the car and crouched down in front of the bonnet thinking about everything he just said to me. I heard his car door open and he rushed next to me.

"Ben? What is it? Why are you so upset?"
I tried to reply replied through a veil of tears.
"You... you, think that... that I like J-jenna?"
"Well yeah,"
"Really, you, you know me better thank anyone, and you y-you think it's Jenna, that, that I like Seriously!!!"
"Ben I don't really know what to say!!! Just tell me what's wrong!!"

I stood up and wiped my eyes. I walked over to the edge of the lake, the tears still streaming down my face. I couldn't take it anymore. The tension, the wanting, the hoping, the lust, the secrets, I had to tell him.
"For fuck sake... Matthew you, y-you must know, I-it's not j-Jenna that I like. You idiot!!!! It's, i-its yo-,"

Before I could finish my sentence I felt him grab me and spin me around to face him. He put his hand around my neck, finger tips just brushing at my cheek.
And he kissed me.