The Jock Wants The Nerd

TWENTY

Matthew Banks

"Dad, what do you want from me?" I asked annoyed and angry

"Matt, I've realized that I'm acting wrong towards you. Your mother told me to tell the truth, so here I am, my parents use to abuse me. Just physically. Everything I did wrong, I was punished for,. Even the slightest thing. I never understood why they did it, until now, they did it cause they want the best for me" he murmured

"So you want the best for me?" I scoffed and he nodded "Dad, did you see the bruise you left on my back?" I lift my shirt and showed him the deadly shade of red, purple and black blood stains under my skin.

"I'm sorry I did that to you"

"You're forgiven. Now can you please just leave?" I asked and motioned him to the door.

"Aren't you coming with us?" asked my mom

"I'm still deciding if I want to go back to your house" I said

"Our house"

"Whatever, I'll see how I feel tomorrow and if I'm ready to go back to your house" I pointed out and eventually they left. I slowly walked up the stairs to Lucas's room and later was joined by him.

"How you feeling?" he whispered as he comfort himself on my chest.

"I'm fine thanks...actually, I don't know. My feelings are mixed up and I don't know how to get control of it" I murmured while staring at the ceiling.

"Well, I think you should be happy that your father apologized for his actions and words" he pointed out

"You think so?"

"Of course, an apology fixes everything. No matter what a person did to you, if he or she apologized, then you should forget it, but if you don't, then you're in the wrong" he said

"You're right"

"Baby, you're still starting rehab tomorrow, right?" he asked

"Yeah. After school, I'm having my first session"

"Good, I just want you to live a healthy and happy lifestyle okay?"

"Yeah"

For the rest of the night, we cuddled and fell asleep. The next morning, we drove with my car to school. He was the driver. We strolled down the hallway and finally made it to our lockers, where we found Jackson and ross waiting for me.

"Hey, what's up with you?" asked Ross referring to me.

"It's nothing, I just hurt my back a little and I don't think I'll be practicing with you guys, but I promise I'll be back on the field by tomorrow" I exclaimed

"What happened?"

"Too much sex" I lied and their eyes dartted to Lucas

"Yeah, we went a little hard hardcore" he lied too, knowing that I don't wanna tell my friends what really happened.

"Jackson, bro you need to step up your game" Ross gave Jackson a pat on his back and he stumbled forward.

"Guys., I'm gonna go now" I turned around and headed to class.

***
During the fight period, the teacher announced the date that prom will be on and for the rest of the day, that was everyone's topic to talk about. Jackson and Ross kept on pressuring me about asking Lucas to prom and they didn't give in easily. So...I walked up to him, and popped the question.

"No"

"Excuse me?" I asked shocked and Larsa excused herself.

"Babe what do you mean no?" I asked

"Matt, I know that prom is the most special thing in highschool, but why don't we spend that night together, at home, alone, doing whatever we want?" he asked suggestively, stepped closer to say something in my ear "And one of those things I forgot to add was...killing"

"Killing?" I asked confused

"Yep, our kind of killing, the scarf" he reminded me of our bondage sex when we were on that trip.

"Oh, you want that?" I murmured and he nodded in slow motion

"Sex on a pizza" he murmured with slowly nodding

"Sex on a pizza?"

"I have no idea why I just said that" he burst out laughing and I joined in.

"So, I'm gonna take you out on that day?" I asked

"No, I just wanna watch movies and do other things with you" he murmured and randomly kissed my cheek.

"I'll text you"