Zach
“Hurry up. We’re going to be late for school.” I gasp and thread my fingers through Adam’s hair.
He looks up at me and cocks his head to the side, “Really?”
A wicked grin comes over my face as I brace my hands on his firm chest and continue riding his thick cock, bringing us both closer to the edge. I swear this is pretty much what we’ve been doing since Christmas and I am not complaining.
My ass may be a little sore, but small price to pay to have my boyfriend underneath me, his hips flexing and his powerful thighs helping to push his dick deep inside of me hitting that perfect spot each time.
God, I’m addicted.
I mean, really fully it’s becoming a problem addicted. Every chance I can get him inside of me, I do. His big hand reaches up and he grasps my cock, stroking me with the firm grip I need to get off.
“Oh yes. That.” I tip my head back and ride him, getting lost in the rhythm and the full feeling of being stretched by him. His hand on my dick guiding me toward release. It’s so damn good.
I come moments later and it was like he was just waiting for that because he follows me over, his warm release filling my hole and spurting deep within me.
I lean down and kiss him, “Good job.”
He rolls his eyes and when I lift off him slowly, letting him slip out of me and enjoying the feeling of his cum sliding out of my body, he slaps my ass cheek and makes me laugh. “Let’s go before we’re late.” He mocks me.
We clean up and get dressed fast. I hope we don’t smell like sex, but also I kind of hope we do as we head up to the house in our trucks. He takes his brothers to school and I take the girls before we meet up in the halls of our high school.
Last semester of high school.
This is it. Christmas break is over and so much has changed, but I’m ready for all of it.
I have to head to class and everything inside of me wants to grab Adam and kiss him hard before sending him off, but we settle for a smile and nod, promising to see each other at lunch before he heads down the hall.
Something else happened over break—something that nearly broke my damn brain—it seems that Coach and his assistant coach are together.
Like together, together. Like Adam and Zach together and I can’t seem to wrap my head around it. Obviously, it’s not the two men together thing for me, it’s the two very influential, huge parts of the community being a couple out and proud in Kensley.
It gives me hope, but it also terrifies me for them at the same time. I know how this town is.
But I smile when I see them together near the gym this morning. They aren’t touching, but the way they’re looking at each other right now makes it obvious how much they love each other.
Coach Leighton heads off, but then Coach catches my eye and walks over to me. “Zach.”
“Hey, uh. Coach.” The man still intimidates the hell out of me after all of these years coaching me. I admire the hell out of him and that was before he came out, apparently not giving a damn who saw it.
I didn’t get all the details, but Jameson told Adam it was quite the event in town that involved Oakley’s dad.
Maybe the town is starting to change.
“You playing basketball this year?”
I shrug, “Yeah. But only because it’s the last year. Football still has my heart.”
He chuckles at that and something about him sees free somehow. Just, different from the surly man I’ve always known. I mean don’t get me wrong he still scares the hell out of me, but it seems lighter now.
“You okay?” His eyes bore into mine and I swear there’s something he wants to ask me, but doesn’t.
I don’t know if he maybe suspects I’m…well gay…or if maybe he thinks that I could have a problem with him and Coach Leighton, but either way I smile at him and nod. “I’m okay.”
“Good.” He smiles, “You need anything, you let me know okay?”
I nod my head again, “Yeah. See you around Coach.”
The rest of the day goes by so slow I want to poke myself with a pencil just to get some damn excitement. Seriously, I’m ready to graduate and be done, but I won’t let the Bates down and quit.
So I finish it out. Adam and I have basketball practice after school, but my heart isn’t in it. I’m ready to be home—in that little camper with Adam so when we pick up the girls and bring them home, we are in a rush to get back there both on the same page.
“So what should we do?” Adam asks with a smirk when we toss our bags into the camper.
“Hmm…how about you get your ass in there and strip down.” I say as I grab his hips and lean in and kiss him.
“Oh my God.” Shit. That wasn’t Adam. That wasn’t me.
We both turn to see Anna standing on the trail that leads to the camper and the house, her eyes wide and her mouth agape. “Anna.”
“I’m sorry. I just… I wanted to.” She’s flustered and god damn it I know better. I shouldn’t have kissed him outside of the camper.
Adam looks worried, but more as he glances at me freaking out than at Anna. “Anna, let’s go for a walk.” I say and then look at Adam, hating how concerned for me he looks. I quickly peck his lips with my own, clearly surprising him but I’m not sorry. “It’ll be okay.”
He gives me an uncertain nod, but doesn’t stop me as I walk toward my sister and plead with her to hear me out. “I’m so sorry, Zach.”
She starts and I stop dead in my tracks when I meet her. I hear Adam go inside the camper and close the door and stare at Anna, “Why are you sorry?”
“Because I didn’t mean to spy.”
“I’m not worried about that. At all.”
She looks distraught and I swear my heart is cracking. Anna means the world to me. So does Mary. Is she disgusted by what she saw? Is our childhood going to make this really damn ugly? I want to ask her so many things about what she’s feeling but I’m terrified to hear the truth too.
“You and Adam?” She asks quietly.
I nod my head slowly. I know we are keeping this quiet, but I’m not going to hide Adam when outright asked. He isn’t my dirty little secret. “I’m in love with him Anna. I have been for a long time.”
Her head bobs slowly as she appears to take in that information. “That makes sense. You look at him like he’s the whole world.”
I grin stupidly at that and can’t even argue. “You aren’t mad?”
She startles and then shakes her head, “Why would I be mad?”
I shrug, starting to walk along the gravel path and she walks along with me. “I wasn’t sure if maybe Elliot…I mean the shit he’s said.” i don’t know what to say and huff, running my fingers through my hair. “He raised you.”
She grabs my arm and effectively stops my walking and forces me to look at her. “That asshole did not raise me. Or any of us. And I am nothing like him. I know he’s a horrible human and I’m happy for you.”
My eyes fill with tears that I won’t allow to fall, but I’m so damn grateful to her. “Thank you.”
She cocks her head to the side, looking slightly irritated and maybe a little confused. “I can’t believe you thought I’d be mad that you’re with a guy and not just any guy but your best friend in the world.”
“I’m sorry.” I say sheepishly and then pull her into a hug I think we both need. She sniffs, hugs me back and then shoves me away.
“He is pretty hot.”
I fake gag. “Please never tell me my boyfriend is hot ever again.”
She giggles at that and we start walking a little closer to the Bates home. I look up at the classic house I know is full of warmth from the fireplace and probably Mrs. Bates running around the kitchen trying to get dinner done.
“Hey Anna?”
“Hmm?” She stops walking again and looks at me.
“I don’t want you to have to keep my secrets, but can you please not tell anyone?”
She looks troubled by that, looking up at the house and then back at me, blinking. “Why? You really think they’d care? Jameson has a boyfriend too.”
“No it’s not that.” Although, Mr. Bates was kind of an asshole at first when he found out about Jameson and Garrison.
He’s changed a lot since then and apologized so hopefully he wouldn’t say anything hateful.
“It’s just….” I don’t really know how to explain it but I know she deserves the truth.
She’s more mature than I gave her credit for.
“I want to get custody of you and Mary. I want to make sure that you’re safe and in Kensley…
” I swallow hard. The fear threatening to cripple me.
“I’m not sure they would make it easy for me if they knew. ”
She’s quiet for a moment and then her eyes darken. “Fuckers.”
I bark out a quick laugh, never hearing my sister say that word before but I can’t disagree. “Yeah.”
She purses her lips and her nose crinkles as she thinks, “Maybe we could stay here. I really like Adam’s parents.”
I smile at that, but my gut clenches thinking about putting that on them. “I don’t know how long mom and Elliot are going to let this go. We need something permanent.”
She places her small hand on my shoulder, “You can’t give up your life for us, Zach. It’s not fair. You deserve to have love.”
“I have love.” I assure her, even if maybe I don’t deserve it. I have Adam. He isn’t going anywhere. “But you and Mary are my family and I will make sure you’re taken care of.”
“Don’t sacrifice too much. You’ve taken care of us long enough.”
I don’t know about that but I hug her tight and then walk her the rest of the way to the house.
I want to find a way to have it all and I’m going to do everything I can to make it happen.