Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 05:45:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Darren LeVanelle <levanelle@yahoo.com>
Subject: A Night In The Novak 4
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anybody's feet. However this story in no way implies anything about
the sexuality of the characters on the show or the respective actors.
I don't own these characters. I'm just borrowing them for a little
adventure into my world. The WB Network and the creators of the series
'Popular' own them. This story revolves around the relationship of
Harrison John, (My Favorite! Yum Yum!!!) And Josh Ford, (Also very
yummy nummy if you know what I mean!) and I hope I don't do too much
damage to them. If you are under the age of 18, or this type of
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this up!
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*NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR*
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other story as well as the finale to this portion of the series. I
hope you'll all like it and what I'm trying to do. These events take
place during and after the episode 'All About Adam' with some obvious
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A NIGHT IN THE NOVAK -- Chapter 4
-DISTRACTION Part II-
By Darren LeVanelle
"Is Mary Cherry retarded?" Adam asked the question so
poignantly. The rest of the Glamazons had just headed out of the Novak
after a minor confrontation with Brooke. She shook her head at the
question.
"Sorry Adam. I thought they might go for it." Brooke stormed
out of the Novak herself.
"It's quite all right 'Brookey'. I knew they wouldn't." With
that Adam stood up and left the Novak himself. Noticing Brooke still
trying to make a plea with the rest of the Glamazons, Adam took his
exit easily without being noticed. "You haven't got a clue yet. But
don't worry. It'll all be perfectly clear soon." A smile crossed his
face. "Just not too soon."
Adam bounded down the hall with a hint of happiness in each step
that he took.
"That guy gives me the creeps!" Harrison spoke to the group of
friends gathered at the lunch table.
"Yeah I know what you mean." Josh responded sitting across the
way. "And what's with all the black?" He turned towards Carmen. "Is
he gay?"
"C'mon guys. He really wants to be a cheerleader. He's
different and I think that's cool."
"What kind of guy wants to be a cheerleader?" Harrison shot Josh
a glare.
"Y'know he told me that he once had a one-night thing with Queen
Latifah!" Sugar Daddy added into the conversation. "I both fear and
admire him!"
"That just exactly it. Why would Queen Latifah want him?"
Harrison asked.
"As opposed to you." Lily shot back.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Josh joined Harrison's stare
towards Lily.
"I just think that all you quivering male ego's are intimidated
by him because he's different and secure with himself and I think you
guys are just the tinniest bit jealous." Lily extrapolated.
"Jealous? As if!" Josh started up as he and Harrison and Carmen
walked down the hall to 5th period together. "What the HELL do I need
to be jealous about?"
"What's this all about?" Carmen asked Harrison in a hushed voice.
"I don't know Carm. He's been a little 'weird' today."
"I mean it's not like he's anything to be jealous about." Josh
started to ramble off. "So he's Brooke's new friend. So what? He
doesn't have my friends. He doesn't have anything I want. And most
importantly," he turned to Harrison and added with a smile. "He
doesn't have you Harrison." Harrison's face blushed over. He started
to point to the side of him.
"What Harrison?" Josh asked.
"Um...did you forget that um...Carmen was walking with us to
class today.
Josh turned and saw Carmen standing there with a shocked look on
her face as she waved hesitantly. "Oops." He stated.
"I think 'Oops' is an understatement." Harrison turned around to
face Carmen also.
"What the...what do you mean by that Josh?" Carmen asked.
"You up for another 5th period skip session Harrison?" Josh
questioned his secretive companion.
"Why?"
"I think this'll take longer than the break period to explain."
"YOU'RE WHAT?" Carmen's voice almost screeched through the
secluded section of the bleachers.
"Calm down will ya?" Josh asked as he sat beside Harrison. "I
don't think you need to yell it to everybody."
"I can't believe this. I can't fucking believe this!" She shook
her head from side to side, trying somehow to figure out this insanity
as she saw it in her head. "Well then again I can. You know what they
say about all the gorgeous guys. They're either taken or..."
"Gay." Harrison finished up the statement for her. "Don't tell
me you're gonna pull a 'I can't believe you're a faggot Harrison' with
me. I thought we were better friends than that."
"We are. What I don't understand is why you didn't tell me
earlier." Her head snapped towards Josh. "And you. After everything
we've been through. All those late day talks and confiding in me about
Brooke and that slut Nicole. You never mentioned this."
"I didn't exactly know at the time. It just sort of...happened.
I didn't plan this."
"Well at least now I know the reason why we never went out. You
found out that you were playing on the wrong field." Carmen let the
words ooze out of her dripping with sarcasm. "You at least could of
told me the truth."
"I would have. But I needed some more time to figure it all out
myself. I'm still not 100 percent confident about it all. But what I
do know is that when I'm with him," he turned to face Harrison, "I
don't feel like I have to act a certain way or portray a certain image
of myself. I don't have to act the part of Josh Ford, star
quarterback." He grasped a hold of his hand and added in. "I'm just
Josh...his boyfriend."
"So you two are actually dating and all with official names now?"
Carmen almost barked out. "Well you could have at least told me
instead of just letting it slip out on accident. Damnit!" Carmen got
up from the bleachers and started to walk away.
"Carmen!" Harrison yelled out towards her.
"Don't worry. I won't spill your little 'secret' guys." She said
before turning back around to look at them. "I do what a good friend
should." She turned back around and walked back towards campus."
"That didn't go exactly well." Harrison said. He gazed down into
the stands, sort of gazing off into space. His mind was cluttered with
everything that had been said. 'What am I doing this for?' he asked of
himself.
"I'm sorry man. I..." Josh stuttered to find the words. "I...I
just didn't want to screw anything up for us, or our friends."
"It's not your fault. This is the price we pay for keeping this
a secret." Harrison got up and started to walk away.
"Where are you going?" Josh asked at him, rising from the
bleachers and walking towards him.
"I just need some time to myself, that's all." He gave Josh a
quick hug and headed off the field.
"Call me later?"
"Of course I will. It just might be later ok." Josh nodded at
his boyfriend. With a sigh in his voice he turned back towards campus.
"Damn! DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN...DAMN!" Mary Cherry slammed her
fists into the table furious with rage. Before he lay the sacred text
that would surely allow her to get the damn blips off her gaydar
screen.
"Ah. What's the matter Mary Cherry?" Nicole asked from across
the room that the Glamazons normally practiced their dance routines in.
"Split ends again?" With that she examined her own hair.
"I have an appointment at 4:30." She quickly shot back. "And no
Nic, it's the not the splits and frizzes that have me all whopped up
today. I have read this book from cover to cover three times and I
still haven't found anything to help out with this problem I'm having."
"You're hopeless." Nicole stated softly.
"And I suppose your late night Friday shop session dressed in
poorly designed clothing to obscure your identity while browsing the
racks of Ross Dress For Less is any better?" Mary Cherry barked at her.
"411 Mary Cherry," Nicole started up, "I have found 14 pairs of
shoes, 5 dresses, one evening gown, and two sets of earrings that are
of exceptional taste and style that you wouldn't be able to notice on a
sunny day with 100 percent visibility and a good prescription job from
LensCrafters."
"I saw the evening gown and tagged it when you wore it to the
Sadie's Hawkins dance. The earrings I told you to throw away and I
can't believe you're actually wearing that bracelet." Mary Cherry
calmly explained. "It's so 80's!"
"That isn't the issue Mary. We need to start practicing so get
your ass in gear or I'll have Sugar D come in her and give you a clutch
adjustment." Nicole ordered her associate. "And where the hell is
Poppy?"
Almost on cue, in a manner of speaking, Poppita bust through the
door with her headset on and lightly singing "Waiting for tonight...oh
oh ooo. When you would be here in my arms...do do do' and bouncing her
head side to side.
"About time."
"What on earth are you talking about?" Poppy asked as she
clutched her headphones from her head.
"You're almost 15 minutes late."
"Sorry I had a little run in with Adam earlier." Poppy started
to shudder at the mere thought of him.
"What a coincident." Mary Cherry spewed forth. "I had a run in
with him today in the Novak. And it was not a pleasant visit either."
"OK girls. What's up?" Nicole asked angrily.
"Nothing!" The two remaining Glamazons replied in unison.
"Fine then. Let's get going at this. This routine has to be
finished within a week for the rally coming up." Mary Cherry and Poppy
stared aimlessly around the room. "Pick up those pom-pom's, get in
formation and move it ladies!" She finally screamed out.
Josh knocked on the front door of Harrison's house. A moment
later the door opened.
"Good evening Josh." The woman said as she swung the door open.
"C'mon in."
"Thanks Mrs. Harrison." He replied back formally.
"I think you know me well enough to call me Robin now. I hate
formalities." She laughed a bit as Josh walked into the house.
"Harrison is upstairs waiting for you. I'll see you boys in the
morning." She turned around and headed into the kitchen.
He climbed the stairs and approached Harrison's room. He then
gave a heavy knock on the door. Harrison could be heard from the other
side of the door asking 'Who is it?' "It's me Harrison." Josh
responded eagerly.
"It's about time." Harrison opened his bedroom door and looked
out. Josh was standing there in his Varsity jacket with a backpack
slung over his shoulder. "What's that for?"
"I thought I was staying the weekend. Is that a problem?" Josh
asked almost in a confused state.
"No it's not." Josh walked on in and as soon as the door was
shut Harrison added in "We need to talk."
"What do we need to talk about?"
"Us. I mean where are we going with this? I just have to know."
Harrison paused as he sat on the bed next to Josh, who just sat there
silently as he waited for Harrison to finish his thoughts. "Do I mean
something to you or am I just better than a girlfriend cause we can
communicate like real people instead of the wine and dine and
romanticize structure of heterosexual relationships?"
"Where is all of this coming from?" Josh asked quickly.
"I'm being serious Josh. I know it's only been two weeks since
we started 'dating', if that's what you want to call it, but after
everything you said to Carmen the other day I just can't get those
words out of my head." Harrison drew in a breath and made a silly face
as he tried to imitate Josh's voice. "I'm still not 100 percent
confident about all of this.' Do you know how that made me feel?" He
glared over at him. "Do you know how small I felt when you said that?
Sure everything else you said was so...sweet a...a...and touching but
all I can think about is that sentence and what it did to my security
in this whole relationship! I thought you were sure about us." He
paused again as Josh sat silently waiting. "I thought you said for
once it felt like you were doing something right. When did that
change?" Josh gazed lazily at the floor, his eyes unfocused but his
ears attuned to everything his boyfriend was saying. "Are you even
listening to me?"
"Yeah..." Josh pulled his eyes up from the floor. "I'm
listening. I heard everything. I'm not stupid."
"I wasn't saying you are." Harrison threw in quickly. "But for
once I want you to tell me," He grasped a hold of Josh's hand tenderly,
"Honestly, the truth and nothing else what you're feeling. I can
handle the truth Josh. I'm a big boy. If you want this to be over
just tell me!"
"I don't want us to be over!" Josh practically barked back. He
let out a gasp and clutched his hands to his face, letting his fingers
trace down his cheeks. "Do you know how confused I've been feeling
lately? Do you..." He stopped himself in the middle of the sentence.
He looked over at Harrison, a look of concern plastered on his face,
and thought about how much of a fool he could have made himself out to
be. "I'm sorry. You didn't deserve that." A sigh escaped his lips
again. "That...that is how I would normally react to Brooke and you're
not Brooke. Do you want to hear all of it?"
"Yes Josh. I do." Harrison said calmly, a slight hint of fear in
his voice. 'Here comes the truth Harrison...you're gonna lose him.'
"The reason I said all of that to Carmen was because that's
really how I'm feeling. This whole...change...y'know, of being with
girls and then being with a guy is so alien to me. I feel so right
when I'm with you but it still didn't make any sense. I don't feel all
that different I just feel...comfortable with you. I don't have to
hold back."
"But you have been..."
"Can't you just let me finish?" Josh asked kindly as he held
Harrison's hand in his own.
"Yeah. I'm sorry."
"You see what I've been thinking about these past few days is
gonna really sound bad cause I know how I would take it. But I've
figured out what's been bugging me so much lately." He paused to
collect his cool before stating, "I'm not gay Harrison."
Harrison's head snapped to attention and then directly at Josh as
soon as his brain had registered the comment. "WHAT?!?"
"I'm not gay." Josh stated again.
"B...b...but these past few weeks. The kissing, the hugging,
the...the...the sex!" Harrison stumbled through his words. "The roses
and dinner and staying over at my house?" He barked out quickly and in
uncertainty.
"Harrison." He placed his hands gently on his boyfriend's. "Do
you remember that kinda strange gothic senior last year?"
"Um...oh yeah! Natasha Paige."
"That's her."
"Well what about her?"
"A few times last year we would be sitting in World History class
together when we had subs and she'd just start talking to me. She also
was bisexual."
"Really? You mean the fishnet stockings and the bustier tops
didn't imply something strange about her."
"This is important." Harrison just nodded and let him continue
what he was saying. "We had a few interesting conversations. This one
day she just flat out asked me if I ever thought of guys in a manner
other than friendship. I told her no. She just laughed and told me
that someday, and probably someday soon, well actually she said during
MY sophomore year, that would change. She told me that everyone at one
point in their life or another would develop feelings for someone of
the same sex. That they would normally only develop these kind of
emotions for someone that they truly cared about in a more than
friendly manner."
"So what does this have to do with you?" Harrison asked as he
interrupted him. "And what does this have to do with us?"
"Remember when I told you that I was just starting to realize
that I really liked you too. Well you are that one." Harrison shot
his eyes right at Josh. "I'm straight Harrison but you are that one
guy, the only guy that I will ever be able to share something intimate
with. I don't know why I feel this way but since we started dating I
realize that I don't even pay attention to other guys. I never have.
But there was always something about you that made you interesting to
me in a more than friendly way and that's probably the reason why I
never tried to get close to you. I was afraid this would happen. I
didn't want to admit to myself that I could possibly have feelings for
another guy. It scared me."
"So is this the part where you break up with me?" Harrison asked
in a monotone voice without even looking over at him.
"Do you really think that I would come over here with my stuff
for the weekend if I was gonna break up with you?" Josh kept his eyes
fixated on Harrison's face. He didn't budge or flinch so Josh didn't
say another word. The time passed by slowly and finally Harrison
turned around and looked Josh in the eyes. "You said you wanted to
know what I'm feeling. Well this is it. If it was any other guy
locked in the Novak with me that night it would have never turned out
like this. I share something with you that I've never been able to
share with anyone. That's why I keep coming over here and back to you.
I WANT this to work and something inside me tells me that you are the
one. Not just the one guy..." He caught his breath and uttered out to
his own amazement, "But the one...period!"
"What are you trying to tell me Josh?" Harrison almost started to
sob out.
"What I want to tell you I can't say yet. But maybe someday I
will." He pulled Harrison over towards him and kissed the brunette
softly and gently on the lips. "Don't cry. You're not losing me."
The two embraced each other tenderly. Harrison savored the moments he
shared with Josh like this. The romance, the intimacy, the private
memories that he would carry for life. Josh had other plans, as he
always did, as he began to tug Harrison's t-shirt off of his body.
"What are you doing?" He asked as Josh pulled the garment over
his head.
"I owe you for being so patient with me these past few weeks."
With that Josh started to remove his jacket and unbutton his shirt. As
the garment dropped to the floor he noticed Harrison looking over at
him perplexed. "Did you not want to do anything?" He asked nervously.
"No. It's not that." Harrison quickly retorted. "It's...a
little unexpected."
"How so?" He questioned bringing his lips to the boys neck and
softly sucking at his sweet flesh. "You still think..." he muttered
while licking the side of Harrison's ear lobes. "I'm just the horny..."
continuing with his tongue lazily creeping down the back of his neck.
"Little straight guy?" as he gently swirled his lips around Harrison's
erect nipples. He shuddered at the sensations that went through his
body, the reflexive action to Josh's touch.
"Before I just thought it..." Harrison responded playfully. "Now
I know it's true." That elicited a giggle from Josh who went back to
seducing the young brunettes body. "Oh...my...god..."
"What?" Josh asked quickly at the words he had just heard.
"Nothing. It just feels so good." Josh smiled at his boyfriends
comment and brought his hand down to Harrison's zipper. He gave it a
tug and helped him out of his pants.
"If you think that feels good..." He trailed off as he pushed his
hand behind the elastic waistband of Harrison's boxers. "...You're
gonna go wild over this." He pulled teasingly at Harrison's semi-hard
cock and began to stroke it lightly. Harrison responded with a soft
moan at the man's touch. "Oh yeah. You like that!" Harrison shut his
eyes as Josh pulled his slacks off with one hand, the other one still
beating the dick it held in its fingers. He dropped to his knees
beside the bed and gazed up at Harrison, his eyes still shut firmly,
his body quivering with anticipation.
"You're pretty good for a straight boy." Harrison's eyes popped
open suddenly as he grinned childishly down at Josh.
"It get's better." Josh released his hold on the stiff member
and let his hand slide back out from underneath the cotton mesh.
"You take your hand out and it gets better?" Harrison asked
shutting his eyes again.
"Just enjoy." Josh stopped speaking as he pulled the enlarged
organ out of the fly. Even though he'd only seen Harrison's dick fully
erect twice before he always was fascinated by it. The shape, the
texture, its rigid feel, down to the veins that protruded from the
underside of it and its magnificent length which he appreciated and
envied at the same time. Harrison was a hung young man, that much was
certain. And no matter how much he might have said he wasn't gay, just
looking at the erect cock sticking out of his boxers gave him a hard-on
from hell. But Josh wasn't worried about his own sexual satisfaction
tonight. He had already planned to give Harrison a servicing he would
not soon forget.
Josh brought his lips within an inch of the head. He opened his
mouth slowly and let his lips drape over the warm mushroom shape,
letting his tongue slowly swirl around the head. He got a small taste
of pre-cum on his lips. Harrison was also an incessant cummer too.
Not that he was minding. Josh pulled back from the head until the tip
was barely connected to his lips and then slowly engulfed the prick
into his mouth. He then repeated the actions, taking his time to savor
the feel of Harrison connected inside his own body. The dick was
pulsating inside his mouth, a sensation that Josh liked to feel. It
was just a friendly reminder of how good he made Harrison feel.
Harrison was moaning fairly quickly now and Josh didn't want it
to end so soon. He made a final descent on Harrison and pulled his
mouth off of him. Reaching his hands up to the waistband, Josh tugged
down on the boxers. There was some resistance, as Harrison was still
sitting on the bed. So he decided to make it easier for Josh and he
stood up. Josh continued to pull the underwear downward but there was
still some difficulty in the form of Harrison's rather hard dick
popping out of the fly. He determined to have some fun with that and
slowly pulled the boxers down, the fly clutching against Harrison's
enlarged organ, but he continued with his plan. Just as the pain was
about to register in Harrison, Josh had the boxers pulled past his
knees, letting the hard dick flop back onto Harrison's belly with a
resounding slap. Josh was surprised to find himself even more erect
from the sight he had just witnessed and opened his mouth to go back
down on the gorgeous sex tool.
"Oh GOD Josh!" Harrison almost screamed out while Josh took the
entire length of his cock inside his mouth. He let his lips tighten
around the base and slurped up to the tip quickly, then dropped back
down so that his nose was buried in Harrison's pubic hair. Harrison
let his hands roam down his bare chest and let them rest on Josh's
shoulders. He brought one of his hands under Josh's chin and pulled
his gaze upward. Josh continued working up and down on the enlarged
prick in his mouth as he stared into his boyfriend's eyes. "You make
me feel so good. Oh god." He stuttered out uncontrollably with Josh
furiously blowing him, his eyes locked into his lovers, succulently
servicing his man. "Oh yeah baby," Harrison continued to murmur out
without thinking, "Yeah. C'mon suck that dick!" Josh stopped for a
second as he heard the words. "Oh shit!" Harrison stuttered out when
he recognized what he had just said.
Josh let the rod flop out of his mouth and started to get up to
look at his boyfriend. "I'm sorry Josh." Harrison started to explain
to him. "I am so...so...SO SORRY! I...I didn't mean to say..." He
was cut off when Josh's tongue was forcefully shoved down his throat.
Josh passionately kissed the man for a few moments before pulling back
from his act.
"Sorry 'bout that."
"What was that about?" Harrison inquired. Before Josh could
respond he continued. "I'm sorry about telling you to suck me off. I
shouldn't have said that."
"Actually you told me to 'Suck that dick' but it's ok." Josh
licked his lips and placed them on the side of his neck as he mumbled
out, making a trail of saliva down the boy's body. "It actually turns
me on a lot."
"Oh really?" Harrison asked, a devious smirk on his face.
"Oh yeah." Those were the last words he said before going back
to work on him.
"C'mon Josh." Harrison started to speak out in a lower, huskier
voice. "Yeah suck it baby." He licked his lips while Josh continued
to service his dick. "Suck my dick. Oh yeah." His words trailed off
into mumbles as he got close to cumming again. Josh knew he was
getting there quickly and placed his hands on Harrison's ass, pulling
him deeper into his throat. Harrison shuddered and then asked him.
"What'r you doin'?"
Josh pulled off of him for just a moment, and then said
forcefully "I want you to fuck my mouth." and then went back down on
him. Harrison obliged and started to push his hips forward, faster.
It was in no time at all before he shot his thick load of cum volleying
down Josh's throat, who swallowed every last drop with his eyes gazing
upward and locking into Harrison's.
Josh continued to suckle on his penis, savoring every bit of
Harrison's seed in his mouth. As he went limp Josh let the semi-hard
member slip out of his mouth. He kept his eyes on him as he rose to
his feet, the gaze never flinching. When he was finally at eye level
with him he smiled. "I still love seeing the look on your face when
you cum." He pinched his cheeks lovingly. "You just look so cute."
Harrison felt the stiffness of Josh's erection poking at his
still half-hard cock and groin. He let his hand wander to grab Josh
and feel his rigid manhood. Josh gave a joking stare to him and
drudgingly pulled his hand away from his cock. "Now now there. I told
you I owed you one and I intend for this to be a good servicing session
for you. I want to make your whole body feel good. Don't worry about
me." Josh got back on his knees and started to knead at his ass,
cupping the firm small cheeks in his palms, massaging them tenderly.
He brought his head below the nut-sack and let his tongue roam into
unfamiliar territory as he explored Harrison's 'other' side and started
giving him a little rimjob.
"But what if part of what makes me feel good is making you feel
good?" He asked Josh.
"You have to wait till I make you cum a second time first." Josh
responded happily, a smirk crossing his boyish face as he went back to
work.
"Fine by me...but we don't have all night." He leaned down and
placed a kiss on Josh's forehead. Josh then went back to it, drowned
in the scent of Harrison's clean (And recently showered) ass while he
elicited moans from him.
3 HOURS LATER
They were cuddled up closely together in Harrison's bed. Josh
was almost completely dozed off, his arms draped over the brunette, but
something was still on Harrison's mind. One last question he had to
ask.
"Hey Josh?" he asked slightly shaking the teens muscular form
from behind.
"What is it?" His voice sounded groggy.
"If you're not gay," he spoke out almost sarcastically, "Then why
do you enjoy having sex with me so much?"
Josh turned Harrison around so he could face him. "Let me ask
you this." He said with resolve in his voice. "If you were in a
relationship with someone, whether there was an initial sexual
attraction to them or not, wouldn't this kind of intimacy be a natural
part of it. I mean wouldn't you eventually want to explore the body of
the person you cared for?"
"Well yeah." Harrison said, with that ever so present slight
chuckle in his voice. "But I've never been in a relationship before."
"Take it from me. It wasn't that I just wanted to jump in the
sack with you. These feelings have been around for awhile."
"But we weren't even in this relationship that night." Harrison
countered.
"I know. I know. But there was something about you. I guess
it's a comfort level kind of thing. After we kissed I just, I don't
know..." Josh trailed off as he let out a little more about his own
feelings then he wanted Harrison knowing yet. "I just felt...connected
to you...somehow, like it was serious...meant to be. My heart
fluttered from your touch and your taste on my lips. It was like I was
looking through you, not at you, but like I could see you...your soul."
"That's pretty deep Josh. Why didn't you tell me this before?"
"I wanted to feel secure about 'us'. I want this to be perfect
or at least as close as possible."
Harrison turned back around and snuggled back comfortably into
his arms. "It's already pretty damn close." He mumbled softly before
sleep took over both their forms.
"Well Mary Cherry. You look positively stunning this morning."
Nicole made her observations as Mary Cherry walked into the cafeteria
wearing a sparkling blue dress that looked like a cross between some
high priced designer dress and casual wear.
"Thanks Nic. I just feel like a million bucks this morning.
That was the best night of sleep I've had since I was prescribed
Vicadin for my reconstructive oral surgery." Her southern accent was
in full drawl, complete with its usual nuances and accents.
"Must be because we busted that rat Adam in his tracks." Poppita
added into the conversation, speaking of the recent revelation that
Adam was trying to get Brooke out of Kennedy High and into a pretzel
tiara, only to be uncovered and undone between a joint venture of the
popular and alternative crowds.
"Actually that's not the only good news."
"Explain!" Nicole demanded with intense curiosity.
"Well a couple of nights ago those annoying blips disappeared all
together."
"Hold up." Nicole said, interrupting her elaboration. "A week
ago you were talking about hunting down faggots and making them suffer
a horrible and painful demise and now the 'blips' are gone and you're
just happy about it!" She snapped her head in Mary Cherry's face and
added. "Just what kind of bitch are you anyways?"
"Hold on just a second Mizz Julian before you bust out of that
brazier you're wearing. You see after the blipping stopped curiosity
got the better of me so I did a little more research in my sacred text.
As it turns out if the blips are that strong and then disappear out of
the blue like that it means one of two things. Either that A, all
parties involved in the blipping scenario have died..."
"Or???" Nicole shouted out.
"Or the parties involved have found true happiness." Mary Cherry
gasped out dramatically. "I know. It sounds so Melrose Place 90210
but I'm just glad the blips are gone."
"I've had enough of these damn blips. Whatever brought the end
of it, good riddance." Nicoel blurted out furiously.
"That's right. I back the sister up on this one." Poppy added
in.
"O'well" Mary Cherry said. "I need to get going soon. I have a
noon appointment with Mama Cherry and we're gonna look for a new car
and matching shoes." She picked up her purse and waltzed away. "Bye
y'all!"
Harrison and Josh were walking to fifth period together when a
shaved teen boy abruptly stopped them.
"You know if you two were any more obvious the rest of the
Glamazons would have spotted this sordid love affair of yours over a
week ago." The teen grinned mischievously.
"What the hell are you talking about Adam?" Josh started up
angered.
"You can drop the charade around me Mr. Ford." Adam looked over
at Harrison. "I'd ask you to also Mr. John but there's no way I could
ever bring myself to ask such a thing to a," he paused, "'Hottie' such
as yourself." He looked back over at Josh. "You're lucky I'm not a
home wrecker or I would have gone after him a while ago. How can you
resist that cute little ass, that finely chiseled boyish face and
extraordinarily beautiful brows that accent his eyes in all the right
ways." He giggled at their facial expressions. "I bet you don't
resist do you Josh? Anyways don't look too shocked."
"How the hell did you know?" Harrison asked.
"I can pick out a fag with 99 percent accuracy within a 100 yard
radius. Call it a gift. In fact that's what that whole little mess
with Brooke and Sam and company was all really about."
"WHAT?" they both shouted out in unison.
"Mary Cherry was becoming increasingly aware of some fags on
campus. And you two were being way too obvious in some ways. If I
didn't distract them for the week or so that I did you two might have
been discovered. And I know how much the football quarterback would
quickly drop from the ranks of the social elite when word gets out he's
playing playmate to one of the social nobody's. No offense Harrison."
"Why would you do that?" Josh questioned him. "You don't even
know us."
"I know. But I know that look between you two." Josh and
Harrison took a moment to look at each other. "Two completely
different people from two completely different worlds. A budding
relationship. You two have the words 'Gay Romance Novel' written
across your foreheads and that's something special. I was giving you
guys time to reflect and think and not have to worry about bitches
investigating your sexual preferences or sexuality for the time being."
Josh shuddered in his shoes at the young man's insight into his
character having only been here for one episode. "And contrary to
popular belief not all of us are out to just hook up with the man just
cause he's fine. You two share something and you needed the break from
the spotlight whether you realized it or not." He turned around and
walked down the hallway. "I might see you two later, hopefully. This
school is a mighty big place and you can get lost in it sometimes.
Just don't forget each other."
Josh and Harrison cast each other curious gazes before they were
alarmed by the sound of the bell ringing through the hallways.
"Looks like we're late to class again." Harrison said tentatively
as his hand unconsciously reached over towards Josh.
"I can handle being late." Josh's hand also reached over as
their hands met and grasped around each other's fingers. They walked
down the empty hallway hand in hand, not knowing what would happen
tomorrow but that they would face it...together.
TO BE CONTINUED
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Sorry about the long wait for those of you trying to keep up with my
story. I'm currently working on other part's of this story arc as well
as two other series, so keep your eye's peeled for more announcements
and such. As always I love feedback so drop me a line at my NEW e-mail
address levanelle@yahoo.com and please note that I will no longer
respond to e-mail's from my previous address. The next chapter might
not be out for about three weeks but I PROMISE that it will be worth
the wait. So I hope to hear from all of you soon. BYE!
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