Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 10:23:21 -0800 (PST)
From: James Wade <lafiat16@yahoo.com>
Subject: Face-The-Music 9

This story contains gay teens in sexual situations, if you're not old
enough to be here than leave.

This story is fictional, and it is a coincidence if you see yourself or
anyone you know in here.

Face-The-Music Chapter 9

By Jamie Wade

"Hell No!" I walked into my room with Aaron and Tara right behind
me. Rachel had already left for her date with that asshole. Well, it wasn't
him I hated but his brother. But Rachel going on a date with his brother
was just as bad. I just couldn't have this happening.

"Josh, calm down."

"I can't calm down. My sister is out on a date with the brother of the guy
I hate. How can I possibly calm down?"

"Ok, I know it seems bad."

"It Seems Bad! It Is Bad!"

"Josh" Aaron grabbed me by the face and planted a kiss on me. After that, I
completely melted, and pretty much calmed down.

"Damn Aaron, I didn't know you could that. Nice job. Ok Josh, now that
you're calm, we can talk rationally about this. Now I know you hate Percy,
but you should give his brother a chance, I mean you don't even know
him. Just judging him by what his brother does isn't fair, is it?"

"Yeah, I guess not. But I just can't stand his brother."

"I know, but he isn't his brother, just give him a chance."

"Ok Tara, I guess you're right."

"Of course I'm right, I'm always right."

"Yeah, whatever you say." We then spent a few more hours just talking,
wondering what to expect at school tomorrow. Man I just can't imagine what
school is going to be like; I guess we really didn't think this one
through. Aaron and me decided that we would go into the auditorium tomorrow
for the singing thing, to see if we were still in it. After a while, Aaron
left to go home, while Tara stayed, waiting up for Rachel. After a while we
heard Rachel come home, and we met her at the door. As soon as she got in
Tara started asking her all these questions, like was he a gentleman, did
he smell good, did they kiss, stuff like that. According to Rachel, he was
a complete gentleman, he smelt very nice, and they did not kiss. They went
to some fancy restaurant, which he paid for, and they had a good time. Ok,
maybe he wasn't as bad as his brother; I'll give him a chance. After we
talked for a while, Tara went home, and Rachel and me went to bed.

That night, I had a horrible dream. Aaron and me were walking into the
auditorium getting ready to sing. We got up there, and we started
singing. Then people started throwing things at us, food, book bags, and
other stuff. Aaron got hit in the head with a book, and he fell to the
ground. I rushed to his side, and saw that he was unconscious. I looked out
into the crowed, and saw Neil. I called for him to come help me, but he
just stood there. Then I saw Percy come from behind him, and hold his
hand. Percy kissed Neil, and then they both walked out, leaving Aaron and
me to our doom. I woke up screaming and sweating. Rachel rushed into my
room, wandering what the hell was wrong. I told her it was a bad dream, and
went back to sleep. I was really not looking forward to school tomorrow.

That morning, I woke up, feeling really bad. I though about just not going,
but I know that I needed to be there, for Aaron. So I took a shower, got
dressed, and headed towards school. On my way there, I saw Neil and Percy
walking together. What the hell? Then I remembered my dream, could it be
true? Are Percy and Neil an item, or what? I had no idea, so I drove on,
and pulled into the school parking lot. As I got out, I saw a group of kids
in a big bunch, probably watching a fight. Then I heard them scream out
fag, so I rushed over there, and saw Aaron in the middle with some kid
aiming to hit him. I pushed my way in, and kicked the kid right in the
balls before he could touch Aaron. "You better stay down you piece of shit,
or there's another one where that came from."

I took Aaron away from the mob, this time people got out of my way. I
wasn't that big, but when I got angry, people knew not to mess with me. We
headed into the school, towards the auditorium.

"So what was that all about?"

"Some kid who doesn't like gay people. All he said to me was that he was
going to be the living shit out of me because I was gay."

"Man, I hate people like that. Well now he knows to think twice before
messing with my man." Then I pulled Aaron into me, and we walked into the
auditorium. We got a few stares as we entered, but I didn't care, fuck
em. We stood in front of the teachers in charge of this thing.

"So, are we still welcome to sing in this competition?"

"Well, actually..."

"Actually you are." Mr. Gregory gave the woman a glare, like
shut-the-hell-up-there's-no-need-to-discriminate look. Mr. Gregory may be a
hard ass, but he doesn't discriminate with anything, that's the one thing I
love about that man. With that, the woman got up, and took off. "Well,
looks like I need another assistant." Both Aaron and me laughed at that,
and we took our seats.

"Hey Aaron, did the school call your mom?"

"Oh, yeah. My mom was like all proud of her son; she said 'I was making a
political statement' and that 'I wasn't letting the man put me down'. I
know, my mom is a bit of a psycho, but I love her."

"Ha. Yeah, my mom wasn't quite like that, but she said if it makes me
happy, than she is happy. Doesn't your mom work for like a business or
something?"

"Yeah, but she follows the beat to her own drum. I think that's what makes
her so successful. I don't' know though, sometimes she freaks the hell out
of me."

Just then I saw Neil and Percy walk in together. I just couldn't get that
dream out of my head, what the hell was going on?

"Hey Aaron, do you know what is up with those two?" I pointed towards Neil
and Percy.

"No, I haven't got a clue, but they look pretty chummy to me, what's up
with that?"

"I don't' know, but I don't like it." Then I saw Kylie come in, and she sat
down beside us. We were staring at Neil and Percy; we really didn't pay any
attention towards her.

"What are you guys staring at?" Then she looked where we were looking, and
she saw. "What the heck, what is Neil thinking? I'm going to go over there
right now."

"NO! Don't do that, it's his business. Lets just let him do his thing, and
we'll do our thing."

Then Mr. Gregory started the singing thing, and a few people were good, a
few were bad. But this was the semi-final round, so basically everybody was
pretty good. Then when they called Percy and Brittany, Percy said something
to Mr. Gregory, and he was nodding his head. Then Mr. Gregory said
something that shocked all of us, it turns out that Neil was Percy's new
partner. Ok, what the hell is going on, I need to know. Then Aaron and me
went up there, and we did pretty well, but we could have done better. I was
too worried about what was going on with Neil.

After the singing thing, me, Aaron and Kylie met up with Tara at lunch. We
weren't really talking that much, thinking too much about Neil. Tara
finally broke the silence

"Ok guys, what's going on."

"Didn't you hear? It appears that Neil and Percy are an item now or
something." And with that, Neil and Percy walked outside with their food,
and sat down away from us.

"What an asshole. I mean doesn't he know that Josh hates Percy? How could
he do that to you Josh?"

"I don't know, but I'm not going to think about it." I noticed that Neil
kept staring over here, probably because I was doing some staring over in
his direction too. Then he got up and headed in our direction.

"Oh great, here he comes, brace yourself."

"Hey Josh, can I talk to for a second?"

"Sure, be back later guys." Then I followed Neil to an empty classroom; he
better have a good explanation as to why he is hanging with that loser.

"Ok Josh, I know, you're probably wondering why I'm hanging around
Percy. See, I was taking my dog for a walk when I came upon him. He looked
pretty beat up, so I took inside my house. He told me about the fight he
had with you and Aaron. The way he looked though, it didn't look like he
got into a fight with you. I asked him if the bruises and cuts were from
the fight, and he just started crying. He told me that after your fight
with him, he went home. His father had been drinking heavily, and when he
came home, his father was hammered. His father started ranting and yelling,
calling him a fag. Saying he ruined the family just because he likes to
suck cock. Then he started hitting Percy, he hit him again and again. Percy
ran out of the house, knowing that his father wouldn't chase him because he
was too drunk. And that's when I ran into him. He was at my house all
night, and I took care of him. I felt really bad for him, and he really
needs help. I know you don't like him, and I know he has made your life a
living hell, but can you at last try and be civil for like 2 seconds. I
talked to him last night, and he wants to apologize to you, for
everything. So, will you?"

I had to take a seat; I couldn't process everything I had just heard in one
minute. We sat there in silence for like 5 minutes, I just didn't know what
to say. Should I just forget everything Percy had done to me, and forgive
him? Could I?

"Josh, you ok?"

"What, oh yeah. I'm just thinking."

"So, will you listen to what he has to say?"

"I guess." I mean what choice did I have, it appears that Neil feels drawn
to Percy. And plus Rachel is dating his brother, so I would probably be
seeing Percy a lot, so I should at least try to get along with him.

Neil walked out, and then came back with Percy. "I'll leave you two alone."
Then Neil walked out, leaving me with Percy. I wanted so bad to just leap
across the room and strangle this kid to death. I didn't care if he could
take me in a fight, I wanted to hurt him. But I knew that I should listen
to what he has to say, for both Neil and Rachel.

"Listen Josh, I know you don't really like me. Why should you, after all
I've done. But I need to at least try to apologize to you, that's the least
I can do. So I just want to say that I'm sorry. I'm sorry for what I've
done to you in the past; I didn't really mean to hurt you. I just couldn't
take my dad anymore, with him hitting me. He's never really hurt me that
severe like last night, but there have been occasions. I guess me doing
what I did to you gave me a sort of dominance feeling, but I know now that
it was wrong. So, will you except my apology?"

Again, I was at a lost for words. "I don't really know. What you did to me
was really horrible. It's something I can never get back. I appreciate you
telling me your side, and I can kind of see where you're coming from. I
guess I don't really have any other choice than to except your apology. It
looks like Neil has grown found of you."

"Yeah, and I have grown to like him too. I don't know what it is, but
something about him makes me smile."

"It's called love. It might be a new thing to you, trust me, it's great."

"Love uh, well I'll be damned. I never thought that I could be in love. I
just hope I don't screw things up with Neil, I don't want to loose him."

"Trust me, nothing could happen. You may hit some ruff spots, but
everything will be fine. And I may have accepted your apology, but that
doesn't mean I trust you. You will have to earn that."

"Trust me, I'll try, for Neil anyways." Then we walked into the hallway
were Neil was waiting for us. I saw this smile form across Neil's face when
he saw Percy, awe, he's in love. We went back outside, and sat with
everyone else. We kind of sat in silence; everyone was a little weirded out
that Percy was sitting with us. Finally though, Tara decided to break the
silence.

"Ok, what is going on here?" Good old Tara, stating the obvious.

"Um, well..." I didn't know what to say, I wasn't sure if I should tell
them about Percy, it was kind of personal.

"Percy's with me. And before you guys get all defensive for Josh, he
already apologized to him."

Everyone just stared at me like the expected it to be a lie. "It's cool
guys, really."

"Ok, whatever you say." Then we ate our lunch, starting our conversation
back up. Then we went to class, and Tara, Kylie, and Aaron pulled me aside.

"Ok, now what it really going on?"

"Listen, I didn't want to say anything in front of Percy. But last night,
his dad beat him up pretty bad. Neil found him outside, and fixed him
up. Percy stayed the night at Neil's house, and they really hit it off. So
me and Percy are trying to become friends, for Neil. And plus, if Rachel is
going to be dating Percy's brother, I'll probably be seeing him."

"Oh man, I didn't know. So you guys are cool now?"

"Somewhat I guess. I'm not just going to forgive him so quickly though."

"Yeah, you shouldn't. But at least we don't have to worry about you guys
jumping each other every time you see him."

"Yeah, that will be good. Oh, got to go, that's the late bell."

After school, me, Aaron, and Tara hopped in my car, and headed back to my
house. When we got there, I noticed a car in the driveway, and didn't
recognize it. We walked in and heard voices in the kitchen, so I headed in
that direction.

"Hello? Mom?" When I walked into the kitchen, I noticed that my dad was
there. "Dad! What are you doing back so soon?" My dad had been gone on a
business trip for a week; he goes on a lot of them. I wish that he
wouldn't, but it's important for us to like have a house and stuff, go
figure.

"My trip was called short, how's it been going. Hey Tara, and um..."

"Oh, dad, this is Aaron. He's the guy that I met at the beach this past
summer. His mom works here in town at some business. They just moved here."

"Oh, the new one on 42nd street."

"Um, yeah."

"Good business. So your mom tells me you've got into a little trouble at
school. What's that all about? I'm gone for a week, and you've been
starting fights and riots."

"Yeah, um can we talk about it later."

"Sure, but we will talk about it." Dad had invited Tara and Aaron to stay
for dinner. Dad asked Rachel a few questions about her new boyfriend. And
then me when he found out that he was Percy's brother. He was amazed that
Percy and me were trying to be friends. Shocked even that he had missed so
much. After dinner, we cleaned up the table, and then watched a little
TV. I went over to my mom, and asked her about talking to dad.

"So did you tell dad about what caused the riot?"

"No, I just said that something you did didn't go over well with the
students. I think that we should talk to your father though."

"What, right now?"

"Yeah, he's been nagging me about it all day. Come one, lets go get him,
and take him to my office."

"George, dear. Can I see you in my office? Josh and I want to talk to you
about something."

"Ok honey, be right there." My mom and I went into her office, and waited
for my dad. He came in a little while later, and he sat down beside me. My
mom was in her office chair behind her desk, and my dad and I were in
front.

"Ok, I know I never really told you what happened with the whole riot
thing. Well, there is an explanation to it. Josh, do you want to tell him?"
My mom looked at me, expecting an answer. So, I took a deep breath, and
told my dad.

"Well, dad. See, um, Aaron and me, we're kind of, well. We kind of caused
the riot, together."

"What do you mean, you guys caused the riot?"

"Well, see, me and Aaron are kind of like, a couple I guess you could say."

"What?"

"I'm gay dad." Then I saw an expressionless face on my dad, like he
couldn't even believe what he was hearing. Then he did something that I
didn't even expect.

"That's just fine." Then he got up, walked out, and walked out the front
door, slamming it shut. Me and my mom just sat there in awe, not knowing
what to do now.

To be continued...

Sorry for the late submission, I've been busy. I hope you guys haven't
abandoned me. And after this chapter, there are only 3 more to go, so
enjoy. And please send my your opinions and feedback at Lafiat16@yahoo.com,
thanks.