Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 01:25:20 EST
From: Tjw6195@aol.com
Subject: Kelly's Problem Part 7

Part 7 -- Kelly's Problem

Preamble:

This is a story based on real people in a situation which they were never
in (Though I wish that they had ;)).  The names have been changed to
protect the innocent and not so innocent.  This is purely a fantasy of the
author and is not meant to be taken as fact.

Also, please note that the sex that occurs in this and succeeding parts is
unprotected sex, which while understandable in the early '80s before the
scourge of AIDS was fully understood, was still dangerous because of the
possibility of other sexually transmitted diseases.  The characters in the
story can only catch what I allow them to, even if it's a case of the
pimples that are the bane of teenage life.  Practice safe sex!

My thanks to those who have written me with words of encouragement and
asking for more of the series.  I have bounced ideas off of several of you
and appreciate the help.


From Part 6:

I leaned back on the couch and held out my arms.  He sank between them.
After a short but passionate kiss, we just laid there and cuddled.  Before
we knew it, it was 9:30.  Kelly had to go.  If it hadn't been a school
night, I would have kept him there and damned the consequences, so much did
I want to hang on to him.

Instead, Kelly stood up.  He pulled his briefs and jeans back up and put
his t-shirt back on.  He smiled and said, "I wish we could do this every
night.  I love you so much that whenever I leave you, it's almost painful.
But I guess we'll have to settle for whenever we can find the time."  He
sighed.

I pulled up my own pants and stood up.  I told him, "I know how you are
feeling, Kelly.  I feel the same way.  I don't want you to leave.  But I
know that you have to go.  I'll see you tomorrow morning, my love."

I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him.  I really didn't want him
to go.  He gently unwrapped my arms and said, "Goodbye John.  I can't wait
until I see you tomorrow."

He picked up his books, put on his coat and walked to the door.

"Goodbye, Kelly.  See you in the morning."

He opened the door, turned toward me and blew me a kiss.  Then he closed
the door and walked to his car.  I watched him as he pulled away.


I woke up bright and early Tuesday morning.  I really wasn't looking
forward to it.  The folks were coming home today and I wasn't sure what I
would tell them, if anything.

And then, of course there was Kelly.  The events of the last few days that
Kelly and I had engaged in were not going to be able to be repeated for the
foreseeable future.  For some reason, I didn't see either my parents or his
allowing us to sleep in the same bed while they were in the house.  In
fact, I was very much afraid of what would happen if either set should find
out what we were up to.  I couldn't afford to be thrown out of my house
quite yet, and I knew the same went in spades for Kelly.  Neither of us had
any other place we could stay; even if we did, the way rumor spread around
this little berg, it wouldn't stay that way for long.

I got up, crutched into the bathroom and hopped into the shower.  My mind
wandered to Kelly with the usual result of my cumming, hard.  I got out of
the shower, got dressed and was early enough that I had time to make some
eggs and bacon for breakfast.

When I got to school, I saw Tim waiting for me by my locker.  I said hello
to him and he greeted me in return.  I asked him what was up.  He motioned
me over to the side, out of the way of the rest of the students.

"How careful were you guys Friday night?"

"I think we were careful enough," I replied.  Then with a smile I added,
"Although once Kelly got inside, we kind of ignored everything but each
other.  Why?"

Tim answered my smile with a slight frown.  "Sally was talking to me last
night.  She said that Linda had been driving her home Friday night and they
had driven by your place.  She remembers doing it because Linda had asked
her whose car that was in the driveway.  When she said that the car looked
like Kelly's, Linda told her that she thought that he lived in another
direction from Ken.  Sally said that that was John's house, and she told
Linda who you were.  Linda got upset and wondered aloud what Kelly was
doing there, even telling Sally that she had heard that you were gay."

 This was the confirmation that Linda was the one that had told Tony about
Friday.  That little bitch was going to be a problem.  Especially if she
kept egging Tony on in an effort to get to one of her least favorite
people, me.  Damn her!  But it was what Tim said next that really got my
attention.

"The reason I bring up Linda is that Kelly is on her blacklist as well.
They went out for one date last year, but Kelly broke it off because she
got too aggressive.  She said she would have thought that he was gay, but
she knew that he had gone out with other girls before her."

I looked away for a second to collect myself.  "Damn it, Tim.  I guess
we'll have to be even more careful than I thought.  All because a little
bitch couldn't have her way with either of us.

"All right, Tim.  Would you mind passing the message to Kelly that I want
to talk to him at lunch.  Let him know what's going on.  It's going to be
tough, especially because I want to feel his arms around me as often as I
can."

"I understand, John.  I'll tell Kelly.  See ya later."

"Yeh, later," I said as Tim walked down the hall.

The time passed slowly before lunch.  In one way, it was almost a repeat of
Friday when I couldn't concentrate on any of my classes.  But the reasons
for it were entirely different.  This time I was anxious about our
relationship being discovered.  I was extremely lucky that none of my
teachers called on me.

Lunch arrived and my anxiety level hit an all time high.  I had asked Jack
to keep Tony occupied because Tim wanted to discuss something with me at
lunch.  Jack had said OK, but looked puzzled about why Tim had to talk to
me.  I told him that Tim had something about the JV team he wanted advice
on and that it couldn't wait.

When I entered the cafeteria, I looked in the direction of the table that
Tim and Kelly normally sat at, but didn't see them.  A sense of panic came
over me as I tried to find them.  Finally, I heard Tim call out "Over
here!" from a table over in the corner.  I breathed a sigh of relief and
went over to the table and sat down.

"Hi guys," I said nervously.

"Hi, John," Kelly replied.  "What's up?"

"I think we may have a problem.  Has Tim told you about the conversation he
had with Sally?  And the one I had with Tony?"  I asked Kelly.

"Yeh, Tim told me.  I take it you're worried about something coming from
this?"  Kelly replied.

"Very worried.  Linda can be very persistent about something she wants.
And right now, I think she want either or both our heads.  And if she can
use Tony to get at us, it's even better.  The problem, at least from my
point of view, is that I want, no need, you in my life.  I need to be in
your arms, or to wrap my arms around you.  I know it's going to sound weird
after such a short time, but I've become addicted to you in a way I
wouldn't have thought possible."

"Hey John, settle down.  We'll come up with something to throw Linda and
Tony off, won't we Tim?"

"Sure we will.  Listen, I haven't had a lot of time to think about this but
here's an idea I have.  Linda didn't consider Kelly gay because he'd gone
out with several girls and had at least made out with a few.  I think that
its time for John to seem to be dating a girl.  The only problem is finding
someone who is willing to date both of you without spilling the beans.  Now
I would ask Sally to help out but she might just be too close to Linda to
carry it off.  The best thing would be to find girls who like each other
the way you two do, but I don't know if that's possible.  Are there any
girls you know John who might be willing to cover for you?"

"No, I don't know any right off the top of my head.  You know my history.
I've never really given much thought to girls.  Do you think Sally might
know any?"

"John, are you sure that you want to involve Sally?  You know that anything
Sally does might get back to Linda," Kelly said.

"Come to think of it, if we set this up through Sally, we might pull it
off," I said.  "We just tell her that I want to quell some of the rumors
going around about me.  She'll understand that I'm just unsure of myself
around girls, and don't want to make a fool of myself.  Do you think that
would work, Tim?  Do you think that she would help us under those
circumstances?"

Tim thought about it for a few seconds, while Kelly and I waited anxiously
for his answer.  So much depended on whether Kelly and I could make it
appear that we weren't a couple.  To carry it off, Tim had to help us.
"She might.  I don't know though if she would believe that John needs a
'cover.'  I might have to tell her the truth eventually and then where
would I be?  She won't take being used like this very well.  You said so
yourself, John.  She IS too good for me.  But I think I love her just the
same."

"Look, Tim," said Kelly, "you won't be telling her a lie.  John is
uncomfortable around girls.  You just won't be able to tell her the whole
reason why."

"OK, guys.  I'll talk to Sally tonight.  I hope you both realize what
you're asking me to risk here.  If she turns on me, I'll never forgive
either of you.  Do you understand me?"  Tim looked from Kelly to myself and
back.  "See you guys later."  He got up and left the table.

Kelly glanced at me and said, "Are you sure that this is the way to go?
Tim's a good guy and, next to you, my best friend.  I don't like using him
like this."

"If you can think of a better way to go, please tell me.  I'm not thrilled
about this either.  If this were a different world, I'd shout my love for
you from the rooftop.  But it isn't, so we have to do something else."  I
felt my temper beginning to rise.

"Calm down, John," I told myself.  "Kelly's just trying to protect Tim from
getting hurt and still help solve the situation you both are in."

"John, settle down," Kelly whispered.  "All I'm saying is that Tim could
get hurt if this goes wrong.  And he could turn out to be our greatest
problem if he decides that we're the cause of his pain.  OK?"

"OK.  I apologize for seeming not to take Tim's feelings into account.  I
just wish that we didn't have to do this at all.  I tell you what Kelly, I
go and see if I can find Tim and apologize to him as well.  I admit to
being a jerk when it comes to trying to protect us, and trying to force Tim
to act like I want him to is just that."  I got up and left the table to go
and try to find Tim.  "I'll see you at practice Kel."

"See you later, John."

I tried remembering where Tim's next class was.  Nothing came to mind.  I
decided to see if he had headed to the library.  I found him leaning
against the wall outside the library.  He looked very much downhearted.
"Tim, can I talk to you for a minute?"

He looked up at me.  "Yeh, sure," he answered.  His tone said that he
wasn't sure he wanted to.  "Look Tim, I want to apologize.  Kelly told me
what an ass I was being by forcing you to do what I asked.  I know that I
am asking a lot, but I'm desperate.  I don't know whom else to turn to.
The only one I'd trust more than you would be Kelly, and I'm not sure that
even he could do what we think needs to be done.  You're the only one I
think can do this right.  If Kelly did it, it would look like he's only
trying to protect his own butt."

"John, don't you think I know that?  But you're right, you are asking an
awful lot of me and of Sally.  I love you both, but this is tough.  I think
that Sally is the one, but if she finds out that she's being used, she's
going to drop me like a hot potato, and I don't think I could stand that."

"OK, Tim.  I tell you what. What if I were to ask Sally myself to try and
set me up?  All you have to do is tell her that I need to talk to her.  You
don't have to tell her why, I'll do that.  You can tell her I want to talk
to her about Friday night.  I'll use that as a starting point and make my
request.  All the burden of lying will then be on me.  Would that make it
better for you?  Sally won't blame you, she'll blame me."

"Sure, John.  That would make it easier on me.  Just give me some time to
set it up.  I know that she isn't free tonight.  She's got to work at the
theater, behind the munchies counter.  I am sure that you can talk to her
later in the week.  The only problem that I see is that you might have to
back off the stuff with Kelly until you talk to Sally.  Do you think you
can do that?"

"It will be hard.  I won't lie to you.  It'll be damn hard.  But if I have
to, I think I can do it."

"Fine, John.  I'll see you later."  Tim started walking down the hall to
his class.

"Thanks, Tim," I shouted at his back.  He waved at me to let me know that
he had heard me.

Practice that night went smoothly.  We didn't have a game until Friday
night, so we just went over the basics.  Kelly and Tony seemed to have
patched things up.  At least I thought so by the way that Tony was joking
around with Kelly.  I'd have to find out from Kelly after practice what he
thought.  I just sat on the bench and chatted with whoever wanted to talk
to me.

Jack was smiling most of the practice.  He told me that he thought that
Tony had finally gotten over losing his starting job.  I hope he is right.
Tony might have decided that anger wasn't getting him anywhere and that
being nice might.

Kelly stayed in the gym to do some shooting around while the rest of the
team went to the showers after practice.  Everybody seemed to accept that
Kelly was just odd in this way and accepted it.  Needless to say, I was
waiting for him when he did come down to the locker room.

"Hey, Kelly.  How's it going?" I asked as I handed him his usual pre-shower
towel.

"I think everything's going OK.  Tony seems to be better with my starting
now.  How are you doing?" Kelly asked as he turned on the shower.

I looked around before I replied.  "Same old, same old.  You know how it
goes."

"Did you find Tim? I know you wanted to straighten something out with him."

"Yeh, I did.  Everything's OK now.  We straightened out what was bothering
him.  I'm going to talk to Sally and make sure everything's OK between her
and Tim.  I know that Tim's taking a risk asking me to talk to her but he
seems to think I can explain things in a way that it will smooth things
over."  I heard the shower being turned off and went over to Kelly's locker
to talk to him with more privacy.  I didn't hear anything so I assumed that
everyone else had left.

"I'm happy that you settled things with Tim.  I don't think that having my
two best friends angry at each other is a good thing."

"No, it is definitely not a good thing.  I'll tell you what is though."

"What's that?" Kelly asked as he dried his hair.

"This is," I said grabbing his cock and stroking it once.

"Cut that out, John.  You know what happens when you do that."

"Yes, I do.  But everyone's gone and there's no one around to see.  I just
wanted to because I agree with Tim that we are going to have to cool things
off for a while.  My folks should be coming home today and I know that
yours are not going to turn their backs when we do what we do."

"I want to too, but I think that we should wait until we are in the car."

"OK, OK.  I get the message.  Do you think that I can have a kiss to hold
me over?  Nobody else is here."

"Sure, why not?"  Kelly leaned over and kissed me on the lips.  I thrust my
tongue into his mouth and he returned the favor.

All of the sudden, I heard the sound of someone clearing his throat.  Kelly
and I broke off the kiss and whipped our heads around trying to figure out
where that sound had come from.

"I knew it.  I just knew that something had to be going on.  You two are
queer for each other!"  It was Tony!  What was he doing here?  I had seen
him leave earlier, but hadn't heard him come back in.

"Tony!  Ah, what are you doing here?  I thought you had left," I said,
panic slowly taking over my voice.

"I'm sure you did.  Tell me John, all the time the rest of us were
showering after practice or a game, did it provide you with enough fantasy
material?  I think that you have some explaining to do.  So do you, Langer.
In fact, I think John will be out as manager before the next game.  And
you, Kelly will go to Coach and tell him you don't feel you should start
any more.  That I should and that you are thinking about quitting the team
for 'unspecified' reasons.  And then I think that the rest of the school
should know what's been going on.  Yes, I think that's what will happen.

"Your lives are going to be hell.  That will teach you both to fool with
me."  Tony laughed a very demonic laugh.

Kelly recovered before I could.  "Tony, it's not what you think."

"Oh, and what do I think Langer?  That you two are hot for each other?  I
mean friends don't normally give each other tonsillectomies with each
other's tongues, do they?"

"No they don't, Tony.  It wasn't that at all.  Kelly was, ah, showing me
the way Linda tried to force herself on him," I said.

"Yeh, right.  And I suppose that she said the things to him that you said
to him in the couple of minutes before I let you know I was here.  Not
likely, shit for brains!"  Tony cracked.  "I suppose that you not going to
make this easy, are you?"

"All right, Tony.  I'll do what you want.  I'll tell the Coach that I'm
quitting for personal reasons.  Just leave Kelly out of it.  It's me that
you want," I said.  I hoped that he would leave Kelly alone.  Probably
wasn't going to happen, but I had to try.

Tony just laughed.  "Oh, that's rich!  The cripple trying to play the
martyr by protecting his lover.  You have a hearing problem, shit head? I
told you before that you were both going to pay for what happened to me.
Maybe if you get down on your knees and beg, I might consider it."

I knew that he was trying to humiliate both of us, and that he wouldn't
change his mind no matter what.  But still, if there was even a chance that
he would leave Kelly alone, I had to take it.  I got off the bench and
slowly sank to my knees.  As I did so, Kelly shouted out, "No, John!  Don't
do it on my account.  He's not going to change his mind!  All you'll to is
give him a chance to humiliate you more!"

I turned to Kelly, tears beginning to form in my eyes. Then I looked up at
Tony.  "Please, Tony!  I'm begging you.  Leave Kelly out of this.  I'll do
anything you want, just leave him alone," I sobbed.

Tony smiled evilly.  "I think ^Å no, queer boy.  You and your boy toy
are going to pay."

With that, Tony turned on his heel and left the locker room.  Kelly moved
quickly to my side and took me in his arms.  I cried silently as he held
me, tears dripping onto his chest.  He tried consoling me.  "It's OK, John.
Let it out.  We both know that this day had to come eventually.  It's just
our luck that it wasn't on our terms."  What felt like tears hit the back
of my neck as he held me.

We stayed like that for several minutes.  Finally, I wiped my tears away
with my shirt sleeve.  I balanced myself on Kelly as I got up and sat on
the bench.  "Well, now what do we do, Kel?"

"I think that we are going to have to start coming out on our own.  First
to our parents, and then to our friends.  I just hope that they can accept
us for what we are.  If they don't, then we deal with it at that time.  In
the mean time, let me get dressed and we can finish up here, as usual."

"OK.  I think that we should tell my folks first though.  You'll come in
with me to tell them?" I asked Kelly.

"Sure I will.  We'll in this together John."

We completed what had become the standard operating procedure in the last
two weeks.  We tossed the practice stuff in the washer, and went out to
Kelly's car.  It was a silent ride to my house as each of us contemplated
the future.

Kelly pulled into the driveway and parked the car.  He turned to me and
said, "Are you ready, John?  If not, we'll sit here for a couple minutes
until you are.  This is a big step we have to take."

I kissed Kelly gently on the cheek and answered, "I'm ready.  Let's get
this over with."

I opened up my door and Kelly opened his.  I grabbed my crutches and
backpack and, with my lover and best friend at my side, took the first step
towards the rest of my life.


Well there it is, the long awaited Part 7.  This one was tough to write,
especially given what's gone on in my life for the last couple of months.
Actually, compared to what Kelly and John are facing, my own troubles seem
slightly smaller in comparison.  Finding a new job is nothing.

As always, any comment, suggestions or constructive criticisms are welcome.
Email me at tjw6195@aol.com.

Tim