Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:59:02 -0700
From: jhol7689 H <almost.famous23@live.com>
Subject: Not another love story ch3

It has been a good week since Robbie's comment in the breakfast line, and
then him looking at me when we're sitting at the lunch table. He's been
doing the same thing almost every afternoon. Shelly's been getting more and
more suspicious, and my feelings of guilt are getting worse.

Austin had wanted to get a bite to eat after football practice, so I just
went to watch the game. I usually don't go to these events because, well to
be blunt, I'm a geek. If it wasn't for Austin dragging me to those parties
every other weekend, I'd probably be at home playing video games, or
catching up on my reading.

That's the way it's always been between us, from a very early age he was
the leader, I was the follower. He'd be the one to come to my house or call
first, and I'd follow up on the conversation. In big groups Austin would be
the one to introduce himself, then he'd say, "This is my brother Wade." I
was always introduced to people as his little brother, and not only because
I was shy, but because he was much bigger than me, even though we were the
same age.

As we got older, you would not see Austin out somewhere without me by his
side. Shelly wasn't a tom- boy by any means, so a lot of our outings hadn't
included her, but every night I'd likely get a phone call from her
gossiping about some event. Some people could mistake her for being an
Albino, since she had white hair, but she didn't have the pink eyes; she
had the brightest blue eyes you could possibly imagine. Her skin was white,
but with a hint of tan, to blend in the mix.

Many of our conversations centered around Austin. I asked her a bunch of
times why she wouldn't just ask him out, and it would always be the same
answer.

"You can see it in his eyes he doesn't look at me like that." For Shelly
it's all in the eyes of how a guy looks at her. A lot of times boys usually
look at her with lust, or don't look at her face at all.

"That's one of the punishments for being gifted with beauty." She'd
explain, and I thought I'd love to have Austin's V-shaped six- pack, or
that surfer blond hairstyle of his, and his height at 5'11". At sixteen,
that's how I should look, and instead, as I mentioned, I'm only at 5'5 "and
weigh 115 pounds. I think to myself these pretty people have no idea how
hard it is to be not so pretty looking. I mean, I have light brown hair
with a flat shaggy look and the only thing I think I have going for me, is
that I hadn't caught the disease of the horrible teenage acne that many
kids have.

As I met Austin by the gym lockers, I thought, what does Robbie see in me?
I didn't get to finish my thoughts because I saw the most gorgeous looking
boy I had ever seen. He was standing in the showers, with only a towel to
cover his dripping wet bod.

The mysterious boy, who I had not yet met, stood at 5'10" and the bulging
of his muscles looked like he could weigh around 210 pounds. His jet black,
wet, curly hair dangled in front of the hazel green eyes that matched my
own. It almost looked as if he was sizing me up, when Austin stepped in
front of my view.

"What's wrong with you?" Austin asked, matting his hair so it'd go back to
its original style.

"What do you mean?" My voice croaked, as I wished he'd move out of the way,
so I could see the muscle God that had stood before me.

"You look all flustered; what were you looking at?" He stepped out of the
way where the mysterious boy had once been.

"You guys have a new team member?"

"Oh yeah, his name is Cody Hawkins. He just moved here three weeks ago and
he's already made quarterback, can you believe that shit? He is a great
player though. Come on, let's get some grub and just to let you know, Cody
and the gang will be joining us."

We waited for about five minutes before Cody came out in a blue polo
T-shirt and dark blue shorts. His hair was still curly, and his eyes landed
intently on my body.

"Cody, this is my brother Wade, Wade this is Cody." We shook hands and the
shake almost crushed my puny hand.

"You guys don't look even remotely related." Cody said with an added
chuckle, as Austin patted me on the back.

"Cause he's my blood brother; we've known each other our whole lives, there
really isn't a difference." Cody nodded in understanding, and we headed to
Austin's Honda and on the way to Tony's Pizza Palace.

*** The whole gang was there. Robbie, Shelly, Candy, Joe, Cindy, Austin and
our newest hot member Cody. I hadn't felt guilty for thinking about Cody
the way I was, because Shelly was all over Robbie tonight for some
reason. Cody was my key to not seem too jealous.

The reason why Cindy and Joe had hooked up, was because Joe was Robbie's
buddy and Cindy was Shelly's girl. They tried a blind date, and it ended up
a hit. By the next day, everyone knew Cindy and Joe were an official
couple. They were cute together; Joe was a wide receiver and was about
Robbie's height. You could never see his dirty blond hair because he always
wore a cap. Today it was green, and you could picture Cindy looking like
Lindsay Lohan, but without the freckles.

I sat there bored, while the guys talked about football. Well, Robbie
couldn't speak, as Shelly had her tongue down his throat! I was starting to
get pissed and tried to think of the hot boy sitting across from me.

I couldn't very well look up at him, because every time I did, he would
catch me staring! My little member would twitch every time his eyes met
mine, and carefully I'd avert my eyes back to Robbie. It looked like he was
trying to get a good look at me, out of the corner of his eyes. I smiled
inwardly as I chewed on my pizza slice, feeling hopeful that I was making
him jealous, the jerk.

A cell phone went off and everyone looked at their own phones, including
me, ha ha! Cindy had ended up getting a text, which she responded to, and
snapped her phone shut.

"Aaron Stafford is having a party; you guys wanna go?" Shelly had stopped
smothering my boyfriend, and Austin looked at me as if deciding what to do
with me.

"What do you want to do Wade?" I could feel Cody and Robbie's eyes focusing
intently on me, but I just kept my focus on Austin.

"Aaron is a jack- ass."

"He won't mess with you tonight, has he been messing with you?" Austin was
giving me a hard look, and clenching and un- clenching his fists together.

It was true. Aaron had been tripping me in the hallways, calling me a fag
behind my back, and shoving me up against the lockers. But lately he's left
me alone.

"Not lately. I guess I'll go." Austin patted me on the chest and we all
stood up.

"Let's head out then."

"Wait, I have to go to the bathroom." Which I did; all that soda had gotten
to me and I needed to relieve myself.

I had just unzipped my pants when the door opened up, and in came Robbie.

"I saw you looking at that kid all night." Suddenly I had the urge not to
go number one, and stepped away from the urinal.

"Yeah, I had to sit and watch Shelly make out with you. How does me looking
at Cody, make you jealous?" Robbie had taken me by surprise and shoved me
up against the wall. He had his arms on either sides of my head.

"I have a reason to be making out with Shelly. You don't have any reason to
be looking at that punk sitting out there." I looked up to meet his eyes
and involuntarily flinched, when I could see plainly how angry he was.
Although I didn't think it was fair I had to calm him down, I couldn't have
him being angry all night at me.

I wrapped my hands around his neck, and at first he stiffened, but then
relaxed, and engulfed me in his arms. He kissed the top of my head, and
fully relaxed.

"Sorry baby, but please stay away from that Cody kid. I know it's hard now,
but in the end it'll be worth it, okay?" He whispered in my ear., I was
about to say 'I love you' when the door burst open, and in walked Cody
himself.