Halo 2: Angels & Monsters

[Superboy Untamed]

Alright Here is Book 2 of the Halo Series.

If you have not read Halo Book One, I suggest you read Book one here on Just us boys
http://www.justusboys.com/forum/showthread.php?t=348546


As I said in Book One, this is a 2nd version of Halo. In the original Halo, the characters are high school aged but in order to meet the criteria and rules of the site they have been aged to 19 years old.

This is a much more Violent & Darker Series of Halo. Much Darker and graphic than Book One.

Coy James is happier than ever. He finally has found a great guy and life is good. But when the person he fears the most returns, his happiness may be jeopardized. Matt finds it hard to be in a relationship and be exclusive to ONE PERSON, especially when he can't have sex. Meanwhile, Ky goes to great lenght to cure his sexuality and seeks the help of a religious man who may have ulterior motives. And Josh is hiding a terrible family secret from his friends and Carmen is horrified to learn how Josh chooses to cope with his problems


This Book will have 8 Chapters

 

[Autolycus]

You mention 'violence' - Sexual Violence/rape is not permitted here, so please watch where your story line goes if it is to remain on this board.

 

[Superboy Untamed]

Yeah, I have already toned it down so there is no problem
This Book and Book 3 are my most violent of the series but i toned it down

 

[Superboy Untamed]

This is Chapter One

"SAY CHEESE!" I said as Matt and I took a picture on my phone. I smiled but he kissed me on the cheek as the camera clicked for the picture. "Matt!"

"What?" he asked with a sheepish grin. "I love kissing you. Although I prefer your lips, anywhere on your body is good."

It had been two weeks since we had begun dating and I've got to say it's been heaven-sent. If this was a dream, I didn't want to wake-up-ever. He leaned into me and gave me a kiss, but I put my finger to his lips.

"For a guy who isn't out, you can't seem to keep your hands off me in public," I said with a laugh.

"What can I say? My chocolate prince has me feeling for a taste of him," he said, making us both laugh. "But yeah, you're right. Wal-mart is like the hang-out spot here in Atlantic City. I don't know why, though."

"Because you can't have fun without the rollback man," I joked, climbing out of his car.

"Why are we here anyway, rich boy?" he asked as we headed inside. "Wal-mart isn't the store I expect to see you in."

I punched him in the arm and winced in pain. "I really gotta stop doing that," I said shaking my hand. "It hurts me more than you."

"You gotta do it like this," he said tagging me in the arm. I looked at him with a shocked look. "I couldn't resist," he added.

"Domestic abuse," I whispered as I stuck my foot out to trip him. "Anyway, we're here because Josh has been talking about getting 'Guitar Hero' for the longest. I figured I'd surprise him."

"I love that fucking game," Matt said excitedly. "See? I got a reason to go to his house, now."

I rolled my eyes as he looked around at the video games like a little kid. I was really happy for once in my life. Somehow, I began establishing myself with my own identity. Ky and I seemed to be closer, if that were even possible. Josh was really into this whole supporting-me-thing, but I felt Ky needed it more than I did. Giselle, for some reason, wasn't hanging around with us, but without seeing her, I was actually even happier. To top it off, I had the most amazing boyfriend. I doubted that anything could ruin my high.

I looked past Matt and I nearly fainted as I saw a face that I hadn't expected to see, standing in front of me.

Looks like I spoke too soon. Matt was so entranced with the games that he didn't hear me call his name. I pulled his arm.

"Matt, come on," I urged, pulling him away from the games. Never knew my boyfriend was a gamer geek.

"But we didn't even get the game for Josh," he whined, hoping to look at the games and play some more. "Hold on. I gotta play this game; move it, brat." He pushed a little boy away from the PS3 game console.

I looked for the face but he wasn't there. I walked down the aisles to see where he'd gone, but there was no sign of him in any of the aisles.

'Was he really there?' I wondered. I turned and found myself face to face with my worst nightmare.

"Hello, Coy," Tony said with the same devilish look in his face. I felt suffocated. Like I couldn't breathe. Almost as if he were on top of me again, smothering me.

"Oh, my God," I said, taking a step back. "No."

My rapist was standing here in front of me. I screamed out loud but it was like people were oblivious to my screams.

"MATT!" I screamed out. I felt paralyzed like I couldn't move. "MATT!"

"You can't save yourself," Tony said, grabbing me and pulling me off with him.

"NO!!!" I screamed out as I closed my eyes waiting for the inevitable.

I opened my eyes and found myself sitting in my Class. I had been dreaming the whole entire time.My class all looked at me, shocked at my outburst.

Ky looked at me worriedly. "Coy?" he asked. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," I answered, shaking my head. "I'm fine."

I sighed and looked down at my desk. I knew that was a lie; I wasn't fine. Far from it.

The professor dismissed us and Ky hurried to catch up with me as I quickly left the classroom. "What was that all about? You looked like you saw a ghost."

"I just dozed off," I said to him as we walked to my car. "I just had a bad nightmare; that's all."

"Matt must be keeping you awake at night," he joked as he put his books in my car as well. I flashed him a curious look.

"Um...Why are you putting your stuff in my car? I asked him. "Your do have a car as well."

"I don't feel like going to my car," Ky said simpply.

"Why not? Your car is closer to most of your classes than mine is," I said, sensing there was more to this than Ky was telling me.

"Just avoiding somebody that's all," he said, with his face darkening. Just as soon as it did, he smiled. "Besides, we're brothers ... twins at that ... we share everything. Right?"

"Yes, unfortunately," I said, closing the door, and we started walking back to the school

I threw my hand on Ky's shoulder and squeezed softly.


"So how are you doing? I know I've been hanging with Matt a lot for the past week, so I haven't had a chance to do movie night like we always do."

"It's cool," he said with a shrug. "I'm fine. It's just ... I gotta get something out of my system, Coy."

"Something? Or ... someone?" I asked, and he flashed me an alarmed look. "I mean ... because you're avoiding going to your car."

"Oh," he said, relieved. He didn't want to reveal that he was avoiding Nick and had been for the past two weeks.

"Don't worry about it," I said to him. "You have the spare key to my car. Use it as much as you like."

"Thanks, man," he said as we came to his next class "I guess I'll see you for lunch."

"Alrighty," I said flashing a smile and walking toward the front office. I wasn't in the mood to be a tour guide, but I didn't want to skip because Matt said he was going to try to skip the last few minutes of Gym so we could hang out in the Student Lounge.

"Coy," the receptionist said with a smile, reading my name tag. One thing about our college is that they couldn't seem to keep receptionists for very long. Or an Assistant Dean.

"Hello ... Miss ... Peck," I said, reading her nametag on her blouse. "How are you settling in?"

"Very nicely, thank you," she said with a warm smile. "But it's MRS. Peck, by the way."

"Oh, sorry," I said sheepishly. "I ... you're just so young ... you look like you just graduated from high school."

"I did," she said with a warm smile. "I graduated from Ocean City before it burned down a few years ago."

"Ah," I said with a nod. "Well, it's nice to have you and not some stuffy old lady barking at me. How long have you been married?"

"Newlywed," she said, flashing her ring. "Three weeks. My first day back in the States after spending eighteen days in Jamaica, tanning my butt off."

"Well, congratulations," I said with a grin on my face for her. She just beamed with a glow of happiness.

"Thank you," she said, handing me a folder. "Mr. Augustus is meeting with our newest addition to the school."

"Wow, we get like ten new students a week, here," I said, opening the folder. I choked on my spit when I read the inside of the file.

"You okay?" she asked. Before I could respond, the Registrar walked out with the newest student.

"Coy James, meet our newest addition to Atlantic City College and the lacrosse team," he said with a proud smile. "Tony D'amato."

I looked at Tony with a look of fear, and he flashed me a smile.

"Hello, Coy," he said with a knowing look.

Something told me this wasn't a dream or a nightmare. This was reality.

My rapist was standing in front of me....
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SCENE B

Josh sat in his Lit class with a lot on his mind, not realizing that his professor had called on him to read.

"Joshua," he said for the fourth time. "Has the contact of football damaged your hearing? I've called on you four times. You're no longer in high school. Are you deaf?"

"No, but I wish I was," he said, rudely shocking him, Carmen, Giselle, and the rest of the class.

"Excuse me?" the professor asked Josh, taken aback at his answer. He looked him in the eye.

"Why don't you quit wasting our parents' tax dollars and actually teach us something worth listening to?" he continued his meaty diatribe. "Because Shakespeare was NOT my cup of tea in high school, and it's NOT my cup of tea here, either."

"Josh, shut up," Carmen hissed at him. He rolled his eyes and grabbed his books.

"How about I save you the trouble, and I'll escort myself to the Dean's office?" he said, getting up. He walked to the door in the back of the classroom and slammed the door behind him.

"Professor Tate, may I ..." Carmen asked him with a nod toward the door. He smiled at Carmen. Although Josh wasn't one of his favorite students, Carmen did have the highest grade in the class.

"Go," he said with a smile.

Carmen nodded and headed out to find her boyfriend. Giselle raised her hand.

"Professor, may I please be excused?" she asked with an angelic look.

"No; you, of all people, belong in this lecture hall."

Giselle gasped in embarrassment and flicked the professor off as he turned to head to his desk.

Josh walked out to the parking lot toward his car. Carmen followed behind him.

"JOSH!" she yelled out after him. She ran as fast as she could in her stilettos, but Josh still was a faster walker.

He stopped at the car and waited for her to catch up. She slapped him across the face.

"What the hell, Carmen?" he asked, rubbing his face.

"Exactly. What the hell?" she replied. "That wasn't like you ... to snap at a professor."

Josh sighed and looked at his girlfriend with a blank look on his face.

"Care to explain what's going on inside that curly head of yours?"

"Just stuff," he said, turning to get inside the car.

Carmen reached out and grabbed his arm, and he winced in pain.

"Josh..." she began, looking at him worriedly.

"Look, I feel like getting out of here and skipping the rest of the day," he said. "You coming?"

"Josh ... we don't skip," she replied. "This isn't high school anymore.

"You don't ... but I do," he said getting in his car.

Carmen watched as he pulled away, out of the parking spot, and out of the parking lot. It hurt her that Josh was hiding something from her. They'd never kept secrets from each other, even as little kids. 'What's different now?' she wondered to herself. She pulled her cell out of her pocket and texted Giselle.

*Meet me in the student parking lot. It's a 911 situation*

Closing her cell she walked to the bench and took a seat, trying to figure out exactly what she was going to do.

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SCENE C

I sighed to myself as the buzzer signaled the next lecture period. That meant that I could escape from Tony and the silence.

"Hey," he said grabbing my arm. I shook him off and walked on. He followed after me.

"Come on, Coy," he said, walking side by side with me. "What's with the attitude?"

I looked at him, speechless. "You have got to be kidding! You seriously asking me that?"

"About the sex?" he asked.

"It's not sex if I didn't want it," I spat.

"It's not rape, like you tried to say, when you did want it," he countered. "You were all over me at that party."

"That isn't true," I said, shaking my head. "I was not all over..."

"Coy! Tony!" Matt said running over to us.

I looked at my boyfriend with a surprised look. "You know him?"

"Of course I do," Matt replied. "Tony here is the new lacrosse player. He was supposed to play football for us, but he was overseas on vacation and just got back like last week."

"Vacation, huh?" I said looking at Tony with an amused look. We both knew that was a lie, but I was shocked to see him standing there in front of me.

"Yep, I'm glad to see you met my best friend, Coy," Matt said proudly. "Coy is really good people."

"Oh he is, is he?" Tony said flashing me a smile that only I knew what it meant.

"Well, I think I should get on over to my next lab," I said to Matt, clearing my throat.

"I'll catch you at lunch, man," he said to me as I walked off without acknowledging Tony.

"You got to meet the rest of my crew at lunch," Matt said as I was leaving.

I wheeled around. "Um ... Matt ... remember? We're supposed to be eating off campus? Just to talk. You and me."

Matt flashed me a look saying to shut up. I guess he was worried I was going to out us to Tony. Little did he know...

"If you guys already made plans, then I don't want to intrude," Tony said with a faux look of sincerity.

"Nah, man; Coy and I were just going to talk about his new workout plan," Matt lied. "I'm sure we can talk about that later; right Coy?"

I looked at Matt, who was expecting me to say yes, and Tony, who had an amused look on his face.

"Fine," I said, rolling my eyes and storming off.

My worst nightmare was coming to life. My past had definitely come back to haunt me and was now affecting my present AND future.
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SCENE D

Ky was leaving from the bathroom when he noticed down the hall Nick was coming out of one of the faculty's bathrooms. Nick walked past him and smiled, and just kept walking. Ky noticed the door open again and two guys walked out of the bathroom and rushed to their lectures. It was then that Ky put the clues together and rushed after Nick.

"You were getting fucked in the bathroom, weren't you?" Ky asked angrily. Nick shrugged.

"What can I say?" Nick asked him with a sly smile. "I'm fuckable ... I'm hot."

"You're a fucking slut," Ky said angrily. "What the fuck do you think you're doing?"

"I'm living my life," Nick said. "What's it to you."

"Because ... Because ..." Ky couldn't get the words out of his mouth.

"Because what? You wished it were you fucking me?" he asked Ky. "After all, I am just a fuck to you."

"Maybe I do wish it was me," Ky said defiantly. "So what?"

"So that will never happen again," Nick said to him. He pushed Ky into the wall and pinned him.

"Get the fuck off of me," KY said. He was stronger than Nick physically and could've easily pushed him off, but for some reason he felt weak.

"Why? Because being this close makes you hot for me?" Nick teased him. "You're fucking pathetic."

"You are the pathetic one," Ky spat. "For waiting around for me to commit to you. NEVER GONNA HAPPEN!"

"Open your eyes, fool," Nick said letting him go. "I'm already moving on. With Bruce and Alex from the baseball team. They know how to fuck the hell out of a real man's tight ass."

Ky growled in frustration and tackled Nick. The two wrestled around on the floor while Ky tried choking him. He hated Nick. Ever since he finally admitted to himself he was gay, he'd become extremely attracted to Nick. He didn't want to be with Nick, because he was afraid that by dating him, it would soon become true in every way. He was gay.

Nick was a wrestler and, while not as strong as Ky, he was able to catch him off guard and flipped him over and got on top of him.

"I see why you like the top," Nick said, pinning Ky to the floor and choking him. "It makes you feel stronger and more dominant. Maybe I should fuck you instead."

Ky kicked Nick into a display that was set up for homecoming and the two began to brawl. The noise attracted a female professor who yelled for help. Two guys each grabbed Ky and Nick, separating the two of them.

"Alright, Nick, Coy," the she said to the two. "Let's head to the Dean's office."

Ky and Nick flashed each other dark looks as they were dragged down to the office.

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SCENE E

"You're coming with me," I said, pulling Anthony out of the conversation he was having with somebody I'd never seen.

"Okay, Coy. I can walk without holding your hand. What's going on?"

"Nothing," I said letting go of his hand.

"Does this have to do with our brothers fighting?" Anthony asked, curiously. "I hope you know that their beef has nothing to do with..."

"I didn't even know they were fighting," I said as I walked out to the parking lot. "That explains why Ky wasn't waiting for me as usual for lunch."

"Then what's wrong?

"We are skipping and going to my house to eat and hang out, because I need to be away from here," I said to him as we got to his car.

"I thought you loved college, though," Anthony said with a laugh. "With you being a nerd and all." I flashed him a dirty look. "Okay, fine. I'll shut up and drive."

***

SCENE F

Carmen and Giselle watched as Josh got out of his car. They were several people back, and he didn't know he was being followed.

"What the hell is Josh doing here at this park?" Giselle asked Carmen as they watched him just stand there as if he were waiting for somebody. "In the middle of the ghetto."

"I don't know," Carmen answered, concerned. "He looks like he's meeting somebody."

"Maybe it's a girl," Giselle chimed in, but cowered when Carmen shot her a look. "Or not."

"Trust me, Josh knows what would happen if he ever cheated," she said. "That would explain why he was acting weird in class today."

"Ooh, who's that?" Giselle asked, pointing at a guy who was walking toward Josh. "Oh, my God! He's going to get mugged."

"Shut up," Carmen said nervously as she watched the two talk.

Giselle and Carmen both gasped as the guy pulled something out of his pocket and handed it to Josh.

"Oh, fuck," Giselle said, looking at Carmen with a confused look. "Were those..."

"Drugs?" Carmen finished Giselle's question. "He's doing drugs?"

"Maybe not," Giselle surmised, trying to figure out something to explain the scene unfolding. Josh handed the guy some money and took the bag from the guy. The two shook hands and the girls watched as Josh headed back to his car.

Carmen wasn't so sure, because based on what she saw that morning and just then, she wasn't entirely sure about who Josh really was.

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SCENE G

"What's your problem with me?" Nick asked Ky as they both sat outside the office. The Assistant Dean was busy with other students and hadn't seen Nick and Ky yet.

"I don't like you," Ky said. "Simple as that."

"Since when? Because ... before we ... you know ... we were cool," Nick said sadly. "Every since we did it ... you've been weird, and I deserve to know why."

"Why? You wanna know why?" Ky hissed at him. "Because I hate how I feel when I'm around you."

"What?" Nick asked, confused.

Ky sighed, annoyed. "I hate how it feels so right to be around you and with you," he said quietly. "It shouldn't feel right because I don't want to be this way. But I can't fight being gay."

"You can't fight being attracted to me, Ky," Nick said, no longer angry anymore. Just hurt. "Your heart wants what it wants."

"I just want to be normal," Ky said shaking his head. "I'll fight my feelings for you as long as it takes. I'm strong. I can survive anything and I can survive not being with you."

Nick was going to say something but the door to the office opened and the Assistant Dean stood there.

"Come on in, Mr. James … Mr. Pagan." He said with a stern look on his face.

"Let's get ready to be benched for the next two games," Ky whispered to Nick who just looked sad.

***

SCENE H
I watched Anthony as he dived into my pool. We had been in for a few hours and just relaxed. He was really cool and helped me forget about my problems.

"In all these years, have I ever told you how much I love your house?" he asked, splashing me with water. I laughed at him.

"Only a million times," I said, hearing the doorbell ring. "Hey! I'll be right back. Somebody's at the door."

"Bring back some sodas, if you don't mind," he called out as I ran inside.

I opened the door to see Matt and Tony standing there.

"Hey, no practice today, so I figured we would crash over here for awhile if that was cool," Matt said as I let him in. "Wait. Is that Anthony in the Pool?"

I was too focused on Tony to be worried about Anthony and Matt's impending argument.

"What are you doing here?" I hissed at him. I looked back to see where Matt was and as I knew, he was arguing with Anthony.

"Here to keep my word," he said, licking his lips. "I told you I would be back. This time, I'm not going anywhere."

I looked at him in horror as he looked at me as if he was undressing me with his eyes.

I had spent the past year forgetting him only to have him here in front of me.

To be continued...

 

[Superboy Untamed]

This is episode 2

Matt kissed me as he ground his body into me as we lay in bed making out. It had been over an hour, and while I had initially come over to watch a movie, it was Matt who initiated this, and it's hard to stop him when he goes like the energizer bunny.

"God, you're so fucking sexy, Coy," he said as he began undressing. My heart rate excelled as he pulled his shirt off and unbuttoned his jeans.

"Whatcha … um … whatcha doing?" I asked cautiously. He began to suck on my chest.

"Getting comfortable … and I plan on fucking you," he said, continuing at what he was doing.

I willed the urge to scream as I felt suffocated by his heavily muscular body on my small frame.

"Maybe I should be on top," I said as I attempted to try to flip him on his back. He smiled and kissed me.

"Why, though?" he asked looking at me with hungry eyes. "It's not like you're gonna be fucking. Unless, you wanna ride. I'd love that."

I laughed to myself uncomfortably. "Let's just kiss … and enjoy each other's company," I said, trying to persuade him. "Who knows? We may or may not get to it."

"We are gonna do more than get to it," he said, flipping me again onto my back. "We are gonna get to it more than once … more than twice, even. Now off with the jeans, baby." He moved to unbutton them for me.

"Uhh…" I said uncomfortably, as he whipped my jeans off.

I always knew that Matt was highly aggressive when it came to his girlfriends, but it was a little nerve-wracking to see how aggressive he was with me. It reminded me of…

"Matt … maybe we should stop," I said as he kissed all over my body.

He groaned softly and looked me in my eye. "Coy, I haven't gotten any in like a month almost. You can't deny me this, baby. I want to be with you and in you."

"I understand that," I said to him softly. "I get that. But what happened to waiting till we were ready. Till you were in love?"

"But I am in love," Matt blurted out without thinking and I looked at him with a sideways glance.

"Really?" I asked with a half-smile and half-shocked expression. Matt looked at me unsure of what to say.

"Um … yes," he said kissing me softly. "Yes, I love you, Coy. That's why I want to make things special. I want to lose my virginity with a guy to you."

Everything with Tony left me then. Nothing else Mattered. Matt loved me.

"I love you, too," I said with a big smile.

Matt chuckled nervously. "That's good," he said. "So do we really have to stop?"

"Sadly, yes," I said pinching his nose. "But … our anniversary is in two days. I say one month screams making love time."

Matt smiled and grabbed me into a bear hug. "I think I can wait two more days," he said kissing me on the forehead.

"Good, because I love you, too, baby," I said enjoying his embrace, and for the first time not pulling away.

Matt felt uncomfortable. While he knew that he cared about me a lot, he didn't want to think about love when it came to a guy, and he didn't think he was in love. But he was horny and his hormones were telling him to go with it and to enjoy himself in two days.

"I love you, too," he replied back.

***

SCENE B

Carmen sat in the lecture hall watching Josh as he slept. He barely had acknowledged her when he came in and then went to sleep. Carmen was surprised when the professor hadn't bothered him, she figured to avoid another altercation probably.

"Hey," Giselle whispered to Carmen. "What you going to do about junkie over here?"

"Don't call him that," Carmen whispered back. "And I don't know yet. I don't know what to say or do. I don't even know if it was drugs he was getting in the park, for sure or not."

"Oh, it was drugs," Giselle scoffed. "What are you going to do? Wait till the crack baby passes out from an overdose? You need to confront him."

"I don't think I can," she said putting her head in her hands. "It was simpler when Josh was Josh. The boy who was goofy and hot and kinda slow, but in the cute way. Not the possible drug addict."

Giselle sighed and shook her head. "If you don't want to confront him, I will," she said to her friend. "After all, he's your boyfriend, which means I kinda have to care what happens to him. So I can beat the drugs out of his system."

"No, that's quite okay," Carmen said with a small laugh. "But I don't want to talk about this right now. What's going on in Giselle's realm of pettiness and superficial being?"

"Aw, thank you for asking," Giselle said flicking her friend off. "Nothing much really. Tired of being single, so I figured I might give Nick Pagan a chance and try to get together with him."

Carmen thought about that and the situation concerning Ky. "Um, are you sure he's into … girls … like you, I mean?" she asked her friend, amused.

"Of course he's into girls like me," Giselle responded, giving Carmen a what-the-hell look. "I'm hot. I got a fat ass and a nice rack. Great hair … lips … the whole nine yards. Bitch, I'm the bomb, like tick-tock-tick-tock."

The two shared a laugh at that, and Josh woke up and looked around the lecture hall.

"Hey," he said to the two girls. "I'm hungry. Anybody got anything on you?"

"Munchies," Giselle mouthed to Carmen, who ignored her.

"Um … no, babe, I'm sorry," she said uneasily. Josh shrugged and got up from his seat and grabbed his backpack.

"Where you going?"

"Hey, Prof," Josh said heading to the door. "I'm mad hungry, so I'm heading to get some grub. Carmen, I'll see you at lunch." Without waiting for a response from either Carmen or the professor, he just walked off.

Carmen looked at the professor with the same surprised look HE had registered on HIS face.

'What the hell is his deal?' Carmen thought to herself—about Josh; not the professor.

***

SCENE C

"COY!" Tony said in a singsong voice as he ran up beside me. I sighed and rolled my eyes.

"Just because Matt's cool with you doesn't mean I am," I said as I tried to duck away from him in the crowd.

I looked behind me and didn't see any sign of him. I ducked into the bathroom to hide away. It was empty, and I walked over to the sink and turned the water on. I bent down to splash some water in my face.

"FUCK!" I yelled as I saw in the mirror that Tony was standing right behind me. I wheeled around and stared him in the eye.

"Language, Coy, language!" he said with a laugh. "What happened to the Coy who never cussed? I miss him."

"I miss him, too," I said darkly. "But he's dead. You killed him. Now stay the hell away from me." I turned to go, but he grabbed me by my arm and pinned it behind my back.

"Now I can't do that," he growled in my ear. "A promise is a promise, and I promised you I would be back."

"Let go of me," I said trying to pull free of his hold. "What do you want from me?"

"I want to have some fun," Tony whispered in my ear.

I kicked him in the balls and backed away as he stood there, looking at me angrily.

"You shouldn't have done that," he said taking a step toward me. The door opened and Anthony walked in.

"Oh, hey what's up?" he asked with a big smile. However, his smile faded when he saw me clutching my arm and an angry Tony crutched over in pain. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," I said, walking out of the bathroom. Anthony looked at Tony with a confused look.

"Yeah, just horsing around," Tony said as he limped out of the bathroom.

Anthony stood there, shocked, but his mind was telling him something was up and he was going to find out exactly what it was. He pulled his cell out and dialed 7 on his speed dial.

"Thomas," he said after a few moments. "I need you to do me a favor."

***

SCENE D

Ky lay on his bed thinking about his situation with Nick and the whole gay issue. He didn't want to admit it but he wanted Nick just as much as Nick wanted him. He was still not completely okay with himself but he realized he was gay. Nick wanted to be in a relationship, but Ky wasn't ready for that. He wanted fun. He wanted sex. Being suspended, he was insanely bored and he wanted to explore his sexuality more to see if he could find someone better than Nick. But what could he do?

"I got it," he said after a moment. He opened his laptop and typed in Google. Once there, he searched for all the gay areas near Atlantic City. Ky was determined to find out how gay he really was or, if it really were just a phase?

***
SCENE E

"I'm coming, I'm coming," Nick said as he ran down the stairs to answer the door. "Giselle?"

"HI!" she said with a cheerful smile.

"What … um … what are you doing here?" he asked pleasantly surprised. "I didn't know you knew where I lived."

"I got connections in the front office," she said with a smug shrug. "I wanted to come by and talk to you. So … can I come in?"

"Sure," he said allowing her inside. He shut the door behind her and led her into the living room. "What did you wanna talk about, Miss Santos?"

She smiled at him and took a seat beside him on the couch. "I wanted to discuss the other week when we … you know … kissed … at the boardwalk."

"Ooh, yeah," Nick said blushing. "I'm sorry about that … it's just … I … I don't know."

"Well, I mean I did kiss you," she said, touching his leg. "Because I wanted to. There is nothing for you to be sorry for."

"Oh," Nick said shyly.

"I like you, Nick, and I like how we connected at the restaurant that night, and the kiss felt right." She then continued on; "At least, to me it did."

Nick looked at her with a sideways glance. "What are you saying?"

"I'm saying … I'm saying …that I like you," she said with a hopeful look. "I hope you like me, too, or this will be really embarrassing."

Nick looked at Giselle with an unsure look. He knew his heart wanted Ky, but Ky always seemed to reject him, and only wanted him for sex. Here, he had Giselle who he might not be intimately attracted to, but he was almost positive that he could fall in love with her … or at least love her.

"I … I like you, too," he said with a small smile. He leaned in to kiss her. He realized … as he was kissing her … all he wanted was Ky … but he also realized that no matter how much he wanted him, he wanted to be wanted.

"What does this mean?" Giselle asked, breaking the kiss. "For you … and me?"

"It means … you be my woman," Nick joked in a deeper voice, making them both laugh. "That is if you want to be. But too bad yo name ain't 'Bess'."

"Huh?"

"Never heard of the musical, Porgy and Bess?"

Giselle smiled at him. "Oh … of course," she said with a quick shake of her head, then leaned in to kiss him.

The two fell back on the couch and began making out.

***
SCENE E

"Hey, baby," Matt said sitting down at the table as we waited for our friends. I looked up from my class work that I'd forgotten to do. It was due in two hours.

"Hey, there," I said, smiling at him. He had a big grin on his face. "What's with the goofy-ass grin?"

"Because today is our anniversary," he said excitedly. I looked at him with an amused look.

"Yes, I got the chocolates you had delivered to class under the alias of Jessica," I said laughing. "The teddy bear was cute."

"Cuter than me?" he asked, taking a fry off my tray.

"Definitely," I joked and smiled back at him. "So what do you have planned for us tonight? After all, you've been planning something for the last few days, and I'm curious to know what? You planning on gettin' a little booty?"

Jerking back in surprise, Matt looked shocked. "Only if you be my bitch," came the rebuttal.

I smiled at him and laughed at his remark.

Then, in a devil's advocate's glare, he said, "It's a secret," The glare turned into a naughty smile as he slowly licked his lips. I smiled at him happy to have him in my life.

"I love you," I said with a big smile. He choked on the soda he was drinking. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah … yeah … just went down the wrong pipe," he said, clearing his throat as Carmen walked over with Giselle and Tony.

"Hey, Coy," Tony said, plopping down beside me. I sighed and rolled my eyes.

"Didn't learn your lesson yesterday?" I whispered to him.

Chuckling to himself, he began chatting with Anthony while Carmen and Giselle turned to me and began talking, but stopped when they realized I wasn't paying attention.

"Coy!" Carmen chided, snapping me out of my thoughts. It was so uncomfortable knowing that I was sitting beside the guy who'd forced himself on me when we were still kids.

"Yeah?" I asked as Tony's hand grabbed my leg. I cleared my throat and grabbed his hand and moved it off my thigh.

"Are you paying attention to me?" she asked, annoyed. "I was asking if you'd talked to Josh lately? He's acting weird and I wanted to know if you knew why."

I was about to answer when Anthony came over to our table. "I gotta talk to you, man," he said to me.

Carmen flashed me an annoyed look while Matt looked at Anthony with disgust.

"Um, I haven't really seen him much lately," I said getting up and grabbing my things. "But I'll catch up with him and see what's going on?"

I didn't wait for a response, but I did hear Matt mutter something angrily about Anthony as I left.

"What's up?" I asked him, as we walked out to the courtyard. He looked at me with a concerned look.

"How are you doing?" he asked with a serious look.

I laughed at how serious he seemed to be. "Um … I'm okay," I said taking a seat.

He shook his head. "Something's going on between you and Tony," he said, clearing his throat.

I looked at him nervously. "Uh … what do you mean?"

"I saw him grab your thigh in the café, just now…" he began. "Not to mention, you two were in the bathroom and there was an obvious amount of tension. I want to know what's up, and I want to know right now."

"Nothing," I lied. "Nothing at all."

"Coy … I care a great deal about you," Anthony said, looking me straight in the eye. "I know when you're lying. I know something is up."

"How do you know?" I asked defensively.

"Because I did a background check on Tony," he said. At that bit of info, I looked at him nervously. "He has a rape accusation against him as well as an assault. But they were dropped."

"So what?" I asked him. "What does that have to do with me."

"Because the person who accused him was named Coy Alexander James," He replied. "So answer this question … Did . Tony . rape . you?"

I looked down at the ground there in the courtyard, tears welling in my eyes. I couldn't speak so I nodded my head.

"That fucker!" Anthony said angrily. "I'm gonna fucking kill him."

"No, you're not," I said nervously. "This is a secret only you and I know. Well, Josh, too, but I trust you to keep it between us. Meaning … don't confront Tony because it will bring unnecessary attention that I don't want."

"Coy, why didn't you tell me?" he asked, and by the tone in his voice and the concern on his face, I knew he was hurt. "I mean, we've connected so much. I've opened up to you, but you've been keeping secrets from me?"

"I don't like thinking or talking about it," I said with a sigh. "Look; tonight is a special night. It's my one-month anniversary with Matt. I don't want to be stressed out."

"What do you guys have planned for tonight?" Anthony asked, even though he didn't want to change the subject, especially to something about Matt.

"Um … Well, I don't know what he's planning, but I know that I think tonight is the night that … um, we do it," I said, not able to look at him for some reason. I felt bad for telling him this, like it was wrong, but it wasn't wrong. Or was it?

"You're gonna have sex with him?" Anthony asked angrily. "I can't believe this shit."

"He's my boyfriend," I said shocked at how angry he was getting. "I have to do this for him!"

"What is this? Some kinda ritual you have to do to as a boyfriend?" he asked sarcastically. "You are supposed to have sex when YOU are ready for it, not because HE wants to. Are you ready for it?"

"He's ready for it, and I love him, so I'll be ready to do this tonight when we're together," I said getting up. "As my friend, I hope you can support that."

"You, of all people, know I don't want to just be your friend," Anthony said to me with a soft tone. "I want more."

"You can't have more, because I love HIM," I said a little harsher than I intended to do. "I've spent my whole life coming to terms with being gay and finding somebody that I can be with and share that with. Matt asked me out, and I feel like he IS the one."

"There is something seriously wrong with you if you think that Matt is the one you belong with," Anthony said with a laugh. "There is so much you don't know about him, but it's not my place to say."

"You're right; it's NOT your place to say," I said, getting angry myself. "Matt is a great guy, and all you are, is some jealous guy who's mad because he can't get what he wants."

I turned to leave but he grabbed my arm.

"Tell me, if he IS the one, why didn't you tell HIM you got raped?" he asked me, no longer angry. Just concerned. "If you really believe you love him and that he is the one, you would honestly have no secrets from him."

"Leave me alone," I said shrugging him off.

***

SCENE F

Josh sat out in the tree house of his old house thinking of how his life was slowly beginning to spiral downward. Sports were starting to become hard for him as Matt and Ky were getting more time on field than he was, and Carmen was annoying the hell out of him, by always asking what was wrong with him. He had ignored all her phone calls for the past twenty-four hours. He just didn't want to be bothered. She would never understand. She couldn't help him. Nobody could. All he had was his weed … and himself.

He looked out of the window of the tree house as he saw Nick walking down the street holding hands with Giselle, and Anthony laying back on the grass looking at the sky. He'd heard some things about Nick and Anthony's father. They could score some good drugs. The only situation was … Josh couldn't stand either of the two of them. He'd just have to make do with what he had now. It was the only way to numb his pain and cause him to forget, temporarily, though it always was.

"Fuck," he said, noticing a car pulling into the driveway. He realized his day was about to get a lot worse.

***

SCENE G

Ky looked at his watch. It was only 9:30 at night, and he was sitting in the Paradise Club, a gay teen hangout, which was just an hour away from home. He realized he was bored out of his gourd. Most of the guys here were very effeminate, swishy, limp-wristed, and that just turned him off. The other guys were coupled off, leaving him all by his lonesome self.

"This sure was a waste," he mumbled to himself, getting up to leave.

He noticed a group of guys looking at him as he walked out. Not paying too much attention to them, he walked outside the club, the warm September air hitting him in the face. He would get a cab to take him home because being here really didn't do much except show him exactly how many people fit the stereotype of being gay. As he walked down the street, he saw a prostitute giving a guy a blow job and just laughed.

"I can't believe I thought this shit was going to help me," He said walking past the two who barely noticed him. He turned down a more dimly lit alley, trying to get back to the non-gay part of the area.

"Hey, fag," a voice yelled out from behind him. Ky sighed and turned around to see the same group of five guys from the club, standing there in front of him.

"You got some nerve to call me a fag when you were in the same club as I was," he said with a laugh. "Why don't you go back in and go find some ass to fuck, and just get the fuck out of my face."

The guys circled around Ky, obviously intending on jumping him. "See. None of us are fucking homos," The leader said to Ky as they shoved him around. "We came to find a pathetic fag like yourself and beat the fucking shit out of him."

Ky fell to the ground and looked his attackers in the eye. While he was a slim dude, he was no pushover but there was no way he could take on five guys.

"Give it your best shot," he said standing up. He closed his eyes and felt the first punch hit him in the face.

"I'm gonna make you wish you were normal," one guy said, kicking Ky on the ground.

***

SCENE I

Matt kissed me passionately as we lay in his bed in nothing but our underwear. "God, Coy, I've been waiting for this for so long," he said, licking me all over my body. "I want you so bad."

I tried to keep Tony out of my mind but I just kept picturing him on top of me.

"Matt … Stop," I whispered, but he didn't hear me. "Matt … please stop."

"Shhh!" he said kissing me softly.

"MATT … STOP IT!" I said as I pushed him off me. "I can't do this!"

"You have got to be fuckin' kidding me," he said angrily. "I had a nice candle-lit dinner made for you and took you on a picnic, and you are denying me this?"

"Look; I'm not ready," I said to him, surprised at his outburst. "I just want to wait. A little bit longer."

"I don't," he said to me. "I can't keep waiting around for you to let me fuck you."

I looked at him with a disgusted look and got up to put my clothes on. "I'll just go," I said to him as I dressed.

He made no move to stop me; instead, he merely lay back on the bed as I walked out of the bedroom. As I got to his front door, I felt a pain from my side. Something was wrong.

"Ky," I whispered.

Something was wrong with my brother.
To be continued.

 

[glasvegas]

i find myself greatly resemble to Coy. The smart, quiet, weak one in the group, but they don't know my whole potential. Good plot, man. And somehow, I wish I am like Coy, a bunch of hot guys woo-ing me. LOL

 

[libbya12]

You've definitely got a great story on your hands

 

[Superboy Untamed]

This is Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Dying to Live
SCENE A

"Oh, my God," I said to my mother as we sat in Ky's room watching him as he slept. "I can't believe this happened to him."

My mom sat at his bedside holding his hand. "Why Ky, though? I mean they found him in the gay area of the city. Ky isn't a queer, so why would he be there?"

I looked at her, a little hurt by the statement. She looked at me for an answer and I wasn't sure what to say.

"Um … well, to be honest, Ky has a new girlfriend; she's bisexual and he was meeting her at a club," I lied. "I guess they figured he was gay, too, and that's why … this happened."

Mom shook her head and grabbed my hand. "I'm just so glad that my sons are not some abomination like that," she said, looking at Ky resting peacefully. "I mean, if this happened to anybody else, I could understand it, but not Ky. Ky didn't deserve something that one of THEM deserved."

Clearing my throat, I dropped her hand and walked toward the door. "I'm going to go to the cafeteria. I'm a little hungry," I said walking outside into the lobby.

Truth was, I was just uncomfortable with that conversation. While we weren't the most religious of people, my mom always viewed homosexuality the way that the extreme Christians viewed it—as being a sick sin, or a thing that should be put down. I walked into the lobby to see Carmen, Anthony, Giselle, and Nick all sitting there.

"Hey, guys," I said smiling at them. "I'm glad to see you here."

"I got the voicemail and I called everybody," Carmen said, getting and giving me a hug. "Josh … I'm sure he would want to be here, but I don't know…"

"It's okay," I said as Giselle and Nick gave me a hug.

"Any word?" Carmen asked with concern.

"Well, I thank God it wasn't too bad," I said with a sigh of relief. "He has a fractured rib and a lot of bruising, but the guys who jumped him hit him like a girl."

Carmen and Giselle flashed me a dark look and both punched me in the arm. I smiled and blew a kiss at them both, and I looked over at Anthony who stood behind the three, almost as if he wasn't sure if he should be there.

"Hey, want to go down to the cafeteria and talk?" I asked, flashing him a smile. He nodded at me softly and we walked towards the cafeteria.
Meanwhile, Carmen looked down on her phone wondering why she had not heard from Josh.
"Well, I'm going to go and try to find out where my boyfriend is," Carmen said to Nick and Giselle.

"Probably somewhere drugged up," Giselle muttered, and Carmen flicked her off, leaving Nick and Giselle there together.

"Wow, I can't believe this shit happened to Ky," Nick said angrily as he sat down. "I just … wish I could fuck those guys up."

"Why?" Giselle asked him curiously. "You two hate each other from all the fighting."

Nick shook his head. "I don't hate Ky … I could never hate him," he explained. "It's just some complicated shit going on. It's frustrating as hell."

"Well, I know how to relieve frustration," Giselle said biting her lip. "Follow me."

"Wha…" Nick began and was pulled after her as she searched for a spare room.

SCENE B
Anthony and I sat across from each other in the cafeteria. We'd been there for about ten minutes and not a single word was spoken between us. It was just … awkward.

"Look, I'm sorry," We both said in unison, and he blushed as I smiled sheepishly, and we laughed.

"I really am sorry," I said to him after a moment. "I don't want to fight with you. You're different and very special to me."

"I feel the same way," Anthony said, grabbing my hand. "Coy … you mean a whole lot to me. I'd be okay losing you to a better man, but the truth is … Matt is not as good as you think he is."

"I know he has some flaws," I said softly. "We all have our flaws … But I can change him."

"No, you can't," Anthony said, shaking his head. "You can't change something that doesn't want to change. You can't make him into a perfect guy."

"I don't know," I said, unsure of what exactly Anthony was talking about.

"Coy, Matt wasn't exactly the saint you think he is, back home at his old school," Anthony said rubbing my hand softly with his thumb. "He was a complete ass."

"I can't fucking believe this shit," Matt said walking up to us out of nowhere. I pulled my hand out of Anthony's hand.

"Matt…" I began, but he walked away from us. I looked at Anthony, feeling conflicted, but he just shrugged and nodded to go after him. I sighed and ran after Matt.

'Maybe I should take Nick's cue and just move on,' Anthony said to himself. He sighed and got up to leave the hospital. He'd just have to find out about Ky later on from Nick.

"MATT!" I yelled out as he stormed into the gift shop. I looked and saw Tony sitting in the lobby with Carmen. 'As if my night weren't bad enough already, he has to be here, too.'

"Is he the reason why you don't want to sleep with me?" Matt asked me as we stood on the aisle of the shop. "Because you fucking love him?"

"What?" I asked him in shock. "I don't love Anthony. He is just a real good friend of mine."

"He was fucking holding and rubbing your hand, Coy," Matt said throwing his hands up. A clerk came up to us.

"I'm going to have to ask you to lower your voice, or leave," She warned us with a stern look.

"Or maybe you should fuck off," he said to her and stormed past me knocking over a few figurines as he left.

"I'm sorry," I said to her handing a hundred-dollar bill. "I hope that covers it."

I ran after Matt as he paced around outside the store angrily.

"What the hell is your problem, Matt?" I asked him angrily. "You embarrassed me in the store by throwing a temper tantrum like a little baby."

"One month, Coy," He said to me. "It's been One month and you want to know what I discovered? I discovered that you are afraid of being affectionate with me. You barely like kissing me without backing out of it. You don't want to sleep with me. You barely like to cuddle for longer than five minutes. It can't be because I'm ugly or stink. You said it yourself—I'm your dream guy. So it has to be Anthony. I left a good looking girl to be with you because I felt something inside of you was what I wanted. I wanted to be a part of your life because I needed something pure like you."

"Matt …" I began to say. He held his hand cutting me off.

"Let me finish," He said. "I'm not rich like you. I can't buy you all the things that you're used to buying. But all I want to do is show you how rich I am when it comes to the intimate stuff. Because that goes a long way. But you don't want to get close to me. One month … and you still have all these walls up."

"You know what," I said ending this conversation. "In a month, I discovered that you were an asshole with only yourself in concern. If you loved me, then you wouldn't guilt me into having sex with you. If you loved me, you would care about how I felt about my brother as he is upstairs after getting gay bashed by some idiots. I don't want Anthony. I want you, but now I am starting to reconsider that because you aren't the person who I fell in love with. You are just an arrogant jerk. Immature prick … so why don't you come find me when you grow up."

"Are you breaking up with me?" he asked . I looked at him in the eye.

"I … I don't know," I said, unsure of what exactly what I was doing. I never had a boyfriend, so I really didn't know how to break up with somebody. "I just want us to work."

"No, you want Anthony," Matt said as he left me standing there. I sighed in frustration and turned to see Tony walking towards me.

"What do you want?" I asked him as he handed me a card.

"For Ky," he said simply. "Give it to him for me, please."

"Shove it up your ass," I said ripping it in half and handing it to him.

"How about I shove my cock up yours?" he countered. I looked at him with pure hatred.

"I'm not afraid of you," I said even though we both knew I was lying. I feared him a great deal.

"Keep telling yourself that," he said with a laugh as he walked out to find where Matt had disappeared.

SCENE C

Nick zipped his pants up. He felt weird. He had just had sex with Giselle in a storage room of the hospital. He was only going to make out with her, maybe do a lot more, but he hadn't meant to have sex with her. He kept telling himself he wished it was Ky. The more he kept thinking about him he began to get angry.

"God, you were probably the best I've been with," Giselle said as she put her bra back on. "Such aggression … Who are you mad at? Mr. Pagan?"

Nick just shook his head. "Nobody, babe," He said kissing her on the cheek. "You're just so hot. It's hard not to lose control."

"I would do round two but I probably should go check on Carmen and see if Ky is awake yet," she said buttoning her blouse. She kissed him on the lips and they made out for a few more seconds. "But trust me—I can't wait to do this again!"

"Same here, Ky," Nick said off-hand. He covered his mouth when he realized what he had said.

Giselle backed away slightly from him. He looked at her unsure of what to say to her.

"I … I …"

"I should go," Giselle said grabbing her purse and leaving the room. Nick stood there, still unsure of what he'd just said.

SCENE D

Anthony got out of his car and was walking up the sidewalk to the porch of his house when he saw a body lying there.

"God, one of Dad's associates has been dropping off dead bodies in the middle of the night," he said with a chuckle as he nudged the body with his foot. "Hey, you still alive?"

The person rolled around and he was shocked to see it was Josh. He was crying to himself.

"Josh?" he asked in shock. "What are you doing here?"

"Matt, Coy, and Ky weren't at their homes," he said, sniffling. "You were my last resort. Trust me."

"What's wrong?" Anthony asked as he unlocked his front door and helped Josh into his house.

"Nothing," Josh said, and Anthony flashed him a 'yeah-right' look.

"Right," Anthony said sarcastically. "Because you always show up on the porch of people you can't stand."

"Tell you the truth, I don't know why I hate you," Josh said plopping on the couch. "Other than the fact that your brother tried hitting on me and you talk a lot of shit."

"Nick was just being an idiot," Anthony yelled from the kitchen. "As far as talking shit, that's just my personality. What do you want to drink?"

"Got any good liquor?" Josh joked. Anthony returned and handed him a bottle of Pepsi.

"Pretend," he said, sitting across from Josh. "You might want to get off of that couch. Nick and Giselle were making out pretty heavily on it and there may be a semen stain or two.."

Josh jumped up and took a seat beside Anthony on the couch.

"So you want to explain why I found you on my doorstep, crying? Why your girlfriend is worried sick about you not returning her calls? Are you cheating, or are you gay?" Anthony asked him. "Because that's the only excuse I have for you being so dark lately."

"It's complicated," Josh said with a sigh, sipping his soda.

"Uncomplicate it for me, then," Anthony said, pointedly. "Because even I am kind of worried about you and your well-being."

Josh stood up and stood in front of Anthony. "I can't exactly put into words and give you the full effect," he said as he pulled his shirt off.

"Oh, my God," Anthony said as he saw what looked like purple marks on Josh's perfectly olive-brown body. "Can I…"

"Just don't try to get a cheap feel," Josh laughed, but winced in pain from it. Anthony traced some of the bruises with his finger and looked at Josh with a concerned look.

"Explain … Now," he demanded. Josh sat back on the couch.

"To answer your earlier questions, I'm not gay, and I'm not cheating," Josh said with a deep sigh. "My dad's been hitting me. A lot."

"Are you for real?" Anthony asked in shock. "Wha … Why?"

"Because my mom's been having an affair with a younger guy," Josh explained. "She left my dad, and now we can barely afford the mortgage and bills of our house. He's been drinking a lot and when I started tanking at Football from all the stuff with Coy and Ky and my mom, he hit me one night a few years back. It wasn't as bad then but now it's become a daily thing. I just had to go away tonight because I wanted a break from it."
Anthony sat there in shock. He wasn't sure what he should do about the whole situation.

"We should call the police," he said, suddenly grabbing the phone but Josh snatched it from him.

"No way," Josh said to him. "I can deal with it. I don't want anybody knowing about this beside you. I told you because you aren't biased to me like they are. I felt like I can trust you because if I asked you not to do anything, I'm positive you wouldn't."

"Well, what can I do?" Anthony asked concerned. "You need money? A place to stay the night?"
"How about you hook me up with the best drugs your dad has," Josh said with an empty look on his face. "The drugs help me forget the pain."
*
SCENE E

Carmen stood at her locker listening to Giselle go on and on about Nick and his slipup from the night before.

"He's gay," Giselle said shaking her head in disgust. "I had sex with a gay guy."

Carmen laughed at the situation thinking Nick wasn't the only gay guy Giselle had messed with. But she didn't want to directly out either Nick or Matt. "Look, maybe he isn't gay," she offered her friend.

Giselle rolled her eyes. "He called me somebody else's name. A guy's name at that. That screams fudge-packer to me."

Carmen shook her head at the ignorance she was hearing. "I'm saying that Ky was in the hospital last night," she explained. "Perhaps, he had the whole situation on his mind and he just said it by mistake."

"Maybe," Giselle said thinking it over. "Yeah, that's it. Giselle Santos does not have sex with gay men. How is Ky doing anyway? I was so mad last night, I left after the whole situation."

"Coy told me that Ky woke up after we all had left and that he seemed to be okay … considering," Carmen replied. "Coy should be here at school today so we can find out more."
"Good," Giselle said as they headed to their classes. "Is that … Anthony … and Josh?"

"Together?" Carmen asked, confused at the scene. She was shocked to see them both walking and laughing together. As far as she knew, Josh hated Anthony, and she thought the feeling was mutual.

"Hey guys," Anthony said to two girls hugging them both.

"Walk with me," Giselle said pulling Anthony's arm. "We should let these two love-birds talk." She bent over to talk in Carmen's ear. "Remember the drugs. If he is happy, he is probably on 'E' or something."

"Bye guys," Anthony said as Giselle pulled him along after her.

"You look … good," Carmen said to Josh. "I haven't seen much of you lately. But for the times I have seen you, you have been looking rather dark and angry. Whatever brought this version of my boyfriend back, I like it. I just want to know why you've been avoiding me?"
"I don't have an excuse," Josh said, kissing her softly on the lips. "But I want to make it up to you."

"How?" Carmen asked him.

"Skip the rest of the day with me?" Josh asked her. "I want to spend sometime with you. Just having fun."

"I don't know," Carmen said, unsure.

She wasn't the type to skip. Josh flashed her a pouty look and it was his cuteness that she was a sucker for.

"Fine," She said to him, taking his head in her hand. "If I get Detention, I swear…"

"I know, I know," Josh said, kissing her softly. "You'll kill me."

The two walked towards the school exit and to the parking lot.

SCENE F

Ky looked up from his door way to see a man standing there. It was a priest.

"Um … Hello," Ky said, confused as to why he was there. "Can I help you with something?"

"I'm actually hoping to help you out," the man said, walking into Ky's room. "Reverend Taylor."

"Ky James," Ky said, shaking the man's hand. "What exactly do you plan on helping me out with?"

"Well, I'm the priest for the hospital," Reverend Taylor began. "I heard about your … incident from last night … and the circumstances surrounding it."

Ky flashed him a nervous look. "What do you mean?"

"I know why you were attacked," Reverend Taylor replied. "I'm here to help you."
"How? With what?" Ky asked him, confused. "I'm safe now."

Reverend Taylor smiled a small smile. "You might be safe, but you aren't saved. Ky, this … demon that you have inside of you caused you to get hurt."

Ky was speechless. He was shocked that the Reverend knew that he was gay, but even more shocked that it almost seemed like he could read his mind. Ky did blame his being gay on his attack because of his curiosity to want to know more, led him to the club.

"I'm here to offer you a chance to kill that part of yourself and to be reborn," Reverend Taylor explained. "You can change that part of yourself and become a brand new person without that sickness."

Ky looked down. That's what he wanted. A chance to be happy without being gay. He didn't think it was possible to do so, but sitting there, was a reverend who was giving him an option to get rid of it. Rid of the very thing he didn't want in the first place.

"What do I have to do?"

"Accept God in your heart," Reverend Taylor Explained. "Accept him as your savior and he will protect you from these demonic persuasions of Satan. Satan is trying to possess you, but God … God has sent me here to try and save you from this evil. Do you want to be saved, Ky?"

Ky nodded softly. "Yes."

Reverend Taylor smiled at him with a happy smile. "I'm so happy to hear you say that," he said opening his Bible. "I'm going to help you to help yourself, and maybe somebody else."

Ky sighed nervously. This was what he wanted. A way not to be gay, and if it meant accepting God as a way into his heart then he would do it and he could finally get rid of all the torture inside of his heart.

"I'm ready," Ky said.

Nick, however, stood at the door. He had come to apologize to Ky for hurting him and looking for a peace offering. But hearing this whole conversation he felt angry … betrayed.

"What the hell is going on?" he asked barging into the room. Ky and Reverend Taylor were startled to see him.

"What are you doing here?" Ky asked Nick nervously.

"I'm here because I wanted to talk, and I knew this was the only time you weren't going to fight back," Nick said putting the teddy bear he had gotten for Ky from the gift shop and balloons on the table. "What the hell is this man telling you about offering you a way to get rid of demons?"

"He is sick," Reverend Taylor explained. "I am here to make him better and healthy as a solider for the Lord."

"There is nothing wrong with him," Nick said angrily. "The only sick person here is you preying on a doped-up boy who is confused."

"Maybe he isn't the one preying on me," Ky began. "Ever since I came to you that night, you have been trying to have a relationship with me because you like me. It isn't natural to be this way. He is offering me a chance to be normal."

"Who the hell is he to decide what is normal for you?" Nick asked, hurt by that statement. "What's normal for him doesn't have to be what's normal for you, Ky. I know in my heart that I want you and that you want me."

"I don't want to be this way," Ky said shaking his head. "I want to become normal. So either you are going to support that or I'm gonna have to have to ask you to leave."

Nick looked at Ky and then at Reverend Taylor.

"You're pathetic," he said, disgustedly. "Go to hell."

"You first," Ky countered. "Excuse yourself, please."

Nick walked out of the room trying to hold back his tears. He had never let himself get as vulnerable as he had with Ky, but he vowed to never get close like that again.

"Where were we?" Ky asked the reverend.
SCENE G

Anthony walked out of the classroom. He had to deliver something to the office for his teacher, and he wanted to get out and clear his head. Anthony hated to admit it but he was falling in love … with a guy who he knew he would never have., but he knew he was better than Matt. He looked up when he heard giggling and saw Matt walk out of a janitor's closet.

'Now I get to see them flaunt this shit in my face," he said to himself, but gasped when he saw a girl walk out behind Matt, with her skirt twisted. Fixing it, she kissed Matt on the lips and walked off, down the stairs.

Matt looked down to see Anthony walking towards him. "What can I help you with? Besides my boyfriend?"

"Your boyfriend?" Anthony asked angrily. "Was your boyfriend on your mind when you were in the closet with that girl?"

"Look, I'm not trying to ruin what you and Coy have together," Matt said with a chuckle. "Coy isn't ready to have sex yet. I get that. But I have needs, too, and I need them satisfied."

"You're an idiot," Anthony said, shaking his head. "A jealous idiot. There is nothing going on between Coy and me. We are friends. As his friend, I am going to tell him about this."

"He won't believe you," Matt challenged. "He'll just think you're jealous and making up rumors. So why don't you keep your mouth shut and we'll all be happy? You get to keep longing for something you will never get. I get what I want and keep Coy because even with what I am doing, I love him. But until I get all of him, I am going to find that missing part I need in other people."

"You're a fucking asshole," Anthony said in shock of what to say. "You don't love Coy. If you did, you wouldn't be cheating on him."

"Of course I do," Matt said to him. "But if Coy loved me like he said, he would trust me and let me be with him completely. If you'll excuse me, I gotta go see my boyfriend in class."

Matt left a speechless and stunned Anthony standing there unsure of what to do about the situation.

SCENE H

Giselle sighed angrily to herself. Carmen had stood her up at lunch leaving her with Tony and Matt who were talking about what girls they wanted to fuck. She couldn't find her best friend when she needed her. Annoyed, she walked outside to her car to see Nick sitting there with a tear-stained face.

"What's wrong?" Giselle asked him.

He shook his head and grabbed her in a kiss. "I realized just how great you are," he said after breaking the kiss. "I didn't mean to say Ky … I'm not gay or anything."

"I know that," she said looking at her boyfriend and happy that he was there. "I just overreacted. I'm sorry."

"It's okay," he said as she messed with his hair. "Come on, I got a great date planned for us tonight."

"Really now?" Giselle asked with a gleeful smile. She walked over to the driver's side. "I'm driving … Wherever you're taking me, I'm driving."

"Fine," he said with a smile. He suddenly realized that as he may never truly and completely love Giselle, she was the closest thing he would get to being happy. If Ky could ignore his homosexuality, so could he.

SCENE I

I walked down the hall to where Ky's room was. I had wanted to see Matt to try and talk things out, but he'd made plans with Tony, and Anthony seemed like he was avoiding me. I figured seeing how there was nothing to do tonight, I'd come hang with my brother. I walked into my room to see My Mom, Dad, and Ky sitting there.

"Mom … Dad … Here together?" I asked with a shocked look. "I don't know what surprises me the most. The fact that the man who lives way on the other side of the world is here or the fact he is here with my mother."

"Coy, close the door," Mom said to me in a strange voice. "We need to talk."

I looked at Dad who looked at me oddly, and Ky who didn't make eye contact with me.

Closing the door, I turned to face the three. "What's up?"

Mom looked at Ky with an expectant look. He looked up at me finally.

"I told them about us," he said and I looked at him, confused.

"About us?" I asked, not sure what he was getting at.

"Being gay," Ky said and I felt my heart drop into my stomach.


TBC

 

[gaytxn09]

Interesting update.... Looking forward to the next one.

 

[Superboy Untamed]

Chapter 4

While Coy and Ky deal with the fall out of Ky's revelation, Coy and Anthony go on a mini-roadtrip where Coy discovers something about Matt. Ky gets closer to the reverend and his new christian friends.

SCENE A

"FAG!" A boy called out at me as I walked cross the college campus and towards the building where my class was. I looked around to see people pointing and laughing at me and I wasn't sure why.

"What the hell is your problem?" I asked the dude as he was just making some ignorant humping gesture with his friends.

"I don't like fags," he said with a sneer. I looked around for my friends. I saw Matt standing there. He looked as if he didn't even want to acknowledge me, and the truth was—I didn't want to acknowledge him.

"COY!" Carmen called out, rushing toward me. Josh stood back with Matt, and they both looked at me with a look of confusion and worry.

"What's going on?" I asked her, looking around at the people.

She pulled me aside and down the hall, away from the crowds of people. She looked down at the floor.

"Carmen?"

"Everybody knows your secret," she said with a sigh.

At first, I thought she meant the rape last year....But no...She was talking about my sexuality.

"What? How?" I asked, confused.

Everything was happening so fast. I was feeling light-headed.

"Ky," she said simply, face full of worry.

Everything went black and I hit the ground, fainted.

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SCENE B

One Day Earlier…



"Coy, please talk to me," Ky begged as we both stood in the kitchen.

It had been a week since he had forcefully pulled me out of the closet with my parents. Since then, my mom barely paid much attention to me, and my dad decided to move in with us again. Ky had finally been released from the hospital the day before and it was going to be his first day back.

"I seriously have nothing to say to you," I said, pushing past him to take my breakfast in the living room.

"It's been a week and you've been ignoring me," he said, following behind me. "I miss our crazy conversations."

I rolled my eyes. "That was before you became a backstabbing asshole," I said to him. "You seriously can't believe that things would ever be the same after what you did; can you?"

"I just want to get us both the help we need, Coy," he said with a sigh "We don't have to be like this."

"I want to be like this, Ky," I said angrily. "I'm fine with who I am, and I don't want to change it because there is nothing wrong with me."

"Coy, you're sick," he said to me with a sad look. "You have an illness and you can get rid of it if you trust me."

"Trust you? Ha! That's funny," I said, laughing loudly at his dumb remark. "Tell me, dear brother, who is the sickest one of the two of us? Did you tell Mommy and Daddy how you've gone further than I ever have? You fucked Nick. More than once, and you still want to."

"That's not true," Ky said. I soon regretted saying it as our parents both came walking downstairs.

"What did you just say, Coy?" Dad asked me with a stern look on his face.

"I didn't say anything," I said, going back to eating my cereal. Mom sat down across from Ky and me on the couch.

"Nick? Who is this Nick?" she asked Ky, who then looked down at the carpet.

"Somebody Coy just made up out of spite," he lied and I just laughed and shook my head.

"Didn't sound like it was made up, son," Dad said looking at Ky and me with a curious look. "Somebody is lying."

"I'm not the liar," I said, getting up from the confrontation about to happen. "Check Ky. All he does is lie about himself and his identity."

"You keep secrets from us, which is just as bad," Mom countered back and I scoffed at the gall of that comment.

"Look at why, though," I said, turning to face the three of them. "My mother is too dense to understand that she's trying to be a mother, and she's never here to mother anybody. My brother decides it's okay to betray my trust and tell my parents that I'm the one who's gay while HE has slept with a boy more than once. And let's not forget the father I rarely see, who only drops off loads of money to try and make-up for the fact that he sucks as a REAL father."

"We are still your parents," Dad said, stepping towards me.

"By genetics only," I retorted. "Neither of you know how to be a parent. You don't know how to be there for your kids."

"We're here for you now," Mom said, walking toward me and rubbing my cheek. "I'm here to get you the help that you need and deserve, in order to get over this."

I was really getting frustrated. "You're some fucking idiots," I said with a laugh.

She slapped me across the face, shocking us all.

"Mom…" Ky said nervously not liking where this is going.

"Hush, Kyle," she said without taking her eyes off me. "I understand that your father and I have made mistakes when it's come to you boys. But you do not get the right to talk to me or him or your brother like that. We are trying and, yes, we're going to help you, too."

"What happens if I refuse?" I asked her, and Dad walked up beside Mom.

"Coy … Please don't make this harder than it has to be," he said with a dark look. "Now, Ky, I believe what your brother says, and I'm disappointed to hear that. But I'm proud to know you're working with Reverend Taylor to better yourself. Speaking of Reverend Taylor, Coy he will be here so you need to come home for an emergency family meeting."

"For what?" I asked, getting frustrated by this situation.

"Reverend Taylor is coming over for dinner to discuss our options for a fix out of this mess," Mom said. "I still can't believe it … both of our sons are…"

My phone vibrated in my pocket and I took it out to see it was Anthony calling. I looked up at them and smiled a fake smile.

"Whatever, I gotta get to class," I said, and pushed past them. "Ky, please stop following me."

Ky sighed as he watched me walk outside and slam the door behind me.

"You did the right thing," Mom said hugging him tightly. "It's a good thing you opened up to us when you did. Now we can do our best to fix this problem."

Ky just stood there as his parents hugged him, unsure of what his next move was.

SCENE C

"Hey," I said jumping into Anthony's car. "You're a life saver. I needed to get out of there and head to class. A place that's so much better than home."

"We aren't going today, " he said as we drove off.

I looked at him with a sideways glance. "Um … Ant … I don't skip, really. My college attendance record is superb."

"Well, you are today," he said to me with a determined look on his face. I sighed and look over at him.

"Where are we going?" I asked as I took out my cell and began to text Carmen, Josh, and Matt that I wouldn't be there.

"Ocean City," he said cryptically.

I looked over at him again with a curious look.

"Matt's from Ocean City," I said.

"Trust me when I say, that today will change everything," he said and we headed to the expressway on our way to Ocean City.

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SCENE D

Ky headed down the hallway to the Christian Circle meeting area. As it was club day, after talking to the reverend, it was a new step in his change of his illness. Reaching Room 218, he sighed as he stood at the door. Before all that had recently happened, he was a Jock who partied like crazy and got drunk all the time with no guilty conscience as to what happened. But he was tired of being the bad boy … tired of being trouble … tired of being gay. He was about to do something drastic. Something nobody would expect.

"Ky?" Carmen asked as she walked down the hall. He turned to face her as she stopped to talk. "What are you, of all people, doing here?"

"I'm minding my business," he said rudely, shocking her. "You know, you should try it."

"I understand that you and Coy are having problems and while I think it was messed up what you did, you don't have to take it out on me," she said to him. While she wasn't as close to him as she was with me, Ky was still a close friend of hers.

"My family and my business is none of yours, Carmen," he said firmly. "Instead of worrying about what I'm doing and how I screwed Coy over, worry about your boyfriend. I saw him talking to some known dealers at the school. If you would excuse me, I have matters to attend to."

Carmen's face cracked as she thought about what Ky had said about Josh. He smiled realizing he had gotten to her and turned and entered the classroom. Forgoing the urge to go to Dance club, Carmen decided to try and find Josh who was in Sports Fanatics club.

Ky felt nervous as about sixteen pairs of eyes stared back at him as he stood in the classroom. He recognized Reverend Taylor and felt a little better as he saw a familiar face.

"What are you doing here?" a boy asked Ky.
Ky wasn't sure who the guy was, but he flashed back to a party a year ago when the guy had came onto him and Ky had beat him up.

"Um…"

"Kyle here is our latest member for Christian Circle," Reverend Taylor explained.

"He's far from a Christian," Ky then remembered the boy's name—Shane. "He drinks and engages in pre-marital sex with slutty girls."

"And guys," Ky said finally getting his confidence. "Look, I understand that I have a reputation around here at not being the most religious person. Hell, I make fun of you guys a lot. But something happened to me a little over a week ago and I realized not knowing God might be my downfall. You, as Christians, always welcome new members with open arms, and I'm here asking for help. So are you guys going to help me or not?"

The other members nodded there approval and walked over to shake his hand and pat him on the back.

"Well, that was a nice intro, Kyle," Reverend Taylor said with a beaming smile. "Now let me get my papers ready to began the meeting. Mingle amongst yourselves."

Ky took a seat beside Shane who looked at him with a confused look.

"I know what you're thinking," Ky said to him. "But I AM sorry for all that I did to you. It wasn't right. I just … I just didn't know how to deal with it back then, and now I see I don't have to deal with it. I can get help. So I hope you'll forgive me, and we can move on."

Shane nodded still in shock at Ky's admission. Reverend Taylor cleared his throat.

"Well, to begin the meeting, I thought it would be fair to begin talking about the college's newest club," he said as the group quieted down. "The GSA or Gay Straight Alliance group."

The people around Ky and Shane shouted their disapproval against this new group.

"They can't do this," a girl screamed out.

"It goes against our club and what we believe in," another girl yelled out. "It goes against the Bible by trying to make it seem okay by mixing Gays and Straights together. Probably an attempt for them to convert the few good men we have at this school."

Ky shifted uncomfortably and everybody looked at him to see what he had to say. This is what he was afraid of happening and why he was at the club. He didn't want to be gay anymore. Maybe God had a cure for him.

"They can't do this, can they?" he asked Reverend Taylor. He ignored the questioning eyes of those who were still skeptical of his dedication.

"Sadly, yes, they can," Reverend Taylor said. "School and Board policy allows any sort of club that has a positive image, and while we all here realize it's not positive, there are a lot of liberal viewers who don't agree with us."

"Do you agree with us?" a boy asked Ky. He had a challenging look on his face as he waited for an answer.

Shane and the others also wanted an answer as did Reverend Taylor. Ky nodded to himself.

"Prove it," the boy challenged.

"What do I have to prove?" Ky asked getting annoyed. "You all are welcoming me into the club."

"Welcoming you, yes," the boy said, walking to the front of the group. "Reverend Taylor, may I?"

"Feel free, Darek," Reverend Taylor said proudly.

"I have spoken with Reverend Taylor about your … situation … and he seems to think that you are a good member for our group," Darek said, and Ky shifted nervously. "But it doesn't matter what Reverend Taylor Says. I run the club."

"He's in charge of the club," Ky said pointing at Reverend Taylor, confused.

"He's the faculty advisor, Ky," Shane explained to the confused newcomer. "All clubs and social organizations at the school need some type of faculty member to oversee it, but Darek runs this one."

"Exactly," Darek said proudly. "Now I have no problem with you joining this aspect of the club, but in reality, we are so much more than some Christian-Bible-reading group. We are Christian Soldiers for God. We right all wrongs and ungodly things we see in the community."

Ky looked at Reverend Taylor who was busying himself with papers. The tone of the meeting had gotten a little darker, but he wanted a way out of his situation so he would agree to whatever they said.

"Your brother is the smarter one of you two," Darek began, walking towards Ky. "Am I right?"

Ky did his best to control his anger. "What are you saying?"

"Apparently, he isn't too bright if he trusted you with such a secret for you to blab to your family," Darek said with a laugh. "But I respect you enough for doing that. I like to know about EVERYthing ungodly so we can … fix … it. Get rid of it. Tell me, Ky … Kyle …Do you want our help? Do you want to find God?"

"Yes," Ky said meekly. "I do want your help. To find God and to fix myself. So what exactly do I have to do?"

"All you have to do is sell your brother out again," Darek said with a smile.

SCENE F

"Anthony, it's almost eleven o'clock, and as much as I love eating, we could've done this after classes," I said as we sat in the Outback Restaurant.

"I didn't bring you here just to eat, Coy," he said as he looked around.

"You been looking around like crazy," I said, sipping on my soda. "Are you expecting somebody?"

"Actually, yes," he said as a guy walked into the restaurant. He smiled when he spotted and recognized Anthony.

"New boyfriend?" I asked, and Anthony scoffed.

"One guy has my attention and it's not him," Anthony said, getting up to give the guy a hug. "Gee, can you be any later?"

"Sorry, man; I was getting laid, and I didn't want to rush the process," the guy said as he looked over at me. "Is this the guy you were telling me about?"

"Yep," Anthony said with a smile. I flashed both of them a skeptical look.

"It's funny, that you've heard of me, yet I've never heard of you," I said sarcastically. "I'm Coy, and you are…?"

"Devin," The guy said, shaking my hand. "Anthony, here, wanted us to talk about Matt."

"What about Matt?" I asked, looking at both of them, confused. "How does he know Matt?"

"Because I am his boyfriend," Devin said, and I choked slightly on some spit.

"I'm sorry. What?" I asked not sure if I'd heard him correctly.

"Well, ex-boyfriend," he corrected himself. "I haven't seen him since the early part of July, and it's now October. He never officially broke it off with me but, hey, it's been three months without a visit or phone call, so I took it like that."

"I'm sorry; I'm still not understanding," I said, not able to wrap my head around the conversation. "Matt told me I was his first guy."

"He told me the same thing," Devin said with a laugh. "Actually, you're his third. He messed with another guy before me a few months before we got together."

"But he was dating Giselle," I said in shock.

"What's your point?" Devin asked, as he pulled out a cigarette.

I looked at Anthony who had an uneasy expression on his face. "You brought me here for this?" I asked him. "Because you're jealous and you don't want me with Matt?"

"It's not entirely because I'm jealous, Coy," Anthony said, clearing his throat. "He isn't the guy you think he is. He is a player. A liar."

"What he said," Devin said, taking a drag on his cigarette.

"You think I'm going to go on the word of some random stranger that my boyfriend is lying to me?" I asked Anthony who looked over at Devin.

"Pictures never lie," he said, pulling a photo out of his pants pocket.

I gasped as I saw Matt being kissed by a slightly younger looking Devin.

"Dude, you need to get the hell away from Matt fast. From what I hear about you from Ant here, you are a smart guy. Matt is nothing but trouble. He is not the person you would want to settle down with. Ask yourself this question—Why do you think Giselle and he broke up? Rumors were going around about Matt at our old college. Most of them fake but some true. She couldn't take it and broke up with him but somehow he convinced her he was full-on straight. There is a lot more about those two you don't know and you never want to know so I advise you … to get out before you become another victim of Matt Gleisner," Devin said to me.

I looked down at the photo my eyes tearing up. Was this true? Could Matt really not be the angel I thought he was?

"I want to know," I said softly. Anthony shook his head.

"Coy, maybe we should just go," he said, suddenly regretting his decision. He wanted to air-out at Anthony's lies, but now that he was witnessing the effect, he wasn't so sure.

"Tell me," I said wiping my eyes free of tearms. "Tell me every last detail. Don't leave anything out."

TBC

 

[Superboy Untamed]

This is Chapter 5


Coy is forced to meet with Reverend Taylor, much to his chagrin. While Ky's betrayal of Coy and friends to the whole school, will have a strong backlash. Also, Carmen realizes Josh's addiction is a problem and Matt may have indirectly outted himself to the girl who he is cheating with.
SCENE A


Matt zipped up his pants and walked out of the closet. It was time to meet everyone in the student center and he hadn't seen any sign of Anthony or me. He had promised himself he was going to stop hooking up with Miranda but he couldn't help but let his jealousy get the best of him.


"God, Matt, you fuck like a porn star," she said as she followed behind him.


"Thanks," he said, uninterested in carrying on a conversation with her. Truthfully, all it was to him was just sex. Nothing more. Usually, when he satisfied his urges with her, he was a lot less annoyed by Anthony.


"So when do you think we'll hang out sometime?" She asked hopefully. "Outside of the walls of this college I mean."

"We already hang out," he said, waiting for Tony or Josh to show up to get him away from her. She was growing clingier by the moment.


"I meant on a date, silly," she said with a laugh. "I mean, it'd be nice to do something besides fuck. Not that I'm complaining."


"Look, Miranda, you're a cool girl and all," Matt said, finally getting annoyed after a week's worth of frustration build-up inside of him. "But I don't think we should do this anymore."


"Why not?" she asked with a hurt look. Matt sighed and looked at her with a faux apologetic face.


"I have a girlfriend and I really should try to work things out with her," he said, hoping that would get her off his back.


"Girlfriend? I never see you walking with any girls except for Giselle and Carmen," she said folding her arms. "They're both taken. The main person you are always around is … Coy."


Matt looked at her as her expression changed to a thoughtful expression. "What are you saying?" he asked.


"I'm saying that I agree with you, completely," she said, kissing him on the cheek. Matt was about to say something when Tony and Josh walked up to him and he was pulled along with them.


Miranda smiled to herself as the gears in her head started churning around.

SCENE B

Carmen sat in her last class unsure of what was going on. Josh had been acting a lot more normal over the past week, even this morning, yet the Josh she was looking at was like the one she had grown to hate.

With ten minutes to spare before the day was over, she was still unsure of what had caused the regression. An apparently high Josh sat laughing at the dumbest things in their Nutrition class with some guys who were pot heads. Stuff he normally wouldn't find funny. People he normally wouldn't talk to.


"So … Nick is taking me out on a date to this really nice restaurant in Seaside Heights," Giselle said to Carmen as they cleaned themselves up. "I might actually do it for him tonight?"


"Do what?" What is … 'it'?" Carmen asked, still worried about her boyfriend. Giselle laughed and leaned into Carmen.


"I might actually give him head," she said with a giggle.


"You don't do that?" Carmen asked momentarily shocked enough to actually give Giselle her full attention." I mean, you know that I don't, but I'm shocked you don't."


"Of course not," Giselle replied looking offended. "I might have had a lot of partners but I don't put nothing in my mouth but food, drink, and the occasional tounge."


Carmen noticed the classroom television flickered.


"What's that?" Giselle asked her.


Ordinarily, the morning time was the time for the announcements, but whatever this was must be a special announcement as the usual royal blue blackground that came before the news started was replaced with a red & black background with a cross on it.


Josh walked over to where Carmen and Giselle were standing and they began watching the news when a familiar voice came on.


"Hello, my fellow Vikings…"


"Is that Coy?" Giselle asked, but Carmen shushed her.


The entire class got quiet to see what was up with this special announcement.


"For those of you who don't know me, my name is Coy James, a second year psychology major...."


"Wow, Coy looks real professional on camera," Josh muttered to himself. Carmen however felt something was weird.


"…And if you don't know me, trust me after this announcement, you definitely will…"


"That's not Coy," Carmen said and Giselle looked at her.


"Of course it is," she said, slapping Carmen over the back of the head. "And I'm the dumb one?"

Josh looked back up at the television screen and he could see it too.

"Wait a second, she's right," he said noticing it. Even while being high, he realized something wasn't right.


"My announcement is…"


"That's Ky," Carmen and Josh said in unison.


"I'm gay."


Everybody in the classroom gasped at the shock of the statement.


"That is Coy," Giselle said in shock. "Ky wears the urban clothes and Coy wears the preppy clothes. That's the only way I can tell them apart."


Josh and Carmen knew differently. Although, Ky and I were identical twins, we were ambidextrous. However, I usually used my right hand for things while Ky used his left for everything. Obviously, it was Ky as he held the microphone in his left hand.


"I felt it was my place to let you guys know, and to tell you, that this Gay Straight Alliance is a bad idea for me and my boyfriends…"


"Boyfriends?" Giselle asked, pleased. "Little Coy is a li'l pimp, I see. You better do it, Coy."


"I've been dating Matt Gleisner for a little over a month," Ky continued. "But before that, I was messing around with the Pagan brothers, Anthony and Nick. And I…"


Before he could continue, the screen went blank and the class was left in silence. Carmen looked over at Giselle.


"Giselle?" she asked her friend who had a blank look on her face.


"So they were true," she said aloud but to herself. "It happened to me again?"


"What is she talking about?" Josh asked, and Carmen shrugged.

The Professor motioned it was time for Class to end.

Giselle grabbed her purse and stormed out of the classroom as people began laughing at her. Carmen turned to Josh, unsure of what to do.


"I should go after her," she said to her boyfriend. "See if you can find Ky. I haven't seen Coy all day, but find out why Ky did what he did."


"I can't," Josh said to her, giving her a kiss. "Meeting up with the skaters and going skateboarding."


"Skateboarding? Since when do you skateboard?" she asked, confused.


"Found out, I had a lot of common interest with the boys," he said, kissing her again on the cheek. "I'll text you later on tonight."


Carmen stood there unsure of what to do about what had just happened.

SCENE C

I sighed as I sat at my desk in my bedroom working on my homework.

"What a day, What a day," I said, annoyed and confused.

My Blackberry vibrated and I picked it up and noticed it was Nick. Anthony probably tried to use him to talk to me after I had completely stopped talking to him. He knew Matt was cheating and yet never said anything until a week later. Even before the cheating, he knew all the crap about Matt but never said anything. I couldn't believe all this shit.

My cell phone vibrated and I looked to see it was a text from Matt.



*We gotta talk….ASAP!*


"Got that right," I muttered to myself.


I heard a knock on my door and I turned to face whomever it was standing there.

"Coy, the reverend is here," Ky said standing in the doorway of my room. I rolled my eyes and got up and walked past him. "Hey."


"What?" I asked him. "What do you want?"


"I just want you to know … everything I did, I did for you," Ky said to me. "I want to help you. Help us."


"Keep telling yourself that," I said as we walked downstairs.


Mom and Dad sat talking with a man who I took to be the reverend. He looked up at me and smiled.


"Coy, It's so nice to meet you," he said extending his hand for me to shake. I shook my head.


"Let's keep the familiarities at a low," I said taking a seat at the table. Ky sat beside me. "So what's up with this meeting?"


"Well, we just wanted you to meet the Reverend," Mom explained. "He was telling us all the great things he has planned for you boys and even convinced us to go to his church this Sunday."


"Church on a day that's not a holiday? Wow, this family really is changing," I said sarcastically.


Dad flashed me a quieting look which I ignored. "While Ky is usually our trouble-maker, Coy has been a little rebellious for the past week or so."


"Okay, so I met the guy, I really don't care for small talk. Is it over?" I asked my parents.


"Not yet," Mom replied. "We're going to leave you three alone and allow you to do some prayer and some talking."


"Prayer?" I asked, not sure if it was a joke. Looking at theirs, the reverend's and Ky's faces, I realized it was far from a joke. "Dear God … Sorry, rev."


"It's quite okay," he said with a smile that make me sick to my stomach.

I did not trust this man. Something in his eyes and his smile just seemed...evil. No matter how much of a man of God he claimed to be.


"We'll leave you three to it," she said, getting up with my dad following behind.


"Oh, and Ky … we will talk about pressing charges against that Nick boy for raping you," Dad said to Ky, and I looked at him.


"He didn't rape you," I hissed. "You went to him."


Ky shrugged his shoulders and grabbed my hand. "Shall we pray?"


SCENE D

I walked through the parking lot of school, tired.

After two hours of hell with the reverend last night, I had to listen as my dad planned to press charges against Nick. Apparently, Ky told him that Nick was blackmailing him into having sex, and that after he fulfilled his "obligations", Ky was raped by him.

This is why I could never tell them about Tony raping me because this would cause way too much of a circus that I wasn't ready for.

Speaking of Tony, he walked towards mel, playing with his phone.

"You actually showing your face?" he asked me.

Rolling my eyes, I walked past him, ignoring him and his weirdness.


I noticed all eyes seemed to be on me and I was a little shocked. While I was popular to an extent, I didn't expect as much attention on me.


"Hey, Giselle," I said as I passed her and some of the cheerleading girls. She flicked me off.


"Fuck you," she said, and that shocked me. Over the past month, we had actually grown to the point where I was actually beginning to like her more than before. She was kinda funny.


"Um … Okay," I said confused by the harsh remark.


"Coy, maybe we should leave," Anthony said, walking up to me with Nick following behind him. I rolled my eyes.


"Why? This time you're gonna tell me something bad about Josh and Carmen that you've been keeping from me?" I asked sarcastically.


"He's serious," Nick said to me. I could see people watching us closely. Anthony and Nick both starting to blush.


"Look … you guys are being a little weird for me," I said with a sigh. "Anthony, I have nothing, and I mean … nothing … to say to you. Nick, we are still cool but I an just not in a talkative mood, so if you will excuse me, I've got to talk to a Professor."


"Coy…" Anthony began, but Nick stopped him and let me walk on past them. "What are you doing?"

"He's going to have to deal with it eventually," Nick replied. "We both already got our share of bullshit this morning."


"But it wasn't him," Anthony said not sure of how he should react. "He was with me."


"We all know that but the rest of the school doesn't, Ant," Nick said as some dude bumped roughly into him. "You got a problem?"

"Yea, I can't stand fags," the guy said, and Nick was about to fight him, but Anthony stopped him.


"We can't fight the whole student body," Anthony said to him. Nick calmed down, still upset at the situation, while the guy laughed.


"That's what I thought," he said, walking off.

Anthony and Nick both noticed Ky walking with some unfamiliar kids and rushed towards him.


"What the fuck is your problem?" Anthony asked him. "You fucked your brother over twice in a week, and now you want to pull others into your deal?"


"I have half a mind to beat your ass right now," Nick said angrily. "What do you think you're doing? I never slept with Coy. Neither did Anthony. And there was no reason to out Matt. So what's the deal with that?"


"Responsibilities," Ky said cryptically.


"People will start thinking you're gay, too," Anthony said. "Guilty by association."


"My track record speaks for itself," Ky said with a tight smile. "I don't have to worry about that. But you boys … you better get ready for the storm because it's going to rain hell when I am done here. I hate gays and I no longer have to be gay."


Ky was about to walk off when Anthony and Nick both grabbed him and started pushing and punching him.

"HEY!" A guy said noticing the three fighting. The lacrosse team began to jump into the fight.

Scene E

"FAG!" A boy called out at me as I walked across campus.

I looked around to see people pointing and laughing at me and I wasn't sure why.


"What the hell is your problem?" I asked the dude as he was just making some ignorant humping gesture with his friends.


"I don't like fags," he said with a sneer. I looked around for my friends. I saw Matt standing there. He looked as if he didn't even want to acknowledge me, and the truth was—I didn't want to acknowledge him.


"COY!" Carmen called out, rushing toward me. Josh stood back with Matt, and they both looked at me with a look of confusion and worry.


"What's going on?" I asked her, looking around at the people.


She pulled me aside and down the hall, away from the crowds of people. She looked down at the floor.


"Carmen?"


"Everybody knows your secret," she said with a sigh. I looked at her as her eyes watered up from just the thought of it.


"What? How?" I asked, confused. Everything was happening so fast.


"Ky," she said simply, and that was when I lost it and blacked out.


"OH MY GOD! SOMEBODY HELP!" She yelled out.

My life as I knew it was now over....and i could lose friends...my boyfriend...everything

TBC

 

[Superboy Untamed]

CHAPTER 6

Halo


Angels and Monsters(Book Two)


Episode 6: Whisper to a scream


I opened my eyes to see an angry Matt standing over me. "Where am I?"


"Nurses office," he replied gruffly. "Look, Coy, we gotta talk."


"It was Ky," I said, quickly, as I sat up on the cot I was lying on. "He … he pretended to be me and…"


"Coy, I have known you for awhile now, and I think I can tell my own boyfriend from his brother," he replied. "I swear I'm gonna kick his ass."


"No, you will not touch him," I shouted. "Ky, regardless of how much an ass he is, he is still my brother, and I gotta talk to him."


"Your brother may have very well destroyed my reputation, Coy," he spat. "Trust me…"


"Trust you? You want me to trust you?" I asked, as I began remembering the conversation yesterday when I'd learned about him.


"Of course I want you to trust me," he said with a scoff. "Why shouldn't you?"


Before I could answer, the nurse walked in and gave us a warm smile. "I'm so sorry to interrupt a lover's quarrel, but I am going to have to ask you to leave so I can check my patient out."


Matt rolled his eyes and walked out of the office while she sat on the cot. She still smiled at me. I looked at her with a sideways grin.


"What?"


"You two are so adorable," she said happily. "I love the gays. Is it true love?"


I looked down at my hands. I wasn't entirely sure anymore.


Matt walked outside in the hall to see Miranda standing there. He sighed to himself.


"Not right now," he said pushing past her. She smiled and clapped her hands.


"Great job," she said, laughing. "I swear, you had me and the whole campus convinced you were straight."


Matt froze in his steps. His heart was beating fast. He didn't know what to do. When in doubt, though … deny.


"I AM straight," he said, turning around slowly. "I fucked you didn't I?"

"What a good job you did too," she said, walking toward him. "But the thing about you fucking me is that there was no connection there. See … you could fuck the hell out of me day in and day out. But then, it was the type of fuck that made my knees weak, but not the thought of it. There was no feeling there. You were just doing it because you weren't getting any."


"What are you trying to get at?" he asked with a confused look on his face.


"I'm getting there," she said putting a finger on his lips. "Yesterday when we were together, I had a suspicion it was Coy that you were truly in love with. I see how you two are always together. But it was just a suspicion. Then I wondered why your face always seems to darken when Anthony comes around. I see you watch him as he walks down the hall. I heard you two in the nurse's office. I got all the proof I need."


Matt wasn't sure if he could believe what he was hearing. It was happening all over again.


"But then I thought if you and Coy were together why aren't the two of you humping constantly?" she continued. "But I remembered something about last year. It was something I heard my dad talking about toward the end of the year. Something happened to Coy, and I realized that's why you came to me. Because Coy wasn't giving it to you, and you needed to fulfill that void with me."


"Miranda…"


She kissed his lips softly. "I don't blame you," she said to him softly. "Coy's a very hot guy. Nice lips and nice slim frame. But the mistake you made was underestimating me to be some stupid chick. I'm far from stupid. In fact, I'm smart enough to help you help me."


"What do you want?" Matt asked weakly.


"I want you and all of you … not just your dick," she said simply. "Now I know that after yesterday, everybody is going to ask if you're gay. So I offer you the choice. Be my boyfriend and I can help you get rid of the rumors of being gay, or I will be one of the metaphoric village people burning you at the stake."


Matt stood looking speechless. He wasn't sure of what to think or believe. "Is this really happening to me?" he kept asking himself that very same question.


"Let me know by tomorrow," she said kissing him on the cheek. She left a stunned Matt standing there in the hallway.


***


Ky, Anthony, and Nick sat in the lobby of the Dean's office waiting to be seen by him.


"I can't believe you, Ky," Nick said to him. "Why are you doing this?"

"Because I am getting help for this problem," he replied simply. Anthony scoffed.


"What problem? The only problem I see is some dumb guy who refuses to deal with the reality that he likes dudes. He likes fucking guys in the ass," Anthony said, annoyed. "All this is, is an overblown temper tantrum that somebody needs to beat the hell out of you."


"Anthony, calm down," Nick said to him. "We are already in enough trouble as it is, now."


"Why should I calm down? I mean it's bad enough that he outted the two of us," Anthony said heatedly, pointing at Ky. "Even that asshole Matt, he outted, and I don't even like him, but still that wasn't right. But your own brother? Your own twin?" Anthony glared at Ky.

"My brother and I are none of your concern," Ky said softly.


"Correction: YOU are not my concern," Anthony said, standing up. "Your brother, however, IS my concern."

"Don't you think it's sad that you're still chasing after something you'll never have?" Ky asked him, not even bothered by Anthony. "Coy is stuck on Matt, and as long as Matt is all he sees, then you will never, I repeat—never—have a chance. Take a cue from your brother, here. He never had a chance with me and he moved on. Although, I did mess that up for him, but I say a good start for you, Nicky."


Nick sighed and grabbed Anthony and forced him to sit down. He looked at Ky hard. Was this the same guy he was falling in love with? Was this the same guy he wanted to be with?


"What happened to you, Ky?" Nick asked, concerned. He grabbed Ky's face and forced him to look in his eyes.


Ky looked Nick deep in his eyes. Was it really so bad to just allow himself to be happy with Nick? To allow himself to be the way he was with no fight?


He looked past Nick to see Reverend Taylor standing there with a skeptical look on his face.


"Looks like our get-out-of-jail-free card is here," Ky said, getting up and moving away from Nick.


Reverend Taylor smiled at the Pagan brothers, and headed into the Dean's office.


"Want to know why this is all happening?" Ky asked the two of them. "Because if I were to give in to my feelings for you, Nick, I would have to constantly worry about people who want to beat my ass because I'm gay. It already happened once. If I'm straight, the main thing I have to worry about is people hating me for being black, something I knew I didn't choose. But being gay … I feel like that was a choice. Somewhere, sometime I made that choice to be gay but now I get the choice to be straight. I'm trying to save me and my brother. So before you judge me … know the whole story before you do."


"But are you sure Coy wants saving?" Anthony asked, realizing it all stemmed from Ky's bashing. It was almost as if he understood why Ky was doing this … but it still wasn't right. "Isn't that Coy's decision to know what he wants."


"Coy was raped," Ky said to them both. Shocking both Nick and Anthony.


"What? When? Did you know this?" Nick asked Anthony who looked down at the floor. "When did this happen?"


"Sometime last year," Ky replied to him. "He used to scream a lot in his sleep, and didn't want to be touched. I didn't know why for the longest … Figured he was being weird. But I was in his room one day when I was looking for some notebook paper, and I saw a pamphlet for a rape victim's meeting hidden in a stack of papers. So I put two and two together. I don't know the entire details of what happened, but something happened to my brother, and I couldn't save him. I'm saving him now before anything else bad happens. Because something will happen. Anthony … Nick … as twins, yourselves, I know you two can relate. You can sense when something is wrong with the other. Coy sensed it when I was bashed that night. I sense something is going to happen. I want to prevent it, and this is the only way I know how."

Nick and Anthony were both speechless. While they didn't agree with Ky's entire thought-process, they could agree to wanting to protect a brother. No matter what…


Reverend Taylor walked out of the office after the three had been sitting in silence for a few moments.

"Men, you can all go back to class," he said to the three of them. "I was able to get you guys off without getting in any trouble. Kyle, be sure to stop by my office at the end of the day."


He waved to the three of them and took off down toward his office. Ky sighed and headed off toward his class.


"Ky … wait …" Nick said, going after him. "You don't have to do it this way. You can let us help. Just let me help."


"I'm sorry, but I just can't do that," Ky said, without turning around. "Nick … before all this goes down, I want to say this. You weren't just some fuck to me."


"It doesn't have to be this way, Ky," Nick pleaded trying to get through to him.


"Just remember, that when all is said and done, and the dust clears, remember the Ky you both knew and loved," he said, continuing down the hall.


Giselle sat filing her nails in class. She really was frustrated. Matt was the first guy she ever allowed herself to fall for completely. But he wasn't the perfect boyfriend by any means. He rarely knew how to be romantic, unless coaxed by her, and then it was how he was always flirting with the other girls. Then … the gay thing appeared out of nowhere. She didn't want to believe it … Hell! She didn't at first. But when a good friend of hers, Devin, had accused Matt of being gay, she started being suspicious. He would disappear at school, skipping classes and sometimes be seen hanging around questionable people. But she just couldn't allow herself to fully doubt Devin, so she chose to believe him.


She'd gone to Atlantic County College hoping for a new beginning with Matt, from the rumors of most of the people from her old school chose to go to another school, but things still weren't perfect. He didn't seem to want her, really. She thought it was maybe because of all the new flocks of girls here at Atlantic City College, but she discovered it was because of a guy.


'Coy,' she muttered angrily to herself. She looked over at Carmen and Josh who were all huddled up working together on a project.


Not wanting to admit it, she was jealous of Carmen as well. Because somehow, everybody else was happy except Giselle. She thought she could be happy with Nick but that seemed further from the truth. She just wanted to be fully happy like before. But the difference was between THAT Giselle she was before, and the one she was now. She was waaaaay too nice, now. She didn't fight Carmen as hard as she wanted to over the cheerleading. She allowed her boyfriend to be taken by a guy. She allowed her ex to turn gay. Because she was too nice.


Watching Carmen, she realized that she was sick of being nice. Sick of being the sidekick. She wanted to be back in the limelight. The buzzer sounded, signaling the end of the class.


Josh and Carmen packed their things up while Giselle smiled a devious smile and cleared her throat.


"Did you guys get a lot of work done?" she asked with a fake cheerful voice. "I saw the two of you doing those little cutesy faces. It was kind of sickening."


"Jealous much?" Josh joked.


"Of what?" Giselle countered. "You? The junkie? Ha, no; I think I am good."


"Giselle…" Carmen warned.


"Oh, come on, Baby C," she said, getting out of the chair. She grabbed her bag. "You still haven't told Josh that we followed him to the Park that day and saw him mixed up in that drug deal?"


"What?" Josh asked his girlfriend. "You were following me?"

"I think I'll let you two chew on THAT fat for awhile," Giselle said, getting up and walking out of the classroom.


"Josh, before you…"


"I can't believe you, Carmen," he said, storming out of the classroom.


***


I stood while a bunch of eyes sat staring at me in the Cafeteria. I felt like I had three heads. I walked over to the table with Anthony, Nick, and Carmen.


"Where is Josh?" I asked sitting down. "Not wanting to be seen with a bunch of homos?"


"No, it's not like that, Coy," Carmen said to me with a sigh. "Giselle felt it okay to reveal some secrets this morning in class."

"Seems like everybody is wanting to reveal secrets," I said angrily. "How did you two guys fair?"


"Okay," Anthony said with a sigh. "It's you we're worried about, though, Coy."

"Why are you worried about me?" I asked them. Nick and Anthony both looked at Carmen. "What's going on?"


"Why didn't you tell me?" She asked me. "About … the rape?" She'd whispered the last part, but loud enough for those at their table to hear.


"Anthony!" I said, annoyed. "You told."

"Well, I told Carmen, but Ky told us this morning," Nick replied. "Look, I know I'm not as close to you as Anthony is, but I do care about you, Coy. You mean a great deal to my brother, and I want to help you, if you'll let me."

"There's nothing to help because I don't want, nor do I need any help," I said firmly. Tony plopped down beside me in the seat next to me.


"What's up, people?" he asked with a cheerful grin. Anthony caught the uncomfortable look I had on my face.


"Hey, Tone," Nick said reaching over to bump fists.


"Hey, Tony," Carmen said with a warm smile. "How are you?"

"I should ask these three the same thing," he replied, taking some food off my tray.

Tony looked over at Carmen. "What's going on with Josh? I saw him hanging with the stoners. Not the first people I would imagine him being friends with."


"Well, it's a long story," she replied with a sigh. I felt there was more to it than she was telling us. "Where is he?"


"Outside on the soccer field," he replied. "Tell him, he still needs to pay me back the twenty bucks he owes me."


Carmen got up and excused herself from the table. Anthony looked at Tony pointedly.


"Shouldn't you … like … be somewhere else? This table is for friends only," he said to him.


"Relax man," Nick said to his brother. "Tony, here, is my friend. Probably the only real friend, I have outside of you guys."


"Aw, shucks," Tony said with a mock embarrassed look. I rolled my eyes. "Even though you guys are homos, I still got mad love for you. Especially, Coy, here. But Ant is right. I probably should go and see what's going on with Matt. I heard that some of the jocks are not too happy with the news about him. We might have another brawl on our hands by the end of the day."


"Good," I replied. "A good ass-kicking is what he deserves."


Tony chuckled and got up and left the three of us sitting by ourselves.


"What's your deal with Tony?" Nick asked Anthony who, in turn, looked at me.


"You wanna tell him or should I?" Anthony asked.


***


Matt sat by himself at lunch. Never had he done that before. He was always the most popular guy and was used to having flocks of people around him. There, sitting by himself, he felt as if all eyes were on him. Thinking about it, he was almost positive that all eyes were on him.


"YO, Matty G," a voice said from behind him. He turned to see the Lacrosse team walking toward his table.


"Um … what's up?" Matt asked with a surprised look on his face. They all took a spot around the table.


Ryan Kelly looked at the others and finally at Matt. "We gotta know … is it true? Are you really a fag?"


Matt swallowed painfully as he'd never been called that word before, so it stung a little bit. Now he knew how the kids he called fags felt when he said it.


"Well?" a guy asked from the table. Matt sighed to himself. He couldn't let this happen to himself.


"Hell, NO!" he replied firmly. "I've fucked Giselle and so many other girls. Hell, I go with Miranda, the Freshmen girl."

"Damn, she be bad," a guy said with a pleased look on his face. "Anytime you wanna flip that, let me know."


The team gave Matt their approvals before Ryan cleared his throat. They quieted down still smiling at Matt.


"We never believed Coy in the first place," Ryan stated. "We just wanted to hear the words come from your mouth. However, there is a problem. We can't have Coy James walking around the campus spreading bullshit like this."


"What … what do you mean?" Matt asked nervously.


"I mean we should teach him how to keep his mouth shut," Ryan replied.


Matt looked at the guys and was fearing what they had in mind. "You guys know that was his brother, Ky, right? He was posing as Coy when he made that announcement."


"Even if that is true, the whole enrollment thinks it's Coy," Ryan said. "Which means … we have to deal with Coy."

"Deal with him … how?" Matt asked, growing more nervous as the conversation went along.


"Beat his ass," Ryan said simply and the rest of the team agreed with him. "We can't risk him developing a crush on us and trying to ruin us like he is trying to do to you."

"It wasn't him," Matt said trying to get them to understand.


"You seem awfully against this, man," Ryan said to him with a sideways look. "Sure there's nothing you want to tell us?"


"I'm sure," Matt replied.


"So are you in or out?" Ryan asked him.


Matt realized this was wrong. But his reputation meant everything to him. So many people respected him … looked up to him. He was an amazing athlete in lacrosse, football, and baseball. He couldn't lose it all. Not over this. He glanced over and saw Anthony and me laughing. That gave him all the ammo he needed.


"I'm in," he replied with a dark look on his face.


***


Carmen walked outside to see Josh blazing with some of the skater dudes from their Culinary class.


"JOSHUA JACKSON!" she yelled out as she stormed across the field. "Put that blunt out."


Josh and the dudes laughed in their stupor. She snatched it out of his hands and stomped it out on the grass.


"Hey, man, that was some expensive shit," one of them said, but he fell back laughing.


"Hey, babe, you mad that I didn't invite you?" Josh asked her. "Here; there's plenty for all of us."


"Josh, what the hell is wrong with you?" he asked him. "Doing this shit on campus?"


"It's fun," he said, laughing stupidly. "Sure you don't want some?"

She pulled him away from the group. "Josh, what are you doing to yourself?"


"Trying to forget my problems, babe," he said to his girlfriend. "Hey, you know what? I forgive you for following me. I shouldn't hide this from you, should I? I should help you get into it with me."


"I am not a drug user," Carmen said to him, slapping him across the face. "And last I checked, neither are you J. Jax. You are gonna get yourself in trouble."

"I'm already in trouble as it is," he said with a shrug. "Just let me be me for right now. If you don't like what I'm doing, you can go."


"Wha…" Carmen was about to say something, but Josh turned and walked back toward the group.


Carmen sensed her boyfriend was slipping away from her and she didn't know why. Was it her?


"Is it me?" she asked herself as she watched the group light up a blunt and head toward the parking lot, obviously ready to skip his remaining classes.

TBC

 

[Superboy Untamed]

CHAPTER 7

*****************
Giselle stood watching Nick, Anthony, and me as we walked out of our last lecture. She was livid, but she wanted to know if she could possibly work things out with Nick.


"Nick," she said with a hopeful look on her face. "Can we talk?"

Nick looked back at Anthony and me with an unsure look on his face. "I … um … sure."


"Want us to wait?" Anthony asked him. He shook his head. "Okay, I guess I'll see you at home."


Nick walked down the hall with Giselle while Anthony and I continued walking the opposite direction.


"You ever going to confront Tony?" he asked me. "I mean, I know it's hard, but you know I'm here for you."

"I don't know," I said to him as we sat on the bench outside. "I'm just not ready to confront it. When I actually do, I guess, I'm afraid it's gonna become real again. I don't know. Maybe I'm just crazy."

"No, you aren't crazy," he said to me. "You're just hurting. It's okay."


"Thanks," I said looking in his eyes. Anthony was an amazing person. Always knew what to do to make me feel better. Always knew exactly what I was thinking.


Out of nowhere, he leaned in to kiss me…


Matt was walking around looking for me. He had gotten cold feet and realized he wasn't able to go through with what the Lacrosse team had in mind. He knew he had to find me before the they did. However, he didn't intend to find me kissing Anthony.


"What the hell?" he shouted, and the two of us jumped and broke apart.


"Matt," I said, shocked by his being there. "OH, my God … it's not what it looks like."


"Really? Because from where I'm standing I see my boyfriend kissing another guy," He said, hurt. "Coy, how could you?"

"How could I? How could you lie to me and tell me I was your first guy?" I asked him. "How could you cheat on me with Miranda?"


"I don't have time for this," Matt said angrily as he stormed off. I growled in frustration.


"Why did you do that?" I asked him. "Why?"


"I'm tired of trying to hide my feelings for you, Coy," he said. "You chose the wrong guy. You deserve somebody who's going to be your everything and not pressure you to be and do something you're not ready for."


"You shouldn't have done that," I said with a sad look. "I need to find Matt."


Anthony sighed as he watched me run after Matt.


***


"I can't believe you," Giselle said to Nick as she cried. They sat in her car.


"Look, GiGi; I'm sorry," he said to her. "It's complicated."


"Yeah, it's so hard to tell a girl that you're gay," she said to him. "You just used me."


"No, I didn't. I really do like you, Giselle."


"But not in that way. Not the way that you like Coy."


"That wasn't Coy on television," Nick said wiping her eyes. "That was Ky. Ky was pretending to be Coy because he's … trying to save them from some non-existent threat."


"Ky wouldn't do that," Giselle said, shaking her head. "Ky is one of the good guys. He wouldn't do that. Especially not to his own brother."


"He would if he thought he was helping his brother somehow," Nick said. "You have got to believe me; this isn't Coy's fault."


"Why should I believe you, when you've been lying from the start? Just get out of the car and stay the hell away from me."


"Giselle…"


"Get out of my car," she said trying to stay calm. Nick hesitated, and she leaned over and opened his door and pushed him out.


Nick watched as she drove off, out of the park. He realized he was stranded at least fifteen minutes from his house.


"Fuck," he said dialing his brother's number.


***


Behind the school, I walked around the woods hoping that Matt might have gone there to think. I had tried calling him, but it kept going straight to voicemail. I heard a twig snap behind me, and I turned to see some of Matt's Lacrosse team standing there.


"Oh," I said a little startled. "Um … hi."


"Hello, Coy," Ryan said to me. I smiled at him as I recognized him as Matt's and Josh's friend.


"Hey, Ryan," I said walking toward him. "I'm looking for Matt; have you seen him?"

"No," Ryan said shaking his head. "But we were looking for you."


"You were looking for me?" I asked them. "What's up?"


"I think we should have a little talk," he said cracking his knuckles. "About you and Matt."

I got an uneasy feeling in my stomach which was soon replaced by a punch to my stomach.


***


Ky clutched his stomach as he sat in his meeting with the Christian Soldiers in the college's auditorium.


"Something wrong?" Shane asked him. Ky began to feel an intensified pain all over his body. Almost the exact pain he felt when he had been attacked.


"My brother … something's wrong with him," Ky stammered out.


Shane laughed. "You mean besides him being gay," he joked. Ky pushed past him and stumbled toward the door.


"Where are you going, KY?" Reverend Taylor asked, but Ky ignored him and stumbled out of the door.


Ky had to find me. He had been sensing that something was going to happen for a while, and now, this was it. He had to save me…


He saw Josh walking out of the Lacrosse coach's office. "Hey man, I need your help," Ky begged. Josh shoved him back.


"After what you did to Coy?" Josh asked with a scoff. "You're lucky I don't kick your ass right now for him and the guys. I'm pissed off enough as it is. Coach thinks I'm using steroids thanks to Carmen running to blab on me. God! As if this day couldn't get any worse. He's making me go to some freaking 'steroids anonymous' bullshit class."


Ky just pushed past Josh and kept looking for me.


"I swear … you think you know somebody," Josh muttered to himself. "Brother turning against brother…Girlfriend turning against boyfriend … Ha, maybe I should go gay …. Nah … too much trouble, and I hate the smell of ass."

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Matt lay in Miranda's bed. He realized that he was ALMOST willing to give it all up for a guy, but he just couldn't do it. He couldn't allow himself to be gay, because he would become an outcast. She kissed him softly.


"I knew you'd come around," she said with a smile as she unzipped his jeans.


Matt knew he wasn't a bad person. He was a lost soul. He wasn't entirely sure of what love was when he was with Giselle … and Devin. It was a word he used to get what he wanted, even if he didn't feel the emotion.


'But Coy,' he thought to himself. 'Whenever I'm around him, it feels right. I feel complete. I feel like I've found the one.'


It was in that very second that Matt realized it wasn't that he was IN love—He WAS in love. But it was the fact that he was afraid of letting down someone whom he truly cared about, while at the same time admitting that he needed somebody other than himself to get him through his life. He's had an epiphany.

"I can't do this," he said, jumping up and startling Miranda. "I can't believe I hurt him."


"Where are you going?" she demanded.


"I love Coy Matthews," he said. "I love Coy Matthews. I love Coy Matthews." He kept repeating it. He could actually say it, and not be afraid.


"I will ruin you," she said to him bitterly.


Matt blew her a kiss. "As long as I've got him, you can try your best," he said to her with a smile, and took off hoping to stop what was already going down.


***

Anthony walked up his driveway with Nick following closely behind. It was a long day for him. Surprisingly, he didn't get as much grief as he expected to get, but he might have lost the one fella he truly cared about the most.


"You hear that?" Nick asked Anthony as they walked up the stairs of their porch.


The twins froze in their tracks as they could hear what sounded like shouting coming from inside Josh's house, across the street.


"Um … Nick … go inside … I gotta check on Josh," Anthony said to his brother. Nick shook his head.


"Nope; sounds like some trouble and I'm not letting you go by yourself," he said firmly. Anthony sighed and the two made their way toward Josh's house.


They heard what sounded like glass breaking inside, and heard Josh scream out in pain.


"What the hell is going on in there?" Nick asked his brother.


Anthony couldn't stand by any longer and allow this to go on. He walked up to the door and was about to open it when an angry man—with the same curly hair Josh had—stood in front of him.


"Ant," Nick said nervously as he stood watching the burly man tower over his brother.


"Yo; you're one of them faggots my son hangs out with?" the man asked Anthony. He shoved a bruised Josh out of the house and into Anthony. "Then he can go stay witcha. I don't raise no fuckin' faggots in my house." With that, he shut the door.


"What the hell is going on?" Nick asked, as he saw Josh standing there looking bruised, with had a cut on the side of his face.


"My dad heard about what happened to you guys at school, and he knows I'm friends with you and Coy, and he just automatically assumed I was gay," Josh replied. "Guilty by association."


"You have got to be kidding me," Anthony said in disbelief.


"Nope. Doesn't look like he is," Nick said as they made their way across the street. "Look; till we get this figured out, you're staying with us."

"What about your dad?" Josh asked them.


"Dad's never here," Anthony said to him with a sigh. "He hates child abuse. He might try to…"


Nick knew what his brother was going to say. Their father was a powerful man.


"Might try to what?" Josh asked.


Anthony feigned a smile. "Might try to help; that's all. Nick, why don't you take him inside the house and get him cleaned up?"


"Come on; a child called it," Nick joked trying to make light of the situation. Josh playfully shoved him.

Over the past few months, Josh had gotten closer to Anthony and Nick and viewed them as friends...best friends of his.


'Those two would make a cute couple,' Anthony thought to himself. He took his cell out of his pocket and dialed my phone number.


It rang a few times before…


"Hello," Tony said, shocking Anthony.


Anthony looked at the phone to make sure he dialed the right number. It said Coy, so he was confused.


"Tony, what are you doing with Coy's phone?" he asked.


"Well, Coy was in some trouble when I found him, and I helped him out," Tony explained. "He was getting jumped by Ryan and some kids from the Lacrosse team."


"What the fuck?" Anthony asked angrily. "Is he okay?"


"Oh, yeah, he's fine," Tony said. "He's here with Ryan and me."


"But you just said Ryan…"


"I know what I said, Anthony."


Anthony began getting an uncomfortable feeling in his gut. Something wasn't right.


"Where are you guys?" he asked Tony. "I'll come pick him up and take him home."


"Like I said, he's fine," Tony said, before disconnecting the line.


Anthony rushed inside the house in a panic. "Guys, Coy's in serious trouble." He dialed Matt's phone.


***


Matt knocked on my front door. He noticed his phone was vibrating and checked to see that it was Anthony.


"Yeah, right," he scoffed, sending it to voicemail.


Ky opened the front door, relieved to see Matt standing there. "I called Coy's cell, but it went straight to voicemail," he said happily. "I take it he was busy with you?"


"No, I called his cell and got the voicemail, too," Matt said. "I figured he might be ignoring me. So I stopped by to see if he was here. You know, Ky, if you weren't his brother I'd…"


"Hold on," Ky said, answering his cell phone. "It's Coy. Hey, bro."


"Ky, I need your help," I said softly, just above a pained whisper, into the phone. "I'm in trouble."

"What's wrong?" Matt asked Ky, noticing his dark look.


"Where are you?" Ky asked me.


"Tony has me," I said, then I felt some strong arms grab me and grab the cell phone. "Let go of me."

"Coy! What's going on?" Ky yelled into the phone. He heard the line disconnect. "He's in danger. We gotta call the police."


"No, I think I know what's going on," Matt said and the two rushed toward his car.
*******************

Tony slung me onto the bed while Ryan tied my hands behind my back.


"You see, I was trying to make you comfortable as possible, Coy," he said to me. "But you had to be a busybody and call somebody."

"Please, why are you doing this?" I asked Ryan. "You already did enough to me when you jumped me? Why are you helping him?"


Ryan Shrug. "I'm just bored."


"HELP!!!!" I SCREAMED ALOUD. "HELP!!!"



TBC