The play ended nearly half an hour ago, but Eli was still in the auditorium. He was overwhelmed about how terribly the play had gone. One of the boys had gotten stage fright, and the kiss didn't happen. Tristan tripped while walking toward Dave. And the stage crew had dropped the "ghost".
Eli had been staring at the stage since everyone left. He felt as if the play had been a mockery. Despite how hard he tried, he failed. His parents said it had been great, but he disagreed.
Campbell walked into the empty auditorium. He felt so lonely. He had just caught Maya cheating on him. He could see the director, sitting in the fifth row, third seat. What was his name? Elliot? Now, that's not it. Eli. His name's Eli.
Campbell walks up to Eli, and clears his throat. Eli glances up at him and gives a fake smile, "Hey. You're Tristan's friend, right?" Campbell nods, "Sorry about the play. I know you worked hard on it. Tristan couldn't stop talking about it."
Eli nods slowly. Campbell sits down beside him, and places his hand on Eli's thigh. Eli's taken back by his action, but likes the feel. "You have nice eyes." Eli smirks and places his own hand on Campbell's.
Eli turns to face Campbell, and stares into his brown eyes. He caresses Campbell's cheek and leans in. Campell's lips are captured by Eli's. Both of them don't understand what's happening. They knew they liked what was happening, they just didn't know what that made them. Gay? Bi? Neither of them cared.
Eli pulls away away, "I have a girlfriend." Campbell starts to pull Eli back in, "She doesn't need to know." He nods and begins kissing Campbell again. He carefully lifts Campbell from the seat and lowers him onto the ground. Eli gently moves his hands to the Sophmore's waist. Campbell moves his tongue into Eli mouth, making him moan.
"Eli?" They both sit up and can see Clare searching the dark theater. Campbell climbs off of Eli, "No one can know about this." Eli nods, "Do you want to do it again?" Campbell answer with a quick peck on the lips before crawling away. Eli stands up and starts to walk over to Clare, "Hey." He mutters.
"Are you okay?" He nods. "The play was great." He shrugged, "No, it wasn't." She grabs his hands, "Eli. It was amazing. It's not your fault the actors messed up." "Okay." He sighs. She places a hand on his chest, then notices his heart beating. "Eli, what's wrong?" He puts his arm around her, "I'm just happy to see you."
She smiles and they walk out of the room. Before they leave, Eli takes one last glance at Campbell, who's leaned against the other door. They smile at each other.
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"I'll see you on Monday?" Clare asks. The two are sitting on Clare's front steps. Eli nods. She kisses him and disappears inside. Eli stands up and starts walking home. His phone rings; a text from Campbell. Hey, I had a lot of fun. You wanna hang out sometime?
Eli smiled and quickly responded. I did too. I'm free now, if you want. He waited impatiently for a response. He walked a block before one came. Sure, where do you wanna meet up?
Campbell dried his hair as he waited for Eli to reply. He had just gotten out of the shower, and was trying to make himself look nice. He realizes it will be cold outside, so he puts on a pair of jeans, a blue V-Neck, a flannel, and his Ice Hounds Jacket. His phone buzzes, and he looks to see a text from Eli. Do you know where the Ravine is? Campbell smiles and heads downstairs. I'll be their soon.
He jogs to the Ravine. He sees Eli sitting on a rock humming a song. Campbell suddenly feels shy. He swallows his nervousness and walked up to Eli. Eli turned after hearing the rustle of leaves. He smiled at stood up to greet Campbell, "Hey, you look really nice." "You too." They walk over to the river and sit beside it. Campbell breaks the ice, "You know, you still have 9 more nights to do the play. I bet it'll be good next time."
Eli smiles and kisses Campbell. Campbell is taken back by Eli's bluntness, but chews on Eli's lip. He carefully lowers Campbell to the ground and climbs onto him. Eli moves his hands along Campbell's arms, pushing his jacket off. Campbell's tongue is soon engulfed by Eli's mouth. He moves away from Eli's mouth and begins to suck on his neck.
He doesn't really know what to do, as Maya was his first girlfriend, and they never got this intimate. From Eli's moans, Campbell can tell he's doing something right. He tries to gently nibble on Eli's neck, and use his tongue. Eli sits up and pulls Campbell's flannel off. Campbell shivers as Eli runs his hands up and down his chest.
Eli begins to plant a hickey on Campbell's neck. Campbell moaned Eli's name. After minutes of sucking, Eli pulls away to see a purple mark. Eli realizes he had obtained a hard on. Embarrassed, he says "Hey, it's getting late. Do you wanna hang out tomorrow?" Campbell nods, and pulls on his flannel and jacket. Eli gently puts his arm around Campbell's shoulders, and Cam snakes his arm around Eli's waist. They walk out of the Ravine together, smiling. They soon reach the road, and Cam's taken by surprise when Eli pins him against the fence and kisses him passionately. Eli places his hands on Cam's waist, pushing himself into the younger boy.