This Chapter is in John's point of view.
John's smile dropped as Cody continued to step back. "Hey man, I just thought you could use some help." John stepped closer inch by inch.
"I don't need help." John smirked at Cody's boldness and the boy stood up straight in an attempt to look taller.
"Well, can I help anyway?" John smiled at the younger boy and stepped down so he was on one knee to pick up the various papers, pens, pencils and other various locker effects that had scattered out across the hall way.
He heard Cody sigh and was soon joined on the ground a pair of hands helping him gather all the objects. He stood, Cody still on the ground in front of him, his arms were full of papers and a book. Cody looked up at him and he had to push back the thoughts that racked his mind, thoughts that were made for late nights in bed when John couldn't get to sleep and needed a new way of relaxation, a way he had found out about when he was eleven. A way he very seldom reduced too.
He watched Cody stumble to stand back up. His hands were less full then his own and John made to push all the things back into Cody's locker messily. Before they closed the locker John grabbed the boys chemistry book and handed it to him.
"Thanks John…" Cody grumbled, holding the book close to his chest as if John was going to make a move to steal it, rip it's pages out and throw it into Cody's face. John scoffed at the thought, what an unnecessary thing to do to a book, not like the book ever did anything to anybody!
"No problem Cody." They both heard the loud bell go off . Cody looked over Johns shoulder as the elder of the two turned his head to watch as a throng of students piled out of the cafeteria and rushed in their own directions.
"Where is your next class?" John asked but Cody was already half way down the hall, John could just barely see his mop of raven hair as it bounced down the hall way and disappeared around a corner. He sighed in frustration at least he got to talk to the kid. He made a turn to find Randy but figured he'd be in the gym smoking in the UN used locker room.
John wasn't one for paying attention in class but today's encounter with the object of his affection made it all worse. He had three more classes after lunch and each one of them he dozed off, his eyes zoning in on an object usually the black board beyond the teachers head so it at least looked like he was paying attention and he began to day dream about the younger boy..
By the end of the day John had thought up at least fifteen different scenarios concerning the Runnels kid. And in his last class of the day he made it his mission to find him after school and have a little chat with him.
When the release bell rang John stood up from his desk and shamelessly pulled up his pants that were falling lowly on his hips, the very tip of his boxers peeking out from under the waist band of his pants. He dusted off his shirt and made his way down the hall, on the way to the front doors of the school he encountered his friends Randy, Mike and Jake.
"Hey John heard you were into the Runnels kid again." Mike spoke up as the four of them made their way past two guards and out into the courtyard or what used to be a courtyard but now was a large plot of land strewn about with trash, graffiti, loud music and carnage of what used to be a very nice looking school.
"Yea, what's it to you?" John was looking around for the spoken. He shouldn't be to hard to find, he was the second smallest in the school, a soft mop of black hair rested upon his head and he had the most amazingly alluring cerulean eyes in the world , John was sure of it.
"Nothing, just he's a sophomore…" Mike's voice came flooding back into his brain before John jumped in excitement as he spotted the pixy from across the yard about to exit the school grounds with Ted Dibiase in tow.
"Hey, I'll catch you guys later, were still on right?" He yelled over his shoulder as he ran after Cody.
"Yea man ten o'clock!" Jake and Randy yelled after him shaking their heads.
John caught up with Cody just as he approached Ted's car. "Hey Cody.!"
He stopped in front of the car. He stood up straight and gave a short cough. He could feel Ted's curious gaze next to him. "I was wondering if we could get something to eat?"
Cody looked shocked, and his brows furrowed. "I don't think so John, maybe some other time…" Cody spoke. John nodded and the smile that was forcing its home onto his lips fell instantly, and he backed away from the car. "See you around Ted" He spoke before he turned and walked away towards his home.
He didn't expect to get his way that day. John had never talked to Cody before today. He was talking to himself that night as he walked to Jakes house where he was to meet, him, Randy and Mike.
He knocked on the door and Jake's mother answered. "Hello John, the boys are in the back." She wore a warm smile as she guided him into the house and offered him a drink which he politely declined as he walked down the narrow hallway to the two of only two bedrooms in the house.
"Hey Guys." He opened the door to find they had already started with out him.
"That's bull shit Mike you fucking lost!" Randy yelled as he and Mike sat in front of a small TV Jakes mom had bought him for his birthday last year. She had saved up all the money she had saved from her two shifts at the local hospital. Randy had brought over the ps2 his father had brought him from his travels.
"Hah, Randy chill it's just a game. Hey John!" Mike stood from his spot on the floor, dropping his controller to the bed, leaving a very annoyed and furious Randy to restart the game.
"Jake, play me!" Randy ordered.
"No man, because when I kick your ass you'll just get mad at me." Jake chuckled and shook his head. John fell to the bed his hands above and behind his head as he stared up.
Most wouldn't believe that he and his friends spent a lot of their nights tucked up in Jakes house playing video games and talking about sex drinking and wrestling, their one and only chance of getting out of the town they had all grown up in.
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