Ennis was climaxing for what seemed the one-hundredth time today. Jack was moaning beneath him and as Ennis pushed in a final time and both he and Jack let it all out.
Ennis was now exhausted and breathing heavily, driblets of sweat ran down his body. The same was said about Jack.
Ennis rolled of Jack and laid on the bed, face up. Then Jack laid on his chest "feelin' better cowboy?" Jack said in tired voice.
"Fucking great" Ennis said, kissing Jack's head.
It had first just started on the couch but somewhere between the couch, the floor, the stairs, and the hall they ended back in their bed. Ennis made a mental note to remind Jack to clean up before the kids got home.
"It's been a while since we've had a day like this" Jack said; now tracing random shapes on Ennis's chest.
"Ya well its kinda hard to when you have a son with ya in the house all summer" Ennis replied.
"An extra one doesn't help either" Jack said lazily.
"Especially one that's a real dick" Ennis said.
"Speaking of dick" Jack said, his hand starting to travel down Ennis's body.
"Jack" Ennis said "again?"
Jack mumbled "hm-hm".
"Come on Jack" Ennis said "I think I'm exhausted out for the day" Jack didn't seem to listen. He instead climbed on top of Ennis and kissed him.
"Jack" Ennis said, his face only inches from Jacks "the boys are gonna be home soon".
Jack kissed him again "then we're just gonna have to make it a quick one". Jack kept on kissing him while his hands traveled below Ennis's waist.
Then just as they were about to go at it for the one hundredth and one time, they heard the door slam from downstairs.
Jack stopped "oh" he said in a disappointed voice "so much for that".
Lois pulled up to the house and Jess got out of the beat up car.
"I'll see ya tomorrow at school?" she said.
"Sure thing" Jess said. He then closed the door and Lois drove of down the road. He then entered the house. Looking around, he saw some of the chairs had been pushed over in the kitchen.
He picked up one of the chairs and fixed himself a sandwich. He was still hungry after how little he ate.
"Hey Jess" Jack said walking into the room sounding a little out of breath "how was school?"
"Peachy" Jess said.
"So I take it didn't go well?" Ennis said. He to also seemed a bit short of breath to. Must have been a busy day Jess thought.
"Bobby at the tryouts?" Jack asked.
Jess shrugged "obviously".
"Did that Lois girl drive ya hear?" Ennis said.
"Yes" Jess said.
An awkward silence followed after that "I'm going upstairs" Jess said.
"Oh no you don't" Jack said "you still need to do you'r chores for the day"
"I just had a rough day," Jess said "can't I just go upstairs".
"Not until you finish your chores" Jack replied. Jess rolled his eyes and put his plate in the sink and headed out the door. Not before he muttered, "fag".
Jess saw Bobby's car pull up in the driveway about an hour earlier. He saw Bobby slam the door and sulk into the house. That can't be good Jess thought.
Ennis came over and saw Bobby's car "Bobby's back from tryouts?" he asked. Jess just shrugged.
Jess finished up and the three men headed into the house. Jess saw Bobby slumped in his chair, swishing a glass of water around.
"So Bobby" Jack said, "How'd it go?"
Bobby took a long gulp "I didn't get quarterback". So sad Jess thought.
"You didn't?" Jack said in surprise "but you were a sure in! What happened? Who got the position" Bobby took another gulp of water and said.
"Doug Macarthur" Macarthur! Jess thought that ignorant ass hole that hassled him in gym? Bobby wasn't Jess's favorite person in the world but the fact of learning he lost the position to that bastard, Jess almost felt sorry for him. Well, maybe not almost but close.
"Macarthur?" Ennis said, "I thought you said he couldn't throw a ball for the life of him" Bobby took another gulp.
"He got better over the summer. A lot better" he replied. Bobby took another swig "I did get running back though".
"Well that's good," said Jack "you'r the best running back I know of. Besides, we all know it's the runner who does all the scoring".
Bobby brightened up a bit "ya, I guess so. Oh, who cares anyway, as long as I'm on the team"
"That's the spirit," Jack said clapping Bobby on the back.
The men soon sat down for dinner. Bobby told Jack and Ennis all about the practice. Which people messed up, who got better or worse, and what positions they got. Jess barley listened to the conversation and instead got random tid bits of it all.
"Jess" he suddenly realized that Jack was talking to him.
He looked up "what?" practically spitting out the word.
"Don't be getting' defensive" Jack said "I was just wonderin' if maybe you'd like to invite that Lois girl over" Jess almost gagged on his food, Bobby got a surprised look on his face, and Ennis looked at Jack as if he was out of his mind.
"And why should I do that?" asked Jess.
"No reason" Jack said "I just wanna meet her, that's all" so you can find out if I'm really friends with her? Jess thought.
"I ain't forcin' ya to do it" Jack said "I'm just sayin' it would be a nice gesture" Jess didn't feel hungry anymore. So he ate a few more bites of chicken and took his food to the sink.
"You'll think bout it right?' Jack asked.
Jess just rolled his eyes "whatever". He then stalked upstairs.
"Are you out of you'r damn mind Jack Twist?" Ennis said.
"What Ennis" Jack said, "it was only a suggestion".
"You should know by now how that kid reacts to our suggestions" Ennis said.
"Oh Ennis come on" Jack said, "It was just an idea. Its not like I suggested we sell the house or somethin".
Ennis just stared at his food "he ain't gonna do it".
"Probably won't even mention it to her" Bobby said.
"Oh stop you two" Jack said, "lets just give him a chance".
"Its not like he's given us one" Bobby said.
Ennis was gonna retort to that remark but he knew it was the truth. Might as well not try and deny it.
They finished dinner soon after. Bobby headed up to his room while Ennis went into the bathroom to take a shower. He stood there letting the water roll down his body, mulling over Jack's arrangement. He was right for one thing; it would give Ennis a chance to get to know Jess. As far as he knew, that Lois girl wass closer to him then any one of them.
He got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around his waist. He then went to brushing his teeth. The door was open and Jack was sitting there, watching him with hungry eyes.
"What, you wanna go at it again?" Ennis said after a few moments of Jack looking at him.
"You bet" Jack said, getting up.
"It was a joke Jack" Ennis said. Jack looked crestfallen. "What, as if fucking you nearly eight times ain't enough?" he said.
"Ain't to many times for that," Jack said.
"I swear Jack sometimes I think you have a problem" Ennis said, he rinsed out his mouth and spat into the sink.
"Like what kinda problem?" Jack said.
"You have to admit Jack, you wanna have sex a lot of the time".
"Who doesn't?" Jack replied.
"I mean, you want it constantly" Ennis said.
"Only with you though" Jack said, he then got of the bed and walked over to Ennis until he was right in Ennis's face, staring at him with those big blue eyes.
"Jack" Ennis said.
"Ennis" Jack muttered. Jack then wrapped his arms around Ennis and kissed him. Jack then kissed him again and Ennis wrapped his arms around Jack, his hands going up his back.
Jack then pulled away and put a finger in between the towel "so, whaddya say cowboy? Up for round nine?"
Ennis smiled "absolutely".
For three days Jess didn't think about Jack's suggestion to invite Lois over for dinner. Part of it was he didn't want to and the other part was his mind was preoccupied with other more important things.
Things at school still hadn't change. He would arrive late to classes most of the time and of course most of his teachers had it out for him or so he thought. As usual, the students avoided him like he was some kinda plague carrier and of course no one tried to approach him or speak to him. Oh well he thought every school needs an outcast.
Gym class was the low point for him. He refused to actually participate in any of the sports, he would just stand there like he was doing something. And to top it of, Doug Macarthur always found some way to hit him, humiliate him, or get him in trouble with the teacher.
On the second day at school, Doug deliberately tripped him during basketball and during the second quarter he intentionally rammed into him knocking Jess's breath out. On the third day, he threw the ball at Jess so hard it him right in the face nearly causing his nose to bleed. Then, on the fourth they were playing volleyball and Doug takes it upon himself to spike the ball right at Jess every chance he got. And of course the teacher was oblivious to it.
However, lunch and drawing class were actually the high points of Jess's day. At lunch, Lois would meet him and they would sneak out threw the side door and ate lunch on the field. It was actually a pretty nice place with some rocks at the top that were perfect for sitting.
Lois would mostly sketch and do the talking while Jess just sat back and let her ramble on. They would then go to drawing class where she would mostly supervise him and help him with his drawings.
It was nice to have Lois with him. He finally understood that saying birds of a feather will flock.
Then the day just went down to its low point again where he was late, ignored, and secluded.
Since Bobby had practice everyday, Lois always drove Jess home. He felt it weren't necessary to mention the fact he couldn't drive. or at least, not yet.
However, something happened on the next day. Jess had been in school for a full week now glad as hell it was Friday. He'll be able to rest after this hellish week. As Jess was sitting on one of the rocks on the hill he suddenly remembered Jack's suggestion.
At first Jess ignored it but as the seconds past it slowly became a nagging thing in his head. One side of him was saying, "ask her, ask her!" the other half was saying, "are you outta your mind? don't do it!"
Lois was busy sketching a life size image of a butterfly that landed near the rock she was on. Jess looked at her. No wait he thought what am I thinking? I can't invite her. And he had good reasons.For one, he was afraid Ennis and Jack would…well act like a couple right in front of this girl. But then again, it wasn't like they actually told anyone about them. Jess kept on kicking the idea around in his head for a few minutes until finally he said.
"Um Lois?" she looked up from her sketch.
"What is it Jess?" she asked in a concern voice.
Then, before Jess could contain himself "um, would ya…like to have dinner tonight? Um, with Ennis, Jack, Bobby, and me? I mean you don't have to but-".
"Really?" Lois's eyes got wider "you serious? I would love to! Bout time I should say so myself. We've known each other for I don't know two weeks now? Ya two weeks and I still barely know anything bout you'r family".
"Really?" Jess said, "You really wanna?"
"Shit ya!" Lois said now excited "but, on one exception" this took Jess by surprise. What exception would that be? He thought.
"If I'm going to have dinner at you'r house" she said "then I want you to have dinner at my house" this was a mild surprise for Jess. He'd never met Lois's father before and it would be nice to get out of that piss poor farm every once in a while.
"Okay" Jess said, "ya sure, I can do that".
"Great!" Lois said "I'll go call my dad when we get back in to see if it's okay".
"Great" Jess said.
"Great" Lois repeated. They both laughed at this.
After that, Jess didn't really notice how crappy the rest of the day was. He was to busy thinking about tonight. It would probably be the first time since his mom died that a family dinner would actually be…well enjoyable.
As soon as school was over, Bobby headed to the locker rooms to change for football practice.
Bobby never really liked the boy's locker room. For one it smelled like…well a boy's locker room. Second, there was always the possibility of something getting stolen. Bobby learned that during his freshman year when he lost nearly twenty bucks he had in his pocket. For that, Bobby never brought anything valuable to the locker room.
As Bobby walked down the hall for the locker he heard someone whistle behind him.
"Hey Twist! Wait up" Bobby turned to see Doug Macarthur and his gang of friends running up to him. Bobby never really liked Doug. He had known Doug since the fifth grade, they've been on the football team since freshman year, and they've sat at the same lunch table for three years. But, they weren't really friends. One of Bobby's friends, Kyle, is a friend with Doug so it wasn't like he could reject him.
"Hey Doug" Bobby said.
"You ready for practice?"
"As I'll ever be" replied Bobby.
"Good, cause I'm gonna make ya work today. only a week till the first game of the season" Bobby was pretty sure Doug was rubbing it into his face that he didn't get quarterback. but then again, Doug rubbed a lot of things into Bobby's face.
Bobby saw Jess walking down the hall, heading for the main door.
"oh look" Doug said "it's the school freak. Wait here Twist" then Doug walked in front of Jess, blocking him of.
"Can you get outta my way?" Jess said. Bobby flinched; he did not like wear this was going.
"Hey now" Doug then pushed Jess up against a locker "is that anyway to treat an adult?"
"Your only a year older me" Jess said "so I highly doubt that constitutes you as being a adult". Then, Doug's friends began to surround Jess.
"Well, look who's decided to become a little smart ass" then Doug swung a punch right into Jess's stomach. Bobby saw Jess double over, grabbing wear Doug hit, and slumped down to the floor.
"Get your ass up!" Doug said, hauling Jess back to his feet. This was going from bad to worse Bobby thought. As Doug wound up for another hit, Bobby stepped in and blocked Doug of.
"Hey come on" Bobby said, "That's enough" Bobby pulled Jess out of the circle.
"What the hell Twist?" Doug said "you goin' soft on us or somethin'?"
"It wasn't like he did anythin' to you" Bobby said.
"Come on Twist! Don't turn into a pansy, what's so special bout this kid?"
Bobby paused "he's Ennis's son".
This caused Doug to laugh "you'r kiddin right? That quiet guy who works with you'r daddy? He don't have no kids! He sure as hell don't look like him".
"Well guess what Doug, he is" Bobby said "and I don't want to see ya hasslin' him anymore"
Doug folded his arms "or what?" this caused a small ripple of amusement to pass threw Doug's friends. It was clearly the first sign of a battle.
"Trust me Doug" Bobby said walking right up to him "you may be the leadin' man on the team but I can still take you out" a silence descended over the group. All Doug did was give Bobby a sinister look.
"Fine Twist" he said, "you wanna defend this little pansy?" Doug then spit on Bobby's shoe "then it's on". With that, Doug turned around and stalked off. His friends soon followed suit.
"you didn't have to do that" Jess said.
"they were gonna pound you silly if I hadn't stepped in" Bobby replied.
"I could have handled it" Jess shot back. Why does he have to be so god damn stubborn? Bobby thought, I practically saved him for a good old whooping and he is still trying to fight me.
"You know very well you couldn't" Bobby said.
Jess just glared at him "I already told you" Jess said, "I can take care of myself. I don't need you having to step into every single one of my problems. Its not like I but into yours".
Bobby decided to just give up at that point "all right, I'm sorry. I won't do it next time, you can let yourself get pummeled for all I care".
"Fine" Jess spat the word out. He then turned around and stalked of to the doors. However, before he went out he called back to Bobby "Lois is coming over tonight". And before Bobby could react Jess walked out.
