Chapter 21:
Connor awoke to the sun wishing him a good morning from behind the blinds. His good morning back was a groan and burying his face into his pillow. It was only then he felt a shift from behind him when he realized what was going on. Kevin had his arm draped around his waist, posing as the big spoon on the bed. Connor smiled, finally feeling Kevin's breath on his neck. He was still sound asleep and he didn't want to wake him up. it was too adorable finally spooning with the guy he's been crushing on.
Summer had been great, and now that they were all juniors just made everything better. Connor McKinley and Kevin Price hadn't gone one day over the break without talking to one another. At least five times they had met up in Salt Lake City for a date or hanging out with their other friends. By their second date, they were declaring themselves a couple. By the first day of their junior year, they already had their first sleep over. And there they were in Connor's bed, spooning.
Connor groaned, unable to fall back asleep with no thanks to the sun. He looked over to Chris's bed and saw he and James snuggled up spooning. A smile spread across his face, imagining what he was looking at was how he and Kevin looked. He continued to lay there till his phone went off with a text.
Ready for class? it read from Nolan with a smile face at the end of it.
No. Connor responded plainly.
Kevin shifted a bit again and ended up releasing his arm from Connor's waist and rolled over to face the wall. Connor took the chance and got out of bed quickly. Kevin merely adjusted slightly, still sleeping.
Connor quietly crept into the bathroom for a quick shower and to hopefully not wake any of the sleeping guys. He had just stepped into the shower when the door opened and shut again.
"Morning, Con," Chris greeted with a yawn.
"Morning. You're up early. I didn't wake you, right?"
"Nah. James kicked me in his sleep," he laughed lightly, followed by another yawn, "He tends to do that a lot, especially in these small beds."
Connor laughed lightly. Chris continued to talk, "It was weird waking up to find Kevin in your bed. Then I remembered that you two are a thing now."
Chris didn't see Connor blush bright red, "Yeah. It was weird that he actually agreed to sleep over. I would've stayed in his dorm but yeah..."
"Wait, Arnold doesn't know?"
"All he knows from what Kevin texted him last night; and was that he wasn't coming back to the room till this afternoon. His stuff is at his dad's apartment. He's gonna go after his classes today and pick it up."
"Does his dad know?"
Connor stiffened up, "No. His parents don't know about us."
"Oh."
"Remember, his parents are strict Mormons. I don't know how they'd react to their eldest son being bisexual, let alone dating a guy."
"True that…" he yawned once more, "As long as you two are ok with keeping it from his parents. Hell, as long as you two are happy together, that's all that should matter right?"
"Right," he nodded, "I mean, I outted to my parents back in junior high, and I've been completely accepting of my sexuality for years and you know that. I've had boyfriends before too. Parents were alright with all of it, thanks to Amber that is. Without her, I don't know how my parents would be.
"Then there's Kevin who has finally come to terms with his sexuality. That's great that he finally feels comfortable with himself and about him. He literally just went on a semester and a half self discovery mission and came out as bisexual a few months ago. Do you blame him for not wanting to tell his parents right away?"
"Yeah, you're right," Chris agreed as he pulled out his tooth brush from its slot, "Just take it slow and go from there."
Connor just finished up in the shower and pulled the towel from the rack above the toilet. He wrapped it around his waist and stepped out carefully, "Take it slow? Really Chris? We've been dating a whole two months and we just had our first sleepover."
He laughed, tooth brush still hanging out of his mouth, "Ok, twu enoff," he nodded. Chris finished brushing and spit in the sink. "Wanna go rudely wake our boyfriends?" Chris asked with a devilish smirk.
"Yes! Lemme put pants on first though," he laughed lightly.
Connor snuck passed his friend and went back into the bedroom with their sleeping boyfriends. He quickly pulled on a pair of boxers, not worrying about the other sleeping guys. Soon as he pulled them on, Chris emerged from the bathroom. The two best friends exchanged looks of scheming and plotting.
Chris had a running start and jumped onto James with a bound. James awoken with an 'oof' and followed by a groan. Still half asleep, James took his smaller boyfriend in his arms and snuggled him tightly. Chris let out a playful yelp.
"Lemme go, lemme go!" he cried with a laugh.
"Never. You woke me up," he snuggled him and held him closely, "Goodnight."
Chris tried to wiggle out of his grip, but failed miserably. Soon, he just gave in and laid there next to him and let him hold him nice and close. He wasn't complaining, just a tad bit uncomfortable.
Connor on the other hand simply knelt on the bed and belly flopped onto Kevin and shook his wet hair onto Kevin's face. Kevin had awoken with a groan and a small smile.
"Good morning, sunshine," Connor smiled, kissing his neck, "the world says hello."
Kevin smiled tiredly, "Morning, sunshine. There a reason to be rudely woken up?"
"Nope," he smiled and kissed him again on the neck, "just thought it'd rudely wake ya up. No harm done."
He smiled, "What time is it?"
"Quarter to nine," Connor responded, checking the wall clock.
"Damn," he pushed Connor off of him and sat up, "I have class at nine fifteen!"
"Likewise," James yawned, overhearing the time. He picked Chris up and threw him back on the bed.
"You two have class together?" Connor asked.
"Yup," James nodded pulling on a t-shirt from the night before.
"Human psychology 101," Kevin concluded, pulling on a pair of Connor's sweat pants that seemed to fit him quite well for some reason.
"'Scuse me, sir," Connor smirked, "Those are mine."
"I'll bring them back when I get my stuff from my dad's place later," he smiled, "promise."
"Price. Switch shirts?" James asked.
"Sure," Price stripped off his shirt.
James did the same and they both threw them to each other at the same time. Chris and Connor watched their more masculine boyfriends switch shirts. They watched in awe at how lucky they were to have boyfriends as attractive as Kevin Price and James Church.
"This ok?" James asked, gesturing to his traded off t-shirt and basketball shorts.
"Does it matter? It's college?" Kevin laughed.
"You boys look fine," Chris stood and handed James's his backpack, "now go."
Connor handed Kevin his bag and smacked his ass, "Now go before you're late. Please, go. And I want those pants back."
"You'll get them back," he smiled and kissed his cheek.
"I better," he smiled, "now go before you're late."
"You too, mister," Chris gave James a helpful shove to the door.
Both smaller boys happily scooted their boyfriends out the door and to their class with just enough time to spare.
James and Kevin walked out of the building, only to get blinded from the morning sun greeting them. With unison groans, the two headed down to the science wing of the school for their first new class as juniors. Neither of them knew who else was going to be in their class, it was going to be a surprise for two very tired adults.
"So, you and Connor?" James nudged him a few times.
Kevin couldn't help but smile, "Yeah, so?"
"Nothin," he smirked, "Just finally! God, you were suffering with Elle!"
"I wasn't suffering," he corrected, "She's just… yeah… She's more of a friend than anything."
"Really?" James gave him a look.
"Yes, now shut up."
"Who do you think we're stuck with?" James asked with a groan.
Kevin chuckled a little, "hopefully no one too awful."
"If I'm in another class with Schrader before noon, I'm jumping out a window," he laughed, "He doesn't actually wake up till one! He may be awake and functioning, but he is a useless human being when asking him a question or anything normal like that. And this early!" he groaned, "don't even get me started.
"So nice of a friend," Kevin laughed.
"Oh, I know. Any classes with Conoooor?" James asked, nudging him while he said Connor's name.
"One of my English classes and Astronomy 2."
"One of how many, Price?"
"Only three this time," he smiled, proud of himself completely.
"Great job, Price. Very proud of you."
"You and Chris?"
"Four classes. Four classes in which we shall be making out in the back row and or skipping due to weekend jaunts to the lake house."
"Lovely visual."
James laughed a little and nudged Kevin again, "Oh shut up like you and Connor wouldn't be doing that too. Just give it time." Before Kevin could correct him, James spoke again, "Come on. We'll be late if we keep up with this pace. Race ya?"
"You're on."
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"You're a quick little thing," James panted once they reached the hall.
"I know," he laughed, then coughed a little from lack of oxygen.
"Ok?" James asked, hearing his friend coughing.
He nodded, "Yup, good. Promise."
"Good idea running," James began, "Bad idea racing."
"Second that motion," Kevin nodded.
The two finished their breather and headed into the already crowded hall. Their class was full of juniors and seniors and just about a full class. The two lazy boys traveled up to the very top of the hall and sat down to the end leaving a seat open at the end. Once their butts hit the chair, James was already laying his head down on his backpack for a few extra minutes of sleep. Kevin on the other hand drug his phone out of his bag and texted his dad to let him know he'd be over later to get his things.
Kevin yawned again and reclined back in his chair a little. Too early for class… he thought. He wished that Connor was in his first classes of the day so they could snuggle and fight to stay awake together. His phone buzzed again and he checked it quickly. Just father telling him when to pick up his stuff. With that taken care of, he snuggled back down and closed his eyes.
"Kevin?"
The sound of his name made him look up at a bubbly blonde bouncing her way up to the top for a seat. Kevin smiled a little.
"Hey, Elle," he smiled tiredly to her.
"Mind if I sit here?" she asked, gesturing to the empty seat next to him.
"Go ahead," he adjusted himself so he wasn't completely taking up the empty seat.
She smiled and sat next to him. Once she was settled down, she turned to Kevin.
"How was your summer?"
"Good, good," he nodded, "How about yours?"
"Great!" she beamed, "I finally realized what I wanna do with my life. So all summer I spent studying trying to get into Harvard!"
Kevin's eyes widened, "Harvard?"
"Yes! I wanna be a lawyer," she smiled proudly, "I dunno, something just hit me one day and I realized that it was my calling. All this studying and preparing, and guess what?"
"Huh?"
"I got in!" she exclaimed happily, "I start in the spring!"
Kevin smiled, "I'm so happy for you."
She wrapped her arms around him in an uncomfortable sideways seat hug. James groaned from the seat next to Kevin.
"Oh my god, shut up! Some of us are trying to sleep," he groaned. He snuggled deeper into his bag, "And congrats, Elle."
"Thank you, James," she smiled.
"I'm really happy for you, Elle," Kevin smiled, "Really."
"What about you, Price?" she asked with a smirk, "Hook up with McKinley?"
"Uh…" he scratched the back of his neck.
"I knew it! You totally did!" she smiled, "I'd notice his dance sweatpants anywhere," she gestured to the sweatpants Kevin took from Connor that morning.
"Yeah, well… uh… I mean…" he stammered.
"Kevin, I don't care. I'm happy for you," she smiled, "I'm glad you came to terms with your sexuality and I'm happy about you and McKinley. A word of warning though, just be careful about Steve. He still wants Connor for some reason. Just be careful. That's all I have to offer you."
He nodded, "I'll take your word for it."
The main door slammed shut, causing it to echo throughout the hall. James shot up into a proper sitting position. Perfectly straight, like military style. He relaxed once he saw it was only the teacher slamming the door. He relaxed a bit
"You ok?" Kevin asked him quietly.
"Habit, that's all," he responded slowly, "Nothing to worry about. I'm fine."
He nodded and turned his attention back to the teacher. None of them listened to the man as he rambled off about psychology and how important it was to be taught and for students to learn it. Elle sighed and scribbled something down on a piece of paper and handed it off to Kevin. She gestured to show James too. Kevin shrugged and took it and held the note between the two of them.
I heard this guy is the toughest teacher on campus the note read.
Both guys gave Elle the same look. A deadpan 'great' face and an eye roll. The teacher up front kept rambling on and on and nothing of which had to do with the class itself. James yawned and put his head on Kevin's shoulder like the manly man he was. Elle took Kevin's other shoulder for her head. Kevin smiled at the situation he was in. His response was arm around Elle's shoulder and his head on James's.
"This is gonna be a long semester," Kevin whispered to the two.
"Yup," they responded in almost perfect unison.