Chapter 2 – Steamy Showers

On my way to school the next day, I began to think more about the positives of going to a school filled with girls.

For starters, I wouldn't have to worry about being pushed into lockers, beat up in the bathrooms, or brutally poked by some idiot sitting behind me.

Even more so, the kind atmosphere that all the girls seemed to give off made me feel more at ease. I almost think I might be able to actually get my work done and really apply myself to school.

"Yeah!" I said aloud, turning the corner into the school landscape. "This might not be as bad as I thought!"

I was happy!

I was happy...

"Ben!" Gwen called by one of the perfectly aligned trees in the school front.

"Huh..." I looked over.

"Come here! I want you to meet someone..." she smiled slyly.

And now I'm creeped out...so much for being happy.

"Hi!" she smiled coyly as I stopped in front of her.

"Don't hi me. What do you really want?"

As if it wasn't obvious, there was a boy sitting behind the tree. Either he was picking the worst hiding spot in the world, or he was scared.

I really hoped he was hiding.

Gwen shifted. "You know how yesterday I said I was going to find you a boyfriend?"

"What!" I gasped. "You never said that!"

Her index finger touched her chin. "Oh? I didn't? Well...I meant to."

She shuffled behind the tree, helping a young blonde boy, with curtain-styled hair, up. His face was smooth and his blue eyes gleamed along with the diamond earring on his right ear.

My mind did a double take.

Diamond earring? His right ear!

"Ben. Meet Niko."

I didn't even attempt to smile.

"Hi..." he managed to speak softly, but was obviously embarrassed. It was like a shy girl stuck in a guy's body.

Gwen nudged me. "Smile!"

"Ow...okay..." I did my best to put on a smile. "I'm...Ben Tennyson."

He still avoided my gaze, and it was making me uncomfortable, uneasy, unme, un-

I took Gwen by her shoulder and dragged her out of Niko's view.

"Could you excuse us one moment?" I said more as a command than a question.

As soon as we were out of his line of site, Gwen fell into my arms. "Why Ben! This is so sudden!"

I almost smacked her.

"Snap out of it! Why did you do this?"

She giggled. "Well, you said there weren't enough guys here to make friends with – so I found one for you."

"That!" I tried to keep my voice down, "is not a guy! It's like one of those Amazon-shemale things that would completely destroy me!"

"Oh come on, Niko isn't a shemale."

Her eyes went up in thought. Really deep thought.

"Actually," she continued, "I've never actually check down there-"

"Oh forget it!" I let her fall to the ground. The school bell rang.

. . .

Lunch time came around. I was hoping it would be a normal lunch.

Gwen and I were first to the table. She was quiet for the moment – for some reason I just felt that would be changing soon. There was no way she would stay silent all of lunch.

Two arms were suddenly thrown around my neck.

"Ben!" Lucy's voice called. "I haven't seen you all day."

Her breasts were rubbing up and down my back – almost like she didn't notice.

Gwen noticed …..

Still, Lucy smiled innocently. How dangerous.

For the second time, she took the seat next to me. Her smile didn't even fade as she began to eat.

Well...the gang was all there.

Then Gwen's eyes lit up, as if she had forced them to right on cue. What a good act.

"Niko!" she grinned at someone behind me. My heart sunk. Oh no. Not him. If I was seen hanging around with...

I gulped.

...someone like it, then my reputation would be a joke! At least he was planning on sitting next to Gwen. I could play it off like my cousin got a weird friend. Or maybe even a boyfriend. That would be a first...

Then his hips bumped into my side. Directly on the right of me – that's where he planted himself.

God no!

"Hey, Ben," he spoke barely audible.

I didn't like it. Niko seemed to like it. Lucy didn't notice.

Gwen definitely didn't like it. She was staring daggers at me. They hurt too.

"H-hey, Niko..." stammered Gwen. "Why don't you come sit over next to me?"

His face turned red and he looked down and around. "N-no...I-I'm okay by Ben."

The expression on – no, there wasn't an expression on my face. I couldn't tell if he was afraid of Gwen because she was a girl. Or worse...

...because he enjoyed the feeling of sitting next to a hunk like me!

Ah!

Suddenly, Lucy's hand was rubbing up and down my leg. I snapped towards her frantically, but she had her eyes closed and was humming some song – yep, you guessed it, with a smile on her face.

Soon, lyrics followed. And damn those lyrics too!

"Rub, rub...rub the boy sitting next to me."

I've heard those lyrics somewhere...

All the while, Niko seemed to be purposely touching my right hand as he was trying to eat. He would get braver too! Sometimes the touches would last a whole half second. There was no accident about that!

Then...oh no.

I heard him humming the same thing Lucy was singing!

For some reason – I really hoped I would get sick from all this physical contact. A day off of school was long over due. On the second day of the first semester...

. . .

I was glad when lunch was over. Being me, I wasn't sure how much more I could take. Especially with Lucy rubbing my leg. I really hope she was doing it by accident and didn't really notice.

Thankfully, the next class was gym. I could release all the confusion and frustration built inside of me.

It was great to be in a gym uniform. No restrictions. It gets you in the perfect mood to get adrenaline flowing and some man-pride pumping!

That's what I made sure of too. I threw my best out onto the track when we ran, and went all out on jumping the hurdles. I wish the school would have more contact sports – but with mostly girls, it was obvious why nothing of the sort had been formed.

Take high jumps and long strides – I felt great as the sweat dripped from my head and arms all the way down to my socks. It was the strength I needed in the spur of the moment to get over all that had happened.

None of the girls seemed to take notice of my participation – they were all focused on running and jumping. Just like I was.

Just how I liked it too. Nobody trying to throw themselves at me.

However, as soon as I really got into it – the next class bell was readily approaching, and I was covered in my own perspiration. Time to hit the showers.

The cool thing, as I learned yesterday, was that with not many males – the male showers were usually empty and free. I could really relax for the moment after a hard class's work.

So while the warm water dripped down my body – cleansing it of all the sweat – I let my mind wander for a bit. Usually, these showers only took a minute at most. It's not like I'm supposed to use shampoo and condition my beautiful hair or anything. No, just a rinse of all the work I had done in gym.

I could, with no hesitation, say that it was going good and smooth. I was just about ready to dry off.

Just about.

Too bad I didn't ever notice Niko was in my gym class. It's kind of like one of those things that doesn't really matter until you're body is sparkling and gleaming under soaking water.

I saw him walk from the doorway to the shower next to me. His head was tilted to one side and his blonde hair sticking to his shoulders as the water rained onto him.

"Hi, Ben..." he said calmly and nervously.

You're not supposed to do this in a shower!

My eyes were tight and I was frantically looking for an excuse to leave. Now.

But...as I looked upon him, my heart began to speed up. If I did my best not to look too far down or right at his face – it was like looking at a young girl.

Smooth, tanned skin, perfect shoulder-length textured hair and a creamy contrast.

Whoa!

I shook my head. "No!" I yelled, but it was so slurred that it sounded like a load moan.

Niko jumped a bit. "B-Ben... what was that? You're not...masturbating in here, are you?"

"What!" My face was red. "No! No way. That's...I can't even think why..."

"It's okay...I don't mind."

Of course you don't!

This wasn't getting any easier. Especially not in the shower.

Something landed on the wet tile floor with a slap. Of course, by instinct, I looked down at whatever it was. I regret that.

That fool had brought a bar of soap in the shower! He dropped it.

Niko had dropped the soap.

We both stared down at it, as if the very object had been sucking us into a trance for years now. Leaving no movement or soul left attached to our mortal bodies.

Get it, Ben! My conscious yelled to me. If he gets it now, he might ask you to wash his back for him! Or worse! Maybe even his-

No way was I washing anyone's back, or anything worse than that. What ever that made be.

It was decided. I had to get that soap!

No sudden moves, I leaned down – staying behind the wall separating Niko and I as much as possible. Getting lower I began to reach my hand out.

Another hand sprung out from the other side.

He was reaching for it too!

I tried to withdraw myself, but I did so too quickly. I lost my footing on the slippery floor and was flung forwards.

Problem with this is, whenever you're falling – you want to grab onto something.

I grabbed onto Niko's hand. I wish I hadn't.

I landed hard on the ground – outside of my shower zone. He came crashing down right on top of me.

Both of us.

Unclothed.

Wet.

Soaked.

Right on top of each other.

Yep. This was it. I was in hell. And if I wasn't, I'd so much rather be than where I was currently. I had to pray for this to be over.

"I pray to thee, art though thine lord in heaven who-"

Niko's face was beyond red. There was a whole new color spectrum being created in the shower room – which was now misty with steam.

"B-Ben...why aren't you getting up?" He asked innocently. Just like a girl that one!

With a push – I launched him right off of me. I don't even care where he landed. Hopefully he hit a wall hard enough to give him severe amnesia.

Then, I continued the countdown by propelling myself straight out of the shower room – taking a towel by the exit.

I sure hope Gwen doesn't hear about this...

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So I wrote that "steamy" shower scene. Hehehhehe...