Liberty High School

1:00 pm

Mr. Horner heard the loud crash just as he stood from the toilet and was fastening his pants. "Fuck" he called out unlocking the stall and rushing back to the library. "What was that?" he asked to the four innocent faces he found sitting there arms folded neatly on their tables in front of them.

"What?" Ben responded calmly with a straight face.

"That ruckus!" Horner answered, "What was that ruckus?"

"Ruckus?" Michael repeated, "We didn't hear a ruckus. Although I think part of the ceiling might have fallen upstairs. This building is pretty old. Someone should really check that out"

"Yeah" Ted added seriously, "Someone could get hurt"

Brian hadn't planned to but as he ducked under the table and was eye-to-crotch with Justin's obvious bulge he couldn't resist the temptation. Justin intended to participate in the rouse as well but he felt Brian's hand work over his thighs under the table and his fingers were inching upwards and tugging at the button on his pants he fell speechless.

Justin kicked his leg out landing his foot on Brian's ribs and slapped the table loudly to cover Brian's yelp and muffled laughter. Horner looked at Justin's reaction in confusion. Justin blushed as his knee hit the bottom of the table when he tried in vain to cut Brian off by crossing his legs.

"Something wrong Taylor?" Horner asked.

"No" Justin replied in an octave higher than his voice had ever gone. Brian was now unzipping his pants and massaging his balls over his jeans. "Nothing! Oh God" he cried out suddenly and swallowed hard as Brian separated the opening of his boxers and manipulated his growing cock which was now straining to be released, "I hope no one was hurt" he recovered slapping Brian on the side of his head under the table with his knee.

Horner sighed, "I will not be made a fool of" he barked before turning around to exit the room before he cracked a huge smile. The boys all cracked up as tissue paper trailed from his left shoe.

As soon as the door to the library slammed shut Justin reached under the table and removed his cock from Brian's hand, replaced it in his boxers, zipped his pants and slapped Brian on the side of the head again. "What the fuck Brian?" he protested as Brian climbed out laughing from under the table. Justin might not be ready to admit it but seeing his leaking, throbbing cock at eye level was enough to convince Brian not only that he and Justin batted for the same team but that Justin was completely worth the continued effort.

Brian stood up and stretched. He crossed over to Ted and asked for his pot back. Ted fished the baggie from his crotch and handed to Brian without saying a word. As soon as Brian had the pot he headed to the back of the library. "Coming?" he called to no one in particular.

Justin weighed the risk and decided Brian was worth it. He hadn't smoked pot except once with Daphne at a party. He loved the giddy feeling it gave him and he desperately needed some sort of outlet after his almost very public hand job.

Seeing Justin join Brian gave Ted the courage to also seek refuge from the day's doldrums and stress.

Michael stood as well but fell back in his seat seeing Ben weigh the decision. In many ways Ben had the most to lose. Getting caught using drugs at school would not only get him expelled but would threaten his stellar athletic career and college scholarships. Michael watched Ben debate the issue with himself, clearly struggling between fitting in and doing what he needed to do. He couldn't believe what he was witnessing as Ben started walking toward the back to join the group. He wasn't strong after all. Not in the way that really mattered. Ben was weak when it came to making up his own mind. He wasn't a leader; he was a follower. Michael sat back dumbfounded considering just how much he had misjudged him and considering what else he might have missed.

Brian watched on amused as Ted and Justin got a serious case of the giggles from just a few hits off the first joint he had rolled. The boys were burning through it quickly and Ben had taken off with the second joint. Brian was already rolling a third and handed it off to Justin, offering him a light. Ted in particular seemed to really cut loose and enjoy the ride as he rambled on about chicks and his various musings of academic life from the perspective of a highly stoned individual.

Justin held the smoke in his mouth and felt the burn in his lungs before exhaling with a loud cough. Brian couldn't help but smile as he watched Justin watching him. Through the haze of smoke the lust had never been clearer.

"Do you know how popular I am?" Justin asked Brian with a wide smile. "I am so popular; everyone loves me so much at this school…"

"Yeah" Brian agreed, "Everyone worships your blond boy ass"

"…You know why?" Justin asked, his façade breaking down.

"Probably because you're hot and your daddy's rich" Brian answered honestly.

"…it's because I'm really good at pretending" Justin answered, "you think I'm hot?" he asked as an afterthought.

Brian nodded looking at Ted who was lying on the ground and studying his hand as if it was the most fascinating thing he had ever seen. "What are you pretending to be?"

"…I pretend to be normal" Justin admitted, sitting up on his knees and resting his ass on his feet.

"You are normal Justin" Brian protested, "…and you are hot"

Ted heard Brian call Justin hot and his interest in his hand was replaced by his interest in the conversation. He sat up just in time to hear Justin's response.

"It's not normal what I'm thinking" Justin argued taking another hit trying to suck the courage out of the joint. "It's not normal what I want to do"

Brian watched breathlessly as Justin leaned over and kissed him on the mouth in full view of Ted. Ted gasped at the display mostly just from astonishment that Justin had finally made a move. He watched the heated kiss in its full glory wondering if perhaps the drugs were hallucinogenic.

"Why did you do that?" Brian asked as he broke off the kiss.

"Because I knew you wouldn't" Justin spoke softly, "and I wanted to"

"Is that why you think you're abnormal because you like guys?" Brian asked disappointed that Justin would be afraid to really come out publically.

"No" Justin insisted shaking his head which was delightfully fuzzy, "Liking guy's just makes me gay. It's liking you, who has done nothing but tease and torment me all day, that makes me abnormal. Why would I like you?"

Brian didn't have an answer so he just kissed Justin again, this time swiping his tongue along Justin's bottom lip and asking permission to enter.

Horner returned to his office and found his phone buried under the pile of files. He picked up the receiver and dialed the number he had come to memorize in the last six months.

Hello Louise, you'll never guess how well it's working

Oh Sugar, I knew it would. How's Michael?

He seems better. Happy even, it's amazing. You're amazing!

Well just keep up the asshole routine. They have to rally around a common cause for the plan to work. If hating you does the trick, then we…. Well then you know we can finally be together.

OK, I had to get a little tougher with Kinney than I would have liked. I had to take him out of the group.

Oh honey, you need to get him back. He's the lynchpin.

No I can't he was distracting. Trust me, it is for the best. The other four will be enough.

Brian and Justin finally pulled apart from each other thanks to Ted's constant vigilance and incessant and exceedingly random question asking.

"Hey guys, when is your birthday?" he asked.

"I'll be 17 on November 11th" Justin answered patiently nudging Brian to answer as well.

"August" he answered dismissively, until Justin gave him a look of dismay."Fine I'll be 18 on August 22" Brian replied.

"Hey what's your middle name" Ted asked again like these were deep probing questions, still high as a kite.

"Matthew, Justin Matthew Taylor" he answered looking at Brian for a response.

Brian huffed, "Why are we playing along?" he asked Justin when we could be…. He trailed off leaning over to place a kiss on those perfect lips but Justin gave him only a peck before pulling away.

"Fine, Theodore what's your middle name; when is your birthday?" Brian gestured wildly to make a point of showing how annoyed he was.

Ted paused trying to think. He couldn't remember the answers. He started to panic until he heard Michael's voice answer for him. "His middle name is Alvin. Theodore Alvin Schmidt and his date of birth is March 12th…."

"Hey, how did you know that?" Ted asked in awe.

"You dropped your wallet and I found it" Michael replied handing the Velcro fastened blue nylon wallet back to Ted.

Ted blushed horribly red. "Did you go through it?" he asked embarrassed.

Michael nodded, blushing as well. "Don't worry" he offered assuredly.

"What?" Justin asked, "What's in the wallet?"

"Nothing" Ted decreed.

"Uh huh" Brian responded pulling the wallet from Ted's hand and holding it out of his reach.

"Give it back Brian" Ted was working himself into a hyperventilation state.

"Brian" Justin warned, "He's not ready. Give it back"

Michael looked confused since he had missed the conversation but Ted grow empowered by Justin's words.

"Wait, not ready for what?" Michael asked.

Brian looked at Justin before answering, "Not ready to admit he likes cock" he said matter of fact.

"Yeah, it's okay Ted" Justin answered, "We are all gay" he motioned to Brian and Michael as he spoke.

"You're GAY?" Michael practically screamed at Justin.

Brian laughed and pulled Justin into his lap, bending him backwards and placing a scorching kiss on his lips before releasing him.

Justin's every nerve ending was on edge feeling the passion flow from Brian to him, "oh yeah" Justin confirmed still panting and eyes heavy with lust.

Michael's smile grew wide at the kiss but then dissipated. "It figures, you're both gay for 10 seconds and have a boyfriend already?" he pouted.

"We are not boyfriends" Brian protested firmly. Rule four, or was it five, was going to be no boyfriends.

It was a term that Justin hadn't even considered but hearing Brian's strong protest quickly alleviated his lust and filled him with self-doubt.

Ted hated to see the smile fade from Michael's face and from Justin's. "Fine" he admitted, "You all already know that I'm gay too. I have some pictures in my wallet that I didn't want you to see."

Brian's mouth gaped open and he quickly located the nude pictures of men Ted had tucked away. "Wow, quite the collection you have" Brian laughed fanning through the pictures. "Jesus, that has to be like ten inches. Your spank bank is impressive Theodore."

As they all gawked over the nudie pics, a loud scream interrupted them followed by an extraordinarily high Ben doing cartwheels and some horrifically bad dance moves throughout the library. None of the other boys knew what to make of it except for Michael. He could see the display for what it was: Ben finally not-giving-a-fuck about what everyone thought of him. He stood up to go check on Ben and Ted followed after him leaving Brian and Justin alone.

"Let me see your wallet" Justin asked holding his hand out.

Brian stared, gaping at Justin for a minute but seeing Justin smile, he couldn't resist handing it over.

Justin fumbled through the worn black leather wallet. "Who's the blonde?" Justin asked as he stumbled upon a single picture, removing it from the compartment and holding it in his hand.

"She's pretty" Justin admitted.

"Yeah" Brian admitted taking it from him and staring, "She's a friend since childhood. Lindsay. She goes to private school."

"Must be a special friend if you carry her picture around" Justin guessed, "An old girlfriend?"

"She would be" Brian admitted, "If I liked girls. She would be the one"

"Ahh" Justin laughed knowingly, "Daphne!"

"Huh?"

"She's your Daphne. Did you try to fuck her?"

Brian stared again, "How did you…."

"Daphne" Justin admitted sheepishly, "Couldn't keep it up, you?"

"Yeah, got it up, got it in even" Brian laughed at the memory, "but just…."

"What?"

"Uh, I almost gagged when I tried to uh, go down…."

"Oh my god, you ate her pussy?"

"No, that's when I knew for sure a hole is not just a hole and I couldn't close my eyes and pretend that I wanted anything to do with twat"

"Why did you even try?"

"It's what she wanted. She wanted it more than me inside her"

"Maybe she's a lesbian and a tongue is just a tongue?" Justin smirked.

"So do you really not want a boyfriend?" Justin asked cautiously.

Brian nodded, "I figure that's a perk of being gay. No chicks right? So no reason to put up with bullshit like monogamy. I believe in fucking, not love and romance. It's a rule I have for myself."

Justin sighed disappointed, "You have a lot of rules for a rebel"

"A boyfriend is disposable so what's the point" Brian shrugged.

"Yeah, I guess that's a problem I have. I never throw anything away"

A/N:So don't kill me but Horner's full plot is going to be revealed slowly over the next two chapters all will become clear. On a positive note, 4 of the 5 are now out. Stay tuned...