Hey everyone, sorry for the very long wait. Things have been going a mile a minute here. To give you all the abridged version, I am joining the Navy. Yes that is right, I know shocking isn't it?

Now don't worry, I don't know when I ship off to boot camp and even when I know it shouldn't be for almost a year or so. I plan on having this story finished by then so you all don't have to wait long months at a time for an update. But in the off chance that I don't get this finished I have come up with a way to keep updating my stories while I am away.

Anyway, I hope that this chapter makes up for the long wait I have put you through. Just a warning there is some strong words in here close to the end so if you don't like cursing then I would advise you to read with caution.

Enjoy...

Sunday had come and gone much to quickly for both Chance and Jake's liking. It seemed like in the blink of an eye they where pulling into a parking spot in front of the school and grabbing there bags from the back seat. As they got out of the truck and began to make there way up to the front door of the school Chance couldn't help but notice how Jake kept looking sideways at him and how he kept wringing his paws together. Chance stopped walking as they got to the steps that lead to the door. His sudden halt made Jake stop as well.

"Chance?" The smaller Kat asked. "What's wrong?"

Chance noticed that Jake's voice was just a little higher then normal. He was sure he knew why, after all he was a little scared himself.

"Can we... talk for a minute?" He asked nodding his head to a slightly secluded spot a few feet from the door.

A worried look crossed Jake's face before he nodded his head. Chance lead Jake away from the door being careful to not look like they where up to something. When they where safely in the privet spot Chance took hold of Jake's paw and held it gently in his larger one.

"Are you ok?" He asked trying to keep his voice low.

"Y... yeah..." Jake said looking down slightly. "Just a little nervous I guess..."

Chance nodded his head. "I know what you mean... I am too. But if we just act normal then everything will be fine."

"Yeah... I guess so..." Jake said a note of disappointment in his voice.

Chance laid his ears back at the disappointed tone. "What's wrong?"

Jake shrugged his shoulder and looked away. "I don't know... I guess... A part of me knows its probably a good idea to keep this a secret but another part wants to be able to walk into that school holding your paw."

"Oh..." Chance whispered looking down.

He couldn't deny that he felt the same way.

"I know what you mean." He confessed. "I feel the same way, and we will do that one day." He gently gripped Jake's chin between his thumb and pointer finger and turned the smaller Tom's head back towards him. "I promise." He whispered before lowering his head and pressing his lips against Jake's in a gentle but firm kiss.

He felt Jake's surprise but it quickly melted away and he began to respond to the kiss. Chance felt his heart speed up and he wrapped his arm around Jake's lower back pulling him closer. The blaring of the school bell startled both of them enough that they pulled away from each other. Both there chests where moving up and down quickly with there racing hearts, and there breaths came in labored gasps. The two of them looked at each other for a moment before they both forced out small chuckles.

Chance would have been more then happy to skip his first class to continue spending time with Jake but he knew the smaller Tom wouldn't allow it. Letting out a regretful sigh he hefted his back pack higher up on his shoulder and followed Jake back up to the front door and into the school. The two of them parted ways shortly after getting into the school, each of them going to there own separate class rooms. They wouldn't be able to spend any real time together until there third class of the day, even then they wouldn't have much chance to talk since they where suppose to be doing a lot of work in that class.

Chance was to lost in his thoughts of seeing Jake again that he completely missed what was going on in his classes. He wasn't pulled out of his thoughts until he walked into his third class and saw Jake already sitting in the back of the class where the two of them normally sat. The moment his eyes fell on his slightly darker fur his face split in half with a massive smile. He did a quick jog to the back of the room and threw himself into the plastic chair.

"What has you all excited?" Jake asked.

Chance smiled and chuckled. "Just happy to see ya buddy."

The inside of Jake's ears started turning bright red and he quickly folded them back against his head. He cleared his throat a few times since he didn't know what to say to that. The moment was broken as the teacher walked in and instantly started on the lesson of the day. The two of them where not given much chance to talk the rest of the school day. Once there third class ended they both had to rush off to there last class. While Jake left for his advanced science class, Chance headed to the gym for his weight training class.

On any normal day he would have been more then happy to get into the weight room, but he wasn't this time. He knew that more then half his team would be in there and they would be more then pissed about him blowing off practice last Friday. Sure enough the moment he entered the weight room after changing he was cornered by the team. He looked at the ten or so Toms who all had the same look of displeasure on there faces.

"What the hell Furlong?" One asked.

Chance pretended not to know what he was talking about and continued to set up the weights on the bench press.

"Something on your mind Dean?" He asked in a calm voice.

"Don't play dumb Chance." Dean said his gray fur standing up a little. "You blew off practice last week and now Coach says you can't play this week."

"Oh yeah... I forgot about that." Chance lied.

"What's going on with you?" A light brown Kat asked. "You've always had the game and the team above everything else."

"Until he started hanging around that loser Clawson." Another light brown Tom said.

Chance looked at the two and had to stop himself from rolling his eyes. The two brown Tom's where twines and always had the same opinions no matter what. They where two of the most annoying Kats Chance had ever met. The only good thing about them was that they where fast on there paws and able to catch a ball with ease.

"Watch it." Chance warned them."Or you'll get the same bloody nose Stevens."

"Look how he jumps to the runts rescue." Dean said glaring at Chance. "If I didn't know better I would say you actually like that loser."

Chance growled deep in his throat and clenched his fist tight. He was trying hard to fight the urge to punch the gray Kat.

"You all heard what happened to that loser right?" Dean asked keeping his eyes on Chance while talking to the rest of the group. "I heard that Tank fucked him in the bathroom at the movie theater the other week."

"Oh yeah I heard that!" Another said from the back of the group."Messed up if you ask me."

"Yeah, but the way I hear it, is that it wasn't rape like Clawson says it was." Dean added.

Chance could tell what Dean was about to say and he knew that when he did something bad would happen.

"Don't talk about something you don't know shit about." He warned.

Dean grinned and tilted his head slightly showing his amusement. "I heard that the little fag asked for Tank to fuck him. I hear that he likes taking it from bigger Toms."

Chance felt a small something in the back of his head snap and a loud rawer left his mouth. The next thing he knew he had a paw full of Dean's shirt and he was shoving the smaller Tom into the brick wall. He bared his teeth while his fur stood up and his tail sung violently. He felt Dean wrap his paws around his wrist trying to pry his paw off of him. Putting all his strength into his balled up right fist Chance plunged it into Dean's gut forcing all the air in his lungs out of his body. A loud gasp left the gray Kat's mouth and he removed his paws from Chance's wrist to wrap them around his gut.

"WHATS GOING ON HERE?" A loud ruff voice boomed across the weight room.

Chance looked back to see the coach walking over to them and with a snort he let go of Dean's shirt making him fall to the floor in pain.

"Furlong hit the showers!" The coach said firmly leaving no room for arguing. "You two!" He snapped at the twines. "Help Oakland to the nurse."

The two brown Tom's nodded and helped lift Dean up and started walking with him out of the room. Chance stood there breathing hard his fists still clenched and his eyes following the almost unconscious Tom.

"Furlong! I said hit the showers!" The coach yelled again.

Chance snorted before turning and walking off in the direction of the locker room.

"All of you get back to work!" He heard the coach yell at the rest of the class before he slammed the locker room door shut with a loud bang.

So there it is. Some new drama for you all. I figure that Jake had his problems so it would be unfair if I didn't show you some of the problems that Chance has. Expect to see more from Chance's point of view, possible what his home life is like as well.

Anyway, I know that I have said this before but I am saying it again. I think I am getting close to the end of this story. Lets see how well that goes. Lol.

Now let me know what you think of this chapter because I am not so sure I did as well as I could have.

Review review review. Please and thank you.