"Good practice, man," one of the football players said to Archie.

The players had finished practice and most had showered and left the locker room.

"Hey, thanks, man. You too," Archie replied to his teammate before giving him a fist bump.

After that last player had left the locker room, Archie thought he was the last one there, which wasn't unusual, because he was for some reason usually the last one to finish getting dressed and leave out. He thought he was the last one left in the locker room, until Reggie came strutting around the corner, wearing only a towel around his waist.

"What's up, Reg? I actually thought you had left out already," Archie said.

"Nah, bro. I was stalling so we could be alone in here," Reggie replied.

"Really? Why? What's on your mind?"

"Not much, bro. Just was thinking about yesterday."

"You were so hammered, dude," said Archie, laughing.

"Yeah, I was shitfaced, but not too shitfaced to remember you saying how 'fucking hot' you found me at that moment, I believe it was," Reggie recalled condescendingly.

"I almost forgot I said that." Archie laughed. "I definitely assumed you were so out of it that you wouldn't remember that," Archie said.

"Well, I do, bro. So what's up?" Reggie incited, before taking a seat beside Archie on the flat metal benches parallel to the lockers.

"Yeah, 'what's up'? That's what I'm asking. You're the one acting weird," said Archie.

He couldn't stop laughing at how the often humorous Reggie was acting even more strangely than usual.

"Do you have like a crush on me?" Reggie asked.

"A crush? No, I wouldn't say a crush. I mean, I was in your bed with you asking me to wrestle with your hair all tousled and your abs out. It was just a heat of the moment thing."

"So in that moment you wanted to bang me?"

Archie laughed once again.

"Sure, Reggie, if that's how you wanna put it. You looked really hot to me in that moment."

"Well, now I'm right here in your face, shirtless once again, so what are you gonna do about it?" Reggie prompted.

"Whoa, Reg. Listen. Yeah, I admit you got me a little excited yesterday, but I was just being a teen guy. I'm with Veronica."

"Yeah, yeah, I know you're with that wannabe Al Capone's daughter, but you've been such an awesome friend to me, so just know that if you're ever feeling hot and bothered around me again you should tell me."

"Why?" Archie asked, confused but also amused.

"Because, Archie, and I don't wanna be too frank here, but like you said, we're teen guys, so if we take our friendship to a level we never thought it'd go to, I can get into it."

"Jeez, Reggie. There aren't very many things that can make me feel shy, but I'm having a hard time looking you in the face, right now."

"Do you want me to kiss you?" Reggie asked.

"Uh, no, I'm good."

Once again, Archie was laughing. Reggie was just being a strange, amusing riot, at that moment.

"Do you wanna kiss me?" Archie questioned.

"I mean, I'm not like 'oh, I wanna kiss you so bad', but I wouldn't mind it, bro. It wouldn't be like a big deal to me."

"Me neither, but like I said, I'm with Ronnie, man."

"That's cool, that's cool," responded Reggie.

"I've gotta admit, though, I was feeling a little tested the farther we got into this conversation," Archie divulged.

"What do you mean?"

"You're hot, Reggie. I mean, there's no way around that, whether I'm basically straight or not."

"So I was testing what? Your self control?" Reggie asked.

"I guess something like that."

"I'm gonna leave this locker room, because I love Veronica and I wouldn't wanna hurt her, but you've got me wanting to experiment with guys, bro," admitted Reggie.

Archie chuckled.