Here's to You & Me

Chapter 4

"Hello. Are you with us? Hey! Earth to Milo."

I see a hand waving in front of my face. I look to my side and glance at Jennifer.

"What?" I asked.

"She's asking you about the science assignment," Karen said beside me.

I sigh and get the activity in my bag and hand it to Jennifer.

"There."

She took it from my hand but just put it on her desk. She throws a questioning gaze at me, so I lift my shoulder for a shrug.

"What?" I confusedly asked for the second time around.

Her penetrating gaze stays in my face like she's trying to read me.

"Something wrong?"

She's still looking at me weirdly.

I shrug again.

"Bad morning," I said without further explanation. She seems dubious about my reply but didn't ask me further.

I feel Amber squeeze my shoulder, a sign that she'll be there if I needed anyone. I acknowledge her gesture by giving a single l nod her way.

Our teach enter the classroom and started the lesson but I space out the entire time. This morning, after what happened the other night, my dad and I are walking in circles. He barely glances my way and when he talks, he just merely starts a small conversation, but I beat him to it. I hug him and guaranteed that we're good. I told him I'm just overwhelmed. He hugged me back and says he'll give me some time to think. It's a good thing since I'm still trying to get over with the thought that I'm a bastard.

I sigh for like a hundred times already. I go back to reality when someone hit me on the shoulder. I look up and take in Jennifer's annoyed expression. Amber and Karen were behind her. She put both of her hands on her slim hips.

"Are you really sure you're okay?"

"Yeah. Of course," I responded.

But this time she didn't buy my response.

"Really, Milo? It seems like you went to space the whole time. What planet has your mind been?" she sarcastically retorts.

I don't want to offend her by saying back off, so I choose the better way of saying it.

"I just don't want to share it yet with you guys."

I wave my hand in Amber and Karen's direction to include them in the conversation.

"To anyone in particular. I'm still trying to put my mind on it," I added.

That seems to appease them because they nod their head in understanding. It also change Jennifer's stance.

"You need to pull yourself together, Milo. You don't want to affect your grades because of that, do you?" she said calmly.

"I'll try."

I fix them with a smile and that seems to ease the tautness away since they smiled back. I look. around. and notice the bare room.

"Where did everyone go?"

"Gym." I look at Karen questioning. "Our next class," she added with aridness.

I mentally kick myself for misremembering a single thing as simple as a schedule. I lift my bag and put it on my shoulder and follow them outside. We headed to the locker room to change our clothes.

After we change with our uniform, we go together to the gym. Bustling crowds envelop us when we set our foot in. There are other class on the other side playing volleyball. Some are shouting and cheering on the benches. We go to where our classmates are gathering.

Couch Finn, our tech for gym class says we're also going to play volleyball, just like in the other class. We divided the class into six groups since we're all thirty in general. When Couch said that he will be the one who's going to choose the member of each group, the crowd incontinently grunts in dismay, including me. He group us randomly. When he finished the groupings, he then annunciate the names. Jennifer throw a fit when she found out that me and Amber were in the same group. Jennifer keeps saying that it's unfair. We just laugh at her. Unlike Karen, who just goes to her respective group without protest.

The first pair of group that Couch Finn chooses to play first was now preparing inside the court. Jennifer was one of them. We look for a better seat so we can watch the game properly. We found an empty bench near to the different classes but we're not that far from ours so we can still see the court. Sofia, Mark and Mary follow us. I noticed Amber look and smile at some other students opposite us, but I didn't tend to care. Maybe some acquaintances.

We cheered for Jennifer throughout the game. Her group trying their best to score but their opponents were invincible. Their score was pretty far from their foe. They lost, but it's all good since they all had a good time. The next pair was now in the court preparing and after this we're next.

In the middle of the game, I saw someone in my peripheral version striding toward us. I can portray that he's a man because of his body. Even if I'm not really looking his way, I can see that he's one of the jock. When I lay my gaze on him, he's all soaking wet with sweat. I didn't see his face yet 'cause he is still wiping his face using the hem of the shirt he's wearing. And that gives me a sight for sore eyes. I noticed his muscular torso like he's been spending time working out in the gym. My penetrating scrutiny stayed on his exposed body. He is not that muscular like a body builder, but he's just perfectly molded. An athletic body. Like a greek god.

Like he just freshly gotten out from a men's magazine. His abs are glistening with sweat that makes me want to wipe it using my tongue. Oh! God goodness

He finishes wiping his face and lets his shirt cover his torso, but not completely since I can still see the garter of his Armani brief peeking out. I look at his face right away and I suddenly hold my breath. He's so gorgeous. Such beautiful manly face. Walking briskly without a care to the world like he knows and master his movement. He keeps messing his dark blond hair with his hand, so the messy hair makes it even more disheveled. When I look into his eye, the electric blue pair halts my nerves. The sight sends blood rushing straight to my groin and I can feel my c**k thickening. s**t. This is not the right place to strain a boner. I look around but no one is watching, so I put both my hands in my lap forthwith. Looking back at him, his gaze now already bored at me. He looks down right into my lap and notices my hands covering my crouch then back to my face. I can feel my cheeks turn crimson when he winks at me. The atmosphere inside the gym instantly changes fervently strong.

Amber glance my way and notices my face.

"Hey, are you okay?" she asks worriedly.

Unable to find my voice, I nod. My throat suddenly turn dry like I hadn't been drinking water for almost a month.

"Don't worry about him, he's all good," said the man in front of me.

I look up and came face to face with the person I'm drooling with. I didn't notice his arrival since my mind was occupied. He regards and look me with full of mirth.

"Oh, hi babe." Amber stood up and kiss him on the lips.

She caught him off guard with the motion, but he quickly feign it with a pseudo-smile. She seems too oblivious to notice.

My face suddenly turned pale. He is Amber's boyfriend, and I just strained an erection at the thought of him. He is Amber's straight boyfriend. This is so wrong. I tried to look around so they won't notice my uneasiness, but Amber was unaware of my situation and didn't know what was happening, so she introduce me to her attractive beau.