A Whole New World - Part 3
The continuation of a story which is based on a prompt another author left on her page as something she wanted to see but wouldn’t write herself. No one else picked it up so I figured I’d give it a try to see what I could do. ….
Prior chapters Here
The next day Ryan walks into his English class and sees Tyler waving him over. He heads over to Tyler’s table and acknowledges to himself that he’s got a crush on this kid and he’s a little scared. This is a first for him. He’s never been interested in any of the girls that have come on to him and the two guys he has hooked up with were just quickies to get his rocks off so he’s in new territory for himself.
Tyler’s your typical jock and assuming Ryan does well at Soccer tryouts they will be teammates. He’s a bit bigger than Ryan and pretty athletic so if he realizes that he’s being checked out and goes off on Ryan it would be a tough fight. “This is bad” he thinks.
“Dude, Sally decided she wanted to go sit with her new boyfriend so we’ve got an extra seat and your tables one over. Why don’t you grab a seat here” he says pointing out a chair across the table from him.
Ryan just shrugs and takes the seat giving Tyler a little smile as Tyler reminds him that soccer tryouts are that afternoon and he expects to see him there. “God, what a cute smile he has” thinks Ryan and then mentally slaps himself and responds back “I’ll be there”.
He and Tyler ended up sharing 3 classes. On the first day of school before the carnival they were already sharing a table in Calculus just by random coincidence and now he’s at the same table for all three of their classes. When he got to their Science class this morning the teacher told them they had to pick out their lab partners for the semester and Tyler suggested they be partners so now they are sharing the same lab bench. And now he’s sitting across from Tyler in Spanish. If he didn’t know better he would think Tyler’s being creative in seat assignment. He’s not going to complain. He likes Tyler and hopefully they will become friends but he needs to make sure Tyler doesn’t figure out what kind of friends he’d really like to be.
Tryouts go well and Ryan makes the team. Once he’s on the team it seems to help cement the fact that he’s at Harbor for good and even more of the kids seem to accept him being there. The first week goes well but Luke apparently can’t keep his anger in check and goes after Ryan during one of the drills. He tackles Ryan pretty hard and knocks Ryan down.
“What a dick” he thinks as he jumps up and gets in Lukes face. He’s getting ready to pull his arm back to punch this jerk in the face as he remembers his promise to Sandy and Kirsten “No more fights, promise”. He hesitates trying to calm himself down. He so wants to hit this kid but he’s promised to try and resolve things without his fists.
Luke sees that Ryan wants to hit him but is holding back. Yeah he’s jealous and he’s sure that Ryan is after Marissa but if he hadn’t cheated this wouldn’t have happened. And even if Ryan’s after Marissa he is a stand up guy in other areas. If it wasn’t for Ryan having his back when they were both in Juvie that one night Luke would have probably gotten his ass kicked. Luke is conflicted about what he’s doing and after a short stare down Luke tells Ryan “Sorry”.
Ryan can see that Luke really means it. “Look man, I swear I’m not interested in Marissa that way. I just want to be friends. She’s the one who wants more” he admits.
Hearing Ryan’s words at first Luke wants to call him a liar and get back in his face but he reminds himself that he’s admitted that Ryan can be a stand up guy so maybe he is telling the truth. Processing what he’s been told he backs off and heads over to the coach who’s pretty pissed at him.
Its several days later and Seth barges into the pool house, once again without knocking reminding Ryan that he has to ask about getting a lock installed on that door. He likes that Seth is comfortable enough with him that he’s ok with just barging in like any real brother would, but he does need his privacy at times. He really doesn’t want Seth barging in while he’s taking care of business. He especially doesn’t want to have to get into any uncomfortable discussions about what he fantasizes about when he’s jerking off. He can imagine Seth’s disgust if he ever figured out that Ryan’s favorite image right now is Tyler pulling his shirt off his sweaty body right after Soccer practice. Girls tits have nothing over that boys muscled chest!
“Dude, what’s with you and Marissa?” Seth asks as he flops down on Ryan’s bed. “It seems like Luke has finally realized that she’s not going to get back with him so its open season. Why aren’t you all over that?” Seth just doesn’t get why Ryan hasn’t jumped at the opportunity to have a real date with Marissa since she’s officially available now.
“It’s not gonna happen Seth. I don’t need the hassle. She’s way too high maintenance for me and I promised your parents I wouldn’t get in any more trouble.” He tells Seth realizing that he may have found just the right explanation for Seth that may get him off his back.
“You know, this, you, your family, is the best thing that ever happened to me and I don’t want to mess it up. Between her drinking and willingness to flirt with me while she was still dating Luke she’s just going to get me into trouble if I get involved with her.” And after a short pause he concludes with “If it’s a choice between her or you guys I chose you.”
“Wow, man, I never really thought of if that way. But yeah dude I get it. Ok then, how about a re-match” Seth responds changing the subject.
Ryan and Tyler got assigned to do pick up after practice. By time they collected all the equipment and got it put away the rest of the team were finishing up in the locker room. A lot of the guys were already gone and the rest were finishing up and would be gone pretty quickly. Ryan stripped down and headed into the communal shower. He actually liked it when the shower room was empty. He was always a little worried that one of the guys would pick up on something so he’s developed a routine where he finds a shower in the corner of the room and keeps his eyes to the walls. He’s also usually one of the first ones in and out of the shower so there’s never a chance of someone accusing him of looking.
Since the rest of the team is gone he can take his time and just relax with the hot water pounding down. He’s got his back to the entry way and hears Tyler enter. Oh shit he thinks, he forgot about Tyler. One of the main reasons he’s developed his little routine is to avoid Tyler in the shower. He’s managed to check Tyler out being discreet as possible and knows what a great body this guy has. He’s afraid of what may happen if he looks at Tyler so he just stays where he is looking at the walls and hoping that Tyler will do a quick rinse and leave the shower area so Ryan can get his towel.
“So man, that was a tough practice” Tyler says.
“Yeah, I’m still getting used to the regular work outs. It’s been a long time since I’ve been in organized sports” Ryan admits.
“You’d never know. You’re a natural. I think your going to be one of the best players on the team”
“You really think so?”
Ryan is waiting for Tyler to respond and when he doesn’t he turns around to see if he left while Ryan was talking. The first thing he notices is Tyler’s dick is way bigger than normal. He’s checked him out on more than one occasion so he knows what it looks like in the shower and this thing has grown. He’s getting hard Ryan realizes in shock. Wow, he figured that Tyler was a grower and would be huge but actually seeing it get bigger and bigger right in front of his eyes was way better than anything he imagined. When he realizes that he’s been staring at Tyler who’s dick has been working its way up to getting a full on hard on he thinks he’s screwed and looks up at Tyler’s face expecting to see fury on his face.
Instead Tyler is just smiling at him and says “Sorry dude…but it’s your fault you know”
“Huh?”
“Well you’ve been teasing me with that cute ass of yours and I’m just your average horny teenage boy so ….” He says looking down at his partially engorged member.
Oh shit thinks Ryan, what the hell am I supposed to do now? Is Tyler hitting on me? Should I admit it? But then he realizes as he looks down that he’s half hard himself so there’s no denying anything at this point. So he just looks back at Tyler and gives him a smirk and a little shrug as if to say “caught me”.
“Look, we should get out of here before someone walks in on us” Tyler tells him. “You want to go get something to eat?” he asks
They make it to the parking lot before either of them says another word. Ryan’s saying nothing because he doesn’t have a clue what to do next. All of his experience is telling him to get the hell out of this situation before things go bad and he gets his ass kicked for being a fag. But Tyler’s hitting on him and he likes it so he wants to stay and find out what’s going to happen.
“You have a car?” Tyler asks
“Nope, Seth has got the keys today”
“So, you want a ride?”
“What just happened in there?” Ryan asks wanting to make sure he understands things correctly.
“I guess I just outed myself to you” Tyler tells Ryan with a smile, “and I’m hoping that’s OK with you and your reaction back there was what I think it was….” He continues, pointing back towards the locker room.
Ryan thinks to himself that this is it. He’s already come out to Anna, even if she’s the one who pulled him out of the closet so he should take the next step and just admit it to the guy he’s crushing on.
“I don’t really know what to say. This is kinda new to me”
“Oh…but not completely new is it?” Tyler asks wondering how much of a newbie Ryan really is. He knows that Ryans been checking him out so he’s pretty sure he knows where the conversation is going but you never know how a guys gonna react to being hit on so he’s treading carefully.
“Nope, not completely new” Ryan sheepishly admits.
“Good, so dude you want to get that cup of coffee?”
They’ve been taking for quite a while. Ryan telling Tyler that yeah he’s had a couple of experiences and knows he likes guys way more than he likes girls and Tyler filling him in on the fact that there are a couple of other guys on the team that are gay/bi. Conner and Tyler were each others first time and while they aren’t together or anything they have stayed friends. Conner is one of the other key players on the team and like Tyler he’s also in the closet. Then there’s Marco. He’s a little more out of the closet but is truly a bi guy and an equal opportunity slut. At school he has slept with most of the girls who like to sleep around but he’s also been known to hang out in LA at the gay clubs. Tyler’s been up there with him and Marco is as popular with the boys in LA as he is with the girls in Newport. Since he’s usually got a girl friend at school the few people who do know about his LA trips go along with his don’t ask/don’t tell policy.
“No, never had a boyfriend, never even kissed a guy” Ryan admits.
“So you skipped the kissing part and straight to the gay sex” Tyler asks
“When it comes to getting your rocks off if there’s no kissing involved then its not gay, or at least that’s what they tell themselves. Probably has something to do with the fact that so many guys have been in juvie or jail and they have to pass of what goes on in there as not gay. Being gay is like a death sentence in Chino. I’ve seen my brother and his friends literally beating the shit out of guys they accused of being gay. If he ever finds out about me not only will he disown me, it will be just another beat down for him”.
“Wow, that’s too bad. My mom knows about me. She walked in on me and Conner making out one afternoon. It was pretty embarrassing but she seems ok with it. I’m pretty sure she’s told Dad but we haven’t talked about it. Since I’ve never brought anyone home I guess we are just avoiding the topic but at least I’m sure my parents aren’t going to hate me.”
Tyler has figured out that Ryan really is afraid of being kicked out of the Cohen’s if they were to find out. Its obvious Ryan is just beginning to come to grips with his sexuality and pushing him right now would force him to hide even further so he makes up his mind that for now they will just be friends. He’ll just have to be patient.
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