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a chuckle. Pathetic. I even find his clumsy eating cute. "I just
wanted to ask you if we could at least tell Beck about us. She
already knows that I've wanted you since the beginning of the
year. She's my best friend and quite honestly, I am fearful of
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the fate of my balls if she ever found out that I didn't tell
her."
After taking a gulp of his coffee to wash the food out of his
mouth, Scott turned to Derek with a grave look on his face.
Shit. He's going to say no. Scott placed his elbow on the table
and rested his head on his hand as if in deep contemplation.
After what seemed like an interminable silence, he finally
spoke. "Look. I like you. You like me. Beck is great. But
seriously Derek..." He looked a little irritated.
Derek could feel heat rising in his cheeks. Fuck. I pissed
him off.
Scott continued, "...you've liked me from the beginning of
the year and made me wait all this time to find out what a
great kisser you are. That's just plain mean." A wicked grin lit
up his face.
"You bastard! I thought you were upset." Relief flooded
through Derek. "Wait, you didn't answer my question."
Scott smiled at Derek. "Do you trust her to keep it
between us?"
"Absolutely. She's known about me being gay as long as I
have and hasn't said a word to anyone. In fact, she's the one
who keeps reminding me to be careful."
Scott looked at Derek; the weightiness of his gaze was
unquestionable. "Then fine. Tell her whatever you want.
Everyone needs a good girlfriend to gossip to." Leaning
forward, his face and his posture relaxed. "Just promise me
one thing."
"Anything."
"Promise me you'll paint me in a good light."
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"You can count on that." As Derek pulled out his cell, an
idea popped into his head. "Hey, let's go see a movie."
A look of confusion crossed Scott's face. "Um, did you just
topic shift from promising you'll paint me in a good light to
watching a movie or are those two comments supposed to be
related in a way I can't figure out?"
"Sorry. I do that sometimes. But do you want to go see a
movie?"
"Sure, I can do my homework later or tomorrow."
With that, Derek hit Beck's number on his speed dial. "I'm
gonna call Beck."
"What, you're calling her now?" Derek couldn't tell if Scott
was amused or annoyed.
"Heck yeah! This is big news. We're going steady
remember?"
Scott shook his head. This was one of those times that he
would have to placate Derek. Somehow, he suspected there
would be many times like that. Still, Derek's excitement was
sweet. "And the topic has now shifted to us going steady. I'm
going to get whiplash trying to follow your line of thinking.
Ok, call Beck, but could you do me a favor and call us
boyfriends instead of saying that we are going steady? It
makes me feel like one of us should be wearing a poodle
skirt." He gave Derek a meaningful look. "And I'm not
wearing a skirt."
Derek shot Scott a playfully annoyed look. "Hey Beck.
S'me, Derek."
"What's up babe? You were awesome last night."
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"Scott and I were wondering if you wanted to come to see
a movie with us."
Beck's voice rose to a piercing level and Scott barely had
to work to hear her voice through the phone that Derek had
suddenly moved a few inches away from his ear even though
it wasn't on speaker. "Oh, movie popcorn! You know how
much I love...wait, did you just say we?"
"Yup." A wide grin spread across Derek's face.
"And by we you mean..."
"Yup."
"So you..."
"I did."
"And he's..."
"He is."
"So you're..."
"Beck, do you want to come to the movies with us or not?"
Derek rolled his eyes. Scott, who had heard the entire
interaction, simply laughed.
"Yes. Where are you right now?"
"Au Bon Pain."
Derek heard a thud on the other end of the line. "Holy
fucking Mary Mother of Jesus! Ouch!" Derek moved the phone
about three inches further away from his ear. Scott covered
his mouth to muffle his burst of laughter. "Give me thirty
minutes."
"You ok?" Derek was only mildly concerned.
"I just walked straight into my chair, jamming my toe on
the leg. You need to give me fair warning before dropping a
huge bomb like that on me."
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Derek smiled, "Sorry."
"Well you should be." There was a brief pause before Beck
continued. "Oh, and Derek."
"Yeah?"
"I am so happy for you."
"Thanks." He hung up and they ordered another sandwich
while waiting for Beck.
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Chapter 8
As wrestling season drew closer, new routines fell into
place for Derek and Scott. They had been inseparable ever
since the night of Josh's party. A serene calm surrounded [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]