Hazel irises stared expectantly into my dark green ones. "Uh...." I hesitated, knowing that I had been asked a questions, but I hadn't heard a single word come out of his mouth. My focus only on Josh's hypnotizing beautiful eyes.
"Helloooooooo... earth to Sam," his voice warped me back to realty.
"Oh...um....sure, yea'." I came to a conclusion, hopping my answer was correct.
"Samuel you wasn't listening, were you?" He whined playfully.
Briefly I contemplated denying it, but you can't ignore the truth so instead I offered him a sheepish smile and quiet,"Sorry."
"Anyways like I was saying: are you still crashing at my house tonight?"
"Definitely," I nodded my head vigorously. "Sasha is having another annual cheer leading sleepover and I am not sharing a house with a bunch of teenage girls. Never again." I shuddered.
The time when the she-devils had overpowered me and made me over like a chick. Make up, girl clothes, the whole nine yards was still fresh in my mind. How I cursed my girlish features, I had always been an androgynous- you know those people who doesn't fit cleanly into the typical masculine or feminine roles of their society. And to add insult to the injury my darling sibling took pictures and posted them on her facebook page, that was until I hacked into her account and erased them along with adding a few embarrassing pictures of her. So yea' I was definitely crashing at his place.
"Okay then." Josh said smiling," I have to work today, but come over at five okay."
"Sure."
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I was always one for punctuality so at exactly five, I was standing in front of Josh's house ringing the doorbell. Waiting for the tell tale sounds of someone coming down the stairs, I fiddled with the the bottom of my gray T-shirt. I was dressed in my usual attire a gray tee and faded out jeans, my backpack hefted over one shoulder.
Finally Josh answers the door. Dripping wet with water. "Sorry, I got held up at work and really needed a shower."
I felt the blood rush to my cheeks at the sight of him."It's okay," I assured him. Why, oh why would I complain at seeing him clad in only a pair of boxers? The water making his body slick and blond hair cling and curl around his oval face. Subtly I observe him, committing to every detail for future recall. I tried not to gawk.
"Anyways come in," stepping away from the door he directed me inside. "Take anything you want from the fridge if you hungry or somethin' and turn on the tube while I get dressed." I wanted to tell him he didn't have to bother, but something told me that be a little too inappropriate, especially coming from a guy.
Sprawling out on the sofa I started channel surfing in vane hope of finding something remotely interesting. I was still on my mission when Josh return downstairs. He was freshly dressed in a navy blue graphic tee from echo unltd and worn out baggy blue jeans. He looked good but that was a given.
"Find anything?"
"Nope," I answered switching off the plasma.
"Alright then, games it is." he announced traveling back up the stairs I followed behind. We were pretty evenly matched when it came to video games so that quickly died after two hours of mindless RPGs.
It was when Josh pulled out a bottle of vodka that the night had begun to get interesting. I'm a little disoriented about the rules but I'm pretty sure it went like this: whoever lost the round the more we consumed the toxin, the worst our playing became and it went on like that for a while. I enjoyed the buzz it gave me I associated with drinking spread throughout my system and it gave me more confidence than I normally exhibit. It also made me stupider than normal since I was less subtle in my Josh watching.
The game quickly changed when he added the truth or dare concept. Now with every lost round the pitiful loser would have to take a shot and do a truth or dare- although this was less strictly enforced with the two of us pissed. Sure it was a little juvenile , but why grow up before you have to?
It started out typical; first kiss, crashing my sisters party, etc. It was little past midnight the liquor extinct and video game off but the game still going on. Cross legged on his bed and me sitting on the carpeted floor I was awaiting the next question- for the most of the game I choose truth because I had so few secrets.
" So you're gay, aren't you?" The question came as a surprise, it wasn't even a question more like statement. Very unexpected. All I could do was stutter, not really forming coherent words.
"Your lack of denial seem to agree with me," he continued smiling.
"It-it doesn't bother you?"
"No," he shrugged. "Why should it? We're friends aren't we, Sam?" I nodded, of course we were.
It was my turn way too soon again, but I decided truth once more knowing I only had one secret left and Josh couldn't possibly know that I had a crush on him.
"Is there a guy you like?" this question I had expected, but I was still thrown off by the query.
"Um...maybe." I answered slyly, side- stepping the inquiry.
"You didn't answer my question Sam, that's cheating."
I took a deep breath before answering,"Fine, maybe." At his warning glance I continued, "yea', sorta."
"Oh, so who do you 'sorta' like?"
"Nope, one question per go," I laughed.
"Dare," I decided when it was my turn once more.
"Kiss me," he replied without hesitation.
"Wait-- what," I choked, I couldn't have heard that correctly.
"Well if you heard me say 'kiss me' then you shouldn't be confused." He smirked his sexy smirk and any resistance I had melted.
Sensing my hesitation Josh slid off the bed and joined me the floor, settling in the vacant space in front of me. He made the first move, angling his face towards mines I imitated. Our lips touched and our tongues met and greeted in one swift movement of ecstasy. There was definitely moaning and fumbling of hands. This was greater then any fantasy I could ever dream of, because this was real.
We pulled away, our lips up curled into a gleeful smile of amusement and astonishment.
"I like guys too," he admitted confidently, "you most of all Sam."
"Really?" My heart fluttered in my chest joyfully.
"Yep."
