I told him about going to San Francisco right after school got out. Again, one of them would accompany me. I guess being a teenager had a few drawbacks.
I then told him that I had booked three football camps and a three-week modeling camp during the summer. The first camp was at Kentucky. John Phillips was going to be one of the camp counselors. I looked forward to seeing my new friend. Dad shocked me when he suggested that I ask the rest of the football team to see if they wanted to go.
He told me the cost of a bus was affordable. He used to rent them for conferences when he took his staff.
I asked him if we could also invite some of the better players from around the area. I was thinking of Ty and his Washington teammates. He said that if the bus wasn’t full, it would be a good idea. His only requirement was that they either send a coach or one of their fathers as a chaperone. He said he’d like to go too so he could see me play more. I was amazed at the change that had come over Mom and Dad concerning my sports. Last fall they didn’t take it seriously.
I was going to USC and Elite camps later in the summer. Bo Harrington was involved in both camps and would be coaching. The Elite camp was normally only for seniors to showcase their talent for college coaches and recruiters. Bo told me that I would be one of only four underclassmen invited to the camp.
Dad finally noticed how late it was. We were both dead tired. We’d let Kyle sleep the whole time. He would be wide awake when I took him back to Angie. I guess paybacks are hell.
WHEN I GOT BACK TO my apartment, I noticed a text from Tami to jump onto video chat. It was time to face the music. I sent her a text and logged on. I knew Tami had more to say that she didn’t want to share in front of Harper and Missy. If it weren’t important to her, she wouldn’t still be up, waiting.
“Before you rip my head off, I have something I want to get off my chest,” I started. “First of all, I love you. I appreciate that you care enough to be honest with me and tell me stuff I don’t want to hear. The situation with Tracy has been building. She’s been working to get me in the sack for the last few weeks.”
“Why didn’t you tell me this?”
“Tami, I swear, I had no plans to follow through on it. Hindsight being what it is, I should have told you. My problem is that she knows me too well. She pushed all the right buttons Saturday night.”
“Tell me what happened.”
“Why don’t I tell you about the whole night? Because there’s background you need to know.”
She gave me a look of disappointment. That was one look I never wanted to see on my best friend’s face. I took a deep breath, trying to release some of the anxiety I was feeling.
“I went out with Jim, Cassidy and Cindy. I’m not sure, but I think Cassidy wanted Jim to get some of the same training I had. How she found out, I have no idea.”
Tami got a sheepish look. I found my source.
“Why?” I asked.
“It’s exactly like you said. Cassidy told me about their love life. I suggested that if they went out with you and Cindy, she would help them,” she told me, and then dropped another bomb on me. “She told me about Jim’s lack of stamina. Apparently, someone put on a little show, and Jim was reluctant to do anything more because Cassidy had witnessed it.”
“Tami, this has to change. You have to quit being the puppet master of my life. Both of the things you set up got out of control. If you’d just told me what was going on, I would’ve helped out. What you’re doing shows me a lack of respect that frankly, I’m sick of.
“Then everything happened with Tracy, and you sent your little minions to corner me before school. Did you know that they embarrassed Cassidy and Jim in front of the whole school? Eve said I cheated on her, and apparently, everyone knew who with and what happened. If I pulled that with you, I’d be dead right now.
“If it was just me that was affected, I’d let it go. But you hurt Jim and Cassidy. Even worse is that you hurt Tracy. We’re talking about a young woman who’s trying to get her life back together. She came to me because she didn’t want to seem like a slut. What did you do by sending Eve to me with the whole ‘you cheated on me’ rant? You made Tracy look exactly like what she didn’t want. Granted, Eve didn’t name names, but too many people know for it not to get out. For cripes sake, one of my teammates had just been on a date with her. He’s going to hear that he drops her off after a first date, and she comes to my place to get laid.
“How many relationships are you going to destroy for me?” I asked, running out of steam.
I felt a tear run down my cheek. Tami looked upset as well. She dabbed her eyes, and then coughed out a short laugh.
“Dang it, David, I hate it when you’re right.”
I held up my hand.
“Let me record this. Can you say that again?”
“Like that’s ever going to happen,” she teased me, and she got serious. “I think we both learned something this weekend. I keep telling you I’m waiting for you to grow up before I marry you. If I don’t let you grow up, it’ll be my fault if you never do. I apologize for that. That doesn’t mean I won’t make plans for you, but I will try to talk to you before it happens.”
“I’d be disappointed if you didn’t have plans for me. I know you love me and are trying to do what’s best for me. The problem is that you’re not here. No matter how good your little spy network is, it’s not perfect, and there’s information you don’t have. Hell, I miss you so much. Why did you have to be so smart and leave me?”
“Oh, I miss you too. Unfortunately, for the next three years, we’ll be apart. Between now and then we need to plan on going to the same college. I want to see you every day.”
“Let me get back to what happened. We went to Cindy’s place and went out to her pool house. Everything was going well. Jim and I had a talk about boundaries. I don’t think he believed me that if I did something with Cassidy he wouldn’t be happy about it. Jim was learning some valuable skills about how to please Cassidy. Then we switched to teaching her how to please him orally.
“Jim’s inexperience caused him to respond quicker than he or Cassidy wanted. Cassidy had the information, just no practical experience. Everyone knew I wasn’t willing to be the crash test dummy for that little exercise. I figured Jim would be back in the game shortly. So when Cindy wanted me to pleasure her, I was game.
“Cindy basically pinned me so that Cassidy could have access to me.”
“Whoa, stop. I’m not picturing this.”
“I was on my back, and Cindy had her knees on my upper arms and her sex buried in my face. I couldn’t see what was happening down there and couldn’t get leverage to get away.”
“Got it.”
“At first I was busy with Cindy. She can be rather distracting. Then I felt warm wetness around my member. I about shit, thinking Cassidy had mounted me. Jim would never have forgiven me for that. Then Cassidy surprised me and massaged my prostate.”
“Oh! Did you drown the poor girl?”
“I tried. Then I looked over and poor Jim had just seen me pump a quart into his girlfriend’s mouth. I felt like shit. I’d broken my own rule, and with a guy I’m really starting to like.”
“Was he mad?”
“Yeah, but he got over it. I’d also made the mistake of not talking to Cindy and Cassidy. Jim saw that I didn’t initiate the contact. Even so, I sure did finish it. I could have pulled her off me, but I held her in place as I came. He had every right to kick my butt.”
“Look at you, learning lessons about life. I forget what all you’ve gone through. Be patient with me, David. I know you’re going to make mistakes, but that’s how we learn. If you were making the same ones over and over again, then I’d need to kick your butt. For example, this need to fall in love every time a girl catches your attention. We still have to work on that one.”