High By The Beach
The same Tuesday night that Nick got pounded in the parking lot, he went home to see if either Matt or Francis had updated their status on facebook. Nothing. He looked around at his dirty room, realizing that he'd have to start packing soon for his trip to California. He was excited to see his older brother, Scott, who was telling him about a party on his first night there.
But then, making Nick jump, his cellphone buzzed. He was quick to take it out and stare, mouth-open, at who it was. Matt had finally texted him back.
'hey. i'm free for a bit thursday night. got an excuse to leave the house. wanna go to the lake together?'
Nick couldn't believe it. Matt was asking to take him somewhere. Not to simply fuck, but on an actual date. But he calmed himself down, remembering not to get his hopes up. It wasn't a date. It was just two dudes hanging out. As friends. At least, that was what Nick thought was going to happen.
Twenty minutes later, in order not to look desperate, Nick text him back. 'sure, sounds fun. do you wanna meet there?'
Matt replied back within five minutes. 'no it's cool, i'll pick you up at five. give me your address.'
Nick couldn't believe what was happening. He texted Matt his address, and lied down on his bed, staring at the ceiling in shock. He was going to hang out with Matt again. Whether it was a date or not, it was at least something. However, he wasn't exactly sure if this complicated things with Matt. He decided to let it go for the time being—they were just going to hang out, for now.
The whole next day, the day before his date, Nick wondered if Francis would text him back too. Nick was horny and he wondered if Francis would be willing to meet up, so he texted him. He didn't like the response he got back.
'sorry man, i'm having dinner with my family tonight. can't make it today. another time, okay?'
He replied with a heavy heart. 'yeah okay, no worries.'
Despite being disappointed, Nick was still glad that Francis was so nice about it. And there was also the face that tomorrow, Nick would be seeing Matt. Then, Nick got another text. It was Francis again.
'but hey, my brother's going out tomorrow. I can meet up with you then if you wanna hang.'
Nick wasn't sure how to reply. He'd been presented a choice—hang out with Matt or Francis. He knew that meeting up with Francis would definitely lead to sex, but he had already promised to go out with Matt. It didn't leave him with much of a choice. Hoping he wouldn't regret it, Nick texted Francis back.
'sorry i can't tomorrow, i've got plans :( next time though.'
Francis replied soon after. 'yeah ok. see you later.'
Nick hoped he'd made the right decision.
On the day of his date, Nick didn't touch himself—he wanted to save his sex drive for the possibility of a night with Matt. Nick spent the entire day cleaning himself and getting his best clothes ready. Since Francis had broken his only jockstrap, and Nick wasn't willing to put on the dirty ones for Matt, he settled with a tight pair of briefs that made everything below his waist seem giant. They were a little tight, but he felt super sexy.
When his parents began asking questions, Nick simply told them he was going to small get-together with some kids from school. His parents, who had been wondering when he was finally going to make some friends, didn't object at all.
At ten past five, a huge, black GMC Sierra rolled in front of Nick's house. Nick had seen Matt's car parked in their garage a while back, but it felt weird to see it parked right in front of his own house, waiting to pick him up. It was surreal. Nick tried to calm the panic rising in his chest. He was going to hang out with Matt again, and it was making him pretty nervous.
Nick walked slowly across his lawn and got into the passenger side of the truck. Matt greeted him with a charming smile, his perfect white teeth shining bright as ever, and a pink ball cap placed backwards over his short, beach blond hair. "Sup?" he said to him, his big tan arms bulging out of his small, sleeveless shirt. His bulky chest poked through the fabric, stretching it to the limit and riding up at his abs. He was so muscular and veiny that it made Nick's mouth water just to look at him.
His perfect face looked up at him expectantly, and his bright blue eyes scanned him up and down, checking him out. He was wearing a pair of blue jeans and as he sat in the driver's seat, wide-legged, Nick could see the unmistakable bulge of his junk at the very front. His jeans were riding up on him.
"Hey," Nick managed, taking in the musky, manly aroma of his truck. It was a mix between booze and sweat, which he didn't exactly mind. He just thought that if the two of them were going on a date, the truck would be a little more clean. But, after all, Matt was still a regular guy. Nick closed the door behind him, staring at his feet.
"You look nice," Matt said to him, turning back onto the street and driving off.
"Th-thanks. You too."
Matt smiled, keeping his eyes on the road and scratching his crotch. "How've you been, little bro?"
"Good. Hanging out with friends," he lied. "You?"
"Same. Spending a lot of time with my family."
Nick dared to ask him. "How's... Francis?"
"Oh, he's great," Matt smiled. "Been chillin with me and a few of my pals."
Nick just wanted to know if Francis was trying to go out with girls again, which he kinda doubted after the text he'd received from him, but it didn't hurt to know for sure. "Oh, cool."
"You been to Somerville Lake before?" Matt asked him, stopping at a sign. He took the opportunity to look back at Nick and check him out.
"O-once. When I was a kid."
Matt laughed. "Been a while, then?"
Nick managed to smile, trying to keep himself calm. He was just hanging out with Matt. Like friends. "Yeah. I was eight, I think."
"Wow. Ten years. My brothers and I used to go there all the time. But when we got into high school and shit, we just went swimming in our river instead."
Nick nodded. The images of the nude McCarthy boys skinny-dipping in the river together made his dick jump.
"Well, that's where I'm taking you. It'll be fun."
He nodded again. "Just us?"