A jubilant team began rushing off the playing field towards the locker room after winning the CIF southern California divisional title. The players were all jumping, gesturing with high-fives, hugging and slapping each other on the hind quarters acknowledging the victory. In general, the team members were acting like most young men who had just won a division title in any sporting event. Although physically drained the adrenaline was still flowing through the boy's bodies as they hit the showers. Once the natural high from epinephrine wore off the physical pain from play would set in.
The hot showers would help alleviate some of the pain associated with rough and tumble play. However, for one of the boys it was a time to view his team member's steamy hot nude bodies. After the team finished showering they started to come off that natural high from the life drug produced by the human body. Once dressed in street clothes one or two at a time members of the team began exiting the locker room where they were met by family, friends and a few media types waiting to interview certain divisional champions.
For Josh, there was no family, no interviews. The tall redhead was beginning to feel the soreness set in. He was not one of the standout stars of the team, but he had played his heart out for a winning team. All Josh wanted was to get home, slip into a warm bath to relax and relieve the pain in his sore muscles. The redhead ambled across campus towards the bus stop.
Unlike the other boys on the team who triumphantly piled into their cars or parent's vehicles to go off celebrating their win Josh stood in the heat of the day at the bus stop waiting for his ride home. Out of nowhere Taylor Trella sped towards the gangling teen grinding his red Testarossa to a stop curbside yelling out, "Josh! Hey Josh want a ride?"
Well, hell yes, Josh thought to himself, he sure as hell would rather ride home in Ferrari Testarossa than wait in the heat for another half hour at a bus stop for a hot stinky bus ride home. "Hell yeah," the redhead replied.
"Well, hop in, buddy," Taylor shouted back.
Josh really wasn't Taylor's buddy. They didn't have much in common except Josh's sister. Josh bent down cautiously opening the door to the low slung Italian sports car accepting Taylor's hospitality. As Josh slid into the bucket seat and began buckling up the two eighteen year olds were exchanging high-fives. Josh saying, "Thanks Tay."
The debonair Taylor was Josh's twin sister's boyfriend. Josh rarely saw Taylor, only whenever he came by to pickup his sister for a date. Taylor had never before invited Josh to do anything with him or offer a ride, but Josh had fantasized about the urbane Italian-American.
"So, where the hell has Janice been hiding herself?" Taylor asked as they sped off, "I haven't seen or heard from her in a few days."
"Didn't she tell you?"
"No."
"You really don't know what happened do you?" Josh questioned. "She went with mom and dad on a trip to Ireland. Back to explore the family roots. My mom and dad had been saving for over a year to go. Janice spotted a bargain on the Internet for round trip air fare, lodging and a car rental, all for a little less than $1,300.00 total cost for the three of them. Dad thought he'd have to spend at least three grand or more just for airfare and lodging."
"Damn, sounds like a deal to me."
"I couldn't go because of the damn playoffs."
"Sorry you didn't get to go, buddy," Taylor said slapping Josh on the left thigh, "but hell yeah, Josh, that's a great deal for a trip like that. That's how my dad and mom travel most of the time and they do like to travel, especially when they go back to the old country. Or anywhere for that matter; mom is the bargain hunter in our family."
"I can't understand you of all people didn't know my sister was gone." Josh responded, "you been bangin her for over a year now."
"How the hell do you know I've been bangin your sister?" Taylor blurted back.
"Dude, she's my twin sister!" Josh exclaimed, "We know everything about each other, including what's going on with our sex lives. But you being an only child wouldn't have a clue about anything like that."
"I'm not an only child. I got an older sister," Taylor replied.
"Yeah a sister that's like eight or ten years older and married. I'd say that leaves you at home as an only child," Josh came back.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. Anyway Janice and I kind of cooled things down a couple weeks ago. You didn't know that?" Taylor questioned.
"No, she didn't say anything about you guys breaking up, but she's been hecka busy the past few days before they departed."
"We didn't really breakup, just takin a break. So, where we headed?" Taylor asked.
"I really need to get home."
"You sure," Taylor responded, "It appears I ain't got a girlfriend and you never had one. Let's go party, buddy."