The next day, Jebediah found Carl.

‘What do you want?’ Carl droned, closing his locker with a slam.

‘Don’t be like that’ Jebediah sighed tiredly, leaning against the lockers with his arms folded.

‘Be like what?’ Carl glowered, staring at Jebediah coldly. ‘I’m surprised you bother talking to me at all.’

‘Carl please’ Jebediah groaned. ‘Don’t be like that.’

‘Be like what?’ Carl replied sullenly, turning and walking away. ‘I’m surprised you’re not hanging out with Tamara.’

‘I’m going to ignore that’ Jebediah said patiently to him, beginning to follow him. ‘I wanted to speak to you.’

‘Why?’

Jebediah reached out to Carl then, taking him by the hand. Carl paused, turning back to Jebediah with a frown.

‘You’re touching me’ he spoke uncertainly, ‘and we’re still in public. Why are you holding my hand?’

Jebediah stared at him for a moment, before letting him go.

‘I want to make it up to you’ Jebediah began. ‘I know I’ve been neglecting you lately. I’m sorry.’

Carl’s expression softened then, only by a fraction, but Jebediah saw it.

He fell silent for a moment, waiting for some people to pass them by in the corridor, before speaking again.

‘I want to have your time tonight, I mean this evening’ Jebediah continued.

‘What?’

‘Do you have anything you have to do tonight?’ Jebediah asked him.

‘I don’t know…I mean…I guess not?’

‘Do you mind coming over my place tonight?’

‘I guess’ Carl replied non committedly.

‘I’ve spoken to my mother, and she’s agreed to drive us.’

‘Drive?’

‘Yeah’ Jebediah smiled warmly. ‘Think of it as like a date, or a really short holiday.’

‘Really?’

‘There’s a beautiful forest just out of town’ Jebediah began.

‘I know the one’ Carl replied. ‘It’s a bit of a way out, ‘no one really goes there.’

‘Then we won’t be disturbed.’

Carl stared at Jebediah in silent confusion for a moment, before breaking into a smile.

‘Is that so?’ he grinned.

‘It sure is’ Jebediah eyes were wild as he stared back at him, but he did not reach out to try to touch Carl again. ‘I’ve spoken to my mother about it, and she’s staying by the car, I other words….’ He grinned, speaking in a whisper. ‘We’ll be alone together.’

‘I would love that’ Carl breathed, speaking quietly.

‘We could do all sorts of things’ Jebediah continued. ‘I would love to touch your naked body.’ Jebediah giggled quietly then. ‘I’ll let you suck my cock.’

Carl swallowed hungrily then, turning away briefly before looking back at him.

‘You’d better stop’ Carl said to him. ‘You’ll get me excited. If I get too hard, I’ll have to do you right here and now.’

‘Oh I don’t think so’ Jebediah grinned, showing his perfect teeth, his look predatory. ‘You’ll have to control yourself. Hold it in, until we are alone together.’

Carl swallowed hungrily then, staring at Jebediah.

‘You’d better hurry’ Jebediah said to him then, ‘you don’t want to be late for you next class.’

Carl stared at him for a few more moments, before silently turning and walking away.

Jebediah watched him go, the smile fading from his lips, and eyes becoming tired.

He turned away, staring down the hallway in the other direction