YOU BELONG WITH ME

Storage room

Tracy’s POV

Jason was about to enter the equipment storage room beside the field when I got close to the gym so I quickly ran up to the door and rushed in too

I came to a halt once inside

Jason had his shirt over his head trying to pull it off, exposing his beautiful body in the process

He stood tall, his shoulders wide and strong, his belly ripped and his legs strong

I swallowed

Shit this is not the time to be gawking and drooling over him

“Jason” I called and he quickly let down his shirt to look at me without saying a word, and then, he just went ahead and took the shirt off, leaving the upper part of him naked

He turned around, supposedly to take his PE shirt from his bag, once again exposing his broad back to me

I wanted to cling to his back like a koala and bury my face in his shoulder

This free show of turn on materials was really doing me more harm than good especially since I was here to apologize

I was back to my senses when Jason pulled a shirt over himself again, a sleeveless one none the less and I gaped at his arms when he lifted a box of tools up to keep on a top shelf.

It looked heavy, and the way his biceps flexed reflected it

Sigh

“Jason” I called again just as he dropped the box with a loud bang and turned to look at me with his blank face but his expression turned into one of shock and in the blink of an eye he was in front of me, holding midair above my head a basketball he caught from hitting me

My face turned red

Jason just protected me, and he’s so close to me I could smell his cologne, it was heavenly

“You’re always so clumsy” he tsked and walked past me

“Wait Jason” I rushed and got in front of him to prevent him from going any further, cornering him like I did five years ago “I’m…” he looked me dead in the eyes and I looked down “I’m sorry about earlier, I didn’t mean anything I said about Samantha, I just…”

“Don’t make excuses T” he sighed as he looked down at me “what’s going on between you and Percy?”

“The thing is…”

“And don’t lie to me T” he sounded like a dad just then and I took a step back, deliberating on if I should continue on with this or just run away for now

He took a step towards me too and I did the same again until my back hit a wall and I could move no further and he stood right in front of me

“Tell me T” he said softly, his eyes boring into mine and just then the school bell rang

Thank God

“Later” I said quickly and turned to leave when his strong arms slammed against the wall at both sides of my head, effectively caging me within them

He leaned down a bit so his face was close to mine

Too close

Even in my dire situation, I couldn’t help my heart from beating way too fast

Why did he have to lean down so close?

“What are you doing?” I whispered, afraid if I talked any louder I might just give my horny self away

“Trying to get you to talk” Jason whispered back

Fuck why are we whispering

“Like this? You don’t have to get this close you know” I said and raised my hand to gently push him back by his chest but he grabbed it just when I barely put my hand there

“Yet that bastard sat so close to you earlier and even threw his arms over your shoulders”

Was I imagining things now or was there a look in Jason’s eyes just now and when my palm nearly grazed him just now was his heart beating fast?

Or was it just mine?

“Well that is…”

“Are you guys like a thing or something like that?”

“No!” I yelled and covered my mouth with my free hand briefly and he relaxes, released my hand and placed it back on the wall

“What is it then, is he bullying you?”

I wanted to scream ‘yes’ but I couldn’t

What are the chances that Jason wouldn’t look at me weirdly if he found out I traveled all the way to another town just to hook up with a stranger

If I said yes to his question, there would be a confrontation between him and Percy and the latter may just spill everything

And if I said no, this strain in our friendship may just continue to grow

“The things is” I looked down away from him trying to find some sort of excuse, anything, but before I could come up with something…

“Yes coach, I’m almost there, I’ll be back in a jiffy”

Percy’s voice

“That motherfucker just had to take his sweet time” he mumble loud enough for someone to hear since the entire place was drop pin silent at this point

“I… I should go” I frantically got out of the lovely two armed prison I was in and made a dash for the door which flung open before I even got to it

Percy had a surprised look on his face when he saw me and it turned into a pleasant smile when he looked up and saw Jason standing behind me

“What a surprise T, are you here to see me?” he walked over to me and threw his arms over my shoulder like Jason said he did earlier which I honestly couldn’t remember

Shit not this again

I heard some shuffling around and then Jason was walking past us with a bag full of equipment

“Jason” I tried to go after him, but a firm grip on my arm stopped me and I turned around to see Percy’s bored uninterested eyes boring into mine

“I didn’t say you could leave just yet”

For the first time in a long time, I felt a burning feeling from the depths of my heart

My jaw clench in anger and my eyes twitch violently

“What do you want from me, why are you doing this to me?”

“Why?” he let go of my hand to fold his over his chest as he looked at me “normally I don’t care what everyone in this school does with their lives especially I know a lot of people who have done worse than you” he said a fake smile on his face

“So why did you decide to take interest in mine, why?”

“It’s simple” he answered his fake smile dropping “it’s because you’re friends with that bastard”