Give me a Chance

Chance

Football season was over, to my disappointment, Trey had not found a girlfriend. The good thing was, he and his buddies were spending more time going out to party and he was spending less time in the room. Whenever he came home drunk and tried to wake me, I would just stay “sleeping” wrapped in my blanket and facing away from him. It at least worked a couple of times. It was getting to end of the semester, so I was also spending a lot of time in the library, studying for finals. I was especially looking forward to going home for Christmas Break, we didn’t have to worry about training or weights until the first of February.

I came back from the library one night, hoping Trey would be gone, I opened the door to find that the party was in our room tonight. He had three of his friends over, they were all drinking vodka and red bulls.

I set my book bag down, “sorry, I will just leave and let you guys have your fun.” I was hoping Josh was in his room and I could hang with him for a while.

Trey said, “you don’t have to leave.”

Dalton added, “Yeah, sit down, have a drink with us.”

I said, “no thanks, you guys don’t need me here.”

Cory stopped me, “oh come on, just have a drink with us.”

Sam added, “yeah, relax a little bit.”

Trey was already fixing me a drink, “No thanks guys, I will find something else to do.”

Trey handed me a glass, “don’t be such a pussy, sit down and have a drink.”

Sam pulled me onto the bed beside him, I sat there holding my glass. I had only ever drunk alcohol two or three times before. I took my first sip, it was pretty harsh, I didn’t like Red Bull, but when the vodka was added, it seemed ten time worse.

They picked up their conversation, talking about girls and getting laid, or girls they wanted to have sex with. I just sat quietly trying not to be noticed.

Dalton asked, “so how about you Chance, you nailed any hot chicks this semester?”

I shook my head, “no, just been too busy with football and classes, haven’t met anyone yet.”

I avoided eye contact with Trey, I wasn’t sure if told his buddies about us or not. He didn’t say anything, he just mixed himself another drink. I was trying to finish my drink and think of an excuse to leave, when I took my last swallow, Sam was refilling my glass before I could object.

The alcohol was starting to go to my head, I felt myself start to weave back and forth. I fell back against the wall, I must have passed out for few minutes. I opened my eyes to everyone laughing at me.

Trey said, “what a light weight, you ready for another one Chance?”

I shook my head, “no, I better not.” I wasn’t sure how long I was out. I felt myself fall back again and everything went black. I woke up with Cory slapping me on the face and three cocks inches from my mouth.

Trey said, “Wake up sleepy head, come on give us some lovin’.”

My head cleared enough to realize what was happening, I jumped up and pushed Sam away from me.

I stood up and yelled, “you mother fuckers, leave me alone.” I ran out the door and knocked on Josh’s door, thank God he was home. I told Josh what had happened, and what had been happening with Trey.

He looked me in the eye, “damn it Chance, why didn’t you say anything sooner?”

I was crying now, “I didn’t want to bother you with this, what would you have done about it?”

“I don’t know Chance, we could have figured something out.”

“Well, can I spend the night here tonight? I just have one final tomorrow and then I am headed home for Christmas.”

Josh said, “of course you can stay here anytime and as long as you need to.”

I took my last final and snuck back to my room to grab some clothes, so I could get home for break. I was home by the time dad and sis were getting home from work and school. It was great to see them, and we sat up all night talking and catching up. I went to my old room and slept the best that I had for the past few months.

The next day was Saturday, I called a few friends to see if they wanted to get together, three of us went to lunch and caught up, filling each other in on how college was going. I didn’t tell them about the whole Trey thing. After lunch I headed back home, my phone rang, it was Joel.

I answered, “Hey Joel, what up?”

He said, “I was just checking to see if you had any plans tonight.”

“No nothing serious, what did you have in mind?”

He paused, “well you know I am seeing someone now.”

“Yeah Joel, I know, I think that’s great.”

“Thanks Chance, I was wondering if you wanted to meet him. We could go out and do something tonight.”

“Sure, that would be good, I would love to meet him.”

Joel said, “Let’s meet at Mac’s Pub, we can grab a bite to eat and decide what to do from there.”

I said, “great, see you at 7.”

I was glad that Joel had come to terms with being gay and that his parents had been more supportive than he had expected. I got to the pub a little bit after 7, Joel was already there.

Joel stood, “Chance this is Garrett, Garrett this is my good friend Chance.”

We shook hands and sat down, I was glad Joel still considered me his good friend. We ordered our supper and talked for over an hour.

Joel said, “hey, I hear they have a new dancer down at the Gemini Club, you guys want to check it out?”

I said, “yeah that sounds fun, you up for that Garrett?”

“Sure, I would love to.”

We walked into the club and found a table to sit at, we ordered some Cokes and sat back waiting for the show. The lights went down, and the DJ announced the first dancer I wasn’t really listening to the words, just waiting to get a look at the dancer. The music started as the spotlight lit up the dancer.

My mouth hit the floor, Joel looked at me. “Chance, I’m sorry, I didn’t know.” I just stared at Ben, dance, and strip on the stage.

Garrett looked puzzled, Joel whispered in his ear, and he understood.

Joel asked, “do you want to leave?”

I shook my head, “yeah, I think that would be best.” We walked out got into Joel’s car.

“Will you please just drop me at my car, I think I am going to call it a night.”

Joel said, “sure Chance, I’m sorry, I really didn’t know.”

“I know Joel, I’m sorry I’m bailing on you guys.”

Garrett said, “no problem, we can get together another time.”

I said, “yeah, I would like that, it was really nice to meet you Garrett, and it was good to see you again Joel.”

I got home and went to my room, I didn’t know what to do, that little bastard, he stayed in town just to be a stripper in some sleezy club. What the hell was he thinking, I was so pissed right now. Then to top it all off, the little shit must have been working out, he really did look good, fuck.

I drove back to school pissed at Ben, pissed at Trey, and even more pissed at myself, how did my life turn to shit so fast.

Trey was still an asshole when I got back to school, I just didn’t care anymore.

I got to my room after class a couple weeks into the semester, Trey was gone, but his bottle of vodka was just sitting there. What the hell, maybe if I was just numb things wouldn’t seem so bad. I started to hit the bottle every day after class, it got so that I couldn’t sleep without a few drinks. I didn’t realize how bad it had got until we were near midterm, I had started to skip classes and my grades were in the toilet. Coach had called me into his office and told me if I didn’t get my head out of my ass I would be off the team and lose my scholarship.

I decided to try and get back on track, I was studying, when Trey and Cory came into our room, I told them I needed to study, so I was going to the library. As usual they ignored me and before I knew it, I was three drinks in. I just kept pounding them back, let the numbness take over my body. My head was filled with all the shit that gone down the last three months, seeing Ben on that stage, Trey being a prick, the coach on my back and finally Josh had been bitching at me about skipping classes and drinking too much. Who the hell did he think he was, my mother? I downed another drink and things got blurry, I was laying on my bed drifting in and out. I felt myself being moved around on my bed, I think I woke one time with a dick in my mouth, as I tried to pull away a glass was put to my lips, and I swallowed, a few minutes later it was black again.

I was still groggy, I started to hear yelling and then what sounded like a people pushing and shoving, it went dark again. There was a loud banging then more people talking and yelling, I felt my stomach start to rumble and I started to vomit all over myself, I was choking when someone turned my head and washed my mouth out with water, and I could breathe again.

I heard some more commotion and felt I was in a dream and started to float, there were people on both sides of me and I was laid back onto the bed. I was covered with a blanket, and I felt as if I was rolling down a long hall, people lined the trail, I felt as if I knew a lot of them, but their faces were fuzzy. I felt a cold rush of air then I heard doors slam shut and there was a rocking motion, then it was dark, my dream was over.

I woke up, looked around in a panic, I had no idea where I was, I tried to sit up.

“Hey Chance, relax, lay back down. Do you know where you are?”

I laid back, “no, where am I, who are you?”

“I am Jill, your nurse, you are in the hospital, just relax, the doctor will be here in just a minute.”

I winced, “God my head hurts.”

A tall man in a lab coat walked in, “that’s because you have a massive hangover, Chance. I am Dr. Phillips, I have spent the last 5 hours treating you for acute alcohol poisoning, do you have any idea how much you drank last night?”

“No sir, I don’t”

Dr. Phillips said, “well, you’re lucky your friends stepped in when they did, if you would have had any more to drink, you would be laying in our morgue right now.”

I asked, “what friends?”

“The two that followed the ambulance here last night.”

“What, I was brought here by ambulance?”

Dr Phillips shook his head, “yes, you almost choked on your own vomit, twice. Your friend saved you. You are lucky he was there.”

“What are you taking about?”

“Chance, I will go get your friends, they can tell you what happened.” He walked to the door, “hey guys, he’s awake, you can come in now.”

They walked in the room, I was in shock, “Ben, Josh what are you doing here? What the hell happened?"