The Reunion

Chapter 1

What a week, I had worked until at least 10:00 each night, we had an asshole client that we just couldn’t make happy. Finally, at 2:00 today, he approved our latest proposal, my boss told us all to go home and not answer our phones or check our emails all weekend. I was one of the first people out the door of the McKenzie and Associates Advertising Agency.

I fell onto the couch once I was inside my apartment, I knew I had a couple hours before my roommate, Eli would be home. I was glad for the peace and quiet even if it was only for a short time. I took a quick nap, I woke up and was flipping through the channels on the tv, not finding anything interesting to watch, I started to scroll though my Facebook account. I hadn’t been on all week, that’s when I saw the post from Jenny Thompson.

Attention Class of 2012, Collierville High School, we will be holding our 10-year reunion at the high school gym on June 28. Make plans to attend now.

Shit, has it been ten years already? I just laughed to myself, yeah right, I’ll make plans alright, to do anything but go back home for a class reunion with a bunch of jerks who I never liked. I guess it wasn’t all bad, it wasn’t until the start of my junior year when shit went bad. I was hanging out with my friend Todd after school, we were in his room and looking at his dad’s porn magazines. I knew that I had feelings for guys and was losing interest in girls, but I had never talked to anyone about it. As we were looking at the magazines, both Todd and I were becoming turned on, me by the hot guys that were fucking the women and I assumed Todd by the girls. I would sneak peaks at Todd’s bulge, never expecting that I would see his cock, but the next time I looked, there it was, Todd had opened his zipper and was stroking his dick. I must have stared a little too long and he caught me looking.

“Dude, what are you staring at?”

I quickly looked away, “nothing, why do you have your cock out?”

Todd said, “I’m horny, I want to jack off, you can do the same if you want to.”

He made it sound like it was no big deal, but I had never done anything like this before. I hesitantly unzipped and my cock sprang out. I started to stroke, still sneaking looks at Todd, again he caught me.

“Jesus dude, you look like you want to suck me.”

I quickly said, “what? No, I don’t.”

Todd smirked, “I think you do.”

I looked back at the porn and said, “well, you’re wrong.” But secretly I knew he was right.

We went back to looking at the magazines, then Todd stood and completely removed his pants and underwear. I froze, trying not to look, he walked toward me and put his hard dick right in my face. I lost all control and started to suck Todd, I took his cock in one hand and started to rub his balls with the other. I must have been doing a good job because Todd was shooting his load in my mouth a few minutes later. The excitement of sucking my first dick and the taste of his cum was too much and my cock erupted without me even touching it.

Todd pulled his dick from my mouth and grinned, “see, I knew you wanted to suck my cock.”

I felt myself blush as I put my dick back in my pants and gathered my things, “I think I better get going.”

Todd still naked said, “hey don’t worry bud, you were very good, and don’t worry I won’t tell anyone.”

I walked home trying to process what had just happened. I guess it confirmed that I was gay, because I did enjoy it, but what did Todd mean when he told me not worry, had he done this before? Would he really keep our secret? The next day my question was answered when the entire school knew what I had done before I got to first period. It was a tough couple of weeks but with the help of my best friend Ray, I powered through. Ray and I have been friends since first grade and he was by my side through this mess, he was completely straight but was very supportive as I came out. I would have come out at some point in high school, but this just forced me to do it a little sooner than planned. I adapted and made new friends and finished high school stronger than ever, and the only time I spoke to Todd after that was when I told him to fuck off as he tried to apologize to me. I headed to college 800 miles away, planning on never seeing any of these people ever again.

Eli walked in as I was reading all the posts from my classmates, they were all so excited to catch up with all the old friends, again I chuckled to myself.

Eli said, “well hey stranger, I thought maybe you moved out.”

I nodded, “yeah, I had a rough week, the boss let us off early today.”

I filled Eli in on the week at work, he handed me a beer as he sat next to me on the couch as he picked up the remote started channel surfing. He looked over at my laptop, noticing the post I was reading about the reunion. Now Eli has been my best friend since we met in college, like me he is gay, we have no secrets from each other, and he would do anything for me. I of course would do the same for him, but he was also the most annoying person I have ever met. I just knew that he was going to try and talk me into going to that stupid reunion now that he knows about it. I loved him like a brother but once he made up his mind to “help” me, he wasn’t going to let it go.

He grinned, “so, have you booked your plane ticket yet?”

I shook my head, “nope, I am not going.”

He hit my shoulder, “why not?”

I said, “you know why, I have told you about high school, and my family, I would rather not spend my vacation with any of them.”

Eli said, “oh come on Brian, it wasn’t that bad, hell if you want, I will go with you.”

I closed my laptop, “I don’t know, I will have to think about it.”

Before Eli could say anything else, my phone started to ring, I looked at the screen, “shit, it’s mom.”

I pushed answer, “hey mom.”

She immediately started talking, not giving me a chance to answer or respond. Once she was finished, I was finally able to say, “well, I don’t know mom, I will have to see how things go here. Yeah, I know mom, I am not even sure if I can get off from work. Ok, I will let you know, yes, bye mom.”

Eli was laughing, “so… how’s your mom.”

I rolled my eyes, “oh, she’s just fine, she just called to let me know that since I was having my high school reunion, she and my Aunt Sherry decided it would be a good time to have a family reunion too.”

He asked, “what, the same weekend?”

I shook my head, “yep, since my cousin Jackie would also be home, we should get the whole family together too.”

My cousin, Jackie and I were the same age and graduated together, she was coming home for the reunion so Mom and Sherry assumed I would be happy to come home as well. Jackie was born about a month before I was, and I felt my entire childhood was compared to hers. Who walked first, who talked first, who got better grades, Jackie of course was always better than me, according to her mother and her anyway. Of course, my mom always played their game too and was always disappointed that I didn’t care, especially by the time we were in high school. Jackie always got better grades, was better in sports, was the first in our class to have a boyfriend, the first to get married after high school then five years and three kids later, the first to get divorced. I secretly laughed for days after mom told me that tragic news. Now mom told me that she was bringing her new man to the reunion, to show him off no doubt, maybe I should go, just to warn the poor guy.

I was sure if I went home for this, I would be miserable the entire week, my mom has never accepted that I was gay. I don’t mean she doesn’t still love me, but she seemed to think that it was just a phase I was going through, she just knew that I would meet the right girl and would get married and have kids like my brother and sister. My dad on the other hand, was very supportive, I was able to talk to him about anything, he just told me not to let mom’s comments bother me. Dad and I even have lunch “together” once a week, I would grab a sandwich, find a quiet place, and call dad. We talk for the whole hour, it is the best part of my week. Dad is the only family member that I enjoyed talking to, my brother is 8 years older than I, we have never been very close, I am just his annoying little brother. I was closer to my sister, she was also very supportive when I came out, but when she started dating her now husband she changed, he doesn’t really agree with my “lifestyle”. So now when I did go home, I just got a hotel room so I could get some peace, at least for the night. Mom set up my brother and sister’s rooms with double beds so that they had a place when they came home, she set mine up with bunk beds for the grandkids. She said since I wasn’t married, I could have one of the bunks, I didn’t need a room to myself. Since then, the only time I went home was for Christmas every year and Thanksgiving every other year, and then just for a couple days.

Eli chuckled, “so now you have to go, you can’t disappoint your mom.”

I snorted, “I have been disappointing my mom my whole life.”

My phone signaled a text, it was Ray.

“Hey bud, how’s it going?”

Me: “hey, going good, how about you?”

Ray: “doing good too, you see the post about reunion?”

Me: “yep, are you going?”

Ray: “I think so, would be great to see you, are you going?”

Me: “I was trying to think of reasons not to go, but it would be great to see you.”

Ray: “I hope you decide to go, it’s been too long since we got together.”

Me: “will keep you updated.”

It had been about two years since Ray and I got together, we met half-way between his place and mine for a long weekend. He and his wife had just had a baby boy, so they brought him so I could see him, he is definitely Ray’s mini-me. The time before that was five years ago at his wedding, so it would be really good to see him.

After my chat with Ray, I started to think about a few my other friends, Kyle was the first to come to mind. Kyle was my first fuckbuddy, well Todd was the first guy I did anything with, but Kyle and I messed around on a regular basis in high school after I came out. He had just moved to town and Todd had just outed me so neither one of had too many friends. We were in the same science class and when we had to pair off for lab partners, since everyone else had a friend to pair with, we ended up together. The first time we had work on a lab report, I invited him to my house. He thanked me for being his partner and I told him about what had happened with Todd. Well, it didn’t take long before he came out to me, and we began to experiment with each other. Neither of us had much experience, so we just fumbled our way through all the firsts. We spent a lot of our time laughing at each other and joking that the things we were doing looked a lot sexier in the porn videos we watched online. Kyle was your stereotypical nerd type, the oversized glasses, ears that were a little too big for his face and of course a mouth full of braces. He was skinny and had no chest or ass to speak of, but he had an extra-large dick to make up for all his other short comings. He often asked me why I hung around him since he was such a geek, I told him there was more to friendship than looks.

 I did a search for flights, as I was comparing airlines when Eli came back into the room with another beer for each of us and saw my screen.

He just gave me a grin. “I knew you would go.”

I shook my head, “oh shut up and mind your own business.”

The next week at work, I checked the vacation schedule, no one else was signed up for that week so I couldn’t use that as an excuse, damn. That week during my “lunch” with dad, he asked if I was coming home.

“I don’t know dad, I am really trying to find anything else to do,”

Dad laughed, “I know you don’t like coming here too often and you don’t get along with your cousin, but it would be nice to see you.”

I thought a minute, “yeah, it would be nice to see you too, I have already looked into flights. I talked to Ray a couple nights ago too, so I wanted to see him and you, so I guess I just need to book the flight.”

Dad smiles, “thanks Brian, I am looking forward to seeing you. I tell you what, I will get us a tee time at the golf course, just the two of us.”

I said, “that sounds great, I am looking forward to seeing you too, I’ll make my reservations and pack my clubs.”

Three months later I was on a plane headed home to see a lot of people I didn’t want to see, and a couple that I really did.