Sing for Me

Author’s Note: Okay so chapter 2 is finally uploaded in its entirety so everything should be normal now. I do once again apologize for anyone who was confused by the ending before while it was cut off. Hopefully there will be no more issues in the future. Thanks for bearing with me.

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When I woke up I saw that I had a few new texts on top of the ones I had left from the night before. Deciding not to leave them hanging any longer I started with them.

CC: I think we need to do something about Henry. He’s been pestering me ever since your birthday. I think he’s jealous of all the attention you’re getting.

I guess I had never given thought to how Henry might be feeling. I mean sure he was shy but even he would want to find someone too.

RF: Yeah I think you’re right. Maybe we can try and help him ask someone out

Lucy’s text ended up being a bit of a surprise. She had sent me a risqué picture of herself. She was standing naked in her bathroom, her back to the mirror. She held her phone over her shoulder so the camera could see past and into the mirror. This angle gave a great view of her ass, and with her arm up I could also see the swell of her large breast from the other side of her torso. Her hair was loose, running down her back, making me think she was about to shower. The text below the picture read, “Thinking of you”.

I reacted to the picture with a heart, and sent my response.

RF: Hey sorry, I was super tired last night. Thank you for that though it was very sexy

I moved on to the new texts and saw the first was from Bella. She had sent me a couple of photos as well. The first was of her lying in bed, her hair messy and splayed out behind her head on the pillow. She was winking and had her tongue sticking out from between her teeth. I thought it was super cute and decided to make it her contact photo.

The second one she sent me around 10 minutes after the first one. She was in the shower, her arm covering her big soapy tits. I thought my morning wood was hard already, but the two sexy photos I had received made it feel like a steel bar down there. Knowing that I wouldn’t be able to get up any time soon, I had no choice but to take care of it.

After I finished, I finally responded to her. She must have been on her phone because she answered me right away.

RF: Well good morning to you too

BP: Hey sleepyhead. How are you?

RF: Doing real good right now thanks to you

BP: Yeah? You liked them?

RF: Loved them. Had to take a few minutes to enjoy them properly

BP: Naughty boy

RF: You love it

BP: Yeah I do :p

RF: Got any big plans today?

BP: Back to school shopping. I think I’m gonna try out a new look this year

RF: Oh yeah? What are you thinking?

BP: You’ll just have to wait and see for yourself

RF: Well I’m sure whatever you pick you’ll look amazing.

BP: *heart emoji* Thank you. Caity and I just pulled up to the store so I’m gonna go. Talk to you later

RF: Bye

The last text I had waiting for me was from Henry.

HY: Hey, if you’re not busy can you give me a ride later? If you do wear some athletic clothes

I was a little worried that Henry might have been tricking me into doing some sport or something I might embarrass myself at, but I still said yes regardless.

I picked up Henry around 1 and he gave me an address. When we arrived I felt a little bad for doubting him. We were outside of a local gym. “You wanted to start working out?” I asked him.

“Yeah. I know you guys tease me about it a lot, but I do need to work on my confidence a bit, and I think this will help.” I smiled, happy to help him with it. We walked inside and both signed up for memberships. I was a little worried when they told me we had to sign on for at least 6 months to start, but something told me Henry was committed. And if he was then I would be too.

I followed him to a weight machine, and watched him struggle to get situated and find the weight he needed. After a few minutes he got settled and started doing reps. He only managed a few before he let go and started massaging his arms. “Maybe you should take a few pounds off of that.” A voice from behind me said.

I turned and was surprised to see someone I recognized. Donny Ichikawa, another student from our year. He was one of the football players, and rumor was he was gonna be the starting quarterback this year. He looked a little surprised when I turned around. “Oh hey, Rich right?”

“Yeah, hey Donny. I didn’t think we’d see anyone from school here.”

He shrugged. “Yeah I don’t see many people I know here. But this is the closest gym to my place so here I am. I’ve seen you around too haven’t I?” He directed his question to Henry. I was prepared to have to introduce Henry, but to my surprise he held out his hand and introduced himself.

“Yeah, I’m Henry.” Donny shook his hand.

“Nice to meet you man. Look I’ll be honest guys, I can tell you’ve never set foot in a gym before. If you like I can help you out. I’ve been trying to find a workout buddy anyway.”

“Really? That would be great. I came here because Henry asked, but I have no idea what half of these things do anyway.”

Donny laughed. “Yeah it can be a bit overwhelming at first. Why don’t you tell me what you’re going for and I can help you find the right machines.” I looked to Henry, seeing as this was his idea.

“Well, I’m not trying to get super huge or anything, but it would be nice to maybe just build a little muscle overall.” Donny nodded and looked at me.

“I mean I didn’t really have a plan coming in, but I guess kind of the same.”

“Alright, well we can work on that then. Since you’re not too focused on any one thing, we can find some weights that work out a few different muscles at a time.” He started walking and we both followed him. “We’ll start off with upper body then go down to lower.” He brought us to a bench with a large bar dangling from above it. “Here Henry you sit down first.” Donny adjusted the weight as Henry sat down. “Try that.” Henry reached up and pulled the bar down a few times. “How’s that feel?”

Henry let go of the bar, and dropped his arms. “It’s alright. Not that heavy.”

Donny nodded and added another 5 pounds on. “Alright, we’ll add a bit, but we’re not gonna go too high so you can do more reps.”

And that was how it went. Donny showed us to a few more machines before we were already too sore to keep going. We got up and told Donny thanks. “Yeah no problem guys. Next time you’ll probably wanna warm up on the treadmill for a few minutes, but it’s fine for today. I’m gonna stick around and finish my workout, but I’m here a few times a week. Here let me give you my number and you can shoot me a text so we can set something up.” I pulled out my phone and saw that I had a text from Lucy waiting for me. “Whoa, Lucy? Like Lucy Erickson?” Donny asked, and I nodded. “How the hell did you get Lucy Erickson texting you man?”

“We’ve all been asking him that, but there doesn’t seem to be a logical explanation.” Henry joked. “The running theory is that Rich has her under some kind of spell of mind control.” We all laughed at that. We exchanged numbers with Donny, and then Henry and I left, nearly limping out on our sore legs. I checked Lucy’s text as we made our way towards my car.

LE: I’m glad you liked it. Are you free later? I was thinking about having a little more fun with you tonight

As much as I wanted to see Lucy again, I didn’t think I’d be doing anything requiring more than walking for the next few days.

RF: Sorry Lucy, Henry had the bright idea of going to the gym for the first time today, and I don’t think I’d be any good tonight

I drove Henry back home and he thanked me for going with him. When we made it to his house I saw that Lucy had responded.

LE: Oh you should’ve told me I would’ve gone with you. I could’ve shown you how to use the machines cause I know you guys had no clue

RF: Actually we did have some help. Donny Ichikawa was there and offered to show us

LE: Oh that’s good. Well still let me know the next time you guys are going and I’ll come with you

RF: Will do. I think we’re planning for next Saturday to give us some time to recover but I’ll let you know if that changes

LE: Sounds good

I drove home, listening to You, by Bad Religion. When I hobbled into the door, Annie was in the kitchen helping mom prep dinner. “Hey where have you been?” She asked.

“Henry wanted to start going to the gym so I went with him.”

My mom spoke up. “Oh that’s great sweetie. I think it’ll be great for you to do that. Wouldn’t wanna put all that weight back on.” Annie laughed at that.

“Wow, fat shaming? Real nice mom.” I teased but she just shook her head.

“You said it, not me. All I was saying is that a boy your age should be getting active.”

Annie did her ‘mean girl’ pose, which was when she crossed her arms and popped her hip out to the side. This usually meant I could expect some sort of joke at my expense, and I was right. “I’m just surprised we didn’t get a call from the gym telling us that you and Henry somehow managed to get yourselves stuck in one of the machines.”

I rolled my eyes at her. “Luckily someone we knew from school was there and he was nice enough to help us out.”

“Oh that’s nice,” she said, her normal demeanor returning, “who was it?” She asked.

“One of the football guys, Donny Ichikawa.”

She raised an eyebrow. “Is he Jimmy’s little brother?”

I shrugged, going to get myself a glass of water. “I think so? Not sure though. Why?”

She went back to helping mom. “Cause Jimmy’s hot. And if you become friends with his brother then that means I have an in with him.” I shook my head while taking a drink of my water.

“Annie, don’t exploit your brother like that.”

Annie looked a little embarrassed. “Sorry mom.” She turned and gave me a look that said, ‘You’re gonna hook me up right?’ I nodded. I didn’t care if she used me to get a date. I figured I owed her that much after all she’s done for me.

Mom kicked me out of the kitchen and made me shower so I didn’t stink up the place while she was cooking. The hot water really helped to ease some of the soreness I was feeling. When I got out I put on some comfortable clothes, and sat down on the couch to watch tv while they cooked. Annie tossed me a bottle of Advil. “Here, you’re gonna want to hold onto this, trust me.” I thanked her and took one right then. My phone went off and I saw that Caity had texted me.

CW: Park tomorrow? Around 3?

RF: Sounds good

Mom and Annie made chicken and rice for dinner. Mom gave me an extra portion of chicken with my plate when she served it. “You’ll want to start eating more protein after you work out. It’ll help you build up muscle faster.” After dinner, I went and laid down and fell asleep very quickly. It was the most restful sleep I had had in a long time. But when I awoke, my entire body was in pain. I realized I had forgotten to grab the bottle of Advil from the living room before I went to bed and kicked myself for it. But then I turned over and saw that Annie or Mom had put it on my nightstand, and left a glass of water next to it as well. I had a great family.

After giving the medicine some time to kick in, I finally managed to pull myself out of bed. Grabbing my phone, I saw that it was only 5:30 in the morning. I never woke up that early, and blamed it on me going to bed right after dinner. I decided to try and snooze for a bit, but a different part of me had other plans.

I spent a few minutes trying to fight it off, but to no avail. Eventually I got my phone and pulled up my camera roll to view the pictures I had been sent, using them to help me out. I had been going at it for a while when my door flew open and Annie burst into my room. “Up and at ‘em Rich- oh my god sorry, sorry.” She quickly closed the door and I heard her fast walking away.

That managed to immediately deflate me, and I sighed. Struggling out of bed once again, I got up and went to the bathroom. When I came out I walked into the living room and saw Annie on the couch. “I’m sorry Rich, I didn’t expect you to be up already. And, you know, not doing that.”

I looked at her with an accusatory stare. “Why were you even coming into my room that early?”

She looked apologetic. “I was gonna get you up and make you go on a jog with me. It helps you not feel so stiff and sore after you start working out.” I sighed wanting to get off of the subject. “Why is it such a big deal to you anyway, Rich? I figured after what happened on your date the other night I figured you didn’t really care about that kind of thing.”

“It’s different Annie, at least with that I could think you didn’t actually see,” I paused, not wanting to say the word, “it. But now I know and it’s all fucked up and I don’t like thinking about it.”

She nodded. “I understand. Can we just move past it and will you go for a jog with me?” She asked.

I sighed again. “Okay, let me eat something real quick and then we can go.” I walked to the pantry and grabbed a breakfast bar.

“You know it’s perfectly normal Rich, all guys get it in the morning.”

I nearly crushed the bar in my hand out of frustration. “Shut up Annie oh my god! I don’t wanna hear about it!”

Annie and I jogged a lap around the neighborhood. At first I could barely keep pace with her. But as my muscles started working again I managed to get a good speed going for a bit. But with the workout I had the day before, they quickly started to give out, and I had to stop as we made it back to the house. Annie kept going for a while longer, but I went straight in and took another shower.

On my way in I said hi to my mom who was making breakfast and she smiled seeing me up and active that early. After my shower I came out and helped myself to some eggs and toast. Annie returned as we were eating. “Ooo breakfast, perfect.” She was about to sit down but mom waved her away.

“Go shower Annie, you smell.”

“But it’s still warm and I’m hungry.” Mom was adamant.

“Shower first, eat after.” Annie frowned but grabbed a piece of toast on her way to the bathroom. I laughed seeing her get called out like that. I finished eating, and went to my room to check my phone. I saw I had missed a call from Bella the night before and called her back.

“Hey, what’s up?”

“Nothing much. I tried calling you last night but you were ghosting me.” She teased me. I chuckled and said, “Sorry, bit of a long story but I was super worn out and went to sleep super early.”

She paused for a moment. “Hmm I guess I can forgive you. What had you so worn out?” She asked. I explained about going to the gym with Henry, and how sore I was after. “Aw, are you trying to get all big and strong to impress me?” She giggled.

“Yeah, I gotta do something before you realize how hot you are and leave me for someone else.” I retorted.

“I would never.” I smiled to myself. “Did you see my texts?” She asked.

“No, I called you as soon as I saw the notification. Why, what is it?”

She chuckled. “Oh you’ll see. Just make sure you thank me after.” I was definitely intrigued now but decided to wait until after the call to see what she had sent me. “Do you have anything planned today?” She asked.

“Well I’ll probably follow your lead and go do some shopping today. Then Caity asked to hang out with me later.”

“Oh, adding another notch on your belt are you?” We both laughed at that.

“I doubt it. Caity kind of opened up to me the other night and I think she just wants to hang out.”

Bella thought for a second. “She didn’t tell me anything. What’s going on?” I thought about telling her but decided not to.

“I don’t know if it’s my place to say right now. I think it’s something she wanted to talk to you about in her own time.”

“Oh. Is it bad?” I felt bad for not being able to tell her anything.

“No, nothing really bad. She just has some things she needs to work on.”

There was another long pause. “Well when you two are together try and talk to her about telling me okay?”

“I will. I’m gonna start getting ready for today, I’ll talk to you later okay?”

“Yeah talk soon. Bye Rich.” She sounded upset as she said this and I wished I could tell her more.

“Bye Bella.”

I took a minute after ending the call with Bella to gather my feelings. It hurt me to be the reason she was upset now, even if it wasn’t directly because of me. But I hoped that Caity would be open to telling her soon so that she wouldn’t be in the dark for much longer. I checked my messages and saw I had a few waiting, including the ones Bella had mentioned. Opening them first, she had sent me a text shortly after trying to call me.

BP: Hey, is everything okay?

BP: Call me when you have a chance

I again felt bad that I had missed her call and text. Below this, I saw she had sent me a video a little while later. It was of her holding a dildo up to her pussy. I could see she was trimmed neatly, with short hairs covering her pubic area. She rubbed it across a few times before sticking it in and I could hear her moaning. The text she had sent with it said, “You and me soon?”

Then this morning she had sent me a picture from her bed. She was holding the phone behind her head, and the camera looked down her body. She was naked, and below her head, I could see the mounds of her tits pillowing out down either side of her chest and her nipples poking up from on top of them. I texted her back a response.

RF: Thank you Bella, you’re amazing

BP: I know

Going back now, I saw that Donny had created a group chat with Henry and me.

DI: Hey guys, figured we could use this to keep up on when we’re meeting. If you’re able to, try and do something to keep active while your muscles are healing. It’ll help with your development and stamina

HY: I’ll try, but I can barely make it out of bed right now

DI: No worries, it doesn't have to be today. If it’s that bad just rest and take some pain meds to help. But try and do something before next Saturday okay?

HY: Okay

I texted back my response.

RF: My sister had me go jogging with her. She said the same thing about it helping. I imagine she’ll make me go out once or twice more before Saturday

Donny sent a thumbs up in response a few minutes later. My only other text was from Caity asking if I was still good to meet today. I told her yes, and then started getting ready to head out.

I decided I didn’t need to buy too much stuff for school. I mainly just got some new binders and notebooks. The big thing though, was buying a pen.

Dad’s family had a tradition of getting their kids a very nice pen for their 18th birthday. Of course, given my circumstance, I hadn’t been able to receive one for mine. Dad’s parents had sent me a check for $250 to use for buying one though. I remember when Annie got hers. It was a rose gold, rollerball pen that you twisted to reveal the nib. It had her name engraved on the top half.

I drove to the office supply store, and found where they kept their pens. I browsed through, trying to decide what I wanted to get, when I was approached by an older clerk. I saw the name ‘Stuart’ on his name tag. “Can I help you find anything?” He asked me. I thought for a moment.

“Well, I’m supposed to get myself a nice pen but I have no clue what even qualifies as nice. Normally it would’ve been a gift for my 18th birthday, but…” I trailed off.

“You wouldn’t happen to be Richard Flynn would you?” I looked up at him shocked.

“How did you know?”

He smiled at me. “I see it now!” He said excitedly. “Oh Andrew used to come by all the time. He had to get refills for his own pen and we’re the only place in town that sells them.” He grew a little solemn for a moment. “I was real sorry to hear about his passing. I can’t imagine losing your dad at such a young age.”

“Thank you.” I said, lowering my head.