Ch. 5: Stuck Between Jake and a Hard Place
The summer vacation came to an end and I was excited to be entering college. Erika and I were going to be living at home and attending the local university. This didn't really thrill me much given my family life, but I was excited anyway because both Danny and Steve had accepted full scholarships to attend the same university. I was so happy that Danny had not gone to some school far away.
I now hung out with Danny's friends which included Steve of course. I think that made Erika uncomfortable because she avoided us. I thought that she might have been jealous of me. At any rate we saw less and less of each other. We remained friends, but were never really close again.
It was great being in with Danny's crowd. Usually the group included Danny's buddies, mostly guys on the wrestling team and their girlfriends. Before the season started we'd often go over to one their apartments or dorms and party after class.
I remember one time we were at Jenny Peterson's apartment after school. Jenny was a sophomore cheerleader and dated Jake Cooper, a senior and the best wrestler on our team. The group that day included Jenny, Jake, Danny and I, plus Billy Rehnolds and Josh Taylor.
Billy, despite being only a Freshman and kinda gawky, was a highly touted light weight wrestler and therefore accepted into our exclusive clique. Josh was a Soph and had wrestled varsity last year as a Freshman. He was in a number of my classes and I have to admit I found him kinda cute.
Anyway, we were hanging out in her living room watching TV and drinking some beer that Jake had bought. We were just talking about various things and vegging out when I noticed Jenny and Jake get up and leave the room. I didn't think much of it at that moment, but when after thirty minutes they still were not back I began to wonder what they might be doing.
With all the beer I had drank I needed to pee so I got up and walked down the hall looking for the bathroom. Just then I heard noises coming from one of the bedrooms and crept to the door so that I could hear better. I could now hear their voices, it was Jake and Jenny, and by the sounds and Jenny's giggles I assumed they were in bed together. As I listened their voices seemed to be getting louder and it became obvious that they now were fighting. I couldn't make out a lot of what they were saying, but I distinctly heard Jenny's voice yell "NO".
I wanted to hear more, but I really had to go so I padded away from the door and looked for the bathroom. I finally found it at the end of the hall.
When I had finished peeing I opened the door to leave and Jake suddenly appeared pushing me back into the bathroom as he barged in and closed the door behind him.
"Don't freak, I need to talk to you," he whispered as I backed up against the sink.
"You scared me," I said breathlessly. He was dressed only in a pair of gym shorts and couldn't help staring at his gorgeous body as he stepped toward me.
"Jenny won't......you know... do anything," he complained.