Chad and I were in no mood to talk to Brody right then. We were still naked, for one thing, and our bodies showed the telltale signs of having just gotten laid. I still had cum on my chest, while Chad's hair was disheveled and his face was flushed. More importantly, we were still basking in the warm sexy afterglow of what we'd just done. The last thing we needed was a buzzkill like Brody.
"That dude can go fuck himself," Chad said. "I'm not going out there."
"I'm not disagreeing with you," Luke said. "I didn't promise him anything. I just said I'd let you know he was here."
I scoffed. "What did he think we were gonna say? After what he did?"
"I get it, dude--"
"Well, I agree with Chad. I've got nothing to say to that shit smear."
"Hey man, fair enough," Luke said. "I'll go tell him. I mean... sorry for interrupting you guys. Carry on." Then he disappeared up the stairs.
Chad and I exchanged glances, then turned to the others. Ryan cracked open a few beers and handed them to us.
"Anyway," Hunter said, "where were we?"
Marcos held up his drink. "Considering what Shane just experienced, I think it calls for a toast."
"Aw c'mon guys--"
"Have fun with this," Drew said as he threw an arm around Shane. "When I first discovered dude sex, I would've loved to have had people cheering me on."
"Well... I guess--"
"And if you still like girls, that's cool too. Hunter knows all about that."
"This is true," Hunter said.
Shane just shrugged. Then he held up his cup, which was full of cranberry juice and cheap vodka. Marcos officially congratulated him, and then we all chugged our drinks.
We spent the next few hours letting Shane pick our brains about man-on-man action. He seemed afraid to ask questions at first, but he gradually loosened up. He admitted he wanted to know the best way to suck a dick. Then he asked about the different ways to do anal, from doggy style to deep impact to spoons to everything else.
At first it seemed like the sky was the limit, but the more we talked, the more we veered off into sensitive subjects. Shane didn't think his family would understand his gay side. Drew admitted he was in the same boat, even though he'd been banging guys for years. Chad wanted to reassure them, but he couldn't avoid the issue of his own dad, along with all his unresolved feelings.
There was also no sugarcoating our fraternity's suspension, and the way it had fucked up a lot of our plans. Though we weren't getting in serious trouble-- at least not individually-- we still had to be out of the frat house that week, so a lot of the boys needed new places to live. It was clearly on everybody's minds, since it came up in conversation over and over.
Chad and I had it relatively easy. Since I had a place of my own, our plan was just to move in together. I wished we could've taken our time with that decision, maybe planned things out a little better, or at least done done that shit on our own terms. But under the circumstances, I couldn't complain too much.
Ryan and Marcos had no real idea what they'd do: they were hitting up family and friends, since as far as they could tell, they'd be crashing on couches for the foreseeable future. The other guys were scrambling too. Shane, Drew, and Hunter were living in the dorms at the moment, but they'd planned to move to the house next semester, so now they were trying to make other arrangements.
All of this made us sober up, in more ways than one. We tried to stay upbeat, but we eventually put our clothes back on. Then we tried to figure out what to do next.
We did have a lot of trash left over from our orgy. We'd gone through a lot of food and drink, not to mention a now-empty lube bottle, the various used condoms, and a bunch of cum-soaked tissues. I made everyone dump that stuff in a bag, and I went to throw it in the dumpster.
When I stepped out back, I saw some bottles in the distance. At first I didn't think anything of them, but then I heard a voice.
"So," Brody said, "you think you're some hot shit?"
A burst of adrenaline shot through me. I turned just in time to see Brody step out of the shadows. He'd apparently been lurking behind the trees.
"Let me guess," he said. "You just... you think you're too good for me, don't you?"
I could tell he was out of it. "Dude--"
"You're a fucking asshole," he said. "I bet you told Hannah and Kaylee to... to call the cops on me?"
"No I didn't. I barely even know them--"
"You're a liar."
"It's the truth. And if girls are calling the cops on you, that's probably saying a lot."
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?"
In the corner of my eye, I saw Chad come to the door. He seemed to have heard something. He took one look at us, pulled out his phone, and started recording.
"Look," I said to Brody, "I don't want any trouble."
"Yeah, that's bullshit."
I held up the trash bag. I was tempted to tell him what was inside, but I decided against it. "Listen dude. Whatever you've got going on with Kaylee and Hannah, it's got nothing to do with me. I've just minding my own business. How about you do too?" I threw the trash into dumpster, and as I did, I saw a flurry of movement.
"Fuck you!"
A skunk scrambled through a hole in the dumpster. "Shit!" I yelled.
"Are you trying to get me kicked out of school?"
I looked up at Brody. "Dude, no, I told you--"
"So you're saying it's all their fault?"
I kept eyeing the skunk. Brody didn't seem to realize that he'd cornered it: the house's wall was on one side, and the A.C. unit was on the other. "Hey man, watch out--"
"You watch out! You think you can talk to me that way?"
I could tell the skunk was riled up. He was hissing and lifting his tail. "Okay listen--"
"No, fuck you! You can't tell me what to do--"
"I'm not telling you what to do. I'm just saying--"
"Saying what?" Brody yelled. "You fucking asshole--"
Splat!
I saw a flash of yellowish spray.
"
What the fuck?
" Brody yelled. He'd clearly gotten hit. He froze for a second, then spun around and lunged for the skunk.
SPLAT!
The skunk sprayed again, this time in Brody's face and hair.
"HOLY SHIT!" he screamed as he tried to wipe his cheeks. "What the fuck did you just do?"