It was at school on Friday when I put my plan for losing my virginity into action. Lunch had just stated when Nathan mentioned that his parents were letting him borrow his four-wheel drive the following weekend.
'We should go to Foster for the weekend boys!' he exclaimed, almost loosing grip on the pie he had just bought at the canteen, 'We'll take a couple of tents and get on the drinks. It'll be fucking awesome.'
Everyone agreed, myself included. A weekend away from my mums annoying pressure to study for the university entry tests sounded more than welcoming.
'It can't be a sausage fest but lads.' Nathan said, smirking seedily, 'We need some chicks.'
'I'll ask Lilly and Jana if they wanna come.' Nick said, 'If there's free booze then they'll be there for sure.'
'Who's providing the free booze then?' I asked, thinking of my empty money box sitting next to the lube in my bedroom.
'Jarrod and Nick are the working men.' Ben said, 'They'll shout us for sure.'
'I might have to start offering drinks for blowies.' Nick laughed, shoving the rest of the sagging pie into his mouth.
'I know one person who'd be keen for that.' Ben said, glaring at me rather darkly.
I grimaced and looked around at the rest of the group. No one seemed to have heard Ben and were instead talking about which type of drinks they wanted for the weekend and who should ask their parents for tents. I didn't mind what drinks I had, just as long as Ben and I didn't share a tent.
***
Cameron Park was cool and breezy. The tops of the gum trees swayed lazily in the wind and the grass smelt freshly mown. Reece, Kane, Blake, Blake's girlfriend; Jackie, and I scared the last few kids off of the playground. It was late in the evening and as a result, the park was deserted. Blake, Jackie and Kane moved over to the flying-fox whilst Reece and I settled into the swings.
'How do you feel now?' Reece said.
'What do you mean?' I asked, swinging slowly back and forth.
'After fucking you today.' Reece whispered, smirking.
I smiled back, 'I feel good, refreshed even.'
Reece laughed and we sat for a while, watching my housemates show off for Jackie. Blake kept touching her in a way that would be inappropriate if the park was full of people. I also noticed that Kane was getting his fill too.
For some reaason, I was having trouble taking my eyes off of Kane. He was dressed in his typical footy shorts and work shirt. His legs were long and tanned by exposure to the sun all day at work. My groin stirred as I remembered sitting in his lap in the bath.
'What are you thinking about?' Reece asked, rubbing my hand for a second.
I jumped and realised that he must have been looking at me the whole time and then filled with guilt. 'I don't know, just about the footy game today. What about you?' I had a feeling that I knew what he was going to say however.
'About you.' Reece said intimately, confirming my suspicions, 'And a question I've wanted to ask you for ages.'
My mind jumped immediately to an image of Reece getting down on one knee and proposing which was obviously ludicrous.
Instead, Reece leaned in and said smoothly, 'Will you be my boyfriend?'
My heart fluttered but my stomach simultaneously had an unpleasant crushing sensation. A million thoughts crossed my mind in the five seconds it took me to answer the question.
I knew that this was coming, how could it not have been. Reece had been crazy about me for ages, ever since I found him outside the change rooms after footy practice crying and admitting that he couldn't get me out of his head. His trust in admitting that he was gay and the time we shared afterwards. Our days at the beach, the footy games we played, the sleepovers, the first time he entered me a couple of weeks ago and earlier when he bent me over the change bench and fucked me hard. He was always there to protect me and reassure me and he almost succeeds in making me forget about the blonde haired boy I met in the hallway in school in February.
Noah was still always in my thoughts but he had well and truly missed his chance. His name which had so often filled me with euphoria, now caused crushing anguish. I knew that there was only one logical answer after everything that had happened in the past few months.
'Yes, of course I will.'
***
The road trip up to Foster wasn't very eventful but it was dull. We took the day off school on Friday and loaded into Nathan's Landcruiser. The four guys, Lilly, Britney, Jana, Beth and myself were squished like sardines amongst the tents, tarps and most importantly of all, the alcohol. Everyone around me talked joyfully but I was feeling rather down. I wanted to go on this trip true, but for some reason, I didn't want to spend too much time with people like Jarrod and Ben. We were all once so close but lately, I've really felt distanced from all of them, even Nathan who hadn't really done anything to offend me annoyed me just by looking at him. I knew I was being irrational but I couldn't figure out why.
Nick tried to cheer me up however. While everyone else sat at the front, he, Jarrod and I sat in the back with all of the camping supplies.
'What do you wanna do most this weekend?' Nick asked, handing Jarrod his third beer of the morning.
After a few moments thought I muttered, 'Fucking Lilly,' so that only those two could hear.
They burst out laughing and even I smirked a little.
'Okay Jarrod?'
Jarrod took a long sip and said, 'strip poker with you blokes.' We chuckled at this too.
'Do you really think we'll play that?' I asked.
'I'll fucking make sure of it my man.' Jarrod said, 'Do you think I'd miss a chance to show of this little thing?' He slipped his dick out of his shorts and Nick choked on his beer.
Rolling around with laughter now, Nick said, 'You and Nath' should have a tiny dick comp.'