Over the next two weeks, Jacob and Alex spent more time together. With Jacob having football practice every weekday and his girlfriend expecting to spend time with him as well, they didn't have as much time together as they would like. But they made the most out of the time they got together.
Every time they hung out, Alex would suck Jacob off and he got better and better at it. He loved to do it and Jacob thought he was great at it. In all actuality, he definitely had room to grow as he got more experience but the fact it was Alex made it feel better than any others Jacob had received before.
Jacob still hadn't done much with Alex's penis, it was a mental hurdle he hadn't gotten over yet. Alex was patient with Jacob though. If Jacob wasn't so caring and sweet to him, he'd probably have more of a problem with it. But Jacob had started to jerk him off a little while Alex sucked him off and Alex could appreciate his progress to that point.
They'd gotten an A on their science project, proof of how good of a team they made in Alex's mind. The people at school wouldn't know how close Alex and Jacob had gotten by their behavior at school.
They didn't interact much more than they did before, just casual small talk before class from time to time with poorly concealed smirks. It was innocent enough for people to just assume they'd gotten along okay working on their project together.
But even by the small amount of conversation he had with Jacob seemed to change other people's behavior toward him. More people seemed to say hello to him or else, just made little friendly comments to him. Alex was still painfully shy but it surprised him how much it made his days better to be acknowledged.
A couple of times, Jacob would feel a little daring and would rub his foot on Alex's under the desk in class. Alex would just smile, roll his eyes and ignore it so as to not draw any attention to Jacob's risky behavior.
One day, Jacob had followed Alex when he had went to the bathroom. Alex almost had a heart attack when he felt someone's hand grab him by the arm and push him against the bathroom wall. But as soon as he was turned around, he knew who it was.
Jacob put his hands together over his head and made out with him aggressively for about 30 seconds until they heard the bathroom door open. Luckily, the school bathrooms had a wall that blocked the view from the door into the bathroom. Still, they only just were able to position themselves convincingly so as to not give off any weird vibes to the student who had walked in. The agreed it was super hot sneaking around but that they should probably not do that again.
In just a couple weeks, Alex had not only fallen totally in love with Jacob; he was falling in love with himself as well, though more slowly.
He tried to keep his feelings in check but he had been so starved for affection that it was inevitable he'd grow incredibly attached. This was the first boy that ever gave him this kind of attention and it didn't help that Jacob was such a catch.
This caused Alex to start feeling a little jealous over Jacob's girlfriend. They both knew it wasn't fair to her but it was a difficult situation for Jacob. Alex tried to be understanding but in the last couple days, he'd been dropping hints that he wasn't comfortable with Jacob being in a relationship with someone else even if it was complicated.
Alex knew that he might have been overstepping his bounds by doing this. But for Jacob, he'd been waiting for this. He knew it wasn't fair to either Alex or Kelly and that Alex would eventually need his undivided attention. But he was scared. Kelly subconsciously served as some sort of buffer for him, as messed up as it sounds. If she's out of the picture, he knew it would remove the only thing that kept him from spending every second with Alex or talking to him. It would be like admitting his bisexuality if he dumped her in his mind.
Kelly had begun to grow suspicious as well. She could tell Jacob had pulled back. He wasn't texting or calling her as much, wasn't spending as much time with her. And when they were together, he seemed more attached to his phone than her, a valid feeling considering he was texting with Alex.
He also seemed less and less interested in having sex with her. In fact, they hadn't slept together since the weekend Jacob had hurt his hand and distanced himself from Alex. This was incredibly uncommon, Jacob was a young bull in the bedroom and required sex every time they were together normally.
Jacob knew deep down that he was falling for Alex just as much as Alex was for him. But it didn't make things any easier for him to accept. Finally, Alex said something to him that made him see things a little differently.
"How would you feel if I was dating some other guy while we were talking because I didn't think you were ready to be with me?" He had asked Jacob.
This made Jacob angry just thinking about it. The mere thought of another boy with Alex made his blood boil. And the more he thought about it, the more he realized that was because it hurt him to think about it. Alex was HIS and, as immature as it may have been, he knew he'd be willing to throw hands with any guy who so much as flirted with him.
So, on this Thursday afternoon, he decided he had to break things off with Kelly. Not just for Alex but for her sake as well. At this point, he was just wasting her time and his when he could be investing all of his time in building something with Alex.
However much the thought was nerve-wracking to him, it was equally exciting. The mix of emotions was uncommon to Jacob, having always been your typical dude that felt emotions only one at a time. But it didn't necessarily bother Jacob, in fact it deepened how he felt the good emotions in spite of his cluttered headspace.
Jacob saw things in life as lists. In football, before the snap he had a list of things he did. Call the play, find the blitz, determine the pass coverage, find any favorable match up and make any adjustment to exploit any of the things he may have seen.
With Alex, he was going through a different kind of list. He'd befriended him, kissed him, gotten intimate and now he was on the next part of his list which was to commit. This was such a big step and coming out was next. But he was nowhere near prepared for that step yet so he pushed that from his mind for now.
Jacob met Kelly outside by the field before football practice that afternoon. He figured at least that way, no scene could be made. Or so he thought.
Predictably, Kelly did not take it well. Every girl he'd broken up with always cried and Jacob always felt terrible for days after. But he wasn't prepared for Kelly's reaction. She didn't cry; she was enraged.
"REALLY Jake? REALLY? I asked you just a couple days ago, I asked if there was something wrong and you said no! Now you're gonna dump me out of the blue? So who is it?" She inquired loudly.
The guys who had already dressed for practice and were standing around waiting for others looked their way.
"Kelly chill...what do you even mean?" he said, playing dumb.
He wasn't happy with her making a scene but he respected her right to process the breakup however she did in that moment.
"What nasty bitch are you breaking up with me for? Huh? Some ugly skank no doubt. YOU'RE SUCH A PIECE OF FUCKING SHIT!" She screamed at the top of her lungs and hit him hard in the shoulder.
She was losing control and the scene was now unfolding dangerously so Jacob started backing away quickly, not wanting this to go any further. Thankfully, she just stood there screamimg after him before storming off.
Her reaction shouldn't have come as much of a surprise. She had an ego that dwarfed most men's and being dumped was never going to go down well for her.
It honestly made Jacob feel better that she had responded the way she did. In his mind, he didn't have to feel so bad about dumping her for Alex. Whether or not that was just a rationalization, that's how he felt about the situation. He'd never cheated on a girl before and felt the these circumstances were different than if he'd been talking to another girl, right or wrong.
He couldn't wait to tell Alex and see the look on his face. But he also felt uneasy as he made his way down to the practice field. What did this mean for them? He guessed that he had to ask Alex to be his...boyfriend? It was the first time he'd thought about that term, about having a boyfriend. It seemed odd to think about...and yet, it also felt right at the same time.
Jacob's mind was preoccupied throughout practice and he didn't play well. His coaches were concerned because if they won their game the following night, they secured the top seed in the state playoffs. If they lost, they would drop all the way down to 3rd. Jacob believed he would feel so much better after he'd talked to Alex and be just fine for the game the following night.
When he got to his car, he texted him.
"Hey baby, practice is over. I'll be there to get you in 5, I wanna go to my house tonight."
He didn't call Alex "baby" without thinking hard about it first. He was pushing himself out of his comfort zone for Alex. Now that he was going to ask Alex to be his boyfriend, he was going to be all in. It felt awkward but it also just felt right to him.
Alex smiled when he read the message but rolled his eyes as well. Jacob always just told him what they were going to do, as if he was just going to do it without being asked first...
