No Coffee For Gee ~ Discontinued!

The morning had dragged, lunch was disgusting, and English was SO dull, that Gee nearly fell asleep on his desk.. THEN, it was time for gym.
Frankie offered Gee a bright smile for encouragement, then headed off to math.
The boys locker room smelled of sweat, old gym socks, and every boy who had ever gone to the damn school, in the whole of its 60 odd years of existence.
Gee hated getting changed in front of other people.. Even his own MUM hadn't seen him without a shirt since he was 10.
In middle school, they'd been allowed to change in the toilets if they wanted, here, they weren't.
"Five minutes boys, then you get on the field whether you've finished changing or not.." A big, heavily muscled guy shouted out from the doorway ".. MOVE IT!"
Gee hurriedly pulled off his hoodie and grabbed for the t-shirt in his gym bag "What happened to you?" A small voice said from beside him.
Gee turned confused eyes toward the smaller boy "Huh?" Great Gee!.. REAL intelligent!
The boy pointed to the bruises that littered Gee's chest and stomach "Ya get in a fight?"
Gee blushed crimson and hid in his hair as he dropped his pants and pulled on a pair of basketball shorts "Not exactly" He mumbled.
"I'm Patrick" The boy stuck his hand out toward a still flushed Gee.
"Gee.." Gee took Patrick's hand and shook it for a second before dropping it to tie up the laces on the new trainers his mum had bought him on Saturday, even after he said his old ones were ok ".. Nice to meet you"
"TIME GENTLEMEN.." The gym teacher yelled ".. EVERYONE OUT.."
Gee and Patrick grimaced at each other, then laughed, as they trailed the other boys out onto the field ".. See that bench over there?.." The teacher pointed to a small blue bench at the far side of the football field ".. Last one there and back, will be running every class we have together.. GO,"
"Fuck" Gee grunted as he and Patrick set off across the damp grass, trying to, at the very LEAST, keep up with the other boys.
As it happened, a boy with black floppy hair and big teeth, tripped over his own shoelaces and face planted on the ground.. But if it wasn't for that, Patrick would've been last, with Gee just a few steps ahead of him.
Next, the teacher, a man who seemed incapable of talking in anything less than a shout, made the two boys who had got back first, into team captains.
Then the boys picked their teams "Urgh.." Gee groaned ".. Wish I'd ran slower now"
Patrick chuckled at his side "Me too"
As they both expected, they ended up as the last two, and the captains started arguing over who got the "short-ass", and who got the "emo fag".. GREAT!.. A nickname already.
Gee was eventually made to join the team captained by a jock called Casey, who made it PERFECTLY obvious that he didn't want him, and told him that, if he made them lose, he'd string the trembling boy up by his underwear to the flagpole at the front of the school.
Gee DIDN'T make them lose.
The 90 minute class dragged by in a blur of sweat and football, and Gee was 100% certain that he had several new bruises to add to his already impressive collection.
When the lesson finally ended, the teacher yelled ONE last thing, just to torture poor Gee, he was sure "EVERYONE showers"
Well fuck!
The entire ordeal was completely traumatising.
Gee tried to hide himself in a corner of the open-plan showers, but it wasn't happening, and two boys who Gee had learned we're currently repeating the year, decided to grab him by his thin arms and drag him into the middle of the room, before shoving him back and forth between him as tears spilled down his face, and Patrick begged them to stop, from his place, being held back by the guy with the teeth.
After a while, the boys got bored of their "game", and went to get dressed.
Patrick dropped to his knees at Gee's side, where he'd fallen to curl up in a ball on the wet tiled floor "Gee?.. They've gone.." Patrick didn't touch Gee, he didn't think it would be welcome, considering they were both naked ".. Are you ok?.. Are you hurt?"
Gee whimpered slightly as he pushed himself to sit up, knees to his chest, and stared with big, wet eyes at his new friend "I HATE high school" He muttered, quietly.
The two boys stayed on the floor of the shower, bitching about everything this school had to offer, until the sounds of all the other boys changing in the locker room, faded and died.
Once they were fairly sure everyone else had left, Patrick stood up and offered his hand to Gee.
Gee let himself be hauled to his feet, then they cautiously went out to get dressed.
Gee was half way through drying himself off, when the door that lead back into the main part of the school, slammed open "GEE?.. YOU IN HERE?" Frankie yelled as he crashed through the door and skidded around the corner into the smelly room.
"Hi Frankie.." Gee blushed, remembering his undressed state ".. What are you doing here?" He finished drying off, and quickly started to get dressed.
Frankie swallowed hard.. Gee.. Naked!!... Wow! "You.. Err.. You didn't show up.." He stumbled over his words, trying, and failing, to act normally ".. I was worried"
Gee pulled on his hoodie, hiding in the too big garment "I'm ok.." He smiled coyly at Frankie ".. Just some jock assholes.." He trailed off, eyes dropping to the floor as he buttoned up the fly on his skinny jeans ".. Patrick stayed with me"
Frankie hadn't even noticed the small, quiet boy to Gee's left, but now he did, and offered him a grin "You're Patrick?.." He stepped forward and extended his hand. Patrick took it and they shook ".. I'm Frank"
Patrick grinned at meeting someone who didn't tower over him "Hi"
Once both boys had finished getting dressed, they all headed out together.
After a quick trip to their lockers to swap out a few things, they left the building and walked toward the school gates "You SURE you can't come round mine, Pat?" Gee asked for the fifth time since they'd left the lockers.
"Sorry Gee, not today.. But I'll ask mum if I can come tomorrow, ok?" Patrick assured.
Gee grinned "Ok Pat, see ya tomorrow then"
With that, Patrick turned and walked away.
"He seems nice" Frankie said, quietly.. Head down and hands in his pockets.
"Oh yeah! He is!" Gee cheered, completely missing Frankie's jealous tone, then proceeding to tell Frankie ALL about his new pal.
Frankie huffed silently. It SOUNDED like Gee had a crush, and THAT, crushed Frankie...

Notes

Hi chipmunks.. You ok?..

So Patrick's here, and Frankie's jealous.. What do YOU think?..

Please comment, stay safe, and peace out!!
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