Cupid's Timeline - 1. Chapter 1

Ahh Valentines day...The day filled with Chocolate, kissing, dinner dates, romantic movies, and you know love. Everywhere I went the love was in the air, high school sweethearts, parents, grandparents. There was only one exception to this love thing...I wasn’t a part of it.

That’s right folks! Drew Banks was a romantic failure! I don’t know what went wrong, I’m alright looking, sure I’m not a porn star but dammit I’m not ugly either! I was a kind person, in fact everyone I met and talked to I was super polite, even if they weren’t! So what’s the matter with me? Is it the short buzz cuts? Are they out of style now? Are sweatpants seen as slobby? Do people not like T-Shirts? Was I too fat? I have a little bit of a gut but I’m not super overweight! What is wrong with me?

This predicament bothers me every night. You know what bothers me the most though? I’ve talked to people online and they all compliment me, but people who know me? Nothing! Not even a friendly ‘you look nice today’ is EVER said to me. I’m not asking for much, just a little friendliness is all I’m asking for. Whatever, I guess this valentines day will be just like all the ones before it. Alone.

“DREW!”

Okay...I wasn’t alone. I was alone simulated. You know, like that feeling you get when there can be a million people around you, but yet you still feel like they aren’t even there. My sister bugged the shit out of me. She was only a year younger than me but she never resisted the chance to prove how more popular, smarter, good looking, talented, and just better at everything than me. I know that’s kinda typical sibling behaviour, and maybe I wouldn’t mind it as much if I wasn’t constantly reminded by my parents about it! ‘Oh Drew why can’t you be more like Stephanie’ or ‘Drew learn to behave like your sister’ I’M NOT STEPHANIE! I can’t EVER be like her. I’m not gonna be having 30 million friends, I can’t get 90’s in every course, I can’t have a cute and sexy boyfriend like her, I can’t play soccer like she can. I just can’t!

“DREW!” I heard my bedroom door open up, “Drew! Why didn’t you answer me?” My sister was yelling at me now and I knew exactly what was coming, “Connor is taking me out to Boston Pizza, can you cover my chores so Mom and Dad don’t yell at me? Please? I promise I’ll make it up to you.”

“Sure” I mumbled out. I was already feeling sad enough to argue with her. Besides I might as well make myself useful. If It’s one thing I can claim I am slightly better than Stephanie at, it’s taking the garbage out, and vacuuming the rugs.

“Thanks!” She ran out and I heard the bathroom door shut as she put her last minute makeup on.

I got up and went downstairs to get started on the vacuuming but before the loud noise could scare the dog, the doorbell was rung. I opened it up and sure enough Connor, the cutest boy in my entire school was right in front of me. He was dressed up in a fancy black dress shirt with a black and white tie, and smelled of an awesome cologne. I just kinda looked at him and in that moment I wished he was my date.

“Hey Drew.” He said with a smile, and walked inside as I held the door open for him. “Got stuck with the chores huh?” He said noticing the vacuum hose on the floor.

“Hehehe yea.” I always got tongue tied around Connor, he was in my grade, and a part of me regrets inviting him over to my house because than he would have never met Stephanie. Gosh, I remember the day perfectly. He said he needed to go to the washroom, and then when he came downstairs he told me him and Steph had just made out and now were a couple. In that moment I wanted to beat him up, but then I got sad, followed by just faking a smile and a ‘congrats’. He was the subject of every fantasy I had since the school year started, and I knew he was straight, but there was always that side of me that just hoped he would even be tempted by the curiousity. But clearly my sisters better looks won out.

“There she is!” He announced as Stephanie came down the stairs in her red dress. “You ready babe?” She walked up to him and kissed him right on the lips.

“Yep! I can’t wait sweety!” Ugh, the very dialogue disgusted me with jealousy. Damnit why can’t this be me? Connor was my friend first!

I said goodbye to them as they left and got started on the chores. I knew I was being unreasonable, obviously if I was them I would be acting in the same lovey dovey feeling, but...fuck man the single life is sooooo sad sometimes. You just spend all your time wishing you were someone else.

It must of been about 30 minutes and a garbage can later when I heard the doorbell ring again. I figured it was Stephanie forgetting something and being too stupid to just walk in the house, but when I opened the door I was in for a big surprise.

“Um Hello.” This shy boy in a Toronto Maple Leaf hoodie and Toronto FC sweatpants said. He looked to be around Stephanie’s age, and I think I’ve seen him around a few times at school but I couldn’t be sure. “Is...um...Stephanie here?”

“Sorry dude, she left a half an hour ago with her boyfriend.”

“Oh...I see…” He appeared to be kinda sad, or maybe the shyness was just crippling him. Either way I knew the feeling and figured I’d be a nice guy.

“Would...would you like to come in? We can hang out until they come back.”

“N-No...that’s okay. Just tell her William was here.”

I could clearly tell that wasn’t what he wanted to say. Now I could be selfish and the opportunity of a cute boy and I watching some DVD’s probably made me skew the lens, but I didn’t care. I pursued it anyway. “Hey Wil dude, you obviously came for a reason. Why don’t you come in and we can watch some movies and when Steph comes back you can do whatever you came here to do. What do you say?”

He appeared to ponder the question for a bit, and probably realizing how cold it is outside said, “Sure. That sounds good than.” I opened the door up for him and I led him into the living room where all the movies were. He still appeared really stiff and for sure wasn’t gonna say anything unless spoken to. I don’t know what had gotten into me, usually I’m just like him, but I guess the fact he was younger and I could see his struggles brought out my bravery side to be a leader.

“What kinda movies do you like?” He looked at the DVD’s on the shelf as if his life depended on it. It was almost funny if I didn’t know the internal anxiety attack he was probably going through.

“Um...I like The Lion King...but also..um...action movies.” He trailed off the end of his sentence to a barely audible level, and I had to ask him to repeat himself. We settled on The Lion King, and I took the DVD box and led him to the couch. “I’m sorry by the way. I know you didn’t plan on...well...babysitting me” He said

“What do you mean? I’m happy you came. Otherwise my evening would of been spent alone and bored hehehe.” He gave me a faint smile, but was still looking at the floor. I put the DVD in the player and came back and sat on the couch next to him. I wanted him to relax but figured it would only take time now. “Would you like a drink?” I asked him.

“S-Sure.” I got up and walked to the fridge and yelled out if he’d like a Coke or Pepsi. “Coke please!” I poured two glasses of Coke for us with Ice and came back and handed him his glass. “Th-Thanks” He said as he took it and brought it up for a sip.

I got the movie all ready and laid back on the couch to try and lighten the mood. William was sooo stiff, it was almost like he was frozen by the which from the Chronicles of Narnia. I asked him a bunch of small talk questions, through those I learned he was in fact a year younger than me in Grade 10 and he knew Stephanie in Science and also his brother was a friend of Connor and so I guess in an indirect way he crossed paths with her that way. I asked him why he came here and he said he was told Stephanie and Connor broke up. Awww, this cute shy boy came to serenade my sis! Haha, I felt bad for the him though, who would lie about their relationship status?

Sighhh...that also means another one is Straight.

Grrrrr….why do ALL the people I meet that I’d wanna be with have to go for my Sister? Just ONE boy I meet I want to be into ME! Is that too much to ask? Is it too much to ask for love? Is love just something I’m destined to fail in life at? Whatever, like I said this Valentines day I was going to be alone.

“I guess I better be going...Thanks for having me over.” I looked over at the time and noticed the time was 10:00pm and figured Stephanie was running late.

“See you around?” I said

“Yea...I’ll see you around. Bye Drew.” He opened up the door and began to walk down the street and disappeared into the night.

A few weeks later Wil and I had progressed from ‘familiar face in the hallway’ to lunch buddies, and then eventually friends. Stephanie of coursed teased me all the time about liking him, and even threatened to tell him. I told her if she spoke a word I’d tell Mom and Dad about Connor and her having sex.

“Drew...you wouldn’t!”

“I would. So you better keep your mouth shut.”

“Fine.”

By the time the weekend rolled around, Wil and I were such great friends that I could barely remember when he was that shy anxious boy I met outside my house on Valentines day. He agreed to come over and we were gonna just have a boys weekend, you know, video games, movies, all nighter...that sort of thing. Steph had already made plans with Connor for the evening so we had the house to ourselves once again.

“Hey there buddy.” I said as I opened the door for him. I brought him downstairs into the ‘mancave’ that he and I had grown very accustomed to and we plopped down in the usual spots on the couch. “NHL 14?” I asked him as I tossed him a PS3 Controller.

“You know it.” He said as he caught the incoming plastic.

As the evening progressed, games were changed, movies were watched, and punches were exchanged so that both of us had bruises on our arms. The only thing that was missing was the ability for me to press my lips against William’s and push down on him. I wanted to sooo bad, the urge was so strong that sometimes I came really close when I’d push him over and stare into his eyes. But my self conscience always won and I backed off. Sure, perhaps it wasn’t the most logical thing to want to kiss a boy who clearly was interested in my sister, but damnit I wanted him! Is that a crime?

I don’t know what time it was, maybe 4:00am, but when I woke upfor a brief moment I noticed Wil and I had crashed out during the movie Finding Nemo, and I was lying down on my back and he was lying down with his head in my lap. Oh my god the feeling was soooo amazing, like here was Wil’s head and his soft and smooth arms on me. Sure we were asleep but I just wanted to stay like this forever. I didn’t even want the morning to wake him up. Ohh please just give me eternity with this boy. But sure enough, with a morning stretch and spasm he woke up.

The amazing thing is he kinda just looked around, and then placed his head right back where it was. I hope he didn’t notice my hardon for him, but I guess he didn’t because he went right back to sleep.

What an amazing early morning.

The normal morning came and Wil and I woke up without any awkwardness at all. I know there was nothing to really feel awkward about but...whatever. My dad promised to make pancakes for us after we had our showers. We went upstairs and heard the shower one, no doubt being used my Steph. We went into my room to relax for a bit and then Wil went searching through his bag.

“Oh shit! I don’t have a second pair of underwear!”

Without even thinking about it I got up and went to my dresser and pulled out a pair from a package I hadn’t even opened yet and tossed him one. “Here you go. Straight from a pack, haven’t used ‘em.”

“Thanks Drew!” All of a sudden he dropped his pants down and underwear and exposed to me his perfect thighs and legs. They were so mouthwatering I just wanted to pounce him right there. Okay Drew, breathe, breathe, breeeaaaatthe, it’s just a boy...with a perfect body...I said breathe dammit! He put his feet through the holes and pulled them up with a smooth pull and covered himself up in one way, making me want him even more. The white briefs on his smooth skin gave me a vivid fantasy of walking up to him and bending him over and then pulling down the covering with a rough rush. See what the morning does to me?

The next thing I knew was pulling off his T-Shirt and exposed to me his perfectly smooth chest with cute little nipples. If only he knew how much he was turning me on. I wanted to rub my hands up and down that white smooth chest. As I was admiring his beauty he pulled over a T-Shirt that was Canada themed and then sat next to me on the bed. Still without pants!

“You look awfully frozen Drew. Are you sure we didn’t switch bodies hehehe”

He had me so tongue tied! I wanted to say and do so many things, does he even know I’m gay? It’s not a secret at school. Oh my god! Maybe he knows and he’s totally cool with it! I could ask him out and if he says no, then oh well, but if he says yes then life is made!

Oh but what if he doesn’t know and I’m risking it all by saying anything? Maybe he’ll call me a pervert and want to leave right away. Maybe he’ll become my bully at school. Either way what if I lose him as a friend? I didn’t want any of that! Argh! Why does this always have to be so difficult?

“Showers open you guys!” I heard Steph announce as she walked into her room.

“Who’s first?” He asked me with a grin

“You go. I’ll go in later.”

“Thanks!” And with that he ran his cute little booty into the bathroom and shut the door. I must of replayed his vivid gorgeous body in my head a thousand times. Each fantasy different, one more loving, and the other pure lust. Some would involve lots of kissing and ‘I love you’ and others had no talking and straight to the action mind blowing passion! He was driving me crazy with these thoughts. I never knew how attractive he was until that very moment. Like I knew he was very attractive but just didn’t know it was THAT attractive you know? It’s like when you buy a chocolate bar, you know it’s gonna be good, but sometimes you score a lucky one and the flavour completely sweeps you off your feet and you realize this one was like no other. It was like this special one out of a million. And you realize you’ll never have another one like it again.

That’s how I felt about William.

I thought about Connor to, how I used to think about him all the time, but never in this way. With Connor, it was mostly sexual. Like I just wanted to bring him over once for a quickie. Heck even all the times of wanting him as my boyfriend, it was always for the sex. Maybe it was because Connor and I hadn’t become good enough friends, but what I do know is that, with William, I liked him for him. I liked him for the stuff we actually did together. In fact with William I had already been doing the most fulfilling part of a relationship. We did stuff together, it’s just we were friends during it. The only thing missing was the physical, and yea it ached! But what I’d gain in Physical is nothing compared to what I have already.

As Wil left the shower I went in and thought about him more. What it would feel like going out with him to movies, plays, and restaurants as dates. I wanted to hold his hand on all of them, and then bring him home, and FINE! I’ll admit I wanted to bang him senseless! But that’s just part of the bundle of happiness he is. Not the main feature! Once I was done living in an alternate universe I exited and went into my room to get dressed myself. Wil was there sitting on my bed waiting for me. I got my clothes and got dressed right in front of him. Maybe it was a crap shoot, but I was honestly hoping that maybe I might be able to give him some fantasies of his own. Was that cocky? I hope not.

We went downstairs together and had breakfast. My dad’s pancakes were so good, they were the best ever! We talked about this and that and then I had to swallow hard when I heard Wil speak.

“Hey Steph can I talk to you for a second?” Oh god what was this about they both went upstairs and I wanted to follow them and eavesdrop so much. My parents would know something was up so I had to stay put but dammit every minute they were gone was agonizing pain! If Steph spoke one word of me, being well….me I’d strangle her so hard she wouldn’t know what was coming! This was MY choice, not her’s! Oh god...okay Drew once again...calm down. Everything is going to be alright. There ya go. See? There they are, there coming downstairs now, everything is alright. Once they sat down again I noticed something different about them. It’s like they were exchanging coded messages through looks. It was driving me crazy! We’d eat for a bit and then they’d giggle, followed by a few more minutes and another giggling fest! I couldn’t take it anymore!

“WHAT?” I said a bit more louder than I hoped, “Sorry...um what’s so damn funny hehehe!”

“Nothing...nothing at all.” Wil said

“Yea, nothing” Steph said in agreement.

“Uhh-Huhh.” I said sarcastically, “Come on Wil, it’s time for your interrogation!”

“Haha, oh no!” And he got up after his last bite and ran upstairs to my room. I followed him in and shut the door behind us and as he sat down on my bed, I laid it onto him. Just like a CIA officer.

“Okay William, what’s so damn funny!”

“Nothing Sir. Nothing at all.” I pushed him down onto his back and asked him again and he said nothing. “Hehehe, I’m not blabbing!” I got up and didn’t understand what was happening. What was so damn funny that he was informed about?

“Wil, tell me...this is a matter of national security!”

“Hahaha, well….I guess you’ll just have to negotiate.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well...I’ll start.” He paused and continued looking at me, “First question, why didn’t you tell me?”

“Tell you wha-” It clicked, my sister did blab! Wil was looking at me smiling and giggling and he knew! HE KNEW! He knew I liked him! Oh my god! Does this mean he likes me? Or does this mean he can’t wait to make fun of me? God dammit! “She told!?” I said to him.

“Well...I kinda knew from rumours at school so I asked her to confirm and she said ‘thank god you asked me!’ and told me everything you’ve ever said about me!”

“She didn’t!” I said covering my face in embarrassment

“Oh she did...apparently you said that I was the cutest boy you’ve ever met. Even more than Connor.”

I smiled and blushed uncontrollably and looked at the floor as I started to giggle. I can’t believe she told! “And what do you think about that?” I asked him

“I think...I think you must have tinted glasses. Because the cutest boy is the one standing in front of me.” Just then all restrictions were thrown away and I pushed myself down onto William with a hard and passionate kiss. “Hehehe, I’ve been wanting to do this since Valentines day!” Just then I stopped the kissing for a brief moment.

“Wait, I thought you liked my sister.” I said in confusion

“Nope. Well not in that way anyway. I only said that as a cover. Truth is I knew what you looked like and Stephanie told me her plans so I kinda took a stab in the dark and just showed up hoping you’d invite me in.”

“You little devil you.” I said and went back to kissing him. I got up and said to scoot up so that way he was closer to the pillows and then I pressed back down onto him with a fantastic lip lock. “Oh my god! My parents! We can’t do this right now!” I said in a panic and got up.

“Well...good news is we have all the time in the world now.” He said with a sexy smile, something told me this boy had some more surprises to show me.

Well that’s the story everyone! This just goes to show that Cupid runs on his own timeline and sometimes the days you expect to go one way go completely another. Looks like I met my valentine on valentines day, but didn’t get to claim him until sometime later. He was everything I could have asked for. Cute, smart, funny, charming, and the list just went on and on! Of course my parents were fine with everything and together in school we couldn’t really avoid the stares and the gawks. We just took them with pride and held hands stronger. Sighhh...love….it really makes you feel great!