Language Lessons

by Jay Bell

  Phillip look positively frightened. “I was wondering about that. Uh, how do we decide which one of us is the girl?”

  Joey laughed. There was no question about the roles in his mind, but now wasn’t the time. “There’s plenty we can do besides that.”

  He squeezed lube unto both of their cocks—grinning when Phillip shuddered with the cold—before rolling on top of him and pressing them together. He held them together and pumped a few times before moving Phillip’s hand down so he could do the same.

  Phillip’s eyes widened, and Joey nodded. What a wonderful feeling it was to have more than a handful. Neither of them lasted long after that. Joey had phenomenal control and made sure they came at the same time, but pleasure soon gave way to worry. This was the moment Joey had been dreading. Now he would see if his desire for Phillip would flee, as it had done with all the others after sex.

  He looked down into Phillip’s eyes, the place that betrayed his every emotion. At times Joey found a shrewd sense of humor there, other times vulnerability. Right now all Joey saw there was love, and to his surprise, the feeling was echoed in his chest. He still desired Phillip. More than ever in fact, except Joey wanted more than just sex. He wanted time. Lazy days spent together, or more passionate nights… anything as long as he was near.

  After Phillip had cleaned up, Joey pulled him close and held him tight, nearly moved to tears by the feelings stirring inside. He had wanted Phillip’s first time to be special, but Joey had never expected that it would be special for him as well. Tonight had been a first for them both.

  “Are you my boyfriend?” Phillip murmured sleepily.

  Joey thought of all the hot guys out there, all the conquests he would miss out on if he said yes. There was no contest. He would rather talk to Phillip, experience that feeling of pride every time he made him laugh, hold his delicate hand through movies and keep him warm at night. There wasn’t anything a casual encounter could offer that could compare to these fantasies of being comfortable with someone.

  “Yeah,” he answered. “I’m yours.”

  As they dozed off together, Joey imagined that Bradley and Scott might be across the street, wrapped in each other’s arms as well. Somewhere across town, his mother was probably falling for her romantic mechanic, and maybe a few tables over, an older man was showering Maggie with food, gifts, and compliments in a desperate attempt to win her heart. The world was full of love. Joey hadn’t realized that until recently, and now there was no turning back.

  Also by Jay Bell, Something Like Summer

  Love, like everything in the universe, cannot be destroyed. But over time it can change.

  The hot Texas nights were lonely for Ben before his heart began beating to the rhythm of two words; Tim Wyman. By all appearances, Tim had the perfect body and ideal life, but when a not-so-accidental collision brings them together, Ben discovers that the truth is rarely so simple. If winning Tim's heart was an impossible quest, keeping it would prove even harder as family, society, and emotion threaten to tear them apart.

  Something Like Summer is a love story spanning a decade and beyond as two boys discover what it means to be friends, lovers, and sometimes even enemies. This full-length, gay romance novel is available in paperback, Kindle, Nook, and other eBook formats. For more information, please see: www.jaybellbooks.com