Oakley

Three days later the girls had come and managed to secure a lunch date with me. 

"Oh no...I know that look," It was Kennedy who made me blush in the middle of a busy family bistro when she asked me if I had ever skipped lunch for a sexy hot date with someone from the office. I blushed because I just did that yesterday with my boss. It was sexy and it was dirty, and I loved every fucking second of it.

"What are you talking about? Maybe this is because of the new skincare routine I've been trying." I shrugged trying to take the heat off of my cheeks. 

"Oh my god...you're right, our boy just got dicked!" Brynn exclaimed, almost choking on her mimosa. 

"Sshh...aunties! Baby ears in the vicinity!" Aspen was the last to arrive and she was rocking a hot mom vibe while taking baby Vivienne onto her lap and putting her hands on her baby's ears. "But do tell us more darling. I'm sure your love life is so much more exciting than ours."

"Hey," Brynn scolded, "My girlfriend and I are just having a rough patch. We love each other and we'll settle this once she gets back from her London shoot." Brynn was the only one out of them who continued moving forward after their high school drama class and had succeeded in her career as an actress. Though she was now apparently trying to defend her currently sexless life. 

Yes, I had been adopted by my three high school besties when they saw me all perky and happy for their school drama class audition. I could still remember what Aspen had said to me that day. She said that I was going to be one of them because no one should look that happy for an audition, and she loved my pink and blue friendship bracelet. That same day, I was introduced to Brynn and Kennedy and the next day I made them matching friendship bracelets. Since then, we were together all through our high school years. 

Now, ten years later, we were together like time hadn't separated us. I feel like I was still sitting in the cafeteria as the girls hounded me about my crush for our high school heartthrob, the legendary Archer Wainwright.

The boy was friendly with everyone, he was cute, smart, and very athletic. Archer was the football captain and he dated the cheerleader captain. They were the perfect high school sweethearts.

Archer was the person who caught my eyes, though unfortunately, the boy was straight as an arrow. 

"So, this new skincare routine..." I was being cheeky when I sipped my beer and then cut into my steak.

"Look at him cutting into that meat. Do you think he's imagining one of us as he sliced into it? Do you think he really doesn't want us to know about his new man? Do you think he's now opposed to sharing his debauched lunch date scenes with us?" Kennedy gasped scandalously and asked in a low hushed tone that was perfectly heard by everyone at our table. 

Brynn giggled and advised me to just tell them. "Look at the red meat you're stuffing away on that flat stomach of yours. We know that you're eating steaks when you know you're going to work all those Calories and... you're ordering beer. Come on... we've known each other for a decade."

"Brynn, please stop trying to shove wrinkles on my face. Say years instead of a decade. Seriously...and I'm a growing boy. I need my meat." I grinned and stuffed my mouth with the last chunk of the juicy steak. All of them laughed knowing exactly what meat means in an Oakley gay boy dictionary.

But then Aspen brought in the big gun when she told me to hold her baby. I had been head over heels for the little human. My high school besties were all there for her birth and had cherished Vivienne from the day she was born. No other baby was being adored by her uncle and aunts as much as little Vee. With her chubby cheeks, grabby hands, the roundest set of eyes, and cutest giggle, I was giving in easily.

I let the waiter take my empty plate as I positioned baby Vee to sit on my lap and reached for my tie. The adorable baby grinned and showed me the cutest and smallest two upper teeth. "You will not let Uncle Oakley spill his dirty lunch dates. Nope, your baby ears are just too innocent to hear about what happened." I chuckled as she was babbling and slapping my chest with her chubby hand. I could see the disappointment plastered in both Brynn and Kennedy's eyes. But then Aspen easily pulled out Vivienne's baby noise-canceling headphones from her infamous neverfull Louis Vuitton bag. That bag had been her go-to diaper bag ever since she found the perfect baby bag insert for it. And, as sure as its name it did contain unimaginable stuff that a baby would need. 

"Okay, she's set. Now, spill. No more excuses." Aspen grinned after gently putting on the baby headphones over Vee's ears and caressed her cheek adoringly. The little gesture made me pull her baby away and rested Vivienne onto my chest and my heart warmed as she cooed and snuggled in to take her little nap. Huh. The noise-cancelling headphones must've done the job. 

"Oak, you're holding my baby hostage. At least you can entertain us with your sleazy stories from your lunch dates." Aspen winked and stole a bite of my chocolate cake dessert. 

"Ugh...you know baby Vee is my Kryptonite. You're bringing her for a reason."

"Indeed I do and I'm not ashamed. My baby Vee needs her uncle Oak's time and she will need you this weekend too. See how she falls asleep easily on your manly chest? And since none of us have it, then you're it. So, this weekend you will attend the reunion for Vee's sake."

I sighed as I looked at the peacefully sleeping baby on my chest. Her perfect baby fingers resting on my crisp white work shirt. 

"He's my Boss, Emory. We just started dating, he's perfect. He's older, handsome, and the perfect gentleman who turned sexy behind closed doors." I started my story dreamily and my girlfriends were all quiet, listening to me intensely. Because knowing me, there would only be time until the sexy time enters the conversation. "We kissed a lot, and on our fourth date we finally did it." A simultaneous sigh of approvals came from my best friends. They knew that I had always been a romantic and they were happy that I was dating one. 

"So now you fuck like bunnies? please do tell..." Brynn's smile turned wicked and she was drinking her second glass of Mimosa when she was done with her plate of salad and cheesy burger.

Kennedy was giggling, being the only one in our group with a husband, clearly, she was getting it on the regular which according to Brynn became less exciting to discuss. 

"Sure, yes...we just did it before coming here." I raised my perfect shape eyebrow as if it was my final statement and no sleeping baby could pry my private matter into the open. 

"So, you did it in his office when you asked him if you could have a long lunch with your friends?" Aspen goaded knowing it was her or no one else could make me spill, and that made me laugh. 

"You are all a bunch of brats, and I can't imagine what havoc you're all going to conjure on our high school class's tenth reunion."

"See this is why we need your attendance. Who is going to keep us in line? And there's a chance you might meet your old crush. You know...I stalked his Facebook the other day when one of the reunion committees started adding me to their Facebook group," Kennedy paused when she finally got my attention. Brynn was smirking realizing they might finally get me to go to the reunion. 

"I had lots of crushes back in high school. I was a very healthy hormonal teenage gay boy." I tried to subtly narrow down to one crush that I had never gotten over. Archer Wainwright. He wouldn't make the list if we didn't spend time talking on a late rainy afternoon when we both got locked in the library. It took the security guy three hours before he opened the door for us. And to me, those were the best three hours of my life. Three memorable hours that I kept for myself. I didn't even tell my pack of drama-class girlfriends.

On that rainy day, Archer talked about his family, his sisters, and his girlfriend who he thought was cheating on him with his best friend. I told him that I was gay. I joked that my friends would be super jealous if they knew that I was locked in the library with the cutest guy in school. Archer had laughed, and at that exact moment, I believed that I had fallen in love for the first time in my life. 

The classic gay teen falling for the handsome high school football captain. Checked. I knew that it was a pipe dream, but still, I cherished the time we spent together. Because the next day, Archer was back to his cheating girlfriend and his entourage, while I basked in my group of drama class queens. 

"Huh... I thought you only had eyes on Archer Wainwright."

Busted.