34. Jealousy

"Oh my gawd, girl, you gotta tell me, what happened. We went to play skee ball and when I turned around I saw you and Johnny headed to a dark corner on the other side of the arcade. What happened? He didn't try to kiss you, did he," Kaylee excitedly inquired of Taylor as they headed to the vehicle after saying their goodbyes to everyone.

Immediately, upon hearing the question, a smile involuntarily spread across Taylor's face. He tried to suppress it, to hide the conflicted feelings he was having inside, feelings he wasn't ready for anyone else to know about, but was not entirely successful.

"He did, didn't he," Kaylee gleefully responded.

"No," Taylor quickly replied, but his face continued to betray him.

"Stop lying, he totally did. I can see it in your face."

"I'm not," Taylor shot back, rather loudly.

"You're not what, sweetheart," Carissa asked, overhearing his outburst as he entered the vehicle.

Afraid Kaylee was about to tell her mom what they were talking about, Taylor quickly kicked Kaylee's foot and simultaneously replied, "It's nothing."

"Oh, I saw Astrid at the bowling alley," Kaylee announced to Taylor as her mom started the vehicle.

"I did too, but I didn't get a chance to talk to her with Johnny attached to my hip."

"Yeah, probably the best choice. I did talk to her. She said her mom won't let her attend a sleep over, so she's gonna come over tomorrow and hang out."

"Cool, I guess. Sucks that her mom don't trust her to sleep over, but cool that she gonna hang."

"Maybe it's us she doesn't trus--"

"Did you guys have fun, today?" Carissa asked, interrupting their conversation.

"Yes, ma'am." Taylor replied. "Thank you for letting us bowl and giving us money for arcade games, Ms. Carissa. I had a great time."

"Oh yeah, somebody had a great time alright," Kaylee blurted out.

Taylor punched Kaylee in the leg.

"What are you doing," he whispered through his clinched teeth.

"I bet she did," Carissa agreed, smiling back at Taylor through the rear view mirror. "I saw you at the claw machines with Johnny. You two are just the cutest thing together."

It was true, the two were cute together, but Carissa also had other reasons for complimenting Taylor. She knew she need to encourage her everytime she could in order to reinforce feminine behaviors and help her transition into the girl Carissa not only believed Taylor wanted to be, but she also desperately wanted to see Taylor become.

"Hey, Tay. Did you see how Martin was acting today?" Kaylee asked, sounding like she was trying to change the subject.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, he was quiet and acted like something was bothering him."

"What do you mean? Any idea what it could have been?"

"I think he might have been mad at Johnny for something."

"What makes you say that?"

"He kept staring at Johnny with a look on his face."

Taylor swallowed hard when he realized what she was talking about. He had noticed how Martin acted today and had already been wondering what it was about. He had also noticed Martin looking at him a lot, too, and he was pretty sure he knew what was going on. He just wasn't ready to admit it out loud yet.

"I think I know what's up," Kaylee announced with a grin."

Is she's thinking the same thing I am? Taylor asked himself. Was it true, he wondered. Did Martin have a crush on him too?

"Why would you say that?" Taylor asked Kaylee, hoping he was wrong and she wasn't thinking the same thing he was.

"I think he's jealous of Johnny."

"Why would Martin be jealous of Johnny? It's not like Johnny is a better football player than Martin."

"Oh, no. He's not jealous of that. He's actually jealous because of you. I think he likes you too."

Taylor's cheeks turned red and he quietly turned away, in an attempt to hide his face from Kaylee.

Staring out the window, Taylor began to think about how he would have reacted before all of this happened, and that would have been a reaction of pure disgust, but for some reason it wasn't what he was feeling at this moment. He began to think about what this could mean and before long he had another grin on his face.

He just couldn't believe how, not only one, but two boys found themselves attracted to the pretty girl they believed him to be. Taylor thought about the attention he was getting while pretending to be a girl. Wow, I'm a pretty girl to them. Does that mean everyone thinks I'm a pretty girl? Am I a pretty girl?

He looked down at his dainty, manicured fingers, and stared at them for several moments before letting his fingers go blury as he focused past them, to the short pleated skirt over his football pants.

A chill ran down his spine and he began to feel a sensation srirring in his pants, reminding him of earlier, when he was alone with Johnny.

A feeling of shame washed over him. For a brief moment it felt as though Craig was in the car with him, disapproving of what he had allowed to happen between him and Johnny.

It was after the team and Taylor's friends had all finished a couple games of bowling. Most of the team members began gathering their thing and preparing to go home. Taylor's group headed towards the arcade area.

Instead of following the rest of the group, Johnny took hold of Taylor's hand and held him back, waiting until the rest of the group was far enough ahead they wouldn't see the two of them head in a different direction.

He led Taylor by the hand, across the arcade to a row of claw machines.

Stepping up to one of the machines, Johnny fed some money into it and then motioned for Taylor to play.

Johnny then began to cheer Taylor on, giving instructions on on where to move the claw and which stuffed animal he thought would be easiest to get. As he spoke, he stood right beside Taylor with one hand pointing along with his directions, and the other arm around Taylor's waist, with his hand resting against Taylor's abdoman.

Johnny's body was pressed against Taylor's backside. Taylor could feel the warmth of Johnny aginst him and after a minute or two, recognized a firmness against his rear.

It creeped Taylor out knowing he was feeling another boy's erect penis pressing against him, but he didn't move away. He forced himself to stay right there and endure it. He didn't want to upset Johnny and cause problems.

Before long, the creepiness of the situation to began to melt away and Taylor noticed a feeling, an uncomfortable nervousness that was punctuated by an increased heart rate and rapid breathing.

Within a few moments, Johnny shifted his body and Taylor felt Johnny's arousal move and was now pressing against his other butt cheek.

Taylor's breath caught in his throat when he realized his own penis had begun to engorged again.

Johnny fed money into that machine three more times without Taylor being able to successfully retrieve a stuffed animal, so he took Taylor by the hand and led him past the other claw machines, all the way to one on the end.

As Johnny fed money into this machine, Taylor noticed that half the machine's lights were out, causing it to be pretty dark in that corner. The whole arcade area was already dark, lit only by multi-colored strips of flashing LED lights, blacklights, and the glow of the arcade machines, so, without all of this claw machine's lights on, it was really dark in that area.

This time, Johnny placed both arms around Taylor's waist, and rested his chin on Taylor's shoulder, and watched the claw, while pressing himself even tighter against Taylor's backside.

Taylor was on edge and tensed up, but he didn't resist any of the close physical contact and attention from Johnny. It was a strange feeling to him, but he willed himself not to pull away and even tried to enjoy it.

Meanwhile, Taylor picked up a stuffed bear on the first try, but dropped it just shy of the collection chute. On the second try, he got the stuffed bear into the chute, and when he bent over to retrieve it, Johnny didn't step back, nor release his arms from around Taylor.

If anyone had seen them at that moment, it would have looked quite inappropriate. Taylor felt johnny pressed hard, against the crack between his butt cheeks. This made his face turn red and his heart skipped a beat, causing Taylor tremendous embarrassment.

He returned upright as quickly as he could and pulled himself out from Johnny's embrace. Moving several steps away from Johnny, and ending up in an unlit space between the claw machine and a wall.

Johnny took that as an invitation and quickly stepped forward after Taylor. He put a hand on either of Taylor's shoulders, and quickly turned him 180 degrees so they were facing each other.

He then planted his lips squarely on Taylor's.

Taylor was instantly shocked at what was happening, but before he could even react to resist, Johnny ended the kiss and took a step back, reached for Taylor's hand and proceeded to lead him across the arcade area.

Taylor was mortified at what just happened and he was trembling. He wanted to say something to Johnny, make it clear that he didn't like being treated that way, but it would have to wait. Kaylee and the others were gathered around the giant Pac-Man machine Johnny was headed toward.