Just Make Him Beautiful (11 page)

“Ok
ay,
fellas, I need y’all to form a line right over here,” Mr.
Jamison
said as we all walked into the pool area. “Now, does anyone know how to tread water?”

Several of the boys raised their hand
s,
but a few of us didn’t.

“Ok
ay
, all those who know how to tread water, I want you guys on this side of the pool
,
and those that don’t, I want you on this side of the pool.
A’ight
,
fellas, you guys on this side of the pool that can tread, I want you one at a time to swim the length of the pool like this.”

Fine
-
ass Mr.
Jamison
then took his jacket off
,
and I almost died. His body was so OMG. His muscles had muscles
,
and his legs and thighs were that of a Greek
g
od.
He was so tone and tight, h
e
d
idn’t have a
six-pack
,
he had an
eight-
pack.

He stood at the edge of the pool and d
o
ve right in the water. He swam to the other side of the pool, did a backflip
,
and swam back to where we were standing.

When he lifted himself out of the pool, I couldn’t believe my eyes
.
H
is trunks had come off
.
I thought I would faint.
My knees became weak
,
and I felt myself become arouse
d
.
I quickly placed my hands in front of me, so no one would notice.

Mr.
Jamison
dived back in the water to retrieve his trunks
,
but before he did, I noticed he
was
seriously
packed in the front
and
in the back
.

Of course
,
m
ost of the guys started
laughing
.
I, on the other hand, had visions of Mr. Jamison making love to me in the pool right then and there.
After all, the only other man I had ever
b
een
with
was my brother
,
and now knowing what
fine
-
ass Mr.
Jamison
looked like butt
naked
,
I was going to do my best to have him at any cost.

Mr.
Jamison
tried to show
those of
us who didn’t know how to tread water by holding us up under water as we lay across his arms and splashed our legs around. When it was my turn, I played the helpless victim
,
to the point of pretending I was drowning.

Mr.
Jamison d
ived under water and held me in his arms as he brought me to the top. As
he grabbed me by my
small
waist and I
held on to him, I was fully erect
.
I kn
e
w he felt it as it rubbed up against his
stomach
.
H
e
just
looked at me kinda strange and
just
smiled.
I didn’t understand what that smile meant
,
but I was glad he didn’t make me feel bad or embarrass
me in front of the class
.
From that point on, I was willing to do anything Mr. Jamison
ask
ed
of me.

Chapter
6

My
thirteenth
birthday fell on the same day as my brother’s prom night
, s
o t
here was definite cause for celebration in our house. My mother actually took the day off just so she could spend the day with me
,
taking me out to
Wantons Bridge Mall, which
had
just opened up
a few blocks away from where we lived.

“Oooo
,
Mo
ther
, can I get these pair of jeans
?
”

“Cameron, I just bought you a pair of jeans in the other store.”

“I know
,
M
other
, but these are better because they have these designs on them
.
S
ee?” I show
ed
my mother the designs on the back o
f
the jeans.

“Ok
ay,
Cameron, but if we get these instead
,
we gonna have to
return the ones I just bought you,”
M
other said
,
her hands on her hips.

“Ok
ay,
M
other
, we can take
’em back now
.
”

Mother purchased my new designer jeans
,
and then we headed out to return the old ones. As we were walking through the mall, I noticed
these
guys
from
in my class
,
and we were walking towards them.
I knew something was going to happen
,
because they didn’t like me and always called me names.

Sure enough, a
s we walked
by them, one of them said, “Faggy
,
”
and they all broke out laughing.

I was so hurt and embarrass
ed
, I didn’t know what to do. 
It was the first time anyone ha
d
called me a name
with
my mother
within earshot
.
I lowered my head
and
look
ed
down at the tile floor as we continued to walk
through the mall. I was grateful
M
other didn’t
respond
even though I know she heard the derogatory comment.

We returned the jeans
,
and then
we
stopped at the food court to grab some
thing to eat
.
O
ther
than
the comment made earlier, I was having a good time
hanging out with my mom.

“M
other
, I still got to get sumf’n for Ray’s
p
rom tonight,” I said
,
as I ate my Big Mac.

“So
,
what do you wanna get him
?
” she asked eating her fish filet sandwich.

“I don’t know
,
M
other
.
I’ve saved up almost twenty dollars
,
and I’d like to get him sumf’n nice. May be sumf’n he can wear to his
p
rom
.
”

“Well
,
they have a lot of jewelry stands in the middle of the mall. Maybe you can get him a chain or something.”

“Oh
,
wow
,
M
other
!
T
hat’s a great idea. Ray loves those chains with all the bling
-
bling
on
them
.
”

After w
e finished our meal
,
we
stopped at the first jewelry stand we came to. They had this huge
24-inch
silver chain with a diamond
-
stud
ded
R
on it,
which I thought was great
,
and it was only $19.95. I begged my mom for a dollar to help pay the total price
,
including taxes
,
and had it gift
-
wrapped.

I couldn’t wait to get home so I could give it to Ray. Now, I knew it wasn’t real silver or real diamonds
,
but who would really know?

*

We finally made it home just a little after
seven
p.m. 
I
t was a warm night
.
Most of the time, people were usually outside on their patios enjoying the weather
,
but tonight no one was out
,
and it was qui
e
t for some reason.

I opened our front door
,
and it was total darkness. I reached for the switch on the side of the wall
to
turn
on
the living room light
.
To
my surprise, practically everyone in the neighborhood was there in my living room
,
including my best friend Robin
.
T
hey all shouted
,
“Surprise” and began singing
h
appy
b
irthday to me. No wonder my mom kept me out all day.

I found out that my mom had given our neighbor
,
Ms. Washington
,
the key to our apartment when she dropped my little sister off at her place to watch
,
since we were going out.

I thanked everyone who was there
and
gave Robin a
big
kiss on the cheek.
I t
hen
began
looking
for Ray
,
so I could
give him his
p
rom gift
,
anxious to see what he had bought me.

I went into our bedroom and found
him
standing in front of our full
-
length mirror, putting his t
uxedo on and admiring himself.
“You’re forgetting sumf’n,” I said
,
standing behind him
while he posed in the mirror.

“And what’s that
,
b
aby
boy?”

“Your gift
.
”  I handed
him
his gift
.

I stood and watched a
s
he
opened his gift
.
  I guess he
must have
really like
d
it because
,
as soon as he put it on,
he
walked over to me and kissed me right in the mouth, tongue and everything.
This was the first time Ray ha
d
ever kissed me. Through everything we had done, I ha
d
tried kissing him before
,
but he
’d
always turn away and sa
y
that was
way
too gay for him and that would be wrong. I know
,
right? Whateva
.

“Wow,” I replied once he was through.

He handed me a small unwrapped box.
“Don’t tell
any
body I did that shit, a’ight?”

I opened the box and
saw
a joint in
side
. I didn’t smoke and
had
never tried smoking weed before, so I really didn’t understand what this was for
.

“Ray, what do you want me to do with this?”

“I want you to stay up until I come home
.
W
e gonna smoke it together
.
  I’m gonna give you your birthday pre
sent then.”

“Ain’t you going to the
p
rom with Jasmine?”

“Yeah
.
W
hat’s the problem?”

“But ain’t you gonna do it to her?” I
knew I
sound
ed
pathetic.

“Probably
.
W
hy?”