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My heart pounded so hard that I had to hold onto Tyler’s shoulder. It wasn’t fear, though.
“How long?” Asher asked.
“Yeah,” Caden echoed, his tone returning to a more normal, deeper range. “How long have you been…?”
“What’s up, babe?” Beckett teased him. “Can’t say it?”
“Sleeping together,” Caden said, his chin high with indignation.
Beckett snorted. “We’d all like to know, lover boys.”
I gritted my teeth. Tyler squeaked awkwardly because I couldn’t get my voice through. “Two…”
I cleared my throat. “More like three.”
Sawyer’s mouth hung for a heartbeat. “Three whole weeks and nobody noticed?”
Tyler and I exchanged a look, biting our lips guiltily.
“Hold on,” Beckett said, jumping from the seat of the sofa to sit on the back of it. “Are you telling us you’ve been fucking for three months? You better, though. If you say it’s been three years, I’ll denounce you.”
Guilt at hiding it from them motivated me more than the friendly banter with which they accepted it. “Uh, since Jennifer cheated on me, more or less.”
Beckett looked at Caden in shock. “It’s definitely the house,” he said.
Sawyer threw his head back and laughed. “Who’s next? Jordan?”
Asher snorted with contempt. “He’s too full of himself to be horny for anyone.”
When I dared look at Tyler again, I found the reflection of what I was feeling displayed on his face. It was mostly surprise at our own carelessness, but a strong current of pure joy was there too.
“Why were you keeping it a secret?” Caden asked, cocking his head. “You realize everyone in this room is queer, right?”
I shrugged. “It’s all so new.”
“We could have helped,” Beckett said. “It’s a real mindfuck, discovering a new favorite flavor.”
Tyler found my hand and squeezed it.
“Leave them alone, guys,” Avery said. “You all kept it hidden for as long as you could.” He scanned the room. “You with your tutoring and coaching,” he told Sawyer. “And don’t let me start in on you two.” He pointed at Beckett and Caden who had been secretly banging for months before kissing in the middle of the rink. “And nobody even knows what you two are up to,” he told Asher and Phoenix, and each turned a shade darker.
“Good job, A,” Gray said. “You tell them.”
Avery smiled. It was a strange thing to see, but it suited him well.
“He’s right,” Sawyer admitted before looking at us. “Well, we’re glad you’ve joined the fun side.”
“I think we finally have the votes we need for Murray to coach us in full drag,” Beckett said.
“I was thinking how nobody can stop us from throwing a ball upstairs,” Caden mused.
Grayson hooked up his phone to the sound system. “This calls for Dancing Queen,” he announced before blasting the song from the powerful wireless speaker. Phoenix killed the big lights and threw his arms high, catching the dancy rhythm of the song while Tyler and I stared at each other in horror.
“What the fuck is happening?” he asked me, half-scared to death.
I looked around. Seven sculpted athletes ranging from big and buff to slim and quick were dancing horribly to the song that was about to blast the house out of its foundation.
“I…I think they’re throwing a coming out party,” I told Tyler. Was that a thing? We hadn’t thrown any parties for Beckett. Not officially at least.
