Carlo

    By the time dinner was over, everyone was skipping over to the hall for the party. The only people around me were Es, Preston, and the other four that joined our table. We were in Cabin 14 and it turns out to be Val, Alex and Dave's cabin also. Jacob was in the same cabin with me and stood beside me as we gathered around.

Val called for all the gays in the cabin to come together and soon five others joined. Honestly, this was the first time I've been in a room full of gays. And this was saying something since my best friend happened to be gay.

I could obviously see the excitement steaming out of him but I expected him to be more excited than he was. Then my eyes trailed in the direction he was looking at and I knew why he wasn't as excited as he should be.

The one boy that I knew could put my relationship with Es on a shaky place happens to 'swing the other way.' This wasn't new because Es had made it his duty in life to get what and who ever he wanted. Be you straight, gay, bi or a goat. I could only guess the reason why he was disappointed was because he thought it would be an easy win.

Who knows?

"Carlo. Carlo!" I heard someone shout my name but before I could turn and answer the person, Es smacked me on my head receiving a sharp glare from me.

"What?" he shrugged. "They were asking you a question."

I looked at the main speaker who was Val and rose a brow at him. Val gave me the same stubborn look and I gasped quietly, realizing I had just stood up for myself which is something I almost never do.

Val smirked at me and asked, "Carlo right?"

I practically froze up in my seat when everyone glanced at me. Why? Why did I just have to freeze up at the important parts especially when my mouth was the one that kept me in trouble in the first place?

"Val, just continue. You can torture the boy later, after the party." I expected Es to help me out but he wasn't even looking at me or even made any effort. It was the boy that Es called a non-Adonis that saved me.

I looked down at him from where he had gone to sit on the coffee table and he nodded at me.

Val scoffed and continued, "I was saying, we should do what we did last two years."

Preston was about to say something but Alex stopped him saying, "Now, now pussy licker, let him finish. You weren't here last two years."

Preston glared at him but Alex just shrugged it off like it didn't affect him. Something definitely happened between the both of them.

"I thought if you verbally abuse someone, you get a strike." Es said from beside me. We were now seated on the couch and he had his hands clasped together on his lap as he gave Alex his serious look.

Alex frowned at him and slowly tucked a few strands of his black hair behind his ear before he said, "I can insult him as much as I want. You just shut your goddamn mouth, okay?"

"I can report-"

"Then do it." He deadpanned and the house fell quiet.

    This only proved that something really happened between them but if anything did, it must have been bad because it was able to silence everyone.

Preston sighed then stood up from his seat, "I'm going to the party. I doubt the announcement would involve me anyways."

"You don't need to-" I had to stop Es from spouting another nonsense from his mouth. I covered it with my hand and said to him when he looked at us, "We'll just see you at the party."

A smile curved on his face, "I'll save you guys a seat then." He waved then started to leave but not before shooting Alex a look that they both understood because Alex frowned and looked away.

    When he was gone, Val glanced at Alex and said, "You couldn't just keep quiet."

"He started talking first."

Es pulled my hand away from his mouth and asked, obviously annoyed, "What are you saying Alex? He hadn't even said anything and you shut him up. He probably just wanted to ask what it was."

Alex with his nerdy boy face looked very angry at the minute but it was like he realized something then smiled instead, crossing his slim legs and giving Es a smug look. "Sorry."

I have never heard someone say sorry with that much apathy before. It made me beyond curious as to what happened between Preston and him.

"Okay. This is killing my mood."  Val shook his head in disbelief then said as he stood up, "Last two years we did this competition where we had to sleep with as much guys as we could. Let him be straight, gay, bi, or a goat. We are going to repeat it this year but with a little more spice." He smirked and the boys in the room murmured with interest. Even Escalante paid attention.

"First person to make it up to 20 passes the cut off mark but the person that has the highest fuck, gets to be cabin captain next year and he'll get paid five bucks by the people that passed the cut off mark and ten buck by people that didn't."

Shock froze me solid in my seat. Twenty people! They want to sleep with twenty people? Approximately, 100 people were gay in this camp out of 640 or less. In the 640 or less there might be bisexuals and transsexuals. The chances for them to each find 20 and more people to sleep with was slim. Was Val thinking or was he just saying trash?

"What's wrong?" Es asked and I was surprised to find out he noticed my silence.

"I don't think it is possible. If everyone does it, and I am adding you and non-adonis, there won't be enough people to go round."

Es looked at me like I was confused then sighed as if he was done figuring me out and said, "Could you not think so inside the box." And he stressed the 'inside the box' to show how wrong I was.

He continued, "Imagine every room in the girl's dorm is filled then subtract it from total sum. That is exactly 320 if the boy's dorm is fill up too. But then in reality, it is 320 and less but is still enough to go round."

That was when I remembered Escalante didn't care what sexuality you were, he'll get you to come around eventually. It makes me glad sometimes that I was his best friend so that a day would never come when he would try to sleep with me.

"Well the both of you are quite smart." Jacob, the non-Adonis said then turned to Val, "Let's add rules."

"What's a game without rules?" He smiled as he came down the stairs and started to pace slowly across the floor. "First rule, you can't sleep with the same person twice. If you do, it isn't counted. Second, we can't sleep with each other. If you do, it isn't counted. Third, Jacob is going to be keeping count. This means if you sleep with someone, tell him and he makes sure it is true before counting it. Four, only two people are allowed to sleep with the same person. Five, the person must be a dude. No trans involved unless he or she has a cock." He stopped pacing to look at us. "Any questions?"

"Is threesome allowed?" Some dude asked and Val laughed.

"Weren't you here last year? Of course threesomes are allowed. Just be sure to shove it in or let him shove it in. Whatever way works with you. Anymore questions?"

When no one said a thing, he nodded at Jacob then said to us, "Since there are no questions that means everyone is participating."

"Carlo can't." Es said before I could even mutter it making me blush lightly.

"Why?"

"He happens to be straight."

"Then he can leave if he wants. It's actually a gay-"  Val got caught off.

"No. He's participating but will be doing it with girls instead. I can keep count if you like."

Val's lips fell into a thin line. He was actually considering it and that made me choke on air. Turning my wide eyes to Es, I asked the question running in everyone's mind, "What the fuck?"

"What?"

"I never said I wanted to participate in any of this shenanigan."

"It's the summer, Carlo." He rolled his greenish eyes at me. "Live a little."

"I've met this much gay people in my life. I think I have lived a lot."

He rolled it again just as Val said, "I don't mind him participating. It is just that he doesn't have a competitor."

"What do you mean I don't have a competitor? Knowing me, I can't even make a girl like me not to mention sleep with one. You then want me to sleep with more than 20? Last time I checked, I am not exactly drop dead gorgeous."

"Who said?" The words echoed in the room and I felt my heart beat harder in my chest. Those words did not only come from Alex and Val but Escalante too. My head felt too fuzzy to actually reply them.

"Ignore him." Escalante continued. "I can find a competitor for him. What about Preston?"

Val hesitated, glancing at Alex who looked about ready to chop off Es's head. "I'm sure there is someone else around."

"I'll do it with him." Jacob looked up from whatever he was writing and said to Val.

"I thought you were gay?" Dave asked. He had been busy playing with some action figure but what Jacob said got his attention.

"No. I just happened to pick this cabin that year and all of you assumed I was gay."

"So you aren't?" Anyone with ears would have heard how disappointed he was. Jacob didn't reply him and just went back to writing.

Val cleared his throat to get everyone's attention and when we looked at him, he said, "Since everyone is in accord, I would like to say the completion starts at 9 o' clock. May the unicorn be with you." He grinned.

"That was so gay." Alex rolled his eyes and everyone murmured in acceptance before making any move to leave.

    As they left, Escalante and I stood as Jacob and Dave approached us. Dave was still asking him if he was really straight and Jacob looked fed up with him. He came up to me and pulled me away from Es then said to him, "Es, you deal with him. His whining is annoying." He groaned then pulled me out the door, not even bothering to ask if I wanted to go.

But it wasn't like I had an option. It was already 9 o' clock and the party was the best place to start.