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my sex life or a wet snatch? Seriously.” Her tone had shifted from cheerful to snippy. Resisting the urge to snap back, Derek counted to five in his head. Not only did Beck’s mood swings concern him, but she had touched upon a sore topic for him. He and Scott hadn’t had sex yet, and the fact that Beck had bothered him. Not that he was jealous of Beck, but he envied that she had been able to experience what he wanted to experience with Scott. What irked him was that Beck’s feelings for George had basically sparked up over the summer whereas he and Scott had been together for almost a year. It hardly seemed right or fair.
    Thinking about it caused a dull ache to pulse at his temples. Rather than think about it, he decided to keep his focus on Beck. “So, how is everything between you two?”
    Beck looked towards the gate separating her back yard from the street and then turned to face Derek and Scott. “I suppose I can talk about this with you, but you have to pretend I didn’t say anything when George gets here. The two of us have been fighting lately. I think it’s the stress of separating for college in two weeks. That’s eons away. I don’t know why he is beginning to pull away now.”
    The three of them sat down at the glass table by the pool. Scott kicked off his sandals and placed his feet on the table top, one over the other. “Well, today it will just be the four of us. We’ll grill some burgers, play in the pool. Maybe we can play chicken and get him all hot and bothered for you. With you on his shoulders you can touch and tickle and stir up that lovin’ feelin’.”
    Beck smiled. “Thank you, Scott. You’re a true gentleman.” Turning to Derek, she crossed her arms over her chest. “See! Some boys haven’t forgotten the fine art of romance.”
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    D.H. Starr

    Wrestling With Love
    “Besides, that will give me a chance to have Derek up on my shoulders. Knowing how much you love balls, I’m sure you can appreciate my excitement for playing chicken.” Scott ducked as Beck swung her arm to smack him on the back of the head. Derek shook his head. “Oh yeah. That was the essence of true romance he just painted there.”
    Their conversation was abruptly cut short by the creak of the gate. George came in and Beck threw on a gleaming smile. She jumped up and ran over to George, hugging him and giving him a big, open-mouthed kiss. Derek looked at Scott and was met with an expression of confusion, one eyebrow slightly raised. George was the only other person from their high school who knew Derek and Scott were gay. Once he and Beck had become serious, it became necessary to tell him if they were going to spend time together. At first, Scott had argued against telling George, but he eventually caved, knowing how important it was to Derek to spend time with Beck. There was no way they would have been able to go on that camping trip right after graduation, just the four of them, and keep their relationship a secret. In the end, Scott and George had become good friends. It was a shame Beck and George were having troubles. As much as her mood swings aggravated him, he was happy she had found someone who loved her. If he were a betting man, he would place money down that Beck was the root of their problems. For all of her good qualities as a friend, she was still insecure because of her size and tended to push people away before they had a chance to pull away on their own.
    Shaking the thoughts from his mind, he turned to George. “Hey. How’s it going?”
    “My mom just dragged me to every store in Harvard Square making sure I had all of the necessities for college life.” He had used his fingers as quotation marks when he said the word ‘necessities.’ “I don’t know why she didn’t just go and do the shopping for me. It’s not like I know or care what the thread count of my sheets are or how many pairs of clean underwear and socks I have.”
    Derek turned to George. “George, it’s an