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“And you’re perfectly right as usual,” I concede, smiling as he leans over and pecks a kiss on my lips. “I do have a question though. It’s probably a really dumb one.”
“No question is dumb, JT.”
This one is. I already know that, but I guess I’m confused, and I have nobody else I can ask these questions. I mean, maybe Trey but I feel weird talking to him about this when he’s only had sex with girls. So, I just grit my teeth and ask.
“Why do we need to use condoms? I mean, we’re both guys. It’s not like you can get me pregnant.”
I see the amusement flitter across his face before it’s replaced with a gentle understanding, and I know he’s not going to make me feel stupid. “Condoms aren’t just for pregnancies. They help protect against STIs.”
“Like HIV?”
“Yeah, like HIV. Plus a whole heap of other lesser known but nasty infections.”
“Oh right. That makes sense,” I mull. “Have you ever had sex without a condom?”
He hesitates before answering. “Yeah, when I was in a committed relationship.”
“Like with Devon?”
Quinn hesitates again. “Yeah, with Devon.” We’re both silent for a moment and I don’t like where my mind has just taken me. “But maybe next time the mobile sexual health van comes to school I’ll go get a test just to be safe.”
“Yeah, okay,” I agree though that was not where my mind had gone. “And if you do that … would that mean we could have sex without condoms?”
Quinn is saved from answering when we hear the key turn in the lock downstairs, and he sends me a wry smile.
“Are you glad you listened to me now?”
“Maybe. Doesn’t it suck always being right though?”
“Not really, no,” Quinn smirks. “Let’s finish that conversation another time, yeah? Feel free to jump in the shower again if you want,” he adds as he rolls off the bed.
I watch his perfect naked ass retreat from me as he walks into the bathroom but the footsteps on the stairs prompt me to follow behind him.
Quinn may be right about the pace our relationship has gone at, but I’ve tasted every part of him now and all it’s done is unlock so much desire and insatiable need in me. Once is never going to be enough and I’m already counting down the minutes until I can get Quinn naked and inside me again.
CHAPTER 29
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JT and I present our science project to the class on Monday morning. We’re the first team to present since JT wanted to get it out of the way and I will give my boyfriend literally anything he wants. Which is why we’re standing out the front of the classroom, JT looking all sorts of edible in his navy blazer and those delicious grey pants, as we talk through the findings of our little algae experiment.
We spent the weekend rehearsing and putting the finishing touches on the assignment we handed in today along with the presentation. All I can say is it’s a good thing we were super organised because JT was not joking when he said he wanted to have sex all night on Friday night. Lucky he’s so hot because I’m not sure I was quite prepared to set those personal records with him when he pounced on me the second Mum left for work.
I’m trying really hard to put memories of that night out of my head as JT talks through the chart on biofuel extraction efficiencies produced by our algae. Algae is not sexy in any way, shape or form and I try to think about the disgusting green matter instead of the way those grey pants mould themselves to JT’s athletic ass.
JT glances at me and I remember that’s my cue to jump in about the efficiencies we discovered in biomass yield and biofuel production over different types of waste. The graphs we produced to demonstrate our findings are really quite impressive.
We end on a discussion about the environmental benefits of using algae biofuel as a renewable energy source, focusing on how algae can be farmed in large quantities which brings its own incredible benefits to the world as both a source of ozone protection and methane combatant, making ours the renewable of choice.
Mr Peters looks actually quite stunned by the end of our presentation while the rest of the class are shooting worried glances between themselves. I try not to look too smug, but I think we chose the right topic for our project.
“Wow, boys,” Mr Peters finally says. “That was some impressive work there and fantastic findings on the experiment you conducted. Great effort.”
JT looks so happy I wish I could take him out to the broom closet and show him exactly how happy I am with him but instead we sit down at our desk side by side. JT takes my hand under the desk, and I squeeze him to let him know how impressed I am with him.
As I fully anticipated, we are the only team who present on biomass. The rest of the presentations are mostly duplicates on solar and wind power. Catherine Lowe’s group tackle hydropower and I will give her some credit as it’s actually good—but not as good as our project. Even if I do say so myself.
Trey and Millie Bourke are comically underprepared as they hash their way through their solar power presentation. JT informed me they spent most of their project time having sex so that’s hardly a surprise. Although it’s not like JT and I can really talk but we did manage our time reasonably effectively. It also looks like Millie and Trey’s time in paradise was short lived if the loathsome glares Millie is shooting JT’s cousin are any indication.
