In The Break Room

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While waiting for Erin, John walked around the room checking everything out in more detail. Everything was pretty normal for the breakroom-like lounge. Looking at the appliance on top of the fridge, he realised it wasn’t a microwave as he’d first thought; it was actually an air fryer.

Moving on, John looked at the bookcase. The books seemed oddly spaced and ordered; it wasn’t by alphabetical order or genre. “Maybe they’re ordered by how much she likes them?” John muttered looking at the shelf.

He noticed something behind the bookshelf, so moving closer he reached and pulled out a portfolio; he opened it up, looked at the artwork inside, and recognised the style and subject type. He put it all back before returning to the bookcase and scoured it. John smiled as he found the cluster he was looking for: Colouring books, landscape photography and art collection books. “I should change my class to detective. The portfolio is Alison’s, and obviously, this section of books are hers too. So maybe each shelf is for someone in particular?”

“Nice work, Sherlock,” Erin laughed behind him, “though you didn’t need to put your detective hat on. I could have told you if you were curious.”

John jumped a little and turned to look at the cheerleader. “Okay, what is this place?”

Erin walked out of the bathroom, closing the distance between them. “That’s a super easy one. In a nutshell, this is the cheerleader's private lounge. The school originally planned to have a much larger sports program but decided against it. Ever wonder why our gym equipment is so high-end? Anyway, since they expected the sports staff to be larger, they originally had this made as a shared office slash breakroom. It was going to turn into a random storeroom, so Vanessa used her parents in order to have it made into a safe haven, mostly for her to get away from Frank when he pissed her off.

“So yeah, anyway, they blocked the hallway door with lockers and we made that into a secret entrance and exit. The main door has a lock on it and only the cheer squad is allowed the key. Vanessa kinda banned any guys from this place, so you have to keep it a complete secret that I showed it to you. I didn’t actually have a plan for getting out of the locker and then I kinda didn’t have a choice since you made a mess inside me. If I’d have known we’d have ended up in here anyway, I’d have just pulled you in here and we could have made use of the room instead,” she explained.

John took a moment to process. “How? Like, shouldn’t the room have been repurposed or something?”

“The short answer is money and power. The longer answer, the Hawthornes contribute a lot to the school. They essentially built the new section of the school, and not only that, they’re also in the pockets of most of the school board. So if Vanessa says jump, it’s very likely people are going to be asking how high. Make sense now?” Erin asked.

John nodded and sighed as if defeated. “Yeah, I guess. That fucking sucks though; she’s basically able to do whatever she wants.”

Erin shrugged. “No one on the cheer team has a chance of even being considered as the captain other than her. But things could be much much worse.”

John looked at her like she’d just said something incredibly stupid. “How? She can do what she wants, so how could it be worse?”

Erin let out a dry laugh. “Regarding you specifically? Yes, much worse. Be glad your parents have their jobs still, or that you haven’t gone to prison after being framed for ****. Those were both things she’d sworn to do, before thinking about how Alison would react.”

“What the fuck? Are you serious? That’s fucking psychotic!” John complained.

“Yeah, well… in the moment, she sounded pretty serious and seemed to act like it’d be easy enough to do.” Erin sighed. “But, no reason to dwell on things that didn’t happen, plus I’m pretty sure she’s found a much better use for you, so I doubt you’ll have to worry about that kind of thing happening.”

John sat on the back of the couch facing the only door he hadn’t opened or gone through. “Lucky me… I guess?” He let out a single huff of a laugh, before taking a deep breath and rubbing his face. “Okay, guess you’re right, no point in thinking about it now. Let’s talk about something else that’s bugging me. Why did what just happened happen?”

“Oh? Whatever could you mean?” Erin’s face turned into a sultry smirk. “I think you might need to be a little more specific.”

John gave Erin a slightly annoyed look, though it didn’t bother him as much as he was letting on. “Fine, how about you answer the question I asked in the locker? Why did you decide to push me into a locker, follow me in, and then get us to have sex in a very cramped awkward location? Our only other real one-on-one interaction was when you’d caught me sneaking away after what happened with Vanessa.”

Erin’s smirk broadened. “Vanessa could have done anything to get back at Frank. She could have easily humiliated him in front of the entire school or just among the jocks, but instead... She did something I kinda feel is not like her. Frank has no problem cheating on Vanessa, and she’s punished him in all kinds of ways, but she’s never once cheated on him.”

Erin placed her hands on John’s thighs as she leaned closer bending at the hip in order to be eye to eye with him. “Sure, if she was going to cheat on him, you are a smart choice because of how unbelievable it is, but there are things that bothered me. The first being that if she wanted to, she could choose any random guy and they’d be more than happy to fuck her and Frank would never know. The other thing is while looking through the pictures and videos I got the feeling that it wasn’t the first time it had happened. Am I wrong?”

John felt a twinge of panic, causing him to look away. Erin let out a triumphant chuckle. “Thought so! I won’t pry more than that. It’s kind of obvious why she came back; you’re surprising, to say the least. It was especially unexpected that your dick is the size it is. From how the jocks laughed and talked about it, they made you sound on the verge of having a micropenis.”

Erin sighed. “Listen, I know there are a couple of rumours about me, one about how I made up rumours about being a slut willing to fuck anyone and that I’m actually a virgin and a prude, and the other being those rumours of being a slut. The thing is, unlike some of the girls on the cheerleading team, I can count the number of guys I’ve fucked with only my hands and I was the one to initiate every one of those. I have actually never fucked a single guy who approached me, which would probably be the reason for the prude and virgin rumour…

“That was a bit of a roundabout way to get to my point. Basically, being curious isn’t the only reason, I do find you attractive and you’re a nice guy… so yeah, that’s why. Any other questions?”

John scratched his head. “Uh, I think so? And just to be clear, I don’t take any stock in rumours, you’ve no doubt heard some spread about me, so I’d never just believe things people spread.” John paused for a second, looking back at the rear of the locker; he still had a small nagging feeling this place reminded him of Ellie’s lab. “Uh hey, the Abyss doesn’t mean anything to you, does it?”

Erin’s eyebrows scrunched for a second as she donned a cute thoughtful expression. “I don’t think so, is it a store?”

John smiled. “Never mind, it doesn’t matter. So… what now?”

Erin shrugged. “I dunno, I didn’t want anyone to hear what we were doing in the locker so I told everyone I wanted to use the room on my own during our first break and asked not to be disturbed, so you can hang out in here until break is almost over if you’d like? Or you could sneak out now.”

’It’s not like I’d be doing anything different out in the rest of the school. I can’t exactly go check on Alison or anything. I’d essentially be hiding from Frank and calling Ellie. Hopefully, Erin won’t mind if I make a phone call,’ he internally reasoned.

“I don’t have anything else to do.” John smiled. “Though I do have one important thing to do. Would you mind if I quickly gave my girlfriend a call? She kinda hasn’t been answering her texts which is unlike her and I’m getting a little worried.”

Erin let out a huff, giving John an expression he couldn’t quite place. Annoyance? Maybe? Before smiling. “Sure, why don’t you sit on the couch properly and give her a call.”

John smiled. “Thanks, and yeah, that’s a good idea. Then after this call, I’d like it if we can get to know each other a little better, maybe?”

“Sounds great,” Erin replied, moving back, allowing John some room to stand and walk around to the seat side of the couch.

John sat down while Erin moved up behind him leaning on the couch. He pulled out his phone and called Ellie. His heart pounded in his throat every time the dial tone went by until finally the line was picked up.

“Hello?” Ellie’s weak voice grumbled through the phone.

“Oh thank god, I’ve been texting you all morning. Are you okay? Did I just wake you up? How long have you been awake?” John peppered her with questions, then jumped as Erin’s lips made contact with his neck and her hands began rubbing his shoulders.

“How long have I been-?” There was a long pause. “When’d you leave the lab?”

John uttered a quiet grunt as Erin pulled his shirt to the side and began kissing and sucking at his upper shoulder. He cleared his throat. “You mean you haven’t slept since I left?”

“Yes? Uh, no? Maybe? I don’t know. I found something last night and had to deal with it. Don’t worry about it… I’ll just have some wake-up juice,” Ellie murmured.

“Are you sure? If you need me, I’ll skip out on school and head right over to you.” John worried as a quiet pleasurable sigh escaped his lips.

“No need, don’t worry about it,” Ellie grumbled.

Erin’s hands began to run over John’s chest as she continued to lick, kiss and suck on a single spot on his upper shoulder.

“Well, try and get some sleep maybe and something to eat before we meet up after school,” John pestered, before covering up another sigh by clearing his throat.

“Sure… John, are you with someone?” Ellie’s voice perked up just a little.

He chuckled awkwardly. “Yeah, I might have gotten ambushed in the school hall. At least I can brag about one of the strangest places I’ve had sex in was in a school locker though.”

As the words left his lips, Erin froze before pulling back, staring at him and seemingly waiting for something.

“Oh yeah?” Ellie’s smile was audible. “Who is she? Also if that’s in the number one spot for strangest places you’ve fucked, then I’m just going to have to one-up her.”

John looked back at Erin with a smile. “Uh, she’s one of the cheerleaders, one of Vanessa’s friends. It’s been kind of like a strange introduction, but I’m not going to complain.”

“I… what are you doing?” Erin stuttered, looking like a deer in the headlights.

John looked at Erin slightly confused. “I’m, uh… talking to my girlfriend, I just told you I was calling her. Oh, actually would you mind if I changed to video call so she can see you?”

Erin, still caught off guard, opened her mouth but John raised his hand to stop her as Ellie blurted, “Oh, no, I’m a mess, maybe next time?”

“I’m sure you look cute but alright.” He looked at Erin addressing her, “She said maybe next time?”

“You? But? What the hell is going on? Why would you tell your girlfriend you fucked someone else or that you are with another girl?” Erin finally blurted.

There was a pause. “One minute.” He then turned to face forward. “Hey Ellie, you sure you’re okay?”

Ellie laughed. “Yeah I’m fine,” then a loud crash rang out from the other end of the phone. “Oh shit, no, get… fuck.” She let out a long sigh. “I’m going to have to go, call or text me later, I’ve kinda got my hands full here.”

“I… uh, alright, I’ll talk to you later. I love you.” John hesitated.

“Love you too,” was the last thing he heard before the line went dead.

Sighing he let his head fall back to look at the ceiling, before Erin stepped over him and looked into his eyes. “So? What the hell was that?”

“I… well, I told you I wanted to call my girlfriend…” John replied, quirking an eyebrow.

“Well you did but, you just told her you were cheating on her,” Erin complained, looking down at John completely confused.

“Oh, it isn’t cheating, though. Sorry, I guess I should explain. We agreed that it was okay for us to have sex with other girls. I think we’re going to have a conversation about things being more than sex too at some point? Though I’m not sure yet,” John babbled.

“Uh, okay… I guess that makes sense… Uh, then I gave you a hickey for nothing, huh?” Erin asked.

John looked at her confused. “You gave me a hickey?”

She rolled her eyes. “What do you think I was doing to your shoulder?”

John pulled his shirt in an attempt to look at his shoulder. “Uh, I dunno. Thought you were just teasing me and stuff.”

“Well, it doesn’t matter now, does it?” Erin stated.

“Why not?” John asked, feeling very confused.

Erin climbed over the couch and sat next to him. “I was doing it so that your girlfriend would find out you were cheating; it’s not exactly easy to hide a hickey when you’re naked.”

“I’m still a little confused. You were fine that I fucked Vanessa, then you seemed fine when I mentioned my girlfriend?” John was puzzled. Mentally shrugging he thought about how the mark would be gone soon enough thanks to his powers.

“Cheaters are literally scum, the only reason I’m not livid with Vanessa is that, if I’m honest, Frank deserves much worse. I’m not even sure why she’s still with him. Anyway, I first thought about just yelling down the phone but then thought you’d suffer more if your girlfriend found a hickey you couldn’t explain away, not that it matters now.” There was a moment of awkward silence before Erin let out an uncomfortable laugh. “So, you wanted us to get to know each other a bit? Can’t say I’m not a little interested, especially if we get around to the topic of how you and Vanessa became… something?”

“Yeah, it’d be interesting to know a little more about you other than that you randomly **** and fuck people inside lockers.” John laughed.

Erin opened her mouth to continue when the bell rang out, causing the two to let out an annoyed sigh. Erin looked at John. “You willing to be fashionably late to class? I’m more than willing to if you are. Can’t skip class altogether though or I’ll end up getting into trouble because of it.”

John thought for a second; shop wasn’t exactly an important class, and with Craft it was going to be much easier to get his grades up in it. “Yeah, I think that’d be alright.”

The two chuckled and got more comfortable on the couch.

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