It was Wednesday when Justin addressed him again.
Justin had smiled at him on Monday but he hadn’t said anything to him nor had
he demanded anything from him. Josh had been relieved however today Justin had
approached him once again. He’d been invited to come over after diner but he
went reluctantly, knowing Justin would make use of his slave and Josh didn’t
want to know how.
“This,
is what I want you to do” Justin told him after he’d opened the door for Josh
and led him out of the house to the backyard. Josh looked from the porch they
were standing on out into the yard and… the grass field. He sighed, knowing
what he had to do as Justin also pointed towards the lawn mower.
“Better
get started, my parents get home at ten” Justin told him, informing Josh more
or less he had to be done by ten. Josh had a feeling that Justin’s parents had
given their son this job but just like with the other assignments Josh had
gotten, it were things Justin didn’t want to do and therefore he passed them on
to his slave. Josh said nothing, he just started because like he’d found out
the past week; the sooner you started the sooner it would be over.
Justin
sat down on the couch swing on the porch with a coke, watching how Josh worked.
He smiled to himself as Josh struggled with the lawnmower. This was the best
idea ever, he complimented himself for coming up with this plan. Josh would now
be in full view for the next couple of hours, working those muscles. Justin
knew it would take a while, the field wasn’t really big but it would take at
least two hours. Two hours wherein he could relax and wherein he could watch
Josh’s every move.
***
Almost
two hours later Josh was almost finished and Justin was still watching,
swinging back and forth lightly but never taking his eyes off of Josh. Josh
wasn’t stupid, he wasn’t blind he noticed how Justin was watching him. He told
himself Justin was supervising whether or not he did a good job but for some
reason he wasn’t buying it. He had a feeling that Justin wasn’t looking at the
progress at all, he was watching him. He could feel Justin’s eyes on him and it
made him uncomfortable, nevertheless he kept on going, pushing the lawnmower
over the grass, effectively cutting away the offending grass and finishing
another lane.
Josh
gave the mower one more push and it cut off the last bit of grass he’d been
instructed to mow. He turned around surveying the field to make sure he hadn’t
missed anything, satisfied that he hadn’t he turned the mower around and pushed
it back to the house before slowly, almost dreadfully going up the few steps
that led to the porch, led to Justin.
“Have
a seat” he offered, knowing how exhausting it could be. Josh eyed him but
slowly sat down beside him.
“You
want something to drink?” Justin asked friendly. Josh had just mowed the lawn
for him, the least he could do was get him a drink.
“Let
me guess; I’ll have to get it myself? Bring you another one in the process?” he
asked in return, a snapping tone in his voice. Justin smiled; Josh may have
been exhausted but he hadn’t lost his attitude.
“No”
Justin told him as it were a ridiculous idea.
“Don’t
be silly, I’ll get you one” he added standing up and going for the backdoor.
“You
worked so hard” he smiled before opening the door and disappeared inside. Josh cursed
him as the door closed behind him; jerk.
“Here
you go” Justin offered him the bottle of water as he came back out on the
porch, sitting back down next to Josh. Josh took the bottle, ducking his head
as he thanked him. He took a few swigs of the water before finally looking
sideways to Justin seeing he’d brought something else outside.
“You’re
up for a game?” Justin asked him, showing him the basketball Josh had spotted a
few seconds earlier.
“No”
Josh grumbled; he really didn’t want to play basketball with him. He was up to
it, wasn’t too exhausted like Justin probably thought he just didn’t feel like
it.
“Oh
come on” Justin said, a bit of a whine in his voice, already standing up
leaving Josh little choice but to follow. Josh sighed but stood, knowing Justin
wanted to play basketball and what Justin wanted Justin got. Unfortunately.
“Fine”
he mumbled, indeed following him to the hoop that was attached to the back of
the garage. Justin was already dribbling the ball when he got there. Josh
shoved his hands in his pockets, standing in front of Justin waiting what he’d
do. Justin continued to dribble the ball deciding to just start the game in
stead of talking and so he quickly dribbled the ball around Josh and made the
shot before Josh even had his hands out of his pockets.
“One,
zero” he announced as he caught the ball and handed it to Josh who was still
watching openmouthed. As Justin grinned at him Josh snapped out of his shock.
He took the ball from him and walked to the backline deciding he was going to
kick his butt.
***
“Why
didn’t you try out for the basketball team?” Justin asked some time later, he
was truly amazed at Josh’s basketball skills. He hadn’t anticipated him to be
this good.
“Because
I didn’t want to” Josh said simply but oh so stubborn. Justin looked a little
hurt for a split second and Josh wondered if maybe he shouldn’t have said that.
Justin was after all blackmailing him, pissing him off wouldn’t help but Justin
didn’t seem to be pissed. Far from it; suddenly he started laughing.
“Fair
enough, your turn” he said still with a smile, passing him the ball once more.
***
They
played basketball till it was too dark to play and overall Justin was the
winner of their game. Josh didn’t really care because he wasn’t really competitive
and the truth was Justin was better, not much but he was a very good player.
Justin smiled as he saw him off, pleased he won but admitting that Josh had
definitely put up a fight. He was good competition and maybe he should be happy
Josh wasn’t willing to join the basketball team. Josh walked home slowly that
evening, pretty tired from both mowing the lawn and playing basketball and
despite he’d lost the game he’d definitely showed him.
