Shay Rogers has avoided going back home to Alabama because he fears running into his high school lover, Dwayne Sayles. Because of Shay’s reputation as an All-American straight stud, he tried to keep his love for Dwayne secret. Shay’s fear of his friends and family finding out about him ultimately led to his breaking up with Dwayne. However, when the invitation to his fifteen year high school reunion arrives, Shay’s friend convinces him to go, with her as his fictitious girlfriend. Within moments of meeting again, the long-dormant feelings between Shay and Dwayne are rekindled, but so are Shay’s fears. Is Shay finally ready to embrace the chance of happiness by living openly with Dwayne, or will his need to hide the truth about himself win out yet again?

Class of '03

They made their way to the basement, stopping every few steps to continue to kiss and explore each other’s bodies. As they stepped into the familiar surroundings of the Sayles’s family room, memories of his first visits to this place flooded Shay. It was here he’d first discovered his attraction to men and, more importantly, his love for Dwayne.


They quickly shed their clothing, and were soon engaged in a reenactment of those teenage forays into the world of man to man sex. With the experiences that forged their adult sexual maturity, Shay found their physical expressions of love and their ultimate union so much more fulfilling than those of his teenage self as he remembered them. Yet now, as then, he was aware the implications of what was transpiring needed to be shielded from family and friends.


Chapter 24