Love is Always Write Anthology Volume 9

to walk into the nurse's office with a boner he couldn't explain.
    CHAPTER 5
    Tabansi smiled at the male student and declared him well enough to return to his class and his Biology exam. He chuckled softly at the young man's disheartened groan and sent him on his way with his medical advice to stay away from bad milk at home and to stop using charcoal to draw sores on his body in order to escape tests he didn't study for. The student grinned at him sheepishly and turned to walk out the door. Tabansi walked over to the sink to wash his hands and heard the bell from the front of the clinic sound.
    With a silent prayer to Andalusia for patience, Tabansi turned to leave the examining room and head toward the waiting patient. When his best friend Elian had asked him to fill in for the usual nurse on duty, Ashley something or other, Tabansi had quickly agreed. Elian was the coração to the royal marriage group and while the two men had grown up together, Tabansi was not stupid enough to say no to the person who was one of three people married to the king of Kardalusia. There was only one problem… Tabansi hated school. With a fiery passion that welled within his soul, he hated the hallways, the classrooms, the lunches. Hell, he even hated the textbooks. Had he not been born with the unmistakable tattoo of a heart with rings around it that declared him a doctor, he would have chosen a profession that required little to no classroom time whatsoever. Like cooking or gardening, anything that didn't require tests and schoolwork. His decision to take up Elian's offer had been spontaneous, something he'd chosen to do in order to escape the monotony of his life.
    He'd never regretted a decision so much in his life.
    Disgruntled by the fact that he'd be substituting for the ill nurse for a week, Tabansi walked into the front of the clinic and froze with a gasp. Standing in the clinic, waiting for him, was Jordy Dyer, with two students. Did he know that Jordy was a teacher? Did he know that Jordy was a teacher at that school? What the fuck was he supposed to do now? He had a hard enough time just going through the motions as it was, but to have one of the three men whose images had haunted him all morning standing in front of him was just too much.
    Swallowing back the whimper that threatened at the image of him and Jordy role-playing a teacher-student fantasy of his, Tabansi smiled at the two young men who stood with the gorgeous brunette.
    "Hello. My name is Dr. Vorlundiz. I'm filling in for School Nurse… Alex. No Adrian. A-Ansley… Ashley Cochran! That's it," he smiled broadly at finally remembering the nurses' name before returning his attention to the matter at hand, "You look like you got into a pretty bad fight there, young man," he said to the taller of the two students. The young black boy looked down sheepishly. Turning to the other student Tabansi could see no injuries, cuts or bruises on the pretty black haired boy and deduced that he was dating, or wanted to date, the older boy. Smiling over at Jordy, touched by indulgence of puppy love, Tabansi motioned for the two young men to precede him into the examining room. The touch on his arm caused him to stop short. Turning to look up at Jordy, Tabansi smiled shyly. With his heart pounding with excitement and fear, his hands shook slightly.
    Gods, when had he become so… fresh? New? Green? He'd almost been married before. He'd lived with two other men for years. Granted, the law prevented them from having sex with him since they were not an official marriage group, but that was beside the point. Yes, he was still a virgin, technically, but he was twenty-two years old, and practically on the shelf. So why the hell was he nervous as if this was his first time talking to a handsome man?
    "Yes?" He asked, mentally grimacing at how thin and wobbly his voice sounded.
    "I'm not sure if you know who I am, but my name is Jordy Dyer. You met one of my partners, Maddock, earlier today at the gym?" The taller man questioned him hesitantly. Tabansi felt his heart leap in his chest. Jordy was Maddock's partner? That meant that they were part of a marriage group. Perhaps Taggart was as well. Tabansi mentally sighed and calmed his racing emotions. He was getting ahead of himself. He wasn't ready to join in with another marriage group, though at this point, he really didn't have a choice. His time was coming to a close, he would have to find a marriage group soon or he was going to be