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The Clay Connection
Last Updated : 2025-01-04
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“…I’m the only one who gets to treat you like that, Pearce. You are mine, and I do not take too kindly to those who want to share in what’s mine…” ****************************************************************** Anthony Pearce and Blake Lindell have been locked in a feud for as long as they can remember. The spark that ignited their rivalry? Well, that depends on which side of the clay you ask. You’d think their parents’ constant meddling or the time they spend together on the basketball court would help smooth things over, but nope—this relationship remains stubbornly unshaped. Everything changes, though, when Blake is forced to ditch the court and take up pottery—Anthony’s territory, where he’s the undisputed “King of Clay.” Now, tasked with the mission of getting Blake up to speed before graduation, Anthony has to spend even more time in close quarters with his rival. Will they be able to sculpt their fractured friendship back into a masterpiece, or is their bond too cracked and brittle to repair? And when a buried secret surfaces about the rumor that shattered Anthony’s ninth-grade year, will it soften their hardened hearts or leave them shattered beyond the kiln’s fix? One thing’s for sure—things are about to get messy.
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The Clay Connection CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
ANTHONY’S POVI haven’t felt so giddy in a very, very long time. Like ever-since-I-found-out-I-was-gay-and-I-had-a-huge-crush-on-Blake long. I had my very first proper kiss with Michael yesterday and it was heavenly!Today was Halloween which just meant Blake was most definitely throwing a huge Halloween rager after school. I haven’t spoken to him since he was in my room, asking me about my relationship. Well, now if he asked me, I’d just tell him about the new update.As I shut my locker, Anderson’s face popped up, giving me a fright. “Where the hell were you?”“Jesus, man, you scared me.”“You left Blake and I to mold tiny chess pieces so you could do what exactly?”“Hang out with Michael Tema,” I responded casually. Anderson froze like a deer caught in headlights.“You skipped school to hang out with Michael Tema of all people? How does Blake feel about this?”“You’re supposed to ask me how I feel about it. Why do you care what Blake thinks? He’s been nothing but an ass towards you
Last Updated : 2025-01-04The Clay Connection CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
BLAKE’S POVAnthony didn’t show up for lunch, neither did he show up to pottery class after lunch. I had a feeling a certain overrated member of the NCH basketball team had something to do with it. I was going to say something to him about skipping class to hang out with a boy who was most likely only spending that much time with him because of his vendetta against me, but he never showed up to the fixed pottery session Anderson and I planned for our assignment after school. We had less than ten days to get it all ready but we still hadn’t gotten passed molding the chess pieces.“He’s not answering,” Anderson said with a solemn look on his face. I have known Anthony for all his life and there was absolutely nothing he put before pottery. He loved playing with clay so much that he skipped our senior Prom just so he could spin wet clay around the pottery wheel. He even once pretended to be too sick to play a game just so he could go to some convention for potters! And it was a major gam
Last Updated : 2025-01-02The Clay Connection CHAPTER TWENTY- SIX
ANTHONY’S POVI sat by my desk in my bedroom trying so hard to understand the calculus homework we were given. I wasn’t dyslexic or anything, but the more I stared at the page, the more the letters and numbers seemed to float out of it. I was getting frustrated and frankly speaking, my brain wasn’t processing anything anymore.I grabbed my headset after shutting my book tight and got in my bed. Then I played Paper Rings by Taylor Swift, closed my eyes and tried to imagine Blake…I mean Michael and I dancing to the song.I was only deep into the beginning of the second verse when I felt someone breathe down my neck. Startled, I flung my eyes open only to come face to face with the beautiful smiling face of my sister’s boyfriend.“What the hell, Blake? What are you doing here? How did you get in?” He was laughing at me like it was the funniest thing in the world to witness someone freak out by an intruder’s presence.“You gotta stop asking me that question, Anthony. I’ve told you before,
Last Updated : 2024-12-30The Clay Connection CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
BLAKE’S POVMy girlfriend was sulking. As a good boyfriend, I should fix it and make her feel better. Instead, I was sulking and not talking to Anthony because of his audacious decision to betray me so openly.“Honestly, man, it’s like you guys are in a relationship,” Dante said. I was picking at my fries in the cafeteria during lunch on Monday. I haven’t spoken to Anthony since last Friday’s dinner that ended sourly.“I’ve told you before to stop saying shit like that, Dante!” Luke scolded him. His face was contorted in the most disconcerting facial expression he could muster. I didn’t even have it in me to reprimand him for being such a homophobe.“But it’s true. Just last week, they were all buddies and now Anthony is having lunch in the Clay Room. It had something to do with him losing that game, right? Did you give Michael your sneakers?” They both peered at me intently. At the mention of Michael Tema, I lost whatever little appetite I had left.God, this was frustrating me! I co
Last Updated : 2024-12-28The Clay Connection CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
ANTHONY’S POVNever have I ever been so confused in my entire life!As we sat down round the dinner table that was set up at our backyard, I couldn’t help but notice the nasty glare that Blake kept sending my way. He was so pissed after the game that I didn’t even have the guts to look him in the eye. Now I may be wrong, but I had a feeling it had nothing to do with me actually losing the game and had everything to do with Michael’s proposal. That was exactly what confused me.You see, prior to that little chat we had at the end of the game, Michael and I had never spoken to each other before. He has had more interactions with the ants that occasionally trudged up and down the court in school than he has had with me since I knew of his existence. The only people he paid any notice to when we had a match together were Blake and his posse. Hearing him say that he thought I was gorgeous and then going ahead to ask me out was just weird and as shocking and terrifying as pineapple on pizza
Last Updated : 2024-12-26The Clay Connection CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
BLAKE’S POVIt was so unlike me to hum, yet it was all I could do the morning of the match between our school and NCH.I was so happy yesterday when I found out that Anthony won. Even though I didn’t exactly see it and thanks to the absence of the cameraman I had assigned the task of capturing every beautiful moment I couldn’t ever see it, I was still very proud of him and I was certain he wasn’t going to disappoint today either.“You look happy,” Crystal said as we loaded up the trunk of my car with two coolers of beer and a shit ton of chips for the after party. Even though Anthony, Crys and I wouldn’t be able to make it to the party because of the little pre-Halloween dinner our moms had planned out, I still felt obligated to contribute to our little celebration. Dante and Luke would take it off my hands after the game later on.“That’s because I have an autographed basketball with my name on it and it’ll be mine in less than three hours.”“Don’t you think you’re being presumptuous
Last Updated : 2024-12-24The Clay Connection CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
ANTHONY’S POV“You know, you guys’ on-again-off-again relationship is way worse that Blake and Susan’s.”Blake frowned and looked at Dante. “I never had an on-again-off-again relationship with Susan.”“Uh, yes you did,” Dante countered. “From the summer of tenth grade up until you started dating that hot chick in freshman year.”“Excuse me,” I said interjecting, “That ‘hot chick’ happens to be my little sister.”“Which is exactly why the bromance between you and Blake is weird.” I blushed at the word he used. I know he didn’t mean anything by it, but I still felt a little bit giddy that the relationship I had with Blake would be described as a bromance by none other than his friend who also participated in torturing me for years.We were all seated in the cafeteria – Blake, Dante, Anderson and my humble self. I was so surprised when I saw Anderson and Blake walking up to me together, laughing like they were old friends. Turns out, Anderson and Blake bonded over some mean joke they pla
Last Updated : 2024-12-23The Clay Connection CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
BLAKE’S POVThe layout of our houses was not the same. While ours was a three-story modern Victorian architectural marvel, theirs was a modest, suburban two-story structure that sat quietly on a patch of fine land.I approached the other house with a calm confidence, eyeing the opened window a few feet above the ground. With a swift, practiced motion, I jumped, grabbed the window sill and hoisted myself up, slipping through the smooth frame with ease. My feet touched the floors inside silently and I straightened up to scan the room.He was sleeping on his bed, oblivious to my presence. His soft snores echoed in the room and fell like a heavenly delight on my ears. Slowly and quietly, I approached his bed. He looked so peaceful and calm sleeping like that, I almost felt bad for what I was about to do next.Sticking my index finger in my mouth, I made sure to get as much saliva on it as I could before taking it out and shoving it deep inside his nose. It took him only a couple seconds,
Last Updated : 2024-12-20The Clay Connection CHAPTER TWENTY
ANTHONY’S POVTo say that I was freaking out was putting it lightly.I have never had this much pressure put on me by my father before a game in my four years of being a basketball player. I’m beginning to realize just how much Blake’s presence on the team was a big help to me. My dad never bothered me this much when Blake was still playing; he always spoke to Blake about every single thing concerning the game and only asked me questions that Blake didn’t know how to answer.It was only Wednesday, 2 days before the first game of the season, and I was not having an easy time controlling my anxiety about it.I was by my locker trying to figure out if I could somehow manage to get myself stuck in it long enough for the game to be over, when I felt someone violently hit me. The books that I had removed from my locker in order to fit myself in properly fell from my hand and landed ungraciously on the floors.“Watch it, Pearce,” Luke said snidely. He made some sort of grunting sound at the
Last Updated : 2024-12-19
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CHAPTER ONE
BLAKE'S POV“I should take what class?” I asked Mrs. Sanders, my guidance counselor, in shock. Her hand was outstretched and in it was my new class schedule.“Pottery class, Blake. It’ll be good for you.”I stared at her in disbelief, waiting for her to laugh and tell me she was just joking and that I’ll take Home-Ec or something. She did not.“You don’t have that many options, Blake.”“What about AP English?” I asked dumbly.“First of all, pass regular English first before thinking of getting into a more challenging class. Secondly, even if you are doing well in English, which you aren’t, the AP classes are already full.”“What about Phys-Ed? It’s an elective. I didn’t do it before, I can take that instead. You can’t tell me that it’s full,” I quickly added. She sighed and leaned in, taking on a serious tone.“I have decided that the best option for you now is pottery class. You need an elective to compensate for the gap caused by your…termination from the basketball team.”I had alm...
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