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So I know it's been a while, but here it is. Chapter 4! I sure hope it was worth the wait.... it's been taking me forever since I have school but at least I'm still going :) tell me what you guys think

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TJ groggily awoke three hours later and looked at his phone to check the time. It was 7:42 pm and he had a few missed calls and text messages.

"I'll check them later." He said as he repositioned himself on his futon and got comfortable. TJ looked around and noticed that his backpack had been ransacked. He searched through it and realized nothing was missing and then checked his phone.

Slater was on his missed calls list four times and his brother was on there twice. TJ went to his text messages next and his heart almost jumped out of his chest when he read the first message.

The message read: "Hey, TJ, I wanted to ask you if I could come over after school tomorrow to hang out or maybe if you can come over to my house, Text me back when you wake up dude. J"

TJ instantly pressed the call button, ignoring the other two texts that he'd gotten. He listened to the dial tone for a few seconds before a deep voiced, happy tiger answered the phone.

"Hey TJ! Finally up I see." Slater exclaimed, making TJ's heart race.

"Yeah dude. I got your text." TJ said. "I think it'd be cool if we chilled at your house after school."

Slater smiled to himself as he heard this and responded, "Ok cool. Is it alright if I pick you up in the morning too?"

'What the hell is going on?' TJ thought. "Of course it is. I didn't know you had a car bro. What kind is it?"

"It's a 85 Firebird Trans Am. Red. I just got it today." Slater said.

"Oh God..." TJ gasped, "That's totally my dream car, Slater"

"Well you get to ride in it as much as you want." Slater said, laughing at the way TJ sounded.

"Sounds good to me. I gotta go though so I guess I'll see you tomorrow then?" TJ asked.

"Of course dude. I'll see you then." Slater said.

They said goodbye and hung up the phone and TJ was stuck in a strange frame of mind.

'Does he like me? Or is he just friendly?' He kept asking himself.

TJ went downstairs to see what was going on downstairs and it was the same as usual; his mom and dad were watching TV and his brother was in the kitchen looking for food. TJ always wondered why the exact same thing was happening at any given time in his house. He decided to just go back upstairs and take a shower and go to sleep since he had to wake up early. He ran the water and stepped in. It felt good against his fur and he was glad that he had time to enjoy his shower since he had a lot of time to take it.

TJ relayed the events of the past week in his head with a slight bit of confusion.

'Let's see,' he thought, 'In the past week and a half, I just met an incredibly sexy tiger in history class and from what I can tell, we only have a few things in common; nothing major. What the hell is going on?'

TJ grabbed the shampoo and lathered up his fur thoroughly trying to make sure he was nice and clean for tomorrow morning. He started with his chest and continued with the rest of his body until he heard a knock at the door. He quickly turned the water off, grabbed his towel and proceeded to open the door.

Theodore was standing in the doorway, leaning against the frame with a smug grin on his face.

"So you're getting a ride to school now, huh?" he said looking TJ directly in the eye.

TJ didn't know how his brother knew or what he should say. He knew if Theodore told their parents that he was getting a ride from someone other than his brother, he'd be in enormous trouble.

"Uh," TJ began, "how... how'd you find out?" he said shakily.

Theodore halfway chuckled and his smug grin immediately left his face and was replaced by a serious, stern look.

"Look little bro, I'm not going to let you ride with anyone else. I'm responsible for you and no matter how I act towards you sometimes, I still care about you and what happens to you. If I knew who you were riding with, it might be OK, but I don't. So if you want a ride in the morning, just wake me up. I'll take you. Got it?" Theodore said without pausing.

TJ though about what his brother had just said and was touched by how his brother actually cared for his well being.

"Well, that's all good Theo, but can I just ask you why you were eavesdropping?" TJ said half playfully.

"Umm let me think." Theodore said. "No. You can't ask me why I was eavesdropping. But I'll tell you the answer though. I did it because I wanted to check up on you and see how school was going but you were on the phone so I was wondering if what I was hearing would answer my questions I had for you."

TJ looked confused, but smiled anyway. "What a stalker." he said. "Can I get dressed now? I'm sure we can finish this conversation after I get done."

Theodore looked at his little brother and laughed at him a little. "You're such a loser. Hurry up; I have a girlfriend to go visit tonight." He said as he closed the bathroom door.

TJ dried off his fur , put on his boxers, and walked out of the restroom to find his brother sitting on the futon playing with his phone. He instantly got nervous as he realized that he still had some yiffy gay pictures on there and started to blush.

Theodore looked up at TJ and smiled. "Why didn't you tell me bro?" he said, noticing TJ was blushing.

"T-Tell you w-what?" TJ said, now scared of what might happen to him. His brother was an infamous homophobe at school and TJ figure it'd be twice as bad at home. Theodore almost got put in jail 3 years ago for almost killing another wolf in his class for being gay.

"Tell me that you're gay. It's all good with me. I could've hooked you up a few times if you would've told me sooner." Theodore said. "I mean, I didn't even have a clue dude." He sounded upset.

"Uh, sorry? I guess... I thought you were a homophobe..." TJ replied, still confused. "I figured you'd just try to kill me like that one guy."

"Eh, I am. Just not with certain people. I'm a sort of hypocritical homophobe." Theodore laughed. "And I could never think of doing something like that to you. You're my little bro."

"I guess that's cool. Just don't tell mom and dad." TJ pleaded. "I'm not sure if I'd still be alive if you did."

"You're thinking too much bro. I'm sure they'd be cool with it, but I won't tell them though." Theodore said. He was still looking at all of the gay yiff in TJ's phone.

"I see you like tigers huh?" Theodore said with a giggle.

TJ blushed and mumbled, "Yeah."

Theodore just chuckled and said, "You remember my friend Jerry?"

TJ shivered at the sheer mention of the name of the well endowed tiger who he'd seen naked in the house one day. "Oh God, yeah. He was so damn hot." He said.

"Well," Theodore began, "he liked you. A lot. I don't know why, but one day he was asking me if there was a way he could turn you gay. That was the reason I stopped talking to him. It was kind of funny really."

TJ just stared at Theodore in disbelief and responded, "Shut up dude."

He walked over and snatched his phone from his brother who immediately pulled his out to read a new text message.

"Well, it's time for me to head out. We can talk tomorrow, but I gotta go right now. See ya later baby bro." Theodore shouted as he left TJ's room.

TJ had too much on his mind to go to sleep now. He couldn't believe all of these things that he just heard from his brother and wanted to find out more. Instead of making the effort to try and talk to his brother before he left, he simply laid down on his futon and searched his contacts for Slater's number.

When he found it he pressed the call button and listened to the dial tone until a familiar voice answered the phone.

"Hey dude. What's up?" Slater asked.

"Nothing, I just had to let you know that I can't ride with you tomorrow morning." TJ said, sounding defeated.

"Oh," Slater said. "It's alright. Can you still hang out after school though?"

"Yeah. My brother just doesn't want me riding with anyone but him, that's all." TJ said smiling.

"Alright then. Well, I guess I'll see you in third period tomorrow then?" Slater asked.

"Yeah dude. I'll see you then. Later." TJ said as he got ready to hang up the phone.

"Alright, I'll see you then." Slater said and hung up the phone.

TJ felt lost in his own world as he thought about all the possibilities of why he and Slater seemed to get along so well. He was hoping that it was because the hunk of a tiger liked him, but he had his doubts about that. He began to image how it would feel to kiss Slater's big, white muzzle and how it would feel for them to have their warm, wet tongues in each other's maw. TJ smiled to himself as he pictured this and felt a fuzzy feeling ripple throughout his body as he let out a sigh of contentment.

"If only life really were like that." He mumbled to himself.

TJ felt as though all the odds were always against him and this time seemed no different. He sighed and put his phone on its charger and set his alarm. He knew it would be the longest Wednesday of his life.

TJ woke up at his usual time and got ready for school. He looked at his watch and concluded that he should just ride the bus instead of waking up his lazy, sexually exhausted brother. He got to the bus stop just as soon as it arrived and got on the bus. The bus arrived at school 15 minutes later and TJ got off to begin his journey of walking around the school aimlessly until the first bell rang.

He walked through the 700, 800, and 900 hallways and was on his way up a set of stairs when he felt a tap on his shoulder. It was Slater and he looked extremely happy to see TJ.

"What's up dude?!" Slater exclaimed, "you wanna sit down?"

TJ just looked at him and tried to decide whether it was a good idea or not. He didn't want anything to slip, but he wanted to spend as much time as possible with Slater.

"Yeah sure. Right here's good." TJ said without any enthusiasm in his voice.

"What's wrong TJ?" Slater asked. "Is something bothering you?"

TJ looked into his big green tiger eyes and gave a weak smile. "Nothing really. I can't describe what it is. It's like the feeling you get when you're doing something you shouldn't be, but you really just can't help but to do it because it's an instinct." He said looking at Slater still.

Slater looked down a little and blushed through the white fur on his muzzle. "Oh yeah. I know exactly what you mean." Slater looked back up and put on a big smile causing TJ to smile too. "You'll get over it. It'll pass after about a week or so."

TJ shook his head and said, "You really don't understand what I mean dude. But I'm not going to explain it. If you don't know, you don't need to know."

Slater was slightly offended and gave TJ the 'what the fuck' look. "Dude, what the hell? How can you say I don't understand and not want to explain?" he said.

TJ sighed. "I don't even know how to answer that." He said. "I'll see if I can come up with something."

Slater looked at TJ in utter disgust and said, "Well, fuck you too then! Damn. I'm just trying to help and you're making it worse." He gathered his things and stormed off without a goodbye and TJ just sat there looking sad and upset.

'WHY DO I ALWAYS RUIN EVERYTHING?!' he though to himself. 'I just pissed off the only genuinely nice guy at this school. What am I supposed to do now?' TJ was beating himself up inside for what he'd just done throughout the whole day.

First and Second period went smooth for TJ; mainly because he had his head down the whole time.

In third period, TJ tried to put his head down as soon as he got in there but couldn't because the teacher was yelling at him to get sleep at home. He didn't want to argue with her so he just did as he was told. The other students came filing in 3 minutes before the bell and Slater was one of those students.

The tiger looked at TJ and continued to walk to the opposite side of the room to sit down instead of taking his usual spot next to TJ.

'Damn...' TJ thought. 'I think I should clear this whole thing up later'

The teacher handed out the assignments for the day and went back to her desk. TJ just closed his eyes and rubbed his temples with his paws as he thought about what he should do. TJ realized that he must've been thinking for quite a while because the bell rang for lunch and he sprang out of his seat and rushed to the cafeteria. He got there and decided against eating lunch due to the way he felt. He went to his 4th period Jazz band class early and just sat there on the floor thinking about the tiger he had recently upset.

'What was it that I said?' he thought. 'Maybe it was the way I said it. I didn't mean any harm by it.'

TJ's teacher, Mr. Moran, walked in with a large folder full of papers and sat down next to TJ; his large squirrel tail getting in the way.

"How's the bass player doing today?" Mr. Moran asked. "You look a little upset TJ. Care to talk about it?"

TJ pondered whether or not he should talk to his favorite teacher about his problem but figured that the squirrel wouldn't understand.

"No, I'm fine. Just a little tired from all of the practicing I did last night" TJ lied, knowing that would change the subject.

"Well, I'm glad you're practicing TJ. The concert is in a month and we can't have the bass player messing up" Mr. Moran replied. "I guess I can give you a break today then." He smiled at TJ. He knew there was something wrong with TJ, but he decided not to call him out on it and let him think it through.

TJ was shocked at Mr. Moran's reaction to his lie but took him up on the offer.

"Thanks Mr. Moran. Can you guys rehearse everything without me?" TJ asked making sure it wasn't some crude joke.

"Of course we can TJ." Mr. Moran said. "You just think about fixing your problems" he said as he winked at TJ.

The other students came filing into the band room when the bell rang and grabbed their respective instruments. Donny the ottsel, got his saxophone, Leo the lion got his trumpet, Jordan the cow set up her drum set and Mr. Moran grabbed the bass.

Class began and everyone began playing the music for the concert as TJ sat in the corner silently with his face buried in his white palms thinking about Slater. After what seemed like a few minutes to TJ, the bell rang and he bolted out of the door with the quickness. He began to head toward the bus when he felt a paw on his shoulder.

"Whoa there dude." Donny said as he stopped TJ. "I'm kind of worried about you. You looked like you were going to cry back there. You wanna talk about it?"

TJ looked directly into the eyes of the ottsel he had liked last year and gave him a warm smile.

"I'm fine Donny. Really. I just need some rest." TJ lied hoping the ottsel would believe him.

"Bro, I can look at you and tell that there's something on your mind. You're giving off stressful vibes" Donny said as he stroked is beautiful blonde hair. "I can give you a ride home if you want, dude."

TJ sighed as he realized that Donny could see through everyone and anyone. He simply replied "Sure. I guess I can tell you what's bothering me."

Donny took out his keys with a cheerful burst of energy. "Alright, bro. Rad. The ride's this way." He said as TJ followed him to the car. It was a red 1997 BMW 745iL and TJ shivered at the sight since that was one of his favorite colors.

As they approached the car, TJ wondered if he should really tell Donny what's going on.

'This is going to be one long car ride' TJ sighed as he opened the door and stepped in.