Chapter 20 - Security Clearance

"You're on time. Something wrong?"

"Nope. Aunt Rachel says hi." Bryan yawned and grabbed a pear from the fruit basket by the sink.

"We bumped into the new teacher I have a crush on and gave her a ride back to school. Apparently, she used to date my uncle. She doesn't even remember him."

"Thokozani went to The Spot?" Tyson laughed. "Was she looking hot?"

"Dad, you know her?" Bryan paused mid-bite for an answer. "And what do you mean 'hot'?"

Tyson laughed. "Will, your uncle only ever dated one girl seriously the entire time he was in college. He practically proposed at graduation. Guess she's Woodcombe kryptonite." He re-tied the belt on his robe and said good night to the boys.

Bryan looked at Will. "Billy?"

Will looked at Bryan and knew right away that something was wrong. "Yeah?"

"I'm glad to have you here man. I know you don't like being called Billy anymore but it's nice to have a friend I can count on." Bryan was serious. Will grinned.

"You know I got your back 'Ryan. And I love you too man, no homo," he laughed. "You're my big brother. I've never had one before. So I love you for real bruh. No lie." Will hugged Bryan for a few seconds before letting him go. "But, seriously, wait until you've had some alcohol next time."

Bryan snorted and hit Will on the back of the head with his palm. "Cheeky ass genius. Just be careful, I might just tell the girls that you're barely legal and they might catch a case if they do anything with you."

They climbed the stairs to Bryan's room. Walking in they noticed the difference immediately. In the large room was an extra-long single bed next to the window where Will normally put his sleeping bag. Will hooted and jumped onto the bed.

"Ha! I told you I'd move in! Soon they'll give me my own room." Will gloated. He wouldn't tell Bryan but he'd already been offered his own room and he'd turned it down. They changed out of their clothes and jumped into bed. "Shit, I forgot to brush my teeth. Ah! I'll do it when I go for practice."

"Take a shower too. You reek!" Bryan grumbled as he snuggled into his bed.

"Psh, this is Eau de male right here. I bet if you were a chic you'd dig it."

"Dude, shut up and go to sleep. You have practice in less than six hours."

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Thoko woke up with a mild headache and decided to go for a jog. It was still pretty early before Billy Woodcombe moved in. She wondered if he knew Will Parker.

Ron had said he'd be off to work early to meet a deadline so she wasn't surprised to see his side of the bed empty. She checked her clock, it was 7:30. She looked out the window, the campus was dead.

Quickly changing into shorts, a tank top, and her wristband she made her bed and grabbed her trainers from the closet and earbuds from her dressing table. She stretched before bounding down the stairs. She selected her favorite running playlist and left the house.

She remembered the first time she'd come across the keyless houses. She'd been fascinated. It was also great that she never had to worry about forgetting her house keys.

She turned left at the end of her driveway and headed towards the sports fields. The JV teams practiced on the weekend but no one ever noticed her so she kept to the populated areas of campus by the fields. Running alone freaked her out.

She couldn't figure out why but since she'd started jogging on campus she felt safer than she had in a while. About a mile and a half into her jog she spotted the sports fields. The hostels and staff housing were far enough to deter most students from playing hooky, especially since all cars were subject to security checks during school hours.

She laughed at herself; of course in America, one would say dorms rather than hostels. On the way to the track field, she passed the football field. The football coach Toni Spampinato waved at her as she ran past and she waved back.

A whiff of cologne teased her nose as she jogged past and it was drop-dead sexy. She frowned, what was wrong with her? She tripped as she ran and quickly righted her feet before she fell.

"Whoa Coach! Anything you want to tell us? Is that your new girlfriend? She's got great legs!" A sophomore called out.

Antonio Spampinato glared at the student. "Watch your mouth, Andrews. I don't date married women." He looked around and saw that half the team was still following her retreating figure. He shook his head.

'These hormonal teenagers! Sheesh, you'd think they'd never seen beautifully toned legs before.' Even Parker was drooling. He blew his whistle and started practice.

Just as the practice was coming to an end the boys saw her walking with a security officer. Their disappointment was almost tangible. She was laughing and the bright blue bauble on her hair tie twinkled in the sun.

Her ponytail swung as she walked. After a couple of seconds, she smiled at the officer and jogged away. The security officer walked to the coach and spoke a few words before pointing at Will.

The team stared at him. Coach officially ended practice and called Will over. Will jogged over to Coach.

"Will, after you're showered please go over to the security building. Your presence is requested."

Will was confused. "Um, sure. Give me twenty minutes, I'll be there." He nodded at the officer and headed for the locker room.

When Will got into the locker room just about everyone asked what he'd done.

Will grinned, "Well, I have to confess…" the entire team leaned in, "to my affair with the jogger lady. We hooked up last night and I brought her home."

Everyone's jaw dropped. The captain of the JV team laughed. "Yeah right! No way a lady fine as that would let you take her home."

Will grinned. "Ask Bryan." He quickly stripped and headed for the showers.

As he towel-dried himself he heard Bryan's voice on speakerphone. "We nearly got into shit with the guard. He thought we were planning on ménage-a-troising her or something. Man, you guys should have seen Will! He rocked up to our VIP table with four hot women!

"Who the fuck does that? N they were older women too. College graduates! It was insane.

"I didn't realize how hot the lady we brought back to campus was until she walked into her house. The front is jaw-dropping, the back..." Bryan groaned. "I wish I had seen her first."

All the guys watched Will as he grinned while Bryan spoke. By now he was done dressing and ready to go. Bryan was giving him major street cred. Bryan didn't lie, it was one thing everyone knew if Bryan said you did it; you'd done it.

"Then what happened?" A voice asked from the crowd that had formed around the phone.

"What the hell are you boys doing?" Coach's voice boomed from the locker room door. The boys scrambled to their lockers and the showers. The boy who'd called Bryan thanked him and hung up.

Will walked out of the locker room with his school gym bag laughing. He'd have to thank Bryan later. Once he got to the parking lot he unlocked his car and threw his bag into the trunk.

The Security Complex was almost in the center of campus. He drove there quickly; just under the speed limit. He parked right by the door and walked in confidently.

"Right this way Mr. Parker." The receptionist pointed to his left as he walked in. "First door on your right."

The security building was a stark reminder that his uncle had had a hand in the building and designing of the school. He had swiped his student ID when he entered through the student's entrance. There were four entrances for staff, students, visitors, and parents.

The most visible one was the visitor's one. The staff and student entrances were visible from the main campus while parent's and visitor's entrances were visible from the gate closest to the security building.

The first door on his right had a sign that read "Hand printing". He knocked on the door and a female voice called for him to enter. Behind the desk however was an average height, heavily built man.

"Will Parker?" He asked in a voice that was pitched a bit higher than the average male voice.

"Yes sir."

"Hands on the counter please," He nodded to the granite slab before Will. Will complied and placed his hands palm down on the counter.

The man looked at his computer screen. "Please repeat the following word after me: Cock sucker."

Will's eye's widened; swearing was considered in bad taste at Hilton, he blushed, "Cock sucker."

"Thank you and the next word: Moron." The man spoke without looking up. He did this several times until Will, irritated; asked how long they had to do the exercise to which the man replied, "We're done. Thank you for your time. Please make sure you get your curfew & a printout of which zones are off-limits to you when not accompanied by security or member of staff at Reception."