"He's fucking me," J.D. said.
Renato just nodded. "Cool. Probably Cody, too."
"Yep," she said.
"And what the fuck do you think these guys are going to say when they find out I'm not straight?" I hissed. "Because I'm done being in the closet. They suspended me for getting a fucking girlfriend. If they realize I have a - "
Jake reached over and grabbed my arm, not caring that he'd just shoved J.D. back in the process. His eyes weren't on me, though. Instead, he was looking off to the side, basically behind me, and that grab was a warning to shut the fuck up.
I heard the drag of a chair before I saw the man. Twisting toward the sound, I found Wes dropping his own chair down beside Jake, all but pushing the guy over.
"Full disclosure," he said as he dropped his own beer onto the table. "I heard all of that."
All I could do was hang my head. "Fuck."
"Didn't ask if you like it," J.D. told him.
Wes just lifted his hand. "Not my business who any of you fuck," Wes assured him.
Which made Ty scoff. "Why, because you're saving yourself for marriage, so you think you're above that?"
Wes just lifted his beer and splashed a drink back. "Well, I came over here to make sure Tanner knew we've all been talking. Not just to the big names either, Tanner. Cody's new little friend, Jackson? He's the one who started saying it doesn't matter. Renato, Ty, Jake, and I have been adding to it. I know there are others, but yeah."
"And?" Cody asked.
Wes flashed her a little smile. "And while our fathers would've lost their minds, most of these guys don't care. Gay, straight, bi, or something else? Tell me how it's different from Ty and Renato tag-teaming girls for years? Or how it's worse to takethese two-" He wagged a finger between Cody and J.D. "-home instead of these two taking her?" This time, he was gesturing to me and J.D.
"I mean, he has a point," Renato said.
"And I haven't really heard anyone but Austin have a problem with it," Jake added. "Sure, most of them don't buy it, but I think Cody has a lot to do with that."
"Me?" she asked.
"Woman," Rhaven fake-whispered at her, giving her the reason.
I simply jerked my chin at Wes. "And you? What do your good Christian values think of me now?"
"I think you've saved my life a few times," Wes told him. "I think I'll be in Nashville standing on the headgate with my fist in the air. I also think this isn't about you, Tanner. This is about us and what we deserve." Then he pointed at me. "And we deserve a man willing to take the risks to keep us up."
"Well said," Rhaven told him.
Wes flashed her a little smile. "I have a whole lot of space on the back of my vest, just so you know."
"Do your good Christian values allow you to work with a trans woman?" she asked, lifting a dark brow at him.
"Yes, ma'am," he told her. "I also know that Jackson Cloutier - "
"The Canadian one," Ty clarified.
"Him," Wes said. "He's been talking about how it's dumb as shit to think Cody wouldn't do what these boys do. Pretty sure most of the men in the PBR have either tried or had a threesome. Granted, most of these boys are taking home a pair of girls to get their kicks, but with Cody, why wouldn't she take home two guys?"
"And," I asked, "if those guys are making out too?"
Wes met my eyes and smiled. "You're not shocking me. I've been on this tour long enough to realize no one is what they show to the world. Renato settled down. Ty's chasing Cody - "
"And failed hard," Ty grumbled.
"And still doing your best to protect her," Wes said. "But my point is that what happens after we ride? No one cares except Donald Merrill and Austin Chambers. I'm not even sure if Eli and Derek do." Then he looked over at Cody. "But those three all hate you. They see you as a threat, because if you can do this as well as them, then it makes them feel like less of a man. Well, men."
