Spencer had gone on to play for the San Francisco Giants minor league team. After only a year he got called up to play in the majors and Kam and PJ flew out a few times every season to watch him play. Kam was happy for his friend. Spencer was a great guy and an amazing third baseman, but Kam got a lot of calls from Spencer complaining about all the traveling and being alone. That right there cemented Kam's decision to let his dreams of playing baseball go.
"Jeez, babe, are you trying to make me nervous?" Kam climbed up into his Jeep and took a deep breath. After only four years of working at Silver Creek High Kam was offered the positon of head coach. Clevenger had decided to retire after teaching for twenty-five years. He was excited but a little anxious. It was a big responsibility but one he wanted to have.
"Make Kam Henson, nervous?" PJ smirked. "No way. It's not possible to make you nervous about anything." PJ shut the door to the Jeep and leaned in through the open window. "You're too cocky to allow that to happen."
That was another thing that had changed. After Kam graduated and they were able to live out in the open, PJ had proposed, to which Kam accepted. They got married in a little ceremony out at the Carsten house with all their family and friends surrounding them. It was the best day of Kam's life. Never once had he regretted meeting PJ or wished that he was still straight. PJ showered Kam with so much love and affection no one else would ever compare to the greatest love of his life.
"And don't you forget it." Kam flicked his finger gently over PJ's nose. "But speaking of cocks"-Kam shifted in his seat and thrust his hips up, pointing down at his crotch-"if you're offering a blowy, by all means I'd make an acceptation and be late."
"Dear god!" PJ looked up toward the sky and sighed. "What am I going to do with you?"
"Nothing." Kam leaned toward PJ and kissed him softly on the lips. "You love me just the way I am." Kam put the key in the ignition and started the Jeep.
"That I do." PJ shook his head. "I must be a glutton for punishment." Kam chuckled and PJ winked at him. "I love you, have a good day at school, and I'll see you after practice."
Kam waited until PJ got into his truck before pulling his Jeep out of the driveway. It always amazed Kam how much his life had changed from what he thought it would be. He was mated to a man, and he coached high school baseball instead of playing it. It wasn't the dream he had as a little boy, but it was a new dream, a better dream, because PJ was in this one.
Kam counted his lucky stars he got homesick and came back to Silver Creek to play for the Fighting Grizzlies because if he had never met PJ his life would be incomplete. Kam found himself looking forward to arguing with PJ over baseball lineups and coaching strategies, making dinner together, going on runs, and making love every chance they got. This was what happiness was and Kam wouldn't change a single thing.
THE END