Long way from Conway (23 part 2/?)
A/N: Here's part 2!!!!!! :D Sorry for the big cliff hanger!!!! But I'll try to finish earlier, so have no fear :)
Thanks for all the love guys :) Really appreciate it! Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ben was a forced to be reckoned with, if Adam had any opinion about him. Tall and masculine, he was the perfect example of a guy who could somehow take Kris away from him, even after the lunch time incident. Yet, as Adam held Kris close in the backseat on their way home from school by Leila's car, he felt that it would take much more than before now for Ben to ever get Kris away. Kris's dark brown eyes were looking into his as he lay on Adam's legs, playing around with as strand of fabric off of his shirt absentmindedly. The car was and had been silent so far, and both of them were glad for that. This was no time for talking, just consoling.
Once the car pulled up to Adam's house, Leila and the boys hopped out and walked inside, Leila heading off to her office to call Kris's mom and Kris and Adam crawling to the couch, Adam laying down first and Kris resting in front of him with Adam's arm wrapped around his body protectively. They laid like that for a while, both too shaken still to speak. Soon, Adam broke the silence, his voice low and barely audible.
"You okay?"
"Yeah," Kris replied a little louder and believable. It wasn't awkward being in silence like they were, but comforting. Outside of this household, Adam and Kris were faced with too many problems that hurt every time they ventured out. Even Kris's home was troubled, his father now starting to fight with his mother and once again beginning to disown Kris. School just had too much drama for their relationship. It was too hard. Unless things changed soon, both boys felt that their relationship would almost be useless to keep going. Everyone was on their case. Crystal was bound to come back sometime soon, Ben was threatening their very loving bond, and Kris's father would rather die than let Kris fall any more in love with Adam. Things needed to stop soon.
"Kris," Adam again said in a hushed tone, "can you promise me something?"
"Yeah."
"Don't let Ben or anybody get between our love, okay?"
"Okay."
Adam frowned. "You sure?"
"Yes, okay, I won't. Can we please just not ruin this moment and stop talking about that jerk already?"
Kissing his head lightly, Adam nuzzled closer to Kris and slightly tightened his grip around Kris, hearing a small sob crack through Kris's small body. It brought tears of his own to Adam's eyes, and his heart ached in sadness. He hated Kris sad. He hated Ben for hurting Kris. He hated Ben for ruining what was beginning to be a normal and happy relationship. He hated everything going on at the moment, and what hurt him was the fact that he couldn't do a thing to stop it.
"Adam," Leila said as she came from her office, "Kris's mom wants him home."
Kris whined, his arm clutching tightly now at Adam's to stay. Adam looked up at Leila and looked to her for advice. She could tell he didn't want to leave Kris and that Kris would just die if he didn't stay in Adam's arms.
"Sweetie......you know I wish he could stay, but Kim wants Kris home. She really is worried about him...and she's already coming over..."
"Let her waste the gas," Kris weakly spat, "I'm not leaving. Too much hurt outside Adam's arms."
Leila sighed. "Kris, sweetie, your mom deserves to see you and take care of you. Adam's done his part."
"No. I want to stay."
Looking up to Leila, Adam kissed Kris's forehead and nudged him to get up. "Kris, get up. You're going home."
"WHAT?" Kris yelled, sitting upright immediately, "Why do I have to leave? I thought you wanted me to stay! Do you not?"
"Kris, I-"
"You don't! Oh my gosh, you want me to leave! How dare you!"
"KRIS!"
Adam and Kris's eyes shot over to Leila, who was standing with her eyes closed and her fists clenched in the middle of the room.
"I know you love Adam and I know you went through a crap load of stuff today, but you can NOT hide yourself away from the world. You're strong Kris, and even though you feel like Adam's the only thing keeping you up right now, you need to realize you can support yourself. I'm not saying you need to not go to him for comfort, but I am saying that you need to do some things on your own. You can do it, I know you can. So, I want you to go home and spend some good, quality time with your mother and make her feel like she's the awesome mom that she is. Okay?"
Kris stared at Leila dumbstruck. Leila always seemed to know the right thing to say. She had that right 100%, and he knew it.
"Yes ma'am," Kris whispered with a stronger-than-usual southern accent. After giving a slight nod, Leila walked out of the room, leaving the two alone, looking at each other in silence. So much had happened that day. Ben nearly raped Kris, for crap sake! Too much crap was going on, and they knew it. Somehow, someone was going to have to stop it, and both boys had their own idea for it. The question was, who's idea would work.
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The next day at school started out normally, for Ben wasn't on the bus today, and so far, everything seemed to be okay. Yeah, people were kind of gazing at them curiously to see if Kris was okay, but that was common to them by now. They were the school's gay couple. It was a way of life by now.
Time passed, and before they knew it, it was time for lunch. Adam and Kris sat at that same table today, this time with Adam sitting next to Kris and with Kris sitting on the side facing the wall, so that Ben would have to go through Adam to even try to get near him. A few minutes went by where no sight or sound of Ben was around, but then just a mere 10 minutes into lunch, Ben showed up, his face as always devastatingly handsome and in a green t-shirt and black pants-a look hard to pull off. But never the less, he did, and to anyone's eyes, straight or gay, he looked hot today. Adam gulped and wrapped a tight arm around Kris's waist, gazing angrily into Ben's eyes. Ben smirked and walked right up to them.
"Well looky here," he said devilishly, "the two boyfriends are sitting together again. Mind if I join you? There's no other seat in the cafeteria and I would hate to sit alone."
Sit in freakin quicksand, jerk.
"No," Adam coldly replied, "why the hell would we let you? We both hate you."
"Because the cutie here may just say otherwise..."
Immediately, Adam's gaze shifted over to Kris, who was momentarily gazing at Ben with a googly-eyed look and drool slightly coming from his mouth. Almost hurting Kris, Adam hit his shoulder, jealously glaring at him to stop. Kris did so, and blushing, scooted closer to Adam apologetically.
"Well...I heard you two are in Music.....I am, too. I was just wondering Adam.......mind if I sing a love song to this little cutie here?"
Adam nearly growled. "HE IS MINE! Don't you DARE call him that!"
"He didn't seem to object to it!"
"So????"
"So, he's mine!"
"He's mine!"
"He's-"
"GUYS!"
Ben stopped and, with a flutter of his eyelashes, sat down in front of Kris and gazed lovingly at him. "Yes, Kristopher?"
Okay, that is IT! Adam got up and pushed Ben out of the seat, throwing him on the floor angrily, his face deadly in comparison to earlier that morning. "GET. AWAY. NOW!"
"Make me," Ben replied calmly, "or, how about we have Kris make me. Your choice, Adam."
"No," Adam said, standing his ground. "No, I will NOT have Kris make you go and I will NOT have you say here any longer! Now get your sorry excuse for a body off that chair and AWAY from us! GO!"
Kris stood and ran up to Adam, yanking him down to their seat, his hands around Adam's arm to keep him from leaving. Ben slowly got up, momentarily stopping to blow a kiss at Kris, and then got up, leaving the lunch room with a swagger of a champion.
"Adam," Kris asked quietly, "are you okay?"
Adam looked back at him with a determined glance. He suddenly placed a forceful yet loving kiss on his boy's mouth, putting all his love and want and anger into the kiss. It lasted for a while, and by the time it broke apart, Kris was out of breath and his lips were swollen-a sign that the kiss was fantastic.
"That's my answer," he said, and with that, Adam got up and left, casually slipping one last kiss on his boy's forehead before walking out of the place to the lockers. He had left Kris sitting there, and before Kris knew it, he was crying tears of confusion. What was with that kiss? I mean, I know he's scared about Ben, but does he really think I would leave him? Yeah, Ben's hot and has those same baby blue eyes I adore and a pretty face, but he scares me. Adam makes me feel safe. I just don't know how to tell it to him.
Gosh, why must love be so freakin complicated?
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Hours passed, and now it was time for Music, their final class of the day today. Kris hadn't heard a word spoken from Adam's mouth since then, and every moment Adam had gotten close to him, Kris has heard not even a simple hi or had a kiss be placed on his cheek to tell if Adam was okay. Ben really was bugging him. Kris had to make this better somehow. Hopefully, his plan would work, and Ben would be out of Adam's thoughts. Hopefully.
Kris walked in alone, sitting in his normal chair that he always did, and the minute he sat, Adam came in, his eyes smokey with a freshly dark coat of eyeliner and black eye shadow placed on his eyes, creating a dark and scary effect to Kris. He came over to Kris and sat next to him, not saying a word like usual. Ben came in next, and he whispered to their teacher something as he stared at Adam, sitting down a moment later across the room. Class started, and their teacher called Adam and Ben's names, instructing the two to come and stand up front. They both did, and they stood at the front tall and proud, both looking at Kris as if he was a prize.
"Now, everyone, these two have asked me if they can sing a song to relive a conflict they are having. I want you all to listen and enjoy. Boys, you're up!"
With a slight nod from the two, Adam and Ben stood facing the crowd, a slight smirk appearing on their faces as the music came on.
It was a song Kris knew well.
Oh my gosh, it's perfect.
The Boy Is Mine.
Ben started first. "Excuse me, can I please talk to you for a minute?"
Adam then looked at him and casually sighed. "Uh huh, sure. You know you look kinda familiar."
"Yeah, you do too, but um...I just wanted to know, do you know somebody named.." both boys looked over to Kris and nodded,"..well, you know."
"Oh yeah definitely, I know his name."
"I just wanted to let you know, he's mine."
"Hehe, no no, he's mine."
Then, the two faced each other directly, fierce looks on their faces.
"You need to give it up, had about enough, it's not hard to see, the boy is mine. I'm sorry that you seem to be confused, he belongs to me, the boy is mine."
Ben then rolled his eyes and sat on a table, his eyes still staring at Adam fiercely. "I think it's time we got this straight, sit and talked face-to-face, there is no way you can mistake, boy oh man are you insane."
Adam then walked right up to him and sang in his face. "See I know you may be a bit jealous of me, 'cause you're blind if you can't see, that is his love is all I need."
Ben rolled his eyes again and pushed Adam back a bit. "See I try to hesitate, I didn't want to say what he told me, he said without me he couldn't make it through the day, isn't that a shame."
Adam then pushed him back against the table angrily. "And maybe you misunderstood, I guess I just can't see how he could want to take his time, and that's all good, but my love is all it took."
Ben had already started singing the chorus, and Adam looked pretty set on singing against whatever he said. Next came the second verse, and Adam was mad, so much that he nearly was beginning to make others uneasy.
"Must you do the things you do? Ya' keep on acting like a fool. If you didn't know it's me not you, and if you didn't know it, boy it's true!"
"I think that you should realize, try to understand why, he's a part of my life, I KNOW IT'S KILLING YOU INSIDE!"
Just as Ben was about to get all up in Adam's face, Adam immediately shot back at him, jealousy and a tough boy swagger just radiating off him.
"YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY, what we have YOU CAN'T TAKE! Find the truth, you can't escape, I can tell the real from the fake!"
"When will you get the picture? You're the past, I'm the future! Get away, it's my time to shine, if you didn't know the boy is MINE!"
That lyric really hit Adam hard. 'You're the past, I'm the future' was just too scary for Adam to try to wrap his head around. Kris is yours, Lambert, now go kick ass on this song! The whole time through the chorus, Ben was singing his butt off, showing off his voice like a talent show audition-er or some crazed and overly desperate singer. Adam got tired of it and sang back.
(Ben) "You need to give it up, had about enough, it's not hard to see, the boy is mine. I'm sorry that you seem to be confused, he belongs to me, the boy is mine."
(Adam) "Ooooooooh.... .............................had about enough! He's mine, he's mine, he's mine! ...I'M so sorry, ya' seem to be confused! ....he belongs to me!!!!!!!!!"
Then, together, the boys stared at each other and glared, both singing harshly at one another, their eyes far from looking calm.
"You can't destroy this love I found, your silly games, I won't allow. The boy is mine without a doubt, might as well throw in the towel."
Ben rolled his eyes. "He makes you think that he wants you, when I'm the one who brought him to the special place that's in my heart, he was my love right from the start!"
Adam slightly pushed Ben away from him, his facial expression no less than furious with him. "Give it up NOW!"
Ben pushed back. "Had about enough!"
Adam pushed back again, making Ben stumble a bit backwards. "It's not hard to see!!!!!!"
Ben smirked and got back up, giving a sexy gaze to Kris. "The boy is MINE!"
Adam quickly grabbed his arm and swung Ben around to face him. "I'm sorry that you-"
"Seem to be confused," Ben sang, getting Adam more mad.
"HE BELONGS TO ME!"
"Noooo," Ben counter-sang, smiling at Adam's anger and pushing Adam's hands off his arms. "You need to give it up!"
"Had 'bout enough!"
"It's not hard to see-"
"THE BOY IS MINEEEEE!" Adam sang, interrupting Ben. Never the less, Ben went on and also sang the long "mine" that followed.
"Seem to be confused," Adam sang along with the track as Ben tried to knock him down.
"He belongs to meeee-"
"The boy is MINE! Not yours," Adam started.
"But mine."
"NOT yours-"
"But MINE!"
"NOT YOURS!"
"BUT MINE!" Ben finished, pushing Adam against the piano roughly, almost laughing at Adam's slow recovery. Adam got up, brushed his pants off quickly, then jumped in front of Ben's face, standing his ground as they both sang.
"I'm sorry that you, seem to be confused, it's not hard to see. The. Boy. Is. MINE."
And that's where it all broke loose.
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If it wasn't tough enough for Kris to keep from crying or yelling during their performance, it was even harder to keep it all in when Ben threw the first punch at Adam, knocking him back into the piano, causing him to almost break it. Adam quickly retaliated, and once he had Ben in the right place, Adam threw a punch at him, hitting Ben square in the jaw, sending him flying to the ground. Now, Kris knew Adam wasn't a bully and never ever would hurt someone else, so all he could hope was that Adam wouldn't be blamed for this and that he wouldn't get suspended.
That was the last thing he needed.
For at least a few more seconds, Adam and Ben battled it out, punching one another and causing bloody noses and bad bruises all over their faces, until their teacher finally broke them apart, having the few football players there hold back Ben and having Kris grab Adam away, knowing that he wouldn't dare endanger Kris. Ben was taken to the principle's office with Adam following innocently behind, blood trailing from his nose and from a gash on his cheek. Kris was Adam's own personal escort to it, for their teacher wanted him to be there in case they were too bias and the principle would need his tell of the story. So, like any normal kids, Ben, Adam, and Kris all piled into the office, seeing their principle, Mr. Harrington, sitting in his desk with an un-happy look on his face. Adam quietly sat, while Ben scooted his chair over so that he was as far as possible from Adam.
"Boys," Mr. Harrington said calmly, "may one of you calmly tell me what happened? Oh, and please use tissues for that blood. I don't need bloody carpets."
Oh gosh, he's a jerk, Kris thought impatiently. He'd never met Mr. Harrington before because of his parents going to the interview for him, so he generally though of him as a good and kind man.
Now, he just thought that he was a huge self-centered person. Not only was his personality a big example of this, but the fact that he had about 15 pictures of himself and not one of his family, which Kris knew he had, and was constantly checking himself in his own personal mirror every 30 seconds, kind of gave it away.
Adam pipped up and ended the silence that was making the room very on-the-edge. "Ben and I were settling some un-finished business in song and he began throwing punches and eying MY boyfriend, dancing all seductively to try to some how get him away from me. He pushed me and attacked me and well, I defended myself. Otherwise, I would have looked like Ben plus the punches I sustained from his fists."
"So not true," Ben interjected, "'cause he started it! Trying to take Kris away from me and being all rude to me, the new student? Ha, I say he's more guilty than I. I'm younger than him and had no clue that Kris was his, and then he comes trying to take him away from me! My gosh, it's almost as worse as when he took me away from him with his psycho friend while we were kissing romantically as lovers at lunch! Goodness, he's done nothing but hurt me since day one!"
Adam gasped. "Sir, that's all a lie! Well, except for my friend being psycho, that's a fact, but that's beside the point. Ever since he first saw me and Kris yesterday he's done nothing but try to take me away from him! He knows I love Kris and also that I'm his! I have ever since I met him and he won't get that in his head! He freakin almost raped Kris! Brad was just saving him, not trying to stop you from kissing 'romantically' as 'lovers'! Why don't you understand?"
"Why won't you, fat hips!?"
"WHAT? Who you calling fat hips, chicken face!?"
"Chicken face? I wouldn't be talking, Mr. "I don't know what a veggie is'! Go to a gym or something, dude!"
"You first, twig! Grow some muscle on those sticks and you may be able to lift a leaf!"
"BOYS," Mr. Harrington yelled, silencing both instantly. "Now, I knew I was smart to do this. Kris, please, can you verify who's story is correct?"
Kris nodded. "Adam's. If this ring on my hand isn't enough to prove that I'm his, then I don't know what will."
Mr. Harrington stopped for a moment to gaze at the ring, his nose crinkling up in a bit of confusion/disgust, and then turned back to face Ben.
"Ben, it's school rules to have you suspended for two weeks. You will not be allowed in this place until that sentence is up, and your parents will be notified. Adam, you are free to leave with Kris and go home to clean up. I'll drive you two. Ben, you will be taken home by your parents, and until I come back, you are to be in here in my office. We have video tapes of what you do, so don't even try to leave. As you know, we have police standing by ready. Cased closed, Adam and Kris, get your things."
Adam smirked at Ben as he and Kris got up to leave. Ben looked a bit sinister, but helpless at the moment. From the looks of it, he wasn't going to try and run.
He looked more angry than anything, really.
The two stepped out of the room with Mr. Harrington, and as the door closed to the office, Adam felt a rush of relief and success.
Take that Ben. I knew true love always won in the end.
Have fun being alone, loser!!!!!!!
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It was a long ride home, and the boys were eager to hop out into Adam's house and leave all their troubles behind. Mr. Harrington let them go in Adam's driveway and silently left, watching them just until they got in safely before driving off. Leila and Eber weren't home yet, so the boys had the house to themselves, a rare occasion now and days. They went straight to the bathroom, cleaning up Adam's cuts and bruises as fast as possible so that they could actually enjoy their time alone somewhat. Within a few minutes, Adam was cleaned up and treated, and the boys were laying in Adam's room watching Tv, him spooning Kris as they flipped through channels. Suddenly, Kris stopped flipping and turned to Adam, placing a tiny peck on his lips followed by a cute smile.
"I love you."
Adam giggled and ran his hand through Kris's hair lovingly. "I love you too, sweetheart."
"Adam?"
"Yes?"
"Can I sing you the song I was going to sing?"
With a cautious smile, Adam nodded and kissed Kris's forehead before sitting up, allowing Kris to get up and grab his guitar.
"Adam....this song....it just means the world to me, and it just describes...everything I feel for you. I love you and I want you to hear this. So, enjoy."
Kris picked up his guitar, took a deep breath, and then began.
"Untouchable like a distant diamond sky.
I'm reaching out and I just can't tell you why.
I'm caught up in you.
I'm caught up in you.
Untouchable burning brighter than the sun, and when you're close I feel like coming undone.
In the middle of the night when I'm in this dream it's like a million little stars spelling out your name.
You gotta come on, come on.
Say that we'll be together
Come on, come on.
Little taste of heaven."
Adam began to feel tears come to his eyes as Kris gently played on his guitar. It was as if heaven was on earth, literally.
"It's half full and I won't be here all day.
I know you're saying that you'd be here anyway.
But you're untouchable burning brighter than the sun, and when you're close I feel like coming undone.
In the middle of the night when I'm in this dream it's like a million little stars spelling out your name.
You gotta come on, come on.
Say that we'll be together
Come on, come on.
Oh, in the middle of the night we can form this dream.
I wanna feel you by my side standing next to me.
You gotta come on, come on.
Say that we'll be together.
Come on, come on.
Little taste of heaven."
After a short guitar solo, Kris began to sing again.
"I'm caught up in you....oooooooooh, oooh, oh oh.
But you're untouchable burning brighter than the sun, and when you're close I feel like coming undone.
In the middle of the night when I'm in this dream, it's like a million little stars spelling out your name.
You gotta come on, come on.
Say that we'll be together!
Come on, come on!
Oh owaha oh!
In the middle of the night when I'm in this dream, it's like a million little stars spelling out your name.
You gotta come on, come on.
Say that we'll be together
Come on, come on.
Come on!
Oh, in the middle of the night we can form this dream.
I wanna feel you by my side standing next to me.
You gotta come on, come on.
Say that we'll be together!
Come on, come on.
Little taste of heaven."
Kris again began to jam on his guitar, small tears forming in his eyes as the song's last part came. Well Kris, jam it out! This one's for Adam!
"And in the middle of the night when I'm in this dream, it's like a million little stars spelling out your name.
You gotta come on, come on, oh come on, come on! Come on, come on! Oh ohhhh.
Like a million little stars....spelling out your name....they're spellin' out your name, oh....."
And then the song finished, with both men in tears-happy tears for once-and hugging each other tightly.
So, that night, when Leila, Eber, and Neil came home, they found the boys sleeping in each other's arms peacefully, smiles on their faces.
For once, it was a happy moment.
One they both deserved greatly.
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(Telephone call)
Ben: "Hello?"
???: "Hello Ben. Did you give Adam the beating he deserved?"
Ben: "Yes. I got suspended from school, but yeah, he got hit."
???: "Oh, I'm so proud of you. Well, just go home and rest. You've done well. Once your suspension is over, phase two of my plan goes into affect, which means you'll need to really get your research done and maybe some practice. That all depends on how well you think you can do this, it being your first time with a guy..."
Ben: "Don't worry, I'm far ready. You know, phase two almost began, but well....Adam has a friend..."
???: "Huh. Well, I'll just see what we'll have to do about him. Maybe I can get someone to help me...distract him while you take care of my business. Anyway, be ready honey. Two weeks before the day we get that much closer. Adam Lambert and Kris Allen will pay."
Ben: "I promise they will."
???: "Yes. Well, I love you, and be careful. They may come on to us at any point, so be cautious. Good job and I'll see you soon my dear."
Ben: "Bye Crystal."
Crystal: "Bye....Benny."
To be continued........
Thanks for all the love guys :) Really appreciate it! Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ben was a forced to be reckoned with, if Adam had any opinion about him. Tall and masculine, he was the perfect example of a guy who could somehow take Kris away from him, even after the lunch time incident. Yet, as Adam held Kris close in the backseat on their way home from school by Leila's car, he felt that it would take much more than before now for Ben to ever get Kris away. Kris's dark brown eyes were looking into his as he lay on Adam's legs, playing around with as strand of fabric off of his shirt absentmindedly. The car was and had been silent so far, and both of them were glad for that. This was no time for talking, just consoling.
Once the car pulled up to Adam's house, Leila and the boys hopped out and walked inside, Leila heading off to her office to call Kris's mom and Kris and Adam crawling to the couch, Adam laying down first and Kris resting in front of him with Adam's arm wrapped around his body protectively. They laid like that for a while, both too shaken still to speak. Soon, Adam broke the silence, his voice low and barely audible.
"You okay?"
"Yeah," Kris replied a little louder and believable. It wasn't awkward being in silence like they were, but comforting. Outside of this household, Adam and Kris were faced with too many problems that hurt every time they ventured out. Even Kris's home was troubled, his father now starting to fight with his mother and once again beginning to disown Kris. School just had too much drama for their relationship. It was too hard. Unless things changed soon, both boys felt that their relationship would almost be useless to keep going. Everyone was on their case. Crystal was bound to come back sometime soon, Ben was threatening their very loving bond, and Kris's father would rather die than let Kris fall any more in love with Adam. Things needed to stop soon.
"Kris," Adam again said in a hushed tone, "can you promise me something?"
"Yeah."
"Don't let Ben or anybody get between our love, okay?"
"Okay."
Adam frowned. "You sure?"
"Yes, okay, I won't. Can we please just not ruin this moment and stop talking about that jerk already?"
Kissing his head lightly, Adam nuzzled closer to Kris and slightly tightened his grip around Kris, hearing a small sob crack through Kris's small body. It brought tears of his own to Adam's eyes, and his heart ached in sadness. He hated Kris sad. He hated Ben for hurting Kris. He hated Ben for ruining what was beginning to be a normal and happy relationship. He hated everything going on at the moment, and what hurt him was the fact that he couldn't do a thing to stop it.
"Adam," Leila said as she came from her office, "Kris's mom wants him home."
Kris whined, his arm clutching tightly now at Adam's to stay. Adam looked up at Leila and looked to her for advice. She could tell he didn't want to leave Kris and that Kris would just die if he didn't stay in Adam's arms.
"Sweetie......you know I wish he could stay, but Kim wants Kris home. She really is worried about him...and she's already coming over..."
"Let her waste the gas," Kris weakly spat, "I'm not leaving. Too much hurt outside Adam's arms."
Leila sighed. "Kris, sweetie, your mom deserves to see you and take care of you. Adam's done his part."
"No. I want to stay."
Looking up to Leila, Adam kissed Kris's forehead and nudged him to get up. "Kris, get up. You're going home."
"WHAT?" Kris yelled, sitting upright immediately, "Why do I have to leave? I thought you wanted me to stay! Do you not?"
"Kris, I-"
"You don't! Oh my gosh, you want me to leave! How dare you!"
"KRIS!"
Adam and Kris's eyes shot over to Leila, who was standing with her eyes closed and her fists clenched in the middle of the room.
"I know you love Adam and I know you went through a crap load of stuff today, but you can NOT hide yourself away from the world. You're strong Kris, and even though you feel like Adam's the only thing keeping you up right now, you need to realize you can support yourself. I'm not saying you need to not go to him for comfort, but I am saying that you need to do some things on your own. You can do it, I know you can. So, I want you to go home and spend some good, quality time with your mother and make her feel like she's the awesome mom that she is. Okay?"
Kris stared at Leila dumbstruck. Leila always seemed to know the right thing to say. She had that right 100%, and he knew it.
"Yes ma'am," Kris whispered with a stronger-than-usual southern accent. After giving a slight nod, Leila walked out of the room, leaving the two alone, looking at each other in silence. So much had happened that day. Ben nearly raped Kris, for crap sake! Too much crap was going on, and they knew it. Somehow, someone was going to have to stop it, and both boys had their own idea for it. The question was, who's idea would work.
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The next day at school started out normally, for Ben wasn't on the bus today, and so far, everything seemed to be okay. Yeah, people were kind of gazing at them curiously to see if Kris was okay, but that was common to them by now. They were the school's gay couple. It was a way of life by now.
Time passed, and before they knew it, it was time for lunch. Adam and Kris sat at that same table today, this time with Adam sitting next to Kris and with Kris sitting on the side facing the wall, so that Ben would have to go through Adam to even try to get near him. A few minutes went by where no sight or sound of Ben was around, but then just a mere 10 minutes into lunch, Ben showed up, his face as always devastatingly handsome and in a green t-shirt and black pants-a look hard to pull off. But never the less, he did, and to anyone's eyes, straight or gay, he looked hot today. Adam gulped and wrapped a tight arm around Kris's waist, gazing angrily into Ben's eyes. Ben smirked and walked right up to them.
"Well looky here," he said devilishly, "the two boyfriends are sitting together again. Mind if I join you? There's no other seat in the cafeteria and I would hate to sit alone."
Sit in freakin quicksand, jerk.
"No," Adam coldly replied, "why the hell would we let you? We both hate you."
"Because the cutie here may just say otherwise..."
Immediately, Adam's gaze shifted over to Kris, who was momentarily gazing at Ben with a googly-eyed look and drool slightly coming from his mouth. Almost hurting Kris, Adam hit his shoulder, jealously glaring at him to stop. Kris did so, and blushing, scooted closer to Adam apologetically.
"Well...I heard you two are in Music.....I am, too. I was just wondering Adam.......mind if I sing a love song to this little cutie here?"
Adam nearly growled. "HE IS MINE! Don't you DARE call him that!"
"He didn't seem to object to it!"
"So????"
"So, he's mine!"
"He's mine!"
"He's-"
"GUYS!"
Ben stopped and, with a flutter of his eyelashes, sat down in front of Kris and gazed lovingly at him. "Yes, Kristopher?"
Okay, that is IT! Adam got up and pushed Ben out of the seat, throwing him on the floor angrily, his face deadly in comparison to earlier that morning. "GET. AWAY. NOW!"
"Make me," Ben replied calmly, "or, how about we have Kris make me. Your choice, Adam."
"No," Adam said, standing his ground. "No, I will NOT have Kris make you go and I will NOT have you say here any longer! Now get your sorry excuse for a body off that chair and AWAY from us! GO!"
Kris stood and ran up to Adam, yanking him down to their seat, his hands around Adam's arm to keep him from leaving. Ben slowly got up, momentarily stopping to blow a kiss at Kris, and then got up, leaving the lunch room with a swagger of a champion.
"Adam," Kris asked quietly, "are you okay?"
Adam looked back at him with a determined glance. He suddenly placed a forceful yet loving kiss on his boy's mouth, putting all his love and want and anger into the kiss. It lasted for a while, and by the time it broke apart, Kris was out of breath and his lips were swollen-a sign that the kiss was fantastic.
"That's my answer," he said, and with that, Adam got up and left, casually slipping one last kiss on his boy's forehead before walking out of the place to the lockers. He had left Kris sitting there, and before Kris knew it, he was crying tears of confusion. What was with that kiss? I mean, I know he's scared about Ben, but does he really think I would leave him? Yeah, Ben's hot and has those same baby blue eyes I adore and a pretty face, but he scares me. Adam makes me feel safe. I just don't know how to tell it to him.
Gosh, why must love be so freakin complicated?
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Hours passed, and now it was time for Music, their final class of the day today. Kris hadn't heard a word spoken from Adam's mouth since then, and every moment Adam had gotten close to him, Kris has heard not even a simple hi or had a kiss be placed on his cheek to tell if Adam was okay. Ben really was bugging him. Kris had to make this better somehow. Hopefully, his plan would work, and Ben would be out of Adam's thoughts. Hopefully.
Kris walked in alone, sitting in his normal chair that he always did, and the minute he sat, Adam came in, his eyes smokey with a freshly dark coat of eyeliner and black eye shadow placed on his eyes, creating a dark and scary effect to Kris. He came over to Kris and sat next to him, not saying a word like usual. Ben came in next, and he whispered to their teacher something as he stared at Adam, sitting down a moment later across the room. Class started, and their teacher called Adam and Ben's names, instructing the two to come and stand up front. They both did, and they stood at the front tall and proud, both looking at Kris as if he was a prize.
"Now, everyone, these two have asked me if they can sing a song to relive a conflict they are having. I want you all to listen and enjoy. Boys, you're up!"
With a slight nod from the two, Adam and Ben stood facing the crowd, a slight smirk appearing on their faces as the music came on.
It was a song Kris knew well.
Oh my gosh, it's perfect.
The Boy Is Mine.
Ben started first. "Excuse me, can I please talk to you for a minute?"
Adam then looked at him and casually sighed. "Uh huh, sure. You know you look kinda familiar."
"Yeah, you do too, but um...I just wanted to know, do you know somebody named.." both boys looked over to Kris and nodded,"..well, you know."
"Oh yeah definitely, I know his name."
"I just wanted to let you know, he's mine."
"Hehe, no no, he's mine."
Then, the two faced each other directly, fierce looks on their faces.
"You need to give it up, had about enough, it's not hard to see, the boy is mine. I'm sorry that you seem to be confused, he belongs to me, the boy is mine."
Ben then rolled his eyes and sat on a table, his eyes still staring at Adam fiercely. "I think it's time we got this straight, sit and talked face-to-face, there is no way you can mistake, boy oh man are you insane."
Adam then walked right up to him and sang in his face. "See I know you may be a bit jealous of me, 'cause you're blind if you can't see, that is his love is all I need."
Ben rolled his eyes again and pushed Adam back a bit. "See I try to hesitate, I didn't want to say what he told me, he said without me he couldn't make it through the day, isn't that a shame."
Adam then pushed him back against the table angrily. "And maybe you misunderstood, I guess I just can't see how he could want to take his time, and that's all good, but my love is all it took."
Ben had already started singing the chorus, and Adam looked pretty set on singing against whatever he said. Next came the second verse, and Adam was mad, so much that he nearly was beginning to make others uneasy.
"Must you do the things you do? Ya' keep on acting like a fool. If you didn't know it's me not you, and if you didn't know it, boy it's true!"
"I think that you should realize, try to understand why, he's a part of my life, I KNOW IT'S KILLING YOU INSIDE!"
Just as Ben was about to get all up in Adam's face, Adam immediately shot back at him, jealousy and a tough boy swagger just radiating off him.
"YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY, what we have YOU CAN'T TAKE! Find the truth, you can't escape, I can tell the real from the fake!"
"When will you get the picture? You're the past, I'm the future! Get away, it's my time to shine, if you didn't know the boy is MINE!"
That lyric really hit Adam hard. 'You're the past, I'm the future' was just too scary for Adam to try to wrap his head around. Kris is yours, Lambert, now go kick ass on this song! The whole time through the chorus, Ben was singing his butt off, showing off his voice like a talent show audition-er or some crazed and overly desperate singer. Adam got tired of it and sang back.
(Ben) "You need to give it up, had about enough, it's not hard to see, the boy is mine. I'm sorry that you seem to be confused, he belongs to me, the boy is mine."
(Adam) "Ooooooooh.... .............................had about enough! He's mine, he's mine, he's mine! ...I'M so sorry, ya' seem to be confused! ....he belongs to me!!!!!!!!!"
Then, together, the boys stared at each other and glared, both singing harshly at one another, their eyes far from looking calm.
"You can't destroy this love I found, your silly games, I won't allow. The boy is mine without a doubt, might as well throw in the towel."
Ben rolled his eyes. "He makes you think that he wants you, when I'm the one who brought him to the special place that's in my heart, he was my love right from the start!"
Adam slightly pushed Ben away from him, his facial expression no less than furious with him. "Give it up NOW!"
Ben pushed back. "Had about enough!"
Adam pushed back again, making Ben stumble a bit backwards. "It's not hard to see!!!!!!"
Ben smirked and got back up, giving a sexy gaze to Kris. "The boy is MINE!"
Adam quickly grabbed his arm and swung Ben around to face him. "I'm sorry that you-"
"Seem to be confused," Ben sang, getting Adam more mad.
"HE BELONGS TO ME!"
"Noooo," Ben counter-sang, smiling at Adam's anger and pushing Adam's hands off his arms. "You need to give it up!"
"Had 'bout enough!"
"It's not hard to see-"
"THE BOY IS MINEEEEE!" Adam sang, interrupting Ben. Never the less, Ben went on and also sang the long "mine" that followed.
"Seem to be confused," Adam sang along with the track as Ben tried to knock him down.
"He belongs to meeee-"
"The boy is MINE! Not yours," Adam started.
"But mine."
"NOT yours-"
"But MINE!"
"NOT YOURS!"
"BUT MINE!" Ben finished, pushing Adam against the piano roughly, almost laughing at Adam's slow recovery. Adam got up, brushed his pants off quickly, then jumped in front of Ben's face, standing his ground as they both sang.
"I'm sorry that you, seem to be confused, it's not hard to see. The. Boy. Is. MINE."
And that's where it all broke loose.
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If it wasn't tough enough for Kris to keep from crying or yelling during their performance, it was even harder to keep it all in when Ben threw the first punch at Adam, knocking him back into the piano, causing him to almost break it. Adam quickly retaliated, and once he had Ben in the right place, Adam threw a punch at him, hitting Ben square in the jaw, sending him flying to the ground. Now, Kris knew Adam wasn't a bully and never ever would hurt someone else, so all he could hope was that Adam wouldn't be blamed for this and that he wouldn't get suspended.
That was the last thing he needed.
For at least a few more seconds, Adam and Ben battled it out, punching one another and causing bloody noses and bad bruises all over their faces, until their teacher finally broke them apart, having the few football players there hold back Ben and having Kris grab Adam away, knowing that he wouldn't dare endanger Kris. Ben was taken to the principle's office with Adam following innocently behind, blood trailing from his nose and from a gash on his cheek. Kris was Adam's own personal escort to it, for their teacher wanted him to be there in case they were too bias and the principle would need his tell of the story. So, like any normal kids, Ben, Adam, and Kris all piled into the office, seeing their principle, Mr. Harrington, sitting in his desk with an un-happy look on his face. Adam quietly sat, while Ben scooted his chair over so that he was as far as possible from Adam.
"Boys," Mr. Harrington said calmly, "may one of you calmly tell me what happened? Oh, and please use tissues for that blood. I don't need bloody carpets."
Oh gosh, he's a jerk, Kris thought impatiently. He'd never met Mr. Harrington before because of his parents going to the interview for him, so he generally though of him as a good and kind man.
Now, he just thought that he was a huge self-centered person. Not only was his personality a big example of this, but the fact that he had about 15 pictures of himself and not one of his family, which Kris knew he had, and was constantly checking himself in his own personal mirror every 30 seconds, kind of gave it away.
Adam pipped up and ended the silence that was making the room very on-the-edge. "Ben and I were settling some un-finished business in song and he began throwing punches and eying MY boyfriend, dancing all seductively to try to some how get him away from me. He pushed me and attacked me and well, I defended myself. Otherwise, I would have looked like Ben plus the punches I sustained from his fists."
"So not true," Ben interjected, "'cause he started it! Trying to take Kris away from me and being all rude to me, the new student? Ha, I say he's more guilty than I. I'm younger than him and had no clue that Kris was his, and then he comes trying to take him away from me! My gosh, it's almost as worse as when he took me away from him with his psycho friend while we were kissing romantically as lovers at lunch! Goodness, he's done nothing but hurt me since day one!"
Adam gasped. "Sir, that's all a lie! Well, except for my friend being psycho, that's a fact, but that's beside the point. Ever since he first saw me and Kris yesterday he's done nothing but try to take me away from him! He knows I love Kris and also that I'm his! I have ever since I met him and he won't get that in his head! He freakin almost raped Kris! Brad was just saving him, not trying to stop you from kissing 'romantically' as 'lovers'! Why don't you understand?"
"Why won't you, fat hips!?"
"WHAT? Who you calling fat hips, chicken face!?"
"Chicken face? I wouldn't be talking, Mr. "I don't know what a veggie is'! Go to a gym or something, dude!"
"You first, twig! Grow some muscle on those sticks and you may be able to lift a leaf!"
"BOYS," Mr. Harrington yelled, silencing both instantly. "Now, I knew I was smart to do this. Kris, please, can you verify who's story is correct?"
Kris nodded. "Adam's. If this ring on my hand isn't enough to prove that I'm his, then I don't know what will."
Mr. Harrington stopped for a moment to gaze at the ring, his nose crinkling up in a bit of confusion/disgust, and then turned back to face Ben.
"Ben, it's school rules to have you suspended for two weeks. You will not be allowed in this place until that sentence is up, and your parents will be notified. Adam, you are free to leave with Kris and go home to clean up. I'll drive you two. Ben, you will be taken home by your parents, and until I come back, you are to be in here in my office. We have video tapes of what you do, so don't even try to leave. As you know, we have police standing by ready. Cased closed, Adam and Kris, get your things."
Adam smirked at Ben as he and Kris got up to leave. Ben looked a bit sinister, but helpless at the moment. From the looks of it, he wasn't going to try and run.
He looked more angry than anything, really.
The two stepped out of the room with Mr. Harrington, and as the door closed to the office, Adam felt a rush of relief and success.
Take that Ben. I knew true love always won in the end.
Have fun being alone, loser!!!!!!!
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It was a long ride home, and the boys were eager to hop out into Adam's house and leave all their troubles behind. Mr. Harrington let them go in Adam's driveway and silently left, watching them just until they got in safely before driving off. Leila and Eber weren't home yet, so the boys had the house to themselves, a rare occasion now and days. They went straight to the bathroom, cleaning up Adam's cuts and bruises as fast as possible so that they could actually enjoy their time alone somewhat. Within a few minutes, Adam was cleaned up and treated, and the boys were laying in Adam's room watching Tv, him spooning Kris as they flipped through channels. Suddenly, Kris stopped flipping and turned to Adam, placing a tiny peck on his lips followed by a cute smile.
"I love you."
Adam giggled and ran his hand through Kris's hair lovingly. "I love you too, sweetheart."
"Adam?"
"Yes?"
"Can I sing you the song I was going to sing?"
With a cautious smile, Adam nodded and kissed Kris's forehead before sitting up, allowing Kris to get up and grab his guitar.
"Adam....this song....it just means the world to me, and it just describes...everything I feel for you. I love you and I want you to hear this. So, enjoy."
Kris picked up his guitar, took a deep breath, and then began.
"Untouchable like a distant diamond sky.
I'm reaching out and I just can't tell you why.
I'm caught up in you.
I'm caught up in you.
Untouchable burning brighter than the sun, and when you're close I feel like coming undone.
In the middle of the night when I'm in this dream it's like a million little stars spelling out your name.
You gotta come on, come on.
Say that we'll be together
Come on, come on.
Little taste of heaven."
Adam began to feel tears come to his eyes as Kris gently played on his guitar. It was as if heaven was on earth, literally.
"It's half full and I won't be here all day.
I know you're saying that you'd be here anyway.
But you're untouchable burning brighter than the sun, and when you're close I feel like coming undone.
In the middle of the night when I'm in this dream it's like a million little stars spelling out your name.
You gotta come on, come on.
Say that we'll be together
Come on, come on.
Oh, in the middle of the night we can form this dream.
I wanna feel you by my side standing next to me.
You gotta come on, come on.
Say that we'll be together.
Come on, come on.
Little taste of heaven."
After a short guitar solo, Kris began to sing again.
"I'm caught up in you....oooooooooh, oooh, oh oh.
But you're untouchable burning brighter than the sun, and when you're close I feel like coming undone.
In the middle of the night when I'm in this dream, it's like a million little stars spelling out your name.
You gotta come on, come on.
Say that we'll be together!
Come on, come on!
Oh owaha oh!
In the middle of the night when I'm in this dream, it's like a million little stars spelling out your name.
You gotta come on, come on.
Say that we'll be together
Come on, come on.
Come on!
Oh, in the middle of the night we can form this dream.
I wanna feel you by my side standing next to me.
You gotta come on, come on.
Say that we'll be together!
Come on, come on.
Little taste of heaven."
Kris again began to jam on his guitar, small tears forming in his eyes as the song's last part came. Well Kris, jam it out! This one's for Adam!
"And in the middle of the night when I'm in this dream, it's like a million little stars spelling out your name.
You gotta come on, come on, oh come on, come on! Come on, come on! Oh ohhhh.
Like a million little stars....spelling out your name....they're spellin' out your name, oh....."
And then the song finished, with both men in tears-happy tears for once-and hugging each other tightly.
So, that night, when Leila, Eber, and Neil came home, they found the boys sleeping in each other's arms peacefully, smiles on their faces.
For once, it was a happy moment.
One they both deserved greatly.
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(Telephone call)
Ben: "Hello?"
???: "Hello Ben. Did you give Adam the beating he deserved?"
Ben: "Yes. I got suspended from school, but yeah, he got hit."
???: "Oh, I'm so proud of you. Well, just go home and rest. You've done well. Once your suspension is over, phase two of my plan goes into affect, which means you'll need to really get your research done and maybe some practice. That all depends on how well you think you can do this, it being your first time with a guy..."
Ben: "Don't worry, I'm far ready. You know, phase two almost began, but well....Adam has a friend..."
???: "Huh. Well, I'll just see what we'll have to do about him. Maybe I can get someone to help me...distract him while you take care of my business. Anyway, be ready honey. Two weeks before the day we get that much closer. Adam Lambert and Kris Allen will pay."
Ben: "I promise they will."
???: "Yes. Well, I love you, and be careful. They may come on to us at any point, so be cautious. Good job and I'll see you soon my dear."
Ben: "Bye Crystal."
Crystal: "Bye....Benny."
To be continued........