Living away from home for the first time was proving more difficult than Peter thought it would be. He had big dreams of freedom and being an adult, but when it came down to it he missed his bed, he missed home cooking, and he missed getting to see everyone for dinner. Including Nathan.
Fortunately, because he came from money he was able to get an
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He pursed his lips, looking over at Peter, "That shirt happened to look nice on you. Next Christmas I'll get you a bib."
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"Can we go now? I'm hungry." Talking about ketchup made him think about burgers which made his stomach growl loudly.
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Nathan pushed the cart toward the front of the store, "Yeah, we'll go back to your place to drop this stuff off and then we can grab a bite to eat, alright?"
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"Can we get burgers and fries?" Peter silently prayed that Nathan wouldn't make him eat at a fancy place where he couldn't even read everything on the menu. He put a hand on the side of the cart and walked towards the checkout lanes with Nathan.
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"Want any of that chocolate?" he nodded his head toward the shelf next to them.
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He stuffed his hands into his pockets and let Nathan do all the work, unloading everything. It was starting to feel like Nathan was his personal assistant today. He liked it!
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He waited for everything to be rung up, swiping his credit card. "Go out and hail us a cab so we can just put this stuff in, alright?"
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Peter slipped past his brother and went outside, glad he wasn't going to see the total. He'd just feel bad about how much money Nathan was spending on his crappy little apartment.
Peter rocked on his heels on the curb and hailed them a cab after a couple minutes, opening the door and asking the man to wait until his brother came out with everything.
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"Well that was productive. Hopefully you'll get along a little better now, right?" He felt better, leaving Peter with a few more means of taking care of himself. He still felt bad that he couldn't be around more while Peter was growing up.
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"Can't wait to sink my teeth into a big greasy burger and go to bed with a stomach ache!" Nothing better! "You should spend the night. Slumber party!" Okay, that wasn't reallly a joking question...
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He laughed, shaking his head, "You should get a milk shake to go along with it. Then your stomach with really ache." He wasn't even going to respond to the slumber party thing. "What time do your roommates get back?" He asked instead.
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He was trying really hard not to think of other things, but it was hard not to, after Peter had gotten him so riled up. Sometimes he wondered if his brother did it on purpose.
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"So you can spend some time there. Or I can go home with you for the weekend." That second idea sounded a million times better and he knew he was being over-eager now, but whatever.
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Nathan raised his eyebrow, looking over at Peter, "The weekend? I'm pretty busy. And I already made plans for tomorrow night." Hot date, which he'd omit. Peter didn't like hearing about that kinda stuff, "I can probably hang out a little more after dinner, though. That okay?" Of course it was okay. He could feel the excitement that Peter was trying to contain.
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"Okay, Nate. I'd like that. You can help me get the appliances set up." Amongst other things.
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