Between Love and Goodbye [3]
Title: Between Love and Goodbye (sequel of WDSTF)
Author: Jess>>>> bangxbangxdie7
Pairing: See characters down below (link is provided)
Rating: NC-17, mainly for sex and language
POV: Third
Summary: The twins finally seem to be happy and content with their lives. Until everything starts to go wrong.
Disclaimer: Not true, I have a vivid imagination.
Author Note: I know there isn't much original slash on here but there should be! <3 ****Huge thanks to: faux_vive(who made the lovely banner), candycrusher, austinattack, __iwantyouhere, shanrio, breakinghabitsx, ofmaine, and patdxluvx for commenting, I love you guys!
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We Didn't Start The Fire 1-16
Part 1
Part 2
Jeremy 'couldn't make it' to the meeting Elliot and Kimi were having. He knew what they were up to, and he didn't want to be a part of it. He likes the twins; and he even knows Caleb a little bit. He wants nothing more than their freedom from Elliot. Jeremy doesn't know what happened between Corey and Elliot; because Elliot would never EVER tell anyone that a boys lips touched his own. But the teen doesn't have to say anything for Jeremy to get the hint that there is some pent up hatred that goes deeper than jealousy.
Elliot has his ways of finding Jeremy when he's trying to hide from him.
"Farbour, you told Kimi you were 'busy' yesterday? You are never busy. You don't do anything. You're friends with us. But I'm glad I found you now. I have a huge plan to get back at Corey. And you're going to help me."
Jeremy sighs and shakes his head. He's been through this many of times. Stupid plans that never work. Elliot always makes these plans when he's high, so they never turn out the way he plans them out to be.
"No, actually I'm not. You are the only one that has some sort of history with Corey. Even your girlfriend doesn't want to mess with them. Unless you get her drugged up enough. So count me out."
Jeremy starts to walk away but he is grabbed by the older teen. Elliot is never okay with someone telling him thanks but no thanks. Especially his best friend.
"Since when do you ever talk to me like that? Listen, I know I've been kind of distant lately because Kimi and I fuck all the time, but I'm free now. And I need you to be on my side," he looks at his friend with a crooked grin- the grin that Elliot is afraid of. "Okay, here is the plan." he lowers his voice, just in case anyone is listening in. "The twins are rich; like fucking set. Mommy and daddy would give up any amount of cash if they had to. So...I was thinking about kidnapping Caleb. Just for a little while. Set out a ransom and get my money. Then split. It's such a perfect plan I can't believe I never thought of it sooner. I'll graduate, steal the kid, then run with my money."
Jeremy can't help but laugh one notch above hysterically. Elliot is serious, and it makes it ten times more funny. As soon as Jeremy stops laughing- wiping his eyes from tearing, he speaks.
"Oh, Elliot, you're good. Yeah, I needed that laugh. Made my day. But uh, WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM?" he screams, causing Elliot to hush him. "You can't just go around stealing people. What the fuck makes you think that's going to work? They're so rich they'd call the FBI on your ass and then you'd be sitting in jail for lord knows how long-"
Elliot shakes his head. He thinks he's got it all planned out so nobody gets hurt and nobody walks away with nothing. But the problem is that he only ever thinks things through halfway. Or not even halfway.
"That's where you come in. You're friendly- I guess. You just have to lure Caleb into the trap. Just tell him there's a really cool rainbow somewhere or something else that fags like I don't know, and I'll grab him. I know exactly where I'll keep him too. I've got a great spot. I'll even give you a cut of the money, however much you want. I'll probably ask for a couple hundred thousand. It'll hold me over for a while."
Jeremy's mind is twisting upside down from his friends' apparent psychotic attitude. Elliot is crazy. A wack-job. Nut case. Belongs in a loony bin. So far gone that there is no return.
"A rainbow? Tell him there's a fucking RAINBOW?! Elliot, come on. And more than a hundred thousand dollars? You're insane. It'll never work, it's a stupid, no, more than stupid idea. You need to forget about this, dude I'm asking you as a best fucking friend to forget you ever came up with this idea. It won't work, I'm not helping you and I don't think Kimi will help you either. Sorry, man. This is not- it's...you have something wrong with you for wanting to do this. You know that right?"
Elliot thinks that maybe he needs to tweak his plan just a tad. But he's not going to give up. He'll go ahead and tell his friend that he's right, he should forget the whole thing. But Elliot isn't as dumb as he lets on. He will try to bring Corey down no matter what it takes.
"Yeah maybe. I'll think of something else. But you gotta help me. Corey needs to suffer. He deserves to. You have to believe that at least. You know what a bastard he is..you gotta know."
Jeremy nods, understanding that at least. He knows what Corey is about and he knows that he deserves some sort of punishment. But when Elliot beat Caleb up, that should have been enough. Caleb never did anything to hurt Elliot, he shouldn't have been involved. Corey is the one Elliot should be after, if anyone, not poor defenseless Caleb.
"As long as you leave Caleb out of it, maybe I'll help you. But after this, El, you've got to let it go."
~
Corey has a really mushy letter in his hands, ready to read it to Kevin. But the bell rang ten minutes ago, and Kevin isn't in math class. Corey has never written anything so beautiful in his entire life. He told himself in the past that he would never do something like this. But Kevin is the one he wants, and Kevin is the one he'll try and try again to make things right with. Even if it means going soft only temporarily; he'll do it.
He waits and waits and when there's only two more minutes left in the period, he realizes that Kevin isn't coming. Maybe he really hurt Kevin's feelings and Kevin didn't want to face being ignored by Corey in class.
When the bell rings he instantly feels like shit and folds the letter up and puts it into his pocket. He should have responded back to Kevin, at least to tell him he wanted to talk. Perhaps he's changed too little too late. Maybe he really lost Kevin for good.
"Corey um, can I see you here for a moment?" Having class with Mr. Langhan had been awkward for a while but the tension settled weeks ago.
He is shocked that his math teacher wants to talk to him, usually they act appropriately around each other with no unusual or suspicious contact.
"Yeah?" For a second Corey thinks he might be in trouble, or he failed a test. That would be the only reason why Bryce would have to speak to him. Or so that's what Corey thinks.
"Are you okay? I mean, you've starred at the clock all period and I just noticed that you seem a little down. I just wanted to make sure you're okay?"
Corey could always get lost in his teachers bright green eyes, and now is no different. He resents Bryce for lots of reasons but he still loves to look at him.
"I'm fine. I will be anyway. Thanks for uh, checking up on me." Corey almost feels a flutter in his chest. The same flutter he used to get when he looked at his beautiful math teacher. But it's just not there. He no longer wants Mr. Langhan. He wants Kevin.
"Corey, I don't want to make you late to your next class or anything but..I just wanted to say that I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been so angry with you- that day...I freaked."
Corey sits down in the chair closest to his teachers desk. "If...you give me a pass I'm sure it'll be all right?" he says, insinuating that he'd like him to continue. He would never ask for an apology but if he's getting one he'd like to hear all of it.
"I've never had a student that was interested in me...or at least not one that ever came clean about it. I didn't know how to react. And things with my ex wife...everything was just a mess. And I only reacted that way because I was stressed; and I should have been more considerate to your feelings. I'm sorry."
Ex wife. So they finally got divorced. Now he can be with a woman who will treat him right and not cheat on him, and have his amazingly gorgeous children. It's what he deserves.
"It's okay, Mr. Langhan. I should be the one saying sorry. I shouldn't have come on to you like that. I shouldn't have expected anything from you. I- I'm not embarrassed though, I mean. I acted on impulse, it's what I do."
Bryce laughs a bit and nods his head in approval. "If the circumstances were different...if I were gay and not your teacher, maybe. You are a very bright, funny, unique, and a good looking young man. And I'm sure whoever has got you all mopey is feeling the same way you are. Wait...it's Kevin isn't it. Kevin Roher. He sits next to you. You've been waiting for him, right?"
Corey hesitantly nods, surprised that Bryce catches on quick. "His mom sent me an e-mail this morning saying he was sick. I'm not sure if that's true, but if it is...maybe you should go over there with some soup and tissues?"
Corey figures that Kevin signed on his moms e-mail account and wrote it. He's not sick, he's avoiding Corey. And Corey should have seen it coming.
"Yeah, I should. Well, I'm glad that we...sorted this out. Whatever it was. I'm really sorry that things couldn't of worked with your wife..er ex wife. But look at you, you'll find someone else. I know you're probably not ready right now, but when you are the right girl will come along."
All Corey wants is for Bryce to be happy. And he knows that someday he will be. Not with him...not with any guy. But that is already known to the teen. At least he knows it's not him.
"Thanks, Corey. That means a lot coming from you. I'll cross my fingers for you and Kevin and I'll see you tomorrow okay?"
He doesn't even need a pass because he's not going to any of his other classes for the day. He's paying Kevin a little visit. He thinks that maybe he shouldn't. Maybe Kevin is the one who needs time. But he doesn't want any more time to pass for Kevin to think Corey wants nothing to do with him.
He parks out by the curb and walks up to his front door. His jeep isn't the only car in the driveway, he hopes that his big scary dad isn't going to answer. Instead, one of his sisters do. He's not sure which one she is, but she looks older.
"You shouldn't be here," is all she says. She doesn't shut the door in his face, so she must not completely hate him. "I don't think Kevin wants to see you."
Corey bites his lip and shrugs. "I know he told you what I did. I'm a dick for doing it. But you don't know me. Kevin does though, so I think he'll understand. I'm hoping he understands. I care about him a lot. And I don't care about many people so...it's kind of a big deal for me. But I get that I'm not his favorite person at the moment. Just please let me see him...is he upstairs?"
The girl nods and steps out of Corey's way. "Don't hurt him anymore than you already did, okay?"
Corey gives her a small smile and heads up to Kevin's room. He pushes the door open and sees Kevin face down on his mattress. Maybe his sister wrote the e-mail and not him...it looks like he's passed out.
"Um, Kevin?" Corey asks, lightly touching his shoulder.
The older boy jerks awake and sits up. "Huh? Corey...what are you doing here?"
Corey notices a large black X on Kevin's hand. He went to a club last night for sure. Corey doesn't have the right to feel hurt; but he does.
"I want to talk. I...see you've been...out."
Kevin looks at his hand. He remembers his sister buying him drinks even though she wasn't supposed to. He remembers drinking them too. "Yeah, the Bunkhouse. Wasn't my idea. But I'm sort of glad you're here. I want to talk too. Why didn't you get back to me every time I called or texted?"
Corey sits down on the edge of Kevin's bed. He takes out his note from his back pocket. "I needed time to think. And I know that wasn't fair to you. But I...I was expecting to give you this in math but you weren't there so I guess I'll just read it to you. Do you want me to?"
Kevin leans his back up against his headboard. "Sure."
Corey clears his throat. "I'm not really good at this sort of thing. But I guess I should start off by saying I'm sorry, Kevin. I flipped out. I didn't know what to do after we had sex...my first instinct was to kick you out...but after you left all I wanted was to have you back. I don't know what it is that people have in their bodies that lets them be compassionate but I don't have it. But I can learn how to be better. I know I fucked up. I just want you to forgive me. If...you even want to. I'm ready to fight for you, Kevin. I know words aren't enough. You deserve much more than these few sentences. So if you want...I'll give you what you deserve. I can't promise you forever but I can promise you tomorrow and the next day and the next after that. But if you never want to talk to me again, I wouldn't blame you. You put your trust in me and I let you down. I can swear to you that I would never do this to you again, ever. I really care about you Kevin, and I hope that because you're such a great guy you'll give me one more chance?"
Kevin looks deep into Corey's dark chocolate eyes. He knows that he means what he's saying to him.
"Of course I will, Corey. I would kiss you but my breath is not even negotiable," he says, making Corey tackle-hug him.
Corey is so happy that Kevin is so forgiving. He knows he needs to thank his brother later. Caleb always knows what to do. He just has one question.
"Kevin...you don't have to say if you don't want to but...you didn't like hook up with anyone last night did you? I mean I guess I could understand if you did. You thought I didn't want you anymore. But did you?"
Kevin sighs. He remembers exactly what happened. He danced with a lot of guys. He wanted the attention for that one night. He danced with this one guy who was a complete charmer. Said everything Kevin wanted to hear. He wanted Kevin to come back to his place but Kevin politely declined.
"I kissed some guy. I don't even remember his name. It meant nothing. I didn't want to sleep with anyone else besides you. I hoped that you would come back to me."
Corey wants to beat the shit out of whoever touched Kevin but he doesn't even have a name to go off of. So the guy got lucky. He wouldn't have been as attractive once Corey was done with him.
"How could I not? Kevin I'm so sorry. You're the best thing that ever happened to me. You've made me a better person and I'm not letting you go."
Kevin smiles and wraps his arms around Corey. "So...does this mean we're like...boyfriends or?"
Corey shrugs. "Only if...you want to be? I want to be your boyfriend. Do you want to be my very first boyfriend ever?"
"I do."
And Corey doesn't care about Kevin's breath at all, because he plants a huge kiss on him, and it feels so good.
~
Caleb is excited to come to Ben's house because he's been notified that Ben's mom is SOBER finally. Ben's dad called and said he'd be home in two weeks, and that was enough to make Mrs. Kellers sober up. Caleb is happy, because maybe that means she'll be nicer to him.
"Ellie!" Ellie always answers the door for Caleb. It's her ritual. She'll let Ben answer the door with her sometimes, but most times she wants to be the first one Caleb sees when he gets there.
"Hey did you get a haircut?" Caleb shakes his head no. "Did ya sleep on it funny?" Caleb giggles and lifts up the small child. "No, silly head. I guess I'm having a bad hair day. Well that's okay. I'm sure Ben will still like me."
Ellie plays with Caleb's cheeks. "Daddy is coming home. BEFORE my birthday. How cool is that? It's so cool. So cool."
Caleb doesn't think Ben's sister could be any more adorable. She always puts a smile on his face and she always makes him feel like a part of his family even though his mother sure as hell doesn't.
"Hey Ben," the older boy sets Ellie down on the floor and greets his boyfriend with a small kiss. "What's going on?"
Ben smiles and wraps his small arms around his boyfriend. "Nothing really. Just preparing for my dad to come home. Mom likes the house to look as neat as possible and put out all his favorite things for when he arrives. She can't find his coffee mug that I made for him when I was 7 but she'll find it. I'm sure it's way back in the cabinet where all the other mugs are. But anyways, what's up with you?"
"Just let Corey's dog out for him because he's at Kevin's. He texted me like two seconds ago. They go out now. It's so weird. My brother has a boyfriend. I never thought that would happen. I'm not saying it's gonna happen, but I bet he'll take back what he said about double dating with us. I'm sure he'll want to."
"Ellie baby, mommy is calling you," the little girl scampers away to see what Mrs. Kellers wants. "I'd love that. I mean I never thought Corey hated me per say, but I know he doesn't really like me. I think he's just indifferent to me. So if we doubled that would mean he had some sort of good feeling about me. Right?"
"Corey does so like you, he just has trouble making it seem that way. He'll come around. He's just misunderstood."
"Ben sweetie Ellie and I are going to Stop and Shop to pick up stuff to fill the fridge for when daddy comes home, do you want us to get anything that you like?" Mrs. Kellers calls out from the kitchen.
Caleb is relived to see that Ben's mom actually is a nice sweet lady. She just misses her husband and fears for his safety so she drinks a lot. Caleb wouldn't do that, but he sees where she's coming from, and he feels a bit bad for her.
"No thanks mom, thanks though. See you later!"
They head up to Ben's room and Caleb raises his eyebrows. "So...we have at least a half hour to forty five minutes alone. Why don't we have a little fun?"
Ben's heart starts to race. He and Caleb have only done it once. He's only done it once. He thinks maybe he lucked out the first time. Maybe this time won't be so good. "Hey, relax we don't have to. It was just a suggestion," Caleb says noticing that his boyfriend looks uncomfortable.
"No, no it's okay. We can it's just. I don't know, I'm sorry. I don't want you to think I don't want to have sex with you. It's just...been a while. I mean before we did. I mean...was last time okay?"
Caleb smiles warmly at Ben and strokes the side of his face. "Ben, it was great. Why are you doubting yourself? Listen if you want, I'll top this time. You won't have to do a thing, I'll make you feel good..."
Ben's eyes light up and he internally freaks. "NO! I mean..." he's sure he's blushing. "...I'm better at being on top. It's okay. I'll just do what I did last time and-" he shuts himself up by kissing his boyfriend before he notices he's trying to console his own self.
Caleb doesn't think much of Ben's behavior, Ben being nervous is part of his regular personality. It makes Ben cute and adorable and Caleb loves it.
Ben makes up for him almost blowing his cover by removing Caleb's shirt for him, gently kissing his neck after it hits the floor. Caleb moans a bit and removes his boyfriends clothes for him, pulling him over to his bed.
"Oh Ben, I could never get tired of looking at how perfect your body is..." Caleb says with a small grin. He reaches in his back pocket for the one thing they need to keep going.
"It's not perfect," Ben mumbles as he slides down Caleb's pants and boxers. "...but yours is."
Caleb kisses his boyfriend as he slides the condom on his fully hard length, loving how he gets Ben up so quickly. "Let's try it this way," Caleb whispers turning over on his hands and knees. Ben nearly comes from the view he has, but he refrains from anything premature. He kisses his boyfriends back and pushes in slowly, jaw opening when he sees Caleb's back arch high.
"Mmm keep going...please..."
Ben almost slips up and tells Caleb that he loves him when they finish; amazingly finish. But he is thinking about telling the brunette beauty that he does in fact love him. But he's scared. What if Caleb doesn't love him back?
Author: Jess>>>> bangxbangxdie7
Pairing: See characters down below (link is provided)
Rating: NC-17, mainly for sex and language
POV: Third
Summary: The twins finally seem to be happy and content with their lives. Until everything starts to go wrong.
Disclaimer: Not true, I have a vivid imagination.
Author Note: I know there isn't much original slash on here but there should be! <3 ****Huge thanks to: faux_vive(who made the lovely banner), candycrusher, austinattack, __iwantyouhere, shanrio, breakinghabitsx, ofmaine, and patdxluvx for commenting, I love you guys!
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We Didn't Start The Fire 1-16
Part 1
Part 2
Jeremy 'couldn't make it' to the meeting Elliot and Kimi were having. He knew what they were up to, and he didn't want to be a part of it. He likes the twins; and he even knows Caleb a little bit. He wants nothing more than their freedom from Elliot. Jeremy doesn't know what happened between Corey and Elliot; because Elliot would never EVER tell anyone that a boys lips touched his own. But the teen doesn't have to say anything for Jeremy to get the hint that there is some pent up hatred that goes deeper than jealousy.
Elliot has his ways of finding Jeremy when he's trying to hide from him.
"Farbour, you told Kimi you were 'busy' yesterday? You are never busy. You don't do anything. You're friends with us. But I'm glad I found you now. I have a huge plan to get back at Corey. And you're going to help me."
Jeremy sighs and shakes his head. He's been through this many of times. Stupid plans that never work. Elliot always makes these plans when he's high, so they never turn out the way he plans them out to be.
"No, actually I'm not. You are the only one that has some sort of history with Corey. Even your girlfriend doesn't want to mess with them. Unless you get her drugged up enough. So count me out."
Jeremy starts to walk away but he is grabbed by the older teen. Elliot is never okay with someone telling him thanks but no thanks. Especially his best friend.
"Since when do you ever talk to me like that? Listen, I know I've been kind of distant lately because Kimi and I fuck all the time, but I'm free now. And I need you to be on my side," he looks at his friend with a crooked grin- the grin that Elliot is afraid of. "Okay, here is the plan." he lowers his voice, just in case anyone is listening in. "The twins are rich; like fucking set. Mommy and daddy would give up any amount of cash if they had to. So...I was thinking about kidnapping Caleb. Just for a little while. Set out a ransom and get my money. Then split. It's such a perfect plan I can't believe I never thought of it sooner. I'll graduate, steal the kid, then run with my money."
Jeremy can't help but laugh one notch above hysterically. Elliot is serious, and it makes it ten times more funny. As soon as Jeremy stops laughing- wiping his eyes from tearing, he speaks.
"Oh, Elliot, you're good. Yeah, I needed that laugh. Made my day. But uh, WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM?" he screams, causing Elliot to hush him. "You can't just go around stealing people. What the fuck makes you think that's going to work? They're so rich they'd call the FBI on your ass and then you'd be sitting in jail for lord knows how long-"
Elliot shakes his head. He thinks he's got it all planned out so nobody gets hurt and nobody walks away with nothing. But the problem is that he only ever thinks things through halfway. Or not even halfway.
"That's where you come in. You're friendly- I guess. You just have to lure Caleb into the trap. Just tell him there's a really cool rainbow somewhere or something else that fags like I don't know, and I'll grab him. I know exactly where I'll keep him too. I've got a great spot. I'll even give you a cut of the money, however much you want. I'll probably ask for a couple hundred thousand. It'll hold me over for a while."
Jeremy's mind is twisting upside down from his friends' apparent psychotic attitude. Elliot is crazy. A wack-job. Nut case. Belongs in a loony bin. So far gone that there is no return.
"A rainbow? Tell him there's a fucking RAINBOW?! Elliot, come on. And more than a hundred thousand dollars? You're insane. It'll never work, it's a stupid, no, more than stupid idea. You need to forget about this, dude I'm asking you as a best fucking friend to forget you ever came up with this idea. It won't work, I'm not helping you and I don't think Kimi will help you either. Sorry, man. This is not- it's...you have something wrong with you for wanting to do this. You know that right?"
Elliot thinks that maybe he needs to tweak his plan just a tad. But he's not going to give up. He'll go ahead and tell his friend that he's right, he should forget the whole thing. But Elliot isn't as dumb as he lets on. He will try to bring Corey down no matter what it takes.
"Yeah maybe. I'll think of something else. But you gotta help me. Corey needs to suffer. He deserves to. You have to believe that at least. You know what a bastard he is..you gotta know."
Jeremy nods, understanding that at least. He knows what Corey is about and he knows that he deserves some sort of punishment. But when Elliot beat Caleb up, that should have been enough. Caleb never did anything to hurt Elliot, he shouldn't have been involved. Corey is the one Elliot should be after, if anyone, not poor defenseless Caleb.
"As long as you leave Caleb out of it, maybe I'll help you. But after this, El, you've got to let it go."
~
Corey has a really mushy letter in his hands, ready to read it to Kevin. But the bell rang ten minutes ago, and Kevin isn't in math class. Corey has never written anything so beautiful in his entire life. He told himself in the past that he would never do something like this. But Kevin is the one he wants, and Kevin is the one he'll try and try again to make things right with. Even if it means going soft only temporarily; he'll do it.
He waits and waits and when there's only two more minutes left in the period, he realizes that Kevin isn't coming. Maybe he really hurt Kevin's feelings and Kevin didn't want to face being ignored by Corey in class.
When the bell rings he instantly feels like shit and folds the letter up and puts it into his pocket. He should have responded back to Kevin, at least to tell him he wanted to talk. Perhaps he's changed too little too late. Maybe he really lost Kevin for good.
"Corey um, can I see you here for a moment?" Having class with Mr. Langhan had been awkward for a while but the tension settled weeks ago.
He is shocked that his math teacher wants to talk to him, usually they act appropriately around each other with no unusual or suspicious contact.
"Yeah?" For a second Corey thinks he might be in trouble, or he failed a test. That would be the only reason why Bryce would have to speak to him. Or so that's what Corey thinks.
"Are you okay? I mean, you've starred at the clock all period and I just noticed that you seem a little down. I just wanted to make sure you're okay?"
Corey could always get lost in his teachers bright green eyes, and now is no different. He resents Bryce for lots of reasons but he still loves to look at him.
"I'm fine. I will be anyway. Thanks for uh, checking up on me." Corey almost feels a flutter in his chest. The same flutter he used to get when he looked at his beautiful math teacher. But it's just not there. He no longer wants Mr. Langhan. He wants Kevin.
"Corey, I don't want to make you late to your next class or anything but..I just wanted to say that I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been so angry with you- that day...I freaked."
Corey sits down in the chair closest to his teachers desk. "If...you give me a pass I'm sure it'll be all right?" he says, insinuating that he'd like him to continue. He would never ask for an apology but if he's getting one he'd like to hear all of it.
"I've never had a student that was interested in me...or at least not one that ever came clean about it. I didn't know how to react. And things with my ex wife...everything was just a mess. And I only reacted that way because I was stressed; and I should have been more considerate to your feelings. I'm sorry."
Ex wife. So they finally got divorced. Now he can be with a woman who will treat him right and not cheat on him, and have his amazingly gorgeous children. It's what he deserves.
"It's okay, Mr. Langhan. I should be the one saying sorry. I shouldn't have come on to you like that. I shouldn't have expected anything from you. I- I'm not embarrassed though, I mean. I acted on impulse, it's what I do."
Bryce laughs a bit and nods his head in approval. "If the circumstances were different...if I were gay and not your teacher, maybe. You are a very bright, funny, unique, and a good looking young man. And I'm sure whoever has got you all mopey is feeling the same way you are. Wait...it's Kevin isn't it. Kevin Roher. He sits next to you. You've been waiting for him, right?"
Corey hesitantly nods, surprised that Bryce catches on quick. "His mom sent me an e-mail this morning saying he was sick. I'm not sure if that's true, but if it is...maybe you should go over there with some soup and tissues?"
Corey figures that Kevin signed on his moms e-mail account and wrote it. He's not sick, he's avoiding Corey. And Corey should have seen it coming.
"Yeah, I should. Well, I'm glad that we...sorted this out. Whatever it was. I'm really sorry that things couldn't of worked with your wife..er ex wife. But look at you, you'll find someone else. I know you're probably not ready right now, but when you are the right girl will come along."
All Corey wants is for Bryce to be happy. And he knows that someday he will be. Not with him...not with any guy. But that is already known to the teen. At least he knows it's not him.
"Thanks, Corey. That means a lot coming from you. I'll cross my fingers for you and Kevin and I'll see you tomorrow okay?"
He doesn't even need a pass because he's not going to any of his other classes for the day. He's paying Kevin a little visit. He thinks that maybe he shouldn't. Maybe Kevin is the one who needs time. But he doesn't want any more time to pass for Kevin to think Corey wants nothing to do with him.
He parks out by the curb and walks up to his front door. His jeep isn't the only car in the driveway, he hopes that his big scary dad isn't going to answer. Instead, one of his sisters do. He's not sure which one she is, but she looks older.
"You shouldn't be here," is all she says. She doesn't shut the door in his face, so she must not completely hate him. "I don't think Kevin wants to see you."
Corey bites his lip and shrugs. "I know he told you what I did. I'm a dick for doing it. But you don't know me. Kevin does though, so I think he'll understand. I'm hoping he understands. I care about him a lot. And I don't care about many people so...it's kind of a big deal for me. But I get that I'm not his favorite person at the moment. Just please let me see him...is he upstairs?"
The girl nods and steps out of Corey's way. "Don't hurt him anymore than you already did, okay?"
Corey gives her a small smile and heads up to Kevin's room. He pushes the door open and sees Kevin face down on his mattress. Maybe his sister wrote the e-mail and not him...it looks like he's passed out.
"Um, Kevin?" Corey asks, lightly touching his shoulder.
The older boy jerks awake and sits up. "Huh? Corey...what are you doing here?"
Corey notices a large black X on Kevin's hand. He went to a club last night for sure. Corey doesn't have the right to feel hurt; but he does.
"I want to talk. I...see you've been...out."
Kevin looks at his hand. He remembers his sister buying him drinks even though she wasn't supposed to. He remembers drinking them too. "Yeah, the Bunkhouse. Wasn't my idea. But I'm sort of glad you're here. I want to talk too. Why didn't you get back to me every time I called or texted?"
Corey sits down on the edge of Kevin's bed. He takes out his note from his back pocket. "I needed time to think. And I know that wasn't fair to you. But I...I was expecting to give you this in math but you weren't there so I guess I'll just read it to you. Do you want me to?"
Kevin leans his back up against his headboard. "Sure."
Corey clears his throat. "I'm not really good at this sort of thing. But I guess I should start off by saying I'm sorry, Kevin. I flipped out. I didn't know what to do after we had sex...my first instinct was to kick you out...but after you left all I wanted was to have you back. I don't know what it is that people have in their bodies that lets them be compassionate but I don't have it. But I can learn how to be better. I know I fucked up. I just want you to forgive me. If...you even want to. I'm ready to fight for you, Kevin. I know words aren't enough. You deserve much more than these few sentences. So if you want...I'll give you what you deserve. I can't promise you forever but I can promise you tomorrow and the next day and the next after that. But if you never want to talk to me again, I wouldn't blame you. You put your trust in me and I let you down. I can swear to you that I would never do this to you again, ever. I really care about you Kevin, and I hope that because you're such a great guy you'll give me one more chance?"
Kevin looks deep into Corey's dark chocolate eyes. He knows that he means what he's saying to him.
"Of course I will, Corey. I would kiss you but my breath is not even negotiable," he says, making Corey tackle-hug him.
Corey is so happy that Kevin is so forgiving. He knows he needs to thank his brother later. Caleb always knows what to do. He just has one question.
"Kevin...you don't have to say if you don't want to but...you didn't like hook up with anyone last night did you? I mean I guess I could understand if you did. You thought I didn't want you anymore. But did you?"
Kevin sighs. He remembers exactly what happened. He danced with a lot of guys. He wanted the attention for that one night. He danced with this one guy who was a complete charmer. Said everything Kevin wanted to hear. He wanted Kevin to come back to his place but Kevin politely declined.
"I kissed some guy. I don't even remember his name. It meant nothing. I didn't want to sleep with anyone else besides you. I hoped that you would come back to me."
Corey wants to beat the shit out of whoever touched Kevin but he doesn't even have a name to go off of. So the guy got lucky. He wouldn't have been as attractive once Corey was done with him.
"How could I not? Kevin I'm so sorry. You're the best thing that ever happened to me. You've made me a better person and I'm not letting you go."
Kevin smiles and wraps his arms around Corey. "So...does this mean we're like...boyfriends or?"
Corey shrugs. "Only if...you want to be? I want to be your boyfriend. Do you want to be my very first boyfriend ever?"
"I do."
And Corey doesn't care about Kevin's breath at all, because he plants a huge kiss on him, and it feels so good.
~
Caleb is excited to come to Ben's house because he's been notified that Ben's mom is SOBER finally. Ben's dad called and said he'd be home in two weeks, and that was enough to make Mrs. Kellers sober up. Caleb is happy, because maybe that means she'll be nicer to him.
"Ellie!" Ellie always answers the door for Caleb. It's her ritual. She'll let Ben answer the door with her sometimes, but most times she wants to be the first one Caleb sees when he gets there.
"Hey did you get a haircut?" Caleb shakes his head no. "Did ya sleep on it funny?" Caleb giggles and lifts up the small child. "No, silly head. I guess I'm having a bad hair day. Well that's okay. I'm sure Ben will still like me."
Ellie plays with Caleb's cheeks. "Daddy is coming home. BEFORE my birthday. How cool is that? It's so cool. So cool."
Caleb doesn't think Ben's sister could be any more adorable. She always puts a smile on his face and she always makes him feel like a part of his family even though his mother sure as hell doesn't.
"Hey Ben," the older boy sets Ellie down on the floor and greets his boyfriend with a small kiss. "What's going on?"
Ben smiles and wraps his small arms around his boyfriend. "Nothing really. Just preparing for my dad to come home. Mom likes the house to look as neat as possible and put out all his favorite things for when he arrives. She can't find his coffee mug that I made for him when I was 7 but she'll find it. I'm sure it's way back in the cabinet where all the other mugs are. But anyways, what's up with you?"
"Just let Corey's dog out for him because he's at Kevin's. He texted me like two seconds ago. They go out now. It's so weird. My brother has a boyfriend. I never thought that would happen. I'm not saying it's gonna happen, but I bet he'll take back what he said about double dating with us. I'm sure he'll want to."
"Ellie baby, mommy is calling you," the little girl scampers away to see what Mrs. Kellers wants. "I'd love that. I mean I never thought Corey hated me per say, but I know he doesn't really like me. I think he's just indifferent to me. So if we doubled that would mean he had some sort of good feeling about me. Right?"
"Corey does so like you, he just has trouble making it seem that way. He'll come around. He's just misunderstood."
"Ben sweetie Ellie and I are going to Stop and Shop to pick up stuff to fill the fridge for when daddy comes home, do you want us to get anything that you like?" Mrs. Kellers calls out from the kitchen.
Caleb is relived to see that Ben's mom actually is a nice sweet lady. She just misses her husband and fears for his safety so she drinks a lot. Caleb wouldn't do that, but he sees where she's coming from, and he feels a bit bad for her.
"No thanks mom, thanks though. See you later!"
They head up to Ben's room and Caleb raises his eyebrows. "So...we have at least a half hour to forty five minutes alone. Why don't we have a little fun?"
Ben's heart starts to race. He and Caleb have only done it once. He's only done it once. He thinks maybe he lucked out the first time. Maybe this time won't be so good. "Hey, relax we don't have to. It was just a suggestion," Caleb says noticing that his boyfriend looks uncomfortable.
"No, no it's okay. We can it's just. I don't know, I'm sorry. I don't want you to think I don't want to have sex with you. It's just...been a while. I mean before we did. I mean...was last time okay?"
Caleb smiles warmly at Ben and strokes the side of his face. "Ben, it was great. Why are you doubting yourself? Listen if you want, I'll top this time. You won't have to do a thing, I'll make you feel good..."
Ben's eyes light up and he internally freaks. "NO! I mean..." he's sure he's blushing. "...I'm better at being on top. It's okay. I'll just do what I did last time and-" he shuts himself up by kissing his boyfriend before he notices he's trying to console his own self.
Caleb doesn't think much of Ben's behavior, Ben being nervous is part of his regular personality. It makes Ben cute and adorable and Caleb loves it.
Ben makes up for him almost blowing his cover by removing Caleb's shirt for him, gently kissing his neck after it hits the floor. Caleb moans a bit and removes his boyfriends clothes for him, pulling him over to his bed.
"Oh Ben, I could never get tired of looking at how perfect your body is..." Caleb says with a small grin. He reaches in his back pocket for the one thing they need to keep going.
"It's not perfect," Ben mumbles as he slides down Caleb's pants and boxers. "...but yours is."
Caleb kisses his boyfriend as he slides the condom on his fully hard length, loving how he gets Ben up so quickly. "Let's try it this way," Caleb whispers turning over on his hands and knees. Ben nearly comes from the view he has, but he refrains from anything premature. He kisses his boyfriends back and pushes in slowly, jaw opening when he sees Caleb's back arch high.
"Mmm keep going...please..."
Ben almost slips up and tells Caleb that he loves him when they finish; amazingly finish. But he is thinking about telling the brunette beauty that he does in fact love him. But he's scared. What if Caleb doesn't love him back?