((((Sorry for such a delay.)))
Jason also goes by the name Spider.
Leander also goes by the nickname Lion.
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Spider did well over the next fortnight. He kept his distance from Nick but not so much that it was obvious that he was ignoring him. They talked when they were in the same room and swapped texts out of school -- nothing was mentioned about their kiss and he was happy with that. Even if it had played on his mind every day since. He wasn't even sure why he felt like this -- he'd never had put himself down as gay. Even when he was regularly taking it from Lion the whole gay issue had never crossed his mind -- he just didn't think that having sex with a guy made you gay. But falling so helplessly for another did and this was where he was getting flustered. He took a breath and entered the Drama Hall -- not much was happening today, they were just sitting about making plans for the holiday, which was in a week.
"Casey says we can have the lodge if we want it." Spider sat by Claudia.
"That sounds good." Lion grinned. " Why aren't you guys heading up there?"
"Casey's redecorating and wants me out of the way." Spider smiled. "We'd have to drive up ourselves though." They nodded between themselves thinking a trip away would be fun. Nick wasn't so sure, a week away trapped with Spider? They hardly got on when they didn't have to see each other much. He fiddled with his necklace and saw Spider glance at him a soft smile on his lips.
"You can bring your dinosaur pyjamas." Trevor teased Nick who frowned and grumbled about them. "I bet you look cute."
"I look like a two year old." Nick ran a hand through that shock of read hair and continued to scowl at Trevor who carried on harassing him about the pyjamas.
"Oh go on. Bring them." Claudia smiled. "It'll be like a slumber party."
"No!" Nick smiled. "I am not being mocked by you all!" Trevor hugged him but they didn't let up on their teasing.
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Spider lay on the sofa flicking through the channels but not really paying much attention to what was on. He absently petted Skye who was lying in front of the sofa, big white head resting on his paws. Spider adored Skye, always had since he'd moved over. The big white dog was better than most people, he didn't talk back and he didn't make you have weird feelings about him. Before he managed to get himself into a Nick related sulk Casey breezed in and plonked himself down on the arm of the sofa.
"I'm going to see my grandparents -- want to come?" He asked.
"Which ones?" Spider sat up.
"The ones that think I'm still a friend and smell of cat piss." Josh grumbled and earned himself a shove off Casey.
"I might just stay here." Spider lay back down.
"You can take Skye for a walk then, give him some good exercise. Drag someone along." Casey kissed the top of his head and was gone. Spider mused over which friend to 'drag along'. Nile was at his Dads, Lion had been dragged out with Trevor's family and Jazmin was at a piano recital. He sighed and tapped out a message.
Hey wnt2cum4 a wlk? Sx
Nick who was sitting in his pyjamas reading got the message and smiled to himself.
Where to? He replied.
Ill surprise u. Sx
Ok. See you soon.
Spider worried at his lip when he got the reply -- was spending time with Nick alone really such a good idea? Well, it was done now and twenty minutes later Nick was on his doorstep looking rather attractive in a shirt that was slightly too big for him. Spider clipped the lead on Skye and they set off.
"Where are we going?" Nick asked. "It looks like rain."
"It's a surprise. It won't rain, I hope." Spider frowned at the rapidly darkening sky to which they were heading towards. They walked in a not entirely uneasy silence for about fifteen minutes until they got to the river, Spider let Skye off his lead and he instantly went to sniff at Nick who flailed and stepped back. "Not good with dogs?" Spider smiled.
"Um, not when they're that big." Nick tentatively patted Skye who wagged his tail and walked in front sniffing out birds and little creatures. "Did you hear about Nathan?" Spider shook his head. "He fell and managed to break his leg."
"Oh awesome." Spider laughed. "Poor guy." They got to the end of the path and Spider clambered up the bank with Skye ahead of him, Nick looked unsure and stopped, they had been walking for forty minutes now. "C'mon."
"Are you sure you know where you're going?" Nick raised an eyebrow. Spider nodded and motioned for him to follow him. "I don't believe you." Spider huffed and turned round. "You're just leading me out into nowhere."
"Come on!" Spider climbed back down and shoved him forwards and up the bank.
"There's no path!" Nick squealed unhappily and gingerly took some steps towards Spider who was watching him, amused at his uncertainly on the uneven bank. Spider stepped back and grabbed his hand dragging him onwards and over the stones and sticks. Nick grumbled and fussed all the way over but the other wasn't listening he was just focussed on getting him over and onto flat land. They came off the banked land and onto more even terrain. "Where are we?" Spider shrugged. "See?! You don't know!"
"I come here with the dog. It's some sort of public footpath." Spider waved a hand. "It's pretty and there's never anyone here." They walked along for quite a while, Spider kept hold of Nick's hand until he had to go and pull bits of sticks off Skye who'd tried to plunge through a bush to get a rabbit. Nick felt the first few spots of rain and sighed to himself, he knew it would rain. Spider had also felt them and cast a dubious look at the sky. "Looks stormy." He saw Nick bite his lip with worry and remembered that he had a fear of thunder. It had stormed one day at school and he'd sat with an ipod and immersed himself in a book until it had passed. " I'm sure it'll pass over."
"I hope so." Nick felt the rain come down heavier and saw Skye's tail creep between his legs. "What's wrong with the dog?"
"Um. He doesn't like thundering either." Spider rubbed the back of his neck with a smile. Nick frowned and watched him clip the lead back on the dog and glance into the row of trees. "Maybe we should shelter?" Nick nodded and they found a clear dry sheltered patch. Spider tied Skye to a low branch in case he ran off and sat by Nick who was chewing a nail. Thunder rumbled far away and he saw Nick tremble. "Gee, you really are scared of it aren't you?" Nick nodded and worried his nail more; another rumble in the distance saw his brow furrow with concern. Spider shifted closer and stroked his back softly. " Maybe I can help distract you." He whispered and turned Nick's face so he could kiss those soft lips, he slid his hands onto Nick's sides and felt Nick's own hands on his shoulders, holding softly. Their kisses were very soft and unsure. Thunder boomed closer and Spider felt Nick clutch his shoulders tightly, snapping himself away from his lips to glance at the sky.
"It's okay Twinkle." Spider hushed him and tried to kiss him again but Nick was fussing and worrying over the thunder. Spider held Nick's face with his hand and tugged him roughly back to face him, kissing him again, this time harder, shifting his body so Nick was lying whilst Spider was propped up on his elbow. Nick held his shirt but then slid his arms around Spider's neck; he thought he might as well get into it if Spider was, Spider grumbled his appreciation and stroked Nick's side with his free hand. Their kisses where deep and slow, Spider explored his friends mouth with his tongue and stroked his side every time the thunder that was now nearly over them crashed. He could feel Nick tense despite his best efforts at distraction; he stroked his side and trailed his hand to his stomach, petting softly. Nick was trying not to hear the thunder but it was so loud so near and so intense, he kissed Spider back and ran his hands through his hair trying to get his mind off the thunder. Then he felt something he never expected too, Spider's hand had wandered down to his crotch and was rubbing in lazy circles. Nick felt himself getting hard under the others hand and could feel the blush spreading over his cheeks. Spider however didn't notice, he was far to busy with kissing him and feeling Nick's erection grow under his fingers.
By the time the thunder was directly above them Nick was fully hard and Spider was slowly rubbing up and down his encased erection. The thunder finally tapered away and gave way to heavy rain; Spider pulled his lips from Nick's and went back to stroking his side. "It's gone." Spider whispered to the blushing red head.
"Yeah." Nick felt very flustered and aroused knowing if Spider had carried on for a few more strokes he would have come in his pants. Spider sat up and pulled Nick so he was sitting, and looked into the rain. "Shall we risk it?"
"Do you think it's going to stop?" Spider asked. Nick shook his head. "Come on then -- lets brave it." They stepped out into the rain, it was heavy and showed no sign of stopping anytime soon so the two decided it'd be best to head back to Jason's. Skye had turned a muddy grey colour and kept giving them long unhappy glances, as if it was their fault he was so wet and that it was raining on his walk. Spider tried not to think about what had just happened, he'd don't his very best to keep his distance from Nick, to keep him from his thoughts and -bam- he'd kissed him and given him a raging hard on. He felt his stomach churn with the now common upset that went along with Nick -- he glanced over at his damp friend, he was very pretty though. Damn.
