Chapter 62
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Isn't that how distractions work?
Nico waits for Clay to pick him up "are you wearing any socks?" His little sister walks up to him asking
"What, Pen?" He asks confused by the question "Are you wearing socks?" She repeats her question "Why does it matter?"
"I'm doing a project for class about why socks are important" she answers
"Yes Penny I'm wearing socks"
She writes in her notebook, "do you like socks for comfort or your ugly feet?" "What? I don't have ugly feet!"
"My teacher says that I have to get an explanation for why each person wears socks," she tries to explain further.
"Get away from me Penelope!" Nico has other things to think about so he didn't want to be worried about his little sister calling his feet
ugly. "Oh my god" he watches her walk away shaking his head at how it's possible that he's the normal one of his family.
They finally get to the school and Clay parks, as they're walking towards the school both boys hear, "Hey Michael Phelps!"
Turning Clay and Nico see Matty and a group of his friends standing behind his car drinking "Michael Phelps?" Clay asks
"Swim class joke"
"Do you have jokes with everyone at this school?" Nico doesn't reply. "Come have a drink with us before the game starts, bring your friend too"
"Friend?" Clay reacts "I've literally been in the same school with him since the second grade." "You want to?" Nico asks him before walking over to Matty
"Uh I should find a good seat, you go ahead I'll meet you inside" Clay walks away.
"Actually Matty we're good, maybe later" Nico walks up to Clay and they continue together. "I came here with you not them" Clay smiles.
Getting to the field Clay and Nico sits side by side on the bleachers, when the guys come out in their uniforms Nico reacts, "oh! It's lacrosse" he looks at Clay "I didn't know that."
The game ends and the crowd awws as Christian and his team walk off the field, "they lost?"
"Yep," Clay replies standing up "sucks for him, come on we can go back to my house and watch a movie."
"Shouldn't we wait for him and-"
"Nah he's probably gonna go get drunk with Matty." Leaving school Clay drives Nico back to his house
"Wow nice house" Nico reacts as he's getting out of the car
"Thanks my parents got it so we wouldn't have to interact with each other." Following Clay in they head to the kitchen "want drinks, popcorn?"
"Sure" Nico agrees as he looks around, "so you guys are rich huh?" "I guess, I only started living here a few years ago"
"Why?" Nico turns focusing on Clay
"Long story short our dad got my mom pregnant, then left her to be with Chris's mom whom he also got pregnant. My mom raised me but she died a few years ago so I had no choice but to move in."
"I'm so sorry about your mom,"
"Thanks, anyway it's hard to get along with anyone here because I'm nothing like them but my parents try, unlike Christian who never fails to remind me how different we are."
"Siblings are the worst" "Do you have any?"
Nico nods "they're little but they still ruin my life."
"All right popcorn's done, follow me to the tv room."
A regular Saturday for Nico was never like this, he'd sneak off with a couple of friends, or meet up with the guy he was messing around with and they'd find somewhere to have fun. But he needs this now, something quite where he's with a guy who's just a friend, and not thinking about what they could possibly be doing in a dark room alone. His parents are afraid their son might be a teenage nympho.
Realizing after awhile they forgot their drinks Nico says "I'll go grab us some drinks," and gets up leaving Clay there. Making his way to the kitchen he stops walking when he goes in and sees Christian leaned against the counter chugging a beer. "Drinking alone?"
"Oh hey" Christian looks over seeing him, "what are you doing here?"
"Clay and I came back here after your game to watch a movie" Nico explains. "You saw that huh?"
Nodding, "was kinda hard to miss"
"We're not usually that bad I promise" walking closer Nico stands in front of Christian leaning against the counter behind him
"Then why do you look so sad if it was just one game?"
"No one likes losing" he takes another sip of his beer, "what's my brother boring you with in there?" "He's not boring me it's just a movie"
"You must be very interested in it" "I am"
"Then why are you out here talking to me?" Christian smiles "it's ok don't answer."
Nico watches as Christian drops his head staring at the bottle in his hand still pretty down about his game, "Are you ok?" Nico asks
"Clay can be very jealous don't think he'd like you being so worried about me," "Clay and I are just friends"
"Prove it"
Nico chuckles "how?" Unexpectedly Christian moves forward bringing his lips to Nico's, it takes Nico a second to pull away but he stares at the boy's face knowing he wants to keep kissing, so who will it hurt if he does?
Christian and Nico stand in the middle of the kitchen kissing and it's been a few weeks for Nico, can he stop himself?
Realizing he's losing control in this kiss, Nico moves away putting the kitchen island between him and Christian. They both try catching their breaths "who are you?" Christian asks not expecting Nico to be such a good kisser
"I..." thinking it's best if he leaves Nico says, "I should go back to Clay" and walks out of the kitchen. The walk from the kitchen to the tv room Nico thinks about that kiss, how good it felt and how close
he was to ditching Clay for his brother. He remembers Clay and feels bad. When he walks in he sees
Clay waiting and hates what he just did especially after promising he wouldn't. "Hey did you get lost?" Clay smiles as Nico sit back down
"Uh yeah, big house" he stares at Clay who focuses on the movie playing. Clearing his throat Nico starts "Clay"
"Hmm?" Clay turns looking at him
"Um I've really appreciated how good of a friend you've been to me these last few weeks, and I know I told you I switched schools to focus on other things but..." Nico knows it's best to just come clean, maybe Clay will understand. It's harder than he thinks though, Nico knows how Clay feels about his brother.
Thinking he knows where the conversations going Clay takes it one step further and kisses Nico.
