Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 07:57:08 -0500 From: Miroslav Curren Subject: A Kiss Around Midnight 3 **************************************************************************** Writer's note: This story is about what me and my friend went through and what we are currently living through. This is pretty much the way our life is. Why did we decide to write this? Because love has no gender, we cannot help but to love guys, we did not choose this life, but now that we have embraced it we love it. We changed the names of people and the location because there are a lot of nuts out there and we really do not feel like being stalked. There is plenty of cursing because us and our friends curse like sailors, it's that simple. We want to thank you Miro for all the help we know you thought we were nuts for wanting to write it but thank you anyways. Enjoy and write Miro if you want to make a comment. Editor's note: I was approached by "Kieran and Caleb" not too long ago about writing this story after they found a couple of the Nifty stories that I had saved on my desktop. I was very apprehensive about them wanting to share their life and struggles with the general public. I made it clear to them that I thought it was a bad idea but they insisted on sharing it. They would like to help anyone out there struggling with their sexuality to be true to themselves. This story is pretty much how things went and how things are going for them, like all gay teens they have gone through some struggles but they have jealously been protected by us, those who care and love them. I have taken what they wrote (mostly Kieran) and expanded it to make it more entertaining. The sexual content within this story was extremely difficult to edit because it is something that I believed should ONLY be between the boys and no one else, they wanted to add it and with reluctance and after much thought I obliged. With that being said I guard their true identity with absolute jealousy, it is something that I have been entrusted with and I do not intend on breaking my promise to their parents or to them. I welcome all comments, I will not entertain any strange requests, so please don't even send them, thank you. Mirocurr@gmail.com ****************************************************************************** A KISS AROUND MIDNIGHT Chapter 3. Caleb couldn't believe that he was in Kieran's house. He was nervous and trying not to spoil things by saying something weird. What he didn't know was that Kieran was as equally excited and nervous about having Caleb over. He had wanted this day to come for a very long time now, he was also trying very hard not to say something weird, he didn't want to look over excited but it was incredibly hard for him to contain his emotions and he knew that Caleb noticed how nervous he was, or so he thought.. Caleb intently watched Kieran as he pulled the hot pockets out of the microwave and reached out to give one to him when he winced in pain. "Hey bub are you okay?" Caleb asked concerned. Kieran gave him a puzzled look "Bub? Did you just call me bub? So we're Wolverine now are we?" Kieran said as he walked out of the kitchen and back into his room with Caleb hot on his heels. Caleb was so nervous that he didn't notice how hot the hot pocket really was, he took a bite and burned the roof of his mouth, his eyes watered but he didn't care, all he wanted to do was try to explain what he had meant. "Yeah..." Caleb replied embarrassed that he had slipped up again and said something weird. Kieran noticed Caleb's expression "It's okay I was just wondering if you had said bud or bub" Kieran said as he saw that Caleb was blushing yet again. "It's short for bubby, that's what my family calls me" "Aww! That's so cute!" Kieran said "Are you mocking me?!" Caleb snapped "Huh? No man...I really think it's cute, honest!" Kieran replied. Caleb instantly relaxed and let his guard down "Really?" he asked. "Yep!" Kieran said as he took a bite out of his hot pocket, he suddenly let out a loud "FUCKKKKKK THAT WAS HOT!" and spat the piece of hot pocket across the room. Caleb began to laugh at Kieran "I just burnt the shit out of my mouth too but I had to swallow it! I didn't want to spit it out on your floor!" Both of the boys continued to laugh, Kieran couldn't help but to watch Caleb, he thought that he looked really cute when he laughed but there was no way he was going to tell him that. "That sucked man, I'll be right back! I forgot we had some sodas!" Kieran said as he ran out of the room. Without thinking Caleb walked over to Kieran's bed and laid down as he waited for Kieran. Kieran quickly showed back up and found Caleb laying on his bed, he walked over sat next to him and handed him a Dr. Pepper. "Ah ha! Thank you sir, that's my favorite!" Caleb said. "Oh no way? It's my favorite too, well it's a tie between Coke and Dr. Pepper" Kieran responded. "Yeah!! ME TOO!!" Caleb excitedly said. "Okay that's one thing we have in common, we're off to a good start then!" Kieran smiled. "Yeah...Not the clean room part though, my room is a mess! How can you keep yours THIS clean?" Caleb asked eyeing the entire room. "OH! That's because if I want to use the garage I gotta keep the room clean but check this out" He said as he got off the bed and walked over to the closet to open it "They didn't say anything about in here, I just cram everything in". He looked proud that he had found a loop-hole in the rules that his parents had in place. "OH! That reminds me, close your eyes for a sec okay?" Kieran said as he ran over to his dresser. He pulled out his iPod and took it over to where Caleb was laying at, "Okay don't freak out just keep your eyes closed" He told Caleb. Caleb did as he was told; he shut his eyes tightly and waited for Kieran. He then felt Kieran's hands touch the side of his head and then felt something going into his ears, after a few seconds he heard the sound of a woman's voice followed by the thump, thump, thump rhythmic beat of Trance's kick drum. After a few seconds he heard the kick drum stop while the woman's voice was still heard. Caleb felt goose bumps all over his body as he heard the woman sing in a language he didn't recognize, she sang in a soft melodic yet haunting way that Caleb enjoyed very much. He didn't know if the goose bumps came from Kieran touching him or the song, either way he was enjoying this very much. When the song ended he opened his eyes to see Kieran's face a few inches away from his intently looking for a reaction "So? Watcha think?" He asked as his face lit up with excitement. "Well...it was soooo awesome! What is she saying?" Caleb asked still laying down on his back looking up deep in Kieran's eyes. "Oh, she keeps saying Jeg har ingenting men jeg har alt nar jeg har deg." Kieran replied. "Okay? And that means?" "Oh! It means I have nothing but I have everything when I have you" Kieran softly said. He gently pulled his ear buds out of Caleb's ears. Caleb laid there not knowing what to think, he wanted Kieran to say that about him. "Nah, that will never happen" he told himself. Caleb sat up and stared at Kieran as he was looking down at his iPod. "So what is that?" Caleb asked. "What is what?" Kieran replied. "That music? Is that techno?". "No its called Trance and yeah that song is called nothing but you by Paul Van Dyk" Kieran said. "Oh, well I like it!" Caleb smiled as he responded. "Cool so yeah that's what I like but that was a small sample of it, my dad was playing that song when I first heard Trance and fell in love" Kieran said. "Fell in love huh? Yeah me too" Caleb replied but he was not talking about the song, he was in fact speaking about Kieran, the song wasn't bad at all but he really couldn't say that he had fallen in love with Kieran. "With the song? Cool now we have 2 things in common!" Kieran replied."So feel like spending the night?" "Umm really?" Caleb asked somewhat surprised. "Yeah really you dummy otherwise I wouldn't be asking" Kieran said with a smirk on his face. "Yeah man that would be hella cool, I'll just call mom again and let her know okay?" Caleb said as he leapt to his feet and reached for his phone. He called his mom and asked for permission, the call was quick and to the point, Kieran looked at Caleb's reactions to see whether or not he was able to sleep over. When he hung up the phone Caleb had a huge smile on his face. "Yep! I can stay!" he told Kieran. Kieran jumped to his feet and hugged Caleb, he held him tight not wanting to let go. "That's for helping me and for wanting to be my friend" Kieran whispered in his ear. Caleb felt a shiver go down his spine as Kieran held him close to his body, he couldn't hold himself back, he wrapped his arms around Kieran and squeezed. "OWW! Careful!" Kieran whined. "Oh!! I'm sorry I'm sorry!" Caleb said as he let go feeling terrible for hurting his friend. "Oh no biggie just gotta be gentle with me, come on I'll give you a do over" he said as he extended his arms for another hug. Caleb did not hesitate; he let Kieran wrap his arms around his body as he carefully did the same. The boys hugged for a few more minutes before they were interrupted by the front door opening. "Oh! That's gotta be Jamie" Kieran said as he let go of Caleb and walked out to greet his younger brother, Caleb walking close behind. "Hey! Dad this is my new friend Caleb" Kieran said as his dad walked in behind his brother. His father Ivan looked up and the first thing he noticed was Kieran's scrapes, he immediately walked over to him to get a better look. "What happened to you? And Hi Caleb...So what happened?" Ivan asked. "He got his ass kicked!" Jamie laughed as he walked to the kitchen. "Yeah what he said" Kieran replied. "What? Why? What happened?" Ivan asked as he motioned for the boys to sit down on the couch. "He pissed the wrong one off that's what happened!" Jamie yelled in the background. Caleb found this funny and began to giggle, Kieran shot him an evil look that said "I will get you later". "Well, there's this guy named Jeff who likes a girl named Vicky, she likes me but I don't he's mad at me and yeah we had a fight, no big deal." Kieran casually said. "No big deal? What do you mean no big deal? Of course it is, you got hurt! I need to speak to your school about this!" His father replied. "Dad! It's okay the issue is solved, He's going to be talking to him, it's HIS friend" Kieran said as he stuck his thumb out to point at Caleb who was sitting next to him. "Yeah don't worry sir, Jeff is an idiot and it won't happen again I promise." Caleb reassured Ivan. "Sir?" He laughed. "I work for a living, you don't have to call me SIR, you can just call me Ivan". "Okay then, Ivan it is." Caleb smiled. "So how did you two meet?" Ivan asked. "Oh! I ran, fell, and landed on him" Kieran said. "Hmm, okay well it's nice to meet you Caleb, have you two eaten yet?" Ivan said getting up from the couch. "Yeah we had a hot pocket each, OH! That reminds me he'll be spending the night here ok?" Kieran said as his father was walking away. "OKAY!" Ivan yelled back. "There you go, now you've met my dad, he's pretty cool aint he?" Kieran asked. "Yeah man he is, your brother is hilarious too!" "Oh that reminds me..." Kieran said as he elbowed him on the ribs. "OW! What's that for?" Caleb complained. "For laughing at me!" "No I didn't laugh AT YOU, I simply laughed at what your brother said" Caleb responded. "What did I say?" Jamie asked as he walked in front of the boys drinking a Pepsi. "Oh, that he had pissed the wrong one off!" Caleb said making the three boys giggle. "Hey I'll be right back though, I gotta go some clothes and junk, don't want to be here with nothing" Caleb said getting up. "Okay but hurry up maybe I can get some pizzas ordered or we can walk out to get some tacos" Kieran said. Caleb quickly left Kieran's house and ran to his which was 7 blocks away. He walked in his house and found his dad sitting in the living room watching t.v. "DAD! I didn't know you were home!" he said genuinely surprised as he gave him a big hug. "Yeah I'm in need of a break I decided to come in early today, what's going on bud?" He replied. "Oh well I called mom earlier to ask if I could spend the night at my friend Kieran's house and she said I could I just came here to get some clothes...Is Micah home?" He asked weary of his brother, he didn't want to give Micah any reason to make fun of him or to ruin his good mood. "Kieran? That's a new name I haven't heard before, who is he? And your brother said he was going out so he isn't here". "Oh this kid I just met today, he's pretty cool actually". Caleb said. "Okay well you know the drill I need numbers and the address" "Well that's going to be a problem cos I don't have it but I can tell you where they live and his dad's name is Ivan I just met him" Caleb replied. "Ivan? Yeah I know Ivan, I know where they live so don't worry about the address, just make sure to behave, blah blah blah, I don't need to give you the speech do I?" His father joked. "Nah dad I'll be good" Caleb responded, and with that Caleb ran to his room, grabbed a backpack and stuffed it with a fresh pair of boxers, soxs, towel and his toothbrush. He went into his closet to decide what to wear, he picked out a white v-neck t-shirt and black basketball shorts. As he was getting ready to leave he decided to share some of his taste in music with Kieran so he stuffed his iPod into his pocket and ran back out. "Bye dad!" he yelled as he ran out of his room. He heard his dad yell something that he couldn't make out but he didn't feel like stopping, he wanted to rush back to Kieran's house as fast as possible. When he made it back he saw Kieran and Jamie both sitting on the front lawn, shirtless and without shoes on. He smiled when he saw how good looking the boys were. He noticed how his little brother was also a good looking boy. He stood 4'-8" 90 pounds, his hair was sandy blonde and spiked up unlike the mop on his brother' s head. He had freckles running across his nose that complemented his green eyes. He also saw a splatter of freckles on Kieran's shoulders that he really liked. "Sup? What are you guys doing?" Caleb asked. "Waiting on you...what does it look like" Jamie sarcastically said. "Umm yeah besides that smart ass" Caleb replied with a smile. "Just waiting on you, really...that's all we're doing" Kieran said. "Oh...okay...weird but okay" Caleb replied giving them a thumbs up. Caleb looked around feeling kind of awkward, he saw that both Kieran and Jamie were up to something but he couldn't figure out what that was and before he knew it he was tackled to the ground. He landed on his back but his backpack softened the fall. They both began to maneuver themselves so that Kieran being the heaviest sat on Caleb's stomach while Jamie held down his legs. "What the fuck?!" Caleb cried out more out of being surprised than angry. He then felt Kieran reach under his t-shirt and lifted it up. Kieran made sure to brush against Caleb's skin. He loved how his skin felt, he felt the softness and the warmth that radiated off his skin. Caleb in the meantime was enjoying the feel of Kieran's ass on his stomach, he felt his crack, and he even thought he felt his sack resting on him. "DO NOT MOVE!" Kieran ordered. Caleb did as he was told and stopped wiggling around trying to break free. "Okay but what is going on?" He asked. "A test, so if you pass well you're our friend if not then you're not got it?" Jamie said as he ran back inside. Kieran was still holding tightly to Caleb's arms bending down slightly to get a good grip on them. "Trust me, close your eyes" Kieran told Caleb. "Dude it's hard to trust you when you're sitting on me and got me pinned!" Caleb whined. "Just do it please!" Kieran once again asked. "FINE!" Caleb replied and closed his eyes. After a few minutes he heard Jamie's footsteps and some giggling, he didnt know what was going on but he became very nervous, his anxiety intensified when he felt something being placed on his chest. He couldn't understand what it was that he was feeling but they felt like little legs crawling all over his chest that not only tickled but they kind of scratched him, his hair stood on end and he began to panic. "Open your eyes but don't jump or move!" Kieran said. When he opened his eyes the blood drained from his face, he couldn't believe what he was seeing. It was a big, black, UGLY scorpion that had its stinger too close for comfort. Jamie was giggling uncontrollably and moving around nervously as he watched his pet scorpion on Caleb. "G-Get it...OFF!" Caleb begged as he closed his eyes back up. "Nope, not yet, just a little bit longer!" Kieran said also laughing. "Pleaseeee! Get it off!!" Caleb continued to beg. "Okay Okay that's enough, here Jamie take it back" Kieran told his brother. Jamie picked Fred the scorpion back up and put it on his plastic carrying box and took back inside. Kieran got off Caleb and helped him back up. "That wasn't so bad now was it?" Kieran said as he smiled at Caleb. "Yeah easy for you to say you didn't just have a scorpion on you" Caleb complained. "Bullshit! I've had it on my ass, on my nuts, umm lets see what else" He said looking inquisitively "Oh yes, my face, my head..." "Okay I get the point, that sucked! and if you weren't hurt I'd so punch you right now!" Caleb said. Kieran chuckled and put his arm around Caleb's neck and led him back inside his house. Ivan was sitting in the living room reading a book, he looked up at Caleb and shook his head. "The scorpion test?" He asked Kieran. Kieran simply nodded yes. "How'd you do?" Ivan asked Caleb. "Well.." He looked down at his crotch and then turned his body to look at his ass "I didn't piss or shit myself...oops sorry poop myself so I guess good" He replied. Ivan burst out laughing and went back to his book. "Do you always do this to your new friends?" Caleb asked as he walked into Kieran's room. "Yeah, they got to pass the scorpion test, Freddy never lies!" He said sticking his index finger in the air. "Shit what if he stings someone?" Caleb asked. "Hmm dunno hasn't happened yet so dunno what we'd do then" Kieran replied as he sat down on a bean bag. Caleb followed him, took his backpack off and sat on the other bean bag that was right next to where Kieran was sitting at. "Yeah that almost gave me a heart attack" Caleb said holding his chest. Kieran giggled but didn't reply; he just sat there and looked at Caleb. He wanted to ask so much but he didn't want to overwhelm him with so many questions, he wanted to get to know him instantly but he knew that was going to be impossible. Caleb noticed that Kieran was intently looking at him, he wondered what Kieran was thinking, he was excited to share a night with Kieran, he really wanted to get to know him also, he was excited that they were finally friends. "Oh I just remembered!" Caleb said as he picked his backpack up and pulled out his iPod. "Do you got a hook up we can plug this in so we can listen to it?" Kieran took Caleb's iPod and plugged it on his base and cranked up the volume "What song?" he asked. "Just let it play, its actually the first song" Caleb replied as the music began. Kieran sat back down on the bean bag and looked at Caleb again. A soft piano began to play a tune followed by what Kieran recognized as a DJ scratching a record and then a heavy guitar riff began. A man began to rap a song as Caleb began to bob his head up and down to the beat of the song. Caleb then turned to look at Kieran and began to sing along: "I hope you bury this deep in your mind it carries on...it's not like it was before...it never dies so tell me now, what do you stand for? Before the scars and the secrets you hide I'll burn them all. It's not like it was...Your ghosts inside. So tell me now, what do you stand for?" Kieran was amazed at Caleb's voice, he sang well and matched the man singing word for word not missing a beat. He couldn't believe that Caleb had a great talent and one that they both shared, this was another thing that they had in common he thought as the song ended. Kieran said nothing to him and another song began. This time he heard a scream coming loudly from his speakers as another guitar riff began, this one a bit more slower followed by a man singing who he recognized, Caleb again began to bob his head up and down along with the beat of the song. He started to sing: "You know I make you want to scream you know I make you want to run from me baby but oh its too late you've wasted all your time" He looked at Kieran as he sang the verse and continued to bob his head up and down still looking at Kieran: "Scream scream scream the way you would if I'd ravage your body, scream scream scream the way you would if I'd ravaged your mind" This time as he sang the verse he winked at Kieran and smiled. Kieran winked back and smirked, he was really enjoying hearing Caleb sing, he was truly impressed by his talent and not to mention the fact that he looked really cute as he sang these songs. When the song stopped Caleb got up and paused his iPod. "Okay so have you heard them before?" Caleb asked. "Not the first one but the second one I have, Avenged Sevenfold right?" Kieran responded. "Yep, the first one was called Light Escapes by the Dangerkids and the second one was Scream", want to hear my other song? When I hear it it kinda makes me feel like crap, I love it but its sad sorta, you'll see" Caleb said as he turned his iPod back on to the next song. Kieran immediately recognized it and yelled out loud "THE KILL!" Caleb nodded yes and began to sing along. Kieran immediately joined him matching him word for word. When the song was over they looked at each other and Kieran let out a shriek of joy "I LOVE JARED LETO HE IS SO FUCKING HOT!" he said without even thinking. He immediately turned a bright red and panicked. Caleb didn't know what to say "did I just hear him right?" he thought to himself but seeing that Kieran was squirming from embarrassment he said "Yeah man he is...Didn't know you liked 30 Seconds to Mars" and let the next song play. Kieran laughed as he heard Alien Ant Farm's rendition of Smooth Criminal, Caleb got off the bean bag, grabbed his crotch, kicked his leg, spun around and raised himself up on his toes trying to imitate Michael Jackson. Kieran laughed hysterically as Caleb continued to hump the air with his hand on his crotch. When the song ended, Caleb smiled and said "Yeah I'm bad ass huh?" "Suuure you are" Kieran giggled as Critical Acclaim by Avenged Sevenfold played. "Like a mean motherfucker you've been added for too long!" Caleb sang as he pointed at Kieran. Kieran was enjoying the little concert that Caleb was putting on, he cheered him on and clapped his hands to the beat of the music. When the song finished Caleb plopped himself back down on the bean bag winded by his performance. Kieran got up and shut the iPod off, he didn't want Caleb to wear himself out too much. "Dude you're pretty dang funny" Kieran said beaming at Caleb. "Nah, just trying to impress you" Caleb replied between heavy breaths. "Really? Why?" Kieran asked. "Well...because I think you're awesome, and you make me nervous ANNNDDD when I'm nervous I act stupid" Caleb replied. "Oh shut that shit up...I make you nervous yeah okay" Kieran laughed. "HA! Yeah I'm just fucking with you man, I'm like this all the time I'll end up irritating you soon you'll see" Caleb said as he grinned. "I doubt that but okay we'll see" Kieran added. Caleb looked at Kieran and smiled "Hey can I ask you something?" he said. "Yeah okay" Kieran replied. "Why don't you talk much in school? I mean to people, you seem stand-offish" "Oh cus not a lot of people want to talk to me, they think I'm weird" Kieran replied. "Yeah some people are lame, but how about chicks? I've never seen you with a girlfriend" Caleb continued to ask. "Don't want one" Kieran simply said. "Why not?...They all think you're really umm...how do they put it?...super cute!" Caleb replied imitating the many girls he's heard, making Kieran laugh. "Yeah and I think they're nuts!" He responded. "What? Why?" Caleb asked. "Cus I'm not super cute" Kieran said trying to imitate Caleb. "Shit...okay" Caleb sarcastically said rolling his eyes realizing quickly that he had again stuck his foot in his mouth. (Let me pause from the story for a second, you might think that I'm (me being Kieran) exaggerating about how things went, you know, me getting my ass kicked, the scorpion test, the concert Caleb put on for me, oh no, it's all real, oh and him always sticking his foot in his mouth well that's very real too except you don't see his face when he realizes he just jacked up, and for the record I knew he was flirting with me at this point, anyways, back to the story.) "Oh so now YOU think I'm cute huh?" Kieran questioned Caleb. "Well not like that dude but yeah you're not ugly" Caleb replied laughing nervously. "Thank you Mr...wait...I just realized I don't know your last name" Kieran lied. He knew what his last name was, he had known for years, he knew a lot more about Caleb than he wanted to say, he was afraid that Caleb was going to think he had been stalking him that is why he opted for a white lie which made him feel bad. "It's McGill" Caleb replied. "Well then thank you for thinking I'm not ugly Mr. McGill" Kieran replied bowing very low as he said it. "Oh fuck off dude!" Caleb said as he laughed. "If it makes you feel better I don't think you're ugly either, and jokes aside I really dig your hair, you're so blonde you look friggin albino!" Kieran replied. "Ouch...burn!" Caleb said getting up and punching Kieran softly on the shoulder. "Ugh! We just met and you're already abusing me? Geez man!" Kieran whined. "Sup with all the zingers?" Caleb asked. "Dunno guess I'm just happy" Kieran replied smiling. "Come on, you gotta get comfortable lose the shoes and shirt man, its HOT!" Caleb didn't hesitate, and took his shirt, shoes, and sox off. Kieran couldn't help himself when he saw Caleb's bare upper body, he reached over and poked him on his abs, then patted them with his hand. "Damn dude what the hell is this?" Kieran asked. "They are called muscles, and you get them when you do these things called crunches, and next time you finger me please warn me so I can enjoy it better?" Caleb jokingly said. "Who's fingering who?" The boys heard a woman ask. They both quickly turned around and saw Kieran's mom giving them an inquisitive look "I think I walked in on something I shouldn't have" she joked. "MOM! That's nasty!" Kieran complained. "And who are you?" She asked Caleb. "Oh Hi!, sorry, I'm Caleb" he said extending his hand out, she shook his hand and smiled. "You're the McGill's youngest boy aren't you?" She asked. "Yep that's me" Caleb said letting go of her hand. She turned to Kieran and gasped "Kieran! What in the world happened to you?!" She got closer to Kieran trying to get a better look at his bumps and scrapes. "I already told dad and I KNOW you're going to freak so please don't? okay?" Kieran pleaded. "I can't promise you I won't" She firmly said. "Okay well I had a fight with a boy named Jeff", she gasped again and crossed her arms. "I've had enough! We are taking you out of school and that is final!" She angrily said. "No! Mom! Don't! It was only a fight! And I started it okay? I put him on a choke hold and it got out of hand!" He replied. "WHAT!? Why would you do that? She asked. "Cus I was tired of the crap!" He retorted. "Yeah but there are better ways to handle that!" She snapped. "I know mom, I'm sorry!" Kieran softly said looking down on the floor embarrassed to look at his mom. "So now I'm assuming they suspended you right? She asked. "Nope! It happened after school!" He smiled. "Okay well at least you're not suspended, that's a plus in all this I suppose, did he give you all those scrapes" She asked inspecting Kieran's injuries occasionally touching a bruise or scrape. "Well no, I was running, got tripped up and landed on Caleb, well by his feet, that's how I met him, he helped me up and walked me back home". He chuckled. "Well thank you Caleb for helping, now, you guys didn't know each other before? I thought you went to the same school?" She asked as the boys shook their heads no. "We'll talk about this later Kieran, I really don't like you fighting, I didn't put you in that Jiu whatever it is to have you kill someone" She said. "Please don't take him out of school, Pleaaseee!" Caleb begged. "I can't say yes or no right now we'll have to talk about it later" She said with finality. "Dad said he ordered some pizzas so they'll be here soon if you haven't eaten yet, I got to change and relax, it was nice to meet you Caleb" She smiled as she walked out of the room. "Whoa she was pissed dude" Caleb said. "Yeah that sucked! I hope she doesn't mean what she said" Kieran replied. Both boys walked out to the living room to find Kieran's dad still engrossed in his book, they sat on the couch and quietly talked as they waited for the pizza. It didn't take the delivery man too long to reach the house. He brought 2 large peperoni pizzas that got devoured in no time. Jamie was very talkative during dinner trying to get to know Caleb more. Caleb really enjoyed the conversation he had with Kieran's family and the family seemed to really embrace him. After dinner the boys decided to go back to Kieran's room, it had been a long day and they were starting to get tired. When they walked in the room Caleb felt very comfortable with himself so he laid back down on Kieran's bed, Kieran sat by his feet and turned his T.V on to find something to watch. "The one thing I forgot to ask you was if you wanted to watch something on Netflix or something because I don't think there is anything good on T.V." Kieran said as he continued to flip through the channels. "Ahh! Here we go!" He said as he stopped on IFC "You ever seen 28 weeks later?" He asked Caleb. "Nah don't think so, I've seen 28 days later though, its good, I love zombie shit, OH! I gotta show you something" Caleb replied grabbing his iPhone out of his pocket and scrolling through his pictures. He found the picture he was looking for and showed it to Kieran. Kieran burst out laughing. "No way!! Check this out!" Kieran said as he got off the bed and walked over to his dresser where he had left his iPhone, he turned it on, noticed he had several missed calls and ignored them. He scrolled through his pictures and found the one he was looking for, he showed it to Caleb and they both laughed. "Oh man, I didn't know you like the Walking Dead!" Caleb said "I love this Dead Yourself app man" "Yeah! I got a bunch of pictures like that man, I've deadened my dad, my brother, umm everyone I know pretty much, send me that pic!" Kieran replied taking Caleb's phone and saving his number on it. Caleb sent his zombie picture along with a normal one. "Cool, thanks! You look really awesome in that pic" Kieran smiled. "Thanks man I was going for a gory look!" Caleb replied. "NO! I mean the regular pic" Kieran chuckled. "Yeah I know and that's the pic I was talking about!" Caleb joked. "Movie's starting!, get off the bed for a sec" Kieran said as he pulled the comforter off the bed and tossed it on the floor, he walked over to his closet and brought out 2 giant pillows that looked like dogs. "HA! What the fuck are those?" Caleb replied laughing at his doggy pillows. "You won't be laughing after you feel them!" Kieran said tossing one of the pillows to Caleb. Caleb hugged the pillow and smiled real big. "AWE...SOME!" He said falling face first on the bed. "Told you, their soft as hell huh?" Kieran replied. "Dunno if hell is soft but yeah the pillow is!" Caleb said making them both giggle. The boys were glued to the T.V; the movie captivated Caleb as he loves zombie, space and apocalypse type of movies. Before they knew it the movie was over and they began to feel that their eyes were heavy with sleep. "Got a sleeping bag? I forgot to bring mine" Caleb groaned. "Don't need one, just sleep on my bed" Kieran simply said walking over to his light switch and shutting it off. He laid back down and motioned for Caleb to find a comfortable spot. "Good night bro" he said as he closed his eyes. Caleb couldn't go to sleep as fast as Kieran, he tossed and turned but sleep would not over take him even though his body was exhausted. He heard Kieran's shallow breathing and knew he was asleep. He turned to face Kieran and instantly thought that he looked adorable as he slept. He replayed everything that had taken place throughout the day and was glad that he had spoken to him even though it wasn't on good circumstances. He reached over and lightly stroked Kieran on the arm trying not to wake him up. "No one will mess with you I promise, if they mess with you they will mess with me too" Caleb whispered. He then lightly kissed him on the forehead and closed his eyes, he finally fell asleep. What Caleb didn't realize was that Kieran had not been asleep after all, he was laying there waiting for Caleb to fall asleep, he heard what Caleb had said which made his heart skip a beat, he wanted to burst out crying but controlled himself enough not to give himself away. He waited until he thought Caleb was asleep and opened his eyes, he too thought that Caleb looked adorable while he slept, he felt emboldened and kissed Caleb on the cheek and whispered "thank you", he laid his head back on his pillow and fell asleep. Chapter 4 Coming Very Soon! (It'll get good real soon)