Nick really didn't feel like getting his butt out of bed that day, but he knew if he didn't his mother would drag him out of bed. He hated waking up so early in the morning, but he had school today and he didn't dare to miss it. Not because he liked school or anything. He absolutely hated school, only tolerating it because of his best friend and a certain someone. Nick hated to admit it, but he had a secret crush on his history teacher. The worst part was that the guy was married and even had a kid. Nick hated that of all the people to crush on, it was a married man and his teacher. That meant he saw him and was near him every day. It was like torture being around someone he had a crush that he knew wouldn't want him back. He had often thought about getting out of his class, but knew that would raise suspicion. Mr. Everett was a popular teacher. You'd have to be a fool to leave his class for Mrs. Crabbeapple, the other history teacher who acted as if she had a stick up her ass. Even then, there was another problem. He lived right beside him and even babysat his daughter on occasion. He was pretty sure his mother wouldn't take too kindly to moving just because he had a crush on someone.

He just had to get over him. Yeah right! How could he? There were so many things he admired about him it was hard to fall for anyone else. Damn him for being so hot. He thought about talking it over with Luke, but he didn't want Luke to think he was some love sick puppy or tell him something he didn't want to hear but probably needed to. He hated how it was only in his dreams that he and his teacher were together and not in real life. Although if he was going to be honest to himself if not anyone else, it'd be for the best. Not because of his kid or his wife. It was more that Lee could get in major trouble even if Nick was 18. A teacher couldn't get into a relationship with a student until after graduation and even then, he'd wait to wait months until that could prevent them from constantly looking over their shoulders. Life was so unfair.

School went on as usual with Nick forcing himself not to have fantasies of the subject of his affections but replacing them with something disgusting. He was relieved when school was over. At least, he wished he was. He had to babysit the man's daughter once he got home since Lee's wife had to head out of town while Lee had to go look after his sick mother for the weekend. He drove to the elementary school to pick her up. Clementine hopped into the back seat along with Alfred, the girl's best friend. Oh great. He had to deal with both of them for the evening. He couldn't complain though. It was for Lee, even if it meant nothing in the long run.

They arrived back at the Everett household where Lee's wife was already heading out. Clementine ran up to her and showed her some picture she drew in school. She didn't seem to care much and told her daughter to run along so she could get going. Clementine was visibly hurt by her mother not paying attention to her, but luckily Alfred was there to distract her and the two ran off to go play. It wasn't the first time the woman had done so. Her mother was so business minded, she hardly even paid any mind to her own child and shooed her away a lot. Whenever Clementine came towards her, whether wanting to play or ask for help with her homework or even wanted start a conversation with her, she would just brush her off, pretending she wasn't there, telling her she had more important things to do, or even yell at her to go away, sometimes even mumbling about how underfoot she was or even saying something about why didn't she tell Lee no. She was lucky Clem had no clue what that meant. Now that he thought about it, he'd never once saw the woman even show affection to her own child let alone her own husband. How Lee married such an unaffectionate woman was beyond him. Maybe there was a time when she wasn't behaving this way.

Lee thanked him for caring for Clementine for the weekend. Nick resisted the urge to say anything for you least it give away his crush on him. Lee kissed his daughter goodbye and attempted to do the same with his wife, but she brushed him off too saying "Not now, Lee! I'm busy!" and moving to another room while still on her phone.

'At least he can give you kisses. You don't know how lucky you are, woman,' Nick thought bitterly. Lee didn't seem too bother by it as he merely rolled his eyes and left, telling the kids and Nick he'd see them later.

Mrs. Everett left some time later although nobody knew when as she had left without a word. While the kids were outside playing, Nick did his routine of watching TV for a while and then making snacks for the two. He got bored relatively fast given there was nothing good on TV. His mind drifted off to what was normal for him these days: fantasies of Lee. Of course they were dirty as hell and thank god Lee wasn't there to notice how much they were affecting him. He knew he shouldn't be having them, but man it was hard not to. This was his fault, not Nick's. Maybe he could change that in the future.

"Like that'll ever happen." he scoffed as he borely flipped through the TV channels.

"Nick, you forgot again!" Clementine called from the kitchen interrupting Nick's thoughts.

"What?"

"Alfred likes apple juice, not grape juice!"

He started to tell the little girl to go get it herself but bit his tongue. Sighing he got up and retrieved a apple juice from the cabinet and gave it to the boy before jumping back on the couch to go back to his dream world. Nick was laying down on the couch while Lee was on top of him, shirtless and kissing his chest, neck, and right behind his ear, whispering dirty things into his ear. Filthy things that would make even the dirtiest of porn stars blush. Telling him how he wanted to fuck him, which position he to take him in, where he wanted to do it, and other sexual things. He squeezed his his imaginary ass. Oh god, his ass was perfect, almost as perfect as that body. He needed him so fucking bad.

'Just fuck me already!' he thought with frustration.

"What are you doing?" asked Clementine instantly dragging him out of his fantasy world. Clementine and Alfred were standing over him, staring at him much to his embarrassment.

"H-huh?" Nick sat up and looked at Clementine.

"You were squeezing the air like this." said the little girl demonstrating how he was doing. He turned red.

"And you were mumbling in your sleep." said Alfred.

"And what's that bump in your pants?"

"Don't you have homework to do!" he exclaimed. He quickly hid it with a pillow.

"It's Friday." said Clementine.

"Oh." Nick didn't know what else to say to them. "I'll just let you two watch tv."

"Are you okay, Nick?" she asked, concern in her eyes.

"'Yeah, I'm fine." said Nick getting up. "I'm just really tired, that's all."

He got off the couch and went into the guest room where he was staying for the weekend. Damn he needed to get rid of this problem before heading down there. He couldn't leave them alone for too long so he'd better make this quick. After taking a quick shower, he headed downstairs with the children. They were in the middle of watching tv. He tried scooting past them to the kitchen, but they caught him. Well Clementine did.

"Did your bump go down?" asked Clementine.

"Please don't ask that ever again." said Nick embarrassed.

"Well it looked like it hurt with how big it was." she pointed out. "I just wanted to know if it went down."

'Oh god.' Nick wanted to be amused, but was much too embarrassed to find it even funniest in the slightest. Thank god Luke wasn't here. He was pretty sure he'd be here laughing his ass off. "I'm fine."

"Are you sure?" added on the little boy.

"Yeah." he rolled his eyes.

"How'd you hurt your leg?"

"Nothing, just watch tv and forget about it, alright?"

"Okay." they turned back to the tv screen. Nick was relieved the attention was off of him even if it was for a little while. Hopefully the two children wouldn't ask or tell Lee about what they saw.

Nick was fast asleep after getting the kids in bed when he heard noises downstairs. He jumped out of bed and tipped toed downstairs, phone in hand just in case it was a burglar. To his relief it was just Lee coming inside. What was he doing back? Had something happened or had he forgotten something? Lee was taking off his shoes at the door and taking off his jacket before placing it on the hook. Nick slipped back up the stairs before Lee could notice him. He heard Lee going past the bedroom door and down the hall. He could hear Lee going into a room, most likely going into his daughter's room to either check up on her or tell her that he was home. The door closed and he could hear the door across the hall open which was the bathroom. He heard him going inside and Nick got the urge to peek in on him. It was wrong and if he got caught Lee would be furious, but he couldn't resist the urge to do so. To his delight, the door was cracked open enough to where he could see Lee naked figure in all its glory. It was better than he imagined. Nick loved what he was seeing although he wished he could just sneak in and join him. If this wasn't real life and he wasn't such a chicken, he'd march right in there, strip down to nothing, and catch him off guard, say something real suave, and Lee'd be all over him. Then Lee did something that really made his night.

Nick watched with wide eyes and bit his lip to keep himself quiet as he watched. What a stroke of luck. It was like a show just for him and he was going to enjoy it for what it was worth. He wished he could go inside and touch him or at least get a better look. He stayed still, trying to level his breathing although he doubted he could hear him over the shower water. When Lee finished, he continued his bath. Nick slipped off back to the bedroom before Lee came out of the bathroom. He slowly closed the door as not make too much noise and hopped into bed. He heard the shower water turn off after a while before hearing a door open and then close before he heard footsteps. He heard his door opening and closing. He figured it was just Clementine coming in, probably wanting a drink of water or had a nightmare and wanted to sleep with him.

He felt her shaking him and he shrugged her off. "Not right now, Clementine. I'm tired."

"Nick, it's me." whispered Lee.

"Oh hey." he was glad he couldn't see the blush covering his face. His heart was beating fast given what just happened. "What are you doing back so soon?"

"I think what should be asked is if you enjoyed watching me shower." Lee said in a teasing voice. Nick felt his face growing hot as he tried finding a reason as to why he had been there at the door. Lee had seen him. He felt like dying on the spot. He knew he should have just walked away the moment he saw Lee naked.

"I um d-didn't mean to." said Nick. "I heard someone come in and I uh heard the shower coming on and I was making sure it wasn't one of the kids up so I was there to check." blushed Nick hoping Lee would buy it.

"We both know that you were standing there than for a quick check." said Lee. He didn't sound mad or anything. Nick wasn't sure whether to be relieved or still scared. What if Lee told him to go home and never asked him to come over again? He couldn't read his face, but it sounded like he didn't mind. Nick didn't know whether to open his mouth or keep it closed least he make things worse. His throat felt too dry to answer anyways. During the silence, he felt like his heart was going to burst out of his chest and run out the house. He wanted to faint, cry, and run all at the same time. Thank god for the darkness that Lee couldn't see the expression on his face. What now though?

Nick sat there for a minute, trying to find words while Lee simply just waited for him. Why did the bastard have to come home early? He should have kept to himself and stayed his ass in the bed. He didn't know what to do now that he had been caught and Lee had confronted him about it. He tried saying something, but nothing came out. After what seemed to be forever, he had barely said "I..." when he heard Clementine's voice from the hallway. He sighed with relief as the little girl came into the bedroom holding her teddy bear as her figure was illuminated by the hall light.

"Nick, can you get me a glass of water?" she asked rubbing her eyes. Then she noticed her dad. "Daddy! What are you doing home? I thought you had to look after grandma!"

Nick was relieved when Lee turned his attention to his daughter. While concentrating on calming his heart down, he heard the man tell Clementine something about his brother taking care of it, most likely referring to his brother caring for his mother. As Lee tended to his kid, he laid there thinking how lucky he was she distracted him. He'd still have to deal with him some time later though. Lee didn't come back luckily. He wasn't sure if his heart could take it if he had. He was pretty sure he'd pass out. Hell he felt like he was about to. He stayed quiet, listening for any noises. He could hear them downstairs, but not very clearly. He could hear them going by and then down the hallway. What if Lee came back? What then? He felt like he was going to have a panic attack at the thought. 'Calm down Nick.' a voice in his head said reassuringly.

'How can I when my crush just caught me staring at them?!' thought back Nick. 'And he was naked! Oh god, I'm about to pass out!'

'Take deep breaths, man!' said the voice. Nick took deep breaths and slowly letting them out to try and calm himself. After what seemed like forever, he didn't hear the man coming back. He was probably still with Clementine or putting on his clothes. He pretended to sleep to avoid him if Lee came back. He looked at his cellphone, looking at the time. It had been 25 minutes since he had been in the bedroom. He wasn't coming back which was a good thing in his case. He was glad the awkward conversation would wait until later. He'd just sneak out of the window. No, bad idea. He was pretty sure he'd break a leg going out that way given he was on the 2nd floor. He'd just get up extra early. Just as he was peeking out of the door to see if Lee was coming back, his phone vibrated scaring the shit out of him. He eased back into bed away from the door. He looked down. It was just a text from Luke.

The kids haven't driven you crazy yet, have they?

Not this time. I hid the cookies. He thought about texting the part about Lee. Should he? He needed to talk to someone badly about this. He could trust him and he'd burst if he didn't say anything. Something is driving me crazy though.

What?

I fucked up.

Oh? How so?

I walked in on someone...

One of the kids?! Oh god, that's horrible.

No. Someone else.

Mr. Everett's wife? Way to go man. LOL

Not her. Him.

Well shit.

And he caught me.

Damn man! What did he say?

Nothing really. He didn't even seem all that mad.

Well thank god that it was him and not someone else.

I guess. Clementine came in before I could embarrass myself any further. The worse part is that I was looking for more than a couple of seconds. It was more like minutes.

Always knew you had a thing for him. Got a good peek, pervert? { ͡• ͜ʖ ͡•}

Luke!

I'm joking and he knew? What was he doing?

Showering

Nothing else?

It was like the bastard knew. Don't tell anyone

I won't.

Nick then texted him about what Lee did while showering. Before he pressed send, he quickly looked towards the door just in case Lee came in.

Oh wow and he wasn't pissed? I'm not sure whether to laugh or feel bad for you or both. Well that's gonna be an awkward morning. You thinking of sneaking out?

I really want to, but I don't know where he is. After Clementine came in, he left with her and went downstairs. They went by not that long ago, so I dunno what they're doing now.

How do you feel?

Like I'm about to pass out. I really don't want him back in here.

I can only imagine how you feel right now. That's terrifying. Even if you sneak out, he's just going to see you again at school and you're neighbors at that.

No shit, Einstein. If I opened up my eyes more often, I'd have seen that sooner! Thanks.

I'm going to just ignore that since you're stressed out enough. I wish I could help out but I don't know how. The only advice I have is to sneak out now by window. He'll hear you if you go out the door.

I'm two stories up. Not willing to break both my legs.

You are pretty clumsy.

Very funny. I'll just leave extra early and hope he doesn't need me.

That works. Hope he doesn't read your mind and figure you're gonna do that.

Me either.

Gotta go. Talk to you later.

Alright. Wish me luck.

Good luck. You'll need it.

Nick sighed as he put up his phone and set up an alarm. As he closed his eyes to go to sleep, he could only hope and pray to not be confronted about what had happened that night in the morning. If everything worked out and Lee didn't catch him before he left, he'd be thankful. Now to get some sleep so he'd be ready.