Last chapter! It's kinda redundant, but I felt it tied up some loose ends and add in some unnecessary (but totally fun) humor. And one of the only stories I've finished…Enjoy!
Chapter 4: The Aftermath
Rumors had started to spread around Spenser, accusations that would have been damning to any other person. It was hard not to miss the longing looks, the meaningful touches – caresses really – the heated looks between the Sons of Ipswich. The most obvious changes were in Spenser's resident bad boy; he only flirted lightly, as per his natural personality, but he never accepted, no matter how tempting the offer was meant to be. He began to ignore the advances of even the most beautiful – or promiscuous – girl in Spenser in favor of Tyler. All the shy boy had to do was appear near him and those beautiful blue eyes would be glued to him and him only. Caleb seemed to react the same; he used to play the field after his break up with Sarah, but now he only had eyes for Pogue (Pogue hadn't changed all that much; he had started rejecting girls long before the others started acting weird, but he had never been so physical towards Caleb before).
Most girls reacted instinctively; the only ones who didn't seem to get the hint were Sarah and Kate, who – after getting the snub from their ex-boyfriends – went after Reid and Tyler, respectively (they were promptly denied and even ordered to leave when they persisted). For the rest of the female population, it was hard not to notice a marked man when they saw one. There was rarely ever a time when one of them was absent and one of the others, mainly the one that they were more physical towards, wasn't. Small marks had begun to show on each of them, especially Tyler and Caleb. Each time they were asked, they would smile mysteriously (or blush profusely, in Tyler's case) and say they were taken. Needless to say, it was hard not to put two and two together.
The Sons in question were gathered around their usual lunch table. Tyler and Reid were on one side, Pogue and Caleb on the other. If anyone had looked hard enough, they would have seen the closeness between the pairs. Reid's fingers were barely brushing the inside of Tyler's thigh; Pogue and Caleb's fingers were intertwined beneath the table.
"Do you think anyone has noticed?" Reid asks mischievously.
"How could they not?" Tyler murmurs.
"True." The blonde intertwines their fingers, running his thumb over Tyler's hand. Tyler smiles softly at him, a light pink stain on his cheeks.
"We're not really good at hiding what we want, huh?" Pogue chuckles, giving Caleb almost a leer and running his eyes down his boyfriend's body. Caleb winks in return.
"It's not like they can do anything about it." Caleb mutters, squeezing Pogue's hand. The others shoot him a weird look. "We're the Sons of Ipswich; they can't do shit."
"We own the school, true, but we still have images to uphold-" Tyler starts worriedly.
"And they haven't changed. Our images will be the same, just with each other." Reid soothes. Tyler smiles gratefully. Reid always knew what to say to ease his mind.
"Should…should we come out to everyone?" The youngest Son asks softly. It wasn't like most everyone didn't know…
"You know what, Baby Boy? We should." Pogue answers confidently.
"Yeah, so girls can quit hanging off of you." Caleb growls. So he was jealous, so what?
"Jealous, Cay?" Pogue teases.
"You know I am." Pogue smirks.
"Or any of us." Tyler says with a false innocent tone.
"We should." Reid chuckles. He knew his female suitors irked Tyler. And, on top of getting rid of some annoying disturbances, he would get to do fun things to Tyler in public…
"Ok, now that we've agreed, when do you want to do it?" Tyler asks. They needed to do it at the opportunity time. Reid looks around the lunchroom. Everyone was already here, and, as they say, no time like the present.
"How 'bout now?" he smiles wickedly.
"What?! We can't just do it now! We need the right time-!" Tyler gasps.
"C'mon, babe." Reid grabs his wrist and drags him out away from the table.
"I think he has the right idea." Pogue answers, grabbing Caleb's arm.
"Pogue, I agree with Ty-" Caleb's words died on his lips at the feeling of hundreds of eyes staring at them from all sides. By that time, the four of them were at the center of the cafeteria with the student body's full attention.
"Everyone, we have an announcement to make." Reid calls. It wasn't really needed. The room was dead silent already.
"Sorry to disappoint ladies and gents, we're officially off the market." Pogue says, smirking slightly. Reid chuckles at his 'brother's' quip.
"C'mere, Baby Boy." He purrs, grabbing Tyler's tie and pulling him flush against him. He smirks at Tyler's shocked face and presses his mouth tightly against the other male's. Tyler squeaks but submits almost immediately, losing himself in the hot tongue pushing its way into his mouth. Tyler's hands move to Reid's neck and head to entangle themselves into the taller male's hair and pull him closer to deepen the kiss. The action brought shocked gasps and cries of anger and indignation from the crowd. Pogue smirks and repeats the motion on Caleb, who also moans and responds positively. He was totally enjoying this…
"Misters Parry, Garwin!" A voice calls from behind them. The four of them pull away – Tyler and Caleb blinking as if in a daze – and turn to see an irate provost walking briskly toward them. Tyler winces and discretely hides behind Reid. He wasn't afraid he was just being…precautionary. Yeah, that was it.
"What do you think you're doing?! There are no public displays of affection allowed in this school! This is a respectable establishment!" he rants, his face turning red. Reid rolls his eyes at his principal's antics. He was used to this. The provost's gaze snaps to Tyler and his eyes narrow.
"And Mister Simms! I never would have expected this from you!" Tyler's head drops in shame. "Nor you, Mister Danvers. Do you think misconduct will look good on your college application?" Caleb's eyes flash.
"Hey, don't take it out on them!" Reid growls.
"Yeah, it was all us, not them!" Pogue growls, placing himself between the provost and his boyfriend.
"That's it! I've had enough of you. You two," he points to Reid and Tyler, "are confined to the dorms for the weekend, and you will all serve detention for the next week after school, in the library, helping Mrs. Hill with whatever she may need, understand?" he growls.
"But-" Caleb starts to protest.
"We'll take it provost." Reid cuts in, shooting Caleb a gaze that clearly said 'shut up and let me handle this.' Caleb rolls his eyes but decides to allow him to take over; he did have more experience…the provost seemed surprised by his easy acceptance, but smiles anyway.
"Very good." He turns to the others. "Get back to lunch!" The students slowly go back to the their previous business.
"Dude, what gives?" Pogue hisses.
"Do you know how much of a crack pot Mrs. Hill is? I don't want to spend the next week with her in the library!" Caleb practically whines. Tyler says nothing, trusting Reid. The blonde had a reason for everything.
"Think outside the box, you two. We're confined to the dorms. Together. For the whole weekend." He was pointing to himself and Tyler. The others roll their eyes when they realize what he was implying.
"You just can't keep it in your pants, can you, ya little horn-dog?" Caleb laughs. He completely understood his reasoning. He would jump at the chance too.
"You know it." He pulls Tyler to him again and slips his arms possessively around his waist. Tyler blushes hotly, but molds against his side nonetheless.
"Don't do anything we wouldn't do." Pogue mutters good-naturedly, dragging Caleb away.
"That's not a lot!" he calls after them. Pogue politely flips him off over his shoulder.
"Let's go, babe. Time to contemplate what we've done wrong." He says in a mock remorseful tone. Tyler rolls his eyes at him and pulls him away.
"I don't think there'll be much thinking involved." He answers slyly. Reid allows himself to be lead away, smirking slightly, sending a smart salute to Aaron and his little gang across the room, who were all looking at them with pure shock.
Spenser was never gonna be the same again…
THE END!
It feels good to write that. Never done it before on a story! And to all of those who followed the story, sorry, but I've gotta cut it short! I just can't think of anything to add. Hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
