Chapter 9
The film credits rolled up on the screen and Jackson nudged his sleeping boyfriend. "Hey sleepy, maybe we should go to bed. You're shattered!"
"Go to bed eh?" Aaron smirked; his tired eyes glinting with mischief
"Yes. To sleep. You'll be out before your head even hits the pillow.
"So what happened at the end then?" Aaron asked, sitting up and rubbing his eyes
"The usual...The bloke who told everyone about it had to fight the shark himself, shark dies, he saves the day..."
"Again? How boring! They should do one where the shark eats the lot of them."
"Come on you." jackson laughed, pulling Aaron to his feet. "Bed, now!"
"Yes sir!" Aaron laughed and followed behind Jackson.
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He was right, again, as flippin' usual. As soon as Aaron's head hit the pillow he was snoring away. Jackson laughed and kissed the top of his boyfriend's head, before walking round to his side of the bed, only to see Clyde lying there, staring at him.
"Clyde!" Jackson whispered "Come on boy, move! I wanna go to bed! Clyde!"
The furry bundle kept staring at Jackson, and after about twenty minutes of coaxing him with squeaky toys, Clyde surrendered and moved to the bottom of the bed.
"Bloody dog" Jackson muttered, flopping down onto the bed, earning him a growl from Clyde.
"Shut up." Jasckson huffed, and lay down and slowy drifted off to sleep.
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It was 4am, and Daniel was awake again. Scared to shout incase Aaron got angry. the little boy climbed out of his bed and walked unsteadily through the dark, opedned his door, and walked down the ahllway til he finally reached Aaron's room. He pushed the door open and whispered into the darkness "Aaron."
He approached his sleeping brother and tapped him on the arm gently "Aaron."
Aaron stirred and opened one eye groggily and was surprised to see Daniel. He rubbed his eyes and stetched out for the bedside lamp "You ok dude?"
"I had that dream again. Can I stay with you Aaron?"
Aaron smiled and lifted Daniel up and helped him under the covers in the middle of the bed. "There we go. All nice and warm again." Aaron laughed, moving into to tickle Daniel.
Daniel moved away and bumped into something else on the other side of the bed. The lump groaned and woke up and looked at Daniel. The smile disappeared as Daniel sat there, looking confused "Aaron, why is Jackson in your bed?"
"Urmmm..." Aaron looked over Daniel's shoulders at Jackson, who was trying his best not to laugh. "Sorry dude, what did you say?"
"I said.." Daniel sighed "Why is Jackson in your bed? I've got a teddy bear in my bed."
"Yeah I thought that's what you said. Daniel, this is really hard to explain but..I love Jackson. a lot. He's very special to me and that's why he stays here sometimes."
"Do you love him like my mummy and daddy love each other?"
"Yeah mate, I do."
"Oh. Ok." Daniel smiled, and settled down under the covers. It didn't take too long for the little boy to fall asleep again.
Jackson stared at Aaron "Well, I think you talked yourself out of that one pretty well, Mr. Livesy"
"Yeah. Fat lot of help you were!"
"Sorry! I just thought it was something, you, his brother, should explain to him!"
"Sssh! You'll wake him up! You aint getting away with this one, Walsh!"
