Guh, I feel bad. I forgot to thank everyone who has been reading this story, regardless of whether you reviewed or not. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm loving writing this story and I'm hoping your enjoying the ride as well. You guys are completely awesome!

Catrina Sky:
Haha, I'm glad you enjoyed it girl.
I'll do what I can. [:
And thank you!

JamieMac26:
I actually quite enjoyed that. Haha. Glad I could basically leave you speechless. =P

Mahone-chic-28:
I'm pretty sure he did. Haha. Aw, I'm glad. I was a little worried about it. I'm not one who can really write those types of scenes, but I did what I could. Glad it worked out alright. I had the hardest time trying to figure out what exactly they would say to each other before they got together. I had like, three or four different drafts. It'll be interesting. Haha.

Archermusician:
Haha. Yes, they are! I know! I was going to have it be the other way around, but I was like, no. If a guy wants it, he'll go after it. True that.
Oh, no. I still have some things left for these two. Haha.

Disclaimer:
Check chapter one.

Countless lovers under cover of the street
Chapter Thirteen !

It had been a few weeks since that night aboard the Cornelia Marie in Dutch Harbor. So far, Kyle and Jake had acted as if nothing had happened, at least around everyone else. They were still Kyle and Jake, Jake and Kyle. To everyone, they were still the best of friends, all thoughts of a romantic relationship seeming to have gone up in a puff of smoke.

If only people were around when Kyle and Jake were out by themselves, or alone in their homes. Then again, maybe it was a good thing no one was around. They held hands, kissed, made love, and did everything normal couples would do. They didn't have issues with moving from best friends, to something more. It was a natural move, like planting a seed and having it grow into a tree.

Everyone was grateful for things to be back to normal. No longer did they have to pick sides and be there when one side got hurt. They were back to being normal, to being a family again. It made everyone happy and life seemed to be better. Josh and Jackson though? The two knew something was up. Maybe there wasn't something wrong, but things were different. Neither man could put their finger on what, but there was something off.

Josh had flown Nicole down to stay with him for a little while, while Jackson got closer to a girl he met when he went to picked up beer at the corner store near their home on the day they'd come back. For once, Jackson seemed to be trying to take things slow. No one was sure what it was, all they could figure was that it had to do with Jackson having sincere feelings for this girl, Summer, and not wanting to screw it up. Kyle was weary of the woman, as she was with every woman Jackson went out with. So, with this in mind, she decided that she, Jake, Jackson, Summer, Nicole, and Josh were going to have dinner.

The guys picked up Chinese takeout and the girls bought snacks and alcohol. It was a simple night of food, movies, and talking. Everything seemed to be going alright, that was until they ran out of beer and Jake and Kyle volunteered to go grab more.

"Jesus, it's awkward, Jake," Kyle said as the two walked the aisles of the grocery store, hand in hand.

Jake just shook his head, trying not to laugh. "It's because you want to jump my bones, huh?"

Kyle's hand collided with Jake's arm and the man groaned before rubbing at it. "No. It's because Josh and Jackson get to be all touchy feely with their dates and you and I have to sit there and pretend like we're just friends," she said as she grabbed a box of popcorn.

"Yeah, it was almost easier before this." He ran his fingers through his hair before pulling her down an abandoned freezer aisle. Grabbing the popcorn in her hand, he put it down to the side before backing the woman up so that her back was resting against the cold glass.

Kyle shuddered as the glass hit her back. Why was she always the one with her back against things? Then Jake's hands were grabbing hers, lacing their fingers and raising them above her head. His lips moved up and down her neck, just barely touching. Kyle, not being able to help herself, let out a frustrated groan.

"Aw, am I getting to you Ky?" Jake questioned, his lips a breath away from hers.

"You always get to me, Jake. That's what makes this so fun for you," she said. She tried to overpower him, moving her lips to meet his but he was smarter than that.

Jake leaned back, looming just out of her restrained reach. "Damn straight."After a few more minutes of this, he gave in and pressed his lips to hers.

& &

Phil had been out of cigarettes and had the strangest urge to buy a frozen Key Lime pie. He was nearing ten at night and he pulled his Dodge truck into the parking lot, putting her in park and cutting the engine. He removed the seatbelt and took the key out of the ignition before climbing out of the truck.

He smiled at the female checker who waved back at him - Brenda, he thought her name was. He wasn't all that sure but he thought it a shame. He was in here often enough. Passing aisles of canned goods and bags of chips, he finally hit the colder area of the grocery store. He could remember having to yell at Jake and Josh for opening the doors in the freezer aisles and breathing on them, drawing designs and writing their names in the fog.

A hand ran through his hair as he finally made it to the intended aisle. He passed two aisles before turning back to do a double take. He could have sworn he saw Jake and Kyle. That wasn't what bothered him. What bothered him was he thought he had seen Jake pressed against Kyle, making out. That wasn't right. Jake and Kyle were friends, best friends. They'd walked around in diapers and Underroos, made mud pies together, and had snow ball fights; they didn't make out.

The idea of Jake and Kyle wasn't a foreign one, if Phil Harris were to be honest. He'd seen the way Kyle looked at Jake, the look of jealousy Jake got if anyone was even remotely interested in his female best friend. There was something there, though neither seemed like they were going to look at that too closely.

He backed up, and there they were. Only, this time, they were walking back down the aisle, away from him. They weren't touching, at all. They were laughing and joking around, like they had always done. He rubbed a hand over his face, Jesus, he was getting old. Fucking seeing things. He chuckled as he went to the next aisle only to run into the pair.

Kyle jumped, Jake let out a surprised gasp, and Phil laughed. They acted as if they were getting caught doing something bad. This brought up his hallucination from early and it made him wonder just how fake the sight actually was.

"Hey, pops," Jake said after he had recovered from the shock of nearly running right over his old man.

"Hola Phil," Kyle greeted, giving her father like figure a hug.

Phil smiled and hugged the brunette woman back. He looked in their hands, a box of popcorn and two six packs of beer. That reminded him, he still needed to get that pie. "Having a party?"

Jake shook his head, "No. Josh, Jackson, Nicole, Summer, Kyle, and me decided to have a small get together. Kyle's trying to decide if she likes Jack's new girl."

The woman at his side shot him a look and pretended to pout. "He's my twin. And you know how Jackson is, he rushes head first into relationships."

The older man laughed, and was shortly joined by his son. "Alright you two. There's a Key Lime pie calling my name. I'll see you guys later."

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After everything was said in done, Kyle could admit she liked Summer. She was turning her brother around and she and Kyle seemed to have a lot in common. Soon, Summer, Kyle, and Nicole were the best of friends. It was rather interesting to be have a small group of girls as friends. Kyle wasn't used to hanging out with many girls. Having a twin brother tended to make you a tomboy, at least that's what Kyle had found.

Her mother was happy she'd formed such a strong bond with the two girls. It made her think Kyle would grow out of the crabbing phase and be more of a woman. Pam loved her daughter, there was no doubt about that, but she thought her daughter deserved more, thought maybe she should try being more a girl sometimes as well.

"Mom, this isn't a phase," Kyle argued as she and her mother sat down to eat lunch at a local cafe.

Pam shook her head, "Kyle, it is."

"Tell me how you think this is a phase," the woman pressed.

"You're going to want to settle down, Kyle. Start a family, be a normal woman."

"You're saying I'm not normal?"

"Kyle, that's not what I'm saying."

Kyle was frustrated. This wasn't a phase. She honestly loved crabbing, she loved being with her other family, she loved being on the Bering Sea. Why could her mother not see that? Her mother was right in one aspect though, even she had to admit this. Kyle did want to settle down one day, have a family of her own. For now, she wanted to live life to the fullest while she still could. "Mom, what do I have to do to make you back off?" she asked, tired of fighting about this.

Pam could see her daughter was tired. She was too. She'd noticed a change in her daughter of the past year; she was happier, more full of life, stronger. It made the older woman jealous. Pam had been raised a certain way, if she had pull the same stunts Kyle had pulled with her and Art, she would have been disowned. She just wanted to start this over, to make the relationship she had with her daughter better. "I'm sorry."

"What?"

"You're happy, I can see that. I just, I'm a little jealous," she admitted.

Kyle as taken aback by this. She didn't think her mother would ever say those words to her. "Why?" she asked, flabbergasted.

"I didn't have that freedom growing up. I'm so proud of you, Kyle. I don't exactly know how to show that, but I am."

The younger woman smiled, "I'm sorry too, for giving you such a hard time." It was as the waiter brought the pair their food that Kyle got an idea. "Do you still have an opening at the bakery?"

Nodding her head, Pam wondered what her daughter was up to. "Yes. Why do you ask?"

"Well, I was thinking. Jake's going to be in and out a lot, working with his grandfather, that means I won't have a whole lot to do when he's not around. So, I was thinking, maybe I could come help out, just until King Crab season starts back up," I said.

Pam thought about this for a minute. Something was troubling her though, and after a few minutes, Kyle's mother pinpointed it. "What does Jake have to do with your free time?"

Oh shit, busted. Kyle froze, hand resting on the glass of tea in front of her. "I just, I mean, we hang out all the time, you know that."

"Kyle," the woman said, knowing her daughter better then that.

"You can't tell anyone mom," Kyle pleaded.

The woman looked at her daughter, confused. After a second, the lights went on; looked like someone was home. It was all coming together now. Jake and Kyle were- "You're dating now?"

Kyle nodded her head, looking at her mother through her eyelashes. "Yeah. It's been a few weeks now."

"Oh, wow. I didn't actually see that one coming. I suppose I should have. Your father, Phil, and I used to joke about you two getting married someday. I never thought it would actually happen."

The younger brunette panicked, the thought of marriage frightening her a bit. "Mama, we're not even close to getting married. We're just dating, taking our friendship a bit farther," she said after she'd pulled herself together.

"I know you're quite a bit older now, probably have already gone through with things, but are you being safe, Kyle."

Kyle's faced burned at the question. "Jesus, mom!"

& &

"My mom was so close to having the safe sex talk with me." Kyle said as she buried her head into a pillow, turning on her stomach to do so. "Like I was sixteen or something."

Jake chuckled from across the room, browsing through the bookcases entirely filled with vinyl records. He pulled out an AC/DC one and placed it in the record player, lifting the needle and lowering it until it hit the first line. The sound of Bon Scott singing Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap filled the room.

He and Kyle had been collecting records ever since he could remember. Since his room was a little bigger then hers, they agreed to combine their collection and keep them all safe in once place. He sat down beside her before laying back, crossing his legs at the ankle, arms pillowing his head. "I'm sorry, Ky. Dad tried to do that with Josh and I once, we just laughed at him."

The woman shook her head. "I could understand if it was in the comfort of our own home, but out in public?"

Jake turned on his side, looking at the brunette by his side. He used a hand to run it up and down her side, lifting the hem of her shirt slightly each time. Kyle lifted her head to look at him, raising an eyebrow. "Seriously?"

"What?"

"I nearly had to hear about safe sex from my mother, and you're ready to just go at it," she said.

The man grinned before pulling her up and into his chest, arms wrapping around her waist. "Alright, I'll give you until Problem Child to get over it. After that? Game on."

"You know, Bon Scott does give me plenty of way to kill you, Jake. I could just end the game right here, right now." Kyle grinned as she sat up, straddling the man's hips. "Concrete shoes, cyanide, T.N.T,"she said along with the still awesome lead singer of the earlier days of AC/DC. Her fingers trailed down his chest as she kissed him. "Dirty deeds, do anything you want me to."

[ Use Somebody – Kings of Leon; Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC ]