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It's been three weeks since the boys left for lanzarote, it was a great holiday, Aaron could be himself there, no one judging him or sticking their noise in, it was good to get away, but now it's back to the real world, Jackson had got a phone call a day before they had left Spain, it was his mother, telling him his bath mysteriously ran itself and now they are homeless. When they arrived at Smithy, paddy invited Jackson and his mother to stay with them, but he could see that Aaron wasn't too keen on the idea and turned the vet down.

Jackson was in the pub looking at cheap flats for rent in the paper, when Andy Sugden offered him a room at his place. Jackson wanted to take it, but there wasn't any room for Hazel, he couldn't just leave her to stay a bed and breakfast in Hotton, he told the farmer he would think about it and get back to him. Jackson was just getting up to back to Declan's when he saw Paddy come, the older man walked up to him

"Any luck on the flat hunt?" the friendly vet asked.

"Andy offered me a room, but there's nowt for mum"

"Well, why doesn't your mum just rent a room at ours?" Paddy suggests

"I couldn't ask you to do that"

"You didn't, I asked! Can't have her living on the streets, can we?"

Jackson thought about it for a while, and decided to take the vet up on his offer, but how was he going to break the news to Aaron?

Aaron came storming into Declan's house at dale head; Jackson knew right away that the mechanic found out about his new roommate.

"So, were ya going to actually tell me?" the teen grunted

"Paddy told you?"

"No! I figured it out all on my own, when your mum showed up with about twenty suitcases!"

"I told her to wait until I told you!"

"Well, she didn't!"

"Paddy offered, if you're not alright with it I'll just put her up in the B&B" Jackson frowned

Aaron now more relaxed "Nah, its fine. I'm sure it won't be that bad" he rolled his eyes. He knew it was going to be bad; he gets enough grief off of Paddy and his mum, and now Hazel!

"You might as well move in too then, since your mums here"

"Nah, it will be too crowed and Andy offered me a room at his" says Jackson.

Aaron smiles and heads back to the garage, he was a bit disappointed that the builder turned down his offer, but he was right, it would have been too much having him and Hazel staying at Smithy.

Later that night, Aaron helped Jackson move his things in, he was knackered, and he spent the rest of the day moving Hazel into his. After the unpacked most of the builder's things, they headed to Jackson's new room.

Jackson and Aaron were lying in bed; they thought they should christen the new bed. Jackson is staring into those blue eyes of the teen, feeling so happy to have the mechanic in his arms, he gently kisses his forehead.

"I love you" Jackson thinks out loud, realising what he just said, he has loved Aaron for some time now, but was scared to say it to him in case what Aarons reaction would be.

Aaron laid there frozen, not knowing what to say or what to think, he quickly jumped off the bed and started putting his clothes on.

"Aaron, I'm- it just came out, and I wish I could take it back, but I can't and I do Aaron, I do" cried Jackson.

Aaron rushes out the bedroom and heads down stairs, Jackson running after him, shouting his name, the mechanic ignores him and runs out the door.

Aaron found himself in bar west, having his fourth pint, he had to get away from him and from the village, no one has ever told him that before, well apart from his mum and Paddy but no one else, he didn't know how to take it, why did he have to go and ruin it by saying that? Things were going great, just came back from holiday, why? Why did he have to ruin it?

Jackson and his mother are sitting on the couch at Andy's, having a brew. Jackson filled his mum in with tonight's events, she was surprised that it took Jackson that long to tell him, she knows her son very well and she knew how her son felt for the teen, even if he didn't yet.

"Just let him stew for a bit, he will be round here first thing tomorrow, trust me" Hazel smiles.

"I've blown it mum, I shouldn't have said it" Jackson sobs

"What have I always told you? Follow your heart, and you did, you fell in love, and he will come round"

"I hope so" Jackson wipes the tears from his eyes.

Aaron is now on his ninth pint, feeling quite tipsy, he notices the lad standing next to him is checking him out; he gives the stranger a little smile.

The builder gave up ringing the teen, he already tried calling him six times already, he clearly didn't want to talk to him, and maybe things will be better tomorrow? Once Aaron has time to think? The last thing he wanted was to lose Aaron. The builder places his mobile phone on the side table and crawls into bed, wishing Aaron was here, lying next to him.

The morning sun, shining through the curtains, Aaron woke, still half sleeping, he sat up on the bed, looking round the room, he realises, this isn't his bedroom, fear now over powering him, and he slowly turns round to the bed, to see a naked man lying there, sound asleep. What the hell has he done?