Chapter 24- A Revelation or two

Timmy POV

"Mmmn…Timmy…." Lauren said tugging at my shirt, as I created a trail of kisses down her neck. She kept pulling at my shirt and I finally gave in and sighed in annoyance as I pulled away from her to take it off and I threw it somewhere in the front seat. I looked down at Lauren who was lying against the leather interior, in her denim skirt and black bra, flushed, and breathing in uneven breaths. I kissed her hard and I felt her giggle in surprise through the kiss. I let one hand travel to her back and find her bra strap, and tried to unhook it in one fluid motion but it wouldn't give. I put my weight on my other hand frustrated, and tried to open it right my right hand, trying to feel along the hooks, trying to figure out how this thing worked. Lauren put both hands on my chest and pushed me back. The apprehension I was feeling must have shown on my face because she said, "You ok Timmy?"

"I'm fine, must just be a new bra or something, with a different opening thing." I said reassuring her and myself and leaning in to carry on where I left off, but she pushed me away again.

"Timmy, you've opened this bra like fifty times before," she said looking at me confused. She was referring to our weekly Wednesday afternoon appointments, which we had been keeping for about eight months. We'd been 'hanging out', with no strings attached. The perfect arrangement for both of us. Me, who didn't want to be tied down and Lauren who had a boyfriend, who was away at college.

"Are you sure you're ok?" she repeated, staring at me intently.

"I'm just not feeling it today," I told her honestly. She obviously thought it was her fault, because I had always been the enthusiastic one up to now. I wanted to be into it, I did, but I just wasn't feeling that turned on for once in my life.

"That's ok, maybe if we try it this way, " she said taking off her bra herself and throwing it forward to join my t-shirt, and pushing me back again the seat so I was now in a sitting position. She sat on my lap, straddling me, and pushed herself against me and began kissing me fiercely. I placed my hands on her waist, not knowing what else to do with them, and tried hard to be interested in the totally hot blonde in my car, but my mind (and body) were elsewhere. I realised a few minutes later when she was nibbling on my ear, and I was completely unaffected by her and my head was more interested in thinking about last night's episode of Entourage, that there was something wrong with this situation.

I pushed her back and gently lifted her off me and placed her on the seat beside me, "D'you mind if we cut this short?"

She looked at me anxiously, clearly worried that I wasn't into her anymore, and I was about to cast her aside. I then saw how she and others obviously saw me, and there was some truth to what Jules and Ellie had said.

I reached forward and picked up her bra and discarded sweater, and passed them to her. "Here, put these on." I said gently.

She put on the clothes without saying anything.

"It's not you Lauren; I was just somewhere else today," I said trying to make her feel better.

"So next Wednesday?" she said cautiously.

"Sure," I told her. Her face openly lit up and I felt a little better. Obviously the right thing to do would be to end this, and stop helping her cheat on her boyfriend, but for now I felt like rejection would be the last thing she needed to hear.

I drove back to school and got out the car then helped her out, passing her her shoes as she straightened out her top. Just then I saw a green convertible finish up parking in the only spot available, which happened to be opposite me. Ellie got out of the driver's seat, returning to school after lunch, and was looking anywhere but at me. She had obviously seen me, and seen Lauren fixing her clothes, and had gotten the wrong idea. Well technically she had gotten the right idea, but she didn't know that we hadn't gone the whole way. I sighed as she walked away and toward the entrance to school.

I gave Lauren her backpack and picked up mine from the trunk, and walked back to school with her.

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(Romeo POV)

"Ok , ok I give!" I said holding up my hands in surrender.

"For real?" she asked, pausing on splashing me for a second.

"For real," I said nodding, "you win."

"Ok fine, "she said laughing and swimming over to me. The second she reappeared from under the water I began splashing her again. She yelped and dived under to get out of the line of water I was splashing her way. She swam around me and jumped onto my back.

"That was cheating!" she said using her hands to cover my eyes.

"There are no rules!" I said, "But this time I give and I mean it."

"How do I know if you mean that?"

"I guess you'll have to trust me."

Just then we heard a cough from the side of the pool. I felt her let go of my eyes and jump off my back, obviously embarrassed at being caught in a compromising sisters swimming instructor Emmanuel was standing by the pool, with Izzie beside him, who was putting her goggles on and jumping into the pool.

"itees zee time for Isabel's sweeming lesson, so we need to use zee pool. You may join us if you'sweesh it?" he said.

I snorted, and let out at laugh, glad that I had outgrown all of my excruciating lessons with Emmanuel during my youth. Juliet elbowed me and said politely, "Thank you very much, but we were just about to get out."

I walked through the water holding onto Juliet's hand and pulled myself out of the water, helping her out after me. We walked over to the outdoor staircase leading to my room trying not to laugh. I opened out a towel from the basket and put it around her before taking one out for myself.

I opened the balcony doors, and went into my bedroom with Juliet following behind me. I turned around, about to tell her she can use the shower first, but when I saw her standing there all wet, wrapped in the fluffy white towel, she looked so vulnerable and adorable that I couldn't help but kiss her. I kissed her gently, and slow, taking my time. At first she was surprised by the random affection, but she quickly adjusted and kissed me back sweetly. She smoothly adjusted her towel so it stayed up and her hands weren't trapped inside anymore and placed one on my upper back and the other in my hair, pulling me even closer. The kiss quickly went from a soft chaste one, to one filled with passion and urgency, and we soon found ourselves on my bed. Juliet was lying on the bed, on her back and I was leaning half on my side, and half on top of her. Her hands were on my back, and the hand that's wasn't supporting myself was rubbing small circles on her hip through the towel. Our breathing was ragged and neither of us had said a word since we walked into the room. Sure, me and Juliet had kissed in the past, but we hadn't gone this far so quickly before, mainly because we were mostly in public places. I found the edge of her towel and began slowly moving it up, my hand on her thigh. Juliet suddenly pushed me away and sat up, her breathing heavy.

"Are you ok?" I asked her.

"I'm just suddenly very aware of our lack of clothing," she said gesturing to her bikini, with the towel roughly around her.

"I'm sorry, I get carried away when I'm around you," I told her, thinking that I had pushed her too far too quickly. This was the longest I had ever been in a relationship without sex already, and up until now it hadn't even been a factor because I enjoyed her company so much, and I realised I had probably used sex so quickly with other girls before to break the ice, and to get over the awkwardness of having nothing in common.

"It's ok," she said getting off the bed, and reaching for her bag of clothes, slipping her shorts on and searching for her shirt in her bag. I could tell she wanted to say something else, and was contemplating whether to, in her head.

"Lee, what's wrong?" I asked her, pulling her hand to sit on the bed beside me.

"Nothing, I'm fine, "she said, attempting to smile, but I saw through the façade.

"I know you well enough to know, there's something else on your mind," I told her. Part of me was slightly scared that I had pushed her and now she was ready to break up with me.

"It's just….what we were doing just now, it was great and all, but ….I've never um….you know.." she said turning bright red and looking everywhere but at me.

"You're a virgin?" I asked her, wishing I had known before hand, and maybe I wouldn't have rushed into things. I don't know why but I had just assumed that she had had sex before. She was in the 'popular' circle and she had had boyfriends before. Now that I knew the truth I felt stupid for assuming otherwise. I was actually glad, that she hadn't, and I would hopefully be the first one to experience it with her. I felt a feeling of egotism knowing, that no other guy had been with her before.

"If that's what you kids are calling it these days," she said in a jokey voice, still clearly embarrassed. "And I don't know if I'm ready to rush into that so fast, and I'm scared I'm going to disappoint you," she said trailing off at the end, and her serious voice returning. How could she ever think that she was going to disappoint me?

I put my finger under her chin, and forced her to look at me. "Lee you could never disappoint me, why would you ever think that?"

"I just know, that usually your girlfriends are experienced and know what they're doing," she said, if it were possible turning even redder that before.

"Trust me, Lee, that's not a good thing," I said laughing softly, and she laughed as well.

"Look, we can take it as slow as you want, to get to that place where you're ready," I told her, completely truthfully, not disappointed in the slightest.

"Really?" she asked

"Really," I confirmed, giving her a quick peck on the lips.

I look of relief flew over her face, and she smiled at me.

"Just promise I'll be the first one you tell when you're in that place,"I said laughing and squeezing her hand. She nodded and laughed too.

"Ok, so how about we go make fun of Emmanuel?" I suggested and she rolled her eyes, but followed me anyway.

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(timmy POV)

"Tee, I don't expect you to listen to me talk all the time but can you at least try and nod every so often, or try and answer at least some of the questions I'm asking, just to try and humour me?" Daniel said.

"Sorry, I'm just somewhere else," I said, putting down my lukewarm Coke can on my desk.

"We can see that," Andy said from sitting on my bed eating popcorn.

"You guys can I ask you something?"

"What's up?" Andy said, and Daniel turned around from the PlayStation 3 game he was playing.

"Have you even been like you know with a girl and you feel you know.." I said not knowing how to phrase it.

"Dude, we have no idea what you're talking about." He said, taking a handful of popcorn from the bowl.

"Ok fine," I said sitting backwards on the wheelie chair. "I was with Lauren today."

"Lauren…." Daniel said appreciatively, no doubt making a little dream sequence, containing a few x rated scenes up in his head.

"And normally it's all good, but today I just wasn't there," I said.

"You weren't there physically?" Andy asked trying to understand what I was saying.

"No!" I said quickly, before they got any ideas, "that's not a problem! I wasn't there emotionally."

"Dude, you sound like a girl," Daniel said.

I gave him a killer look and he said, "I'm just saying if I had Lauren McConnell all willing in front of me, the last thing I would be thinking about is my emotions."

"Ok, well what's changed since last week?" Andy said, actually trying to help me. "Maybe you're not attracted to her anymore?"

"Maybe you're gay?" Daniel said with a mouthful of popcorn. He held up his hands protectively as I threw my Chemistry textbook, which was on my table next to me at him.

"Maybe you feel bad about Ellie?" A voice said from the doorway. I looked up and saw Juliet leaning against the doorpost, drying her hair with a towel.

"How long have you been standing there?" I said, not wanting my 'problem' so spread to even more people.

"Long enough," she said, inviting herself into my room and the conversation, sitting next to Andy on the bed and helping herself to the popcorn.

"I'm just saying, in answer to Andy, all that's changed in the last week, is that Ellie broke up with you for being an ass. And I say you feel bad about that, and maybe you care about Ellie more than you realise?" she said, gloating, obviously pleased she was right, after her long lectures about Ellie all week.

" I don't think that's it," I said not wanting to be proved wrong.

"Actually Tee, she may have a point," Andy said sitting up, like she was onto something.

"Maybe until you do right by Ellie, you're never going to find another girl attractive again! It's just like that movie! " Daniel said laughing.

"Dan, if you're not going to say anything helpful, then leave!" I said sternly.

"Ok, ok, I'll be helpful!" he said trying to muffle his laughter with a pillow.

In the back of my mind I knew Juliet and Andy were right, and I had feelings for Ellie, that went further than I realised. All I knew was when I was with Lauren, it felt like I was betraying Ellie somehow even though we weren't together anymore. Of course I have probably lost my chance with Ellie, especially after she saw me today, showing the same behaviour than she accused me of. But when have I ever taken no for an answer before?

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Ben POV

The doorbell rang, three times, after each other. Whoever was at the door was impatient. I got up with annoyance to answer it, leaving my burger on the counter.

Rose burst through the door, the second I opened it.

"Please, come in," I said to myself rolling my eyes, before closing the door behind her. I walked into the kitchen, where Rose had already gone.

"Oh my god! Oh my god!" she said pacing the kitchen. "I get it now! I can't believe I didn't see this before!"

"Rose, you're making me feel dizzy," I told her, sitting back down in my seat and carrying on with my snack.

"Sorry," she said, helping herself to a glass of water. I love how familiar she was in my house. "You will never believe what I just saw!"

"What? You passed the Mall and there was a sale?" I asked her. You never could tell with Rose.

"No!," she said like I was wasting her time. " My mother made me pick up my sister and her friend from the park, I mean who does she think I am? Her driver?" she said in irritation.

"Your point Rose?"

"Oh right, so then I saw Juliet Capulet in the park, with Romeo!"

"Oh," I said calmly, realising she had stumbled upon our plan , and took it for something genuine.

"Just 'oh'? I don't think you get it! They were kissing! Her lips were on my man!"

I swallowed hard, hearing Rose refer to Romeo as 'her man'.

"It's not what you think," I told her, "We have this little plan going on."

"A plan?" she said looking confused.

"A plan to get to Timmy," I said.

A look of realisation crossed her face and she grinned. "That's brilliant! Then what?" she said, sitting down in the seat opposite me, looking excited like I was telling her a bedtime story.

"Then we will find a way to embarrass her, or let Timmy find out, and then all hell will probably break loose," I said basking in her glory, as she was clearly impressed by the scheme.

"Get to Timmy through his snooty little cousin. It's perfect! So how long do I have to wait until it's all over?"

"Well, we haven't really decided on that yet, Romeo thinks the longer we wait out, the better the outcome will be."

"Well how long has it been so far?" she asked.

"Just over two months," I said, hearing how ridiculous that sounded.

She scoffed. "Seriously? You want to wait longer? I say do it now, actions been pretty dry lately."

"Yeah I guess we should wrap it up, "I said agreeing with her.

"Awesome, and then everything will work out, and Romeo won't have to worry about me feeling bad because he has to waste his time with little miss innocent." She smiled and jumped up with a bounce in her step. "So I have a nail appointment, so I got to run, but I'll call you later to see how things are going. Maybe it's best if you don't tell anybody I know about this, it might just complicate things," she said.

"Sure," I said nodding. "And you just pretend like you don't know right?" I said knowing full well what Rose was like, and why she might want me to stay quiet about her knowing.

"Of course," she said in a peppy voice.

"Rose…." I said with my eyebrows raised. "Promise me you won't do anything, without telling me first."

"Ok fine, "she said sighing, "Later Benjy." I normally hated it when people called me Benjy. It was either Benjamin or Ben, never Benjy. But somehow whenever Rose said it, I liked the way it sounded.

She gave me a quick hug.

"Let me know if you want to hang out later," she said flying out the door just as quickly as coming in.

A/N: Any thoughts? Any ideas on what will happen? REVIEW! By the way do you guys like Timmy? As in the character? Because I know he has a lot of faults but I wrote him to still be likable, is it that way ?or do you guys think he's just an ass?

Hopefully we will see more of Ben's story and also bring in Rose's story as the story progresses, so I hope you like it! It's all part of my masterplan to get you guys to hate the 'baddies' at the start but love them by the end!, xxxxxx

-R