A/N: Here it is! As promised! I've decide this chapter will be a break from the rollercoaster drama of the story up to now. Look forward to lots of sweet talk, cuddling, and of course some beautiful slash! Don't say I didn't warn you! You can still hit your new best friend- the back button!

Charlie let go of Knox and turned to walk back across the room, picking up his desk chair and setting it upright. Knox stayed with his back pressed against the door, confused.

"Charlie...?"

"What?"

"What did you mean you wanted to thank me?"

"What do you think I mean. I mean, how many meanings are there for those words?"

Knox licked his lips tentatively, walking slowly back towards the center of the room.

"Well, I know what you meant, but what did you mean? I mean, what do you want to thank me for?"

"For...well...I mean, you know. For being there. For being a friend. For saying what you said and...doing what you did."

Knox sat down on the corner of Charlie's bed and felt the weak mattress sag beneath his weight. He stared at the far wall for so long that it began to change colors. Knox realized several minutes later that neither of them had said anything for a long time and Knox turned and looked over at Charlie, who was looking back at him, a small smirk on his face. Knox cocked his head to the left slightly and let himself smirk in return.

"What are you smirking at, Dalton?"

"You."

"Why?"

"I was just noticing how cute you looked from the back."

Knox stared and couldn't believe that he was hearing those words, words he had prayed so many times to hear, escape the lips of probably one of the most homophobic men he knew. Charlie had always been the one in the groups to put down the few gay men he had met, and to make snide comments about the millions he hadn't. Knox could have sworn he was dreaming.

"What...I...um...what?"

"Oh nothing. It's just that your hair is getting longer and it's sexy."

"Oh...um...yeah...uh...oh."

Knox turned around and put his heads in his hands, scolding himself for responding so poorly. He had practiced his speech millions of times at night, imagining what he would say to end up seducing Charlie. But now, at the moment of truth, he had chocked and blew what ever slim chance he had of seeing his most secret dreams come true. Knox sighed deeply when, out of nowhere, he felt a warm hand on the back of his neck. Knox lifted his head up but didn't turn around as the hands moved their warm down to his shoulders, massaging gently. Just as Knox was about to say something, he felt warm breath on his neck and two soft lips nibbling on his ear gently. Knox moaned gently as Charlie began to suck on Knox's collar bone, an area that had always gotten Knox excited. Quickly, before he lost courage, Knox turned around and planted his lips firmly on Charlie's, surprised by their softness. Knox wrapped his arms around Charlie's neck and parted his lips, letting his tongue intertwine with Charlie's as Charlie pressed his hands deep in to Knox's brown hair. Knox ran his hands along Charlie's back and butt, pressing his lips even harder to Charlie's. Knox heard Charlie moan lightly and the sound drove Knox wild. Knox found the buttons to Charlie's shirt and began to undo them slowly, letting the fabric slip quietly from Charlie's firm chest. Before Knox knew what else was happening, Charlie had found a way to rotate Knox so that they were both lying down and Charlie was on top- a place both boys liked him being in. Knox looked in to Charlie's eyes and smiled. Charlie smiled back and began to kiss Knox again as Knox reached his hands slowly to the waistband of Charlie's pants. He found Charlie's belt buckle and undid it slowly, the tinkling of metal adding a gentle background noise. Having undone Charlie's belt buckle, Knox felt gently for the button to Charlie's slacks and undid that with graceful speed. Just as Knox was preparing to slide off Charlie's pants completely, Knox felt Charlie's body stiffen uncomfortably. Knox pulled away from their embrace and looked at Charlie.

"Look, Charlie...if you don't want to, you know...I mean, if you think that this is a mistake or...or if you don't..."

Charlie shook his head and looked at Knox with an emotion that Knox couldn't identify.

"It's not that. I mean...I just think that I should tell you...I don't know. Maybe it doesn't matter."

"What do you want to tell me, Char?"

"Just that I've never...well...done anything...I mean...not like this...I mean...I don't know what I mean."

"Char, are you trying to tell me that you're a virgin?"

Charlie looked out the window sullenly and nodded. Knox almost laughed, but sensed that doing so would cause more discomfort for Charlie. So instead he scooted himself nearer to Charlie and took his hands, interlacing their fingers gently.

"Charlie, I couldn't care less."

Charlie nodded and squeezed Knox's hand gently. Knox looked up in to Charlie's face and quickly met the lips that awaited his. Before long, both boys were clad in only their boxers and were thoroughly enjoying finding each others bodies. As Knox continued to let his tongue enjoy the caverns of Charlie's mouth, he reached down to Charlie's slim waist and slid his boxers off, hearing Charlie moan as Knox's hand found his waiting cock. Charlie quickly slid off Knox's boxers and prepared to enter him. Charlie entered Knox carefully, slowly, and had trouble controlling the passion that soon overtook him. Both boys soon found a rhythm that they could keep comfortably, and it was over before either of them wanted it to be. As Knox reached his orgasm, he heard himself scream Charlie's name. The pause that passed between them was significant enough to make Knox tense a bit before the sound of Charlie screaming his name in return filled his ears. And then, to Knox's surprise, the words he had always wanted to hear escaped the mouth of his new lover.

"OH KNOX!!!! Oh...Oh Knox I love you!! Oh Knox..."

Charlie collapsed against Knox's chest and felt the strong, steady heartbeat. Knox kissed the top of Charlie's head gently and ran his hands through his hair as he tried desperately to calm his breathing. His heart was going a mile a minute and threatened to leap right out of his chest. After a while, Knox felt Charlie's breathing calm to an even pace and knew that Charlie had fallen asleep. Knox smiled and slipped from under Charlie's grasp slowly. He looked down at Charlie's calm, sleeping face and smiled. He put his clothes back on quickly, never allowing his eyes to leave Charlie's face. As soon as Knox was dressed, he scrawled a quick note to Charlie and left it on top of Charlie's clothes, which he had folded and put in a neat pile at the foot of the bed. Kissing Charlie gently on the head, he opened the door and stepped out in to the hall, shutting the door behind him gently.

Knox walked down the hall, nodding to Todd, who was standing just inside the door of his room. He walked down the stairs quickly, shivering as a cold blast of air hit him when he stepped outside the door. He knew e had to go somewhere to think. But the only thing Knox didn't know was how long he wanted to be alone.