Chapter Six – Learn About Me, Learn About You

Wyatt and Chris got into Wyatt's car and drove home. As they arrived, it suddenly hit Chris that Jesse didn't know to come to tonight, or if he wanted to come at all. So he rushed into his room and as he picked up his cell phone from his desk he saw he had four missed calls, all from girls looking for some action. He cursed at all the names and called Jesse.

"Hello?" Said Jesse's voice on the speaker.

"Jess, hey!" Chris said with a smile and sigh of relief.

"Chris, hey look man I can't talk long I got-"

"Chem exam, yeah I know we're in the same class."

"Yeah, so can we talk later."

"Actually I was calling to ask if you wanted to come over tonight and study together, you know I take better notes then you." Chris said trying to sway Jesse.

"I don't know if my dad will let me come over."

"Jess oh come on, you live like what three blocks away? Its like a quick five minute walk."

There was a silence on the phone for a while, Chris could tell Jesse was thinking; but he had a feeling it wasn't about the Chemistry final it was on other matters. "Yes, I'll be over."

Chris felt a surge of happiness go through him. "Sweet!"

"Sweet?"

"Yea."

"Chris, I've never heard you use that word." Jess said with a slight laugh behind his voice.

"Well I do, be over in like forty-five minutes?"

"Sure. See you."

"Bye."

Chris flipped his phone shut, and felt so happy and so relieved; but then nervous, how was suppose to approach all of this? How was all of this going to play out? How in hell is going to get Jesse to date him, if he was interested in any fashion. He shook his head and then began to pack all of his things away in the closets and drawers, he threw things under his bed, and took the old McDonalds bag and threw it into the trash bin. He then heard Wyatt was doing dishes down stairs, Wyatt! He looked around his room for a second making sure it was clean enough, and then ran downstairs.

"Whoa, chill turbo." Wyatt said as Chris literally jumped the last four stairs.

"What? Oh, sorry." Chris said with a smile.

"Excited are we?"

Chris was taking some old dishes from the family room. "Who me? Naw, I am cool." He said taking a more serious tone.

Wyatt smiled, "Its okay to be excited man, I knew I was my first date. It's just like dating girls man, just well it's a guy." He said following Chris into the kitchen.

Chris turned his head and raised an eyebrow. "And you would know this how?"

"Oh, well my friends have told me. You know they experimented and tried things – and one of them turned out to be well,"

"You can say it, I don't care."

"Gay." Wyatt said picking up the phone and pizza menu.

"Before you get on the phone and go pizza crazy like you do, can I ask you something?"

"Sure." Wyatt replied putting the phone down.

Chris sighed and leaned against the kitchen island stove. "When I told you about everything I expected you to like totally flip out and like outcast me, but then you didn't. I told you about the sex thing and you were fine, I told you about Jess and you were fine, Why?"

Wyatt smiled. "Oh boy." He pulled out a chair and sat at the table. And as he sat he pulled another one out. "Sit my young confused friend, you have much to learn."

Chris did as directed and sat on the chair next to his brother.

"Okay first of all this whole prostitution thing I am pretty angry about, I mean first of all what were you thinking?" Wyatt put his hand up, as Chris was about to say something. "Harvard, yea but its called 'Scholarship' and 'Grant', also don't think your getting off the hook about that one cause you have a lot explaining to do. And about the whole Jess and gay thing, dude I could seriously care less. You're my younger brother, and one of my best buds, even at times we don't seem like it, and I could careless that you are gay, but I want you to be happy. If you are happy and proud of who you are who am I to say it's not right and not who you really are? I am not going to make you happy, Mom isn't going to make you happy, Dad isn't going to make you happy; only you can do that. Just promise me one thing, one of my friends when he came out, he still told people he was straight when he really wasn't please just admit it, cause that stuff gets on my nerves."

Chris was awed and really touched by all of what his brother just said to him.

"Besides," Wyatt continued. "The way you and Jess would always check each other out at those swim meets of yours, I was waiting for you two to give us all a show or something, cause dang dude."

"A show!" Chris exclaimed, "Please, give me more then that."

"Given."

"But, mom and dad they don't, right?"

"As far as I know, I mean one time when you two were really getting close about a month ago, when you were listening to his iPod during the meet."

"Oh yeah," Chris smiled and rolling off into the thought.

"I thought you guys were going to make out, and I looked into mom's head at that moment and she was thinking about her restaurant she was going to open in a few months."

"Oh yeah, too bad about P3 anymore, that was fun."

"It was." Wyatt said sounding disappointing.

"Thank you Wyatt, I really mean that."

"Don't mention it, but I want to be the kind of brother that you can tell anything too; don't be afraid, please."

Chris looked at Wyatt in the eye, "Promise, but you got to be the same way."

"Sure, now go finish the family room, before your boyfriend gets here."

"He's not my boyfriend." Chris said sounding slightly annoyed.

"Yet." Wyatt murmured, dialing the pizza number.

"Huh?"

Wyatt turned the phone off once more. "Okay Chris," He said standing up, "Jesse likes you okay, get that into your little swimmier brain. Do you have too much chlorine up in there or something? Take this from someone who has mild empathy and telepathy powers, he likes you! Do you think I am telling you this so you can make a fool out of yourself and get hurt? Hell if it was like that I would hook you up with someone myself."

"Who you're friend?"

"Naw, his little brother." Wyatt smiled.

"Sick." Chris said walking away.

"Coming!" Chris yelled as he heard the door knock. He walked up in clean clothes, and even a touch of cologne and opened the door. To Chris' surprise he saw Jesse had changed also and even looked nice: Sky-Blue Polo, Jeans, and Sandals, and Axe Body spray.

"Hey." Chris said

"Hi." Jesse replied with a bright smile. Chris saw Jesse's charming smile with his perfect white teeth, he could have pinned him against the door right their, but he held himself back greatly. He saw Jesse was carrying a notebook and his Chemistry book, and ready to get to business.

"Uh, my room." Chris said. Jesse nodded and as they walked to the stairs, Wyatt came walking out of the solarium.

"What a minute." He said. Both of them stopped and looked over in Wyatt's direction. Then very oddly, Wyatt walked up to Jesse.

"Just so I said I did, name is Wyatt. Nice to meet ya." He said putting his hand out to Jesse.

"Uh, cool." Jesse said shaking his hand, "But I've met you before, I see you around school all the time."

"Yeah well, we're finally aquatinted. Have fun!"

Jesse looked at Chris confused, but Chris motioned to Jesse to go up to his room. Chris then turned to Wyatt once Jesse was out of ear shot.

"What the heck?"

"Just making sure I know the guy, and I approve." Wyatt smiled.

"Oh my gosh." Chris rolled his eyes and walked up stairs.

Chris walked into his room, and saw Jesse looking at his CD collection, his book and notes were already sitting on Jesse's bed.

"Buy anything new since I've last been through them?" Jesse asked.

"Uh, not really been busy you know." Chris replied closing his door.

"You got The Black Keys, I don't remember this one."

"Oh that's Wyatt's actually. You can borrow it if you want."

"Thanks." Jesse said taking the CD and putting it with his book. "So, you want to start I guess?"

"Sure." Chris replied, but he suddenly felt a knot in his stomach, why was he so nervous? He and Jesse study all the time: mid-terms, exams, mid year reports. This wasn't the first time Jesse was in Chris' room, alone; he had to keep his cool no matter what the costs. "So where did Mrs. Thompson leave off on?"

"We're going over the protons and all that good stuff on the elements we're on Copper I think." Jesse replied looking through his notes.

"Nope, you're behind man, Cesium, number fifty-five.." Chris replied looking through his.

"Cesium?"

"Cesium."

"But that's like twenty six elements ahead of me, Crap!"

"Here, just copy them," Chris put the notes in front of Jesse to copy.

"Thanks." Jesse then began to copy. Chris watched as his best friend began to copy his notes. He saw as Jesse's blue eyes were gazing the page looking over the writing, his buzzed toned head of light brown hair, and almost perfectly toned body like Chris'. Chris felt a jolt or a twitch inside his stomach, he tried to look around get his attention on other things besides Jesse sitting not two feet from him. He looked up at his band and surfer posters, he looked at the CD on his bed, which Jesse was borrowing.

"Wait, Krypton has eighteen neutrons?" Jesse said looking up. "That can't be right."

"Huh?" Chris said getting up and wheeling his desk chair closer to Jess and the paper. "Oh, no that's suppose to be eight. My bad."

"Its okay." Jesse replied. He looked up and so did Chris. They stared into each others eyes.

Jesse felt the knot in his stomach tighten, he had hoped Chris noticed that he had cleaned up and tried to look as noticing as possible to him. He was so relieved that Chris called him earlier, cause he was going crazy thinking about him, but the one thing that held him back. He moved closer only inches from Chris' face, and his lips.

"Chris." Jesse whispered.

"Yeah." Chris replied, hoping for it, but then it was too easy.

"Wait, wait." Jesse pulled back looking up, his heart gave a leap. Chris sat back in his chair disappointed. "Can I ask you something?"

"Always."

"You didn't call me to study really did you?"

"No I called to study – somewhat." Chris finished. "I am sorry."

"No don't be, cause I want to finish our conversation from earlier this afternoon." Jesse replied, "Cause if I don't I feel like I am going to explode."

Wyatt opened the door down stairs and he paid for the pizzas as the pizza guy gave him two large boxes. As the pizza guy left the doorway, Wyatt watched as he saw Ashley walk up, blonde hair, green eyes, all around American girl. Wyatt smiled and let her in.

"Okay let's finish it." Chris said, putting his textbook down.

"But we have a problem, I don't know how to finish it. Well I do, but its like I can't find the words." Jesse replied.

"I can help you find them." Chris replied, he took Jesse's hand.

"How?"

"Jess, I – its just." Something stopped him, Chris couldn't finish it.

"Its okay I am in the same area as you at least I think I am." Jess replied, okay this was it, it was going to be done. Jesse has had this building up all year, and now its all coming down to this, it was time for him to be the bigger man and bit his lip and be forward with Christopher, his best friend, his hopefully future boyfriend, companion.

"Christopher." Jesse said

"Jesse." Chris said.

"I like you!" Jesse said holding Chris' hand, closing his eyes and biting his tongue in his mouth. "I am sorry, I can't help it I like you! I hate it when I see you going off with other girls, it killed me for so long, you're meant for me. Please let me prove it to you Chris, I am made for you." He noticed that both of his hands where being held by Chris as once before.

Wyatt walked up the stairs with a pizza box in his hands, but he used his telepathy powers before entry, he heard Jesse's entire speech. He couldn't help but smile and walk downstairs.

Chris was totally shocked and put back by Jesse's speech, he was quiet. Too quiet for Jesse.

"I am sorry, I – I should be going." Jesse said standing up, and trying to let go of Chris' grip.

"NO!" Chris said, standing up with him. "Please, don't oh my god don't go not now, if anything not now." Chris then looked into Jesse's eyes, like never before. "Do you know how long I've been waiting for you to say that? If you leave now, you leave me behind, but I will follow you until I have you."

Jesse just stared, with excitement boiling under his skin.

"I've liked you since the beginning of Freshman year; basically since you got with Kim. And every time I saw you kiss her, or she kiss you I felt so much jealousy and anger feeling that should be me, but it wasn't; and it hurt. And I guess its one the reasons I did you know what, because I guess every time I closed my eyes I pictured us."

Jesse was still quiet, but the look in his eyes explained everything.

"Jesse I know you know, please tell me you know what I-"

"I do," Jesse said in a quiet voice, "No need for that anymore, but I need to know something."

"Anything." Chris said getting closer.

"Can I trust you, really, really, trust you?"

"Yes, I would never hurt you. Never."

"Promise?"

"I promise. I so promise you."

Jesse smiled back at Chris.

"Why did you and Kim break up?" Chris asked. Jesse just smiled back, with his infamous charming and perfect white teeth smile. Chris felt that twitch inside his stomach jerk him one more time, and this time nearly take over.

"Oh man, I can't believe this is happening." Chris said smiling. "I want you Jesse Orlando, I want you more then anything right now."

"And I want you Christopher Halliwell."

"Just to make sure, this means what I think it means right, we're." Chris said trailing off, hoping Jesse would finish.

"We're what?"

"Well...a um?"

"A Couple?"

"Yeah, that." Chris smiled.

Jesse smiled. "We are, but we need to do something first."

"And that would be?" Chris asked.

The next thing ether of them realized, they got closer, ready, moving, both of them stopped breathing, and only inches away from touching….