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Ch. 20 At Night When You Turn Off the Lights
(JEFF)
"What's this?" Sebastian asks taking Clare's latest letter from my locker. We're at the rink for an early morning hockey practice. We had just finished and were now changing before the bus takes us to school.
"Hey give me that," I grouse trying to take the letter back but Sebastian is already reading it.
"Shit this is hot, listen to this guys," Sebastian says reading from the letter as the other guys listen and two of them hold me back. "Sexy Smile," Sebastian reads and then looks at me, "you do have a sexy smile I suppose."
"Shut up Dude and give me the letter," I demand.
"No way this is super hot, this chick knows how to write. Listen to how badly this girl wants our Jeffy," Sebastian says and continues reading the letter, mocking a girl's voice which sounds nothing like Clare's sultry voice. "As soon as you get here I'm going to grab you and give you a hard passionate kiss. I will rip your shirt open and slowly drag my fingers down your chest until I reach your jeans. My fingers will…" Sebastian stops looking around the room. "The rest is just too spicy to read out loud. So McPherson who is this girl and where can I find her?" Sebastian asks handing me back the letter.
"She lives in Toronto where I'm spending Thanksgiving; I'll let you know how it goes when I get back."
We finish getting dressed and the bus takes us to school. Since it's a Friday before a holiday weekend we don't do all that much in class, which is good because I spend most of the day thinking of Clare and anticipating our reunion. As soon as school gets out I hop in my car and drive home. We packed last night and Mom has everything in the car. Dad arrives home and after changing we get in the car and drive to Uncle Harold and Aunt Pam's house. We greet my uncle and aunt when we arrive, after getting our stuff in Aunt Pam drives me to DeGrassi where Anya is. There's a football game tonight and Anya is cheerleading at the game. Knowing that Clare attends every game because her brother and two of her closest friends are on the team I know I'll find her here.
"I'll find my way back thanks Pam," I smile getting out of the car.
"Have fun," she smiles.
I walk through the crowd, the game is already going and I hear people cheering. I scan the people walking around looking on the bleachers for Clare. I can hear the cheerleaders but can't see them yet. I hear half-time announced and people begin pouring off the stands and walking around to get food or use the washroom. I run over to the school steps to get a better view. When I see Clare approaching I get down and wait for her to approach, hiding just behind the banister and when she walks near me I pull her behind the banister and into a wanting kiss. She's shocked for only a second before she begins returning the kiss. Her arms come around my neck and her lips part just a little.
"You're back," she grins when she pulls out of the kiss.
"I told you I'd be back for Thanksgiving," I reply with a grin.
"I know but I didn't think I'd see you until tomorrow," she says and I look at the girls watching us.
"Can I go with Jeff?" Clare asks one of the older girls. I believe it's Paige but I never did officially meet most of them and I only know what I've heard from Anya and in Clare's letters.
"Home by curfew," Paige tells her.
"Actually I was planning to go home. See you guys later," Clare smiles taking my hand and pulling me away.
"I'm surprised they let you go off with me," I remark knowing how protective her brothers generally are.
"Bianca and Paige know about you and they aren't as protective as my brothers."
"Are we really going back to your house?"
"They'll be at the game at least another two hours and if DeGrassi wins the team will go out to celebrate. Anyway I haven't seen you in a very long time and writing letters every day is simply not the same as being with you. Not to mention that you're only here for the weekend and given that it's Thanksgiving I imagine you'll be spending a good portion of said time with your family. Therefor I plan to take advantage of every moment I have with you," Clare tells me.
I smile and we reach her house after a few more minutes. She unlocks the door and re-locks it once we're inside. She takes my hand pulling me through the dark house to what is now her room but used to be Drew's. She leaves the main light off but turns on a small lamp on her dresser, the dim light is further filtered by the fact that she has a sheer purple cloth draped over it. She takes her jacket off so I take mine off, she sits on her bed and takes off her shoes and I do the same. Once my shoes and socks are off she grips my shirt and pulls it off. Her delighted smile turns positively carnal when she sees my bare chest and just as she said in her letter her fingers brush down my skin. Her fingertips stop at the top of my jeans; she grips my jeans and pulls me to her uniting our lips.
She kisses me hard and with burning passion and fervent desire and I return it all and more with my lips. She's wearing a dress which buttons up the front and I begin to unbutton it, with each button I open I push her dress open a little more to feel more of her skin. Each time my fingers touch the softness of her skin a tingle goes through me and Clare hitches a breath in her throat. I am very careful to not touch too much of her breasts just yet, I only gently touch the edges teasing her. She gets tired of the teasing and pushes me to lie on the bed opening my jeans. Clare stands and clutching my jeans she yanks them down forcefully. She gets them to my knees and repositions herself to get them off. Now that I'm nearly naked I take her hands, pulling her to me. Clare sits on my lap and I turn us laying her on the bed and taking her lips.
Our lips stay locked in the sizzling kiss as I continue opening the buttons on her dress. She has a belt around the dress and I open that, pulling it slowly from around her waist. I drop it to the floor and then reach down pulling her dress up and tickling my fingers along her thighs. Clare's body trembles just a little and her legs open begging me to touch her. I need to get her dress off but that's going to be rather hard to do with her lying down. So I release her from the kiss and stand up taking her hands and pulling her to stand. I grab her dress and pull it over her head draping it on the corner of the bed. I lean in to kiss her again and get her bra off but she stops me, putting her hands on my shoulders and I look at her.
"I want to lose my virginity to you; I want you to be to the first one to make love to me. Not tonight and not here, but I want to do it this weekend and don't ask me if I'm sure I know what I want and I know I want it to be you."
"Then we will make love this weekend. Tomorrow I have family time, we're doing something with my grandparents and it may take all day but you think you can get away for a few hours on Sunday night?"
"I'm sure of it, now back to what we were doing," Clare grins putting her arms around my neck to kiss me.
I unhook her bra and pull the straps down her arms; she has to release me so that I can get the bra off her. I let it fall to the floor and then hook my fingers into her panties and pull them down her legs. They fall to the floor and Clare steps out of them; she kicks them behind her and then grips my boxers and tugs them down. I step out of them and kick them behind me before picking her up and setting her on the bed.
"I've been thinking of this moment for weeks," I whisper to her as my hands trace over her curves.
"Me too," Clare whispers against my chest as her hands go over my chest and back.
For a few moments we do nothing but kiss with excited rapture and explore the other's body with our hands. Eventually we become feverish with fleshly fires and our hands wander to the most sensitive parts of the body. Clare's fingers comb through my pubic hair and she brushes softly over my growing erection. Such a tender touch it sends waves of erotic pleasure through my body and stokes my inner lustful fire hotter. My cock hardens and she curls her fingers around it and my body lurches slightly, a tranquil moan is evoked from my lips. For a second I'm not even able to think but as soon as I can my palm finds her clit and my fingers palpate at her pussy lips.
Clare takes a quick breath and exhales as a quivering moan, her hand not around my cock grips at my chest as I tease her nerve endings. The tip of my finger parts her pussy lips and just tickles the inside of her slit. Clare moans and strokes me a little harder, my finger goes in a little and her back arches. If she really wants to make love then I should open her up. Keeping my palm on her clit with just a little bit of pressure as my finger glides into her, she moans and her hand moves faster on my length. I add another finger into her warm hole and curl them around a little. This only incites her to move faster, her hand strokes me rapidly and my fingers stop knowing I'm about to cum. Clare knows it too and moves my hand away from her so she can move down and encase me in her lips. I shoot into her mouth with a satisfied grunt and moaning her name. She swallows every bit and licks her lips while take a moment to breathe.
"Your turn Pretty Eyes lie back," I tell her.
She grins and lies back with her head on the pillow, I pick up one of her legs and put it over my head. With her legs open I can smell her sweet scent. I move down and spread her lips with my fingers before slipping in my tongue. My tongue moves around, twisting around and tasting her juices. Clare moans and her body quivers, her back arches and she grips onto my hair and moves my head a little. Having thoroughly explored her core with my tongue I add a finger and circle it inside her along with my tongue. Her body is jerking and quaking in orgasmic abandon. She screams out my name and I slow down my tongue drinking in her juices hungrily. I move up and take her lips while she's still panting heavily as she recovers from orgasm. Her hand grips the back of my neck and she kisses me back, licking my bottom lip of her taste.
"That was a nice way to say I've missed you," she grins.
"And I have and we've been writing such incredibly hot letters for so many weeks I think that's been building for a while."
"Yes it has," she replies kissing my chest lightly and reaches over to get her cell phone. "We have a while before anyone is back yet," she says.
"What would you like to do?"
"Just this, hold me naked in bed, but if you hear a car pull up hide in the closet."
(SPINNER)
I wake up to the feeling of Paige's lips softly kissing my jaw and I smile, rolling over to get her in my arms. I grab hold of my girlfriend and flip her over so she's on her back and I'm leaning over her. I gaze at her with adoring eyes wondering just how such an amazing woman is with me. Brushing a strand of hair from her face I capture her lips with mine in a loving kiss.
"Good morning Gorgeous," I grin when I take my lips away.
"Good morning, I think the others are awake and making breakfast," she tells me.
"Let them make breakfast I'm happy just where I am," I reply pulling her into my arms and she lays her head on my chest.
"I'm going with Emma to look for a wedding dress today," Paige tells me.
"I remember but you're not meeting Emma for two hours," I comment kissing her neck and Paige giggles. For a while we just lie in bed holding each other until I hear Clare shriek in the kitchen, and then we hear people running.
"Should we go out there?" Paige asks.
"No let them kill each other or whatever they're doing."
"Bianca hold him down I'm getting him back for that," Clare says.
"I got him," I hear Johnny tell her.
"I'll help," Zig offers.
"Hey that's not fair," Drew complains.
"I think we'd better find out what's going on," Paige tells me getting up.
I sigh and get out of bed, we throw on our robes and I open my door to see Zig holding Drew's feet, Johnny is holding his arms and Clare is sitting on his stomach plastering him with pancake batter. I assume it's payback for the pancake batter I can see on Clare's upper chest.
"Unless you're planning to cook your brother and eat him for breakfast I'd stop while you still have some pancake batter," I tell Clare.
"He started it," Clare says getting off of Drew.
"I love this house," Zig laughs.
"I need a shower now," Drew complains.
"I'll help clean you up," Bianca grins.
"Sweet," Drew smiles grabbing her hand and pulling her into the washroom.
"If Bianca gets to help clean Drew up then can I call Jeff over to help wash me off in the shower?" Clare asks.
"No," I tell her sternly and she responds by sticking her tongue out at me. "You can use my washroom to clean up."
"Owen I need you," Clare calls and I open my mouth to tell her no again.
"Leave her, let Owen help she doesn't even need to get in a shower," Paige asserts pulling me with her toward the kitchen. We pass Owen in the hallway and he's wearing a lascivious grin. We get to the kitchen and find Adam has made some more batter.
After DeGrassi won the game last night everyone was celebrating, we came back here and found Clare at the house. She told us she was welcoming Jeff back but swore to me she was still a virgin. I insisted if she was going to spend more time with Jeff I needed to get to know him. I was going to forbid her to see him but I knew she'd just sneak out and want to see him more if I did that. We were all up late celebrating and Zig, Johnny, Owen, Jenna, K.C. and Maya stayed the night and they're all still here. Drew and Bianca come back to the kitchen first and are followed a moment later by Clare and Owen.
"Maya, Jenna, K.C. and I are going downtown for the day," Adam announces at breakfast.
"Zig and I meeting Lucas," Johnny tells us.
"I have to go pick up my brother from Zane's place after breakfast. He stayed over with Riley," Owen says.
"Do your parents know about the three way relationship?" Drew questions.
"No and I don't plan on telling them, I wouldn't even know how to explain it because I don't understand it."
"Drew and I will be out until he has to work," Bianca comments.
"You know," Paige comments when we go back to our room to get dressed after breakfast, "we all have plans except for you and Clare. I think it would be good for both of you if you spent some time together."
"I don't know what to do with a teenage girl."
"It doesn't matter what you do just spend time with her. Take her to lunch or something, if you want to know what's going on in Clare's life then spend time with her," Paige tells me.
"You're right," I reply pulling on some jeans and walking back to the living room. "Hey Baby Sis," I call her to her and she looks over at me with a scowl for calling her baby. "Get dressed you're spending the day with me," I inform her. I have a closing shift tonight so I don't even go in until six which gives us at least five hours.
"Am I in trouble?" Clare questions.
"No you're not in trouble we're just spending the day together," I reply walking back to my room to finish getting dressed.
Paige is dressed and getting ready in the washroom to meet Emma. Adam calls that they're leaving and Owen calls that he's taking them downtown. When I leave my room I find Clare waiting for me in the living room.
"You never want to spend time with me so what's going on? Wait you're not dying or something are you?" Clare begins to panic as we walk out to my car.
"I'm not dying, as far as I know I'm in perfect health. Paige just pointed out that we should spend some time together. I thought we'd go to the mall; you could use some new winter clothes. Then we can get some lunch before we do some shopping for Thanksgiving."
"I knew Paige moving in was a good idea," Clare grins.
I drive us to the mall and follow Clare around as she looks through stores at winter clothes. She pulls a bunch of clothes from the rack and then goes back to the dressing room. I'm actually rather bored but Clare likes shopping. While she's trying stuff on I start looking at stuff I might be able to get Paige for Christmas.
"Find something you like?" I question when Clare walks over with some sweaters and jeans.
"Yes all of these but how much can you spend?"
"Well I'm betting you don't need all of those sweaters but you haven't gotten new clothes in a while so the budget is pretty high," I tell her and take the clothes so I can see the price tags. "We can get these."
"Yes thank you Spin," she smiles hugging me tightly.
"Your welcome, we'll hit the shoe store after this you need some new boots."
"Awesome," Clare grins as we walk to the counter.
I put it all on the credit card and Clare takes her bags. We leave the store and go to the shoe store, she spends about half an hour trying on shoes before she finds a pair of boots she likes and we can afford. Since we're at the mall we decide to eat here but we eat in the restaurant instead of the food court.
"Thanks for my new clothes Spin," Clare smiles when we're sitting at the table.
"No problem you needed them. So how's school going?"
"Great, I'm doing well in all my classes as always."
"And the boy situation?"
"Is that your subtle way of asking if I have a boyfriend?" She questions.
"You would tell me if you had a steady boyfriend wouldn't you?" I question.
"I'd probably tell Adam first but yes I'd tell you. There isn't much of boy situation, Reese is gone, Fitz is in juvie, Jeff is only here until Monday and Owen is only fun."
"And when Fitz gets out?" I inquire.
"I honestly don't know. I really like Fitz, I've known him forever and I feel safe with him. At the same time I feel like we've been pushed together since we were kids. I mean let's face it if Fitz wasn't practically family you'd never let him be in my room or trust him with me. You certainly don't trust any other boys with me."
"No I don't but you're my baby sister I'm not supposed to trust any guys with you. And what about Jeff? He might only be here until Monday but he only lives an hour away, he does visit and Paige said you were eager to spend time with him when he arrived Friday night," I remark as the waiter brings our food.
"I do like Jeff, a lot and I don't know if I like him more than Fitz. I like them both very much but Jeff is different than Fitz and I haven't been pushed toward Jeff since I was kid. But since Jeff is in Guelph I don't think it will be much of a problem."
"I think any boy with you is a problem," I remark and Clare twists her mouth at me.
"You know you have to let me grow up at some point," she says and I shake my head.
We talk more over lunch, she tells me about her classes and that she's already thinking about college which is kind of a scary thought. When we finish lunch I realize Drew's already on shift at the cell phone kiosk so we decide to go over and see him.
"Hey what are you two doing here?" Drew questions as Clare puts her hand on the counter and hops up to sit on it.
"Spinner bought me new clothes and we had lunch, we thought we'd say hi before we go shopping for Thanksgiving," Clare tells him.
"Cool, it's been pretty slow today. Good luck at the grocery store I think everyone's there getting stuff for Thanksgiving," Drew replies.
"See you at home," Clare says leaning over to kiss Drew's cheek before she hops off the counter.
Clare and I go to the grocery store and it's kind of a nightmare, so many people here stocking up for Thanksgiving. But we get what we need and I drive us home. We get all the groceries in and then she brings in her new clothes. Bianca is home so of course Clare is showing off her new clothes. I get ready for work and then call that I'm leaving, Clare comes out and hugs me goodbye.
"Thanks for my new clothes, and lunch," Clare grins.
"Welcome. We should do it more often, I gotta get going I'll see you later," I tell her kissing her forehead.
I leave with a smile and maybe with just the tiniest bit of better understanding for my sister.
(FITZ)
"You're both here," I smile when I see Sean and Emma in the waiting room on Saturday.
"Of course we are," Emma smiles.
"We saw the headmaster and he said you're doing really great and he's sure you'll be released on Monday. Which means you'll be home for Thanksgiving," Sean tells me.
"Good I've been doing everything possible to get out of here and this time I'm going to stay out of here."
"With Mom gone I believe you can really do it. She won't be draining us anymore."
"You heard anything about her?" I ask.
"No they don't let you have any contact for thirty days; they only call you if something happens. All we can do is hope for the best," Sean remarks.
They stay for a short time but it's Thanksgiving weekend so there are a lot of visitors. There's always more visitors on holiday weekends because people have family in town. So anyone who has regular visitors is only given fifteen minutes. Anyway I'm getting out of here in a couple of days. I hug Sean and Emma goodbye and return to my room. We only have chores on the weekend and the rest is free time. I go to the rec room with Cliff and Elias and we play pool until dinner. Reese and his friends glare at me but don't do anything. He's really angry because I'm getting out. I spend the whole night thinking about Clare and dream about her that night.
"Fitz, Headmaster wants to see you," a guard tells me while I'm eating breakfast Sunday morning.
"Guess you aren't getting out of here so soon after all," Reese laughs as I get up from the table. I follow the guard to the headmaster's office and he shows me through the door.
"You wanted to see me Sir?"
"Yes Fitz please have a seat," he says and I sit down. "I just heard back from the board you're being let out, you go home tomorrow. I just spoke with your brother and his fiancé they will be here at nine tomorrow morning to pick you up. Congratulations Fitz you did really well I'm proud of you."
"Thank you Sir, don't take this the wrong way but I hope I never see you after tomorrow."
"I hope the same. You should go finish breakfast now," he tells me and I grin.
"What's up?" Elias asks when I get back.
"In less than twenty-four hours I'm out of here," I inform them with a big smile and keep my voice just loud enough for Reese and his buddies to hear. I give him a gloating smirk and he glowers at me.
We finish breakfast and then we have chores to do until lunch. After lunch it's all free time, I'm excited about leaving and I get all my stuff packed up. On Sunday nights we always have movies in the rec room so me and the guys go to check out the movie. They never show anything over a PG13 and nothing that shows too much sex because it gets the guys riled up.
"I'm going to take a shower," I comment halfway through the movie because I'm bored with the movie.
Elias nods and I go to my room getting undressed and grabbing my towel and shower shoes. I grab my shampoo and everything then walk to the communal washroom at the end of the hall. I turn on the shower and start washing up so I'll be good and clean tomorrow. I think it's great that I'm getting out just in time for Thanksgiving. We always have a big one at the Mason's house. I'm thinking about seeing Clare again when the lights go out in the washroom.
"Hey I'm in here," I call before a light is shined in my face.
"Kiss Clare for me tomorrow," Reese snarls before hitting me in the stomach.
I take a swing but it's dark and I've got lights being shined in my face so I can't see anything. I hit someone but it isn't Reese and he hits me again. Someone turns off the water and I get attacked, punched and kicked and I'm soon on the floor. I fight back but it's dark and I'm very outnumbered, after getting kicked in the head I go unconscious. I wake up some time later to an awful pain, at first in my wrist and then pretty much everywhere.
"Uggghh," I groan.
"Take it easy Fitz."
"Where am I?"
"The infirmary, Elias and Cliff found you. Eddie is going to take you to the hospital. Reese and his pals beat you up pretty good, they're all in solitary."
"Am I still getting out tomorrow?"
"Yeah we know it wasn't you that started the fight. You're still getting out Fitz don't worry and the headmaster called your brother he'll meet you at the hospital," he tells me while doing something to my wrist.
"What are you doing to my wrist?" I question.
"We think it's broken I'm wrapping it for the trip to the hospital."
"Cars ready," Eddie says coming in. He's one of the guards here he patrols my dorm so I know him pretty well.
They help me into a wheelchair and take me out to a car helping me in the car. Every movement of the car just makes me groan or hiss in pain. When we get to the hospital I'm helped by Eddie and an orderly into a wheelchair and then taken to a room. They help me onto the bed and I close my eyes just trying to breathe.
"Hey Buddy," Sean's voice says and I try to look at him but it's hard to see out of both eyes right now. "Emma's here too," Sean tells me.
"I hope those boys are going to pay for this. Look what they did to him and he was in the shower at the time, they attacked him when he was at his most vulnerable," Emma says to Eddie in an angry tone.
"Don't worry Ma'am they'll be dealt with. We have them all in solitary right now; they'll be severely punished including extra time on their sentences."
"Hello I'm Dr. Korman," an older guy says before looking me over. "We're going to take Fitz for x-rays first. One of you is the older brother?"
"Yeah that's me," Sean says.
"We'll need you to fill out some paperwork," the doc tells him as an orderly gets me into another wheelchair. They take x-rays of pretty much my whole body before taking me back to my room. I lie in the bed a while and eventually the doc comes back. "You have a fractured wrist and two cracked ribs, no head trauma that we can see but we're still going to keep you over night to be safe. You'll be able to go home tomorrow in time for Thanksgiving dinner. I'll be back in a few moments to tape your ribs and set your wrist," the doctor tells me before leaving.
"Fitz was going to be let out tomorrow anyway. I'll talk to the headmaster and see if I can just bring Fitz's stuff and the paperwork to the hospital for you in the morning," Eddie tells Sean and Emma. Sean says thanks and I hear Eddie leave.
"You'll be alright little bro and I'm happy to have you home for Thanksgiving. If Reese ever does get out I'm going to be there and I'm going to kill him," Sean declares.
The update next Saturday will begin with Clare and Jeff earlier that day and include Thanksgiving.