Gin Kisses And Cigarettes
Blink managed to get to a dead stop as he came close to the edge of the stairs. Mush was close behind him carrying a can of ginger ale. The two of them slowly and carefully took a few steps down and peered into the hole. The stairs creaked and Mush immediately rushed back to the top of the stairs.
"You think if we get some plywood and covered the hole we could make it one huge slide?" Blink glanced over his shoulder at Mush.
"Uh, no, there are better ways to break my neck then sliding down a long stairway," Mush pictured all the fun pain it would cause.
"You have no sense of adventure Mush!" said Bink as he started to move away from the hole.
"I like it that way."
"You two are pretty loud," said David coming to join Mush on at the edge.
"Which means the mattress room is off limits for you two," said Jack.
"Ha! You wished getto cowboy!" yelled Blink as he brandished a pointing finger at Jack.
Everyone watched as Blink seemed to fall in slow mode, then he was just...sort of gone.
"Oh my God! Blink! Ryan!" Mush crawled to the edge and peered over into the hole, "you alive?"
"Mush come save me, I hurt, in many places," came Blink's voice from below.
They all shared a look, "He's fine."
They all headed down the stairs to Blink's rescue.
Jack looked to Mush, "His names Ryan? He looked more like an Addison to me."
"You think everyones named Addison, or Aidan, or Sammy for that matter," muttered David as they stepped into the kitchen and then turned to the swinging door to the left that lead to the living room.
"So what's your name? Sammy? Dean? Jim?" Jack quirked a smile.
"Nick," said Mush as they once again met at the fallen wreck of the stairs, Blink was still laying down in the pieces.
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The kitchen door opened and Dutchy made his way upstairs with his ipod at top volume. Specs was supposed to show up in about half an hour and he'd seen Shawn and Anthony two blocks down. He didn't particularity feel like waiting for them to catch up so he'd just headed up. He planted himself on the couch and pulled out a pack of cigarettes and took one for himself and tossed the pack on the table.
Downstairs Shawn shoved the door open and held it open for Anthony who was carrying a box full of stuff.
"You know, one of these nights we just need to stay here and figure out who the hell else is coming here."
"Meh," Anthony shrugged, "I don't really care."
"I hope they smoke all your goddamn cigarettes," muttered Shawn as they made their way up the stairs.
"You're such the sweet heart."
"After the bifocal brigade leaves you wanna..." he let it hang in the air.
Anthony shrugged, "Why not, been a few days."
"Few days too many," muttered Shawn as he got to the top of the stairs.
"You think its a few hours too many."
"There are better things you could do with that mouth besides shooting it off right now," Shawn leered at him.
Anthony paused for a second, "You are such a...I don't even have words!"
"With what we're doing later, we don't need words," he mused for a second then leered at him some more, "just sounds."
"I think I liked it better when we were just friends," he spotted Dutchy sitting on the couch, smoking, "Mine!"
Dutchy made a show of inhaling and slowly blowing out the smoke slowly then making rings in the air as an afterthought.
"Now that is a talented mouth."
"Shawn!"
Dutchy blanched, "You ruin the fun of taunting him."
"Like you wouldn't believe," said Shawn tossing something at him.
Dutchy caught it, "Bacon bits?"
"I'm sure it has some kind of nutritional value," said Shawn shrugging.
"Besides, I don't see anyone else trying to bring food."
"Bacon bits isn't food!"
"It's got protein!"
"Shut up," Shawn took the box from Anthony, "all you guys do is bitch."
"It's fun!" coursed Dutchy and Anthony.
Shawn rolled his eyes as he took to putting small things into the mini fridge.
-x-
Jack looked up, "Hey did you guys hear that?"
"Hear what?" asked David as they lifted Blink up.
"Voices," said Jack still staring up.
"It's called being delusional," said Mush smiling.
"I want a piggy-back ride!" said Blink managing to volt himself up and onto Mush's back, but Mush was unprepared and they both fell.
"Blink! Next time wait for me to brace myself."
"Sorry."
They pulled themselves off the floor and tried again.
"Take two," said Mush letting Blink know he was ready.
"Without the falling," said Blink launching himself onto Mush's back.
"You two are sickeningly adorable," said Jack as they headed over to the kitchen stairs.
"You wish you could be as cute as us!" said Blink pointing his finger at him while accidentally chocking Mush with his left arm.
"There is no us!" yelled David.
"Ouch," said Mush wincing at the statement, but also because Blink was still chocking him.
"Davey, Davey, Davey, that's what you think," said Jack shoving him up the stairs.
"No, I'm not joking Jack. When I kissed you that day it was all on curiosity and ruining the image I'd built of myself. We're not a couple! We were experimenting!"
"Well, did kissing me suck?" asked Jack confident in his skills.
There was a brief pause, "No."
Blink and Mush watched in fascination, the four of them had stopped in the middle of the stairway.
Then Blink spoke up, "Also, there's that day you guys were in the bed room do-"
"Shut up!" yelped David turning red.
Jack just cocked an eyebrow at him and smiled.
"So, what were you guys doing in there?" asked Mush.
"Nothing!" squeaked David.
Blink cheesilly smiled at him, really, it was a dorky smile, "I knoooow the truuuuuuth."
"Well let me in on it!" Mush tried to look at Blink, but he was still happily perched on his back.
"You two head on, I need to talk to David," Jack nodded his head towards the top of the stairway.
Mush just nodded and carried Blink off into the sunset, just kidding, but really to the top of the stairs and the two of them just sort of stared as they saw three other people.
-x-
Shawn jerked his head in the direction of the hall, "Did someone just tell me to shut up?"
Dutchy was pushing something on his ipod, as he poured some Bacon Bits into his mouth.
Anthony shook his head then reached for Dutchy's ipod, "What are listening to?"
"Give it back!" Dutchy abandoned the Bacon Bits and lunged for his ipod.
"You got food everywhere!" yelled Shawn.
"It's not food!" countered Dutchy still trying to get the ipod from Anthony.
Anthony stopped in his tracks and Dutchy ran into him causing them to crash to the ground, then Anthony looked down at Dutchy, "Abba? Dancing Queen? You really are gay!"
"Go to hell!" Dutchy hit him.
Anthony hit back.
Shawn watched, not mentioning the fact that Anthony knew who Abba was or that he also use to like the Spice Girls. Sad dark times never to be revealed, ever really, again. He shuddered at the memory of Anthony doing karaoke in his bedroom and worse yet, getting him to do it with him. What a horrible best friend Anthony was, but at least he was a good lover. He kind of growled happily to himself.
As he tuned back in, the other two, were still in battle. They continued on in that fashion till two sets of eyes and one set of heavy foot steps halted at the edge of the hall. All three of them turned their heads at once to stare.
Shawn raised an eyebrow.
Dutchy climbed off Anthony.
Anthony tried to compose himself.
Blink and Mush both nervously laughed and kind of pathetically waved not quite sure what they should do.
-x-
Jack stared at David as he headed back down the stairs and out the kitchen door.
"Jack, it's not an insult, I just...I'm confused,"David deposited himself on the back porch.
"I'm just as confused as you are David, but I mean, I'm not alone, right?" Jack sat next to him, a smile quirking it's way across his features.
"You're really going to be ok with this whole being gay thing, Jack?" David curiously arched an eyebrow in his direction.
"David, as long as it's with you, I'll go through anything. You're my best friend and no one's ever understood me as well as you do," Jack nudged him with his elbow.
"Just as well, you really are a great kisser, you know, in comparison," David smiled.
"Who have you been kissing?"
"I'd ask you the same question, but everybody knows, God your reputation is going to be ruined," David shook his head.
"And it was rocky as it is," Jack shrugged and reached for the pack of cigarettes he brought with him.
"Jack, not now, I hate the taste of cigarettes," David took the pack from him and pocketed it.
"At least when they call you my boyfriend, it'll be true," Jack smiled and leaned in to David.
"I guess this just proved all the rumors right," muttered David as he closed the distance between them.
They would have deemed it an adequately romantic moment to be filed away to reminisce about later had not someone whistling "All in the Golden Afternoon" from Alice In Wonderland interrupted. Jack and David both turned their heads and watched as a guy wearing wire framed sunglasses and a green and black checkered bandanna casually strolled up to them.
"Pardon, didn't mean to interrupt," he smirked and nodded raising his sunglasses to rest on his head.
"No one ever does," muttered Jack.
David just smacked his shoulder, "You're not the guy who brings furniture are you?"
"Who?"
"He's not carrying anything Davey."
"Brilliant observation Jack," David continued, "Uh, so you come here too? I'm...David, this is-"
Jack stuck his hand out, "Jack."
"I'm Fletcher, Specs if you want an informal nickname. You haven't by chance seen a blond guy have you?"
"Banana Peel, uh," David hit him Jack just looked at him and shrugged, "Blink, Ryan?"
"Who?"
"Wrong blond I take it," said David standing intent on heading inside as the wind had now picked up.
"So, let me get this straight, there's you and this other guy, Banan- Blink and his guy, us, and someone whose sole purpose is to furnish?" Jack stood as well dusting off his pants in the process.
"What about all the cigarettes and liquor?" Specs followed them in glancing behind him before he walked inside.
"Nah, I'm pretty sure that's everybody," said Jack as they made their way up the stairs.
"Oh, however many of us that may be," said Specs shoving his hands in his pockets.
There was a lot of sounds coming from the top of the stairs, which caused the three of them to pause momentarily at the end of the stairs just before the hall. But once they came into full view they all just gawked at the scene in front of them.
Blink was on the floor catching flecks of pinkish red stuff in his hair as a short dark haired boy was trying to strangle him. Mush was arguing with a light haired boy who looked rather annoyed. And a blond boy was sitting on the couch looking on in boredem, but the look quickly vanished as he looked over to the hallway.
"Oh thank God Specs, I was going crazy, save me!" he stood up on the couch took a step onto the table in front of it then launched himself practically across the room.
"Is that Bacon Bits?" David crouched down to pick up a piece.
"What the hell is going on?"
The other four boys all turned their heads in Jack's direction accusing fingers point in every direction.
"He started it!"
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A/N: Hmmm...not exactly how I planned it going, but close enough! And I managed to worm a Javid moment in there!