Warning: If you do not like yaoi, then please don't read. Thanks! - Fangurl

The next morning, Eric awoke first a saw that he was still wrapped around Alan. Smiling, the blonde kissed his brother's head and ran his hands up and down Alan's back. He had this voice in the back of his mind telling him that what he was feeling was not normal, yet he couldn't make the feelings go away.

Alan opened his eyes and grinned up at Eric. The blonde smiled back at him before gently stroking his face and kissing his lips. Alan ran his hands up Eric's chest before wrapping his arms around his neck. "Did you sleep well?" Eric asked as he pressed his forehead against Alan's.

"Yes, this is the first night in a while that I haven't had a nightmare," Alan replied as he rested his head against Eric's chest. "You seem to be my good luck charm."

Eric kissed his brother's lips again before gently gliding his fingers over Alan's arms. "How do your bruises feel today?" he wondered.

"Better, I'm so sorry that I dated Claude. I always analyze every detail about my life, but when it came to dating, I just rushed into it without thinking. This is my consequence," Alan muttered.

Eric leaned up and lightly pressed his lips to Alan's bruises. "Everyone slips up Alan, no one is perfect. What are you always telling me; to learn from my mistakes and try not to make them again."

"I'll never make that mistake again, since I've got you now," Alan said confidently as he kissed Eric again.

"And you'll always have me, no matter what," Eric promised before running his hands through Alan's hair and nudging his face against his brother's. "C'mon, let's get up and enjoy the day."

The two walked downstairs and found a note on the counter of the kitchen, stating that Danielle and Christopher were going to be out shopping all day and would call them later that night when they were on the way back. "What's the plans for today Eric?" Alan asked as he wrapped his arms around his brother's waist.

Eric crumpled up the paper and turned around to Alan. "Spend the whole day with my favorite person," he said, placing his hands on Alan's face and leaning down to kiss his lips.

The two spent the whole day snuggling on the couch, watching TV, and kissing each other. "I couldn't have asked for a more perfect day," Alan whispered as he ran his hand through Eric's hair.

"Neither could I," Eric replied as he pulled Alan closer.

"Eric, what are we to each other now?" Alan wondered. "Are we brothers or lovers?"

"Why can't we be both?" Eric asked. "Only we have to know that we're together, everyone else knows us as stepbrothers. Do you want people to know about us?"

Alan quickly nodded. "People will judge us if they know. They'll tell teachers, teachers will tell the principal, the principal will tell mom and Christopher, and then they'll take us away from each other," he thought aloud as he clenched ahold of Eric.

"Don't worry; we will keep this between us. No one has to know, and I promise you that no one will separate us," Eric promised.

That night, Eric and Alan lie in bed together looking at each other. "You know I love you more than anything in the world," Eric whispered as he stroked Alan's face with his finger.

"I know, and I love you too," Alan replied. He wrapped his arms around Eric and exhaled calmly. "I feel scared to face the world without you now."

"You won't have to ever face the world without me," Eric said as he kissed Alan's head. "C'mon, we need to head to sleep, we have school tomorrow."

During the whole ride to school the next day, Alan's heart was pounding loudly. This would be the first day at school with his new stepbrother/boyfriend. Something about this felt wrong and right at the same time, that it caused Alan to become jittery. Eric looked over at his brother and saw him shaking. He casually reached over and touched Alan's hand. Looking at the blonde, Alan saw Eric grinning at him, giving him a look of hope and love.

Walking around the high school, Alan felt the urge to take Eric's hand. His heart pounded as he saw Claude walk by them. Eric and Claude glared at one another before Eric pulled Alan closer. "Pay no attention to him Alan, he is a mistake," Eric reminded.

"Okay, I've got to go to math class, so I'll see you later," Alan said. They leaned forward to kiss each other, but stopped abruptly when they remembered where they were.

"Alright, please be safe until I see you again at lunch," Eric requested before watching Alan enter his classroom.

Through class, Eric was on edge, thinking about Alan being alone in class without him. Eric wanted to be by his brother's side; wanted to just leave class, leave school, and go home and kiss Alan all day and all night. Constantly, the blonde would look up at the clock and wish for time to go faster so he could see Alan at lunch.

Finally the lunch bell rang, and Eric and Alan reunited with each other. They got their food from the cafeteria and headed out to the football field and sat under the bleachers. "Out here, at least we get some privacy," Alan said.

"Why do you think I picked this place?" Eric playfully replied.

The two quickly ate their food before Eric began to lean forward and start to kiss at his brother. "Wait, wait a second," Alan requested.

Eric pulled away as Alan stood up and looked around. "Alan, don't worry, we're alone; everyone else is either in the cafeteria or picnic area. We're safe here," Eric promised as he coaxed Alan to sit down next to him.

Alan was convinced as he relaxed into his brother's arms and kissed his lips roughly. "I missed you so much during class," he whispered.

"I missed you too, I couldn't focus on anything but thoughts of you," Eric responded as he ran a hand through his brother's brunette hair.

"Eric, I don't know if I can last the rest of the day without you," Alan said.

"Yes you can, we've got one more class, then we can go home and be together all night," Eric promised. "Can you last another hour and a half?"

"As long as you and I can be together for the rest of the lunch hour," Alan replied. Eric pushed the brunette back against a supporting beam of the bleachers and kissed him.

When the bell rang to return to class, Eric and Alan pulled away from one another. Panting and stroking Alan's face, Eric whispered "C'mon, let's go to class; then we can go home."

As they walked to class together, Alan said to his brother "I hope we can stay like this for a long time."

"Secretive?" Eric asked.

Alan smiled before correcting "No, together."