Chapter Five: Thank Goodness
A few days had passed since IQ had left Fender feeling completely lost in his thoughts, but the thoughts still lingered in Fender's mind. Fender sat in class starring out the window more confused and lost than he usually was in class. Fender lightly tapped his pencil on his binder and was attempting to find a way to win IQ back without giving up his identity. Fender looked over as IQ was studiously taking notes and being the normal good student that he was. Fender sighed as the bell rang and everyone got to their feet. Tammy stood up from her seat and made her way toward the spacey boy. "Hey you." Tammy said as she put a hand on his shoulder and smirked as if she was crossing some sort of line drawn in imaginary sand. "So, I was thinking about...us. And well, I think you and I deserve a second chance." Tammy said playing with a strand of her strawberry blonde hair to look seductive, but coming off more like an airhead. Fender didn't really hear what Tammy was saying, but he got the idea she was just trying to get back with him. Fender kept his eyes locked on IQ who was quietly making his way to his locker. Fender turned to Tammy with a fake smile on his face: "Tam, please. I have a lot on my mind; this is really not the time to be talking about us." Fender opened his locker and stashed his books inside with a shove.
"Babe, what is with you?" Tammy asked looking at the spacey way her ex-boyfriend was acting. Fender's eyes as Tammy noticed seemed to be on IQ, but for the life of her, Tammy could not understand why. "Fender, what is going on between you and IQ?" asked Tammy playing with her green barrette in her hair. Fender shook his head and cleared his mind for a moment as he looked at her for the first time in their whole conversation. "No babe, what makes you think that?" Fender said hopefully covering his tracks with his snoopy ex-girlfriend. "Well, you keep starring at him and you keep being all spacey when people mention him, if I didn't know better, which like I do, it would seem like you like him or something." Tammy said grabbing her purse from her locker and throwing her purse over her shoulder. "Please." Fender said shaking off the idea when that was exactly what was going on with him. "Good, because that whole...thing is like totally gross." Tammy said placing a piece of gum in her mouth with a soft smile. "It's so gross." had been all Fender heard when Tammy was talking, it took all of Fender's self control from screaming his love for IQ right then and there, but he couldn't.
"Yeah" was all that Fender could muster before he closed his locker and smiled: "I'll talk to you later, Tam." Fender said as he walked off and dropped a small piece of paper at IQ's feet. IQ watched Fender and knew exactly how to play it. IQ bent down and picked it up:
IQ---
Listen, I know how I acted was stupid, and I know that. Please believe you are my one and only.
I know this isn't enough, so please come to my house later and I'll prove it in a better way.
I cannot even express how I feel in these meer words, please come to my house, I promise it will be worth your time and we can talk or more.
I love you,
Fender.
IQ looked at the paper and put the paper close to his heart and sighed for a moment: Fender was coming around and soon they would be able to be just as happy as the other Council kids were with their significant others. IQ closed his locker after grabbing his jacket and walked out like he was floating on air. Tammy looked at IQ and shook her head confused: She didn't know what was going on between her ex-boyfriend and his best friend, but she was damned if she was going to remain in the dark. Tammy heard Amber and Shelley's voices coming down the hall, and their laugh reached Tammy: The two girls walked down the hall arm and arm chatting about Lou Ann and Brenda's yelling match that had occurred over Corny. "Hey Tam." Amber and Shelley said almost in unison. "Hey." Tammy said her eyes following IQ as he slowly disappeared into the soft sunlight. "Still not sure what's up with your man?" asked Amber who looked at Link's council ring on her left finger. "Yeah, still not sure what's up with that lowlife boyfriend of yours?" asked Shelley glaring at Amber for looking at her ring, for Shelley's fling with Brad had ended without a ring or anything, just sex. And Shelley was use to sex, but she actually believed Brad had liked her, so now Shelley was going to use her feminine charms and make the poor asshole rue the day he messed with her. Tammy smiled trying brush off the pressure to find out: "I'll find out, and when I do, that nerd will pay for whatever he's done to my boyfriend. Oh golly, you don't think its reading or something serious like that?" asked Tammy as the trio made their way out of the hall.
IQ walked out of his home as dusk was setting to make his way over to Fender's home. IQ had been shaking with excitement since reading the note: IQ walked down the street that went along the row near his home with his mind buzzing with all kinds of things he wanted to say to Fender and how he was sorry for what he had done to him that day at the show. IQ walked up to Fender's home after just minutes of walking from his house. IQ stood and held his fist about to knock when he stopped and felt his heart skip a beat. IQ knocked and heard Fender's voice: "Come in." resonated Fender's voice from the other side of the door. IQ turned the handle and saw the most romantic scene before his eyes: Candles littered the front of the house lighting the way IQ was to walk. IQ took off his suede shoes and looked around the room feeling like he was to cry. IQ walked slowly up the steps as he noticed roses had been placed all over the floor as well. "Oh Fender." IQ said with a soft whisper as he came to the door he knew so well: One the door was a sign Fender had made in fourth grade that said in backwards letters his name and random things that had been racked up with time. IQ stood and slowly knocked on the door. "Enter." Fender's voice with a strong manner, almost a direct command as if he were talking to a servant boy.
IQ walked in and felt his breath be taken away as he saw Fender completely shirtless standing before him and candles and roses littered the room: IQ stood in shock as Fender moved closer to him and put his hands on his shoulder. "Baby." Fender said in a soft tone as he slowly removed IQ's jacket and looked into IQ's eyes as he took IQ's glasses from his face. IQ touched Fender's cheeks and smiled: "This is beautiful." IQ said almost in a whisper almost like it was a dream. Fender slowly opened IQ's shirt and looked into IQ's eyes as he touched his cheeks and smiled: "You and only you." Fender said in a truly emotional manner, like he was about to cry. IQ felt his clothes fall away and he also felt all the nerdy image fall away as well. IQ leaned forward and kissed Fender as the temperature in the room suddenly jumped at least a hundred degrees. IQ moved close and the two fell onto the bed. IQ began to kiss up and down Fender's neck, feeling the confidence that this new relationship was bringing out of him. Fender moaned slowly as IQ made his way up and down his neck and down his stomach. "Oh, Baby. Oh." Fender moaned as he slowly felt his member begin to erect. IQ smirked as he saw the member's erection on the rise. "Ooh. Yes, this will do very nicely." IQ said in a sexy deep tone, almost natural for the tenor IQ. IQ slowly put his lips on Fender's member and began to slowly suck the tip and slowly made his way up and down the member feeling the sweet taste of Fender's male liquid in his mouth, how delightful and fun it was to making a moment they would never forget.
The whole night was spent pleasuring the other: Hour and hour passed as the two switched positions over and over so the other could enjoy the pleasures of their labor. IQ and Fender finally fell onto Fender's bed, breathless and tired. IQ looked into Fender's eyes and they slowly locked lips and kissed letting all memories of right and wrong and people such as the trio of evil in their minds. Sweet love was all the two needed, as morning was only hours away and the kiss slowly ended, the two lovers drifted off to sleep in the midst of pure bliss.