*A/N: So I tried super hard to make a sex scene work with out narration. Yah...didn't happen lol. Sorry guys. That's why I got distracted, because I'd been planning on doing that and then...it just kind of went downhill and I got distracted and yah. Sorry!! I hope I still have a few readers left though lol Please review so I know you're still out there and I actually have a reason to try and wrap this up. Peace
-Rachel
Setting: Blaise and Reid are laying in bed after fulfilling the fantasies that have been burning inside them for years. Reid is on his back, Blaise curled up against his side with her head on his arm and her own arm laying across her best friend's stomach. They've been laying like this for some time now, silently reflecting, until Reid blurts out what's on his mind.
Chapter Sixteen: Pillow Talk
"So does this mean you're going to Rome with me?"
"What?"
"Rome, this summer, you and me. The offer still stands."
"Summer is kind of the last thing on my mind right now…"
"I was that good, huh?"
"I'm really not going to inflate your ego any bigger than it already is."
"I'll take that as a yes."
"I just keep trying to figure out what to tell Tyler. I can't even think of the words. All I can see is the look on his face and it's like there's no justification in the world."
"Can you not ruin this for me for at least a few hours? We haven't even gotten our clothes back on."
"I'm sorry, I just…I care about Ty a lot. Of all people, he's the last to deserve this."
"It's not like you wanted to hurt him. We both tried to fight it, but fate always wins out in the end."
"Do you really believe this was fate?"
"Heh, if I didn't I'd probably go crazy. My parents, you and me, these stupid powers. If there isn't a reason for it all, I don't even want to know."
"Ugh, good point. Neither do I."
"…Do you regret having sex with me?"
"No, I don't actually. I'd do it again in a heartbeat."
"That can be arranged."
"Heh, let's not get ahead of ourselves here,"-
"Why not? Blaise I told you, I'm in love with you. I don't want anyone else. What are you so afraid of?"
"I dunno, my parents, Ty, the guys, my friends, the entire school…losing our friendship…"
"Part of me is scared of that last one too, if I'm honest. But I feel like I've loved you for so long, even if we broke up…I mean could you really stand to live without me in some form or another."
"Haha, is that your way of saying we're too strong to fuck this up?"
"That's why you and I are perfect. I don't even have to say things, you just read my mind."
"Heh, I guess that's true."
"And hey, don't worry about the bitches at school. You're never going to see those people again after this year. Let them talk all the shit they want. At the end of the day, you've got me and Kate and Sarah and the rest of the guys. We're your real family. After everyone else leaves we will always be waiting. I promise you."
"Yah, if they don't kill us for what we just did."
"They won't. I know my boys. They'll be pissed for a little while. Caleb'll wanna rip my head off. Pogue might just come down here to talk- well talk to you. Scream at me. Take Tyler out for a beer. And then after a little while, everyone will realize it was for the best. They'll remember that this was going to happen anyway, that they all saw it coming before either of us did."
"They did?"
"Yep. I remember, what was it…three, four years ago? It feels like eons now. We were playing pool at Pogue's house, of course I was winning."
"Probably by cheating. But go on."
"I was not cheating, this was before you were a bad influence. Anyways, we started talking about how gross Kate and Pogue are when they're together"-
"Okay, this must have been four years ago then. That's when they started going out."
"Same person all through high school…God that's sick."
"Said the man-whore."
"Whatever, as I was saying. We were talking about the two of them and all the guys were making fun of me, saying I was next and that pretty soon you were gunna have me just as whipped as Pogue. They started placing bets on how soon you and I were going to get together. It was so embarrassing. Especially because for the next weeks all I thought about was how I hoped they were right."
"My friends used to tease me on a daily basis. Every time I looked at you or smiled when you walked into a room. They were all really surprised when I started dating Tyler."
"So were the guys, and I can't blame them. I mean, they're down with you and everything. But it's always been me and you against the world."
"God, we've been friends for such a long time. I can't even imagine who I would be if you hadn't been beside me since we were kids. Over all the years…what's been your favorite memory?"
"Of you and me? S'hard to pick just one. Lots of small moments stand out. Seeing you in the stands at every swim meet. Summers in Maine with our families, the sun in your hair and falling asleep beside you on the porch swing after messing around in the lake all afternoon. And then there was throwing up in your Jag last year. It's hard to top that one."
"Oh my god, shut up."
"Hahaha, it was a bonding moment. We always get closer when one of us has alcohol poisoning."
"There is no such thing as bonding over the destruction of a beautiful car."
"It's fixed now, no lasting damage."
"So that's it? Nothing out of all the time we've spent together stands out more than puking in the back of my car?"
"Well, actually…two years ago on my sixteenth birthday. My whole family forgot, or barely said a word to me the whole day if they remembered. Four brothers and sisters, and two pathetic excuses for parents. All six of them were too busy for me. But you'd been planning the party of the year for months. I remember when I walked in, half of Spenser popped out at me screaming 'Happy Birthday', but my eyes went straight to you. And you were just standing there smiling. That party went on for like five or six hours, it was insane. I think that was the night I realized how important we were to each other. I mean I'd always cared about you, but that was the night I started to realize that your real family isn't always related to you."
"I'm so glad that night meant something to you. I really wanted your sweet sixteen to be special."
"It was one of the best nights of my life, thanks to you. What about you? What's your favorite memory?"
"Hmm, easy. This past summer at my cousin Margaret's wedding reception."
"The reception we snuck out of to get high in the country club's billiard room?"
"The very same. 'Course we danced a few times first. Me in that stupid bride's maid's dress. You in your dress pants and Converses."
"I thought we looked pretty awesome."
"Everything looked awesome after the joint we shared."
"Haha, true. Very true. That was a good night though, from what I can remember."
"The sun was setting over the golf course when you taught me to throw darts. God, I was so bad…and then we danced a few more times, the music from the ballroom was so loud we could hear it all the way down the hall. The whole room was orange because the sun was setting and we were too high to find the lights. I remember thinking to myself that I wanted things to be like that forever. You and me caught between day and night, hiding from responsibility and all the noise of the world forgotten at the other end of the hall. I felt like I could breathe a little better than usual that night."
"Do you remember…man, I don't even know how we ended up on the floor, but we were laying on our backs looking for shapes in the mural on the ceiling."
"That was incredible. We were coming down from our high and both of us were exhausted, not to mention starving. Everything in the billiard room was so dark and quiet…"
"You told me you were terrified of what was going on down the hall. That you couldn't be in there because it looked too much like what your parents wanted for you. Too much like a future that you didn't want to think about until you absolutely had to."
"That future is still waiting for me Reid."
"Stop. Don't think about things like that. We're going to make it through this. Best friends or lovers, nothing is going to get between us. Not the guys or our fucked up, sorry excuses for families. And especially not ourselves. We're gunna make this work, I swear to you. Come on it's late, we should get some sleep."
"I really should go find Tyler and talk to him. It's only fair that he finds out from me."
"Baby, the world's not going anywhere. It'll be waiting for you in the morning. Just let everything go and be with me."
"…Reid?"
"Yeah?"
"I do love you. So much."
"I've always known that. But it's damn good to hear you say it."
"Good, 'cause I'm going to tell you again tomorrow. And the next day…and the next day…and the next…"
"Heh, go to sleep baby."
"You love me too, right?"
"So much that I can't remember what it ever felt like not to. And I don't want to."