Bam nearly tripped down the stairs when the door bell rang. "I got it!" He yelled through the house. He opened the door, looked at who it was and slammed it closed again. "Jess, Daren is here!" He called going back upstairs. "Why didn't you let him in?" Jess barked coming out of his room. "He's your friend." Bam barked back. "So!" Jess snapped. While Bam and Jess argued Ville walked up to Daren on the porch. "Hey, Ville, right?" Daren asked looking at the green eyed boy. "Yeah. Daren? Why are you standing here?" Ville asked curious. "Yeah, Bam slammed the door in my face when he answered." He told him. Ville laughed. "Is everyone where your from as pale as you are?" Daren asked rather rudely. Ville shrugged. "Kinda, Finland is in the arctic circle, so we don't get much sun." He told the older boy with a slight attitude.
"God, Bam you're such an ass!" Jess yelled opening the door. "Hey guys, come on in." He said stepping aside. "Bam! Ville!" He yelled again. Bam came down the stairs. When Ville saw him he felt like he was going to prom, but forgot about it. Bam was is a nice pair of black jeans and a button down Japanese dragon pattern shirt. His hair was still in it's messy curly style, but a bit more tamed. "Hey." Bam smiled. "Hey." Ville smiled back. "You want to meet fat boy?" Bam asked. "Fat boy?" Ville asked raising an eyebrow. "My dad, he's over weight, so everyone calls him Fat boy." Bam chuckled. "That's rude." Ville said. "He doesn't care." Bam said. "How do you know?" "Ville, it's my dad, I think I'd know." He said going to the living room. Ville shook his head and followed Bam to the living room. "Hey, Fat boy. This is Ville." Bam said introducing them. "Nice to meet you, Ville." Phil smiled. "Same to you, sir." Ville said. "Oh, you can call me Phil." He laughed. His laugh reminded Ville of Santa Clause. "Phil." He smiled lightly.
"Is dinner ready?" Jess asked Ape as he walked into the kitchen. "Almost." Ape said stirring a pot of whatever she was cooking. "Alright and I thought that you'd want to know Ville is here." He said peeking in the pots on the stove. Ape slapped his hand away from a pot. "I know that he is. He's also staying the night." Jess eyed Ape protectively. "Relax, Jess. I doubt that Ville would hurt Bam." She said rubbing his back as she walked by to set a dish on the table.
Everyone sat down to eat. "You made sure, Vito wasn't coming right, Ape?" Bam asked shoveling food into his mouth. "Yeah, Ville doesn't need to meet him until he's briefed on him." Jess agreed. "Yes, I did." Ape said politely covering her mouth as she chewed. "Who is Vito?" Ville asked. Even though, he was afraid to ask. "He's our uncle. He's loud as hell and super annoying." Jess explained. "Oh." Ville said turning back to his plate. He felt Bam's hand squeeze his thigh. He jerked slightly in unexpectedness. "You alright?" Phil asked. "Yeah, bit myself." Ville smiled and chuckled lightly. Phil laughed. "That's normal." Jess starred at Ville unbelievingly. After dinner, the boys rinsed off their plates and stuck them into the dish washer. "I want you all home by 4am, alright?" Ape said hugging each one as they went out the door. "Alright." They all called as they hit the street. "Hey, I have to pick Jenn up. Do you think you'll be okay with Jess and Daren?" Bam asked as him and Ville walked side by side. "Yeah." Ville replied shortly. "What's wrong?" Bam asked concern in his eyes. "Nothing. Go get Jenn and I'll see you at the Ally." Ville said smiling at him. "Okay. See ya." Bam smiled and walked across the street. "So, why did you move here?" Jess asked slowing his pace to walk next to him. "My dad owns a sex shop in Helsinki and he thought since it was doing so well there, he'd open one here in the U.S." Ville told them. "He owns a sex shop?" Daren asked in interest. "Yeah." "That's really cool." "I guess." Ville sighed. "You guess? Dude, girls must be all over you over it." Jess smirked. "They were in Finland. But, I haven't met many girls since coming here." "Well, once school starts again next year you will." Daren told him, patting his back. Ville smiled small and nodded.
Bam rounded the corner and saw Jenn just leaving her house. "Hey!" He called waving. "Hey, I thought we were meeting at the Ally?" She said hugging and kissing him. "Ahh, there are to many freaks out at night and I couldn't let a beautiful girl like you walk alone with them." Bam said as they walked down the street to the bowling ally. "You're a freak, Bam and I'm walking alone with you." Jenn teased holding his hand. Bam cringed feeling her hand in his. Nothing seemed right since he and Ville kissed. Not Jenn's kisses or touches they made him feel dirty. "Is there something wrong, Bam?" Jenn asked looking at him awkwardly. Bam gulped and licked his lips. "Yeah...yeah. Fine. Just a bit tired. That hangover from last night killed me." He lied rubbing his temple. "Oh, baby." Jenn moaned kissing his cheek. "Let's just get to the Ally, so I can drowned it out." He said. "Okay, Your not going to ignore me for that new kid, are you?" She asked irritation showed on her face as she recapped the night before. "No, I only did that las night so he didn't feel left out. But, he seems okay now. So, it's just you and me all night, Babe." Bam told her kissing her forehead. "Good." She said gripping his hand tighter. Bam mentally sighed.
The bowling ally was the same as the night before, but with a few more people. It made Ville wonder how it stayed open with so little people. He shrugged off the thoughts and tied his bowling shoes and headed to the line. Ryan greeted him. "Hey, man. Welcome back." He smiled. Ville smiled back. "Thanks." "Not a problem. You want to be on my team?" Ryan asked. Ville looked around for Bam, but didn't see him. "Sure, why not?" He said picking out a bowling ball. Teams were made and games started. The beer soon followed. By the time Bam and Jenn arrived some of the group were pretty tipsy and Ville and Ryan were winning. "Hey, Fuckers!" Bam yelled as he approached. Ville caught sight of him holding Jenn's hand. "Hey." Novak yelled back as he tripped backwards over the bowling ball loading track. Everyone laughed. "Why don't you go get our balls." Bam whispered to Jenn. "And make mine lucky." He said kissing her lips. "Okay." Jenn giggled and scurried away. Bam rushed over to Ville and sat down. "I don't think we'll be doing much of anything together til we get back to my house. Jenn wants to be with me all night and I don't want to hear her whine and complain. I'm sorry, Willa." Bam whispered to him grabbing his hand and giving it a small squeeze before letting it go again. "It's alright. You need to be with her. She's your girl." Ville said softly, trying to hide his disappointment. "I'll make it up to you. I promise." Bam said and moved away as Jenn came. "Ready to kick these guys' ass'?" Jenn smiled at Bam. "Totally." Bam said forcing a smile to her.
Everyone played, drank and had fun. But, Bam and Ville were mostly to themselves the whole night. Mopping about not getting to know each other and understand what was going on between them. But, they were patient about it. Well, Ville was. Bam was getting irritated at Jenn for being to clingy and things. He kept trying to get her to go home every few minutes. But Jenn laughed and told him to stop being stupid. Ville felt bad for him. He couldn't even comprehend being with a girl. After a bit, Bam started annoying everyone. Jess pulled him outside. "Bam, What the hell are you doing?" He asked pushing him into the parking lot. "Why are you being a brat?" "I'm not, just drank too much." Bam said. "No, you haven't. You've barely touched your fourth beer. So, don't lie to me." Jess barked. "You don't understand." Bam snapped back walking around the parking lot. "You're my brother, help me understand." Jess said grabbing Bam by the shoulders. Bam let his head fall onto his brother's shoulder. "I love him, Jess. I love Ville. But, I'm afraid if I rush it, he'll leave me." He mumbled. Jess sighed. He really hated these moments of sweet brotherly love, but Bam was his little brother and as instinct had it he was to protect Bam and help him in tough spots. "Sit down, Bam." Jess said letting him go. Bam dropped to the curb. Jess sat next to him. "Look, I don't know a lot about being in love with a guy, but, if I think about it correctly it's not much different than being in love with a girl." Jess said. "It's not." Bam grumbled. "Well then, if Ville is in...uh...uh...love with you, then the pace you guys go at shouldn't really matter. But, I'd talk about it first instead of diving into the pool before there's water in it. Get me?" Jess said. "Yeah." Bam nodded. "Okay, let's get back in there." He said pulling Bam up and heading to the door. "Hey, Jess." "Yeah, Bam?" He replied turning to him. "Thanks." Jess smiled at his brother. "No problem, bro." He said and went inside.
