CHAPTER 61 of 65

I DO NOT OWN EMMERDALE OR IT'S CHARACTERS, THEY ALL BELONG TO ITV1

A/N:THANKS for all your kind reviews of the last chapter...xx this chapter is for my regulars reviewers, a breather before the drama begins...

Aaron Livesy was up early...he had got into a routine in doing so, he just wanted to forget about recent events, he made his breakfast and a brew, and sat at the kitchen table of Dale Head.

Bonnie was watching him from the back door, the dog being tied up near it's kennel, "it's alright girl...I'll get yah some breakie in a minute..." he told, the dog tilted it's head, seeming to understand him.

Jackson was then at the backdoor way...his face red, as he gasped and panted, Aaron looked up at him and smirked, " I told yah THEM runs are gonna be knackering yah..."

Jackson pulled off his trainers, and went and placed his sweaty arms all over Aaron, where he sat, "UUURGH...you STINK!" Aaron moaned.

Jackson grinned, and went to the fridge to pour himself an orange juice, Aaron turned and could clearly see that Jackson's vest was soaking through with sweat, his hair was all matted and looked like he'd just got out the shower, and his bare legs were all shiney.

"you know...YOU could join mah mate...it really sets you up for the day..." Jackson said as he drank his juice.

Aaron stood up and pulled a face at him, " ARE YOU calling me FAT again..."

Jackson raised his eyebrowes, " I WOULDN'T DARE!...I know my place!...but it would do you good...WE could run together...Bonnie could come with us too..." he suggested.

Aaron pulled on his pink rubber gloves, that had been laid on the draining board, "Arrrrr...BUT I can't...someone has to be here with Jack see.." he told, trying to make it look as he was 'being sensible' rather than 'making an excuse'

Jackson grinned again, and replaced the juice carton back into the fridge, " I'm gonna grab a shower, MAKE me some breakie will yeah..."

Aaron turned from the sink, "what AM I, your skivvy or something!"

Jackson headed up the stairs, " nahhh...just my loving partner...who just LOVES to look after his lover!"

Aaron rolled his eyes, then his phone jingled into life, he snapped it up from the side, and looked at the display...he nearly DROPPED the phone in shock...it were TOM'S number...his flat number!"

Warily, he put the phone to his ear and answered it, " hello...yeah this is Aaron..." he said unsurely, then his face sighed in relief, " Tom's MUM...hi...yeah...what...ME...but..." he paced about the kitchen, " I suppose I could come round...when...TODAY!...well...errrr...I have to clear it with me work...okay...look I call and let yah know...bye..."

Aaron snapped the lid shut on his phone, Tom's Mum wanted his help to clear the flat...it had been a week since Tom's funeral, was he ready for that...

Jack was then at his side, "Uncle Aaron...can I take Bonnie for walkies...she wants walkies she told me..."

Aaron looked down shaking himself out of his thoughts, "what..." he saw that Jack was looking grubby in his smurfs pyjamas, "Jack where have you been..."

Jack pointed to the door, " I've been sleeping in Bonnie's house...Bonnie gets lonely outside...", Aaron sighed amd started to pull the boys Pyjamas off, " blimey Jack these things stink!...I'll put them in for a wash..."

As Aaron slung the PJ's into the machine, Jack was jumping about in his pants, " My friend's coming round for his tea tonight..."

Aaron set the machine and turned round, folding his arms, " Oh yeah..." then it registered, "TONIGHT!..." he then saw Jackson come down the stairs, towel around him and smelling all fresh, on sighting Jack in his pants he waved up his hand pulling a frown, "DON'T ASK!" cried Aaron, " DID you know his mates coming round for his tea...TONIGHT!"

Jackson rolled his tongue along the inside of his bottom lip, " yeah...course..."

"Jackson we HAVEN'T owt in!" told Aaron.

Jackson waved his hand as he told Jack to go up and get a wash, " it's OKAY Aaron...This Dhillon lad only eats jaffa cakes...we're just nip into Leylas and grab a few boxes later..."

Aaron nodded and then stared out the window, " Tom's mum called me..." he suddenly announced.

Jackson helped him self to some cereal, " oh yeah...what did SHE want..."

Aaron turned to him, " she wants me to help clear up Tom's flat...", Jackson raised his eyebrowes, " are you gonna do it...MIGHT be a help to her...AND you might save Tom the embarrassment...WHO knows what dirty wank mags he has hidden beneath THAT bed of his..." he said light heartedly...making SURE it didn't come across as taking the mick...Aaron was always defensive of Tom, especially since the funeral.

Aaron nodded, " Yeah...never thought about that...don't want to be giving her a heart attack do we..."

Jackson saw the mail get pushed through the door, he stood and fetched it from the mat...then saw an official looking one...he glanced up at Aaron, " I know what this is..."

Aaron came over as Jackson ripped it open, and scanned the letter, " Monday!..." cried Jackson, " flaming busybodies!"

Aaron took the letter, it said that someone was coming round Monday morning to look over the place...Jack's living conditions..

Aaron looked about the place...and turned to Jackson, " well...IT'S a good thing yah's mum's BACK then in it...because SHE'S always good with a hoover..."

Jackson raised his eyebrowes at him, " nah...she just sweeps things UNDER the carpet...but as long as it's tidy, who cares...WE'VE gotta make this work!"

Later on, Aaron was stepping up the stair well of Tom's block, and as he reached the walkway he already could hear Tom's mums voice from the flat's open doorway, " I'm going to make a start on the lounge..."

A black sack was chucked out onto the walkway onto a growing pile, Aaron dug his hands into his hoodie pockets, before steeping inside, Tom's Mum turned, eyes lighting up, "AARON!...It's SO good of you to do this...THANK you so much..." she said, Aaron smiled at her, noticing how worn and behagged she looked, " That's alright...he was me mate weren't he..."

Tom's dad was in the kitchen cleaning down the counter with a sponge, he nodded over an acknowledgement to him, Tom's dad never said much to no one...he was that type of bloke...a man with a few words.

Tom's Mum smiled at Aaron, " I did think AFTER I rang that maybe this wasn't right...ASKING you...it must be hard for you to be here..."

Aaron glanced around the bare hallway and heavily sighed, " Nah it's fine...CAN'T be nice for yous either...expect it's worse..."

Aaron followed Tom's mum into the bedroom, " Would you mind making a start in here...There's a few boxes over there to put his stuff in..." she pointed with a smile.

Aaron gazed about the bedroom nodding, " yeah..." he nodded, she then left him to it, Aaron stared to the window ledge and saw a smiling photo of Tom...and next to it were a photo of HIM with Tom...Ben was in the shot...his hand around him...it had been taken at Bar West a couple of years back...he could remember like it were yesterday...

He gently sat on the bed and sighed...not really sure where to start...he then remembered Jackson's comment earlier, about Wank mags beneath the bed.

Aaron stood up and pulled the door too, then stooped and looked under the bed...to his relief...it were ALL CLEAR...

He stood up and started to gently put some stuff into a box, books and stuff, Aaron had to smirk...blimey Tom did keep some crap...he sat and fingered through the pages of a book about the dangers of internet dating...Tom's mum then was at the doorway holding out a mug to him, " I've took the liberty and made you a brew...but I didn't know how many sugars you had..."

Aaron was about to say 6, but changed his mind, " nah none...I'm sweet enough me..."

Tom's mum folded her hands and smiled at him, " awwwww...you'll a good lad you..."

Aaron took a sip of the brew, and looked up at her, " So folk keep telling me...", she then seemed to have noticed for the first time he was sitting on Tom's bed, "That's where we found him...in that bed...he looked SO peaceful...even though he'd been lying in it for a couple of days..."

Aaron pulled a face, glancing to Tom's pillow briefly...Tom's mum then pulled in a box, " I was just going through these magazines I've found in the lounge..."

"oh yeah..." replied Aaron looking the other way, " yes..." ,she paused to put her glasses on, " razzle...gay god's of spunk heaven..." Aaron bolted up, and snatched the box off her,before she could go any further " I'll get rid of THEM for yah..." he told rather flushed himself, Tom's mum coughed with embarrassment, " yes THAT would be a best placed idea indeed lad..." she then moved to the hallway, " I can feel one of me heads coming on..."

Aaron picked out one of the mags, and leaved through it sheepishly...careful to look up to the door every now and then, just in case SHE came back, stopping at a page, his eyes were out on stalks, he'd NEVER done anything like that with Jackson, never thought THAT were possible...he smiled...Jackson was in for a treat tonight...Tom had been a dark horse...well, he took comfort in that, doing a last deed for Tom, and 'Tom' giving him ideas of how to please Jackson in bed...he smiled again and poured the box of mags into a black sack...GOD he felt horny now...and it was ALL Tom's faught!...he might have to stop off at the building site on the way home...

And he did!...he drove up his Fiesta up behind Jackson's van, and saw his builder partner chatting to his mates, one of the men pointed his way, and Jackson hurried over, "ON a break are we...BUILDERS and their tea breaks..." Aaron teased him.

Jackson smirked at him, " well...you know what us cowboy builders are like!...", he removed his blue hard hat, "so...what is THIS in the honour of..."

Aaron shrugged,and leant suggestively on the bonnet of his car, " nowt...just come to see yah..."

Jackson watched Aaron suspiciously, then turned around to make sure his builder mates weren't in eye OR ear shot, " what are yah doing to me..." he asked...feeling himself getting hard.

Aaron licked his tongue over his bottom lip, " just feeling hot...that's all..."

Jackson moved his hand to cover up the growing bulge in his combats, " AARON!...stop it..." he begged.

Aaron leaned forward, and rubbed the front of his trakkies, " I'm wearing your pants...", Jackson's eyes widened, with a cheeky smirk, "you dirty git...bet yah creaming all in them..."

"MIGHT do in a minute..." Aaron enticed, that was it, Jackson grabbed Aaron's hand, and pulled him towards the back of the van, Aaron looked up, " the van!" he said, face pulled, Jackson was too busy unlocking it, and opening the doors, " it's THAT or nowt...get in" he ordered, Aaron climbed in, Jackson followed...and then poking his head out to make sure they'd haven't been seen, he grinned and pulled the doors shut.

In the dark of the Van's rear, Jackson was already pulling off Aaron's trakkies, "steady on..." whinged Aaron in the dim light, "shut it Aaron...I've gone with out for days...I making UP for lost time..." and Jackson was down on him..."you filthy swine!...me pants are soaking with IT!" but Aaron could tell there was a note of pleasure in Jackson's voice, as they succumbed to eachother in the back of that Van...

Later, Aaron was making the tea...he could hear Jackson at the table with Jack and his little school mate...well little wasn't really an apt discription for him...Dhillon was rather on the large side...like someone had let him loose on the pies...Jackson was laughing and joking with the boy's, Aaron picked up the two plates and went over to the kitchen table, first he put down Jack's plate, which was the usual fish fingers beans and mash...and then he put down Dhillions down...a plate with an opened box of jaffa cakes plonked in the middle of it.

Jackson raised his eye browes, as Dhillon snaked his chubby hand into the box and was stuffing jaffa cakes by the mouthful, Jack looked up at his dad, " daddy...can I have jaffa cakes for MY tea..."

Jackson turned to him, " no, you can't" he said matter of factly.

Aaron was then back over with his and Jackson's tea, he sat and they all ate up, Jackson sighed out looking over to Aaron, " I'm still all sticky from earlier you know..."

Aaron chewed a mouthful of mash, and smirked at him cheekily, " oh yeah...BEST get a shower after tea then a..."

Jack looked up at his dad, " if you are sticky...you must be hot..."

Jackson continued his knowing playful gaze at Aaron, " it was HOT alright little man..." he then snapped his neck round to his son, " BUT that's what you get lugging bricks all day..."

Aaron was now focusing on Dhillon, the once FULL box had quicky become 'only two left', "So...ermmm...Dhillon mate, don't you eat owt else, than Jaffa cakes...

Dhillon was quiet as a mouse and just stared up at Aaron, Jack answered for his mate, " I saw him eat dirt at school..."

Aaron pulled a face, and looked up to Jackson...he returned the face and turned to Dhillon, "what about sweeties...and chocolate...you like THEM don't yah mate..."

Dhillon shrugged, " I like soap...MY mummy says she going to wash me mouth out with it..."

Jackson smiled, " oh...great..." he said, not REALLY knowing what to make of that...Aaron shook his head in disbelief and finished off his tea.

While washing up, Jack and Dhillon were playing with Bonnie outside the back door, Aaron glanced round at them, then faced Jackson, " I can't believe that Dhillon lad...OUR boy's NOT exactly hanging around the COOL gang at school is he..."

"Give him time..." smiled Jackson putting away the plates, " once he's FULLY developed me witt and charm...they're be flocking round to be his mate..." Aaron rolled his eyes at THAT comment...then noticing Jackson's smile was beaming wider at him., "WHAT'S with the grin!" he asked.

"YOU...did you actually call Jack, OUR SON..." he said, face showing he was pleased as punch.

Aaron was pulling off the pink marigolds, " errrrrrr...YEAH...so what...you DON'T have to be making a BIG issue of it, you div"

Jackson grabbed Aaron around the waist, and kissed his neck, " OHHHH I love you livesy...", Aaron elbowed him away, " yeah...but don't be soft...we've got visitor's..."

Jackson pulled him a face, " yeah...JUST billy bunter out there...", he then lowered his voice "CAN'T believe what you did to me earlier...TALK about letting yahself go!...where'd you learn that..." then he pulled a frown at him, " better not be seeing someone else behind me back...are yah!" he made sure that it came across as to how it was ment to, as teasing.

Aaron was getting all embarrassed, " I just...well Tom had these mags..." he stuttered.

Jackson shook his head, smirking at him, " it doesn't MATTER...just promise me I'M IN FOR MORE OF THE SAME later!" he teased...

As the evening went on, Jack and Dhillon had been playing on the X BOX, then the door knocked, Jackson stood up from the sofa and opened it, " HI...I'm Dhillon's mum..."

Jackson opened out the door wider, " yes, COME IN..." the woman entered the lounge, and smiled at the sight of Jack and Dhillon playing their game, Aaron was sitting in between them, "well...he's BEEN good...and they've been good as gold on the X BOX..." told Jackson, Dhillon's mum looked about, " oh...good, glad to hear it...so...ermmm...is your wife about...I just wanted to thank her for...his tea and that..."

Jackson pursed his lips together, and then thinly smiled, " errrrrr...THERE IS no wife..."

"oh...OH I'm sorry...you separated..." apologised the woman, feeling a little embarrassed for asking.

Aaron came forward " I GUESS...you can say...I'M THE WIFE...I MADE the tea..." he glanced at Jackson while he said that.

Dhillon's mum looked up them...Aaron was readying himself for a row...but just as he was WAITING for her face to change to a look of disapproval, she cracked a smile, "ohhhhhh...YOU are gay parents...how VERY modern..."

Jackson smiled at her, " Jacks's MINE...I'm his dad...and Aaron...he's..." he glanced at Aaron with a grin, " he's his dad as well..."

Dhillon was now at his mum's side, " well...good for you twos...JUST hope you don't get TOO much stick at the school...some folk can be..."

Aaron looked up, remembering an incident on blackpool beach, and then at the dog rescue centre, " yeah...WE'VE come across it...BUT WE DON'T CARE!...Jack's SAFE with us..."

Dhillon's mum glanced at her watch, " well...better be getting this one home...", Jack came foward and handed Dhillon some X BOX games, " you can borrow these..."

Dhillon took them, but his mum looked up, " IS that alright..."

Aaron nodded, " yeah, take them..."

Once they were gone, Aaron plonked himself next to Jackson on the couch, Jack was getting himself ready for bed upstairs, Jackson snapped his head round, " see...NOT all folk are against us..."

Aaron nodded, and stared to the fireplace, " I know...but...there are MORE of them who are..."

"AND we deal with it, as and when it arises..." Jackson's confident tone trailed off abit...

Aaron turned his blue gaze to him, " what's up..."

"3 weeks Aaron...it's only 3 weeks to..."

Aaron put his arm around him...and they sat there watching the TV...both COULDN'T HELP wondering, if the next 3 weeks were to be the last...

TBC

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