Epilogue - After the Party

When every last guest is gone, Nick and Jeff are relieved from cleaning duty.

"You two have helped so much already, you can go relax until Jeff's mom comes to get him." Ms Duval says sweetly after they asked how they could help clean up.

They had gone back to Nick's room, agreeing out loud to talk, but knowing inside their tongues are going to be doing something else.

After almost fifteen minutes of constant kissing, Nick's mother calls them downstairs.

Nick groans, and Jeff isn't sure if it is from the interruption or the kisses down his neck.

Jeff places one more lingering kiss on the brunettes parted lips, and slowly lifts himself off of him. "Come on, we don't want to make people suspicious."

Nick sighs and sits up, smoothing down his shirt and looking around, getting his bearings. He stands, and notices Jeff standing by the door, waiting for him. He stands and steps towards him. Jeff smirks. "Told you I'd make it up to you."

Nick laughs, glad for the diffuse in the tension. "Come on."

The boys walk down stairs and find both their mothers sitting in the living room, chatting. They look up when the boys come in. "Hi, Jeff. How'd it go?" Mrs. Sterling asks with a smile.

"Great. I feel in the pool, though."

Everyone in the room laughs with him, and his mother nods. "Yes, Linda told me. Your clothes are dry, so you can go change now. We can leave after that, your father is grilling."

Jeff smiles and takes his clothes, leaving to change in the downstairs bathroom.

When he comes back, his mother stands up. "I'm so sorry to rush out, Linda, but Jeff's been waiting all week to grill with his father." She says as Jeff hands Nick's clothes back to him.

"Of course, we were glad to have him. He was so good with the kids." Linda smiles sweetly, and Jeff blushes, making Nick smile adoringly at him.

Nick follows Jeff and his mother to the door, waving goodbye as they drive away. Once again, his boyfriend leaves without a goodbye kiss.

Nick sighs and goes back inside, acting like nothing happed.

In the car, Jeff is feeling the same way. Of course he wanted to kiss Nick goodbye. He wanted to kiss Nick anyway. But he hasn't told his parents yet. He had been planning on doing it this weekend, but then Nick invited him over, and he wasn't sure if he would still be allowed to go if they thought he might be inappropriate.

He sighs, watching Nick's street disappear in his rearview mirror.

Maybe next time.