The Student and The Mechanic

Follows on directly from The Secret Millionaire

I still don't have anything to do with any TV Shows

"Got everything you need, pencil case, lunch money, apple for the teacher?" Aaron was stood in the kitchen of Dale Head

"That joke is getting old now" Jackson joined his partner in the kitchen of the house they'd shared for the last six weeks, on the table was a child's lunch box it was blue and had Bob the Builder on it, along side the lunch box was a shiny red apple, the builder rolled his eyes but refused any furthers comments, he picked up the lunch box and apple and put them in his bag

Aaron made sure he'd got up early enough to make Jackson his breakfast, it was the first day of his course on Historical Restoration and he wanted to make sure that he went to college with a full stomach

It was a joke now between the two that Jackson lived on a lot of sex and little food those first few days after he'd arrived to live in Emmerdale permanently, he'd eventually had to mention to the mechanic that as much as he loved spending time in bed with him, he also needed food!, after that they made sure to eat a good meal each evening before burning off the calories with very athletic make out sessions

The builder had loved Dale Head as soon as he'd set foot through the door, it was a typical country cottage three room upstairs and two downstairs, Aaron had worried that after a luxurious pent house that nothing in Emmerdale would be suitable for the builder, so was surprised when they had pulled up outside the small cottage on their house hunting day

Jackson had picked up the van keys and followed Aaron outside, he had particulars on Dale Head but hadn't told Aaron that they were going to view it, he'd found his boyfriend waiting by the van so had unlocked the doors and they'd climbed in, he started the engine and driven the hundred yards or so before pulling up outside the cottage, he turned off the engine and turned to a very confused mechanic

"Why we stopping here?" Aaron had no idea that Jackson had even considered moving to a small cottage, he'd obviously been in touch with the local agents and had not discounted any properties for sale in the village and surrounding area

"Well seen as we're here, we can at least take a look" the builder grinned as he got out of the van

"But Jackson, it's only small you know" the mechanic had also climbed out of the van, the location was great for him it was right next door to the garage, on the nights he stayed with Jackson he could literally roll out of bed, out of the back door and he'd be at work, but having seen the pent house he thought that Jackson would want the same again just in the country

"Stop being such a snob Aaron" Jackson was walking up the small path and was greeted at the front door by the estate agent with the keys, when Jackson stepped over the threshold he knew he'd found his new home, he just hoped that Aaron liked it too because he fully intended to ask the mechanic to live with him

It didn't take long to look round Jackson was already making alterations in his brain, he wanted a proper country kitchen, Arga for cooking and he'd redecorate something more in keeping with the cottage, they'd wandered upstairs the builder looking at his boyfriend

"Well, what do you think?" the builder looked at his boyfriend, watching his reaction

"I love it, and it's great for me coz works just next door"

"You planning on taking advantage of that then?" Jackson was smiling

Aaron looked at Jackson, he wanted to live with the builder, wanted to go to bed every night with the builder, wanted to wake up each day in the builders bed, but was it too soon?

Jackson must be physic because he was thinking the same things, he loved Aaron he was sure of that, so it was natural that the next step in their relationship would be to live together, he took a deep breath looked into the baby blue eyes of his boyfriend and asked

"Aaron, I love you, I want you to live with Me", the mechanic didn't reply straight away so he added "Please"

"You sign the documents, I'll be at the pub packing"

Aaron was grinning as he thundered down the stairs and sprinted back up the road to the pub, he was going to live with Jackson and everything would be perfect

Aaron was in his room flinging his clothes into a holdall when Jackson entered, he stood in the doorway looking at his excited boyfriend

"It'll take a few days for the paper work to be sorted, even with a cash offer, so we'll need to stay here until contracts are exchanged"

Jackson could see that Aaron was disappointed and would do anything to change that, perhaps he could take the mechanics mind off it with a shopping trip

"I need to get some clothes, coz I left London without any, I know you have no dress sense but could you go with Me, show Me around town?"

"Cause" the mechanic tried not to show just how disappointed he was that they wouldn't be in their own home by evening

Jackson had managed to slip away from Aaron saying he was going to try on some clothes but instead he went to the estate agents and talked about Dale Head persuading the manager to give him the keys in exchange for a large cash deposit, he put them in his pocket and returned to the store where he'd left his boyfriend and made it appear that he was coming out of the changing rooms

"Any good?" the mechanic enquired

"No, not really, can we go, I've got a bit of a headache" Jackson lied

"Sure, c'mon"

Back at Emmerdale Aaron thought Jackson was having a rest in his bedroom but once again Jackson had snuck away he'd bought candles, ordered a take away and managed to get his hands on a couple of sleeping bags which he'd zipped together to make one double, he'd hidden the lube incase anyone walked in he then walked up to the pub and through the back door once again making it seem that he had not been anywhere, he walked into the pub and spotted Aaron

"Hi, he slid his arm around Aaron's waist, can I have a word?"

"Sure, you okay?" the mechanic looked at his boyfriend his cheeks were slightly flushed, was he coming down with something?

"Yeah, I got something to show you" he took Aaron's arm and lead him out of the pub and down to Dale Head, when they got to the front door he produced the key and looked at the love of his life "I saw how disappointed you were when you thought we couldn't be here tonight, I never want you to be disappointed so I pulled a few strings, left a huge cash deposit and now the place is ours" he turned the key and opened the door

Aaron was astounded, his boyfriend never ceased to amaze him and to have gone to all this trouble for him, well he was misty eyed, he turned to Jackson and brought his lips down on the builders in a tender sweet kiss

Basically they had not spent a night apart from that day, the two didn't even mind sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags because at least they were together and nobody but them found the lube, which was a good job too!

TBC