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Early Friday morning Aaron heard his phone indicating a text had been received, usually at that ungodly hour he'd have ignored it opting for a little bit long under the duvet, but not today, it just might be a text off Jackson so he reached for his phone hoping that if it was it wasn't him cancelling like he had done the previous Friday.

Jackson was laid in bed he'd been awake a while thinking about the mechanic and what he had planned for him later that day, the house was starting to come together and Jackson was relieved about that it meant that he could really look forward to his date with Aaron, laying there he couldn't not send him a good morning text.

Aaron looked at the screen the message was from Jackson but he wasn't cancelling he was infact double checking that Aaron still wanted to go out later and had started his message with "Morning Handsome, hope you slept well, really looking forward to tonight, please say you still want to see Me later" and he'd finished his message with a kiss and a smiley face

That's one Aaron thought, he was going to keep count of all the kisses Jackson put on his texts so he could collect them later, he quickly typed his reply not forgetting to add his own kisses at the end, he had confirmed that he was definately free later and like Jackson he was really looking forward to spending the evening with the builder.

Lunch time and Aaron received another text of the builder it simply read "Less than 6 hours til I see U, can't wait" this time the older man had simply signed J and it had two kisses so that made 3 that Aaron promised himself he'd be collecting before the night was through.

Standing in his room Aaron scanned through his wardrobe looking for something nice to wear the only clue Jackson had given him was that he may need a jacket, would they be going for a drink?, something to eat? would jeans and a casual shirt be okay? all these questions and no answers, then his phone which was laying on his bed chirped "I'm outside, hurry up I want to kiss you" no name but there didn't need to be one and three kisses just for good measure making Aaron smile, the number was certainly rising and he was looking forward to making good on his promise to collect them all tonight.

Jackson had pulled up outside Smithy Cottage he was early but he couldn't wait a minute longer to see the mechanic, he'd sent a text and then waited impatiently for Aaron, five minutes later and the younger man was walking towards the van, Jackson's mouth went dry as he drank in the sight Aaron in grey/blue jeans and a dark shirt, he looked sexy as hell, Jackson knew he had a soppy grin on his face as the mechanic opened the door and climbed in but he couldn't care less, he was happy, Aaron made him happy.

"Hi" Aaron suddenly found himself feeling shy and he had no idea why

"Hi" Jackson responded, he continued to look at Aaron

"What, have I got something on My face?"

"Yeah, Me" Jackson said before he captured Aaron in his arms and he laid his lips on those of the man that he'd spent all day thinking about.

When they came up for air they both smiled feeling better, Jackson started up the van and headed out of the village, when he wasn't changing gear he kept his hand on Aaron's knee and the younger man couldn't have been happier.

Jackson had been driving for about 30 minutes and in that time he hadn't given Aaron any clues on where they were going when the mechanic had asked he'd simply replied "Wait and see"

Finally they pulled up on the bank of a secluded lake, the sun was just starting to dip, looking around it was clear that they were the only two people there, Aaron looked at Jackson still confused and didn't move when Jackson got out opened the back doors of the van and started to unpack stuff.

Waiting a couple of minutes he couldn't stand the suspense any longer so he climbed down out of the cab and went in search of the builder, He found Jackson near the edge of the lake, he had a couple of blankets which he had spread on the ground, some cushions which he'd simply dropped leaving them were they landed, he was now staring to unpack a picinic basket when he looked up at Aaron standing there.

"Do you like it?"

Aaron was stunned, Jackson had really thought this through and had gone to all this trouble, how could he not like it?

"It's perfect" Walking forward he wrapped himself around the builder and plundered his lips using for the first time his tongue to enter Jackson's mouth, finding it's mate the two men indulged in some deep tongue action which left them both light headed and sexually charged that if they weren't careful they could easily cross a line that would not be easy to come back from.

Putting some distance between them they calmed down before managing to sit together on the blankets, Jackson offered Aaron various treats to try, feeding him cold cuts of meat, cheese and fruit before helping himself to some food, it was a leisurely meal until Jackson tempted Aaron with some strawberries, as the younger man bit into the sweet red fruit Jackson couldn't hold back any longer and launched himself at the mechanic crushing the soft flesh of the fruit between their lips.

Aaron was propelled backwards until he was laying on the blanket Jackson hovering over him, kissing him, touching him, and he was loving everything the builder was doing with his lips, hands and body.

A little voice in Jackson's brain was telling him that if he didn't pull away soon that he wouldn't be able to that he'd be too far gone to pull back and athough he desperately wanted to make love to Aaron, wanted to see his body, wanted to run his hands over the mechanic's warm flesh he knew that their relationship wasn't at that stage yet and he'd have to be patient or risk spoiling what they had started to build.

Aaron was getting lost in the feelings flowing around his body until suddenly Jackson was pulling away, why was he pulling away?, he tried to keep the older man on top of him but he reached for the builder too late and he rolled off him and sat up breathing deeply trying to calm his body down as it screamed to carry on,to complete what they had started.

"Jackson" Aaron was laid watching the older man could see the emotions running across his face, knew the inner battle he was fighting because his own body was rebelling telling him to continue and to hell with the consequences.

Jackson turned and looked at Aaron expeting to see anger or disappointment but all he saw were clear blue eyes watching him

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have got carried away, it's just I've been thinking about you, about doing that, I want to do that, but not yet I want to get to know you properly so that when we do do that it'll be because we both want to and not because one of us is forced"

Aaron patted the blanket beside him, Jackson was right but that didn't mean they couldn't be close after all they'd slept in the same bed so laying on a blanket until the clear night sky seemed just as right to the mechanic.

Jackson smiled, grateful that Aaron understood,he lay down beside the Mechanic, took hold of his hand it felt a bit chilled so he reached for the other blanket spread it out over them and there they laid watching the stars not speaking because no words were needed, eventually they both fell asleep.

Sometime during the night they turned,curled around each other like vines arms and legs wrapped together safe in the knowledge that this wouldn't be the last night they spent together.