Thanks to Meghan for letting me use her in this even though it's her story.
Ch. 2 To Hold Him
(FITZ)
Clare's house still has a light on in the living room when I pull up. It's about 10pm and I waited as long as I could stand to get to my girlfriend. Walking around the side of the house I sneak around the back yard and climb the tree that leads to Clare's window. Her blinds are open and I see her on her bed reading, I tap on her window and she looks over. She smiles and gets up walking across the room a little slow as she's still sore, I'm guessing. She unlocks her window and pushes it open; I crawl in, close it and lock it again, drop my bag on her floor then envelop her in my arms luring her lips into a passionate kiss.
"Hi," she grins when our lips part.
"Good evening Gorgeous," I smile, "did you see Owen after practice?"
"Yes, he picked me up from Adam's," she tells me in a soft voice as she pulls me to her bed and turns on some music. "Drew saw Owen and me kissing when we went back to school, he also noticed my ring missing. Only a few other people found out I was dating Owen but I told Drew, Bianca and Adam everything after school," she tells me as I take my boots off and lie on her bed.
"Everything?" I query after she lies on my chest and drapes her arm over my chest.
"Yep they know all about the three of us and they were shocked but happy. Actually Bianca wasn't very shocked, she thinks it's great. Drew and Adam were pretty shocked but they promised to keep our secret," she tells me.
"Good," I smile stroking her arm and then her back.
"Owen brought me home but not before we made out in his car a while," she says pulling my shirt up and trailing her fingers along my stomach.
"Just making out?" I question stroking the back of her neck.
"And some fondling but I was too sore to do anything else," she says.
"Still sore huh? Sorry we didn't mean to hurt you so much," I tell her.
"I know," she says nuzzling into me a little more, "it was worth it."
"I bet I can help, why don't you get ready for bed and I'll see what I can do about making you feel better down there," I tell her.
She lifts her head up, smiling and biting her lip but releases her lip to kiss me. Leaving my arms and getting off the bed, she peeks out her bedroom door to see if anyone's in the hall. Then she leaves the room closing her bedroom door and I hear her go across to the washroom closing that door. While Clare is gone I get undressed down to my boxers and get back on Clare's bed. She comes back in her room a few minutes later and smiles at me before turning off her light. She closes the blinds and I can barely see her start to undress by the little bit of moonlight filtering in through the blinds.
"Aww, I'm missing the show," I whine.
"Sorry," she giggles, coming over to the bed, "you can help."
"Happily," I reply sitting up with a grin.
Reaching for her shirt I pull it over her head and drop it to the floor. My fingers caress along her skin to her back and I unhook her bra. I slide it off her arms and twirl it around on my finger before letting it fly across the room. My lips find hers in the dark for a deeply passionate kiss. Turning her to lie on the bed my lips leave hers briefly, then I trail open mouth kisses down her front until I reach the waistband of her skirt. I unzip it and pull it off her legs dropping it to the floor, my hand grazes up her leg and she moans softly. Moving off the bed briefly to get her panties off and dropping them to the floor before I sit on the bed again. I get between her legs, spreading them open a little and lay down, drawn to her sweet spot by her sweet scent. My tongue slides into her slowly; she hitches a breath, her back arching slightly and her hand gripping my hair.
I hold her hips, twisting my tongue around and lapping at her gently. She moans gently and her hips buck, her body writhing in my hands and against my tongue. She tastes like the smell of roses after a fresh rain. Every so often she whimpers if I go too fast or too far in, so I slow down or move my tongue until she moans again. Her body quivers, and moves with my tongue, I find the right spot and she moans louder and faster. When she moans too loud she bites her lip and covers her mouth when she gets too loud. It takes a while, much longer than this morning but I imagine that has to do with the fact that she's so sore. I don't mind at all as her moans are turning me on, her flavor so wonderful and I as I rub against her bed while I eat her out I can feel myself getting ready to cum myself. I cum before she does even, merely grunting into her when I cum but never taking my tongue from her pussy. Eventually her body tenses and then relaxes, her hand gripping my hair tightly and I hear her scream into the pillow as she climaxes. I slow until her orgasm fades and then remove my tongue, moving so that I'm lying next to her. She's panting hard but I see her smiling in the moonlight, I roll onto my back and she rolls on her side holding onto me. My arms encircle her; I kiss the top of her head and pull her blanket over us.
"Thanks Mark," she says kissing my chest.
"You're welcome did it help?"
"Yes I'm not as sore," she says and then yawns, "I am sleepy though."
"Then you should sleep," I tell her, "all night in my arms."
"I like sleeping in your arms," she says and I stroke her back, she falls asleep and I fall asleep soon after.
We wake up when my alarm goes off, Clare probably doesn't have to get up for another hour but I have to get into work, she groans and holds me a little tighter.
"Sorry Gorgeous but I have to get to work," I tell her, gently pulling her off me.
"But it's all warm and nice in your arms," she pouts sitting up to watch me as I start getting dressed.
I slip my jeans on and sit on the bed combing my fingers into her hair, resting my hand at the side of her face and placing a chaste kiss on her lips. "Sorry but if you want to get up with me we can have breakfast in the employee lounge before I'm on," I offer.
She smiles and gets up; I watch her dress in a navy blue skirt, black ankle boots, and a black blouse. I finish getting dressed and ready while she's in the washroom, my hair's so short it doesn't need brushing and I brought deodorant in my bag with my change of clothes. It's only 5:30 so her family isn't quiet up yet and we go out the front door and into my car for the short drive to the café. I park in the employee parking, grab her backpack for her and we go in through the back. I know that none of the employees will think twice about her being back her because Peter, the owner, is like an older brother to Clare.
"You wait in here and I'll grab us breakfast," I tell her when we go in the employee lounge.
She smiles sitting at the table, it's just before 6am and Meghan is out front getting ready to open, my shift starts at six so there are two of us on shift once we're open. Meghan is 19, has long wavy brown hair with blonde streaks and highlights that have grown to the ends where they're starting to fade. She's only a couple inches taller than Clare; she's got a slight, small frame too. She wears glasses that don't do justice to her hazel green eyes. She graduated from DeGrassi last year with Sav's class and is now attending Ryerson; she works part time at the Dot and has for the last year and a half. Her family attends Riverdale Alliance Church which is the same church I attend and over the last year we've become close friends, next to Owen and Bianca she's one of my best friends.
"Hey Meghan," I greet her as she finishes putting the cash in the drawer.
"Hi Mark," she smiles back; she's one of the few people I let call me Mark, "you're not on for another 20 minutes."
"I know, I'm gonna have breakfast with my girl in the employee lounge," I tell her as I get two cups of coffee and start heating two chocolate croissants.
"You have a girlfriend that's great, I'd love to meet her," Meghan says.
"You already know her, it's Clare but you can't tell anyone about us," I tell Meghan.
Meghan twists her face at me, "Why? Is she ashamed of you or something? You're not that bully anymore she should know you've changed."
"She does that's not why we're not telling anyone. She's dating Owen too, they're public and we're secret," I explain.
"So she's cheating on Owen with you?! Mark th…"
"No Meghan we're not cheating, Owen knows about us, Clare's dating both of us, it was his idea actually. She's public with Owen because they go to DeGrassi together and secret with me because she's worried what people will think if they know she's got two boyfriends. Drew, Adam and Bianca know and they're shocked but happy, just promise not to say anything," I plead with her but I know I can trust Meghan.
"You know I'd never betray your trust Mark and you do look happier than I've ever seen you. Just be careful I'd hate for any of you to get hurt," Meghan says.
"Owen's my best friend and we both really like Clare, the last thing we want to do is hurt her or each other. We're in high school it's not like we're going to get married and Owen graduates in a few months, we're just having fun. I've been crushing on Clare for almost two years and now we're dating, God brought us together for a reason at this time and brought Owen with us for a reason," I respond and Meghan smiles.
"You're right and I'm happy for you, all three of you," Meghan says hugging me and standing on her tiptoes to kiss my cheek.
"Thanks, you want to come say hi she's in the employee lounge?" I offer.
"Sure," Meghan replies following me back to the lounge and carrying the croissants for me. "Hi Clare, Mark told me you guys are a couple now, and he told me about Owen but don't worry I won't say anything. I'm happy for you guys," Meghan tells her when we set everything on the table.
"Thanks," Clare grins standing up and hugging Meghan.
"Be good to him, Mark's a good guy," Meghan says when Clare releases her from the hug.
"I will, he's a great guy," Clare assures her and I grin.
"I have to get back out front and finishing opening procedures," Meghan comments.
"I'll be out in a few," I tell her and sit down to eat breakfast with Clare. "I hope you don't mind that I told Meghan, I know we're supposed to be secret bu…"
Clare leans over the table and cuts me off with a kiss, "It's fine, I told Adam, Drew and Bianca yesterday. Adam's my best friend, Drew, Bianca and you are Owen's, Bianca, Owen and Meghan are yours so now all of our best friends know and they'll all keep our secret," she smiles when she breaks the kiss and sits back down.
I smile at her and quickly finish my breakfast so I can clock in on time.
(CLARE)
"I'll sneak over on my lunch," Mark tells me when I'm ready to leave for school and he has to start working.
"Can't wait, we'll come have lunch here, you should have a break about then," I say as he draws me into his arms and encircles me.
I link my arms around his neck and our lips are attracted to each other for a heatedly passionate kiss. I tell Mark to say goodbye to Meghan for me and leave his arms to go out the back and walk to school. I practically skip to school I'm so happy, such a light hearted happy and such a different feeling of elation than I have ever felt. I just left Mark and I wish he could hold me all day but I know that I'll see Owen at school and I can't wait to be in his arms. I never thought I could care about two boys so much this way but I do and I've never felt better, it feels like the world can't touch me, like I'm surging with a power that I never even knew existed. I walk into school biting my lip and happily reminiscing over my ride home with Owen last night and my night with Mark. It's just after six and no one is here yet so I go to the resource center for a bit and check my e-mail, answering a few and chatting online with Spinner for a bit. When I get off with Spinner it's after seven and I go looking for Owen hoping he's here now, I see him standing at his locker talking with Dallas and Luke, they seem to be talking about hockey but I just want to say hi to my boyfriend. Stepping between Dallas and Owen, pushing my Ice Hound boy into the lockers as my hands grip his shoulders and my lips abduct his mid-sentence for a blistering good morning kiss! Owen puts his hands on my waist and lifts me a little, his tongue slipping between my lips and dancing with mine.
"Whoa!" I hear Dallas exclaim while I'm still greeting Owen.
"Holy crap!" Luke says in astonishment.
Word hadn't completely spread about me and Owen yet, only a few people found out yesterday and I'm sure the team heard at practice. However most of the school still didn't know, I could hear whispering in the halls and was sure it would spread like wild fire and the whole school would know by lunch.
"Morning," I smile at Owen when I take my lips away.
"Yes a very good morning," he grins putting an arm around my shoulders. From the corner of my eye I see Eli at the end of the hall but I'm not longer worried about Eli and choose to ignore him. "How was your night Sweets?" Owen asks, only he and I know that he's referring to Mark being with me.
"It was wonderful," I grin, "I have to go to my locker see you in a bit."
I smile at the other two Ice Hounds and start walking off; Owen playfully smacks my ass as I start walking away making me shriek a little. I look over my shoulder to give him a coy smile while biting my lip. I walk to my locker smiling to myself and biting my lip, the feel of Owen's lips remains on mine, I wish it would never fade. My blissfully euphoric smile fades to a frown when I see Eli leaning against my locker waiting for me.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" He spits in a condescending yet scornful tone.
"What's wrong with me?! You're the one that took MDMA, yelled at me, broke my heart, told me everything was my fault and then started dating a drug dealer!" I spit back lacing my voice with venom and hoping he feels the sting.
"No you just started going out with Owen the second I dumped you! Owen's a jock, a bully and has no brains, are you going out with him just to try and piss me off?" Eli questions narrowing his eyes at me and all I see is begrudging animosity in them.
"I didn't start dating Owen the second you dumped me and you dumped me for Talia so why should you care?! And for your information Eli Owen is not a bully anymore, he's not stupid and he's a 100 times the man you are! You want to talk about faults Eli I know all of yours," I remind him crossing my arms over my chest and Eli takes notice of my now naked finger.
His green eyes flash with immense deep seething jealousy and seething shock. He grabs my hand as if he thinks the ring will magically appear. "WHAT DID YOU DO?!" He yells in my face. "YOU'VE BEEN DATING HIM FOR FIVE MINUTES! YOU FU…"
"LET HER GO!" Maya screams at him.
"Stay out of this, it's none of your business," Eli growls at her.
"Uh Eli unless you want my brother to kill you let her go," Tris advises.
"BOTH OF YOU MIND YOUR OWN DAMN BUSINESS!" Eli yells at them and they take off running while Eli looks back at me. "IF YOU SLEPT WITH THAT JOCK BASTARD I'LL CU…"
Eli's threat is cut off by a swift punch to his jaw from Owen! The punch is powerful enough to fell Eli, making him not only let go of me but stumble and fall! I see both Maya and Tris standing just behind Owen with smiles and satisfied looks, they didn't run because they scared of Eli, they ran to get Owen. Dallas is standing on the other side of Owen and Luke is standing just behind Dallas next to Maya and Tris.
"You'll what? You ever touch my girlfriend again I will break every bone in your body. She's not your girlfriend anymore, what she does with me is none of your fucking business anymore!" Owen growls and with his arm still around my shoulders turns to walk away but then Owen turns back, "Oh and if you ever yell at my brother or Maya again then I'll rip your tongue from your mouth and staple it to your forehead!"
Dallas and Luke start laughing, Luke puts a hand on Maya's shoulder directing Tris and Maya to follow us and we walk away from Eli.
"That was rather graphic," I comment as we round the corner.
"It gets the point across," Owen shrugs.
"I never did get to my locker," I point out.
"Classes don't start for a while you have time and next time I'll walk you to make sure Psycho Boy isn't around," Owen says as he sits on the steps to the auditorium.
He places me in his lap, Tris sits on one side of his brother, Dallas sits on the other leaning back on his arms and spreading out his legs to lounge. Maya sits next to Tris and Luke sits on the step below them.
"Owen he's not Psycho," I argue and Owen pinches his eyebrows together while twisting his mouth at me.
"Eli's pretty cool, he did give me the lead in the play, he's just…intense," Tris counters.
"No he's psycho, you all weren't here when he did some of his craziest shit," Owen argues as Drew and Bianca sit down with us.
"Who?" Bianca questions.
"Eli, he found out Clare was dating Owen I guess and totally lost it. He grabbed her hand and was yelling at her, he wouldn't let her go so we ran and got Owen," Maya explains.
"He was angry, and he saw my ring missing, that's when he really flipped out," I tell them.
"Yeah and he doesn't know the half of it," Drew says under his breath and Bianca hits him as Adam joins us along with Dave.
"What are we talking about?" Adam questions.
"How totally nuts your former best friend is," Drew tell him.
"You guys think Eli's crazy?" Zig questions sitting down with Tori. Cam is with him and sits down behind Maya putting her in his arms.
"No I know he's crazy," Owen states.
"He put on a good play but Eli is crazy," Jenna agrees as she and Becky sit on either side of Luke, I look around and realize that we are quite the motley crew.
"Yeah he was a hoarder, he crashed his car just to get Clare to come see him, poisoned Fitz with ipecac and tricked Fitz into getting arrested," Owen lists off.
"He wrote Stalker Angel," Adam speaks up.
"Adam that story is fiction," I remind him.
"Yeah but he based the two main characters off you and him. In the story the hero, modeled after Eli kills his love interest, which he modeled after Clare, and drinks her blood," Adam informs the group.
"Seriously?" Owen questions and I nod, "Guess I should have actually read that."
"He also tried to get Jake expelled by planting drugs in his locker after Eli found out Clare and Jake were dating," Drew comments.
"Yeah and then Imogen put them in Clare's locker," Bianca says.
"You dated your stepbrother?!" Dallas exclaims.
"He wasn't my stepbrother at the time," I refute.
"He also wrote a play last year to try and get Clare back, a play about them. Then went nuts and burned the script on stage," Owen says.
"He broke into Fiona's place when he thought Imogen was cheating on him," Adam comments.
"See Psycho Boy!" Owen states as the bell rings.
I just twist my mouth to one side before releasing it to kiss him, "I still need to go to my locker," I remind Owen.
"Then let's go Milady," Owen says, I smile while Maya giggles and Dallas rolls his eyes but Bianca smacks him.
"You might also want to walk her to class since Eli's in it with us," Dave tells him.
"Oh yeah Psycho Boy has class with you," Owen growls.
"I'll be fine, Dave and Adam have the class with me," I tell him.
All of us stand, diverging in separate directions to get to class. Adam and Dave follow me and Owen to my locker and Eli is gone now. I get out my books then Owen walks with us to our class, leaning me against the wall to kiss me before I go in the class room.
"See you at lunch Sweets," Owen grins walking down the hall and I sit at my desk.
"You sure seem to be a lot happier with Owen," Dave comments.
"I am," I grin. "And very happy with Mark too," I add silently in my head while smiling secretly.
Eli comes into class with a bruise forming on his jaw and glares at me. I ignore him but feel him glaring at me all through class. Adam and I have physics next and we wave to Dave as we leave class. Becky has physics with us and we all sit at one table, there's some whispering in class about me and Owen and about Eli finding out. I have to wonder what will happen if everyone find out I'm dating Mark too. I sit watching the clock anxiously because I know Mark has his lunch at ten and he's going to sneak into the school to see me. He can't very well stroll into the class and start kissing me so I have to get a hall pass and figure out where to meet him. When the clock hits 10:05 I tell the teacher I need to use the washroom and get a hall pass. I brought my purse since teachers don't think twice about a girl going to the washroom with her purse; they all think we're on our period and need tampons or something. I get out my phone and send a text to Mark.
Clare: Where are you? I have a hall pass but only a few minutes.
Mark: Just about to go through the outside door to the utility room.
I slip my phone back into my pocket and run to the utility room when no one can see me. I open the door and Mark pulls me to him, his lips crashing against mine as I link my arms around his neck. Our time together is too short because I have to get back to class and I reluctantly pull away from him.
"I'll see you in a little while when we come for lunch," I tell him.
"I'll be counting the minutes," Fitz grins and we leave through opposite doors.
I go back to class and sit at my desk, managing to hide my smile from everyone but Adam. He grins back at me, he knows me to well and he knows about Mark so I'm sure he knows just what I was doing. I make it through the rest of class and leave as soon as the bell rings. Someone is leaning on my locker when I get there but it's my Ice Hounds boyfriend this time instead of my crazy ex.
"Hey Handsome," I grin gripping his shirt to join our lips.
"Hi Gorgeous," he smiles when I finally pull my lips away, "ready for lunch?"
"Yes, I'm hungry," I nod as Owen moves off my locker so I can get my books in. Owen puts his arm around my shoulders and we walk the short distance to the Dot. "Hi Meghan," I smile at the girl and she grins at us.
"Hey Clare, Owen you look just as happy as Mark," Meghan comments.
"Mark told her," I explain to Owen.
"Cool," he smiles.
"Just sit anywhere, Mark will be out in a minute," Meghan tells us.
Owen and I sit at a table near the window; Drew and Bianca walk in a couple minutes later and join us. Mark comes to get our order grinning widely and Bianca smiles.
"I've never seen either of you smile so much and Eli's been walking around with a scowl instead of his usual smirk. I like the three of you with endless smiles and I like Dr. Doom having his scowl," Bianca laughs.
"You know tomorrow's Friday and we have a game, we only have three more this season," Owen says.
"Well we're all coming of course, I want to see you play," I smile kissing his cheek.
"You should all come over after the game, my parents are going away for the weekend and Tris is spending the weekend at Maya's so we'll have the house," Owen tells us.
"Awesome," Mark grins.
"Sweet," Drew agrees.
With tomorrow's plans settled Mark takes our order and brings our drinks a few minutes later. We talk a little until our food is brought out and Mark slyly tells us he's going on his break. I wait for a few minutes after he's gone into the back before I excuse myself from the table and everyone at the table gives me a knowing smile.
"Have fun," Owen says in a low voice after I kiss him and I grin.
I walk back towards the washrooms and then through the employee door to the hall leading to the kitchen and employee lounge. Mark has the door open to the lounge and he locks it once we're in, he sits in a chair, I sit in his lap and our lips attach. They don't part until his watch goes off to tell him that his break is over.
"I have to get back out there, Meghan's off but I'm off at 3 should I meet you after school?" Mark asks as we stand.
"Yeah but Jake will probably be home, maybe we can go to Adam's," I suggest. Mark grins and kisses me quickly before he leaves the lounge; I wait a minute and follow him out sitting back at our table. "Hey can we come over after school, Owen and Dallas have practice and since you guys know…"
"Yeah no problem," Drew starts and then looks at Owen as if to get his permission, but Owen only smiles and Drew grins while nodding. "Mom won't be home until about 4:30 which is just before Dallas gets home and Fitz will need to leave anyway," Drew says.
I smile and we finish our lunch, I text Mark's phone to meet me at Adam's after school. Owen and I walk back with Drew and Bianca, Owen takes me to my locker to be safe and I get some books but I have a spare this period so he kisses me before going to his math class. Eli has a spare this period too and before he can find me I go up to the roof and spend the period getting a jump on my homework. My last class is the Writers Craft which I have with Adam. The class is all of us working on our own stories and the class goes by quickly. Adam already knows I'm coming over and Mark is meeting us there, only the four of us are going of course because no one else knows.
Mark is waiting out back on the bench when we arrive and waits until we're inside to kiss me. Drew and Adam grab us a snack while Bianca and I put on TV and start our homework. I lie on the sofa and lay my legs over Mark's lap, for the next hour we eat, watch TV and do homework while I occasionally lean over to kiss Fitz. It's nice to be with him in public, in a manner of speaking anyway. A little after four Mark tells me he needs to leave and he'll see me tonight when he sneaks in. I smile in anticipation and we share a long lingering kiss goodbye. Audra comes home just a few minutes later and just after five Owen and Dallas arrive. I say goodbye to Drew, Bianca, Adam and Dallas and leave with Owen.
"I can't wait for tomorrow night when I can be with both of you and not sneak around with Mark," I remark as Owen drives to my house.
"Yeah I know Fitz will be happy too and we have the whole house, the two of you could stay all weekend you know," Owen offers and I grin.
"I'll tell Mom that I'm sleeping at Dad's," I reply feeling a thrill go up my spine at the prospect of a whole weekend.
Owen grins and parks the car out front of my house, he gets out of the car opening the passenger door and walking me to my front door.
"See you in the morning Sweets," Owen grins leaning over me and ensnaring my lips.
His tongue glides over my bottom lip and I part my lips to allow his tongue in. I grip his shirt and deepen the kiss just as my front door opens and my mom clears her throat breaking us apart.
"Hello," Mom says in a harsh tone to Owen.
"Mom this is Owen, my boyfriend," I introduce them.
Mom looks Owen up and down with distinct disapproval before she speaks, "It's nice to meet you Owen, why don't you come in and stay for dinner."
Update Thursday March 13th starting right about here and including Owen's game.