Cameron and I met as freshman in Algebra . I wasn 't what you would call the " popular " type . I was smart , nice , and most of all I was gay . No one , not even my sister , knew the real me . But I was okay with that . Cameron 's friends however , were not . They constantly teased me because I was scrawny and I couldn 't put up much of a fight , so I played the psychological games until they started beating me up . Cameron was never aware about this though . He was completely oblivious to whatever his friends did to me . It wasn 't until before Christmas Break he figured out what was going on . I was assigned to be his tutor when his parents figured out he was failing Algebra . Every Tuesday and Thursday I went over to his house and tutored him . One of those days was a day I was beaten up on the way over to his house . . . " Look would you just drop it ? We aren 't even friends , I 'm just your ticket to stay on the swim team . " He had a weird expression on his face when I said this , like he cared or something . Not questioning him , I did as I was told . I looked around his house and noticed a picture on his mantle with candles around it . It was a picture of a boy who looked a lot like Cameron . I walked up to it and noticed that there was a memorial pamphlet sitting next to the picture . I was about to open it when I heard Cameron drop something and I turned sharply to see him staring at me . We spent the rest of the afternoon on the couch as he cleaned up my lip and the cuts on my face . He told me about how his little brother was playing in the neighborhood when a drunk driver came speeding around the corner and hit him . Cameron told me how guilty he felt about it for not keeping a closer eye on him . It was at that moment he shattered the image of the Heartless Jock I saw him as , and started falling for him . Every week he and I studied on Tuesdays and talked on Thursdays . It wasn 't long before he and I started hanging out at school and on weekends . His parents had to go to Boston for Christmas so he spent it with my family , which became a yearly ritual . On Saturdays he and I went to the gym where he would help me buff up so I could defend myself against his former friends . By the beginning of Sophomore year I could kick their asses without thinking twice about it . Eventually they started leaving me alone and Cameron and I became best friends who had one common goal : To graduate . The three of us walked up to the seats that were lined up on the Football field . Alexis and I sat next to each other , while Cameron sat one row in front of us . We sat down and looked out in front of us . There was a stage with a podium , 6 seats on either side . My tutoring helped Cameron get up to Calculus , but both of our schedules got really busy when we both got jobs . He had to drop his class after 2 months because he couldn 't keep up . After that he 's been calling my Calculus teacher , Mr . Hoover for the obvious crude double entendre . Grad Practice dragged on for hours . It was about Noon when we got out of there . Alexis was going off to a salon to get prettied up for Graduation , and the dance afterwards , which left Cameron and I to get lunch alone . " Well you 'll be busy here man . You have work , classes , and before you know it we 'll both be home . " I told him . I don 't think I could ever tell him why I really wouldn 't forget him . Over the past three years I 've fallen so madly in love with him that I didn 't want to risk telling him the truth and having him flip out and run away from me . My heart couldn 't take that hit . On the drive home , Cameron was even quieter . When we got to his house , I looked at him . I stared deep into his eyes and could tell he was in pain . He began to unbuckle and get out of the car . I was stunned . I didn 't know what to do . All I could think was Don 't let him leave . I got out of the car and met him at his front door . I didn 't say a word . I just looked at him with my hand still on his wrist . I pulled him into me and hugged him . I whispered into his ear . There 's no reason to be brutal . It was a good strong opening . Characters and plot established . Interest built and the final touch at the end that has me writing you a note to say that I for one will certainly be cumming back to see what these two have to say and do to each other . All I could think about all day was how his lips felt against my cheek . They felt so soft , but then again , everything about Cameron was soft . His touch , his gaze , his laugh , all made me feel warm inside . I didn 't care if he didn 't feel the same about me , but had his kiss meant he did ? At 6 : 30 that evening my family packed into the cars . My Mom , sister and aunts went in the minivan , and my Dad and grandparents went with me in my Mustang . My thoughts still clouded and focused on Cameron . I didn 't see him in the gym where the students gathered to walk into the football stadium together and started getting worried . The principal walked in and motioned for us to get in our lines and follow him . We walked out of the gym and it was like everything slowed down when I saw Cameron running up to his place in line . His gorgeous brown hair was flowing in the wind , and his eyes were glowing in the sunset . Though he didn 't even glance towards me , I couldn 't take my eyes off of him . He looked stunning . After the last student was called the principal gave his speech and we were all dismissed . Caps went in the air as cheering filled the stadium . I went straight towards him as he started to leave and grabbed his shoulder . We sat down at our usual table and started eating . I pulled out my Pre - Calculus homework , and he grabbed his chemistry book out of his bag . He always made me help him with his Pre - Cal at his house to give me a chance to do it first . We both laughed a little and dove into our assignments . We were actually working very hard until Craig and his goons showed up . Craig was Cameron 's protégé in Junior High before he met me , and was also the one who constantly beat me up . " WHAT did you just say Mr . Hansen ? ! " Mrs . Lancaster , who seemed to pop up out of nowhere , screamed . " That kind of talk gets a referral to the Principal 's office ! " Cameron and I laughed to ourselves as Mrs . Lancaster dragged Craig away by the arm . He was a big muscular guy and she was a tiny , thin woman so it was a very rare sight . Craig pointed at us and mouthed the words " I 'll get you " . As I pulled up to Cameron 's house , I felt my chest tighten and my nerves run wild . What would happen ? Would we kiss ? Would we fight ? Would we - " Look , I don 't know why I did what I did , it was just a spur of the moment thing . I 'm just really scared of losing you and I needed to show you how I felt , " I just stared at him as he talked , " I love you Josh , and I just needed you to know that . I know you don 't feel the same way about me so I 'm just gonna go inside and kill myself for being such an idiot . " I knew there was only one thing I could do to keep him from going inside without me . I grabbed his arm and spun him around . I stared deep into his bright green eyes as he gazed into my dark blue eyes … and I kissed him What a great beginning to a story that we all would love to have happen to us . It 's strange how so many of us had intense feelings for our best friend but just could not bring ourselves to express it . However , now we can live vicariously through Josh and Cameron . Thanks ! Take your time . Just don 't let this story tapper off without finishing it . I 'm just happy to know that " the fun actually begins . " And for the record , I am already too excited . My mind was going out of control . Cameron wasn 't pushing me away or anything . I couldn 't believe it ; this was everything I had wanted for almost 4 years . It was even harder to believe that as of just a few hours ago I wasn 't a high school kid anymore . I woke her up and we got ready . Cameron took us to breakfast at the local IHOP and then we drove to the nearby town to play some Lasertag and Paintball . We had lunch at a Red Robin 's , my favorite restaurant , and Cameron ordered us a big milkshake to split between the three of us . We were leaving the restaurant when I stopped Cameron . We both gave him a hug and thanked him . Everything he did just made me love him even more . When we got back home I hugged him again . A week before junior year ended , Cameron and I really pissed off Craig . He tried to steal Mrs . Lancaster 's final exam for her A . P . U . S . History class and Cameron saw him doing it . He ran directly to me afterwards . I was an assistant in the front office for work experience and I was able to file a full report anonymously about it . Craig was expelled from the school when the security guards caught him as he was leaving campus and searched him . They found the test in his backpack and dragged him to the principal . The next day was pretty quiet . Everyone knew what happened but no one knew who turned Craig in . Unfortunately , Craig knew exactly who did it . I got a text from Cameron saying that his mom picked him up for a doctor 's appointment and she was letting him stay home for the rest of that day to relax a bit . I just replied with " K , see you later dummy : P " . I walked home with Alexis that day . Since Cameron wasn 't there after school , we didn 't have a ride home . We took the back way through the neighborhood to avoid any run in with Craig 's goons . When we came up to Cameron 's street , I saw Craig 's new convertible speed out of the area and I started freaking out . Alexis looked at me with fear in her eyes I ran up to Cameron 's house and found the front door wide open with broken glass around the entrance . My heart started pounding as I took steps inside . I barely heard the glass crunching under my feet over the sound of my heart leaping out of my chest . I heard something in the back fall over and hit the floor . I ran back to Cameron 's bedroom to find the door shut , but the knob was broken and hanging out of the side . I pushed but something was pushing back . I pushed harder and noticed there was blood on the carpet . I gasped as I saw Cameron lying on the floor against the door in a torn , blood - stained white T - shirt and blood drenched shorts . His face was bruised and cut up . I saw a wooden bat lying on the floor next to him . I immediately dropped down to the floor and tried to get him up . Alexis ran up and saw Cameron and took her cell phone out of her pocket and called 911 . I had stopped trying to pick him up and just got him to sit upright , keeping him conscious . It wasn 't long till a Paramedic came inside with a stretcher . They wheeled Cameron away and took him to the closest hospital . The police showed up and started questioning us . We told them about Craig 's car leaving the area shortly before we found Cam . I cried my eyes out that night . Not from pain but from fear that Cameron might die . It was the exact reason I didn 't have a best friend before . I knew I was prone to becoming too close with someone when I opened up to them . I became dependant on Cameron to survive . Three days later I saw in the paper that the police had arrested Craig and his goons for armed assault . They were charged guilty and put in prison for 10 years . It took Cameron 4 months to completely heal . The hospital discharged him after a week . It was the loneliest week of my life , but everyday I was in the hospital room with him until they forced me to go home . When Cameron was released his parents asked me to stay with him for a while . They took every precaution to avoid post - traumatic stress . Every morning and every night for the 5 days he had me stay he would say " Thanks for saving my life " … I don 't mind . . . though I 'm currently in Europe , so the timing is always a bit weird , and I always hope to see an update whenever I 'm online and never bother to count backwards to check what time it is in the States . Go back home in a week though , so hopefully the timing will be back to normal then hehe . Love the story . Keep on writing . xx Great work ITC . . . 3 chapters and I 'm already hooked ! ! Keep up the great work , and Ik alot of us are looking forward to an update soon ! Cameron pulled me into a deep and passionate kiss . He grabbed my hands off his hips and pulled me down the hallway , never breaking the kiss . He opened his door and pushed me inside onto his bed . Of all the times I stayed over here , he never slept in his bed ; he always slept on the floor with me in a sleeping bag . Some mornings I would wake up early and just watch him sleeping . He looked too beautiful to touch . I was almost afraid of what was happening between us , even though it was everything I wanted since I got to know him . There were two sides of me at that point . A side that was about to lose control and let Cameron do whatever he wanted to me , and another side that was afraid about the repercussions of what might happen . The summer had been very stressful for both of us . Both of us worked at the local video store together , but since his accident Alexis had been covering his hours . When I was working his parents were taking care of him , and when they went out of town for business related trips , Alexis and I took shifts watching over him . The second time they left town , we decided to just stay with him until they got back . I took him to his physical therapy appointments and Alexis took care of the food . She had always been gifted in the kitchen , and I had always hoped she would become a chef someday . But she had other plans to become a lawyer . Cameron was always planning on becoming a Journalist , another thing about him that shocked the hell out of me . I planned on becoming a Psychologist because I was always so intuitive . The only thing I had trouble with was trying to get into Stanford . It was a difficult choice to make because I would be leaving Cameron behind , but it would be the best thing I could do . When I told him , I was shocked that he was excited for me . He wasn 't mad that I would be leaving at all . As I thought about it , he and I weren 't like normal friends . We never got mad at each other , we never fought , and he was always so patient with people . But today was different . Today , Cameron could barely face people when he knew they would look at him and either spread rumors or judge him for what happened . We walked past a group of jocks who looked at Cameron and started laughing . Then , Cameron did something that really surprised me . He got over his nerves and started acting like his old self . The rest of the day was a little bit easier . After people heard about Cameron 's verbal bitch - slap , they left him alone . He had to quit the swim team because he wouldn 't be recovered in time to compete . He was upset yeah , but he was dealing with it . He had to go to the local college because of it . He was in line for a major scholarship but when he had to quit it went to Jerrod Brashar , Cameron 's rival swimmer . When I walked him home that day , Cameron begged me to stay the night again . I don 't know why he asked but he made it very clear that he needed me there . I tried to convince my parents what was going on , but it took Alexis to beg them to let her stay at a friends house that night to for them to let us both go . That night , Cameron said his legs were feeling really sore , and they looked pretty swollen . His mom told him to sleep in his bed to keep them elevated . He looked sad because he never let me sleep alone on the floor and he felt guilty leaving me down there . I wasn 't about to question his motives . I knew he felt insecure about himself , especially since his accident . I didn 't want to make him think I wouldn 't want to return his favor of keeping me company on the floor for 3 years . " I guess I could . But you gotta promise no spooning , " I said with a smirk on my face . I wanted so badly to tell him what I really wanted him to do to me . We got into the bed and turned away from each other . I was surprised at how comfortable it was and wondered how he could continuously give it up and sleep on the floor . About ten minutes later I could tell he was asleep . His breathing slowed down and his nose started whistling . I chuckled to myself and started thinking of things I would say to him in the morning about his musical nose . My comedic thoughts were instantly interrupted when he started grunting in his sleep . The grunts turned into twitching , which eventually turned into movements . I was about to get up and go to the bathroom when he turned over . I felt his breath on my neck , and I must say it felt comforting . I was about to fall asleep when he turned back over . I decided this was my one chance and reciprocated . I turned over and put my hands near my legs . I started to move my left hand up to lift the blanket up so I could see . I saw his ass poking out from the rest of his body . He looked really cute in his pajamas . Every fiber of my being wanted to lift my right hand up to grab it … but I couldn 't . Not only did I love everything about Cameron , but I respected him too . This story is really good ! I love the friendship they have and really feel emotional for Cameron 's unfortunate turning point His bright future is defuncted by stupid Craig Good job and I hope to read the next chapter soon ! Reply With Quote August 4th , 2008 , 07 : 31 AM I was really nervous about my date with Cameron . He wouldn 't tell me where he was taking me , and he just told me to be ready at 6 : 30 . I had to make an excuse for Alexis because the three of us always did stuff together . I was wracking my brain all day trying to find an excuse , but no such luck . I was about to start getting ready when Alexis knocked on my door . " Hey , I 'm going out dancing with some friends tonight and then we 're gonna go to a movie . If you and Cameron wanna meet up with us we 'll probably be going around 8 : 30 . " She said . I whispered a thank you up to God when she left the room . Though my issue of the moment was solved , I still had butterflies . I was pacing back and forth in my room looking at my cell phone every 5 seconds . It was only 5 : 59 , what was I obsessing about ? I sat down and started watching T . V . I couldn 't find anything interesting so I shut it off and got online . I went directly to Myspace and saw Cameron was offline . I sent him a text saying " Hey " and got no response . I was getting really nervous . I went into the bathroom to put on more deodorant and fixed my hair a little . I usually just brushed it out of my face and made sure it was flat , but tonight I wanted to look nice . When 6 : 29 rolled around I was waiting in the Living room . My parents had already left to this fundraiser for Cameron 's dad . He was running for some city official position I can 't remember what it was . I saw a figure come up to my door and immediately jumped up to answer it . I opened the door before he could reach the bell . I frowned at him when he refused to tell me what was going on . He knew I was a total control freak and I could tell he was enjoying how he was messing with me . I was about to protest to his mind games when he grabbed my hand and led me to his car . We were driving for about an hour but the time just flew by . I spent the entire car ride holding his hand and looking at him . I was mesmerized by the sunset making his brown hair glow , and though he was wearing sunglasses I stared deep at his bright green eyes . We finally stopped and he turned off the car . He took off his sunglasses and stared back into my eyes . No words needed to be said , I knew neither one of us wanted to let go of each others hand . We got out and I saw the sign to Red Robin 's my favorite restaurant . I smiled at him and put my hand on his shoulder as we walked in . We had to act casual because this was a popular place . Though we 'd eaten here together before , Alexis was always with us . I was a little nervous to how this would look , I wasn 't sure if I was ready for people to know so soon . But Cameron didn 't seem worried ; in fact he was acting like he usually did . We sat in a booth in the back and talked back and forth . We saved relationship talks for a more private scene though . I just told him that I was getting nervous about college and everything and he told me about how his schedule was looking . At that moment , our waitress came out with 2 slices of double chocolate cake , my favorite dessert . They had little graduation caps on them and whipped cream on the edges . I gave his foot a little kick and turned and smiled at him . I didn 't have anything to say to that . I just stared deep into his eyes . I wanted to kiss him and I would have if we weren 't in such a public area . We finished our dessert and went back out to the car . When we both got in I leaned over and kissed him . He pulled me in for another kiss . They weren 't slopping , tonguing kisses , but passionate , soft kisses . He drove us back to his house , with his arm constantly around my shoulder with me leaning into him . When we got to his house he got a big smile on his face . We were two steps inside his bedroom when I felt him turn me around and pick me up . He pushed my legs around his waist and started kissing me with his hands around my back , holding me up . He glided over to his bed and gently placed me down . He started unbuttoning his white over shirt exposing his white tank top . He leaned over my waist and pulled up my dark blue t - shirt . He started kissing my stomach going upwards , pulling my shirt up a little more every time he moved until it was completely off , where he met my lips in a deep kiss . He then went back downwards following the same path and lightly gliding over my stomach which tickled me . I giggled a little and he looked up and smiled . He did it again and it made me shiver this time . He reached his hands up to my belt and started unbuckling it . He went back down to my belt buckle and pulled off my belt . With his left hand he rubbed my crotch through my jeans and with his right he unbuttoned them . He pulled the zipper down and dragged my jeans off . His left hand kept rubbing my crotch as he examined my boxer briefs . He grabbed my waist and pulled me up against the edge of the bed . He plunged his face into my crotch and started nibbling at my boxer briefs . I gasped a little as I felt his fingers slip under my waistline . He gently pulled at it slowly . He moved his mouth up to my belly button and followed his fingers down as he slowly but surely pulled off my underwear . Then with one sweeping motion , he pulled my briefs off and threw them across the room . His pants dropped to the floor and I gasped . He was bigger than I imagined . He looked to be about 7 inches but my sense of measurement is shitty . He got on his knees in front of me and pushed me on my back . I felt his fingers on my dick . He was holding me so lightly it was almost like he wasn 't there . Then , I felt his tongue at the base of my shaft , slowly going up . I shivered as he did this . He moved his other hand from my stomach to my leg and started caressing it . He was so gentle in his movements I had to keep looking down to make sure he was still there . It wasn 't long before he really started getting into it . He started licking my cock more aggressively and then started to take the whole thing in his mouth . It was unbelievable how good it felt . About 5 minutes into it I started to feel myself go over the edge . He didn 't seem to care that I said it , and just kept going with his movements . I grabbed his hair and pushed into him and exploded in his mouth . He took every drop of it in and got up to kiss me . It was weird to taste myself in his mouth … but it was also really sexy . He started poking me over and over tickling me onto the bed . He did this for some time until I pinned him onto the bed , holding his wrists up above his head . I leaned in to kiss him and he broke free of my hold and wrapped his arms around me . We both laughed harder than ever before that night . We fell asleep like that for a while . It wasn 't until about midnight when I woke up to my phone ringing in my jeans pocket . I got up slowly to answer it so I wouldn 't wake Cameron . I will never forget what I heard on the other end of that phone . He didn 't seem to care that I said it , and just kept going with his movements . I grabbed his hair and pushed into him and exploded in his mouth . He took every drop of it in and got up to kiss me . It was weird to taste myself in his mouth … but it was also really sexy . Ok guys I 'm working on Chapter 6 . You 're gonna hate me because of this chapter . Glad to see I turned some heads with that twist . Give me one firm place to stand , and I shall move the Earth . . . more than the 383 miles it would move anyway . The rain came in waves that day . Sometimes it poured , sometimes it came down soft , but it never stopped all day . Someone once told me that God was in the rain , and that it was his way of reaching all of us . Unfortunately , I doubted that God was with me that day . I spent as much time as I could alone in my room , staring out the window . I watched the water streak down the glass for hours . Around 5 p . m . my mom walked into my room . " Why not ? I 've spent my entire life having things taken away from me . Shouldn 't I get one thing , just ONE thing to say ' This … this I get to keep ' ? Why should I have to let go of everything I care about ? ! " I said . She didn 't say anything ; she just motioned for me to follow her . I followed her into the living room and saw my Dad , my aunts , my grandparents , and Cameron . I never looked Cameron in the eyes , but I knew he looked nice . We all started getting into the cars . Cameron never let go of my shoulder except to get into the other side of the car . When we got in he put his hand on mine , but something in me made me pull my hand away and put it in my pocket . I didn 't look at him but I knew he was upset . The drive seemed to take forever , and every fiber of my being was screaming at me to jump out of the car and run away as far , and as fast as I possibly could . I could tell Cameron knew what I was thinking because he put his hand on my shoulder again . This time I lifted my hand up to his and held it there . I hardly remember the funeral . I cried through most of it . I don 't remember anything anyone said , and I don 't remember much about looking at her coffin . The only thing I really remember is what happened after . I walked out of the building before anyone else and started walking out towards the trees behind it . I stood there for God knows how long before I felt someone grab my shoulder . I turned around and saw Cameron staring at me with puffy eyes . " No you don 't … Cameron … " I snapped , " You don 't know how I feel . You know why ? I don 't feel anything anymore . Alexis wasn 't just a sister to me . She was always there for me . No matter what happened , no matter what bad thing happened , she was always there to fix it . I could always count on her to help me . Now , I don 't have that guarantee anymore and I don 't have my sister anymore ; so no , you don 't know how I feel . " " Josh , you aren 't the only one hurting here . I 'm in pain too . Alexis was family to me too but that 's not all that 's hurting me . It hurts that you won 't let me be there for you . Now I know you 're in pain , and I want us to be there for each other , but if you need time I 'll give it to you . I know you 're in a dark place now , and when you 're ready to come back , I 'll be waiting to pull you out , " He said . The image that 's burned into my mind is Cameron walking away from me that day . I wanted so much to run after him , but I couldn 't . I just watched as he walked away from me , hoping he 'd turn around and come back . " Tragedy strikes our small town of Monroe as three teenage girls are killed in a car accident . Alexis Gordon , Michelle Ryan , and Chloe Sanchez , recent graduates from Monroe High School , were hit by a drunk driver as they were exiting the movie theater parking lot . The driver has been identified as Marco Gardez who had a Blood Alcohol Level of 3 . 0 . He has been taken into Police Custody and is facing court arraignment within the next week . In other news … June went by fast . I did everything I could to avoid being at home . I picked up every shift I could at the video store , got another job at a local bookstore , and ran every errand my parents needed done . I did anything I could just to stay out of the house , except for one thing . Cameron and I barely spoke , even when our shifts at the video store overlapped ; we barely said anything to each other . The most he did was pat me on the shoulder as he came in and as he left each time . I wish I could say that I was affected by it , but I couldn 't feel anything at all ; much less feel guilty . I walked from my house to his , trying to come up with what I was going to say . It took about 10 minutes to get there and I couldn 't think of a thing . I walked up to his front door and knocked . My heart was pounding as fast as it was 2 months ago when I was pulling up that night in my car . I saw a figure come up to the door , and then disappear . I felt my phone buzz in my pocket . ' Come Inside ' was the text Cameron sent me . I opened the front door and walked down the hall towards his bedroom . I started having several flashbacks . I saw blood on the floor where it was the day Cameron was attacked , I saw my backpack next to the door as it usually was everyday after school , and lastly , I saw my sock laying in the hallway . It was the last piece of clothing I grabbed when I ran out the door after my mom called me that night . I opened his door and saw him standing there with one long stem rose in his hand . " Cameron , I don 't know if I 'm ready for this . I don 't know if I 'm ready for anything . I just want to make sure , that if anything , we 're still best friends , " I said . " Josh , I love you . And if that means letting you have your space , then I 'm more than happy to wait a little longer . I 've been waiting for 4 years , what 's another 4 months ? " he said . " Cameron , I love you too . I love you more than you realize , but if we start this now , I 'm just going to end up hurting you . I still want to be a part of your life , but I 'm leaving soon and I couldn 't handle doing that to you . I 'm sorry , " I said . I turned around and walked outside . Clouds had formed again , the third time this week , and I could smell rain in the air . I started walking and about halfway home the rain started falling . I was starting to get soaked when I heard someone call out my name . I turned to see Cameron running towards me with something in his hands . " I couldn 't let you leave without this , " He handed me a receipt . " I kept this from our date . It helped me keep my faith in you ; that you would come back to me soon . I want you to have it . Don 't lose your faith Josh , I never lost mine . " " Josh , I know you 're leaving , but I am prepared to do anything at all to be with you . If that means I have to drive 1000 miles in one day to see you for 5 minutes … then bring it on . I 'm not about to lose you too , " he said . I couldn 't help myself . I leaped forward and wrapped my arms around him . He pulled his head back a little to reposition us and kissed me deeply , with the rain falling gracefully on our heads . For the first time in two months I felt that God was with me , in the rain . That was so adorably sweet . What a nice end to a sad turn of events . I 'm guessing that was the silver lining . Reply With Quote August 17th , 2008 , 08 : 30 PM Beautifully written and very much worth the wait . I hope there is more of the story to come , but , if not , at least we know that peace is with their world once again . Craiger I 've been without Internet for a bit , so I was excited to get back to see if there was a new installment . So . . . I hope this guilt trip helps . ; - ) In all honesty , this is such a great story ! Keep up the good work . It was weird going back home for the holidays . It felt like forever since I had left , and I felt like a whole new person . Cameron and I never changed though . Everyday in between classes I would sign onto my Yahoo messenger . He would have his phone constantly signed in so I would leave him dirty messages during the day . His birthday was in September so I bought and mailed him a webcam , and bought one for myself . We had video chats every night ( my room mate was never around at night ) and never grew apart even an inch . I was so excited to see him in person finally ; to hold him in my arms and feel him holding me back . I was walking through the airport looking for something to eat because I was starving . I was shocked to find a familiar looking girl sitting alone at a table playing with her food . I got some food and sat down at a table near her . " Oh don 't tell me you don 't remember me ! Ah well we only met once . I 'm Cameron 's cousin from Omaha , Justine . I 'm in town for the holidays . My parents flew in early but I wanted to stay home with my boyfriend for a while … " she said . After she said the word " boyfriend " I drifted off . I started thinking about Cameron and how he and I never used that term before . It took me a while to realize she was still talking . " … and even though it cost a little more we worked it out for Cameron 's mom to come pick me up from the airport . So what about you ? What are you doing in this port ? " she asked . Thank God I decided to start listening again . I was about to answer when her cell phone went off . She started ranting off about how the planes out of Omaha aren 't as nice as the planes out of Lincoln and girly things that I could care less about . She hung up the phone and put it back in her back pocket . I was curious why Cameron wanted to meet me in the school 's football stadium . It was my last day and I really wanted us to just be alone together . I pulled into the parking lot and saw his car . I walked into the stadium and saw him sitting on one of the benches . He un - wrapped the picture frame and I saw a picture of the 3 of us together on the first day of senior year . He placed it on the ground near the steps leading up the stadium with the three candles in front of it . He held a long match out and scraped it on the ground . With a long deep breath he held it to the first candle . I looked at him and could tell he was waiting for my reaction . I smiled and blew out the match . We got in our cars and drove back to his house . His parents were in the next town over shopping . When we got there , he grabbed my hand and led me into his bedroom . He sat down on his bed and guided me to sit next to him . I closed my eyes and felt his hand on the side of my face as he pulled me into a deep , passionate kiss . I lifted my hands up to his back and pulled him into me . We leaned back onto the bed and moved up to the pillows . For a moment we just lay there , staring in each others eyes . He lifted his hand to my face again and pushed the hair out of my eye . " Me neither , but you have to . You 've come too far to give up now . You 're strong Josh , you 'll get through it . Just make sure you come back to me safely , " he said squeezing me back . When I got home , I hugged my mom and went to take a nap . Before I fell asleep she said that she and my dad were going to dinner with some friends . I just waved at her over my shoulder and fell asleep . I didn 't sleep very long . My parents got a dog while I was away and she kept jumping up on me while I slept . I eventually got her to relax and she slept next to me on the bed . It was dark when I woke up . I felt something on my chest and assumed it was the dog . I reached over and turned on the light and saw it was Cameron . I was startled at first but relaxed a little when I realized it was him . His head was on my chest as he lay next to me . He looked up at me and smiled . " Your mom let me in before she left . She told me you were going to sleep so I just hung out in the living room for a while . I got tired of waiting so I came back here and decided you looked too beautiful to wake up , " he said . He took me in his arms and carried me back to my room . I was kissing his neck as he carried me down the hallway . He gently put me down on my bed and lifted off his shirt . He leaned down towards me and started kissing my neck . I felt his hands go under my shirt as his lips scaled my shirt collar . I sat up as he lifted my shirt off of me and resumed kissing me . His body pressed into mine as he lay down on top of me . His hands moved down to my waist and started playing with my belt . I felt him undo the buckle and pull my pants open . His hand massaged the material covering my cock , which was hard as a rock at this point . I flipped over on top of him and pulled open his pants . I pushed my hand inside and felt his throbbing cock under his boxers . He pulled his pants off and then pushed mine off as well . I leaned in on top of him and kissed him , grinding my waist into his . I felt his hands go under my boxerbriefs and grab my ass . Thanks for the lastest chapter . It 's good to have the boys and their cocks back together . I can imagine what theyre going to be do in bed now But it 's those web cams I 'm really interested to see if they can put to better use . What a beautiful tribute to Alexis , " For Alexis , may your spirit soar . " Separation is a terrible thing , but these two sound as if they will live through it . What is the old saying , " Absence makes the heart grow fonder . " I really love this story . Craiger Ok sorry it 's taking so long guys . I 'm just trying to set the scene a bit and make sure it all goes accordingly . I would like to see what you guys think would be a good idea to incorporate into the storyline . If you have any thoughts , PM me and I 'll try to work it in . I do , however , have an idea that involves Alexis 's death yet again .