Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 03:11:46 -0700 From: Eric James <eric.z.james@live.com> Subject: i wanna know what love is chp 13 This fictional story contains sex and graphic violence between underage minors. All normal legal warnings apply. Story should not be used, duplicated or re-written without the consent of the author as the author holds the copy right to the story. Please feel free to send all comments and suggestions to my email eric.z.james@live.com - the wonderful people at nifty.org would like us to remind the loyal readers to donate if you can, the site could use all the help it could get to stay in operation, every dollar counts - I wanna know what love it chp 13 When Jules woke up in the morning, he was still engulfed in the arms of a sleeping Aiden and was elated that the previous night's events weren't a dream. He gently pried himself out of Aiden's arms and tiptoed to the bathroom, he washed his face and threw on a pair of shorts and running shoes, he grabbed his IPod and quietly walked out of the room. Jules took off down the usual route he took during his runs, he couldn't help but smile, even though the situation was still new to him and Aiden was involved he was still guarded, but he was beaming at the thought of him and Aiden together. As he played the scene of their love making over and over in his mind, he realized he didn't have a nightmare that night, he slept like a baby. He made it back home and just as he was entering the side door, the phone rang. Not wanting to wake Aiden; he ran and grabbed it before it could ring a second time. Stellan was on the line but didn't have much time to talk, he told Jules that he wouldn't be home in time for Thanksgiving which was just a week away, he told him to through a big dinner and invite all his friends and to have it catered if he wanted, just to put it on his credit card and Stellan would pay for it. Stellan was upset that he would not be free to return home for Thanksgiving but promised he wouldn't miss Christmas, as he already purchased Jules' gifts. Jules decided to make the most of his father not being there and agreed to have a feast for him and his friends. Jules was still sweaty from his run but didn't want to shower in his room; he wanted to let Aiden sleep in some more. He showered in his parent's bathroom, which he hadn't done in years; it made him tear up seeing all his mother's things still in the bathroom. He quickly pushed the sad thought away and rinsed off and got out the shower. After drying; he crept through the house and up the stairs naked and entered his room, he smiled at seeing Aiden fast asleep in his bed. He climbed in the bed and laid back down, Aiden only woke up briefly to pull Jules close to him and within seconds they were both sound asleep where the stayed till late in the afternoon. ************************************** The rest of the weekend was spent in bed; they watched movies, played cards, made love, ate food and talked, all without leaving the bed and without putting on any clothes. That morning was bitter sweet for Jules, he wouldn't see much of Aiden in school as it was the last week of the play offs and the team was playing in the championship game. Aiden was going to be swamped with practice, training and impressing college scouts. Jules pulled into the student parking lot, Aiden looked around to make sure no one was noticing before giving Jules a deep passionate kiss then they went their separate ways to their classes. As Jules went to meet DeMarco before first period; he thought about the kiss Aiden has just gave him, they spent a lot of time connected at the lips over the past weekend and every time they did there was electricity, but Jules wondering why Aiden had to look around to make sure no one was watching for kissing him this last time. He figured he would just give Aiden time to get comfortable with him being gay or being seen kissing him, even though he said he would come out for him. DeMarco teased Jules all during their first period about the time spent locked in his bedroom and away from his friends, Jules couldn't help but blush. DeMarco couldn't help but notice how happy Jules looked and was glad that his friend was finally getting some of the good he deserved. That day at lunch; Jules sat down next to Dustin to have a private conversation, he knew he had to tell him what was going on. "I don't want to keep you in the dark and hoping..." Jules said. "I'm always going to hope you'll pick me Jules, I'll never give up hope. I still think we'd be great together and I know you know it too, but if you need to date him to realize that I'm good for you in the long run, I can deal with that" "I don't know what to say to that" Jules said sheepishly. "You don't have to say anything, I'm not going anywhere Jules, I like you a lot and you are a great friend" "I think you are a great friend too" "Plus you still have to tutor me and we have the training for the tournament, so I'm always gonna be around and all up in your head" Dustin said with an evil grin. He got closer to Jules and whispered in his ear "You're going to realize what you are missing and leave him for me, I'm sure of it" He gave Jules a wink and then got up from the table and walked out of the cafeteria, Jules' mouth hit the floor, he didn't know what to say and to be honest, it gave him a hard on. The week went on as normal; Jules tutored and trained with Dustin in the afternoon and Aiden would show up late after practice to spend the night with Jules, all was happy in his world. That Friday Corrine told Jules that Caden would not be returning back to school, that day after school Jules went to see his friend. "Why did your sister tell me you're not coming back to school?" Jules asked angrily. "My parents thought it would be a good idea if I was home schooled" "Do you think it's a good idea?" Jules asked. "Well yeah I guess" "Why?" "C'mon Jules, lets be realistic. I'm not the best stupid so it's not like I have to be in a gifted program, I don't have any friends and I'm tormented all the time. Why would I want to return back there?" "You do have friends...you have me and you have Dustin and Amy and the rest of my friends" "They only say they're my friends because of you" "That's bullshit Caden; I don't make them do anything. If they say they're your friend then they mean it" "So are you saying that you didn't tell Dustin to come over here and check up on me this week?" "Dustin came over here to check up on you?" Jules asked surprised. "Yeah, he came over twice and hung out before your tutoring session" Caden said. "He didn't say anything to me about it" "Oh" Caden said surprised. "See you have friends. I know it can be hard, there are times when I don't go to school because the stress and depression of things that happened to me can be too much to handle and I'm not going to say that it gets better because sometimes it doesn't. But I don't think being stuck up in the house everyday and not being around your friends is a good idea. I hope you change your mind and come back to school, if you are afraid of being picked on again, I have your back" Jules said. "If I decide to do home school, will you still come and see me? Will we still be friends?" "Nothing can keep me from being your friend, I'll come and visit and you don't need an invitation to come to my house. How about the weekend after Thanksgiving you come and spend the weekend with me" "That...that would be awesome" Caden said teary eyed. Jules gave him a hug and a kiss on the forehead before leaving to go home. Jules had to rush home and change and try to make it back to the school in time for the championship football game. While in the shower in had the great idea of throwing a party for the football team at his place, in case they won, which he was sure they would. He was great at organizing events on a minute's notice, a skill he learned from his mother. He called Pizza Hut and had an order for 20 pizzas placed on stand by and then called the local grocery store and posed as did dad to order two kegs of beer, the store knew his father and had his account on file so it wasn't an issue to have the kegs delivered when Jules needed them. At the game he sat between Amy and Dustin, who tried his hardest to sit as close to Jules as possible. He told his friends about the party if the school won, his friends with Corrine included, set about texting as many people as they could about the appending event. Sure enough; Cajon High School won their championship, everyone in the bleachers cheered and rushed the field to congratulate the team. Jules tried to find Aiden but almost got trampled by excited classmates and parents. Dustin pulled him out of the crowd and towards his Range Rover, Jules knew Aiden could get a ride with his sister and decided to head with Dustin to the house to get everything ready for the party. As he drove out of the school parking lot, he got a call from Kodi. "Hey kiddo, there's some guy delivering kegs to the house, what should I do?" "Can you have him set them up on the back patio?" Jules asked. "Sure, no problem. Are you having some kind of party?" "Yeah, our school won the championship game so I thought I'd host a party" "And you didn't invite me" Kodi said with a hint of sarcasms. "I'm sorry Kodi, of course you're invited" "You mind if I invite a friend or two?" "The more the merrier" Jules said. The partied turned out to be a blast. About sixty people showed up which included most of the football team, Jules plugged his IPod to the huge sound system he had in the family room downstairs and let the music flow. If was a Friday night so he wasn't worried about offended his neighbors, the only rule he had was that no one go into his parents bedroom and no one go into his father's office. Everyone seemed to having such a great time and Jules was ecstatic to be a part of it. People were either dancing in the family room, eating pizza and snacks in the kitchen or hanging out near the kegs on the patio, Kodi and the college friends he invited even seemed to be enjoying himself. The only person Jules really wanted to see was Aiden and he couldn't seem to find him and no one seemed to know where he was either, he searched the entire bottom floor of the house before he decided he would check in bedroom. Jules ran up the stair case, pushing passed groups kids making out on the stairs. He opened the door to his room and there he was sitting on his bed, Aiden got up and rushed to Jules and picked him up into his arms and kissed him sweetly on the lips. "I figured you'd come up here and find me" Aiden said. "Congrats on the win" Jules said before kissing him again. "Thanks, and thanks for the party, its unbelievable" "It's nothing" Jules blushed "You guys deserve it" he said as Aiden pulled him to sit down on the bed. "Scouts from USC, ASU and San Diego State came to the game to see me" "Wow that's amazing" Jules said. "No you're amazing, lets get back to the party" Aiden said he as lifted Jules to his feet, he wrapped his arms around him again and planted a deep wet kiss on Jules that made his knees go weak for a second. Jules gained control of his legs and brought his hands around Aiden's neck and just as he did, the bedroom door flew open and Dante Monroe walked in. "What the fuck are you doing Aiden?" Dante asked with a disgusted look on his face "I told you hanging out with this faggot was going to turn into one. So what are you a fag too?" Aiden looked like he was too shocked to speak and Jules wanted nothing more then to kick Dante in the balls; first for interrupting and second for calling him a faggot in his own home. "No, it...it was nothing, just a mistake" Aiden stammered, Jules looked at him in confusion. "Whatever homo, I came up here looking for you and I see you sucking the dirty queers face" "No, I didn't kiss him" Aiden said "Jules is just drunk and he kissed me and I was just getting him off of me when you walked in" Jules's jaw hit the floor and tears began to flood his eyes. "Ah I see, so the little fag tried to rape you. He didn't get enough when the Josh and Jacob gave it to him so he came after you" he said looking at Jules with contempt. "Um...ah...no...well" Aiden stammered again, Jules looked at him but he wouldn't return his gaze. "I told you to stop hanging out with him years ago but you never listened" Jules had enough, his heart broke instantly. He pushed past Dante and ran out of the room, Aiden made no move to stop him and he could hear Dante laughing at him and calling him names as he ran down the stair. He hurried through the house with his head down so no one would see him crying but was spotted by Amy, she tried to go to him but he dodged her and went in another direction. When he did, he ran right into Dustin, he looked at Jules and noticed the tears, he asked him what was wrong but Jules couldn't answer. He hugged Jules who hugged him back briefly then ran out the back door. He got into his mother's car and drove off, leaving Dustin calling after him. Dustin could only guess what had happened, but he knew it had to have something to do with Aiden. He ran through the house looking for him, he ran up the stairs and into Jules's room and saw Aiden sitting on the bed with Dante and drinking a beer. "What did you do?" he yelled at Aiden. "What the hell is your problem?" Dante asked Dustin. "You" Dustin pointed at Dante "get the fuck outta here" "Please..." Dante chuckled "what the fuck are you gonna do" "I'll break both your legs, how about that" "Its ok man, you can go; I can handle him" Aiden said. Dante shrugged and left. "What...did...you...do?" Dustin asked balling his fists, Aiden noticed and got to his feet. "What business is it of yours anyways?" "Because after Jules told me that he picked me over you, I went to you behind his back and made you promise me to never hurt him, and what do I see? Him crying and take off in the middle of a party that he threw for you" "You wouldn't understand" "Try me" Dustin said. "We were kissing and Dante caught us, he started calling Jules a fag and asked if I was a fag now too. I told him Jules was drunk and kissed me and I was trying to get him off of me when he walked in. Then he said that Jules tried to rape me because he didn't get enough of it when Josh and Jacob raped him, and I didn't say anything after that and Jules just ran out" Dustin reached back and punched Aiden square in eye; Aiden hit the wall and slid down to the floor. "You're supposed to be his best friend, his brother and supposedly the person who wanted nothing more then to be with him and in a matter of seconds you hung him out to dry. You're a piece of shit and you're lucky all I did was punch you in the eye" Dustin seethed before he walked out of the room, leaving Aiden on the floor clutching his face. He ran down stairs and into the backyard to try and call Jules but he wasn't picking up his cell, Amy came after him and asked if he knew what happened. After he relayed what Aiden had told him and how he punched him, Amy took off to find her brother. Dustin kept trying to call Jules, but he must turned his cell off because it was going straight to voice mail. As time passed; Dustin was becoming more worried about Jules, he knew he suffered from really bad panic attacks and battling depression. Dustin also knew he should go look for Jules but had no idea where he would go. As the party wound down, the kegs emptied and partygoers slowly trickled out. Dustin was frantic over not knowing where Jules could be, Kodi tried to calm him down by assuring him that Jules would be alright and that he was sure he didn't go far. By 1 am, all the guests had gone, Amy and DeMarco set about cleaning up the house. Aiden was too ashamed to leave Jules' bedroom he just paced back and forth, he felt really bad for what he did and was beating himself up about it. He told Jules that he loved him enough to come out because Jules deserved it, but truth be told; Aiden wasn't ready to admit it, he wasn't even sure he was gay; all he knew was that he loved Jules. Amy tried to get him to come out of the bedroom, but he locked the door and wouldn't answer her when she called his name. Dustin, Amy and DeMarco decided to stay the night so they could finish the clean up in the morning and hopefully be there if and when Jules decided to come home. Both Aiden and Dustin didn't sleep well that night; Aiden couldn't sleep in Jules's bed when he wasn't in it, he tried to sleep on the couch in the bedroom but was too worried to sleep, Jules wouldn't return his call nor his text messages and he had no idea where he could have gone. Dustin tried to sleep on the couch in the family room, he didn't want to sleep in one of the guest rooms and be anywhere near Aiden at the moment, he was furious at him and he couldn't sleep. Every time he closed his eyes he would see Jules crying and running off and he was scared something happened to him. At around 8 in the morning, Jules pulled into the back entrance of the estate and parked his mother's car behind the garage, he was in no mood to see his friends whom he assumed was still in the house. He saw Kodi behind the pool house tending to some of the landscape and walked over to him. "Can I hide out with you?" Jules asked Kodi, startling him. "Yeah...yeah sure, come in" he said, showing Jules inside the guest house. They walked in and Jules sat down on the couch and brought his knees up to his chest and wrapped his arms around his legs, Kodi got a couple of bottles of water out of the fridge and handed one to Jules and sat down next to him. "What happened last night? You just ran out of here and drove off, your friends were worried about you, hell I was worried about you" "I just had to get out of here" Jules said still hugging his legs "It...it was just a really heartbreaking scene so I had to just leave" "You wanna tell me what happened?" "I don't really wanna talk about it, but long story short; Aiden broke my heart, he wasn't the person I thought he was all along" "So that's why Dustin punched him in the eye" "He punched Aiden?" Kodi nodded. "I should feel bad but I don't" Jules said. "I'm sorry Jules, I really am, you don't deserve half the shit you have to go through. I wish I could..." He said looking at Jules in his eyes "never mind" he said as he turned his gaze away from Jules. "No, what were you going to say?" Jules asked. "It's nothing really, don't worry about it" he said fidgeting awkwardly with his hands. "C'mon, tell me" "I wish...I wish I could just take you away from here, get you away from all the bullshit" "Um...I don't what to say" Jules said, suddenly blushing. Kodi got up from the couch and walked over to the kitchen and stood near the sink, he was starting to regret even saying anything to Jules. From the moment he met the young boy he had been drawn to him, but he didn't want to but into his Jules's already hectic life and Stellan had asked him to keep an eye on Jules. He was starting to like him a lot but he didn't want to offend him, and now the Kodi thinks he did with his comment about wanting to take Jules away. "I wouldn't mind it though" Jules said. Kodi breathed a noticeable sigh of relief. "Well you can hide out in here all day if you want and hang out with me" Kodi said. "That would be cool" Jules said. Kodi sat back down next to him and Jules yawned. "You look tired, where did you go last night?" "I drove half way up the mountain, to one of the look outs, I stayed until I got too tired to drive back down so I tried to sleep in the car, but trying to sleep in a Bentley Coupe isn't the easiest" "Well why don't you stretch out and take a nap, I'll wake you up in a bit and we can have some lunch" "Are you sure?" Jules asked. "Yeah, I'm sure" Jules yawned again and laid out across the couch, Kodi tucked a light blanket around him and within seconds he was fast asleep. Kodi let him sleep for a few hours and woke him just before noon; he fixed Jules some homemade soup and a sandwich for lunch. He told Jules that his friends were awake and are just finishing up the cleaning from the party and the kegs were gone, he also told him that his friends were really worried and that Aiden hadn't left Jules's bedroom. After lunch, the two sat around watching and TV and talking, and later that after noon; Jules decided it was time to go in and clear out his house. He thanked Kodi for letting him stay and hang out, and walked through the back yard and in through the back door. He was immediately rushed by his three friends who were frantic about him running off, he told them he was alright but just wanted to be alone before he started to freak out. DeMarco gave Jules a hug and told him to call if he needed anything, Amy did the same and they both left. Dustin on the other hand, didn't want to leave. "Don't make me leave, I want to stay" Dustin said. "It's ok, I'm ok, I just need to be alone for a little bit" "You're not ok, so don't tell me you are. He told me what happened and he's a fucking jerk, you should let me kick his ass" "No, you can't kick his ass" Jules said "I can deal with it, I promise. Now go home, please" "You're not going to take him back are you?" "I don't know what I'm gonna do" "C'mon babe, you can't take him back please, I don't want him to hurt you again" "Thank you Dustin for caring" Jules said "But please go home, I got this" Dustin gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek and told him he would call him later, Jules locked the door after Dustin left, took a deep breath and walked up the stairs. He entered the room and saw a ragged looking Aiden sitting on the edge of the bed staring out the window; he turned and rushed to Jules when he heard him enter. "Oh my God baby, I'm so sorry please forgive me" he said, taking Jules into his arms "I didn't mean it, I don't know what happened, my brain just stopped working" "You lied" Jules said, pulling away from him "You said I was drunk and that I kissed you, he said I was trying to rape you and you said nothing. He talked about me being raped by Jacob and Joshua like it was funny and you said nothing. Fuck being my boyfriend, you forgot you were my friend" "I know, I'm sorry, please forgive me...please" he begged as he tried to pull Jules back into his arms, but Jules pushed him away. "Are you going to tell him?" Jules asked. "Tell who what?" "Dante, are you going to tell him the truth? You told me you loved me enough to come out because I said I deserve someone who is honest with me and with themselves, so...are you going to tell him?" "I...I don't think I can, I'm not ready for that yet" Aiden stammered. "Then we have nothing more to say" Jules said matter-of-factly. "Baby I love you; please...I wanna be with you, I'm sorry, please" Aiden said with tears in his eyes. "You can go now, I just can't right now" Jules replied. Feeling totally dejected, Aiden wiped the tears from his eyes and gave Jules one last pleading look and walked out the door. Jules laid down on his bed and cried himself to sleep. (Author's Note) Sorry for the delay in posting the chapter...school and work is kicking my ass right now. And as for this chapter...i'll let you guess whats going to happen next. 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