Orange Juice (Lawrusso)

Part 5 - The Desire.

It's no one's business but his if Daniel dreams of a blonde haired boy with broad shoulders, and startling blue eyes.

And it's also no one's business if the dream causes a tent in Daniel's boxers that he has no desire to do anything about. Well, he has desires to do something but not while thoughts of Johnny are still in his head.

Not when the reason he is even in this stupid, distracting condition is because of Johnny. He tries to think of anything else but his mind keeps wandering towards those lips.

Daniel wonders, if Bobby had not come in, how far would it have gone before he had stopped him. Would he have stopped him?

What would it have felt like if they hadn't been interrupted? Would his lips have been as soft as they looked, would he taste like alcohol? Was he drunk and that's why he'd gone to kiss Daniel?

That's embarrassing. Daniel was as far from drunk as could be, he was plain sober. And yet, he did not stop Johnny, who may so well have been drunk out of his mind.

What if he shows up to school today and Johnny has told everyone that Daniel tried to force himself upon him. The school would have no reason to believe Daniel over Johnny. He's only been here almost 2 months.

Worse, what if Johnny doesn't remember anything at all. What if Daniel tries to speak to him, tries to tell him he's not gay at all and Johnny doesn't know what he's talking about.

Because that's what he has to do. He's not gay. At all. Like in the slightest. Saturday had been a mistake. He'd had all of Sunday to think about it and his almost kiss with Johnny was stupid. He was just acting foolishly because he was trapped.

He needs to tell Johnny that he's not gay. That he wants to be with Ali, who he actually kissed. Daniel doesn't want to be the first one to bring it up so he'll wait for Johnny to say something and if Johnny says nothing then it's the problem solved.

"Cmon Daniel" Bobby knocks on his door "We gotta go in like 5 minutes, it's absolutely pissing it down and Johnny said you could come in the car. We've got an extra seat cause Dutch is sick"

Oh fuck. That's the last thing he needs. A car ride with Johnny. And while Bobby and Jimmy are probably gonna be flirting 24/7 as well, Johnny could beat Daniel up in front of them and they wouldn't look away from each other.

He sighs "Yeah i'm coming. Give me a minute". He gets out of bed and gets changed into a pair of jeans and a hoodie that probably only has one good use left before it has to go in the wash.

He runs a hand through his hair and gurgles some mouthwash in his mouth. Bobby's still leaning against his doorframe when he steps out.

"Let's go" Bobby pats him on the back once and then starts walking towards the stairs, he skips the first two before looking back at Daniel "Johnnys gonna be angry if we're late"

Daniel laughs, his socked feet slipping on the stairs slightly, "Woah" he rights himself and then continues "Johnnys gonna be angry anyway, he'll be fine"

"You talking about me?" Johnny grins from where he's waiting at the bottom of the steps. Bobby sighs but doesn't say anything and jumps down the last few. Daniel follows suit but miscalculates and his feet slip out from underneath him.

In the last second before he smashes his head against the stairs someone wraps their arms around him and pulls him back up. Daniel's face buries itself into their chest. They smell like vanilla. Shit.

Johnnys arms are strong and if Daniel could he would stop time right now and just stay right there. But he can't. So instead he steps back, clears his throat and tries not to look at Johnny.