A Greek Odyssey - Jason Fic

CHAPTER 15

Lexi stood up and brushed the sand and grit from her trousers. 'Come on, let's go grab something to eat,' she suddenly realised how hungry she was. Grabbing his hand, she pulled him up. 'Oh my god Jay! Look at your knees!' she said, clapping her hand over her mouth in surprise. 'Let's get you to a bar and we'll get them cleaned up.'

He looked down and noticed that where he'd knelt on the rock, his knees were all grazed and bloody. 'Ok, but be gentle with me,' he laughed, looking at her with a rueful smile, like a lost little boy. They walked along the shoreline until they found a small cafe. Jason sat down and looked out to sea, whilst Lexi disappeared into the bar area and located some paper towels which she ran under the taps until they were damp. She came out of the bathroom with the damp towels and could see Jason sitting with his back to her, people watching the kids and their parents playing on the beach, which by now was beginning to fill up. She smiled a little smile to herself and thought how could she have nearly let such a gorgeous man go? She walked up behind him and placed her hand on his neck, stroking the hairs at the nape of his neck. He looked up towards her and gave her that heart-breaking smile that she had already begun to love so much. She moved her hand to stroke his cheek, her palm grazing the stubble close to his mouth. He moved his cheek and kissed her palm softly with his lips, causing her to shiver.

Kneeling down, she lifted the hem of his shorts leg and carefully wiped away the dried blood and grit until it was clean. He looked down at her and realised that he enjoying himself thoroughly, feeling her small hand holding the calf of his leg steady whilst she wiped at the graze gently, her brow knitted together whilst she concentrated on not hurting him. In fact, he was having to try to think about other things as it felt so nice and he could feel things stirring in his shorts. When she was finished, she looked up and saw him laughing at the expression of concentration on her face.

'What's so funny?' she asked.

'You looked so sexy with that look of concentration on your face.' He laughed suggestively. 'It's lovely having my own little nurse to look after me, where do you want to clean next?' she coloured with embarassment and flopped down in the chair next to him giving him a playful slap.

The waiter brought over their omelettes and soft drinks and they made a start on their food. Jason asked her what she did for a living and she explained that she was the Manager of a well-known women's clothing shop in her town of Cambridge. He asked her all about the in's and out's of her job and if she liked it. 'Yeah, most of the time,' she replied 'I just don't like doing loads of weekends and bank holidays, but apart from that it's ok.'

'So, what's Cambridge like?'

'It's a fairly sedate city, full of foreign and British students all riding bikes everywhere and getting in the way when you're trying to drive past them. It's full or arty and "up themselves" types, but apart from that it's an ok place.'

'I'd fit right in then wouldn't I? The lads are always saying I'm an arty farty type,' helaughed. 'I remember one of our very first gigs was in Cambridge, not long after me and the lads got together. We played the local Corn Exchange and when we arrived there was a queue around the building of school-girl types. We played the gig and all these young girls tried to storm the stage, they had to rush us off for our own safety. We still talk about it now and remark that Cambridge seems so calm and quiet, but the fans there were possessed!'

She laughed at the vision of all these young girls trying to climb up on the stage to reach the boys. 'So what's it like being in Take That?' she asked, her curiosity getting the better of her.

'Good most of the time. The best times are when we're on stage performing and the crowd's going wild or when we write a song together that we know right away is a hit. Gary, Rob and Mark write most of the songs and How and I do the harmonies, as well as helping to write some of the songs and us two often come up with ideas for when we perform live.