The trouble with storms

It had been a few weeks since the incident with the "tattoo twat" as nathan liked to call him, although Nathan seemed ok with the whole affair, it had affected him in deeper ways than any of them could've imagined.

"oi melon fucker!" sneered Nathan as he slammed his locker, "are you doing anything tonight?"

"A-are you talking to m-me?" replied simon with a look on his face that could only be described as a mix between confused and fearful.

"of course i'm talking to you pervert, do you see anyone else in this room with intimate feelings for fruit?" Nathan stared at him, fixating his eyes onto the reluctant boy's face while tying his shoe laces, which, he was embarassed to admit that he had always had some difficulty with shoelaces, this was soon accompanied by a hatred for them and a loathing of any shoe which required such devious devices.

"well, are you gonna tell me or what? cat got your tongue? then again that'll probably be the only pussy you'll ever get."

simon sneered at this, by now he was used to the constant onslaught of insults thrown at him by Nathan but he couldn't help but be hurt at the bitterness in Nathan's voice as he said it. "i-i was gonna watch the new episode of d-doctor who and order some pizza... why?"

"well to be honest it was only to reassure myself and probably others in the room that you weren't going to pounce on some unsuspecting bannana" Nathan grinned at kelly who proceeded to hit him on the arm with a look of pure anger. "OW WHAT WAS THAT FOR??"

"wha' did i tell you abou' dicking aroun' wiv simon?" Simon's face was washed over with a grin, although he hated to admit he did appreciate someone caring enough for him to stand up for him to wankers like Nathan.

"i was only teasing, besides, if everyone's up for it do you all wanna go for a drink? i don't think i'll survive another night without a new image to jack off too, my balls are so full they need something to relieve the stress, come on simon, feel how heavy my balls are, guys come on lets just go for a drinnk so that i van sleep in peace. Please?" 

kelly punched him again, this time on the other arm, at least she some sort of decency Nathan though. " a'ight i'll go for a drink" kelly mumbled as she finished scraping back her hair.

"yeh me and curtis'll go, some fresh air will do us some good" giggled alisha as she smacked curtis' bum.

"when did i say i'd go, what if i had plans to go to college and try and turn my life around?" replied Curtis.

evreryone turned and stared in disbelief, "oh what the hell 'course i'll go".

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 they group entered the pub, Nathan obviously leading the pack, followed by kelly in a grey hoodie with a "paul's boutique" logo in bright gold on the back, followed by Curtis and Alisha who were just quietly chatting and giggling and last to enter was Simon.

now simon didn't usually go out with friends because, well, he didn't really have any and the group of juvenile delinquants, of whom he was a part of, were the closest thing he had; meaning that he wasn't experienced in the art of knowing what to wear, bring or say. Clothes wise he opted for something he deemed casual, a pair of jeans he'd bought a year ago that were almost too small for him. Almost. A black shirt and a leather jacket.

As they all sat down in the biggest booth they could find, Nathan starts the conversation the way he always does.

" let me tell you guys that i had one of the best wanks before coming here, it litterally almost knocked me out how good it was, so how about you guys, how have you private lives outside of community service been?" Kelly had already almost spat out her cider as she had already heard him think about he was about to say before he said it. "right, why do you always 'ave to be a wanker, can't you just be normal for once?"

"come on kelly, we all know that ain't gonna happen, you know better than any of them with that powers o' yours" Nathan grinned as he tried to drink his beer as seductively as he possibly could while wiggling his eyebrows at kelly.

"fuck off" she said, gently hitting him on the arm and laughing to herself.

the conversation flowed with ease that night, Nathan interjecting a few disgusting jokes here and there all the while while simon struggled to have an input in the conversation but they all included him as much as they could, curtis and alisha were the first to leave saying that they had some "business" to attend to, they were sooned followed by kelly who said she had some chicken nuggets to cook and finally simon who just left with an awkward smile to nathan and a casual wave.

Nathan found himself to be the last one in the bar, then again he was so drunk even if he wasn't the last one he still would've ended up kissing the random stranger he bumped into. Nathan was as surprised as the person when he broke away from the kiss, it wasn't a special kiss, in fact it was quite sloppy, awkward and uncomfortable, that was probably Nathan's fault, but that wasn't why he was surprised he was surprised because it wasn't the usual girl that he'd be in her knickers by now but it was a good-looking guy.

Nathan wasn't new to the thoughts of what it would be like kissing another man or engaging in more than just a kiss, but he always assumed that girls were just too good for him to try and make it with a guy. Yes Nathan did realise that although he may have got the tattoo removed, he still harboured some feelings towards Simon, and they were far greater than just amicable friendship.

The guy just stared at Nathan, he didn't push at him or shout at him or beat him up, he just stared at him with a look that showed he was trying to work out what the hell Nathan was doing. After a few moments of awkward silence Nathan opened his mouth to say something but just ended up burping really loudly, the guy screwed up his face then started laughing, he extended his arm out to Nathan and said "i'm James, and who might you be?"

"Nathan, but you can call me sexy piece of arse, everyone calls me that" replied Nathan, holding back the burp he was aching to let out. "Nathan huh? that's a nice name, now tell me Nathan, what are you doing hanging around bars and drunkenly kissing random strangers?" asked James with a small chuckle.

"oh please, admitit i just made your night" said Nathan as shamelessly as he does with everything. "haha, well you know you just might've, so where's your boyfriend? James asked while taking a step back, Nathan realised that he hadn't moved away from james since the kiss. When James took a step back, it was at this point that Nathan got a good look at him, he looked about Nathan's age, he was of average height, not particularly muscular, pale, he had frizzy blonde hair and bright green eyes, he was wearing a blue jumper and some jeans.

"i, don't have a boyfriend, i'm not gay, at least i don't think i am, everything seems so fucked up nowadays, i thought i was only into chicks but then some fucked up shit happened and now i have feelings for a guy who doesn't even trust me enough to hangout with me alone, it is partly my fault, i keep teasing him, i know he hates it but i can't help myself, that's just who i am." Nathan took some time to catch his breath as he had just about exhausted his air supply and also because he didn't even know he believed those words until he said them out loud.

"wow" James said "i guess you really like this guy huh? does he like you?"

"no, maybe, i don't know, i mean look at me, all my friends are gone and i'm here, drunk, talking to somebody i don't even know." Nathan felt like he was on the verge of tears, he hadn't realised his feelings for Simon ran that deep.

"what if i said i could find a way for you and this simon guy to have a relationship?" asked James.

Nathan was taken a back by the question, then thought that James was probably just trying to be nice. "i'd be greatful for anything you can do James."

the event that followed were a blur in Nathan's memory, James took Nathan and kissed him, no tongue, despite Nathan trying to use his, it was a sweet kiss, it was soft and passionate yet loving and friendly, then suddenly evrything blurred and went black, 

Nathan was asleep.