Door Number One

The Calm before the Storm

It was meant to be a fun boys trip to Brighton however the scene could be described as anything but as the five boys sat facing each other on the packed train. Jimbo was in a funny mood as him and Hanna were going through a rough patch not helped by Hanna's upcoming jaunt to Falaraki with her girlfriends. Aiden was still grumbling about the coin toss as both him and Jimbo has voted on a day out at Chessington. Dom was still miffed that he couldn't invite his girlfriend along on the trip and argued that it was unfair due to the fact that Liam and Aiden could invite their significant other due to the fact they were a couple.

After the day at the park surprisingly not a lot was said about their relationship. No one seemed particularly bothered or surprised however like all good things had to come to an end as they spotted a community police officer wandering round the grounds of the park so they all decided to make a run for it. This was the first time the five of them had all been able to get together.

Liam was expecting a few jokes at their expense during the course of the day, so far they both had received a lot of curious looks from Jimbo and a few knowing smiles from Weasel. Surprisingly no one had mentioned it and they had been together for a whole hour now.

"Come off it, are you really not just a little surprised?"asked Liam, irritably, slightly annoyed by his friends nonchalant attitude as Aiden raised an eyebrow at him. Out of habit they instinctively chosen to sit apart from each other.

"Dude, which bit?"asked Jimbo cautiously, shovelling a load of crisps into his mouth. "You, yeah....Aiden a little bit surprising and the two of you together not so much".

"Yeah, the two of you arnt very good at being discreet"muttered Dom sarcastically.

Liam blinked. "What do you mean?"he asked cautiously.

Aiden gave Liam a pointed look and shook his head hazarding a guess at the direction the conversation was moving to and not wanting to be part of it. Unfortunately his boyfriend didn't share the same sense of awareness.

"Umm....the party"said Dom, scratching the back of his head uncomfortably as Liam visibly blushed and Aiden let out a load groan. "Yeah...that was a bit of an eye opener".

"That day at mine. I really regretted needing to take a piss that day"added Jimbo as the others looked at him in surprise.

"I put two and two together Monday morning after the club"said Weasel, with a small shrug of the shoulders.

"That was fucking ages ago!"exclaimed Aiden, slightly taken aback by his friends revelations, "Why didn't any of you say anything?".

Dom casually shrugged, briefly making eye contact with Jimbo, "Figured you'd both tell us when you were ready".

"Aww I'm beginning to feel all emotional now"teased Liam, nudging Dom gently in the ribs. Dom pushed Liam back gently, looking unimpressed.

"Don't you dare or I'll start throwing cheese balls at you"Aiden threatened Liam, opening his snack bag and holding up a cheese ball using his pincer grip ready to aim and fire.

Liam opened his mouth widely as Aiden threw one into his mouth and then fist pumped the air praising his athletic ability.

Jimbo rolled his eyes at their childish antics and took a swig of coke.

"Oh. Not to rain on anyone's parade and just in case anyone is remotely interested I am 100% gay"announced Weasel, with a big grin on his face.

Jimbos eyes widened as coke spluttered out of his mouth and nose and onto the floor, causing the boy to have a violent coughing fit.

.......................

Finally the boys reached Brighton much to everyone's relief. Weasel having taken the opportunity to come out to his friends then proceeded to massively over share leaving the others feeling visibly green at the gills and with more knowledge than needed on the ins and outs of gay sex.

Liam listened in amusement as his boyfriend reeled off various ways to ditch Weasel in Brighton and leave him there permanently.

"I really don't want to hear anymore about Weasels sex life"grumbled Aiden as the wandered through the lanes slightly behind the other three boys.

"You can always bore him with stories of our sex life"teased Liam.

Aiden raised an eyebrow, "You'd like that wouldn't you? Your such an exhibitionist!".

Liam gave his boyfriend a playful shove as the other boy continued to laugh and clutch the sides of his stomach. He would have shoved him again but he noticed Jimbo and Weasel arguing outside a shop.

"You can fuck off of you think I'm going in there!"snapped Jimbo.

"Hanna will thank you for it"Weasel said with a grin as Jimbo narrowed his eyes.

"Here we go again!"groaned Dom as he dug out his phone to text his girlfriend.

Aiden sighed and ran a hand through his hair in frustration. Liams eyes widened as he looked at the name displayed on the front of the shop and turned to look at his boyfriend with a sky grin. Five minutes later all five boys vacated the shop happy except for Jimbo whose face had gone a crimson colour which only reddened further when Weasel showed him a few of his purchases.

They ambled down to the seafront and grabbed ice creams from the kiosk and sat down looking out over the ocean.

"We should have gone to Chessington"moaned Jimbo.

"What an Earth are you doing with your ice cream?"asked Liam in amusement as he looked at Weasel. "Your meant to be eating it not giving it a blow job".

"You would know all about that"retorted Weasel.

Jimbo groaned, "I really don't need those sort of images in my head thank you".

"Your such a prude!".

"Just think in a couple of months time we will be scattered all across the country"said Dom, changing the subject.

"You won't be"said Jimbo, turning to Dom. "Arnt you working on your Uncles building site".

"Technically I'm taking a gap year. My dad just wanted to make sure I didn't spend the year in bed and watching Jeremy Kyle reruns".

"And I'm off hopefully to Brighton while Liams off to Southampton"Aiden said sadly.

Dom looked at the pair sympathetically, "Have you two decided what your going to do yet?".

Aiden looked at Liam who shrugged in return.

"Don't worry"said Weasel with a grin. "I'll find ways to keep Aiden occupied in Brighton!".

"Don't you dare!"yelled Liam but it was already too late as the ginger haired boy was already laughing his head off and sprinting down the promenade.

............

The day had been a blast despite most of the group wanting to kill Weasel at various points throughout the day. Liam and Aiden returned home feeling absolutely exhausted after a long train ride home.

They sat in Liams back garden on the swing seat in a comfortable silence. Liam cuddled comfortably into his boyfriends broad chest.

"You know we're going to have to talk about it eventually"said Aiden kissing the top of Liams head.

"I know"sighed Liam reluctantly.

"Long distance relationships don't work".

"True. And I don't want to hold you back"said Liam feeling his eyes mist over.

"And I don't want to hold you back"said Aiden pointedly.

"So where does that leave us?"asked Liam not wanting to know the answer.

Aiden drew in a deep breath, "It pains me to say this because I love you more than anything but maybe we should see other people when we go to Uni".

Liam blinked, "Do you mean you want us to break up?".

"God no! Definitely definitely not"said Aiden looking horrified as he pulled his boyfriend in closer. "Your mine don't ever forget that".