Out

Joey's POV~

I cried for a good twenty minutes before Shane got me to calm down. I (again) felt so stupid for making such a brash decision in such a short amount of time. I needed to work on being less impulsive.

Thankfully, Shane was very forgiving about the whole thing and was willing to go along with it. Although our sail out of the closet hadn't been as smooth as it could have been, he wanted to make the best of it.

"At least now I can kiss you whenever I'd like," he grinned a bit, pecking my cheek. "And I won't have to worry about anyone recognizing us."

"Yeah..." I softly said, resting my forehead on his chest. I could feel his heart pounding next to my skull, slow and steady.

He squeezed my shoulder and leaned back, reaching behind him as his phone started to ring. "Who is it?" I asked.

"My mom," he replied as he turned it on speakerphone. "Hello?"

"Shane Lee!"

His eyes widened, confusion clear on his face. "Uh... what did I do?"

Theresa sounded at her wit's end. "Have you seen those... pictures of you on the internet?"

"Um, yeah..." he rubbed the back of his head, turning slightly red. "What about them?"

"It can't possibly be true," she stated in disbelief. "I mean--really, Shane--you and Joey...?"

He cringed. "Yes?" I squeezed his hand and grimaced myself, mouthing, 'Sorry.'

There was silence on the other line for a moment. "Is this a prank?" she asked. "Honestly, are you joking me right now?"

Shane bit his lip, "No, mom, I'm serious. Joey and I... are in a relationship. Together."

She paused. "Ok, Shane, I believe you." A chuckle escaped her lips. "I would hug you right now if I could. But I guess that'll have to wait until the next time I see you. But I just want you to know that I support you all the way."

He smiled, his voice cracking with the raw emotion. "Thanks mom... that really means a lot to me."

"No problem, honey," she said. You could hear the smile in her voice. "I love you."

"Love you too," Shane's mouth creased into a kind of tired smile. "Bye." He hung up, raising his eyebrows. "Well, that could have gone worse."

"Well, you know your mom," I tilted my head to the side. "She's so sweet. There's no way she would ever turn you away."

"And I love her for that," Shane wrapped an arm around my shoulders. "Thank goodness my dad is out of the picture. I can say for a fact that there is no way he would be anywhere near as ok with it." He brushed his fingers through my hair as we spoke. " What about you? Your family must've seen the pictures by now. Any expected reactions?"

I sighed. "Them I'm less sure about. Dad was always trying to make me, like, a man and stuff," I shrugged. "But my mom... like, I don't even know what to expect from her anymore. She's had drinking problems for so long..."

Shane could clearly see the dismay on my face. "We'll deal with that when we get there," he hugged me again and stood up. "Well, it's barely 10 in the morning and I've already had more than enough stress for the day. How would you like some ice cream?"

I half-smiled. "Ice cream would be nice, but all we have is fat free frozen yogurt."

Shane shook his head, grinning. "I don't think so." From the refrigerator, he produced a tub of traditional ice cream.

My eyes widened. "Where did you get that?"

"I have my ways," he slyly said. I raised one eyebrow and he filled me in, "Well, that and I went out shopping the other day. All the food in this house is too healthy."

He carried the entire tub over to me, handing me one spoon and keeping one for himself. "Whenever there's something seriously f--ked with my life, ice cream is always the cure."

I bit my lip. "It's tempting," I admitted.

"Go on," he pried off the lid and took a spoonful for himself. "Treat yourself."

I gave in and lifting the spoon to my lips. The pure creaminess saturated my mouth, my eyes widening. "Oh my gosh," I muttered, taking another spoonful. "I forgot how freaking good this was!"

Shane moved over closer to me, resting in my lap so his head was on my stomach. "I told you," he smugly said, sticking his spoon in my mouth.

I exhaled. "This ice cream is going straight to my thighs."

Shane twitched his eyebrows up and down. "Well, it just might have some company." I nearly squealed as he slowly dragged one hand up my inner thigh.

"Shane," I murmured, blushing as he continued to rub at my legs. He just looked ahead coolly, not even making eye contact, but still enticing me.

He rested the ice cream on the coffee table rolled over onto his stomach, still lying between my legs. "Oh, Joey," he singsonged, "Someone's feeling frisky..."

My face was hotter than salsa as I felt the familiar tightness of my pants. "You were asking for it," I muttered, laughing a bit under my breath.

"Hmm..." Shane fondled the fabric of my sweater between his fingers. "I suppose I was..." He slid his fingers under the sweatshirt and pulled it off over my head. He pressed his lips to my collar bones one at a time, then slid down slowly, placing a wet line of kisses down the center of my ribcage. He moved over to my bandages, gently kissing them as well.

I shifted. "Shane... w-we..."

He looked up, honest concern showing on his face. "Am I hurting you?"

"No, not really, it's just..." I cringed with embarrassment. "We can't... not here..."

Shane chuckled and sighed, "Okay," he pressed his lips to my side again, then moved up and kissed my mouth. "But you're just so damned irresistable."

I smiled and kissed him back. "I know, Shane, I know." I laughed a tussled his hair.

He looked triumphantly at me. "Well, at least our minds are completely off the unpleasantness from this morning. Do you forgive yourself yet?"

I shifted and grinned. "I'm not really thinking about it anymore, that's true."

We kissed yet again, and he slowly slid his fingers under the waistband of my pants. I blushed and smiled into the kiss, running my fingers through his hair. I sat up, Shane still straddled on my lap. We both looked to the left as a voice came from accross the room.

Sawyer stared bluntly. "Uh... I'll come back later..."

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BOO-YAH!! Haha well... that happened... I have nothing much to say... we're still kind of in the filler chapters. Hopefully we'll get more exciting up in here! :D Love you guys for all these reads, votes and comments! Thank you all!

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