Go With Me

Gerard could hear Frank’s laughed from far away. Laughter and water splashing around and every now and then one of Ray’s faked shrieks. When he got closer, he could clearly see Frank standing by one of the biggest pools, completely wet and only in his underwear, Ray sitting by the same pool, dipping his feet in to the cool water and Mikey sitting down on a near by stump, playing games on his phone. Before Gerard got to close so the other could see him, he took his time to just watch Frank, admire him from a far. It was on rare occasions that he got to see Frank almost completely naked, and he loved every second of it. The curve of his perfect ass, the very visible outline of his cock, the beautiful tattooed chest of his, it all made Gerard want to march up to Frank, and claim him as his. Out of all of Frank’s tattoos, Gerard loved the two birds tattooed on both left and right side of Frank’s lower stomach, slightly above his hips. Frank had gotten the tattoos when he was fourteen, fifteen maybe and Gerard was the one who went with him, even though Gerard was scared of needles to death, but because Frank asked him to go with him, then god damn it, Gerard would get over his fear for at least two hours. They talked the entire time the tattoo artist was puncturing Frank’s skin.
As Gerard watched the other three boys, he wouldn’t help but smile. Besides an almost naked Frank, Gerard also saw the beauty that surrounded them, the beauty he had been talking about the whole day.
‘Let the city kids see the beauty of nature’ he thought to himself. For a moment, Gerard’s brain was flooded with memories when he too, as a child, would swim in those pool, like Frank was at the moment. And the pools were really something unique! They reminded Gerard of fountains one would usually see in the centre of cities.
The small stream ran down the rocks, that where at least a meter and a half high, like a small waterfall, getting lost in the cup shaped like pool underneath. All pools were surrounded by rocks, that kept the water in place, yet also letting it pass enough so the water was always fresh. The biggest pool was only three feet deep, so the water was never too cold. A natural pool, natural beauty, nine feet wide.
That was something they should have photographed! This beautiful place.
And the surroundings... The forest, with patched of grass in between on one side and a more steep grassy field on the other. On the edges on the grassy field, where the shade was bigger and it was more humid, there grew cyclamen. When the flowers bloom, the sweet yet strong scent spreads through the forest, giving it a kind of positive vibe.
Then there, close to the river stream, grew blueberries. Gerard used to always pick them when he was little, putting them in a small plastic bowl, then immediately eating them when he got back to the farm. And there, on his left was the thick part of the forest, but the grass still grew there, giving it a more pleasant aspect. There, after every rain, you could always find at least one or two wild mushrooms. It was the same place, where Gerard got scared by a giant green lizard. Gerard had never before seen such a large animal, well, not in real life that is. More to the right of the thickly grown forest, were four single trees, growing next to each other, forming almost a perfect square... That’s where Gerard wanted to build a small hut for Frank and himself, for when Frank would come and visit. Without his grandfather knowing, Gerard took to wooden plates, dragging them to the forest. If he put them both together, they were just enough big to form one wall of the hut Gerard wanted to build. And that’s where the building ended.
Gerard tried to do more, but as soon as the first rain came, it washed the wooden plates away, leaving nothing behind. After he didn’t try to put the plates back together, he didn’t have will anymore. Even back then he was like this... Giving up on everything.
Gerard smiled to himself, but then... the smile immediately disappeared. He flinched, his look travelling back to the part of the forest that contained the patches of grass.... There was nothing there! Yet still; Gerard was sure that when he was remembering that giant lizard, he saw a man standing there, amongst the trees in overalls. He was sure he saw him, he just didn’t register him fast enough. Gerard stared at where he had daw the man, combing through the forest, cold shivers running down his spine. He felt cold, even though the sun was shining above his head. He was there! He stood there behind the tree, looking towards the pools.
Gerard shook the chills away, joining the other by the pool.
“Gee!” shouted Frank when he saw him.
“Gee! This... This is amazing!”
“Yeah...” Gerard mumbled: “Amazing”
Gerard tried to smile as best he could for Frank, but he knew that his best friend would see through him. Gerard took one last look around them, looking to the spot where he saw the man. Nothing. No one.
“Jump in!” Frank suggested to Gerard, coming to the edge of the pool, wet hair sticking to face, looking up at his best friend. Gerard looked down at Frank, standing in that pool. Frank fixed this wet hair, messing it up just the way Gerard liked it, and smiled up at to his best friend, lightly nodding his head, as to say: ‘Come on, join me’
For only a moment, Gerard removed his look from Frank, wanting to see what the other two were doing. Ray was now sitting next to Mikey, who was still playing games on his phone, earphones stuffed inside his ears.
“Come on, Gee, it’s nice and cool” said Frank, splashing water Gerard’s way.
“Hey stop that!” Gerard smiled to Frank, backing away a step so the water would hit him.
“What? You made out of sugar? You gonna melt for me Gee” Frank laughed, splashing more water around. Frank hadn’t really think what he had said, after he had already said it. He blushed a bright red, hoping Gerard wouldn’t take it the wrong way. But Gerard just smiled, feeling warmth spread through his body. Melt for Frank? He did that every time he felt his touch or saw his smile, just seeing Frank made Gerard melt.
“Stop it!” Gerard repeated, dodging the splash of water yet again. Gerard took one last look to the grassy patches where he saw the man behind the tree. There was no one there. He probably just imagined it, thought Gerard. This... Everything that’s been happening to him that day... He’s probably going insane already.
“Is it cold?” Gerard asked Frank.
“No, it’s cool. Come on, jump in!” Frank said, almost begging Gerard to join him. Gerard thought for a moment, then removed his shirt and slipping off his skinny jeans. Frank watched Gerard with lust blown eyes, wishing they would be alone. And it was like the universe worked its magic at that moment.
“Ray you wanna go for a walk?” Mikey asked Ray, pulling out his earphones.
“We’ve been walking all day, what do you think?” Ray rolled his eyes.
“Come on, would you rather sit here and watch these two act like children?” asked Mikey, nodding towards Gerard, who was still standing at the edge of the pool, and Frank, who was still in the pool, staring up at a half naked Gerard, the water reaching up to his waist.
“Okay, yeah, whatever” mumbled Ray, stumbling to his feet with Mikey’s help, and the two soon disappeared, walking back to that river stream they had crossed earlier before they saw the ruins of the Way farm.
Frank knew this was the perfect moment to tell Gerard how he felt, if only he could get him inside the pool.
“Gee, come on, stop being a pussy and jump in! Trust me, you won’t regret it” said Frank, giving Gerard a wink.
“Make me!” Gerard teased. Frank took this as a challenge, so with one swift move, he climbed out of the pool, stepping in front of Gerard, their bodies almost touching.
“You really want me to make you?” he asked. Gerard couldn’t help but think how sexy Frank’s voice was, how close he was standing, while they were both only in their boxers, Frank dripping wet...
“You can try and make me” Gerard said, his voice cracking a little, because Frank made him so nervous.
It was like time had stopped for both boys. Frank started to lean in, his eyes flickering between Gerard’s eye and Gerard’s lips. He placed his hands on the taller boys waist, right above the elastic of his black boxers.
And before Gerard realised what was going on, he was turned around and flung in to the chilling water of the pool. Gerard was swallowed by the water, then only a second later he burst to the surface removing the water from his eyes.
“Assface!” he shouted at Frank, but laughed at the same time.
“Just your assface, sweetheart” winked Frank, then joined Gerard in the water.
“I hate you” said Gerard, playfully pushing Frank away.
“You love me” said Frank, stepping closer. When he said that Gerard loved him, he didn’t mean as a best friend, he meant as something more than that. He had convinced himself that since Gerard didn’t move away when he snaked his arms around his waist just a moment ago, that perhaps Gerard’s feels the same way as Frank.
“I hate you” repeated Gerard, pushing Frank away again.
“You love me, sweetheart” repeated Frank, placing his right hand around Gerard’s waist. Gerard slightly flinched at the touch, his eyes for a moment flickering down to Frank’s hand. Was this really happening? Gerard only hope this wasn’t just a dream, from which he’d wake up from any second.
Gerard closed his away, knowing Frank was now only an inch away from letting their bodies touch, because he could feel the heat radiating from Frank’s body on his bare skin.
When he opened his eyes, he was immediately met with Frank’s deep brown coloured ones, staring fondly back at Gerard. The moment from four years ago flashed through Gerard’s mind. He knew that since that night they have never been so close, not until now. And Gerard felt the same way as that night. There was this tension, like sparks were flying between them.
“Gee?” Frank almost whispered to Gerard.
“Yes Frankie?” Gerard equally quiet said to Frank.
“Can I tell you something?”
“Anything”
Their lips were now so close, so close that all Frank had to do was slightly move his head and they’d be kissing. But first he wanted to tell Gerard how he felt, how he had been feeling since the fourth grade.
“I like you... No, sorry, I don’t just like you, I love you! I have always loved you and I just couldn’t live anymore without you knowing!” said Frank, his other hand snaking around Gerard’s waist.
“I love you too...” breathed out Gerard, feeling strange to finally say it out loud to Frank: “I’ve loved you since we were little. You, sitting down next to me on the first day of first grade, that was the greatest day in my life!”
“Oh my God, I can’t believe this” widely smiled Frank, overjoyed to hear those words come out of Gerard’s mouth.
“But... But what about Ray?” asked Gerard, not slightly unsure of what they were doing.
“Ray isn’t you!” said Frank, then crashing kiss lips on to Gerard’s. Gerard wrapped his arms around Frank’s neck, bringing the two boys even closer, their lips moving against each other in the most perfect motion. Neither of them could believe this was all happening and they never wanted to let go of the other ever again.
Frank slowly moved both of them to the more shallow end of the pool, turning around and gently lying Gerard down, covering both their bodies in the cool water.
Neither Gerard nor Frank could explained how they felt at that moment, but it was the most amazing thing that they have ever done, until Frank slowly licked Gerard’s lower lip, gently asking for permission. Gerard’s stomach was exploding with butterflies at this point, and for a second he hesitated about allowing Frank entrance, but then he slowly opened his mouth, letting Frank’s tongue explore his mouth.
When the two were running short on both their breaths they pulled away. They were slightly out of breath, staring in to each other’s eyes, wide smiles on both their faces.
“What does this mean?” Gerard was the first one to speak.
“Gerard, I love you and I want you to be mine” said Frank, cupping Gerard’s cheeks.
“But you and Ray...” started Gerard, but was stopped by Frank’s finger, which he pressed to Gerard’s lips.
“I’ll break it off with Ray. Today. First chance I get” Frank assured the boy lying beneath him. Gerard silently nodded.
Now they could hear Ray and Mikey in the distance, their voices becoming stronger each minute. The two boys in the pool. They quickly moved away from each other, already missing the other’s touch, but they knew that they had to keep this a secret until Frank broke things off with Ray.
When Ray and Mikey came in to view, it seemed like the two boys in the pool had only been chilling in the water the entire time, the sun shining upon their wet skin.
“You ladies done taking your bath?” sarcastically asked Mikey. Frank noticed there was a flower stuck in to Ray’s curly hair and seeing how Ray was blushing, Frank knew something had happened between his loves younger brother and his soon to be ex boyfriend.
‘At least Ray will have Mikey after this’ Frank thought to himself, feeling slightly better about dumping Ray.
“Come on, let’s get to those dumb caves already” said Mikey, picking up Frank’s stuff and throwing them to Frank.
“Get dressed and let’s go” he added.
Frank, still being in the pool, caught his cloths and backpack, but the problem was that he had caught the backpack upside down, Frank’s phone falling out of the side pocket.
“Aaaaa!” Frank yelled: “Mikey, you idiot! My phone...”
“Oh, shit...” gasped Ray.
“God damn it, Mikey...” Frank was visible pissed off, his face slowly turning red. That gentleness he shared with Gerard only moments ago, disappeared completely. Frank reached down, feeling around the bottom of the pool. Then he pulled out his phone. Water was running from it.
“Mikey, I swear to god, if it’s not working...” Frank hissed thought his teeth.
“I’m sorry, dude” mumbled Mikey, slightly amused over Frank being pissed off.
“There!” disappointingly said Frank: “It’s not working anymore... It won’t even turn on... It’s not responding...” Frakn spoke, trying his best to bring the phone back to life.
“Mikey! I’m gonna fucking kill you!!” he yelled at the younger Way brother.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t know you had it there” Mikey tried defending himself.
“Asshole!” Ray yelled at Mikey, clearly forgetting everything that happened at the river stream, and stepping on to Frank’s side. Honestly Mikey looked a little hurt by Ray’s action but didn’t say anything on the matter.
“Dude... Honest to god, I didn’t know you had it there”
“Mikey you’re such a fucking asshole!” Frank yelled at Mikey. Seeing how murderous Frank looked, Gerard stepped to his best friend, now unofficially boyfriend, placing his hand on his shoulder.
“Frankie” Gerard softly said to him. At the sound of his nickname being spoken so softly by the guy he loved, made Frank look away from Mikey, and in to Gerard’s hazel eyes.
“It’s not worth it” Gerard calmly said, even though he wanted to yell and scream at his little brother too, but he just hated seeing Frank so mad. Frank immediately relaxed seeing his soon to be official boyfriend so worried.
He slightly nodded to Gerard, gave Mikey one last murderous look, before walking out of the pool, Gerard closely behind him.
“Motherfucker...” Frank mumbled as he passed Mikey, headed behind one of the thick trees. Gerard quickly pulled up his jeans and put on his shirt, not caring that he was completely wet, like his underwear.
‘It’ll dry off’ he thought. They all stood in silence as Frank got changed behind that tree.
Gerard could very well see that Frank had removed his boxers, squeezing the water out of them. Wanting to see more, Gerard leaned forward, hoping the other two wouldn’t notice, seeing Frank’s flawless ass, right before the smaller boy pulled a fresh pair of boxers on and skinny jeans over.
None of the other noticed Gerard’s action, because Mikey was looking at the ground and Ray was putting his shoes back on.
Frank then reappeared from behind the tree. It was clear he was still angry, but not as pissed off as he was.
“Where?” he asked Gerard, trying not to sound too harsh.
“That way” Gerard pointed towards a barely noticeable path leading down the hill. Frank spun on his heels and began walking in the way Gerard directed him in. Gerard quickly followed Frank, but he didn’t catch up with him. He knew Frank just had to cool down on his own. Closely behind Gerard, were Ray and Mikey, talking to each other in hushed tones. When they were about ten meters away from the pools, Gerard once more looked to the grassy patches. He combed through the surroundings for a few moments, letting Ray and Mikey pass him. Gerard smiled to himself, thinking how silly he was for being so paranoid.
Then he heard Ray calling after Frank, and Gerard mentally face-palmed himself, actually realising how little Ray knew about Frank. He should have left him alone until Frank was ready to talk to them again!
“Frank, don’t go so fast! I have blisters!”
Frank didn’t even flinch.
Gerard had now caught up with Mikey, hissing ‘asshole’ to his as he passed his little brother.
“Yeah, yeah...” Mikey mumbled in return.
Then Gerard caught up with Ray, who was limping.
“Is it still far?” Ray asked, when he noticed Gerard by his side.
“No. Minute or two” said Gerard.
“You’ve been saying that the whole day” retorted Ray: “I have blisters, if you didn’t see”
Gerard did see them, when Ray and Mikey were leaving for the river stream.
“I did see them” confirmed Gerard: “But it’s not my fault”
“I know, I just didn’t know where we were going...” said Ray, giving Gerard and apologetic look.
They walked on a thin path, surrounded by tall grass and shrubbery. Frank was now walking pretty far ahead of them, probably fastening his step when Ray started calling after him.
“So, Gee...” then spoke Ray: “Those people at the farm...”
“The Morgan’s, yeah?”
“They’re crazy right?”
“They’re just a little different than us, that’s all” said Gerard.
“And one of them is half deaf...”
“That’s John” said Gerard: “Old Mr. Morgan. He didn’t recognise me.... I don’t know who the woman was, same goes for that jerk who hit the kid... The girl, that’s Beth. She remembered me” spoke Gerard, whilst the restless feeling took over him yet again. But this time, he didn’t know why.
“But why did that jackass question you so much?”
“Which jackass?”
“That bully!”
Gerard stopped in his step, taking a look around. Yet again he has this feeling someone was following them. Or is watching them.
Ray also stop, questioningly looking at Gerard: “Gee?”
“Yeah?” Gerard was still looking around.
“Who is he? The one that hit the kid?”
“I don’t know” mumbled Gerard.
He turned back to Ray. They started walking again.
“I never saw him before...” added Gerard.
“What about that kid with the shaved head?”
“I don’t have a clue” said Gerard: “I haven’t been here for a long time”
Gerard stopped again, taking a look around.
“I’d says so, yeah” Ray kept on talking: “But whatever. Time has stopped here...”
Ray fell silent. Gerard didn’t take anything either.
“A sheet between her legs, I mean heeeelloooooooo?” then said Ray, looking around.
“He’s probably that woman’s son” then said Gerard, still keeping an eye on the surroundings.
“What?”
“The kid... He’s probably the woman’s son”
“And who is she?”
“Why do you care?” said Gerard, getting pretty frustrated with Ray: “Do you always have to gossip?”
“Yeah, and what are you doing?” Ray looked at Gerard with a raised eyebrow.
“What? What am I doing?” Gerard turned to face Ray, confused over his question.
“You’re gossiping!” said Ray then started impersonating Gerard: “This is John, this is Beth, and I don’t know that woman... What’s that other then gossip?”
“It’s not the same” said Gerard, taking another look around.
“Well, why not?”
“Because...” Gerard couldn’t keep up with Ray anymore, because his mind was too focused on combing through the area.
“Because...”
They both stayed quiet for a while. Even Ray was now looking around. Then he looked at Gerard.
“What’s wrong?” Ray asked.
Gerard stared at Ray.
“Amm, nothing” he said: “It’s just having this weird feeling. Probably ‘cause I didn’t get much sleep”
“Is that so?”
“Hey guys!” Frank yelled from the distance, earning the attention of the other three.
“Is this what we’ve been looking for?” he asked, and even from far away, Gerard could see that spark return to Frank’s eyes and Gerard couldn’t help but smile to himself.
Frank was waiting for them on where the path split in two, and he was pointing somewhere away from his. Gerard and Ray followed his finger.
Frank was pointing at a rocky overhang, carved in to that overhang, where three caves.

Notes

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