From: jake_frost	Date: January 25th, 2011 05:17 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Jake was so grateful that he’d set up his schedule with Flying as his last class of the day; he loved to fly and it always put him in a good mood for the rest of the day. Fixing his hair in the mirror, as he did every day after flying class, Jake bounded out the doors onto the grounds of the campus, looking around for something to do. “Simon Burford”, he whispered to himself, seeing the Lalaurie Junior hurrying towards the woods.

No better time than the present, Jake decided, thinking he could find out what Simon knew about Ciaran and Emilie and if maybe he could make him an ally. He’d have to be subtle though, because Simon could just as easily be wound up in whatever was going on…whatever it was.

Tracking a short way into the woods, Jake ran across Simon, looking like he was about to leave, but he instead asked, "Got a lighter bro?" Jake, of course had a lighter, since he carried smokes of his own; he was just a bit embarrassed to show it to Simon. “Sure, dude…”, Jake replied, handing the solid gold monogrammed lighter to the boy. He really needed to pick up a plain old lighter; it wasn’t that he didn’t appreciate the gift from his father…it was just that it came off as an in-your-face to his fellow classmates, at least in Jakob’s mind.

Pulling out a cigarette of his own, Jake sat down on a log, “Mind if I join you?”, he asked the shorter boy. Jake and Simon took Transfiguration and Defense Against the Dark Arts together, so they knew who the other was, but they had never actually hung out together, “Jake”, he gave Simon his name, waiting to light his own cigarette.

	From: sim	Date: January 25th, 2011 05:50 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Sim took the lighter, noting its weight and well, it was gold. But more importantly, it coudl light his cigarette, so he did that first before inspecting the lighter more closely. He flipped it around in hands and briefly considered if he could somehow pocket it and sell it later, but Jake was already sat down and had his own cigarette out. He tossed it back to its owner and nodded when Jake introduced himself.

"I know. You're in some of my classes, yeah? Thanks man." He guestured to his own cig. "Saved my life, I think my roommate swiped mine."

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 25th, 2011 07:03 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Jake smiled at the way Simon admired his lighter; he would give it to him, if it hadn’t been a gift…with his name engraved on the side of it. When Simon tossed it back, Jake lit his cigarette and took a pleasurable draw from it. “Mmmmmm, nice!”, he moaned, “Seems I can hardly wait ‘til last period’s over.”

Looking up at Simon through the hair that had fallen down across his face, Jake chatted, “Heard you had a knock-down-drag-out with that exchange student a few days back. If Fortis hadn’t broken it up, my money woulda been on you!”

“Yeah, we have Defense Against the Dark Arts and Transfig together. “ Jake shrugged and chuckled, “Man, Transfiguration is kicking my ass!”

	From: sim	Date: January 25th, 2011 07:18 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Sim grinned when Jake mentioned the fight. His wounds had healed and the fight was mostly a distant memory. He'd served his detention and had been enjoying his free evenings again, but he wouldn't pass up the chance to go again with Ciaran. "I couldn't keep hitting him, AB came down and got in the way and I don't hit girls, dude. But yeah, I could have kicked his ass." He puffed his chest out slightly before slouching down again.

"Everything is kicking my ass, man." It really was. At any other time maybe he could have gone to the girl that did homework for money, but not now he knew it was Meka and well..the less said about that, the better, he had decided.

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 25th, 2011 08:04 pm (UTC)		(Link)

How could Jake not find Simon’s prideful chest-puffing endearing? He could feel his cheeks flush slightly, as he felt a sudden attraction to his current companion. Concentrate, Jake, he told himself, No time for this. Besides, Simon’s not into guys.

“I heard AB got between you guys”, Jake spoke around the cigarette, still in his lips, “What’s that dud’s deal anyway? I heard some nasty rumors about him.” He flicked his ashes down and stepped on them. Watching Simon for a reaction to his question, Jake removed his blue Rienzi tie and stuffed it in his pocket.

“Dude, if you need help, I’m not bad in some of the classes and even pretty good in a few…”, Jake offered, unbuttoning the top two buttons of his uniform shirt. Then he took a draw on his cigarette and laughed, “Just don’t expect me to help with Transfig! That class sucks!”

	From: sim	Date: January 25th, 2011 08:32 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"fucking AB" Sim sighed, shaking his head. He'd never warmed to her after she went with Gray for a week. As for Ciaran, Sim laughed and shrugged. "That asshole just came at me for no reason. He's a mad man, man." Not entirely true, but that was his story and he was sticking to it.

Puffing thoughtfully on his cigarette, he leaned in closer to the other boy and fixed him with an intent stare. "Don't you think it's a bit weird that as soon as he moves here the school has got like, fucking body parts in the woods and owls getting attacked?" He paused for that to sink in, then turned back to his smoke.

As Jake offered his help, Sim shook his head. "I don't have anything to pay you with, bro. You'd be doing it for free unless you expect meto suck your dick or something" he added jokingly.

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 25th, 2011 08:58 pm (UTC)		(Link)

“Yeah, I can believe it, man! I’ve seen some of the shit that dude posts”, Jake agreed amicably, “He’s lucky he had a girl to save him”, Jake added for extra measure.

When Simon leaned in close to Jake and stared thoughtfully at him, all of the reasons for being there evaporated from Jake’s head, What was Simon going to do?, was all that was left. Jake’s breath stopped dead, caught in his throat. When Simon spoke, Jake released a long sigh and took a long drag from his cigarette; he was insane to think Simon might actually kiss him. Simon was straight as an arrow. “DUDE!, Jake exclaimed, “That’s what I was thinking! No problems here until this guy comes along, right?! Then we have body parts, owl attacks and some bat creature at large in the school!”

“Simon, did I ask for money?”, Jake was blushing bright red, due to his blond complexion, “You forget, my dad has more money than The U.S. Mint.” The joke really put a few fun visuals in Jake’s head. “Careful how you joke, man”, Jake chuckled, “In case you didn’t know, I’m a switch hitter! Blow jobs for lessons sounds like reasonable trade to me!”

	From: sim	Date: January 25th, 2011 09:20 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Sim nodded enthusiastically. "Exactly! What the fuck was that bat thing anyway? He's a dickhead, someone needs to take him down to size."

He raised his eyebrows at the other boy, he hadn't the faintest that Jake actually liked that. Laughing again he blew Jake a kiss. "No shit? I've never sucked a dick before bro, not that I remember anyway. It might not be very satisfying. Girls can multi-task and grab your balls at the same time."

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 25th, 2011 09:45 pm (UTC)		(Link)

“I don’t know what the fuck that bat thing was, but I’m going to put up some kind of ward to block it from my room…”, he laughed, “…when I can find one!” Speaking about Ciaran, Jake could definitely agree, “I’m glad you started the job, dude!”, sounds like he needs it bad. “I have to be careful. I can’t touch him unless he attacks me first, ‘cause I’m a 2nd dan black belt.”

Jake grinned widely when Simon blew him a kiss; he pretended to catch it and then kissed his palm, “Ahhh, such a romantic”, he teased. When Simon started discussing blow jobs, Jake’s face went bright red again, “Okay, first, I’m only half a fag, dude. I like girls too, so I’m not gonna jump your bones, okay”, he laughed, “Normally, I’d need a few beers to discuss blow jobs with a straight boy, but hey, there’s a first time for everything.” Jake took a long drag on his cigarette and let the smoke out in a long, smooth sigh. “Okay, Simon, if you wanna hear this…here goes…I know it might be a lot for you to believe, but guys give incredible blow jobs. Think about it…we know how the equipment works, dude, and we also play with the balls and multitask”, he cleared his throat, “…and we do something else, I’ll bet your straight ass has never experienced.” Jake grinned and took another drag on his cigarette, making Simon wait for it, “We slip a finger in your butt and find that little button called the prostate…ever wanna cum like a geyser…massage that prostate while you work on your dick.”

	From: sim	Date: January 26th, 2011 12:27 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Sim's intrest was piqued when Jake mentioned black belts. "Like karate shit? Really?" He got a little excited. "Could you teach me like, a five finger death punch or something? Can you kill a man just by touching his nose?"

However he made a face at Jake's words of wisdom and blew his smoke out forcefully. "No one is going near my ass, prostate or not." He snorted and shook his head.

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 26th, 2011 01:24 pm (UTC)		(Link)

God, Simon was priceless, Jake thought, with a grin, “Well, not karate, but Tae Kwan Do”, he answered the excited boy. “If you use enough force and skill, when striking the nose, you could cause fractures of the facial bones and shock trauma to the brain, resulting in death.”

Jake laughed so hard that his eyes watered; wiping his eyes, he replied, “Oh my God, Simon, you are so fuckin’ funny! I pity the poor bastard that ever touches your ass!” He smacked his forehead, “Sorry, though, man, but I’d love to be a fly on the wall when it happens!”

“Hey, dude, what’s the deal with you and Emilie?”, Jake asked, out of the blue. “Are you guys just friends or something more?” He cleared his throat, “I heard she was doing the nasty with Ciaran on New Years Eve…and they beat up some kid for his drugs.”

	From: sim	Date: January 26th, 2011 01:52 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Tae Kwan Do, Karate, they were all the same to Sim. Just cool shit to do in the movies to chop half a man's face off. "Awesome" Sim said at Jake's explanation, imagining doing it to all his enemies.

Sim joined in laughing and ashed his cigarette. Jake probably wouldn't have to be a fly, all he would have to do would be to look out of a window at the next party, given Sim's penchant for necking on the lawn. He winced slightly but shook it off.

When Jake asked about Emilie his face grew darker, moodier. "Just friends" he muttered, staring intently at the half smoked cigarette. "She's a fucking idiot for fucking that son of a bitch. If she wanted drugs she could have just come to me!" His voice had taken on a whiney quality.

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 26th, 2011 02:57 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Seeing Simon’s reaction to the martial arts talk, Jake offered, “I could teach you some Tae Kwon Do sometime, if you like”, he shrugged, “I’m a qualified instructor.” He looked at the tough guy across from him and winked, “…and before you ask , no payment necessary…no money, no dick, no anything.”

Jake was glad that Simon was laughing about the whole thing. He really was a cool guy. That Ciaran must be some major asshole to get on his bad side.

Oh, shit!, Jake worried. Simon looked upset. Maybe he shouldn’t have gone so far; the guy obviously cared a lot about Emilie and her actions with that psycho had been a sort of betrayal to him. “Hey, man”, Jake soothed, squeezing Simon’s shoulder, “I’m sorry. Look, she was probably just drunk and wasn’t thinking straight, y’know?” He gave Simon the sad puppy look, “I’m an ass for bringing it up, okay? Haven’t we all done things we regret when we were drunk?”

	From: sim	Date: January 26th, 2011 03:25 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Sweet." Sim flicked his now used up cigarette away. "I'll hit you up sometime, anything that may cause serious injury sounds good to me."

Sim nodded at the other boy and played with a twig, breaking it into pieces. "She never stops thinking straight with me" he said folornly. It wasn't that he was in love with Emilie or anything, but knowing that she had fooled around with that dick after probably ten minutesof knowing him stung a little. At his next comment Sim cracked a smile and agreed with a chuckle.

"Bro, you don't have enough time for me to tell you all the stupid shit I should regret because of being drunk." Starting with Meka, probably. That was still fresh.

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 26th, 2011 04:14 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Jake grinned widely, “Simon, you are like a breath of fresh air”, he exclaimed, putting out the butt of his cigarette against the log he was sitting on. “I’m sure I can teach you a few things that you’ll find useful.” Then Jake did something he never does…he jumped up and went into a blur of motion, punches, kicks, spins…all intricate, all precise. He was showing off and Jake absolutely never showed off! It was Simon’s influence; the boy was so interested in the sheer physicality of fighting, that Jake couldn’t help a little demonstration. Returning to his seat on the log, Jake shrugged, “That’s a bit of it.

It pulled at Jake’s heart when Simon said that Emilie Never stopped thinking straight with him. “Hey, Simon, you know…ummm…”, Jake patted the boy’s hand, “…dude, I think she keeps her head on straight with you, because you are more important to her.” He rubbed his neck, “Guys like that fucktard, she doesn’t mind using, but she cares about you, Simon…she doesn’t want to fuck up your friendship.”

Jake laughed, “Well, let me tell you, man, sometime, we will have to grab a few six-packs and I’ll tell you my regrets, if you tell me yours!”

	From: sim	Date: January 27th, 2011 01:42 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Sim watched the other boy with amusement, maybe even a little awe. He was much more of the 'swing blindly and bite the ear of your opponent' sort of guy but he could appreciate the skill involved in kung fu shit.

He remained doubtful with Jake's explanation, from the thousands of advances she had spurned she just found him repulsive. It made him feel bad, which Sim was totally out of his depth with, and shook off the feeling. "One day she'll get tired of slapping me and let me put a hand up her shirt" he joked, regaining his composure.

That was more like it, swapping stories and beer. "Hey man, as long as you're buying" he joked again.

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 27th, 2011 05:56 pm (UTC)		(Link)

The looks from Simon were well worth the effort it took for Jake to get up the nerve to show off his Tae Kwon Do moves. He thought it would be fun to teach the guy some moves.

“Dude, if she’s slapping you instead of letting you feel her up, it’s her loss!”, Jake soothed Simon’s hurt feelings. Picking up a smooth stone, Jake rubbed it between his thumb and forefinger as he confessed, “I met Emilie in the art room a few days ago, man.” He looked up at Simon through his thick, blond lashes, “Ummmm…I tried to be friendly to her and…well…she hates my fuckin’ guts”, he shrugged, “I don’t know what happened!”

“If I’m buying?”, Jake repeated, with a huge grin, “Dude, my father’s a billionaire. If I’m not buying, I’m a dickhead!”

	From: sim	Date: January 27th, 2011 06:11 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Sim couldn't help but laugh as Jake described his first encounter with Emilie. "Yeah. She's a babe, right? Don't even worry about it. She's always got her panties in a twist." He shook his head. "I mean, the first time we met, if was carnage. The second time she broke Gray's nose."

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 27th, 2011 06:26 pm (UTC)		(Link)

“No way!”, Jake exclaimed, “She broke Gray’s nose?!” He tried not to laugh, but couldn’t stop himself and broke loose with a laugh from deep in his chest. “Why is she like that, man?”, Jake asked, truly curious. He gave Simon a light tap on the arm, “She called me an asshole, a retard and she threatened to cut my little dick off!” He laughed and wiped his eyes, “What the fuck, man?!”

	From: sim	Date: January 27th, 2011 06:40 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Sim was laughing now too, remembering Gray's misfortune always had that effect. "It was beautiful, I don't think they've said one word to each other since."

He shrugged at Jake's question. He'd never really thought to ask her why she was like that, it was just Emilie. "No one knows, man. I've met her parents and they're nice and all. She's just always been like that since I knew her at least."

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 27th, 2011 07:36 pm (UTC)		(Link)

“Damn, man, aren’t you afraid to turn your back on her?”, Jake asked, worried for Simon. “I mean…dude, she blew up my painting!”, he exclaimed, “Used a fuckin’ exploding spell…knocked me on my ass!” He grinned, “Don’t tell her, but she actually did me a favor, cause that painting wasn’t coming out so great anyway.”

Jake shook his head, “Strange, man. I just don’t get it.”

Finger-combing his hair out of his eyes and leaning forward, Jake grinned and leaned forward, “So, what about the other chicks in school? Don’t tell me they all slap you?” He cracked his knuckles, “Believe me, I know there are plenty of friendly girls here at CCI!” He followed his last comment with a knowing wink.

	From: sim	Date: January 27th, 2011 07:46 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Sim thought about it for a second then shrugged again. "I dunno, I never think she's gonna do me any permanent damage or..she would have done it by now. Maybe she's waiting 'til she's out of school and can't get expelled?" Hearing what Emilie had done he grinned slightly despite himself. She really was pretty awesome. "Yeah, but she always looks the best when she's mad at you. Her mouth does this thing."

Sim tried to think of all the girls who hadn't slapped him at one point or another and was struggling to come up with names. "Well no, they don't all slap. Addy punched me once."

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 27th, 2011 08:39 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Jake laughed at Simon’s insight into his insane friend, Emilie, “Hey, maybe when you two both graduate, she’ll settle down and want to become your Mrs.?”, he teased. “Yeah, I noticed her mouth doing something”, Jake joked, “It’s called snarling!”

Big blue eyes blared wide when Simon could only remark that Addy had punched him, “Addy punched you? What the fuck, dude?”, he grinned, “Maybe you need some opening lines or something?” Jake cocked an eyebrow, “Don’t tell me you haven’t…ummm…been with any of the young ladies here in school, dude?”

	From: sim	Date: January 27th, 2011 09:16 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Sim snorted. "Whoever said anything about settling down?" As far as Sim was concerned, he would be riding his bike for the rest of his life. Marriage and kids? No way.

Ah, the young ladies. Sure, they were probably less likely to want to cause him harm but where was the fun in that? "I have a no freshman rule" he explained, grinning. "They're more likely to end up crying over you, I guess."

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 27th, 2011 09:48 pm (UTC)		(Link)

“Ahhhhh! No ball and chain for you, eh?”, Jake chuckled, “Well, there’s one thing we have in common, bro!”, he held his fist up to bang knuckles.

“Freshmen?! No! ACKKK!”, Jake exclaimed, making a funny face, “Too young, dude!” Rubbing his chin, Jake figured he would just have to come out and be blunt, “I’m just asking whether you’ve had any of the girls…like juniors or seniors…at CCI?” There really should be beer here, “I think I need beer to loosen your tongue!”, he teased. “Dude, I know if I have, you have!”

	From: sim	Date: January 27th, 2011 10:04 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Sim could fist bump that happily, and did.

"Ohhh" he said, suddenly understanding. "I don't usually ask their ages but yeah, some bro. I don't usually remember names. Or faces. Only Mek-" he checked himself suddenly. No one needed to know about that. If Gray found out he'd never hear the end of it. "Just this one chick at Sam's party. It's kind of awkward. It's weird."

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 27th, 2011 10:36 pm (UTC)		(Link)

With a fist bump, Jake felt like he and Simon bonded in the brotherhood of dedicated bachelors. How had he not spent any time with this guy before now? Simon was a cool dude…easy to talk to and Jake decided that, if there was any nefarious plans going on at CCI, Simon had no part in them.

“Yeah, I knew a looker like you woulda been around”, Jake complimented. When Simon almost said Meka, their eyes locked; Jake looked away after a moment and flushed. He knew that Simon must not want anyone to know if he had stopped himself like that. “Oh, hey, yeah, some chick at Sam’s party, huh?”, he hit Simon with the back of his hand, “…me too, dude! I hooked up with this Sonnier chick that I hadn’t been with for a few months. Man, she is hot!”

	From: sim	Date: January 27th, 2011 11:51 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Sonnier? I've never managed to fuck a Sonnier chick." Until Sam's party he reminded himself with a wince. "I'm not into that book shit. Sonnier chicks are lacking in tits" he joked.

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 28th, 2011 12:15 am (UTC)		(Link)

Oh fuck! Meka was Sonnier too!, Jake smiled uncomfortably at Simon, "Dude, Giselle has nice tits...", he wiggle his eyebrows, "...and nice everything else too." He grinned widely, "Best thing is...she isn't hung up on commitment!"

Rubbing his stomach, Jake licked his lips, "Dude, unless you want to smoke another ciggy, I think I'm going to head back and grab a bite to eat. I'm starving!"

	From: sim	Date: January 28th, 2011 02:02 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Sim paused to see how he felt, he seemed okay for now and could probably last until the evening without having another smoke. He waved a hand at the blonde boy.

"Oh yeah, go ahead. I'm gonna stay here for a while, fresh air and all that." He grinned and got up, brushing off the seat of his pants which were now dirtier than before.

"Catch you later, bro" he said before shoving his hands in his pockets and wandering further into the woods.

	From: jake_frost	Date: January 28th, 2011 03:02 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Okay, dude, take it easy. Try not to get too much of that fresh air. It's addictive!", Jake teased. He gave Simon a pat on the back as he headed out of the woods.

Turning around, Jake called back, "Hey! Don't forget...one night I owe you some brewskis! We can either come out here or we can drive into town...I know some bartenders!"