=The Community Centre, Out Front=
"And he just needs to hold our hands?" Lucy asked.
Chris nodded. "That's it yeah," he said.
The transfer was as easy as usual.
After it was complete Chris looked at Lily thoughtfully. 'Should I still? I already have her power…' he thought.
She looked at him nervously and fidgeted. "So… you're…" she said.
He shook his head. 'No I should uphold my end of the bargain. It's not like she is much of andanger anymore anyway,' he thought.
He smiled. "Don't worry. I'll have a talk with Simon," he assured.
She looked relieved.
Chris looked back at Seth. "You got anything else recently?" He asked.
"I've got some scheduled. There's this one old bloke… he can make grass grow faster," Seth said.
Chris shook his head. "No you can sell that one to someone else for a profit," he said.
'Am I supposed to start gardening?' He thought to himself sarcastically.
=The Community Centre, Hallway=
Chris was looking through the window at everyone in the Main Hall until he found Simon and gestured for him to come out.
Simon looked around the hallway surprised to only find Chris. "W-what is it?" He asked.
Chris smirked around wrapped his arm around Simon's shoulder. "Nothing much, really. I just wanted to talk about that girl from yesterday's class," he said.
Simon's eyes widened. "I..I…I… I d-don't…" he stuttered.
"She mentioned your relationship," Chris interrupted.
Simon stopped trying to talk and just looked at him like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
Chris smiled reassuringly. "I think you've done a really good thing.
Simon gave him a confused look. "I have?" He asked.
Chris nodded. "Yeah. There's few people that instead of judging would try to help her. Even more so when in your situation. I was happy to hear from her you said you two were reconnecting again," he said.
Simon smiled awkwardly. "O-of course," he said.
Chris felt Simon seemed to have made up his mind regarding Lily.
Chris smiled. "Great, a loyal friend is all one can hope for," he said.
'That should be more than enough. Even with how socially awkward he is that should have been laid on thick enough to leave an impression,' he thought.
Nathan walked in and looked at the two of them. Chris' arm was still around Simon. "Oh… oh! Are you two like… so who is on top and who is bottom?" He asked.
Simon froze while Chris just deadpanned.
Nathan took the awkward moment of silence to mime taking someone from behind. "You know…" he said.
He looked between Chris and Simon, his gaze ended on Simon. "You're definitely the bottom. I always thought you were looking at me kinda funny," he said.
He ran his hands down his body. "All of this... isn't for you though," he said with a confident nod.
Simon shook his head nervously. "N-no… we're not…" he stammered.
Kelly walked up behind Nathan and smacked him from behind.
"Ouch," he said grabbing his arm and sending her a glare.
He rubbed his arm. "You know that hurts," he said.
She glared right back at him. "Just leave him alone," she said.
She looked at Simon. "It's fine if ya are though. Just ignore him. I do," she said.
Simon shook his head vigorously.
Chris chuckled. "What? It isn't fine if I am?" He asked with a smirk.
She rolled her eyes. "Oh shut up," she said.
Alisha walked out of the main Hall and looked at them with a sigh." Are you all just going to leave me alone with the specials?" She asked.
=The Next Morning, The Community Centre, Locker Rooms=
Simon awkwardly went up to Chris. "I-I did it..." he said.
Chris looked up. "Hmmm? Did what?" He asked.
"Y-yesterday. I-I talked to her," he said.
Chris smiled. "Good. I couldn't be prouder. How did it go?" He asked.
"G-good, we..." Simon said.
He was interrupted by the others coming in and was too nervous to continue.
=The Community Centre, Roof=
" I was looking in the mirror this morning and I was very handsome. Do you think that's my superpower? I've always been kind of irresistible to the ladies," Nathan said.
He raised his brow suggestively to Kelly.
"Nope. That's not it," Kelly retorted.
"Oh... come on..." Nathan said.
He grabbed a bottle of sunscreen and walked over to the edge of the roof. He slowly unbuttoned and wiggled himself out of out of his orange overalls with only his briefs remaining to cover his pale scrawny body.
He squirted a heavy helping of sunscreen onto his hand before slamming the bottle down onto the roof.
Moving slowly he started spreading the thick white cream over his body while giving the rest of the group what he must have believed to be seductive looks, disgusting most of them possibly with the exception of Kelly.
He finally bent over facing away from them with his ass on display and pulled his brief into the crack, exposing even more of his pale asscheeks and started rubbing the sunscreen on them.
Alisha sighed. "Oh seriously, put some clothes on," she said.
Nathan continued undeterred. "Ah, come on! Who says you can't have an ASBO and an all-over tan?" He asked.
Curtis grimaced. "Oh, wrong!" He said.
They heard a whistle from down below.
There was a young man sporting a buzzcut. "I'm looking for Nathan," he said.
"Why? Why are you looking for him? Who are you?" Nathan asked.
The young man seemed to hesitate for a moment. "I'm his brother," he finally said.
Nathan scoffed. "I haven't got a brother. I'm a classic example of an only child," he said.
"Not any more," the young man responded.
Nathan shook his head. "How is that even possible?" He asked.
"We've got the same dad," the young man said.
"And you're sure about that?" Nathan asked.
"He didn't tell you about me?" The young man asked.
"I guess it slipped his mind," Nathan said.
Both of them went quiet unsure about how to proceed.
Nathan was the one to finally speak up. "Yeah, OK... Yeah, I've always wanted a brother," he said.
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