This is a birthday gift for the wonderful and utterly lovey Sirenitie! Happy birthday darling!

A great big thank you to LovingtheStrange for the beta work!

Say Goodbye

Noah woke up on his side in his dorm room completely naked. He was stiff and cold from staying in one position for a long period of time. Goose flesh pimpled over his arms and down his legs and he shivered. With a groan Noah turned over onto his back and blindly pulled his thin blanket up to his shoulders. He felt clammy and sticky, and assumed that he had gotten so hot and sweaty sometime during the night he had to pull off his clothes in his sleep in order to cool down. He could see sunlight streaming into the room even without having to open his eyes. He did so anyways and then quickly placed a hand over his face to shield his eyes from the piercing natural light. Ugh, that's it. Its official waking up is a bad idea. He thought and decided that he was going to delay getting up for as long as he could.

Noah remained in bed and concentrated on reliving the dream he had last night. It was a recurring dream where he finally had the guts to tell Rex how he fallen in love with him, only to have Rex tell him he felt the same way. Noah would feel deliriously happy and relieved and they would hug and then have their first kiss on the spot. It would just be a soft press of lips on lips until all the pent up desire for Rex made Noah want to go farther, and magically, in the weird way dreams works, Rex always knew that Noah wanted to go farther without him ever having to utter a word. They would end up in Rex's room eagerly pulling off clothes and kissing each other in the ways that Noah fantasized about for years.

In this dream he and Rex were in a dark alleyway behind the bar they went to whenever Rex visited him in Boston. They had just come from the bar, giddy on alcohol and each others company. Rex had an arm draped over Noah's shoulders, just as he did in real life. He had been grinning from ear to ear as he pointed at things around them and proclaimed how great those things were as they walked the six blocks back to Noah's dorm.

Noah had nodded in agreement, even though he had been watching Rex's lips move rather than listen to the actual words. And then Rex had turned to Noah and had suddenly kissed him.

Even though Noah should have been expecting this, he could always tell when his dreams would get to point when they would confess to each other; he had been unprepared for the lip contact.

The next thing Noah knew he had Rex pinned against a wall and they both started groping at each other and making out. Tongues slid over lips and into mouths. Hot breath mingled together in desperate gasps. Noah moved his hands from Rex's shoulders to run over his chest and then down to the zipper of Rex's pants.

A grin spread over Noah's sleepy face as he remembered a particularly hot detail of how soft Rex's skin felt under his touch as Noah trailed kisses and playful bites down his best friend's neck and throat.

And the sounds the EVO had made as Noah knelt in front of him had been so arousing, Noah felt himself growing hard at the memory.

Almost unconsciously one of Noah's hands made the journey south to his groin. He hummed as he stretched his arms and legs and then jerked up when he kicked something at the foot of his bed and it moved on its own.

Noah's best friend was sitting at the edge of the bed.

Rex was hunched over with his head in his hands. He was dressed, but his clothes were slightly crumpled and his hair was a mess. It stuck up at odd angles as if he slept on it. Noah blinked at the observation.

"Rex?"

The Hispanic twenty-one year old's head snapped up as he looked over at the blond. His body was tense and he looked scared. "Hey," he said hoarsely, his voice sounded rough as it was the first time he had spoken all day. Maybe it was.

"What are you doing here?" Noah asked and then realizing that he was naked, pulled the thin bed sheet up to his chin.

Rex seemed slightly hurt by the question, but he quickly covered it with a shrug of his shoulders. "I woke up here. Apparently, we spent the night together." He explained simply.

Noah's head grew hot and he felt nauseous as he took in Rex's words. Flashes came to him then, whispered promises of "I love you so damn much" and "I trust you" pounded in his head as the memories came back to him. It wasn't a dream, it was real. It had really happened.

"Thank you," Noah said softly. "For staying," he added when Rex frowned in confusion. Noah knew that Rex could have left anytime during the night, could have said goodbye and never said a word about having spent the night, and allowed Noah to think that the whole thing had been a dream; but he hadn't. Rex had stayed to work things out like a grown-up, and although the idea of what was going to happen next terrified Noah, he loved the EVO even more for being the bigger man.

"You're welcome." The spiky haired EVO nodded. "I guess we have some things to talk about."

"Yeah, we do," Noah confirmed feeling himself blush. The two friends stared at each other for a moment, neither knowing exactly how to start the conversation that was sure to change their friendship forever. Noah bit on his lip and decided the best way would be to ask the most pressing question.

"Rex did you…?" Noah trailed off unsure of how to phrase the question. How do you ask your best friend if he fucked you last night? Noah thought wildly and was surprised at the stab of desire the thought caused him. He pushed it aside and tried to focus on his question.

Rex seemed to understand what Noah was trying to say. His cheeks darkened in a blush and he shook his head. "Actually it was you who…you know…took me." Rex replied.

Noah felt his eyes wide in shock. "I did what?" He demanded.

Rex mirrored Noah's expression. "You asked me if you could and I said yes that I-"

"I trust you." Noah finished for him. Images and sounds flooded Noah's mind as the mental cobwebs cleared and he remembered what had happened last night.

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To Be Continued.

I don't know why I like having Noah going to college in Boston. I just do. LOL. I hope to have the next part posted in a day or so.