Just Good Friends?

Chapter 48 - Tempers frayed

Bex.

"Well f**k me, he grew a pair!" Is all Lina says when Harry walks off. "Told me he's going to f**k me later, show me the best night I've ever had. Think I might enjoy myself" she laughs, but sits down heavily in the seat underneath her.

......

Nate.

The party is in full swing. It's like we never left home. Bex is chatting and laughing with a few of the girls, she seems to have clicked with Lina, and I'm glad about that. Harry hasn't taken his eyes of Lina for the majority of the night, and Joe and Ems seem to be getting along better than ever. Cal actually seems like he's showing an interest in Jess, and it looks like she feels the same about him. I'm just chilling with a beer on the patio, when Zach comes up to me.

"Your f*****g girlfriend thinks she can make a fool of me infront of everyone and get away with it Bowers. And you, you think you're so f*****g cool, hot girlfriend, captain of college football, you're nothing though, and I'd f**k your girl if I wanted to." He sneers at me. "I know all about your boy Mike, couldn't f*****g save him could you tough guy, then you were f*****g his girl before he was even cold in his grave" I dive out of my seat and grip him by the throat. I have him lifted off his feet up against the wall.

"Touch a nerve did i tough guy. Your girl Bex is a bit of a slut so it seems, throws it out to anyone" I pull my head back and swing it forward straight in to his nose, his head bouces off the wall just as i let go of him. He slumps to the floor.

"Say what you want about me, but don't ever talk about my girl or my friends, don't even f*****g look in their direction. Get up" He slowly stumbles to his feet, then takes a swing for me. I duck out of the way easily, and he says "I can't wait to get that slut on her own, I'll show her a good f*****g time" I don't see or hear anything else, I lunge at him. The next thing I know, Joe is holding me from behind, with my arms trapped at my sides, Harry is infront of me holding me back, Cal and Brad and 2 other guys from the team are either side of Harry incase I try to move. I'm not going to, my anger has gone. I'm calm and collected again. Joe realises that, and let's me go instantly. I pull my t-shirt up over my head as its got blood on it, and start walking away, the crowd that has gathered move out of the way. I see Bex sitting down by the fire and she smiles that sexy f*****g smile at me, so I head over to her.

"OK handsome? Give me that t-shirt" I pass it over to her and she throws it on the fire pit and turns to me.

"I liked that t-shirt, could we not of washed it?" I ask.

"Nope, it's f****d. Just like I will be when you get me upstairs later" she whispers in my ear. I grab her face in my hands and kiss her hard. I pull her on to my lap, and she pushes down on me, my c**k throbbing with the feel of her. I need this girl, I need to be inside her now.

"Alright, enough of the public show, save it for later you 2" Harry bounces over and throws himself down next to me. "OK dude? Out of your system now?"

"Fine dude. Where is he?" I ask, not really caring.

"Some guys took him to a&e, and are coming back. People are saying he had it coming, although I think we may be a team mate down, don't think he's coming back" shame. "So if I hadn't of shown up now, you'd be f*****g right here wouldn't you" he teases, but he has no idea how close we came.

"Yep, Bex would have me on my back right here dude, and I wouldn't complain at all" Bex punches me but laughs.

......

Joe.

Bex has gone to get drinks to fill up the cooler, and Nate has totally calmed down, like nothing has happened calm. He's someone people need to be wary of it they get on his wrong side, as people have witnessed tonight.

I saw him lunge at Zach, then hold him by the front of his shirt, smashing his fist in to his face. He threw him up against the wall and his head just bounced. I just managed to pull him off with help from the other guys, and when he finally realised, he relaxed a bit. I knew he'd be ok then to let go, and he walked off to Bex.

"So what did that prick say to you? One of the guys said they heard him mention Mike. Then you just lost it apparently. The guys said a mist just came over you and they couldn't hold you, Joe was the only one that could" I say to Nate as we sit there quietly.

"Don't sweat it, it's done. He just said some s**t, spoke about the wrong people, and I lost it. Over and done with Harry. Concentrate on getting your girl yeah, she's good for you i think" He's such a closed book. You never know what's going through his head. I can see the guys coming over now, so I change the subject.

"Coach was happy with the game, finally f*****g smiled!"

'Yo, what's happening lads" Jake sits next to Nate and they fist bump.

"Chilling, out of the way dude" Nate says and grins.

"All over now, forgotten... well, not forgotten, you certainly just proved the rumours about you are right, but nobody will be talking about it, they're too f*****g scared" he laughs and punches Nates shoulder.

"f**k, I hate eyes on me. One of you needs to do something to take the attention away dudes" Nate says with his head in his hands. We all laugh and Bex comes back with a box of beers.

"Harry, take the beers off Bex, I need to take my girl off alone somewhere" Nate takes Bex by the waist and lifts her, putting her legs around his waist, and holding her tight.

"With a smoking relationship like that dude, the attention will always be on you" Jake laughs and grabs the beers off me and starts putting them in the cooler. Nate carries Bex off in to the house,

And we don't see them for them rest of the night.

......

"Your boy Nate, he good? We definitely saw a different side to him tonight, but we get it. It's just hard to believe from him. He's so cool, and calm. That was some heavy f*****g s**t. Just glad you and your boys were there, we couldn't stop him, he's one strong mother fucker" Brad says to me as we sit by the fire.

"He blacks out, doesn't see or hear what's around him. Zach was f*****g lucky. I don't know what he said, but it got to Nate pretty bad" I take a swig of my beer.

"I didn't hear it all, but he said something about not being able to save Mike, and taking his girl or something" Brad looks at me.

"f**k, he really was f*****g lucky then" I say quietly.

"What happened dude?? I know none of you like to talk about it, but after tonight, and seeing Nate like that, I think I need to know" Brad looks intently at me, and I decide to tell him the full story.

Half hour later, he takes a deep breath.

"Well f**k me. Your boy's a f*****g hero if anything! s**t about Mike though, sounds like a good guy" Brad drinks from his bottle then throws the empty in the bin behind.

"He was, him and Bex were friends from day 1, like me and Nate. They hadn't actually been together very long. There's no saying what would have happened between them either, if Mike was still here. It may of worked out, might not of, who knows. But Bex and Nate are good, it's like they've wasted so many years, and now they've finally got it together, I don't think anything will come between them." And I mean it, they are the best together, j never thought they would be this suited.

"They are the hottest mother f*****g couple to ever walk the earth dude!" Harry shouts over "you should of seen him pick her up and carry her off to bed, infront of everyone too. Didn't give a f**k who knew what they were going to get up to, and Nate has always been so cool when it comes to s*x. Now he can't keep his f*****g hands off your sister! Gives me a f*****g hard on!" Harry is such a d**k sometimes, but the guys laugh.

"f**k sake Harry, that's my best mate and my twin dude. I don't need a picture in my head!" I throw a football at his head, but he's too quick and catches it.

"They're up there f*****g each others brains out right now dude, there's no getting away from that fact. You could be an Uncle Joey soon, who says they're being careful, and they certainly f**k à lot!" Another football to his head, and this time he's not quick enough. They better be being careful. I make a mental note to talk to Nate.