Just Good Friends?

Chapter 20 - Time out

Bex

"Bex, can you give me a hand with Harry" Nate found me in the kitchen the next morning. I'd got up early today, been for a run, did some training with the punch bag and been for a swim. I'd just put the coffee machine on, when Nate came in.

"Yeah sure, what's up? Is he ok?" Harry was pretty bad last night with his injuries. Not A&E worthy, but he was probably in a lot of pain today.

"He's OK, but hurting. I think we should get him in to an ice bath, but I want you to check him out" Poor Nate looks worried.

"Come on. Take these" I hand him some painkillers "I'll pour some coffee and bring that up in a minute"

"Thanks, I'm not a very good nurse" he chuckles and walks off back to his room where Harry is.

When I get upstairs, Harry is sitting up on the bed just about to take the painkillers.

"Well f**k me you look like s**t dude" I laugh handing him coffee. I pass one over to Nate too, and he takes it greatfully.

"Yeah, cheers for that. Thought I was looking quite tough actually" Harry is still in good humour, so that's something.

"Right, drink that up, then we're getting you in to a cold bath. I'll clean you up once you're out of there ok. Now they're strong painkillers, so no drinking for you for the next few days whilst you're taking them" I say sternly to him.

"f**k sake. Those f*****g Trayton assholes have a lot to answer for" he looks so grumpy, I have to hold back a laugh. "And who's getting me in to this bath?" Now he looks suspiciously at me.

"Me and Nate, do you see anyone else here?"

"You have got to be f*****g shitting me?! You are not getting me stripped naked and in to the bath. Mike will finish the job that Trayton started" he argues with me.

"Harry, you have nothing I've not seen before, but you can hide your manhood if you feel the need"

"You might decide you can't go back to Mike after you've seen me though, I warn you" he winks, or tries to wink with his swollen eye.

"Well, I'm just going to have to fight the urge and take my chances aren't I. Now, you finished?" Nate is laughing behind me, but comes around the other side of the bed to help Harry up. Harry just glares at him.

"What?? She was the only person up dude, everyone was ignoring my messages and calls" Nate shrugs at him smirking. He's finding this very amusing.

We get him in to the bathroom, and get him stripped off. Nate had filled the bath with cold water, and chucked a bucket of ice in too.

"Right, come on then Teofimo Lopez, let's get you in there" I tease him as we help him in to the bath.

"Really Bex, a lightweight boxer? I'm a f*****g beast. You've seen all of me now, I hope you can resist me" he winces as we lower him in to the ice cold water.

"I'll try my very best. Now stay there" we keep an eye on him, then a short time later, we get him back out. He seems to move a bit easier after that. The bath also helped clean up the dried blood, so I could see his wounds clearer. They were looking fine, but I wanted to get some antiseptic on some of them, and cover up one that was a bit deep. Harry looked like he'd been in a bar brawl with some dirty fighters, not a football game. Between me and Nate, we got his wounds seen to, and got him dressed in to clean clothes of Nate's. Then we got him downstairs.

As we entered the kitchen, the others were sitting around laughing and eating breakfast.

"Hey dude, how you feeling this morning?" Joe pushes a stool out of the way with his foot, so we can manoeuvre Harry to a sofa in the den the other side of the kitchen.

"Feeling on top of the world mate. Although I have a confession, to you too Mike... your sister and girlfriend has seen me in all my naked glory, she may now find it difficult to resist my manly body and charm" we get him comfortable, then collapse on to the other sofa. The doors to the kitchen are open wide so we can see everyone.

Mike, Cal and Joe burst out laughing.

"Well well well! And there was me thinking I was safe leaving her with any of you lot" Mike grins and shakes his head.

"I wouldn't bet on it mate. Harry was shaking his d**k around like a f*****g salami. He's just putting it on with all this being in pain s**t" Nate says with all seriousness from next to me on the sofa. Everyone is in hysterics the next second, and Harry moans from the other sofa.

"Stop making me laugh asshole. Im in f*****g pain here!"

"Come here babygirl" Mike calls me over. He puts his arms around me and kisses me gently. "Shall we go somewhere today?" He whispers in to my ear "I feel like we haven't had much time lately".

"Sounds awesome. Just us?" I need some time with him desperately.

"Yeah, just us babygirl" he pulls me in and kisses the top of my head.

"Right, you two go off and do your thing. You've done enough Bex, thanks for all your help with dickhead over there. Joe can stay home and help out today" Nate says from the sofa. He's looking really tired.

"Did you get much sleep last night?" I ask him, I'm a bit concerned about him.

"Nah, dickhead was snoring like a dog" but I know it was probably because he sat up keeping watch over him to make sure he was OK.

"Well you go and sleep for a few hours. Joe can sit with Harry and play nurse maid. Our dad will be home in an hour, so if Joe needs help with anything, he can help out till you've got some rest" he looks a bit reluctant, but finally gives in and stands up. He comes over and gives me a hug and kisses my cheek.

"Thanks. Enjoy your day guys, catch you later" then he runs upstairs and we hear his door open and close behind him.

"Go then you two, see you later" Joe practically pushes us out the front door.

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Mike

I stopped at a shop and bought some food for us to have a picnic. Seeing as this was a spur of the moment thing, I'm not prepared. We decided to head for the lake. We have our swimming stuff and towels, and Bex always has a few blankets in the car.

"I need this today. Thank you for suggesting we do something" she smiles over at me as I put the bags in the back and climb in to the drivers seat.

"I think we both needed to get away from it all today babygirl. You've been hitting the track pretty hard, I've been working out like a lunatic for football, then all that with Trayton last night, and Harry this morning, it's been full on" I rest my hand on her thigh and squeeze it gently. She places her hand on top of mine. With everything that has been going on, I'd forgotten all about Nates feelings for her. He obviously cared a lot for her, but he was a good friend and was happy for us. He needed Bex last night and this morning, and I was happy for her to be there for him, I actually surprised myself at how ok with it I was.

We arrive at the lake and park up. I get the bags and blankets, and we head to a secluded spot out of the way.

Once we're settled on the blankets, with food spread out around us, I start to relax properly.

"It's so peaceful here" I look out over the lake. Its surrounded by grass and trees, and the lake has little jettys dotted around the edges. It's so beautiful.

"Hmmm, I could stay here all day" Bex is lying with her head resting on my lap.

"Then we will, we have nothing to get back for. Joe and Nate can cope with Harry"

"Yeah, but I don't like to put it all on them. I'll be happy with a few hours here" she sits up, turns around to face me, leans in and kisses my lips gently "have I told you lately how much I love you"

"No, tell me again" I tease her.

"I love you so much it scares the s**t out of me. You mean everything to me, and I'm so happy you told me how you felt, or I would never have opened my eyes" she climbs on to my lap, and I feel the stirrings down below.

"Be careful babygirl, I might not be able to control myself" my voice comes out all husky, full of lust.

"Then don't, take me here Mike. I want you inside me now" she pushes down on me and I grab her hips and move her as close to me as possible. Our lips meet eagerly and I can feel the passion inside her.

It's not long before she frees me from my shorts, rolls a condom on me, and I push her underwear to the side and push in to her hard. I grab her hips and push her up and down on top of me, I can feel my c**k pulsing. She's so wet for me, but I don't want to come too early, so I pull out of her, and replace my c**k with 3 fingers. I push them in and out of her, watching her face as I bring her close, then hold back and do it all again.

"I need to feel you inside me now" she pants with her eyes closed in pleasure. I pull my fingers out, and ram my throbing c**k in to her so hard she moans out loud. "Oh god, Mike, again. I'm going to come" I thrust in and out harder and harder, till I feel my orgasm ripple through me in waves, exactly the same time as her body shakes with the pleasure of hers. I hold her tight, panting for a few minutes whilst I get my breath back, then look in to her gorgeous sexy eyes and kiss her deeply.

"I still can't quite believe you're mine" I say in to her hair.

"I'm yours, and I always will be. I love you" she turns to look at me, and I realise in that moment, that I am never being with any other female, only her, forever. And I am really happy with that.

....

It's around 5pm when we decide to pack up and head home. Its later than we planned, we've been here since 11am. We've eaten most of the food, we've been swimming, we've talked, we've had amazing s*x, and we've even dozed. It's been the best day in a long time. We used to do things like this now and again before I went to live with my dad, apart from the s*x bit. These days always refreshed us, and made us ready to face the world again.

When we arrive back at Bex's House, we find Joe, Harry and Nate playing poker in the den. All three of them look a lot better than they did when we left this morning.

"Hey fuckers, good day? Must of been, you both look good looking again, so getting away from us did the trick obviously" Harry winks and he picks his cards up.

"It was just what we needed. Refreshed and ready to fight the world again" Bex kisses Joe on the cheek, then walks over to the corner and picks up her guitar. I haven't seen her play at home in ages. It's good to see.

"Harry has had us running around after his lazy ass all day" Nate doesn't look up, but we see him smirking. He's looking refreshed too, he must of slept well knowing Harry was being looked after. "He even had your dad running back and forth the f*****g fridge for him" Nate now laughs and shakes his head at Harry.

"What?! Injured hero sitting here dude. Everyone needs a bit of help now and again, it just so happens good old Dennis Holden was in the building when I needed it" Harry shrugs his shoulders and gives us a big grin.

"You're such a f*****g faker dude" Nate laughs.

"Alright you two, give it a rest. Its been a good day, don't ruin it now. Beer?" Joe stands up and heads to the fridge.

Bex sits on the sofa next to Harry, and starts strumming on her guitar. She plays a soft rock tune, and we all settle in to a comfortable silence. I join in on the next game with them, and Bex carries on paying tune after tune, quietly and gently, and going in to her own little happy world. The evening turns out to be a lovely chilled one. We're all happy in each others company, talking and laughing together. I asked earlier where Cal had gone. They said he'd met a chick at the party last night, she messaged him and he'd gone to see her. I hope he has some fun, he's a nice guy, but he doesn't have the confidence the rest of us have which means he often hangs in the background. We'd never leave him behind, he's one of us, but I hate to think of him feeling awkward.

It's around 1am when Bex heads to bed. She hugs and kisses Joe, Nate and Harry on the cheek, then I pull her in for a proper kiss before she leaves us to it. I head up to bed around 3am, and Bex is sleeping soundly. She looks absolutely stunning, with her beautiful dark curls fanned out on the pillow behind her, and she has a slight smile playing on her lips. I'd like to think it's me she's dreaming about. I strip out of all my clothes, and climb in naked by the side of her. Neither of us wear clothes to bed when we stay the night together. I turn on to my side and reach my arm over her so she's tucked in tight to me. If I could only stay in one position, in one place, for the rest of my life, it would be here. With Bex's back pressed in to my chest, tight in my arms. I'm totally and utterly gone for this girl.