Between Ties

Goodnight Maverick

Rhyett's Point of View

Kenzo and I stood in Maverick's lounge as we both stared at him, he seemed a lot better after drinking the green stuff Kenzo had given him,

When Kenzo arrived at the rink he used his doctor status to his advantage and quickly slipped Maverick the green stuff and then drove Maverick home, leaving me to drive Maverick's car because we couldn't just leave it there.

"I need to go and you need to rest." He nodded at Maverick who seemed like he just wanted to go to bed "be careful with your powers, ascending takes your powers to a whole new level, you might even unlock some secrets when playing around with it. But for the next few days...lay off the flames they'll be harder to control." He said informatively,

Before glancing at me.

"You staying here with him tonight?" He asked and then my eyes grew big. "No, I just wanted to make sure he was okay. We're friends I'm seeing Xander, he's seeing Beth." I explained and then Kenzo laughed.

"I miss my teenage years." He said smiling "I have to go, I'm working a night-shift. Thank you for taking care of my brother," he glanced at me and then at Maverick "and you, no powers until your body has fully ascended."

Maverick rolled his eyes and then groaned "Okay Professor Dumbledore, get the f**k out now! I want to go to bed!"

"Goodnight." Kenzo smiled and then opened Maverick's front door to leave, shutting it close behind himself.

I then watched Mavs roll over on his couch as he faced his back towards me. That was my cue to leave too.

I picked up my cellphone and keys from his coffee table where all of his hockey gear was was laying and then walked towards the door, I slowly turned the knob and then stopped dead in my steps at the sound of his voice.

Maverick's Point of View

"Where do you think you're going?" I groaned as I heard her trying to open my front door. I didn't want her to leave,

Only Kenzo, because he was f*****g annoying.

"Home." She said and then I turned around to face her.

Her eyes were confused and I just wanted her to stay. I felt drunk but I didn't have one sip of alcohol. It probably had something to do with that witchy s**t Kenzo made me drink.

"Do you have to go?" I asked. Please say no.

"I mean..." she began.

"No?" I pushed.

"No." She shook her head and then I smiled small "will you watch movies with me?" I asked almost shyly and then she laughed.

"Only if I get to pick the movie." She smirked and then walked toward me on the couch, putting her phone back onto the coffee table as I had stood up almost forcing myself,

My body felt f*****g weird and I know I should be resting but I wanted to fetch blankets from my room. I wasn't planning to sit with her on the couch,

So instead I was preparing for the floor.

I heard her phone vibrate as I had walked passed my coffee table only to see Xander's name pop up on the screen, it was a phone call.

I picked it up.

She glared at me.

"Rhyett's phone. How can I help you?" I smirked and then she mouthed "give it!" As I had ignored her while Xander responded.

"Maverick." He laughed "you seem a lot better."

And you seemed great when you and Rhy were holding hands.

"Yeah man. I'm doing good. I'm about to chill and watch a few movies." I spoke and then he questioned me in a tone I wasn't familiar with me.

"With my girl?" He seemed a bit curious and cocky.

"She's your girl now?" Why didn't see tell me "so y'all dating?" I glanced to look at her and then she said "give it!" As I shook my head "nah"

"Soon we will be." He seemed serious. Why was I slightly pissed off, must be his tone. It was heated. I didn't like it.

"Good luck with that boy, I'm happy for you." I said confidently and then held her phone out for her to take.

"You can have it now. I'm bored of the conversation." I shrugged as she rolled her eyes taking her phone from my hand as I walked into my bedroom to gather the blankets.

"Lunch? Tomorrow after school?" She paused to hesitate "yeah, I mean I would really like that."

I exhaled in annoyance as I pulled my t-shirt over my head leaving my upper body naked and then tossed it onto the surface of my bed. I unbuckled my jeans and stripped my legs from them, now leaving me in only my boxers.

I can't fall asleep in jeans and ya boy hate wearing clothes to bed. I thought about sleeping on the couch.

I heard her laugh at whatever he was saying which only made me more irritated but I brushed it off.

What the f**k is wrong with me. I don't like her like that. I need to cut this s**t out because we're friends and she likes Xander.

Stop your bullshit Maverick. That's ya boys girl.

I wrapped a thin fleecy blue blanket around waist because I wouldn't want her to leave her man for me, so I covered up a little.

I then picked up a blanket for her. So that she could be warm too because I could use my powers to heat her up. I wrapped the blanket up before gripping it in the palm of my hand.

"Of course, I'll see you tomorrow. Goodnight and I miss you too." She said as her back was turned towards me, while she had twisted a lock of her hair around her finger and then I teased.

"I miss you more." I played "you hang up! No you hang up!" I rolled my eyes with a smirk as she had hung up and then laughed turning around to face me.

"Okay," She smiled looking at my body almost waving her eyes quickly over my abs as I had tossed her her blanket "I was not expecting that." She caught it smiling thinly "why is your t-shirt off?" She asked shaking her head with narrow eyes.

"Why? Am I making you nervous?" I asked in jest "my abs are pretty nice though if I do say so myself, you can lick it if you like. I know you girls have those kinds of fantasies." I shrugged and then she hit my head with her hand playfully as I had attempted to dodge her,

I then sat myself down onto my couch for only a moment before I slide from here down onto the floor as she sat next to me while grabbing my remote.

"Guess what were watching!?" She said in a cheery tone as she began to type in the letters of the movie into the search bar on Netflix.

The...N-O-T

"No no no! f**k that! We're not watching The Notebook!" I grabbed the remote from her hand as she tried to grab it back while we both laughed as she leaned over into my space. I leaned my arm as far away from her as possible as I began to type 6 underground and then she protested.

"Maverick no! No action movies!" She whined with a smile as I chuckled from laughter as she had tried to pull my arm to grab the remote back, practically climbing over me as I leaned over as far away from her as I could, still roaring in laughter.

She then pulled herself up onto me as I lifted my arm high into the air and then she tried to reach and she almost did until I dropped the remote causing it to land down the open slit of space that was between the back of my couch and the wall.

Her legs were on either side of me as she lifted herself to lean over my shoulder, pressing her head again the wall to see where the remote had fell.

"Great!" She laughed "now we both don't get to decide." She spoke still smiling but I couldn't help but feel nervous as I felt my heart beating a little faster, not understanding what the f**k was going on as I slowly reached my hands to rest on the thighs of her stretchy yoga pants.

What am I doing.

"We have to move the couch now." She sat herself down fully onto my lap facing me, not even noticing that my hands was touching her in the gentle way that it was, as she spoke her words, still in play mode,

But I don't know if was still playing.

She was f*****g stunning. You would be a fool not to acknowledge this. She was beautiful and kind and caring and she had made my heart feel like it was pumping to live to it's full capacity.

I was nervous. She made me nervous and I didn't want to be,

But her sitting on top of me like this, felt right.

Rhyett's Point of View

I sat flat on top of his lap as my hair draped loosely over my shoulder, while his eyes had seen mine.

"We need to-" I spoke referring to us getting the remote but had cut off my own words as I noticed his palms resting on each of my thighs,

Wait. I-

He swallowed as my breathing had quickened and then he displayed a small smile almost hiding it as he had slowly bit his bottom lip. I inhaled deeply as my eyes trailed over the bare skin of his muscles and upper body.

Rhyett. What is going on. It's Maverick, your friend. Don't look at him like that, stop looking at him. Don't look at his mouth and the way his teeth released his lip and the way you like it when he touches you like this,

Why did I-

No. I don't...I..don't-

It's Maverick. Rhyett, what are you doing.

I felt his palms slide up my thighs as they now rested on my hips, he gripped them and then he slowly slid me closer, into him.

My body responded to him like I was no longer in control, like it was his to have.

"What are we..." I began to ask but then he shook his head in confusion and had answered me.

"I don't know."

I swallowed not knowing why my body didn't lift itself from him or why my mouth didn't say stop as every part of me was trying to fight how much I liked his hands on me.

He then lifted one of them to push my hair back to have it waterfall over my shoulder as I felt his breath hit the surface oh my skin from him exhaling deeply. My neck was now exposed as his fingers traced along my collarbone and then the he touched the chain that he gave me, moving his finger down it's length before it landed on the pedant as he lifted it from my skin.

I watched his eyes as they had followed the movement of his hand, his eyes looked narrow and hungry as he neatly placed the pedant back where he had found it, against my skin.

The way he looked at me in this moment was different and I liked it, seeing his eyes look like that as they looked at me.

I didn't think about him like this before, but it felt right, like things started to make sense and my feelings had begun to surface. I don't know what emotions I was feeling but I would be lying if I said from this moment on that I felt nothing.

His hand then returned to grip my waist as I felt a rush of those emotions wash over me as he gripped me tightly, his fingers digging into my sides as my mouth gapped open at the pain but it felt really good as he was a little rough. He licked his lips watching my mouth, open like that from what he was doing.

He pulled me in with his strong bare arms to close any open space between us and then reached his hand up to the back of my head as have his fingers danced through my strands while he twisted my head to the side to have my neck be open for him.

He began to press his soft lips against my skin as I felt warmness flooding between my legs. My one hand rested on his shoulder as the other rested on his bicep.

Oh my god, his arms feel so solid and firm. He was so alluring. The way he smells, the sweat glistening on his skin, the way I felt his mouth on me,

I reached for his hair as I pressed his head deeper into my neck.

We both knew we had to stop, but we both didn't want to. We were inconsiderate and reckless and I knew that if I didn't get up right now we would regret this.

His kisses and wet tongue sliding across my neck had sent a feeling of bliss to bless my skin as my eyes was shut. I felt a hard bulge forming below me, beneath the blanket between us.

I lifted my neck up to give him more room as I tangled my fingers into his dark straight hair again.

I could feel his warm breath on my skin.

You don't want him. He-

We heard a knock banging on his front door causing my eyes to bolt open as I had been shoved back into reality,

What are we doing. I pulled myself back.

"Maverick! Open up! I know you're not asleep!" We both heard Beth's voice screaming from the other side as I had instantly felt a rush of guilt and heartbreak sting in my chest.

Beth...Xander.

Wait, He-

I shook my head as his back was pressed against the back of the couch, trying to catch his breath.

He was planning to sleep with her tonight. I remembered.

He pushed his hair back from falling in his face and then I tried to get up from him.

I need to go.

I felt his hands keeping me in place as I tried to move.

"Maverick! I'm cold! Come on! open up!" We heard her.

"What are you doing!?" I asked him as if he was stupid "I need to go."

"I'm not going to f**k her." He said staring at me seriously.

"I don't care." I pulled myself up. I was lying a part of me suddenly cared too much. "I need to go." I began to neaten myself in a hurry as I had quickly grabbed all of my things before all 6 feet of him had stood up.

"We need to talk about this." He said picking up his blanket and tossing it over his shoulder before grabbing my arm as he had noticed that I wasn't responding to him.

I pulled my arm from his hold as I scream whispered. "There's nothing to talk about! Nothing happened!" As I noticed him push down on the bulge in his boxers but still kept staring at me, but then his eyes turned furious. "Are you f*****g joking!?"

"No I'm not! I'm with Xander and your girlfriend is waiting for you outside of your door!" I turned around to leave.

We heard another knock and then he pulled me back again. "Nothing happened Rhyett!? Really!?" He c****d his head back and then stepped towards me as he quickly twisted me around to have my back press against his chest. He glided his one hand up my inner thigh and rested it between my legs, while his other hand gripped my waist.

He felt my wetness. To prove a point.

"Nothing, right!?" He was obviously pissed and then I shook my head, shaking off my dirty thoughts as I backed away from him.

I couldn't do this right now.

"Goodnight." I said exhaling and then he wrapped the blanket around himself covering his whole body so he could answer the door.

He opened it and then we both saw Beth standing there in her sexy little outfit.

If he f*****g sleeps with her tonight. I don't think I'll ever forgive him.

"Rhy?" She was surprised to see me but I couldn't even look her straight in the eye as I smiled small and then walked past her and into the hallway as I breathed in deeply trying to gather myself,

I feel like s**t and I deserve to cause I'm a shitty person and he was hers.

Maverick's Point of View

I watched her as she walked out and felt my heart beating trying to calm itself. I just wish my d**k could too.

Beth stepped inside and then pressed her brows together curiously "that was weird she didn't even greet me," Beth rolled her eyes and then turned to me as I closed my apartment door "why was she over here anyway?"

Fuck it Beth! Do you want me to lie to you!?

"She drove my f*****g car back from the rink." I told her a half truth, but she was her because I wanted her to be.

Do I have feelings for Rhyett?

"That was an hour ago." She shook her head as if she was beginning to suspect something "we watched an episode of Rick and Morty." I lied. I hate lying.

"You and her are becoming awfully close and I'm not sure I like it." She smiled thinly and then sat down on the couch,

The couch where 10 minutes ago, I had craved for Rhyett.

My d**k got excited again as I thought about her. f**k it boy, can you calm the f**k down, damn.

"I mean, what do you want me to say!?"

She shook her head as if she was trying to shake off her thoughts and then began to take off her top off,

Exposing her naked chest to me, "I want you to say that you want me." She spoke flirtatiously and then bit her bottom lip.

I can't, because I don't. Not anymore. Or do I? I don't f*****g know what's happening.

"Look..." I started off saying as my thoughts in my head began to fight.

Man don't say it. She's Beth! She's sexy and she wants you and only you. She's sitting on the couch waiting for you to f**k her.

No, you can't. Do you even love her? 

Fuck love, walk over there and let her finish what Rhy started.

Stop.

"I don't know if I can..." I breathed through my nose.

"If you can what Maverick!?" She seemed upset as she began to put her top back on, noticing that my eyes didn't want to look at her "what is going on with you lately!?" She stood up, she was clearly pissed as f**k.

"I've had enough!! Since Rhyett got here you've been acting different! And I'm tired of it!" She stood in front of me with her hands folded on her chest. "You're going to make me your girlfriend tonight, or I'm going to walk out right now and never give you a chance again." She pointed at my door.

Shit. I didn't know if I wanted her to be my girlfriend it wasn't an easy decision to make. I've never had a girlfriend before so I don't f*****g know what it suppose to feel like when you want someone to be your girlfriend.

"I-" I swallowed and then tried to explain that I didn't know if I wanted that or not.

"Save it. We're done." She said seriously as my eyes grew wide.

"No wait!" I yelled watching her leave and then she turned around to see me.

"Say it then!" She waited, but I couldn't.

I was silent.

"Goodnight Maverick." She rolled her eyes and then walked out of the door, slamming it shut, the banging sound clapped in my ears as I now stood alone in the middle of my lounge, she was gone,

Everyone was gone. How did all of this happen so quickly.

I twisted my neck to the side to see Rhyett standing there in the lounge of her apartment and then she walked towards the window, grabbed the rod of the blinds, stared into my eyes as I stared back into hers,

And then she closed the blinds, creating a barrier between us.