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{Flashback}

Neither of their naked bodies remained hidden by the thin blanket they regularly shared. The faint sounds of them catching their breaths filled the room, along with a content sense of relief.

A lazy smile adorned Oliver's face, and the small bedside lamp illuminated his flushed cheeks almost angelically.

He was an angel.

"You look beautiful," Addison whispered.

"You are beautiful," Oliver replied.  "You've always been."

"Shut up." Addison covered his embarrassingly red cheeks with the comforter.

Oliver chuckled and sighed, "Do you remember our first time?"

"How could I forget?"

"The most painful blowjob I'd ever gotten," Oliver winced just thinking about it.

"It was your first blowjob, Oliver. And I specifically remember telling you we needed to wait until I got my braces off." Addison rolled his eyes and tugged the blanket away from Oliver.

"I don't think it was just the braces. You were so eager, you forgot to take off your rubber bands."

"Shut up." Addison lazily pushed his shoulder.

"I'm serious. It felt like you were trying to eat me with those munchers."

"I did my best.  You're lucky I didn't actually bite it off with how hard you were pushing my head."

Oliver frowned at the memory, "Yeah, sorry about that. We were in a rush..."

"We're always in a rush," Addison murmured.

The room fell silent, and Addison assumed that their reminiscing had ended. Until Oliver whispered, "I'm really happy it happened, though."

An uncontrollable heat rose upon his cheeks yet again before he responded, "Yeah...Yeah me too."

"I..." Oliver paused "...Goodnight, Addison"

"Goodnight, Oliver.

{Back to present day}

Addison's eyes fluttered open to the cold and empty spot next to him.

He sat up, rubbed his eyes, and sighed as he looked around the room. The room that Oliver hadn't slept in for the past two weeks, and with the way things were looking, he wouldn't be sleeping in anytime soon.

After their almost kiss, Oliver's been spending all of his time with Cate. The only time Addison sees him is if he comes over to pick up a few clothes, or to talk to Gabe; which he barely does.

But he's been successfully avoiding Addison.

Addison never thought that he would miss the boy's company more than his sex. But right now, he couldn't care less about his body, he just wanted him. Like it used to be.

Addison feels like he came from having all of him to nothing at all.

But Oliver is making a decision that Addison would never bring himself to make. Although they didn't actually kiss, they were way too close to doing so. Oliver's just creating space between them before they do something that they'll come to regret later.

A quiet knock broke him out of his thoughts, "Come in."

Gabe peeked in, his face presently dropped at the sight of Addison, "Oh...Oliver's not here?"

"Nope. He never came home last night."

Gabe frowned, "Ok." Addison has never heard Gabe's voice so down.

"You okay?"

"He promised he would be back this morning so we could go have breakfast at the diner."

"Oh well...Maybe he'll be back soon. You know how he is with Cate, he just enjoys spending a lot of time with him. I'm sure he didn't forget about you."

Addison's heart ached for two different reasons. One, he knew that Oliver wouldn't be back anytime soon, and the realization hurts like hell, he would know. Two, Gabe and Oliver haven't been spending time together. Watching the brothers drift was dreadful, but lately, it seemed inevitable.

"Yeah, he likes spending time with Cate more than any of us, doesn't he?" Gabe grumbled.

Yes

"No, that's not true."

"You and I both know it is."

Addison sighed defeatedly, "You want to go to breakfast with me?" he asked with a hopeful smile.

Gabe grimaced, "Yeah, no. I'd rather not, but thanks." he left and shuffled back to his room.

"You try and be nice for once," Addison muttered to himself.

Moments later, another head popped in, "Hey, get up." His dad looked around his room and frowned. "Where's Oliver?"

"Where he's been for the past week. Why are you waking me up?"

"Your mother and I wanted to take you and the boys out today since it's your last weekend of break. Do you think Oliver's gonna be back anytime soon?"

How many times would Oliver have to stay over Cate's to get it through their heads? It took Addison two nights, two nights alone to realize that whatever Cate's game was, he had won it.

Two nights to understand the fact that you don't appreciate and take advantage of what you have until it's suddenly gone.

All of those days and nights that Oliver's begged to hang out, watch tv, or just talk, and Addison rejected him.

He let pride get in the way of his ability to show his true feelings, and give Oliver what he deserved.

But now that he's finally getting what he deserves, Addison can't help but feel remorseful in a way. "No, dad. Let's just go without him."

"Ok. Hurry up then."

He hummed in response and grabbed his phone off of his nightstand.

Have you ever asked a question that you knew the answer to? Like typing 2+2 into the calculator because of a little part in your brain telling you, 'You could be wrong. Just double check' If not...damn, you've never lived.

Addison's second-guessing drove him to call Oliver. The phone rang for a few seconds, and Addison was pretty close to hanging up before Oliver answered.

"Hello?" Addison spoke.

The boy on the other end sighed, "Hey."

It was Cate.

"Oh, hey. Where is Oliver?"

"He's busy, Addison. What did you need?"

For you get out of our lives and return to the hole you suddenly crawled out of.

"I want to talk to him," he stated bluntly.

"You're gonna have to do that later. As I said, he's busy." Cate's voice was chirpy and annoying as usual. But Addison could sense a bit of roughness in his tone.

"What is he busy doing?"

"He's showering," Cate replied. " He'll call you back later."

"Wait, no-" The call was ended.

"Addison, get out of bed! We're leaving in 20 minutes!" His dad shouted from across the hall.

Maybe a day out was just what he needed.

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