THE SPAWNS

Go Beat Your Clay

Chapter XLIII—Jayden

© DarknessAndLight

When I got back home, Mom was far gone and so was Dad.

All alone in a big house again. My parents should really start taking their parenting job more seriously and stop leaving me without supervision in an empty house with a horny girlfriend.

I had maybe a millisecond where I thought I probably shouldn't go back to my room to a half naked Maika. I shouldn't be tempting fate this much.

But I wasn't exactly known for making good decisions, so of course I went back up.

If I was a hundred percent honest though, everything had been happening so fast between us in the last day—god, day, it'd just been a day—I kinda needed a second to find my bearings again. I actually needed to keep it in my pants and process what all of this having-feeling-for-my-best-friend thing really meant. Clearly Maika had years to accept and deal with her liking me. I had no idea I even had feelings for her.

Now that I thought about it though, a lot of things I had done or thought over the years totally made more sense.

I hated to admit it, but people were right, I was totally unobservant. I didn't even know my own feelings. My parents should be so proud of me.

I was standing in front of my room's door now, not doing anything. I really needed to stop doing that—not doing anything.

Slowly, I pushed it opened. Maika was still sleeping, her arms wrapped around one of my pillows, her back to me.

I smiled at the sight.

I never needed that much sleep, but my bed looked very tempting right about now. Slowly, while trying not to make too much noise, I made my way back to her.

I was super careful, trying not to move the mattress too much and wake Maika up. I didn't want her to wake up just yet because that would mean I would have to make choices and think with my head and probably not my penis and it was too early for me to make any kind of sensible decision.

I lay on my side, looking at my girlfriend and wondered about my new role. I had never been anyone's boyfriend before. I might totally suck at it. It was kind of scary. I was on completely uncharted territory. I didn't want to be bad at it. I wanted to make Maika happy.

Her head was facing the other way, so I had a splendid view of her ebony hair. I ran my fingers through it.

After a couple of minutes, her breathing seemed to pick up and she suddenly turned her head. "Now that I'm officially your girlfriend you seriously need to start considering taking responsibility every time you do stuff like that, or in general really, for everything that happens in my pants. Or lack of pants. Or panties."

I was caught totally off guard because I had been sure she was still asleep and also, holy hell, what? "Wait, did you take all your clothes off?"

"Maaaaaaaaybe," she trailed with a cheeky voice. I pulled the covers off of her. Sure enough, all there was underneath there was smooth naked skin.

I snapped the covers back down and got out of bed automatically. "I should go beat my clay," I mumbled.

Maika turned around with a smirk. It was also important to mention that when she did that, now I had a clear view of her breasts. "That's definitely a code for hand stuff with yourself."

"No, no, no, no." I walked away, heading for the door.

"Jayden Eaton, come back to bed."

I stopped. "I don't wanna."

"You totally wanna," Maika replied and I could hear the smile in her voice.

I turned around, leaned my back against the door. "I do wanna. But I really shouldn't."

She wiggled her eyebrows at me. "Come on," she said, and shook her shoulders, which in turn, shook her...

God dammit. "Put some damn clothes on, woman."

She winked at me. The audacity. "I don't want to be shackled by clothes anymore."

"You're unbelievable."

Maika sighed and threw the covers over herself, hiding completely. A few seconds later her head popped back out. "Aaaand my panties are back on. Happy?"

Where had she even been hiding her panties? The nerve on that woman. "Not enough."

Maika popped under the covers again and came back up wearing one of my shirts. She stretched her arms forward, her hands going grabby-grabby. "Come here."

"I really, really shouldn't," I answered shaking my head.

"What's the big deal?" she asked with a smirk, her head tilting a bit. "I know you had a handdownyourpants before. You had my handsdownyourpants for a little while yesterday. Don't you want us to try again properly and see if you'll like it."

That was too real. Too specific. Everything that had happened so far between us had been in the heat of the moment, but now, when I could really think about it, all I could do was, well think.

"That's the thing, I'm..." I swallowed loudly, I had no idea where to look, my face was definitely heating up and turning red, "I'm pretty sure I'm going to like it this time."

"So what?"

It felt like we were going to have dirty little secrets now. I was worried that the second anyone would look at us they would know exactly what we did. With just one look, I was pretty sure my dad would be able to a detailed account of what we would do. Could my mom figure it out by walking in my room and looking at my bed?

"You alright?" Maika asked with a frown, oblivious to my mental breakdown.

"I'm not sure I'm mentally equipped to deal with other people knowing."

"That we're dating?"

How to explain this without sounding like a complete boob. "No. what we... what I... when we'll, you know, do stuff. I can't look in my parents' eyes if they'll be able to see it with just one look."

Maika sighed. "Honey, not to scar you for life but I guarantee you that your parents are doing a lot of nasty stuff. Can you tell what they do just by looking at them?"

Unnecessary, completely unnecessary. "No, but they're not my kids. I am."

"Jayden, even if they know, who cares?"

I shrugged, twitching on my feet a little, staring at the hardwood floor. "I don't know, it's just weird."

Maika smiled at me, "Jayden Eaton."

My face still felt hot and red. "Yes?"

"I really love you, you big idiot."

I smiled too. "I really love you too."

"Go beat your clay, if you don't want to come back in bed," she told me and let herself fall back on the bed, her head comfortably resting on one of my pillows.

I stared at her. If I was a hundred percent honest with myself, I was a little scared. My making out skills were pretty much none existent. I had no idea what I was doing here. And thinking about it was really making me freak out.

Maybe I should just... stop thinking. "Ah fuck it."

"YES!" Maika pumped her arms over her head, her legs kicking around under the covers. I laughed and jumped back on my bed.

And then... nothing. We were just lying side by side, our shoulders touching, not doing anything, like two idiots. "What should we do?" I asked, kind of frozen on the spot.

"I don't know. What do you want to do?"

"I don't know, what do you want to do?"

Maika took a big breath before talking again. "I'd like to do something to stop being so hot and bothered in my panties region. I've got a couple of ways I know to deal with it, but I would enjoy your assistance very much."

I was going to die. Maika was going to kill me.

I would have liked to be able to go back to yesterday when I was just horny and I wasn't thinking and in turn I wasn't freaking out. I would have liked to bring that Jayden back. "I'm feeling a little bit uncomfortable," I half-heartedly admitted.

"Try thinking about wearing a god damn pad because you're too turned on," she whined.

I kind of coughed in surprise. "What the hell?"

"I'm a horny teenager, okay! SEND HELP!" my girlfriend whined.

I couldn't help it, I burst into laughter. Maika wasn't finding this as funny as I was and grabbed a pillow, smothering my face with it.

I easily discarded the pillow, still laughing. I looked up at her while she was obviously trying to glare at me but she couldn't help the smile forming on her lips. I smiled at her too.

Looking up at her, her hair falling around her face, I suddenly had an idea, "I know what I wanna do."

"What do you wanna do?"

"Sit down. I want to braid your hair like when we were little."

Miaka huffed in annoyance but complied. "What kind of kink is that?"

I sat behind her, suddenly all giddy. "Shut up, just humor me!"

There was comfort in doing this silly little thing, something I used to do all the time when we were younger. The familiarity of the gesture was calming. And I liked playing with her soft hair.

When I was done, I tied her hair with the hairband she offered me and looked over at my masterpiece.

"I'm very proud of this French braid," I announced.

Maika laughed, letting herself fall back. "You are suuuuuch a weirdo."

I bopped her nose. "What does it say about you, that you like such a weirdo?"

"I know, I really gotta get my tastes checked," she replied, rolling her eyes, swatting my hand away.

I grinned at her. She grinned back.

Maika got up, and looked down at me. "So, just so I'm sure, no hanky panky?"

"No hanky panky," I answered firmly.

"Such a prude."

I got up and shoved her shoulder lightly with my own. "Shut it."

With our hormones slightly in checked, we went to my little shack so I could work on my sculpting again.

Maika didn't help me this time, she was just lying on the couch, flipping through a magazine. I really liked this. I liked having her around without any specific purpose. It was just nice for her to be there beside me.

I stopped hearing the pages turned. "Jay, you're really really good looking."

I frowned. That was kind of out of the blue. "Okaaaay... thanks."

"But most of all, you've got a heart of gold and you see the best in people and you're really funny, and your smile can light up any room, and I always feel comfortable right beside you, like it's the place where I'm meant to be and—"

"Why exactly are you saying this?" I interrupted her. I was feeling all kinds of self conscious. My cheeks were heating up again, but for definitely different reasons than they were earlier.

Maika shut the magazine she was browsing through, laying it on her stomach. "I just feel like I need to tell you this stuff because you have like no idea. You've got a pretty low self esteem while also being confident which is very strange. Anyway, I just want you to know that I don't love you just because you're the only guy around and you're good looking."

I was staring at the ground, kicking imaginary pebbles. "I don't know how to take compliments," I admitted.

"I know." Maika smiled at me, as she got up and headed my way. "Just say thank you, I love you too Maika."

"Thank you. I love you too Maika."

"See, you're also a good listener." She pinched my cheek and cooed, "how gorgeous." I swapped her hand away, but smiled at her. She smiled back. "Alright, I'm leaving you alone now. Beat your clay all you want."

I groaned, staring up at the ceiling. "Can you stop making it sound dirty?"

"Never. This is what you signed up for when you decided to be my boyfriend," she said and went back on the couch with her magazine.

I rolled my eyes but laughed.

I beat some more clay, took the damp cloth off of the project I had started earlier and went back to it, adding more layers and more shapes.

"Just making conversation here, but when do you think we're going to lift the embargo on sex?" Maika suddenly asked, surprising me yet again. I kind of dropped clay on the ground.

My cheeks felt red again. "I don't know. I don't think we should do it any random time." First times were always treated like such a big deal. I didn't think it was that big of a deal, but I also didn't think we should be having a quickie while waiting for my parents to come back home. "Our first time should be on a warm summer night under the stars," I said, a little teasingly.

Maika snorted. "Sure, so you and a thousand mosquitoes can be eating me."

I grinned, staring at my clay. "Hot."

"We should do it in a barn."

"A barn?" The girl had been watching too many historical TV shows.

"A barn," she repeated.

"Right, Maika the Milkmaid, I'm sure you'd love some hay in your vayjayjay."

Maika burst into laughter, but before she could answer anything there was the sound of a car parking by the house.

I looked through on of the small windows and automatically recognized Cole's car so Maika and I went out to meet him.

Belly was also there.

I grinned like a doofus.

"So, did you guys have fun?" I asked the second they were within earshot.

"No. No fun was had," Cole automatically answered.

"Cole put on a pink leotard and did a ballet routine," Belly said with a cheeky smile.

Cole glared at her while we all laughed. "I did no such thing Lilibeth Eaton, but I will have you know that I could rock a pink leotard."

"You guys are adoooorable," Maika said in a sing-song voice.

As I looked at my best friend, my girlfriend and my sister I realized something. Things hadn't felt right before. Something had always been a little off.

This. This was right.

Well, mostly right. There was something I really needed to do.

"You two," I said, pointing at my two best friends, "go talk about all the ways you love to make me feel uncomfortable. Swap stories, I'm sure you'll have hours of material."

Cole and Maika looked at each other, shrugged and left.

My little sister looked at me with amusement. "Oh, oh, am I in trouble?"

I flicked her forehead. "Not at all."

She lightly kicked my chin. "What is it?"

"I kind of wanted to be the one to tell you."

"Tell me what?"

I had no idea why I was so worried about telling this to my little sister. She'd never made me feel like I would ever be judge by her. I guess it just felt wrong for her not to know faster. I didn't want to hide anything from Belly.

And this news was kind of huge. Maika and I had been best friends forever. I wouldn't hold it against my sister if she found it kind of weird. Even to me, it kind of felt unbelievable still, but like, not in a bad way.

No point in munching over the words. "Maika and I, we're dating."

"Really?" she asked, her eyes kind of twinkling.

I was a little worried. "Really."

My little sister jumped in my arms. "Oh Jayden, I'm so happy for you!"

I put her down. "Wait, you're not freaked out, or mad, or surprised?" I stopped talking, because my sister was looking at me like I was a silly child. I rolled my eyes. "Of course, you knew too."

Belly gave me a little knowing smirk. "You're my brother, of course I knew."

That had gone a lot more easily than I had anticipated. "So, now I guess that just leaves you and Cole. When will he come ask for my consent?"

She rolled her eyes again. "Not for a few more years, you don't have to worry."

I was a little surprised by the answer, because she was being open about it, but also because she was putting it off for a while apparently. "Woah, seriously?"

"Yes, I need to grow up before I can even start to think about a relationship. And I have big plans now. Big plans that don't leave that much room for a boyfriend."

"Thinking about joining the Church and becoming a nun?" I asked teasingly.

"No, thinking about being more than just the girl who loves Cole Torres," she replied.

Wow, that felt so adult for her to say. I was kind of taken back. I mean, my sister had always been a little more mature than other people her age, but this felt different. Spending time with our cousin really had did her some good apparently.

"Oh, so it's love," I teased her.

"Shut it you big slob," she replied, showing my shoulder.

I laughed, looking over at her. "Hey Belly?"

"Yes?"

"You're not too bad a little sister."

"You're not too bad a big brother yourself," she told me with a little smile.

I took a big breath, happy all things felt right now. "Alright, well, if you're taking my news so smoothly, I guess it's time for us to go back and stop my girlfriend from getting too coozy with your future boyfriend."

Belly let out a little snorty laugh. "You have a girlfriend."

I made a face, kind of hiding my eyes. "It's kind of weird, right?"

"Kinda."

I bumped my shoulder against hers. She bumped hers back.

We smiled at each other. 

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A/N: How's everyone doing? Are you guys safe? These are very weird times to be experiencing. I hope you are safe and healthy and so are your loved ones.

And in the spirit of helping you entertain yourselves, I'm going to try uploading a couple of stories, so we can all have something to do together. 

I have no idea what it was about that chapter, but it took me waaaaaay too long to write it. I've literally been writing and re-writing it for MONTHS. Everywhere I went, I had a computer or my phone opened with this chapter. I kept writing, but it was never right. 

I think... well I think this story is coming to an end and my subconscious is fighting against it. I've been writing this story since 2012. You guys realized babies were born and now they're going to school and still, I haven't finished the Spawns? Bad Kay.

The next chapter is partly written. The other one too. The other other one too. The last chapter is almost done. I hope I won't spend over a month fighting with the words again. I hope you guys can finally have the ending you've been patiently waiting for.

Once again, stay safe. Stay home if you can. Wash your hands often. We'll get through this.