Grey
Chapter Twelve: Refugee
Sam ran into my arms as soon as I was down the stairs in the living room in the apartment building. His arms were securely locked around my arms as he buried his head in my hair. I could hear him snifling as if he was just about to cry, and I instinctually put my own arms around him, embracing him back – all the while ignoring Jeff who stood behind me on the stairs growling, his tail grabbing my leg in a tight hold. I turned my head over to give the changer para a hard look before I patted Sam on his back. It felt a little awkward when the boy was so tall already. He had to bend his neck to rest his head on my shoulder. ,,Sam, what’s wrong? What’s happened?” At that moment I looked up and found Raven and my mother in the doorway, both looking as if a heavy weight had been put on their shoulders. The teleporter blinked some tears away before she nodded her goodbye with Liana and left. My mother squeezed her shoulder before she went and then she moved inside and closed the door behind her. Her lips were thinned out above her chin, her eyes narrowed and red with tears not yet fallen. Sam’s hiccupping voice brought my focus back to the boy in my arms. ,,They’re gone!” he got out, his lips briefly brushing over my exposed neck as he spoke. I knew Jeff had seen it, too, when his tail tightened and moved up my leg to settle around my waist. ,,When I got home from-from school, all the hunters were already there, and I- I didn’t know what to do, Grey! I saw them take my father outside… They had handcuffed him, but- But! I know my father hasn’t done anything wrong! I know it!” He started sobbing, and I felt my shoulder getting wet as he cried. Liana moved forward and put her hand on the boy’s shoulder, squeezing lightly, reassuringly. Then she looked up at me. ,,Raven and I got there just in time. If we had been there later, then Samuel would have been taken, too.” I nodded my understanding and patted Sam’s back, getting him to move toward the couch. I could feel his legs trembling, and I gently made him sit down beside me. Somewhat stopped crying, Sam turned big, red eyes to me, his lips still quivering. ,,Grey…” he mumbled, clinging on to the name as if he was afraid the sky would fall down upon him if he didn’t. He closed his eyes again, and I knew he was going to shed more tears. I tried making soothing sounds, trying to remember the memories I had gained of my early childhood with my mother. I think it worked, because soon after, he slumped against me, totally relaxed. His head was still resting on my shoulder, and his arms hung loosely around my waist, just above where Jeff’s tail held onto me. I moved my head a little back so that I could see Sam’s sleeping expression, and I brushed back some of his hair. Jeff – who sat on the couch beside me – growled and grabbed my hand. His dark eyes shot lightening bolts and his fangs seemed to be sharper than they usually were. ,,Don’t- don’t touch him so lightly,” he said huskily and pulled my hand up to his lips, kissing it gently. I couldn’t hold back my shiver when his teeth grazed over the skin. I pulled my hand back, glancing over at Liana who stood up beside the couch, studying us with a slight frown on her face. I leaned my face over to Jeff’s and whispered to him while I tried to ignore the fact that his nostrils started flaring and his eyes got droopy. ,,He’s a kid, Jeff!” I hurriedly pulled away when I saw how the changer started to lean in to me, as if he wanted to kiss me. ,,So.” I turn toward my mother, obvious to the fact that I ruined the mood starting between Jeff and I. ,,What happened?” I asked her. Sighing, Liana took a seat opposite us, folding her hands in her lap. ,,We don’t know exactly. We didn’t get to speak to Proctor yesterday, so we went this morning instead. When we got there, though, there were hunters everywhere. Raven teleported us outside, and we saw Samuel running to his house to try and apprehend the arrest of his father.” She sighed once more and glanced down in her hands. Then she looked up, her eyes trailing over the sleeping form of Sam still in my arms. ,,As soon as we got to him, Raven teleported us here.” My brows furrowed. ,,But, why? And what about Leonora? What happened to his mother?” Although I had found Leonora Proctor a bit odd and mystifying, I wouldn’t ever want Sam to think he had lost his mother. Liana shrugged her shoulders and kept looking at Sam with sadness and sympathy glowing in her eyes. It suddenly downed on me that she knew exactly what he was going through – Except, now it was the parents that had been taken, and the child to be left in painful ignorance. ,,I don’t know about Leonora Proctor. My guess is that she will come here if she wasn’t taken with her husband. About why…” She sighed heavily and locked gazes with me, worry evident in her stare. ,,I can only guess it is the hunters proving their power.” Nodding, I turned my attention back towards Sam, studying his sleeping expression. The tearstains painted stripes down his cheek, though they had spread out from where his head had rested against my shoulder. ,,There is a room available on the top floor,” Jeff said, his breath puffing against my ear. Despite the suddenness of his closeness, I didn’t flinch. Rather, it felt right for Jeff to be so close to me. I wanted him to be closer. I wanted him to touch- My mind balked suddenly, and I nodded. Blushing from the neck and up, I really hoped I managed to conceal it by turning my head toward Sam’s hair. ,,It’s too far,” I said while I moved to stand up. With the help from Jeff, we managed to carry Sam toward the stairs. ,,Let’s put him in my room.” While Jeff growled his displeasure with my proposition I heard Liana begin to rummage around behind us, and I turned my head to her. She offered me a weak smile, her eyes hooded from the sadness of Sam’s situation. ,,I’ll get some breakfast ready,” she said. ,,The other tenants living here are bound to wake up soon.” As if on cue, I heard the light footsteps of Dalia stepping down the stairs, and when I looked up, I saw her walking down, her eyes widening when she noticed the sleeping Sam in Jeff’s and my arms. She was about to ask us what had happened when Jeff pinned her with a stare and nodded towards Liana by the small kitchenette. She just nodded and let us pass by her up the stairs. ,,He can have my room,” Jeff grunted when we reached our floor. He cast a fugitive glance my way before he stared at his door again. ,,I can just share a bed with- with you.” I stared at him for a moment, not averting my eyes when he turned his to mine, and our gazes locked. My mouth suddenly felt as dry as Sahara. I tried to speak, opening and closing my mouth, but I couldn’t get anything out until I licked my lips, trying to moisture them. ,,Uhm, yeah. You-you cou-could do that, yeah.” When I saw the big, goofy smile spreading across Jeff’s face, I turned away form him to hide my deepening blush, and we headed for the door opposite mine. As soon as Jeff opened the door and we got in, I began laughing, forgetting my blush. My head snapped left and right in the room identically built like mine, but far different from my apartment. By the entrance there were the two armchairs with a little coffee table in between, and the bed was there, too, big and comfy-looking. But everywhere – on every available surface – clothes were piled. It looked like a teenager’s room, and I could hear Jeff muttering to himself as we moved further inside. ,,Sorry, I’ll just-” Jeff left me with Sam and hurried over to push the clothes occupying his bed down on the floor, blushing deeply when he went back and helped me put the boy on the bed. ,,I’ll just clean up a little…” he whispered and began gathering the clothes in his arms and moving them to the laundry basket in one corner of the room. I shook my head and held in my laughter so as not to wake up Sam, while I pulled the duvet over the boy and brushed his hair out of his eyes. Although Samuel Proctor was asleep I could see the worry and sadness in his features. He must be devastated, I thought, and let my hand linger on the top of his head. His father captured and perhaps his mother, too… But we would find out what to do, because we had to do something. I looked up in time to see Jeff hurrying into the kitchen, probably to clean it up a little there, too. A bag stood on the floor with what looked like the clean half of his wardrobe; the laundry basket placed beside it. It suddenly hit me that by sharing a bed, Jeff also meant sharing a room. Somehow that made my heart suddenly start beating uncontrollably and I stiffened where I stood beside the bed. Would that mean Jeff would want to… Tonight? With me? Oh, God! The last time I had had sex was with Shawn – if you could even call that having sex. It had been more about Shawn’s pleasure than mine. Multiple times he had left me to complete it by myself – usually by using my hand in the shower afterwards. I shivered as I thought about the man, and once more I wondered what I had ever seen in him. At least I could use the excuse that I had been sedated out of my mind to have willingly entered in a relationship with him. As far away inside my memories as I was, I started when Jeff suddenly touched my shoulder, standing in front of me without me noticing when exactly he did so. I craned my neck and looked at him. As if he knew where I had been in my mind, Jeff smiled reassuringly at me and grabbed my hand, pulling me up and pressing me against his chest. His arms embraced me, his tail encircled my waist, and his nose shot down to the top of my head, inhaling the scent from my hair. I nuzzled into the crook where his neck met his shoulder. As we stood there, everything else escaped from my mind. Sex, Shawn, paras, hunters, Sam, and how much I felt for Jeff despite how little time we had known each other. A couple of weeks, tops. But I didn’t care. Even though he had been a strange man always sniffing my scent, being touchy-feely, it didn’t matter. Not really. Not when I liked him doing all those strange things. Though, I thought resolutely, never would I ever admit to it. Wouldn’t want to give the man a reason to be cocky about it. I only first realized that we were on our way out of the room when I heard the soft click of a door shutting behind me. I lifted my gaze to look around in the hall, but Jeff hurriedly grabbed my chin and moved our mouths together, our lips colliding. The kiss was gentle and sweet. Our tongues engaged in a slow, sensual dance, and I leaned into it while I let my hands roam over his chest and shoulders, grabbed his hair to keep us connected. I could feel Jeff’s hands sliding down to rest over my ass, fidgeting; as if he wanted to go lower but didn’t dare actually doing it. I lifted myself onto my toes, hoping he would get the hint. He did. His hands spread out over my cheeks, his fingers first clenching several seconds later, almost lifting me off my feet. He spread them slightly, slowly, as if he wasn’t sure yet how much leverage he had. I tightened my hold on his hair and plunged deeper into the kiss, transforming it from a relaxing one to one filled with passion. My heart rate was sky high, and I could feel my pulse beating against my throat. I was moaning into the kiss, and I couldn’t help but gasp when I felt an adventurous finger kneading into the clothes-covered crack between my ass cheeks. Suddenly my world was spinning, and I found myself pinned against my door with Jeff filling my entire vision in front of me. Our lips broke apart and I looked up into his face, panting as much as he did. I noticed his swollen lips moist from the kiss and knew that mine looked the same. There was a flush in his cheeks making my breath catch in my throat for a moment. His fingers were still clamped around my ass cheeks but I found that I didn’t dislike it – it was quite the contrary, in fact. ,,Jeff…” I said, the whisper coming out a lot breathier than I had first intended. His eyes glazed over with heat and even though I wasn’t a changer para like Jeff, I could literally smell the lust coming off of him. He opened his mouth to say something when we suddenly both heard the rummaging around from upstairs indicating that Red and Denny were on their way down to have breakfast. Jeff took action faster than I could even manage to think shit! and after a few seconds, he had closed the door to my room behind us. I moved into my room, trying to calm down my racing heart. All the worries and things to do today came flushing back to the top of my mind, and I turned around – intent on reminding Jeff. I didn’t even have time to utter a sound other than a gasp when his lips met mine again, and we continued where we had left off. Jeff pushing me backwards, I soon felt the bed against the back of my knees, and suddenly I was sitting down with my shins and feet off the edge. Jeff kneeled down and pulled at the waistband of my pajamas, pushing them down to reveal my awakening erection. When the cool air in the bedroom hit it, I gasped and fisted my fingers in Jeff’s hair. I looked down at him just in time to see him smirking at me before he swallowed it all down to the root. I gasped and arched my back, throwing my head back. My mouth was open in a silent scream, and for a moment I thought I was going to fly off the bed. My erection grew in the warm, moist cavern of Jeff’s mouth, and I could feel the breath from his nostrils ruffling through pubic hair at the base of my now throbbing erection. When Jeff began doing his magic to my cock, I lost all count of time and place and just let myself go. I saw stars and previously unknown galaxies when he began bobbing up and down, and I knew I was close. The last straw was his wayward finger moving between my ass cheeks and circling my pucker. I hadn’t even noticed him lifting my hips to gain that access. With one digit pressing its way inside, I was done for. It felt like I exploded in his mouth, and to my shock, he swallowed. He swallowed it all! I lay back down on the bed when I had shot the last semen out, exhausted. I closed my eyes while surfing on my high of one hell of a fantastic orgasm. Jeff lay down beside me with a big, contented sigh, and I opened my eyes to look at his profile. He had that droopy smile again, but it felt more… serene now, and at the same time it reminded me of a cat who had found the milk bowl and drank his fill of it. Ha, ha, milk… semen… the same color… Ha, ha… My mind was still too high to be cracking jokes, I decided. A sudden worry had me suddenly leaning up on my elbows, drawing Jeff’s attention to me. ,,What about you?” I asked, gesturing towards his crotch, but before I could say anything more, I noticed the dark stain, and I blushed deeply once again. When I found his eyes, he was smirking, and he pulled his hands behind his head, looking as contented as the cat. ,,I shot at the same time as you.” He sounded proud of that fact. I let myself fall down on the bed and looked up into the ceiling. I suddenly had a foreboding feeling that there was something I had forgotten all about. I closed my eyes to try to remember. As Jeff moved a hand over my bare stomach, caressing it gently, I suddenly remembered and sat up with a start. ,,Breakfast!” I gasped and went to sit up, only to be hauled against a broad chest behind me. ,,Not so fast, honey,” Jeff chuckled into my ear. You can’t go down to your mother like that, you know.” I glanced down at myself and saw that the pajamas pants were still riding under my buttocks. I blushed and pulled them up. Jeff grunted behind me and I could hear him sniffing my shoulder and then beginning to laugh. ,,We both smell of sex, Grey,” he stated and began to stand up, hauling me with him. ,,We’d better shower before heading down there.” As Jeff led us both toward my small bathroom, I ducked my heels in. ,,Jeff, we won’t make it at a reasonable time if we shower together,” I said while hoping I wasn’t blushing too outrageously. Jeff chuckled behind me and I could feel him nodding. ,,I suppose you’re right. Then go shower. I’ll take a bath in my own- in Sam’s room.” When he corrected himself, I could practically hear the broad smile in his voice. I nodded and broke lose from his arms and almost ran to the bathroom. Only when I had closed the door did I remember that Jeff had called me honey again. I would talk to him about it. Later. Not now, and not with Liana listening. Oh, God, Liana. She didn’t know. Not yet, anyway. And I hadn’t told her I was gay either. While pulling off my clothes and turning on the shower, I felt my stomach clench. How should I tell her? When should I tell her? My head was buzzing with questions while I showered but at the end I simply brushed it away. I had lots of time to speak with Liana. When the right time came, then I would tell her. When I returned to the bedroom to put some clothes on, a little part of me was actually glad that I got the chance to deal with such a normal matter as telling your parent about your sexuality. I had never thought I would even have to deal with that kind of thing. Although it was a little unnerving, I couldn’t be anything but happy about it. Because I had Liana. I had a mother. As soon as I ventured into the hallway again, I stopped and just let the smell of bacon, eggs, toasted bread and freshly cut fruit fill my nostrils. My mouth was watering even before I was down the stairs. Red was already eating, seeming to be in a hurry, while Denny was drooling over the breakfast Liana was preparing. I could hear Jeff coming down the stairs behind me and I hurriedly moved out of the way. I wasn’t fast enough, though. Just as my mother looked up, Jeff slung one of his arms around my shoulder while he buried his nose in my long locks of hair. Instinctually I leaned back into him, but when I saw Liana frown questioningly at us, I pulled myself out of Jeff’s arms and headed over to the table. Red looked up at me with a teasing glance, a knowing light shining in them, too, when she discreetly nodded toward Jeff. I could see the triumphant smile spreading when I began blushing, and I looked away. After a second of pushing down the last of her breakfast, Red stood up and blew a kiss at the still drooling Denny before she headed toward the front door and disappeared. Dalia had probably eaten already – or else she was going to eat breakfast at Seth’s place. When I looked questioningly at Denny, I got the answer that she had a shift in the infirmary today, and I just nodded. ,,Is Samuel asleep?” Liana asked me as she sat down as well, opposite me and beside Denny. When Jeff sat down beside me, she only cast one, lone, questioning glance his way before she focused on me again. I nodded and tried not to flinch when Jeff grabbed my upper thigh underneath the table while he hauled scrambled eggs on his plate with the other. As I watched him out the corner of my eyes, I saw the satisfied grin tugging at his lips. The bastard was enjoying this! As a way to avenge his groping, I moved my hand discreetly to his thigh and pinched him, making him jump in his seat. While hiding my triumphant smirk, I focused on Liana. ,,So, what are we going to-” I stopped myself short when Jeff moved his hand up my thigh while messaging it, his fingers moving inward. He was mere inches from my crotch, and I felt myself reacting to it. I cleared my throat to fight Jeff’s hand off by grabbing his wrist under the table – all the while praying to all the Gods and deities I knew that Liana wouldn’t notice it. This was so not the way I wanted to out myself to her. ,,What-what are we going to do – now?” ,,I’ve spoken to Blake, and he thinks it would be best to send someone over there to investigate further. Find out on which allegation did the hunters act on, why they did it, how the press has responded to it, how other political parties has reacted to the attack and so on.” All the while trying to focus solely on my mother’s voice and face, I felt Jeff’s adapt fingers starting to put pressure upon my clothed cock, and I grabbed his wrist a little tighter and pulled him off. While Liana was filling up her own plate and therefore not looking at me, I shot the changer para a dark look that only made him smirk – but thankfully he kept his hands to himself. After chewing his mouthful of food, Denny pointed his fork up in the air to get everyone’s attention. ,,What about The Blood?” He looked thoughtful as he scanned our faces. I frowned. ,,Could The Blood have anything to do with it?” I asked, and the more I though about, the more I could picture it inside my head. Jeff nodded beside me. ,,Many paras of the Union will be angry with the hunters and their behavior. Some of them will seek revenge. They will most likely join The Blood. Others will probably find a way to get to Portobello Road or one of the other locations.” Perhaps Raven was already transporting said paras, I pondered. ,,But where did they take Proctor?” Liana shrugged her shoulders, a worried look making her forehead wrinkle. ,,I don’t know. A prison perhaps.” Jeff snorted. ,,But not a regular prison. He’s a para.” ,,Some kind of facility probably,” Denny added with a grimace as if the piece of heavenly bacon in his mouth suddenly tasted like something foul and rotten forgotten in the back of the refrigerator. He shook his head. At the word facility I was reminded of my dreams suddenly; of my nightmares. The uniformed men and women. The tests. The examinations. The observations. The clinically white room. I shuddered. How long had I been kept there? Had the hunters brought me there right after I was taken from my mother’s house? My dreams were so jumbled and confusing; it was difficult keeping track of them. I suddenly noticed how quiet everyone was and I blinked and focused on Liana and the others. They were all staring at me, my mother with tears in her eyes, her hand covering her mouth. She knew what I had been thinking of. I just knew she knew. Jeff grabbed my hand under the table and laid them both intertwined in his lap, squeezing mine. When I looked up at his eyes I could see both compassion and anger lingering in those dark brown depths. ,,Jacks-” Liana started, but I didn’t want to talk about it. It was still too early – and we had things to do. ,,Then we better hurry and find out.” I stood up from the table and dragged Jeff with me by the hand toward the front door. ,,What do you mean?” Jeff asked in a foreboding tone, while he tried holding me back, but only doing so halfheartedly, though. I looked over my shoulder and cast a glance at Liana and Denny before I caught Jeff’s eyes. ,,I want to be sent over there. I want to help Sam. He doesn’t deserve losing his father and his mother.” At the last I caught my mother’s eyes again, and I saw that she understood. She moved over to us and I knew she wanted to help, too. Then I turned around again and dragged Jeff with me out of the door.
Hi there, everyone! Sorry about the long wait! But here it is - the twelfth chapter ^^ Thx for all the R&R - and feel free to continue, I really do enjoy reading your thoughts about the story xD smint45; thx for your review!!! ^_^ Got to read a little bit of lovey-dovey-ness between Grey and Jeff - I hope you enjoyed it ;D Sorry it took so long before I updated - I just couldn't find the mood, and I really don't want to force a story; then it just feels wrong... for me at least! I'm glad you're liking the story :D See ya!
eroburn; rereading the entire thing, eh? O_O - I'm already up on 96 pages (58.367 words); that's the longest story I have ever written so far... (Haha, sorry I'm bragging: I just couldn't resist C: ) I hope you liked the chapter! Not much about Telqan in this one, though... perhaps the next chap? xD Vegan? Vegan?! Vegan?!?!?! - Oh, Scheiße!!! Well, at least I have a friend who is vegan, so I can find out how she is surviving... carrots and nuts? carrots and nut? carrots and nuts? Oh, no....... I don't even like nuts! Luna-Isis; thx for your review! ^^ I hope you didn't mind the extra wait for the update! But here it is, and I hope you liked it ;D FortunateM; Hæhæ, you've got it right about Grey and his mother... right now, so many things keep happening that they simply don't get the time and peace to talk through all these things... *sigh* More about Zeke later - don't ya worry ^_^ And, yeah, I like commenting on the reviews - especially yours! xD I hope you liked this chappy as well! See ya! ^^ Cain; Well, I hope this update was worth this wait.... ;o) Thx for your review xD Hæhæ, I've already started writing the scene between Hutton and Grey - though it won't happen in the next chappy, haha! (Sorry, I'm a little evil xD ) I hope you liked the update! Urgh, I hate it when my cp does something as silly and stupid as getting a virus! I'm the kind of person who's struggling holding back the urge to throw it out of the window!!! I just remind myself that I can't really afford a new one just yet - then I calm down.... a little at least ^_^ Well, see ya!
