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spread across his face. "So, what I really want to know..." he
paused and waited for Scott to look up. When he did, Derek
batted his eyes, "...is will you go steady with me?"
Scott shoved Derek and started laughing. Shaking his
head, he threw his arm around Derek's shoulder and pulled
him in close. "Yes, I'll go steady with you. Now let's get our
asses off this frigid bench."
Derek sprung up with military stiffness, uttering a dutiful,
"Yes, Sir!" They continued their run making small talk and
enjoying the colors of fall that reflected off the river's surface.
* * * *
Sitting in Au Bon Pain a couple of hours later, sipping their
coffee and splitting a turkey sandwich, his kiss with Scott
flashed through Derek's mind once again. The picture was
interrupted when Scott grabbed his hand, pulling at it. "Hey.
Where'd you go? You disappeared for a minute there."
It took a minute for Derek to clear his head. When he was
able to focus, the sight of Scott sent a shiver up his back. "I
was just thinking about last night again. About our kiss."
Scott nodded. "It makes sense now."
Derek was confused. "What makes sense?"
"The fact that you were all dreamy-eyed for a minute. I
would get that way too if I got to fantasize about kissing me."
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Derek didn't want to give him the satisfaction, but the
comment was so confident, so Scott. Derek couldn't have
stopped the smile that spread across his face even if he had
wanted to. "I really wish you had more confidence in
yourself." He knew he shouldn't say it. Scott was already
behaving like a cocky stallion, but why not make him feel
even more studly.
Scott reached across the table and gently hooked his
finger with Derek's. It was a small touch and only lasted a
moment, but it said everything that Derek wanted to hear.
His contentment was interrupted when he realized he hadn't
brought up the topic of Beck yet. He hoped that Scott would
be comfortable with him telling Beck about the two of them.
Withholding information like this wasn't something he thought
he could do. Scott was almost done with his half of the
sandwich and didn't seem to be slowing for air between bites.
Offering his half to Scott, Derek decided to bring it up. "Scott,
I do have one more question for you."
"Jeez, Derek." His mouth was full so the words came out
muffled. "I'm going to start charging you per question." As he
said this, a small amount of chewed bread flew from his
mouth and landed on the table between them. "Sorry."
Picking up a napkin, Derek wiped up the stray bit of food.
"Charming." He was unable to keep his grin from turning into
a chuckle. Pathetic. I even find his clumsy eating cute. "I just
wanted to ask you if we could at least tell Beck about us. She
already knows that I've wanted you since the beginning of the
year. She's my best friend and quite honestly, I am fearful of
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the fate of my balls if she ever found out that I didn't tell
her."
After taking a gulp of his coffee to wash the food out of his
mouth, Scott turned to Derek with a grave look on his face.
Shit. He's going to say no. Scott placed his elbow on the table
and rested his head on his hand as if in deep contemplation.
After what seemed like an interminable silence, he finally
spoke. "Look. I like you. You like me. Beck is great. But
seriously Derek..." He looked a little irritated.
Derek could feel heat rising in his cheeks. Fuck. I pissed
him off.
Scott continued, "...you've liked me from the beginning of
the year and made me wait all this time to find out what a
great kisser you are. That's just plain mean." A wicked grin lit
up his face.
"You bastard! I thought you were upset." Relief flooded
through Derek. "Wait, you didn't answer my question."
Scott smiled at Derek. "Do you trust her to keep it
between us?"
"Absolutely. She's known about me being gay as long as I
have and hasn't said a word to anyone. In fact, she's the one
who keeps reminding me to be careful."
Scott looked at Derek; the weightiness of his gaze was
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