They sat in each other's arms for a few seconds Caleb rubbed Isaiah's back and Isaiah nuzzled his head into Caleb's shoulder. They stood still for a few seconds, as Caleb must have realized what he was feeling and pulled out of the hug. They looked at each other and Caleb stood up smiling at him. "Anytime he gives you trouble let me know if I don't see it. Jonathan might be my best friend but I'm not about to let him bully a teammate." Isaiah nodded at Caleb staying silent as Caleb extended his hand. Isaiah took his hand and Caleb rubbed the top of his hand with his thumb before pulling him to his feet

"Thank you, Caleb." Isaiah smiled at him and the two of them walked out of the locker room. ******

Isaiah felt so overcome with emotion as he thought back to the events and tears filled his eyes, he had never been so happy before in his life and all he could do was cry. Caleb sat up worried that he had upset him. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to…"

"No, it's okay, I…" Isaiah paused and wiped his eyes then looked back at Caleb who looked at him still with a concerned look on his face. "… you don't know Caleb, how long I've wanted to be here like this with you… to think that it would never happen, and now here I am. It's just like a dream." Caleb and Isaiah embraced, and both of them were overcome with emotions of happiness, joy and love for one another. Caleb rested his ear on Isaiah's chest, and they stayed quiet for a few seconds.

"I feel it too." Caleb inhaled deeply and then exhaled. "You smell so good tonight." Caleb looked up at Isaiah and they kissed. A tear dropped from Isaiah's eye, he pulled back and it landed on Caleb's forehead.

"I'm still waiting to wake up," Isaiah sniffled, still crying.

"I don't think you're going to." Caleb's nervousness had seemed to all but disappear and he smiled. "Come on, don't cry."

"I'm trying not to, I promise, but I'm so happy right now," he laughed embarrassed that he couldn't stop the tears from flowing. Seeing Caleb's smile made his tears start to dry up. "Your smile is helping though." Caleb laid down on the bed and put his hand on Isaiah's face, Isaiah smiled at him and held his hand then kissed his palm. Isaiah's tears had resided for now and the warmth Caleb was giving him made him feel good about himself, which was something that Isaiah didn't get very often.

"You're so hot," said Caleb.

"Yeah, but I'm nothing compared to you." Isaiah could feel himself blushing hearing Caleb say it was something he thought he would only hear in his dreams.

"You have no idea." Caleb sat up and put his arm around Isaiah's waist and pulled him into him tightly. Demonstrating some of his physical strength Caleb lifted Isaiah enough to be able to shift himself on top of him and lean into a deep kiss. Isaiah rubbed his hands over Caleb's muscular back and pulled back from the kiss.

"I wish we could stay this way forever." Isaiah gazed up at Caleb who smiled back at him.

"Well, I don't see why we can't try." Caleb leaned into Isaiah to kiss him when instead, Isaiah pulled him into a close hug. They laid still for a minute enjoying the heat of each other's bodies and the touch of Caleb's soft skin on his. Isaiah closed his eyes briefly and breathed Caleb in, he hadn't taken the time to do it before. The smell of Caleb's body filled his nose, a mixture of body wash, cologne, and shampoo, of fruit, musk and what smelled like chocolate, even a prominent smell of sweat, all of which excited him.

"Do you want this to go further?" Isaiah whispered.

"I want to…" Caleb pulled back and looked at him he seemed worried about what he was going to say, Isaiah felt a slight bit of his nervousness returning. "… just not tonight. I'm still a little drunk and I want to be able to remember everything when we do go further," Caleb explained, "And I'm not saying any of this because I'm drunk, it's how I really feel. I just wanna make sure I remember everything we do." Caleb put his hand on Isaiah's face and smiled at him. "I'm not looking for one night of fun with you Isaiah." Isaiah smiled and held Caleb's hand, he felt the same way, he loved Caleb and he wanted to say it, but he knew it was too soon for that. But he was so happy that this wasn't going to end when the sun came up in the morning.

"I feel that way too." Caleb laid on his side and put his arms around Isaiah and held him close. They lay facing each other, Isaiah wrapped Caleb in his arms and kissed him one last time. Caleb's bedroom clock now read six' o'clock, the two of them lay there and after one last smile, closed their eyes.

Caleb closed his eyes, still almost in shock at the events that had taken place over the last couple of hours. Everything had gone exactly the way he had hoped it would. Isaiah had felt for him longer than he ever suspected, Caleb could tell he meant what he said by the tears in his eyes as they talked about it. Caleb never suspected Isaiah to be one way or another he just knew that he had feelings for him, and he was so happy that he finally got the nerve to act on his feelings. Caleb squeezed Isaiah into him and breathed deeply relaxing his mind, Isaiah's smooth skin pressed against him like velvet. The warmth he felt from him not only warmed his body but warmed his heart as well. Caleb lay in the feeling that everything was right in his world right now, it had been a long time since he felt this way and he was going to do his best to enjoy it. Even when he and Sheena were at their happiest Caleb never felt the kind of happiness he was feeling right now. Everything seemed to fit into place, right from the way Isaiah's hand fit into his to the way that Isaiah's head now laid on his arm, it was perfect. Caleb knew there was only one thing standing in their way and that was Sheena, the rest didn't matter, Caleb didn't care what his friends thought, and he knew that now he was standing by Isaiah's side, he wouldn't care either. But he knew how nasty Sheena could truly be when she felt she was done wrong and if he didn't handle this right, he knew someone would end up hurt.