The #life Changer Episode 3: The House (4 week later after the Brighton trip Aaron and Nicky's parents are talking in the back room and Aaron and Nicky are in Aaron's room talking) Aaron: So you go to the gym four times a week? Nicky: Yeah. Aaron: Why? Nicky: It's paying off. Aaron: What do you mean? (Nicky lifts up his top and reveals a six pack) Aaron: Now I understand. Nicky: It speaks for it's self. Aaron: Yeah it does. Nicky: Go ahead. (Aaron starts to touch Nicky's six pack and Nicky lays down to make it easier for Aaron to feel Nicky's six pack) Nicky: Come on. Now it's your turn to show off your one. Aaron: All I am is skin and bones. Nicky: Show me. (Aaron lifts up his top and show Nicky) Nicky: Is that a little bit of a six pack I see. (Nicky sits up and Aaron gets a picture up on his phone and he shows Nicky) Nicky: Is that your brother. (The photo is of Aaron and his brother Joe looking into a mirror showing off there muscles with there tops off) Aaron: Yeah. Nicky: You look so ripped. So does your brother. Aaron: We would take weird pictures like that all the time. Nicky: I would have loved to meet him. Aaron: He would have loved to meet you. Nicky: Come here. (Nicky puts out his arms and Aaron turns around and they both lay down and Aaron puts his head on Nicky's chest) Nicky: Are you ok? Aaron: I'm fine. But we do have school tomorrow. Nicky: Yeah but we have double Science in the morning and we have IT and Sociology together then you can come over to my house. Where we can have kissing time. Aaron: Yeah. Tomorrow doesn't seem too bad. Nicky's Mum: Nicky were going. (Aaron sat back up and Nicky stands up and leans over and kisses Aaron) Aaron: Bye. Love ya Nicky: Bye see you tomorrow. Love you too. (Nicky walks through the door and then walks down the stairs and leaves) (The next day. It is in the middle of the school and Aaron is waiting for Nicky for there last lesson of the day. Nicky walks around the corner and walks up to Aaron) Nicky: Wait here I will be back in a minute. (Nicky walks off and heads towards the classroom then the bell goes for the next lesson. 5 minutes laters Nicky comes back with the boys toilets keys. Then Nicky opens the boys toilets they both enter and Nicky locks the door behind him then Nicky starts to kiss Aaron) Aaron: Seriously is this is what we're going to do. Nicky: Yeah we are. I thought you hated sociology? Aaron: Yeah I do. Now are you going to kiss me or not? (They start kissing again and Nicky pushes Aaron up onto the wall. A little while later Nicky checks the time) Nicky: It's almost the end of the day. (Knock! Knock!) Teacher: Who's in there I have a key to get into this bathroom. Aaron: What should we do? (They hear a key insert into the door and start to be turned) Nicky: Quickly straighten yourself up so it doesn't look like we have been doing everything. (A teacher enters the bathroom and sees them on the floor against the wall) Teacher: What are you doing? You should be in lessons. (The teacher takes them to class and they have to stay behind to catch up with the notes from class) Sociology teacher: I'm just going to pop out for a bit don't slack off. (The teacher leaves the classroom and Aaron puts his head on Nicky’s shoulder) Aaron: Some how sociology has gotten even more boring. Nicky: I know I don't understand it either. (Knock! Knock!) Teacher: What are you doing? (Aaron quickly goes back to normal and sits up straight) (The teacher comes back and dismisses Nicky and Aaron) (They start walking back to Nicky's house) Nicky: It's like that teacher was keeping an eye on us or something. Aaron: I don't care now we have your house all to ourselves. Nicky: I feel a very passionate kissing session coming soon. (They get back to Nicky's house and as soon as they enter the house they start kissing) Aaron: Your not going to check if anyone is here. Nicky: Hello is anyone there! (No one answers back) Nicky: Come on let's go to my bedroom. (Two hours of just passionate kissing Aaron has his head on Nicky's chest and they are all snuggled up) (They hear someone talking to someone coming through the door and they start to straighten themselves up) Nicky's mum: Nicky I'm back. I'm with Aaron's mum as well. Aaron: Why is my mum here to? Nicky: Don't know? Nicky's mum: Boys we need to speak to you. (They walk down stairs and walk into the dining room where both of there parents are sitting down with a wine glass full of wine and they begin to talk to Aaron and Nicky) Nicky’s mum: We have something to tell you. The reason we came home together and we are having some wine is because we have booked a holiday together. Nicky: So where are we going then? Nicky's mum: Well you and Aaron are staying here but we are going to Paris for two weeks. Aaron's mum: And when we are gone you will be living here so Nicky can keep an eye on you so you don't have a relapse. Aaron: Mum can we keep stuff like that to ourselves. Nicky's mum: Ok we're going to shoot off to the shops so we can buy some holiday clothes. See ya later. Aaron's mum: Bye. See ya later. (They grab there coats and bags and leave) (They both sit down) Nicky: Well that was pointless. I've known for mouths that they were going away. But not with us that part was new. Aaron: First time I've heard about it. Nicky: Hey what's wrong. Aaron: Oh nothing it's just that my mum keeps on saying personal stuff about me in front of people and then it get spread and that makes me feel worst that's when I have the relapses. Nicky: Yeah what did your mum mean about that? Aaron: Well sometimes when I'm left alone be for long periods of time or if I have had a bad day I start to over think stuff and then I become depressed and I usually have to go back into hospital care. Nicky: You don't have to say anymore just stop talking about it. Now we can plan two weeks of absolute freedom from our parents. Aaron: What about your brother? Nicky: Do you want to know where he is right now? Aaron: Where is he? Nicky: He is at his girlfriend’s house and he will probably not be home until 9 o'clock or later. Aaron: Ok so what should we do first? (The day comes where Aaron and Nicky's parents are leaving for Paris. As they are driving off) Nicky's mum: Bye see you in two weeks. (Both Nicky and Aaron wave them good bye and then they go back into the house) (A little while later Nicky and Aaron are playing video games and Nicky's brother enters the room) Nicky's brother: Hey faggots I'm going over to Jenny's now so don't tell mum I left you for the whole two weeks. Because if you do I will kill you. Bye. (Nicky's brother leaves and they here the front door shut behind them) Nicky: I'm getting a little bit hot. (Nicky pauses the game and takes off his shirt) Aaron: Are you doing that because you won't to distract me from winning. Nicky: Maybe. (An hour later and Aaron wins) Nicky: How did you win? I even took of my trousers. I'm laying next to you in just my boxers and you didn't get distracted? Aaron: It's called mentally blocking and also I have played this game since I was 6. Nicky: Now I'm really cold. Aaron: I thought you was really hot earlier. Nicky: I am and I can feel some hotness near me. (Nicky leaps over a to where Aaron is and sits on him) Aaron: I think I should take my top off now. Nicky: I'll help you with that. (Nicky pulls off Aaron's top and leaves it wrapped around his arms. Then he leans in and kisses Aaron and takes the remainder of Aaron's top off and throws it halfway across the room.) Nicky: Time to take these bad boys off. (Nicky moves down Aaron's body and unbuttons his trousers and pulls them off and throws them on the bedroom floor then he lays next to Aaron) Nicky: Let's get this warmed up. (Nicky puts Aaron's hand down his pants and then he puts his own hand down Aaron's pants) Aaron: Well somethings getting warm. (Nicky laughs and leaves and comes back with a condom) Aaron: Why does it have an number one on it? Nicky: My brother is weird and has numbered all of his condoms. Aaron: Ok then so which one of us is going to wear that. (After … Nicky and Aaron are laying in bed exhausted) Nicky: Are you ok? Aaron: Yeah are you? Nicky: Yeah. Come here. (They cuddle up and kiss) Nicky: I have a plan why did not we get into our pjs and relax for the rest of the night. Aaron: Sounds like a good plan. (Aaron gets up and looks in his bag) Aaron: Oh I forgot all of my pyjama trousers. I will quickly run home and get some. Nicky: Ok. See you in a minute. (Aaron leaves and a little while later Nicky's brother comes home and is looking through his draws) Nicky's brother: Where is it? Nicky: Where's what? Nicky's brother: The condom in my draw. (Nicky's brother walks into Nicky's room and looks down at the floor and sees the ripped open condom packet. So Nicky's brother picks it up and shows it to Nicky) Nicky's brother: What's this then? (Nicky doesn't answer him and then Nicky's phone goes off. Then Nicky's brother quickly picks up Nicky's phone and reads the message and he starts to read it) Nicky's brother: Got my things I'll be back in a second sexy xxxx. What is this? You’re a little fagot aren't you? (Nicky drops the condom packet in discuss) Nicky's brother: You fucked him didn't you? Answer me! (Nicky's brother punches Nicky in the stomach making Nicky fall to the floor and then Nicky's brother kicks him in the stomach rapidly and then he leaves. Leaving Nicky in agony on the floor of him bedroom) (A little while later Aaron returns) Aaron: Hey I'm back! Nicky? (Aaron runs up the stairs and finds Nicky sitting on his bed in tears. Aaron quickly runs over to Nicky and starts to support Nicky) Aaron: Nicky what's wrong. What's happened? Nicky: My brother came back and he saw the condom packet and then he saw your text. He knows Aaron my #life is over. Aaron: It's alright come on let's start packing your things. Nicky: Where are we going to go? Aaron: There's a place where gay teens go for a bit to stay it’s sort of a gay hostel. It's an hour from here you will be fine. Nicky: Thank you. (They pack most of Nicky's stuff and they head off two train journeys later and a little bit of a walk they end up at a big house where a man is waiting for Aaron and Nicky) Aaron: Hello I'm Aaron. You must be Mr Grahams. Mr Grahams: Hello there Aaron and you must be Nicky follow me your room is ready. (They follow Mr Grahams up some stairs and they are lead into one of the hostels rooms and they are left to unpack) Aaron: This is nice isn't it. Nicky: Yeah. (Aaron walks over to Nicky who is sitting on the bed and crouches down near him and starts to comfort him) Aaron: Come on you seem tired get to bed I'll unpack your things. (Nicky kisses Aaron on the head and starts to change into his pyjamas) Knock! Knock! (They hear someone knocking at the door and Aaron answers it. When he answers the door a tall blonde muscular man is standing at the door) Harley: Hey I'm Harley the owner of this place and I'm just hear to welcome you into the house and to wish you that all good comes your way. Aaron: Ok thanks Harley. I'm Aaron and that's my boyfriend Nicky. Harley: Oh ok nice to meet you both and just a quick reminder breakfast is at 7 am until 9am. See ya guys later. (Two weeks later and Nicky and Aaron are walking down stairs to breakfast) Aaron: Where is everyone? Nicky: Shouldn't Mr Grahams be down here to serve breakfast? Mr Grahams: Oh Nicky and Aaron. What are you still doing here? Aaron: What do you mean? Mr Grahams: Harley got prosecuted for rape last night. You must have not seen the news posters someone has been scattering around the house. Aaron: So why has everyone left your hear you can run the house. Mr Grahams: I'm so sorry but there's no one to pay the bills all of the charity will stop paying in when they hear about the news. (Nicky and Aaron walk back up stairs and pack there things) Nicky: So where to now? Aaron: I know someone who lives near here they might let us crash in there house for a bit? Nicky: Aaron you should sort yourself out. I'm just dead weight holding you back. Aaron: No your not don't say that about yourself. Nicky: I know someone that will let me stay at there place and when I get there I will text you and we can meet up sometime. Aaron: Well if that's what you want? (Nicky stands up and opens the door) Nicky: Good bye Aaron. Aaron: Bye Nicky. (Nicky leaves and a tear rolls down Aaron's check and leaves his face. Nicky leaves the house and a tear leaves his face too) (Aaron leaves the house and starts to walk down the road and walks near a church with massive stain glass windows and two big shut doors. Aaron steps back to see if he can get a better view of the church's roof as Aaron takes one step back he walks into a notice board. Aaron turns around to see that he has knocked down a note and he pins it back onto the notice board. He looks at the note and wonders why it never court his attention he only remembers white posters not a bright yellow one. He starts to read the poster) Aaron: If you have recently lost your home to a homophobic crime please come to the house in this poster. (There is a colourful image of a house at the bottom of the poster) Aaron: That's stupid there's no address. How am I meant to find a house with just an old picture? (Like the poster the house was also yellow in the picture and out of the corner of his eye he notices a yellow house with flowers and bushes like the ones in the image) Aaron: Well here goes nothing. (Aaron walks over the road and knocks on the door of the house. Less then an minute later and someone was opening the door) ????: Oh hello I'm Mr Tim Burns. How may I be of service to you? Aaron: I was wondering is the poster on the notice board over there yours. Tim Burns: Yes you have come to the right place. Please come in. (Aaron walks into the house and is told to wait in a room. The room has an ancient book shelf filled with old books) (Tim walks in) Tim Burns: Please have a seat. (Aaron sits down and Tim Burns sits on the other side of the desk. Tim Burns tells Aaron about the organisation) Tim Burns: If you don’t mind me asking what's your name? Aaron: Oh I'm Aaron. Tim Burns: Nice to meet you Aaron. You must be really confused about all of this so I'm going to tell you about the company I run and why I started it. When I was about 16 17 years old my older brother came out to my parents and back in them days being gay wasn't good with some people so my mum and dad told my brother to be quite about himself but my brother he didn't want to be fake to the world he wanted to show the world what he truly was. So he ran away I imagine to get away from all of the negatives about being who he really because at the end of the day he just wanted people to accept him for who he was. So years and years went by and we never saw him we looked everywhere. But when I was about 30 the police had found him and he had hung himself. So what I have done in my old age and his memory I have bought 5 houses and 2 of them I am keeping to help people like you and my brother get back on there feet and move on from this era of there #life. Aaron: Wow I'm speech less. Tim Burns: It's ok Aaron many people are. So do you want to stay in one of the house. Aaron: Yeah sure. Tim Burns: At this current moment of time both of the houses are empty and something else I have to tell you is there's a lot of people like you so you will be living with people like yourself. Aaron: Oh that's fine. Tim Burns: So let's get the ball rolling if you would like to sign here. This document is just saying your living there legally and your not squatting. (Aaron signs the piece of paper and gives it back to Tim) Aaron: Here you go. Tim Burns: Because I have been doing this for a while now I have had lots of people needing homing so if you would like to look at this list of names and just tell me if you identify anybody. (Tim Burns turns the computer screen around and Aaron looks at the list of names) Aaron: It can't be? Tim Burns: What's wrong? Aaron: This name here. (Aaron points out the name on the screen) Tim Burns: Oh Joe I keep in contact with him. Here I have a picture of him. He invited me to his house warming party. (Tim shows Aaron the picture) Tim Burns: So how do you know him? Aaron: He's my Brother. Tim Burns: Oh ok. I can take you to where he lives and then from there we can go to the house. Would you like that? Aaron: Yeah of course. I haven't seen him in years. But I'm just going to try and call someone. Tim Burns: Ok I'm just going to put on a coat and I will be back in a second. (Tim leaves the rooms and Aaron starts to call Nicky. Aaron puts the phone to his ear and the phone goes to voicemail. Tim walks back into the room) Tim: Are you ready? Aaron: Yeah. (They walk out of the house and get into Tim’s car. They get into Tim's car and drive off) (30 minutes later and they arrive at Joe’s house) Tim Burns: We're here. Aaron: What do I say? Tim Burns: Be yourself. You’re his brother and you haven't seen him for years you will think of something to talk about. Come on. Aaron: Ok. (They both get out the car and Tim rings the doorbell) (Someone answers the door but it's not Joe) Tim Burns: Hello there Jim is Joe home? Jim: Yeah he is I will get him for you. Joe someone's at the door for you! (Joe runs down the stairs and heads toward the door) Joe: Hey Tim. What's up? (Joe realises Aaron is standing next to Tim and he hugs him) Joe: Why are you here? How did you find me? Aaron: I left home with my boyfriend and then I found out about Tim then he knew you and I just had to see you. (Aaron and Joe start to cry and Jim invites them in and they sit on the sofa next to each other and they talk for hours) Jim: Come on you two lets grab a seat. (They talk for an hour then Tim gets a call) Tim Burns: I have to go there's someone waiting for me. Sorry but we might have to leave. Joe: It's alright I'll drive him there. Tim Burns: What a good idea. Here are the keys to the house. (Tim gives Aaron the keys to the house) Tim Burns: I will be driving past the house tomorrow with some food deliveries and before I leave do you want to get your things. Aaron: Oh yeah. (Aaron gets his things out of Tim’s car with the help of Joe and Jim and then they wave bye to Tim) (They all go back into the house and keep on talking for another 3 hours) Joe: Come on let's get you to the house and settled in. Jim were going to go now. (Jim walks back into the room) Jim: See ya later. Nice to meet you Aaron. Aaron: Yeah you too. (Jim and Joe kiss and Aaron follows Joe to his car. They get into Joe’s car and drive to the house) Aaron: How far is it from here to the house? Joe: Not too far. You said you had a boyfriend right? Aaron: Yeah his names Nicky. Joe: Where is he then? I would like to meet him. Aaron: I don't know where he is. I will explain what has happened. (Aaron tells Joe everything that's happened) Joe: Oh god. I'm so sorry bro. Aaron: It's alright we're back together now. Joe: It's not very brotherly is it to just abandon you. Aaron: You didn't abandon me you had no choice. You fell in love and dad would have done everything in his power to have kept you from Jim so you ran away to stay with your true love and I should have done the same. Joe: He left you. You did nothing wrong. Aaron: It sure feel like I have. (They turn down a country lane and drive onto a drive made of small stones) Aaron: Why did you stop here? Joe: This is the house. Aaron: Are you being serious. Joe: Come on you have the keys. (They get out of the car and Aaron gets out the keys from his pocket and walks up to the door. He inserts the key into the lock and turns then he hears a clicking sound and the door opens and they both walk in. As they walk in Joe turns on some of the lights) Joe: Do you like it? Aaron: Yeah of course it's massive. Joe: Come on let's get you stuff. Aaron: Ok (They walk out of the house and Joe opens the boot of the car and Aaron grabs his things) Joe: What do you have in that thing it looks like it weights a ton? Aaron: I'll show you something when we get inside. (They get into the house and Aaron open his bag and show Joe his drawings) Joe: Wow there really good. Here take this. (Joe gives Aaron a card with an address on it) Aaron: What's this for? Joe: I want you to work for me and Jim we just lost 5 employers so we kinder need some new staff. Aaron: So what do you do? Joe: We are apart of a big company that makes video games and we basically draw the characters. So we will get a description from head office then we will design it and draw it and play with ideas then we send it back to head office and see what they say. Aaron: Yeah sure I will take the job when do I start? Joe: I will pick you up on Monday at 90. Aaron: Cool. So what one what your old room? Joe: It's down here. (Joe shows Aaron his old room in the house) Aaron: So how many people did you have in the house at a time? Joe: We only had about 9 people in the house and they have all moved onto better #lifes. Aaron: I think I'm going to have this room. Joe: Why because it's closer to the fridge. (They both laugh and they start unpacking Aaron's things. After unpacking Aaron and Joe talk for a bit) Joe: I think I going to go now. Just call me if you need anything. See ya tomorrow. Aaron: Bye Joe. (Aaron stands up gives Joe a hug and waves him good bye) (Joe leaves then Aaron gets a call from Tim. Aaron answers the phone) Aaron: Hello. Tim Burns: Your already have another person coming to stay at the house. Aaron: Ok. I'm in the house now so I'll be here to greet him. (Half an hour had gone by and there was a knock at the door. Aaron answers the door and Nicky is standing at the door) Nicky: So did you miss me? Aaron: What? (Aaron starts to cry a Nicky hugs him. The stop hugging and Nicky starts to wipe Aaron's face) Aaron: How are you here? Nicky: Well I got to the place where I would have been staying and it was no longer there it had been demolished so I started to walk back to the house. Then I saw you in Tim's car so I went over to the house and knocked on the door and his wife answered and then she called Tim. Then he came back then I told Tim about us and then he took me here. Aaron: I called you where's your phone? Nicky: It has no charge. Aaron: It doesn't matter your hear now. (They hug again and Nicky starts to cry) Nicky: You've got me started now. (They both laugh and Tim walks into the house) Tim Burns: It looks like you have this under control. See you tomorrow. Aaron: Tim. Tim Burns: Yes. Aaron: Thank you. (Tim smiles and leaves the house closing the door behind him) (It's the next day and Nicky is cooking and Aaron is just waking up in bed wearing a vest top and boxers) Aaron: Nicky? (Aaron gets out of bed and follows the delicious smell coming from the kitchen. He turns a corner and sees Nicky cooking in just his boxers. So Aaron quickly hugs Nicky from behind) Nicky: Good morning. I'm making breakfast do you want any? Aaron: Yeah I will have breakfast with a side order of a morning kiss. (Nicky turns around and kisses Aaron) (Fin)