Tanner stared at the book in front of him. Had a real fairy really just gotten pressed? Had he really done that? Nervously, Tanner slowly reached for the book, and using only his index finger he opened the book to the page where part of Patrick's wing was sticking out. His pressed the tip of his tongue between his lips. With one swift movement he threw the book open. He leaned into the book and looked at the flattened fairy. It was real. Tanner found himself shivering all over. He raised his splayed fingers to his face in horror, and let out a high pitched shriek. Tanner jumped up on to his chair and then the athlete leapt over the back of the chair. He ran with his head looking over his shoulder to see, as he explained later, if the "evil fairy or its ghost" was following him. He ran down the library aisle and straight into bespectacled super nerd Aaron Tinkler.
One minute, Aaron Tinkler was standing on his tiptoes to pull a book on relativistic and temporal physics from the top shelf, and the next minute he was certain that he had been propelled into an alternate reality. Tanner Wilkes, the meanest jock bully in the school, had plowed into him. Tanner looked terrified. Tanner clutched to Aaron's narrow frame in terror. He was trembling and out of breath. He looked into Aaron's eyes, and suddenly seemed to melt. Aaron swallowed hard as he felt Tanner's cock harden against his thigh. The wave of relief sweeping across Tanner's face was startling as the initial terrified expression.
In a throaty whisper, Tanner gushed, "Aaron, I feel so safe in your arms. You're so brilliant, I know you'll figure out what's happening. Oh, Aaron, thank you in advance!" Then his lips parted and he began to French kiss the startled nerd.
Aaron's brain was on overload. This had to be an alternate reality. Touching that book must have propelled him into a twisted universe. The school's biggest homophobe, fearless lothario is now a gay scaredy cat. He was still a hunk. Aaron wasn't really into guys, but Tanner Wilkes would be a trophy date in anyone's book. Aaron had never been kissed romantically before, and the lothario kissing him was an expert.
They managed to get to their feet. Aaron adjusted his glasses. He stood up, dusted himself off, picked up the fallen book, and was surprised to find that Tanner was now clinging to his back. He could feel Tanner's warm breath on his neck, as Tanner whispered nervously, "There was this fairy. You know like Tinkerbell in Peter Pan with insect wings and a wand, and all glittery. I squashed it in a book." He paused ominously, "But I don't think it's dead."
Aaron rolled his eyes. This was some sort of practical joke: fairies, yeah right? But then again, Tanner had kissed him. Not just kissed him, but French kissed him. Tanner would never do that in the world Aaron knew. Maybe in this reality, fairies are real. He shrugged, and slowly advanced toward the table where Tanner indicated.
He chuckled as he approached. He recognized the book as the Pressed Fairy book. If Tanner had seen a squashed fairy, it had been ink and paper. Aaron smirked as he approached the book. He could see Patrick wasn't imprinted, but was a squashed 3 dimensional fairy. He looked back over his shoulder. Tanner was peering fearfully around the corner of a bookcase.
"Get over here, Tanner," Aaron said.
"Yes, sir, Aaron, sir," blurted out. Tanner dashed toward Aaron with his hands cupped over his crotch. Aaron realized Tanner was still sporting his boner.
Tanner stood behind Aaron shifting nervously from right to left foot and back again and again.
"This what you squashed?" Aaron asked picking up the 2 dimensional form of Patrick.
"Yes, sir, except it was flying when I lifted the book and slammed it shut on it," Tanner said resting his chin on Aaron's shoulder as he stood behind Aaron. Tanner's nose brushed Aaron's hair, and Tanner added, "You smell really good, sir." He giggled and blushed embarrassed at what he had just admitted.
Aaron's eyes widened. Then the flattened fairy in his fingers started to wiggle and squirm. Aaron dropped it back into the book, and slammed it. "I think I need to take this to the Science Lab."
It was odd, but Aaron found himself waiting at the check out counter to check out Lady Cottington's Fairy Album with a big athlete holding his book back and stealing loving glances at him. Aaron kept trying to figure out what else was different in this reality, but there didn't seem to be any anomalies except for Tanner Wilkes and the fairy. The librarian seemed to find Tanner's behavior particularly odd, so perhaps it was this Tanner who had popped into Aaron's reality. Or maybe the fairy had done something to Tanner? Perhaps a curse for squashing it.