When Alex had gone into the bathroom he had thought to just sit in there and calm down a little, but changed his mind and filled up his Jacuzzi tub that was in there and stripped down naked and climbed inside.  He leaned his head back on the head rest that was in there and closed his eyes.  He was thinking about how things seemed to be moving all of a sudden with Hope and him, but he could not find a reason to be upset about it, Hope was slowly making his way into Alex’s little heart.<br/><br/>Alex settled back against the tub when he heard a knock on the door followed by his name, Alex was glad of the bubbles that were in the tub because it covered him rather well.  Alex smiled when Hope walked into the bathroom and Alex wanted to tell him he needed to leave, but Alex didn’t want to hurt his feeling or seem like he was pushing him away because that was not what he wanted.  He always wanted Hope to feel like he could come to Alex anytime he felt like he needed too.<br/><br/>Alex was watching Hope closely when he sat on the floor next to him and watched him grab a wash cloth and want him to move.  As Alex sat forward and allowed Hope to wash his back and he knew to him that this was a very tender moment for him.  To Hope it was a moment of pure innocence and to Alex it was much more, it was more intimate to him.  “Hope I want you to never doubt that I don’t know how you feel, I can see it in your actions.”<br/><br/>Alex knew that if Jamie didn’t see them he would leave the food in the room and not come looking for them so they could spend as much time in here as they wanted too.  “There is room in the tub for two.”  Alex said as he looked over at Hope.  “I just want you to know I know you’re inexperienced, but if you let me I will help you and we will take this at your pace.”   Alex smiled and enjoyed the feeling of being washed a feeling he had not had in a long time.  “You already know how to be intimate, whether you realize it or not.”