Sex in the Sky

*Heaven on Earth: Chapter 5 There You Are*

I woke up the next morning fairly early. I had to shower and get out to Brooklyn by 10. My arm was still around Brian”s waist when I woke up. I listened to the gentle sounds of his breathing until my alarm clock went off and I had to let go of him to turn it off. I thought for sure that my movement and the noise would wake him, but he kept on sleeping. I got out of the bed and stepped into the bathroom.

When I was done ten minutes later, I went back into the bedroom where Brian was still sleeping. After putting on some clothes, I returned to the bathroom to brush my teeth and shave. Something looked odd about my neck when I began putting shaving cream on my face. I turned to both sides and noticed that I had hickeys. Not one, but twin hickeys, one on each side. And these weren”t small by any stretch of the imagination. It was pretty funny, actually, but at the same time, I didn”t know how I was going to cover them up when I went to work. It was the middle of July, so it wasn”t exactly turtleneck or scarf weather.

Brian had rolled over onto his back, so I carefully sat on the bed next to him. I”m notorious for studying the way that people look, but I only get a chance when they don”t know that I”m looking. I feel embarrassed when someone finds out that I”m looking. And even though he was my boyfriend, my mother used to tell me that it wasn”t nice to stare. I never noticed before that Brian”s nose curled up a little at the tip. He would have been everyone”s boy next door, but he was too tall for that stereotype. His tan had deepened from the first time that I met him; he was much closer to my own complexion at this time of year. Those perfect lips of his were slightly parted as he slept. I couldn”t resist. I bent down and gave him a gentle good morning kiss. He didn”t respond. The man could sleep through almost anything. I did it again and his eyes slowly fluttered open.

“Hi,” he said.

“Hi, yourself. Were you planning on staying in bed the entire day, Sleeping Beauty?”

He yawned and stretched, sitting up and pulling himself out of the covers a little. “No, I was waiting for a handsome prince to rescue me. Looks like I got my wish.”

I leaned forward and kissed him again. “I”m glad you decided to stay last night. I wish I could stay here, but I”ve got to get to work. Um, I can leave you my key so that you can sleep a little longer and I”ll pick it up from you later.”

“No, that”s okay. I”ll leave when you do. As if I need to sleep any longer. I”ve got to get ready for a seminar later today.”

“I”m sorry I took up so much of your time yetserday. I”ll admit that I got a little selfish.”

“Nonsense. I chose to stay. It”s my fault that I have to make up that work now.”

“Well, the least I can do is make breakfast, the one meal I can cook. Do you want anything? I was going to have scrambled eggs and coffee.”

“That sounds good to me. When do you have to leave?”

I stood up and walked towards the door as I talked. “In about forty minutes, there”s no rush. Did you want one egg or two?”

“Two.”

First, I started on the coffee, adding a lot of beans. It”s not coffee if it”s not strong coffee. I started up the stove and cooked three eggs in a skillet. After I added the butter, salt, and pepper, I realized that I forgot to ask Brian if he liked cheese on his eggs. “Bri!” I shouted. There was no response from the bedroom. I couldn”t leave the eggs, so I decided to leave off the cheese. Better safe than sorry right? Once they were done, I spooned them onto separate plates. I set them out on the table and went into the bedroom wondering why Brian hadn”t responded. He had gone back under the covers and fallen asleep again.

***

As expected, there was a lot of teasing at work about my hickeys. Most of the teens laughed and joked about me landing a wildcat. By the end of the day, I would have been happy never to hear another feline growling sound again. The next week went by very smoothly. Brian and I were able to spend a lot of time together in the evenings. He would finish whatever work he had as early as possible to make time for me. We went out to dinner at a couple of different restaurants, but Erica had been with us both times, so we had never had a real first date. He mentioned that to me, and I told him that the best idea would be to do something after my volunteer work stopped. At least that way I would be less tired in the evenings. We agreed to do something the Saturday after my last day. I was looking forward to it.

That Thursday, there was a whirlwind of things going on. My mother had called and told me that she and Uncle James were coming for a visit on that Sunday. Mom had never responded violently to homosexuality, but while we were kids, she made sure to lecture Maria and me about what was wrong with gay people: how they were sinners and they all had AIDS. It was up to us to teach ourselves differently later in life. I don”t think it was that my mom had anything against gay people, I just don”t think she ever made much of an effort to understand. Still, a dramatic confrontation was the last thing I needed with my mother, so I told Brian to lay low for the few days that they were going to be at my loft.

Not that I had to ask much of Brian anyway. He understood why I wasn”t ready to tell my mother yet. I was feeling so good about our relationship. We hadn”t done anything sexual other than the one blowjob, but I could feel us getting closer and closer. Most nights one of us would stay at the other”s apartment and we would simply cuddle as we went to sleep. That was fine with me. If anything, that one sexual experience broke the ice and allowed us to be more open with each other. Neither of us felt that it absolutely had to be repeated, so we ignored it and got along fine without sex. Building a relationship without sex can be very fulfilling. If it”s a good relationship, and ours was, the ties seem to be even stronger because they aren”t based on going back to our rooms and fucking like rabbits every night. We were connected on more of an emotional level instead of a physical level. I had the feeling it was something that Brian needed after being single for so long.

Like I said, Thursday was absolute chaos. After my mom called, Maria called me to say that Mark was going to be in New York for a couple of nights for a conference early the next week. I obviously knew why she was calling. She wanted Mark to stay with me instead of being at a hotel. Of course, I agreed and I told her that Mom and Uncle James were also going to be staying. We agreed that it was perfect for them all to be here at the same time. Loosely translated that gave my mother more people to divide her attention, which meant fewer headaches for me.

Erica came down that evening to tell me she was going out of town.

“How long are you going to be gone?” I asked.

“It”s only going to be until next Wednesday. My oldest sister had a baby down in Nashville, so I”m gonna help her settle in and adjust for a few days. Our momma will take care of her after that.”

I openly laughed at her. “Momma?”

She slapped me across the back of the head. “I will not tolerate any sass, Mr. Alexander.” I still chuckled. “There is nothing wrong with having a different accent from most everyone else up here. What I was going to ask you is if you could water my plants, check to see if everything is ok up there, that sort of thing.”

“Sure, that won”t be a problem at all.” I thought for a moment before continuing. “But why didn”t you ask Brian to do this for you. I”m sure he knows more about the particular details of your apartment.”

“Brian is lazy, there ain”t nothin” else to it.” She winked at me and turned to leave. “Sorry to drop by for such a short time, but I need to go ahead and pack so that I can get to the airport straight after work tomorrow. Oh, silly me, I almost forgot.” She tossed me the key to her apartment. “And I expect everything to be in perfect condition by the time I get back.”

“Yes ma”am,” I responded.

“Bye, hun.” “Bye, Erica.”

As I got up to close the door, I could hear Erica”s voice out in the hall saying “Hey.” The person she was talking to walked into my loft and planted a big, wet kiss on my lips.

“Hey, baby.”

“Hey, Brian.” I reached up and pulled back a strand of his hair and smoothed it behind his ear. My fingers ran down from his ear to his face. I ran my finger across his bottom lip. He kissed it, I pulled it away, and kissed his lips again.

“I think we hit a new stage in our relationship,” he said.

“How did you come to that conclusion?”

“You just fixed my hair. I”d say that means we”re getting pretty serious.” He put his hand on my right cheek and I nuzzled my face into his caress. This time, he put his finger on my lip, it was my turn to kiss his finger and then be kissed.

“I won”t disagree with that,” I said with a smile. “What are you up to tonight?”

“I had some laundry to do, and I was wondering if you would like to join me downstairs.”

Brian and I both knew that the laundry room in the basement were not the best in the world, but the one advantage it had over a public laundry room was the privacy. Rarely anyone ever used it, so it was usually empty.

“And what exactly did you have in mind for us to be doing while we wait for the clothes to finish, Mr. Davis?”

“We”re both pretty smart guys. I”m sure we”ll think of something.”

“I”ll go grab my clothes and meet you down there,” I said.

“Great. See ya in a while.”

I went into the bedroom and changed into a pair of running shorts and a fairly tattered t-shirt since I needed to wash the clothes I was wearing. Once I had put the clothes in a sports bag and grabbed the detergent, I took the elevator downstairs to the basement.

Brian was putting the last of his loads into the machine. He looked up when I came in. “Well, fancy meeting you here, stranger.”

I rolled my eyes at his terrible joke, but it was more difficult to ignore the pouty face he made when I ignored him. When he looked at me like that, I couldn”t help but feel guilty. I gave an overly done laughing spell, complete with loud cackles and slaps on my knee.

“Feel better?” I asked.

“Yes,” he said, his face instantly brightening up. I began putting my clothes into the machines. Brian came up behind me and put his arms around my waist. I rocked my hips back and forth while I put the quarters in and started up the loads.

A lot of people have a certain spot on their body that really gets them going. For some, it”s actually the clit or the prostate, but that”s for orgasm. I had a spot where my neck met my back that took me out of this world when it was touched the right way. Brian had found that spot last week when he hugged me and his hand slipped up and brushed it. I almost passed out from the shocks it sent through my body.

That was exactly what Brian was doing to me then. With his arms still around me, he bent down and nipped at my neck. It was only a matter of time before I was moaning in pleasure, pressed up on the metal and clutching the sides of the washer. When Brian licked the back of my neck, that did me in.

“Stop,” I gasped.

“What?”

I freed myself from Brian and moved around to his back, putting him in the position that I was just in. I leaned in and nibbled on his earlobe. Brian had one of those spots, too. He gasped and reached around with one of his hands to stroke my hair as I continued my attack. After a minute or so, he spun around and looked at me lustfully with those cool, blue eyes of his that had turned hot with passion.

“Evan, let”s go back to my place.”

“What about the clothes?” I asked.

“The machines are locked for the next 32 minutes. Look, I”ll set my watch for 27 minutes, that way we have time to get back down here. I need you now, though. Right now.”

So much for the sex free relationship. Well, it”s still possible to build a good relationship with sex. He pulled me by the hand and practically dragged me upstairs. We were alone in the elevator, so we kissed several times before getting to the third floor. God, he had me so hot at this point that I swear I would have gone anywhere with him. Brian fumbled with his key, trying to get the door open, and he almost broke it off the hinges when he finally opened it. The moment we were inside, we grabbed for each other and started kissing again. He took me by the hand and led me towards the bedroom. I didn”t know what he had in mind, but I didn”t care. Brian was the only thing I wanted.

I think I surprised him when I pulled his shirt over his head, but I couldn”t tell because the instant his shirt was off, I started kissing his collar bone and chest. I was rewarded by deep groans that told me I was doing something right. I had never pleased a man before, but I figured that doing some of the things that I liked were bound to get a similar response out of Brian. When I took his left nipple into my mouth, he hissed loudly. After a few minutes of this and giving the other nipple the same treatment, I kissed a trail down his abs to the waist of his jeans. By this point I was kneeling, and as I looked up into Brian”s eyes, the look of excitement on his face was enough to make me explode. My hands were shaking as I unbuttoned his jeans and slid them down his legs. It was fairly obvious that there was a lot of pressure on his briefs. A large wet spot had formed on his underwear. It probably would have been fun to tease him for a while, but to be completely honest, I was so nervous that I didn”t really know what was going on. I practically yanked down his briefs and his cock sprung out and pointed straight at my face. I had never been this close to another man”s penis before. It wasn”t too unlike mine. His was a little shorter and a little thinner, but I was sure that it was definitely enough for me to handle. I looked up at him again, and he just smiled down at me.

He must have known how nervous I was because he said, “Just don”t use your teeth. You”ll be fine, baby.”

I used my lips to cover my teeth as I took the head into my mouth. It wasn”t bad. I pushed myself forward a little more and took about half of his length into my mouth before I gagged a little and pulled back. Brian put his hand on the back of my head and slowly guided me up and down the shaft. Based on blowjobs that I had received, I used my tongue to flick and massage him. I could tell it was good for him, but I wanted to bring him as much pleasure as he brought me. I moved myself forward again, this time taking more of him into my mouth and controlling my gag reflex. I kept sucking on him, moving up and down, up and down. Once I felt the head hit the back of my throat, I swallowed and took the rest of him into me. Both of us moaned, and my moaning caused my muscles to close in around his dick, making him moan even louder. My hands were around his back, caressing and stroking his ass as I steadied myself. Before long, I had to pull back a little and simply keep sucking on him. That must have been fine with Brian because soon he tapped my shoulder.

“Evan, I”m gonna cum. Pull off.”

I didn”t want to pull off. I wanted all of him. I kept licking and sucking until he cried out and shot a giant load in my mouth. I could taste his cum all over my mouth as I continued to milk him for everything that I was worth. I knew some girls complained about the taste, but it tasted fine to me. His knees were shaking, and he probably would have collapsed if I hadn”t still been holding on to him. I let his penis slip out of my wet mouth, but Brian was far from done. He pulled me up only to tackle me onto the bed. The instant I was done his mouth and hands were everywhere, kissing my face and pulling off my shorts. He rotated his body so that we were in a 69 position with his cock dangling in my face. I couldn”t believe he was still hard after his last orgasm, but I reached up and took him back into my mouth at the same time he ripped my boxers off and sucked in my dick all in one swift motion. We had a great time pleasuring each other, and it was taking all of my self-control to hold off on cumming too soon. I felt Brian pull off of me for a second and then go back to work licking me up and down. I quickly found out that he had moistened one of his fingers and was rubbing circles around my hole. Ass play was new to me, and I wasn”t too sure about what he was doing. I was about to release his cock and protest when he slid his finger deep inside of me, and all I could do was moan. Shortly after, he added a second finger, which only heightened my pleasure. It became really hard (no pun intended) to focus on sucking him when he was doing such a good job on me. I felt his fingers probing deeper and deeper, and suddenly, he hit something inside me that started my orgasm almost immediately. My reaction must have sent off a similar reaction inside him because we were both screaming as we simultaneously pumped our cum into each other”s mouth. His body fell limp on top of mine and we both lay there for a few minutes, gasping for breath and feeling absolutely wonderful. Brian got off of me and came up to lay his head next to mine on the bed.

“You”ve got talent, kid. Stick with me and you”ll go places,” said Brian.

I kissed his lips and tasted the remains of my cum. Only a few minutes had passed since my first taste of cum and I could already tell that I was going to like it. I”m sure we looked absolutely ravaged and ridiculous. His pants and briefs were still down around his ankles since he never bothered to kick them off, and my shirt and socks were still on with my shorts somewhere on the floor. Brian”s watch went off and we both jumped up and started pulling our clothes on to get back downstairs.

We casually walked back into the laundry room as if we had never left and nothing had ever happened. Actually, we had made it back with one minute to spare.

“You don”t want to waste these precious few moments of our life do you?” I asked.

Brian knew exactly what I meant. He pulled me into a long kiss, only breaking contact when the machine buzzed at us. We transferred our clothes from the washers into the dryers and got those started. He looked at me innocently and said,

“Now what are we supposed to do in the hour that it takes for the clothes to dry?”

***

The last day at the community center wasn”t really a working day. Some of us stayed late on days earlier in the week and got everything finished up. Friday was a day for us all to be together one last time and relax. Since I hadn”t really made any close friends on the job, I didn”t have much of a reason to stay after saying goodbye to the few people that I had gotten to know.

On the way home, I stopped by a liquor store and picked up the “Evan Special,” a nice personal bottle of vodka meant for one person, and one person only. I had to do something to celebrate the end of work. I also stopped at a deli and picked up some lunch for myself. I would have eaten with Brian, but he was down at Columbia in class. Eating alone was never any fun, but you get used to it. While I was cleaning up, Robert called to ask if I wanted to go to a club tonight with him and Steve. I hadn”t even talked to them since the last time we went out together, so they didn”t know that Brian and I were dating. Brian and I didn”t have any plans for that evening, so I didn”t see the harm in going. I wasn”t going to pick up any girls, so I decided to have a little fun going out, drinking, and possibly dancing.

At around 10, I hadn”t talked to Brian even though I had called both his apartment and his cell phone. Robert and Steve were going to come over to my place at 11 and then head out to the clubs. It was so much easier and cheaper to drink before going out, so I started downing the vodka. I sat there watching TV and drinking alone until the phone rang. Hoping it was Brian, I hurriedly picked it up, but it was only Steve. He told me that he and Robert had changed their plans and decided not to go out.

“MIAH!!!” I yelled.

There was no answer.

Gina pushed past me and went running down the hallway. I heard her scream. It was one of those screams that you can feel down in your bones. I took off after her. She was standing in the doorway to our bedroom and she was shaking. Tears were running down her face.

“No….oh please God no.”

I pushed past her into the bedroom. What I saw will forever be burned into my memory. The blood. Sweet Jesus. The entire bed was covered in blood. This is NOT happening.

“MIAH!” I yelled again.

Austin pushed his way into the room and I could hear him gasp. He grabbed me to hold me up.

“B…look.”

He pointed up at the wall.

There was a message scrawled across the wall. It was the same color as the bed. It was in blood.

‘DIE FAGGOT’

It was all I could do to not throw up or pass out. I could hear Sara in the background on the phone. She must be calling the police. Gina was hysterical. I went over and grabbed her against me.

“Bailey….what’s going on….what…”

She could barely talk. I knew how she felt. It was like someone had ripped my heart out. We had to find him. We HAD to.

“Guys! Get in here now!” Sara yelled from the living room.

We raced into the living room to see what she was yelling about.

“The cops are on their way. When I picked up the phone to call there was a message on the machine. Listen.”

She leaned over and pushed play.

“Hello, son. I am sure by now you have found the little present I left you. I had to take matters into my own hands. You obviously weren’t going to listen to me. I had to get the filth away from you. You had to see that he was using you. So I’ve taken your boy toy. He’s mine to play with now. He’s a dirty faggot and a piece of shit. He needs to be taught a lesson.” I could hear the sound of something being hit. I then heard a voice cry out in pain. It was Miah! “The little faggot is fine for now, but I need to take care of the problem. Don’t worry, son. You won’t have to worry about him using you anymore. Daddy will fix it. Daddy will fix everything.”

Tears were pouring down my face. I can’t believe this is happening. I thought the message was over, but then I heard Miah in the background.

“I love you, Bailey, I love you!”

We then heard him scream in intense pain.

“SHUT UP FAGGOT. It’s over. It’s all over for you!” I heard my father scream.

The answering machine beeped and the message ended.

Gina, Austin, and Sara all had tears running down their faces. I sat down on the couch in shock. How could he do this? How could he take Miah away from me?

“We have to find him. I don’t care how we do it, but we have to fucking find him.”

They all looked at me and nodded. This is the worst moment of my life. He can’t die. Oh God I can’t even think like that. I need him. He can’t leave me. He is my entire life. I will NOT let this happen. I WILL FIND HIM.

He pressed his forehead against mine, and my eyes opened. I was gazing right into those deep pools of liquid emerald. I saw his tongue gently flick out over his lips, and heard him mutter words that made my body tremble in anticipation.

“Make love to me, Miah.”

I opened my mouth to respond and he interrupted.

“Right here, Miah. I need you to take me. I need you to make me yours. You have to claim my body because you”ve already claimed my heart and soul.”

If I didn”t have tears building up in my eyes I probably would have shot off right then and there. That is how hot he had me. I saw him reach over and pick up a condom that somehow found it”s way onto the shelf in the shower wall.

“Were you feeling lucky, Bailey?” I said with a grin on my face.

“I was hoping, baby.”

He stroked my cock a few times and went to open the wrapper. I reached out and stopped him.

“Wait a second, B.”

I could see the surprise on his face and he opened his mouth to speak. I cut him off by pressing my lips against his. I stepped away from the wall of shower and turned him around. I gently pushed him until his chest was up against the wall.

“I need to return a favor first.” I whispered into his ear.

I slowly worked my way down his back, kissing and sucking the entire time. By the time I reached his tight, smooth bubble butt his legs were trembling. My tongue snaked out and I gently ran it over his cheeks.

“You ok, baby?” I asked.

“Oh yeah, Miah, please…” He said in a shaky voice.

I grabbed onto his cheeks and massaged them firmly. His back arched and he pushed back against my hands. I eased them apart and ran my tongue right up in between them.

“Oh fuck.” I heard Bailey hiss.

There was no way I could take this slowly or try to tease him. I wanted him so bad. I buried my face in his ass and licked and sucked at his sweet hole. His body jerked and he pushed back harder against my face.

“Oh yeah, Miah. Eat my hot ass, baby.”

Just hearing his voice turned me on, but hearing him talk dirty to me was driving me insane. I was barely able to keep what little control I was maintaining. My tongue was darting out and fiercely attacking his sweet ass.

“Miah, I need you, baby. I need you so bad. Right now.”

I felt his hand reach back and grab my arm to try and pull me up. As soon as I was on my feet he handed me the condom. I ripped it open and rolled it down over my thick hard shaft. I heard him spit on his hand and felt his firm grip on my cock. I moaned and pushed into the tight fist he had made around my cock. He then pulled my body towards him and placed the head of my cock against his hole. I wanted to warn him that we need to get him ready a bit more, but I felt him push back and the head popped into his tight ass.

It felt like I took a velvet glove and wrapped it super tight around my cock. He was so fucking tight, and hotter than hell. He groaned and his body shook.

“B, are you ok, sweetie?”

“Yeah, Miah.” He breathlessly replied. “I am ok. It stings a bit, but I just couldn”t wait any longer.”

I ran my hands over his chest and played with his nipples a bit. Just as I reached down and started to stroke his now dripping cock I felt him push back against me. Within a minute he had my entire fat cock buried deep inside his ass. My hands found his hips and I couldn”t help but start sliding my cock slowly in and out of his sweet hole. From the sounds coming out of that boy I knew I didn”t have to ask if he was enjoying it. After a few minutes though I gently eased myself out of him.

As I turned him around I could see the questions in his eyes, but before he could reply I gently picked him up. His eyes widened in shock as he wrapped his legs around my waist.

“Miah…”

Before he could continue I gently pushed my cock back against his hole and slipped inside of him in one long stroke. I pushed his back against the wall as his eyes rolled back and his legs pulled me harder against him.

“I love you, Bailey.”

His eyes opened and he kissed me with a hunger that left me completely breathless. I continued to pump gently in and out of his ass. I could feel his cock pressed hard against my stomach rubbing back and forth. On my next stroke into him his body twitched with pleasure. I found his spot. I made sure as I pulled back to rub my cock back over that button in his hot ass. After a few more thrusts I could feel his body stiffen and his ass clamped down around my cock.

“Miah…” I could barely hear my name leave his lips as he groaned from the climax that over took his body.

Seeing him shoot his huge load over our chests, and feeling his ass muscles grip and massage my cock was too much. I thrust into him deeply one more time and erupted. My entire body shook uncontrollably from the pleasure that exploded through me.

His lips found mine in a gentle, but passionate kiss, as he eased his legs from around my waist and back to the shower floor. We hugged and cuddled with each other under the still warm water that sprayed from the showerhead.

“That was truly amazing, Bailey, thank you so much.”

“Thank you, Miah, I know now what it feels like to truly be loved.”

We kissed again and then had fun washing each other off.

What a great way to start the morning!!!

* * *

I walked out of the bathroom and slipped on some underwear and shorts. Bailey was going to shave and then join me for some breakfast. On my way out of the bedroom I grabbed a small strip of leather off of my dresser to tie my long hair back. As I started to make a pot of coffee I heard the front door open and Gina walked in carrying a cup of coffee and newspaper in one hand and a donut in the other. And to top it all off, she had a donut sticking out of her mouth as well. She stood on the living room side of the counter and tossed the newspaper down. I walked over and broke off the piece of donut that was sticking out of her mouth and popped it into my own.

“Thanks, G,” I said with an evil grin. “That should give me some energy to fix up some breakfast.”

She didn”t answer me. In fact she didn”t even look at me. She lit up a smoke and purposely looked everywhere else in the kitchen except at me.

“Come on, G, talk to me.”

“I guess you didn”t get the memo, Mr. Summers, but I am not speaking to you.”

Ouch! She used my last name. This is going to be big trouble in little china for sure!

“Gina, I am sorry that I didn”t tell you about what happened with Jeff.” I smiled at her. “But I knew that you would want to kill him. And we both know that you don”t look good in orange, hun.”

We both giggled. I knew that would get her! Gina actually had to wear one of those horrible orange jumpsuits once. She had to do community service once and ended up getting assigned to picking up trash in Central Park. The reason she got community service still cracks me up to this day. One morning Gina and I were up early and we were craving something really sweet for breakfast. So Gina went and jumped in the car to go to a local bakery. Gina being Gina double parked the car in front of the bakery and ran inside to pick up some freshly baked cinnamon rolls. When she came out of the store there was a guy meter maid writing her a ticket for her wonderful park job. She was polite about it, but she did try and talk her way out of the ticket.

He got a bit nasty about it and told her to shut up and let him do his job. So, Gina decided to tell him to hurry his “queer bait meter maid” ass up because she had places go. It didn”t help her that the meter maid was a bit of a queen. He then told her that he was a meter person, not a meter maid, and that he should give her another ticket for leaving her house dressed like that. It was only 7 o”clock in the morning and Gina had just thrown on a pair of sweats and one of my white undershirts. Now that wouldn”t have been too bad, but she heard him mutter under his breath “you munching craving crack whore”. I wish I could have been there to see the look on her face. You know it had to be classic! And then Gina did the unthinkable. She hauled off and bitch slapped the meter maid, oops I mean meter person. She ended up with 30 hours of community service and a small fine, but she felt it was worth it. Until she saw the orange jumpsuit that is!

“It”s ok, Miah” Gina said with a smile. “Once I went off last night I realized that”s why you hadn”t told me. So you are forgiven…this time.”

We both laughed and I grabbed her hand and kissed the back of it.

“Thank you, my lady.”

I lit up a smoke and leaned against the counter. I saw her looking at me critically.

“What are you staring at, G?”

“Miah, what the hell happened to your neck? Either you got lucky last night, and I want ALL the juicy details if that”s the case, or you were having another intimate moment with the vacuum. If you broke that vacuum again I am going to kill you.”

“I did not break that vacuum you silly bitch!” My hand jerked up to my neck. I never thought to check to see if Bailey left any marks on me. “You broke that vacuum when you accidentally sucked up one of those g-strings your stripper ex-boyfriend left lying around here!”

“I”ll find out what happened here last night.” She said with big grin. “Bailey came after you to talk to you last night. He had to have seen who was here. So I will just ask him myself.”

Bailey chose that moment to come waltzing into the kitchen. His timing was perfect.

“What are you going to ask me, G? You want coffee, Miah?” He asked with a grin.

I nodded my head.

“Well, Bailey, I was hoping that you could shed some light on the mystery man that decided to play “Interview With A Vampire” last night with Mr. Summers here. He”s not spilling the details.”

“What are you talking about, Gina?” Bailey asked as he came over and set down the coffee cup in front of me.

Gina pointed to the hickey that must have been on my neck.

“HOLY SHIT, MIAH!” Bailey exclaimed.

My God it must be bigger than I thought. Gina shot me an evil grin and stuck her tongue out at me. She was sure Bailey was going to give her all the dirt.

“Baby, I am so sorry. I had no idea I left a mark like that on you.” Bailey said as he leaned over and kissed the spot on my neck. He even nuzzled his face against me a bit. I reached up and ran my hand through his hair.

“It”s ok, hun.”

I looked over at Gina and her jaw had dropped.

“You…Him…Wha?”

I couldn”t help but giggle. I have never seen her like this. That look on her face was classic. Wait a minute. This had to be the infamous meter person face! It just had to be! I cracked up even more.

“Don”t mind her, B. She is still on the first course in the Hooked On Phonics program. She”ll get better as the courses go on.” I said as I looped an arm around Bailey”s waist and pulled him against me.

I looked back at Gina to see a huge grin on her face. Man she went from shocked to happy pretty quick. Wait a minute…

“You knew didn”t you!” I said as I pointed at her.

She actually had the nerve to giggle.

“I wasn”t positive, but I was hopeful.”

“What do you mean, Gina?” Bailey asked as he took a sip of his coffee.

“Bailey, why do you think I sent you after Miah last night instead of going after him myself? Why do you think I purposely told you to look on the roof?” She asked with a cryptic smile on her face.

“You know that I would find him and talk some sense into him.” Bailey replied.

“Wrong answer, Mr. Masters, but we have some lovely parting gifts for you.”

I couldn”t help but giggle.

“Ok, Gina, then why did you do it?” Bailey asked with his eyebrow raised.

“Because you had the only thing that would get him through this.”

“And that being?”

“Your love for him.”

Bailey and I both looked at her with wide eyes.

“And how did you know he loves me, Gina?” I asked her.

“Oh please Miah. Even a blind person could see that he loves you. His face lights up every time you walk into the room, and he practically glows just looking at you. You were the same way with him, Miah, but I had more to go on from you. You actually told me how you felt about him before he even came into the picture. Do you remember when you first moved in here? We used to stay up all hours of the night talking and joking around. How many times did his name come up and you talked about how you fell in love with him? Hell, Miah, you even told me the moment you realized it.”

I was looking at her with shock written all over my face. I didn”t even realize Bailey was looking at me until I heard him talk.

“When?”

“When what?” I turned and asked him.

“What did you know that you loved me?”

I couldn”t help it and I blushed.

“Please tell me, Miah.” He ran his hand over my cheek. The pad of his thumb gently rubbed my bottom lip.

“It was that day at the pool. When you saw the bruise on my back. I didn”t know it was love at the time, but I knew I felt differently about you. Now I can look back and realize that was probably the moment I fell in love with you.”

“Oh, baby…”

And with that Bailey leaned his head in and kissed me gently, but lustfully on the lips. Every time this man kissed me it was like heaven on earth. How did I survive without him in my life? The kiss would have probably gone on even longer, and lead to other things, but it ended when Gina cleared her throat.

“You two are gorgeous together. Really you are. And I am so happy you both finally woke up and decided to be honest with each other.”

Gina came around to the other side of the counter and we had a huge group hug.

“Ok, team, who is ready for some breakfast?” I asked.

Bailey and Gina, the human garbage disposal, both were pretty hungry.

On my way to the fridge Bailey pulled me into his lap and gave me another quick kiss.

“You”re a sexy bitch, you know that right?” He said with a goofy look on his face.

“You are such a big goof, but I still love you.” I ruffled his hair and started to make breakfast.

* * *

After breakfast we cleaned up the kitchen and then lounged around in the living room listening to music and bullshitting.

“So, B, when do you plan on moving in here?” Gina asked.

I nearly sprayed a mouth of full of soda all over the place. Leave it to her to ask something like that just as I took a drink. Bailey looked over at me questioningly.

“Don”t look at me, bubba. I was going to ask you that question myself. Gina and I already discussed this at the bar the other night. So what”s your answer?”

I looked at him expectantly.

“I thought I already had moved in here guys.” He said with a wicked smile on his face.

“Good answer, B, good answer.” Gina said and then leaned over to high-five him.

“We should probably pick up a paper sometime today so you can start job hunting, baby.”

“Aw…aren”t you going to support me, Miah?” Bailey said with puppy dogface.

“You know I would, Bail.” I leaned over and gave him a light kiss.

“I know you would honey, but you don”t have to.” Bailey looked nervous for a second. “Actually I don”t have to work if I don”t want to.”

“Why”s that, B?” Gina asked.

“A few years ago my grandparents passed away and left me a few things in their wills. A few things turned out to a shit load of shares of Xerox they somehow managed to buy when the company was still unknown. My grandfather was a very smart businessman. So I sold some of them for a nice little profit and I can now live off the monthly interest I get from the remaining shares that I still have.”

“Leave it to you, Miah, to not only pick up a gorgeous, sweet, loving man, but he would be rich on top of all of it.” Gina said with a laugh.

“I don”t care about the money, B.” I said to him very seriously. “I don”t care if you have a hundred thousand dollars or ten cents. I love you no matter what.”

He pulled me over into his lap and gave me a fucking huge hug.

“I know, Miah, and that”s one of the reasons why I love you so much.”

* * *

“Miah, you better fucking talk to him tonight or I am going to kick your fucking ass, bitch!” Gina yelled over to me.

We were having a busy ass night at work this evening. The music was pounding so hard through the club I thought for sure I was going to be deaf the next day.

“Gina, I told you I am fucking pissed off, and I will talk to him when I am good and fucking ready.”

I stalked off and went on break leaving her and Gen to tend the busy bar.

I walked into the employees lounge and plopped down on the couch to smoke a cigarette.

The last few months had been really wonderful. Bailey and I had a lot of late night talks and caught each other up on everything that had happened in the missing years. I would go through it with all of you, but it honestly was just your everyday shit. He and I seemed to get closer and closer as the days went by. And he fit right in with Gina as well. We soon became a very close-knit group of friends. Everything was going so smooth I knew it was just a matter of time before we hit our first bump in the road. And with the luck I had, we had hit two bumps at the same time.

Bailey had stopped in the club to hang out and have some drinks and tease us while we worked. We were actually having a really great time until one of the last people on earth I ever wanted to see walked up to the bar. Jeff. BUMP. Of course though my life couldn”t be as simple as that. Jeff had showed up with his new boy toy, Josh. BUMP BUMP. Gina graciously served them both, and before Bailey even had a chance to move Gina had dumped a whole pitcher a beer over both of them. Gina called one of the bouncers over, whispered something to him, and got them both tossed out of the bar. They each got a warning to never come back.

I thought everything was fine after that. But I was wrong. Bailey and I ended up getting into a fight that night.

“Honey, I think you should really consider leaving that job.” Bailey had said later that evening. “I don”t want you to have to go through a situation like that ever again.”

“It”s not a big deal, B, and besides I love my job. You can”t love every aspect of your job, but I enjoy mine a lot.”

He reached out and pulled me up against him.

“I know, Miah, I just worry about you. Besides I have enough money that I can support both of us. You wouldn”t have to worry about working ever again.”

“You are not going to be my sugar daddy, Bailey.” I said with a giggle.

“God damn it, Miah, I am not joking around. Does everything have to be a fucking joke with you?” He didn”t exactly yell, but I could hear the anger building in his voice.

“No it doesn”t, Bailey,” I started out slowly trying to remain calm. “But I am going to start taking this conversation as one just so I don”t start getting upset.”

I tried to step back to go to the bathroom, but his arms still held me.

“Miah, I am tired of all those guys at the bar making passes at you and hitting on you. You are mine, baby, and I don”t like seeing them drooling all over you.”

His voice was back to its normal tone, but I could still tell he was worked up. I tried not to roll my eyes as he said this, but it didn”t work. We had been over this conversation time and time again. At first his possessiveness was cute in a way, but we had been over this so many times now I couldn”t stand it.

“For the last time, Bailey, you really need to get over this. I am yours and yours alone, but I work at a bar. People are going to joke around and even flirt with me. But that”s what a good bartender does. I am not going home with anyone, and I even give them back their phone numbers if they try and slip them to me. I make it clear to them I am not single.” My voice started to get louder and I couldn”t help it at this point. I was upset. “They might be able to realize that I wasn”t single if you weren”t so freaked out to show me a little bit more attention when you stop in at the club. I can understand you don”t want to make out in front of everyone, Bailey, neither do I, but a quick kiss or me holding your hand for a second, or even hugging you or leaning up against you when I sit with you on my breaks isn”t such a horrible thing to do.”