Usual T's & C's apply, ask me if you want to use any or all of these stories- steve.holder@bigpond.com
Gota give a shout out to Sean Scott Photography http://www.seanscottphotography.com.au/
Only my favourite place to visit, I love his work and he has the cutest VW van money boxes!!!
And www.flamesontheriver.com...check the site out, beautiful food and ROMANTIC!
Sorry to take so long to get number 5 to you all, work, new years etc all took the valueable time away from me and my "writting time", This one is bit longer than the others, I tried to make it shorter, but then you miss out on some of the good stuff.
New Years, Bangs, Beats & the other stuff you don't talk about.
Dan reaches for Alex's phone and speaks to his dad, "Hi, yeah..uh-huh, ok...yep see ya" Hanging up the phone he hands it back to Alex who is fiddling with the button on his iPod. "So what did your dad say" I ask, almost frightened to know if his dad has seen anything. "Nah, he's going to be visiting friends on Sovereign Island while we're staying at the unit, he didn't say anything about anything in the garage, having said that, I'm not about to arouse suspicion by asking either" 3 hrs & 20 mins later we roll up to the lobby of where we're staying. An apartment overlooking the ocean, right in the heart of the Gold Coast, very very nice.
The place is classy, like you see in the movies. You roll up out front, someone opens the door for you, takes your luggage, we don't need to lift a finger. "What do we want to do for lunch?" Dan replies from the bedroom, Walking back in from the balcony Alex walks back from the kitchen on his phone, talking excitedly something about being there in 5 mins "OK I'm outa here, car's picking me up out front" yelling out as he walks up to the door "Be good be safe, ring us when you're ready to be picked up" Dan calls walking into the kitchen.
"You hungry baby?" Dan's looking at me over the breakfast bar, "Nah, not hungry so much, I wanna save it up for dinner tonight, the place over the road looks pretty special" Walking around from the other side of the kitchen Dan walks up behind me and winds his arms around my waist, nestling his chin into the crook of my neck. "wadda ya feel like doing, walk? pool? blowjob?" Looking out of the corner of my eye at him "YOU are a dirty dirty boy" That smirk that always gets me, "why don't we grab towels and go check the pool out, I haven't been here before I wanna see what's here" unraveling myself from him I walk into the bedroom and retrieve the towels laid out on the bed (they take your luggage up, but don't unpack, is that unusual?) "you got your sunglasses baby?" I yell grabbing mine from the bedside table I walk back out to the lounge room.
Throwing the towel at Dan I grab the apartment keys and we both head out to the lift "oh did we need a phone incase?" Dan pats his pockets "I have mine, its all good" as the lift arrives, hitting the "G" button we descend down to the reception area and walk through to the pool area.
WOW, this was beautiful, pale non slip tiles lots of big wooden recliner lounges, big cream umbrella's it's Mediterranean theme for sure. Towels, keys, glasses on one of the chairs, shirt off and dive into the water..feeling the coolness against my skin, as I surface Dan swims over to me "It's nice isn't it" Dan's hair wet and scruffy, just like he's fresh from the shower, his freckled muscular shoulders sitting just above the surface of the water.
I swim over to him, if there wasn't some woman sunning herself on a lounge nearby I'd kiss him, playfully splash him and then dive back underwater, letting the games begin. Instead he swims over to me, oblivious to his surroundings, and wraps his arms around my shoulders.
"I'm so glad we got away, I feel so much better" he's had a fair bit of grief the last few days, it'd do him just as much good as it would me escaping work and the pitfalls it invites.
"you know if it was dark out, and none of the lights on, we could come down here, it's something I haven't done yet" seductively whispering into his ear as we swim around in circles, he splashes me and swims away, grinning clearly his mind has hit the gutter, again. We'd been in the pool about an hour, and, as the sun started to set we decided to back upstairs and get ready, As we walk past to retrieve our towels I notice Dan's mobile flashing "message babe" throwing him the phone "it's Axe, he's guna call us tomorrow he's drinking". Perfect, we get the place allll to ourselves.
Showering upstairs we dress casual, the restaurant I had in mind was classy, high end, at the same time neither of us are dress pants people unless its a suit, and these days I wear them as little as possible. Dan's never been a suit and tie person either, but the boy has dress sense and well, anything looks good on him much to my disgust (kidding)
dark jeans, short sleeve shirt over here are the orders of the day.
Flames on the River, in Surfers Paradise was where we ended up the food was perfect, the wine was a good selection, I loved the ambience the view over the water, and the bright lights of Surfers in the background. It wasn't noisy, just the hushed tones of music quiet enough so we could talk, most of the time the subject was about Alex, Dan's dad, our friends, I didn't think it was the right time to bring up what happened the last few days with his family, mood killers were not on the menu, crŠme Brule was though, it was perfect.
An hand on my shoulder startled me as I turned around, Karl, Dan's dad standing there "How's my boys tonight, nice place isn't it" Dan Looking up at his dad with a look of neither surprise or displeasure "stalking us again, huh?" Chuckling Karl fires back with "I could say the same, I come here every weekend I'm down here the lobster is the best on the coast." I can feel my mobile buzzing in my pocket, quickly reaching in for it I check the number, it's not a number I recognize, it's a local number. It's odd, no one knows, well no one here apart from present company knows where we are, excusing myself from the table.
"Ben Henrickson" I answer, listening to the caller I realize it isn't a joke what I'm hearing, I think this is something that Dan and I need to deal with quickly, closing the call off I quickly walk back to the table and sit next to Dan. "Honey we need to get going if we're going to catch a late movie" Dan looks at me like I've spoken Dutch. I know that look on his face, he think I'm barking mad. "we want to go and see Avatar?" He's got this one raised eyebrow look at the moment, poor baby can't work out what's going on. "Karl why don't you drop over tomorrow morning, we'll go have breakfast downstairs" Karl looks as confused as Dan does at the moment, the 'I Dunno what's going look" staring back as we pay the bill and hustle out the door to the car.
Unlocking the car and climbing in the barrage of questions start "Since when have you called me...Honey" wrinkling his nose up. Reversing the car out of the space and gunning it out onto the road, "OK now I'm getting scared, please, tell me what's going on, please baby" The next intersection is red lights as we come to a stop. "Alex has been arrested". If it wasn't for the surrounding sounds of the engine and traffic I don't think I could hear Dan breathing, I could feel him tense up though, it was like a volcano about to erupt.
"What the fuck"... yep he exploded, "What do you mean arrested, fuck, why, which police station is he at" starting to calm down "Dad is guna flip" nope not so calm, "How the fuck did he get arrested" calming down now "Did they say what he was arrested for" ok slowly getting him back to normal...Round 2 "Fuck, this means court, oh Christ" he's not so calm. "Baby, please calm down, grabbing his hand, he jerks it away "NO, I cant be calm, I'll kill him". "DAN, listen", he looks over to me, he's mad, really mad. "All I know is that he got arrested, the policeman on the other end of the phone wants to talk to us when we get there, now, you can come in with me or stay in the car, I'm only offering.
"Like fuck I'm going to stay in the car" I can understand why he's angry, everything has been on top of him the last few days. And he's looking after Karl's son. He does love him and tries to be a big brother/ role model, I mean at Alex's age I got into all sorts of shit, not exactly getting arrested, but I came close a few times. Arriving at the police station I park around the side of the building "before you go in, baby I know this'll be hard, but please, try to calm down. If not for Alex, for me I'll see what I can do from my end". He lets out a sigh and looks over as he undoes his seat belt "I could kill a cigarette about now" letting out a slight laugh "tell ya what, get through this and I'll buy a pack.
Locking the car we walk up the steps and buzz the night call button. A young constable opens the glass door and beckons us in, "Ben Henrickson, this is my partner Dan Halsteed, we're here to collect Alex Roesch". The young constable gets us to wait, now probably isn't the right time to say how good this guy looked, short hair, clean shaven, his trousers clinging to his legs, stretching across his muscular ass, the shirt about a size too small for his upper body, he looks like he's a gym junkie I mean Dan and I both go to the gym, and we're defined but this is a different ballpark he's even got that swagger too.
The door to interview room 2 opens and a plain clothes policeman ushers us into the room. Exchanging pleasantries we sit at a table, Dan and I on one side Detective Sharnhoff on the other."Mr. Roesch was bought into the station at approximately 9:45pm, 2 other accomplices were apprehended in the same vicinity. The reason I wanted to talk to you was that this is a sensitive nature" looking both of us directly head on "the place is renowned for perverts, junkies, loiterers. Not the sort of people that Alex needs to be around" Nodding my head I look at Dan no expression at all, none.
"So what exactly has he been arrested for? I was told that he HAS been arrested, what are the charges?" I ask, the detective flicks through his notes "Seems that Constable Hallows detained him on the scene" "Hallows", I stop him short, "Yes Constable Hallows" looking back at the notes "seems he detained him at the scene of Justins Park on the Gold Coast Highway" flick a page and reading on "suspicious circumstances it says here" Flicking a glance to Dan and then back to Sharnhoff "so there's no actual evidence that he did anything" I ask.
"Circumstantial evidence, there's no witness, I think he needs to be released, now" Dan starts to speak up, glaring at the detective, "for some reason this Hallows has tried to pin something on Alex, I know for a fact that he wouldn't dare do out in the open, I know this" Dan's voice is laced with venom & anger. Yet the surface, cool calm & cold.
"I'd like to have him released if there's no charges or anything to hold him here" I ask, truth be told on the surface there didn't seem to be anything to hold him, I think getting Axe's side of the story might go some way of clearing up the confusion.
Half an hour later, a very sullen and sorry looking Alex appears through the glass doors into the reception area. backpack slung over his shoulder. Detective Sharnhoff handing me the release papers that Dan and I signed for his release. "Before you go, there's a Nathan Whitefelt apparently he wants to talk to you" I look over to Alex who has his head down "Axe, is that the same one from home?" he nods,
"can I talk to him?" I ask Sharnhoff.
"Let me see what I can do" he replies before walking off. Sitting in reception, all 3 of us silent, shortly after, Sharnhoff pokes his head around the doorway of interview room 2, "Ben" he beckons with his fingers, Dan looks over to me apprehensively "I'll explain shortly" before walking into Room 2. Sitting in front of me is my 18 yr old nephew, Nathan.
"Should I be surprised that you're here in the middle of this" I ask, Staring ahead at my oldest nephew "I suppose this would explain why you weren't with the rest of us at our place Christmas eve" Nathan unfortunately decided to pick his own path in life, He moved out of home 18 mths ago, under bad circumstances. Last time I saw him he was still had some puppy fat on him, he's still 6'2, but now, 90kg's, all muscle from surfing every morning and working as a labourer, sun bleached long hair from plenty of outdoor work, tattoo's on both shoulders and eyebrow stud (from what I saw that's all he had) still in the clothes he was picked up in.
"How do you know Alex?" he asked, "he's Dan's little brother" I reply "so have you called anyone yet, to come bail you out?" his cold grey looking back at me "I've tried but no one is answering my calls" nodding my head "You want to tell me what happened, why Alex is is in all this?" Part of me feels duty bound by family to help him out, part of me is mixed, not knowing why, but should he be taught a lesson? I mean would this help bailing him out, and it's not like he's had a bad childhood, "we went to Justins Park to hang out, there's a group that practice with fire juggling, and well he hadn't ever seen it so I took him".
"So what you're friends? where did you meet?" pressing on for more info "We were in High School together, same classes, same shit" he said starting to sound irritated, "so where does the toilet block come into it?" Nathan's head jerk upwards, a nasty scowl plastered over his face "Am I supposed to piss anywhere else? I had to use the toilet, this guy was in there and he wanted a blow job, shit, you wouldn't get it" he trailed off "Try me, I might surprise you" I commented back "I did some stupid things at your age, staring at him "what's happened with this 3rd guy" Nathan looks over at the reflective glass on the wall "His parents came and got him a while ago" his attention focused on a spot on the table.
Exhaling loudly I gather my thoughts "OK, you got all your gear? clothes and whatever?" Silently Nathan nods, "OK, come with us I don't think here's a good place for you to be, come back to the apartment, shower, eat, sleep, tomorrow we'll talk further I take it your mother has no idea?" moving out of the chair his quick reply "No, she doesn't know, I moved out so I could have my own life" Truth be told since she found out all those years ago that I was gay, she didn't flinch one bit, more than anything she was supportive, handy when there's issues, she confided in me that she thought Nathan was going to be gay, just the things a mother sees that others don't.
Climbing into the car, we all buckle up silently and get back out on the road, being the first to break the silence "Have you boys eaten anything yet?" Both of the pretty much at the same time answer "Nooo"
a quick roll through the burger drive through then a service station for cigarettes and we head back to the apartment. The lift ride was silent, although the food didn't smell to bad. Entering the apartment, Dan runs to the bedroom and slams the door. Both the boys look at each other, Alex quietly whispers "Have we done something wrong?" Looking at him as I set the bag of food on the bench, I look over at the both of them "I don't know, what I do know is that he was worried that you'd got yourself hurt, eat, I'll go sort it out you want plates?" both of them shake their heads.
I half expected the door to the bedroom to be locked, and a great drama about to unfold, the angry lover, the confused other lover (sounds like a bad rap song I know) walking into the bedroom I hear sobbing from the bathroom. I'm in the shit by the sounds of it (another bad song title, no pattern trust me) In the bathroom Dan's curled up in a ball, clothes and all on the floor of the shower. This breaks my heart, opening the shower door, his arms covering his face "baby, don't sit in there, c'mon come up" my hand reaching out for his hand and pulling him up from the shower floor.
"What brought this on all of a sudden? You mad with me or something?" I ask, I'm seriously not used to this, "I'm sorry babe, I had a meltdown the last few days have taken their toll" between snuffles "no I'm not mad at you, more than anything I wouldn't have handled it without you" with him getting ready to sit on the bed, I jump in behind him and both of us clothed snuggle into each other "you know, no matter what I'll always do what I can to help" wiping a tear away from his cheek.
"So you sure your ok? You know I am allowed to be worried about you, there's 2 boys out there that are probably wondering what's going on in here" A weak laugh escapes his mouth, "poor Axe, I just didn't know what to say to him, I mean, it sounded like he was at a beat with Nathan, I don't know if I'm ready to deal with that" His voice was starting to hit an octave higher "Calm baby, calm, Shhhh, it's ok" we sound like parents, Jesus, I'm not child friendly I have sharp corners, and toxic to taste LOL
Walking out of the bedroom there's a dim light coming from the kitchen, and the flickering of the TV, the boys are still wide awake and watching some old movie and talking "watcha watchin" I ask, both of them jump, startled by my voice. Alex scrambling off the floor, leaving Nathan "How's Dan?, his eyes looking over my shoulder as Dan walks around the corner "Dan's fine, Dan's also wanting to know the full story, but Dan needs a cigarette first" grabbing the pack and the lighter off the bench, pulling the sliding door open and walking out onto the balcony.
"It's chilly out here, I love it though the smell of the ocean, the sound of the waves, the moonlight shadow" Dan's dragging on a cigarette as he talks "these taste foul now, but god they feel good".
Sparking one up myself, I'd love to come here all the time, this just feels so comfortable. Exhaling as I look out to sea, the distant glow of the lights, the stars in the sky twinkling, Dan's warm body pressed up against mine arms entwined, holding each other close, sharing a private secret.
Stabbing the remains of the cigarette out in the ashtray, straightens up waits for me to finish, when both of us are ready we step through the doorway into the living area, "I think we all need to sleep, I think the explanations can wait till tomorrow, Don't stay up too late boys" both of us ambling towards the bedroom. Flopping onto the bed Dan exhales and stares up at the ceiling his legs hanging over the edge of the bed. I drop to my knees and crawl over to him.
Running my hands up his legs from shin to thigh, I feel him shiver with lust "MMMMMMM that feels good baby" he whispers, my hands sliding up to his hips he grabs them with both his hands slipping them past the muscular ridges of his abdomen taking his shirt with them, my face resting in his crotch his fat hard on concealed under the denim of his jeans, his breathing becoming more ragged. Stretching my arms up to his pecs, his hard nipples poking up underneath his shirt, my mouth hovering over his his groin just underneath his navel.
"Please" the only word he moans, my hands release from his and slide back down to his belt buckle, his thick meaty hardness jumping to to my touch. Undoing the belt buckle, the button and unzipping his fly I slide his them down his tightly muscled thighs, his cock rears up in a graceful arc and lands with a soft plop on his belly, the trickle of precum oozing out of his piss slit as it lands.
As I stand up, pulling my shirt over my shoulders throwing it on the floor, Dan leans up sitting on the bed "Allow me baby" his voice low and husky, lust ridden as he undoes my belt, the button on my jeans undone making the waist loose enough to shimmy out of them an 8 inch thick bulge in my grey boxer briefs, a dark spot of pre cum soaking into the fabric. Dan's mouth hovering over the stretched material, his eyes meet mine as his mouth closed my covered dick, the feel of his breath and sensation of his wet lips mixing with the precum, the heat intense matching the passion in his movements.
For some reason I love holding the back of Dan's head while he gives me head, not forcefully, I mean I don't want to hurt him no matter how intense our love is. So resting my hands on the back of his head while his tongue darts under the head of my cock gently urging him to pick up speed, his hollow grunting as his mouth wraps around my hard cock gagging as it his the back of his throat, his hands clamping down on my thighs as his head pistons up and down on my cock.
His mouth suddenly releases and starts to lick and suck on my balls, like an eager dog with a new toy his licks and sucks all the way back to the crack of my ass. His hands squeezing my thighs urging me to part them further so his tongue can explore further. "God this feels fucking awesome" I moan, it did, his wet slippery tongue against my sensitive skin his fingers massaging my thighs while my leg muscles stretch and contract, trying to keep balance while I'm being bombarded by my boy and his licking and slurping, my hard dick slapping him on the side of his head and cheek.
"You keep doing that I'm guna cum in your ear baby" I huskily reply
"Lets take this to the shower, huh?" "OK" comes his reply before getting up off the bed and following me to the shower. Adjusting the warmth of the shower and stepping, Dan follows me and immediately starts kissing me, his tongue chasing mine, his lips moulding them to mine, his body pressed up against mine in the shower recess. My arms around his shoulders, his arms around my waist, our cocks rubbing up against each other, the precum from both of us smearing both our bellies.
Showering as quickly as we can, we towel off and head back to to the bed, so far I haven't had a chance to test out how comfortable it is, it looks so soft. Although, a running commentary on the bed wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for Dan posing on the bed, naked and sporting a hard on, the patch of trimmed chest and abdomen hair leading down to a thick patch of dark pubic hair and those balls, a beautiful big pair of hairless balls just begging to be drained, as it was that thick juicy cock of his begging for attention.
Climbing onto the bed with the towel still wrapped around my waist, Dan scurries over and starts to kiss me, whispering in my ear "Fuck me, fuck me hard on the balcony" Fuck yeah, "You're forgetting that Axe and Nathan are in the lounge? How are you going to walk past them looking like this?" giving his cock a gentle teasing squeeze, his head rolling back, a sexy sensual "Ahhh" escaping his mouth. Getting off the bed, and walking over to the curtains facing the bed he slides them apart and opens the sliding door, the sound of the ocean and the traffic flooding the bedroom as he walks outside.
Now, normally I wouldn't be prone to taking a risk like this, I mean there's high rise apartments either side of where we are, and at the level we're on, there's still people awake and trust me you can see right into their places as well. Wether they're paying attention to a naked guy leaning over the balcony I don't know, the only light at the moment in our room is from the ensuite bathroom, it's not bright but it would be enough for a trained eye to make out shapes.
He turns around grabbing his cock and giving it a slow, sexy pull. God this is turning me on, I cant believe it. That naughty grin as we meet eye to eye, his tongue licking his lips, his free hand rubbing across his chest tweaking his nipple as he goes. I can't take any more of this as I sprint off the bed flinging the towel as I move colliding into him on the balcony, another heavy kissing session, only this time a little noisier, moans, groans panting, huffing, puffing. His voice whispering into my ear "make me cum baby, make me blow my load over the railing" his steel hard rod grinding into my abdomen, more precut mixing with my skin and pubic hair.
I spin him around so his chest is resting over the railing, my thumbs trace a line down to the crack of his ass, separating those tight globes as my tongue goes in for the kill. His voice alternates from gruff to a whimpering moan, while I slick his tight hairy hole up. Licking a line from ass to shoulder, I grab his waist and line my cock up with his wet hole, feeling the head of my cock push past the first ring his body shaking with excitement. Hearing him puff and pant my cock slowly slides further and further into his tight ass, the muscles resisting as I push relentlessly, his loud whispers of "Fuck yeah baby, fuck me" urging me on. Feeling his ass clamp around my cock, his rocking movements meeting mine as as we smash our bodies together.
All this grunting and filthy talk has me ready to blow, pulling out of him and quickly flipping him around to face me I balance his back on the railing, wrap his legs around my waist and with the movement that would make the national fucking athletics proud, drove my cock back into his ass, his head falling back an a low guttural moan escapes his mouth. Grabbing his hips as he levers himself against the balcony rail, riding my cock, his ass wrapped around it squeezing it, milking it as he moves, his muscles tight, like a full on workout at the gym.
"Fuck, FUCK baby I'm guna shoot" his excited rambling along with lots of other excited noises, higher and higher in pitch, I feel his body tense up as he unloads gush after gush of thick white goo up his chest,
feeling his ass clench up as he orgasms is too much for me as I unload 5, 6 loads of my own creamy goo into that tight crevice, my own whimpers and groans making as much noise as him. Letting his legs slide down to the tiled floor my cock slips out of his ass with soft slap, "AHHH LEG CRAMP LEG CRAMP" he nearly drops to the ground in pain.
Picking him up under the shoulders his arms automatically wrap around my shoulders, carrying him to the bed, I lie him on his belly and massage his calf muscles his groans of appreciation muffled from the pillow, "That feel better baby?" his head nods, "I still have jelly legs though" giggling as he talks wiggling his toes "UH, bathroom" rushing in and slamming the door. Laying back on the bed, I have a moment of reflection, so far it's been 24hrs on holidays, there's still New Years to deal with THEN I have to organize Dan's birthday, it' in 2 weeks time too. Hearing the toilet flush, the taps make their noise and then the door opens the light goes out, Dan walks over to flops onto the bed.
I know I keep saying this but after everything, seeing Dan naked, the light olive skin, the hair, even after a heavy nights sleep still looks perfect wether it be on his head or around his cock, the thick arms, the shoulders all muscular, his legs, bulges and muscles with dark hair dusted from groin to ankle. Subconsciously I smirk to myself that no matter what, he's smokin hot regardless "What are you grinning at" he asks.
"Oh I dunno, a hot sexy guy naked in my bedroom that I love very much" Rolling over onto my side in a mock seductive pose and patting the bed next to me, sliding back under the sheet, we drift off to sleep, the sounds of the of waves crashing on the shore a romantic lullaby.
Next morning both of us roused at the same time, the sun making a warm alarm clock. I snuggle into Dan, the feeling of his arms around me and mine around him as we lay there silently listening to ocean, the traffic. This was the holiday I was expecting, last night felt like it was just a dream, a bad dream. "Fuck, I gota piss" I say urgently diving out of bed, and running into the bathroom. A giggle from the bed along with "Gee I don't need to ask what you meant by that" It's Dan's turn to look seductive the sheet draped just so covering his cock, the outline underneath it showing his hardness.
"You want coffee baby? he asks from the bedroom, as I walk out to grab a pair of shorts to wear from the bedroom to the kitchen. Dan walks out 1st, not 5 seconds later he's running back into the bedroom all excited "Ben, come look at this quick!" he grabs my hand and practically drags me out to the lounge room. Snuggled up on the floor is my nephew Nathan with his arms around Alex's waist, his head nestled on Alex's belly, both of them sound asleep the TV still on, but the volume turned down low.
"I wonder how Axe is guna explain this?" I whisper into Dan's ear, he looks back at me "Mmhmm, Nathan looks comfortable" quietly speaking into my ear. Unfortunately it was the intercom that shattered the tranquility, startling both of us and waking the 2 boys on the lounge room floor. "C'mon up" before replacing the handset. We didn't get to see if there was any suspicious eye contact as there was a mad rush for the bedroom to get dressed at least properly, A knock at the door signaled Karl's arrival "Morning boys, who's ready for breakfast?" almost too happily.
Dan & I make an appearance, Karl sitting at the breakfast bar, keys in hand "I thought you might like a surprise for breakfast, my treat". Breakfast was a short drive away at a place called The Bluff, in Burleigh Heads, again on the ocean front, a Mecca for surfers, tourists and those wanting somewhere nice to eat. Over breakfast Karl informs us that going to Germany, Fellbach in particular for a Mercedes club group meet in about 2 weeks time. I have an idea for Dan's birthday, getting a chance to run it past Karl is going to be difficult though.
Pulling Alex aside I get him to distract Dan long enough to talk to Karl about what my plans are about. Everything in place we all climb back into Karl's GL500 and head back to the apartment. Dan had never seen the Sean Scott gallery in the arcade next to where we ate, so to hear what he thought about the prints, he loved it. I love it too, the prints in the bedroom that Alex was sleeping was where I got them, truth be told I'd love to get another 1 or 2 for around the house.
The next few days we relaxed, swam, went for a moonlight walk long the beach, hand in hand letting the cool water wash over our feet as we walked, we saw more of Nathan the next few days as well, seems our baby Axe and him grew close, again. We didn't broach the issue of what was going on, both of us figured that when the time was right he'd come and tell us. Dan's fears of Nathan becoming a bad influence were shot down in flames when they had an argument over Nathan getting another tattoo, it was cute an 18 year old married couple, you'd swear it was a pubescent version of the Kramdens "To the moon Alice, to the MOON".
On the eve of New Years Eve we decided to order Chinese food, a bottle of wine, yes we're responsible grown up's, the boys over here are legal to drink at their age. At about 10 to 12 the mobiles started going off with SMS messages, from out vantage point we could see the fireworks starting to go off on the beach, mesmerizing one of the best we've seen in years, the TV in the background carrying a delay, as it hit the last 3 seconds we both embraced, kissing as the loudest and most colorful of the fireworks lit up the sky both of us holding onto this moment.
Out of the corner of my eye I noticed movement in the lounge room, over Dan's shoulder I could see Alex and Nathan snuggled up on the couch, only this time it was Alex that was making all the moves, oblivious to our movements, he gently leans up and kisses Nathan on the lips, a gentle, romantic movement, Nathan reciprocating the display of affection with his own sweet tender motive his hands holding both sides of Alex's face like he was some fragile work of art.
"Don't make any sudden movements baby, but quietly turn around and see what I'm seeing" I whisper into Dan's ear, he slowly turns around and lets out a really soft "Awwwwwww" looking into my eyes, "they're so cute, we were like that you know" snuggling into my shoulder "we really should leave them alone shouldn't we?" raising my face up to kiss him on the forehead.
Coughing loudly to announce our presence Alex jumps about 4ft off the lounge, I cant help but chuckle, it's the 3rd time we've scared the poor kid. "Nath, be careful with Alex, he's jumpy" I comment walking past them into the kitchen. Grabbing a bottle of water out of the fridge I come face to face with none other than Nathan, my nephew "Can..can I talk to you for a minute?" he can't seem to make eye contact, his head down. So much for bravado of earlier "sure buddy, here or out there" nodding my head to the balcony, looking over to where Axe and Dan are sitting and talking "here's ok" he replies.
"So it's you and Axe huh?" I ask, I let Nathan start the conversation again "I came out to him before anyone else". Nodding I interrupt his speech "do you love him?" He looks straight over to Axe again, a big smile spreads across his face, "Yep, I do love him" Dan walks into the kitchen just as he says that, the smile on his face is a dead giveaway that all is well on that side of the room as well.
It's then I look him straight in the eyes "You break his heart, I'll break your legs, I mean it" Nathan now paying serious attention to what I say Dan breaking the conversation by planting a kiss on my cheek "your such a romantic aren't you baby" before walking out of the room "I wouldn't dream of it, I promise" Nathan comments as I drink the rest of my water and dump the bottle in the bin under the sink "What are you going to do for work? You coming back home? Saying over my shoulder, knowing full well Nathan's hearing every word I say still. "I have a job, I work full time, I'm not just some surfie bum" he says indignantly.
"OK let me rephrase it then, how much do you love your job, given that you and Alex want to start something? It's going to cost you a fortune to drive home every weekend" I'm on his side, but the logistics are all wrong, 6 hrs return trip, and then there's the fuel. I'll bet he still has that old WB Holden Ute, my mind is distracted by the animated conversation going on in the lounge room, Dan's giving Alex "the" talk.
Focusing the attention back to Nathan again "you know if you really wanted to, your dad or even your grandfather would put you in one of the crews with the projects they're working on at the moment". "what about your work, isn't there somewhere I can be placed?" he pleads, frowning at him "I wont say yes until you ask them first, it's respect, Alex works for Karl in his office, trust me I know what I'm on about."
Dan walks in with empty bottles in his hand, throwing them the same place as mine "I'm going to bed" looking at my watch "shit its 2 am, I'm going as well don't stay up too long" Looking over at Nathan "Behave" in a serious tone. "nite Axe" walking into the bedroom Dan's already under the sheet "do we really have to go home tomorrow?" Stripping down and crawling into bed, Dan's routine of snuggling into my side, his head resting on my shoulder "Had fun did you baby?" a soft "MMMMMM from his lips as he rubs his stubbled cheek on my chest.
Next morning, the familiar sound of the ocean, waves crashing, seagulls, lorikeets, and traffic, I have to admit I'm going to miss this place too. Might have to do something about that. movement behind me, an arm comes to rest across my torso, the stubble on his chin tickling the back of my neck, making me squirm "Sit still" I hear this voice behind me, "your tickling me" trying to squirm away from him and his grip, his grip intensifies as he holds me down and starts tickling me
"think you're a funny bugger do ya" trying to fight back and zero in on his sensitive spots, usually the ribs on him gets a reaction, he's trying the same thing, pillows, sheets flying, the bed head thudding against the wall, a very pronounced squeal from Dan as tap him on the ribs and just above the pelvis.
Breathless and immobilized from laughing, both of us try a few more last ditch attempts at trying to get the last word on where to tickle the other person. Feeble at best we pull ourselves together and go see where the boys ended up, from the few hours before we went to bed. No sign of the boys in the lounge and their bedroom door is open. It was me that found them on one of the outdoor lounge chairs, blanket wrapped around themselves sound asleep Nathan's arm protectively covering Alex' shoulders.
"Babe have you got the....." Dan steps up behind me and looks over my shoulder "that's cute, have they been out there all night?" he looks out of the corner of his eye for my answer. Shrugging my shoulders "we better get everything packed before breakfast, I'm guna miss this place" walking into the bathroom to shower before getting changed, I've got some thinking to do, I'd love to get a place like this for us to holiday the parents can use it when they come up..my sister. Dan walks into the bathroom snapping me out of my thought train "You wanna get breakfast downstairs or on the road?" thinking for a second, while washing my dick, "downstairs, the boys can say goodbye to each other".
Stepping out of the shower I can hear the talking in the kitchen, Dan packing what we were taking with us, the boys talking about next weekend when Nathan comes to visit. "You're lucky Ben treats you like family, you know he loves you" a grunt of skepticism from Alex as Dan continues "you know he's trying to get Nathan a job closer to you, deal with it" Layin down the law there baby, I think to myself.
Car packed and all of us fed, we all sit silently in the car waiting for the lights to change before driving to Nathan's to drop him off. It feels like such a somber mood in the car, Nathan sitting behind me staring ahead, Alex looking out the side windows, Dan fiddling with the climate control. Following the directions we stop out the front of Nathans place "you guys wanna come in for a minute?" Looking over at Alex, my heart melts I've seen this look on his face before.
Locking the car up, what we stare at would be something along the lines of a refugee camp...with a carport. It's run down, an old fibro board surf shack, I mean I know it's going to be costing him a fortune in rent, it barely passes as livable. Using his shoulder to give the front door an almighty shove, It's clean inside, the usual clothes around the place, I cant see any roaches with baseball bats waiting for us so it's a good sign.
"Where's the rest of your furniture" Alex asks, Nathan looks around the corner from the kitchen while filling a kettle with water "that's it, that and the bed in my room and my TV" He's upbeat as he talks, I think I'm chewing on my bottom lip, I catch a look from Dan, our secret wordless conversation. I don't like the feel of the place, I've seen some shit holes in my life, but the owner of this place is either stupid or lazy. "Nath what do you pay per week for this duum.. place?"
"$425 a week" came the quick reply, I think my jaw hit the ground, it's about $400 per week too much.
Patting my pockets down I look for the cigarettes, sparking one up as I walk down the path to the car, Dan right behind me, we have this unwritten code, cigarette is private talk time "Can I have a drag baby" Dan taking the cigarette out from between my fingers as he has 2 drags on it and hands it back "What do you wanna do babe?" he asks, another drag on the cigarette, exhaling "I dunno, it's a hole, Axe'll love it for about 5 mins and then he'll start booking rooms" I chuckle.
Stamping my cigarette out "I have an idea" kissing Dan on the mouth "C'mon see if they like this plan" Walking back inside both the boys are standing in the lounge, Alex's head on Nathan's chest "I've got ashtrays you can smoke in here if you want" clearing a pair jocks and shorts off the lounge I sit down, Dan next to me, there's just enough room on this lounge to fit the both of us, Nathan handing me my coffee, black this time, I think the milk had gone sour. "Dan and I have an idea, I want to run it past you." his face changes expression all at once "Really? like what" he asks with suspicion.
Outlining my plan and idea both the boys break into a smile, looking at each other. "The rest of the plan involves getting your car from here to there" Picking the look on Dan's face out of the corner of my eye, it's met with his approval as well "It's out of rego, the motor's fucked and I've been walking to work or getting a lift with one of the other guys." Looking down at the carpet, I can see stains, like, haven't vacuumed in years stains. If my sister saw this she would loose her shit big time.
Rinsing my mug in the sink, we say our goodbyes and walk out to the car, Nathan very quietly sidles up to me, knowing what his situation money wise is, I knew he'd be asking for a "loan" slinging him some cash to get his rent sorted for the week, we climb into the car. That beaming smile is back on his face. No iPod this time, no introverted body language this time like the trip down here. Dan pipes up as we drive out of the traffic and onto the highway "Axe, you happy with this plan?" he leans forward from the back and sticks his head between the front seats "fuck yeah, I cant thank you guys enough"
"just remember, while Nath is staying with us, there's work nights and then weekends, I don't care about the phone calls but I can't have him tired and slacking off at work, I still have to sell it to Alicia, wether she'll be happy or not will be another thing" waiting for his reaction, Dan interjects "you still have to tell dad as well, that's your thing to do, and trust me don't leave it too long" Letting him absorb the instructions he leans back in his seat.
The trip home was uneventful, and in a strange way I was happy to be home, unloading the car unpacking the luggage, I figure the laundry can wait at least, Dan and I are both tired, Alex on the other hand is far from sleepy, his mobile phone was going mad after about an hour on the road, you can guess it was Nathan, god forbid we be privy to what amount of love they have for each other. He's asked us for his support in officially coming out to Karl.
With Alex finally kicked out we have the house all to ourselves, the surprise for Dan's birthday sitting in my inbox. Sitting at my office desk, I'm printing off the paperwork, with regards to what I plan to surprise the love of my life with. "BABYYYYY Watcha doin" my sexy ass boy walks into the office just as I'm printing the last page of what I need to print off, sitting his ass against the edge of the desk he now has my full attention, he's walked in wearing a pair of my boxer briefs, the pale blue AussieBum pair that I love, that cling to his hips, mould to his ass and fit his beautiful cock just right. Tight enough that you can see the outline of the head the thick shaft and hug his balls. They looks soo much better on him than they do me. "fuck baby, you look soo hot" I moan, my cock now hard as a rock in my shorts making me squirm as I try to adjust to ease my discomfort.
Minimizing my screen so he doesn't see what I'm doing, I look up into his eyes, those dark brown pools, long lashes. Grabbing both his hands he steps over my legs to straddle..well my calves I guess you could say, leaning down to kiss me, my hand brushes the side of his face sliding my chair back I stand up to face him assuming the position, my arms over his shoulders his arms around my waist "you know I love you so much baby" I whisper in his ear. This gives Dan the shivers "wow if I hada known I'd get that reaction I wouldn't say it so much". "I love hearing you say it" he responds "It makes me feel..I dunno...sexy".
I smile hearing him say that, it's so cute catching him out on a shy moment. "C'mon you, lets go to bed, I got an early start tomorrow". Single file, my hands wrapped around his waist we stumble and nearly trip over each other on the way to the bed "I love being in my own bed" watching Dan stretch like a cat "it feels so nice" he settles in next to me. Turning the light off and rolling over to spoon with Dan we drift off to sleep.
Next morning at 6:45am I crawl out of bed and head for the bathroom, piss first, shower second, car trip to Karl's to collect Alex third. Walking back out to the bedroom after the shower a towel wrapped around my waist I grab my jeans from yesterday and a pair of jocks, Dan rolls over "I don't feel well baby" he groans, leaning over my hand feels his forehead "your all clammy, stay in bed I'll see you when I get home" finishing with a t shirt and a pair of Timberland boots. Kissing him on the forehead and a quiet "love you" I grab the keys and walk out to the garage.
Rolling up to Karl's, Alex is already waiting out front. Walking around to the front passenger side of the Range Rover he realizes Dan isn't with me "Where's Dan, you two have a late one last night?" his grin kills off any sense of seriousness. "he's in bed not feeling to well 24hr bug or something" The conversation was animated to say the least Alex chatting away about what their plans, where they want to go, what they want to do. He kept up the conversation until we pulled up in the driveway of Nathan's place. The place hadn't changed, still looking like it was when we left yesterday morning. Nathan obviously heard the car, he came running out the front door and waited while Alex unbuckled his seatbelt and opened the door, the public display of affection took me by surprise given that a few hours ago they weren't telling anyone or showing anyone how they felt about each other.
"I missed you" in between kisses from Nathan and "missed you too" from Alex they finally detach and we all walk into the house. I couldn't help but notice the lack of furniture since we were last here, "where's the lounge, and the table" looking around the corner into the kitchen "and the chairs" looking at Nathan "actually, where is everything you want to take with you?". Throwing 2 soft bags and Alex bringing out a box from the bedroom to the lounge room Nathan walks out of the bedroom.
"There's 1 more box in the bedroom and that's it" dusting his hands off,
walking into the bedroom there's a box under the window, picking it up and bringing it straight out to the back of the car, the 2 boys in tow throwing everything in the back of the back and slamming the tailgate.
"you sure that's all you're bringing with you, what about the Ute?"
"sold it, keeping the money for something else" he replies. Cant argue with that I suppose.
Back home the 3 of us unload the car quickly, Nathan settling into the spare room, I go in and check on Dan, he looks so peaceful sleeping, he still looks pale but I don't want to check anything and risk waking him up, so I let him sleep. In the office checking emails and arranging the rest of Dan's birthday present from me. The boys knock and come into the office "Can we get a lift over to my place, we can come back over later". Driving them back over to Karl's I let them know that I'm getting Thai for dinner, neither Dan nor myself feel like cooking dinner tonight.
Dropping them off I head back, home walking into the house I hear the TV on, Dan awake sitting on the lounge, still in my jocks from when he was in bed with a blanket wrapped around him. "How you feeling baby?" I ask feeling his forehead still a bit clammy "MMMMMM little bit better" he mumbles. Automatically I go for the paracetomol and a glass of water for him and sit them on the coffee table before sitting down my self, Dan wriggling over and resting his head in my lap, looking up into my eyes "how did the boys go?"
Looking back down at him "good, some boxes and soft bags and he's here with us". Stroking the top of his head "Sorry I couldn't come with you babe, but I wouldn't have been much help". Looking down at my sick man on the lounge, feeling him burrow his head in my lap to get comfortable it doesn't feel erotic or dirty it feels, comforting almost soothing. Watching him change the channel on the TV to some cooking show, the one with the really cute chef on it that does amazing things with potato's today. "You don't mind if I watch this babe" his almost timid voice "Baby, you watch what ever you want" rubbing his head delicately "But, I have to go get some stuff done in the office, you guna be ok? I'll get the food organized shortly, the boys are coming back to eat with us" gently lifting his head off my lap and kissing his forehead I walk into the back into the office.
Ahh email confirmed! The email confirming my, well our reservation, tour and flights are all done. I'll worry about the car hire later. Checking the online news, I flicked through MSN, one article caught my eye about a policeman caught caught soliciting in a public toilet block, on the Gold Coast it seems. Reading further, the article says a 34 year old officer was detained pending further investigation. Laughing out loud, I hear Dan from the lounge room "What's funny" Moving out of my chair to poke my head around the door "Nathan was telling the truth apparently" tilting his head back to face me his eyes slowly closing to cover the sudden movement "truth about what babe?"
"Hang on" I yell from the office, printing off the itinerary and putting it somewhere safe (away from snoopers).
Walking out of the office the intercom buzzer goes off, that'll be Axe and Nathan. Buzzing them in I go to join Dan on the lounge, "the boys are here" I tell him as I sit on the lounge, straight away Dan's head is back on my lap. Hearing the boys walk up the front steps "Shit, I better go get dressed" struggling off the lounge he tries his best to walk with the blanket over his shoulders in a dramatic fashion, the bedroom door shuts as the front door opens and 2 very jovial boys walk in Alex looks over "Dan?" as I point to the bedroom "changing". While I have a chance I drag them out to the covered area outside and let them in on my plans for his birthday.
We finish just in time as Dan walks down from the bedroom, shorts, singlet barefoot, still looks pale though I hope some food in him might lift his spirits, handing the boys the menu for the Thai Takeout they decide what to order along with what we want, my poor baby isn't that hungry but at least I got some spring rolls for him and his favorite rice dish, adding the delivery charge they'll be here in 25 mins.
"Boys pick a movie, while we wait for the food". Getting up get coke and water out of the fridge, 2 panadol for Dan as well, if only to help him feel better, the boys in the meantime picked out a Gerard Butler film, a unanimous agreement there, he's hot.
By the time the movie was 1/3 the way through the food had arrived and we pretty much resembled animals at the zoo around feeding time. Eating while we watched the movie, the boys sprawled out on the floor in front of the TV, Dan leaving his plate on the coffee table with mine, he stretches out on the lounge like before, a soft sigh from his mouth as he snuggles in again.
By the time the movie was over, Dan was asleep on my lap, Alex was asleep next to Nathan and Nathan was starting to snore. "OK It's midnight and Nathan is starting work tomorrow, BED" both of the boys stirred and headed off to Nathans room, Dan mumbles something about bed and I help him to his feet and steer him to the bedroom. Watching him strip off and crawl into bed, I join him, his body snug against mine, and again, within seconds he was asleep.
Next morning I wake up, like normal, like any other day. Dan asleep on his side against me, 1 arm tucked up underneath the pillow, the other over the side of the mattress. The occasional light snore permeating the silence, his dragon tattoo looking like it was breathing. I hope he's feeling better, feeling sick isn't anyone's idea of fun. As he rolls over his eyes open, a sleepy smile and a "good morning" as he rolls over and snuggles against my chest. "Feeling better baby" I ask feeling his hand idly play with my chest hair.
"MMMMM I feel alot better" he replies, "thank you for looking after me yesterday" snuggling in just that little bit more. "I don't think I would be much of a boyfriend if I couldn't look after you while your sick" looking down at him with a grin. "what have you got planned for today baby?" I ask, a minutes pause while he thinks about his answer "I better get my shit organized for Uni, we go back in 3 weeks and check in with Karl to see if there's anything to do at the workshop while he's overseas" Wrapping my arms around his shoulders while we talk "that reminds me, what do you want to do for your birthday, it's coming up soon". Covering his face with his arm "Don't remind me, I'm going to be 34, I don't want anything much this year, don't go all out please babe"
Playing the pouting card "not even something from the Ducati Collection?". Giving my nipple a playful flick "I'm pretty good on that at the moment, the jacket was awesome for Christmas" rolling off me and padding into the bathroom hearing the splash of water as he has his morning piss, flushing the toilet and washing his hands he's back in bed snuggling up to me like before.
"How about being spoiled for the day then dinner somewhere nice, then I dunno we do something just us, something that you want to do" looking at me "you have this already planned, I know you too well" he looks up suddenly "Don't know what you're talking about" trying not to grin, "I only asked seeing as it's your birthday, it's your day you know" trying to fake being wounded". Looking over at the clock beside the bed "Shit, it's 7, I better shower and get Nathan motivated".
Showering, I cast my mind back to the day when we 1st met, fast forward to now and things seem just so perfect, I'm hoping that my surprise for his birthday isn't overboard, I hope he looks past the 'cost' factor, at least with this one I can use the company to write the bulk of it off, R&D, product testing and all that.
As I step out of the shower, Dan walks in to the bathroom, boxer's, t shirt still looking like he just woke up. "go back to bed if you want baby, have a late lie in, I'll bring the boy home for lunch, you & Axe go do something" kissing him behind the ear before walking into the bedroom to get changed.
Dress jeans again, boots and a button down shirt for a quick trip to the office to show Nathan the ropes of what he's going to do, get his details for payroll and get him to fill out some forms for employment records. Knowing what his background is I got him some work on one of the bigger sites that we're managing. When you own a share in a family owned construction company it comes in handy when you can pull some strings. It didn't help however that as much as my sister was keen to have him back in the brood, my brother in law wasn't too quick to jump at the idea about putting him in a work crew.
In the kitchen I was surprised to see Nathan and Alex doing the coffee & toast, Nathan already dressed and ready to go. Grabbing a slice of toast covered in peanut butter I munch a corner of that while I pour a black coffee into my favorite mug. "What I want you to do is go through invoices, arrange what needs to be paid, bring it to me and I'll reconcile it to get paid, there's a few projects that I need them divided into" speaking to Nathan as between sips.
Dropping my empty mug into the sink, kissing Dan goodbye and grabbing the keys to the WRX, Nathan and I drive over to the office, on the way there he talks about what's happening with him and Alex, it's cute and the change is remarkable, from a sullen withdrawn attitude riddled kid to an almost 180degree change. Wether it's Alex or not I don't care, Dan likes to think that it's a role model thing, something that I'll happily debate like I've said before.
Dropping Nathan at the HR office for his paperwork to be filled out, I walk around and catch up with everyone. Office gossip with and about everyone. I've known most of these people for over 8 years. I've only ever had to dismiss one employee over the time I've been looking after it, that was a story all on its own. after about an hour I introduce him to the people in accounts payable department. I figure its somewhere that isn't a risk for Nathan to be. The 2 other girls that are there drag me aside and ask all sorts of questions about Nathan, who he is, where he came from is he single? I can only chuckle until it's Lucinda that beckons me into her office for a quick talk.
I can confide in her, she's in her 50's, still pretty after all these years and somewhat of a mother figure in that department. Telling her the story about Nathan and how he came to be here she sits her glasses on her desk and shakes her head "Another of your pet rescues is it my love?" she asks. Smiling and looking back at her "you know me too well, and well we look after family don't we" She nods, flicking a page in her journal excusing myself to leave she stands and walks around her desk, hugging me as I'm about to leave "give Dan a hug for me" as I walk out the door.
Back at home the house is all quiet, Dan must've taken Alex and the Merc, whatever they were doing. Me being alone I walk in and get everything organized for Friday. Giving us just over a week between now and Dan's birthday. I'm buzzing about this, I cant wait to go. Hearing the door slam and happy voices it can only mean that the boys are home "Where are you babe" Dan yells from the foyer of the house before poking his head around the corner of the office. "I have some news", looking sullen, he walks around to my side of the desk and leans against the desk facing me "what's wrong?" he asks, "I have to go away on a business trip, for about 10 days" waiting for reaction. "Well, when are you going, are you going to be back for my birthday?" Now he makes a big deal about it. Grimacing I look back at him, "I don't think so baby" puffin his chest out to hide the hurt "oh, oh ok maybe I can take the boys out somewhere instead".
"Nuh, I don't want you to do that, I'd feel bad" handing the envelope to him "what's this?" looking at me, "your birthday present, it's not much but I couldn't decide what to get you" trying not to smirk and keep the charade going, wrinkling his nose as he shakes the envelope "cash? You got me cash for my birthday?" he looks back at me "Just open the thing baby, trust me" standing up to hug him, opening the letter his eyes widen, re-reading it for the second time "FUCK OFF Noo" tears rolling down his cheeks "Baby this is too much, I cant, noo" burrowing into my chest "I have to go and see one of our suppliers and I though that way I can expense it, and see some sights, flick to the 3rd page" releasing his arms from my waist he rests the documents on my chest flicking to page 3 "OH FUCK OFF" poetic isn't he.
Alex walks into the office to see what the raised voices were about, "you guys having an argument or is this just foreplay" looking at the both of us. "I got my birthday present from Ben" unable to hide the smile or the excitement in his voice. Thrusting the wad of papers at him Alex flicks reads the 1st page "OH GET FUCKED" he squeals, obviously this version of excitement runs in the family. "All 3 places?" he asks
I nod, "you're going to stay here while we're away and Nathan's living here I guess Axe?"
After lunch I was feeling mellow I spose you could say, so sitting on the outdoor lounge and chilling till I had to go get Nathan was the order of the day, I could tell Dan was excited, I mean after all it's not everyday he gets a birthday present of this magnitude. I guess I was concerned that it was a bit over the top. It's not something I took lightly I know there's those that would say that I'm buying him love. ON the outside I suppose t would look like that. But then the flip side is knowing that he's going to have a buy year this year with Uni, and study and not getting time draw a breath. To me it was a good start to the year, the look on his face was just utter magic.
"Baby,you want a drink or anything?" Dan calls from the kitchen "Water, thanks babe" looking behind me over the top of the chair. "URGH you two, baby & babe its sick" Alex in mock disgust. Until now I hadn't really seen it "And Nathan knows how you got Axe, Axe?" looking over at him with a smirk "SHUTUP, both of you" by now Dan was sitting on the lounge next to me with a bottle of water in his hand, Alex retreating after his indignant comment.
The next few days flew by, literally. Arranging the boys and what needed to be done, doing some food shopping for them so they had food. The night before both of us had really bad headaches, wether it was the stress or the excitement of what's happening I don't know, needless to say paracetomol was thy friend. along with alot of temple massages and cold face cloths to kill the pain. The last thing I wanted was both of us sick at the start of the adventure.
I don't think either of us slept that night, the night before we left. We had to be at the airport at 6am, the boys were driving us. I don't think either of them slept the whole night either. As we arrived at check in, the luggage the soft bags the noise the announcement of what was going where I that's when it really hit the both of us. After a coffee and a quick bite to eat we heard the announcement. Walking down the corridor to the ticket check Dan couldn't help but squeeze my hand.
I'm still stunned baby, Italy" Looking back at that magic face full of suspense and happiness, I couldn't help but add the last part to that sentence "Germany and Paris, we'll always have Paris"
To Be Continued.