Chapter 13. Messages flying back and forth
From dylan to Tommy: Here's an old song which on my playlist. Whenever I've heard this song over the years, I have always been thinking of you. Now it's come true and I am unbelievably happy. I love you. The song: Could It Be Magic by Barry Manilow.
From Tommy Back to dylan: And here's a song which has been on my mind since Saturday night, my love. The Song: As Sure as I'm Standing Here by Barry Manilow.
Another message from Tommy: I have really good news for you. Can't wait to see you at lunch, baby. Do you have time to go off campus?
Dylan's answer: As long as I can be back by 2. I have a 2 pm class, and then Work Study after that.
From Tommy: I have a 2 pm as well. Meet me at the car at 12:10.
From Dylan: Yes, Daddy." Tommy giggles.
From Tommy's mother to Dylan: My dear beloved dylan: From the time you were a tear-streaked little boy looking at Tommy as your hero, we have always loved you and considered you to be a member of our family. I am so happy that you will soon be bearing our name! Congratulations on your engagement, sweetheart! WE can't wait to see you Friday night. Love, Momma.
Note: Dylan always called Tommy's mother "Momma" so as to distinguish her from his abusive mother whom he called "Mom."
A text from Dylan to Tommy's mother: Thank you, Momma. I am very happy. I love you. Dylan.
A telegram hand-delivered to dylan's mother: From the offices of "Roberts' Enterprises, Ltd: to: Mrs. Loretta Sinclair: At 6 pm on Wednesday evening, two officials from Roberts' Enterprises, one man and one woman, will be at your door. STOP The purpose of this visit: for them to retrieve and pack away all the clothing and other personal belongings of one Dylan Sinclair STOP. Upon completion of this task, a cashier's check for $500 (five hundred dollars) will be given to you STOP if anything is done to impede their efforts, or if any disparaging remarks are made by any member of your family, the check will be forfeited STOP If you do not cooperate with this process, legal actions will follow, including accusations and evidence of physical and emotional abuse over the past 20 years. STOP
A text from Tommy's father to Tommy: address of the cottage.
A text from Rudolph Varion, realtor, to Tommy: Mr. Roberts, I am looking forward to meeting you at 3:30 this afternoon at xxx (address included). If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach me at this number before we meet. Xxx-xxxx Rudolph Varion.
A text from Doug to both Tommy and Dylan: If you ever need any help or support from me in any possible way, please do not hesitate to contact me. I'm proud of you guys.
A text from the swim coach to Tommy: I hope I'll be invited to the wedding. I am very happy for you both, and very proud.
A text from Edward Morrison to both Tommy and Dylan: You fucking perverts make me sick. Watch your backs! Tommy forwards the text to the Dean of Students. Dylan forwards the text to the school's Gay Student Alliance and to the entire swim team.
From the Dean of Students to Edward Morrison: Please report to my office at 4 pm this afternoon.
When Tommy gets to the car, Dylan is leaning against the back of the car looking at his phone. Tommy greets him with a kiss.
"Tommy, I made a big mistake."
"What did you do, boy?"
"I forwarded Eddie's text to the entire swim team. Now I'm being flooded with text messages."
Tommy giggles. "I forwarded it to the Dean of Students!"
Dylan Giggles. "I forwarded it to the Gay-Student Alliance!"
Tommy: "Turn off your phone, boy. I want your undivided attention."
Dylan: "Yes, Sir." Turns off his phone. So what's the news?"
They get into the car and Tommy drives off. "Well, Dad called me this morning. He's has a place for us to live if we want it!"
"You're kidding! Already?"
"You know my father doesn't fool around. Anyway, there's this nice little cottage about 20 minutes from campus, halfway between campus and RE headquarters. It's very private, surrounded by two parcels of undeveloped land. Dad was planning to use the cottage for corporate guests, but he'd rather give it to us.
"Oh my God. how wonderful. When can we see it?"
"Well, , I'll be meeting with the realtor at 3:30 today to take a look at the place. I'll take some pictures to show you. And then maybe tomorrow you can go over with me so you can decide if you like it."
"Tommy, if you like it today, then the decision is made. I trust you, you know that."
"You're sure you don't want to see it first?"
"Does a slave get to choose where it lives?"
Tommy laughs. "So that's the way it's gonna be, eh, boy?"
"You got it, Master. Of course. I can't believe this is all happening so quickly."
"Baby, when things are right, the pieces fall into place very quickly. I just want to make sure you'll be happy there."
"tommy, I'll be happy living in a cardboard box if you're there with me!"
"did you get to listen to the song I sent you?"
"Not yet. Let me listen now." Tommy plays the song through the car's sound system. Dylan gets tears in his eyes. He takes Tommy's hand and kisses it. Tommy ruffles his hair (he's been doing that for years, and Dylan always keeps a full head of hair for him to muss up!)
"I love you so very much, Tommy. You have been my hero almost all of my life. And oh, Momma sent me a beautiful text today, so I know you told your father that we're getting married!"
Tommy smiles. "Of course, buddy. Soon you'll have my name!"
"Dylan Tommy Roberts. I'll change my middle name too."
"Can that be done?"
"Not sure, but I'm gonna find out . . "
"or let Dad's lawyers work on it . . . "
"Even better. Tommy?"
"What, pup?"
"Do we have to wait?"
"Wait for what?"
"Wait to get married?"
"Let's see what my . . no, OUR parents have to say about it this weekend."
"Okay."
Tommy heads for a sandwich shop that is popular with the students. As usual, he doesn't discuss the choice with Dylan. This has been a long-standing habit for years now, concerning a great many things. Since Dylan has always submitted to Tommy's will about such things, there's no longer any need for discussion. As far as Dylan is concerned, he's always excited to see what Tommy is going to choose. They get to the shop and some of their friends are already sitting around. Their friend Frank points to two seats at his table so Dylan goes to sit down while Tommy goes to the counter to order for them.
Frank: "So there are rumors flying around campus about you two today."
D: "Um, they're probably not just rumors, Frank."
"so you two are . . . um, . . . more than just friends?"
Dylan giggles. "a LOT more than just friends." Lois and Andrea, at the table, speak up: "It's TRUE!!!"
"What's true?"
"You managed to turn Tommy gay!!!!! Andrea howls in laughter. "Really?"
Tommy overhears and comes to sit down next to Dylan. Then he grabs Dylan by the back of the head an lays a demonstrative French kiss on his eager lips. "No, girls, I turned HIM gay!"
Everyone laughs. Sally, also at the table, says, "Damn. Another one bites the dust. Do you have any idea just HOW MANY WOMEN wanted you, Tommy?"
"I do have some idea, yes. But none can do. I have to keep Dylan safe. God only knows what would happen if I allowed him to get away and step into the gay world on his own. Someone would end up breaking his heart! Couldn't have that happen."
Andrea, always a fresh-mouthed little minx, says, "So you're doing it just to PROTECT HIM from harm? Wow. Pretty extreme measures, if you ask me."
Frank interrupts. "All kidding aside, several of us guys on the swim team figured it out last year that these two were in love. They just took a while to get around to it."
"That's about it," Tommy agrees.
"When did you figure it out?" asks Lois. Tommy covers Dylan's ears. "Saturday night when he was sucking my cock!" The table erupts in screams and howls. Dylan, who managed to hear that, turns beet red and then purple. "I can't believe you said that!!!!! I'm so embarrassed!"
Andrea: "Why, honey? You should be proud! After all, among all the people hot for Tommy, you're the one who gets the prize!" "the BIG prize, Tommy adds." More laughter. Dylan couldn't possibly get any redder.
"Well, I'm queer for Tommy! I belong to Tommy! Tommy's gonna marry me! I'll do anything for Tommy that he wants. Anything at all! Is that CLEAR enough, dudes?"
They call for Tommy to get the food. Dylan moves over to sit next to Frank. Frank whispers to Dylan "Well, I hope that stops you from hanging out in the library basement bathroom now."
Tommy faces him "You KNEW?" Frank whispers again "Yes, I knew, from experience. You give good head, dude" Dylan screams YOU!!!??? OMG!!!"
Frank says, "What can I tell you? I was horny one night, horny enough for a glory hole."
"You sure it was ME?"
"Well, actually, I guess not. But we'll never know." "Oh PLEASE don't tell Tommy, dude"
"Tell Tommy what?" Tommy asks when he brings their food to the table. Dylan tries to change the subject. "So what did you get me?" Tommy, being diplomatic, LETS him change the subject. "Grilled ham and cheese."
"Yummmy. thank you, FIANCE": HE LOOKS RIGHT AT FRANK.
"Why do I get the impression that something is going on that I don't know about?" Tommy muses. "All I can tell you," says Frank, "is that Dylan needs a spanking!"
"Well, I know THAT," answers Tommy. The girls break up in laughter. Dylan takes a bite of his sandwich and looks down. He mumbles to Tommy "I promise I'll tell you tonight." Tommy to Dylan: "Don't mumble with food in your mouth!"
Dylan: "This day is just getting more and more embarrassing!"
Lois: "don't be embarrassed. Be proud! We're all so happy for you."
Frank asks, "So when is the wedding?" Tommy and Dylan both speak at the same time:
Dylan: "As soon as possible."
Tommy: "We'll set a date this weekend." More guffaws from the gang!
The door opens. Eddie, Elliot and Larry (the three biggest homophobes on campus) come strolling in. Elliot takes a look at their table and says to the other guys, "Let's go somewhere else to eat. We might catch AIDS eating here!" They turn around and leave. Tommy jumps up from the table, his hands balled into fists, to go after them. Dylan grabs the back of his jacket. "Tommy, PLEASE DON'T" Tommy sits back down. "Fucking ignorant assholes!"
Frank tries to calm Tommy down. "Buddy, they're probably the only three guys on campus who aren't happy for you. You can't win them all. Right now, you and Dylan are the most popular couple on campus and anyone would stick up for you. Anyone."
"thanks Frank," Tommy answers. "I guess I have to get used to some homophobia here and there. The price I pay for loving Dylan, so it's worth it."
All of a sudden, Dylan gets sad. "What's the matter, baby? Did they get to you?"
`No," Dylan answers. "Frank, you probably remember along with Tommy."
"Remember what?" asks Tommy.
"Remember back in 10th grade when I was in the hospital?"
"What about it? You were in town late some night and you got mugged. I remember. You had broken ribs and your face was all fucked up."
Frank says, "Oh yeah, I remember too. I also remember how Tommy got his father to let him spend two nights in the room with you. he was so fucking upset."
Dylan puts his head on Tommy's shoulder. "Tommy, I didn't get mugged that time. I got gay-bashed! I made it up because I didn't want you to know I'd been cruising downtown, looking for sex."
The table goes silent.
Tommy shakes his head. "Damn it, Dylan! If you had told me back then that you were gay, you never would have been doing that."
Frank: "But you had a girlfriend back then."
Tommy gets pensive. "I can't say for sure, because it was several years ago, but I think that if I knew Dylan was gay back then, well, let's say, the picture would have looked very different than it did. And if nothing else, I never would have let him out of my sight. He never would have been going downtown on his own. I probably would have . . . "
Dylan interrupts. "Let's not go there. You don't really know what you would have done. And it wasn't time for us. Let's let the past be the past."
Lois: "He's making sense, Tommy. What matters is that you two are in love now, and you are going to make each other happy for the rest of your lives, and now is the right time for it!"
Tommy "Truer words were never spoken. Hey guys, thank you all for being happy for us. We really appreciate it. This was a good time today."
Dylan: "Honey, it's a quarter to 2. We have to get back." They get up and say goodbye to all. When they get into the car, Dylan says to Tommy, "I'm sorry, Tommy. I'm sorry for a lot of things. I'm sorry I didn't trust you enough. I'm sorry I was such a coward. I'm sorry I was such a slut."
Tommy kisses his hand. "Stop beating yourself up, pup. You'll get all of that spanked out of you one of these days. I promise."
"For sure."
"And I have a question for you: You got abused a lot by your parents. So how come you are still into getting spanked and stuff like that. I would have thought you'd never ever want anything to do with it again.
"Tommy, they never spanked me. They were a lot more creative than that. Horribly creative. Please, let's not talk about it now?"
"Ok, sweetheart. Sorry to bring up bad memories. Some day you can tell me, if you want to. And if you don't, that's fine too. All I can remember is you coming over the house looking like shit and walking funny and we often knew you'd been crying. But forget that now. I have another question for you: What was going on between you and Frank when I got to the table and you tried to change the subject."
"Well . . . there is a . .. possibility . . . .just a possibility . . . that I might have happened to have given Frank a bj in the Dillinger Hall basement men's room one night."
"Holy shit! You WERE a slut! What do you mean a possibility?"
"do you know what a glory hole is?"
"No."
"If you go into the bathroom stall down there, you'll see that there is a hole in the wall of the stall, and sometimes a guy would stick his dick through the hole and the guy on the other side would take care of it. And the two would never know who was who. I used to hang out there sometimes freshman year. And apparently, Frank would have sometimes gotten his dick sucked there."
Tommy starts to laugh. "But you don't know for sure!" This is rich!!!!! Neither of you will ever know!"
"Frank is circumcised, right?"
"I think so. Never really took a close look, to tell you the truth. I'm not the one who was always staring at dicks, dude!"
Dylan starts to laugh. then Tommy joins in. All of a sudden, both of them at the same time cry out, "WE'LL NEVER KNOW! And with that, it's time to go to class. They kiss good-bye in the parking lot, not caring who sees or who cares.
Later that day, Tommy sends a text to Dylan: "One of these days, before the semester is over, I want you to suck me off through that glory hole!!!" Dylan replies, "Yummy!"
END OF CHAPTER THIRTEEN
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