L ater that night, "Where's Aiden?" Daniel asked,
looking around Celebrities. "He said he was
going to meet us here."
"I don't know, it's early, give him a few minutes
before you send out the dogs." Evan laughed and
waved his Cosmo. "I feel especially lucky tonight."
He twirled around to show off his outfit. "Do you like
it? It came in today at Bulge and it had my name on it.
I had to buy it." He was wearing a see through black
shirt that showed off his diamond-dusted pecs to
perfection.
"It's kind of sleazy." Bob said. "But it's all you."
He was dressed in his usual polyester shirt and pants.
Perhaps a bit tighter than what he'd wear to work. It
was his concession to clubbing.
"Of course it's all me Bobby." Evan gushed.
"You know, I bet Aiden is all wrapped up in that little
red head who's been hanging around."
"They're never together." Daniel said, "Why
would you think Aiden even cares about him?"
Magical Moonlight
76 "That's the whole point. They're avoiding each
other. There's something up with the two of them,
mark my words." Evan sipped his drink as he watched
the boys playing pool.
"Aiden is hardly interested in doing someone
more than once, let alone a twink. He likes his men
more mature." Daniel said as he watched as well. He
finished his drink. "I'm not waiting around here all
night. Let's go get Aiden out of his apartment. He's
probably working or something. He needs a night of
fun."
"I don't think that's such a good idea Daniel."
Bob cautioned. "You know how Aiden hates us to
come over uninvited."
"He said he was coming out tonight, so that's
almost like inviting us to come and get him." Daniel
rationalized.
"Works for me." Evan said, having had just
enough to drink to lose all sense of what was right or
wrong. "Shall we walk, or should we take a cab."
"We can walk, it isn't far." Daniel threw some
money on the bar. "Aiden'll drive us back. Are you
coming Bob?"
"No thanks, I want to keep my balls thank you
very much." Bob laughed. "I'm heading to The
Odyssey."
Daniel and Evan walked out of the bar arm in
arm. They had a purpose, to find Aiden and bring him
out to play.
In the apartment, the love making, fucking or
whatever you chose to call it was something beautiful
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to see. The only light was blue shadows reflected from
the buildings on the street, but the sparks from Liam's
skin as it touched Aiden took on a different blue hue
edged in gold. That made both men surrealistic as they
moved from one position to another. Taking pleasure
in everything they did to one another. Liam was
learning and Aiden was as well. Liam, how to be
loved as a gay man, by a gay man. Aiden was learning
to give pleasure for the sake of another rather than just
him. It was a wondrous sight.
"You should ring him first." Evan said. His
Cosmo high was fading.
"He gave me a key for a reason. Because we're
friends and so he doesn't have to let me in." It was
actually in case of emergency, but wasn't this an
emergency. It was studs and suds night after all.
Daniel and Evan rode the elevator. At the top
floor Daniel made a production out of taking his key
to Aiden's place out of his pocket, like it was some
kind of Holy Grail. He turned the key and opened the
door. Music filled the air, Daniel couldn't remember
Aiden having a sound system that surrounded the
apartment, but it was kind of nice. The music that
played was like nothing he and Evan had ever heard
before. The beat steady like that of a heartbeat, yet
somehow sensuous and passion filled. Light flickered
like candles here there and everywhere, from ceiling
to floor, on walls and over doors and window.
Evan and Daniel stood there open mouthed at the
display. Slowly they walked inside, ecstasy filled
moans of pleasure drew them like moths to a flame.
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More lights flashed in Aiden's bedroom, ozone filled
the air. Daniel was somehow filled with fear and
apprehension at the same time as he looked inside
Aiden's room. Liam and Aiden, both on their knees in
the center of the bed were kissing and touching, sparks
everywhere. On their skin, the duvet, the head board,
in the air. The air stunk of sex and something else that
Daniel couldn't name. All he could think of was that
Aiden was in danger of getting burnt. He was sure
there was an electrical fault, perhaps from the blue
lights that glowed even brighter than usual. Without
thinking, Daniel launched himself at Aiden.
"YARRRRRGGHHHHH." He screamed as he
grabbed Aiden and pulled him away and onto the floor
with a thump that sounded louder than it should in the
sudden silence of the loft.
"DANNY, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU
DOING IN HERE?" Aiden screamed as he tried to
pick himself up off of the floor.
Liam who lay on the bed wrapped in the duvet,
convulsed with laughter. He was laughing so hard he
could barely breath. "Oh I fucking think I pissed
myself." He finally managed to choke out. Aiden by
now was pacing around looking for a cigarette that he
didn't have. Daniel still lay on the floor. Evan had run
out of the loft screaming he was going to be late. For
what Aiden had no idea.
"Would you stop laughing please?" Aiden said,
his voice calm.
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"I can't, I can't believe your pathetic little friend
broke in here and jumped on you." Liam giggled. "I
was about to have like the best orgasm of my life."
"You're seventeen, what do you know about
orgasms?" Aiden laughed. "But I admit, it would have
been a good one."
"Aiden, he was going to kill you. I saw the
flames. I saw them." Daniel began.
"What flames Danny, do you see any flames? I
don't even have a candle lit." Aiden resisted the urge
to kick his long time human friend. "Get off my
fucking floor and tell me what the emergency was that
you had to break in on me."
"I know what I saw." Daniel had his bottom lip
out. He glared at Liam who was stuffing the duvet in
his mouth to keep from laughing. "What's he doing
here?"
"He's laughing." Aiden deadpanned "And if he
doesn't stop, I'm going to kick his ass."
"Promise?" Liam said and batted his eyes before
diving under the duvet and laughing again. He was
seventeen after all.
Aiden rolled his eyes and then turned to Daniel.
"Get out Danny but give me my key back first."
"Aiden, he was hurting you." Daniel started
again.
"Danny, did I look like I was having a bad time?"
Aiden said as if talking to a child. "Liam and I are
consenting adults, well one of us is more adult than
the other. We were fucking. Maybe you don't
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understand because you don't do it often enough. But
trust me, that's what were doing."
"Making love, we were making love." Liam's
head popped up out of the duvet. "Call what it is lover
boy."
"Oh puleeze." Daniel sneered. "Give me a break.
Aiden fucks, he doesn't make love."
"He doesn't do either with you so how the fuck
do you know?" Liam snickered. "I'm thinking
wombat, or maybe one of those fuzzy little rats with
the long skinny pink tails." He looked up at the
ceiling, the epitome of innocence.
"What did he say?" Daniel looked puzzled.
"He's a kid, he rambles." Aiden began to steer
Daniel out of the bedroom. "Get out of here Danny.
It's late. I don't want to deal with you right now."
Daniel walked down the stairs and looked around
the loft. "Where did the music go, did you turn it off?"
he asked Aiden.
"What music?" Aiden looked puzzled.
"The music, there was music playing when we
came in." Daniel said as he looked around the loft.
"There were lights all over in here. There's nothing
now."
"It was an optical illusion Danny. You probably
heard the music from next door. The walls are thin.
And the lights were just reflections of the city lights
through the windows."
"Oh, that makes sense." Daniel agreed. He
handed Aiden his key. "I really did think you were in
danger."
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"I know Danny." Aiden sighed. "I guess we all
have to grow up sometime. I don't need anyone
rescuing me anymore."
"But what about that kid, that Liam."
"What about him Danny." Aiden asked as he
pulled the door open.
"He's staying around, isn't he?" Daniel's voice
was sad.
"No doubt he is." Aiden agreed. "We all need
someone special in our lives. Liam is my special
person for however long he wants to stay."
"That sucks."
"And not in a good way, but that's the way life is
Danny." Aiden leaned forward and kissed Daniel
tenderly. "Later."
"Tonight at The Odyssey?" Daniel's eyes
brightened.
"No, tomorrow perhaps at the diner. I don't
know." Aiden closed the door on his friend and
carefully locked it.
He felt rather than heard Liam come up behind
him. He sank back against the smaller man when
Liam's arms wrapped themselves around his body. "A
vole, he'd make a good vole." Liam whispered.
"Brat." Aiden huffed a laugh and turned around in
Liam's arms so that they were now facing each other.
"That was damn awesome sex."
"It was stupendous." Liam giggled. "Especially
the ending."
"I hope you didn't piss the bed." Aiden said.
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about." Liam said as he looked up into eyes greener
than he'd seen before. "You know we're good for
each other. We bring out things in one another that
have been somehow hidden." He touched the corner
of Aiden's eye. "Like your eyes, they've become more
green each time we make love."
"Fuck."
"Whatever." Liam smiled, his smile hidden as he
buried his face in Aiden's neck. "You inspire me to
paint in different mediums, to sketch in more detail, to
think of things I've ignored."
"All that and we've only been together twice."
Aiden tried to joke, but he knew exactly what Liam
meant. There was something that happened to him
with each meeting. Some kind of inner strength that
built up more and more. And he supposed that had he
been interested in working magic, something he
wasn't. He supposed it would be more powerful than
before and perhaps his magic was more powerful. He
hoped he never had to find out. He'd been born into a
Wahjee family, that didn't mean he had to like it.
"Come back to bed. We'll hold each other and
sleep when we can."
"Sounds rather lesbionic." Aiden muttered, but
willingly followed Liam back to the bedroom.
"It sounds normal Aiden. It's what lovers do no
matter what sex, no matter human or Wahjee. It's
what lovers do." Liam settled himself under the duvet
and waited for Aiden to get under with him. The older
man thought about it for a moment and then climbed
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in too. Liam moved over and Aiden held up his arm
for Liam to cuddle closer. It was an automatic gesture,
not one Aiden was familiar with, but one that seemed
right when it was Liam who moved into the position.
***
Two weeks later found Liam and Dakota on the way
to the GLC. "Are you excited?" Dakota asked,
wiggling in the driver's seat of her car. "It's like your
first show."
"Dakota, it's for charity. I'm not going to get
anything out of this." Liam laughed at her excitement.
"Sure you will. You'll get recognition for being a
great artist in the making and your mom will see you
have more talent than she realized." She clamped both
her hands over her mouth, letting go of the steering
wheel. "Oops." She grabbed the wheel again. "Sorry,
but she asked too many question. You know I can't
lie."
"Please tell me you didn't." Liam buried his head
in his hands. "Not my mother."
"She only wants what's best for you." Dakota
began.
"She wants me on a short leash Dakota. You have
no idea. I'm not supposed to even go over to Davie
Street. I'm sure as fuck not supposed to have a
boyfriend. And I'm absolutely not supposed to lose
my virginity, any virginity. No fucking, sucking or
hard kissing. Those are the rules."
Magical Moonlight
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what can she do?"
I could spend my life as toad. Liam thought to
himself. "You have no idea what she can do." He
muttered. "And not just to me, but to Aiden as well."
"I think you're being a drama princess." Dakota
scoffed as she turned into a parking spot near the
GLC. "I can't wait to see which ones you decided to
put in the show." They had chosen ten a few weeks
before and out of those ten; Liam was putting in five,
four sketches and an oil. He was hoping the oil would
bring in some serious money for the Center.
Liam wanted to scream and shout and generally
have a hissy fit. But instead he got out of Dakota's car
and hoped for the best.
"Liam, the work you've donated is amazing." It
was Vanessa on her way into the building.
"Thanks Vanessa." He smiled. "Can I hold
Shay?" he asked. The baby was doing his best to leap
out his mother's arms and into Liam's, despite his age.
"He seems to want you to do just that." She
laughed and handed her son over. They continued on
up the stairs and into the Center. "Rosalie should be
here any minute, she had to work late."
"She works hard." Liam said as he made faces at
Shay who giggled and cooed. "Aiden does too."
"Yes, Aiden has always been a hard worker. He
had a hard life, put himself through University and
everything." She smiled. "That's where we met."
"Didn't his parents pay? I mean I would have
thought…" his voice trailed off. Wahjee parents
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always made sure their children were educated. What
in hell was going on?
"He had a math scholarship, but I don't know
why his parents didn't help him. He didn't really talk
about them. I'm not sure he even sees them now."
"No kidding." Liam was puzzled. He'd have to
find out what was up with Aiden and his parents. Shay
gurgled and smiled up at Liam, waving his hands in
the air. "He's really getting big."
"I think he'll be tall like his father." She said.
"Liam, there you are." He turned at the sound of
his mother's voice. "Hello Dakota."
"Hi mom." He smiled. "This is Seamus and his
mom Vanessa. Vanessa, this is my mom."
"Hello." She smiled at Vanessa and then looked
enquiringly at Liam who still held Shay. "Your son is
quite handsome." She said.
"He looks a lot like his father." Vanessa said.
"Oh, is he here?" Morgan looked around the
room. It was now crowded with people looking at the
artwork.
"Oh, I'm sure Aiden won't come. He never
supports the GLC. I'm sure he thinks it's beneath
him." Vanessa smiled. "Oh there's my wife." She
waved at Rosalie who had just come in the door.
"Your wife?" Morgan looked from Liam to
Vanessa, to Dakota and then to Rosalie.
"They're lesbians, mom." Liam said. "Aiden is a
friend. He donated his sperm to make Shay."
"Yes, he did it in a cup." Dakota shivered
dramatically. "It's so gross."
Magical Moonlight
86 "Interesting." Morgan said. "I'd like to see your
work Liam. You never show us at home."
"You're never interested." Liam said. He handed
Shay back to Vanessa after kissing him on the
forehead and then on the end of his nose, making the
baby giggle. "Later Lil' Guy."
"It's over here." He nodded toward a part of the
wall where a crowd stood admiring the artwork.
"Oh, my, you have a lot of people looking at it."
Morgan was pleased. She knew her son would
succeed at being an artist. She began to stroll over,
Liam following reluctantly.
"Oh, that's a lovely picture of Molly and her
doll." Morgan said. "I'm surprised you got her to sit
still long enough. And there's Shay and his mother.
You really should give that to Vanessa."
"It's a sale for charity mom. I can't give them
away."
"Liam, did you do this?" Morgan stood in front of
two sketches, both of nude males. One was of Brad
Chambers when he stood in the locker room at school.
Of course Liam had made sure nothing would identify
him. He did want to live to see eighteen. The other
one was Aiden, sleeping after a passion filled few
hours of sex. There was no mistaking who that one
was if you knew Aiden Mac Ruaidhri.
"It says Liam Taylor in the corner. Unless there's
another one, that would be me."
"Watch your mouth." Morgan hissed. "I'll talk to
you later about these two sketches."
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Liam tried to steer her away from what she would
see next around the next corner. "Look, there's some
nice landscapes over there." He nodded to a far wall.
"Liam, I'd prefer to look at these works on my
own thank you very much." Morgan patted his cheek.
"Don't worry dear, I can see you're very talented.
Your father doesn't have to know about the subject
matter of your sketching."
"He's not my father." Liam mumbled. For of
course Cecil Taylor, the celibate Grand Wizard of the
High Council, was not only celibate, but also
supposedly virginal as Wahjee law dictated. Liam was
determined to find his real father, but that was
something he kept to himself. It was strictly forbidden.
"He is your father for all intents and purposes."
Morgan replied. "I'll not have you saying anything
else." And then she stepped around the room divider
and was faced with a painting that already had been
sold for an incredible donation of five thousand
dollars. It had been purchased by a wealthy gay couple
that was planning on it being the focal point of their
collection in their new home.
His mother stood silently in front of the large
canvas. She was unable to speak, so powerful was the
painting in on the wall in front of her. It told her far
more than it did anyone else in the room, this
surrealistic swirl of blues and sparks of yellows and
golds surrounding the two men who faced each other
on their knees. So close it was hard to tell where one
began and the other left off. No faces were visible just
the impression of love and sex and something more.
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Something that couldn't be defined, but was felt by
everyone who saw the painting. It was almost magical
in the way it brightened the faces who gazed at it,
hardened their cocks, made their pussies drip and
filled them with desire, both men and women alike.
"Liam Taylor, you didn't." she finally managed to
say, her voice so low it was hard to hear.
"But he did." Aiden dr