I think it's disgusting." Rosalie said when another
deeply sexual moan could be heard from the spare
room.
"Well it certainly isn't my cup of tea either."
Vanessa had her pillow pulled and pressed against her
ears.
"We're just pandering to Aiden's perversions by
allowing this to happen under our roof." Rosalie
began but quickly stopped speaking when both men
shouted each other's names. "At least Margaret has
Shay for the evening. He doesn't have to listen to
this."
"Do you think they're always this noisy when
they have sex?" Vanessa asked. "I mean they never
stop. I can't believe it feels that good."
"Men are very physical and apparently very
vocal." Rosalie snickered. "Thank gawd they're done.
Oh my gawd, they're at it again." She sighed
dramatically and pulled the duvet up over her head.
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Half an hour later, Aiden wandered into their
bedroom. "I've got what you guys wanted." He smiled
a self-satisfied smile. "It wasn't easy doing it with the
two of you listening. Liam was rather reticent but then
I suppose we all have to make some sacrifices."
"Well, where is it asshole?" Rosalie demanded.
"Here you go." Aiden dropped five well-filled
condoms on the bed, all tied off nice and neatly.
"They're numbered in sequence. I rather liked number
three, but feel free to use them all." He turned on his
heel and left the room.
"Five, he did it five times?" Vanessa looked with
disbelief at the condoms.
"Hey, sorry guys, Aiden forgot this one." Liam
bounced into the room with another one to add to their
collection. "Have fun making a baby." He blew them
a kiss. "Aiden, hurry up, I want to do it in the
backroom before it gets too skuzzy tonight." He called
out to his boyfriend waiting at the bottom of the stairs.
"He's going to kill Aiden." Vanessa said.
"With any luck at all." Rosalie replied, her voice
dry.
Two hours later, Aiden and Liam were dancing,
foreheads together, oblivious to the rhythm of the
music, caring only for each other when Liam grinned.
"It took. I made a baby."
"It's awesome isn't it?" Aiden grinned back. "I
remember what it was like with Shay. Of course the
hardest part is waiting for a couple of weeks while the
girls figure it out."
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"Humans are so slow sometimes." Liam agreed.
"I'll buy you a drink."
"Water for you witch boy." Aiden pulled Liam's
body closer for a searing kiss. "The boys are up on the
catwalk. Let's take them somewhere to celebrate."
"Where?" Liam asked as they made their way to
where the gang was standing.
"Hamburger Mary's." Aiden snickered, "Where
else?"
Liam giggled and rolled his eyes. "Carbs after
seven."
"It's past midnight, so we're working on the next
day's carbs." Aiden reasoned.
"Aiden, I'd like you to meet Stan." Daniel
introduced Aiden to the large, overly pec'd man who
stood possessively near Daniel.
A flash of recognition between the two men and
then Aiden held out his hand. "Hi Stan, this is my
faithful companion of late, Liam Taylor."
"Nice to meet the both of you. Liam, aren't you
the creator of Fury?" Stan looked closely at the red
head. "I'm impressed with your story lines as well as
the art work. You've got yourself quite the comic
book."
"Thanks, I can but try." Liam blushed. "I'm
working on the third issue right now. It should be
printed by the end of the month. I just have a couple
of things to work through storyline wise. And the first
issue, as well as a couple of shorts, are coming out in
hardcover in two months. Apparently there's a market
for it."
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Aiden beamed, proud of Liam's success. "And he
gives great head too." He bragged, making Liam flush
an even deeper red. "Oooph" he gasped when Liam's
elbow connected with his side.
"Be nice Aiden and I might let you practice your
blow job techniques later." Liam said sweetly. Evan
laughed with joy, Bob looked appalled and Daniel
horrified. "Aiden and I were wondering if you'd like
to go to Hamburger Mary's with us. We're celebrating
an achievement."
"What achievement?" Daniel asked with a glare.
"On being celibate for the last thirty minutes."
Liam said sweetly. "Ooops, sorry Aiden, I can't wait."
He began to drag Aiden away by his belt loops.
"Damn and I was wanting that cheeseburger."
Aiden protested. "Can't you wait?" he pretended to
whine as Liam dragged him toward the backroom.
Liam and Aiden both turned to look at the faces
of the guys they had just left. The looks were priceless
and instantly cracked them up to the point they were
almost doubled over with laughter.
"What did you take?" Daniel demanded of Aiden.
"I know you've taken something."
"Well I did take Liam's cock up my ass a few
times this evening. I guess it makes me giddy." Aiden
snickered.
"I'm hungry, I want to celebrate." Evan declared,
not wanting to go where no man had gone before,
though apparently Liam had. "Let's go to Mary's."
Laughing and jostling one another, the group of
friends all left The Odyssey. Stanly wasn't sure he
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was expected to go along with them, but Daniel took
his hand and led him with the gang out the door and
down the street to the diner. All of them oblivious to
the envious stares of the unlucky masses that weren't
part of the A team on Davie Street.
When they tumbled into Hamburger Mary's and
found their places at the largest booth in the corner,
Daniel dared to ask again. "What are the two of you
celebrating? I mean it has to be pretty special for
Aiden to eat something this late at night."
"Life Danny, we're celebrating life, its beginnings
and its middle. We refuse to think of its end." He
crushed Liam to him, kissing him until the others
groaned.
"Are they always like that?" Stanly asked Daniel.
"Most of the time, when they aren't fighting or
fucking." Daniel sighed. "It's sickening."
"Now Daniel, don't be like that." Evan cooed. He
waved his hand in the air, loving the way his bracelet
sparkled in the diner's lights. "If Jimmy was here,
we'd be giving them a run for their money."
"Ewwe, old people sex." Bob teased.
"Bob Schmidt, I can't believe you said that."
Evan looked at his friend and glared. "Jimmy isn't any
older than you in his mind. Years don't matter, it's
what's inside that really matters."
"Baby, don't worry about it." James had appeared
beside their table.
"JIMMY" Evan squealed. "How did you know
we were here?"
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James exchanged a look with Aiden who winked.
"I have a sixth sense when it comes to you Baby."
James sat beside his lover. Bob stood in front of the
table, not sure how he'd gotten there, he didn't
remember moving.
"Bobby, sit down." Evan laughed; his face was
flushed with pleasure at seeing his lover. "I thought
you were in Toronto."
"Things happen." James said. He looked at the
rest of them. "I hope you boys don't mind, but I'd like
to take Evan with me now."
"Oh, where are we going?" Evan asked.
"To our place." James whispered to Evan who
blushed at the implication.
In a few minutes Liam and Aiden found
themselves alone. Once Evan and James disappeared,
Daniel and Ben decided they needed to spend some
alone time. Leaving Bob alone with the celebrating
couple. It didn't take long for Bob to find his way out
the door. "I feel like we've got some kind of germ or
disease." Liam said. "Everyone disappeared so fast."
"No kidding." Aiden grinned. "So you're going to
be a dad."
"Yeah, it's kind of cool." Liam relaxed into
Aiden. "Aiden," he began hesitating to say anything.
"Of course I'll be your daughter's guardian."
Aiden smiled.
"You know she's a girl?" Liam laughed. "I
thought I wouldn't know for at least another couple of
weeks."
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"I know. It's a gift, what can I say." Aiden
laughed. "We'll go over when the girls confirm the
pregnancy has taken and I'll put my seal of protection
on her."
The food they'd ordered arrived. "I feel somehow
older and wiser." Liam joked.
"Oh, and why is that?" Aiden asked, reaching for
one of Liam's fries. "I mean all you did was fuck me
way too many times."
"I told you, it only works if I'm the top." Liam
batted his eyes and tried to look innocent.
"Now I know why you're feeling older and
wiser." Aiden reached his down and gave Liam's cock
a squeeze. "Don't think I didn't know what you were
up to Witch Boy."
While Aiden and Liam were in the diner, James
and Evan had taken a cab to their hideaway home.
Evan had never been there before. There'd been no
need; he was content to just know that it was there.
"Do you have your key?" James asked when they
arrived.
"Always." Evan patted his chest before taking the
key out from under his shirt. "Jimmy, this place is
amazing. Is it really ours?" Evan stood on the
walkway looking at the large white house in front of
him. The landscaping was filled with plantings that
would be incredible in the summer.
"Open the door, it's all yours you know. It's in
your name."
"I own all this?" Evan turned around. "I never
realized this is what you meant."
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"I want you to be comfortable when I'm gone."
James looked down. "I don't want to worry about you.
You'll see that the kitchen has been made to
commercial standards in case you decide to pursue
your dream of having your own catering business."
"Jimmy, you remembered." Evan sniffed and
wiped away a tear.
"None of that Baby, inside, I don't have much
time and I need to show you a few things."
Inside the house Evan was taken aback at
everything that he saw. He trailed through the various
rooms, not noticing that James wasn't with him.,
finally ending up at what had to be the library or den.
"Jimmy, where are you?" he called out, looking
around for his lover. All he found instead was a letter
with his name on it.
Evan walked slowly toward the desk and sat
down in the leather chair, his eyes never leaving the
letter. He reached out to touch it and then pulled his
hand back. The emptiness he felt deep inside of him
told him more than that letter ever could. His
grandmother had always said he had the 'sight'.
Tears fell silently wetting his shirt, as Evan
grieved for the man he loved. As the sun cleared the
horizon indicating dawn, he reached for the heavy
vellum paper, slowly opening it.
My Darling Evan:
When you read this, you'll know I'm no longer
living. Tonight was a night of beginnings and endings.
A new life began for one of my kind and my life has
ended. By now I'm sure you've realized that it wasn't
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really me with you this evening. But rather it was my
love for you that allowed me those precious moments
with you to say goodbye and to show you what I've
left you.
You are the trustworthiest and most honorable
human being I have ever met. And because I love you
unconditionally and you have given me the best time
of my entire life, I leave to you my journals. Read
them, guard them. You'll understand what I'm saying
and things will make more sense to you when you do.
Your friends Aiden and Liam will need your
support and friendship. Watch them carefully
Evan Baby, don't allow anyone know what I've
written and believe me, there will be people around
wanting to know how close the two of us were. You
are a good man, with a good heart and I love you with
all of mine. Take what I have left you and enjoy it,
knowing that it will give me pleasure from wherever I
am when you do.
Your loving man - Jimmy
Evan didn't need any kind of official notification
of James's death. He'd always known that there was
something special about the man and the fact that he'd
visited him the night he'd died, wasn't so far fetched
to Evan Bunce of Alberta. Raised as he was on tales of
even stranger happenings.
He didn't begin reading the journals right away.
First he called Bulge and resigned, apologizing for not
being able to give notice. And then he called his best
friend Bob Schmidt at a time when he knew the man
would be out of the house to leave a message that he
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was fine, that he knew of James's death and that he'd
be unavailable for a week or two.
No, the first twenty-four hours Evan walked
through the house from the basement to the attic,
seeing, touching and feeling the love his man had put
into making the place perfect for him. Everything was
as elegant as money would allow. Everything was the
best of the best, far more than Evan would have
accepted had he known about the construction of the
home. He could see James's hand everywhere and
every now and then he'd find a little handwritten note
explaining why this was used instead of that. Or how
James had matched something to Evan's eyes, or how
his smile had inspired something else.
It was a house that love had built and it was Evan
Bunce's. On the second day, a lawyer came to the
door. Not the lawyer that James used for his company
business, but one who had been a personal friend and
one time lover of the man for the past fifty years. He
assured Evan that the house was indeed his and much
more and that it would never be touched by any
family, wives, or general money hungry vultures who
where now flocking to pick the Vanderhaven Estate
clean. He left after having Evan sign more papers than
he thought possible. It had been a mind-altering
afternoon.
Evan had to sit in the solarium at the back of the
house for the rest of the day; he held the small plastic
covered passbook from a national bank. The small
insignificant pieces of paper and plastic held a king's
ransom in the numbers on the pages and Evan was
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stunned speechless. He'd never want for anything
again. James had seen to that. His Jimmy had loved
him enough to protect him from the grave.
He cried a few tears and smiled and laughed at
things James left him. They'd had a short time
together, but it had been a good for them both. On the
third day after James's death, Evan began to read the
journals.
