house is AMAZING you should come just to see it.
I am standing in front of the window looking out at the front yard when I hear him come back in. “Sorry, I had to take care of some stuff for my parents.” He comes and stands next to me.
“No worries,” I smile up at him. He looks upset. “Everything ok?”
“Yeah, that was my account manager; he told me that my dad’s company is forcing him to take early retirement. Which probably wouldn’t be so bad if they were giving him the entire pension and everything that they promised him, but they are trying to screw him out of it now.”
“That sucks,” is all I can come up with to say.
“Yeah, but we will get it figured out. I have my lawyer on it and Phil, my account manager, is staying on top of it with my dad.” He grabs my hand and turns me toward him. “I want to show you around,” he smiles at me.
“Jake,” I pull on his hand so he stops. “I am just curious?”
“About?”
“Well you asked me what I want, but you never told me what you want?”
He looks at me and smiles, “I have what I want right now. You are here with me and we are getting to know each other.”
“I mean what are you looking for long term?”
“Honestly?”
“Yes.”
He cups my face in his hand and pulls my chin up so I am looking at him, “I want to make this work. I like you, a lot more then I had anticipated when you dumped your beer all over me,” he smiles. “This is new for me, and I have no idea what I am doing right now, but I know that I like spending time with you, and can’t wait until I can show you off.” He looks longingly at me and I quick turn away from him. “You don’t want that do you?”
“Jake, it’s not that at all. You have to remember I was with the same guy for almost ten years. This is all new to me too. How about we make a deal?”
“And what kind of deal would that be?”
“Let’s just go with the flow and let everything happen naturally?”
He chuckles, “what if my flow is faster than yours?”
I turn back around and look at him, “well you’re a guy so I would expect that.”
His mouth drops open. “That’s not fair!”
“Either are you,” I smile and poke his arm. He grabs my hand and pulls me closer to him.
“You really aren’t fair, I want to kiss you right now, but I'm afraid you will get mad at me.” Before I have a chance to say anything he grabs my hand and pulls me to follow him. He walks me around and shows me the house, which is so extraordinary I don’t even know what to say. Why does one guy need so much room? As I suspected he has a theater and an office, but what really catches my eye is the game room that he has. He is like a child when he talks about it. “I bought games just so that I could say I had a game room, even though I never really play in here that often. I have my favorite which is the air hockey table, and then my next favorite ski ball.”
“Ski ball?”
“Yes, I love that game. My dad used to take me and my brothers down to the arcade on Saturday nights and give us each $2 and let us play. Even when we were all older he would still take us. Now, even, he takes my brother Max there. He just turned nineteen and goes to school at the local college and lives at home with them. I will admit, when I go home to visit I still like going there with dad. It is sort of our get away,” he smiles at the thought. I can see how much his family means to him. Just as we are walking toward the kitchen his phone rings again. He pulls it out of his pocket and looks at it. “Hello?” He answers. “Hey Em, what’s up?” He holds up a finger signaling to give him a minute and I walk over to the patio door. I hear him talking; from the tone I'm guessing it is probably one of his sisters. “Yeah, Phil called me. I told him that dad is not going to settle for that and I have my lawyer all over it.” I open
I am standing in front of the window looking out at the front yard when I hear him come back in. “Sorry, I had to take care of some stuff for my parents.” He comes and stands next to me.
“No worries,” I smile up at him. He looks upset. “Everything ok?”
“Yeah, that was my account manager; he told me that my dad’s company is forcing him to take early retirement. Which probably wouldn’t be so bad if they were giving him the entire pension and everything that they promised him, but they are trying to screw him out of it now.”
“That sucks,” is all I can come up with to say.
“Yeah, but we will get it figured out. I have my lawyer on it and Phil, my account manager, is staying on top of it with my dad.” He grabs my hand and turns me toward him. “I want to show you around,” he smiles at me.
“Jake,” I pull on his hand so he stops. “I am just curious?”
“About?”
“Well you asked me what I want, but you never told me what you want?”
He looks at me and smiles, “I have what I want right now. You are here with me and we are getting to know each other.”
“I mean what are you looking for long term?”
“Honestly?”
“Yes.”
He cups my face in his hand and pulls my chin up so I am looking at him, “I want to make this work. I like you, a lot more then I had anticipated when you dumped your beer all over me,” he smiles. “This is new for me, and I have no idea what I am doing right now, but I know that I like spending time with you, and can’t wait until I can show you off.” He looks longingly at me and I quick turn away from him. “You don’t want that do you?”
“Jake, it’s not that at all. You have to remember I was with the same guy for almost ten years. This is all new to me too. How about we make a deal?”
“And what kind of deal would that be?”
“Let’s just go with the flow and let everything happen naturally?”
He chuckles, “what if my flow is faster than yours?”
I turn back around and look at him, “well you’re a guy so I would expect that.”
His mouth drops open. “That’s not fair!”
“Either are you,” I smile and poke his arm. He grabs my hand and pulls me closer to him.
“You really aren’t fair, I want to kiss you right now, but I'm afraid you will get mad at me.” Before I have a chance to say anything he grabs my hand and pulls me to follow him. He walks me around and shows me the house, which is so extraordinary I don’t even know what to say. Why does one guy need so much room? As I suspected he has a theater and an office, but what really catches my eye is the game room that he has. He is like a child when he talks about it. “I bought games just so that I could say I had a game room, even though I never really play in here that often. I have my favorite which is the air hockey table, and then my next favorite ski ball.”
“Ski ball?”
“Yes, I love that game. My dad used to take me and my brothers down to the arcade on Saturday nights and give us each $2 and let us play. Even when we were all older he would still take us. Now, even, he takes my brother Max there. He just turned nineteen and goes to school at the local college and lives at home with them. I will admit, when I go home to visit I still like going there with dad. It is sort of our get away,” he smiles at the thought. I can see how much his family means to him. Just as we are walking toward the kitchen his phone rings again. He pulls it out of his pocket and looks at it. “Hello?” He answers. “Hey Em, what’s up?” He holds up a finger signaling to give him a minute and I walk over to the patio door. I hear him talking; from the tone I'm guessing it is probably one of his sisters. “Yeah, Phil called me. I told him that dad is not going to settle for that and I have my lawyer all over it.” I open
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