“Yes.” Then after a moment, Keegancontinued. “Oh, then he said after I talked to you that you would probably callhim and you would talk and then we could have sex…and now I don’t know why Iwas so worried about this.”
This was all turning out to be like somekind of soap opera.
“I think talking to Julian will be a goodidea.” Where we’d go from there, I had no idea.
“I’ll think about the spanking part, but Iwant you to focus on getting your stuff together and coming over. I’ll text youmy address.” Shaking my head, I continued. “And I think letting Julian knowthat you’re spending the night here so we can talk about this would be a goodidea.”
Keegan’s response was cheerful, and itseemed like he thought the hardest part was behind us. “That’s a good idea, andit’ll give me a chance to remind him that I get sex this weekend.”
Laughing would’ve been the wrong response,right?
At the moment I wasn’t sure how I wasfeeling, so I chuckled. “I’m not sure he’ll need the reminder, but it can’thurt.”
After Keegan said goodbye and that he’d seeme soon, I disconnected the call and quickly texted him my address. Orderingpizza through the app was almost as easy, so in minutes I was staring at thephone and wondering what the fuck I should do.
Finally just deciding to fuck it all, Iflopped down on the couch and pulled up Julian’s number. It’d been weeks sinceI’d texted him and longer than that since we’d had any kind of realconversation, but I knew putting it off now was out of the question.
I think we have a few things to discuss.Our boy is coming over to chat.
The phone was silent for several minuteswhile I just watched the time tick by. Just as I was giving up, his reply camethrough.
Yeah. I bet it’s going to be aninteresting conversation.
His words gave me nothing to work with,forcing me to text him back.
I agree. I’m going to have morequestions later but from what he said you’re okay with him coming over. Right?
I was not going to start whatever the fuckwe were doing with lies or miscommunications.
I could almost hear Julian’s sigh in hisresponse.
Yes. He’s been very honest about what hewants and I’m glad you’re going to talk. Just make sure you’re equally ashonest with him and that you think about what you want as well.
It was cryptic, but from Julian, I had toassume by honest he meant that he wanted me to talk about our terrible attemptat dating. I wasn’t looking forward to it, but since Keegan seemed to be sayingthat he wanted to see us both, he had a point.
I will. I’m assuming you were honestwith him as well?
This was going to get frustrating if wetold the cutie completely different versions of events.
Yes.
There was another pause before the rest ofhis thought came through.
I did my best to give him honest answersso he knew where I was coming from.
I wasn’t sure if that meant he’d toldKeegan I was an uncompromising asshole or he’d told him that we just weren’tcompatible, but I wasn’t willing to ask.
Alright. We’re going to stick with thelimits you’ve established for tonight. I think meeting for dinner or somethingtomorrow would be a good idea.
Well, it was probably going to end up beinga terrible idea, but I wasn’t sure I had another option and he must’ve agreed.
Yeah, let me know mid-afternoon when youthink you’ll get off work and we’ll figure something out.
He didn’t seem enthusiastic about the idea.However, since it was the longest conversation we’d had in at least a year, Ithought it was an improvement.
Sounds good. I’ll talk to you tomorrow.
I got a quick goodbye from Julian whichsignaled the end of the conversation. As I stared at the phone, I couldn’tdecide if I was glad that we’d talked or not. We hadn’t been able to make itwork on our own and with both of us wanting to get to know Keegan, I couldn’timagine that would help our friendship.
