Reclaiming Austin – Chapter 16

 

 

Austin made it his mission in life to try and get the secret of what we were

doing for Halloween out of me. This entailed more tickling then I've ever

had and some very exciting and energetic sex. But let's face it; he was so

cute in his abject determination to get the info, how could I possibly

break?  Hell, I was wondering about the possibility of blindfolding him

after getting his costume on so he couldn't see who I was going as. Well, it

was just a thought. So far his best guesses were me being Pop-n-fresh, a

Keebler elf or Winnie the Pooh.

 

On a Tuesday early in October, I loaded Austin into the Jeep after work and

took off to the Parliament House in Orlando. After arriving, I escorted

Austin into the show bar.  Sitting at a table with a skinny young white kid

and a half-nude, exceptionally cute bartender, was a 6-foot-2

African-American Drag queen dressed in white sequins and a pearl-beaded

dress.

 

"Well, if it isn't Natasha McVie and her entire fan club!" I called out,

loudly announcing my presence. The boys looked confused, and the young one

started to get up and tell me the show wasn't for hours yet. But Natasha

recognized my voice and had been expecting me.

"Boys, go get a net, 'cause I do believe there's an evil smurf and his

pet..." Turning her head dramatically to see me and my gorgeous boyfriend,

Natasha stood up and walked up to him with all the predatory finesse and

determination of a hunting panther.

 

"And what do we have here?" she said, drawing her fingers across his chest.

 

"Natasha, this is my boyfriend Austin Camble. Austin, this is an old friend,

Miss Natasha McVie, or Frank Lamont."

 

"Call him whatever you want, Alex.  I'll call him 'lunch.'" She said

dragging a well manicured fingernail down his chest and looking him in the

eyes.

 

Natasha then shot me a skewed glance and snorted because I broke etiquette

by calling her Frank. She then gave her hand for Austin to kiss.

 

"Honey Child, this boy is cuter then a bowl full of puppies with a kitten on

top."

 

"Wait'll he smiles. He'll have you dressing in overalls waiting on him hand

and foot," I said and shot a grin at Austin, who was blushing up a storm of

red.

 

"Now, what's all this about a costume?" she said, holding his hand and

leading us into the back after virtually dismissing her circle of admirers.

 

"Yeah, Alex, why don't you tell her all about our costume?" Austin chided

with great amusement.

 

"Simple, hon. I need him to be a tiger, and you're the only person I'd trust

with this task.  Oh, and I need some bright yellow hair dye or gel if you

can get it," I said, evading the question.

 

"Sweetstuff, this is a gay nightclub. I can make you fluorescent, glittered,

sequined, and day glow if you need." Natasha said laughing.

 

Her "room" wasn't a big fancy dressing room as befitting such a glamorous

"woman." It was a small and grungy room overflowing with boxes and racks and

racks of dresses and costumes. The makeup table was overflowing with jars

and containers of face paint, powders and rouge.

 

"Well, honey, when you said you wanted to dress this hunkmuffin as a tiger,

I got a hold of a friend who does stage makeup and got this lion mask from

The Lion King. Shouldn't be hard at all to paint it up and make the king of

your bedroom into our Tyger Tyger burning bright."

 

"I can't thank you enough Natasha." I said, kissing her cheek as she sat

down.

 

"I know, but hell, I get to play with this naked sports star till it's done,

so we'll just call it even. Oh, and I betta get an invitation to any parties

y'all go to."

 

Austin blushed a little and got me to reassure him he wouldn't have to stand

around naked. Then we were shown about 20 styles of tiger print fabric,

including fake fur, which was gorgeous but outrageously expensive. Finally,

I choose a kid-friendly comic print tiger-stripe flannel. Austin stripped to

his underwear, and I shushed Natasha when she turned and raised an eyebrow

as she measured Austin's back. The scab was gone but the scars of a brutal

beating were still evident if you looked close enough. I put my fingers to

my lips in a demonstration of secrecy. I would tell her when Austin wasn't

around.

 

When we were done, Austin and I hugged her and then went out to dance. They

were doing a mix of all the early 90s dance hits, and we got wicked sweaty

and didn't leave the floor till almost midnight. Austin drove us home and

almost had to carry me up the stairs.

 

While the dancing had worn me out, Austin seemed to be wound up by it, and

after I got ready to go to bed a very obviously frisky Austin was standing

behind me pressing a hard-on into my back and trying to nuzzle my neck. On a

normal day this would have lasted about a half second before I pounced on

him, but I was soooo tired and I had to work the next day  Captain Frisky,

however, was both too worked up and too oblivious about my job to care. I

was spun around when he finished, and he scooped me up so my legs rode

around his waist and his hands cupped my ass as he shoved his tongue into my

ear and licked my brain. In the bedroom, I was pressed up against a wall by

the bed as Austin removed my underwear, then I wrapped my legs around his

waist again. Austin put on a condom without looking, without even stopping

his mad kissing. Then without any foreplay, I was lowered onto his cock and

fucked and bounced till I was afraid we'd fall over. It was fast, furious

and over in about 10 minutes. Austin, the Austin I'd first met, was back,

and I felt so happy to be in his arms, even if I was just a sex toy at that

moment. I was his sex toy, though, so it was all fine with me. We fell into

bed when he finished; his orgasm had been big and intense. He kissed me a

few times and fell asleep. I smiled to myself as I snuggled up to him and

fell asleep, at last, I thought with a grin, he's accepted me as a

girlfriend. I wonder if this was how Jane Goodall felt.

 

I had talked Marika and Robert into doing a Halloween show, although we were

going to call it a Monster Mash. I rolled my eyes a lot, but whatever, the

show was going on.

 

I finished my costume on my lunch breaks and found a great piece for a

performance costume to do our show in. On the Friday before our holiday

show, we stayed after our sets to design the lighting and go over

decorations and the flyers. The next day, Marika, Phil, Austin and I went

over to hear our new drummer. Tiago Cortez was an olive-skinned blond with

black eyes and an intriguing five o'clock shadow. Tiago had the shoulders

and arms of a drummer and that cocky self-confidence that most drummers

swaggered with. He must have; he was wearing a black cowboy hat knowing he

was going to meet a fag and a black girl. But he was both a great musician

and a charming speaker.

 

"So you guys don't look like most bands I've played with around here

before," he said with his slight Portuguese accent as he leaned back against

the wall behind him.

 

"Honey, we ain't like most bands around here. We have talent," Marika said

in her diva voice.

 

It's amazing how much better our sets sounded with a real drummer and not

the preprogrammed stuff Robert had been using.

 

We did a few songs with just guitars, and he seemed to fit right in. After

we'd agreed, Marika said she needed to get home and make dinner, and Robert

had his wife and kids to return to. When Tiago found out Austin and I were

going to go hit the Parliament House, he got excited and said he wanted to

go to. I wasn't sure if he knew what the Parliament House, so I asked.

 

"You do know I'm gay, right?"

 

"Please. Austin could hide it, you glow like a 7-11 sign." To which Austin

nudged me as he laughed.

 

"So you know what the Parliament House is then?" I said, ignoring my

12-year-old boyfriend.

 

"Baby, I live in Sanford. I'll bet I've been there more than you."

 

 

"So you're gay too?" I asked.

 

"Not really ..." is all he said as he packed his drums without looking up.

 

"So you're straight but open?" Austin asked, suddenly finding this

interesting.

 

"I used to think so, but not any more ..." Tiago said through an obvious

smile at our confusion.

 

"So you're bi?" I asked, running out of options.

 

Finally, Tiago turned around and fixed us with a seductive smile and these

self-confident eyes. "More bi than gay or straight, but I don't think there

is a title for it. I just like sex, man, boy, woman, girl. I don't care, and

I don't care what we do mostly. I've done vanilla and then the next day

fisted this queeny kid I picked up.  I don't have anybody lined up today or

tomorrow, and at gay clubs I have a 100 percent success rate."

 

Then he dropped his voice a little lower and walked up to us, "Unless you

two wanna save gas." I was shocked, and Austin actually stepped behind me

and held me as though I were his shield.

 

"You're gorgeous Tiago, but we're dating and not playing around.  Pretty

vanilla, huh?" I said with a smile.

 

"Hey, I'll do some kinky if you want," Austin said as he wrapped an arm

around me and pulled me against him.

 

"I figured you two were exclusive. I sure wouldn't share one of you," Tiago

said with a grin.

 

We talked to him adown and found out all about him and his reason for moving

to central Florida.

 

At P House, I led both boys back to the dressing rooms to find Natasha

waiting to get ready for the 10 p.m. show.

 

"Ohhhh, and look, you brought me one for me this time. How sweet!" she said,

eyeing Tiago.

 

Tiago lit up and took her hand and kissed it, "I am not worthy, Miss

Natasha." Of course, she ate that up.

 

So Natasha showed us the tiger costume and insisted that Austin try on, As

he was stripping, she waved Tiago and me away, saying it was going to be

about 20 minutes till he was done. She told me to go to the bar and get her

a Long Island iced tea and whatever we wanted and to tell them it was for

her. So Tiago and I went out and got the drinks from the nearly naked

bartender in the piano showroom. Tiago flirted with the naked bartender and

took off his shirt showing a very blond, hairy body. I was tempted to run my

fingers around in it and bury my face there, but I didn't.

 

After about 20 minutes, Tiago and I went back to find a full-grown carton

tiger getting face paint on and not looking very happy.

 

"Ohhhhhh, Alex. I know you have your hands full with this one. Lord, you'd

think he never wore make-up before," she teased. Finally, she had Austin

stand up and shake his ass/tail at us, then turn around. God almighty, was

he cute!

 

"Oh my god, it's purr-fect," I screamed in a none-too-masculine way.

 

"Oh no honey, it's grrrrrreat!" Natasha said, making fun of Tony the Tiger.

 

Being the brat he is, Austin came over and started purring, then rubbed his

face all over mine, ruining his make up and getting it all over me. After a

series of slaps and name-calling, Natasha handed me a towel and some cold

cream and scolded Austin for being a 'Bad kitty' Tiagojust laughed.

 

I told them I was going to go dance and whenever they were done they could

find me there. Tiagostayed to flirt with Natasha, so I went out alone,

wishing I'd called my friend Michael or Ryan and his boyfriend Michael.

 

I danced up a storm while waiting. Thirty minutes later, a very, very, very

animated Austin came up behind me and picked me up off the floor and spun me

around as he kissed my neck. When he finally sat me down, I looked up and

saw this odd look in his eyes.

 

"OK, what are you on?" I asked, noticing Tiagowas also very ... animated.

 

Austin began laughing and put his hands over his mouth like a little kid. I

rolled my eyes, and then it hit me -- all lovey, animated, touchy.

 

"Holy shit. You're rolling!" I said, as pleased with my detective skills as

I was annoyed.  Austin didn't deny it. He just glowed and picked me up and

brought me in for a kiss.

 

"Natasha said she has some for you too if you want any," Austin said before

sticking his tongue on my brain through my ear.

 

I passed and decided I was going to be the sober one driving home. But we

danced and did some major making out where all the boys could watch us.

Yeah, it was tacky and very junior high, but what did I care? I was with the

one guy who could make me do something like that in public.

 

A few minutes later, Natasha walked up. "OK, sugar. You got about 10

minutes, go on and get backstage." At which point Austin kissed me deeply

and said, "OK, OK, you gotta go watch the show, OK? Promise?" I was confused

until I recalled what day it was.

 

"Natasha, how could you do that to him?" I said as Austin excitedly ran off.

 

"Oh pooh, Alex. You ever seen the abs or ass on that boy? It'd be a sin not

to show everyone what they can't have 'cause it's yours. A sin!"

 

To which I had nothing really to say. So she took me up and got me a seat

right next to the stage.

 

Tiagodisappeared later with a very cute black guy who was all dressed up,

and Natasha stayed in the back with her entourage, before coming out to MC.

The show had three fairly good dancers, a very drunk and unattractive guy, a

guy who was probably really hot, 30 years earlier, a professional dancer

from a club in Miami (we found out later which disqualified him from amateur

strip) and then, last of all, my Austin.

 

He came out and began laughing until he saw me sitting there. Then the music

started, and he stared at me while he slithered out of his shirt. His feet

were bare already, so when he spun around a few times and began loosing his

pants, he didn't have that awkward time losing the shoes. The pants were off

in a few seconds and there was my baby, dancing around wildly from the X and

performing for me in a room full of very horny and loud gay men. He slid his

shorts down a few times, mimicking what he'd already seen. Toward the end of

the song, he dropped them completely nd was about to spin around when

Natasha came out with a big fan hurriedly covering him up.

 

"OK, sugar. We don't do nude her. Pull up the undies and grab your clothes,

love."

 

Natasha was laughing hysterically, watching the hyper-charged Austin

bouncing around the stage in his underwear. At one point she stepped over

and looked down at me.

 

"Baby, you shoulda damn well gone as Pooh and Tigger. That boy got way too

much bounce!"

 

Austin ended up winning $500 and was even more bouncy after that. And he was

all over me pulling my shirt off and grappling me like an octopus ... a

happy, horny, loving octopus.

 

An hour later, I took Austin to the Jeep and kissed him some more and drove

back while he tried to molest me the whole way.

 

In the apartment, Austin had me naked in about 30 seconds and was all over

me. I have no clue why, but there was something delicious about being naked

in front of him while he was fully dressed. Finally he let go and stepped

back a little.

"Tiagotold me about this one thing he's done with much bigger guys and I

wanna fucking try it," he announced in a low husky voice.

 

God, I couldn't imagine anything I would deny this personified sex. So

Austin dropped his pants and underwear and lifted me up and kissed me some

more and massaged my ass till I was hard as a rock. He'd been hard since the

dance floor.

 

Suddenly, Austin flipped me around and I was upside down hugging his legs so

I wouldn't fall, but he'd held me tight and suddenly I felt warm lips taking

my cock in.

 

"Ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh," I moaned. So I took his cock in my mouth, which

received grunts of approval. A little later, with my legs still over his

head, he laid me belly down on the counter and stuck his face in my ass and

had me moaning and leaking all over the place. Finally, he used his hand to

bring me to climax. 20 minutes after starting he hauled me over shoulder

like a sack of potatoes and swatted my bare ass. In the bedroom, he condomed

up and then did me with him standing up and my legs wrapped around his wais.

And we kissed like we might never get a chance to again.

 

"I love you so fucking much Alex," he kept saying between kisses. I never

got a chance to respond before he was in my mouth again.

 

He got off 45 minutes later because he was spending so much time kissing me

he'd just stop fucking me. After the first time, he laid me down while still

inside me and rolled me partially on my side with one leg in the air and

pressed forward till we were kissing with my leg pressed between us.

 

I was told the next day by both Mrs. Tremere and the neighbors below me that

we were exceptionally noisy.

 

Two weeks later, we drove to Seattle Scene early Friday afternoon with

Marika and Robert following. Tiago met us there and was talking to this very

tall couple and had hands on both their butts. I shook my head with a smile.

The windows had all been covered with black plastic, which kept the light

out. Tiago had his drums set up and there, were bats and shit everywhere. I

went to the back room, which had become our make shift dressing room. I

changed into a pair of pleated black pants and a black silk shirt over a

black undershirt. My hair was slicked back, I had a big silver dollar sign

-- "$" -- around my neck and a big fake ruby ring on a ring finger. Austin

insisted I wear a small devil tail so everyone would get the message.

 

Marika wore a gorgeous sequined dress I barrowed from Natasha. It was black

on the top and had red, yellow, orange and gold sequins making flames from

the bottom and a red scarf around her shoulders.

 

At 8 p.m., the lights went out and we got the knock to tell us the show was

beginning. We walked out in almost pitch black, guided only by the lights on

Robert's synths. Suddenly, Tiago started a simple jungle style drum beat and

it got louder and more intricate, then Robert started in on his synth,

adding a deeper drum base roll and some organ sounds. This went on for

several minutes before Phil began on his electric guitar. Suddenly a red

spotlight shown down on me with my back to the audience.

 

Please allow me to introduce myself,

I'm a man, of wealth and taste...

 

I turned around and gave a very blas頬ook across the room.

 

I've been around for a long long time,

Stole many a man's soul and faith.

 

At this point I had walked up to a straight couple's table and first made

eyes at her, then reached over and brought her boyfriend's face to mine by

grabbing his tie and kissing him before pushing him back in his seat.

 

I was around when Jesus Christ had a moment, of doubt and pain

Made damn sure that Pilot

Washed his hands, and sealed his fate.

 

I dragged my fingers through this cute guy's hair and then hooked his chin

and made him follow me as I walked by.

 

Pleased to meet you,

Hope you guess my name

 

I took that same guy and kissed him hard on the lips before pushing him away

dismissively.

 

But what's confusing you,

Is the nature of my game

 

I ran my fingers through this lesbian's hair and kept walking.

 

Stuck around St. Petersburg

When I saw it was a time for a change

 

I was completely behind the audience, which made them all turn. I jumped on

the counter and used my feet to drag a waiter close, before pushing him away

with my feet.

 

Killed the Czars and his ministers,

Anastasia, screamed in Vain

 

I jumped down and found this real big guy at a table with both guys and

girls.

 

I rode a tank

 

I stood behind him and made it look like he was my steed and I was whipping

him.

 

Held a generals rank

When the Blitzkrieg raged

And the bodies stank

 

I mimed gagging at the smell as I passed this couple dressed casually.

 

Pleased to meet you,

Hope you guess my name

 

I pulled Austin in and frenched him for a moment.

 

But what's confusing you,

Is the nature of my game

 

I ended the kiss and moved behind him and ran my hands down his shirt from

his neck, obviously stopping at his nipples.

 

I watched with glee while your kings and queens

Fought for ten decades

For the gods they made

 

At this point, a brilliant light hit Marika and shown off her dress as she

sung backup for me and danced. I kissed my dollar sign and grabbed a tip off

a table and put it in my pocket.

 

I shouted out, who killed the Kennedy's

When after all, it was you and me.

 

I spun around and sat in a man's lap and gave him my most seductive stare.

 

Let me please introduce myself,

I'm a man of wealth, and taste.

 

I sung still on his lap making him laugh uncomfortably before brining him in

for a kiss.

 

And I lay traps for the troubadors

Who get killed before they reached Bombay.

 

I got up and did a little Mick Jagger move with my arms and body.

 

Pleased to meet you,

Hope you guess my name

 

I took a woman's hand and brought her out of her seat to face me from her

extended arm.

 

But what's confusing you,

Is the nature of my game

{Instrumental}

 

I dismissed the woman and danced around, kissing guys, staring down straight

boys, dancing and strutting as the drums, guitar and keyboards blasted.

 

Pleased to meet you,

Hope you guess my name

But what's confusing you,

Is the nature of my game

 

With more vehemence, I grabbed a young guy and brought his face close to

mine and just sniffed his neck before letting him go.

 

Just as every cop is a criminal

 

I quickly grabbed the boy before he could sit down and pretended to handcuff

him.

 

And all the sinner's saints.

 

I spun around with a cherubic smile on my face and let my head fall against

my shoulder sweetly,

 

The Texas tails call me Lucifer

Cause I'm in need of some, restraint.

 

I slammed both hands together and held them over my head as if they were in

ropes.

 

So if you meet me, have some courtesy

Have some Sympathy, and some Taste...

 

I brought my hands down and bowed elegantly before reaching my hand out to

take a woman's hand in mine like a gentleman.

 

Oh yeah

 

I then brought that boy I had pretended to handcuff over and put their hands

together...

 

Gunna get down baby...

 

I reached behind myself and grabbed both his ass cheeks.

 

And Marika and the band slowly finished the song as I danced around until

our lights were off. The audience went insane, clapping, whistling and

cheering.

 

Next, Marika did the opening song to the Rocky Horror Picture Show. You

know, the one that goes, "Michael Raniey was ill the day the Earth stood

still, but he told us, of his plans ..."

 

I did Werewolf in London, and she did an incredible version of Paint it

Black. Then I did an acoustic version of Welcome to my nightmare.

 

When we called for a short break, Austin was on me in a second and picked me

up and carried me to the back the room.

 

"You were sooo fucking hot with that song!" he said excitedly. Then he

kissed me hard for a few moments.

 

"Guess they're right about power being a fucking aphrodisiac. I totally want

to fucking jump you now."

 

"You may want to go beat off in the bathroom then baby, cause we got two

more sets tonight ... we could skip the P House later if you want."

 

"Naaaaah. I'll wait till we get home and see if I can make you wake everyone

in the whole fucking complex up this time," he said, grinning as he reached

a hand down the back of my pants and cupped my ass.

 

I tightend my ass cheeks over his hand and blew a kiss at him.

 

"Go get me an iced latte, OK honey?" I asked him with a grin.

 

Our next set was a quick rundown of songs from Rocky Horror and, of course,

our regulars all knew this and brought their squirt guns, newspapers, toast,

toilet paper and playing cards

 

I loved the opening song to the Rocky Horror. Marika did a great Magenta,

and the crowd went crazy when I spontaneously grabbed Austin out of the

audience and removed his shirt while doing Sweet Transvestite.

 

As we'd warned the people that we were going to repeat our first set for the

last show, we did an even more lurid version of Sympathy for the Devil with

poor Austin being molested and manhandled by me and kissed with open mouth

and tongues.

 

As we closed down the set and were preparing to go, I finally had a chance

to go in the backroom and change. I didn't know that Austin had slipped in

right behind me. He pressed me against the wall with my hands over my head

as he kissed my neck and shoved his tongue in my ear. Before I got to leave,

he dropped to his knees and pulled off my pants and for the first time all

on his own, gave me head. I was a butterfly's eyelash away from doing him

right there on there on the floor. But I held out, well, most of me did. His

mouth definitely brought me to a conclusion. The power and erotic bliss of

having this God on his knees before me ...

 

We rode to the P House and arrived with about half of the Seattle scene

costumers. As we strutted in under the narcotic effect a good show can have,

Tiago went off to find Natasha, Austin was draped over me, both Robert and

Marika left and our crowd dispersed into the army of the night that will

always be Saturday night at P House.

 

Michael was supposed to be there, so my shirtless boyfriend and I walked

around outside to see if we could find him. At one point, we were walking up

the back staircase, just to do a once over of balcony bingo. It was always

fun to see what was going on, even if I never actually ever went into a

room.

 

At the top of the stairs, a small group of college-age guys all dressed in

spandex with mascara and blush obviously trawled on was puffing themselves

up with the self-appointed role of verbally judging those whom they would

and wouldn't sleep with as each person passed. As we got to the top the

leader, a bleached-blond skinny bitch proclaimed loudly, "Oh no, not that

little blond, but I'll take that big hunk next to him," referring to me and

Austin. Although I knew what these clique bitches were and shouldn't have

let it get to me, I did. My high was suddenly broken, and as I slumped,

Austin spun around before I could stop him or even knew that he'd heard it.

 

"What was that, you fucking  little pussy?!?" Austin demanded, getting right

up in his face. The tall bitch went almost white with fear, and his

"friends" began trying to skulk away.

 

"Listen here you fucking cunt, you're an ugly-assed guy and even uglier

girl. You can forget drag because they have way too much fucking class to

stand around shooting their stupid fucking mouths off just to make other

people feel bad because their own sad lives suck so fucking bad!" (Ok, so

obviously he hadn't actually watched that many drag shows or drag queens

yet)

 

Austin was raging at the kid. I wanted to be upset, but now all I could do

was cheer in my head that my boyfriend was defending me.

 

"Listen, you fucking sperm waste. There's no way you'll ever get me or

anyone like me because you're a fucking sad, pathetic wuss, and I'd rather

beat off then let something as fucking sorry as you even look at my dick!"

Austin was red-faced and just screaming at the guy.

 

"Bleaching your crappy hair, putting on all that make-up, designer shirts

... None of it will cover up the fact that you're a fucking pussy with

nothing to offer anybody. You're the fucking reason guys like me, and most

of the guys here were scared to come out, we're all terrified we'll turn

into you. You're the face of everything straight people hate about gay men

and women; that all of us are whiny, fucking, spineless pussies who act like

bitchy, self-centered teenaged girls. You have no right judging any of us,

'cause there ain't one person here would ever get drunk enough to take

something like you home."

 

Austin was raging by this point, and I saw a security guard approaching and

was about to grab Austin when this big bear walked up and said something to

the guard and pointed up to the dispersing group of fashion critics. The

guard stopped and cocked his hip and watched along with everyone out there

as my boyfriend read the self-appointed bitch his version of the Bible.

 

"Now get the fuck out of this bar, or I swear to God that no one in the

place will be fast or strong enough to keep me from beating you where you

fucking stand."

 

The kid, who was now white-faced and terrified, ran down the stairs,

followed closely by the remnants of his friends. As soon as Austin was done,

the place began cheering and clapping for him. Apparently he'd been the one

who actually said what everyone else was thinking. My hero had become the

hero to the masses.

 

For the rest of the night, drinks kept coming our way from every angle as

everyone who'd seen the little outrage or heard about it bought us drink

after drink. By the time, we came across Michael I could barely stand

without Austin's help and we were both hysterically laughing.

 

"Alex, I heard you just beat up a group of sissies." Michael said after

taking a swig of beer.

 

"Nhope, id waz Aussin, now bhee nhas or ah'll ghet Aussin to ghet you tdo,"

I lamely threatened before cracking up.

 

"Thazz rhat, bhe nace or'll havta ... gawd yur bhig!" Austin said as he

stood next to Michael, looking up.

 

"So, you little drunks. How the hell you plan on getting home tonight?"

Michael asked with obvious amusement. Reason and logic and sensibility

having long left either of our thinking, both exclaimed, "Ah cin drahv!"

 

Michael sat his beer down and looked me in the eyes seriously and said, "No,

you can't! Give me your car keys. Now!"

 

I fumbled in my pants for the keys and finally handed them to him, "Iss a

jip, not a car."

 

I remember about 20 minutes more before my brain turned off for the night.

I'm told that I decorated a large path of sidewalk and several flower beds

with my dinner and everything I'd drunk as Michael steered the two of us

back to his car. Michael carried me into his apartment and set up the

standard drunk care kit: a trash can to puke in, a glass of water and paper

towels. He laid me on my side on his couch while Austin slept in an easy

chair across from me and Michael went to bed with a shake of his head at his

two pathetic palls.

 

The next day was an exceedingly sunny version of hell. Even Austin who never

got hangovers, was feeling it. Michael delighted in tormenting us even

though he did take care of us.

 

Finally, when it was almost 6, Austin said he was fine to drive us home as I

had to get ready for the show later. Michael drove us to our car at the P

House and left us. I had to get cleaned up and dressed and back down to the

Seattle Scene for my Saturday show.  On the way home, I had my eyes closed

and was trying to will the roads to be clear of bumps.

 

"Austin?"  I asked.

 

"Yeah ..."

 

"Next time you defend my honor, let's leave afterward. OK?"

 

"Word!"

That week, Austin surprised me at work all excited and grinning ear to ear,

carrying a helmet, and a plain leather jacket.

 

"Come on, Alex. I wanna take you to lunch," he said excitedly.

 

"OK, so how'd you get here?" I puzzled.

 

"I rode, silly!" he teased back.

 

So taking a further look from his widely grinning face, to his jacket, to

his helmet, I suddenly got it. I walked to the front door and saw a big

green motorcycle sitting there. I turned and looked at him with confusion on

my face.

 

"Ummm, what? How?"

 

"It's a Kawasaki," he said proudly, as if that explained everything.

 

So he gave me the helmet and went and got his off his seat, and we rode to a

Cuban restaurant downtown. He explained over fried plantains and this

shredded beef dish how he got Dennis to drive him to a used-car lot and used

his money to get a motorcycle. He figured it would be until he could save

enough for a car.

 

"Then I went and got some work clothes for work tomorrow," he added with a

smirk.

 

"What?" I choked on a plantain. He got his award-winning smile, and his eyes

were so warm and sparkling.

 

"One of my old friend's fathers works at a jewelry store. He gave me a job

selling rings and diamonds to women and desperate dudes," Austin said smugly

with a boyish grin. "And I got lunch, but after you get off work and clean

up, I wanna take you to dinner."

 

Austin said proudly then I could hear his "but" coming.

 

"And?" I asked...

 

"I, uhhh, need to borrow the money cause after lunch, I'm broke."

 

"You're borrowing money from me to take me out?" I asked with an overly

incredulous roll of my eyes.

 

"I'll pay you back," he teased.

 

"Yeah, right. I'll never see that money again."

 

"I'll work it off then," he said after dropping his voice to a sexy growl. I

shivered as the implication hit me.

 

"Yeah?" I asked softly.

 

"Oh yeah. I'll fuck you long and hard for each dollar you lend me." He was

gunna make me blow a load here at the restaurant without even touching me.

 

"I-I-I charge interest," I said a little less defiantly.

 

"Noted," he said confidently, staring in my eyes and making me feel small

and weak. I think both of us had found the place and position we wanted to

be in.

 

When I got back to work, I had to tell Marika and James all about Austin's

new job, and of course his paying me in sex.

 

"What is it with you and prostitutes?" James asked sweetly with a bit too

much cheek.

 

"Honey, it ain't called whoring if you live with the guy. It's called a

marriage!" Marika said, laughing.

 

That night, we dressed up smartly and Austin drove my jeep (because the

"guy" has to drive, Austin informed me). God I wanted him! Anyway, we went

to Orlando, and he took me to a great Indian restaurant that Ryan had told

him about when they talked earlier.

 

As we ate and chatted, Austin kept staring at my eyes till I began to blush

under the scrutiny.

 

"Is there something on my face?" I finally asked, getting my napkin.

 

"Not yet," Austin answered in his deep sex voice. I began to blush and

looked down at the table then up into his brilliant face. Silently he

mouthed, "I'm gunna fuck you 30 ways till Sunday" before smiling warmly at

my obvious excitement. After dinner, he drove to The Cheesecake Factory in

Winter Park for dessert.

 

"Oh, guess who tracked me down?" Austin asked happily.

 

"That bitchy queen from the other night?" I responded lightly.

 

"Nooooo, not her."

 

"Ohhh! That ugly orange shirt you used to wear that I made you toss out?"

 

"Close, but noooooooo," Austin laughed.

 

"Ummmmm, your high school sweetheart?"

 

"Yeah, but which one?" Austin playfully said, holding my eyes with his.

 

"The girl! I don't know. They all look alike to me!"

 

We both laughed, then Austin said, "No, Brian. My best friend from the

frat."

 

"The white guy who thinks he's a Rastafarian?" I asked.

 

Austin laughed and nodded yes.

 

"He'll fucking love that you said that. Anyway, he found a box of my stuff

in his closet, and the leather jacket you gave me was in his closet behind

his."

 

"Ohhh, that's great baby!"

 

"Is it OK if he stays overnight? Maybe goes to the party with us?" Austin

asked like a little kid asking to spend the night at his friend's house.

 

"Austin, it's your apartment, too. But thanks for asking. Sure, we'll make

him right at home."

 

"Alex, until I can help pay for stuff, it's your apartment. I know how you

feel, but right is right.  Hell, we haven't even discussed our situation

yet, Am I living with you or just visiting?" Austin asked simply as he gazed

at me lovingly.

 

"We've never talked about this before, but I guess we should soon. I mean,

about us and the living arrangements and our relationship and all."

 

And then we went home, and Austin took me on the dining room table and again

later in bed.

 

"Mmmmmm. In four or five more years, you'll have that interest paid off," I

teased as I rested comfortably in his arms.

 

"I'll just keep borrowing if you offer deals like that," he said before

kissing my neck

 

The next morning, I got up and Austin made us breakfast while I made the

coffee, then we ate and later showered together. No sex that time, but we

looked at other with that, "soon, I promise" look. We got dressed, and I

left a few minutes early to drive him to work before going to mine.  I'd

told him I'd drive him to work and he could use the Motorcycle on weekends

and when our scheduals didn't fit, but I was so nervous about him on that.

 

I talked with Marika, and she agreed to do the shows that weekend without me

rather than not having a show that weekend. That way, I was open for all the

parties that weekend.

 

Friday began with a great day at work, James was given his own window and

Marika, Ian and I all got 25-cent raises.

 

That afternoon, I picked Austin up from work, and we went home and ate

dinner before getting ready for Brian's arrival. We were going to the P

House Halloween party before hooking up with Michael, Ryan, his Michael and

Brandon.

 

After showering together, Austin grabbed both towels and ran into the living

room with them saying, "You can't have a towel until you tell me who you're

going out as tonight!"

 

Of course, I followed bare assed and tried to intimidate him, but he just

laughed at my attempts then threw the towels at my face. As I caught them,

he grabbed me and began to tickle me with sadistic abandon. As he bent me

this way and that, never ceasing his evil torment, the doorbell rang.

 

"Brian!" we said together with looks of panic on our faces. I told him to

answer the door while I ran in and got dressed. Austin wrapped a towel

around his waist and went to the door, and I fled to the bedroom and pulled

some shorts and a shirt on.

 

"Hey, Alex!" Brian yelled from the other room.

 

"How's it going, Brian?" I hollered back.

 

"Cool man. Sorry for interrupting your scrumping!" he called back.  I was

soooo embarrassed. I was about lie to him and deny it, but Austin was

laughing so hard I just shook my head.

 

"Don't worry about it. Your frat brother just can't keep his hands to

himself. Let me know if he gets too frisky for you!"

 

"Hey!"Austin protested, though I knew he was grinning at Brian.

 

I came out a few minutes later and Brian was standing by the door talking to

Austin, who was more animated then usual. Brian smiled and walked up and

gave me a big one-armed, straight-boy hug.

 

"Good to see you again, dude. Thanks for letting me stay."

 

"Not a problem, dude. You're always welcome here." I said with a smile.

"Besides, look at the puppy grin you put on his face. How could I deny him

his best friend?"

 

Brian grinned and gave Austin a playful punch. "Hear that, asshole. I'm your

best friend, so you better be nice to me."

 

Austin grabbed his arm like it hurt him and said with a pout, "You hit me

again, and I'll get my boyfriend to beat your ass."

 

"Hey!" I protested. "When the hell did you get a boyfriend? I didn't know

you had no boyfriend!"

 

"Keep that up, and neither of us'll have one," he said with a scowl.

 

Brian was laughing and scuffed Austin's head and waved for him to follow

while he went down and got his stuff.

 

They came up with a suitcase and a large box, which Brian made Austin carry.

 

"Hey, it's his stuff!" Brian shrugged when I looked at them. I had set out

some of Austin's rolls and was making tea. Mrs. Tremere was slowly turning

the two of us into cultured Eurofags.

 

Austin couldn't be bothered with tea and food as he was excitedly digging

through his stuff.

 

"I pulled a bunch of his stuff aside when he called me from that dude's

place and told me was coming over to get it. I could hear that guy telling

him what to say," Brian said to me quietly as Austin excitedly went through

the box.

 

"So I took the stuff I knew was special and hid it in a box in my closet and

figured if he was doing OK, I'd say I forget it and give it to him later. So

what the hell was that guy's deal anyway?" he asked quietly.

 

"Hey, you two. Stop with the whispering!" Ausitn yelled while holding up a

diploma.

 

"Later," I said, winking at him.

 

Austin came in grinning like a kid on Christmas,

 

"Look, all my pictures of you from the Internet!" Austin had made a ream of

8x11 photos of me that he'd apparently read like a comic book as they were

now dog-eared and old-looking even though they weren't quite a year old. I

took them and went through them slowly, remembering each one I had sent him,

including childhood pictures.

 

I wanted to make a joke and berate him for wasting his paper and ink on me,

but when I looked up in his eyes, all I could do was smile and hand them

back to him.

 

"I have all of your photos too, baby." he grinned when I touched his fingers

as I handed them back.

 

"And look, the necklace you gave me, and the Oakleys. Phoebe made me get rid

of them, so I stored them at Brian's," Austin said, holding out the pendant

and sunglasses I'd given him for his birthday.

 

"Oh yeah, I got your jacket in my stuff," Brian said, jumping up and running

out.

 

Austin put his hand on my shoulder and squeezed, "Only thing I'm not getting

back is all the time she kept us apart."

 

I put my hand over his and held it as Brian came in carrying the jacket.

Austin pulled his hand off me quickly, and Brian rolled his eyes.

 

"Look, Austin. I don't care if you're gay or bi or whatever." Brian said

loudly. Austin blushed and put his hand back on my shoulder.

 

"Does that mean we can ..." Austin began to ask in his smart-assed voice.

 

"No!" Brian and I snapped at the same time. We both laughed as Austin said,

"Yeah, well. Fuck both of y'all. I wasn't talking about either of you

assholes, anyway."

 

So we went out to eat later and met up with Tiago, who was going to ride

down with us to Parliament House. We went home and loaded all our stuff in

the Jeep for the ride down. We were going to dress in our costumes at

Michael's before heading out to meet up with Ryan, his Michael, and Brandon.

 

"So no girls, huh?" Brian asked on the way down.

 

"Naaahh, they'll be lots of 'em tonight," Austin said.

 

"I'd make sure I checked their naughty bits just to make sure!" Tiago said.

 

"Why? You wouldn't care either way!" I said, laughing.

 

"True, but I'd wanna know what I was doing later," he said with a poke to

the back of my seat.

 

"Well, from what Austin says, I'd be safer hitting on a boy in a dress then

a girl in overalls," Brian said, poking Austin's seat.

 

"Depends on which boy and what you plan on doing later on." I teased. Then

Tiago added, "He's right. Stay away from the leather crowed or anyone

dressed like the Village People!"

 

We laughed before Austin volunteered, "Of course, it's a gay bar on

Halloween. That cuts down your choices by like 90 percent."

 

"Maybe I need to accept that I'm going home alone for a change," he sighed.

 

"Safe bet" Austin said, laughing.

 

So we all piled out and brought our costumes up in bags, satchels and, in

Austin's case, a small suitcase to protect the mask.

 

"Well, I don't recognize those two, so who'd you bring for me?" Michael

asked from his doorway as he gazed at Brian and Tiago."

 

"That depends how you act tonight. If you're very good, you get Brian, and

if you're a naughty boy, Tiagois going to spank and punish you." I said,

walking past him.

 

"So how do I get both?" he called after me.

 

"Actually, Michael, Brian isn't gay." Austin said as he slid past Michael.

 

"Well technically, neither are you, big boy!" Michael said.

 

"Technically, neither am I," Tiago answered.

 

"Hey, you're the only fag here." Austin said to me.

 

"Uhhh humm," Michael cleared his throat, letting everyone know which side of

the fence he stood on.

 

"Poor Brian. Three who munch rug versus four who suck rod," Michael said.

 

"How do you know I don't suck rod too?" Brian asked Michael mischievously.

 

Michael looked at me and shrugged, "You're right, I don't." Then Michael

grabbed his arm and yanked him laughing into his bedroom. A moment later,

Brian screamed and pleaded loudly. Austin rolled his eyes, Tiago got all

excited, and I laughed.

 

"Whatever you do Brian, don't call him a fag. It just turns him on," I

called out.

 

"Shut up, Smurf. Brian can't respond, he's got his mouth full," Michael

called back as Brian laughed.

 

"All right Michael, let me know if he swallows. Oh, and no fucking him. He's

my best friend, and that's my job!" Austin called out.

 

"Dream on!" Brian said as he opened the door, and we rolled around laughing

hysterically at ourselves.

 

"Yeah, Alex would probably kill you," Austin said matter-of-factly.

 

"Love, if I catch you fucking him, you will be the first casualty, and

you'll be searching for weeks trying to find out where your balls went after

I kicked them so hard they flew out your mouth." And then I smiled sweetly

and tweaked his nose and said with a kiss in the air near his face,

"Loverboy."

 

"Daaaamn!" Brian laughed. "You finally found a girlfr... I mean Boyfriend

who could keep you in your place!" Then he turned to me and said, "Good job,

Alex!"

 

"Brian, don't encourage Mighty Mouse, we have a strict rule about not

feeding the animals," Michael said, handing beers to Tiago and Austin.

 

"He's right, Brian. But if you wanna feed the yeti, he eats anything old and

grizzled, and I mean anything," I said, pulling Austin into Michael's room

to begin changing him and helping with his costume.

 

 

"No more fucking on my bed!" Michael called out. I panicked suddenly,

remembering that the only time it happened was with Jason. I stopped and

hoped Austin didn't see.

 

"Well?" Austin said from behind me.

 

"Well, what?"

 

"Well, who the hell fucked you on Michael's bed? I know it wasn't him,"

Austin said only half-jokingly, but with a serious edge.

 

"Oh, lots of guys. I was a total tramp a few years ago," I said trying to

laugh it off.

 

"You're lying. It was Jason, wasn't it?" Austin asked calmly.  I took a long

deep breath and let it out slowly before asking,

 

"Why do you think it was him? I've known Michael a lot longer then either of

you."

 

"Because you'd have told me if it was Jake, and you wouldn't have cared if

it was some trick. It couldn't have been Colin, because you didn't know

Michael back then. Now you're worried how I'll react."

 

He was right, even though he was calm. I was still worried. With all that

had happened, there were still things we'd never discussed. Part of the

problem with two guys dating, I suppose; neither one wants to rock the boat.

 

"Yeah, one night we got drunk and did it here. It was tacky, and ..." I was

about to say I was sorry when Austin put his fingertip to my lips.

 

"Shhh. We weren't together then Alex. I mean, honestly, a big part of me

wishes you'd have just waited and been there when I came back. I mean, as

far I was concerned, you were mine, and we should have been together. I also

know it was stupid for me to expect that after what I told you. I want to

feel grateful to him for taking care of you, I really do. I know how much it

had to hurt when I called you, but I can't yet, and I admit it, I'm still

jealous. But I do feel bad for him, too. I wouldn't wanna lose you the way

he did."

 

I hugged him tightly around his chest and laid my head on his pecs, "Thank

you, Austin. You've always been number one. Always. And you won't lose me

unless you chase me away.  But I still feel awful for what I did to Jason.

He deserved so much more."

 

Austin kissed my forehead tenderly and brushed my hair aside from my eyes as

I'd been letting it grow longer for that night.

 

Softly he said, "So you gonna help me put this crap on?" while holding up

the make-up and mask.

 

Twenty minutes later he was totally done and then he looked at me and said,

"Soooo who are you gonna be?" I smirked at him and began pushing him out of

the room.

 

"Can't tell you yet. You'll see when everyone else does," he cursed me and

tickled me a bit but I pointed out he was just making it longer till he

found out.

 

My costume was pretty simple, a red and white horizontal-striped shirt, blue

shorts, a slingshot in my back pocket and my longer hair all spiked up with

fluorescent yellow styling gel and hair spray. That -- and an evil smirk --

and I was set.

 

I stepped out and Austin, who was in his tiger outfit, just gave me a dumb

stare. So did Tiago, who was in a Zorro costume; very sexy, I might add.

Michael was wearing a black paramilitary uniform; very hot in a naughty sort

of way. It was even hotter when he slipped his Ray-Bans on and his eyes

disappeared. Brian's costume made me laugh. He wore yellow and orange surfer

shorts and a Ron Jon's Surf Shop T-shirt with little rubber sharks stuck all

over him. Their mouths were on him as in a bite, and little mouth-sized

pieces of the costume were cut or torn out. It was funny as hell.

 

"So what the fuck are you? Dennis the Menace?" Austin blurted out.

 

Brian began laughing, and as I got up next to Austin in his tiger outfit,

Michael began laughing so hard he dropped to the floor. Tiago was the last,

but you could see his face when he got it. Finally, I stood next to Austin

and brought us to a mirror to show him.

 

So there in the mirror, we had a very tall, cute cartoon tiger next to a

little boy with spiked yellow hair and a mischievous grin. All of a sudden,

Austin smiled in recognition.

 

"Hi, Calvin."

 

"Hey, Hobbes."

 

"I guess it's official now, you two," Brian said after swigging his beer.

 

"What's that?" Austin asked as he hugged me.

 

"Dude! Theme costumes? You two are so totally a couple now," he said with a

laugh.

 

"I coulda told you that and saved you a trip," Michael said. "You wanna see

the video I made of them a few weeks ago when they got trashed and started

making out on the floor?"

 

Austin and I spun around quickly. "What?" we asked in unison. Brian laughed

and said, "Thanks, but no thanks."

 

"No way. You're full of shit. I wasn't that drunk," Austin said after he had

settled down and was mostly convinced that he was right.

 

"Nah, but you both made good faces when I said that," Michael said, picking

up his handcuffs, his keys, his nightstick and his fake pepper spray (breath

saver).

 

"OK, troops. Lock and load. We're hitting enemy territory!" Michael said in

his deepest voice as he went to the door. We all laughed and followed. I had

never seen Michael so sexy before.

 

When we arrived at a very busy Parliament House, the parking lots were

overflowing and the crowd was all amped up a few more notches then normal.

 

"Holy shit!" Brian said "This is a gay club? It's massive!"

 

"It's their secret base, Bri. Michael's a general, and I'm a spy. Pretty

soon we're taking over. Sorry dude. By tomorrow you'll even be gayer then

Alex!" Austin said in a very serious voice.

 

"Hey!" I protested as Austin pulled me in for a kiss.

 

"I'm still not gonna let you fuck me no matter how gay you make me!" Brian

said unemotionally.

 

Just then Tiago said in a soft purr, "Relax, Brian. Austin isn't going to

fuck your hot tight ass. I am!" He whispered into Brian's ear and goosed

him.

 

In his best redneck voice Brian said "Gollllly. I ain't never been with no

Spanish chick before!"

 

Tiago turned to me and said, "Just for that, no lube."

 

"No lube, Brian, sorry. She's not Spanish, she's Port-u-geeeze," I said

holding the vowels extra long.

 

"Ahhh, that's OK," Brian said with a shrug of his shoulders. "I'll get drunk

enough I won't care."

 

"You are all freaks, total freaks!" Michael said as he paid the cover

charge.

 

We didn't even bother going inside the club at first. We chose to go get a

drink at one of the outdoor tiki bars and show Brian the size of the club.

It was fun because sights that I wouldn't have looked at twice were cracking

him up: dudes kissing, drag queens, nearly naked leather queens. After about

20 minutes, we ran into Brandon, Ryan's roommate, who was dressed in a

doctor's coat with a stethoscope around his neck.

 

.

"Hey, Brandon!" I yelled out.

 

"Heeeey, Alex," he shouted back with a big grin as he came over.

 

"Where's the rest of the group?" I asked him after a quick hug.

 

"Hey Austin," Brandon said after he saw the Tiger. "Ryan and Michael are

inside dancing. You can't miss 'em."

 

I introduced Brandon to Brian, Tiago, and my Michael, whom he seemed rather

fond of. Let's face it, a 6-foot-6 guy dressed in paramilitary garb is going

to attract a fair amount of attention, and so far Michael was getting more

than a few stares.

 

So our little army grew as we got drinks and toured. As we stood in line

waiting to go inside the packed club, a group of cowboys went by, all young

and bronzed with big red scarves around their necks. Suddenly I heard my

name being shouted and turned to the cowboys to see a very excited one

running up to me.

 

"Alex!" an amped up Asian cowboy was shouting.

 

"James!" I shouted back, hugging him in surprise.

 

"I was wondering if I was gonna see you here," James yelled over the noise.

 

"You did? I-I didn't even know you were gay," I yelled back

 

"Uh, yeah. I kept dropping hints, but you were always so wrapped up talking

about you and Austin. I just didn't know how to say it to you. Marika

knows," he said a little lower as we had sidetracked into the closed

restaurant with my army in tow.

 

Michael and Tiago went to find Ryan and his Michael - why do so many gay

guys insist on calling themselves Michael instead of Mike or mickey or

BOB??? -- while Austin, Brian, Brandon and I talked with James for a few

minutes. I barely noticed three guys dressed with black and white headbands

with floppy ears, black and white jock straps with tails and black and white

boots all wearing dog collars. Then a large hand covered my eyes and a voice

far above me said, "Guess who mutha fucka!" I knew it was Natasha, but if

she were opening up the gate ...

 

"Hmmm. Tall, dark skin, hairy as fuck forearms, fruity breath," I said. "It

has to be King Kong's gay step brother Queen Kon."