Snookers
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With the guys gone, Dirk and Joel settled down for some very intimate snuggle time. A soft kiss here, nuzzle there, caresses to the shoulders and cheeks. Just gentle lovings and soft whispers. "I love you's" being exchanged more than a few times as they lay there in each other's arms.
Leaned back on the couch, resting his head against the arm of it, his arms curled around Joel. He gives a soft squeeze as he hears the truck pull into the garage. "Love you babe." he whispers with a kiss to his soft cheek. "Sounds like we're going to be busy here soon."

"Mmhmm." Course he was so snuggled up and in Dirk's arms he doesn't even notice the sound of the truck, he is so warm and snuggled that he agrees to whatever Dirk says.

To the door he goes, at least five bags piled high in his arms as he tries to adjust and get the door open. "Ugh.." Soft grunts until finally the door opens and he is standing there trying to look around the bags. "Hello? A little help?"

He sits up and slides Joel out of his lap. "Sorry babe. Dirk to the rescue!" He grins and gives him another kiss before he gets up off of the couch. Walking over to Cole he snags up three of the bags and leans in to give him a kiss before heading into the kitchen. "Whatcha get?" He grins and puts them onto the counter.

He gets slid out of Dirk's lap and watches both he and Cole before shaking his head and sliding off the couch himself. On to the kitchen to help put away things. He grabs up one of the bags and goes to it.

"Phew, thanks." He smiles up at Dirk. Then follows them into the kitchen. "Oh tons of stuff!" He giggles softly and drops the bags on the floor. He searches each bag till he finds his lollipops, pulls one out and it is in his mouth in less then two seconds. "The bigger surprise is outside! Gage needs help getting my present out though." He smiles big even with the lollipop in his mouth.

He looks to Cole with a raised brow. "Present?" Shaking his head, he has to laugh. "You're so spoiled." He turns his attention to Joel. "You ok to put this stuff away while I help out Gage?" He makes his way out to the garage and alongside the truck. "Hey, what'd you buy him this time?"

"Uh huh, present." He even sways back and forth, it is all he can do to not be jumping up and down with how happy he is. He moves over and starts to help his brother put the food up, but he tries to sneak a few cakes and cookies when Joel isn't looking.

He has to agree, Cole is spoiled. But he laughs and keeps on putting the food up. "Sure thing, go help Gage." He smiles at Dirk then smacks his brother's hand when he tries to get into pretty much all the cakes and cookies he can.

There is Gage, resting up against the back of the truck with his arms over his chest. "I didn't buy it, he found it.. we almost ran over it and he had a fit, so he loaded it up in the truck and brought it home. I couldn't say no! You should of seen the pout he gave me."

He just shoots Gage a look. He's not overly happy with Gage at the moment, but that can wait. "What the hell is it?" He frowns and walks around to the back of the truck. He jumps back when the thing attacks one of the windows. "Gaaaaah! What the hell?"

A shake of his head. "I'm not exactly sure what it.." Then he is interrupted when the thing attacks the window, he jumps back away from the truck and laughs. "Jeezus!" He laughs even more and keeps his distance. "I think it is some kind of rat! I don't know." He can't stop laughing.

"A rat... in my truck?!?" He looks at Gage, then back to his truck. "My truuuuuuuuuuck!" He whines. He tiptoes to the truck and peers in. "Oh Gods, my truck!" He looks over at Gage. "It puked in my truck!"

He busts out laughing now, that just got him good. "He has named it! What was I suppose to do, tell him no and leave it on the side of the road?" He says between laughs, course he is just about to fall to the ground.

He just shoots a glare at him. "That thing is tearing up the upholstery!" He walks over to the front of the garage and grabs up a pair of leather gloves, then tosses a pair to Gage. "I'll open it up, you catch it! Better yet, why not just let it go?"

Out the door and into the garage comes Cole. "You guys get Snookers out yet? My poor baby!" He rushes to the truck and pulls up the back, pulling out the creature and wrapping it in his arms. "Poor Snookers got sick again." He kisses the top of its head.

A choking laugh at all this, man this was too much and he named it of all things Snookers. He can't stop laughing, he literally has to sit down on the ground he is laughing so much that if he didn't he would fall flat on his face.

He doesn't find this amusing at all. His truck reeked of animal vomit and the upholstery was torn. He glares at Gage then turns and looks at Cole. "That thing stays outside. I will not have it in the house. It's ugly, it pukes and it tears things up!"

His jaw drops and he cuddles Snookers even more against him. "He got sick it isn't his fault! He is a good boy and he should come inside where it is warm! I won't leave him out here in the cold!" He stomps his foot down on the ground.

Gage for now tries his best not to laugh but cracks up and laughs yet again.

He looks over at Gage. He could just kick the living shit out of him right now. "You're not helping!" Back to Cole. "He's a wild animal Cole. He'll end up dying inside because we don't know how to feed him or take care of him. No, he's not going inside with us."

"Sorry, sorry.. I can't stop." He laughs and even lays down on the ground, Cole pouting and Dirk acting like dad was it for him. How could he not laugh!

He purses his lips over at Gage then back to Dirk, but then that word hit him like a ton of bricks. "Die? But, but he can't die." He bottom lip starts to quiver and olive greens begin to well with tears. His hands curl around the creature and hold him tight, big tear filled olive greens look up at Dirk, lip quivering even more.

He rolls his head back and sighs heavily, closing his eyes. He hated to see Cole cry. It tore him up inside. "Don't cry baby. He can stay in the guest bathroom. Just please, don't cry." He lowers his head and looks Cole square on and to the thing in his arms. "That is the ugliest thing I've ever seen." He mutters. Looking back inside his truck he winces and turns his head. "Gah! How am I going to get that smell out?

Tears all gone he squeals and holds Snookers out in front of his face and giggles. "You can come in the house, oh yes you can, oh yes you can, my little Snookers Ookers!" He snuggles the creature up to his face and kisses him on top of the head then runs in the house with him. A loud yell can be heard from inside the house. "What the hell is that!?" Another loud yell that must be Joel. "It bit me!"

Gage laughs and lays back on the ground. "Oh man, that was fantastic!" A deep sigh and he exhales slowly, the laughter finally subsiding. "That thing is nasty I tell you."

He watches as Cole runs off and sighs. Hands on his hips when Joel yells out. He just shakes his head and turns his gaze on Gage. "You spoil him too much." He just can't believe all of this. "You know that thing is going to die in a weeks time from starvation." He sighs and runs a hand through his hair.

"Come on D, he saw it on the road. I almost ran over it and he wanted to take care of it. There isn't anything wrong with taking care of a stray, whatever that thing is." He grins and lifts up off the ground. "What do you want me to do? Tell him that he can't care about things?"

"If it pukes, pisses or shits on the carpeting or furniture, you're cleaning it up." He glowers at Gage. "And when that thing dies, you explain it to Cole." He shakes his head and goes to get the stuff to detail out his truck. How he is ever going to get the stench out or fix the rips he has no clue.

He shakes his head. "I will get rid of it, let it go and tell him it got loose. No big deal, hell I'll even find him something else to take care of. Here." He reaches in his pocket and brings out his wallet, grabbing a few hundreds from it and laying them on the inside of the truck. "I'll pay to have it cleaned, don't have a damn hissy fit."

"Keep your damned money. Is that your answer to everything? Throw money at it and it'll go away?" He climbs into the truck and starts to clean it. His mouth an angry white line. He looks back over his shoulder. "And by the way, I enjoyed the little talk I had with Jaden today too."

A Slow Dance
Rated R, A Little Steamy..







After the stress of the last few days, Dirk and Cole decide to go to a dance club. They danced, drank, laughed and were at each other's side all night. So when the call came for last dance from the DJ, things went a little like this.

The dance floor was a bit crowded as the songs went from fast to a slow. Silhouettes of individuals becoming one to the music as the crowd swayed and moved to the slower beats. Dirk had his arms around Cole and was kissing his ear as their bodies melded together and moved as a single unit. His knee between Cole's, his thigh pressed against that special place as he makes serpentine moves with his hips and torso. The sweat of their bodies mingles and makes their naked chests slide against and with each others. His kiss goes to Cole's neck, and as he puts his hands on Cole's torso and leans him back, those kisses trail down adam's apple to his chest, then back up as he slowly brings Cole back up.


A small sigh from his lips as he leans back, and he smiles softly as he is then pulled back up. His hands slide over Dirk's shoulders and he moves with him, that bottom lip being nibbled on as they continue to move together. When a certain place is rubbed against again he lets out a small sigh and even a whisper of a moan, luckily the music is rather loud and the people all around them seem to be in the same state as they are.

He continues kissing and nibbling on the creamy flesh of Cole's neck, gently suckling and leaving his mark. Strong hands travel down Cole's back and one rubs down his ass, to his thigh and, leaning Cole back once more, he pulls Cole's knee up to Dirk's hip. He rubs their bodies together as he licks the sweat from between Cole's pecs. Bringing him back up, he slides his hand up to Cole's neck curling his fingers into the nape of Cole's hair, he gently pulls his head back and suckles on that neck once more.

After the sucking and kisses on his body and neck, he leans his head on Dirk's shoulder and breathes onto his neck.. His hands now rubbing Dirk's shoulders gently then slide along his skin, while he then moves his lips to Dirk's neck and sucks gently and kisses as his lips move up to his ear, then cheek.. and finally to his lips, his tongue gliding along Dirk's bottom lip

His grip in Cole's hair tightens as his Vixen begins the kissing and licking and suckling. "Oh babe.." he moans softly in Cole's ear. Their bodies still moving to the slow beat, hips grinding into hips as Dirk opens his mouth and glides his tongue along Cole's. Eyes closed, the rest of the room drifts away as he becomes lost in the world where only they exist.

He lays one more kiss on him as he turns slowly.. a very seductive smile as he does and he presses his back up against Dirk. His arm moving back around himself to the back of Dirk's neck and he takes Dirk's hand and slowly moves it down his own neck and chest with a soft moan.

When Cole turns, he grins and raises a brow, then leans his head forward under Cole's curled arm. Turning his head to the side, he continues to mark his territory by suckling on a fresh patch of skin. His hand moves with Cole's down his sweat slicked chest, then stomach. His other hand glides along Cole's chest as well and he didn't lose a beat when it came to his undulating hip movements against Cole's backside now.

He turns back around and pulls away from him with a smile.. Eyebrows raise and he nibbles on that bottom lip and moves on his own.. His hands touching over his own chest and stomach.

He watches with hungry eyes as his Cole moved away. He puts his fingers to his mouth to taste the sweat of Cole that was still on them. Pulling his head back slowly, he runs his hand down his chin, then throat, first one hand, then the other, as if he's helping himself to swallow something. Head comes back down as he grins again at his man and his own hands touch as they glide down his chest to his stomach.

Cole continued to slowly back up until he disappears in the crowd. With a laugh, Dirk is soon to follow. To the bar they go, to quench their thirsts.

The Joining


The day dawned on Naia, clear and bright. The sky was a vast array of hues ranging from purples to scarlet to light greens. Not the typical boring azure blue of earth. The planet's special atmosphere burst it's star's rays into a billion little prisms of light and the sky was a constantly changing work of nature's art.

The four men stood in a circle, hands joined, around a priestess dressed in the traditional yaikambo wedding garb. They were each silhouetted against the sun?s first rays. The priestesses robe was brilliant yellow and orange, red and blue and with the sun?s rising, the colors would become more and more vibrant. But, as it were, the colors of all of their clothing were very subdued. The long robe swirled around her bare feet in the morning mist, with a slight wind blowing.

The men were all dressed in the traditional yaobai, multicolored long, flowing robes. Dirk's was a myriad of blues, from the deepest indigo to the softest of pastels all splashed and brushed onto the soft material. Dru's was a majestic red, symbolizing his status on his home world. He was royalty, and he looked it. Cole's was green and pink and all the soft pastels that can be imagined. And Dien's was the royal purple that also showed his line of royalty, albeit a lower line than Dru's.

They stood hand in hand in hand, the soft breeze blowing the hems of their robes about their feet and their hair about their shoulders. Dru and Dien both had crowns of creamy white miniature lilies while Dirk had a circlet of silver intertwined with white and gold daisies. Cole had a crown of white and pink roses that his hair was woven into

As the ceremony proceeded, the priestess raised her hands and began to sway and move, chanting the words in her native tongue about the joys of marriage and how each of these special men were to live their lives in peace and harmony. She touches each face gently, and bestows a kiss upon each of their foreheads, a shining mark of her blessing, and the blessing of the gods. Drums beat softly in the back ground and when the priestess ends her song, the drums get louder. One by one, she unclasps each of their hands and the spirit of the drums and the predecessor's songs catches each man as they begin to sway and dance as the priestess did.

Moving in a circle, they danced, with the joy of the ceremony that would bind them for life. With twists and turns and the starting of singing and loud shouting in utter joy and bliss, the men danced for hours in the morning?s sun. One by one, Dru?s and Dien?s siblings joined in the dance to celebrate their brother?s love. Then the parents, aunts and uncles joined in as well. The circle of dancers grew larger and larger. Each ring of the circle was significant in it identified the ranking and placing order of each family member.

This continued until the drums suddenly ceased and the men sat, huddled together, clinging to each other in exhaustion. One more, the priestess approaches, a shining smile on her face, utter love for the men as he slowly circles them, binding them with a silver and gold rope. In her native tongue, she blesses them once more with the Goddess' words. "Live, love, be good to each other. This is the will of the Goddess." was the loose translation. And just that quickly, it was over and Dru and Dien's family surrounded them, pelting them with seeds from the native plants, that they may have a long and fruitful marriage.

Getting Kicked Out


Gage sits in the chair. For some reason they love to fit him in leather pants. But then he doesn't question them, not with the amount he makes. His eyes closed as the girl is just beside herself while she does his hair and make-up. He sighs softly and shakes his head a bit as she just purrs into his ear. A small purse of his lips. Usually he loves that someone wants him, but really, this girl is just too much. Green blues open slowly and he looks into the mirror, watching as the other models walk by and smile and wave to him, small wave back to them as well. "Easy there, you are pressing a bit into me and well.. I'm not in the mood." He whispers to her, she blushes and stands back a bit as she continues to style his hair.

Dirk had just arrived at the hall where the show was to be held. He was sleepy, the dark circles under his eyes were proof of his mostly sleepless night. But that smile was from ear to ear. A bag slung over his shoulder, he walks over to the board to check to see who else was going to be in the show. His finger runs down the list and he laughs when he sees that particular name. "I'll be damned." With a shake of his head, he walks through the backstage area. The other models were trying to avoid him, since he had been in such a bad mood lately and gave him quizzical looks as he greeted each with a friendly smile and a pat to the shoulder or back. Hazels look around until he finds the one he's looking for. Making a beeline over, he steps up behind Gage and puts his hands over those green blue eyes. "Guess who?"

"Easy.." Gage grins to the girl as her hands then find their way to his shoulders, she rubs them gently and he shakes his head again. Some women, just never quit.. but then suddenly her hands are gone and their are hands over his eyes. He laughs softly at the voice and of course the scent of not only Dirk, but Cole as well. So they had f*cked recently, meaning Cole is somewhere near as well, lovely. He shrugs and smirks. "Could it be my cousin Alfred?"

Dirk laughs and removes his hands, softly popping Gage on the back of his head. "You ain't got a cousin Alfred." Moving around to Gage's front, he leans against the counter and folds his arms across his chest. "Looking good, how ya doing?"

Green blues open and he grins. "Well, well, if it isn't Dirk. I'm good." He nods and settles back in the chair, reaching down he unbuttons the leather pants and then stands up to pull them off. "Where's the other half? He must be near, right?"

"Cole stayed back at the hotel with Lily and the wet nurse. He doesn't like to watch them helping me dress." His tongue glides over his teeth, lips pursing slightly as he watches Gage remove the pants. "So where's ze Tomaz, your 'uzzzband?" Mocking that accent and dragging out the z's as best he can.

Throwing the pants onto the chair, Gage laughs and looks Dirk up and down, then grabs a towel to start wiping the oil off his chest and stomach they had put on him before. He hates that sh!t. "He's probably having lunch by now at the hotel."

Dirk grins, shaking his head. "Surprised he's not here." Leaning back, he puts his hands on the counter, then slides onto it. "Ze Gage, alwayz 'az to 'ave ze verra best, non?" Boy he was eating this up.

"I always have the best." He smirks and throws the towel at Dirk as then he pulls off the silk boxers and grabs his bag, sliding them into it and pulling out his own pants from it then. "Not jealous, are you?"

"Of what?" He laughs, hazels still intently watching Gage's every move. "Just giving you a hard time man."

He chuckles softly and leans close. "You must be in a very good mood. I mean you did just f*ck Cole recently. I'm sure that'd put anybody in a good mood, even Owen over there was telling us all about it. How he took Cole to that diner and got a blow job in the bathroom."

Dirk grins crookedly and rubs the back of his neck. That is, until he mentioned Owen. "He what?" Hazels search the crowd and then land on Owen. His mouth a taught line of anger.

Another chuckle and he shakes his head. "He gave it up when I asked him what Cole tasted like. He didn't even know what I meant." He shrugs and slides on his pants, then grabbing his t-shirt and pulling that on too. "I'd watch who you let your husband leave here with, not all are good guys. Some of us are monsters.." He grins and grabs his bag up. "Nice seeing you again Dirk." As he walks on towards the doors.

"Mother f*cker's going to die for spreading lies." He growls and gets up off of the counter. He bumps into Gage as he sprints across the way to get to Owen. Tackling him down, the fists fly as left after right rain down on the clueless stage hand. "Don't you f*cking ever say another God damned word about my husband." He didn't yell, it was a menacing growl.

"Ah sh!t." He grumbles as Dirk goes flying. He drops his bag and walks over and grabs Owen's feet and yanks him out from under Dirk. Then looks down at Dirk and laughs. "Still having trouble with your anger I see, unless you want to get thrown out of every f*cking show, I'd suggest you control it." He reaches down and grabs for Dirk.

And suddenly Owen was gone. The fist that had been aimed at his face slams into the concrete floor and Dirk crumbles to the ground, holding his fist to his chest. "F*ck!" Rolling over, he looks up at Gage. "Son of a bitch should never had said sh!it, G, you know that. I can't let him get away with that." Already Marcia and a few others had come over and were staring down at him. "Alright, I'll go." He puts his good hand up into Gage's and pulls himself up. He mutters about sons of bitches talking sh!t about Cole as he walks over and grabs his bag. "Well G, where are we off to?"

The Second Encounter - Meeting a Friend

Dirk had been in Greece for a couple of days and found solace in the warm water and white sand beaches there. Meeting Deo had been a twist of fate that he wasn't going to question. On the second day there, Dirk heads out onto the beach, back to that rocky outcropping where he'd been the day before. He was hoping to see that class again. But mostly he was hoping that Deo was there. Wearing a pair of long swim trunks that came down past his knees and a pair of flip flops. Sunglasses perched atop his blond head. The dragon necklace that Joel had given him so long ago, dangled from his neck and sparkled against his bare chest.

The class is there alright, however Deo is nowhere to be seen. There is a female model this time, she stands there nude of course. However just far out from the parking lot, walks Deo, his black robe on. Yes they talked him into posing yet again. Honestly he doesn't mind being nude, and having people drawing him, however he is the one that loves to draw. Only a bit of slight disappointment on his features. Vivid blue eyes scan the crowd and he can hear the soft gasps as he slowly takes the robe off and climbs to be on the small stage with the other model. The female model sighs and closes her eyes as Deo slides behind her and wraps his arm around her stomach, his fingers caressing over the skin, he poses with her and pulls her back slightly against his chest. His long dark curls caressing over his shoulders, his eyes look out further and of course he spots Dirk. A small smile, wondering if from so far out that Dirk can see it.

When Dirk saw the class, he sighs with a bit of disappointment. No Deo. He turns to scoop up a pebble from the sand and he throws it out into the water, watching as it skimmed along the placid waves. A shrug of his shoulder as the pebble finally sinks and then he turns to walk back. Another glance back at the class and he stops to watch. His eyes on Deo the second he spots him and Dirk steps closer, then closer to watch as the female model molded her body back against Deo. A smile forms on Dirk's mouth and when he's about ten yards from the class, he settles onto the sand, cross legged. It was amazing simply to watch Deo. The natural sensuality that emanated from him made it look like he was very familiar with the woman and that they were quite intimate. Reaching up, he flips his sunglasses down onto his eyes.

As the woman touches Deo's skin, many things happened. He could tell that her heart picked up in pace, her breathing as well. His fingers stay still, however with her breathing it causes them to caress over her. A woman that is ready to bear a child. Her body willing and wanting of his, of course he would never be with a mortal woman. Too easy of prey that they are, hell this one is begging him inside her mind for him to take her right here in front of the class of all things! He finds that simply appalling. Though he does find her more than beautiful, all humans are amazingly beautiful to him, but to make love to one? He has not yet traveled down such a road. His eyes stay on Dirk as he moves over and settles in the sand. A look given to him, a greeting really. The girl slides her hand down Deo's thigh and Deo slowly shakes his head and her hand moves away from him. That's all it simply took, a small gesture and she does as he wills her to do. His eyes land back on Dirk.

Dirk's eyes capture every tiny detail and every single movement, no matter how slight. An upnod with a smile as Deo acknowledges Dirk's presence. How he wished he had his sketchpad with him. He saw the woman's hand drop to Deo's thigh and Dirk's brow arches upwards. Where they going to... but then her hand moves and Dirk chuckles softly. When Deo looked back at him, he smiles brightly and brings his hand up to his glasses to bring them down a bit. Looking over them, he waggles his brows.

The movement of Dirk's eyebrows make Deo's one dark brow arch a bit. Slight smirk comes across his lips as he whispers into the woman's ear. Her light brown eyes open and she seems to be in that of a dream like state. All of the students watch with awe as Deo slides from behind the woman and takes her hand. "Beautiful." Is whispered from his lips and the woman nods with a smile and faint blush to her cheeks. Deo's eyes close and he kisses the woman's hand, she gasps and goes to her knees in front of him. Deo's bright blue eyes open slowly and he smiles to the woman as she kneels before him. How very unhappy she would be if she knew that this was all a show, not for her, for someone else. And his eyes land on that someone as he sits out in the sand. Deo stands bowing to all of them with a chuckle. He climbs off the stage and gathers his robe to pull it on. The woman reaches for him, Deo shakes his head and blows her a kiss for all her admiration. She faints, right there and Deo cannot help but chuckle. "Come Dirk, I will buy us lunch!" He calls far enough for Dirk as he walks towards the changing rooms.

Dirk grins at the smirk and leans back a bit, hands to the sand behind him to support his weight. Wondering what he was whispering to the woman he furrows his brows just a bit. And when the woman goes to her knees before Deo, his eyes go wide. She was going to give him a...? He was slightly disappointed when Deo stepped away from the woman. But not overly so. And when she fainted, Dirk laughed with a shake of his head. "Lady killer." he grins and then gets up when Deo calls to him. Dusting the sand from his butt and legs, he walks towards the changing rooms as well. "Quite the performance." He grins and waits for Deo.

"Was, was it not?" Deo smiles and ties his robe. Walking towards the changing room, his eyes however are on Dirk as they walk. His dark curls swaying with the wind. His feet seem to barely even be touching the ground. "I thought you would enjoy such a show." A grin on his lips, making his left cheek dimple in such a way that is more then natural. "To be worshiped is something all mortal men long for, is it not? I find it rather tiring at times." His musical laughter escapes from his lips.

Dirk's hazels watch Deo as he walks. "I did enjoy it." He laughs softly and then looks forward. "I guess men want to be worshipped. I know that I don't mind it." He looks over with a smirk. "I can imagine it'd be tiring for you. I bet she's not the first to have fainted from a kiss from you."

"You should see what an actual kiss can do." Deo smirks at him and walks along until he moves through the doorway of the changing room. The robe is pulled off and set on one of the benches. "So, Dirk. Care to tell me of what brings you to Greece?" As he goes to the locker where his clothing is, he begins to pull out the silk boxers and slide them on, bright blue eyes going back to Dirk to show him that of course he has Deo's full attention as he speaks.

"I can only imagine." Dirk chuckles and sits down on the bench beside the silk robe. "A friend of mine brought me and another friend here. The other guy went back home already. And I'm just admiring the sights... of the island, of course."

"Sounds interesting enough." Deo smiles and turns around as he pulls the silk boxers to his hips. "And you are finding Greece to be.. full of sights?" He smiles and takes his black slacks from the locker next and puts them on, his blue shirt next and also put on. Socks and shoes to be on next of course and he is all dressed as they continue to speak.

J"Not really." he laughs. "I've only been to the beach, trying to clear my head of things." He looks down with a soft sigh, then looks back up at him. "But enough about me. Where did you plan on going for lunch?"

"My place of course." Deo smiles and closes the locker. "It is but a walk from here. I will show you. I think you will find it very lovely, most do." He chuckles and puts his hands into his pockets. "Shall we?" As he moves to the door and out of it, the sun instantly on his face and he closes his eyes to the warmth of it. "It is proving to be a wonderous day." He whispers.

.....................................Delusional..........................................




After not hearing from Cole in over a week, Dirk had had enough. Cole may not be his to worry and dote over, but dammit, he can't help but worry about the little guy. He picked up a box of chocolate covered strawberries along the way. A peace offering of sorts. Parking his truck far from the house, he wanted to do this unnoticed. He snuck in the side door and stealthily moved through the house to Cole's room. There he stands now, looking down at the door handle. A deep breath, and he knocks.

Cole on the other hand has been in a blissful honeymoon phase. Never far from Lex's side, however Lex had gone out shopping. So, Cole lays alone in the bed, cuddling Lex's pillow and breathing in what scent is left of him. He's not exactly dressed for company either, and he realizes that when there is a knock at the door. "Who is it?" He calls out as he slides off the bed and walks over grabbing his baby blue robe, and puts it on.

"It's me, Monkey Man." Man, did this feel uncomfortable. He was so use to being able to just waking on in and taking Cole in his arms. He pushes the thought aside. Friends, just friends. That's how it was and how it will be. He keeps reminding himself of that. "May I enter your chamber?" he winces as that came out sounding sarcastic.

His jaw drops a bit when that voice comes through the door. Olive greens a bit wide. "Oh.. um." He frowns and ties up the robe. A deep breath and he looks around the room, clothes all over the place, the bed a mess. "Crud." He whispers and nibbles his bottom lip for a moment. Lex would not be happy about him making a mess of the room either, or about letting Dirk in their room. "Um." He walks over to the door and puts his hand on the doorknob, turning it slowly and opening the door a tiny bit. "Hi.."

He stood there and waited and when the door was finally opened a crack he looks down at Cole. "I'm not going to bite." He smiles and holds up the box of chocolate covered strawberries. "I come in peace. May I come in?"

"It's not that.. just." He sighs and looks at the box of candies, then those olive greens look back up at Dirk. "What are you doing here?" He whispers, his heart is thumping like crazy in his chest, his hand trembling as it holds the door open that tiniest bit. He is trying his best to not let Dirk see how he is affected by just seeing him.

"You've not been answering your phone when I called. I just wanted to make sure you were ok." He didn't have to see Cole's reaction, he could smell it. And it made him tremble inside just as much as Cole was outside. "Nobody will talk to me when I ask how you are. Please let me in?"

"After the last time, didn't think we had much to talk about. You pretty much said I never loved you." He frowns and trembles that much more till his hand falls from the door and the door opens a bit more. His breath even picked up and he cursed his heart for beating so loudly in his ears. Desperate olive greens look up at Dirk. "Really shouldn't, Lex isn't here."

When he let go of the door, Dirk pushed it the rest of the way open. He grimaces and his eyes close as the overwhelming of Cole and Lex and their sex filled his nose. He holds out the box to Cole and forces his eyes open. "Let's open a window, shall we?" He breathes out and pushes past Cole to walk to a window and open it wide. He breathes in the fresh air and sits on the window sill. "Much better." Then he looks around the room and shakes his head before looking back at Cole. "This won't take long, I'll be gone before the dork gets back."

Dirk pushing through the door makes him stumble back a bit and he frowns. His eyes follow Dirk's every single move, fingers fidget with the fabric of his robe. "Doesn't smell in here.." He whispers and looks around the room again, till his eyes land back on Dirk. He stays planted pretty much where he is. "What did you come for?" He frowns at Dirk calling Lex a name. "Don't do that."

"I told you why I came here." He looks out of the window, then back at Cole. "I just wanted to make sure you were alright." He shrugs and tosses the box of chocolates onto the top of the dresser. "And to bring you those." He tilts his head slightly and suddenly smiles. "Don't do what?"

"Find it hard to believe you came just to see if I was okay." He watches as the candies are tossed to the dresser, but he has to be careful about letting himself not keep Dirk in view at all times. And his eyes go right back to Dirk. Even a slight step back from Dirk at the smile displayed to him. "Not nice to call him a name. I don't call your boyfriend names. All fifty of them." Slight gasp at what seemed to of snuck it's way from his lips. "Sorry." He whispers.

"Believe what you want, Cole. I still care about you. Even though you made it plain to everybody else that you never loved or cared about me. Remember you made me promise never to divorce you? Then what do you do? Anull the marriage? Tsk tsk. He must be an awfully good fuck for you to have done that." He shakes his head and looks out the window. "And I'll call the little fucking husband stealing dork any thing I want."

"That was before you left me over and over again." He shakes his head, long auburn hair falling around his shoulders. Sighing he looks away from Dirk and looks up at the ceiling instead. "You left me. And annulling the marriage was the best thing to do. You were off with Ayden anyway, why would you care?"

"Why do I care? Hmm... You know, that is a very good question. Why should I care? I mean, I was never there for you. I never held your hand when you were scared, I never killed another man for what he did to you. No, never did those things." Then he looks back over at him. "Excuse me, I have to piss." Then he gets up and walks over to the bed. "Phew, how can you stand that stench?" his nose crinkles. He unzips his fly and pulls out his dick and proceeds to piss all over the bed. "Ahh much better." He gives it a shake to get the remaining drops from the PA then he tucks it back in and zips up.

Cole sighs and looks back at Dirk as he talks. Shaking his head as he does as well. "The point is, you left me. And you were moving on just like I was. So why stay married if we are both moving on?" He frowns deeply though as Dirk walks over to the bed and goes about peeing on it. "That's so typical of you. Pee on everything, make everything horrible just like you right?" He shakes his head again and turns away from Dirk. "Just leave."

"At least it smells better." he chuckles darkly and walks over to Cole. "I'm not going anywhere, baby." As he puts his hands on Cole's shoulders. "So everything is just as Cole wants. Typical. Spoiled brat throws a fit and gets what he wants. Always happens. As I told Gage that night, what Cole wants, he gets. So I make a promise, and actually keep it, and you, you don't give a shit about anything but yourself. So you got yourself a new dick to play with. You'll get bored of that too, I'm sure."

His jaw sets as Dirk puts his hands on him. He listens to everything Dirk is saying and begs for the tears to stay away. Anything but crying. His hands tremble and he closes them into fists to stop it. "I'm not a spoiled brat. You can't say this stuff to me, you don't have a right to touch me either." He whispers and shrugs Dirk's hands off. "Don't touch me." He says it a bit louder, though it's uncertain. He hopes that Dirk doesn't sense that.

He senses it, but keeps his hands at his sides from now. "Let's play a game. Let's play remember when." He says softly. "Remember when you were in a coma? Whose face was the first you saw when you woke up?"

"Don't do this." He frowns and his bottom lip trembles, his emotions seeping through and his body is betraying him. "Please don't do this." He moves to the door and holds it open. "Just go. Please, just go." He sighs and looks back at Dirk. "You already did enough." His eyes look to the bed then back to Dirk.

"I'm not going anywhere." he says quietly and goes back to the window. "I didn't come here to fight or to make you cry." He sighs and looks out at the grounds. "I came to see if there was even a shred of anything between us. Friendship or anything. The annulment hurt Cole. It hurt a lot."

Eyes close and he leans back against the door and sighs. "Peeing on the bed was to make me laugh?" He opens his eyes and and they roll at Dirk. "There can be a friendship if you don't do stuff like that." His hand motions to the bed. "And stop calling him names. You don't know him. You don't know anything about him."

"I only want to know my fist in his face, and that's the truth." He turns and looks over at him. "I hate him with every shred of my being. Because we worked through every separation we had. Until now." he takes out his pack of smokes and then lights one up. "And do you know what an annulment is, Cole? Annulments are for people who wake up with a huge hangover in Las Vegas with somebody they don't know and wedding bands on their fingers. People that never loved each other and should never have gotten married. Is that how you feel?"

"You don't touch him." He frowns deeply and his eyes narrow. "Don't you dare touch him." His eyes now staying on Dirk. "You don't come here and tell me that you want to see if there is anything left, and say stuff like that. He's my husband and I love him and you better not think about hurting him. That's all you know, is how to hurt someone. Even when you are trying to help, all you do is hurt!" He slams the door shut. "Don't you ever touch him."

"Your what?"

"I married him." He breathes out and leans back against the door. His eyes closing and he sighs deeply. His fingers grasping into the grooves of the door. "I married him, Dirk. I love him and he loves me and we got married." Olive greens open and he looks over at Dirk. "Don't be like that with me, I bet you are already hot and heavy with Ayden and even others."

"I may be having sex, but I'm not married." he shakes his head. "You replaced me, with that?" he snorts out a laugh. "I knew you were dense sometimes but come on Cole. The guy's a pencil necked dork."

He shakes his head and sighs. "Just go, Dirk." He whispers and pushes away from the door and goes on to the bed. Frown as he goes about pulling the pillows off and taking the pillow cases off of them. "Might be able to get this cleaned before he gets back." He sighs again and starts to pull the wet sheets off.

"No." he shakes his head and gets up. Walking over, he puts his hands up and goes to push Cole onto the bed. "You fuck him in that bed like you fucked me in that bed? Like you fucked Jessie in that bed? Like you fucked every body else in that bed? Huh?"

Lucky Cole had pulled off all the nasty sheets before he is pushed onto the bed. However it's still damp and he looks up at Dirk with a frown. "I never did that to anybody." He shakes his head. "I made love to the people I loved. I don't ever do it without emotion, I'm not like you."

"Bullshit. You don't know what love is, Cole. All you know is the fucking tingling between your legs. That's all it takes for you, isn't it?" He reaches down to grab Cole between the legs and gives a firm squeeze. "That's all that matters to you, getting your dick into somebody's ass, isn't it? Or maybe it's to have them shove their dick so far into yours that you can taste their cum when they fire it into you." His eyes had turned that spun honey color and he growls.

Cole instantly frowns as Dirk's hand touches him. "Stop it. You don't know what you are talking about. Love is what matters to me. The other stuff is just part of it, love is the most important to me." He whispers and reaches down quickly to push Dirk's hand away, the robe may of come undone but that's not stopping him from standing up on the bed and rushing to jump off at the end.

He leans back and watches Cole as he jumps off the end of the bed. The view of naked Cole under that robe had him groaning softly. "Then why wasn't our love good enough for you?" Getting back up, he walks back to the window and sits on the ledge. "That's it, isn't it? I was never good enough for you."

Once he hops off at the end of the bed, he ties the robe back closed and looks over at Dirk. "You keep forgetting that you were the one that kept walking out?" He sighs and moves farther from the window and Dirk. "You don't get it, you never get it." He says softly and looks towards the door, expecting Lex to walk in and see this, his heart started to pick up again. "You should go." Olive greens go back to Dirk.

"Try explaining it." he says quietly and blows some smoke out of the window. "And like I said, I'm not going anywhere. So explain it. Explain how terrible I was to give you what you wanted, when you wanted it. Tell me how you cried at night because I wasn't here." He flicks some ashes out of the window and turns to look at him. "Were you going to eventually grow tired of me and then tell me to go? Would that have been better for you? Easier? I knew when I wasn't wanted. You stayed away for days on end, shacked up here with the geek. When were you going to get around to telling me, Cole? Or did you want me to wait my turn, when you got bored with Lex or he wasn't around when you wanted sex? Is that when you were going to come to me?"

Cole's frown couldn't possibly go any deeper as he sat there and listened to Dirk. His head shaking again, making the long, silky auburn hair play along his shoulders. "See? That's my point, you don't get it. You think it's all with the body, like se..." He sighs and closes his eyes, saying those words around anyone has always been a problem for him. "Physical stuff is not the reason. It's not why I'm with Lex, or why I was with you, or anybody. It's my heart. I love Lex. I never grew tired of you Dirk, I started to pull away because you always left me, was hurting me, and sleeping around. I couldn't take it anymore. And you told me that it was okay to be with other people, I wasn't going to. But when I saw Lex again, I knew. I just knew. He's the one for me."

"You'll never let me live down my past, will you?" he takes a deep pull from the cigarette, then flicks it out of the window. Exhaling slowly, he turns and looks back at him. "I was trying to be the man you wanted. When we shacked up with Gage and Jessie, then Luke, did I even touch any of them? No. And why is that? Because you didn't want me to. But it was too late, even then, wasn't it? And now, now that you've married him, all of this is pointless, isn't it?" He shakes his head and looks out of the window. "Sad part is, I still love you and want to be with you. So really, this is all my doing, right?"

"Wasn't just your past." He sighs and leans back against the door again, his fingers feeling for the familiar grooves in it. Anything to help him concentrate, to feel the real, to keep him grounded. "I never stopped loving you. But we grew apart when you came back again. It was too late. We both felt it, we just didn't say anything. I was so scared of losing you, but I realized we weren't meant to be. After everything, you would think I would of gotten a clue when you hurt me the first time we even touched. I should of stayed away from you back then. I'm sorry for everything.. I'm sorry that I ruined our friendship and that it seems no matter what we do, we can't even be friends. We hurt each other just too much." He takes a deep breath and blows it out slowly.

He looks over at Cole, not sure what to say. "I never knew, Cole. I never knew until it was too late what you wanted from me. And then it was too late." He sighs and leans his head back against the window sill. "If there is anything I truly regret is that I let you in. That I let you get into me. Because if I hadn't let you. If I had stayed loyal to Gage instead of giving in to you, none of this would be happening."

Cole's bottom lip trembles just for a moment, however he bites on it and holds it there. His fingers moving from the door to his robe and fidgeting with the fabric, just like before, his nervous habits. "There isn't much to say is there? You wish you hadn't loved me at all." He nods and turns, opening the door and holding it. "Please leave. We don't have anything to talk about anymore. I think you said your peace and now I know."

"You've got it wrong." he whispers. "I just wish that I could have been the man that you needed. I wish I could turn back the clock and take back all of the things that I did that hurt you. You use to look at me with love in your eyes. Now you look at me like I'm a bug and you just want to get rid of me."

"That's not true at all." Cole shakes his head slowly. "I love you, I still love you. But we were so wrong for each other. We kept hurting each other. But it's now gotten me to where I am now. And he makes me happy, just like Ayden makes you happy. Wouldn't he be hurt knowing that you are here and saying things like this to me? That you want to be with me? See? You do it with everyone. Me, Gage, Ayden, everyone. It's so typical of you, you are the one that only cares about yourself. You will sleep with anyone so you don't have to be alone."

"We weren't always wrong." he says softly. "And Ayden keeps asking me if I love you so much, if you have my heart, then why I'm there with him. He knows fully well how I feel about you Cole."

"Yeah well, that's what you do with Ayden right? Want me back. And then when you are with me, you do the same about Gage. Then it's all about Gage. You can't make up your mind who or what you want. I don't think it really matters. You just want someone to keep your bed warm as you are out doing whatever it is you do. Being... " And he uses his hands for the quotes even. "Tempted." A scoff from him. "You are the one that thinks only with that.. thing."

"That's not true and you know it, Cole." He sighs and taps out another cigarette. "You know, Gage laid into me after I left. He said that I was right in the sack with Ayden. That's not true either. I spent days just by myself. You, you were in the sack with the dork two or three days before, the day I left, and now you're married to him. And I'm always the bad guy, right?"

"Wow, for once you spend time alone. I'm shocked." He rolls his eyes and moves from the door, seeing as how he is seeing no matter what, Dirk's not going to leave. "I don't see how I'm a bad guy, I fell in love, and I got married and now I'm happy. You said you were moving on too, so whatever, Dirk." He shrugs and grabs his night pants off the floor and steps into the bathroom, the robe is slipped off and he pulls on his night pants. "You should go be happy with Ayden. And I hope that one day we work through this and be friends again, I really hope so. I hope it's not too late or ruined fully."

"How can things ever be the same?" he watches as Cole moves about and sighs.

"Because we still care, and we both want us to be happy." He pulls open the door and steps out, olive greens look at Dirk and a smile on Cole's pouty lips. "And that's going to make it through, one way or another. I think right now it's hard because it's so soon. But one day we can work through it and be friends again, close just like before." He nods. "At least I hope.. But you have to stop calling Lex names, or thinking about hurting him. That's not right, he didn't do anything to you. I slept with him, he didn't force me, and he didn't force me to marry him. I did it because I wanted to."

When Cole walked out of the bathroom, Dirk got up from the window. Again flicking the cigarette out of the window. Walking up to Cole, he smiles. "You're right. We both do care and we both want each other to be happy." He doesn't even think. Quickly bending at the knees, he grabs Cole around the waist and hefts him over his shoulder. "And you're going to be happy with me again. You'll see. We're going to go somewhere just us two and you'll fall in love with me again. I promise you." And he heads to the door, opening it quickly and going out of it. "You'll see, it'll be like old times, only I'll be good. I'll be the man that you need. I'll be strong for you and be only with you."