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arm around my shoulder.
It s about damn time.
I sat up. What re you talking about?
Look, I know you ve had the hots for your friend for a while now and I might have
given you a hard time, but you kept denying it and I thought maybe, if I yanked your chain
about it, you d finally man up and do something about it.
But I m still not gay, I insisted.
Does that really matter?
I sighed. No, no, it doesn t. Nothing really matters. Spence freaked out.
And it really didn t matter. I loved Spence and he was a guy, I d have to get over the
whole not gay thing.
You told him already? Frank looked at me with wide eyes.
Well, yeah. Today at the convention. I shrugged.
You re a nut. You don t just spring that shit on someone. It takes time. Ya gotta work
up to it.
Now you tell me.
I would have told you sooner, but you didn t ask me.
I was too busy denying everything. And now Spence wants nothing to do with me. I
screwed the pooch.
Maybe not.
You didn t see his face, Frank.
No, but I see yours. Are you just going to give up?
I tried calling him a couple times, but he didn t answer.
Give him time, dimwit, but don t give up.
When did you get so smart? I looked over at my roommate and really looked at him.
He was a good guy, always had been. We didn t pal around a lot, but he paid his share
of the rent and we got along. Maybe we should hang out more. Hell, I ll probably need a new friend
after today s debacle.
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I ve always been this smart. You should listen to me more.
Yeah, yeah. I cracked a grin.
You want a beer?
Do we have anything stronger?
Nope.
Then, yeah, I need a beer.
Frank got off the couch and left me to my thoughts. All really wasn t lost. Spence had to
get a hold of me once he d had time to think. I had to believe that. We were friends after all,
and I d shocked the hell out of him. It wasn t asking too much for me to give him a little
space, but tomorrow I was going over to his place and we were going to do more talking if
that was what it took.
A bottle of beer appeared in front of my face. I looked up at Frank.
Thanks.
Anytime. Frank plopped back down.
I mean about everything.
I know. Frank winked at me.
We clinked our beer bottles together and took swigs. It was kind of nice just sitting
there and having a drink if only Spence had been there to share it. I sighed. That so wasn t
happening that night.
Shit. I closed my eyes and rested my head on the back of the couch.
So, have you told your folks yet?
No, I wanted to talk to Spence first.
Hedging your bets?
Hell no.
Sounds like it to me.
Fuck, I don t know, Frank. Everything is so new and strange and I have no idea what
I m doing.
Maybe you should talk to someone about it.
I thought I was? I looked over at Frank.
You know what I mean, Ben. Talk to your family and those closest to you.
If it was anything else I d be talking to Spence right now.
Well, that s not gonna happen.
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A knock on the door interrupted us. We stared at each other. I had no idea who it could
be. We didn t have many visitors.
Frank set his beer down, got up and opened the door.
Is Ben here?
Spence! I put my beer down too, before I could drop it.
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Chapter Six
Frank looked back to me and shrugged. We were both kind of stunned. I knew I hadn t
expected Spence to show up.
I have to& go& somewhere& Yeah& I ll just&
I didn t see Frank leave. I only had eyes for Spence. He was there.
He was looking at me too and neither of us moved. It was as if time had frozen. The
door slammed and we both jumped. Time started back up.
I really need to talk to my best friend right now only& My best friend just told me he
loves me and I have no one else to talk to about this& so you re it. Don t say anything. Just&
Let me talk, okay?
I nodded, not saying a word because I didn t want him to leave. Spence turned his back
on me and began talking.
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