- Marionville 1 - A Hard Habit to Break by KC Kendricks

Author:KC Kendricks [Alchemy, Elemental]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

“Nice place, Heath. How’d you luck into it? Apartments in Collinwood are hard to come by.”

I closed the door behind us. “I contacted a Realtor. The lease is only for six months at a time because the building is still for sale. It’s probably going condo, and I’m not interested in owning a glorified apartment.”

“Yeah, the housing market is problematic in Marionville. The town fathers have intervened in some instances, but that’s not what they should be doing with tax revenue. So far, they’ve had voter approval, but that could change in a heartbeat.”

I didn’t want to talk about anything but Travis and me naked in bed, but I sensed he needed to relax for a few minutes. I put my hands on his sides, up close under his arms and ran them down over his ribs to his hips. He slipped his arms around my neck, his fingers toying with my hair.

“Remember the regional track meet your senior year?”

I nodded. It was the last time I ran in competition. It had taken everything I had to come in third, and the coach had chewed me out for a lackluster effort. I quit the team that day, and the coach spent the next three months begging me to come back. I never did.

“I remember Coach Bachtell calling me a faggot as I puked on his shoes.”

Travis blinked at me. “You mean he called you that because he was a homophobic bastard, not because he knew?”

“Yep. Why do you ask?”

He rested his forehead to mine. “I was there. I wanted to see you run.” Travis hugged me. “I knew a hundred yards into the race you were sick and had no business out there running three miles.”

My heart filled with questions, all of which lead back to how we both could have been so stupid for so long.

“I wish I’d have known, Travis. I missed you. That’s what had me sick. The mess I made of everything.” I raised my head and looked at him. “Can you forgive me for being so stupid? I let go of you, our friendship, of everything that mattered, and I look back and I don’t understand why I listened to you.”

“It’s time we let go of the bad, Heath. We’ve got to stop beating ourselves up over it. We need to remember all the good stuff and forget the mistakes. You’re my best friend.” A smile teased his lips. “I never stopped thinking of you as my best friend, you know?”

I kissed him, a soft brush of my lips to his. When I pulled back, his tongue flicked out as if he wanted to get every taste. In reflex, I licked my lips, too. Amusement sparked in his beautiful eyes. “You taste good.”

“Yeah? So do you. And I never thought of you as anything except my best friend. Here we are, putting that friendship at risk again.”

Travis’ eyes darkened, the amused light fading from them. “Are we risking it, or rebuilding it in a new, better way?”

“I hope you don’t expect me to have an honest answer.

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