Making the Holidays Happy Again by Pat Henshaw

Author:Pat Henshaw [Henshaw, Pat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64405-769-8
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2019-09-18T16:00:00+00:00

4

ON MONDAY, Jimmy and me met for lunch. Jax wanted to join us, but since I refused to close the shop, I told him to keep working and I’d be back soon. We had too many orders to fill and stuff to make before the Old Town Thanksgiving weekend. We could do all our sitting around after the first of the year and the holidays were past and all our orders was shipped.

Besides, I wanted to be alone with Jimmy for once. After the weekend, I couldn’t tell if we was growing apart or too worn out from work. But something didn’t feel right.

Jimmy grabbed me and gave me a big hug after I got to the table.

“It seems like I never see you anymore.”

I nodded since I agreed.

“What’s going on with you, Butch?”

I shrugged. “What’s going on with you, Jimmy? How are you getting along with Jax?”

It was his turn to shrug.

“Well, I thought maybe he might be special, but he’s not. We went out on a date. You know, dinner and a movie. I couldn’t wait to get away from him.”

“Oh, yeah? How come?” I was surprised. I woulda thought they’d get along real good. Shows what I know.

“No clue. I couldn’t figure it out. The whole time he was talking, all I could think was he was boring. But we were talking about the same kind of stuff you and I talk about. So how come he wasn’t interesting and you are?”

I shrugged, but he wasn’t really paying attention.

“Then I figured it out. Being with Jax is like being with a cheerful little brother. Or at least how I imagine a younger brother would be. He’s enthusiastic and spent a lot of time trying to impress me, and all I could think was how cute that he was trying so hard. But when he got close enough to kiss, he made me cringe. Not good, right?”

He laughed, but I didn’t. How dare Jax try to kiss Jimmy? I hadn’t even kissed Jimmy.

Then I reminded myself that I’d given up Jimmy and was moving on to a new life. My little pep talk didn’t help, though. I was still pissed that Jax tried to kiss Jimmy when I shoulda been kissing him myself.

He was right. Jax wasn’t the guy for him. I sighed in relief.

Jimmy shrugged and shook his head, then told me all about the new line of stuff his mom and him was working on for Thanksgiving. I smelled the sample he had with him and told him it was okay. And then told him about the fruit and veggie designs I’d come up with for some new trivets.

We talked for a whole hour without either one of us getting bored.

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