The Boyfriend Experience by Alexis E. Skye

Author:Alexis E. Skye [Skye, Alexis E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary
ISBN: 9780988018310
Publisher: Caffeinated Owl Press
Published: 2012-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4

“Hello? Guys?” Darren yelled as they entered the house. The front of the house was quiet, but Nate could hear the sounds of people talking filtering through the large space of the living room. “Guys? We’re here!”

“Darren! Is that you?” a woman’s voice rang out. Nate smiled as he recognized Kate’s voice. “We’re in the kitchen!”

They shrugged off their snow-dusted wool coats and stepped out of their wet shoes before padding through the living room.

Nate hesitated, but Darren’s arm around his shoulder prodded him forward.

“Come on, they’re all waiting for us.” Darren pushed Nate towards the kitchen.

Nate opened his mouth to say something, but then shut it again. It was too late to back out now, so he might as well just go through with it.

He hadn’t expected that he’d be spending the holidays with Darren, let alone his two best friend and their better halves. Darren had sprung it on him a few days ago, after asking him what his plans for the holidays were.

“Well, I’d probably go see my aunt at the home on Christmas Eve,” Nate had said without looking up. He had been reading in his usual position—snuggled up against Darren—as the man worked on his laptop.

“What about the rest of the week?” Darren asked, playing with Nate’s hair absentmindedly.

“I haven’t gotten that far yet.” Nate closed his book and looked up at Darren. “I thought you were gonna spend the holidays with Kate and Kyle?”

“Well, that was the plan.” Darren put his computer on the coffee table before lying back and pulling Nate to lie on top of him. “But Kyle thought that since Tony and Vince are actually in town for the holidays this year, we should all head up to his place in the Hamptons for the week.”

“Oh.” Nate said quietly, sounding slightly disappointed. So Darren was spending the holidays away after all. Guess he’d have to come up with something to do then.

Darren snuck a finger to Nate’s chin and lifted his head. “You’re coming too, you know.”

“What?” Nate’s eyes widened. “Wait, I’m going?”

“Kate’s orders,” Darren said before leaning his head down to peck a kiss on Nate’s lips. “What, you think I’m going to leave you here all by yourself?”

“It’s not that…” Nate stumbled over his own words. “I mean, it’s your family gathering and all… why me?”

“What do you mean ‘why you’?” Darren scowled at him. “Stop being silly. We’ll go see your aunt during the day and then drive up to Kyle’s place after lunch. It shouldn’t take more than a few hours to get there even with traffic.”

Darren’s arm tightening around his shoulder woke Nate from his thoughts.

“You okay?” Darren looked at him with concern.

“Yeah, I’m fine.” Nate nodded.

“Come on.”

Dinner was a team affair. Kate had done all of the shopping days before, but they all chipped in to help with the preparation.

“Oh my god,” Kyle said as he lay in a heap on the couch with Tony and Vince. “I can’t move.”

“You just had to eat

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