Between Boyfriends by Michael Salvatore

Author:Michael Salvatore
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2010-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

Later that night, in bed, unable to keep my inner dialogue within any longer, I asked Brian if he was aware that Rodrigo had the hots for him. Kudos to him for not denying it.

“I think on some level there’s an attraction. Just like with you and Flynn.”

“Flynn and I are not attracted to each other!”

“Yes, you are. And that’s why you’re friends. Are you going to act on that attraction and have sex with him?”

“No. Absolutely not.”

“Then why do you think Rodrigo and I will?”

Damn, my man was clever. I guess it was possible that Flynn and I weren’t the only best friends who knew our friendship was more important than a quick fuck. But then why couldn’t I get out of my mind the image of Rodrigo alone in his own bed jerking off while thinking of Brian dressed as a hot roller-skating construction worker?

“Rodrigo’s flirty,” Brian said. “He’s got a stressful job and that’s how he blows off some steam. But you don’t have to worry, he isn’t blowing me. You’re the only one who gets to do that.”

“Okay, I get it.”

“Good. Now I have to visit the latrine. Your mother sure does like the garlic, doesn’t she?”

“Hey, did you have a good time today?”

“Yeah, I did. You must’ve figured out by now that I’m not really the family type, but yours is entertaining.”

“That’s an understatement.”

“Especially when we could hear your brother banging Renée while your mother was serving dessert.”

Left alone in bed, I was conflicted. If I expected Brian to deal with my neurotic family and friends, the only fair thing to do was temper my objections toward Rodrigo and make an effort to get to know him as something more than my boyfriend’s inappropriately flirty friend. I thought for a moment, stubbornly held on to my own neurotic nature, and made yet another choice—I decided to look at Rodrigo as the guy who wanted to steal my boyfriend. Because enough was enough—I WAS NOT STUPID.

So I turned up the volume on the TV to drown out the sound of Brian having a touch of diarrhea thanks to my mother’s garlic-infused cooking and with apologizes to God knelt at the Altar of Summer. I thanked Donna for teaching me as a young boy that there were bad girls in the world and that a fairy tale high may lead you faster and faster to nowhere, just like it had in my first major relationship, with Jack. And I prayed for the strength to get my love life back under control, because this time with Brian I knew it was for real and I didn’t wanna get hurt by another guy. By the time Brian crawled back into bed I felt better knowing that I had Donna on my side in my fight to keep my boyfriend.

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