Circling the Drain by Stephani Hecht

Author:Stephani Hecht [Hecht, Stephani]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Grif walked into work the next day dreading what he was he was going to have to face. He knew he had handled the whole situation with Kevin horribly the night before, and he worried that he’d blown things between them. Now they might not even have a friendship, let alone a chance at anything more.

Somewhere along his tossing and turning last night, Grif realized that he’d been a fool to deny the attraction that had been growing between him and Kevin. Age difference or not, there was a pull and Grif couldn’t continue to fight it. In fact, he should count himself lucky that somebody like Kevin wanted him.

When he walked into the bay and was greeted by dirty looks from Matt and some of the other crewmembers, Grif knew he was in big trouble. Yeah, he’d upset Kevin big time last night, and everybody knew it. Grif was going to have to do some big time groveling to get out of this one.

“How mad is he?” Grif asked Matt. “He’s not mad, he’s devastated. I hope you’re happy.”

The usually happy-go-lucky medic had a look of pure fury on his face.

“Look. I know I fucked up big time. I’m going to make it up to him.”

“You better. He looked like you kicked his puppy last night.”

Grif sighed then ran his hand through his hair. “You know I’m not good at this kind of thing.”

“Well, you better get good at it. He has it bad for you, and you could really break his heart if you’re not careful.”

“I realize that now,” Grif sighed.

“Do you even have any real feelings for him or were you just dicking around with him last night?”

“I think I do,” Grif admitted.

“Well, you better figure it out quick, because I’m not going to stand by and let you twist that kid in all different directions.”

“Just exactly what will you do?”

“I’ll tell the captain to switch your partner. I don’t care if you get stuck with Houston or Dakota.”

“The captain said that Kevin was my last chance at a partner.”

Matt cocked a brow. “Well then, you better figure out a way to make things work out between you two.”

Grif frowned at him. “Is that a threat?”

“Damn skippy it is.”

Grif turned away from him and went to his rig. He found Kevin already in the back, doing inventory. He didn’t even look up to greet Grif. Not exactly a great start to the day. Grif stashed his stuff in the front and went in the back to help.

Kevin barely glanced his way when he climbed in, much less muttered a hello. Grif let out a sigh, “You have to talk to me sometime.”

“I know I do,” Kevin replied in a soft voice.

“We can’t go through the entire shift acting this way.”

“I’m pretty sure that we can. I’m willing to try if you are.”

Grif sat down in the jump seat. “That’s just it, Kevin. I don’t want things to be like this between us.”

“You could have fooled me. Don’t worry.

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