The Naked Remedy by Vivien Dean

Author:Vivien Dean [Dean, Vivien]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Published: 2019-05-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

“Did you always want to be a sonographer?”

Tonight, we weren’t bothering with video. Fisher had called while I was cleaning up from supper, and I’d retreated to my bedroom to hide out for the night. We’d fallen into talking so fast, neither one of us brought up the idea of switching to Skype, so currently I was stretched out on top of my blankets, wearing my earpiece instead of holding onto my phone, with my eyes closed as I let his voice wash over me.

“Is this your way of asking if I have some fetish about pregnant women?” I said with a laugh.

“That’s something a gay man should know about the guy he’s interested in, don’t you think? I need to know who my competition is.”

“You have competition? How did I not know that?”

“Because your head is big enough already.”

It was getting easier to let comments like that slide. I was starting to enjoy the way he teased how insecure I could be. It all felt a little ridiculous considering how apparent his affection for me was.

“I couldn’t have told you what a sonographer was until I went to college,” I said. “But I was planning on some kind of medical tech program and it turned out I was pretty good at it.”

“What did you dream about being when you were growing up?”

“Out.”

Fisher snorted. “Didn’t we all.”

But I didn’t have an easy answer to his question. “I can’t say I ever really had aspirations about anything else,” I mused. “I guess I’ve always figured I’d be the one to take care of my parents after they retired.”

“Why?”

“Who else is going to do it?”

“You have two older brothers. Why can’t they share the burden?”

“Seth’s got a family. And David will, too, someday.”

“So could you, someday.”

“I’ve barely started dating. By the time I get around to something more permanent, I’ll be old enough to be a grandfather.”

Fisher was relentless, though. “Do you want a family?”

“Do you?” I countered.

“Yes,” he replied without hesitating.

“That was quick.”

“Because I’m sure. What’s the point of waffling if you know what you want?”

A month ago, I could’ve made a solid argument in defense of indecision. Now, after experiencing the benefits of random acts of bravery, I’d be a hypocrite telling him he was wrong.

“For what it’s worth, I think you’d be a pretty amazing father,” Fisher said. “But I can tell I’m scaring you with all this family talk, so I’ll let it go.”

And he did. Which I was grateful for.

But it didn’t mean I stopped thinking about what he’d asked of me.

* * * *

“Why do you want a family so badly?” I asked him on Tuesday.

Fisher sighed. I felt a little guilty springing the question on him today. When he’d called me after work, he’d sounded exhausted. Then he’d told me what a bitch of a day it had been which proved he was as tired as I’d thought. I should’ve let him go to get some sleep, but he didn’t seem in any hurry to get off the phone and frankly, I was hungry for more of him.

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