Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:29:38 -0500 From: Dylan Subject: The Elevator Encounter Chapter4 CHAPTER FOUR - BETRAYAL AND SUFFERING Days passed and Ethan felt his bond with Jonny grow ever stronger. Jonny spent frequent nights over at Ethan's whenever he was "lonely." This was both beneficial and in a way, taunting for Ethan. He loved giving Jonny hugs and kisses. He would find himself daydreaming about Jonny during work. Jonny's beautiful green eyes, his slim frame, his soft-red lips, and charming smile. But after their talk a few days ago, Jonny had to resign to a serious relationship with Ethan because he still "feels a sense of devotion to Sean for "saving" him." It taunted Ethan the way Jonny would talk and laugh with him, and in the back of his mind he knew he still wanted Jonny. He hated to listen to their phone calls, where he knew on the other side of Jonny's cheerfulness, Sean only cared about his "piece of ass." Despite all this, Ethan had to admit, the nights were certainly warmer with the petite Jonny sharing his bed. While Ethan was considerably happier this way (Even his co-workers had noticed a change), he was also nervous. At nights he would wake up, and feel his arm around Jonny's waist as they slept, this gave him a little "Window of oppertunity" where Ethan would relish the feeling of Jonny's silky smooth skinm but then he would panic that he was violating Jonny's wishes and would retract his arm, this was a nightly event that became pretty common for him. After some self-talk Ethan would fall back asleep again only to wake up in the morning again with his arms around Jonny. One day, during a lunch date with a client Ethan saw Sean sitting at a booth, without Jonny! In his place was some older boy. "Asshole" Ethan muttered. "Excuse me!?" The client Ethan was talking to looked offended. "Uh, sorry, not you, could we.. talk about your case later? Im terribly sorry, but I have... alot on my mind." Ethan quickly excused himself. As soon as his client walked outside, he noticed Sean had walked into the restroom. As soon as the restroom door closed he sat down at the booth he once occupied. Before the other boy could say anything he butted in. "so... I dont mean to be nosey but is that boy your boyfriend? You two look like a cute couple" Ethan smiled, but inside he held his anger back. "Yeah, thanks. He is cute isnt he, you should see him in bed." The other boy said. "Hi, my names Andy" The other boy said. "Im Ethan" just as the two were shaking hands Sean walked out of the restroom and froze at the sight. "Hey... its... um that guy from the elevator!" Sean said. "So, what happened with Jonny?" Ethan asked him, hoping this would make the boy sweat a little. "Um... I dont know who you're talking about." Sean said, obviously starting to tense a little. "Sean, whats going on?" Andy asked. "Oh, I thought you knew about Jonny, you know, Sean's other boyfriend." Ethan felt such a surge of power coming from within him. "What other boyfriend, Sean! You promised me that you wouldnt cheat behind my back, I should've known never to trust you after last time!" Andy stormed out, leaving Sean standing there, dumbstruck. Ethan merely smiled and leaned in to whisper something to Sean. "The next time you treat someone I love as a "piece of ass" or cheat behind them, I'll make your life a living hell." With that, Ethan left the restaurant. A few days later, Ethan was resting in his hotel room when someone started to knock. Ethan sighed as he got up and opened the door. "Ethan..." Jonny was on the other side. "Jonny? Whats wrong?" Ethan pushed the door all the way back. "Ethan...Sean... he.. he broke up with me." Jonny started to cry. "Oh..." Ethan felt a wave of guilt wash over him. "Jonny, he was cheating on you, I know I saw him" Ethan said, sitting on the bed next to the still sobbing boy. "Didn't you say yourself he was more interested in sex than you?" Ethan asked. "Yeah, b-but.. he was still the first... my first kiss, my first boyfriend, and he... he was the one who took my virginity.... I was... I was always taught that that was special. I had to... re-wrap myself after... after my past." Jonny kept crying. "Jonny, dont cry, just dont, please? I... eh... I love you" Ethan kissed Jonny, and wiped away the tears streaking down Jonny's face. After a few days of "recovering" Jonny and Ethan were walking back into the hotel lobby just as they were walking into the hotel lobby Ethan felt a tap on his shoulder. "Ethan?" A voice asked. "Andy?" Ethan sounded surprised as he turned around. "Who's this?" Jonny asked, tightning his grip on Ethan's arm. "Are you... Jonny?" Andy asked. "y-yeah" Jonny said. "Im Andy... Im um... Im the other guy Sean... yeah.. er.. sorry" Ethan could feel Jonny tense up. "uh..." Sean smiled, "Its okay, I... wouldnt really know what to say anyway, um... can we talk? I just... feel that I owe an apology to you" At this point Sean looked at Ethan, "could we... have a moment?" Still unsure and cautious, Ethan hung around watching the two boys talking over some drinks. "Hey honey, I see you eye'n that boy, I'll tell you... dont bother" The waitress said, pulling down napkins. "Excuse me?" Ethan wasnt sure what he just heard. "Honey, I'll tell you, that boy over there, I know him very well, he's one of my regulars, he already has a boyfriend." Suddenly Ethan's heart sunk a mile, it had already been two weeks and Jonny had already found someone else. "Yep, he told me its someone who lives near him, and I think he said that he was a lawyer. But anyway What'll it be?" The waitress looked at Ethan intently, who only smiled in joy. "Nothing...um.. just some coffee please." He had to contain himself from jumping for joy. After about a hour and a half of talking, the two boys stood from the table, Ethan had never seen Jonny look so pained. He knew that Jonny had been deeply hurt when he was dumped, and made up his mind to do all he could to take it off Jonny's mind. "E-Ethan, could we... go up... to.. home?" Jonny asked as his body quivered. "Jonny, Im so sorry, but... I ended it with him.. today." Andy said, putting his hand on Jonny's shoulder. At this, Jonny turned around and as he did, the small tears leaking out of his eyes fell. "Im sorry, you didnt have to leave him ... not for me." He said. "Jonny, you're... you're very kind, anybody who could cheat on you, obviously would cheat on me." Andy said as he wiped away the tears on Jonny's cheek. "Oh, right, Ethan? Can Andy stay with us for just tonight, he came all the way from across town." Ethan was a little unsure about letting the boy Sean cheated on Jonny with, but consented when Jonny assured him it was okay. "Okay, lets take you back to your room, I guess Andy will take your other bed?" Ethan said putting his arm around Jonny. "No... I want to go.. home" He said, Ethan smiled and nodded.