Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 21:31:59 -0800 (PST)
From: Kirk Landers <ilj4ever44@yahoo.com>
Subject: Relationships- part 1 (revised)

Copyright and Disclaimer:
1. This is a fictional story with fictional characters.
2. No one is to steal this story under any circumstances
3. This story deals with relationships and not sex, so
if you're looking for a story with alot of sex in it.
This isn't the story for you.

Well, I thought I would try my luck at doing another
series.  Hope you all like it.

****ALEX****

     The gathering was going well.  Ray's friends and
my friends were getting along well with each other.

"Hey Alex, looks like my friends are getting along
pretty well with your friends." Ray said

"I know, that's cool.  This was a great idea Ray." I
said

"Thank you." Ray replied

Then there was a knock on the door.

"Who's that?" I asked

"I don't know.  I thought everyone was here." Ray said

I looked around to see if any of my friends were not
there, but they were all here.

"Come in!" Ray shouted out

Then the door opened and someone walked in.

"Oh my God." Ray said to himself

"Who is it?" I asked

Ray looked over at me with a worried look...

Maybe I should catch you up so you know what's going
on...

****Two Months Ago****

    My name is Alex and I'm just your everyday average
kind of guy. 5'11 brown hair, brown eyes, toned body.
Well, I'm your everyday average kinda guy who is BI.
My life has been pretty good for the most part; I have
a great family, friends, and I don't like my job, but
it's a good job, it's easy.  Everything has been great
except for the fact I had never found a true loved
one.  I guess because I'm kinda a romantic, not your
real girly type of romance, but the kind in which I
can be with someone and just spend a night at their
place or mine and just sitting on the couch holding
each other and talking or watching a movie or even
sitting by the fire; I'm looking for a someone who
would rather spend a night together just holding each
other instead of sex, because the way I've always seen
it is that a good relationship depends on sex 10% and
a bad relationship depends 90% on it.  My past
relationships have never been real great.  They don't
last too long, I won't do anything with someone unless
I'm in a relationship with them and I won't have sex
with them, unless I love them and well, I've never
loved any of them.  So, yes I am a virgin in high
school.  I know, a virgin in high school is almost
unheard of these days, but here I am.  I've had
girlfriends, I technically had one boyfriend, but it
ended very, very badly so I don't even count that as a
relationship since I was lied to during the whole
thing.    Since I'm not out to anyone except for a few
of my friends, it's been hard to even seem availabe to
guys, so yes, sometimes I'll admit it, I do go into
gay chatrooms.  I mean what's the harm in it?  I just
talk to them, but most ussually just want phone sex or
cyber sex or somthing like that and I'm not really
into that.  I never had any expectations that I would
actually meet a guy I might be interested in, but
things were about to change.

     So here I was, bored out of my mind on a Saturday
night on the internet.  You may be wondering what a
high school guy like me is doing home on a Saturday
night, well, all my plans of going out with friends
went down the toilet when my parents went out and took
one car and my sister took our other car out.  So I
was left stranded and I'm the only one of my friends
who can drive.

     Since I was bored I decided there was no harm in
going to a gay chatroom.  I went in and started
talking to some people in there.  Talking in chatrooms
is kind of fun because there is a sense of mystery as
to who the other people are in there and they don't
know who I am so I can say whatever I want in a
chatroom.  Well, I was just chating with people and
the conversations were pretty much...well, to put it
nicely they were lame.  So, to entertain me in the
mean time I decided to go and look at people's
profiles, I came across one that caught my attention.
The screen name was CaliDude491 and his profile was
pretty cool because in his hobby section he put down
that he liked basketball and basketball was my
favorite sport.  He lived in Southern California like
I did and just some of the things in his profile just
got me kinda interested to talk to him.

"What the hell." I said to myself and decided to IM
him.

"Hey." I wrote

"Sup?" he replied back.

"Not much.  Pretty boring night." I wrote

"You said it." he replied

"So, I read in your profile you like basketball." I
wrote

"Hell yea!  Basketball is the best." He replied

"What's your favorite team?" I asked

"Lakers! You?" He asked

"Damn! You rule! Lakers are the best!" I wrote

"Well, not right now their not.  They aren't doing so
hot." He replied

"Yea, but they'll pick it up.  I'm counting on them to
have four championships in a row." I wrote

"If any team can do it, it's the Lakers." He replied

"Damn straight." I wrote. "So, where in Southern
California do you live?"

"The LA area. You?" He asked

"Same." I replied

"Awesome.  What's your name?" He asked

"Alex. You?" I asked

"Ray." He replied

"And how old are you?" I asked

"19." Ray said

"Cool. I'm 17." I wrote

"Yea, nice to meet ya Alex." He wrote

"Back at you Ray." I replied

"So, do you think you want to talk on the phone?" Ray
asked

Here it comes.  He's going to want to have phone sex
or somthing.

"Um, well,  I'm not into phone sex or anything like
that." I said

"Me neither." Ray replied

"Oh." I said feeling stupid.

"So, do you want to talk on the phone?" Ray asked

"Yea." I replied

"Cool. My number is (310)394-9602." Ray said

I then picked up the phone and dialed Ray's number.

"Hello?" a very nice sounding voice said picking up
the phone.

"Is this Ray?" I asked

"Yea. Alex?" Ray asked

"That's me." I replied

"Hey. How you doing?" Ray asked

"I'm doing all right." I replied "How about you?"

"A little nervous to tell you the truth.  I don't
really talk to people on the phone that I've met
online or anything." Ray responded

"Same here." I replied

"So, what do you want to talk about?" Ray asked

"Well, what kind of music you into?" I asked

"I like all kinds.  I like rock, rap, pretty much
anything." Ray said "You?"

"I liked everything except punk rock, heavy rock
stuff, and techno." I said

"Oh, yea I don't like techno either." Ray said

"Yea, I've just never been able to get into it." I
said

"Well, I mean there's no real instruments in it." Ray
said

"Exactly!  For good music you got to have the drums,
guitar and all those instruments." I said

"Thank you. Finally somebody see's it my way.  Alot of
my friends like the techno stuff and I just don't know
why." Ray said

"I know what you mean." I replied

"So, what other thing interest you? What kind of
movies you like?" Ray asked

"All kinds.  My favorite are action, comedy, and
horror." I said "What about you?"

"I like action and comedy.  I've always been a wimp
during horror movies." Ray said

"Really?" I asked

"Yea, I think because I walked in on my dad watching
one of those Halloween movies when I was 7 and the
killer was killing someone and it just scarred me for
life." Ray said laughing a little.

"That's too bad." I said

"I know, but I just don't like to get scared really
anyway." Ray said

"Well that's understandable." I said

"But anyway.  Do you have a boyfriend or anything?"
Ray asked

"No. I've never had a boyfriend before." I said

"Really?" Ray asked

"Yea, well, I'm still in the closet about being bi,
well except for a few close friends, so I don't really
seem available to guys or anything." I said

"I see." Ray said

"Yea, what about you?" I asked

"I've had three boyfriends before." Ray said

"Oh really?" I asked

"Yea, two were only about a month long and the other
one went on for about three years." Ray said

"Wow, that's a long time." I said

"Yea, I know." Ray replied

'Why did you two break up? If you don't mind me
asking." I asked

"Just later on into the relationship, I've noticed
things change about him.  He became kinda bitter for
some reason and it always seemed as if he had somthing
up his sleeve." Ray said

"Oh. That's too bad." I replied

"Yea, but I was glad when I got out of that
relationship." Ray said

"That's good then." I said

We talked some more and it was really nice actually.
I didn't think I could have that good of a time
talking to a guy on the phone that I met over the
internet of all places.

****A MONTH LATER****

  Things were going good; Ray and I were still talking
on the phone and I was actually beginning to like him.
 I never thought I would fall for a guy off the net.

     It was around 7:30 PM one night and Ray and I
were talking.

"So, anyway. I was wondering if maybe you wanted to
meet." Ray said

"Are you serious?" I asked

"Yea, dead serious. You want to?" Ray asked

"Um, sure. Yea, actually that sounds fun." I said

"Great!" Ray said happily

"Wow, calm down there." I said laughing.

"Cool. So you want to meet this friday?" Ray asked

"Sounds like a plan." I replied

****FRIDAY NIGHT****

  Well, it was the big date night and I couldn't be
more nervous.  What if I say somthing stupid?  This is
such a dumb idea. I mean I've seen his pic, but what
if it wasn't even his picture, it could be some fat
man coming to meet me here in front of the movie
theatre.

"Maybe I should leave." I said to myself, but then I
got a tap on my shoulder.

"Hey Alex." Ray said as our eyes met.

"Wow." I said outloud "I mean, hey."

"What's up?" Ray asked

"Not much." I replied

"Sorry to keep you waiting. Traffic was bad." Ray said

"Oh that's fine." I said

"Should be go get our tickets?" Ray asked

I was still mesmerized by his good looks. 6 foot tall,
brown hair, deep brown eyes, toned.

"Tickets?" I asked

"Yea, movie tickets.  The things we use to get into
the movies." Ray said smiling.

"Oh yea." I replied still kinda dazed

We began walking to wait in line.

"Oh wait! I got tickets!" I said holding them up. "I
got you one."

"Alex, you didn't have to do that." Ray said

"No, it's my pleasure." I replied

"But tickets for movies are so expensive now." Ray
said

"No, Ray it's fine." I said as we went into the
theatres.

Ray and I went to our seats and started talking.

"So, honestly, were you a little nervous about
tonight?" Ray asked

"Very nervous." I replied "Because this is all very
new."

"You don't have to be nervous." Ray said putting his
hand on mine.

I gave him a smile and we talked some more.  The date
ended but being really great.  We had alot of the same
interest, and we talked for most of the movie.  After
the date was over I went home and called up my friend,
David. David is a great guy, he's straight, he's

"How did the date go?" David asked

"It went awesome." I said

"That's good.  It's weird that you met him over the
internet though." David said

"I know. I wouldn't have figured I would do something
like this." I said

"But at least you had a good time." David pointed out

"Yea." I replied

"Are you guys going to go out again?" David asked

"I hope so." I said

****RAY****

   I called up my friend Jake when I got back to my
place.  Larry is gay, he's very straight acting
though, like me, he's my best friend.

"So you liked him?" Larry asked

"Yea, alot." I replied

"That's good then. But you don't think your getting
into this relationship too quickly do you?" Larry
asked

"What do you mean?" I asked

"Well, it hasn't even been a month since you split up
with Jeff." Larry pointed out

"I know, but there's somthing about Alex.  It's hard
to explain." I said

"Just don't rush into this too quickly unless you're
sure. Okay?" Larry said

"Okay Larry." I replied

****ALEX****

     Well, the next Friday Ray and I went out on
another date.  This time we decided to just take a
walk and talk and stuff like that.

"So do you have a job?" Ray asked

"I work part time after school at a video store." I
replied

"Fun?" Ray asked

"Not at all. It's pretty boring.  I started out as the
guy who rewinds the videos and then moved my way up to
the cash register." I said

"You used to be the rewind boy?" Ray asked smiling.

"Yes." I replied

Ray laughed a little.

"Shut up. Don't laugh." I said smiling

"I'm sorry." Ray replied

"What do you do?" I asked

"Family bussiness." Ray said

"Care to elaborate?" I asked

"It's just boring stuff." Ray said

"I see." I replied

"So, tell me." Ray began "Would you rate this as a
good second date?"

"No." I replied

Ray frowned a little.

"I would rate this as a great second date." I said

"Really?" Ray asked smiling

"Yes, really." I replied

"Same here." Ray said

It was night time and we were alone on the beach.  Ray
leaned in and we kissed. It was a very light kiss,
tender, I felt his lips brush up against mine and
there was only a hint of our tongues touching.

"So, do you think there will be a third date?" Ray
asked

"I'm not sure. Kiss me again and I'll let you know." I
said

Ray leaned in and we kissed some more.

"Yea, there will definitly be a third date." I said

And then we kissed some more.

****ONE MONTH LATER****

     Well, there was a third date, and a fourth and
many other dates and now Ray and I are an exclusive
couple.  One night I was hanging out at Ray's
apartment we were on my couch kissing.  His lips were
so soft and tender, his breath was warm and fresh.  I
felt as if I could kiss him forever.  His hands were
holding mine and he then slid his hands down my arm.

I broke away from our kiss for a minute to take a
breather.

"What time is it?" I asked looking at Ray's watch.
"Holy Crap! You have a Rolex?"

"Yea." Ray replied

"Damn, that's nice." I said "And expensive."

"Not really." Ray said

"What do you mean? Is it one of those fake boot leged
ones?" I asked

"No, it's real." Ray replied

"And a real Rolex wasn't expensive for you?" I asked

"Alex, I haven't told you, but money isn't really a
problem for me." Ray said

"What do you mean? Are you a millionaire or somthing?"
I asked jokingly

"Pretty much." Ray replied

"What?" I asked shocked

"Yea, I didn't want to tell you, until you really got
to know me for me.  Because one of my boyfriends I had
just kept trying to use me for money all the time and
I made a deal with myself that I wouldn't tell another
boyfriend about my wealth until we both got to know
each other." Ray replied

"Aw man.  This is going to put a lot of extra stress
on me now." I said

"What do you mean?" Ray asked

"Well, what if I want to get you a gift?" I asked "I
go out and buy you something I think is nice, but to
you, it might as well have come from good will or
somthing."

Alex just smiled and gave me a hug.

"You're cute when you're stressed." Ray said

"Just shut up and start kissing me some more Mr.
Millionaire." I said

"Okay." Ray said smiling and began to kiss him some
more.

****RAY****

  I was hanging out in my apartment with Larry and my
other friends Thom, Doug, Karen and Lisa

"I'm glad you're happy with Alex, but you don't think
you moved a little too fast into this relationship?"
Karen asked

"No. You guys don't understand. I really like him." I
said

"Do you love him?" Thom asked

"I don't know. Maybe." I said

"Really?" Lisa asked

"Well, I don't know. You guys, that's between me and
him." I said

"I know and we're sorry.  We just want to make sure
you don't get hurt again like you did last time."
Larry said

"I know and I appreciate it guys, but really, I'm
fine. Maybe if you guys met him you would realize how
pointless all this worrying is." I said

"Then let's meet him." Lisa said

"Well, I have a date tomorrow with him so I'll talk to
him about it then." I said

"You sure?" Doug asked

****ALEX****

"Yes, you guys  I'm sure." I said to my friends David,
Cheryl, Steve, Blake, and Sue on whether I'm being
careful in this new relationship.

"Well, it's just that the last time you had a
boyfriend it didn't go over so well." Cheryl said

"Can we please not talk about Dean.  He's not in my
life anymore."  I replied

"He's not in anyone's life anymore." Cheryl corrected

"Okay, can we stop talking about him please?" I asked

"So, you met this Ray guy on the internet?" Steve
asked

"Yea, that parts a little weird.  I never would have
thought that was possible." I said

"But are you sure that he's right for you?" Blake
asked

"What's with the twenty questions?" I asked "If you
guys met him then you would see why I like him so
much."

"I guess you're right." Sue said

"Well, when are we going to meet him?" David asked

"I don't know." I replied

"How about this weekend?" Steve suggested

"Yea, I have nothing going on Saturday." Cheryl said

"Okay, chill guys. Let me talk this over with Ray
first." I said

****THE NEXT DAY****

     I went over to Ray's apartment for our date.  We
decided to just stay in and chill. I knocked on the
door and Ray opened it up.

"Hey baby." Ray said opening the door.

"Hey you." I said coming inside and then greeting him
with a kiss.

"How was your day today?" Ray asked

"It got a lot better now." I said smiling.

"So, I rented some movies." Ray said

"Sounds good." I replied

We went to the couch and Ray put in a movie and we
relaxed together.

"I have something I want to ask you." Ray said

"Oh, yea me too." I replied

"Do you want to go first?" Ray asked

"No, you go first." I replied

"All right, well my friends want to meet you." Ray
said

"Really?" I asked suprised

"Yea." Ray replied

"That's funny, because my friends want to meet you
too." I replied

"Well, maybe we all should just meet together. Have a
party or somthin." Ray suggested

"Really?" I asked

"Yea, why not?" Ray asked

"You are very smart." I said giving him a kiss.

"Thank you." Ray replied "So we can have it here on
Saturday."

"Sounds good." I said

"Awesome." Ray replied

****SATURDAY****

     Ray and I were at his place when our friends
arrived.  Everyone came and we all started talking and
everything.  I was sitting next to Ray when his
friends came up to me.

"Mind if we steal him away for a couple minutes Ray?"
His friend Larry said

"Oh, I'll be right back." I said getting up and going
with his friends to the kitchen.

"It's nice to finally meet you." Doug said

"Thanks. You too." I replied

"We just wanted to tell you that Ray is a really great
friend of ours and we don't want to see him get hurt."
Lisa said

"And I don't plan on hurting him." I replied

"It's just that his last relationship was a really bad
one." Karen said

"I know. He told me about that. You guys don't have to
worry." I said

"All right." Thom said

"You're a cool guy Alex. And as long as you stay this
way, you're cool by us." Larry said

****RAY****

"So, Ray.  Kirk is a really good friend of ours."
Cheryl said

"And since you are his boyfriend." Blake began

"We want to make sure that this is a healthy
relationship." Steve said finishing Blake's sentence

"I mean you guys did meet on the internet." Sue
pointed out

"I know, but I really like him.  Don't worry." I
replied

"Just please be good to him. He may seem like he's a
tough guy, but he can be pretty sensitive too." David
said

"All right. I promise I won't hurt him or anything." I
said

"That's all we wanted to hear." Blake said

****ALEX****

I went back to the living room where Ray and my
friends were and we all just talked and everything.
Then Ray and I went into the kitchen.

The gathering was going well.  Ray's friends and my
friends were getting along well with each other.

"Hey Alex, looks like my friends are getting along
pretty well with your friends." Ray said

"I know, that's cool.  This was a great idea Ray." I
said

"Thank you." Ray replied

Then there was a knock on the door.

"Who's that?" I asked

"I don't know.  I thought everyone was here." Ray said

I looked around to see if any of my friends were not
there, but they were all here.

"Come in!" Ray shouted out

Then the door opened and someone walked in.

"Oh my God." Ray said to himself

"Who is it?" I asked

Ray looked over at me with a worried look...

"Ray what's he doing here?" Larry asked coming up to
me.

"Who is it?" I asked

"That's my ex-boyfriend." Ray said

I looked at him with shock then looked back as his
ex-boyfriend walked through the door, through the hall
way into the living room of Ray's apartment and back
into Ray's life....

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To Be Continued...

Hope everyone enjoyed it.  With any comments or
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