Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 00:58:47 -0800 (PST) From: Kirk Landers Subject: Relationships- Part 8 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 a lot of sex in it. This isn't the story for you. Hope you are all enjoying. Take Care! Ray woke up at about 8:00 AM Sunday morning. He looked over and saw Alex still asleep next to him. Not wanting to disturb him, Ray got up and went into the kitchen for something to eat. There was nothing in the kitchen that Ray wanted to eat and he didn't want to take the time to make coffee, he saw the vodka he had out from the night before and poured himself a glass. After that he went out and got a newspaper, came back to his apartment and read in the living room and waited for Alex to wake up. In Ray's bedroom where Alex was asleep, he started to toss and turn because of a dream he was having... ****ALEX'S DREAM**** Alex was at work reshelving some videos when Taylor walked in. "Hello Alex." Taylor said walking up to him. "Taylor what are you doing here? I told you to stop hitting on me." Alex replied "And naturally you think that's going to make me stop?" Taylor asked smiling "It should." Alex retorted "Nice try. But I know you want me." Taylor said walking up to Alex. "No, I don't." Alex replied "Don't fight it." Taylor said grabbing Alex. "No. Get off of me." Alex replied pushing Taylor away. "I like it when you play hard to get." Taylor said laughing. "Get off me!" Alex shouted giving Taylor a right hook. Taylor rubbed the side of his face a little then turned back to Alex. "You're going to be sorry you did that." Taylor said then grabbed Alex and started kissing his neck. "No." Alex said "Get off of me." "I know you want it. Just admit it." Taylor said Off that statement Alex woke up, he looked around Ray's room just for re-assurance that he was awake. It was about 9:30 AM Alex woke up and went into the living room, Ray at that time had already read most of the paper and has a couple of drinks. "Hey." Alex said sitting down next to Ray. "Morning." Ray replied giving Alex a kiss. Alex could taste the vodka on Ray's lips and pulled away from the kiss. "Drink so soon Ray, you won't make it through the day." Alex said "Yea, you're probably right." Ray answered. "So what do you want to do today?" "I'd kinda just like to hang out here. Take it easy. I mean, how often can we hang here with out having to worry about Jeff ruining the day?" Alex asked "Sounds like a good plan." Ray replied smiling Ray and Alex spent the day just taking it easy while Jeff was busy doing everything in his power to destroy Ray. Jeff went back to LA County Jail to visit Dean. The two were just going over last minute details before Jeff was to return home. "So I will be here to pick you up when you get released from here." Jeff said "All right. Then what?" Dean asked "Then you can stay at my place. We'll get you cleaned up before you go and see Alex." Jeff replied "Thanks so much. You have no idea how much this means to me." Dean said with a genuine smile. "Believe me, you are the one who's doing me a big favor." Jeff replied smiling. "But I have to get going. I'll see you soon Dean." "Bye Jeff." Dean said Jeff then left and headed back to his place. ****RAY'S APARTMENT**** "Have you ever had this feeling that something bad was about to happen?" Alex asked "What do you mean?" Ray asked "I don't know. I'm probably just imagining it." Alex replied brushing the idea off. "Is something bothering you?" Ray asked curiously "No." Alex replied smiling, although he still was feeling bothered by his dream with Taylor. "Hey." Ray began getting Alex's attention "Have I told you yet that I love you." "Not yet." Alex replied smiling "I love you." Ray said giving Alex a kiss. "I love you too." Alex replied "Do you remember our first date?" Ray asked "Yea." Alex replied "Remember how I asked you if you were nervous at all." Ray asked smiling a little "Yes, and I said that I was 'very nervous', because going on a date with someone from online was new to me and all." Alex replied with an embarrassed look. "But then you told me that I had nothing to be nervous about." "Yea, well I have a confession." Ray said "That night was probably the most nerve wracking night of my life. I've never been so nervous before." "Really?" Alex asked smiling "Yea." Ray replied "Wow, amazing the effect I have on people." Alex said proudly "Get off your high horse and give me a kiss." Ray said leaning in and kissing Alex. Alex and Ray enjoyed a nice relaxing day together. Alex was just heading out to get some food from a fast food resteraunt when he bumped into Jeff in the hall who was just coming back from his "trip". "What are you doing here? I thought you were going to be gone all day?" Alex asked dissapointed "Well, I missed you too much." Jeff said sarcastically. Jeff then noticed Alex was heading out. "Oh are you leaving?" "No, I'll be back." Alex replied "Too bad." Jeff retorted "Funny, I was just going to say that about you coming back here so soon." Alex said smiling Jeff laughed a little; "Your witt amuses me. You're almost an interesting person to talk to." Jeff then headed for his apartment, but Alex was pissed by the last remark Jeff made and went to confront him. "Hey, you think you can say something like that to me and just walk away?" Alex asked grabbing Jeff's arm. "If you're smart, you'll take your hand off of me." Jeff replied "And if I don't?" Alex asked Jeff finished unlocking his apartment door and took Alex's hand off of him and walked into his apartment, Alex followed him in. "Are you going to answer me?" Alex asked "You're not an interesting enough person to answer to." Jeff said "That's one." Alex said "Alex, go run off and get your stupid boyfriend his food." Jeff replied "That's two." Alex said "Leave, you annoying fag." Jeff snarled "That's three." Alex said then he gave Jeff a right hook. Alex fell back a little, rubbing his jaw. "You son-of-a-bitch!" Jeff replied and punched Alex in the stomach. Alex curled over holding his stomach. Jeff wasted no time waiting for Alex to fight back, he then pushed Jeff on the ground, leaned over him and punched him again. "Get off of me!" Alex shouted and kicked Jeff in the stomach. Jeff fell to the ground and Alex reached over and grabbed Jeff by the leg and then kicked jeff in the stomach again. Jeff reached over and picked up a shoe of his that was lying on the ground and threw it at Alex hitting him in the forehead. "Ouch!" Alex shouted getting up to his feet. Jeff got up also and they launched foward at each other. Jeff punched Alex again and Alex punched Jeff. Meanwhile, Ray was in his apartment, but he heard the noise of things breaking and smashing so he went outside and heard it coming from Jeff's apartment. He hurried down and opened the door to find Alex and Jeff still fighting one another, he ran up to them and broke it up. "Break it up!" Ray shouted pulling the two apart. "Come on Alex, you don't want to waste your time on trash." Ray gave Jeff a look of disgust. "Yea run off like a wuss." Jeff said "Go to hell Jeff." Ray said "You think it will end this easily Ray? Just wait, you'll be going through a hell of a lot more trouble." Jeff said "You're just a bag of empty threats." Ray replied "That's what you think." Jeff said smiling Ray and Alex then left and slammed the door to Jeff's apartment. When Ray and Alex got back to Ray's apartment, Ray was very frustrated and marched into the kitchen and poured himself a glass of vodka. "Sorry about that." Alex said "What happened?" Ray asked "He just pissed me off." Alex replied "Alex, don't waste your time on Jeff. He's not worth it." Ray said frustrated, taking a big gulp of vodka. "I'm sorry, but he just pushed me too far." Alex said "Alex, I don't want you getting involved with Jeff. Just stay away from him. He's bad news." Ray said "I know that, but if he thinks he can just say crap to me and get away with it, then he's wrong." Alex replied "Alex, leave Jeff to me. I can handle him." Ray said "You can handle him? Ray, didn't you get into a fight with Jeff a couple of weeks ago?" Alex asked "That's not really the point." Ray said "Yea, it is Ray. You think that you can handle Jeff and I can't, but the truth is you can't handle him either." Alex rotorted. "I know him better than you." Ray said "Doesn't mean you're any better at keeping your cool around him then I am." Alex said With that Alex went up to Ray and gave him a hug. "I know you're upset now. Just calm down a little okay? Don't let Jeff spoil this weekend for us." Alex said comfortingly "All right. Thanks." Ray replied giving Alex a quick kiss. "Just relax, I'm going to go get some food." Alex said and then headed out. Ray still really stressed out took the whole bottle of vodka with him to the living room and poured himself some more. Alex was waiting for the elevator when Jeff came out of his apartment. Jeff's shirt was torn from the fight, but other than that he seemed all right. "Alex, I need to talk to you." Jeff said "Whatever it is Jeff, I don't care. Just get away from me." Alex said as the elevator door opened. Alex went in the elevator, but Jeff stood in the doorway to the elevator and held the door open. "I just wanted to warn you. Ray can get very rough, especially when he's been drinking." Jeff said "What?" Alex asked confused. "Just a little warning. Take care." Jeff said and walked back into his apartment. Alex was a still confused about what Jeff had told him, first Jeff was trying to beat him up and now he was giving him a warning? He tried to ignore the warning and went out to get some food for him and Ray. ****JEFF'S APARTMENT**** Jeff sat back on his couch smiling to himself. 'The fight Alex and I had was the pefect way to get Ray to drink.' Jeff thought to himself 'And I know what Ray gets like when he drinks. If Alex is around Ray at the time, poor Alex will be in for one hell of a ride.' ****RAY'S APARMENT**** Alex just got back from getting food, he was gone for a couple hours since he walked around thinking for a little bit first about what Jeff had told him. He put the food in the kitchen and went into the living room to find Ray sitting on the couch. On the groud was the bottle of vodka...empty. "Ray did you finish all that vodka?" Alex asked concerned Ray looked down at the empty bottle. "I guess I did." Ray replied laughing. "Ray, you shouldn't have drank all that." Alex said picking the bottle up off the ground "Well, I was thirsty." Ray slurred out of his mouth. "Okay, well I think you had enough excitement for one day-" Alex began but Ray cut him off. "Enough excitement? You aint seen nothing yet." Ray replied Alex knowing Ray was drunk decided to try and get Ray to sleep. "Come on Ray. Let's go to bed." Alex said "So eager to go to bed with me?" Ray asked laughing "No, actually I'm going to put you to bed, then I'm going to leave." Alex replied "But you said you don't have school tomorrow! I remember you telling me! You said this Monday you didn't have school." Ray shouted "That's right, I don't, but I'm going to go." Alex said calmly. "No way." Ray said "You're not going anywhere." Ray began to kiss Alex's neck. Alex was not in the mood for this pushed Ray off. "Ray, your drunk. Just go to bed and get some rest." Alex said "I know you want it." Ray replied That statement reminded Alex of the dream he had last night... ****ALEX'S DREAM**** "No. Get off of me." Alex replied pushing Taylor away. "I like it when you play hard to get." Taylor said laughing. "Get off me!" Alex shouted giving Taylor a right hook. Taylor rubbed the side of his face a little then turned back to Alex. "You're going to be sorry you did that." Taylor said then grabbed Alex and started kissing his neck. "No." Alex said "Get off of me." "I know you want it. Just admit it." Taylor said Alex then flashed back to the realization that this nightmare might be coming true, only it's with the man he loves. "Ray get off of me." Alex said "I know you want it. Just admit it." Ray said in the same manner in which Taylor told him in his dream. "Oh my God." Alex said worried Ray then grabbed Alex and dragged him into his bedroom. Alex tried to punch Ray, but that only made Ray angrier and Ray punched Alex in the stomach causing Alex to fall over. Ray then through Alex on the bed and slammed the door to his bedroom shut. "No!" Alex shouted in horror. *************************************************************************** To Be Continued.... With any questions comments or feedback please e-mail me at ilj4ever44@yahoo.com