Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 20:45:49 +0000 From: Robert Me Subject: My Best Friends Story/3 IF you are still reading this it must be because you like it and want to know how it will end? Well it will and this will be the penultimate chapter, but before you read this one would you please consider a donation to nifty, no matter how large or small, it will help the guys to keep going and we ALL want nifty to keep going, right? ____________________________________________________________________________ Ryan woke up and got out of bed for a shower. He had pulled the duvet down far enough see the naked David and smiled as the happy memories came flooding back to the first time they had each seen each other this way 18 years ago. Both of them had gone about their own lives and had had many sexual experiences but had also stayed in contact and would email at least once a month just to keep up with the latest news. David was in fact awake but pretended to be asleep and waited for Ryan to come back out of the shower because he knew he would be naked and wanted one last look before he got out of bed and went for his shower and took his own happy memories with him. They sat at their table eating breakfast, it was 9am and had three hours before they would go their separate ways, but David need to close all this and asked the one question that he already knew what the answer would be, but still needed to ask it. "Ryan, are you still in love with Nathan?" "How do you know I was?" "Oh do come on! Its fucking obvious you were and my guess is you still are." Ryan looked at his friend and shook his shoulders. "Its not important any more, but as your asking, yes I was and still am, but when mum got killed that changed every thing in my life and all I do now is work and absorb myself into it. I have had some luck as well and have just agreed to a years contract for the British Athletic Association and start to work with them in a months time. The money is great and I'm going to sell up and move permanently down to the cabin and there I will stay." "And live with your memories Ryan?" "Some people don't have any memories Dave except bad ones. I have good ones, with dad and then mum. Ok they have both gone but at least I have them and all good ones and that includes you and me." "And Nathan?" "Of course and I know he will always have good memories himself about us and I hope about other things in his life." "Why did he leave you?" "He didn't LEAVE me, but I knew he had to one day. He was only 14 when we had our first time and we were together for four more years but I was the only gay man he knew and I was sure he would have to go and experience another life without me in it. Looking back I guess it was the right time for Nathan as he was still only 18 and a whole life to be had without being stuck to me. As I told you he got to work with Drew and Albert and he was very, very good and by the time he left school he was more than skilled in carpentry but in particular French polishing. They took him on full time and he went from good to excellent and both guys told me they had never met someone so young with his ability. Our own relationship was as sound as the Bank of England but do you know what Dave, I just knew it could not last, he was FAR too young to commit himself to me without experiencing other things and I told him he should take time off and travel the country and possibly abroad. I felt like I was holding him back and tried to convince myself he was only with me because he felt he should be. I had to let him go, not that I wanted him too, but come on, I'm 10 years older than him, I have had a life but he hadn't. Anyway it was all taken out of my hands when he was 18 and one day he came home and told me he had been asked to be part of a team restoring a ton of furniture in a mansion in the midlands for English Heritage and it would take at least six months. Drew and Albert had been approached by them and they knew it would be a great opportunity for Nathan and it would secure his future in his profession. The night before he left mum had made herself scarce so we would have time together. We went to bed and made love to one another. By now Nathan had grown to 5ft 7 and a cock that had reached my length, all seven inches of it and my word I felt ALL of them as he slipped into me. We had a great time, as always and I know for sure when we flipped he was as satisfied as I had been, as always. At first he would text or email me everyday and tell me about his work, where he was living and who he was living with. There was a group of four of them and all in a big shared flat and he seemed very happy and because he was, I was as well and I'm fucking lying, I was missing him so bloody much and was trying desperately to let him go but having no luck. Dave, I know I cant stop loving him......I just cant, but he has gone now and, eventually I will learn to live with it." "For Christ sake Ryan its been three years, have you not met someone else or at least had sex to try to get over him? Come on mate, there are loads out there and you never know someone may click with you?" "Yes, I have had a few moments I have to admit and some really nice looking guys, especially the ballet dancers and then of course we had sex two nights ago. That was fucking great Dave and just what I needed but I know you will forgive me when I say that no sex is like the love making Nathan and I had. Sorry but that's how I feel." "No problem but it was good for me too Ryan. When did you last see him, at your mothers funeral?" "Yes, but he only came down for the funeral for Christ's sake! I was so angry with him for not coming straight away and then to make matters worse my brother Geoff turned up the day AFTER the funeral asking about the will! Christ what a fucked up family we turned out to be. I don't know what Nathan thinks about me beating the shit out of Geoff and the police getting involved. At least Geoff pissed off and no charges where made against me. We did have some time to ourselves before he went back to Manchester and he told me he was fine and I guessed he was involved with someone by now, but the whole time he was here he looked far from happy and I just knew there were problems, not that I asked, I knew he would not tell the truth. We did talk but it was influenced by the sadness of all that was going on and we were both struggling with the grief of loosing our mother and I hoped it would bring us closer but it was almost like two strangers talking as we sat in separate seats. The last time we were together we were naked and had made love for Christ sake! No I didn't expect us to go to bed and would not want that anyway, we were different people by now, but I did think after all we had done together, it would be a bit closer than this. He could not be more distant and it hurt. "Nathan when are you going back?" "Tomorrow, early." It was like talking to a brick wall and I lost it. "Ok, make sure you shut the door as you go out. Slam as hard as you want, I wont be here." I got up and left and booked into a hotel for the night. I got into bed and cried my fucking eyes out and not only because I had lost mum, but now, I knew I had lost Nathan as well. I made sure I would not get back home until late so I would be sure Nathan had gone. A week later I met with mum's solicitor and found out she had left every thing to Nathan and me 50/50 and instructed him to let Nathan know and for him to tell Nathan I would buy him out of his half of the house. He got back some time later and told me via the solicitor he did not want his half of the house and it was mine. It seemed he was cutting all ties with me." "Ryan, I know you will morn the loss of your mother for ever but can I ask this, are you sure you are still in love with Nathan?" I looked at my friend and could have answered the question for him. He stared at his food for a long time and I could see the tears falling down his face. Ryan knew he did not have to wipe them off as we were so close and he need not be ashamed of being normal. "Yes Dave I do and whatever happens to me I will never stop loving him and I tell you something else, nobody will ever take his place. But I also know what the questions would be. How can you love a man who's nappies you used to change when he was a baby? How can you be in love with someone you used to be a father figure too and he looked up to you with trust but you got him into bed!? I know what could be said and now I'm wondering if Nathan would not agree with those questions now and because he was so distant after mum's funeral I think he might thinking the same." "When you can, will you come out to Singapore and stay for as long as you want Ryan?" His face lit up and actually smiled. "Yes I would like that very much Dave. Do I have to sleep with you?" "No problem so long as you can get in between me and whoever!" I cuddled into Ryan and after telling one another to "take care and good luck," I watched his taxi go and when he went out of sight I went back up to what was our room and made a long distance call to Singapore and got another week off. I was going up to Manchester to try to find one small person who was my best friends whole life. Fuck knows what would happen, but it could not be worse than it was now and it could be that Nathan had moved on anyway and did not want anything more to do with Ryan, but I was fucking sure that was crap, but I also knew I had put myself on a mission but had no idea how to go about it. It was a very special journey which had a surprising ending, for me anyway and I almost forgot the reason why I was sitting in the train heading towards Manchester in the first class dining saloon. The waiter asked me for my choice and I looked up at him and fell in love. He, as it turned out, also fell in love with me at the same time and, after swapping phone numbers, we would meet that night for a drink as he happened to be a Manchester man whose Chinese family had been in England for three generations and he was the off spring of a Chinese father and an English mother and the result was a fantastically beautiful man who now stood above me asking me for my order! "Anything you think I would like please." He wrote on his pad and gave it to me. I looked at it and read, "ME?" Lee and I met in my hotel an hour after the train got into Manchester and had dinner together and broke the ice with a few drinks and an invitation from me to go to my room and get naked. He agreed and we are still together all these years later. But long before that he helped me find Nathan which when I think about it was a pretty simple search. "How many French polishers are there in Manchester do you think David? Yellow pages may help or even that new thing called the internet?" Lee was taking the piss so I had to make up for my stupidity and gave him another blow job. "Right, that's the list of all the French polishers in Manchester then Lee." We looked at the only one on the list and I was happy that we had tracked Nathan down at long last, it had taken all of half an hour! We made love again and settled down for the night with Lee in my arms. Lee sent a few text messages the following morning which told a few guys they were dumped. It was all so simple, meet a guy, fall in love and live happily ever after. Why the fuck couldn't Ryan and Nathan be the same? Because no one is the same, that's why. Lee had to go to work but he invited me to stay with him and we would meet at the station when his train got in later that evening. We kissed goodbye and I went off pretending I was Sherlock Holmes. "Elementary my dear Ryan." The taxi dropped me off at the work shop which was in a scruffy part of north Manchester and I went straight in and looked at the various pieces on display. I knew bugger all about furniture but had to admit every item looked fantastic. As I opened the door I had heard a bell ring in the back and looked up as Nathan came out and smiled at me. I had seen a few photos and drawings Ryan had shown me and so I already knew how good looking he was and in the flesh even better. "Can I help you?" Lee had told me what to say so I was well prepared, I hoped. "Just looking to buy a friend a present and get you to send it to him, can you do that?" "Of course, have you anything in mind?" "None at all I'm afraid, but I know he wouldn't like anything too big, some thing like this maybe?" I was looking at a cutlery cabinet with three drawers and made of walnut. The more I looked at it the more I was liking it and even better was if Ryan didn't he could shove it away somewhere as it was quite small. "Is it antique? " It was nice to hear Nathan laugh which made him look even more beautiful. "No it isn't, in fact I made it out of the doors of an old walnut wardrobe." "Ok, thanks I will have it, you did say you will deliver?" "Yes but it will cost more I'm afraid." "No problem." I took my card out and handed it to him. He looked at the name and then back up at me. "Is there a problem?" Ryan may have told him about him and me being friends at some time. "No, not at all Mr Morrison." He had hardly got that out when the bat wing doors opened and a guy in a wheel chair came out. "Every thing alright here?" He maybe handicapped but his attitude was quite harsh I thought. "This gentleman has just bought the cutlery cabinet Peter." "Ok, but don't take long there is work to do." He turned round and drove himself back the way he came. "Nice." I said "Sorry about that. Hope your still taking the cabinet?" "Of course." "Can I have the name and address please?" I pretended my phone was going off. "Damb I must take this, will you charge up first please." I wanted to make sure I had bought the cabinet and Nathan would not get pissed off and tell me to fuck off, he might anyway. I went to the other side of the shop and talked to myself while watching Nathan charge my card up. As soon as he had done it I pretended to end the call. "Ok my handsome man, I will see you later tonight sweetheart." I had made a pretend call and Nathan pretended not to hear me. "Right Mr Morrison can I have the name and address please." "I think you will know the address Nathan, the name is Ryan Walsh." He stood there and stared at me. He looked my card again and he realised who I was. "Don't be angry Nathan but I would like to meet with you, I saw a pub a few doors down and I would like to talk to you and before you ask, Ryan has no idea I'm here." "Sorry, I cant, you have wasted your time." He looked behind him and I guessed checking that the guy was not there. As if on cue. "NATHAN!" "Coming Peter!" He called back. He looked at me with a look that was asking me to go. "I'm here for some time before I go back to Singapore and I will keep coming back until you and I meet, I'm going to the pub and hope you grow a set and meet me there." I gave him my phone number and took my card and left. Sherlock would also have worked out what could be going on, either that or I was very wrong. I met Lee and cheered up no end and steered him into a restaurant and we had a lovely time which became even better when we got to his flat. "So, how did it go with Nathan?" I told him all that had happened which did not include him turning up at the pub, I had stayed there for two hours and could not wait to get out. I got a taxi back into town and did some shopping and kicked around until it was time to go to the station to meet Lee. Making love with Lee took me far away from the reason why I had come to Manchester and it was with some surprise that I found a message from Nathan which he had sent two hours earlier. "Can meet in café at Manchester General Hospital at 11am tomorrow. Its on the third floor. Got two hours." "We have only just met and you have a date with a gay guy already." Lee kissed me and I sort of beat him up, or maybe he let me because it was a hell of a turn on for both of us. He was off the next day and asked me if I would like him to go with me. "Don't worry I wont be anywhere near you and when you finish we can go into town and find something to do." I sent a text to Nathan to say I would be there and then Lee ravished my body again, bitch! At 10 45 I sat at a table in the corner of the café and waited, "Watson" was sitting a couple of tables away reading the news papers. Nathan came in and got a coffee and joined me. "Peter has a regular dialysis appointment every two months or when he needs it. So, what's this all about?" "I'm sorry I just turned up at your place like I did and your business is none of mine but I just hope I could try to understand why you seemed to have rejected Ryan completely and to be honest I find that hard to believe. He told me everything that went on between you and I'm not here on his behalf, as I said he doesn't even know I'm here. Ryan is the best friend anyone could have and, I know it's got nothing to do with me, but as he is my best friend I would like to try to understand." "Its ok and I want to tell you, it will be a sort of release and maybe you could tell Ryan everything. The truth is I made quite a few mistakes and I'm paying for them trust me. Want another coffee?" He smiled at me and I felt much better, at least I would get the story and that MAY help Ryan to understand as well. "Yes please." "I was so happy with Ryan not that I really need to tell you that, you know already but I also knew Ryan wanted me to sort of spread my wings and see life outside the one I had and I thought he was right. The job coming up with English Heritage of course did it for me and for the first two months I just got stuck into the work and loved it. Then I met a guy also working there and stuff happened but that was the first thing to go wrong. The guy turned out to be a shit so I found a flat share with others on the job and I latched on to them when they went out. One of the guys was also gay not that anything happened between us but I used to go out with him and he showed me the gay scene and I took to it big time. I don't want to say anything about that except to say I found it was a bitch and began to hate it. Anyway I was seeing a guy quite a lot and it was him who first took me to a casino and I started betting and actually did quite well at first. It was then I met Peter and his partner and got really friendly with both of them. It was even better when he gave me a job at his workshop and even if I say it myself, I am the best of the four of us that work for him. Peter was great and so was Harry and we became very good friends and I was happy. I used to go and visit them a lot and got involved in Peter's care which was quite involved but Peter was happy and made it all quite easy. He had a car accident five years ago and was left paralyzed from the waist down and put him in a wheel chair for life. He was amazing and made me laugh and I just enjoyed being with him. It was during that time things went wrong and I became addicted to gambling and run up a big debt. I tried to pay it off by even more gambling and got into even more debt. Peter somehow found out about it and gave me a choice to either stop or I had to get out. By this time I had left my boyfriend, who also turned out to be a shit and moved in with Peter and Harry. Peter sat me down one day and told me he would pay my debts off and I could pay back from my salary. It was eight grand and you have no idea how grateful I was to him and it did the trick, I have never been near a casino since. But then it went really bad and neither Peter or I had any idea what was coming. We got back home after work a year ago and Peter found a note saying Harry had gone and had cleared all his things out. Since then I have thought Harry planned it that way, get me involved in Peter's care and when he thought I could coup, he just fucked off, I'm sure I'm right. I don't want to go into much more detail, it would take too long but Peter changed from then and life for me was tough. He took it all out on me and became quite violent and even beat me up a few times. I know it sounds stupid as he is so handicapped but he is very strong and of course I am close to him a lot of the time and he could just grab me and punch the shit out of me. I never knew when its coming. He also had me by the balls in that I was stuck to him because of my debts, he knew I would not leave him because I'm too stupid and owed him all that money and I couldn't leave him anyway because he was so dependant on me. He knew that and plays on it the whole time. He even told me he would commit suicide if I left. I had a hell of a time convincing him mum had died and he even checked out she had before I was allowed to go to her funeral. David, all I wanted to do is be with Ryan and even though it was such a dreadful time I just wanted to cuddle into him again and try to forget what I had got into. I recon that in all the three years I have been away, I have only been happy for one of them." "Tell me Nathan do you still love Ryan?" "I never stopped but I will never go back to him." "Why?" He did not answer straight away, in fact for a long time. "I'm too ashamed, I stayed away thinking I had got it right and failed badly and always thought Ryan would never want me anyway as I have been with other guys and............fuck it, I'm rubbish and he deserves better than me." "Nathan I have no idea how Ryan would react to all this, but I also know HE knows it may have gone tits up for you and my guess he would say there is nothing to forgive. Still, as I say I don't know." "Will you tell him we have met?" "Do you want me too?" Again there was a long pause and I could see he was getting emotional and was fighting it. "I don't know, Christ I just don't know. I have convinced myself he will hate me for all I have done, going with other guys, gambling and now stuck with Peter. I haven't told you every thing about him and I cant leave him, he has got me where he wants me and I know he has friends who would work me over or worse if I make any attempt to leave him." "Oh, who?" "Two friends who go back long before he had his accident. Again its a long story but I will keep it short. These two guys plus Peter and Harry often met for foursomes but when Peter was disabled it was those two and Harry, Peter did not mind that but he did not let them involve me. Harry would meet them at their place and that was that until Harry left and after a couple of months he made me get involved while he watched and filmed us. Its not quite as simple as that though, I was forced into it and after two beatings I had no choice. I know I should have run away but I was watched most of the time and there was one more thing and this is the big one. Peter and his mates found Ryan's address in my room, I had already told him a little about us when we were good friends and they knew of course I would have been under age and threatened me they would go to the police if I didn't do what they wanted and dump Ryan in the shit. I just went along with it and still do." Nathan was spent and looked dreadful. He had resigned himself to his lot and was totally under the control of this man. I have no idea why but I asked him one more question before he had to go, well several in fact. "How many times do you have to perform for this shit?" "There's no actual time or date, Peter phones them and they come round if they are free. The only thing I'm sure about it wont be for sometime because they are both away for the next month. They are in Gran Canaria." "Is Peter quite well off?" "Very, he got a massive pay out after his crash and is careful with his money, why?" I ignored the question. "What bank does he use?" "The Morton and Fellows." "Well, well, well, that's good." "What do you mean?" "Nothing yet, do you want to get out of this? It maybe a stupid question but I have to ask." "Yes of course I fucking do but I'm totally dependant on Peter and of course he has me by the nuts with the threat about Ryan." "Do you have CCTV at your shop?" "Yes." "Can you disable it?" "I guess so, just switch it off." "Is your phone private to you, does Peter check it." "Yes he does but only when he thinks about it that's why I deleted my message to you and that one you sent." "Ok, I need a couple of days, maybe longer. IF there is anything I can do that I'm thinking may work I will text you and I will turn up at your shop the next day and I want you to turn off the CCTV. All I will say is "hi" and you will know what to do and send me a "hi" back." "You could get Ryan into trouble if what ever you are thinking about goes wrong." "Its a bit of a long shot but I think its worth the risk unless of course you don't want help, its up to you Nathan but all I'm thinking about is Ryan, this needs to be sorted out because I can see a time when that bastard will use it sometime and I'm not going to let that happen, he is too special to me." "How special?" "We more or less grew up together and had sex when we were 13 and quite a lot since." "Including when you saw him this time?" Why should I lie? Nathan should have nothing to be upset about. "Once but not after he told me about you and him. Don't have a problem with it Nathan I now have two reasons to be here and the most important is get this twat off Ryan and by doing that I may also do you a favour. Look what you have got yourself involved with was a lot to do with you and you could have done a lot to help yourself, but now it could involve Ryan and that's my main reason to do something that MAY help. I need to go and give it a lot of thought." "Can I ask what it is?" "No, just wait for my message." I got up and went out followed by Lee. We found a restaurant and I told him all that was said. "Do you think it will work David?" "Not for the want of trying, its pure luck I work for the same bank and I hope you will let me use your phone when we get back, it will take ages but it wont cost you a thing I promise." In fact it was much easier than I thought it would be and only took the whole of the next day before I had set this Peter up by emptying his accounts and putting the lot into a new one I created for myself under a new name and found myself better off by 200,000 quid, it would not be there for long Peter would hope. Lee told me to be careful as I kissed him goodbye and was more than confident, I was not only good at my job, I was also very good with computers and knew them inside out as well as being able to do some extra stuff that boarded on the illegal. I didn't use it in that way, but it could come in handy one day, like now in fact. The bell rang as I opened the door and saw Nathan standing there. He smiled at me and I thought rather liked the smart business suit I had on. "Is it off?" I whispered. Nathan nodded back. "Put the closed sign up and lock the door." I went into Peter's office which was in the back and over looked the work shop, three guys were working and would have thought I was there on an appointment, Nathan would join them and ignore me as well. "Mr Peter Watts?" "Who the fuck are you?" "You ARE Mr Watts?" "I say again, who the fuck are you?" "Mr Watts go into your bank accounts please and don't refuse as I'm logging into them now." I opened my computer and tapped a few buttons. "I'm in." "I'm calling the police you cunt, fuck off!" "And you wont get ANY of your money back...........you cunt!" He moved his chair towards me and I moved round the back of him and pulled the plug out. "NOW go into your accounts Mr Fucking Watts." If looks could kill! "I cant move you shit." I got up and shoved him in front of his computer and lifted the phone off the hook at the same time. "What's this all about you bastard?" "First don't swear at me again, if you do it will cost you 1000 pounds each time, second, log in now or loose another 1000." Five minutes later he was staring at four empty accounts and gave me another look to kill. "What's this about? Obviously you have hacked these accounts." "Do you want your money back Mr Watts?" "Course I fucking do you shit." "That has just cost you 2000, keep going or just shut the fuck up and listen." I waited and stared him out. "Ready Mr Watts?" He kept his mouth shut and nodded. I then told Watts all that Nathan had told me and his control over him and the possible threat to Ryan, it did take some time and as I spoke I could see him getting more and more angry. "Right, this is the bottom line, I will call Nathan in and tell him to go back to your cess pit and clear out as well as get out of your fucked up life. I will then give you 20000 back once he calls me to say he is where I will be sending him. When he calls me you will tell the other men you are closing up for the day and they can go because you and I may have a long wait. Over the next few months I will return 10000 a time until you have HALF back and then I will return the rest when I am sure you will cooperate. Mr Watts you will be watched and if I get a bad report, I will withdraw the lot again. (That was a complete lie not that he knew it) You maybe thinking of taking the lot out and put it all somewhere else, well you cant I have frozen all four of them and only I can release money and put it into this new account and I will transfer money to so you can live, watch." I pressed a few more buttons and Watts got 5000 into the account. "Pretty good don't you think?" He was fuming and called me a cunt which, as promised, cost him a 1000. "You now have 4000, anything more to say Mr Watts?" I stood and leaned over him. "Try and fuck Nathan, Ryan and me up you bastard and you WILL be a very poor man I fucking promise you, but you will be thanked by several charities you could be donating too." Without taking my eyes off him I handed him a sheet of paper with his new account details and his log in particulars. "I will keep a close eye on that account Mr Watts I promise you." "I need more money to pay for my care, I'm going to have to get someone else in now." "Your problem Watts, find another young man and film HIM while your fuckwit mates rape him you piece of shit. Don't talk, it will cost you too much." He kept quiet and I called Nathan in the office. "Mr Watts here is very sorry but he has to let you go Mr Walsh, he has agreed to let you off the loan and will pay you two years salary as a thank you for the care you have given him and will pay a lot more if he tries to fuck you up anymore. Go now and pack and also look around for any nasty videos or photos this shite took and take this Nathan, I will meet you there later, phone me when your in." Without even looking at his former tormentor Nathan left for a new life, what ever that would be. Watts told the rest to go and we sat waiting for Nathan's call, meanwhile I went onto his computer and found my order for the cabinet and paid myself back and erased all mine and Ryan's details. I then went into the staff records and paid Nathan 20000 out of one of Watts's savings accounts, then deleted Nathan's employment details. An hour later he called and told me he was in his room and had got Watts computer because all the videos and photos were on it. "Seems like we have most of the shit you took of Nathan and the two fuckwits performing for you. If I get a smell that there is more it will cost you shit loads. Wait there, I will be back." I plugged him back in and went out, picked the cabinet up and went outside and hailed a taxi. Lee loved that cabinet so I gave it to him, he would never know he was the recipient of stolen goods, well he did when it arrive with all his other stuff after he had moved to Singapore to be with me. We both went to see Nathan and had to comfort him for a very long time while he cried his eyes out. Lee, bless him, said he could not stay here on his own and told Nathan and me he was coming back and stay with us. Nathan was shattered and after a shower went to bed in the spare room and was asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow. Lee told me off for asking if I could use the phone and I made a long call to Ryan, it took nearly two hours. ____________________________________________________________________________ winchesterbornbred@hotmail.co.uk