Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 13:15:29 -0800 (PST) From: Kirk Landers Subject: Dating and the Single Life- part 9 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. Here's part 9 entitled "The Gift". This is going to be my last post until the new year, and then I'll come back and continue it, I'm going to be taking a vacation. Hope you all like it! "THE GIFT" Over at Randal's apartment Marcus got there and the two were talking. As they talked the phone rang. "Hello?" Randal asked answering "Hello, is this Randal Brody?" "Yes." Randal replied "This is Dr. Callaway." "Oh, hi doctor." Randal said "Yes, we got the results back." the doctor said "All right." Randal said preparing himself to hear the news..... "You are HIV negative." the doctor said Randal sighed with relief. "Thank you doctor." Randal said "No problem." The doctor replied as Randal hung up. "Well?" Marcus asked "It was negative!" Randal replied smiling "I knew it!" Marcus said giving Randal a hug, "Congratulations bud." "Thank you." Randal said, "I never would have gotten through all this with out you." "Anytime." Marcus said "Come on." Randal said getting up, "I was stressing over all of this that I haven't even started my Christmas shopping." "Randal, it's the December 20, you haven't done any shopping?" Marcus asked "No, I was so consumed with that damn test." Randal replied "The mall's going to be packed." Marcus said "I know, but it'll be fun." Randal said, "Come on." Marcus and Randal got up and headed to the mall. At David's apartment he was sitting on his bed as Brett finished hanging up some clothes. "So, was that Kyle who was down there talking to you?" Brett asked "Yea." David replied "He all right?" Brett asked "He's fine, he's just going through some stuff right now." David replied "Is it because of his watch?" Brett asked "No, it's not that." David answered, "It's just some personal stuff." "Oh, I see." Brett said David then laid back on the bed thinking about Kyle's situation. He can't believe that Kyle has a brother. "Sorry, but I have to ask." Brett said, "Is there some sort of past between you two?" "What do you mean?" David asked "Did you two ever date or anything in the past?" Brett asked "No." David replied simply "I don't know, it just seems like you two have some sort of history together." Brett said "Him and I are best friends." David said, "That's all." "I'm not trying to sound like the jealous boyfriend or anything, but I was just curious." Brett said "It's fine." David said getting up and giving Brett a kiss. "Well." Brett said changing the subject, "It's going to be Christmas soon." "Yes it is." David replied "Our first Christmas together." Brett said "You are correct." David said, "Anything special you want to do?" "As long as I'm with you it'll be perfect." Brett replied kissing David some more. "What do you want for Christmas?" David asked "I've got it." Brett replied, "A place to live and a guy I care about." David smiled at Brett's sweetness. "Well, I have to do some Christmas shopping still." David said "Want me to come?" Brett asked "No, I'm going shopping for the guys and you. So you can't see what I'm buying." David answered "David, really, you don't have to get me anything." Brett said "Yes I do." David said kissing Brett goodbye, "I'll see you in a few hours." "All right." Brett replied as David left. Brett then walked into the living room area of the apartment and looked at the different pictures around the place. The first thing he noticed was that there were a lot of pictures of David and Kyle together. One picture that he noticed right away was one of David and Kyle lying on a couch and cuddling with each other. It made Brett wonder exactly what feelings David has for Kyle, because Brett doesn't want to be the middle man who gets in the way. Later that day, at Kyle's apartment he had finished dwelling over his mother's visit and was wrapping up some Christmas presents. As he was finishing up David knocked on the door. "Hey." Kyle said answering the door. "Hi." David replied "What's going on?" Kyle asked "I was just on my way to the mall and decided to stop by and see how you were doing." David replied "I'm fine." Kyle lied David looked at Kyle's eyes and saw they were still a little red. "You've been crying." David said concerned "No, I haven't." Kyle said "Yes, you have." David insisted, "What's wrong?" Kyle walked back into his living room sitting down, David came in and sat next to him. "Kyle, I know you better than anyone, I know you're upset. Talk to me." David said Kyle sat there silently for a minute, then confessed. "My mom came over." Kyle finally said "Your mom?" David asked, "What was she doing here?" "She...came to tell me that I'm not to see my little brother." Kyle replied "What? That's crazy. You told her no right?" David asked Kyle shook his head. "No." Kyle answered, "I agreed with her." "But he's your brother." David said "I know that!" Kyle snapped "Then, why?" David asked "Because she's right." Kyle answered, "He shouldn't grow up with me there to influence him." "Kyle, don't talk like that." David said "No, it's true." Kyle, "Look at the way I live David. I'm 22 years old, I've worked at a stupid toy store for over a year now, I'm only going to college part time, I spend a lot of my nights in a gay, I can't even remember the last time I had sex, and I'm alone." "You're not alone." David said taking Kyle's hand, "I'm here." "You have Brett now." Kyle said wishing that David still had feelings for him. "So?" David asked, "That doesn't mean I don't have time for you. You are always my number one priority." "Thanks." Kyle said, "But that still doesn't change anything. I'm still not the person I hoped to be." "What kind of person did you hope to be?" David asked "I wanted to have graduated college by now, have a real job, and be with the person I love." Kyle said almost ready to confess his love to David. "You can still have all that." David replied, "Just give it a little more time." "I don't know. I think I may have pushed away the person I'm supossed to be with." Kyle said David and Kyle both shared a look with each other, David not quite sure if Kyle was talking about him, Kyle at the same time was worried he may have given away too much. Just then the phone rang. "Hello?" Kyle asked answering the phone "Hey Kyle it's Brett." "Oh, hey." Kyle said "Hi, how are you?" Brett asked "Fine, you?" Kyle asked "I'm good are you busy now?" Brett asked "No, I'm just talking to David." Kyle answered "David's there?" Brett asked "Yea." Kyle replied, "You want to talk to him?" "No, actually I have to go." Brett said quickly "Wait, was there a reason you called?" Kyle asked "It's not important, I was just going to ask what you think I should get David for Christmas, but I'll figure it out." Brett answered "All right." Kyle said "Yea, bye." Brett said "Bye." Kyle replied hanging up. "Who was that?" David asked "It was Brett." Kyle replied "Uh oh." David said "What?" Kyle asked "I didn't tell him I'd be over here." David replied "So, does he need to know where you are all the time?" Kyle asked "No, it's just that he thinks that we have a history with each other." David replied, "I think he's a little jealous." "I see." Kyle said "Yea." David said, "I should get going anyway. Have some shopping to do." David got up and headed for the door. "David." Kyle said, "Thank you for checking up on me." "Of course." David replied giving Kyle a hug. As they were ending their hug David pulled away slowly and got very close to Kyle's face, he looked into Kyle's eyes for a beat and began to lean in a little further, but before their lips could meet Kyle moved away. "You should go get your shopping done." Kyle said breaking the moment between them. "Yea." David agreed, "I'll see you." "Bye." Kyle said as David left. Kyle closed the door and thought about the kiss the two almost shared, he wanted to, but at the same time couldn't come between David and Brett like that. At Tyler and Randal's apartment the two of them were discussing the trip they are planning out for the group and trying to find days they all could go. "Weekdays are bad because David has the store, Marcus is always going in and out of court for cases, Randal works at the club, and Kyle works at the toy store three days a week." Tyler mentioned "Yea, but David is having the manager at the store take care of things for two weeks." Jake said, "And Kyle and Randal can both take off of work if they wanted to. It's only Marcus who might have trouble getting off." "So you think we should do a quick trip?" Tyler asked "Sounds good to me." Jake said "All right. We'll call the guys later." Tyler said "Cool." Jake replied, "This will be fun." "Yea, it will be." Tyler agreed "Hey I still have to get the guys Christmas gifts, want to come with me to the mall?" Jake asked "Yea sure." Tyler replied getting up. At the mall Marcus and Randal were looking around in a few stores, so far Randal only found a gift for Kyle, but hasn't found anything yet to give the rest of the guys. "You're right, the mall is packed." Randal said "Yea, and there is not a lot of stuff left to buy." Marcus said "I never know what to get David." Randal said, "He owns a music store so I can't give him cd's, he has pretty much all the clothes a person could have, I've already given him shot glasses and stuff like that. He's impossible." "He likes sports." Marcus said "Yea both him and Kyle like basketball. Gay men liking sports, that's not something we see everyday." Randal joked "Stereotyping." Marcus pointed out "It's true, I mean out of all of us they're the only two who know what ESPN is." Randal said "You should get David a jersey." Marcus suggested "That's a good idea, but I have no idea what team he likes. Do you?" Randal asked "No." Marcus replied "Damn." Randal said frustrated, "If I don't find something then I'm just going to get him a gift certificate." "Wow, talk about impersonal." Marcus said "I know, but what else am I going to do?" Randal asked as they walked around looking for another store to look at. As they were walking around they ran into Kyle. "Hey." Kyle said walking up to them. "Hey, what are you doing here?" Marcus asked, "I thought you were done with all your Christmas shopping." "I am, I just needed to get out of my apartment for a little bit. I like being here around this time of year. It's nice." Kyle said "Come with us to the sports store, I'm going to get David a jersey, but I don't know what team he likes." Randal said "You don't know?" Kyle asked suprised, "You never how often him and I talked about the Lakers?" "No, any sports related conversations I lose interest." Randal replied laughing "Well, he likes the Lakers." Kyle said "Cool." Randal replied as they walked together. "So why did you need to get out of your apartment?" Marcus asked "My emotions went on over drive today." Kyle replied "How come?" Marcus asked "A lot of things." Kyle replied, "But I just want to let that go and focus on the holidays and my friends." "All right." Marcus said understanding "How much Christmas shopping do you guys have left?" Kyle asked "The only gift I've gotten yet is yours." Randal replied "Really?" Kyle asked smiling, "What is it?" "You're like a little kid." Randal said laughing, "You've been working at that toy store too long." "Tell me about it." Kyle said "I thank you for being easy to shop for. The other guys are a pain in my ass." Randal said "David will like the jersey." Kyle began, "Tyler likes old movies, Jake has a collection of super hero action figures that he doesn't show many people, so you might want to get him something he can add to that." "Wow." Randal said impressed, "You're really insightful. I didn't know that about them." "Well, over the years of us knowing each other I pick up on what you guys like and don't like." Kyle replied "How about Marcus?" Randal asked, "He won't tell me what he wants." "I told you, I don't need anything." Marcus chimed in "Liar." Kyle said smiling, "I know what he wants." "What?" Randal asked "Yea, what?" Marcus asked seeing if Kyle really knew "Come here Randal." Kyle said whispering into Randal's ear. "Really?" Randal asked "Yup." Kyle replied "That's perfect." Randal said "I know." Kyle agreed "What?" Marcus asked "Nothing, you'll find out in a few days." Randal replied "Should we just have Christmas eve at my place?" Kyle asked, "I mean, it's easier with Marcus staying with me and all." "Yea, that sounds good." Randal replied "Cool." Kyle said as they walked into a sports store to buy David a Laker jersey. After they got the jersey the three of them sat down to get dinner. As they were eating at the food court they saw Tyler and Jake walking by. "Hey losers!" Randal called out jokingly The two of them turned around at the shout out. "Funny how they turned around when Randal shouted out 'losers'." Kyle pointed out laughing "Hey guys." Jake said as him and Tyler sat down at the table with them. "What's up?" Marcus asked eating a french fry. "Nothing, we were just going to get some gifts for you guys." Tyler replied "Same here." Randal said "Wow, all you guys are here with out me?" David asked smiling as he walked up to them. "We just ran into each other." Jake replied "I thought you were done with your shopping Kyle?" David asked "I am, I just needed to get out for a little bit." Kyle replied David nodded his hand understanding. "Oh, I'm glad you guys are here." Tyler said, "Jake and I were wondering if you guys wanted to go on a trip with us." "When?" Marcus asked "Whenever you guys are all free." Jake replied, "It's important that we all be together." "I'm going to be busy for the next few weeks, big case coming up." Marcus said "Well, whenever your free." Tyler said "Next month sound okay?" Marcus asked "Yea, of course." Jake said, "It doesn't matter when, I just really want us to go." "Sounds good to me." Randal said "Same here." Kyle and David said "It's weird." Kyle said, "Every since we all started hanging out we used to always do our Christmas shopping together. We'd go to the mall together, split up to do our individual shopping, and them meet up again to have dinner. Now it was purely coincidence that we all met up with each other today." "I know." Jake said, "That's why I want us to go on this trip, help us re-connect with each other." "Sounds like a good idea to me." Randal said They all sat quietly to comtemplate that, they all realized that they have drifted. "Well," David said "I should go back to shopping, I need to get Brett something." "Okay." Marcus said "Before you go." Kyle said, "We're having Christmas eve at my place this year." "I'll see you guys then." David said The guys said bye to David as he left. "We should go to." Tyler said as him and Jake got up "Bye guys." Jake said as him and Tyler went the opposite way of were David walked off to. Randal, Marcus and Kyle got up as well. Marcus and Kyle left as Randal finished getting everyone's gifts. After David finished getting a gift for Brett he went home. When he got there Brett was sitting at the table in the kitchen eating. "Hey." David said walking in. "Hi." Brett replied, "You were gone a while." "Yea, you know the mall was crowded and all." David said "How long were you at Kyles?" Brett asked "Just for a few minutes." David replied "Why didn't you tell me you were going to see him?" Brett asked suspiciously. "I just decided to along the way to the mall." David replied "David, really what is it with you two?" Brett asked, "Because I think I should know." "It's nothing." David said getting annoyed with the interrogation "If it has a chance of affecting our relationship then it's something." Brett said "Do you not trust me?" David asked, "Is that it?" "I can't trust you unless you tell me the truth." Brett replied David sighed realizing he's right. "Fine." David said, "I'll tell you." Brett sat down waitng for David to start talking. "Truth is...for a long time, I was in love with Kyle." David confessed "So you two were a couple?" Brett asked "No, he didn't want a relationship." David replied, "So I gave up on that." "I see." Brett said, "How long ago was this?" "I was in love with him for a long time, but I told him about a month ago." David said "Are you still in love with him?" Brett asked, "Because if you are then you and me will never work." David sat there silently, not sure how to answer that question. "I honestly don't know." David finally said "So then the only reason we're together now is because Kyle turned you down?" Brett asked "No, I care about you." David said, "That's why I'm with you." "I'm sorry David, but I just want to make sure where we stand because if you are in love with Kyle then I don't want to be the person standing in the way of that or the person who your trying to use to get over him." Brett said "Brett, I'm with you. Not because I want to get over Kyle, but because I want to be with you." David said kissing Brett, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you." "So you really want me? I'm not just a Kyle substitute?" Brett asked "No, you're not a Kyle substitute. You're the one I want." David replied kissing Brett some more. He then hugged Brett tightly, he likes Brett, but still can't help but think of Kyle. The next couple days past and the guys didn't see each other much. On Christmas eve Kyle and Marcus were in the kitchen cooking. Marcus was making a roast, and Kyle was making potatoes, rolls, and a salad. "I think I put too much pepper in the potatoes." Kyle said tasting them. "Let me taste." Marcus said eating a small bite, "Taste fine. The spice is a nice touch to it." "Cool." Kyle said putting the potatoes to the side and started rinsing the vegetables off for the salad. "All right, the roast is almost done." Marcus said "Smells good." Kyle said "Thank you. It's an old family recipe." Marcus said proudly As they were talking Randal walked in. "Hey guys." Randal said holding his gifts. "Merry Christmas." Marcus said giving Randal a hug "How you doing?" Randal asked Kyle putting an arm around him. "I'm doing good. You?" Kyle asked "I'm all right." Randal replied, "So where should I put the gifts?" "Under the tree." Marcus said pointing to the Christmas tree in the living room. Randal went and put the presents there and then went back to the kitchen to help out. Tyler, Jake, David and Brett arrived and they all ate and and after words they sat in the living room exchanging gifts. "I can't believe you got me this." David said to Randal holding up the Laker jersey. "Yea, Kyle helped me pick it out." Randal said "That explains it." David said laughing, "I knew you didn't know my favorite basketball team." "Here Brett." Kyle said handing Brett a gift. "Thank you Kyle." Brett said gratefully, he opened it up and took out a Christmas ornament with the year 2003 on it. "We all have certain Christmas ornaments on the tree." Kyle said pointing to the Christmas tree, "And since this is your first one with us, I think you deserve one too. You're a part of us now." "Thank you." Brett said truely touched. "No problem." Kyle replied "Hey Kyle," David said getting Kyle's attention, "Can I talk to you?" "Yea sure." Kyle replied as him and David went into the bedroom. "Thank you." David said closing the door. "For what?" Kyle asked "For accepting Brett into the group. I mean I know at first you were a little hesitent and with him breaking your grandpa's watch I thought you would never like him." David replied "Oh, I know it wasn't his fault the watch broke." Kyle answered "Well, thank you." David said hugging Kyle. "Anything to make you happy." Kyle said "Oh, here's your gift." David said handing Kyle a small box. "Oh thank you." Kyle said beginning to open it. "No wait." David said putting his hand over Kyle's, "Wait and open it when it's officially Christmas, so at midnight." "Why?" Kyle asked "I want this to be an official Christmas gift, not a Christmas eve one." David said smiling "All right." Kyle replied giving David a hug, "Thank you." "You're welcome." David said "I'll give you my gift." Kyle said as he went to go get it. When he got back he handed it to David. David sat down on the bed and opened it up and took out a stuffed animal of a bear. David looked at it nostalgically. "Remember how a few months ago that bear of yours got all torn up by your cousin's dog who came to visit?" Kyle asked, "Well, you thought it was destroyed, but I took it and had it fixed for you. I know you've had that since you were little so I thought you would want it back to the way it was." "I can't believe you did this." David said happily, "I thought Buddy was long gone." "So your happy?" Kyle asked "I'm more than happy." David said giving Kyle a big hug, "Thank you so much for doing this." "You're welcome." Kyle replied "You know, you're still the only one who knows about this guy." David said holding up the teddy bear, "I remember I got this for Christmas when I was three years old." "That's why it was important for me to make sure you had it again." Kyle said David looked at Kyle, he saw the guy who knew him better than anyone, the guy who knows his secrets, who knows that he secretly still has a teddy bear and didn't laugh at him about it. He saw his soul mate. "Kyle, earlier today when I was with you." David began, "When I was about to leave, did you notice-" Before David could finish Marcus knocked on the door. "Hey you guys we're getting ready to have some dessert." Marcus said "We'll be right out." Kyle called back, he then turned back to David, "I guess we should get back." "Yea." David said nodding slowly The two walked back out into the living room, the pie had already been served and David and Kyle grabbed a plate. As they were eating David and Kyle split up, David sat next to Brett and Kyle sat next to Randal and Marcus. "What were you two doing in there?" Tyler asked "Just talking." Kyle replied, "David needed to ask me something." "Oh, I see." Jake said eating a bite of pie "So have you guys decided on dates for the weekend trip?" David asked changing the subject "Yea, we decided for the end of January." Jake said "And as our Christmas present to you guys we're going to pay for it." Tyler added "Wow, you guys that's really generous. Are you sure?" Marcus asked "Yea, that has to be expensive." Randal said "Don't worry about it. It'll be great." Jake said smiling "Thanks guys." Kyle said, "This will be fun." "Yea, it'll be nice." Brett said While the guys were talking about the trip David looked up at Kyle who was busy into the conversation as well. He thought about how Kyle got his teddy bear fixed for him, and he remembered when he told Kyle about the bear... ***FLASHBACK**** It was three years ago, David and Kyle had been friends for about a year, Kyle was 19 and David was 20. David was still living at his parents place. Kyle and David were hanging out in David's room. "You know, for the year we've known each other I think I've told you more than I've told any of my other friends." David said "Really?" Kyle asked suprised "Yea, I mean you're the only one who knows I'm gay." David replied, "I've pretty much told you everything about me." "In the year we've been friends you've told me everything?" Kyle asked "Well, I haven't introduced you to my one friend." David said reaching under his pillow. "What are you talking about?" Kyle asked David then pulled out his teddy bear. "This is Buddy." David said holding his teddy bear proudly "Buddy?" Kyle asked smiling taking the bear. "Yea, I've had him since I was three." David replied "Wow, you've had him this long?" Kyle asked, "I don't think I have any of my old toys." "This one was my best friend. The one I always talked to about my problems when I was younger, he always made me feel better. He still does." David replied "That's nice." Kyle said sincerely "You don't think I'm a loser for still having a stuffed animal?" David asked "No, actually I think it's really great." Kyle replied "Thanks for not laughing about it." David said relieved "It's sweet that you still have him." Kyle said "Really?" David asked "Yea, shows your soft side, and I like that." Kyle replied "You might like my 'hard' side better though." David said smiling "God, you're such a pervert." Kyle said taking a pillow and smacking David with it. "Hey!" David said laughing "Just when you show your sentimental side you have to bring back the sex talk." Kyle said jokingly "That's me!" David said proudly "You loser." Kyle said laughing then laying down with his head on David's chest. "What's going on in here?" David's mom asked looking at the two of them laying together in bed. David and Kyle both exchanged a worried look.... ****END FLASHBACK**** "David." Brett said waking David up from his day dream. "What?" David asked "Do you want cider or hot chocolate?" Jake asked "Hot chocolate please." David replied Jake and Kyle went into the kitchen to go get the drinks. "David." Brett said "What?" David asked "Why were you concentrating so hard on Kyle?" Brett asked "What do you mean?" David asked "I noticed that for the past few minutes you weren't taking your eyes off of him." Brett replied, "It was like you were in a trance or something." "It's nothing." David said averting his eyes from Brett so he wouldn't see that he was lying. David couldn't believe it himself, he thought he was over him, but he realized how much he still loved Kyle. In the kitchen Kyle and Jake were getting the hot chocolate and cider ready. "Oh my God." Jake said "What?" Kyle asked "David is so in love with you still." Jake replied "What are you talking about?" Kyle asked "Are you blind?" Jake asked, "When we were talking in there he couldn't keep his eyes off of you." "What?" Kyle asked not believening it. "He looked exactly how he looked before when he was in love with you. You have this affect on him and make it look like he's hypnotized by you." Jake said "Yea right." Kyle replied "Kyle, you ignored the signs that he loved you before you were in love with him. Don't make the same mistake now, otherwise you will loose him for good." Jake warned Kyle stood there really absorbing the truth to Jake's words. When Kyle and Jake came back out they handed out the cider and hot chocolate to everyone. "Hey Kyle, turn on the radio to that Christmas station." Tyler suggested Kyle went over and turned the radio on. When he found the station the first song that they heard was "The Christmas Shoes" "Oh no." Marcus said laughing "What?" Brett asked "When David and Kyle first heard this song they started crying." Randal explained "It's a sad song!" David said defensively, "It's a little boy trying to buy his dying mom shoes. How can you guys not find that song sad?" "Yea." Kyle threw in, "I wish I loved my mom as much as that kid does in this song." "It's a sad song, but you guys got all emotional when you heard this song." Marcus said "They got all emotional everytime they heard this song." Tyler said "Shut up." Kyle said "Okay everyone be quiet and lets listen to the song then look back at David and Kyle." Jake said Everyone got quiet and listened to the chorus: 'Sir, I want to buy these shoes for my Mama, please It's Christmas Eve and these shoes are just her size Could you hurry, sir, Daddy says there's not much time You see she's been sick for quite a while And I know these shoes would make her smile And I want her to look beautiful if Mama meets Jesus tonight' The guys all looked back at David and Kyle. "You guys suck." Kyle said wiping his eyes. "It's sad." David said getting teary eyed also. "You both are losers." Randal said jokingly "See what an emotional guy your with Brett." Jake said "Yea, I know." Brett replied "The two have known each other so long they laugh, cry and everything to the same things." Tyler pointed out "Apparently." Brett said seeing how close Kyle and David really are. At around eleven the guys started leaving. "Thanks, it was great." Jake said giving Marcus and Kyle a hug as him and Tyler left. "Come over tomorrow we'll hang out." Tyler said "Okay." Kyle replied as they left "Thanks for everything. The gifts you guys got me were great." Randal said as he left "Bye bud." Marcus said hugging Randal, then he whispered in his ear, "I'm glad you got your Christmas wish." "Yea, me too." Randal replied still ecstatic that he doesn't have HIV. "Bye Randal." Kyle said David and Brett came up and thanked them. "Remember, open your gift at midnight." David said giving Kyle a hug, "Merry Christmas. Love you." "Love you too." Kyle replied "Thanks Kyle." Brett said, "The gift meant a lot." "No problem." Kyle replied smiling David and Brett thanked and hugged Marcus before they too left. Marcus and Kyle closed the door and went back to the living room, they sat down and relaxed. Kyle sat on the couch thinking about what Jake said to him. "Good Christmas?" Marcus asked Kyle though didn't even hear Marcus, he was too deep in thought. "Kyle." Marcus said getting his attention "Sorry, what?" Kyle asked "You have a good Christmas?" Marcus asked "Yea." Kyle replied, "It was nice." "Well, I think we should save the mess and clean it up tomorrow." Marcus said "Sounds good." Kyle replied "Okay, well I'm going to go to sleep." Marcus said getting up "Okay night." Kyle said as Marcus headed to his room. Kyle then laid down on the couch for a little bit. He ended up falling asleep... When David and Brett got back to their apartment the two went into the bedroom. "I'm so tired." David said laying down. "David, we need to talk." Brett said "About what?" David asked "About you and Kyle." Brett replied David sat up wondering where this conversation was going to lead... At midnight Kyle suddenly woke up. He looked at his watch and found it weird how he woke up exactly at midnight, the time David wanted him to open his gift. Kyle went to his bedroom and sat on his bed with the present. He tore off the wrapping and saw a nice black box, he opened it up and his eye lit up at what he saw... He pulled out his Grandpa's watch, the time read exactly midnight, working and everything, he looked it over and saw that it had been fixed, beautifully fixed, it looked better than ever. At first Kyle thought that it was another watch but he looked on the back side and saw his Grandpa's name inscribed into it, it was the real one. He couldn't believe that David did that, it's the perfect present, the best present he could ever recieve. Kyle was more in love with Kyle than ever before... ********************************************************** To Be Continued... With any comments, questions, or feedback please e-mail me at ilj4ever44@yahoo.com. I will be taking a few weeks off for the holidays so there won't be anymore updates till January. Happy Holidays everyone!