Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:35:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: JMH <trandar2002@yahoo.com>
Subject: Love in Passing Chapter 11
Walkinginto the gym Sunday morning, Patrick found Daryl sitting
by himself in thelobby dressed in a white t-shirt and a pair of delectable
blue runningshorts. He was going to have to makesure that Daryl took the
treadmill in front of him, not wanting to miss achance of gazing at Daryl's
cute ass.
"Hey...you made it." Patrick greeted.
"I'msurprised not to find you dressed in a sport's bra." Daryl
joked.
"Exerciseis usually beneath royalty but since I can't be a
queen every day I bring mymore boring self here three times a week."
Patrick chuckled.
"I don't know why... I saw the set up you hadback at the
house."
"Yes...but it's a little hard to get motivated just by your
lonesome. If you have not noticed there's lot ofmotivation here." Patrick
said, pointingto a few of the naked men in the locker room.
"Inoticed." Daryl replied... his dimpledcheeks blushing.
"Ofcourse since I have you with me this time you have to let me
show you off tothe others."
"What?" Daryl asked confused.
"Iwould be amiss if I didn't do my best to spread the good
cheer of envy andjealousy amongst the other men."
"You'reterrible," Daryl chuckled.
"Justpromise me you will play along."
"Themost I can promise is to keep my mouth shut."
"Thatwould be perfect... they'll think you're a total moron
then. Nothing makes a gym bunny more jealous than a queen dating a man who
is not onlyhotter then they are but also dumber."
"Why?" Daryl asked confused.
"It'spart of the myth of the gay food chain. All you have to
know is Hot equals Dumb... partly because any person witha real nine to
five job doesn't have the time or the energy it takes to get aperfectly
sculpted body but also because dumb people are automatically assumedto be
easier to get into bed with. It'ssad but in some gay circles being a slut
is seen as a plus."
"So...let me see if I understand this. Youwant me to pretend
to be a dumb slutty jock whose has spent the last severalhours having wild
sex with you?"
"Andyou got it on the first try." Patricklaughed, coming to a
sudden halt when he saw a tear run down Daryl's face. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing..." Daryl said as he reached over and
touchedPatrick's face.
"Somethingis defiantly up." Patrick pressed.
"Youremind me so much of my brother Steven. He liked playing
dress up too. David would have loved your dresses."
"I'msure I would have liked his as well."
"Noyou wouldn't have... think Amish but with even blander
colors."
"Hey,I would have you know I have a nun's outfit stored away
somewhere." Patrick replied.
"Imiss him so much Steven. He was morethan the last member of
my family. Hewas my other half... wild and carefree like you are."
"Ifyou think I'm wild then I better not let some of my stranger
friends get nearyou," Patrick laughed.
"Ithink I could handle them... after six years in the ER I've
seen mosteverything. I'm not as saintly as peoplethink I am."
"Hangaround me long enough and you will find yourself with a
pair of horns and atail."
"Nowthat will be interesting," Daryl chuckled.
"Comeon... take that bland t-shirt of yours off. No point
having a six pack if you let no one see it," Patrick said,quickly having to
correct himself. "Makethat an eight pack."
AfterPatrick had his fun showing Daryl off, he spent the next
two hours showing himhow to use the different pieces of exercise equipment,
returning to the lockerroom surprised and a tad jealous of his guest.
"Istill can't believe you got the body you have without
spending a single day ata real gym."
"Whatcan I say... good genes." Daryl laughed.
"Somepeople have all the good luck," Patricksighed, leading
Daryl to the steam room. "Now this should feel like home to you."
"Almost," Daryl nodded. "Sorry about earlier Steven, I should
have cooled the house down beforeyou arrived."
"Nota problem," Patrick laughed. He had notbeen the one who
had to enter that sauna.
LeadingDaryl to an unoccupied bench, Patrick leaned against the
slick wet walls. Hiseyes glaring at any of the occupants who dared even
glanced in their direction.
"Ican't believe I'm out of the house."
"We'resurprised too." Patrick said before hecould stop
himself.
"We?"
"Usat the hospital." Patrick quickly said.
"Well,now you can tell them I'm more of a clay figurine then I
am of stone."
"Whydid you come... it must not have been easy."
"Itwasn't, but I missed you."
"Butit's only been two days."
"Imissed being with you." Darylcorrected. "I don't know what
it isabout you, Steven, but I feel normal around you."
"Normalhow?" Patrick asked, hating himself for not being able
to tell Daryl who hereally was.
"Normal in that I canpretend that my brother never died when I
am with you."
"Ithurts that much?"
"It'smade me the man I am today." Daryl replied. "But maybe I
can become someone else with you."
"Areyou asked me to go steady?" Patrick asked surprised.
"Steady?"Daryl asked confused.
"Date...you want to date me?"
"Hahahaha...back home they call it courtship and it's
completely arranged by our parents."Daryl laughed.
"Well..." Patrick said in a deep Southern accent." "Are you
courting me kind sir."
"Iguess I am," Daryl said as if surprised by his own words.
"ThenI accept your gentle proposal. Now be sokind and kiss
me."
Wheredid you learn how to talk like that?" Darylasked after
their lips had parted.
"Wheredid you learn how to kiss like that?" Patrick said,
covering his hardening cockwith his hands.
Iguess it's like you said... it's like riding a bicycle. Once
you know how its all instincts."
"Youmust have had a good teacher then."
"Iguess I did... now your turn. Where in theworld do people
talk like that?"
"Itake it you haven't been to Atlanta,or seen `Gone to the
Wind' even?"
"What'sthat?"
"Atlanta or the movie?"
"Themovie... I've never been to one."
"Letme guess... it's against your religious beliefs?"
"Yeah..."Daryl said, embarrassed.
"Whatabout TV?"
"Thattoo."
"Butsurely there's a television in the doctor's lounge."
"Youknow there is... but you'll never see it on. It broke two
years before I started my residency."
"Sorry,I must have forgotten," Patrick replied before changing
the subject. "Well, we are going to have to change that. The last Star
Wars movie is coming out nextweek and I have this fantastic Queen Amidala
costume I've been dying towear." Patrick said as he stood up toleave for
the showers.
"Doesanyone at the hospital know about your taste in women's
clothing?
"No...so don't go about telling anyone," Patrick said,
panicked. If people at thehospital started making cross dressing jokes to
his brother, there would behell to pay.
"Hey...I know how to keep a secret," Daryl said as he turned
the shower on full blast...on cold."
"Turnthe fucking water off." The man underthe next nozzle
cursed.
"Sorry." Daryl apologized, quickly excusing himself,leaving
Patrick to shower alone.
Leavingthe shower, Patrick found Daryl was already dressed,
sitting on the benchlooking nervous.
"Don'tlet that man get to you. He was being ajerk."
"No...it was my fault. I'm just used to takingonly cold
showers."
"Savingmoney on the gas bill?"
"Yeah...pathetic I know," Daryl said, as he waited for his
brother to get dressed.
"Foran ER doctor I would think you would have more backbone."
Patrick said as they left the gym.
"Inthe ER I really am the Stone King. I'mjust not used to
making mistakes."
"You'reonly human."
"Iknow but after six years of working trauma do you know how
many patients ofmine have died under my care?"
"Consideringthe neighborhood I would assume quiet a lot."
"Seven." Daryl said flatly.
Consideringthat, until Mr. Stockton, his brother had not lost a
single patient in eightyears of practice, that number at first seemed high.
Then Patrick remembered that fatality ratefound in a psychiatrist office
was not anywhere near the kind of numbers for inthe ER. "Archangelindeed,"
he finally responded.
"It'sbecoming an annoyance." Darylgrunted. "My record has
become a matterof hospital pride. They took me off thenight shift and cut
my number of eighteen hour days. I became a doctor to save lives but
because Idid such a good job they're taking that away from me."
"Youcould always go to another hospital."
"Andabandon Memorial?! Do you have any ideawhat would happen
to that place if I left?"
"Continueto treat patients as usual," Patrick replied.
"But..." Daryl protested as he stopped by his car.
"Daryl...you are a great doctor but I'm not sure if I believe
that being just a great doctor is enough to makeyou happy. If you think
that if you saveenough lives, you're going to get yourbrother back... it's
not going to happen."
Darylpounded his fist against his car. "Dangit... why not!
Why can't things work outthat way? Why can't huge amount of goodwipe out
an equal amount of evil?"
"Becausewe are human and therefore not perfect, but a mixture
of both good and evil," Patricksaid, struggling for the words he was sure
his brother would use. "You're trapped in a black and white worldlike a
1950's television set. You thinkpeople are either all good or all bad.
Your problem is that you are under the misconception that you areevil.
People, hell, entire governments havetold you what a good person you are,
but you refuse to believe it because of asingle event that happened in your
past."
"I'msorry... I let my temper get away from me."
"Good...I wish that would happen more often."
"Really?"Daryl asked suspiciously.
"Youcan't really love a person fully if you're not willing to
get angry at them attimes."
"That'snot what I've been taught."
"Iknow... but we have plenty of time to teach you some new
tricks. You're not an old dog yet."
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All of Love in Passing can be found in the yahoo group and I do hope to
have the follow up story posted there as well one day. Thanks to all those
who've written saying how much they're enjoying the story so far. A
special thanks go to those who've gone to Amazon to look up the two books
for sale that I've managed to get published, The Centurion and The Academy.
Links to both pages are found in the links page on the yahoo group. Half
of the new story... The Children of Mir is also now posted on the yahoo
group for those who like gay-sci-fi and fantasy stories. It's the first
book in what will be a four part series. There are also plenty of other
stories to be found... many of them my earlier stuff which shows in the
writing but I do hope you enjoy them as well. Take care.
JMH
trandar2002@yahoo.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/adultwritingworkshop/