Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 03:56:05 +0000
From: Harry Scott Hayden <harryscotthayden@outlook.com>
Subject: "It Has Always Been You" Chapter 39 - The Holidays (Nifty/Gay/Highschool)

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"It Has Always Been You" Chapter 39 - The Holidays (Nifty/Gay/Highschool)


Thanksgiving Holidays


The Hayden's and The Cornelly's were celebrating Thanksgiving at the
beguiling snowy resort. The fathers had made reservation at the "Games
Creek Restaurant". The restaurant itself had that character and atmosphere
an old rustic cottage feeling that was full of, happiness and joy, with the
picturesque environs, of the resort and they liked it so much.

With so much that was happening to them all, Nick did not; miss his mother,
Emily, at all. Whom he had on the table was enough for him. It made him the
happiest man on earth. He took a slow glance to everyone at the table and
he knew what he was thankful for this year.

For the Thanksgiving's dinner, the menu outspread that they were having was
amazing and delicious. There're roast turkey with corn bread stuffing and
cranberry sauce on the side, honey, baked ham with mashed potatoes and
bacon green bean casseroles. For dessert, they are having lava, dark
chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream and washed it down with red and white
wine. It was a true, lavished set table. But before, they started to eat,
each one of them needed to say what they are thankful for the year.

Cornelly:

 "This year, I am expressing gratitude and relief that I can preserve the
memory of this blessed day with all of you and not all alone as it used
to. I am beholden to The Lord Jesus Christ that my one and only,
prepossessing son, Nick, has grown up being a man that I am proud off and
for him to find a good companionship in Mikael. Lastly, I am grateful that
I had made a friend with a wonderful guy, Hayden and may our friendship
grow with days to come." Cornelly sleekly wink at Hayden and make him
blush.

Hayden:

"I am thankful, that I am still alive and able to exultation this blessed
moment, here with my beautiful and wonderful son, Mikael and together with
his best friend Nick. With you in my life Mikael, I always feel like an
adventure, and got me captivated by what is going on with your life.
Whatever had happened, let bygone be bygone and for all of us to look
forward into the future. This year is kind of special for me, as I do not
have to be alone anymore, with having you as a good friend of mine Cornelly
and yes, I believe that our friendship will last longer than we expected."
Hayden wink and smiled at Cornelly and it made him to blush deep red.

Nick's:

"I am thankful that I have Mikael in my life. That is it." Nick gave out, a
half-suppressed laugh while looking at everyone with a frown on their
forehead. "And of course I am that I had my father who has loved me
unconditionally and for you Mr. Hayden, I felt indebted to you, for being
in my father's life and making him happy." Nick finished off his sentences
with a broad smile on his face.

Mikael's:

"I am thankful that my father had tolerated my over the top behavior's all
this while, without even complaining and I love you so much, father. I am
thankful that Nick had finally realized that I am here for him. As for you
Mr. Cornelly, I am thankful that you've never stopped Nick from being my
friend, even after I had put him through so much." Mikael sniffled a
bit. Nick saw the tears on Mikael face and had scooted closer to comfort,
by pulling Mikael closer and nearer to him. "And I love every single one of
you." Mikael continued while sobbing on Nick's shoulder.

They had remained at the beautiful snowy resort, protracted a few days
more, after the Thanksgiving, for an extended shopping spree. And they were
backing home in time, for the coming Christmas's holidays.

Christmas Holidays.

It was the 20th of November, when they've returned back home. It was a
month before, the Christmas holidays and they have lots of preparation time
with all the gift shopping and house decorations. The Hayden's, had
ceremoniously, invited the Cornelly's to celebrate Christmas with them at
their house.

Both the fathers had been hard-pressed with a last minute job at the
hospital. Hayden was, summoned, to do an urgent operation, scheduled at the
hospital. He needed to effectuate a surgery, on a young patient who's, in
the state of, undergoing pain from, appendicitis. He was personally sort
after, by patience whom needing his expertise as his credentials was, well,
documented throughout the hospital. It would be an easy surgery and,
nonetheless, for Hayden, he would treat it as important as it should be.

As, for Cornelly, he's preparing for the closure of his law firm, for the
holidays so that the staff would be with families. As a company tradition,
ever since the day, the firm had opened, for business, they will have a
small party, at a local restaurant, with, food and drinks. It was then; he
handed out, Christmas presents and monetary gifts to all the staff as a
gratitude for their loyalty and hard work.

Although Hayden and Cornelly were busy with, their own jobs and tidings,
they would still find the time and be together doing the Christmas
shopping, buying gifts for both of their sons and for each other. As this
is the first ever Christmas, celebrating together, they were, delightfully
ecstatic. A first for them, after a long time of being alone, they had
someone to share it with.

It was one week to Christmas, and the father's had gone to a neighbouring
town, for an after work dinner. They were far, from the prying eyes of
their neighbourhood. It was in a classy Italian restaurant, that served
fine dining Italian food and it was a beautiful decorative setting, they
were adjacently sitting, from one another, while having their meals in a
blissful silence. Ever since they came back from the ski resort, they had
become closer than ever. The love that they shared with each other was
rather obvious for other people to observe.

After, they had finished with their meals, the table was, cleared, and the
dessert and teas were, served to them. They were sipping the hot chamomile
tea while nibbling on a cake that they decided to share. Cornelly spoke to
Hayden, breaking off the peaceful silence, of them both.

"Babe, are you happy with what we are right now?" Cornelly scrutinizes, on
Hayden face, for a reaction, as he spoke to Hayden in a soft listening tone
voice. But what he saw was Hayden gingerly smiling back at him. A
captivating smile and it made him want to jump to Hayden and kissed his
sweet tender lips. The name calling was how, the way of them, addressing
each other when they were alone together. And it was so sweet and romantic.

"Yes, I am babe. It is more than anything that I could have ever imagined."
Hayden replied with calm and collected voice. In his mind, he tried to
deduce for what Cornelly was thinking. It did make him to worry for his
man.

"But I am not at all babe." Cornelly was denoting a deep inarticulate sound
conveying unhappiness. He looked at Hayden with a sad expression on his
face. Hayden felt anxious and troubled, on any potential problems and he
would try, to ease by, alleviating Cornelly feelings of distress to his
abilities. Somehow he knew what was playing on Cornelly's mind and he
himself felt unsettling with the situation they were both into. But he
tried and avoid as much as he can from showing it to Cornelly.

"Why? Aren't you happy being with me? Have you finally been coming to your
senses and decided that we are not worth at all?" Hayden pretended to feel
agitated and sent Cornelly an enquiring glance and a perplexing look with
deep frown lines on his forehead. He pressed his voice an octave higher
than usual to make him sound disbelieved to hear what Cornelly had
expressed to him.

"No babe, please do not get me wrong. You are the best that is happening in
my life. You've changed me and make me believe that I worth to be loved by
you. Please do not be angry at me. I love you so much." Cornelly took a
deep breath and continued, "Its Emily. I am not feeling for her anymore as
much as I am feeling for you babe. I do not want what we have ended because
of her interfering." Cornelly had faced palmed himself. He muffled his
words, talking in his hand, to say, "I want this to last forever."

Hayden felt worried for his man. He scooted his chair closer to Cornelly
and tried to calm him down. And he used his one hand to rub on Cornell's
back while the other hand had grabbed hold of Cornelly's hand and
intertwined their fingers under the cover of the table cloth and gave it a
squeezed of assurance.

He knew that it's impossible to show any public display of affection,
especially, in a posh restaurant like this. They were still in a state of
exploring the possibilities of being a gay, or the least a bi-sexual
man. Indeed, they were falling in love to one another. But, to outed
themselves in public was still into consideration.

"Babe, please, I would not force you, to do drastic things. I will always
be here for you no matter what is going to happen. I have nothing to lose
as I have only Mikael to care for. But I do not want to lose you too."
Hayden lets go Cornelly's hand, and reached for his chin to lift it up and
to look at his face. "Babe, if this is too much for you, maybe we should
just..." Hayden was unable to complete his words, when Cornelly stopped him
from continuing.

"No babe. Do not you dare to propound it at all. I love with what we are
right now and I love you so much." Hayden showed shyness, embarrassment, by
becoming red in the face in hearing to what Cornelly's was saying. "You had
made me become fully aware of as a fact how much I am in love with you and
it gives me the benevolence and ebullience of happy self that I had missed
for a very long time." Cornelly's eyes were teary while he's looking at
Hayden.

"We did not envisage all of this to transpire as we were drawn to each
other by providence and destiny. We fall in love with each other
notwithstanding all the consequences that might happen." Cornelly continued
as he turned his body so he could face Hayden and got to see his handsome
face. "I adore you, baby and I want the world to know, principally both of
our sons as they have rightfully earned it." Tears began to trickle down
Cornelly's face. Hayden smiled and quickly, wiped it away, with his thumb.

"Babe, as appreciably as we want them to perceive, but we can't, as it is
not the right time. We have to be forbearing. Nick and Mikael still have
their things to fathom with their own situation and they need us to be
there for them." Hayden again, intertwined his fingers with Cornelly under
the table cloth. "Nick had just come to accept the fact that he loves
Mikael more than Amy and he himself is in the same predicament as you are
with Emily." Hayden enclasped to Cornelly's hand. "To what Mikael had told
me, Nick is having difficulties to come up with a reason to break up with
Amy. Please do not over stress yourself as you make my worries."

"I am sorry baby. It is not my aspiration to make you undergo great mental
anguish through worrying about all of this. You are pre-eminent that has
ever betide in my life and I do not want to be deprived of or cease to have
to retain you ever. Please promise me that you will wait for me and to keep
on loving me for whom I am." Cornelly was pleading with Hayden with a misty
eye.

"I covenant." They stole a kiss on the lips when they knew nobody was
watching them. Together they leave the restaurant, with a heavy heart as
they had to part their ways back home and promised to meet at the Hayden
house on Christmas day.

Christmas Day

Mikael woke up and looked at the clock on his bedside table. It showed six
o'clock in the morning. He hastily, got up from his bed to shower. Out of
the shower, he wiped himself dry and went to his closet to find clothes to
wear. He's, decided to wear a red flannel shirt and short with a white fur
at the leg opening and a black belt at the waist. To complete the look, he
has worn a Santa's hat that complemented his Christmas outfit. Immediately,
he went into the hallways and pounded at his father's bedroom door.

"It's Christmas father. Please wake up, already." Mikael seal at the top of
his voice from his father closed bedroom door. Hayden, ability to hear the
excited vociferate from Mikael, he went to open his bedroom door with a
planted smile on his face. He looked classy wearing a ruby robe with white
trimmings. "Yes son, it is Christmas." He felt jubilant at Mikael's
delirium.

Together, they made their way downstairs, racing each other to the kitchen
to prepare breakfast. For the day breakfast, they cooked sausage patties,
scramble eggs, bacon and English muffin. There're also, a jug of orange
juice and a pot of hot coffee. As they would be nearing to finish setting
up the breakfast table, the main doorbell rang. "I'll get it." Mikael
clamoured and rushed to the front door and opened it.

"Boy, you are hyper excited." Nick commented when he saw Mikael at the
door, grinning. He had his hands full of presents and his father, behind
him.

"Father, they are here. Can we open present now?" Mikael holler from the
main door. Mikael was enthusiastic in opening the presents. For this
Christmas, he would be getting presents from Nick and Cornelly, compared
from getting present from his lone father. It's definitely; better than the
last couple of years. He did appreciate the gifts from his father, but to
get presents from Nick and Cornelly would make this Christmas merrier.

"You have to eat breakfast first son." Hayden chuckled. He turned to look
at Cornelly and they hug each other. They're squeezing each other as a
gesture of their love for one another. They graced each other, cheeks, with
their lips and stole a kiss when they parted. Discreetly, they tried
avoiding from the boys seeing it.

Together, they went and sat at the breakfast table to enjoy the food that
Hayden and Mikael had prepared while chatting and bantering with each
other. It took a while for everybody to finish eating. Together in unison,
they cleared and cleaned the table and retreated to the living room where
the Christmas tree that was beautifully decorated by Mikael stand.

All the presents were under the Christmas tree. Mikael went to turn on the
lighting of the tree. Immediately, illuminates the whole living room with
brilliant colour that came from the twinkling light. Everyone seated
themselves near the tree as Mikael went to pick up the first present nearer
to him. Looked at the name and pass it to the recipient, Nick.

Nick immediately, opened the present that Mikael had passed him and tore
the wrapping paper to pieces. It was a gift from Mikael and he was, blown
away, with the Vans Rowley XLT shoes. He had been eyeing at it for a long
time. "How did you know? I've wanted this for so long time." Nick asked.

"You did tell me countless time whenever we went to the mall." Mikael
responded. Nick started feeling emotional. He stands up and makes his way
to Mikael and hugged him. "Thank you so much baby." Nick whisper in
Mikael's ear. "Anything for you babe" Mikael replied. They were blushing
and both of their fathers did notice it and were smiling looking at them.

When Hayden passed a gift for Cornelly from Nick, Mikael told him to
stop. "There should be an almost identical box for you too father. We want
you both to open it together at the same time. These gifts are for the both
of our favorites fathers from your two charming and good looking sons."
They all were laughing from Mikael banter.

Hayden found the other identical gift and sat down and started ripping the
wrapper. He waited until Cornelly had his wrapper off and they opened their
gift together. They were in awe when they saw the matching "TAG HEUER
CARRERA CALIBRE 16" gentleman watch. It was manly beautiful and they both
hugs the boys simultaneously. Thanking them for the special and beautiful
gift. The boys had taken some money from their savings to purchase the
expensive watches. Definitely, worth the money spent after seeing the
appreciative and happy look from their fathers.

Mikael next opened the gift from Nick. It was a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. "I
knew you were whining about your current iPhone, so I thought that you
would like a new phone, but it is not an iPhone." Mikael instantly stand up
and lunged himself at Nick. He was holding Nick as streaked with tears
cascading down his face. Nonchalantly, he gave Nick a kiss on the cheeks
without realizing that the father's was looking at them.

It was time for the fathers to hand over a present each to Mikael and
Nick. "As both of you will be going to college soon, we hope both of you
will love it and we thought we make sure that the other had one as well."
they said. Other than the weight, the box looked like it could be a
shirt. The box felt like it weighted ten pounds.

Immediately, they ripped the wrapping paper off and when they lifted the
lid of the box, they became speechless and disbelieved. The fathers had
given them an "Apple Mac Book Pro with Retina" display. They started crying
and run over to their fathers and kissed them on their cheeks, one after
the other. Hayden and Cornelly weren't surprised with the way the boys had
reacted and felt relieved that the boys loved the present that they had
given to them.

Two presents left, still remained under the Christmas tree. "Well, I guess
the two present are for the both of you for each other." Mikael took it and
handing over the presents to the fathers. Individually, Hayden and Cornelly
took the present that had their name written on it and seated, on each
other side. Hayden was the first to rip off the wrapping paper as he wanted
to know, what did his man got for him.

Hayden opened the gift from Cornelly. He began tearing when he saw it was a
complete set of the original New York Yankees baseball team uniform. It had
his name embroidered on the back of the shirt. A Mizuno Global Elite
Baseball 12"Glove, a "White, Silver and Gold DE Marini 2016 CF8 BBCOR
Baseball Bat" and a fully autographs, baseball with the New York Yankees
players and its coaches were in the gift box too. There were also two
seasons passed tickets, that Cornelly had bought for the two of them to
watch the games together. Cornelly had known that Hayden was the biggest
fan of the Yankees and he had used his contact to get the perfect gift for
his man.

Cornelly felt delighted, that Hayden loved the gift from him and he went to
open his gift from Hayden. It was a beautiful briefcase by "Swaine Alderney
Lombard" that suits his persona and lifestyle. He knew it was expensive for
a briefcase like this and he was most appreciative with Hayden. At one of
the pocket, inside the briefcase, there was a four thousand gift vouchers
from "Dolce and Gabbana Boutique". It was for Cornelly to purchase a custom
made suit for himself.

It was a beautiful Christmas celebration that both families had. Mikael
rekindles the fire in the fireplace. Immediately, it warmed the living room
from the cold of the snowy day. He went to cuddle with Nick on the long
sofa, while watching a Christmas movie "It's A Wonderful Life", playing on
the television. Cornelly and Hayden retreated to the kitchen and began to
prepare for dinner together. They had taken this moment and be closer with
each other. Stealing kisses with one another when their sons weren't
looking at them. These have been the best Christmas ever. In their hearts,
they knew there would be another celebration, which they're going to share
throughout in their life together.

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