he had been rejected all over again. Bad enough that Brian had left, now a stranger was dumping him before they even had a chance? Christ what was he doing wrong that guys dumped him before even knowing him?
His watch showed that it was 20 to ten already. Brett had seen several staff leave just after 9 but no Josh. Man he had to be stupid to think that someone as hot as Josh would show up. Worse, the guy probably wasn’t gay either which would mean that he had tweaked to why Brett had invited him for dinner. Man what a fool he was feeling like, sitting in the nearly empty parking lot waiting still for someone who obviously wasn’t going to show up.
He turned his head to stare over at the big store, seeing the main store lights dim. A sort of sickening feeling came to him as it appeared that he was being stood up. The thought that he was being set up came to him too. He felt nervous as the time marched onwards and then he saw him, coming out of the door with something in his hands.
Brett saw him staring at the remaining cars and he quickly flashed his lights, hoping that it wasn’t a set up. He couldn’t see anyone else around so he waited as Josh came trotting over to the car.
“Oh man you must think I am a flake or something”
“Well, was wondering if you had changed your mind”
“No, I didn’t realize how much I had to do before going off shift, nights are different than the mornings, sorry”
“No problem, bet you are starved”
“Kind of, man I am glad you waited, kind of uh, worried that, well that you might have left”
“With two steaks and mushrooms sitting in the back? Nah, no way.”
“haha, sorry”
“Not your fault, no big deal”
“Cool, so, uh… where is this bachelor pad of yours?”
“Down the street, few blocks”
Brett put the car in gear and began to move off as two more guys came out of the store. One of them pointed at his car and he felt a sickening lump in his throat as he moved past them, fearing the worse but all Josh did was wave to the guy pointing.
“He’s one of the guys I worked with on morning shift, bit of a dufus but okay”
“Huh?”
