coffee table. Reaching under he pulled out the half filled bottle of Rum and splashed in two good shots into each glass.
At first he thought about moving to go sit in the end chair, but as he handed the glass to Josh, their hands touched lightly. He felt the coldness in the flesh which none the less still made his body tingle a bit. He sat down on the sofa, out of habit he supposed as he sipped at the rum, feeling it warm his throat.
“How’d you know you were gay?”
“What? I uh, I never said I was gay”
“You are aren’t you?”
“Does it matter?”
“Yes”
“Why?”
Josh stared at him and he watched as the young man took a long drink out of the glass. He coughed a bit as the liquor went down and suddenly Brett begun to wonder if maybe Josh was out to rob him or something worse. He couldn’t get a handle on what Josh was up to, so he kept his distance, though it was hard to do on the small sofa.
“Cuz, if you aren’t, no sense in wasting that steak on me”
“I don’t… what is this about?”
Josh took another drink of rum, nearly finishing it and he stared away to look out the patio window. The curtains were still opened and you could see the street lights shining in now.
“Long story, guess I shouldn’t have had that toke after work, but well, I need something, okay?”
“Uh, okay, still I don’t…”
“I got dumped by my girlfriend…”
“Your what?”
“Girlfriend”
“I see, so uh, I don’t get this… if you are straight then…”
“Why did I pick you up?”
“Uh, yes”
“I don’t know, look, Brett, it’s a long story, so maybe I’ll tell you later, right now, well, can we have dinner after we check out the bedroom?”
His hands shook and he felt the splash of liquid on his wrist as he stared open mouthed at Josh. It was going too fast for him and yet
