Chapter Seven
âOkay did any of you know that my brother was gayâŚand if so why didnât yaâll tell me. I mean heâs my brother, didnât anyone think that I might wanna know something this fucking important?â Matt ranted.
Jeff, Nikki, Willow, and Xander had retreated to the bedrooms of the suite to dress, after Linda brought them out of their post-orgasmic haze by closing the door of the suite with a loud thud. All four of the loverâs heads came up in exhausted suddenness.
âHoly fuckin shit. Donât you people knock.â Jeff yelled as he and his mates ran to the rooms to dress. As he reentered to hear his brotherâs query, Jeff replied. âWell First of all, itâs not necessarily any of your business. I mean yeah youâre my brother and I love you, but since itâs my love life I donât really have to tell you anything about it. And second of allâŚIâm not gay, Iâm not even bi really. Iâve never been attracted to a guy other than Xander. Probably never will be.â
Willow joined Jeff. The extreme wrestler had settles on the back of one of the roomsâ large armchairs. The redhead sat on one arm, while Xander sat in the seat of the chair. Nikki hopped onto the other arm. They presented a happy, unified front. Once more Jerichoâs voice filled the silence, âso basically, you are in love with Xander the personâŚnot Xander the gender, and you were just expressing that physically.â
âAnd what a beautiful physical expression that turned out to be.â Amy and Linda said simultaneously. Both women were having wonderfully naughty thoughts and images of the two men together.
âWould you two please stop imagining my brother and his male lover in indelicate situations?â Matt Whispered painfully. âJeff isnât this a little fast? I mean youâve only know them for like six weeksâŚI get love at first sightâŚreally I do, but with three people one of them a male? When youâve never shown any previous desire for one before. I mean are you really, absolutely sure about this?â Mattâs concern and love for his brother was beautifully evident in his voice.
âBelieve it or not I wondered the same thing. But God, Matt, you have know idea how right this is. How right it feels. And I know that you are never gonna believe me butâŚMom told me that this is where I need to be. Loving and being loved by these three people.â Jeff admitted abashedly.
âUm let me be the first one to say HUH? Jeff youâre mom passed away quite some time ago, right?â Amy asked quietly.
âYeahâŚbut it was her and she and I were sitting at that old picnic table in the backyardâŚshe was glowing with this wonderful, warm light. She was dressed in this flowy, white dress thing. She told me that even though others might not understand, Willow, me, Nikki and Xander were destined to be and together weâd accomplish so much more than we could individually.â Jeff told her.
âBesides my grandmother has also been gone for quite sometime, but she came to me as well. She even went so far as to laugh at me cause I never could do things the normal way. God, Iâd almost forgotten how much my mother looks like her. And it was so nice to just be able to talk to her. To tell her exactly how crazy her other daughters have gotten. It was wonderful. She said something about the time finally being right.â Nikkiâs voice trailed off.
âThe time is finally right, everything is in the proper place. Iâd been hearing that in my dreams for a while before Kliq night out. It was constantly there. But I could never figure out what the time was right for.â Willow said perplexed.
âSame here. It was freakyâŚI was gonna ask you what you thought they meant but then they stoppedâŚI guess cause we had done what they wanted us to do. Still what was it time for exactly?â Xander wondered aloud.
âFor you and Willow to be together. I mean think about it Xander and Willowâs love for each other was strong enough to save the world, but the time wasnât right for them to be together yet cause that hadnât met the other parts of the equation. And if they had been together then, well then they would never have allowed themselves to fall for Nikki and Jeff too. But had they gotten together with just Nikki and Jeff, then their connection would have torn apart those marriages.â Amy statedâŚsounding a little Gilesian.
âAnd youâre okay with all of thisâŚwith sharing your wife with another man-with all these changes, because of a dream?â Matt asked confused.
âLook Matt, Iâm not saying that this is for everyoneâŚbut it is what works for us.â Jeff said simply.
âNikki, you are sure that this is what you want as well? I mean we all heard your aunts when you were only involved with one white guy but 2 and a white girlâŚarenât they gonna flip?â Linda asked, concerned for the other, younger black woman.
âIt fits me so well. We all bring so much to the relationship that I donât think it could actually work in halves. As for my family-my sister will love it; she calls me a prude so that tells you where her mind is. My mom will think Iâm crazy, but sheâs always been a firm believer that there are two loves in this world that should be completely unconditionalâŚthat of God for all of us and a parent for their child. Sides, she canât possibly hate Jeff and Xander more than she hates Mindyâs husband Tony. As for the Aunts-if I let them know-will say that all four of us are gonna burn in hell for thisâŚwell, except Willow. Witches donât burn; they spend eternity performing sexual acts for Satan and his minions. You know if not for the whole slavery thing theyâd have fit in wonderfully in the 18th century.â Nikki chuckled. âMy aunts even refuse to read the Harry Potter books. âGarbage in is Garbage outâ thatâs TiTiâs favorite saying.â
Willow shook her head in consternation. âOkay kinda superficial question in the middle of a pretty deep conversation but what exactly are your aunts names. Iâve only ever heard you call them their nicknames.â
âWell Auntie is the oldest, her name is Mary Jane-Yes JerichoâŚlike pot. Next is Ursula-Ursi, as I call her. And finally there is TiTi, who is younger than my mom, Bettina, but youâd never know it from the way TiTi always tries to boss her around. Anyway TiTi is Tallulah, the youngest girl.â Nikki explained matter of factly.
âHey why did you guys come to our room anyway?â Xander inquired.
Jericho smiled. âWe just wanted to check on Nikki, make sure she was okay. See how she was doing.â The blond said from his seat next to Amy.
âThatâs so sweet. Iâm doing pretty well. Thanks.â Nikki said with a satisfied smile.
âYeah we could see that. We should all be so well.â Amy teased, ânot that I-I just meant. You know Iâm gonna shut up now before I find out what my knee tastes like instead of just my foot.â The taller redhead blushed furiously.