Chapter 6 - Unexpected House Guests and a Glimpse of the Past
It's been four months, and Leroy is still having seizures. He was warned though before having the surgery, it could be a possible side effect. With the medications, the seizures are happening less frequently, but they are still playing havoc on his life. He can't go back to work or drive, and he feels useless. Dave or one of his family members have been taking him anywhere he wants to go, but he hates relying on someone.
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Leroy woke from a nap and heard voices coming from the family room. He knew one of them were Dave's, but he couldn't place the other two, one seemed familiar, but the other one didn't at all. He sat up, threw his legs over the edge of the bed, he looked over at his sweats and t-shirt. He grabbed them up, put them on, so he could go and see who was there.
Leroy's hair was growing longer now and covering the scars before he would grab up a ball cap to cover his head, but now he doesn't have to. He rounded the corner to the kitchen and looked into the family room.
"Hey, Leroy, sorry if we woke you." Dave went to get off the couch, and Leroy motioned him to stay put and walked over and sat next to him. "Leroy, you know my partner Terry, and this is Terry's love, Shane."
"Terry, nice seeing you again, and to meet you, Shane." Leroy went to get up to shake Shane and Terry's hand, but they stopped him.
"Don't get up. It's nice to meet you too, Leroy." Shane spoke up.
Leroy looked at Shane, he was the definition of a twink, he was small, looked like five three or so. He had blonde hair which Leroy couldn't believe, Shane had about an inch of a very light shade of blue tips throughout his hair. Leroy was sure, Shane was hairless, Leroy even noticed Shane plucked his eyebrows. He was also white, oh my God was he white, Leroy wondered if he ever went out in the sun. Leroy could tell Shane was older than the standard twink age, Shane must want to stay youthful looking. He is so glad he doesn't go for that look, he had to pull himself from staring and look back at Dave.
"Honey," Dave said, and Leroy looked at him. "Not to put you on the spot, but they have come to ask us something. I told them I couldn't agree to anything until you were up and also agreed."
"Well if it's a foursome, no." Leroy laughed at his own joke, they all smiled. He looked at Dave and then Terry. "What is it?"
"We're wondering if... if we could stay here for some time. We had a fire at our house, and it will take some time to repair." Terry was looking at Leroy, he could tell he was digesting the information and looked like he was going to refuse them. "It's no problem, we can look for an apartment, we should have, but living out of the motel room the last few days have been a little rough."
"How long are we thinking here?" Leroy asked.
"That is the problem, we don't know. The insurance company is giving us the runaround, I'm hoping it won't take long once the repairs are started." Terry responded.
"That's fine." Leroy looked over at Dave, Dave gave a slight nod. "It might be nice to have someone else around for a change instead of just the two of us."
"Thanks, man, I really hate sleeping in a motel, and I can't fathom living in an apartment again," Terry responded.
"No problem." Leroy held Dave's hand when they were sitting there talking. Terry and Shane decided they would go and grab their things from the motel and move into the room they will be using. While Terry and Shane were gone, Dave and Leroy talked.
"Is it going to be a problem, Hon?" Dave asked.
"No, it'll be okay, really it might be nice having another couple around for a change. What does Shane do?"
"He's a nurse at the hospital, Terry and he has been together for a year now, but they flirted for six months before he finally got up the nerve to ask him out."
"He is a twink though, wow, how old is Shane, thirty?"
"Yup, I know, I was amazed Terry was into him, he always dated." Dave laughed. "Guys that looked like me. When they started flirting, I was amazed to see Terry head over heels for him."
"Well, I'm glad the twink type can move someone, but it never made me hot. I love what I have." Leroy reached up and pulled Dave to him for a kiss. "Well, I would prefer them in the small bedroom, but I want to be able to paint it, so they will have to take the one across from ours." Leroy was quiet for a few minutes. "Which will suck, because I know you will try your hardest now to not make noise, and I love to hear you moan."
"We can tone it down for a little while, I don't expect them to be here that long." Dave laughed.
"How bad was their house destroyed?" Leroy asked.
"Kitchen and living room were destroyed, but the smoke and water damage is even worse."
"So they will be here for a bit, which is okay."
"Wow, I'm amazed you're saying that Babe, I love you, Leroy."
"I love you too, and this better not affect our love life," Leroy said with a grin.
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Over the following month, the pair did get to know one another well. Leroy and Shane were actually getting along great. In the beginning, Terry and Dave thought Leroy and Shane weren't going to hit it off because they tended to butt heads a lot. Dave was continually telling Leroy when they were alone in the bedroom to be kind to Shane because he was rude. Leroy didn't know what he was talking about and kept saying he was kind, Dave would just shake his head and laugh at him.
One evening Shane had come home from a twelve-hour shift at the hospital, and Leroy was working on getting the small bedroom painted, he finally figured out what color of paint he wanted and had everything prepped and ready. Shane walked into the house to music blaring and all the furniture from the bedroom in the living room, Shane was thinking to himself, 'well when he decides to do something he does it thoroughly.' Shane stood in the doorway of the small bedroom. Terry and Dave were at work, so when he looked at Leroy in shorts and a t-shirt, he had to smile and laugh.
