Chapter 23 

 

Honey was staring at Ann. It was late afternoon, the pain medication had kicked in and she was feeling much better. Ann on the other hand was obviously not her usual self. She was gazing out of the window by the bed but it was a gaze of someone hypnotized or not fully conscious. Honey was aware that Ann had now not slept in close on thirty-six hours. She had brought the subject up after one of the nurses had made a passing comment but Ann had dismissed it as unimportant.

 

On many occasions Ann had explained how doctors worked for very long hours and she had also told her how as interns before becoming doctors, sleep was often a precious jewel. The thing was that though Honey knew Ann was capable of going without sleep for long periods of time, she also knew how worried Ann was and had been. The intensity of personal stress and concern only increased the exhaustion and so she knew Ann was in a far worse position then she was admitting to. Honey was truly touched by the show of love, devotion and support but as she looked at her lady, who was now barely a shadow of her usual self, Honey decided on a course of action to make her do what was necessary.

 

“Ann?”

 

Ann said moments longer than it would normally take her to respond, “Yes sweetheart?”

 

“I think we should separate,” Honey said with a serious tone.

 

Ann’s eyes opened wide and instantly she appeared fully awake. Her head swung around to face Honey, the look on her face both frightened and shocked. She even wondered if she had misheard Honey’s words. Nothing had happened and it made no sense.

 

Ann said, “What?”

 

Honey asked, “Did you not hear what I said?”

 

“I’m not sure,” Ann replied.

 

“You see, Ann, I need people in my life who look after themselves, take care of their health and don’t dismiss their own importance by worrying about someone else as a priority. It’s stubbornness and it’s stupidity and I don’t want to bare that weight.”

 

Ann asked, “What does that have to do with us?”

 

“I want you to go back to the motel and get some sleep and then come back tomorrow morning,” Honey explained.

 

“Hon, I’m fine and I want to stay here with you in case you need anything,” Ann said.

 

“Ann, you’re tired,” Honey said followed by a frustrated sigh.

 

“I’m okay, Honey.”

 

“Go and get some sleep, Ann.”

 

“Hon, really, I’m fine.”

 

“Ann, what is the name of the upper left quadrant of the brain?”

 

“It’s the…”

 

Ann’s mind was blank. She knew the answer to the question like almost everyone knew the answer to one plus one. She sat for a moment trying to recall but nothing would come. She thought she was just too tired to remember and as that thought crossed her mind, she looked up at Honey and saw the smirk of smugness on her face.

 

“Ann, I think we should separate until tomorrow morning and you should get some sleep. If you don’t go, I really will break up with you for being such a stubborn bitch.”

 

Ann gasped and then said in disbelief, “Honey that really was cruel and uncalled for. I think you could have gone about making your point in a less threatening way.”

 

Honey grinned and said, “Is that so? What would you suggest is the best way to get a donkey to walk when it refuses to?”

 

Ann said, again disbelievingly, “You’re comparing me to a donkey?”

 

“Well, your stubbornness at least but if the cap fits,” Honey replied and chuckled.

 

Ann literally gasped for the second time from the comment. She was so tired she was not sure what was real and what was not. Part of her knew it was a light-hearted barb but the exhausted part was questioning whether it was meant or not. However, Ann was just aware enough to know that she loved Honey so much that she was indeed being exceptionally stubborn. She looked at Honey and grinned.

 

“It seems you have me at a disadvantage because I am extremely tired and I need to go back to our motel and get some sleep but let me tell you Ms Rockford, if my mind were functioning on all four cylinders, you never would have entrapped me like that,” Ann said.

 

Honey looked at Ann and grinned before saying, “Don’t I know it? Look, Ann, I appreciate what you’re doing for me and it really does warm my heart and make me love you even more but I’m worried about you. You’ve told me how detrimental sleeplessness can be on the human body and yet here you are enforcing it on yourself when it’s unnecessary. I’m going to be okay and we both know it.”

 

“Okay, okay, I get the point. I admit it. I was being stubborn but I wasn’t being a martyr, I was really very worried about you,” Ann said.

 

“I know Ann but now I think you should fuck off,” Honey said, giving one final push.

 

The look on Ann’s face was initially horrified but as she looked at Honey and saw the bemused grin, Ann’s expression softened and she shook her head and stood up to leave.

 

“Don’t take the car, love, catch a cab. You’re too tired to be driving now,” Honey said.

 

“That won’t be a problem, Hon. We both arrived at the hospital in an ambulance and the car is still at Billy’s. I’ll retrieve it before I come back tomorrow morning,” she explained.

 

Ann leaned over the bed and she kissed Honey long and deep. One hand was on Honey’s inner thigh, her fingers caressing tenderly, as she moved them upward and closer to the place she knew how to satisfy. Her other hand was pressed to the side of Honey’s body, Ann’s thumb caressing back and forward over the side of her ample breast. Honey instantly moaned into Ann’s mouth and her heartbeat and breathing rose as a consequence of Ann’s unexpected actions. Ann broke the kiss and as she pulled a couple of inches away, she looked deeply into Honey’s eyes and said, “Are you sure you want me to leave?”

 

“Bitch, that is downright unfair and you know it,” Honey said.

 

“Medicine baby, medicine,” Ann replied.

 

“Swallowed, now go and get some sleep. Be back in the morning and I’ll expect you to finish what you just started when I get out of here,” Honey said while feeling frustrated that these unexpected feelings in her body, were not going to be taken to their usual conclusion.

 

“It will be my pleasure, sweetheart and I promise I’ll make it extra special,” Ann said, the look on her face almost mischievous.

 

“You’d better make sure of that or I’ll use it as grounds for divorce,” Honey replied and smiled as Ann squeezed her hand and laughed.

 

“Tomorrow, the next day or whenever you get out of here, Honey, I’m going to take you on a journey that won’t require the use of your legs or a vehicle and that, my love, is a promise you can count on,” Ann said.

 

Honey felt the heat rising again and she said with resignation, “Go on, get out of here.”

 

Ann smiled, squeezed Honey’s hand and then reluctantly turned and walked away. The moment she disappeared from view, Honey sighed. She really was grateful Ann had stayed with her all the time and she wished she was still there but still she knew she had done the right thing. She let her head sink back into the pillow and she closed her eyes and sighed for a little more sleep.

 

***

 

As Eric was driving home following his time with Nick and Billy, he was actually feeling very emotional. He was struggling a little because he liked Billy and was pleased and approving of the young man Nick had fallen for. At the same time however, Eric was filled with an intense envy of the young man. All of these feelings had begun as he was driving away from Nick’s home. It was like he was leaving something behind, something he really wanted and needed. Additionally, he could not get the thought of Nick’s revelation out of his mind. He was overwhelmed by the knowledge that Nick felt the same way he did.

 

Eric loved that Nick was in love with him. The knowledge also seemed to justify that he was in love with Nick. The problem was it made him more aware that Billy was going to be the one who would receive all of Nick’s needs and passion and love. They were some of the prime ingredients that made Nick the first man Eric had fallen for.

 

In frustration, Eric yelled at the top of his voice, “Fuck!”

 

The windows of the Corvette were up and music was playing loudly and so his cry of dissatisfaction went unheard outside the car.

 

Continuing with irritation, Eric asked of nobody, “How the fuck can this be happening and why is it happening when what I want is impossible? God fucking damn it; life can be such an interfering prick of a thing at times. Everything was perfect and now this. Fuck, I don’t want to feel like this. I love Michelle and I don’t want to lose her or leave her. Nothing and nobody will make me walk away from the life I’ve got but holy shit, why the fuck does this guy have to make me feel this way? I want to take him, run away to a tropical island and make love to him until the end of time. Why has he gotten so under my skin?”

 

Eric thought of Michelle and he smiled with honesty and warmth. He only had to think of her and he could imagine he could feel her touch, her kisses and he could also get hard from the thought of sex with her. He got hard immediately and considered that all of these thoughts and feelings regarding Michelle were an obvious signpost. The sign said he had what he needed. He then thought he would go home and take her to bed and make love to her all night long.

 

A moment later, Eric remembered Michelle had told him she was going out for the night and might be home very late. Eric knew what that meant. Michelle was in the mood and she was going out to pick up some hot woman. He sighed and felt disheartened. Both of the people he loved and also wanted to have sex with were unavailable, one permanently and the other for the night.

 

“Damn it, I want Nick to fuck my brains out,” he thought. Eric knew the intensity of his desire showed the true nature of his feelings for Nick.

 

Staring at the traffic in front of his car, Eric’s mind began to tick over. “I know, instead of wallowing in these feelings, I’ll pick up some other guy and fuck his brains out. I’ll close my eyes and imagine some random guy is Nick,” he decided immediately.

 

Eric thought he was being weak for wanting to hide behind sex but he knew he did not want to spend the night alone. Right now all he wanted was for Nick to take him and consume him like he had done on that one and only night together. However, knowing Nick was definitely not an option, he decided he wanted to and was going to punish some random guy’s ass.

 

Thinking about this, Eric decided it did not need to be some random guy at all. For the last year there had been one young guy. He was a nineteen-year-old, hot muscle hunk, who always said yes and was always interested when Eric called.

 

Jason was an in the closet, straight-acting bricklayer, who worked on building sites with Eric all the time. These days Eric looked at Jason and thought of him as a mini version of Nick. Jason was not as good-looking, not as big and powerful and he certainly did not elicit the intensity of feelings that Nick did. Regardless, with Jason’s sex-hungry attitude and with his endurance of youth to fuck for hours, Eric thought Jason was exactly what he needed right now.

 

Turning down the music, Eric then reached to his phone and pressed and held the number seven until he heard the beep that told him the speed dial had engaged. Connecting to a small speaker, the sound of a phone number ringing filled the car until there was a distinct sound of the call connecting and being answered.

 

“A young man’s voice said seductively without a greeting, “It’s been over a month.”

 

Eric chuckled and said, “I take it that means yes?”

 

“Eric, I got a bone the moment I saw your name on my caller ID. It’s really hard and needs someone with experience to make it all better,” the young man said, again with an extremely seductive tone.

 

Eric felt the heat of sexual anticipation fill him, his erection thickened and he squeezed the bulge and said, “Who’s my boy?”

 

“Daddy, I’m your boy and I have a problem,” Jason said.

 

“Tell your Daddy how he can help you, Jason.”

 

Jason’s voice became even more seductive and he said, “Ever since you left, my cock has been hard and dripping. I don’t know how to rectify the problem and I was wondering if you have any ideas how to make it better? Daddy, will you ‘come’,” he emphasized the word with an extended pause “and take a look at my hard, dripping cock?

 

“How bad do you want your Daddy to - come, Jason?”

 

“Daddy, I need you to come lots and lots because I also have another problem,” Jason said.

 

“Tell your Daddy,” Eric replied.

 

“It’s my ass, Daddy. It has this aching, empty feeling and it’s getting worse as we speak. Daddy, do you know how to stop the ache?”

 

“I’ve got exactly what you need in the car with me right now but it might take a long time to fix the problems, Sonny boy,” Eric said.

 

“Daddy, can you stay with me tonight just in case I need you to fix it more than once?”

 

“Jason, I’m going to service your cock and ass like they’ve never been serviced before. I’m ten minutes out, be naked when I get there,” Eric said, falling out of character.

 

“Make it five, Eric. I want that huge body and that huge cock and I want it until sunrise,” Jason replied, also falling out of character.

 

“You got it, Jason. Oh and tonight, I want the bad boy,” Eric added.

 

“What a coincidence, Eric. I’ve been feeling particularly naughty all day so stop talking, hang up, put the peddle to the metal and get here and fuck me, you gorgeous hunk,” Jason said.

 

“Ass in the air and I’m almost there,” Eric said and disconnected the call.

 

Finally with a smile back on his face and his problem temporarily pushed to the back of his mind, Eric squeezed his hard cock and accelerated down the road.

 

To be continued...