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October 24, 2003
another night out with scuba (part one)
wednesday night, i went out with my beautiful and good friend scuba. the last time we hung out was during the toronto international film festival. [see posting 9/8/2003 09:05:22 AM] we went to woody's to watch the miss halloween pageant. we had such a blast. we cheered for amanda roberts. she won.
from the get-go, me and scuba were scouting the terrain. he spotted abercrombie boy at the other end of the bar. he points him out to me .
i nod. "yeah, you're right. he is very cute. probably brazillian."
"argentinians and brazillians are so sexy." scuba is drooling.
"he's definitely sexy. he's closer to your type than mine. i like 'em just a tad older." i smile. neverthess, we both agree that he's the most beautiful guy in the entire bar that night.
me and scuba exchange stories. i tell him about my current stance with R&J, and he tells me about his recent fights with his boyfriend, *shy guy*. same old stuff. nothing has changed. scuba is still not happy with the relationship. he feels it is not going anywhere as it has been stuck on neutral for the past year. he wants to settle down. meanwhile shy guy likes devoting his friday and saturday nights with his friends, and adamantly excludes scuba during his clubbing nights into town. this is not scuba's idea of a relationship.
"he is so sweet but we never have good conversations." scuba tells me. i figure that the age differences between them is finally taking its toll. scuba is 36 while shyguy is 23.
"so what keeps you two together?" i probe scuba further.
"honestly, it's the sex. the sex is still great after 17 months together."
the wheels in my head started turning. hmmmm.
after the pageant show, i lead scuba to the middle of the bar close to the stage. i tell him i want a closer inspection of abercrombie boy. "okay." he doesn't hesitate. abercrombie boy is accompanied by blonde boy and red girl .
"i think blonde boy is his boyfriend." scuba warns me.
"steve, he's not." i reply.
"how do you know?"
"just look at them. the space between them is far too great. they're only friends." i say firmly.
with a little bit of eye contact, i find myself talking to red girl and complimenting her wardrobe. it's obviously not a pickup line for her, but for the 'boy company' she keeps. that got all of us talking in one big circle until last call. me and scuba find out that they are flight attendants from london. they're in town until friday. i give scuba a devious smile. we also find out that blonde boy happens to be straight. one thing led to another and we are riding in a cab heading to a hotel close to the pearson airport.
i was pissed drunk, but that doesn't stop me from further insuring the one night union of scuba and abercrombie boy. it wasn't a difficult task per se, but a simple "stop this, scuba" would have been enough. after a few more drinks at blonde boy's room, scuba pulls me into the men's room.
"shit, what am i gonna do?"
"steve, you know your relationship with shy guy is not gonna grow any further." i pause.
scuba sighs with happy thoughts. "he is so sexy, isn't he?"
"yup. abercrombie boy is quite the hottie." i then continue to say, "listen, you're a sexy man. you can pick up any guy you want. if sex is what's good in your relationship with shy guy, you could easily have that with anyone else too. sleep with the cutie. it'll answer a lot of questions."
"i'll call you if anything goes wrong." scuba tells me.
"okay, i'll turn the ringer on my cellphone." i later forget to do this. but this conversation pretty much settles the question of to cheat or not to cheat. scuba soon leaves to go to abercrombie boy's room. i suddenly find myself alone with blonde boy.
why did i become the devil's advocate? i attribute it to the fact that i was pretty hammered that night. but mostly, i was looking for the interests of my good buddy, scuba. he's not happy with his boyfriend, shy guy. but he's reluctant to do anything about it. sometimes, you have to manipulate some things in order for other stuff to come into focus.
oh by the way, did i mention i fucked blonde boy who happens to be "straight"? god. that was interesting. definitely an eye opener. more details later.
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