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"For Sale By Owner" 19 wriTten by T. Chase McPhee
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Another hour up the road and they were well into the Water Gap area. To thwart their plans of stopping, a light drizzle adhered to the dash window.
"Oh well, there goes our picnic table orgy!" Kyle says.
"Maybe on the way back."
"Way back? Who says you're coming with me."
"Aren't I? I thought that was our plans?"
"Frankly, Alex, since this incident with Knapp, I'm not sure I want to go back to Asbury Park."
"So, what will you do?"
"Go back to New York. Get a job somewhere for the summer."
"Maybe I can come back to New York with you?"
"Let's think about it. I'll get a room at a motel for a week and we can decide."
"You could, unless you want to sleep on a mattress in our basement?"
"Or you could stay with me at the motel. Lake Quinn does have one doesn't it?"
"Only two. One for those in want of sex, who want to hide it and the other is one I wouldn't have enough if I saved for a month to pay for."
"I'll take the latter."
Alex smiled, knowing Kyle could very well afford it.
"Welcome to Pennsylvania," Alex said, out of the blue.
"How far to Lake Quinn?"
"Isn't it breathtaking?"
"Yeah. How far to Lake Quinn?"
"It's so open."
"I know. How far to Lake Quinn?"
"Wait. What did you ask?"
"You know damn well what I asked, stoopid!"
Alex laughed his ass off, laughter encouraging enough to incite Kyle to do the same!
"What about your fancy GPS?"
"I thought you knew the way."
"I do."
"So?"
"Keep going straight. I bet I can do a better job than your fancy gadget."
"Okay. I'll set the direction and you tell me it, without looking. What town is it near?"
"Set it for the town of McMichaels."
"Mc-who?"
"Michaels... McMichaels.. Lake Quinn is west of there."
Kyle went about punching in the info.
"No fair peeking."
"I told you I don't have to peek. I know the way. But first I'm putting my shirt on. It's getting chilly in here."
"Want some heat?"
"Yeah, but not the kind the car can give me!" Alex says.
"Ha.. ha.." Kyle says, sarcastically.
They go for another forty-five minutes. Alex has dozed off.
"Hey! Wake up!" Kyle shakes his shoulder.
"What?"
"What? You tell me."
"Oh, are we near Tannersville?"
"Just passed the sign."
"Okay. Get off and follow Route 715 west. That'll take us into McMichaels."
"I can't wait to see the juice factory!"
"We won't be going by it. Hey Kyle?"
"What?"
"You know we have to stop in and see mom."
"I figured so."
"Plus, I wonder how Devon made out. Can we stop by his house?"
"Sure. Anybody else you want to visit?"
"Yeah. How about the Burger Chef?"
"Ugh. I think I'm all burger-ed out!"
"Just kidding."
"Yeah. We should both get dressed up and...."
"Oh no!"
"Whatsamatter?" Kyle asks.
"I left my tux hanging in the employees lounge at Eden. I set it down while you got two cups of coffee!"
"When did you need to get it back?"
"By tomorrow or I own it!"
"Looks like you own it."
"Easy for you to say. Kyle, I don't have the money for a tuxedo!"
"What about the cash from the briefs?"
"I have it, but..."
"What? You can trust me."
"I know I can... any money I had leftover I was going to give to mom."
"Well then..." Kyle jokes, slapping Alex in the gut, "it looks like you're getting a tux for your birthday!"
"No."
"No? What choice do you have?"
Alex starts laughing.
"What?"
"Your GPS just missed the turn off for 715. We're headed for Sullivan's Trail!"
"Shit! How do I get back?"
"It's too narrow here. You can make the jughandle at the state park."
"Another one?"
"Yeah. We're in the Poconos you know?"
"No, I didn't know. How would a city boy know something like that?"
"You always lived in the city."
"Well, `a' city."
"Here's the jughandle. Don't miss it."
"Jughandle, huh?"
"Yeah. And don't ask me how it got it's name!"
They make the jughandle, head back east, then catch the turnoff for 715.
"From here it's smooth sailing," Alex tells him.
"Sailing. Ever been?"
"Once."
"On Lake Quinn?"
In hillbilly talk, Alex says, "There ain't no lake in Lake Quinn."
"Oh, then how did it get it's name?"
"It dried up."
"Dried up?"
"Yeah, then they filled it in, but nobody'll buy the lots. Afraid their house will sink right in. People say there's natural springs all around the area."
"Then it makes sense not to invest. Where do you live? Near an apple orchard?"
"Nope. We ain't got no apple trees in Lake Quinn, neither."
"Ain't got none, huh?"
"Nope." Alex smiles.
With no one on the road, Kyle puts his foot on the brake.
"C'mere."
Right there, in the middle of the road, Kyle puckers up and gives Alex a kiss.
"Mmmm... can't wait ta git that treatment tonight at that thar fancy hotel!"
"Hotel? I thought it was a motel?"
"Nope. The Radisson's a hotel."
"Oh you didn't tell me it was a Radisson! Cool!"
"Why?"
"My father has an expense account with Radisson."
"Which translates?"
"The best room, with the `works'!"
"Kyle, it doesn't have to be the most expensive."
"I know it doesn't, but.... Okay. We'll take the second most expensive."
"If you don't take your foot off the brake, we'll never get there!"
"Kiss, first!"
After a peck on the lips, the foot comes off the brake. Once again they are on their way.
"Okay, turn off 715 onto Pocono Road."
"That's not what the GPS says!"
"Will you turn that thing off?"
Smiling, Kyle presses a coupla buttons.
"To the left over there, is dried-up-Lake-Quinn-filled-in-that nobody wants to buy."
"Interesting."
"Over there is the town auto center."
"Interesting. No Walmarts?"
"Not yet. Hee hee... if it tries to come into town, they'll sell them the Lake Quinn property!"
"Cruel, but cool!"
"See the next left?"
"I turn there?"
"Nope. Up there is Orchard Terrace, where I live, but the Radisson is straight ahead."
Soon they enter the `city' part of Lake Quinn, composed of a bank, a bakery, food shop and other small, mom & pop stores.
"There! On your left," Alex guides him.
"Aha! The almighty Radisson!"
Kyle turns the jeep into the spacious plaza, housing the elegant hotel. They pull right up to the valet.
"Hi Rick!"
"Alex. How you doing?"
"Good. Got yourself a job, eh?" Alex questions Rick.
"Yeah and the tips are..." he looks at Kyle, "okay."
"Rick, this is my..." Alex quickly analyzes the encounter, "my boyfriend, Kyle."
"Nice to meet you, Kyle. Boyfriend, eh?"
"Right."
"Heard you and Greg broke the mold at the senior prom?"
"I guess you could call it that, but so did Devon and Carlos."
"Speaking of which," Rick soft-spoken addresses the subject, "I heard Devon is seeing this older guy."
"Is that so?" Alex looks to Kyle and smiles.
"Why, you know something?"
"Is he Italian?" Rick asks.
"I would say so."
"Muscular?"
"Definitely. You can take a look for yourself."
"He's staying here?"
"Yup and Devon's with him."
Kyle sits back, taking in the whole conversation.
"What do you think about that, Kyle?" Alex asks.
"About what?"
"Devon and Dominic."
"Can I park your jeep for you?" Rick asks.
"Sure."
Loading up a cart, the bellhop wheels the cart to the front desk.
"I don't know what to make of Dominic and Devon. I guess the drive was long enough for them to get acquainted."
"Guess so. We should find out what room they're in."
Suddenly, there's a shout across the room, "Alex!"
"Devon," Kyle and Alex say at the same time, with the sound of his voice.
"Devon, what are you doing here?" Alex asks.
"Might I ask you the same?" Devon questions Alex, as they give each other a friendly hug.
Standing in line, Kyle waited for a hug. Soon Alex felt a tapping on his shoulder, as if being cut in for a dance.
"Dominic figured, with the weather the way it is, he would stick around until tomorrow," Devon filled them in.
"And you didn't go home?" Alex asked.
"I did already. Introduced Dominic to my folks. Everything's cool."
"Cool? Like how?"
Standing there, smiling, Devon wished the conversation would advance towards filling the two in.
"Strangest thing, all the way up here, from Asbury Park, Dom and I got to talking..."
"Dom?"
"Yeah. Dom was talking about things he liked to do and I began to get this feeling."
"Feeling?"
"At first it was me, liking the same things, like miniature golf, going to the movies, tastes of music..."
"I wonder where this is going?" Kyle said, facetiously.
"Yeah, well when we stopped at a Burger Chef, we both got to ordering the same thing, uncanny, huh?"
"This wouldn't happen to be the Burger Chef in Livingston, would it?"
"Where?"
"Never mind," Kyle said, apparently off course!
"Anyway, we..."
"Hey guys!"
Kyle got first dibs in this time, hugging Dominic.
"Hey Dominic."
After the round of hugs, Dominic informed the two, "We're on our way to the exercise room. When you get settled, come on down to the basement."
"Maybe," Alex said.
Devon remarks, "Oh c'mon. You can save that juicy stuff for later!"
It made everybody laugh, even the bellhop, whom stood by listening to every word.
"We gotta check in. Then maybe."
"Well," Devon says, "if you don't make it down to the exercise room, in an hour we'll be in the pool!"
At least Kyle and Alex were given a choice, which made life simpler! Devon and dominic ran along with their plans, as the other two went to register. Things went through nice'n'easy, after Kyle mentioned his father's name, Keith Dryfiss, prompting the desk clerk to spin into motion the quick evacuation from the lobby, to the best room in the hotel.
"You must have an important father," the bellboy struck up conversation.
"He runs an important business," Kyle told the young bellhop.
"Well, if you need anything, pick up the phone and ask for Raj. That's me!"
"Anything?" Alex asks.
Kyle nudged Alex in the ribs, even though Alex wasn't thinking along `those' lines.
"Sure, if..." the bellhop suddenly realizes why Alex got the poke. "Never mind."
"Are you gay?" Alex took the chance of asking.
Smiling, yet with a blush, Raj answers, "Yeah, I swing that way."
"But you don't live in Lake Quinn, do you?"
"I live at the dorm, but I'm not from this area. You see, I wanted to get out of the city and into a college `out in the country'."
"You can't get much more `country' than this," Kyle notes.
"I like going to school here. What about you?" Raj directs to Alex.
"I grew up around here, but I'm going to college in New York."
"The city?"
"Yeah. Is that where you're from, Raj?"
"No," he answers, "Pittsburgh... here's your floor."
"No way," Alex states, as the elevator opens up upon the room, instead of a hallway.
"Cool," Kyle remarks, "the penthouse!"
"Wow!"
Stepping from the elevator, Alex looks straight ahead, through large panes of glass.
"I never saw Lake Quinn from this far up!"
"It is beautiful," Kyle says.
Raj, who's seen the view numerous times over, rolls their baggage cart across the floor, mooring it to the side of the elevator's west side.
Asking if there will be anything else, Kyle states, `no', slipping his hand in his pocket, drawing out a greenback and pasting it to Raj's hand, saying, "Thank you."
After the elevator doors close behind Raj, Alex says, "You slipped him a twenty?"
"Um, actually I think a five was inside it, from the Burger Chef change."
"Still, a twenty-five dollar tip?"
"It's one way of getting immediate service the next time, plus anything else we need."
"Like condoms?" Alex says, in jest.
After the laugh, Alex goes back to the plate glass, eyeing up the countryside.
"This is real awesome."
Behind him, Kyle stands, then places his arms over Alex's shoulders, bear hugging him, chest to back, nuzzling up to his ear, kissing him on the neck. Smiling, Alex pirouettes, engaging in a body-hug. They begin kissing, which makes them forget all about Devon's and Dominic's offer.
Kyle slips his hands under Alex's tee shirt and lifts it up, off over his head, saying, "I love you."
More than a whim, Alex, serious and all, replies, "I love you too."
"Happy?"
"Yeah, I am."
"So you like the room?" Kyle poses.
"I like you better!"
It makes Kyle giggle. Then, looking at the chain around Alex's neck, Kyle reaches down and licks over it with his tongue.
"You know, I've been thinking about that."
"Your chain?"
"No. The `S'."
"What about it, Alex?"
"I don't think it's going to go over so big with coach and the swim team competition."
"So, what do you want to do about it?"
"I wonder..."
"Yeah?"
"I wonder how erotic it could be for you, if you shaved my chest and stomach?"
"Erotic?"
Kyle then proceeded to laugh out loud.
"What?"
"Now that you mention it, I'm getting a tingling sensation, down there," he looks.
Sure enough, Kyle is tenting his shorts.
"Then you'll do it?"
"Sure. When?"
"Like right now?"
"Start with a hot shower?"
"Mmmmm," says Alex, smiling.
Arriving at point of destination, Alex strips down and turns the shower on, evening out the temperatures. Kyle is checking for all the necessary equipment.
"I don't believe they have these cheap, plastic things."
"You'll go through five of them on my chest!"
"Yeah," says Kyle, thinking. "What we need is to shear off the hair first, then shave the stubble."
"Is this one of the circumstances where your tip comes in handy?"
"Exactly what I've been thinking!"
The two walk out of the jon, Alex throwing a towel around his waist.
"Nobody can see you up here, from down there," Kyle cues Alex in.
"Just the same, you never know."
Kyle reaches out, grabs the towel at Alex's waistline and rips it off.
"He-aaaaaaaaaaaay!"
Laughing, he runs around the room, with the remote phone in hand, Alex on the chase.
"Hold it! Hold it!"
Placing his hand on Alex's hairy chest, he feels it expand and contract with breaths of air.
"Room service? Yeah, can you send Raj up with a haircutting kit and double-edged razor?"
Kyle waits.
"Yeah and send extra blades. Okay. Thanks."
"What'd they say?"
"Nothing other than give them ten minutes."
"Forget our shower, we'd still be in it."
"Good point, Alex."
Kyle clicks a button on the phone and presses redial.
"Hello? Yes it is...have Raj walk right in. Great. Thanks."
"Didn't they ask you why?"
"It's what you'll find out in these fancy outfits. They give you what you want and know it's none of their business why," Kyle explains.
"So, Raj is going to walk right into our hotel room?"
"Right."
"Hmm..."
"Why?"
"Well, wouldn't it be better if he left everything in the jon, on the vanity?"
"Alex Nouguet!"
"What? I'm only being practical. Why? What'd you think, Kyle?"
"Never mind what I thought."
"Ooooooh. I get it. You thought I was trying to get Raj in the shower with us."
"Nooooo," Kyle said, even though it was the plain truth!
He didn't fool Alex for one bit.
"Oh yes. I know you like the back of my hand."
Kyle holds up Kyle's hand, hiding the boney side from him.
"How many marks on the back of your hand?"
"How am I supposed to know. I never counted!"
Alex swipes his hand away from Kyle, saying, "Besides, I bet Raj isn't even that type of guy."
"He said call him for anything."
"Yeah, but he wasn't meaning personal stuff like you're thinking. He meant stuff like... like the razor and kit. Oh, by the way, did you remember the shaving cream, Kyle?"
"I knew I forgot something."
Kyle picks up the phone, clicks it on, pressing redial.
"Hello? Oh he is? No. No complaints. Never mind." Then, to Alex, he says, "Raj is on his way!"
"What? With me like this?"
"I'm sure Raj has seen a naked jock before."
"Forget it. I'm getting in the shower."
As soon as Kyle hears the elevator rumble, he gets a wicked idea. Ditching his shorts, sneakers and socks, he hightails it towards the jon.
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©2007 T. Chase McPhee This story may not be sold, nor made part of any collection, without prior consent from the author.
Other stories by T. Chase McPhee:
NATURE's TRAIL (NATURE WALK continues) nifty/gay/adult-youth/nature-walk/ 5b & 6c nifty/gay/beginnings/5b-6c/ FOR THE LOVE OF MICHAEL nifty/gay/highschool/for-the-love-of-michael/ ROAD TRIP (ongoing) nifty/gay/authoritarian/road-trip/ STRIPEs nifty/gay/adult-youth/stripes/ OLD-FASHIONED GOOD WILL nifty/gay/beginnings/old-fashioned-good-will/ TIDELIGHT ZONE nifty/gay/adult-friends/tidelight-zone/ SENIOR CUT DAY nifty/gay/highschool/senior-cut-day/ BUFFALO BOYS nifty/gay/authoritarian/buffalo-boys/ iCONS (ongoing) nifty/gay/beginnings/icons MUSCLE JOCKS FOR DOMINATION nifty/gay/authoritarian/muscle-jocks-for-domination/ CHRONICLES OF MARK SASSOON nifty/gay/authoritarian/chronicles-of-mark-sasson/