The Epilogue June 1, 2009
It's been about a year since the final events of "The Further Adventures of Justin & Billy." As I promised, here's a look at what has happened to them and their friends in the time that has passed.
Justin and Billy are still together. Completely committed to each other. They are living this summer primarily in NYC, but maintain their apartment in the town where they go to school.
Justin says that since they met Tom and hooked him up with Joe (Justin's professor and mentor) life has been pretty smooth for all of them.
Here's a bit of a conversation with Billy and Justin from a couple of months ago. I've edited it and left out most of my questions:
Justin: I know everyone is going to want to know if we still mess around with Tom like we did last year. I just know that's what they're asking you. Right?I bet there are a lot of readers who hope I'll tell them how much I like to get my dick deep in both Tom and Billy. How we cum all over each other every night. About our circle jerks and stuff like that.
Well, they need to know that Billy and I have decided that we're done with sharing every intimate detail of our lives with guys we don't even know. I'm not sorry we did it, but we've got to move on. I've gone back and read some of the project again. I can't believe we let you write some of that stuff about us. And not just the sex.
I hope you guys understand that if me and Billy were ever going to make it together, we had to end H.R.'s project sometime. So we did. And I think the timing was right in a lot of ways. You got to see the pressures of being boyfriends and dealing with all the things that try to pull you apart.
Ending the project, at least for us . . . well, for me . . . had nothing to do with you readers out there. Some of you turned out to be really nice guys. I know a lot of you really do care about us.
That's why I'm willing to tell you how we're doing. I can tell you that since the end of the second book, Billy and I have moved into the apartment that Joe rents for us. It's so much nicer. He picked the apartment because it was near his place in (our city) and so convenient for me to run back and forth between his place and ours. He used his place as both a home and an office, so I was there a lot.
Anyway, the apartment is really nice and the combination of my studies and the job with Joe is working out great. Because of the economy, we're not traveling as much as he thought we would, but we still have been to most of the better cities where he has galleries. The "rich cities."
Billy: I don't mind not traveling like he (Joe) thought we would. I don't think I'd have the time to travel all that much anyway.
The best part about how things worked out for me and Justin was that it didn't take too long after that first weekend at the old country house for Joe to rent the apartment next to ours for Tom. It was kind of awkward for Tom at home. His parents weren't too cool with him seeing Joe. So Joe rented the small apartment next to ours for him to stay in when he needed to.
Joe paid to have the two apartments changed so now they connect with a door through to our kinda living room area. So now Tom's apartment is like an annex to ours with its own entry and bath and stuff. You can get to his room directly from our place, so it's like we're roommates. Or suitemates. Or whatever.
So I guess you could say that Tom is now sort of a roommate with benefits. He and Joe aren't exclusive. They never were. But they're both like each other's No. 1. I mean like they're together all the time, so it isn't like J and me and Tom are any kind of threesome or whatever. But . . . And that's enough on that for now. OK. It does happen. Are you happy? Yeah. Sometimes we fuck around like in the old days, but what we do is for us to know.
Justin: Oh, yeah. Joe's not here anymore. His year with the school is up and so he's back in New York. I do about two long weekends working with him each month during school. For the first time this summer, we're working for him . . . with him fulltime in the City. He got us a place there. A sublet from an artist he represents. And Tom is staying with Joe at Joe's place.
Joe knows so many people. He got Tom and Billy jobs. No problem.
Billy: Good jobs.
And tell them about your sales.
Justin: I did get a small commission from the client I met at the country house that first weekend. It was really cool to do and it would probably make an incredible story for H.R. to tell about me and Billy and the model. A Bulgarian guy from Sofia. So hot and hung and just a wild crazy guy. But I don't think we're going to be telling that story any time soon.
Billy: Tom can tell it for us. Cuz it was so fucking wild! . . . Well, he could. He was there and in the end he was the one who really got . . .
Justin: Anyway, it has led to a couple other sales and commissions. It's really nice money and nice work but I was a little afraid I was going to end up just painting erotic male figures. But this spring I sold three of my other paintings. They're more . . . well if you know who Jules Olitski is, I get compared to him sometimes.
Billy: I prefer the sex stuff.
So what else? We talked about Tom. Joe's divorced now. We have lots of friends at school and more and more in the city. I like it cuz it's not all just kids from school. Some, like Phil and Todd, we see a lot. But there are some older guys from here that Tom has introduced us to. Surprise, surprise that Tom would know older guys.
And I'm back on schedule to graduate next year. I'm not sure what I'm doing while J finishes up. He'll have another year to do here. But we'll figure that shit out. Joe always has a way to make these things work out.
I wanna talk about one thing that has kinda bothered me. I know there were some guys who wrote comments who didn't think Billy and I should fuck around outside our relationship. I gotta say I don't think some of those guys fucking get it.
It would be wrong for us to fuck around outside our relationship. We both know that. We always knew that. That's what this whole thing was about. When we did fuck around outside our relationship, like with Joe, or with Todd, or whatever, it was fucked. Doomed to be fucked and us with it.
So we don't do that. I hope you all get that!
We love each other and we only do stuff within our relationship that's right for us. Right for US! Not for YOU! So don't judge us!
Well, that's when that interview ended. But I was talking with Billy again in recent weeks. He asked me if guys still write PMs to me. I told him I had gotten an email that day from someone reading this project on Nifty. I read this to him: Hi,
I'm reading your story "I Thought I Knew" and absolutely loving it. It's addicting. Usually I grow tired of stories on Nifty fairly fast but that hasn't been the case with this one. I also rarely get off on them (I enjoy reading them and they turn me on, but it usually takes more to give me an orgasm), but today I got off while reading yours. I'm so addicted that I spent most of my day reading it and I only have one chapter left. I would have read more right away if it weren't the last chapter until your next one. I hate waiting.
Thankfully it seems like you update it pretty often. I'm not sure how much longer I could wait. I'll probably finish the last chapter tonight.
Anyway, keep up the great work. Billy: I love that guy. He's like who we did this for. And if more guys felt that way . . .
Billy's voice just trailed off at that point and he was silent. Then he continued:
Billy: I know a lot of guys really care about us. And I want them to know that we're OK and part of the reason I think we're so strong is cuz we told everybody every fucking thing we did. I mean that wasn't easy.
It's funny how it changed our lives. I know you never mentioned it in what you wrote, H.R., but you know that there were days we didn't do things we might have done because if we had . . . If we had, what would we have told you? What would you have written in the project? That we fucked everything up?
It was good for us. All of it. I'm proud to say we did it and I'd do it again. I'm not sure the sex was always as hot as what you wrote, but it was damn good. And I hope guys out there learn something about growing up and being friends and jerking off and cumming together reading "I Thought I Knew" for a long, long time.
And, Jess, you better make sure you're ready for your next part. It doesn't get any easier.
That's all the guys had to say. If you have any specific questions you'd like me to address, let me know. I'll do my best.
Please leave a parting comment for the guys. And if by any chance you haven't rated this thread yet, you have one more chance. So do it now.
Thanks so much for sticking with this project to the end.
An Update April 26, 2010
It's been on again and off again, but at last I'm told it's OK to post this:
While I was away on vacation last month, I got a message from Billy. All it said was: "Tom is moving in this weekend. Call me."
So here is what I know and what the guys have told me I can share:
For about six months, Justin and Billy had been living in a new three bedroom apartment provided them by Justin's mentor Joe. Tom had continued to live in his part of the old apartment.
Now Justin and Billy and Tom are living in the three-bedroom apartment . . . together again.
Billy is a senior and will graduate this spring. Justin, who is a junior, has been working for Joe full-time all this school year. It started off as an internship for credit, but seems to have been extended indefinitely.
Justin has been traveling on business about two-thirds of the time, leaving Billy at school much of the time. Billy has traveled with him some, but his class schedule, schoolwork and the global recession have not allowed him the travel time he had hoped for.
This has meant that Billy has had to amuse himself for days, even weeks, on end. Some of his amusements have been innocent enough. Like cyber sex with friends and even with a few of his fans from this project. You guys know who you are. He says to say hi. He's been "busy".
But more and more he found he enjoyed the face-to-face interaction he could have with Tom, who is now attending the same college as Billy. Because the two of them both prefer to bottom, the relationship isn't completely satisfying for either of them. And when they do fuck, Billy says they have to bag it because Tom "has other friends."
"But we do find plenty of ways to get each other off," Billy says. As a result the two of them started spending a lot of time together this year.
I asked Billy if Justin was OK with him spending so much time with Tom.
"He knows all about it. He also knows we hardly ever fuck each other and that when we do we do it safe. And when Justin is home, the three of us always get together and Justin loves having two bottoms to fuck. So what's not to like?"
When I finally got to talk to Justin about all of this, he echoed almost everything Billy had said.
So it's been about a month now since Tom moved in and everything is going fine, they say. They all seem happy and content with the situation, even though Tom says it can "get tricky" at times keeping everyone happy.
By the way, Tom and Joe have remained friends but developed separate interests during the past year or so.
To be completely honest with you, even the guys know I'm writing this, they are being very coy about just what their relationship is. I asked each of them if Tom was a roommate with benefits or were they trying to create a steady threesome?
Billy: "You'd have to ask Tom. I don't give a fuck what you call it. We're all happy and having a great time and there's always someone there to take care of whatever any of us wants or needs."
Tom: "I'm not going to stop seeing whoever I want whenever I want, if that's what you're asking. I pretty much do whatever I want. I'm too young to settle down like really serious."
Justin: "We're just having a good time and seeing what happens. It's easier if we all live together."
So do they have one bed or two?
It was at that point I was reminded that they don't share all the details anymore, but they wanted to share this change in their lives.
I asked if this might develop into a new book in our series and they didn't say "No".
Actually during the weeks since Tom moved in, I have begun to think that part of why they want to tell everyone about this is that they are seriously thinking about sharing it as a new book.
I have my theories as to why they would change their minds about sharing their lives so publicly. But that's all I'm authorized to say. Please, feel free to ask them whatever you want. They might be willing to answer or comment. They might not.
Sorry I don't have more details, but I'll do my best to keep you posted. Until then, stay happy. And stay hard!
Oh, I almost forgot to remind you that I have started posting "Book III - Jess' Story." It is appearing in the College section of Nifty. I hope to post two new episodes this week.