I woke up to his arms caressing my body. He’s so peaceful when he sleeps. He is simply perfect. I had the idea of making him breakfast before he woke up so I kissed his sweet, soft cheek and crept out of bed. As soon as i stood up, I fell back onto the bed. He’s such a light sleeper. “Good morning bubby,” Jake’s voice was soft. “Good morning babe. How’d you sleep?” I can never say anything to him without being lost in his hypnotic eyes, one blue and one hazel. He sat up so he was over me, “Great thanks.””I’m gonna make some chocolate waffles,”
“With whipped cream?”
“Of course baby,” I couldn’t help but chuckle at his reply. He always makes me laugh, whether or not he means it is another story. “I’ll get the pan ready for you,” did I mention he’s always ready to help. He’s perfect in every way. Jake’s cute, absolutely hilarious, he has impeccable manners and the most bubbly and romantic personality you could ever imagine.
I grab all the ingredients, a bowl and spoon; and started the batter. I couldn’t help but to stare at him at the stove across the bench from me. “Do you want me to make the batter honey?” I guess he saw me staring at him, “No it’s fine,”
“Are you sure? I can take off my shirt when I do it so you actually have something to stare at, only if you want,”
“You’re such a tease,” Jake walked over to me, hugged me from behind, “I love you,” his voice soft in my ear, “I love you too.”
Jake works as a stripper at the club ‘The Iron-Maiden’. I work as a waiter there. I know it sounds really cliche but that’s where we met. One night, after one of his shows, he came over to me at the bar. He asked for ‘Sex on the Beach’ and I didn’t know if he wanted to have sex with me on a beach or if he wanted the cocktail. “The cocktail?”
“What else would I …oh. Yeah the cocktail,” we shared a few laughs that night. I guess you could say it was our first date. We went back to his house, we got drunk and ended up sleeping together that night. We were majorly hungover in the morning and didn’t really take notice of the fact that we slept together. That night at work, it clicked that we’d slept together. At the end of the night, I walked over to Jake and simultaneously we told each other that we just noticed we’d slept together.
From that day on we’ve been together. I guess you can call it true love but you may also call it destiny. Whatever you want to call it, there was an instant connection and that was a love for one another.
Being a homosexual couple, we’ve been talking about adopting a child for a few months now and we’ve come to the decision of doing it. We’ve been to a few orphanages and there is this one girl who we have fallen in love with. She is only 2 and she is absolutely adorable. Her parents passed away in a hospital fire just after she was born. A nurse brought her here to the orphanage saying that she had a no idea what her name was or who her parents were. We decided that she would be our daughter.
That night we were watching Monsters Inc. with her and we still hadn’t thought of a name for her. We decided to call her Boo.
We loved dressing Boo in clothes and costumes. Halloween was nearing and we’d decided that we were going to go to trick or treating as Monsters Inc. characters. Jake was going to be Sully, Boo’s pretty easy to guess and I went as Mike. Boo loved our costumes. She can’t speak very well yet. She can say a few words, but we could tell that she loved the costumes. Jake suits Sully very well because he is very protective and strong. Boo suits Boo very well because she is so freaking adorable. And I suit Mike well because I’m always trying to avoid bad things and so many people tell me that I’m hilarious.
At the Halloween party we saw our friend Tamara. Tamara worked as a waitress at “The Iron-Maiden” as well. Tamara is a beautiful girl. She has always been like a mother to me even. She is only a year older than me. Tamara helped me a lot because my mother died when I was very young. I missed out on the things that mothers help you with. My father was always stressed and as you could imagine, he was very depressed.
Jake and I were thinking about going back to work and we needed a babysitter so we asked Tam and Tam being the amazing person she is, agreed. Jake and I started work again next week at a cafe next to the main Broadway theatre in New York hence being called ‘The Broadway Cafe’.
Jake and I were started work today and Tamara was at our place an hour earlier. It was great because Tam could look after Boo while Jake and I got ready for work without being hassled. Jake and I were having breakfast we were watching Tamara playing with Boo. Tam was like the mother Boo will never have. Just before we left, we asked Tam if she would be Boo’s God-mother. It wasn’t religious because Jake and I are atheists but while watching Boo and Tamara was absolutely heart-warming.
Tam was ecstatic and jumped on Jake and I who were standing in the doorway. We took that as a yes.
We left for work and being New York City, we were expecting the traffic to be hell, but I think Lady Luck wanted to make us extra lucky today. We got to the cafe an hour early. We went inside and the boss was setting up still. “Would you like some help setting up?” Jake was always willing to help. Our boss, Angus, jumped up in shock.
“I didn’t hear you come in,”
“Sorry. Is there anything we can do to help?”
“You can make yourselves a drink and get yourselves a pastry,”
“Your kidding?”
“No help yourself,”
“Thanks Angus.”
Jake and I made ourselves our drinks, Jake had a coffee and a jam donut and I had a hot chocolate and a scone with jam and cream. I went out to Angus and asked him if he wanted anything and all he said was, “You two are so polite.” I went back to Jake who was at the bar. We waited until the cafe opened at 9:00. The morning wasn’t very busy but getting towards midday, it got a hell of a lot busier. Our shift finished at 5:00 and we were home by 6:00. Tam had already cooked dinner which was lasagna, Boo’s favourite. “You are phenomenal Tam,” that’s all I could say. She has done so much for us and then to come along today and accept to be Boo’s godmother, babysit Boo all day for free and cook dinner is simply amazing. “Stay for dinner. It’s the least we can do for you,” Tamara has always been a humble person, but I think that she knows Jake will keep on nagging for her to stay. She agreed but she said she wanted nothing else to say thanks.
Jake and I started looking for new houses in New York so we are closer to work which means we can spend more time with Boo. We’ve found a house on the same street as our work and today we’re going to apply for it. It has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and an ensuite, 2 lounge rooms and a balcony looking out on to New York City. We are hoping to adopt a little boy soon so Boo has someone her age to play with.
We put our application in and we are now getting ready to move in. We’ve had Ta,are looking after Boo on the weekends so we can pack and unpack. Once we’re settled in, we are going to take Boo to the orphanage we got her from so she can pick a brother. We reckon it will take about a week to get unpacked and to settle in.
Today we took be to the orphanage and she went straight to an older boy and hugged him. He was around 5. Boo pointed at the boy and said, “Friend,”
“Is he your friend?”
“Yeah.” I think Jake and I thought the same thing. We both asked Boo if she wanted this boy to be her brother and she said something unexpected. “Brother,” Jake and I just looked at each other as the same thought ran through both of our heads, this boy is Boo’s brother. I ran off to find one of the carers and she said that it wasn’t on their papers. I went back to Boo and Jake and I asked the boy if Boo was his sister and his response was a simple yes. We had to adopt this boy.
“What’s your name?” I asked hoping he knew.
“My name is Louie and my sisters name is Maggie,”
“Thanks for telling us your name and your sisters. We’ve been calling your sister Boo,”
“Why?”
“There is a little girl in a movie we were watching with your sister when we adopted her and we named her after that little girl, but now we know her real name is Maggie, that’s what we’ll call her.”
We adopted Louie and went home.
Louie and Maggie wouldn’t stop playing, laughing and squealing. It was getting late so Jake and I walked in to tuck the kids in. Maggie was already in bed and Louie was sitting at the foot of her bed reading Maggie her favourite book, ‘Hansel and Gretal’. We watched them until Louie had finished and Maggie was asleep. We tucked Louie in and went back to the lounge room.
Today Jake and I didn’t have work because it was Independence Day. We were discussing who should go out and do the shopping. He kept insisting that I do it, but I kept simply saying it was his turn. I’d done it the last few times and it’s only fair he does it at least once. Jake was really hesitant to go and I had no idea why. While Jake was gone, I heard the back door open and it wasn’t Maggie or Louie because they were sitting at my feet. I went to see what or who it was and there was a women who somehow had the keys to our house.
“What are you doing and how did you get keys to my house?”
“I thought Jake was was going to be here. He said you were goi… I guess you didn’t go out. I’ll go now,”
“Wait just a minute. Who are you and what did you come here to do?”
“My name is Polly. I’m Jake’s friend,”
“You have to leave now,”
Polly left straight away, “The key,” I was furious. Jake has been cheating on me. She dropped the key in my hand and ran.
When Jake got how I went off like a rocket, “How could you cheat on me! We have two kids!”
“I can explain,”
“You think you’ll be able to wriggle out of this? Nothing can undo what’s been done. We have two kids who need us, they need you. You need to be there when they start school, ride a bike for the first time. How could you do that to them?”
“I’m so so sorry,”
“Beat the crap. Just leave,” he went to our room and I could hear him get a suitcase and start packing. I heard him run out the front door and I heard keys drop.
“What was that Daddy?”
“Just Daddy and I talking. He’s been very naughty,”
“What did he do?”
“It doesn’t matter. It’s getting late. You and Boo better start getting ready for bed.”
I went to work the following day telling the kids that Daddy isn’t coming home. I told them that Daddy was very naughty and hurt me very much and he won’t ever come home but we’ll video call him. Louie kept asking what Daddy had done but I had to keep telling him the same thing like I was a broken record, I kept telling him that Daddy had been naughty.
When I got to work, I found out that Jake had quit. When the shop closed I asked Angus if I could come over to his house to talk about it. Talking to Angus in the past, I’ve found out that he’s gone through the same thing. Angus said he hasn’t talk to anyone about his break-up with Honour since it happened and he said he needed to talk to someone about it now.
At Angus’ house, we got some pizza and just sat and talked about stuff. I told him that I was gay and that I had a lot of troubles at high school. Angus is bisexual and told me he’s still hidden it from everyone his whole life. He told me that he thinks I’m cute and that he’s been watching me at work and I couldn’t say I haven’t been because he’s so bloody hot. Angus then asked me if I wanted to go out sometime. I agreed. He’s such a kind, warm hearted person. I love how his hair sits, I love how he smiles with his cute dimples and the way he laughs fills up the room with joy.
It’s so weird sleeping in this bed alone. No warm body to snuggle with, no arms to cuddle me through the night. I miss Jake but I’m also glad we’re done. We kept so much from each other. I know I kept a lot of stuff from him and I could tell he was doing the same.
Today, I went into work early. Angus was there drinking a coffee. “Hey Angus,”
“Hey. You’re in early. How are you feeling?”
“Good thanks. It’s weird not having him around. I guess our break up is good because now I can hang out with you,” Angus blushed,
“So about that date, is Friday night alright?”
“Of course,”
“7:30?”
“Sure,” there was a short, yet awkward silence,
“I love you,” I blushed,
“I love you too.”
Out simple dinner on Friday night turned out to be dinner then us making out at his house. He is the best kisser and the best hugger. A bit later that night, we sat in his bed and talked about heaps of things. We talked about our kids, he has a 4 year old son named Nick from his previous wife. He told about how his wife, Honour, was so abusive to him and Nick. Angus suddenly asked me about the kids and how often they were going to see Jake and I replied, “Jake texted me after he left and told me he wanted nothing to do with Louie and Maggie, I just fell to the floor and cried,”
“I won’t let Nick see his mum, she did most likely abuse him and no one will be there to stop that bitch,” Angus started crying which made me cry, so our night ended with us crying in his bed.
I woke up this morning and saw a text from Angus, ‘Don’t come in today.” I phoned him straight away and he told me that when he got to the cafe, I had been burnt to the ground. His whole life, he’d dreamt of owning a cafe next to Broadway and he did and now that dream is no more. The only things left of his dream were a barstool and the Broadway posters he had framed and hung up. I told him I was coming down to help with anything at what used to be the cafe.
Angus bought Nick over today so Angus and I could look for jobs. We found a quite a few and only one we were both suitable for and that was for two strippers at, you guessed it, ‘The Iron-Maiden’. We were both happy with what it was offering so we applied and we’ll find out in a couple of days or so.
It’s 6:50am and Angus had just rang me telling me he got the job and said I should check, so I did and it was the same exciting news as to what Angus just told me about himself.
I will update this as I write it
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