dontravis.com blog post #581
Kaleidoscope Eyes – Part Two of Two Parts
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Hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year’s Eve… and safe ones.
Kaleidoscope Eyes
By Don Travis
Answering questions for the police and medical people made Derek late for his first physics class. He might as well have skipped it altogether because his head was busy reliving the past few hours. Billy Bream meant nothing to him, still he was a fellow human being, and saving his life was the right thing to do. He frowned… if that’s what he did.
After the class,
his car took him to the hospital, seemingly of its own volition. He sat behind
the wheel wondering why he’d come. Like he said, Bream was nothing to him. In
fact, he didn’t really like the guy very much. That wasn’t fair, he didn’t know
him. Derek shook his head in anger. Why was he dithering over this aggressive
woman-chasing lothario, anyway?
Despite his
confused state, he got out of the car and made his way to the hospital lobby
where he was directed to a room on the third floor. He stood outside the closed
door wondering what the hell he was doing when a nurse approached with a
dazzling smile.
“You here to see
our patient?”
“I… uh….”
She opened the
door and preceded him. “It’s okay, come on in. Billy, someone’s here to see
you.”
“Hey, Paulson. Thanks
for coming by.”
Wow, the handsome
hunk knew his name. Derek crossed the threshold without knowing why, except
that maybe he was trapped now. “Hi, Bream. Just came to see how you were
doing.”
“I hear I owe you,
big time.” Billy extended a hand, and he was forced to accept it. The grip
wasn’t as strong as he expected. Accident probably took something out of the
guy.
Billy dropped his
arm to the bed like it weighed a ton. “Not too bad for having a bunch of bones
broken. Doc says I’ll be okay. So does Samantha, right?” He unleashed a smile
at the nurse fiddling with beeping things on a stand beside the bed.
“In time, you’ll
be just fine… providing you behave yourself.”
Derek figured
Billy had already tried to get the pretty nurse into his bed.
After a couple
more thrusts and ripostes, the nurse left, and Derek found himself the center
of Billy’s attention. He had no idea what to say.
“Seriously, guy,
thanks for what you did,” Billy said. “They tell me if you hadn’t revived me, I
might have been in big trouble.”
“Is it that
serious?”
“Apparently not
now. But at the time of the accident, I was in shock, and if you hadn’t brought
me out of it, I’d be roadkill now. You saved my life, man.”
“Aw, I don’t know
about—”
“You did. You
absolutely did.
A yellow haze
crowded his periphery. Yellow was a tricky color. It could mean caution, happiness…
even confusion. Guess that’s what it meant now. Confusion. The guy was turning
out to be okay. The yellow changed to a pale blue. Blue, it got that way when
he was calm… and shy.
He shrugged.
“Wasn’t anything. You’d have done it for me.”
A twinkle appeared
in Billy’s eyes. “Not so sure. Understand you gave me the Kiss of Life. Not
sure I coulda done that to another dude.”
A warning purple
flashed. “Sure you could have… you know, in an emergency.”
“Dunno….”
Drop it, Derek’s
mind said, but his mouth kept going. “Of course, you could. You’re a compassionate human being.”
“You think so?”
Well, sure.” The
purple returned, pale now. That frightened him. He saw that shade sometimes
when he was… well, aroused.
“Not sure I’d know
how. Why don’t you show me what you did.” Billy held up a warning finger.
“Without the chest compression. Think that would do me in for sure.”
“Wh…what?”
“Show me what you
did?”
Derek glanced
around wildly. “But….”
“Don’t worry,
nobody’ll come in. Doc isn’t due till around four. And the nurse was just
here.”
He was stuck on
one word. “But….”
“Come on, Derek,
I’ve seen you eyeing me at the pool.”
“Julie,” I said.
“Watching Julie.”
“Yeah. Who
wouldn’t? But you’ve checked me out too.” He paused before adding. “From top to
bottom.”
Was that true? Had
he? Well, sure… you know, checking out the competition.
“Well,” Billy
said. “Do I get a demonstration or not?”
“You sure?”
“Yeah. I wanna
know what you did for me.”
Derek stumbled to
his feet, disconcerted by the pale purple—almost lavender—wash filling he room
now. He bent over Billy, examining the other guy for signs of a trick. He saw
nothing, and a warning red did not materialize.
As he hesitated,
Billy snaked a hand behind his head and pulled Derek to him. He forgot to blow
into the other man’s mouth, forgot where he was, forgot everything except the shock
of realizing this was a kiss like he’d never experienced before. He felt it. In
the pit of his stomach. Clear down to his toes. And in his groin. Especially in
his groin.
Derek fought for
air as they parted. Billy’s eyes danced as he grasped Derek’s hand and placed
it over his crotch.
“How was it?” he
asked.
“I… I dunno how to
describe it,” Derek stuttered.
“I do. Dynamite.”
Billy pressed Derek’s palm down harder. “You know, I’ve gotten everyone in that
apartment complex except for the one I really wanted. And as soon as I get out
of this hospital, I’m finally gonna get him.” He arched an eyebrow at Derek.”
“Unless you aren’t there when they let me out of here.”
Derek swallowed hard.
“Don’t… don’t have any place else to go.”
Billy’s smile grew
broader. “Good, then it’s a date. A date and a promise.” He snorted. “And all
it took was a near-fatal car wreck to get it done.”
Derek left the hospital
with his palm tingling. As he and walked to his car, his eyes kaleidoscoped all
over the place before settling down to a gentle, lavender haze.
****
Somehow, I don’t think
that turned out quite the way Derek intended, but who knows? Perhaps he’ll find
out he’s not the person he always thought he was. Be interesting to peek in the
window when Billy finally comes home from the hospital. But both their
apartments are on the second floor, so don’t guess that’ll happen.
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Don
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