Xmas Eve

Ben arrived in the morning. I was surprised how much I’d missed him, it having just been 4, or 5 days.

He smiled his handsome smile when he saw me. “Hey.” I grabbed him and kissed him.

Butch followed him in. He and Harley kind of bumped faces then headed to Harley’s bed and collapsed into it together

“I missed you.”

“I missed you too.”

I pushed him backwards onto the couch, “What?”

I grabbed his belt buckle. “Hey!” Ben exclaimed.

I undid his belt and his jeans. “Oh, okay,” he said.

I pulled down his stripey jocks and his…

...and the doorbell rang, and rang again.

as I began to...  and the doorbell rang, and rang, and rang, again

I was just about to, with my hand…

“That was the door bell,” Ben said.

"Jesus fuck," I said. 

I let go… 

"Oh what!" Ben said. 

I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand and headed to the door.

I swung the front door open and...

"Hello darling, you father and I have come to wish you happy Xmas."

"Mum. Dad."

"I guess you are busy doing something, interesting," said Amanda. "The day is half over."

"It is."

"We've bought brunch," said Amanda. "If I'd know, I'd have bought breakfast."

"Brunch, brunch... will... be... great."

"You haven't eaten?"

"I was just chowing... down... um...er... no."

"Wonderful."

“Come in,” I said.

I assumed Ben would have his pants back on by the time we got to the lounge room, but just in case. “Hey Ben, mum and dad are here.”

“Is Ben here too, lovely,” said mum.

“We weren’t interrupting anything were we?” said Dad.

“No,” I said.

“No,” said Ben standing in the lounge room door way fully dressed.

I thought we probably both sounded like naughty boys but mum didn’t pick up on it. Weirdly enough, I got the impression dad did.

“Oh good, I’ve got food, we just need some plates and cutlery.”

“Coming right up,” said Ben.

“Oh no hurry, Ben, just what we’ll need eventually.”

“We’ll all need it all eventually,” I said quietly to Ben.

He pulled a face like he was asking what-are-you-saying.

Dad looked at me, and then Ben.