Novel Romance with Ben

I've had a brilliant idea, I'm going to write my friends into a novel.

It means I'll have to be more social.

I'll need a plot.

I know, get Ben to fall in love with me.

Really?

Where did that come from?

Ah Ben. We didn't just do law together, study buddies, friends. Lovers. I think we should be lovers. Maybe I should tell him? Maybe, I should just invite him over and start "loving" him?

That's what I thought. Benny boy with his straight blond hair and his big puppy dog eyes, his hairy chest and his sexy arse.

So, first thing to do was to tell Amy. “I think Ben and I should be lovers.”

She smiled. “I like the idea.”

“You know what he’d have to do?”

“Oh, he can do all that,” she said. “He is going to surprise you one day.”

“I have tried all the taster cachets of Ben.”

"I reckon we should share him," she said. "You know, the more I think about it, the more I like the idea. I want to see how he copes with it." She smiled her devilish grin. "It would be interesting." She punched me gently in the chest. "You know, I think he already loves you."

I felt a chill up my spine. Could she be right? Could there be some truth in what Amy was saying? "And I am going to write about it. My straight boy boy friend."

"It's great," said Amy. "It's ground breaking."

I wasn't so sure how ground breaking it was, but I liked the idea. And Amy was wanting to finish her doctorate and wanted someone, or something, to distract Ben just a little.

"I want to see him rattled," said Amy. "It would be good for him... for his middle class eastern suburbs, everything easy sensibilities."