Being a Star (Isn't Easy)
Chapter Thirteen
It had been a week since Nathan had explained some of why he had been acting the
way he had, and Ezra had to admit that he had improved. He wasn't as snide and
disregarding of Ezra. But, Ezra also knew that there was something else going
on. Something that Nathan hadn't told him. But, as long as he did his job, Ezra
wasn't going to complain.
Besides, he was so happy that he didn't know if anything could bring him down.
He and Vin had been together since the night after the concert. They hadn't told
anyone, but they had talked about it.
Walking into his den, Ezra saw JD sitting there as if he had been waiting on
him. "JD?" he questioned.
"Um, hey Ez. Can we talk?"
"Of course," Ezra said as he shut the door.
After sitting down, he waited. After a couple of minutes, Ezra decided to try
and help JD along. "You wanted to talk?"
JD nodded, sighing, his eyes staring at the carpet. Slowly raising his eyes to
meet Ezra's, he asked, "When did you know?"
"Know?"
"That you were... um... gay?"
After a couple of seconds, the light bulb clicked. "JD, are you saying that
you're gay?"
JD bit his bottom lip, "I think so. I met this guy at the Starbucks downtown,
where I get all of your coffee. He's the manager. We got to talking one
afternoon and had a good time. He's twenty-nine, and... handsome. His name's
Brent Howard. And, he asked me out."
"What did you tell him?"
"I told him I'd have to ask my boss, see when I could get off. No offence, but I
haven't told him that I work for you. I want to know if he likes me for me."
"Totally understandable."
"The thing is," said JD, "I've never dated a guy before. Hell, I've never even
thought about it! But, Brent, he's... different."
Ezra nodded, "I understand that. I figured out that I was gay in high school. I
was dating a girl from my Spanish class. Then, one day I looked at her older
brother and was hit by a two-by-four. When I figured out that I'd rather date
him than her, I figured out I was gay."
JD gave a small laugh and nodded. After a minute, he asked, "Can I have tomorrow
night off? I think I'll give Brent a chance."
Ezra smiled and nodded, "Of course. But, if this gets serious, I want to meet
him. I'm sure Josiah will also."
JD gave a mock groan as he stood up. Smiling, he said, "Thanks, man."
"Anytime."
*****
As JD left, Vin showed up. Walking into the den, he closed the door. Smiling he
walked over to Ezra, and proceeded to make sure that he still had tonsils. When
he pulled back, they were both breathless and flushed with arousal.
"Thanks for starting something we can't finish."
"Who says we can't?" asked a smirking Vin.
"I'm expecting a phone call from Tom."
"Tom?" questioned Vin.
Ezra nodded, "Tom Hanks. He wants to talk to me about the movie we'll be filming
together. Filming starts in a couple of weeks. And, he should be calling right
about," Ezra looked at his watch, "now. Tom's nothing if not punctual."
Vin just gave a chuckle as Ezra went to answer the phone.
After an hour of talking, Ezra hung up the phone.
"Finally! Now we can get back to what we were doing!" said Vin as he bobbed his
eyebrows up and down.
Ezra looked at Vin's tongue as it darted out to wet his lips, and groaned. "Oh
yeah." Before their lips could touch, Vin spotted something out of the corner of
his eye.
Within a second, he knew what it was. Someone had a laser-sight aimed at Ezra's
back. It was reflecting off the window.
Vin pushed Ezra out of the way just as glass exploded everywhere and rained down
on them. Vin was laying on top of Ezra as they hit the floor.
"Ez... are... you... okay?" panted Vin.
Ezra jerkily nodded. "You?"
Vin rolled off Ezra, with a moan of pain, and Ezra was able to see the blood.
"Oh God, Vin! Where are you hurt?!" Ezra exclaimed just as the door banged
against the wall, letting him know that the others had arrived.