betsy: Day Eight

Cabe, too, wasn’t completely alone. Julian convinced Cabe that there was no reason he should be alone and horny when he could pound into Julian all he wanted. Cabe spent the first few nights alone, but Julian ended up lingering around late one night, sort of just squeezing his way into bed with Cabe.

Cabe wasn’t really the type to complain about it. There was nothing like forgetting an old flame with, well, another old flame.

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Cabe curled up against Julian, and he was happy with just a fling. He was taking his dad’s advice and just thinking things over. He just let Julian entertain him while he thought things over.

But Julian wasn’t going to hang around forever. Julian wasn’t one for relationships. So Cabe felt a little empty once Julian flew away back to New York, but it gave him time to focus on, well, everything else. But he found his thoughts drifting back to Gavin. He thought Gavin would be perfect for raising a kid with him. He wondered if explaining that to Gavin would make him more willing.

But then he remembered he wasn’t supposed to be thinking about Gavin. Or maybe he was. He’d have to call his dad again.

Meanwhile, Gavin had been trying to figure out how to end things with Jeff. He knew Jeff was leaving soon for a dig, and he didn’t want to awkwardly break up with him when he came back. And he didn’t want to just send a text message or something stupid. Jeff certainly was fun to be around, and a notable fuck, but he didn’t think he was getting anything long term.

It was very frustrating that he was thinking long term.

So he stormed over to Cake Break, the bakery where he first met Jeff, in search of him. Whenever he wanted to find Jeff, he was there.

And, true to form, there was Jeff sitting at a table with some guy. They seemed to be in a bit of an argument, and he noticed the clerk (he tried to remember her name) lingering near them. Eavesdropping, he thought.

Gavin considered not approaching them, but Jeff turned around to see who entered and saw Gavin. He made face which suggested death, but Gavin lingered too long. The other man’s black eyes locked onto Gavin and looked to the clerk. “Is this him?” he asked.

The clerk said nothing and walked back to the counter.

“Excuse me!” the man shouted at Gavin. “Are you the slut Jeff’s been sleeping with?”

Gavin’s eyes narrowed. He was not a slut. “Excuse me,” Gavin said back, approaching the man. “I am sleeping with Jeff, but if anyone’s the slut, it’s you.”

The clerk let out a bit of a laugh, covering her mouth. The man stood up, meeting Gavin eye level. Gavin was a little impressed because he was quite tall himself, and Gavin found himself puffing out to be just a bit taller than him.

“Alan,” Jeff said. “Sit down.”

“He called me a slut,” Alan said, not breaking eye contact with Gavin.

“Well, you called him one,” Jeff said. “And I’m under the impression both of you are only sleeping with me.”

The clerk cleared her throat.

“Well, me and Georgia in your case, Alan,” Jeff said.

Gavin wanted to make a “Ha!” sound, but held his tongue. It didn’t feel like the right moment.

Alan didn’t seem impressed though. He broke eye contact with Gavin as his nose wrinkled in anger. “Fuck you, Jeff,” Alan said. “I forgot you were the fucking slut.”

And Alan stormed out of the bakery. Jeff just looked at Georgia, the clerk. Gavin had never seen him look sad before, but at this moment he looked devastated. “I’ll go after him,” Georgia said, gently touching Gavin’s shoulder as she walked out.

Gavin wasn’t sure what the tap meant, but he felt more confident for the moment. “Sit with me,” Jeff said. “Did you want to have a word?”

“Yes,” Gavin said, taking a seat. “Who was that?”

“You know how we never talked about being exclusive?”

Gavin nodded.

“Well, I’m seeing him and Georgia too. And he wasn’t aware that I was,” he cleared his throat, “seeing other people.”

“Wait,” Gavin said. “You’re seeing both of them. You’re seeing a couple.”

“Well we’re all together. I wouldn’t call them a couple. We’re more of a trio,” Jeff said. “Anyway, he wants to be exclusive.”