Phoenix
- 6 -
Justin pulled his car out of Michelle’s driveway. Looking over at Brian, he saw the older man trying to get comfortable in the compact car.
“Do you want to get some coffee and something to eat before we get on the road? We’ve got about a two hour trip.”
“Yeah, I could use some coffee.”
“Okay.”
Justin drove them to a Starbucks that was in the same strip mall as an Einstein Bagels store. He ran inside and came out with two coffees, a bag of bagels, and cream cheese.
Navigating them onto the interstate, Justin began the road trip north. They headed up Interstate 17 towards Sedona. Even though this was going to be a one week fling, Justin still wanted to share this with Brian. The young artist had spent many days in Northern Arizona and loved it. He wanted to share it with Brian, although he wondered if Brian would even appreciate it
They drove in silence. Justin had given Brian control of the stereo. The older man put in the new Evanesence CD. After about thirty minutes, Brian finally spoke up.
“You’re strangely silent, Sunshine.”
Justin looked over at Brian, “Nothing to say, I guess.”
“That’s not like you.”
Glaring at Brian, “You’ve never cared what I had to say before.”
“That’s not true.”
“Whatever, Brian.” Justin took a deep breath, “Look, Brian, I don’t want to fight with you. Remember what we agreed. I’m an out of town fling. No talking about the past, it doesn’t matter.”
Brian didn’t know how to respond. Justin used to always talk to him. It didn’t matter if it was the most mundane thing, Justin’s mouth always ran a mile a minute. Finding Justin unwilling to talk made Brian’s bones chill.
They continued north and Brian became engrossed in the scenery. The desert landscape faded away and was replaced by green trees. All Brian had ever thought of Arizona was sand dunes and scorpions. This was a new side to the southwestern state for the ad-exec.
As they continued to wind their way up the interstate, the scenery continued to change. Brian was amazed as he saw the red rock formations come into view. It was something he had never seen before. Growing up on the east coast, he was used to soft sloping mountains. Lying before him were crimson red rock formations. There were colors he had never expected to see.
Justin pulled the car into Los Abrigados Resort. He had chosen this resort because they didn’t stick you into some time share presentation. The room afforded a fabulous view of the red rocks. The young artist had enjoyed discovering Sedona and hoped Brian would like it.
The last few days had confused Justin like no other. Brian was acting like he truly cared about him. This was something he used to dream about, but the reality always destroyed him. He needed to remember that Brian was only his for the week. He would send Brian away after the older man’s business was through. Constant reminders kept his heart in check.
***
Justin had booked them into the Jerome Suite. In the bedroom there was a king size bed with matching oak dressers. There was a separate sitting room with a couch, TV, dining room set, and full kitchen. Their room had a view of Oak Creek and the resort offered many walking trails along its twenty two acres. Justin was unpacking while Brian was staring out the window.
“It is so beautiful here.”
Justin came up behind Brian and wrapped his arms around the taller man’s waist. “I know. I came up here for the first time a few months after I moved here. Jones brought me here. He knew that since I was an artist I would love it.”
Brian bristled at another man’s name coming out of Justin’s mouth. “Jones?”
Justin chuckled at the jealousy Brian was fighting to hide. “He’s a friend, Bri. We work together at the bar.”
Realizing Jones must have been the bartender he talked to on Sunday night, he relaxed.
“I like to drive up here at least once a month. I’ve done a lot of paintings of the rock formations.”
“I can imagine how this place would inspire an artist.”
“It’s a very artistic place. There are writer’s colonies here and craftsman. There are some great shops. I thought you could probably find something for Lindsey.”
“That a great idea!”
“It’s only noon now, I scheduled you a massage at four, so we’ll have plenty of time.”
“Pampering me, Sunshine?”
“Buttering you up for when I wake your ass up at six tomorrow to get on the road, we have to be in Williams at nine.”
“Williams?”
“You’ll find out.”
***
The two men strolled around the town. Brian was intrigued by all the new age shops he saw. Justin explained that a psychic, named Page Bryant, discovered vortexes in the hills of Sedona. Vortexes were psychic energy sites and they attracted new age enthusiasts and psychic healers.
Brian cocked his eyebrow at Justin’s explanation and caused the younger man to laugh. “I know you don’t believe in psychic powers and stuff, but a lot of people do.”
“Whatever.”
Brian found a beautiful necklace for Lindsey in a gallery at Tlaquepaque, Sedona’s premier shopping showplace. Another thing that Brian enjoyed was that there were many gay couples around town and he could hold Justin’s hand or put an arm around his shoulder and not worry.
Trying to interpret the younger man’s moods was driving Brian crazy. After their little spat in the car, Justin had spoken very little. During his hour long massage, Brian had time to think about what was going on. If they kept the topics of conversation away from their “relationship” Justin was fine. The two men had shared a terrific afternoon, laughing and chatting about the scenery, the shops, and their friends in Pittsburgh. Neither man brought up anything personal between them.
Realizing that Justin had put up walls to protect himself from Brian, the older man needed to know how much damage he had caused and if it could be fixed. Damnit! He loved the blonde twink, but had been too stubborn and too much of a coward to admit it. Now he had run the only man he had ever loved out of town and quite possibly out of his life. He needed to get Justin to talk to him, but he didn’t know how.
***
Justin spent his “free” hour walking the grounds of the resort. He needed the time away from Brian to get his thoughts in order. Today had been fun after their little tiff in the car. He didn’t like snapping at Brian, but he didn’t like how the older man was pretending that nothing had happened. Hoping he could get Brian to forget about whatever “talk” the man seemed to want to have, Justin just wanted to have this week with Brian. No deep discussion, no fights, just fun. Then the two men could go their separate ways and back to their respective lives.
***
The lovers dined in the Steak and Sticks restaurant at the hotel. Brian insisted he just had to have some prime rib. Staying away from anything too personal, the two men talked all throughout dinner.
“How do you think the presentation will go?”
“Well the presentation is rock solid, but I doubt I’ll get the account.”
“Why not? You always get the account.”
“Not always. The wild goose chases that Vance has sent me on this last year has taught me a lot. I’ve found a lot of these companies that already have agencies will listen to your ideas and then steal them.”
“That sucks.”
“It’s part of the game.”
“It still sucks.”
Locking eyes, “Yeah, it does.”
***
They barely had gotten inside their room when Justin turned around and attacked Brian. He began tearing at the older man’s clothes while his lips kissed Brian all over his face and neck. Surprised at the tenacity of his young lover, Brian decided to go with it and wait to see what Justin had planned.
Freeing Brian’s chest from his shirt, Justin began to suck on his nipples. He heard Brian gasp as his nipples were lightly bitten. Brian pulled Justin up to kiss him, and began to undo the younger man’s pants. Pulling away from Brian’s lips, Justin whispered fiercely, “I want to fuck you.”
Brian snapped his head back, ready to say no. The look in Justin’s eyes stopped him. For the first time since their “reunion” Brian saw some of the old sparkle. Justin’s blue eyes were hazy with lust, love, and desire. At that moment, he wouldn’t have been able to deny Justin anything.
Justin saw Brian nod his assent and they began to kiss again. Their cocks were both straining to be released. Justin finished removing his pants and went to work on Brian’s. When both when completely nude, Brian pulled Justin to him and crushed their bodies together. “Go easy on me, Sunshine. It’s been a while.”
Justin rested his hand on Brian’s cheek and gave him a soft kiss. “Get on the bed and roll over.”
Doing as he was told, Brian waited for Justin. Retrieving the condom and lube, Justin quickly sheathed his cock and was about to squirt the lube onto his fingers when he looked up and saw Brian waiting with his ass up in the air. Realizing that he had never rimmed Brian, Justin decided he would prepare his lover’s hole in a more natural way. Crawling up behind Brian, he caressed his lover’s back and felt the older man shudder. Grabbing a pillow, he placed it under Brian’s hips and lightly pressed the older man down. Stretching completely on top of Brian, Justin began to kiss and lick down his neck.
Brian gasped, knowing what his young lover was up to. Closing his eyes, he gave into the sensual haze that was overtaking him. Feeling Justin’s tongue reach the top of his crack forced a moan from his lips. Justin worked his tongue around Brian’s tight hole. Lightly stabbing and then thrusting his tongue inside.
“Oh … fuck …Jus …”
Justin’s tongue lubed and stretched his tight hole. Removing his tongue, Justin placed the head of his cock at Brian’s hole. Leaning over he whispered, “Are you ready?”
Taking the nod of the head as an affirmative answer, Justin pushed his cock inside the tight hole. Once he was fully inside, he waited for Brian to adjust.
“Sunshine,” Brian groaned, “fuck me now!”
Accepting the permission, Justin held onto Brian’s hip and began fucking the man below him. Slamming in and out of Brian’s ass, Justin knew his lover would have a hard time sitting down in the morning.
“God … Jus … fuck …”
“Bri … shit … so tight.”
Being slammed so hard from behind caused Brian to cum quickly. As he shot cum all over the sheets beneath him, his muscles clamped down on Justin’s cock and pulled the younger man’s orgasm from him.
“Oh … God … Bri …” The young artist collapsed on top of Brian and reached for his hands. Their fingers entwined in a familiar gesture from long ago.
***
The buzzing of an alarm jolted him awake. He felt the pain in his ass from the previous night’s activities. “Fuck!”
“You got that right!”
Brian squinted his eyes open to see Justin fully dressed and grinning at him. The smell of freshly brewed coffee invaded his senses. “Come on, Bri, get up. We need to be on the road by seven.”
“Don’t you think we should talk?”
Sighing, Justin sat beside Brian on the bed and handed him a cup of coffee. “Brian, you go back to Pittsburgh in a couple of days, back to Liberty Avenue, back to your life. I go back to school next week, back to my job, back to my life. How do you want to remember your trip here? Some emotional bloodletting with an ex-lover, or a fun fling with this hot blonde twink you picked up in a bar, who took you on a fabulous road trip filled with adventure and lots of hot sex. What option would you take?”
Taking Brian’s silence as his answer, Justin smacked him on the leg. “Good choice! Be showered and dressed in forty-five minutes or I’m leaving without you.”
Justin gave Brian a quick peck on the lips and headed into the living room.