INSPIRATION
I couldn’t believe when I found that picture
of Ben. It was a shock to say the least. It was even more shocking to have
discovered it by accident as it fell out of some old magazine that was buried in
the back of his closet. Why was he hiding it?
I didn’t know how to approach Ben about this. Why was he keeping this from me?
Why didn’t he ever tell me about this guy -- it certainly wasn’t Paul? And most
important, why was he seeing someone so much hotter than me? I was beginning to
feel like Ted before he met Blake...this last time.
“Ben.”
“Yeah, baby.”
“Uhmm, I have a question for you.”
“Okay, but make it fast, I’m really making headway with this next paragraph.
I’ve been feeling particularly inspired.”
Shit! I wonder if this guy was the inspiration.
“It’s this.” I shoved the picture right on top of his notebook. “I know that I
may not be the hottest guy around but I thought we had...”
Ben started laughing. He was laughing so hard that I thought he’d double over.
“What the fuck is so funny?”
“Michael, you look pretty damn cute when you’re jealous.”
“I’m not jealous, I’m just curious...okay, I’m fucking jealous. What is this?”
“This is how I earned extra cash after grad school and before I landed my first
teaching position. I modeled for Playgirl magazine.
“It’s not something I’m particularly proud of, but they gave me some of the
proofs along with a few complimentary copies of the magazine. By the time the
next issue was ready to shoot, I’d landed a job at a local community college.”
“But why were you hiding the pictures?”
“I wasn’t hiding them. If you’d looked at where they were stored you would have
seen that they were tucked in with the magazine that they were published in.”
“Holy shit!”
“What is it Michael?”
“I just remembered something Lindsay once told me about Melanie putting herself
through law school. We definitely have similar taste in partners.”
“Melanie and me? How do you figure that?”
“You’re both hot enough to sell yourselves on the open market, but thankfully
you each save yourselves for one person.”
“Huh?”
“Never mind. How about I show you some pictures Brian once took of me when I was
looking for inspiration? Maybe they’ll add to your creative juices.”
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