friend. But you were about to start a bar fight, you were really just itching for it. You are lucky we were in a private area otherwise I think you may have found some videos on YouTube this morning.”
“Thanks for bringing me home, but I think I need to bail out on you because I wouldn’t be good company anyway,” Conrad said as he got up and walked to the kitchen to make some coffee.
Lucas watched Conrad make coffee and pull two mugs from the upper shelf. He sat at the kitchen island and played with his phone, smiling as he watched the images he was looking at.
Conrad brought him a mug, which he placed in front of Lucas. “You know that grin on your face is starting to really annoy me. Seems like you have something else to say, so why don’t you just say it.”
“You know I love you like a brother?” he asked.
“Lucas, just spit it out. You are starting to act like a woman.”
“Well, I was hoping I wouldn’t have to resort to this, but if you bail out on me, then I will have to publish your pictures from last night online. Here see for yourself,” he grinned even wider as he pushed his cellphone towards Conard.
Conrad froze. “You said there were no pictures.” He picked up the offending mobile and flicked through the pictures.
“On my phone yes, online no,” he replied with his grin.
“So now you are blackmailing me?”
Laughing, “Come on, I wouldn’t say something that strong. Just some strong encouragement from one brother to another,” he responded.
Conrad placed his empty mug in the sink. “You are so full of shit. Give me thirty to shower and get ready.” He turned and walked towards his bedroom. “And so you know, I will return the favor one of these days,” Conrad shouted as he got to the door.
“Duly warned. I will be on my best behaviour going forward,” Lucas shouted back and went to refill his mug with more coffee.
An hour later they had arrived at the marina and were making their way to Lucas’ yatch, the ‘Evangeline’, named after his mother. “I can’t believe I allowed you to blackmail me,” Conrad said for the hundreth time since they had left his apartment.
“We are here aren’t we? Now let’s just have a good day. We are lucky to have such weather at this time of the year. Probably won’t last the whole day either.”
As soon as they were on board the captain and his crew took over and they were sailing in no time. After an hour they anchored and Conrad and Lucas checked their equipment before they jumped into the ocean for some deep sea diving. As they came back up onboard Conrad was glad he had come after all. Not that he was ready to admit to Lucas, but this was what he needed. Some guy time with his best friend, doing something normal would surely help getting Moira out of his mind. As soon as he was out of his suit, he grabbed a beer and went to join Lucas who was already sitting at the table where the chef was bringing them lunch.
“Feel better?” Lucas asked.
“Are you asking as my friend, or my therapist?”
“Friend. But we may as well get into the therapy session. Time to spill your guts and let Dr. Corinthos help you out.”
“Can I at least eat in peace?”
“Sure, we have all day after all.” Lucas smiled with glee.
Conrad shook his head and thought about the good days, when he had met Lucas, and wondered what would have happened if they hadn’t become friends. They had met in college when they realized they were being played by the same girl then turned the tables on the girl. When she found out that they knew, she had thought they would fight over her, but sadly they didn’t and thus their friendship had been born. And became as close as brothers as anyone can be without the blood relationship. They had studied hard, partied harder and slept with anyone with a pussy. They worked hard to avoid relationships and were always careful with whoever they slept with.
“She told me she was already in a long term relationship with
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