"Well, now I understand why you did not want more return to Pittsburgh, "cried Ted Justin entrance of the 'Disco Circus', gay nightclub in Los Angeles located directly between the beginning and the end of Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills street.
Brian glanced poisonous friend: "I mean, you've wanted to relocate here with Brian!" Specifies Ted getting Justin and Emmett's laughter back.
It made way through the crowd of young people who crowded the most glamorous nightclub in Los Angeles trying to reach the privèe, which Emmett had access to knowledge through his and Andrew.
But Justin was insisting to go to the 'Circus': at the time of his stay in Los Angeles was his favorite place, his and Conor ...
"Sure be worth it all the way from Malibu, "Blake said, looking around like Alice in Wonderland.
"It's worth the lesbians have taken on holiday at the end," notes Brian - "otherwise we were now smeared with ice cream on the waterfront."
Justin chuckled and took his hand snaked between boys while still beautiful, tall and muscular.
"You were cleaning patches of ice cream, my dear, "Specifications Emmett -" You married couples with children, we were here for sure whatever! "
Ted said Brian with a sly smile and the ' friend glared for a second time with his eyes.
When I finally managed to reach the mouths of all the private area, except the Jusitn and Emmett who already knew the place, opened in spite of themselves.
Despite Brian frequented places in New York as the fashion never had seen a similar space.
In the land of movies, actors, and the 'first image has the' luxury and the pursuit of perfection of every detail was a dogma.
not only the environment was greater portion of available local to each customer, in a disco nightclub, but the decor, lighting, angle bar, sofas and the track seemed to come directly from the minds of the greatest architects and designers in the world.
all accompanied by beautiful to all patrons does not even seem real.
"Now I know where the Americans are beautiful. Or in the movies or in here, "estimated Ted do seriously, as if he was considering a bid for the Kinnetik.
Brian laughed and put his arm around the shoulders of Justin dragging his companion to him. "Shall we dance or want to drink first?"
"We dance," whispered the boy doing sensual join his body to that of companion to make him feel the erection that already pushed.
had arrived in the morning and despite the time zone, the beach with the whole company, the three hours spent alone at home with Brian, and dinner at the home of Emmett, was adrenaline pumping and ready to chew up all ' bone and the opportunity of carefree fun that he had finally with her boyfriend.
They headed to the runway holding hands. Brian smiled to himself, noting that, despite everything, many eyes were still focused on him and not only Justin, and younger then certainly more scope for Brian.
As the area is private, it was not crowded, but they did not need much space. They had never had. They pushed against each other docks and began dancing, smiling and exchanging kisses and laughter.
Emmett, instead of from the couch where he had taken his seat, and Ted Blake sighed watching them. "It's amazing the feeling that there is still between the two despite the years, cohabitation and children."
Ted chuckled, but came to observe them in turn with almost nostalgic look.
"I am sorry that Michael did not come," notes that while sipping a cocktail that Blake did not ask but he was still delivered to the table by a handsome waiter.
Emmett shrugged: "We must give him time. In the most awaited phone call from Ben. "
" Yes, " Ted laconic ascertained.
"That means yes " asked Emmett curious sipping his ever-present and unchanging Cosmopolitan.
"means yes! Which means yes Emmett? "Asked Ted testy.
"I do not know."
"Do not you know that means yes?"
"do not know what it means said with that rhetorical tone. "
Blake burst into merry laughter of the two bickering friends. Along with the vision of Brian and Justin dancing belly to belly whispering in the ears and who knows what ridendone, the surreal background of discussions of Ted and Emmett made him feel the taste of the time, as if by magic, illusion for one instant, wraps around itself returning to the joys of youth.
"Do not would come back again? "Brian asked with a smirk to his face sweaty and happy for Justin.
The boy giggled: "It's ironic, you really need to be confirmed?"
Brian did not answer, just narrowed his eyes groped to probe Justin's eyes blue.
The boy stopped the ball and returned the look: "Would you come," remarked seriously - and if I had not because I'd be back. They are always returned Bry. "
Brian puffing slightly from the nose and smiled and nodded. But it was the smile that Justin called 'sad-resigned'.
"What?" Asked the youth.
Brian wanted to ask him if he would be back again this time. From Chicago in late November, and then perhaps further from who knows where, maybe Italy or France. But the shock head, smiled and lifted his comrade surround the legs off the ground and unleashing his merry laugh. The twirled twice and then laid down again and join him in a kiss.
'Right or Wrong' - Erika
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v = grqdm48IRCw
****
Justin walked in the streets did not know. Streets were deserted and desolate, the sun blinding him from view their names, but perhaps they had not.
He felt a surge of anxiety in my chest: it was lost and did not have the phone with him. What to do? There was only one taxi ride, a car, a passer-by. The bars were all closed.
He sat on the sidewalk and put his head in his hands until a cloud covered the sun and giving relief allowing him to see the sign saying 'Exit'.
was a sign equal to that Hoffman was at the clinic in Pittsburgh.
smiled and stood up heading towards the path. When he was about to turn the corner that would take him out of that labyrinth he heard a groan behind him.
It was a desperate cry, a cry was slow and mellifluous.
Scarlett?
No, it could be her, the voice was a girl.
decided to ignore it, had to get out of that tangle of red-hot streets. But the wailing continued as a litany ... Maybe someone like him was lost.
He turned and sat where once he saw the silhouette of a girl, her head on his knees, his arms to encircle the legs. Rocking back and forth uttering that tired moan.
Justin approached. Her hair blacks, medium length, tanned, with curls and two bows at the sides of the head anachronistic.
"Are you lost?" Asked Justin.
The girl did not look up, just shook his head in a no dumb.
"Why are you complaining, what happened to you? Are you hurt? "
The girl did not answer.
Justin sighed and crouched down in front of her: "Hey, look what I found the way out, come with me!"
The girl shook her head again .
"Why not look at me? Look at me. "
wet She finally got a look on the boy, the beautiful face streaked with tears. Justin recognized her and smiled, amazed: "Scarlett?" - He asked - "Scarlett O'Hara?"
"You know me?" She asked in amazement.
"Yes, I know you!"
She just nodded.
"Come, come with me, I know how to get out of here."
"No."
"Why not?"
"I can not walk, my stomach hurts ..."
"That's why you cry? I take you in my arms and carry you away, then go to a doctor. "
" No. "
"Why?"
"I do not need ..."
Justin tried to smile: "Why, Scarlett O'Hara never gives up!"
"need to know the death to surrender," she smiled sweetly.
Justin swallowed hard but had a dry mouth.
"Are you dying?"
She just nodded.
"That's why you crying?"
"No ..."
"Why?"
& ldquo ; My baby girl ... "he said only, taking into tears.
Justin, recalling the film's plot nodded: "She died falling from a horse, I know. I'm sorry ... "
"Not she, not Dorothy ..."
"I have another?"
The girl nodded.
"Where is he now?" Said Justin starting to feel the oppressive heat of the sun.
"I do not know ... I wanted to see before you die, but do not know where ... I will die without seeing my baby ..."
Justin's breathing became labored, "I'll help you find it? What is your name? "
" I do not know ... "
" Do not know how you call your baby? "Justin asked incredulously while a drop of sweat streaked the neck.
"No ..."
The boy looked down and felt as if his strength were not. It was too hot and began to have trouble breathing.
"I will die without seeing my baby ..." repeated the girl thrown back his head between his knees and shooting to complain.
Justin wanted to help but felt themselves increasingly short of breath, the heat more oppressive and the lament that echoed in his skull creandogli confusion. He was about to faint. He would have had to breathe ... breathe ...
Breathe!
Lindsay turned astonished by the table where he was playing cards under an umbrella with Mel, Ted and Emmett, the sudden sigh of Justin and his sudden authorized to sit on the couch imbottino of white kitchen that was on the terrace , next to them and where, an hour before he and Brian had gone to sleep.
"Everything okay?" She asked.
Justin sighed and looked around frantically trying to regain the sense of time and space.
It was a dream.
"Justin?" Said Mel worried by his pant and t-shirt soaked with sweat.
Justin tried to assuage the anxiety that had caused the dream: "All right, yes. Only I must have fallen asleep in the sun and I felt almost suffocated, "turned what was a half-truth.
Lindsay poured a glass of water and went to bed: "Here, drink. Indeed today is a hot day and at some point you end up in the sun. You wake up Brian and maybe go to sleep in the room, "suggested pragmatic.
Justin finished the water and shook his head: "No, all right here. Now move the umbrella so Brian is in the shade. "
Ted laughed off the table:" Ehh, how things change when you get to thirty, eh? "Whispered amused - "Even our Sunshine can bear no more sleepless nights, booze and hot! "
Mel and Em giggled accomplices.
Justin stood up under the watchful eye of Lindsay and swung the white base of the umbrella so that Brian, still asleep, remain in the shade for at least another hour.
"Where is Scarlett?" He asked as if they were in a crowded amusement park and he had lost sight of, rather than on the terrace of the villa of Emmett.
"On the beach with Gus and Jenny."
Justin nodded and walked to the railing that overlooked the portion of private beach.
The three children, oblivious to the blazing sun and scorching heat of the afternoon, to mess up in the water trying to build a sand barrier such as to break the waves of the ocean.
Justin sighed, watching his little happy laugh, and tried to calm the breath, after all, did not want to settle down. Snorted a heavy sigh, trying, unsuccessfully, to blow off the anxiety that ice cream like a snake, she had begun to creep into his stomach.
'Do not want to let you go' - 5ive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI1NublEj8w
*****
Ben ascertained as ten pairs of eyes of children, innocent and hopeful, focused on can create the most destabilizing of embarrassment in an adult.
looked at children who were looking at him waiting for him to speak. But he did not know exactly what to say.
The class was nothing more than a thatched roof, built in the shadow of an old tree to steal a bit 'of that cool almost no one could find in Neak Luong.
Just arrived in the Cambodian city, Ben found himself immediately in front of the ostentatious diversity and contradictions of the place. Strategic point of trade, for being situated on the banks of the Mekong, the city had luxury and opulence that belonged to the few who, thanks to the Khmer Rouge had found a solid foundation and good luck. In addition to the residential center, similar to a modern and civilized city, were the ruins of what the Cambodian civil war had brought with her, and still wore.
No part of the city that it was private was rebuilt after the wars that had torn and the accidental U.S. bombing attack, in order to error, these fired over the heads of unsuspecting citizens 20 tons of bombs in 1973.
'a mistake' apologized to the U.S. government, a communication error of coordinates, so we apologize but we are human beings, who made no mistake?
no matter if the mistake had caused 150 deaths, more than 500 casualties and the destruction of one third of the city.
From the Jeep that had gone to take it to the port, Ben he felt like he was watching a movie from the end, as if he went backwards: first luxury palaces and buildings, then neighborhoods consist of homes available, not plastered brick, dirt roads, trucks and cars dating back at least fifty first, children running into the street barefoot, and then nothing. Only paddy fields.
Until MSF field.
field gathered refugees, poor people, sick people who could not use public institutions, sometimes for the cost too high for them, others, such as in the case of HIV-positive children, because the government was not involved Education and treatment of children with incurable diseases and potentially infectious.
She found herself face discrimination, the real one. It felt almost absurd the recrimination of gays who live in civilized countries, while not having the same rights as others, are not discriminated against by the government.
Obviously he was wrong but he did not realize.
The mere fact that the United States and Canada, a homosexual can not donate blood or organs, irrespective of the drug tests and viral discrimination was the same as Cambodia.
only better packaged, with glitter and sequins that diverted attention from the content.
He found solace, before leaving, the idea of going into a nation of Buddhist belief. But now, faced with those ten pairs of eyes the color of chocolate, she wondered for the first time in his inner journey, had it not true that there was nothing that life on earth. With its burden of suffering that no one would ever compensated.
'Vanity of Vanities' - Angelo Branduardi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbWK9wqG5h8
*****
"Now that's news!" ruled Melanie smiling back at the dinner table, after which was removed to answer the phone.
eyes of friends and children moved to her on hold.
They were all having lunch together on the terrace house on stilts above the ocean placed the villa in Malibu Drew and Emmett.
The woman sat down in his place with him and pointed triumphantly to look at Justin, "Pollard was the center of the gay / lesbian national" informed.
"Pollard, Pollard," asked Ted to make sure you identify exactly the secretary of the movement which gathered all centers gay / lesbian United States of America.
Melanie nodded, satisfied, "Pollard Pollard-"
"How has your number?" Emmett inquired suspiciously.
Linds smiled triumphantly and said to his companion: "Melanie in recent years has become an institution in gay movements. Is vice president of the movement Gay / Lesbian Pennsylvania! "
" And just because I gave up the post of president because of too many family commitments, "Melanie smiled at his partner, accepting the kiss she gave her sweet smile and nod.
Brian put his glass of ice water before drinking, and raised his eyes to heaven. Emmett looked at him and chuckled before returning to turn to her friends: "Yes well, I knew."
"My mom is famous!" Struts Jenny.
"Even my daddy!" Said Scarlett - "He makes paintings and exhibitions,"
"My mom is a famous lawyer," the rebound the twinkie before being interrupted by Melanie: "Just Jenny. She is smaller not be silly! "
Gus giggled watching her sister: she too was eventually reprimanded for having fought with a 'smaller'! How many times if he had heard him?
Jenny in response to his tongue.
"What was the news?" Prevailed Ted putting the initial speech on the tracks.
"Right!" Melanie smiled - "In mid-September we will be marching in New York ..." everyone nodded. They knew very well, was an event known across the globe - "And the center Gay / Lesbian National, in the person of Mr. Pollard, asked me to ask my close friend Justin Taylor, if he wants to deal with the creation of the poster that will advertise "announced conceited as they had asked her, while the smiling faces of all who turned to Justin gasped.
"Me?"
"Daddy Bravo, bravo, Daddy!" That exploded Scarlett had understood nothing of what had prompted her father, but had realized that it was something important, the tone used by Melanie and the smiling eyes of all adults who had turned to Justin.
The boy laughed and picked her daughter rewarded with a 'thank you' and a kiss on the forehead.
"With you!" Confirmed Melanie and Lindsay lived in the proud smile of light that has always reflected by Justin.
Michael slipped the look, proud, in turn, by Justin at Brian and found him to pass his hands over his eyes
"Then you say," asked the woman.
"Well, what do you to say? Of course, obvious that I will! "Said the smiling boy, shaking his head again in disbelief.
Brian nodded and stuck his tongue in his cheek.
"And ..." Melanie continued, turning to him - "They need an agency that creates the catchphrase"
Brian snorted an ironic laugh from Nose: "But think what a coincidence!" He said raising the dark eyes on the environment who shook his head questioningly.
Brian raised his eyebrows do with conscious breathing "is the national movement, no? Headquartered in New York, no? And the march in New York. Why do you not have asked for an agency in New York? "Churches and all heads turned to Melanie waiting for a response. All except those who remained fixed Justin Michael and Brian.
"Well, they know me and know that ..."
"What you have what passes for another close friend that has an advertising agency, and he also happens to be gay," Brian interrupted her - "and only for this reason alone should feel obligation to help them. And for them it is a godsend because each agency would Yorker slammed the door in his face. But we certainly will not do an agency whose president is gay, right? It is also well mate Justin Taylor, "Brian asked to do so with ironic that even the tone in the ears of children came grating as chalk on a blackboard.
Lindsay's shoulders sagged, Emmett's eyebrows raised and a slight smile on his face peeped aware, the look of Drew became concerned, came to Ted's nose nearly touching the skewers prawns her plate, Melanie's eyes were made of ice.
"You will not," asked the woman.
"No."
Justin's sigh was the only sound that is perceived in the moment of stunned silence that was to be created. And to whom Brian was amazed: it seemed they had known for two days, not years from now as they knew him. Why are all posed as a disappointment?
"Sure!" Melanie snapped awkwardly slamming the phone on the table: "It is a question of your principle. You never helped the gay movement and do not you put in some hours, leaves of your reputation! "
Gus and Jenny looked up on the frightened woman, were hardly Witnesses of deliberations among their relatives, but when it happened, especially between Melanie and Brian gave off sparks that were burning on their skin.
"No Melanie, is not a matter of principle, it is a matter of business and common sense. The Kinnetik is not the Omnicom Group you can afford to take a group of employees three weeks to conceive and create slogans grant. The Kinnetik must work to paying customers. It is not a charity, is a company for profit. Since you're a lawyer you should understand its significance, " the man said calmly and almost ridanciano.
That did Melanie go into a rage more than if I had shouted, as has always happened.
"Because I thought it possible that I answered for you once in your life differently?" She asked ironically raised his arms and shaking his head in his own naivety.
Brian laughed, "Why under the bark to be hard to take you on at the end you still believe in fairy tales," he smiled sincerely.
He wanted to make a joke kind, held a fund in which a truth believed. But his statement triggered the inferno.
"You are always the same, you will never change, never!" Melanie snapped getting angry and leaving the table.
Brian Lindsay looked reproachfully, shaking his head, that Emmett had felt on his skin and Drew years before the cynicism applied to the work of Brian, shook his head and sighed.
"But you have all, "asked Brian honestly surprised," I said I do not testify in favor of an innocent person sentenced to death by saving it from the gallows, I just said I do not have the time and means to make a campaign free of charge. "
" I make the image, Brian, this will only create the slogan, 'said Justin Scarlett pulling down his legs. The harsh tone he had used scratched the ears of Brian looked at him for the first time since the conversation began: "Yes of course. You look like someone who does not has no idea what is behind an advertising campaign. Not just a slogan, then you have the project finished, you have to sell it to newspapers, sites, common fucking each city for display, the television! "
" if you could deal with Ted do not have time, "Justin argued they are impelled by youth who had still to gay causes and lost causes -" We work together. There by Andrew and Sonia, and then we'll take care ... "
" Ted has two campaigns for October and Andrew and Sonia with him. It's not that you can get in and close Kinnetik twenty days in office with my AD and the two best graphics and Executive copywrighter. It is a company, Sunshine, which has more to worry about. "
" The bigger you are doing what is "Justin snapped.
"No, you're doing the simplest, Justin," Brian ruled hard.
Michael's gaze lowered to the napkin.
"Justin is right. It's an important thing for us, for everybody. What an example from our children if every time you refuse to join the movement for what belongs to us? "Lindsay snapped completely out of place.
"Forget the children and examples Linds," Brian snapped the rebound giving it a stone look.
all they wanted from him?! It seemed have been quite clear about why Kinnetik you could not afford to do what was required!
At least Michael, Ted, Emmett, Drew and Blake had the decency to stay out.
Why Lindsay and Melanie had always intervene in things that are not related?
"must take it with you lost and do what you say," Lindsay snapped whose commentary was accompanied by a nod away from Melanie who was injured aboard the terrace as if Brian had but spit in face.
"No Linds, you're wrong here. You can do whatever you want. Go to the map, self-financing, paint signs with markers rainbow. But do not ask me to do so. "
" I do not those signs, "says Justin.
"Anybody want coffee?" Asked Emmett trying to salvage of that discussion and trying to divert the inevitable ill-fated course. But his appeal fell on deaf ears.
"No, in fact," the note said Brian Justin re-focusing attention on him, "You'll create an image. Certainly having an effect, certainly appealing, surely full of your genius, "gave Brian convinced of what he was saying. "If I only paint a sign would be easier for me, tell me Justin, when accounts create this masterpiece?" He asked with a smile imprisoned in the shoulders - "As we finish the paintings for Casey? Or while you make the boards for the new issue of Rage? O between one and Away three weeks in Chicago? "
" In Chicago I go after, "Justin specific piqued.
Brian laughed: "Ah yes, sorry, I was lost in the tide of jobs that need to complete two months from now!"
& ldquo ; Do you have any problem with this, "asked Justin and all the friends began to observe who the pot, those who own the phone, who wanted the sea to be anywhere but there at that time.
Brian closed his eyes fixed on those of his companion: was it a challenge?
"No Sunshine, I have no problem with that. But maybe you'll get it. Be warned that trying to take from all sides, you run the risk of not even hit a target. "
" What's that supposed to mean? "
Brian closed shrug: "Just what I said. You walk in five or six different projects to be completed in two months. Do you think one thing you'll face? "
" Of course I can, you know that if a project takes me I can spend the nights over! "
Brian nodded. He knew all too well. "Then do it!" Granted with a smile unsympathetic.
"I do not need your approval," remarked Justin.
"No, you're right. One would expect that at thirty you were already able to apply to only the principle of priority without my help. "
" You said well, I have thirty years. So Stop treating me like a fucking brat! "Threatened Justin.
Brian inhaled through the nose and clenched his jaw fixing our gaze on that of the companion.
The embarrassed silence around them was palpable as grains of polystyrene.
"Daddy, Daddy do not quarrel," begged Scarlett suddenly fearful.
It was just what prevented Brian Justin put in place thus beginning one of their epic quarrel that usually, however, were done separately.
See that included only two of them. Mai's friends and certainly not Scarlett.
smiled to her daughter: "We're not fighting baby, is only a slight difference of opinion."
"You what?" Asked Scarlett more worried about unleashing the merry laughter breaks the tension of the whole group.
Only Justin continued to stare without laughing mate.
'Saviour' - 30STM
(third time )
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