A lifetime of hello's and too many goodbyes.

Part 20

Months later.

It seems every time I turned around Pierre's in my space, it was movie night, Dyland and EJ, came with us, Manny invited his friend David too, and Pierre came with us on, Dyland tried to sit him next to me, I would sit behind them. It's Friday we went bowling and who's here, that damn Pierre, can I just be with my family without him showing up, Manny changes his shoes and EJ helped him choose a ball, Dyland said he'll get some drinks. Pierre said he knows what he wants, I told him just a bottle of water for me, he walked away. I said Dyland should know what he drinks, since he's always around, Pierre started telling me what's going on at Alexander's I didn't respond.

Pierre asked how's things going with me, I asked him does he really care, he said just making small talk, I told him he's here because Manny wants him here, not me, he said can we at least be civil to one another for Manny's sake, because he wants him here, and he's not going to disappoint Manny. I told him for Manny I'll do anything, even if it means dealing with him, Dyland came back with the drinks and I changed my shoes, Manny said he'll go first.

Pierre got up and danced to the music that was playing, Manny laughed and said stop it and he started bowling, he knocked down three pins, he said he better at video games than bowling, I told him we can do that while everyone is bowling, he said okay. 

I took Manny over to where the video games are, a guy was next to us doing the motorcycle ride game, I watched Manny doing the motorcycle game, Manny is talking to the kid. I'm watching the guy why is he here at kid's world without a kid, a kid walked up and said Uncle Clay we can switch now, the guy got off the motorcycle. Manny started talking to the kid, my boy will make friends with anyone.

The guy stood next to me, he said if he could be a kid again free from the ugliness of the world, he said his name is Clay, I told him my name, he said nice meeting me, we took a seat, I saw Dyland watching us, I made it look like there was something going on with me and Clay, maybe he'll stop pushing Pierre on me.

Clay told me he's raising his nephew after his sister and brother in-law died in a car crash, and he lost his lover in the same car crash, they were going to his birthday party. I told him I'm sorry to hear that, I lost my husband a year ago, he told me he's sorry to hear that as well. He told me birthdays were hard for him, but he celebrates his birthday in honor of his late lover, they were together for four years, he was going to ask him to marry him.

He asked me how long I was married, I told him almost two years he said wow we only had a short time together, I told him it felt like a lifetime. We ended up exchanging phone numbers, Clay said if I feel like talking in the late-night hours it's always up, I told him maybe I will, he got his nephew and they left, I watched Clay walking away, he has a nice ass on him and not bad looking.

I got on the other bike next to Manny and we raced, Manny beat me, I asked him is he ready to eat, he said yes papi, I asked him what he wanted pizza or hamburgers, he said chicken wings, I told him okay, go and ask his uncles if they'd like some too, he got off the bike and went where they were.

I got a text from Clay, saying it was nice talking to another adult other than schoolteachers, for his nephew, I returned the text and said no problem and he can call me if he needs to talk, but not too late, I said lol. He responded sure thing, Dyland came over and snitched my phone from me, and read the text he said is this the dude I was talking too.

I told him yes, as I took back my phone, he said if I want someone to just fuck, Pierre would give me some sex, he said they already ordered wings so come and get some, unless I'm making plans with that dude, I walked over to where Manny is, Dyland acts like he doesn't want me talking to anyone unless it's Pierre which I don't want to.