Adulting in the Spotlight

Don't Sleep With Your New Friends

Light pushed past the blue curtains that hung from Isaac's windows.  The sun shone brightly on Isaac's face as he groaned.  He didn't want to wake up.  His head hurt.  He fell back to sleep.  Then the alarm went off.

Isaac had forgotten he had set his alarm the previous morning because he had kept forgetting.  He sat up quickly as smacked the plastic box and sighed.  He looked a little to the side and saw a moving lump.  He turned wide-eyed to Parker who also was surprised. 

"Uh, good morning?"  Isaac whispered looked down at his hands.  He began to remember what happened.

"Yeah.  Good morning," Parker sat up as well.  They both sat there in silence looking at the room.  Their clothes were scattered everywhere.  There was a shoe on the shelf, a shirt hanging off the light, pants on the table, and underwear on the doorknob.  It certainly looked like they had fun.  Isaac turned and got out of bed and immediately collapsed.

"Oh ouch damn it hurts,"  He gripped his hip.  Parker jumped out of bed.  He pulled Isaac up off the floor and put him back in bed.  Parker sat beside him naked and worried.

"Oh my god,  have you never done that before?"  He asked concerned.  Tears bit at his eyes from the pain and the realization of what he really just done.  He shook his head.  Parker saw Isaac's face.  He wasn't quite sure what to do.  He wanted to wrap his hands around the young man, but he felt as if they weren't close enough to do that yet.  He also was aware that they had just slept together so touching might not be the problem.  He went with his first instinct and hugged Isaac tightly.  Isaac squirmed a bit, but realized it was what he needed.

Parker pet Isaac's hair and felt him shake a little.  He was crying.  Pain and emotions betrayed him, but he felt comfortable in Parker's strong arms.  They just sat there for a while.  Isaac stopped crying and after he stopped moving, Parker realized he had fallen back to sleep.  He put his head down on the bed and went into the kitchen.

How could he make Isaac happy?

Parker went through the kitchen and search and found nothing.  Did Isaac just not eat?  Parker remembered that Isaac was on tour a lot so he might want things to go to waste.  He knew that there was a small diner around the corner.  He poured a glass of water and wrote a note just in case Isaac woke up again before he was back.

Parker walked out of the house and to his car.  He was remembering things slowly.  He felt ashamed of himself.  He had not intended to hurt Isaac or take his virginity.  He was cursing his drunk self for not waiting.

Parker had slept with other men before, but it was a secret for all of them.  They were all high profile people, Parker included.  This was the first time, however, he had felt an emotion other than lust about someone he was with.  He really thought he could like Isaac.  Then he remembered Jae-Eun and her big doe eyes.  He groaned.

What the hell were they doing.  Isaac would probably avoid him now.  They would just have this soul-eating secret between them.  What if Isaac was actually gay, it would kill him.  He would be forcing himself to love and sleep with a woman he did feel for.  it wouldn't be good for either of them.  It would be better just to be honest with each other, but if they ended up telling Jae, then she would know.  Parker wasn't ready to tell people something like that.  She also knew that Jae's family was pretty conservative and it scared him for Isaac.  What if they killed him?

Maybe that wasn't the most rational thought he had. He still wanted Isaac to be okay.  He got to the diner and realized that he was being weird.

"I just met the guy,"  he reminded himself.  He was acting like they were having a secret relationship.  He was acting like they had been sober.  He was acting like they were even gay.  Parker thought about what Isaac had said.