17 year old Lukas Smith has his life turned upside down when his dad loses his job in their scrappy desert town. He moves to LA where his dad finds work.
Lukas takes a summer job at a local gym to save up for a new phone. That's where he meets a mu...
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We got back to Ari's place and he cleaned out a little space in his closet and proclaimed it mine. He had a big walk in closet with built in organizers and drawers. He gave me a drawer that was right at my chest level and hanging space next to it for the nice clothes he'd bought me.
We put the things away and he lingered a bit over the underwear he'd bought. He looked at them for a long minute but then put them away without a word.
"What we will order for dinner?" He said as he led me to the kitchen. He opened a drawer and pulled out take-away menus. "Baby's choice." He splayed them in front of me.
"Why don't we make something?" I asked.
"I do not keep much foods here. There is frozen pizza or some bread in pantry but maybe is old. I don't know. We can do better than this," he said and pointed me back towards the menus.
"It's still early! There's a market down the street I walk to. I have some money. You bought breakfast. I can get dinner." I pulled out my wallet. I had a few of the 20's he'd given me as tips.
"You will cook? Oh... yes! I can grill a meat if we buy! But I pay. This money is yours." He took my wallet and tucked it in my back pocket then rubbed my bottom.
We walked a few blocks down and got a shopping cart outside the store. I got stuff to make a good salad and then we went back to the meat counter and he picked out some steaks to grill that were muslim safe.
The butcher was an older Persian guy and Ari charmed him. They talked about the best meats and they bonded over grill talk.
He was having fun and told me to pick out some things for breakfast. We ended up buying two big bags full of food and Ari insisted on paying even when I suggested we split it.
He seemed uncomfortable talking about money with me. He told me this is not something we should discuss again. It seemed final. I put my wallet away.
"This is the life, my Lukas," he said as we walked back to his place. He carried both bags with a smile.
"The grocery store is your dream?" I laughed. "I go there all the time since dad hates to shop."
"Yes, these things a nice couple will do. Being in a grocery store with my boy and buying foods for us to go home and prepare for nice dinner together. My baby in the kitchen making the foods for when I come home from day of work. Is my dream. I want this with you so much. You are perfect boy," Ari glowed.
We got the groceries up to his place and he fired up the grill while I got things together for the salad. It was nice making things in a brand new kitchen. He had all of these items that looked like his mom had chosen them and he'd just put them away to never be used.
"So what do you usually do on a Friday night?" I asked when we sat down to eat.
"When I don't have my angel to look after?" He joked. "I go to clubs with friends. There is nice hookah lounge in Hollywood or good parties around here."
