You Are My Life

Chapter 1

"Hello?" Said Bryan Blackenship into his phone as he walked out of his office.

"Black, I need a favor." Said Joseph Grecco through the line.

"What do you need, Joe? I have a date tonight." He said as he got into his black Jeep.

"I have a friend coming into town. I need you to get said friend from the airport in an hour. I had to go out of town with Priscilla at the last minute. I talked to Maria already and she has the guest room ready."

"So, you want me to cancel my date, and pick up a friend of yours that apparently I don't know. Then take him to my apartment, where he is going to stay?"

"Yes. I owe you brother. I should be back tomorrow afternoon."

"Wait, how am I supposed to know who's your friend at the airport? How is he supposed to recognize me?"

"Oh, don't worry, my friend knows you. I'll see you guys tomorrow." And with that he hung up.

Brian threw his briefcase on the backseat and turned on the car. He still had time to go to his apartment to change. No need to go to the airport in his suit. He drove through traffic thinking about Joe's favor. They've been friends since they were in elementary school. The Uncalled Four. That's what they were called, Bryan, Joe, Sebastien Romano and David Martens. They grew up in Long Island. After college somehow they all ended in Chicago.

At twenty-three he was one of the top businessmen of the country. Joe was starting his own business. Sebastien owned a gallery and his boyfriend was a chief surgeon at the hospital and David owned three restaurants. They all came from wealthy families.

He left their hometown three years ago. He basically ran away, just because of a girl. A girl that he couldn't stop thinking of. She was always on his mind. He hadn't dated anyone serious. He would go out with a girl only once. So they were just mostly hook ups. His date tonight was with a new temp that had just started at the office and had just been following him around like a puppy. He was just going to go out with her to get it out of the way, but now he's going to have to reschedule. He walked into his apartment and checked the guest room. Maria had changed the sheets and aired it out. That room had never been used since he bought the apartment. It was a two floor loft. His room and the guest room were on the first floor and on the second floor there was the bar with a pool table and Joe's room. Joe has been living with him since he followed him to Chicago. Of the four of them, Joe's the one that struggled. He was too proud to ask his family for help. So, of course, Bryan took him in. He's like a brother. And since Joe met Priscilla almost a year ago, he has been doing better.