DIFFERENT

14 -- Love And Hate

Warning  --  Violence

Oh, my lovely Readers, 

The world and his wife know about Larry and the baby !  Oh, happiness reigns in the magic kingdom of New York !  Is it all too good to be true ?  What  awaits our two beautiful Princes and their little one ....

As it was such a beautiful and unusually warm evening, Larry and Laurent decided to walk the few blocks to Le Brasserie.  As they left their apartment building, hand in hand, Laurent noticed a man across the street holding his phone in their direction, and he didn't have a good feeling about it.  They were laughing as they walked and talked, excited for their evening together, and the wonderful meal that awaited them.  A little further into their journey, a crowd of obnoxious teenagers crossed their path, or rather, would not let the guys cross theirs.  As a gut reaction, Laurent stood in front of Larry, he wasn't about to be intimidated by these ...... people.  

"Oh, my God, it's them, it's them !"  One young girl shouted to the others.  They all got their phones out and started filming them, Larry in particular.  

"Bon soir" Laurent greeted them, trying to be civil as he knew how.  He knew exactly what was going on.  

"Can I ask, why you are filming us ?"  He was sickly sweet polite, he didn't want any confrontation tonight.  

"You're Laurent Bourgeois, aren't you ?  The guy on you tube.  This Larry ?" asked a boy who couldn't be more than sixteen.

"What is it to you ?"  Laurent wasn't trying to be rude, but he wasn't being warm and fuzzy either.  He glared down at the boy.

"Is he really pregnant ?"  The boy nodded in Larry's direction, still grasping on to Laurent's hand as if his life depended on it.  The boy would have laughed in Laurent's face if he could reach that high.

"Oh, the video ?  No, that was just a joke.  Can we get by, guys ?"  He asked politely, again.  The group parted to let them through, and carried on their way, laughing and chatting among themselves.   As Laurent opened his mouth to say something to Larry, one of the group shouted back at them.

"Better get some good life insurance for him, Laurent !  He's worth a lot of money, some one might kidnap him !"  The group laughed again, high fiveing each other as they walked, thinking themselves hilarious.  As Laurent started to walk again, Larry pulled him back.

"Are you kidding me ?!  I can't believe ...."

"Don't worry, of course they wouldn't.  They're just trying to scare us, and it's not working.  Come on, let's go, I'm hungry!"  he smiled.  They continued walking towards the restaurant, but they were both quiet, reliving the encounter in their mind, trying to make the  young pricks observation diminish in quality in their mind.  But now the seed was planted, and unfortunately, there was enough shit milling around in both of their minds for it to take root and grow. 

Maurice (Moor-reece), the Maitre'd of the restaurant was waiting at the door to greet them both.  They considered him a friend now, and during a recent conversation Laurent had had with him to confirm all was well for their evening, he confided in Laurent that he had seen the video of he and Larry in the shop.  Laurent had asked that they be treated like normal, just as they always were whenever they visited the restaurant.  Laurent didn't want Larry to feel any more out of place than he already felt.  Maurice held Larry by the shoulders, smiling at him for a moment, before giving him a huge hug.  He drew back, noticing how .... happy he looked.