The Unexpected Love

Chapter 45: STKS

                "Do you really mean it? You want me to style your apartment?" She asked nervously. Nodding to her I took her hands into my own and squeezed.

                "Style away." I said. I'd never seen a girl's face became so pink with excitement.

                "OMG!! Thank you Mr. Wesley!! You will not be sorry!" She screamed before disappearing into the back stock room.

                "Either that was the boldest thing I'd ever done or the stupidest. I haven't decided which one." I said as Troy and I headed for the exit.

                "Well if you end up with a zebra print sofa and a cheetah print rug you'll know it was the stupidest thing you've ever done." Troy said pushing through the door. Pausing I looked at him then back towards the door Chastity just disappeared through.

                "Give me a second, CHASTITY!!"

Troy's POV:

When I pulled up behind Sean at his apartment I couldn't help but thinking this place was so him. The outside brick had been painted long ago. Between the weather and life it had chipped away most of the paint leaving this color stained brick. The walk way was nothing more than white stone gravel with beautiful pink and yellow flowers lining the sides. Climbing the black iron wrought stairs Sean opened a beautifully carved black walnut door revealing his apartment inside. The same brick on the outside was on the inside. His pipes were exposed coated with copper giving it an old timey feel. With hardwood floors and a stainless steel kitchen it reminded me of my cousin Rita's apartment in New York. It had character and a personality of its own… just like Sean.

                "So what do you think?" He asked closing the door behind him.

                "This place is amazing… how did you find it?"  Going to his fridge Sean pulled out two juices. Tossing me one he motioned to the computer chair. Taking a seat I popped my juice open as he clasped into his bean bag chair.

                "My dad actually found it for me. He did some work with the developer before and when this place opened up the guy literally gave me the key. Okay if I don't get this off my chest I'll die… so I've got something to tell you and it's a bit bizarre… at least it is to me. I need some advice on how to handle things and usually I would go to Micah but I can't go to Micah because well he'll freak out and just make things worse… and I don't want to make things worse." He said. Lowering the chair to his level I gave him my undivided attention. Taking a deep breath he straightened up in the bean bag chair and placed his bottle down. He started from the beginning telling me about his trip to the grocery store with Micah. By the time he finished recounting all that had happened my mouth was hanging wide open.

                "So what do I do?" He asked. I knew there was a chance that McClane had been with other guys but I didn't believe he thought of Scott has his boyfriend. The fact Scott resembles Sean so much was an indication of how badly he wanted to be with Sean but he couldn't get the courage up to follow through. Taking a sip from my bottle cleared my throat.