Second Chance:
By: Taralynn Wakelin
He was exhausted after another long day of filming; he lay on the couch in the now quiet room one arm under his head, the other over his closed eyes. He sighed, he was glad for the quiet he loved his job as one-half of the super popular Youtube sensation Smosh. He also loved the five people he was not only lucky enough to work with, but to also call his friends. It was the long, exhausting hours that came with the job he didn't like at times. On top of his exhaustion he could feel a headache coming on, his third one that week. He was almost asleep when he heard the door open and someone come into the room. He didn't know who it was and was too tired to care. Suddenly he felt the person kiss him and he smiled knowing it was his boyfriend of seven incredible years.
"You shouldn't kiss me like that!" He joked without removing his arms off his eyes.
"Why?" His boyfriend asked confused.
"My boyfriend's here and he's really jealous! He could catch us!" He continued teasing still without looking at his now smiling boyfriend. "He's really strong and scary!"
"Well then, I guess if we're going to get caught we should give him something worth getting jealous about!" His boyfriend said as he straddled him, a leg on either side of him as he leaned down and kissed him again. "How's this?" He asked sitting up.
"Maybe we should try again, just to be sure?" He answered smiling as he finally looked at him. "We do want to make him really jealous right?"
"Oh yeah!" His boyfriend answered smiling as he leaned down and kissed him again.
"Okay I'm awake now!" He said as he sat up holding onto his boyfriend so he wouldn't fall off his lap as he did. "Ready to go home?" He asked as he rubbed his blue eyes trying to wake up.
"All set! Good thing I drove today huh?" His boyfriend asked smiling as he winked one of his brown eyes at him.
"I'm fine!" He answered yawning.
"Yeah you are, but what does that have to do with driving?"
"Oh you're a funny guy aren't you Mr. Padilla?"
"So, I've been told! Isn't that why you fell in love with me Mr. Hecox?" He asked as he kissed him.
"Get a room you too!" Their friend Mari Takahashi teased smiling as she came into the room followed by their other friends and co-worker's David (Lasercorn) Moss, Matt (Sohinki) Sohinki, and Joshua (Joven) Ovenshire.
"You're just jealous of how fabulous Ian and I are!" His boyfriend said as they all laughed as he stood up.
"Don't worry Mari, Anthony and I still have enough love to share with you!" Ian said smiling as he and Anthony began chasing her around the room trying to kiss her as they all laughed.
"Alright, alright I give!" She said as they tackled her onto the couch one on either side of her. "Truce?"
"What do you think Anthony?" Ian asked as he winked.
"Nope!" Anthony said smiling as both guys grabbed a pillow from behind them and hit her in the face.
"Okay, I'm going home! I'll see you fools tomorrow!" Mari said smiling as she left.
A Week Later:
Anthony stood in front of the bathroom mirror checking his reflection for the third time, tonight he was going to a party with Ian to relax and have some overdue fun. After working non-stop, they had only seen each other outside of work for an hour the last two weeks and he hated it. He missed Ian and was looking forward to spending an entire night with him just being a regular couple in love. He had just finished fixing his hair when he heard the front door open and Ian's voice call out to him sounding exhausted.
"Anthony?"
"I'm in the bathroom; I'll be right out babe!" Anthony said smiling as he shut the light out and headed into the living room humming to himself as he did. He came into the room and found Ian laying on the couch his eyes closed, Anthony sat on the coffee table and took Ian's hand as he spoke. "How did the editing go?"
"It's done!" Ian answered tightening his grip on Anthony's hand as he looked at him. "I finally got it done after six damn hours, but it's ready to be uploaded tomorrow!"
"I could have helped you!" Anthony said feeling bad.
"You would have distracted me!" Ian answered smiling as sat up and kissed him. "Wow, you're looking extra sexy tonight! Where are you going looking so damn good?" Ian asked noticing his clothes.
"I'm going to a party with my sexy as hell boyfriend, to have some fun!" Anthony answered standing. "So, go get changed and…"
"Party? What party?" Ian asked confused cutting him off as he stood stretching. "I'm not going anywhere except to bed!"
"What? You told me you'd go to Mike's party with me! Ian we haven't spent any time together alone in weeks!" Anthony said upset; he couldn't believe Ian was bailing on him it made him angry. "We had this planned for days!"
"Look Anthony I'm sorry, but I'm exhausted! Between filming and editing, we've been working so much I can't even think straight, let alone go to some stupid party! I can barely keep my damn eyes open and you want me to go out?" Ian said frustrated.
"Damnit Ian don't you care that we haven't been alone together in weeks? Doesn't it matter at all to you?"
"Dude you sound like a girl right now!" Ian began getting angry. "Are you even hearing yourself?"
"Oh, okay so wanting to spend time with my boyfriend makes me a girl? Fine, maybe I shouldn't care like you, does that make me a damn man now Ian?" Anthony yelled.
"Now you've lost your damn mind! You know I care Anthony, but I'm not going to bitch about it! How is that going to fix anything?" Ian yelled back.
"So, now I'm not only a girl, but I'm bitching too! That's awesome thanks babe!"
"You know what I'm too tired to have this argument!" Ian said rubbing his eyes. "So, I'll talk to you tomorrow when you're not acting like some psycho girlfriend!" Ian said.
"Really? Well, you're acting like a dick biscuit right now, so I guess we're even huh Ian?" Anthony yelled.
"Why are you making such a big deal out of this? It's only a party for shit's sake, hell Mike has at least five parties a month, we'll go to another one! I'll throw you one instead how about that? Will that make you happy enough Anthony so I can go to bed before I fall over?" Ian demanded.
"Is that what you think this is about? You can be so dense sometimes you know that? It's not about the damn party Ian!" Anthony yelled back.
"Then what is it about Anthony? Tell me since I'm so dense!"
"You know what never mind! I'm going to the party by myself! You just stay here and sleep! I'm going to go have fun on my own; I don't need you to come!"
"You're seriously acting like a two year old Anthony! Your little temper tantrum isn't going to guilt me into going!" Ian said angrily.
"I don't want you to come!" Anthony replied.
"Sure you don't! Is that why you're still here?"
"Screw you Ian! Don't wait up babe!" Anthony said as he grabbed his jacket and keys and stormed out slamming the door behind him.
After storming out of the house Anthony walked the two blocks to the party, the fight played over and over in his head the entire way. He was angry and hurt that Ian had blown him off, they hadn't spent anytime together as a couple and Anthony was lonely! Yeah sure, they lived and worked together, and yeah they saw each other all the time, but they hadn't spent any time as a couple and that's what Anthony missed the most. He made it to the party and went inside faking a smile as he greeted Mike and the other people inside. He headed straight to the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of beer he drank half of it in one drink before he closed his eyes sighing. He turned and left the kitchen carrying his beer and stood in a corner watching as everyone else had fun and he sighed this was going to be a long night.
Later:
Anthony stood in the corner; a half drank beer in his hand. He sighed as he sipped his beer, it had been a couple of hours since he arrived and he hadn't left his corner except to get himself another drink. He wasn't drunk he was working on his second beer of the night, and despite his constant pep talks to enjoy himself he was failing miserably. He sighed as his phone vibrated; he took it out of his pocket and looked at it another text from Ian. He shook his head sadly, as he put his phone away without reading it, like he had done with the other 10. He was still angry with Ian and refused to let him ruin his good time! Ah hell, who was he kidding he had been standing there since he arrived watching people have fun while he had been moping; all he could think about was Ian and their fight. He knew Ian was exhausted he had been doing a lot of the editing for their videos, and he did act like a child demanding Ian go with him. After another 10 minutes he decided to go home and apologize to Ian, he needed to fix his mistake. He put his drink down and turned to leave when he bumped into a good-looking man with blond hair and green eyes who was holding two bottles of beer.
"Sorry, I didn't see you!" Anthony said embarrassed.
"You might not have noticed me, but I noticed you! I've been watching you all night actually!" The man said smiling.
"You…you have?" Anthony asked blushing a little.
"I'm Sebastian, and you are?"
"Anthony."
"So, you want to tell me why a good-looking guy like you is here all alone, standing in a corner?" Sebastian asked handing Anthony a beer.
"Thanks…and I don't want to talk about it." Anthony said sadly.
"I get it…you had a fight with your girlfriend right?" Sebastian asked.
"Close…I had a fight with my boyfriend!" Anthony said sighing as he took a drink of his beer.
"I knew it was something like that, I could tell."
"Am I that obvious?" Anthony asked.
"No, but when a hot guy stands in a corner by himself there's usually a girlfriend…"
"Or boyfriend!" Anthony added cutting him off smiling.
"Or boyfriend somewhere nearby!" Sebastian said smiling as he winked.
"You speak from experience?" Anthony asked as Sebastian stood beside him.
"Oh yeah! I kind of have bad luck and seem to hit on guys who are already taken!"
"Wait, are you…hitting on me?" Anthony asked.
"I' am…and failing miserably too I might add! It's my luck you're taken!"
"If it helps I'm flattered." Anthony said smiling.
"It does…a little! So, where is the lucky boyfriend?"
"His name's Ian and he's at home." Anthony answered sighing.
"Ian huh? Sounds like a nice guy, I know you have a picture of the two of you somewhere. Can I see it?" Sebastian asked.
"You want to see a picture? Why?" Anthony asked confused.
"I'd like to see the man who's lucky enough to call you his! You do have one don't you?" Sebastian questioned as he took a drink of his beer.
"Of course I do!" Anthony said smiling as he took out his phone and pulled up pictures of Ian and himself. "That's Ian." Anthony said proudly, but suddenly felt guilty as they looked through the many pictures.
"Good-looking guy, you two make a cute couple! He looks like a good guy!"
"He is!" Anthony said quietly.
"Then why are you here with me?" Sebastian asked drinking his beer.
"We were supposed to come together, but he's too tired from work so I came by myself to have some fun!" Anthony said putting his phone away.
"Well then Anthony drink up, and let's have us some fun!" Sebastian said smiling.
The rest of the party Anthony spent with Sebastian drinking, laughing, talking and dancing. Normally Anthony didn't drink a lot, but he let go and drank until he was drunk trying to drown out all thoughts of Ian. He also began to flirt openly with Sebastian, he had completely forgotten about Ian and the fight. By the time the party was over Anthony had kissed Sebastian and they decided to go back to Sebastian's house to continue partying. They got a taxi and once back at his place they ended up making out on his couch, which led them to making love in his bed before passing out together.
TBC…