CHAPTER 42 – Looking Back Over My Shoulder.
SIX YEARS EARLIER
End of March
"Oh! Hey! Good both of you are home." Cecelia chirped as she hurried into the flat share full of excitement.
"Why what happened?" Bernny questioned her frowning at her.
"We'd said we should get a new room mate now we can get 2"
"How?" Olli asked puzzled
"Nadja and her boyfriend Lukas are going to move in. we can split the rent five ways that'll save us all money." Cecelia told both the boys triumphantly.
"That's really cool" Olli said enthusiastically. Finally he would be able to save money to buy that new seat cover for his bike.
Cecelia bustled around busily giving everything another wipe down.
"Cecelia Schatz will you please calm down they are just two ordinary people coming over to check an ordinary room and decide of they should rent it."
"But I want them to like our place," the girl whined
"They will." Olli told her firmly halting her nervous cleaning.
Just then the bell chimed.
"Oh God they're already here."
"Cecelia they aren't the royal family heck they ain't even nobility now calm down." Olli commanded and got up to door.
Olli ushered in the couple but he couldn't squeak out a word thru his lips.
Cecelia quickly made the introductions.
"Olli this is Nadja Bjorgen and her boyfriend Lukas König"
He just dumbly stared at the tall hunk standing beside the blond girl. All that came to his mind was "WOW"
The man's hair was black like his own but he wore it in a buzz cut.
AS he extended his hand towards Olli for a friendly shake Olli could see the muscles of his arm ripple.
The guy was a complete and utter stud.
Saying that he had developed a raging crush on his flat mate was an understatement. Olli was reduced to a mass of jelly when ever the guy was in his vicinity a fact that didn't go un noticed by either of his old flat mates.
End of April
"Olli snap out of it will you. This constant drooling over that guy passed the point of disgusting the very next day after he came to live with us." Cecelia told him
"But Cecelia…"
"But Cecelia nothing. Grow a brain Olli the guy is straighter than straight so there isn't a chance that he'll suddenly swing the other way for you .Find another outlet sweetie please I'm begging you."
A few days later
Olli watched as Lukas came out of his room gym bag in hand.
"Hey Bernny wanna hit the gym with me?" Lukas asked
"No can do. I have to be there for my shift at the construction site in half an hour." Bernny said quickly weaseling out of the invitation and just rushed out of the flat.
Lukas watched Bernny leave then turned to Olli.
"You got any plans Olli?" he asked
"Nah, I'm free till 6."Olli answered him eagerly
"So hit the gym with me." Lukas invited
"Okay sure just let me get my gym gear." Olli sprang out of the chair and literally ran to his room to get his gym clothes and bag.
Olli walked on the treadmill at a steady pace his eyes fixed on the man working at the bench press
"Olli!" a surprised voice broke into his daydreams.
"Hey Charlie what are you doing here."
"Exactly what you're doing here. Exercising"
His aunt followed his line of sight then chuckled and said
"Oooo. So it's not exercising that you're here for it's ogling."
Olli got off the treadmill let Charley get on
"Oh Charlie. I'm totally crushing on him." he told her sadly
"Nothing will come of it and you very well know it." Charley told him.
"Yes I know he's straight. But can't I daydream."
"I'd say it's better you distract yourself." His aunt advised
"And how do you propose I do that?" he asked with a frown
"Simple go on a date with any of those three guys who at this very moment are busy ogling you."
"Which three?" Olli asked looking around intently
"That red head working with the dumbbells." She said nodding to a guy sitting on a bench who was at that moment wiping the sweat off his face.
"That platinum blond in the green shorts at the exer-cycle and that big beefy one over there checking out his muscles in the mirror."
"I'd go for the red head if I were you." Charley advised. Olli skipped off to make a new acquaintance and hopefully come back with an offer for a date.
The lights in the living room were dimmed down.
The couple on the couch sat comfortably close talking to each other in voices hardly above a whisper.
"So Gabriel you're an architect."
"Yup," the red head answered as he watched Olli's hand slowly move up his arm.
"Then what do you design?" Olli asked next.
"This and that." Gabriel choked out as Olli gently caressed his neck and leaned towards him.
Fire ignited between the red head and the brunette as their lips touched.
Eager fingers unbuttoned shirts and flung them away their lips not parting even for a miniscule nano second.
Eager hands explored the young muscled chest and then encircled each other as Olli pushed Gabriel back to lay him on the brown comfortable sofa.
Their hands had just headed for each other's belts when the flat door was flung open as a man came in and flipped on all the lights bathing the room in brightness.
Seeing two men on the sofa Lukas grimaced in disgust and spat out, "A faggot. I live with a faggot?"
"You perverts!"
"Olli get that thing off my sofa and outta here."
"I think I should leave."
"No Gabriel please don't go."
"He's going. He's definitely going." Lukas said as he bodily grabbed Gabriel and threw him out of the flat followed by his discarded shirt.
"How dare you?" Olli screamed at Lukas.
"You wanna get your sick jollies tickled do it somewhere else. This flat is a faggot free zone get it."
"You listen here." Olli yelled and got into Lukas's face.
Lukas grabbed him by the arm and twisting it he hissed, "No you listen here you little shit. I don't want any of your faggoty behaviour exposed to my eyes. I knew you were a faggot when I moved in here. But I don't want your 'lifestyle' invading my life. Get it."
"This sofa is common property. We all have the right to us it any way we want."
"No you don't have that right. And if I ever see you on it with any of your sick friends ever again then you'll really regret it for all your life."
Olli watched in horror as Lukas lifted his fisted hand.
"Lukas what the fuck!"
Cecelia screamed from the door.
Turned around and gave a terrifying laugh then said with a cruel, "Nothing much just teaching junior here a few lessons in manners."
Olli polished the glasses and stacked them. The events of the previous night still sat heavily on his mind.
"Why the long face Schatz? Didn't your date go well last night?" Charley asked the next morning when Olli came in for his shift.
"It was a disaster." Olli confided
"How come? What did he do?"
"Poor Gabriel didn't do anything. It was Lukas?"
"Lukas?"
"Yah! Gabriel and I were making out on the couch and Lukas walked in. He created such a ruckus. He's such a bloody homophobe."
"Oh I'm so sorry darling." Charley sympathized.
"He chased Gabriel out of the flat. And I'm sure he would have hit me if Cecelia hadn't gotten in the way."
Charlie hugged him.
"Oh Schatz, it takes all kinds to make up the world. You just have to ignore them."
Olli wished he could follow his aunt's advice but it would be very difficult as Lukas lived with him and worst of all even after the events of the previous night his crush on Lukas had still not fizzled out.