John looked around at the beauty before him. The bubbling creek, the moonlight dancing off the water's surface, and the wild flowers that were growing along its banks. John loved coming here when he visited Adam. He was very happy that Randy chose to stop here. When John looked around he noticed the horses were wondering freely, they knew they wouldn't wonder far. He saw that Randy had sat against a tree by the creek and was now looking at him. "Come sit with me John," he said while patting the space between his stretched out legs. John looked at him incredulously. "Aww come on. I won't bite and I promise I won't make a move on you, yet," he said whispering the last word. John went and sat with Randy. All of the sudden, he felt a pair of strong arms wrap around his waist and he was pulled closer to Randy's body so that his head rested on Randy's shoulder and Randy's chin rested on John's other shoulder.

"Since I told you something very personal, how about you tell me how you got that fading shiner you've been sporting," Randy said. John looked at Randy and then looked quickly away and stared at both sets of hands on his lap. "It was my soon to be ex." John started out saying, "We've been married for about 8 years and at first it was wonderful. We couldn't have been more in love. Then the arguments started. He wanted a family and I wasn't ready. We had a big fight last week and he left. The next day he was back, but we ended up ignoring each other till Friday. Friday I came home from work and caught him cheating on me. I never thought that he would do that to me. So, I threw his lover out and he punched me for it and said he wanted a divorce and left. I-I never thought, "John started to get teary eyed, "that he would d-do that to me." John looked at Randy and was surprised when Randy's lips met his. The kiss was gentle, sweet, calming, consoling, and electric. John snapped his head back and brought his fingers to his lips. Randy had kissed him and he responded and the minute their lips had touched he had felt electric. He looked at Randy and saw hurt and confusion in his eyes. He reached up to touch Randy's cheek and Randy flinched. "No, Randy. Please don't shy away from me," John said as he cupped Randy's cheek. "I liked the kiss. Really I did, it just surprised me."Randy smiled and lightly leaned into the touch then turned his head and looked out over the creek. John smiled and leaned back into Randy, both of them realizing that they were developing feelings for each other. They stayed there not saying anything for a long time and then rode back to the ranch silently. Randy walked John to the house and just squeezed his hand, smiled, told him good night and walked away. John watched him walk away thinking please, please just turn around just once. Please, let me know that you feel something. All of the sudden Randy turned around, smirked and gave John a little wave. John smiled and waved back and went into the house to go bed.

John woke up feeling a little uncomfortable. He had dreamt of Randy that night. He decided that he should take a cold shower. While in the shower he thought Randy and what he should do. Maybe he would ask Adam's advice later; he needed to talk to someone. John went down to eat and sat at the table. When Randy walked in he took a seat next to John. Breakfast was pretty uneventful except for the gentle touches and brushes of Randy's hand on either John's leg or arm and there were also the occasional smirks sent his way from Randy. John knew he should have felt a little pissed at the blatant show, but he wasn't. He actually was enjoying being flirted with, it made him feel wanted.

When Randy had woken up, he was pretty much in the same condition as John had been. He had been thinking and dreaming about John and needed to take a cold shower. So he did and went to breakfast. He saw John and thought he had never seen anyone look hotter. He had enjoyed teasing and flirting with John at breakfast. He liked watching the man blush when he would gently brush his leg or touched his arm. It all just made him want John all the more.

It was about a half hour before the kids class was over, so John decided to take the two more advanced kids for a short trail ride. John asked Evan to take the other two plus Tylin and have them ride around the corral for awhile. As John and the kids were getting back from their ride, a car went by him and stopped at the house. John told the kids to take the tack off the horses and put them in the corral, he got off of Onyx and had Evan take care of her. He started to walk towards the car and smiled. He had gotten a quick look at the driver and if it was whom he thought it was then all hell was going to break loose.

As he walked up to the car, a tall, muscular man got out and looked around. He was wearing tight jeans and a tight shirt that stretched across his muscular chest and arms. His long dark, wavy hair flowed to his shoulders and he was wearing sun glasses. John noticed that most of the men who had been working in the yard and stopped to gawk, stare and some even drooled at the ruggedly handsome tall man. John walked up to the tall man laughing and said "You really should stop making a spectacle where ever you go." The big man smiled and took off his glasses showing his beautiful hazel eyes and said teasingly, "Hey I may be married but I'm not dead yet." John laughed and gave the big man a hug.