Part 3

Several weeks later

Spencer was again down in the library, wondering how Dave and Aaron had got him to agree to stay with them past the two weeks he had insisted on for a trial run. Being anywhere near them was torture as he had trouble hiding his feelings or his reactions to the two of them showing affection.

He spent most of his time down here and that was more than fine with him, as he loved reading the old volumes, even as he was organizing them and had made considerable progress. He couldn't help but dwell on what a relationship with both Aaron and Dave would be like, even though he tried not to. They just had to be two of the most gorgeous man he had ever laid eyes on.

Spencer sighed and went back to his organizing of the books thinking that the sooner he got this done the sooner he could go back to Richmond and away from temptation.

Suddenly he heard footsteps and he turned around to see Aaron approaching him.

"What can I do for you, Aaron?" Spencer asked. "It's not time for dinner, is it?"

"No," Aaron said as he easily trapped Spencer against one of the shelves.

"What are you doing?" Spencer protested trying to wiggle out of Aaron's grasp. "You can't do this! What about Dave?"

"I'm doing this with Dave's full approval," Aaron told him bluntly. "Dave and I have been trying to subtly let you know that we'd be open to a threeway relationship, but you have ignored every clue we have given you. Neither of us is sure whether this is deliberate on your part or whether you really are that obtuse. Finally we decided together that we had to try something else since our clues were being ignored."

"But...But..." Spencer tried to protest.

"No, buts," Aaron told him. "If you really don't want this tell me now."

Aaron said this, even as he was rummaging around in his pocket and finally pulled forth a condom. Aaron then undid Spencer belt and pulled down his pants and underwear.

"This isn't right," Spencer protested, even though he wanted to feel Aaron's cock and his body, more than he'd ever wanted anything in his life. "Humans aren't meant to have more than one partner."

"That's a load of bull and you know it," Aaron said calmly, even as he undid the belt of his own pants and then the button. "Just because the government doesn't accept that threesome are just as valid as couples it doesn't mean that us humans don't need more than one partner. Alright, fine, a lot of people are happy with just one spouse, but that doesn't mean there aren't a lot of threesomes out there. They just keep it very quiet for a fear of being ostracized.

Spencer couldn't say anything at all, because Aaron was right. For all he knew there were other people who had more than one partner whether a male or female. He might even have met some of them, but they were likely good at keeping their relationship very quiet.

"Dave and I know very well that you've been struggling with your feelings for both of us, but you never said a word because you feared that you would be dismissed, which would have been a genuine concern if Dave and I weren't already interested in you. We're also open to the idea of unusual relationships," Aaron added.

Spencer didn't have a chance to say anything else as Aaron leaned down and kissed Spencer quite throughly leaving the younger man gasping for breath once it finally broke.

"See you do have feelings for me and for Dave as well, as you could have objected at any time and I would have stopped," Aaron said looking smug. "Now I want you to turn around and put this condom on your cock as we don't want to create a mess after all or get semen all over these valuable books."

Spencer obeyed wordlessly looking forward to what was coming, even though he knew he'd feel incredibly guilty afterwards, because no matter what Aaron said he couldn't believe that Dave had agreed to this. No, surely Dave would dismiss him and likely throw Aaron out for his betrayal, but he could not have resisted, even if he had wanted to and he didn't.

Spencer felt the head of Aaron's cock at his entrance and he waited in anticipation. He also heard something being squirted then Aaron's cock entered his hole and it was nice and slick with gel of some kind. If this was the only time he was going to feel Aaron's cock in his body he was certainly going to enjoy the experience.

"Tell me to stop and I will," Aaron ordered.

"Oh God! As much as I know this is wrong I don't want you to stop!" Spencer cried. "I've been wanting you ever since I first met you and Dave as well."

"Then why did you not say anything as Dave and I would've been more than happy to accommodate you," Aaron said, even as he shoved his cock into Spencer's anus and then withdrew before he entered him again, managing to hit his prostrate this time causing Spencer to cry out in intense pleasure. Spencer's climax was fast and hard, he came spurting into the condom he had rolled onto his cock at Aaron's command. He had already known he wouldn't last long because he wanted Aaron so much and Dave as well, although he didn't see how that type of relationship could possibly work out.

He knew what he was going to have to do and it ripped him in two to do even consider such a move, but he knew he'd likely be dismissed anyway and so he was determined to leave on his own, go back to Richmond. It wasn't leaving all these books that pained him so much, but leaving Dave and Aaron. He knew however, it had to be done so as soon as it was late at night he would be gone. He'd get himself a hotel room and take the first train back to Virginia in the morning.

"It's not wrong when we all want the same thing," Aaron said, as he to climaxed, but inside Spencer's body. "However, you're the one that has to have the courage to accept that you can be loved and that you're just as lovable as anybody else. You have to accept being cared for, as part of being loved instead of isolating yourself from other people, just because you're afraid of being hurt. You have to decide if he want to at least try a relationship with me and Dave."

Aaron said nothing else simply took some wipes out of his pocket and made sure to clean Spencer's hole then and then his own cock, before putting the wipe back in the baggie he had extracted it from and putting it back in his pocket to throw way upstairs.

"Dave and I will be waiting for your answer you have as long as you need to think about it," said Aaron kissing Spencer tenderly. Spencer nodded not letting a hint of what he was really planning show in his expression or body language.

Aaron left with the last tender kiss on the lips before Spencer pretended to go back to what he was doing, but really he was trying not to fall as his knees were incredibly weak and if he hadn't had a bookshelf to lean against he knew he would've collapsed to the floor.

Aaron ramming his cock in him had been the best experience of his life but he knew that it couldn't happen again so he was going to prevent it by leaving and he didn't expect either of them to follow him.

He knew he would always love Dave and Aaron, but since a relationship between the three of them could not possibly work out without one of them getting jealous, though that was likely to be one of the other two and not him, he was going to solve the situation by putting distance between them.

Once Spencer recovered his equilibrium, he looked at the books longingly know when he was going to miss not being able to read all the ones that he never had before, but not as much as he was going to miss Dave and Aaron. However, he wasn't about to allow his feelings to stop him from doing the right thing, really the only thing, so he began to plot and plan exactly how he was going to leave and what he was going to take with him

~~~Dave, Aaron and Spencer~~~

"Spencer breakfast!" Dave called and when the young man still did not emerge from his room Dave went and knocked on the door. The door opened without him having to turn the doorknob and looked inside to find it empty.

Wondering if Spencer could be in the library, as he might have gotten up early or hadn't gone to bed at all, as both were very possible once Spencer got absorbed in what he was doing.

Dave didn't panic until he spotted the piece of paper that was placed on the pillow.

Fearing what he would read, but opening it anyway he read Spencer's swift note.

Mr. Rossi I wanted to thank you for your hospitality, but I fear I am not the man you're looking for. I am strongly attracted to both you and Mr. Hotchner and I have tried my best to get rid of my feelings and have not succeeded. I figured that once you found out about the incident in the library the other day between me and your partner that you would dismiss me anyway, so I have taken preemptive action and left before you could fire me. I know that Mr. Hotchner assured me that his cornering me in the library was with your full approval but I don't see how that could be. Since I don't want to break up the two of yours relationship I think it's best if I just remove my presence completely.

Don't worry about paying me, as you've already given me more than enough and I would feel guilty for taking even more, since I didn't finish the job. I'm sure you'll find someone equally as good to sort out your library.

Sincerely,

Spencer William Reid

"Damn it all to hell," Dave swore viciously, then rushed into his and Aaron's bedroom. "Aaron! Get up!"

Aaron awoke instantly and looked at Dave. "What's the matter?"

"Spencer! He's gone!" Dave exclaimed questions and note into Aaron's hands. "He left this."

Aaron read the note swiftly and groaned.

"Perhaps we went to far," Aaron said looking at Dave who was in a panic and he couldn't blame Dave at all for that.

"I think he's just panicking because he doesn't understand what love really is and threesome relationships are rather unusual as well. We probably should've been honest with him within the last few weeks anyway, because maybe he would've accepted it better if we had being but really there's no way of knowing."

"No, there's not," Aaron said shaking off his guilty feelings knowing that they wouldn't do any good. "So what do we do?"

"Well, first we're going to have to wake up Penny as Spencer is bound to have checked into a hotel in order to sleep for a few hours," Dave said. "I would be surprised if he wasn't going to take the first train back to Richmond and he truly believes that we won't come after him."

"There is little chance of that!" Aaron snorted.

"Yes, we are going to go after him and we'll track him to the ends of the Earth, though it's not impossible to go off the grid if he cared to, but I doubt very much that he's thinking straight right now as he's likely an emotional wreck at least. No, I think he's more likely to go back to somewhere he's familiar with, his apartment, that he insisted on maintaining in Richmond and that's only if he has left the city."

"I'll get Penny up," Aaron said. "Have her start searching for Spencer."

"And I'll make traveling arrangements," Dave said, as he took out his cell phone.

~~~Dave, Aaron and Spencer~~~

Spencer cried silently in the cheap hotel room that he had rented until it was time for his train to leave. His heart was breaking, but he knew it was the right thing to do. Why does the right thing to do have to be so hard? Because it's meant to be, he thought even as he tried his best to stop his tears knowing what his father would say if he was here now.

What are you crying for? Spencer a heard in his head. You have a roof over your head, food in your belly. So what if you were bullied learn to deal with it, but if you can't don't come crying to me just because you got yourself beaten up. You'll either toughen up or people will walk all over you for the rest of your life and you have to decide if you want to be someone's doormat or someone who takes charge.

Spencer knew intellectually that his father's view of life was in no way correct, but still his words often said to his young son came back to him with incredible clarity.

Finally Spencer drifted off to sleep, as crying had exhausted him, after setting his alarm clock that was on his watch, so he would wake in time to get a shower then catch the train at 7:30.

Spencer slept for several hours when there was a pounding on his door and he awoke with a jerk.

Wondering who could be pounding on his door at 6:45 in the morning, Spencer just lay there for a moment breathing heavily from being startled awake.

It was only a few minutes before he was supposed to get up anyway Spencer realized.

"Open this door," came a voice that Spencer knew well.

What in the heavens was Dave doing here probably with Aaron following along. He had stated his reasons for leaving and he had been sure that he was going to be dismissed anyway. He never could have hid what had happened between him and Aaron, as he felt too guilty as it was, no matter how much he had wanted it.

Spencer opened the door, not even thinking of cleaning the tear tracks on his face and Dave and Aaron entered closing it behind them.

"What were you thinking running off," Dave demanded.

"I stated my reasons and I thought that would be enough explanation," Spencer said standing, as far away from the two of them as he could manage, refusing and even look in their faces. "Now if you don't mind I have a train catch in just a few minutes. I don't even know why you bothered to come look for me or how you located me so quickly.

"We bothered because both of us love you," Aaron said rolling his eyes at Spencer, who didn't see the gesture as he refused to look directly at either man.

"Yes, we do, or never would have allowed you to stay with us in our home," Dave said.

"That makes no sense whatsoever," Spencer said. "How could you have loved me before you even met me? Besides, I'm unlovable I already know that nobody can ever love me, as I'm too plain, boring intelligent. I'm nothing more than a walking library."

"What a load of dung!" Aaron snorted and Spencer stared at him in surprise at the vehemence in Aaron's voice.

"Will you at least give us a chance to explain?" Dave asked in a gentler tone. "I promise if you can't accept our explanation when you're free to head back to Richmond and I'll even buy you a first class ticket."

"Fine, but it had better be good," Spencer warned, wiping away his tears.

"As for your your comments about being too plain and boring and unlovable that's a load of crap," Aaron told Spencer vehemently. "Whoever fed you that piece of dung deserves to be horsewhipped, until they're begging for mercy and then they can be gutted in such a way that they stay alive for a long, long time, before they finally expire from loss of blood."

For some reason this comment made Spencer smile, as it pleased him more than a little to hear such an observation from the mouth of one of the men he knew he had fallen in love with or was at least attracted to.

"As it was my father that said these things, well, I would like to be present if you ever do horsewhip him, because he more then deserves it and usually I'm not a violent man by nature or creed."

"Why don't you sit down," Dave said more calmly, not missing the remains of dried tear tracks on Spencer's face. It was obvious that Spencer had been crying his heart out, just a few hours previously, but he felt he was doing the right thing when he left as the note indicated.

Spencer did as ordered and arranged himself crosslegged on the bed appearing perfectly comfortable.

Dave sat in the only chair that he had dragged over from the small table, while Aaron stood leaning against the dresser where the TV set.

Dave begin to talk and Spencer shook his head at some of the things he was saying because there was no way that immortals, much less lifemates were real. On the other hand, he couldn't see Dave who was a very sharp businessman lying to him because that would likely tarnish his sterling reputation if it got out and he would be declared crazy. On the third hand, this would explain some things he had noticed that he had dismissed as his imagination or a trick of the light.

He had been present when Dave had cut his finger while cooking dinner, but when he had checked there had been no slash at all and only a little bit of blood, which could've come from the meat that Dave was preparing. Spencer now wondered if there had been a cut, but he had healed up in just a few seconds, leaving just the spot of blood behind.

"We know how hard this is to believe..." Aaron said.

"Far in the past, more people believed in the supernatural and while magic still exist because witches and warlocks are after all present in our everyday lives, but it is still hard to believe in the supernatural unless you have personal experience with it," Dave said and Spencer noticed that he was as tense as a bowstring.

"I knew I had another mate, because a witch I helped a long time back told me I did. I did her a big favor and saved her life and so she read the cards for me, as she was something of an expert to using the tarot cards to their fullest potential. Yes, yes I'm aware that most ordinary people don't believe in such things," Dave added when he saw Spencer's look of disbelief. "However, I believe that she had a true talent that just showed up when she used to deck of Tarot cards. Perhaps, she had claircognizance, getting knowledge through supernatural means, even though you don't know how you came by it."

"She also could have had precognition getting information on future events before they actually happen," Aaron suggested.

"It doesn't really matter what it was," Dave said, "only that she's the one that told me that I had another mate out there as this was her way to repay me for helping her."

"I have a hard time believing this such things as precognition or claircognizance," Spencer admitted. "Alright, maybe very few people have the talent, magicals mostly, but at least 95% of them are frauds."

"On that we agree," Dave said. "On the other side of the coin though, I've seen enough in my long life to know that such powers do exist."

"After that, Dave and I knew we needed to be on the lookout for you," Aaron continued with the explanation. "Still, it came as a total surprise when I ran into you totally by accident in Richmond, when I was there on business. When I informed Dave we were both determined to find someway to get to meet you that hopefully, wouldn't be suspicious."

"The library," Spencer said catching on lightning fast. "Did you set it up just for me, so I would have a reason to stay get close to you?"

"No, of course not," Dave denied. "I've been collecting books for hundreds of years nearly 1000 actually and I didn't realize what a mess it had become until I went and examined it quite recently. I knew of your love of books as I had someone keeping an eye on you and thought it would be the perfect project. Give you a chance to get close to us and to truly give us a chance to win you, to where you wouldn't want to leave once the library was in order."

Every sense told Spencer that Dave was speaking nothing but the truth so he relaxed. It was good to know that the library project hadn't been set up just for him, but when Dave had found what a mess it was he had just decided that it would be the perfect project to get him to come to New York knowing of his love for books and of learning new things.

"I'm assuming you had them somewhere else at one point because that building has not existed for five or six hundred years or more," Spencer said smiling a little.

"Of course, I did I do own various houses around the world and I just decided to create a library at my headquarters so I would have access to any book I needed, but mostly they came from estate sales until I realized that I wasn't the one to organize them because I just didn't have the time. I truly didn't realize what a mess it had become, as books were just shoved on the shelves whenever there was space, but finally I stopped doing even that, as I just got too busy and just stored them in boxes as I figured I'd deal with them later. I just never did."

"It doesn't help that he's always buying whatever books he can at estate sales he hears about or reads in the paper," Aaron added smiling. "He did really used to enjoy reading, but in the last few decades he really hasn't had much free time and whatever free time he does have he spends with me or our personal staff who are like family."

"If I had taken the time to organize them when they first arrived it would be different and it wouldn't be such a massive project," Dave said. "I might love to read, but organizing is not really my cup of tea, especially not something as massive as the library. I do know the Dewey decimal system, but it would likely take me much longer to organize the books then it will you, well, if you didn't stop to read along the way."

"We were both busy getting the company off the ground, so it's understandable that you wouldn't want to take on such a massive project," Aaron defended Dave who gave him a grateful look.

"Alright, back to the subject at hand," Spencer said finally. "Say I believe you where does this take us from here?"

"Well, that's up to you," Dave said looking pained. "If you wanted to go back to Richmond Aaron and I wouldn't stop you or bother you again if that's what you wanted. But if you wanted to give a relationship a try Aaron and I would do everything in our power to make sure you were happy so that you would stay with us permanently."

"Alright, the problem I see is that you and Aaron are immortal and I'm not, so I will die, even if that's not for 60 years."

"That's the thing, that I haven't gotten around to explaining," Dave said looking at Aaron who was silent. "Aaron was once as mortal as you are now and I changed him."

"How?" Spencer asked looking truly astonished, even more astonished than when he been told about immortals. He was more upset then when he had been when told immortals existed, mostly because it never occurred to him that human could be changed into an immortal. He assumed of course, that Dave had once been just as mortal as he was.

"If a mortal drinks our blood, well, they are turned immortal over time. I've often wondered, over the last few decades anyway if a transfusion would be better and also faster, but I've never tried it," Dave said.

"It would certainly be an interesting experiment," Spencer said his eyes lighting up at the thought. "I would be curious, as to how immortals actually came to exist."

"All I can tell you is how I became Immortal," Dave said. "As for the others, Aaron and I have met some, but we didn't get to know them well enough for us to share our stories, though we are friendly for the most part."

"I would certainly be interested in hearing it," Spencer offered.

"Well, okay," Dave agreed smiling a little. "I certainly don't mind telling you."

Dave was silent as he seemed to gather his thoughts and his eyes became distant. "I was born more than 900 years ago into small insignificant village that has long since vanished into the mists of time," Dave finally began. "I was a normal boy for my time playing with the other boys of the village, though I suppose I was also more chivalrous than most of them. I remember one day I was around 16 and I saw some boys that I thought were my friends, along with several others tormenting one of the girls who'd been alone.

"The boys I had played with might not have meant to be so nasty or to hurt her as much as they did, but they were teenagers after all, not that that was any excuse. They had her against the wall of one of the houses in a little alley that was hidden. They were in the process of forcing themselves on her and she was protesting, but they were ignoring her or perhaps, they believed that she didn't really mean her protests or that she was playing hard to get. In any case, I interrupted them and told them that if they didn't stop right this instant I would be going to the elders and they would be thrown out of the village as they were old enough to know better.

"Actually 14 back then was considered grown up, as you took on adult responsibilities and could even get married, unlike today where it's 18. Being thrown out of the village would likely have been a death sentence unless you knew what was safe to eat in the forest, and there was also the wild animals to consider. Some of the boys were good hunters I'll give them that, but I really don't think most of them anyway would've survived very long in a forest that was filled with animals a lot of which are extinct now.

"It was clear that most of the boys didn't want to stop, but the ones I had been friends with looked guilty and I decided they had just gotten caught up in the heat of the moment as they were teenagers after all. The girl who couldn't be more than 14 was grateful and kissed my cheek, though that was considered quite forward in that time, before running away from where she had nearly been molested at the very least. Though I had stopped those boys from doing too much damage and before they had gone farther then scaring her I just knew there would be trouble from some of them.

"To be on the safe side I reported to my parents what happened, as I thought that was the thing to do and they decided to tell the council anyway. I'm glad they did because the village was so small I don't think there was anyway to keep what happened a secret, because Tara was bound to tell her parents of the incident for one thing and that's only if no one saw her going back home with her clothing torn. The boys were banished into the forest after a very quick mass trial where they were found guilty. Though I didn't want that to happen I was relieved because I didn't want a repeat of the incident. Those boys couldn't really conceal their guilt as they were so sure that they wouldn't be banished, mostly because they were young and full of themselves that they didn't even try to look contrite.

"They hadn't thought they'd actually be reported so they hadn't gotten rid of the evidence. Times were much different back then and you weren't often given a second chance if you were caught in such a great crime, because it those boys had succeeded in raping Tara, then there was no way any man would've had her when she became old enough to marry at fifteen.

"It was a year later that I decided I wanted to explore some of the world, so I left with a pack on my back and enough provisions to last me for several weeks. I was only 17 at the time. In the forest I found the remains of the boys that hadn't managed to survive very long and I felt guilty, even though it wasn't me that started the process of seeing justice done. That didn't mean however, that I didn't feel guilty, because I felt that they should be given another chance, as they were teenagers after all. I did do those corpses the courtesy of burying them in the ground in a massive grave deep enough that the animals wouldn't dig up their bodies.

"After, I felt I had done my duty I journeyed for several days until I came up on this altar that was buried deep in the forest. People believed in various gods back then and I had been raised to believe in them to, so I sacrificed several rabbits that I had caught with snares on the altar and much to my surprise the god actually appeared. He told me that he had seen what I did for that young girl in my village and he knew that deep down I would always do the right thing.

"He said I was one of a rare breed that would never do something that would go against my conscious. After he had finished complimenting me he then offered me immortality and said that while I could still be killed it would be nearly impossible. A god granting you immortality was thought to be a legend as it hadn't happened at least not in my little corner of the world in a long time. The god told me that because I was going to live forever so long as I didn't get some kind of fatal wound that I had a mate out there and possibly even more than one, but that the future was hard to see. I would know immediately when I had met my mate or mates. He said that I would be able to change my mate into an immortal through my blood and at the time I hadn't worked out what that meant.

"I left the forest glade the next day and the forest itself just a few days later. I traveled for a long time realizing that the god had given me another gift and I was aging just like I had before, but I stopped at where I am now. I was actually glad of that especially when we got to the 20th Century because if I had still looked 17 I wouldn't have hardly been able to get anything done like build my company."

Spencer contemplated the story for a long moment, but knew Dave was telling the truth as he could often tell when somebody was lying to him and Dave had every possible reason to tell him the truth.

"It's hard for me to imagine that such things as gods exists, not that I'm saying you're lying, because it's clear you're not, but in this day and age such things as ancient gods are no more than legends at best. Then again the magicals all believe in Hecate, the goddess of magic and who's to say that she isn't as real as the one you are telling me about? Also this witch you mentioned..."

"Just confirmed what the god had said about the possibility of me having a second mate," Dave said answering the question he knew Spencer was asking. "There was no point of just looking for you for the world is a big place and it was a total surprise when Aaron ran into you on accident. Since Aaron's now immortal just like I am and has my blood in his veins he was able to feel that you were the one. It took us awhile to come up with something to get you here though."

"And I'm certainly glad we caught you before you got back to Richmond, though we would have followed you immediately if you had managed to get on that train," Aaron added speaking for the first time in a long time. "Flying is faster and we might even have made it there before you, if we could've gotten a flight out immediately."

"Another question," Spencer said. "How can a threeway relationship possibly work? Yes, some people do experiment with more than one partner that know about each other, but it's never works out or if it does to keep it a deep dark secret. Humans tend to be a jealous species and I'm assuming it's no different for an immortal since you were once human after all."

"Because once you're immortal if we get that far then you will feel the bond between us," Aaron answered before Dave could. "Once you are like us and we have sex for the first time you will be bound to us and we will be bound to you. I never would've been able to even contemplate cheating on Dave if you also weren't my mate, even if you're still mortal at the moment. This is what I meant when I said I had Dave's full approval for what happened the other day in the library."

"You don't even really see other people men or women in a sexual way," Dave added. "It's not that I haven't had women after me to marry them so they can live in the lap of luxury, but I never pay attention to their tactics. Nobody knows that I'm already effectively off the market and have been for a very long time, except for our closest friends who will never tell. Aaron and I never act as a couple out in public because our relationship is private. Sure, we still do couple things go to the movies for example, go to the theater, go out to dinner, but if we do we always get a private room, so we can eat in peace."

"And actually acting like a couple, holding hands under the table for example or kissing each other on the cheek," Aaron smiled.

"I was sure you would be furious at what happened, which is why I left in the middle of the night and intended to get the earliest train back to Richmond," Spencer said finally, looking at Dave and his heart gave a little jump when he did so.

"So your note indicated," Dave said. "Both Aaron and I realized that we had gone about getting you to understand that we wanted you as part of our lives permanently in the wrong way. We didn't understand at the time that you would see Aaron's actions as cheating on me, even though he assured you that he had my full approval for his actions. You had so little acceptance in your life that you saw his actions as catastrophic to our relationship instead of as an indicator that we both wanted a relationship with you. I also didn't take into account that most people don't do threesomes other than as a lark or in order to experiment, which happens mostly when they are young. Threesomes are not all that unusual among immortals, the ones that Aaron and I have met anyway."

"We didn't take into account that you were completely mortal and to you there is no way a threeway relationship could possibly work or at least if it did there had to be complete trust on all sides," Aaron added.

"There's a lot of things we didn't take into account when we made our initial plans," Dave admitted.

"Alright, even if that's all true..." Spencer said finally, pausing.

"It is true, and all we're asking for you give a relationship between us a chance," Aaron said when Spencer was gathering his thoughts.

"You can even continue working on the library if you want and I'll continue to pay you," Dave said, "but now that you know about us it's not a requirement. I'm not saying it doesn't need to be majorly sorted out, because I did let it get in quite a mess, I'm just saying I can hire somebody else to do it, though I certainly won't be giving them permission to read the volumes as they go along, because it would take them 10 years if I did or even longer."

"And there's no guarantee that they wouldn't try to steal some of the rarer ones," Aaron added. "Ones that are worth a fortune in the right market."

Spencer felt his cheeks flush, but in pleasure this time instead of embarrassment realizing finally that he had been given a great privilege of reading every volume if he chose to and all because they wanted him to stick around and not be gone in a few months or year at most. It wouldn't take him as much time to read every volume as it would anybody else, but it would still take a long time, several years at least, as it depended on how much time he actually spent doing so.

"I suppose the least I can do is give a relationship a chance," Spencer decided. "You've certainly proved that you do care about me by pounding on my door just a few minutes before I was going to rise and get dressed and head for the train station. I can't see you doing that if you didn't genuinely care about me at least. As for love that's a different thing altogether. I believe I'm in love with you, but..."

"But you're not sure, because you had such a crappy upbringing and because you've never been in a serious relationship before or even really known love at least not in a romantic sense," Aaron finished

"We can accept that for now," Dave said immediately. "You already know you're falling in love with us if you're not already there, but as Aaron said you're not sure, because you've had so little love and true acceptance in your life. From the sounds of it your father is a right bastard and I'd love to deal with him permanently as I have nothing against killing when necessary since I was born in a rather violent time."

"Well, I can understand that, as you grew up in a more violent time than I did," Spencer said. "You were raised differently than most modern people are, unless of course, you're born into a warrior culture or have military training."

"So will you come back?" Aaron asked.

"Yes," Spencer answered simply. "I've already agreed that we can try a relationship, but I believe I'll keep my old room for now."

"Which is fine," Dave said slumping in relief. "If you want to take things slow then we could do that. I'm not saying it won't be hard, just like it has been for the past few weeks, but still we've been managing so far and we can continue to do so."

"If you knew how many times both of us wanted to make love to you instead of me just taking you against the bookshelf in the library..." Aaron said. "Not that I didn't enjoy that, because I promise you I did, very much, but still I'd like to make proper love to you in a bed."

"You hid it well if that's the case," Spencer said blushing at Aaron's confession.

"I don't think we did you were just too oblivious to notice," Dave said. "You were so determined to fight your feelings for us that you were oblivious to almost everything, including the sexual undercurrents that we were unconsciously giving off. It doesn't matter now that you've agreed to at least try a relationship and for that I'm grateful."

"So am I," Aaron agreed with genuine feeling.

"So I guess I just need to go check out then," Spencer said.

"We'll wait for you outside," Dave said. "We'll go to breakfast first, since it's about that time and then perhaps we could do something together for a few hours."

"Sounds wonderful," Spencer said smiling a little seeing that Dave was already making an affect, as if to prove he meant what he had said.

"You sure did accept our story more easily than I believed you would," Aaron mentioned.

"I can usually tell when someone is lying," Spencer shrugged. "Besides, there was one incident in particular I remember a couple weeks back. I was sure Dave had cut his finger with a knife when he was preparing a meal and yet when I went to look at the finger all there was was a spot of blood and no other mark. At the time I just figured it was the blood from the meat he was preparing, but now I'm sure of what I saw."

"Yeah, I was really clumsy," Dave said blushing a little as usually he was never that clumsy.
"Luckily, Spencer, just figured it was from the meat I was preparing for dinner and at the time I was grateful as neither one of us was ready to reveal exactly what we were."

The three men prepared to leave and Spencer picked up his bag and made sure to put the few items he had removed into it, before slinging it over his shoulder following Dave and Aaron out the door.

Apparently, his feelings for Dave and Aaron were not as hopeless as he had believed and he was grateful that they had immediately come after him as soon as they'd realized he was gone.

~~~Dave, Aaron and Spencer~~~