* Author's Note Time: Okay so I'm totally new at this thing, but hey I like to try new thing's! I got hooked on the 'Imagination Movers' thanks to my one year old little girl! I'm not complaining though, why would I they're yummy…especially Mover Dave! Anyway I don't own anything to do with the Movers or their brand…oh what fun I could have with Dave if I did! Hope you like my story, if you do drop me a little review thanks- Taralynn Wakelin*
Chapter Two:
Two week's after finding Dave in his car, Rich was still no closer to telling him, or getting control of his love. He found himself every other day going to tell him, then he was in the same room as Dave and lost his courage. Dave wasn't helping make thing's easier, by being so damn cute, Rich knew it wasn't Dave's fault for being himself…it was his for being such a chicken! Rich sat on the couch thankful that Dave was busy with Scott in the 'Movie Room' watching some new Burro movie Scott had bought. Suddenly he heard the voice he would know anywhere, talking to Scott as they came into the room, he grew concerned hearing the conversation.
"Dave I'm so, so sorry! I'm such a klutz, does it still hurt!?" Scott asked.
"Which one?" Dave said sounding like he had a stuffy nose.
"Here sit down I'll get you some ice, and some clean Kleenex!"
"Dave? What happened man?" Smitty asked as Dave sat and they saw that he had a black and blue right eye, and a bloody nose. "Are you okay?"
"It's nothing guy's really!" Dave said brushing them off as he accepted the ice, and Kleenex from a guilty looking Scott who sat beside Rich.
"It's my fault!" Scott said sadly. "We were in the 'Movie Room' watching my movie, when I got a little carried away and I kind of hit Dave in the eye with my elbow!"
"I grabbed my eye, letting go of my drink spilling it all over myself. As I looked down, Scott did too and smashed his head right into my nose!"
"I feel like such an idiot! I'm so sorry Dave!"
"Scott I already told you man it's okay! It was an accident, we're good I promise!" Dave said wincing from the ice he placed on his eye first, before putting it on his nose. "I always said you had a hard head Scott!"
"You should get that looked at Dave, it's swelling up pretty good!"
"Nah, it's fine! Guy's really."
"Let me see your face!" Rich said getting up, and before he realized what he was doing he was standing over the man he loved. Holding onto his face he gently examined his eye, and nose as he did he tried to avoid looking into Dave's eye's. He tried to ignore the fact that he was inches away from the mouth he's longed to kiss for month's, he hadn't realized he spaced out until Dave spoke bringing him back to reality.
"Rich?" Dave began as he touched his arm, causing him to jump. "OW!"
"Sorry Dave!" Rich said after he accidentally hit Dave's nose.
"Okay, I'm going to go lay down for a little while, before something else happens!" Dave said holding his nose as he left the room.
"Do you think he'll be okay?" Scott asked.
"I think so, we'll let him rest for a bit then we'll go from there." Smitty said. "Come on guy's we have work to do."
A couple of day's past and Rich suffered as he continued to keep his love secret. He watched as Dave healed from his injuries caused by Scott, and had to admit that even with a black eye, and swollen nose he was still so good-looking. Since the accident happened Scott feeling so guilty tried to make it up to Dave by doing thing's for him and it was getting to be too much for him. Rich watched as Dave sent Scott on another fake errand to the hardware store for a list of part's to finish an invention Rich knew he had finished the day before. Rich went to the fridge to get an apple, as he turned around Dave was standing behind him, he smiled at Rich and then took his apple from his hand. After taking the apple he went to the couch and lay down, propping his head up with his arm after taking a bite he looked at Rich and spoke.
"Thanks for the apple buddy!" He said as he winked.
"You're welcome, next time though can you get your own?" Rich asked laughing as he grabbed an apple and sat in a chair across from Dave.
"Sorry man, you want it back?" Dave asked holding out the apple.
"Nah, you keep it I got another." Rich said laughing. "So how you feeling?"
"Better actually the swelling in my nose is going down and I can finally breathe normally. The eye is better too, the bruise is almost faded see?" Dave said showing him his face that was almost back to normal. "Now if I can get Scotty to back off thing's will be perfect!"
"Have you tried talking to him?" Smitty asked coming into the room.
"I have, but you know Scott once he get's something in his head you can't get it out!" Dave sighed as he sat up.
"So your plan is to send him on useless, and pointless errands?" Smitty asked smiling. "How long is that going to last?"
"Until he catches on!" Dave said smiling as he bit into his apple.
"I'm back! I got everything on your list Dave!" Scott said as he came in.
"Welcome back! Thanks man, come on I bought you a new Burro jigsaw puzzle, on my way home last night! A nice, boring jigsaw puzzle!"
"Really? Thanks Dave!" Scott said smiling as they left the room.
The day's past and Rich found himself unable to concentrate on anything, or anyone other than Dave! It start's to make him a little angry at Dave for being so clueless about his feeling's. Seeing Dave flirt with beautiful women who would come to the warehouse, or when they went out together, was difficult. It hurt him to see Dave act like that, and he decided to finally get Dave out of his mind, and push him away, he only hoped he could be strong enough to follow through with it. One night after work Rich came into the 'Think Tank' looking for his jacket so he could head home when he saw Dave asleep on the couch. He stood watching him quietly for a few minutes silently wishing thing's were different and Dave felt the same as he did. He then saw that the pillow Dave was using was his missing jacket, and for some reason that made him angry, he went over to the couch and pulled his jacket out from under him. Pulling it out caused him to wake up, he forgot where he fell asleep and ended up falling off the couch, he spoke.
"What the hell?" Dave said sitting up fully awake now, he got up off the floor and stood. "Rich?"
"You fell asleep on my jacket!" Rich said turning away from him.
"Wait a minute! What is with the attitude?"
"Nothing, it's not important!" Rich said as he went to look for his key's, of all the day's to be so forgetful he had to pick today! "I'm going home if I can ever find my damn key's!"
"I know where they are!" Dave said as he sat down.
"Where are they?"
"I'll tell you, when you tell me what the hell has been going on with you lately?" Dave demanded.
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about your shitty attitude towards me! You honestly didn't think I noticed? You haven't been very subtle about it Rich!"
"So now you know everything huh?"
"No, but I do know when someone hate's me…and you hate me! What I don't know is why?"
"I think you need to get over yourself Dave!" Rich said angrily.
"And you need to quit avoiding my question!" Dave said standing.
"What makes you so sure I hate you anyway?"
"Oh, I don't know maybe it's because you won't say two word's to me and when you do it's only to say crap about me! Or the fact that you refuse to be anywhere close to me, or…" Dave was cut off by Rich.
"Alright I get it! You figured it out good for you, now give me my key's!"
"Not until you tell me what I did to make you hate me so much?" Dave said hurt by Rich's sudden hatred for him. "I'm sure I can fix it if you do?"
"No, just forget about it Dave!"
"I'm not going to just drop it Rich! Not when I've done something to make you hate me so much! We've been best friend's for year's Rich, why won't you tell me?"
"Why can't you just drop it!" Rich said seeing the hurt in Dave's eye's and he hated it. "Something's aren't meant to be fixed!"
"So that's it then!? We end our friendship?" Dave asked looking at Rich with hurt in his eye's and Rich couldn't breathe, he turned away and spoke.
"Dave please you don't understand!"
"Help me to!? Rich please I deserve the chance to at least apologise for whatever it is I did!"
"Fine! You want to know what's wrong!? I'll tell you…" Rich stopped himself from finally telling Dave everything, he froze again as he looked into his eye's. "Damnit Dave! You've been making me angry because lately you've been spending more time on your invention's than work!" Rich lied, it sounded so lame, but it was the best he could come up with under pressure. "It's frustrating doing your share of the work!"
"That's it!?" Dave asked looking at him unsure.
"Yep! That's it!" Rich said sighing frustrated with himself for not being able to tell Dave again, Dave just stood there watching him.
"Rich, why couldn't you just say something man!?" Dave said smiling as he patted him on the back. "You can talk to me about anything buddy you know that!" He said as he pulled Rich into a hug, he held him close.
"I know!" Rich said holding tightly to Dave, he closed his eye's breathing in his cologne, and felt tear's threaten to fall wanting so badly to tell him.
"Promise me you'll talk to me about anything okay?" Dave asked pulling away, and smiled looking into Rich's eye's. "Anything, anytime!"
"Promise, anything, anytime!" Rich spoke forcing his smile.
"Good!" Dave said as he turned and went to his locker and grabbed his jacket. "Your key's are in your jacket pocket! Night Rich!" He said smiling as he walked out. Once gone Rich looked in his jacket pocket and sure enough there were his key's, he shook his head smiling as he left locking up.
TBC….
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