Chapter three:
Eventually Michael knows that he has to get up so he gets himself up despite feeling really sore and tired.
He takes a quick shower before he begins getting dressed checking the mirror in the bathroom connected to his bedroom. He feels glad that he's lucky that any marks left can be easily covered up without it seeming suspicious.
Once dressed he heads out and smells something cooking so he goes to the kitchen surprised to find Gavin just finishing breakfast.
Gavin turns noticing Michael. "Hey. I made pancakes." He says. "How are you feeling?"
"Just a little sore." Michael heads over to a spot at the table and sits barely holding back a wince.
"I'm sorry." Gavin settles in another spot at the table. He looks down.
"It's ok." Michael assures him flashing him a smile. "If you want to forget about it then it's ok. You're happy with Dan. I can see that. I won't get in your way."
Gavin looks up searching the others eyes.
They ended up silently eating breakfast then get ready for work and finally on the drive to work.
Gavin heads off to his office while Michael heads to his desk in the achievement hunter office.
He settles down still holding back a wince at sitting and boots up his computer.
"Where's Gavin?" Geoff asks watching Michael.
"Went to his office." Michael responds glancing to Geoff.
Geoff nods and turns back to work.
Michael turns as he begins getting to work.
A little later Michael heads to go get some lunch by first seeing what is in the fridge.
"Michael."
Michael turns and finds himself facing Lindsay. "Hey." He greets.
"Come on. We'll go get lunch somewhere." Lindsay says giving Michael a look that tells him that they need to talk.
"Ok." Michael agrees and follows her out to her car.
Soon they are driving off to somewhere silent at first.
Lindsay finally sighs and speaks. "What happened?"
"Nothing major..." Michael sighs and Lindsay raises an eyebrow at him. "Gavin and me ended up having sex last night." He admits.
Lindsay turns to him as she stops at a red light. "Seriously?"
Michael nods and Lindsay turns back to the road.
"So... What happened... After I mean." She asks.
"He made breakfast and we kind of spoke about it... He apologized when I told him I was sore. I then explained to him that it's all ok and that I want him to be happy... And that's with Dan... After that it was rather silent."
Lindsay sighs again and pulls up into a parking lot at sunrise Cafe.
It's one of her favourite spots ever since it recently opened.
However as she turns off the car she leans back in her seat.
There are a few moments of silence before she speaks.
"Are you going to be ok?"
"I think so." Michael sighs again then rubs his hands down his face. He's glad that he told Lindsay about his feelings for Gavin even if it was to explain to her why he rejected her advances.
They were cool after Michael explained it to her.
It really does help to have someone who knows and that he can talk to.
Lindsay reaches for the door handle. "Well... I am going to be very upset with him if he pushes you away or anything."
"Maybe him pushing me away will be a good thing." Michael slightly mumbles.
Lindsay's hand freezes on the door handle. She whips her head to look to the red head. "What!? Michael!"
Michael turns to look to her. "Lindsay... He's happy with Dan. Not me. Maybe if he pushes me away I might not end up doing something stupid again. I don't want to ruin his happiness."
Lindsay stares at him for a bit then finally lets out a heavy sigh. "I just hope that you'll be alright." She then gets out of the car.
"Me too..." Michael says quietly to himself before also getting out of the car.
They finally head into the cafe to get something to eat.
Elsewhere...
Gavin is sitting in his office staring at the computer screen that hasn't even been turned on yet. He eventually sighs and reaches to turn it on when his phone goes off. He checks it and sees a text from Dan.
Hey. How about we hang at my place tonight?
Gavin agrees after a few moments then puts his phone down. He places his elbows on the desk and buries his face into his hands with a sigh. "What does this make me and Micool?" He wonders to himself. He sits there for a moment before sliding his hands down his face till they hit the desk.
A knock comes a few minutes later and he turns to it spotting Geoff.
"Hey. Was just doing a few things here. I should be able to join a lets play... Are we doing one right now?" Gavin asks in uncertainty.
"No." Geoff shakes his head. "Just thought I'd come say hi. It feels like forever since you've been home."
"Well after tonight I should be able to relax back there again instead of at someone else's house." Gavin tells him.
Geoff nods. "Well you do what you got to. You seem rather popular recently."
"Well Dan moved here to be with me though I don't think we are ready to move in together. And last night I was hanging with Micool."
Geoff nods again. "Well. We will probably do a things to do. You and me. A little later."
"That sounds top." Gavin agrees and Geoff leaves with that. He looks down once the other is gone. "I'm not sure what to do... But... But I... I don't want to lose my little Micool..." He turns away from the door looking down at his lap. "Maybe I should just pretend that nothing happened... It's for the best... Right...?"
After eventually doing some work Gavin heads off with Geoff to film a things to do.
Michael seemed to be mostly busy elsewhere in the building so he and Gavin didn't really run into each other all that much.
Gavin shuts off his computer in the achievement hunter office then he glances to beside him but Michaels already gone. His phone vibrates and he checks it seeing that it's Dan saying that he's there. He gathers his stuff even though he contemplates calling it off tonight. "Maybe talking to him will help..." He whispers under his breath as he heads out to Dans car.
Once inside he puts his seat belt on after closing the door and Dan begins driving.
After a little bit Dan speaks up.
"Whats with you babe?"
Gavin turns to see Dan glance to him before turning back to the road. "Wot?"
"You're really silent." Dan says as he stops at a red light. "Usually you'll be talking about everything that happened at work."
"Oh. Sorry. I'm just thinking." Gavin turns to look out his window. "I think I might have messed up a friendship that was important to me." He admits.
"Lay it on me love." Dan says as he continues driving.
Gavin sighs. "Well... Right now I don't want to go into detail... But... I did something that was probably stupid... However... Even though he told me it was ok... We didn't speak after that at all... And today... He was always busy somewhere else it seemed... I don't know if it was to avoid me or if he really was just busy." He closes his eyes wanting to sigh again. "I just don't want to lose my little Micool." He finishes.
"Surely whatever it was you can talk to him about it. Tell him how you feel about it." Dan tells him. "Tell him that you don't want to lose him just because you may have done something that might have ruined the friendship. Surely he'll understand if he's a good friend."
"Thanks Dan." Gavin can't help a small smile that tugs on his lips.
"I can make you forget about what happened for a little bit." Dan offers licking his lips.
Gavin frowns at the other as they pull up in Dans driveway. "No. Not tonight."
Dan looks disappointed. "Alright." He reluctantly agrees.
The two head on inside and Gavin hopes that maybe him and Michael can still be ok with each other.
Plus with Michael and what happened on his mind he doesn't want to accidentally moan Michaels name if he did it with Dan tonight.