Luis wasn't sure what to do. He couldn't get into bed in his jeans and sweatshirt. So he stripped down to his black boxer briefs, climbed into bed, and pulled the covers up to his chin.
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Chapter Seven
When the shower stopped, Jase knocked on the bathroom door and said, “Don't worry about cleaning up the shower. I'm jumping in right after you.”
Matthias laughed through the closed door and said, “Don't you worry. I have no intention of cleaning up this mess of a bathroom. It doesn't deserve to be cleaned. It deserves to be knocked down and put out of its misery.” He laughed louder and said, “I'll be out in a minute, buddy. I just hope you brought towels. There are only two in here and I used the last dry one.”
Jase glanced back at Luis. Luis was still in bed, with the covers pulled up to his chin. Luis shrugged and said, “I'm sorry. We didn't bring towels. When you told me we were going to a cabin for a few days, I thought there would be towels here. I didn't picture the cabin to be anything like this. I pictured something quaint and cottagy.” Matthias was right about the bathroom. The walls were warped knotty pine. It had a cracked white toilet with rust stains and no window. A wall mounted sink with separate faucets for hot and cold water hung crooked and looked as if it might fall if someone leaned on it too hard. The shower was a small, boxy tin affair, with no place to put soap or a wash rag. The best thing to do in a shower like that was to get in and out as fast as possible.
Jase smiled and sat down on the bed. “I'll use your towel. It's fine. I just want to get cleaned up. From the way it sounds, I planned this trip, and I didn't do a very good job of it.”
Luis pulled down the covers and crawled to the end of the bed where Jase was sitting. He kneeled behind Jase and put his arms around him. “I didn't mean it that way. Seriously. I was so happy we were going to get away together and be alone, I would have gone anywhere with you.” Then he kissed Jase on the lips and rubbed his chest. The last thing he wanted to do was upset Jase. He seemed so confused and lost. He wanted to support him and get him through this.
“It sounds like we have very busy lives,” Jase said.
Luis kissed him again. “Oh, very busy,” he said. “We have a son, Hunter, who just started kindergarten this year, and a very large extended family who love us very much. We're always busy and we're always very happy.” Luis didn't mention the fact that Jase's father had passed away that summer. He didn't want to upset him. And he didn't want to go into too much detail about Jase being a billionaire because he didn't want to overwhelm him with too much information too soon. Jase seemed so frustrated and vulnerable. Luis thought it was best to let Jase know the facts about his life one step at a time. At least, that was how Luis would have wanted Jase to treat him if the situation had been reversed.
Jase turned around and put his arms around Luis. He lowered Luis to his back and climbed on top of him. After he kissed Luis, he said, “I can sense we're happy. It's hard to explain. But I feel so comfortable being with you. Sometimes I think I see flashes of this weird old truck and a big red barn.”
Luis's eyes lit up. “That's the vintage pickup truck I bought for you as a birthday surprise. And the big red barn is at our home, Cider Mill Farm.” He leaned forward and flung his arms around Jase's shoulders. “I knew you'd start to remember.”
Then the bathroom door opened and Matthias came pouncing out in his bare feet, wearing nothing but a short towel and a silly grin. “It's all yours,” he said, gesturing to the bathroom door. “I left the towel Luis used on the towel bar.” He wiggled his eyebrows at Luis and said. “I sniffed it a few times first.”
Luis quickly crawled back under the covers and pulled them up to his neck.
Jase stood up and said, “Thanks, buddy.” Then he glanced over at Luis and winked. “I won't be long.”
Luis smiled and returned the wink. When Jase closed the bathroom door, Luis looked at Matthias and said, “He just told me he's having flashes. He had a flash about a vintage pickup truck I bought for him one year, and flashes about our barn in Bucks County. Is that a good sign?” Luis figured Matthias was the doctor; he should know.
Matthias glanced into a cloudy mirror over a rock maple dresser and bent his knees so he could check out his dark blond hair. He moved his hair around with his fingers and said, “It's an excellent sign. I was hoping he'd start to get flashes like that. In some cases, once the flashes start coming, it's not long before they remember more. I think he's going to be okay. I've been watching him all night for signs of a concussion.”
Luis rested his back against the rock maple headboard. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. But when he opened his eyes and exhaled, he saw Matthias remove the wet towel and turn toward the bed. So Luis lifted both arms and said, “Hold on, please. I'd rather you wait for Jase to come out of the shower before you get into bed with me. It just doesn't feel right.” He glanced quickly at Matthias's naked body and turned his head in the opposite direction. Matthias wasn't just tall and muscular and beefy like one of those firemen who had posed for the beefcake calendar. He had at least eight inches of semi-erect dick hanging between his legs and it made Luis very uncomfortable. “And I think you should put the towel back on until Jase is finished. It's doesn't feel right.” He kept flopping around and Luis didn't know where to look. It was extremely distracting.
Matthias laughed and picked the towel up off the chair where he'd left it. He wrapped it around his waist and asked, “Can I at least get into bed with the towel around my waist? It's freezing out here.”
“Do you have underwear?”
“I never wear it,” Matthias said. “I hate how it feels.” He grabbed his crotch. “It squashes my cock.”
Well. Luis knew he'd said that vulgar line on purpose because he was smiling. “Would you like to put on a pair of my underwear? I brought along five clean pair just in case.” Luis liked to be prepared for everything.
“If I put on your underwear can I get into bed? I'm freezing my fucking nuts off.”
“No. I'd still rather you wait for Jase to come out first. I just thought the underwear might make you warmer.”
Matthias cast him a frustrated glance. “Then I'd rather not wear any underwear at all. I don't like it. I'll just sit out here and freeze my nuts off.”
“Please don't be mad,” Luis said. But he was thinking, go ahead, freeze your goddamn nuts off. “I just don't want to upset Jase. I think it's better if you wait for him before you get into bed. If you'd like, I'll get out and you can get into bed first. I don't mind.” Luis really didn't mind, either. He didn't want the poor guy to catch a chill sitting there in a wet towel. Luis didn't mind the cold. In fact, he'd always preferred cold weather to warm weather, which was one reason why he loved Alaska so much.