DAVIS: Well, if it isn't the Pariah.
I don't believe we've met.
ME: Can I come in?
DAVIS: Can I say 'No'?
ME: You can say it, but it doesn't mean I'll listen.
DAVIS: By all means.
I decided to visit Davis at his loft to make sure there were no hard feelings after what happened at the RI-TRI meeting. The other queers on the board may not realize it, but without Davis there was no RI-TRI, like it or not.
Plus, I had some other plans for the King of Providence.
ME: You going to offer me a drink?
DAVIS: I keep forgetting how much you're not like your brother.
ME: I'm surprised you recognized me when I showed up.
DAVIS: You don't smile like Jeremy.
ME: How do I smile?
DAVIS: Like you've caught whatever mouse Jeremy hasn't.
ME: I like that.
Davis and I sat down on the couch.
ME: I'll tell you why I came.
DAVIS: Please do. What drink would you like?
ME: It doesn't matter what I drink. It matters what you drink.
DAVIS: Why?
ME: Because I want you pleasant so we can talk business.
DAVIS: I can talk business without being pleasant.
ME: Fine. Then I want you pleasant so we can have fun after we talk business.
He laughed.
DAVIS: Are you hitting on me?
ME: Haven't you ever wanted to see Jeremy naked?
DAVIS: What makes you think I haven't?
ME: I know my brother.
DAVIS: Good, then maybe you can explain him to me.
He got up and went into the kitchen to make my drink, I assumed.
DAVIS: Ever since he got back from New York, he's been acting strange.
ME: He's always strange.
DAVIS: Don't go bashing him.
ME: Who's bashing?
DAVIS: What's the business?
I stood up.
ME: I want you to help me with RI-TRI.
DAVIS: Fat chance.
ME: Are you referring to the Vice-Chair?
DAVIS: Paola has a glandular problem.
ME: I want you to be Vice-Chair.
DAVIS: You want me to demote myself after I've already quit? Are you insane?
ME: I want you to do what's best for the greater good.
DAVIS: I am the greater good. There is no greater good than me.
ME: Is that your mantra?
DAVIS: That's a fact.
I approached him. He handed me my drink.
ME: I'll tell you what. You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.
DAVIS: No thanks. I don't like boys who leave claw marks.
He walked back over to the couch. This was going to be trickier than I thought, but I knew where he held his aces.
ME: I can find out what's going on with Jeremy. I can figure out what happened in New York.
DAVIS: Get off it, Jackson. He doesn't talk to you.
ME: If I take the mouse out of my mouth first he does.
Davis smiled. I walked over and stood over him.
ME: Help me with RI-TRI, and I'll have your best friend back to normal in no time.
DAVIS: You think that's worth me humiliating myself?
ME: Well, I'm willing to throw in something else to sweeten the deal.
I climbed onto his lap and put my arms around his neck.
DAVIS: Jackson--
ME: Tell me to get off and I will.
DAVIS: This isn't right.
ME: Tell me to get off and--
DAVIS: Telling you to get off might give you an even worse idea.
There was a knock on the door.
ME: Maybe that's Jeremy now.
DAVIS: Jesus Christ.
He pushed me off him and went to the door. It was even better than Jeremy.
BILLY: Hey Davis, sorry but I had to talk and--
He caught sight of me and I waved.
BILLY: Jeremy?
DAVIS: Jackson. You'll learn to tell the difference.
ME: I'm the one who looks like I've gotten what I wanted.
Davis turned back to Billy.
BILLY: Oh, well, hi Jackson. Um, is this--
ME: A bad time? Worse. It's an awful time. We were just doing RI-TRI stuff.
BILLY: Davis, I thought you quit RI-TRI.
ME: I was trying to talk him into coming back onto the board.
BILLY: Is it working?
ME: I don't know, Davis. Is it?
Davis looked at me, then back at Billy.
DAVIS: You'd better come back later, Billy. Or maybe just call.
BILLY: Oh...um...sure.
Billy took off and Davis closed the door.
ME: Does this mean we have a deal?
DAVIS: Start stripping. I'll meet you in the bedroom.
He started unbuttoning his shirt and went into the next room.
It seems my brother and I were about to have one less thing in common.
I was going to get one more thing he wanted.
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