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Wedding Ring - 7. Chapter 7

Jacob was able to hold himself together until they reached the car where he broke down into deep sobs. Tara wrapped her arms around her brother and rocked him. She had tears in her eyes as well. What had happened was exactly what she had hoped for; but it was still sad to witness. Once Jacob had settled down she drove them home where she gave Jacob one last piece of advice, "Now go to Darren, say you're sorry, and tell him what happened between you and Will."

Jacob felt emotionally exhausted as he nodded his head yes. At least he would be close to the bed and could fall asleep as soon as he was done.

The room was dark and Jacob could hear Darren's now familiar snore. Jacob striped down to his boxers and joined Darren in bed. As soon as he wrapped his arms around him, Darren woke and turned to face Jacob. He sighed and nuzzled against Jacob tear sticky face.

"You've been crying," Darren sadly said as he let his hands touch Jacob's face.

Jacob kicked himself mentally. He knew he should have washed his face first. "Yes... Darren, I'm sorry."

"It's ok, hon. I shouldn't have hid my progress from you. You seemed to have enjoyed taking care of me so much I just didn't want it to end."

"It's ok. It just means we can do more things together," Jacob forgave, now for the hard part.

"I went to see Will today."

"You did?" Darren replied, surprised.

"Yes... he might not be able to talk clearly yet but what he had to say taught me a lot."

"And what did you learn?"

"That he loves you and you love him but not in the way he might have wanted you to. If I'm going to have any relationship with you I have to accept that he will always be a part of our lives."

"Ok."

"He also told me to take care of you... and in return you will take care of me."

Darren held back a sniffle. It was so much like Will to think of his friends first. "That's all I want to do, Jacob. I want to take care of you and you me. "I know. I've not been letting you take care of me. I'll try to do better."

"So will I, love," Darren said as he slipped his hands under Jacob's underwear, massaging his ass.

"Can you fuck me?" Jacob begged as he felt himself become erect. Jacob had been holding off from asking since he was unsure Darren could handle it.

"I would like to, but I don't know if my legs can support me for long," Darren apologized.

"Then let me do all the work," Jacob decided. After all his crying, what really needed was for Darren to make love to him.

Darren nodded his head, unsure what Jacob was going to do. Jacob pulled the sheets off the bed and had Darren lay on his back. He peeled off both their underwear letting their boners hang loose.

Jacob got some lube and handed it to Darren. He then climbed on top of Darren, head to toe so that his ass faced Darren's raised head. For a while Darren did nothing, not quite sure what he was supposed to do. It took Jacob explaining things to get him going.

"Well are you going to lube me up?" Jacob asked impatiently.

"Lube you?"

"Yeah, take some of the lube, warm it up in your fingers and put it up my ass." Jacob listed as if he were giving a child a grocery list.

"Ok," Darren said, a little embarrassed. He thought he remembered everything until he began rubbing the stuff in, causing Jacob to jolt.

"Warm it up first!" Jacob shouted as his back shivered.

"Sorry, it's my first time."

"Gosh, I'm glad I'm not a virgin," Jacob sighed as Darren warmed the lube with his fingers.

"I'm not a virgin," Darren defended himself.

"Yes you are, hon. The only real sex is gay sex so until you've done it with me, you're still a virgin." Jacob insisted.

"Alright," Darren relented, knowing better then to press the issue during "making up" sex."

Jacob really got into being fingered and would surprise Darren when he would push his ass back, sucking in Darren's fingers deeper the Darren had intended. Jacob was also a moaner, which made Darren nervous, thinking Tara had to be hearing what was happening. During all of this, Jacob would lick and suck on Darren's prick.

Once Jacob felt he was ready for the main course, he turned his body around to face Darren so he was sitting just below Darren's crotch. He gave him a wicked grin and rolled down a condom on Darren's dick. Jacob then took a deep breath and slowly lowered himself onto Darren's dick, letting it push through and past his hole.

"Oh my god... I think I've found my most favorite thing in the world!" Jacob shouted when Darren was completely in him.

"Even more then this?" Darren laughed as he pulled on Jacob's dick and slapped it against his belly.

"Well... not including that," Jacob clarified.

"I didn't think so."

"But you are definitely a keeper."

"Good! I was planning on staying for a while."

"A while... you'll be lucky if I ever let you out of my ass," Jacob insisted. His bum had never been so happy, and it wanted more. Slowly at first but then at a more frantic pace, Jacob began bouncing on Darren joystick, blurting out obscenities each time it rubbed against his prostate. He was moving so fast that Darren found it hard to keep a hold of Jacob's dick as it kept on slipping out of his hands. Jacob eventually settled down to having Darren's dick entirely in him while he thrust his hips back and forth.

The combination his dick being jostled around and the rubbing of his balls by Jacob's ass sent both of them over the edge at nearly the same time. Jacob's cum hit Darren all over his chest and in his face just before Jacob collapsed on top of him, causing Darren's dick to flop out.

For a brief second, Jacob's face took on a disappointed look as he looked back toward his now empty ass but Darren quickly changed that as he pulled him into several kisses.

After they had rested for a moment, Jacob slipped his hand between their bodies and gave Darren's dick a good squeeze. "This is now my number one toy," Jacob declared in reference to all the dildos he kept.

"Glad you like it!" Darren laughed

"There is only one problem though," Jacob said as he rolled off Darren to give Darren's dick further examination.

"What's that?"

"Too much hair," Jacob said as he pulled out one of Darren's pubes.

"Ouch!"

"So are you going to let me fix this?" Jacob demanded as he pulled out another of the offending hairs.

"Ouch! Yes if you promise to stop doing that."

"Ok... be back in a few," Jacob said as he gave Darren a quick peck on the cheek before hopping off the bed and going to the bathroom.

Darren could hear the sounds of water running and the opening and closing of drawers as Jacob hummed to himself happily. He had no idea what Jacob was up to but knowing him, it was going to be a surprise.

When Darren heard the water turn off, he expected Jacob to come back and was surprised when he didn't. "Doing ok, Jacob?" he called out.

"Just waiting for you hon." Jacob returned.

"I thought you were coming back here?" Darren replied as he carefully got to his feet.

"Shave you in bed...Hahahahaha, not likely. I don't want all those hairs in bed. So are you coming?"

 

"Yes... Just give me a minute."

 

When Darren finally got to the bathroom, he saw what Jacob had done.

He had filled the tub with steaming hot water and the tile floor of the room was covered with towels. In one hand Jacob held an electric razor and in the other a pair of scissors.

 

"I would prefer to do this with you standing but I don't want to take the risk of stabbing anything important." Jacob ended with a snip of the scissors as he looked at Darren's wobbly legs.

"Yeah that might be a good idea," Darren said with a worried expression. He had seen Jacob naked enough times to know his lover's lack of fondness for body hair

Jacob gave Darren an evil grin as he put his tools away so he could help him lay down on the towels. He rested Darren's head on a folded towel and gave him a kiss as thanks for humoring him. He took up a bowl next to the sink and started spreading hot foam on Darren's chest.

"I thought you were going to just do my pubes." Darren said alarmed.

"I was going to but... I just thought I could do all of you in one go." Jacob blushed as he spread the foam about.

"What do you mean by all of me?" Darren asked worriedly as he tried to sit up.

Jacob pushed him back down on to his back before answering. "Well, I want to do your chest and your pits. I also want to trim the hair around your belly button to a narrow trail. I thought about doing your arms, but I think I actually like them with hair, but the hair on your legs has to go."

"Not the legs," Darren insisted, scared.

"Oh, come on. You will like smooth legs," Jacob begged with pouting eyes.

"No!" Darren insisted.

"Please..."

"No, if you start shaving my legs, I'm going to walk out of here."

"Ha, I would like to see that," Jacob laughed as he gently put on hand on Darren's chest.

Darren tried to get up but found he couldn't. "All right, I'll crawl out of here."

"Darn... Well I guess we can't have that, but then you have to let me wax your ass."

"No!"

"I'm not going to give you a choice. Pick one, your legs or your ass."

Darren thought about it. For while getting his ass waxed would hurt more than his legs being shaven, no one but Jacob would see his ass. If he got his legs shaved he felt he could never go out in public in shorts again. "My ass," Darren finally whispered.

"What was that?" Jacob teased.

"You can wax my ass, but if you tell any of my friends about this, I swear you will never get my dick up yours ever again.

"My lips are sealed then," Jacob chuckled, enjoying his victory.

Jacob worked quickly on Darren's upper body, shaving him clean except for a narrow trail from his belly button to his crotch wiping himself clean with a towel before starting on the main feature.] Jacob first used then electric trimmer to shave and trim part of Darren's groin and once he had only a small patch above Darren's dick left, he used the scissors to clean it up a bit. All that was left were Darren's balls. With these he first trimmed with the scissors before lathering them up with shaving cream so that he could use the razor while Darren nervously looked on.

Now that he was done, he helped Darren back up and had him soak in the hot water of the bathtub so any remain shaving cream and loose hairs could be washed off. He then had the pleasure of drying Darren off and examining his handiwork, letting his hands move around the now smooth parts of Darren's body.

"I like it. How about we make it permanent and get you some laser hair removal."

"Laser? Hell no!" Darren said as he covered his crotch.

"I'm not going to let them do that area, silly, just your chest," he chuckled as he ran his fingers down Darren's body. "Your crotch is now mine."

"Your neck belongs to me then," Darren said as he nuzzled against the pale white flesh.

"My neck?" Jacob blushed.

"Yes... you should have asked your sister. I have a thing for necks," Darren said as he ran his tongue down Jacob's Adam apple.

"Oh gosh..." Jacob swooned.

"So can I have your neck?"

"If you keep that up... you can have anything you want."

"Good," Darren grinned now ready to leave his mark on Jacob. He found a spot to Jacob's left side and began sucking on it, leaving a hicky. At the same time he grabbed Jacob's now hard prick and began stroking it.

He kept up both actions until he felt hot cum drench his hand. He gave the red mark on Jacob's neck a few licks before stepping back. "Now you're mine!" Darren proclaimed.

Jacob had waited such a long time for those words that tears came down his face. He jumped on Darren, wrapping his legs around Darren's waist. "Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine!" Jacob declared.

Darren felt his legs tremble from underneath him as he grabbed the sink to help hold himself up until the weight became too much causing him to slowly crumble to the floor. Jacob either didn't notice or mind as he continued to cling to Darren.

"I am yours?" Jacob asked questionably as he lay on top of Darren.

"Yes hon. You're mine," Darren grinned as he wrapped his arms around Jacob.

 

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Darren blushed when he saw the shirt Jacob was wearing. He had hoped Jacob would wear a collared shirt to cover up the red mark on his neck. Instead, Jacob was wearing a skintight tank top that showed off not only his muscles but also the love spot Darren had left.

Jacob was also unhappy about what Darren was wearing. He was dressed up in a collared plaid shirt and brown dressed pants. Jacob grumbled that\ Darren didn't understand what tonight was supposed to be. He told Darren to undress while he went out and got him proper clothes. Tonight was supposed to be the day that Jacob finally got to show off Darren to his gay friends. Many of them suspected Jacob had a new lover, but until Darren had let Jacob claim him as his boyfriend, Jacob didn't want to show Darren off. But now that he had, Jacob wanted to cause as much envy as possible, which was why Darren's choice of clothes was not helpful. When Jacob finally got back from the mall he handed Darren a dark blue tank top, brown shorts, and rainbow bead necklace. Now that Darren was dressed Jacob was ready to take him out on his first gay outing.

 

The first stop was the gym. Jacob had no plans of exercising; he just wanted to drag Darren around, and have him take a shower so everyone could see his equipment before going on to the next stop. Jacob walked in with his chin high to the front desk. "Hi Justin," He greeted the front desk clerk.

"Hey Jacob, planning a good work out?"

"Nope, just showing my BOYFRIEND around," Jacob said with a grin.

"Boyfriend?" Justin asked.

"Hi," Darren waved nervously from behind Jacob.

Justin gave out a high pitch whistle. "Man! Do you think I can have him when you're done with him?"

"I never plan to be done with him," Jacob chuckled on seeing the envy in Justin's eyes.

"He plans on keeping me for a while," Darren said as he wrapped a possessive arm around Jacob.

"Well go and parade him about then," Justin sighed, disappointed as he buzzed them in.

As soon as they reached the locker room, Jacob made a scene, taking off Darren's tank top making sure people noticed. He then gave Darren a hard kiss on the lips before dragging him to the weight room. There he had

Darren spot for him for only ten reps making so many grunting noises that nearly everyone stopped to see what was the matter. Now that he had everyone's attention, Jacob slipped a hand down Darren's shorts and guided him to the steam room with a trail of men following after.

The steam room quickly filled as Jacob made a show of making out with Darren. Darren knew this was all out of fun but he could not hide his embarrassment on having an audience. So when Jacob pulled him into another kiss, Darren could not take his eyes away from the men chuckling at Darren's obvious discomfort.

The show finally ended with Jacob having Darren scrub his back as other's watched in the showers. Everything was going well for Jacob until one of the men made a go to pinch Darren in the ass. Jacob's anger flared up and Darren had to grab him to prevent him from punching the guy. It took a lot of kissing and fast-talking to get Jacob dressed and out of the gym without him making a bigger scene.

"It's ok, hon," Darren reassured Jacob when they got to the car.

"No it's not! That guy.... That guy had no right to touch you."

"Jacob it's ok. It didn't bother me."

"But it bothers me!

"Want to tell me about it?" Darren asked as he gave Jacob a hug.

"Well it seems each time I get a boyfriend they would leave me for another guy... said I was too clingy."

Darren really tried to hold back his laughter but couldn't, causing Jacob to give him a deadly glare. "Come on hon, you know you are clingy.

"So you are saying that it is all my fault that that I get dumped."

"No... You just needed to find the right guy. I like that you want to be very attached to me. I'm sort of the same way. I have only a few friends but the ones I have I'm very close to."

"Like Will?"

"Yes... like Will," Darren said sadly.

Jacob could see the pain on Darren's face and wanted to help remove it. "Change of plans," he announced.

"What?"

"Well I was planning on taking you to a few gay bars and dance clubs but let’s go see Will instead."

"Are you sure? This was going to be your big day."

"Yeah, but I'm past that now. Let’s go see Will."

"Thanks babe."

 

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Will's mother was there when they arrived. She looked at the wayDarren and Jacob were nearly identically dressed and she didn't like it. She kept her mouth shut until Jacob was busy feeding Will, she then dragged Darren outside by the arm.

"What are you doing with that slut?" She immediately accused.

"What?"

"I see how you two are dressed. I see how he looks at you. Are you going to tell me you are not fucking him?

"As a matter of fact I have only fucked him once...a lot fewer times than Will has," Darren hissed in a vain attempt to keep his voice down.

"My son has slept with that man." She said in disbelief as she pointed through the window at Jacob.

"Yes and he enjoyed it. It let him finally tell me that he is gay.

"My son never told me about ..."

"About Jacob." Darren finished.

"Yes, about Jacob. I thought I knew everything."

"Well, Will was good at hiding things." Darren said in reference to his own ignorance to Will's feelings.

"So what is your relationship with...Jacob?"

"He is my lover." Darren said resolutely.

"Not Will?"

"I love Will more than anyone but not in the way either of you want me to... Jacob Being with Jacob gives me the support I need so I can take care of Will without feeling hopeless because that’s how I feel right now. I can’t do this on my own Mrs. Fist so don’t ask me to."

"If you say so..." Mrs. Fist said half believing. "So I guess that red mark is from you then?"

"Yes."

"Then I want you to give one to Will as well."

"What, are you sure? He can't even remember that I know he's gay."

"I don't care. It's about time that he remembered and learned that you are gay too. I want you to do this and I want Jacob to watch. I want to see if he can take you being close to Will at the same time you are seeing him. I want to know that he won't pull you away from my son. I want you to do it today... now even," Mrs. Fist demanded.

"Alright," Darren said sadly. He knew that he would never get Mrs. Fist's forgiveness, but he had to prove to her that he would not dump her son to the curb.

Darren walked back into Will's room where Jacob was just finishing feeding him. He put a hand on Jacob's shoulder and indicated he wanted to take his seat but not before saying, "Please understand what I'm going to do," to Jacob.

Will smiled on seeing his old friend. "I glaaaad to seee you Darreeen."

"I'm glad to see you too Will," Darren replied as he gave Will's hand a squeeze. "I want to tell you something but you need to promise not to get scared."

Will shook his head that he understood but already fear was creeping on his face.

"Before the accident you finally told me something very important. I don't know if you remember it but you finally told me that you loved me."

"I dooo love you." Will replied easily.

"You told me that you were IN love with me." Darren clarified.

This caused a great amount of anxiety on Will's face and he tried to turn away but Darren wouldn't let him. "It's ok Will. I love you too. Darren finished with a kiss. That might have been the end of it but suddenly; Darren felt he was back at the cabin where he and Will had almost made love. He wanted to do more... needed to really. And so while Mrs. Fist and Jacob watched, Darren began a series of slow kisses running down to Will's neck where he left his love mark.

"Darreeeen loves meee..." Will stuttered out when the kissing ended."

"Yes buddy, I do," Darren said as he tried to blink away the tears.

Will eyes also began to water before he started to talk again. "Taaaake meee hoooome."

Darren looked up at Mrs. Fist who was wiping the tears from her face but she shook her head no.

"You need to stay here for a little longer so the nurses can take care of you." Darren said, but what he really wanted to do was take care of Will for himself.

"Then caaaan youuuu make sooomething fooor meeee."

"Sure bud, anything."

"Laaaasaaaagnaaaa," Will tried to say with great difficulty.

"Lasagna," Darren replied and to which Will nodded. If the dish had not been Will's favorite, Darren was sure he might not have guessed what Will was trying to ask for; but it was and he did.

"Sure. I'll make you some lasagna and bring it to you."

"Noooo, haaave dinnnnner with meeee."

"Yes... I would love to have dinner with you. It's a date."

"Yessss." Will grinned, liking the word Darren chose.

"Well then I better get going if I'm to get back before visiting hours are over."

"Ok," Will waved goodbye.

Jacob finally got over his jealousy of Will when he saw how easy it was for Darren to make him happy. Except for the sex, Will and Darren were really made for each other. Jacob no longer wanted to compete with Will but now wanted to be a part of it.

"Tell me about this lasagna." Jacob asked as they made their way back to the car.

"Oh it's been Will's favorite for years, ever since high school. My mom would make it for him, and when she learned that we would move in together she taught me the recipe. Now that you bring it up, the last tim I made it was the night I met you and Tara for the first time."

"You made dinner for him even though you were going out?" Jacob said, surprised.

"Yep, I take care of my buddy. I would do the cooking while he would file my taxes for me."

"A partnership made in heaven," Jacob laughed.

"It sure was," Darren agreed.

"And will be again," Jacob said as he gave Darren's arm a nudge.

"Really?" Darren said taken a back.

"Yes, you and Will belong together. I just hope I can tag along."

"I want for you to more than tag along Jacob. I want you to be neck deep with us."

"I would like that too," Jacob sighed. He wanting to take Darren at his word. He understood Darren would always love Will just not in the way Will wanted him to. There was bound to be a lot of fights and broken hearts. It was not Darren’s fault that he didn’t have romantic feelings towards Will but nor was it Will’s fault for loving him that way.

 

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It was while Darren was cooking the tomato sauce that Jacob finally had to ask the question. "Tell me about the first time you met Will."

"Sure, I would be glad to," Darren said after he had tasted the sauce, added a few more seasonings and gave the pot another stir. "It was my freshman year in high school. Three junior highs fed into the one high school so the place was pretty big. We freshman wandered the halls, halfway lost as we tried to make it between classes. It was in my Algebra class that I met Will for the first time. Class had already started when Will came busting in with a nervous expression on his face. The only open seat happened to be next to mine, so that is where he sat. The teacher asked Will for his name and told him not to be late again as he would not answer his question on material he missed. The board was already half full with math equations and Will's eyes had a lost look as he stared at them. I guess I felt sorry for him and while the teacher was not looking I passed him a note with my phone number on it, telling him to call me to get the notes he missed.

"After he had read the note he looked at me as if I was some kind of hero. He called me that same day, and after I got my mother's permission, we arranged to make the study session into a sleep over. "It turned out that he was really better in math then I was and afte I explained what he had missed, he ended up helping me more then I helped him. My mom made the famous lasagna that night and I'm sure Will ate more of it then my dad and I combined. That night was also the first time we slept together. We could not agree on who should get the bed so we ended up sleeping together. When the night started we slept on opposite ends of the bed but when I woke sometime in the early morning hours, Will's arms were around me, his head resting on the back of my neck. I never thought anything of it.... I guess I should of, but when I awoke later in the morning, Will was back on his side of the bed. That was the beginning of our friendship."

"Oh gosh, why couldn't I have met someone like you or Will when I was in high school," Jacob sighed when Darren finished his story.

"Don't you have any stories like that?"

"Nope... high school was bad for me," Jacob said as he picked at his scar. "I don't feel comfortable talking about it."

"It's ok hon, just so long as you know that you can tell me anytime you feel like it."

"Will do," Jacob agreed as he wrapped his arms around Darren for protection.

Darren made two batches of lasagna, one for the house and a smaller one for him and Will to eat together. Jacob drove Darren back to the hospital, but Darren planned on taking a taxi back. With the lasagna, he carried two bottles of grape juice and a tossed salad. At the nurse's station where he signed in, the smell brought everyone out to see whom the lucky patient would be, as if they could sneak in a taste. Darren had to disappoint them but promised that if he did this again he would make enough for everybody.

Will was asleep when Darren entered the room, but as soon as Darren took the plastic lid off the lasagna, the smell hit Will's nose and he awoke bright eyed. Darren rolled a table next to the bed and set out the food. While they ate in silence, they took on a pattern. Darren would feed Will a fork full of food, then himself and finished it off with a kiss. The process took a large amount of time and when Darren gave Will the last of the lasagna, it was cold.

After he had cleaned Will up and packed his things away Darren thought he was going to just say goodbye and leave. Instead, he went over to Will, lowered the bars on one side of the bed and climbed in.

"Whaaat?" Will said, confused.

"I want to sleep with you tonight... just like we always did when we went camping."

"Ok." Will replied as he looked nervously at the door.

"I'm sure the nurse won't mind." Darren said to ease his fears.

"Ok."

Seeing Will was now relaxing, Darren wrapped his arms around him and pulled him into a hug. Will struggled to move his body where he wanted but

Darren had a good idea what Will's goal was and so helped him along. As soon as Will got his head underneath Darren's, he let out a deep sigh and closed his eyes. After giving Will a few kisses on the back of the neck, Darren also went to sleep.

Copyright © 2013 JMH; All Rights Reserved.
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JMH, you're back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And it's only been, what, fifteen months? lol ;)

 

I'm sure I've said this in past reviews, but Jacob is immature - for an adult and especially for a doctor. That whole outburst with Tara reminded me of high school, teenage angst, not a grown adult facing reality. Idk...maybe I'm being too harsh.

 

So I was confused with the whole Darren not loving Will the way Will loves Darren thing. I thought Darren realized he loved Will that way. Weren't they going to get married before the accident? Maybe I need to re-read those chapters again...

 

Anyway, terrific chapter, JMH! But maybe chapter eight will be posted before December of 2014? lol =)

On 10/17/2013 08:53 AM, Lisa said:
JMH, you're back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And it's only been, what, fifteen months? lol ;)

 

I'm sure I've said this in past reviews, but Jacob is immature - for an adult and especially for a doctor. That whole outburst with Tara reminded me of high school, teenage angst, not a grown adult facing reality. Idk...maybe I'm being too harsh.

 

So I was confused with the whole Darren not loving Will the way Will loves Darren thing. I thought Darren realized he loved Will that way. Weren't they going to get married before the accident? Maybe I need to re-read those chapters again...

 

Anyway, terrific chapter, JMH! But maybe chapter eight will be posted before December of 2014? lol =)

Glad you like how things are brewing.

 

Darren really isn't sure what he wants. He loves Will but everything he has gone through has happened very fast for him. From finally admitting to himself he is really bisexual and Will admitting how he really feels about only for them both to end up in the car wreck is more than he can really handle. He has committed himself to take care of Will for the rest of his life which he is glad to do but has also left him feeling very hopeless. Right now he is looking for stability in his life and that is what he thinks Jacob could offer him.

 

Remember the main theme of the story is whether or not a life long friendship can switch in a blink in an eye into something more. There is no guarantee that they will succeed at it.

 

As for Jacob... yes he is very immature. Just being a doctor doesn't really mean anything on whether one is or is not. I've known a lot of doctors who act very childish and egoistical just as you wold find in real life in any profession. Jacob's immaturity but that is very much due to the tragic events from his past. As a result he is very insecure and yes, clingy. You just have to look at his relationship with his sister Tara to know how dependent he is on others for emotional support. That is one of the things that has drawn Darren to him. Darren knows how to help Jacob and he loves feeling needed. It is a relationship he knows he can deal with and not feel like a failure. With Will however he knows how needed he is but he doesn't know how he can "FIX" Will so everything will go back to the way things were before.

 

The fact of the matter is that things can't go back to how they were before the accident and he knows it. In many ways Darren too is acting immature but not in the same sense Jacob is. Since he has very much given up on ever having the sort of relationship he and Will might, for a short time, have wanted Darren is afraid of ending up taking care of Will with no one willing to help take care of him. That is another reason why he has settled on Jacob. Darren feels that Jacob is the only person he could love who would not run away from him having to take of Will.

 

That doesn't mean all three of them will ride off into the sunset with each other. Even though they are all adults all three of them have a lot of growing up to do. Both Will and Darren will have to figure out what sort of relationship they will have while Jacob will need to finally deal with a terrible part of his past.

I read your response to Lisa's review, and you made a lot of good points, but I'm still a little confused as to where Jacob fits as far as being in love. He proclaimed to be in love with Darren when Darren was with his sister, but promptly slept with Will, several times. Then, he has not qualms about making the moves on Darren when Will is helpless. I'm not sure that I see that as love. Maybe he just is in love with the thought of someone loving and needing him besides his sister.

I love this story, and I am now caught up. Hope you have the next chapter ready to go :P

On 10/18/2013 06:19 AM, joann414 said:
I read your response to Lisa's review, and you made a lot of good points, but I'm still a little confused as to where Jacob fits as far as being in love. He proclaimed to be in love with Darren when Darren was with his sister, but promptly slept with Will, several times. Then, he has not qualms about making the moves on Darren when Will is helpless. I'm not sure that I see that as love. Maybe he just is in love with the thought of someone loving and needing him besides his sister.

I love this story, and I am now caught up. Hope you have the next chapter ready to go :P

Jacob has a need to feel wanted which is why he is so clingy. He has been hurt so badly in the past that he will go after anyone whom he feels won't reject him. He is also very emotionally dependent on his sister and he doesn't like that about himself. Instead of growing a sense of independence he is trying to find someone whom he can depend on to be there for him that won't leave him feeling like the immature younger brother his sister sees him as. There will have to be a reckoning between him and his sister eventually but I won't say how that will turn out. Darren is also a bit immature. He's like a kid in a candy store. He is trying to figure out what sort of person he really is now that he has admitted his physical and emotion attraction towards the same sex. In that sense he is also clingy. He had always seen himself marrying a woman and having kids. While he always knew he had a physical attraction towards men until now he had never acted on it. It's like graduating from high school and trying to figure out what you want to do with the rest of your life. Right now he's clueless. Just like any young adult he will eventually find his footing had decide what sort of relationship he wants to share with a person he loves. Will is in a horrible unenviable position. He doesn't remember the moment when Darren calls of the wedding and decides to run off with him. I doubt he ever will. Even so it will not be easy for him to watch as others move on to new and different relationships while he knows whatever chance he might have had with Darren is probably gone for good. If you think how you would feel in that kind of situation you can probably guess how he is eventually going to feel. He had after all had refused to enter a real relationship with anyone believe the only relationship that could ever make him happy was with Darren. We'll have to see how he deals with the situation and I can't promise its going to be pretty. In this series as well as its separate companion series The Watch, not all relationships work out. This will be especially true in this one as the characters become involved in any relationship they feel can make them feel whole. Right now Darren's with Jacob but I can't promise that will always be the case. Each character is searching for something. The villain is not really any one person but their own uncertainty of what they really want in life that is their enemy.
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