Worthington Manor - 5. Chapter 5

Kevin left in anger and Hunter followed him with his eyes. Hunter suddenly felt really guilty about what he had done. He went to go see Justin in his room.

“What in the hell do you want?” asked Justin
“I want to apologize to you. I hadn’t realized how you felt about it until your brother came to my door.”
“Okay, you apologized. You can go now.”
“Wait; let me make it up to you.”
“How”
“Let me take you out.” said Hunter
“When”
“Tomorrow”
“It’s my birthday tomorrow”
“Perfect”
“I usually go to dinner with my family.”
“Well you’re having dinner with me this year.”
“Okay”
“That’s it, okay just like that. I was expecting a little bit more of a fight.”
“Oh would you rather me say no?” asked Justin
“No, no, no; I’ll take it. So, tomorrow at six meet me in the living room. Dress casual, we’re just going to a diner.”
“Let me guess, Mikey’s”
“So you know the place.”
“Yeah, I was there earlier today.” said Justin
“Well then you should know exactly how to dress.”

The next morning, things were as awkward as ever at the breakfast table. It was the Larabee’s and the Moore’s.

“So, the two maids are going to be here this afternoon. I want you and Kevin here to meet them.” said Mark
“Yes, I think that’s a good idea.” said Julie
“What do we need to meet the help for, no offense John and Hunter.” said Kevin
“Kevin Scott Moore, go to your room!”
“Fine, I’m not hungry anyway.”
“Can I go too?” asked Justin
“Yes, I guess” said Julie.

Justin was shirtless looking for a t-shirt to wear on his date with Hunter. Ugh, a date with Hunter. That boy simply defined scumbag. Although, he is cute and it was kind of sweet of him to apologize; maybe he wasn’t so bad after all. Justin was feeling quite split when it came to Hunter. He was incredibly attractive and obviously had a good side, but he was such an asshole to him. As he was looking through his closet, Hunter walked in. Just squirmed, embarrassed to still be shirtless.

“I’m not ready yet.”
“Boy, I do have to say that you are pretty hot.”
“Just wait for me in the living room.” said Justin
“What and miss you without your shirt on?” asked Hunter
“You’ve seen me without my shirt on Hunter, you’ve seen me naked.”
“You’re right so I don’t see what the big deal is.”
“There isn’t one”
“You’ve got a funny way of showing it.”

Justin grabbed a t-shirt and put it on.

“Okay, let’s go”
“Okay”

They got into Hunter’s car.

“How long have you had your license?” asked Justin
“Not long only a few months.” said Hunter.

The car ride to Mikey’s was silent. The whole way Justin was hoping that Luke and all of his friends wouldn’t be there. The last thing he needed was for everyone to think that this was a date. Then he thought about Mikey’s and how it was the only place for young people to hang out and then he was pretty much counting on them being there.
They got off the car and Justin shivered. Hunter noticed, took his coat off and put it around Justin. Justin smiled at him. Justin was used to cold Chicago weather so he figured that he didn’t need a coat, but it seemed to be colder in his new town. They walked in and he immediately spotted Luke and Jessica at the counter. Jessica turned around to see who walked in. She saw it was Justin a called out to him. Luke turned around and saw that he was with Hunter and his happiness to see Justin turned into a frown.

“So are you guys on a date or something?” asked Luke
“Kind of” said Justin
“Then we’ll leave you alone.” said Luke
“I think it’s sweet” said Jessica
“Was it too cold outside for you.” said Luke observing that he had Hunters coat wrapped around him.
“Oh yeah” Justin took off the coat and gave it back to Hunter. “Thanks”
“Anytime; let’s sit over here.” said Hunter pointing out an isolated table for two.

They sat and as they left, Luke followed them with his eyes.

“Is there something wrong?” asked Jessica

He snapped out of the trance he was in and brought his attention back to his girlfriend.

“No, why” said Luke
“You didn’t seem happy that Justin found a date.”
“It’s nothing”
“You’re the last person I thought would be homophobic. You’re so close to your cousin Trey.”
“I’m not homophobic”
“Then why do you look so mad?”
“Drop it okay!” yelled Luke as he left to the outside of the diner.