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up next to him.
    When Jim saw the way the desk clerk glanced
back and forth at them, he smiled and said, “I thought I left something
outside, but I decided to forget about it.”
    The clerk smirked and said, “I see.”
    Jim felt like smacking his smug face.
    Len sent Jim a sideways glance and handed
the desk clerk a credit card. “I’d like a room, please. Anything you have with
a view. I don’t care what it is.” He glanced at Jim and said, “I love a good
view.”
    The desk clerk took the credit card and
gaped at them for a moment. He made a face and said, “I’ll be right back. I’ll
see what I can do. We’re booked solid this weekend and I can’t promise
anything.”
    When he was out of listening distance, Len
said, “I thought you were going to wait outside for me.”
    Jim shrugged. He glanced over at the desk
clerk and frowned. The bitchy clerk was murmuring something to another employee
and they were both staring back and Len and Jim. “I decided I don’t have
anything to hide. And I’m not going to let a nasty little desk clerk with too
much attitude and not enough looks or money intimidate me. I’d like to rip her
prissy little face off.”
    After the clerk handed Len a key to the
room, Len set his palm on the small of Jim’s back. As they turned to leave, the
clerk smiled and said, “Can I get someone to help with you boys with your luggage?”
    Jim knew the little cunt had asked this on
purpose. It was as if the clerk could sense this was a booty call; he knew they
didn’t have luggage. He was trying to make them feel awkward. So Jim stopped,
looked back over his shoulder, and said, “We don’t need help. We sleep in the
nude, thank you. And, just for the record, lady ,
we’re not boys we’re men .” He
felt like double-snapping, but thought that would over the top.
    Len smiled and applied a little pressure to
the small of his back. He guided Jim to the elevator and didn’t say a word
until he pushed the elevator button. He glanced at Jim and said, “You surprised
me. I thought you were going to bitch slap that nasty little clerk right in
front of me. I’ve underestimated you.”
    Jim shrugged and took a deep breath. Though
he was still nervous about going up to the room with his best friend’s dad, he
felt good about what had just happened. He smiled and said. “I almost did bitch
slap him. It would have taught the little asshole a good lesson about the
meaning of discretion. He works in a goddamn hotel.”

Chapter Six
    ----
    In the elevator, there were a few people on
their way up to higher floors. But Jim didn’t look at them. He kept his hands
buried in his pockets and stared down at his shoes the entire time. Len’s hand
went down and he rested it on Jim’s bottom a few times when no one was looking.
The first time it happened Jim lurched and grabbed a bar to his left. Len
laughed and didn’t say anything. The second time it happened they were alone.
This time Jim stood still and he let Len squeeze him a few times. He couldn’t
deny it made him feel wanted and needed, in a way he’d never experienced
before.
    When the elevator came to a halt on the
sixth floor and the doors opened wide, two older men were standing outside
waiting to board. They glanced at Jim and Len and smiled. Jim figured they were
there for the gay weekend event. The taller of the two set his palm on the
shorter guy’s back and guided him into the elevator the same way Len guided Jim
into the hallway. Len and the two guys exchanged smiles, while Jim walked
forward without turning or blinking.
    The room turned out to be less than either
of them had expected. The view looked out to the brick building next door, the
bed pressed to the wall in such a way you had to turn sideways to squeeze by,
and the bathroom was nothing more than a beige tiled closet with a toilet, a
sink, and a shower.
    Len switched on the lights and tossed his
keys on the small dresser. “I guess this was the best they had. I’m