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"Can you blame him? It wasn’t really his place"

Mason crossed his aretting back together with my ex or what?"

"No, he’s an asshole You know that’s the truth, though"

And Mason did It wasn’t Isaac’s responsibility to tell hied to his parents "Maybe it was the excuse I needed toback to Denver to take care of the restaurants--I used the truth aboutback Isaac and I…hell the sex was always good, but--"

Gavin hit a wrong note Yep, he was jealous Mason grinned

"But… This makes me sound like a bastard, but Isaac was always the life I tried to force rees and we both worked forthat just happened It was easy so we kept it going That’s all it ever was"

"Does he know that?" Gavin asked

"He’s in denial" Mason winked at hi Why don’t you tell me why you were late on Wednesday? Why have you been in a shitty mood since then?"

"Tit for tat, huh?" Gavin stalled Talking about his fauilt eat hih any of those emotions with Mason, especially not all three of them

"Yeah For some reason you turn me into a chatty ave Jessie a piano lesson today ItI used to play at a few dueling piano bars"

Mason didn’t reply He didn’t look away froonna work, asshole, his eyes said every ti what you want, don’t you?"

"Hopefully, I do with you That’s all I’ down he watched his fingers, thankful he had this thing that he loved so damn much Music had saved him many times in his life "My father…he asked about farandchildren, because he and Mom alanted them I opened my mouth to remind him but she cut me off Made up a story about women ould be lucky to havejob she pretended I still have and they said how proud they are of ht to tune out his oords, to concentrate on the music because it was the one love he always had "I just fucking decided I was done quietly living uilty about who I am That’s what I came here for--a fresh start; and all I did was keepin Dad’s illness Hisso thatthat he’ll never see ain"

Because while his father would be in Heaven--Gavin would be in Hell

Gavin shook his head "Stop ed to escape e to pry it all out of h the fact that he’d been willing to share so with Mason that he hadn’t with his oldest friend

When Mason didn’t reply, Gavin looked over at his and stand Watched him move the chair to the side and walk over to him Watched as Mason stopped in front of Gavin As he touched one hand, then the other, stopping Gavin frohten the uitar froround, and then said, "I like you, Teach"

He liked Mason as well "You don’t know me"

"So? I know you’re sexy I know you’re a teacher and your parents have a fucked up idea of what the world is about I know you love music and that you like to help people, which is an admirable quality You’re fun to be around, and you tell s when I try to force the toto figure out what the hell you really want out of your life, just like I aood fuck, too I know that"

Gavin laughed He liked that Mason tried to level the heavy with a joke His mind went back to what Braden said earlier--when Gavin told hiure out what he wanted for his life, Braden told hiuess I am" And then, "I like you, too, boss" He did With Mason he felt a little less lost--or maybe just that he wasn’t lost alone