Fic: Fascinating Discoveries
“Ok, here are the rules” Drew announced to Ryan and Greg, “Nothing you say or hear leaves the room, but you must answer every question truthfully and everyone has to answer every question but you don’t have to elaborate if you don’t want to. I have here some questions which I’m going to pull at random.” The years of Whose Line is it Anyway had not yet worn off, and even hanging out at Drew’s with a few drinks often turned into a game. “Ok, first question- If you could change one thing about your appearance what would it be?”
“Where did you get these questions? Cosmo?” Greg laughed.
“Just answer the question.”
“Ok, I would… make my head less square”
“Ok Ryan, what about you?”
Ryan took a sip from his beer, “I would really like a bigger nose. What about you Drew?”
“Do you have to ask? Obviously I want a bigger nose too!” He laughed and picked another question. “Where’s the weirdest place you ever had sex?”
Ryan sat up straight and grinned at the others, “You’re going to love this! On the whose line set!”
“No way, that’s… actually, wait a minute…. where on the set?”
“Not on your desk if that’s what you’re thinking.” Ryan’s mischievous grin gave him away.
“Oh God, I did not need to know that.”
Greg and Drew shared a knowing glance, which Greg articulated, “Who were you with?”
“Now that you do not need to know! Elaboration over.” Ryan sounded more anxious than he had intended. “I think it’s someone else’s turn. Drew?”
“Oh yeah, um. I think that would have to be the guys’ bathroom at Progressive Field.”
“Wow, how did that happen?”
“Well, I took Nicole there, and the Indian’s were losing so we found another way to pass the time!”
“Ha, no kidding! What about you Greg?”
“Mine isn’t all that exciting after yours, but I am one of the mile high club’s more frequent fliers.”
Drew looked genuinely interested, “Aren’t those bathrooms a little cramped?”
“Not when you know what you can do in ‘em! I do fly a lot…” Greg grinned as he took a mouthful of his beer.
“Ok, next question. Have you ever made out with a dude? And acting doesn’t count!”
“No I haven’t, thanks for asking.” Greg announced, laughing.
“Me neither.” Drew sounded almost disappointed at the question’s poor success rate. “Ryan?”
“No, me neither.” He spoke quickly then immediately broke eye contact to stare at the beer in his hands.
“Oh my God! You have!” Greg stood up to force the point. “Who where when?”
“I haven’t, and even if I had… a lady doesn’t kiss and tell!” He laughed at his own joke, which just made the other two more suspicious.
There was an awkward silence which Drew broke with another question. “Have you ever slept with anyone you worked with?” He considered the question, “I haven’t but I can think of a couple of times when I wish I had!”
Greg: “No, and I haven’t been tempted... except by you of course Drew.”
Ryan hesitated, considering his answer. “Well...”
Drew leapt up hoping his suspicions would be confirmed. “I knew it! Who was it? It was Josie wasn’t it?”
Ryan laughed at the suggestion, “No it wasn’t Josie.”
Greg too was hoping to have his suspicions confirmed- he and Drew had had this discussion before. “Was it Christa?”
Ryan shook his head.
Greg and Drew were growing impatient, “Well come on, spit it out!”
Ryan cleared his throat and closed his eyes “It was Colin.”
There was a long pause as Greg and Drew, open mouthed, took in what they were hearing. Drew broke the silence “You’re kidding right?”
Ryan looked almost insulted by the suggestion. “No, I’m not kidding. God, Colin’s going to kill me!”
Drew considered his words carefully. “When did it happen?”
Ryan grinned which immediately lightened the mood. “Is that an official question?”
Drew looked like he was having trouble getting any words out. “It’s not that we don’t believe you, but.... just answer the damn question!”
Ryan sighed, deciding now was as good a time as any to let his friends in on the affair. “Well, the first time was...”
“Wow, wait a minute. The first time? You mean it happened more than once? How many times?”
“I don’t know, I suppose...”
“That many huh?” Greg laughed, finally breaking his silence and shaking his head in disbelief “I can’t believe what I’m hearing!”
Drew was suddenly overcome with curiosity, “Does anyone else know? How long did it go on for? Where did you do it?”
“No, no one else knows. It went on for months.... years even. Still is I guess...”
There was another long pause as Greg and Drew took in what they were hearing.
Greg was the first to speak this time. “So.... not only have you screwed a guy, but so has Colin.”
Drew laughed at Greg’s reasoning, “I know, right? I didn’t think he had it in him!”
“That’s the most unbelievable part of the story?” Ryan spat out, joining in with the laughter.
“Well, kinda, yeah!”
“So how did you seduce him Ryan?” Greg joked.
“You assume it was me who made the first move?”
“Well, yeah!”
“There really wasn’t any first move, it just... happened, you know? It felt right.”
Drew shook his head again, half in disbelief at himself for never having suspected it before. “Man, I knew you guys were close but this is something else! How did it happen?”
“Well, do you remember the first time we kissed on Whose line during narrate?”
“How could I forget? The image still haunts me.”
“Well after we finished taping that show Colin and I were having a beer in his dressing room talking about it, and next thing we knew we were... doing it again!” He sighed as he reminisced. “We were just talking about how much we meant to each other, then we proved it.”
“Oh my God, you did it in his dressing room?” The realization suddenly hit Greg. “Wait, was Colin the person you had sex with on the set?”
“Well, as a matter of fact...”
Drew buried his face in his hands, “I don’t think I wanna hear this.”
Greg playfully shoved Drew’s head out of his palms in protest, “Well I do! What did you do?”
“We just kissed for a while, then it got a little hot and heavy. Before we knew it we were… past the point of no return!”
Drew groaned. “Oh God, that’ll keep me up for years!”
“Bad choice of words Drew.” Greg giggled at the sentiment. “I have to say, looking back it’s not all that surprising. Look at the way you two acted during Whose Line. You kissed dozens of times!”
Ryan shrugged off the suggestion. “Those were stage kisses, nothing like the real thing…” His sentence tailed off as we went into a daze remembering the touch of Colin’s lips.
Greg suddenly became serious. “Do your wives know?”
The question brought Ryan back to reality, “Probably. The over-night stays at each other’s houses and the trips we take together are getting a little frequent.” He sighed, “I still love my wife more than any other woman, but not like I love Colin.”
“Love? Isn’t that a little strong for a fuck buddy?” Drew Scoffed
Ryan was visibly taken aback by Drew’s comment. “He’s not a fuck buddy, we have a real relationship.”
“A real secret relationship. Did you ever think about coming out before?”
“Sure, we talked about it, but we decided we didn’t want to give up what we had. Although as it turned out we didn’t want to give up each other and it kept going.”
There was another long silence as they all pondered the implications of the evening’s events.
Drew reached into his pocket and took out his cell phone. “I have to get Colin on the phone!”
Ryan remained aloof; it was Greg however that took the phone from Drew’s hand. “Hey! You said yourself, ‘nothing you say or hear leaves the room’.”
“I know, but how can I keep this to myself? I won’t be able to think straight the next time I see Colin!”
“Again, bad choice of words Drew. He’s right though Ryan, are you going to tell Colin you told us?”
Ryan shrugged, “If you two are going to act like teenagers the next time you see him I’ll definitely have to warn him… he’s probably not going to be happy though.”
“I’m still having trouble taking this all in! I’m expecting you to tell us this is a joke.”
A familiar song called Ryan’s attention to his pocket- the ringtone he reserved for Colin. He excused himself and answered the phone in the hallway.
“Col! We were just talking about you.”
“Ryan, I’ve done something bad…” his voice sounded more mischievous than apologetic.
“What? What have you done?”
“I may have told Brad about us… but he dragged it out of me!” Ryan could hear Brad laughing in the background and shouting ‘What are you wearing Ryan?’.
“Well it sounds like he’s taking it well!”
“I honestly thought he’d be more surprised…”
“Well, while we’re on the subject; I too have done something bad. I may have told Greg and Drew.” Ryan squinted as though he was expecting a violent attack.
“Oh God, how’d they take it?”
“Also surprisingly well!”
“Do you ever wonder why we never told anyone before?”
“I know. We should really talk about this face to face. Let me know when you’re next in town!”
“Ok Ry, I’ll be seeing you real soon!”
“I love you Col.”
“Love you too.”
Ryan couldn’t hold back his smile as he returned his phone to his pocket. He also couldn’t help but notice the sound of two people rushing back to their chairs from behind the door.
“Smooth guys!”. Ryan found himself feeling excited about his affair for the first time in months.
Mwah!
Rossini xx