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you.”
     
         “Are you over him?”
     
         He thought for a moment. “Yes. I never really expected that to be a forever thing.”
     
         “What about us? Are we a forever thing?”
     
         He stared into my eyes for several seconds before answering. “I don't know. I guess that remains to be seen. Any other questions, sir?”
     
         “What? You know everything about me; I'm just trying to learn more about you.”
     
         “You know everything that's important. You know I love you. You know I want to be with you. What more do you need?”
     
          “Um, how about a written guarantee? Completely satisfied or my money back.”
     
         He threw his head back and laughed. “I'll satisfy you, you little twerp,” he said as he threw his leg over my lower body and began to tickle me.
     
         I laughed, wiggled, and writhed under him as I gasped for breath. “Stop!” I finally managed to shout. He collapsed on top of me where we both panted and giggled.
     
         “If anyone walked in right now they'd never believe that you were just tickling me,” I wheezed.
     
         “We are fully clothed you know,” Micah pointed out. He sat up and reached into his pocket.
     
         “I have something for you,” he said as he pulled out a small gray jewelry box.
     
         “Oh, is that what I felt? You mean you weren't just happy to be lying on top of me?” I asked without taking my eyes off of the box.
     
         “Oh, I was quite happy to be there. I'm sure what you felt was the real thing. This is just something I bought for you. I was going to give it to you no matter what you decided. If we broke up, it was something to remember me by. If we didn't, then…well, here.”
     
         I took the box gingerly and held it in my lap, half afraid to open it. “Always prepared. You'd make a good boy scout.”
     
          “Except for the fact that I'm gay. Open it, please.”
     
         I looked down apprehensively at the box. What if it was a ring? I wasn't ready for that. With a sigh, I tentatively pried open the lid and felt all my anxiety drain away. Nestled against the silvery gray lining lay a beautiful rainbow pendant on a delicate silver chain. The pendant was in the shape of an inverted triangle outlined in silver with the rainbow colors in the middle.
     
         “I went with silver because you don't seem like the gold type,” Micah said softly. “It's a pride necklace.”
     
         “I've never seen one so beautiful.”
     
         “I hope you like it. I've never seen you wear anything like it, but I saw it in the store and…”
     
         “I love it.” I leaned forward and kissed him on the lips.
     
         “Want me to put it on you?”
     
         “Please?”
     
         He took the box from my hands and freed the necklace. He fiddled with the clasp until it opened, then moved around behind me on the bed and put it around my neck. It lay perfectly in the hollow at the base of my throat.
     
         “Stand up so I can see,” he said in my ear.
     
         With a little shiver, I did as he asked.
     
         “You look incredible,” he said with a sexy smile.
     
         “So do you.”
     
         “It's a shame to let all this go to waste. What do you think about heading over to the Inferno?”
     
         The Inferno was a local gay dance club. It was back in the country in the last place you'd expect to find a club of any sort, let alone a gay one. We'd been a few times and I'd been delighted to discover that I loved to dance and was actually pretty good. While I was technically underage, Micah knew the bouncer, a bulldog of a drag queen named Carmen, and I was allowed entrance without a word. I jumped at the chance to go dancing. I left a note for Adam telling him where Kane and I were so he wouldn't worry, and then we left.
     
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