18Deleted Scene From BIT, Chapter 28
Crushing everything deep inside me, I made smiles, and the appropriate cooing noises at the public, faking normal, faking happy for Dean and Sam, who were still eyeing me – not so much as though I had the plague, but more as though there was suspicion that I did.
I was trying, valiantly and successfully – although that may have something to do with the fact that Larry Poik, the developer guy had just called the boys gay – to keep my mind off of everything that had transpired in the motel room. If that wasn't the most amusing thing I'd heard in a long time, and went towards making me feel marginally better – yeah, not really at all – nothing would.
I could kind of see why he'd think that, maybe – though why anyone would wish it when the boys are so…yum – I mean, they have the whole completely understanding and in sync vibe with each other, which could be mistaken for… those kinds of feelings. They always shared those looks that conveyed so much meaning to each other – their thoughts on everything that was going on; so that, again, could be taken the wrong way.
I can still see their faces after Larry's obvious spiel; let me just say, we accept home owners of any race, religion, colour or sexual orientation. It was classic. Dean, shocked, eyes wide and horrified as Larry smiled down at him from the doorway, and Sam tried not to crack up at his side. The way Dean had stiffened, you'd have thought he had a cattle prod shoved up that cute little butt of his.
Coming up behind them I'd heard the speech, and had laughed outwardly, inwardly tucking the situation away to look and laugh at properly later, as I couldn't really appreciate it fully in my – with the way I was feeling. Dean had quickly put Larry to rights, telling them they were brothers – brothers damn you, how dare you think that, I could see him yelling behind the blank face – while Sam spooned on some crap of his own, about their father getting on in years, blah, blah.
If John could have heard that – but I'm not thinking about him.
Or anything to do with him.
Lagging behind the brothers so I could watch Larry making nice with them, I got caught by a woman who wanted to sell the neighbourhood to me as well. Being too polite – ha – and tired, really, to put her off, I only managed to escape when I saw yet another woman in a suit conversing with the boys.
I walked up behind them, admiring, of course – who can help themselves when the brothers are so blatantly on display – the denim very slightly hugging the rounded contours of their –
"…let me just say, we accept home owners of any race, religion, colour or… sexual orientation," the woman said, shrugging her shoulders up and smiling brightly at the brothers.
Okay, now that made the day brighter by far.
I stuffed a fist into my mouth, shoulders shaking as I caught the look on Dean's face. He was stunned – again, and then he sucked it up, coming out on top, as usual. Damn, I have totally got to stop thinking in insinuatingly sexual terms. "Right," he said. "Well, I'm gonna go talk to Larry, 'kay honey?"
And then he playfully smacked Sam on the ass.
This time, as I howled into my hands, tearing pricking the corners of my eyes, it was Sam's turn to be shocked, and the woman's, whose own smile disappeared – then reappeared just as quickly. Ah, sales representatives. Thou art my true people…
Dean came over to me, and dragged me inside to talk to Larry about houses and flooring choices, and what-the-fuck-ever. I was introduced as Dean's girlfriend, his hand gripping my ass – probably to reaffirm his sexuality or something, the poor baby. I slapped it off as soon as Larry's back was turned, not in any kind of mood to be fondled by someone who I'd just had a fight about, indirectly, with my –
Yeah, I just didn't want to be fondled.
Larry's kid kept bugs in jars around the house. I officially hated everything to do with Oasis Plains.
This was a scene I played around with putting in after Sharika and Lauren had their first fight. Plus, god, I just adore that scene, 'kay honey? ROFL.