Shortly into the second half Gigolo asked Walter and Calorie if they had spoken to any of the fellas. Both told him that they hadn't. Calorie mentioned that they had both gotten involved and were concentrating on their relationships. Walter added that he left Charles a message but the call had not yet been returned.
"Well," Gigolo said helplessly, "I wish them the best."
"You know bruh," Calorie said, "I miss my niggas. I don't know how
yall feel about it, but they still my niggas."
"I miss em' too," Walter said.
"Yeah, I think about em' often too." Gigolo said. "How is it that we let
the one thing that we have for one another come between us?" Calorie
asked.
"You got a point dog." Gigolo said.
"When I think about it," Walter said, "we are getting a little old to be
doing this shit with each other."
"Yeah, I thought about that after Jones walk away." Gigolo started.
"Then I thought about it more when Cupid and Charles walked away."
"And what was the conclusion with all the thinking?" Walter asked.
"That maybe they saw something a little clearer than we did."
The fellas sat talking about what their next move was going to be as
the third period was winding down.
"Well," Walter said, "as I told you, my Blazers are blazing back. We
are down by one. We can discuss this love stuff a little bit later."
Allen returned from his date with Shawn close to 2am. With Allen
being on the seventh floor and Shawn on the tenth, she offered to walk
him to his room. Allen declined and offered to walk her to her room.
Shawn accepted. They exited the elevator and walked slowly down the
corridor to her room.
"I had a nice time with you Shawn." Allen said as he looked into her
eyes.
"I had a great time also. But you say it like you want it to end." She
said as she stopped at her room door.
"No I don't want it to end."
"Then don't let it." She said as she opened the door and invited Allen
in.
Allen stood with both hands at the door entrance and thought before
he spoke.
"Shawn, about a year ago, I would have already been all over you. We
wouldn't have made it out of the elevator."
"Don't tell me you're gay?"
"No," Allen laughed. "Trust me, I'm rock solid talking to you right now
and have been all night. It's just that time has helped me to come to
understand that there is more to love than sex and there is more to sex
than penetration and I want to have that in my life. Shawn right now, I
want you more than you know.
The question is after that, what do we
do? Continue to have casual sex? See one another four or five times a
year? Split our time in LA and Indianapolis? What's next? We honestly
have to ask ourselves what we want from this meeting. If it's just sex, I
can't do that anymore. I have been there and there is no enjoyment after
it's over unless there is love in your heart for the individual that you are
with. Shawn I would love to come in and have this night not end until
morning, believe me. But I would be defeated in my battle if I did so. I
hope you understand."