All Chapters of The Art of Life and Love: The First Spark: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

The two of them stayed as close as they could to one another as they wove their way through the crowds. Eventually, they got within a couple blocks of Town Hall and both of them slowed down and pulled themselves to the side. The Christmas light display was fantastic. Every tree that lined each side of the street was done up in white and gold lights. The street lights and signs all had either light-up snowflakes or holly leaves. The entirety of the Town Hall building was cast in bright green and red dots. Like a synchronized laser pointer, they danced and criss-crossed about the beautiful architecture. It wasn't just the tall stuff that was decked out either. Many of the different higher end shops and restaurants had light shows of their own. Tony thought it was classy that the lights were largely white and gold. When he brought it up, Dillon heatedly debated it. They both loved their mock-arguments about inconsequential things like Christmas lights. It was frankly adorable to see Di

Completely relaxed and boneless, Tony breathed deeply as he leaned back on the brick wall behind him. Dillon was still on his knees as he continued to catch his breath. His whole body trembled with adrenaline. Tony thought he had imagined it when he heard the kid as he started to laugh. It started off quiet until he caught his breath, then transformed into a full-out belly laugh. What? Tony was confused. "Hahahaaaahehehee! Dude- hahahahaha! Shit, ehehehahahaha!" His voice was quite hoarse from what they just did. He couldn't stop the laughter for a solid two minutes. "Wh- huh? Haha, did the drinks have a delayed reaction? Hehehe," Tony chuckled as Dillon wiped his eyes and composed himself. "Heheeehe, no, no- that was just- fuck man, you said anything I wanted but I didn't think you'd do this! That you'd go this far! Fuck! We a coupl'a exhibitionists out here! Heheheeehahaha! Tony! That was fantastic! The thrill! The rush! Shit! I'm still shakin'! Although, my knees are kinda s

The snobbish sales lady came back over with a small pink slip of paper. She moved the two trays of sword-chains closer together. On each were two identical sets of the twelve birthstone colours. Why she had two trays of them out, he didn't know. She pointed to one with the light blue stone. It really was quite beautiful and it spoke to him even more than the display set with the red stone. Damn, he was excited. His guy was indescribably, ridiculously awesome! "Oh, hi there! Is this special for you?" She asked in a sickeningly sweet tone. The lady was probably an alright person, but Dillon had qualms with upper crust people. "Y-yes, uh- it's my birthday today." "A Christmas eve baby! Oh my gosh my niece was born on the twenty-sixth!" He had heard the 'Christmas eve baby' crap countless times. Also, who the hell cares when the lady's niece was born? "So, me and your friend here-" "Boyfriend," Dillon said with a small smile. He glanced at Tony, who blushed furiously. Why the fu

December 25th, 2010: Saturday: Winter ~~~~~~~ Tony was late. Very late. It was already almost five thirty. It was assumed that he would cut it close after he took Dillon home. Overall, they had had an awesome Christmas. The kid finally got over his conniption about Tony's affectionate moments. Perhaps because he had never really seen those sides to that extent. Once they had tried to stand in each other's shoes, each understood where the other had come from. They had both originally handled the situation poorly. They had some work to do on their communication. While they loved each other, they were very different in terms of personality so their communication needed to be on point. That would be tricky for Tony. For the moment, Tony chose to put it all out of his mind. He had to be in Philly to meet Ethan in an hour. He'd have to shoot him off a text to tell him he'd still be there. Fresh out of the shower, Tony dried himself off as he hunted for his

  The traffic was almost non-existent as Tony merged onto the Schuylkill Expressway. It was great. While he had to be wary of the 'fuzz'