Moonlight Dancin' Off his Hair

 

Arriving back in San Francisco his band mates greeted Gregg rather enthusiastically. “We were afraid you had jumped ship !” Neal joked. Gregg shook his head “ No I just took my time coming home !” Herbie said “ Yeah , who was she ?  Gregg sighed and fingered the St. Christopher medal at his neck. “Neal looked at it quizzically. “ You aren’t Catholic when did you start wearing St. Christopher. “ “ A friend gave it to me.” Gregg smiled, but he wouldn’t elaborate. “She must have been hot” Ross laughed. “Did this horny stranger have a friend ? When Gregg still didn’t reply, Neal said,” OOOO “ I think he was really hot .” At his friend’s eye rolling,” Neal said “ It OK, more groupies for me.”

" Well it is San Francisco,” Ross gently reminded him. Then to Gregg “Should have brought him home.” Gregg said softly , “ I tried.” He really didn’t want to talk about Steve. He couldn’t explain the magical feeling he had to the other guys, they would never understand . Ross did make a effort to understand but Neal was just too young and Ansley liked girls too much. Gregg quickly changed the subject. “ Let’s go guys got to rehearse !! “

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3 Years Later



“Well, Herbie is bringing us a singer !” Neal said, “ He is auditioning today.”

Gregg said “ Yeah apparently Herbie has his demo tape. He called him to come in, took a few times but the guy finally responded.

“Well we can scare him off if we don’t like him. “ Ross chimed in “ We will have Neal sing for him.”

After a round of laughter, Gregg asked “ What is his name anyway.” Neal looked at the note Herbie had left for him . “ Steve, Steve Perry. “ Gregg’s mouth dropped open, then he quickly regained his composure.

It couldn’t be he thought. Steve was a common name. Probably a lot of them were singers. He had not seen his young lover since he had left Gregg alone in the hotel that morning. Still he reached up and touched the medal he still frequently wore, even though there had been several lovers to fill his bed since that day. He actually dated one girl for about a year and a young musician named Matthew for nine months. But neither of these relationships felt right, something was missing in both. He finally realized what he was missing was Steve. He never gave up hope on finding Steve though he doubted he ever would.

“ Here they are, “ Ross said as Herbie came in followed by a incredibly tiny male with long flowing dark hair. He seemed extremely shy and as if he couldn’t make eye contact with the others. “ Hey, we don’t bite, “ Ansley said in his thick Liverpool accent. “ Steve “ brushed his hair out of his face and looked up. When he seen Gregg his eyes got huge and he looked like he was going to run out the door. No one was too sure what to make of that interaction but Gregg simply stood up and walk over to the singer. He stuck his hand for Steve to shake and he said “ Hi, I am Gregg. “



A week later



Gregg and Steve sat on the porch watching the sunset over the water. The sky was turning purple and deep pink and it was getting chilly. He pulled the singer into his arms, they embraced tightly for a few minutes then Gregg said “ I will love you for the rest of my life. Promise you won’t leave me again. “ Steve whispered, “ I love you too Gregg, ever since the first night in the hotel in Mendocino. I never dreamed I could be with you again. “ Steve giggled “ I am afraid I shocked the heck out of your band mates. “ Gregg told him, “ No they know I like both sexes.. they were just surprised to find out we had been lovers before. I never told them about what happened in Mendocino . They figured I had met a guy and I was taken with him but that was all they knew. “ Steve giggled “ So they know that you have “ulterior” motives to asking me to move in with you. He was quiet a minute then continued, “ I am sorry I ran off, I just wanted to be a singer so bad and I was overwhelmed with loving you. I was afraid that I would loose sight of my childhood dream, I wanted to be able to have both. “ Gregg smiled “ And now you do.” Steve said “ I knew we would find each other again.” Gregg kissed him and Steve asked “ Can we go to bed now. “ He nodded and pulled Steve to his feet. It wasn’t long before the two men were were snuggled close in the bed. They made love knowing it was the first night of what they knew to be many , with a happy future together. Their passion spent for the night, they were both soon asleep , with their animal family around them, content and snoozing as well.