Chapter 15 - Coagulation

Lucius Selvig has been busy going back and forth at London and Cambridge because he was assigned into two Museums, the British Museum and the Fitzwilliam Museum as a part of his upcoming promotion. We all know that he's been into hard times after William and him decided to go on a separate ways. But if you're gonna ask him if he ever been into relationship after William, no, he was too busy taking care of Lucas alone and when he was at France, he never fell in love with French guys or girls. According to him, he never considered that him and William broke up that day when Emily caught them in William's house garage at Haverhill. Lucius remained loyal to William despite being a second option, actually William doesn't see him as his second option, William truly loves him, but with limitations. Lucius doesn't know what's actually going on in William's family, all he knows that William and Irina's marriage isn't what it use to be.

Lucius has only two goals in life, to make sure that his son will not end up like him and to fix what he destroyed. Yes, he want to put back Emily and William where or what they should be now. Even tho he really loves William, he is willing to give him up to the woman where he belongs who is Emily.

"Dad, you ever missed mom?" Lucas asked him while they're having dinner at Lucas's campus dorm. "I totally forgot what she looks like."

"Why would I missed your mom? When she intentionally left us."

"I would like to meet her before my 21st birthday next week."

"I actually doesn't know what's her exact address at London. But if you want to see her face again, you can look for her, you're good at it."

"What if, she won't recognize me?"

"She will, you looked just exactly her, the nose, the mouth and even the height. It's like nothing in my genes been put into you, except my eyes blood of course. Lucius jokes. "By the way what's your plan on your birthday next week?" he added.

"I don't know."

"You have any friends? You can invite them in our house at Windsor Gardens, we'll throw a party there."

"Actually dad..I don't have close friends, except in school, I have a friend, then I'll invite his friends too..and Junior is one of his friends."

"By the way, is Junior and Eliza are dating?"

"I guess."

"Just when did you and Eliza broke up? I thought you'll last long with her."

Eliza is actually Lucas's ex girlfriend, when Lucas, Junior and Eliza met each other at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Eliza and Lucas already knew each other, they just don't want to make Junior uncomfortable so they pretended that they're complete strangers. Lucas is the one who broke up with Eliza because he confessed that he can't stand having a relationship with a woman. Although they only in a relationship for 2 weeks, Eliza is still hurt about it because she truly loved Lucas because he was so kind to her, but Lucas told her that she deserves better a man for her. Eliza wanted to say to Lucas that she doesn't care if Lucas is not straight or not, as long as he loves and accept her but she didn't got a chance to say that to him.

You remember when Eliza and Junior first met? Lucas was at the convenience store where Eliza came from and he's watching them from afar, that was the night Lucas broke up with Eliza, Junior isn't the only one who is broke that night but also the girl she talked to. In the eyes of Lucas, he thought that Eliza and Junior won't last long, but he still hoping for happiness of Eliza even tho he's in love with Junior. When Junior already drove away, Lucas went after Eliza and talked about something.

"Dad I told you, I don't like women."

"But at least you try, I don't want you to end up like me. Lucas listen to me, you have to try, if Junior can, you can too..I know you're better than this."

"I like Junior." he said in a straight face.

"I beg your pardon?"

"I said I like him."

"You can't do that"

"And you can do yours? That isn't fair Dad."

"It's too late for me, but you, you can change."

"I think I don't need a wife, at least I'll have one child and that's okay for me." Lucius sighs after he heard those words from Lucas.

He knows that Lucas will have the same faith as his if he continues what he's doing, but still Lucius hopes that his son will change.

After their dinner, he grabbed a cab and went back to London. Lucius hates trains because of the smell of mixed individuals commuting, so he always prefer taxi as his mode of transportation. He keeps thinking about what will he give to Lucas on his debut party.

"Where at London Mr. Selvig?" asked the taxi driver who is wearing a leather jacket.

"Windsor Gardens, wait, how'd you know my name?" Lucius asked in confusion.

"Oh, I'm actually your son's neighbor, I lived next to his apartment." replied the taxi driver who is stammering.

"Uh.. That's great."

Lucius is sure that this guy isn't a taxi driver because Lucas lived on a dorm inside University of Cambridge and not in an apartment. He didn't showed to the driver that he's scared nor panicked, instead, he texted William about it.

"William, I think I'm about to be kidnapped."

"What?"

"A man with a leather jacket who's pretending to be a taxi driver, and he knows my name."

"Where you heading?"

"I think we're going on a right direction, he just asked me where my address is."

"And you told him?"

"Of course, I thought he's a real driver."

"Turn the location of your phone, I'll follow."

"I think it's not necessary William, he didn't harm me after all."

"Not yet but he will, now turn your GPS I'm coming."

William on the other hand was just wearing his pajamas and still carrying his sheet then rushes outside, Irina immediately noticed him.

"Where you going?" Irina asked.

"Something urgent." William said while rushing outside.

Irina already knew what's going on, and she already gets that William is coming to save Lucius. So when her husband already left, she immediately calls Sam.

"Sam..."

"Yes hon?"

"Abort the mission, the boyfriend is coming."

"What?"

"I think Lucius notices it, and kill that driver you hired, so stupid!"

"I'm so sorry hon, Okay, I'll kill him for you. Just don't get stressed there"

"And by the way, send a man to follow William, I think he wont be back this evening."

"Copy." Sam replied and dropped the call.

Lucius on the other hand is already sweating hiding his emotion. He noticed the driver is looking on his phone and pulled the car over.

"Get out." said the driver and Lucius immediately went out without a word then the car left him alone in a rush.

He then called William.

"Hey..He left me alone near the Nash Royston Lake."

"Okay I'm on my way."

"Uh okay..William, could you hurry up a bit? Because it's raining and I'm getting cold here."

William is actually a Car Racer in his youth, he then used his skill at driving, and drove as fast as he can just to arrive at Lucius's location faster. When he arrived, Lucius immediately went inside the car.

"You okay?" William asked Lucius while putting his palm on Lucius's forehead.

"Yes thank God. You got a towel in here?" Lucius asked while shaking in cold.

"No, but I got a sheet." William said while giving his sheet on Lucius and helped him wipe the wets.

They stopped by at the convenience store to give Lucius something hot to drink and talked there.

"I'm really glad you came for me. I don't know what will happen to me on that road alone" Lucius thanked William by holding his hands. "What's wrong with that driver? I thought that he'll rob or murder me, instead he just dropped me in the middle of the road with no houses and lights."

"There's something I have to tell you."

"What is it?"

"I think someone has been following me and everyone who is connected to me. Emily also texted me yesterday that someone is following her too. At first, I thought it's my wife, but now..I, I don't have any idea who will." William said while rubbing his forehead.

"Why would you suspect your own wife?"

"She's jealous, she even told me to stop seeing Emily and Junior."

"Could it be, she knew about me?"

"I don't know, but I think she doesn't. She never suspected me about this, she's so focus on Emily and Junior. But this time, I have a feeling that it's Uncle Fernan's"

"Your uncle? What for?"

"The entire family of my father is their only competitor for the next heir of Pemberley..They want the castle so badly, I think their trying to expose some of our secrets so that we'll be excluded."

"Why me? Are they suspecting you?"

"I think they're targeting me."

"Don't worry, I'll keep my distance away from you."

"No need to, you're not leaving me again.

"I'll strike back, I'll find their flaws too. I know they have one, it could really destroy them."

"But are you really sure its them? I think you should wait a little bit. What if that guy was just teasing me."

"Okay.." William said while rubbing Lucius's cold hands. "Drink the coffee, I have to fetch you at Windsor Gardens."

"You don't have to, I'll just wait for a taxi here."

"I want to, I won't let anything happen like that again to you." William while holding the hands of Lucius.

William fetched Lucius to his house at Windsor Gardens, London wearing only his shirt and pajamas.

"Lucas's 21st Birthday is this upcoming next Friday, I'll throw a party here."

"Who will be his visitors? He don't have that much of friends, and I think Junior and him aren't friends."

"I'll invite some of my colleagues at work too, and you."

"I'll bring Junior too."

"Great."

"I'll be going inside now. Thank you for this." Lucius said while unlocking the door.

But William held his shoulders and start kissing him on the neck.

"William not now, someone might see us."

"Okay then."

So William pushed him inside and closed the door then William continued shagging him, William can carry Lucius because he is bigger than him, so he carried Lucius up to his room while kissing passionately even if Lucius is still soaking wet from the rain.

"You have a condom?" Lucius asked William in a low voice.

"I don't need to." William said while undressing and continued to kiss him.

"I mean, this is the first sex we had after 15, years."

"Don't worry we both know that we are in a good condition to do this without protection." William said while helping Lucius to undress.

Less moan and full emotion is what the bed has been filled that night, Lucius can't help but to hugged and moan a little of what William has been doing, he can still feel a pain on his bottom because its clear in his mind that in 15 years of living in Paris, he never had sex with anyone there. William just continued what he's been doing, according to him, he also never had sex with anyone except his wife after 15 years being away to Lucius, so he is certain that what they're doing is safe. After their intimate sex, Lucius laugh.

"I can't believe you still got it." said Lucius while lying of William's arm.

"I just aged a bit, you really think I age that much?" William while hugging Lucius.

"Not much, I mean you're 47 now right? You have more white hairs than me and you're only 1 year younger than me." Lucius laughed while reaching William's hair.

"Well you're the one to talk, I guess if you're just lazy dyeing your hair, maybe your hair is worst than mine."

Lucius sighs..A moment of silence in the room.

"What? You want another round?" asked William while laughing

"Seriously? That's what you're gonna ask me now?"

"What is it actually?"

"Lucas told me that he likes Junior."

"What? He can't do that."

"Yeah, yeah I told him that too"

"We already talked about this. Hasn't Lucas had a girlfriend already?"

"He had, but he broke up with her, you know where that girl now is? She's Junior's current girlfriend."

"I beg your pardon? That Eliza Cleaver?"

"Funny isn't it?"

"Are they're trying to make fun of us? Or more like they are trying to repeat the past?"

"Excuse me? Repeat the past? Emily just confessed that she had a crush on me when we are still in High School, but I didn't date her." Lucius said while chuckling. "But I told her we can still be friends, and that's it."

"You have plan on meeting her again? I bet she missed you."

"No way, I still have trauma facing her."

"You'll get over it, she's already contented on my brother."

"Yeah I hope so, at least she didn't ended up like us."

"Anyway, tell Lucas to erase his feelings on Junior, can't they be just friends? If he wants to date guys, anyone but not my son, Junior is fighting it, I have a feeling that he can change, he truly love Eliza."

"As much as you loved Emily before?"

"....Yeah.."

"Anyway, Lucas is turning 21, you still has it?"

"What?"

"Don't tell me you forgot!?"

"Oh that? Of course I still have it. I hid it in my secret locker on my room at Hampstead."

"In your room? You pretty sure that Junior didn't saw your locker?"

"Even he sees the locker, he can't open it...And yours?"

"I put it on my safe.. I'm really excited tho, if Junior sees the photo, he will surely change his views on me, and then we can tell them both about everything."

"I still can't believe that they're turning 21 this year, its just feel like that day when Junior was born is just yesterday."

"That was a momentum for the both us."

"That photo is priceless."

Emily on the other hand was relieved on the sudden news from Willie that he will be back tomorrow. Willie submitted the documentary which isn't the truth about the massacre, many people fall for it since Willie is one of their trusted and best Journalist they had.

A week has passed, Eliza finally opens up with Junior about coming to Cambridge.

"Oh thank God!" Junior shouted at the library in relief, but it's okay, no student are reading or studying at the library as usual.

"What is it William?" Zelbert asked while looking at Junior's phone.

"She's coming back tomorrow." Junior said with a huge smile.

"Perfect, because Lucas just told me that we are invited on his debut party at London!" Gerald said while wiping the bookshelves.

"Really!? When?" Zelbert asked with excitement.

"Tomorrow night, T.G.I.F.F.!" Gerald shouted in excitement. "I'm gonna get drunk and sobber the entire night!"

"Yeah!! Me too!!" Zelbert also shouted. " Wait, what's with the extra F ?" he asked.

"Thank God It's Fucking Friday!" Gerald shouted again. "William, you and Eliza are coming right?"

"We'll see if she agrees."

On Junior's way to his apartment, Lucas followed and approached him.

"Advance Happy Birthday by the way." Junior greeted while walking.

"Why are you saying that? You must come tomorrow and bring Ms. Cleaver too. Only few of you are my visitors, I mean it's only the three of you are my only visitors from the school, others are my neighbors at Windsor Gardens. Then Dad will bring his friends too, including your dad."

"My father?"

"Yeah, he told me that he'll pick you up."

"But I haven't decided yet if I'll come at your party."

"William, please, just this time, give me a chance to be your friend, like our fathers."

"Our Fathers? Oh those pair of douchebags who sneaks from their wives just to fuck like dogs? You call that friends?" Junior said and stopped walking. "Okay, I'll come at your party and I'll bring Eliza too, just for a night, let's see if we can develop friendship there." he added.

"Thanks William, much appreciated. I'll expect you there." Lucas said while walking away.

Junior loves to play hard to get, he knows that Lucas has special interest on him but he keeps avoiding it because he loves Eliza more. And if you were going to ask him if he ever had an intimate feeling on Lucas, the answer is yes, but he decided to keep it because if will express it, he will think that he's becoming like his Dad which is he really hates to imagine. So he decided it to keep it to himself and focus more on Eliza whom he said that his source of happiness.