Conner’s Quiz 7 - The Drama Continues
Patt
The gang met at Sullivan’s pub and had a few minutes before Jim and Blair
were due to get there.
Simon: So what do you suggest we do for our friends?
Conner: I suggest we have a quiz for Jim and Blair to give us.
They can ask us anything they want. We have to tell the truth, no matter
what.
Joel: I like that idea Conner.
Rafe: What if they ask something that we don’t want to answer.
Brown: Yeah, what if it’s something we don’t want to say because it
might hurt their feelings.
Simon: I think that, perhaps, it’s too late. Others have already
hurt their feelings. Time for the truth.
Joel: I couldn’t agree more, Simon.
Conner: Heads up, mates, here they come.
Jim: Hey, everyone.
Blair: Hi, guys. Oh sorry, Megan.
Conner: It’s okay. Well, sit down, guys, we have a proposition
for you tonight. We’re going to postpone our usual quiz that I give
you. Tonight, I’d like you two to ask us anything you’d like to ask.
Anything. We have to answer truthfully or it won’t work.
Simon: Only if you’re up for it. We just figured with everything
from our last one, you might need to find out some things. What better
way?
Joel: Is that cool with you, both?
Jim: I think it might be okay.
Blair: I think it’s very cool. Jim, this will be great.
We can ask them things that we’ve wondered about in private. Now’s
our chance to ask.
Conner: Well if you’re ready, Jim, you can go first.
Jim: Okay, here's the first one. What do you think about me sleeping
with Blair?
Joel: Well, that one's too easy, Jim. At first, I was a little
shocked, but got over it quickly and moved on to wondering how I didn’t see
it all along.
Simon: I have to say I was a little uncomfortable at first. I
can’t help it. It bothered me that big tough Jim Ellison slept with
a guy. It just didn’t compute. However, I’m getting there.
Brown: I was shocked and I’m still working through some things that
have me bothered.
Rafe: I’m also in shock and I’m not comfortable at all with it.
That doesn’t mean I want anyone saying or doing anything to you. I
just haven’t come to terms with it yet.
Conner: I think it’s great. I always wondered what in the hell
took you two so long to get to where you are now. Okay, now Jim if
you have something to add, you do it now.
Jim: No, that’ll do for now.
Conner: Okay, Blair you’re up next.
Blair: All right everyone; here goes nothing. Does it totally
gross you out if I kiss Jim?
Joel: No.
Simon: Yes.
Rafe: Yes.
Brown: No, I don’t think so. Gross is a harsh word to use.
It bothers me a little but it doesn’t gross me out, Hairboy.
Conner: You are all weird, except for Joel. It doesn’t bother
me in the least. I like to see them let down the defenses and kiss
now and then.
Blair: Okay, Simon, what grosses you out about it? It’s just
a kiss, right?
Simon: We have to explain our answers. Conner you never said
we had to explain. You just said answer truthfully.
Blair: Fine, don’t answer; I don’t care. Rafe, do you know why
it grosses you out.
Rafe: Duh, Hairboy, you’re both guys.
Blair: So, if I was kissing a babe, you’d think it was totally cool,
am I right?
Rafe: Of course you’re right.
Simon: Now I don’t agree. I really don’t want to see you kiss
anyone.
Blair: So you’re not just against Jim and me. You’re against
PDA’s, in general?
Simon: I think I am, Blair and you know what? I feel better about
that. I was thinking that I was homophobic. But if Conner started
kissing someone right now, I wouldn’t want to see it, either.
Blair: Conner, want to give that a test?
Conner: Sure enough.
Conner got up, walked past Blair, leaned into Joel, and kissed him very passionately.
This went on for about two minutes and finally Simon said, “Break it up you
two.”
Blair: Okay, Simon, I take it that bothers you, too?
Simon: Yes, it does. I don’t want to see people kiss, I guess.
Joel: Now, see? I thought it was nice.
Jim: Duh.
Rafe: Hey, Conner. You and Joel?
Conner: Got a problem with us being different races?
Rafe: No, I was thinking more along the lines of he’s old enough to
be your…
Joel: Rafe, if you know what’s good for you, you’ll say older brother.
Rafe: That's what I was going to say.
Simon: When did this happen, you two?
Joel: Two nights ago. Simon, you okay with it?
Simon: Whatever makes you happy, Joel.
Conner: Blair, how did you know?
Blair: Remember that I used to study people all the time? Well,
guess what folks. I still do. I watch all of you and learn.
Jim: That’s a fucking scary thought.
Conner: Okay, Jim, you’re up next for a question.
Jim: Okay, Rafe, I’m going to play a word game with you, just
you and me. You’re going to say the first word that pops into your
mind when I say a word. No one else, just Rafe. Got it?
Rafe: Do I look stupid, Jim? Go ahead.
Jim: Okay, here we go. Kiss.
Rafe: Ewwww.
Jim: That’s not a fucking word, Rafe.
Rafe: Sorry. Okay, let's start again.
Jim: Kiss.
Rafe: Girl.
Jim: Penis.
Rafe: Pussy.
Jim: Lips.
Rafe: Girl.
Jim: Cock.
Rafe: Pussy.
Jim: Ass.
Rafe: Pussy.
Jim: Blowjob
Rafe: Woman giving it.
Jim: One word.
Rafe: Woman
Jim: How the hell would you get woman out of blowjob?
Rafe: Jim, duh. Who gives blowjobs? DUH.
Jim: Blair and I both do.
Rafe: Ewwww.
Jim: Okay, you’re stuck on me being with a man, I'd say.
Rafe: You didn’t need to ask all those one-word things. Just
ask me. Yes, it bothers me. I would never hurt you or Sandburg
but I don’t approve.
Jim: You don’t approve?
Rafe: No, I don’t.
Jim: So you really don’t care for us anymore?
Blair: Jim, that isn’t what he said.
Jim: Sandburg, this is my turn to ask. You wait your turn.
Rafe: So Jim, do you think you need my approval?
Jim: This is my question, not yours.
Rafe: Afraid to answer me?
Jim: Yes, I sometimes feel like I need you all to approve. I
want you to be as happy about us as we are.
Rafe: Well, it’s not going to happen, Ellison. Sorry.
Conner: Jim, how about you ask some of the others?
Jim: Joel, do you approve of Sandburg and me?
Joel: Hell, yes.
Jim: Why?
Joel: Why? What a silly question, Jim. I love you guys.
So why wouldn’t I be happy for you both?
Jim: Thanks, Joel.
Joel: You’re welcome, Jim.
Jim: Simon, do you approve of Sandburg and me?
Simon: It’s not a matter of approving, Jim. I hate to see you
in a situation that you can’t help yourself or Sandburg.
Jim: Simon, that’s a cop out. Now do you approve or not?
Simon: Why the hell do you care if anyone approves?
Jim: Because you’re one of my oldest and dearest friends, I want you
to approve.
Simon: Yeah, I approve. I like him, too. Not that way,
get that look off your face.
Blair: Choke…Choke…Choke…
Jim: Chief, you okay?
Blair: I’m still trying to figure out why Simon just said those nice
things.
Simon: Shut up, Sandburg, or I’ll take them back.
Blair: Okay. Go ahead, Jim. Continue. You’re doing
a bang up job, too. And baby, speaking of bang up.
Rafe: Now those things make me not approve.
Blair: I was joking, Rafe.
Rafe: Well, not everyone thinks those things are funny.
Joel: Well, I thought it was funny.
Brown: So did I. The Gay and Bi humor's growing on me.
Simon: Oh Jesus.
Conner: I thought it was cute, too. Now Jim, wanna see if anyone
else approves?
Jim: Brown, do you approve?
Brown: I didn’t at first because I was in shock. Now, I not only
approve, but I think you two are somewhat cute.
Simon: I say again, Jesus.
Jim: Thanks; Brown.
Brown: No problem, Ellison. Hey, can we start calling you Elli?
Jim: Not if you want to live.
Blair: Good one, Jim. Want me to tell them what I call you?
Jim: Not a chance.
Conner: Oh man, we miss all the good stuff. Damn.
Jim: Conner, do you approve of us?
Conner: Silly man. There is nothing I wouldn’t do when it comes
to Sandy. You should know that.
Jim: That doesn’t answer my question, Conner. Do you approve?
Conner: Yeah, I do. I like the two of you together.
Jim: Thanks.
Conner: No problem, Jimbo.
Jim: And don’t call me Jimbo.
Conner: Okay, Jimbo.
Jim: Blair how do you feel about the two of us with our friends?
Blair: Wait a minute; this is supposed to be about them, not me.
Right?
Jim: Just answer the question.
Blair: I’m on guard a lot. I think that’s why I make so many
jokes. I’m afraid they won’t like us anymore. That would break
my heart. I know it would break yours, too.
Rafe: Hey, Ellison, is it too late to answer my question again?
Jim: Rafe, you don’t have to say the same thing as everyone else.
That’s why we’re doing this. Therefore, we can be truthful.
Rafe: Then I need to say something more. It isn’t that I don’t
approve, it’s that it rather grosses me out.
Jim: Well, whatever.
Rafe: No, I mean the idea grosses me out. Not that you two are
doing it. I think you guys are good for each other. I'd have
to change this to I do approve, but it still squicks me.
Jim: Squicks?
Blair: It just means that it makes him sick but he likes us and puts
up with it because of that.
Jim: Whatever.
Rafe: Jim, I really do like you and Sandburg.
Jim: I know you do, Rafe. Don’t worry about it.
Rafe: Sandburg, is he pissed off, I can’t tell.
Blair: No, he’s hurt.
Rafe: Ellison, I never meant to hurt you.
Jim: Shut up, Sandburg, and you didn’t hurt me, Rafe.
Rafe: Good.
Blair: He’s lying.
Jim: Shut up, Sandburg.
Blair: Ask him directly and watch him dance around it.
Rafe: Did I hurt your feelings, Jim?
Jim: I’m going to kick your ass, Sandburg. Yes, you hurt my feelings.
I do have them you know. I had them before I realized I was bi just
in case you wondered, Rafe.
Rafe: You are hurt. Damn it. I said it grosses me out,
but it’s not you.
Jim: Rafe, tell me something. If I went out with Conner tonight
and came into the bullpen tomorrow, would you want to know what we did?
Rafe: Of course I would. We all know what a slut she is.
Oh sorry, Joel.
Jim: See that’s what bothers me. It pisses me off that you would
want the details about Conner and me but not about me and Blair.
Blair: Wait a moment; I think this is getting out of hand. I
don’t want him to know about us.
Rafe: Thank god.
Jim: Shut up, Rafe.
Conner: Okay, Jim, are you done, cuz I think Sandy needs a turn or
two, what do you think?
Jim: I don’t care.
Blair: Okay, I’ll start with Simon.
Simon: Oh goody.
Blair: Ha Ha.
Simon: Just ask me and get this show on the road.
Blair: Do you wish that Jim would go back to being straight?
Simon: That’s the stupidest question I’ve ever heard of.
Blair: And your answer is what?
Simon: Maybe sometimes. I miss our talking about dates and things.
I don’t see much of him. Although if he was married or dating a woman,
I’d feel the same way. Therefore, I take that back.
Blair: You just talked yourself right out of your answer, eh?
Simon: That I did, Sandburg. I’ve been hanging around you for
too long, that’s for sure.
Blair: So, why don’t you ever ask Jim about us?
Simon: Choke…Choke…Choke…
Blair: That won’t get you out of it, Simon.
Simon: Conner, I thought it was one question.
Conner: I didn’t say how many, Simon. Answer the question.
Simon: The reason I don’t ask is that I’m not comfortable enough with
it yet.
Blair: Okay, good enough.
Simon: So is Jim hurt with my answers too?
Jim: Simon, I’m sitting right here, ask me.
Simon: So Jim, are you hurt?
Jim: A little. Life goes on, Simon.
Blair: Okay, I’m ready to move on now.
Blair: Joel, can you tell me if you’d ever ask Jim or me a question
about our sex life?
Joel: You know, Blair, I would never do that. Not because of
what you might think. I don’t believe that we should discuss anyone’s
sex life. However, if I did believe in it, I wouldn’t mind asking a
few things. I’ve wondered some things.
Blair: Joel, why not ask. It might not be anything bad.
Joel: I’ll think about it, Blair.
Jim: You can ask us anything, Joel.
Joel: Okay, I have a question.
Jim; Shoot.
Joel: Why didn’t you tell us about the men at the station giving you
a bad time?
Jim: Joel, we’re getting off the track here.
Joel: Just answer me, Ellison.
Jim: Because you would see it as a weakness I can ill afford to have
you all see.
Blair: You’re shitting me.
Jim: And why did you not tell me, Chief?
Blair: Oh yeah. Same reason I guess.
Joel: So, will you promise me that you’ll come to me if anything ever
happens again?
Jim: I swear that I’ll tell you and Sandburg.
Simon: How about me?
Jim: Simon, I don’t think you really want to know.
Simon: You are so full of shit, Ellison.
Jim: That may be, but I still don’t think you want to hear this stuff.
Simon: Jim, when I heard about this the other night, I wanted to kill
someone. I went home and wanted to slug my own reflection in the mirror.
You want to know what upset me the most? That my good friend, Jim Ellison,
had something like this happen to him and we’d grown so far apart that he
couldn’t come to me anymore. It broke my heart, Jim. I kid you
not. I’ve not slept since this whole thing happened.
Jim lowered his head to the table and everyone could see his body trembling.
Simon didn’t think twice he went over to Jim and said, “I’m so sorry, Jim.
I never meant to hurt us both this way.” Simon slowly rubbed Jim’s back as
he said this. He then turned to Blair and said, “Keep going with the
questions. We’ll be fine here.”
Jim lifted his head, looked Simon in they eyes and said, “I love him so much,
Simon,” and then the big man smiled when he realized that Simon wasn’t upset
about that.
“I know you do, you nut. Now let's get back to business here,” Simon
said.
Blair: Conner, how do you feel about us sleeping together?
Conner: I think it’s terrific, Sandy, but you know that.
Blair: Why do you think that you ask questions and all the men don’t?
Conner: Well, duh, Sandy. They’re afraid it’s catching.
Simon: Conner, that's not true.
Rafe: What a terrible thing to say.
Brown: Not true.
Joel: I don’t ask anyone about their sex life.
Simon: And what do you mean she asks questions?
Blair: She likes to hear about things.
Simon: Oh for Christ’s sake. This is getting out of hand.
Jim: Simon, I do believe this is where you say something better than
oh for Christ’s sake.
Simon: Oh for God’s sake?
Jim: Not even close. You’re not off that easy.
Simon: Okay, I have a question. I want to know how do you know
who's the top and who's the bottom.
Rafe: (holding up his fingers in the form of a cross) Man, I don’t
believe you just asked that. I don’t want to know.
Simon: Well, I guess I do.
Jim: We take turns.
Simon: Makes sense, I guess.
Joel: So, Jim, do you feel odd when he takes you?
Jim: No, Joel, I feel rather great when he takes me. DUH!
Joel: No, I mean afterwards. Do you think that you’re less of
a man for this reason?
Jim: Do you think that of either of us?
Joel: No, I'd never think that, but I can see you worrying about this.
That’s all.
Conner: Joel, honey, what happened to I never ask questions?
Joel: Well, it's something I wondered about. They seem open about
it.
Jim: I think that’s so cute that you just called him Joel honey.
Conner: Thanks, Jimbo.
Jim: Don’t call me Jimbo.
Conner: Sorry, tough guy.
Blair: Conner, just call him Ellison.
Conner: Okay, Elli and Sandy, any more questions.
Jim: I’m going to get you when you least suspect it.
Conner: I was kidding, Ellison.
Blair: Okay Rafe you’re up next.
Rafe: Man, I hate this.
Blair: This one is easy.
Rafe: Good.
Blair: Do you like Jim?
Rafe: Yes, you know I do. I like both of you.
Blair: But have you ever thought about Jim as anything else than a
co-worker?
Jim: Sandburg, what are you doing?
Blair: Answer truthfully, Rafe.
Rafe: (turning very red) Yes, I’ve thought about Jim once when we were
out drinking.
Blair: And did that bother you afterwards?
Rafe: No, I knew that I was drunk.
Blair: So you could only have those thoughts if you were drunk?
Rafe: I’m sure I don’t know.
Blair: You’ve never thought about him in that way again?
Rafe: Sandburg, why not move on.
Blair: You have, haven’t you?
Rafe: Fine, yes.
Blair: We’ll talk to you later and it’s nothing to be ashamed of.
I knew you were putting up too much of a fight for just being against the
thought.
Rafe: Sandburg, I’m not gay.
Blair: Did I say you were?
Rafe: Yes.
Blair: No, I didn’t. We all wonder about someone sometime.
Can any of you guys say that you never ever looked at another man?
Joel: Well, when I was in the service, I used to have a crush on a
guy. Never went anywhere but I liked watching him.
Simon: Same here, I did watch someone once. However, didn’t follow
through. Rafe, it’s not a bad thing.
Conner: Holy shit, this is fairly common then?
Joel: It means, I looked once and wasn’t interested, Conner.
Conner: I didn’t believe any different, honey.
Joel: Sugar, you keep that sweet talk up and we’re going to have to
leave early.
Blair: So, Rafe, do you understand now?
Rafe: Do I understand what?
Blair: That those feelings are just part of being curious. If
they never went away, then you’re more than curious.
Rafe: Gotcha.
Blair: Okay, Brown you’ve been very quiet over there. What do
you think about all of this?
Brown: Which part?
Blair: All of it? How do you feel about us being together?
How do you feel about asking us things? Just everything.
Brown: Well, I’m not going to start asking you things anytime soon.
I truly believe that it’s your own business. I respect that.
I love both of you guys and am happy for you to have found someone.
I hope it works out. Happiness is hard enough to come by, so when it
does, you best grab it and hold on for dear life.
Blair: Thanks; Brown.
Brown: Don’t mention it, Hairboy. We all love you guys.
Conner: How would you all like to come over to my place for poker?
Joel and I'd really like that.
Joel: Yes, we’d love to have you over.
Jim: I’d like to, thanks.
Blair: Count me in.
Rafe: I’d like to come over, too.
Brown: Yeah, sounds like fun to me.
Simon: Sandburg, are you going to cheat? I know you cheat.
Blair: I don’t cheat, Simon. I’ve never cheated. I just play
well.
Simon: Yeah, yeah, yeah. We don’t want to hear about your sex
life.
Blair: Hey y’all, Simon just made a bi joke.
Jim: Will wonders never cease?
Conner: So are we going or not?
Jim: I’m in my truck already. (laughing)
Blair: See ya there.
Joel: See ya guys.
Simon: Jim, can I ride with you guys?
Jim: Sure, where's your car?
Simon: I’ve had a few too many tonight.
Jim: In that case, Blair wanna drive Simon’s car over to Conner’s?
Blair: Hell, yes! Simon throw me the keys so I can put the pedal
to the metal.
Simon: God, why do I drink?
Jim: So you might be able to say things that you couldn’t sober?
Simon: Maybe. I’d like to talk to you on the way over there.
Jim: Sure we can talk.
Blair: Simon, toss those keys and I’ll see you two there.
Brown: See you guys later.
Simon: Bye, Brown and Rafe. Drive carefully. Have you had
too much to drink?
Rafe: No, Henry's the driver. He’s had coke and nothing else.
Simon: Good, be careful.
As everyone left the place, Simon put his arm over Jim’s shoulder and said,
“You know that I really do love ya, don’t ya, Ellison?”
“Yeah, Simon, I do,” Jim said, smiling up at his friend and boss. Simon
hugged him close for a minute and then let go and they walked to the truck
for their drive to Megan Conner’s house. Simon knew they’d have time
to talk over a few things. This was a good thing.
The end for now.
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