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Oh, to be loved (3)

By: Wolfie Steel.

For a long moment I do not respond, I just sit there and stare at Travis, I guess the silence has now gotten to him though.

"Yeah I knew it was a stupid idea, look just forget that I ever said anything, let's just go back to employer and employee..."

He doesn't get the chance to finish his sentence though.

"Travis, before I met you I had nothing, no hope, no money, in short I had no life, and then you came along and for the first time in years I started to see the fact that I had something to live for and that there was someone out there who I could find happiness with, and so to answer the question that I know was awkward for you to ask, yes, yes I think that we should be together in every sense of the word"

Travis sits there with a slack jaw; I gently lean across the table and lick his lower jaw before I bring a hoof up to close it.

"Travis, close your mouth sweets, it looks like you are trying to catch flies"

Travis finally comes back to his senses and gives a soft snort.

"Damn you Jackson, I was expecting you to reject me, because well, now I don't know what to do to take this further"

I giggle a little and then I gently stroke Travis's left cheek.

"Well hon, I believe that there was the mention of going to see a movie, if that is so then I think we should go to the movies, after all, don't most couples go to the movies for a romantic date?"

I have never seen a plate of food and a glass of soda disappear so quickly, Travis was eating as though it would be his last meal, a sure sign that pretty soon he will be suffering with a major bout of indigestion.

We finish our meal and we leave the cafe and head towards the local cinema, man it has been years since I last came to see anything at the cinema, so much has changed. We stand outside the cinema and look at all the movies that are on offer. Suddenly I begin to feel as though I am being watched, the hair on the back of my neck is on end and I just want to take a look around to make sure that I am just dreaming things, Travis notices my unease.

"What's up hon?"

I sigh a little as I make my reply.

"I just don't know, but I am getting the feeling that either we are being watched or that I am"

Travis gives a cursory look around but can obviously see nothing out of the ordinary.

"You're probably just reacting to the fact that you are starting a new life and so you are now more aware of your surroundings"

I gently nod my head in acceptance and then we continue to check out the latest movies, we pick out a movie and then we head to the ticket booth so that we can see it, but all the time that I am standing at the ticket kiosk with Travis, I still can't shake the feeling that we are being observed.

As we enter the theatre I now have a stronger feeling, it is the feeling that tells me that someone is following us, and I am not just talking about the other folks that are coming in to watch the movie, my nose picks up a slight scent, it is a very familiar scent, a scent that I seem to remember from way back when I was a young colt, but for the moment I cannot place its origin.

I look around in the dim lighting of the theatre and I see another horse as he is taking his seat in the back row seats, what is odd is the fact that he is all alone, and has no snacks or drinks to consume during the movie, almost as though he was not really here to watch the movie.

Unfortunately with the lighting being so dim I can't really make out any of the horse's features, and so for now to me he is just another horse. Travis and I find our seats and then sit down in them.

The movie begins to play and Travis takes my hand in his, I begin to get engrossed in both the movie and the closeness of Travis and right at this moment I can start to feel the love as it begins to blossom. I can now smell a small amount of arousal from Travis but still in the background is that other scent, the one that reminds me of my childhood, if only I could remember where that smell came from.

I then get lost in my thoughts and the image of my mother fills my mind, it almost feels as though she is here with me now, suddenly in my mind I recognise that scent, it is my family scent, the scent by which I recognised my mother and father just after I was born, this mysterious horse has the exact same scent.

As Travis is holding my hand he feels me tense up and then he looks at me with concern, he then whispers in my ear.

"Sweetheart, something is going on and I want to know what it is, because whatever it is it is really upsetting you big time"

I take a deep breath before answering him in my own whispered tones.

"Travis, you know that I said that I thought that we were being watched? Well I believe that whoever it is, they are part of my family somehow"

There are no further exchanges between Travis and I as we continue to watch the movie, but once it comes to an end Travis and I stand from our seats and head for the theatre exit, we slip through the doors and are met on the other side by what can only be referred to as my double, oh sure he is much thicker set than me because he has obviously has had a better life than me, the newcomer is the first to speak.

"It has been a long time Jackson"

My legs begin to feel as though they will not support my slight weight; how the hell does this guy know my name?

The horse sees the look of shock on my face and so he decides to continue.

"Forty one years ago a mare gave birth to two male foals, she named one of them Drafty and the other she named... Jackson, I believe that you are the one she called Jackson, which would make you my long lost twin brother"

Travis can see that my legs are beginning to buckle and so he takes hold of my arm and leads me over to the seating area in the foyer of the cinema, the new horse, Drafty, follows us and then stands before me.

"If I have got you mixed up with my brother then please accept my apologies and I will bid you both a good day, but judging by your reaction, I think that I have just found what I have been looking for, for nigh on twenty years"

I am still too shocked to speak and so Travis takes over.

"It's all very well to claim that you are someone's relative, but you have to know that you will be asked to prove it"

Drafty pulls a medium sized brown envelope from the inside of his jacket and hands it to Travis.

"Oh don't worry sir, as I have said, I have been searching for twenty long years for my brother so I know the drill, inside that envelope is my identification, you know, driver's licence, passport, and birth certificate, I can even tell you the names of our sire and dam, they are Carlton and Libby Taylor"

I flinch as each of the names is mentioned and so Travis opens the envelope just to make doubly sure of Drafty's ID. The name that is on the driving licence, Drafty Taylor, the name that is on the passport, Drafty Taylor, and finally the name on the birth certificate, Drafty Taylor.

Travis looks at me and gently nods, he hands me the documents so that I can see them for myself, I look at each document and then my brain begins to process everything. I take a deep breath to compose myself, and then the questions begin to flow.

"But, but if you are my brother, why the hell didn't mum or dad ever tell me about you?"

Drafty nods a little as he replies.

"That is one question that only they can answer for you I'm afraid, but what I do know is what my other dam has told me, and that is that our mother and father were only expecting one foal, you, but then they found out that mum was pregnant with twins, well from what I understand our folks could not afford to raise two foals and so they made the decision to let me go to a surrogate mother"

So that would explain why I hadn't ever seen my brother but as for why I was never told of his existence well that will forever be a mystery to both of us, I now calm down quite a lot and Drafty takes a seat next to me and continues.

"So, what of our mother and father, where are they now?"

I hang my head a little as I build up enough courage to tell my brother of the demise of our mother and father.

"Well, they were killed in a car accident in 2007, I'm sorry that I have to tell you like this, but it is only right that you know, as for me well of course I couldn't cope on my own after they died and so I ended up living on the streets, well that is until early this morning when Travis here rescued me"

A light of realisation shines upon Drafty's muzzle.

"So my twin is into guys huh? Well I can't be mad at you for that as I go both ways myself, besides it looks like Travis really cares a lot about you"

There is almost a dark and hidden meaning to those words and it seems that Travis has seen it coming.

"I know that look; it is the look that says that if I mess with your brother, I will get my tail handed to me in many small pieces, but trust me on this, I want to give your brother a second chance at life, I have already given him a job and a roof over his head, and he will be paid handsomely for the work that he does for me"

It seems that my brother, for now at least, is satisfied with that answer, he then hands me a business card with his name and number on it.

"Call me if you need anything bro, in fact if you and Travis are okay with this, maybe you could join me at my place tomorrow, because damn we need a serious catch up"

With that said Drafty rises from his seat and then heads towards the exit of the cinema. Travis and I watch him leave and then Travis turns my head to face him.

"Well hon, I know for a fact that finding out that you have a twin brother has really knocked the wind out of your sails, so what do you say to us heading back to the car and then heading home for an early night?"

If I'm honest I could use a huge amount of sleep, after all this is a lot to take in all at once, my brain though now calmer than before is still in a state of turmoil, I mean think about it, 24 hours ago I was all alone in the world, and then 10 hours ago I met Travis, and now I find out that I have a twin brother, how much more can a hoss take in?