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PREVIOUSLY ON "RELATIONSHIPS"
Jeff was on the phone in his new apartment calling up an aquantence of his.
"Harvy Lewis?" Jeff asked on the phone "Yes, this is Jeff Morales....I know it has been a while....No, I'm calling because I have a job for you....I need you to give me any information you can about a guy named Alex Grant....yes that's right.....He's a senior in high school....Why do I want information on him? Harvy, why ask questions if your getting paid? Just do it....all right....goodbye."
"Well, I looked up your friend Alex Grant." Harvy began "...I found out that he had a previous boyfriend."
"So?" I asked
"Well his ex-boyfriend's name is Dean Horowitz." Harvy said "And he's in jail."
"What?" I asked suprised
"Yup." Harvy replied "... he's in jail on charges of being involved in a gang related crime."
"When will he be released?" I asked intrigued
"Next month."Harvy replied
"Listen, when this Dean Horowitz gets out of jail I want you to get me a location of where I can contact him at. I have some business to discuss with him." I said smiling
Jeff went to the LA County Jail to make a visit to Alex's ex-boyfriend, Dean Horowitz. Jeff was going to wait until Dean got out of jail, but was too excited of the opportunity to set up a meeting with him. Jeff sat down at a table with a glass window in the center that seperated him from the prisoners and then he saw Dean sit down in front of him. Dean was about 6'2 piercing blue eyes, dark hair, had that dangerous good looking thing going on for him. Jeff and Dean picked up the phones to communicate on and Jeff began the conversation.
"Hello Dean." Jeff said calmly
"Who are you?" Dean asked
"My name is Jeff. I know an old friend of yours." Jeff replied
"Well?" Jeff asked "Do you still love Alex?"
"How do you expect me to answer that?" Dean asked "I hardly know you."
"Yes, well I'm the one who can get you two back together. All I need to know is if you still want him?" Jeff asked smiling his devilish smile.
"You said he's in a relationship with a bad guy?" Dean asked
"Yes, and I believe that you can redeem him." Jeff replied
Dean thought it over for a minute.
"All right. When I get out of here, I'll go to him." Dean said
"Great." Jeff replied
"Ray get off of me." Alex said
"I know you want it. Just admit it." Ray said in the same manner in which Taylor told him in his dream.
"Oh God." Alex said worried
Ray then grabbed Alex and dragged him into his bedroom. Alex tried to punch Ray, but that only made Ray angrier and Ray punched Alex in the stomach causing Alex to fall over. Ray then through Alex on the bed and slammed the door to his bedroom shut.
"I'm so sorry." Ray said
"It's okay. Everything's going to be okay." Alex replied
Ray and Alex sat there for a long time, just holding one another.
"I'm just being paid to do what you want me to do. Do you think I want to be spending my time flirting with Alex, when all I want to do is be with you?" Taylor said
"Excuse me?" Jeff asked shocked to what Taylor revealed to him.
"Well, what do you say?" Taylor asked
"That wasn't too bad." Jeff replied then gave Taylor a quick kiss "I'll think about it."
Taylor looked a little upset.
"You'll think about it?" Taylor asked frowning a little.
"Yes, you should be grateful. But, before I think about the possibility of us, I still need you to distract Alex for me." Jeff said
"For how long?" Taylor asked upset
"Just until Alex's ex-boyfriend gets out of jail, then when his boyfriend his here, he'll do the rest." Jeff replied
AND NOW AN ALL NEW "RELATIONSHIPS" ENTITLED "DEAN'S BIG ENTRANCE"
LA COUNTY JAIL
Dean was finally released and walked outside and just took a moment to absorb the fact that he's free. Although, he was really at square one; no money, no home, his parents didn't accept him anymore. He needed money, and he thinks he found of a way to get some. He looked up and saw Jeff walking towards him.
"Jeff, what are you doing here?" Dean asked
"I came to bring you to my place, so we can get you all ready to reunite with Alex." Jeff said
"Oh, thanks." Dean said holding out his hand to Jeff.
Jeff looked down at Dean's hand extended toward him and looked back up at Dean.
"Let's get you cleaned up before I shake that hand." Jeff said "Come to my car."
Jeff turned around and headed to his car and Dean followed.
"So, you'll come back to my place. We'll get you cleaned up, make you look presentable. Then I'll take you to Alex." Jeff said
"Jeff, before I go anywhere with you, let's talk money." Dean said
"What about money?" Jeff asked facing Dean, curious as to what Dean was getting at.
"I expect that I'll be getting paid for this." Dean said
"Excuse me? I'm reuniting you with the man you love and you want me to pay you?" Jeff asked unamused.
"Well I was thinking, you must have gone through a lot of trouble to find me and I know it's not out of the goodness of your heart. You need me a lot more than I need you. So, I'll say it again, let's talk money." Dean said threateningly "Or I'm not going with you."
RAY'S APARTMENT
Ray was sitting at the table with his laptop on doing some work. After working an hour, he got tired and decided to give Alex a call. He waited for four rings, then he got Alex's voicemail.
"Hey Alex, it's Ray. Just give me a call when you can. Thanks." Ray said then he hung up.
ALEX'S WORK
Alex was sitting at the video store talking to David when his cell phone rang. He looked down and saw 'RAY' show up on the caller ID.
"Who is it?" David asked
"Ray." Alex replied
"Are you going to answer it?" David asked as the phone rang for a third time.
Alex didn't reply, he just looked down at the phone, it rang once more then it stopped.
"Why didn't you answer it?" David asked
"I just didn't feel like talking to him." Alex replied
"Still thinking of breaking up with him?" David asked
"No, it's not that." Alex began "It's just, I can't exactly feel comfortable with him the way that I used to."
"Well, that's understandable." David said
"I mean, I love him, that's why I decided to stay with him, but it's just hard." Alex said sighing.
"I know." David replied
"Excuse me." A female customer said walking up to the counter.
"Yes?" Alex asked
"I was wondering if you had the movie 'Cruel Intentions'." The customer asked
"Hold on let me check." Alex said going to the computer.
He typed up the film title.
"Yea, we have it in stock, it's in the drama section." Alex said
"Okay, thanks." The customer said then walked off.
Alex turned to the computer again and noticed the date.
"Oh wow." Alex said quietly.
"What is it?" David asked
"Today's March 30, 2003." Alex said
"So?" David asked curious
"Dean gets out of jail today." Alex replied
"Dean? Wow, there's a name I haven't heard in a while." David said "How did you know he got out today?"
"Because I remember when he got put in prision. They told me how long he would be in jail for and I got the date of his release and it just always stuck with me."
Alex said
"Does Ray know about Dean?" David asked
"No." Alex replied "He doesn't even know that I had a boyfriend before him."
"Why didn't you tell him?" David asked
"Because, Dean was apart of my life that I want to forget about." Alex said
"You two were together for so long." David said
"Yea, and most of that time he was lying to me. He said that he wasn't apart of that gang, but sure enough he was." Alex said "He got what he deserved."
Meanwhile, back in front of the LA County Jail.
"What kind of game are you trying to pull here?" Jeff asked
"One that will make me rich." Dean replied
"And what makes you believe I'm so rich?" Jeff asked
"Well, the Jaguar for one, and I noticed you were wearing a Rolex when you came to talk to me before." Dean answered
"Impressive." Jeff replied
"I'm very observant." Dean said with a half-smile.
"Amazing." Jeff said said to himself, laughing a little
"What's that?" Dean asked
"That such a goody, goody like Alex could fall for someone that has some very dirty tricks up his sleeve." Jeff replied
"Don't insult Alex like that." Dean said sharply
"No one tells me what to do." Jeff answered "But since I'm pleasently suprised that you have some fire to you, I'll give you some money."
"Fine, let's go." Dean said
Dean and Jeff then headed to Jeff's car and started driving back to Jeff's apartment. As they were driving Dean sat back and thought about happier times with Alex.
FLASHBACK
Dean and Alex were sitting on his bed kissing.
"We should probably finish our homework." Alex said breaking the kiss.
"Probably." Dean replied then began kissing Alex some more.
"We don't want to fail the class." Alex said breaking the kiss again.
"Yea, failing is bad." Dean said quickly and then kissed Alex more.
"No, come on. Let's finish the homework." Alex said breaking the kiss one last time.
"All right." Dean said sighing.
The two of them picked their books up and started doing their homework.
"Hey Alex." Dean said
"Yea?" Alex asked, still concentrating on the paper he was writing.
"Look at me for a second." Dean said putting his hands over Alex's. Alex looked up at Dean.
"What is it?" Alex asked
"I've never had such strong feelings for someone before." Dean began "I mean, we've only been dating for a couple months, but I can't help it. I love you.
And I promise I'll never hurt you in any way."
Alex grew a wide smile on his face, and then wrapped his arms around Dean.
"I love you too." Alex said
Dean just smiled looking at the man he loves.
"I guess we should finish our homework." Dean suggested.
"Screw our homework." Alex said still having his arms around Dean.
"I was hoping you would say that." Dean said laughing and then began kissing Alex again.
END FLASHBACK
Jeff smiled to himself remembering and determined to bring that relationship back.
ALEX'S WORK
"He got what he deserved?" David asked "That sounds a little callice."
"No it's not. It's true. That whole relationship was pretty much one big lie." Alex replied defensively.
"I don't think he was lying when he said he loved you." David said
"No, he was lying when he said he wasn't involved that gang." Alex said "He lied to me when he said he would never hurt me."
"How could you defend him after what he did? He lied to everyone." Alex said
"But I think he was just trying to protect you." David said
"Protect me? He should have been honest with me. Him and I were together for two years, he should have told me he was in trouble." Alex said
"And what would you have done if he did tell you?" David asked
Alex was quiet for a minute thinking about what he might have done. "I guess we'll never know."
JEFF'S APARTMENT
"All right, here's your check." Jeff said handing the check to Dean "I'm paying you very handsomely to do this, so don't mess up."
"Thank you." Dean said looking at the check. "So, where can I get cleaned up?"
"Bathroom is down the hall to the right." Jeff said pointing Dean in the right direction. "Oh and Dean."
Dean stopped and turned around to face Jeff.
"What?" Dean asked
"I do expect that after today you will be getting a place of your own to stay at with that money I gave you." Jeff said
Dean gave a half smile.
"Very well." Dean replied then turned around and headed towards the bathroom.
ALEX'S WORK
"You idiot, just call Ray." David said to Alex holding up the phone.
"Fine." Alex replied taking the phone from David. Alex then dialed Ray's number.
RAY'S APARTMENT
"Hello?" Ray asked picking up the phone.
"Hey." Alex replied
"Alex!" Ray said happily. "I tried calling you."
"Yea, sorry. I was away from my phone." Alex said, David looked over at Alex with that last comment and gave Alex an accusing look. Alex looked away sheepishly.
"I was wondering, well, hoping that you wanted to come over tonight." Ray said
"Come over tonight?" Alex asked looking at David.
"Yes." David said to Alex.
"Um, sure." Alex replied to Ray.
"Great!" Ray said smiling.
"I have to get back to work." Alex said
"All right. Yea, I have to do some work to." Ray replied
"So, I'll see you later." Alex said
"Yea, bye...I love you." Ray added in.
"Same." Alex replied then hesitated for a moment. "I love you too, I mean."
Then Alex hung up.
"Okay, that seemed akeward." David said
"Thank you Mr. Obvious." Alex replied sarcastically
JEFF'S APARTMENT
"Dean, are you ready yet?" Jeff asked Dean who was in the other room.
"Almost." Dean replied looking at himself in the mirror making sure he looked all right. As he was finishing buttoning up his shirt, he began to feel a sting of guilt over what he's about to do. He was beginning to wonder if he would just end up hurting Alex even more then he already had...
FLASHBACK
Alex and David were driving around looking for Dean.
"Where are they?" Alex asked
"I don't know. I don't see anyone." David replied
The next thing they knew they heard gun shots.
"Dean." Alex said woriedly then sped up trying to drive towards the area he heard the gun shots. When he finally saw them, cars were peeling out and driving away. Alex saw Dean sitting on the ground hovering over someone.
"Oh my God." David said gravely. "Should we go to Dean?"
"I can't move." Alex replied said soberly
Alex and David sat there in the car in disbelief and the next thing they knew that saw police cars go and surround Dean and the body he was sitting over. An hour later, the police were questioning everyone, witnesses, the gang members that were caught and Dean.
"So tell us what happened?" A female police officer asked Dean.
"I told you. My friend was trying to get out of the gang and I went there to help him out if he needed to and then a fight just broke out." Dean answered wiping some of the blood off of his face. He then looked over at the paramedics working on his friend, Russ.
"Is he going to be all right?" Dean asked
Alex and David finally got over the shock and got out of the car and walked closer to the scene.
"Oh my God." Alex said in disbelief.
"Alex." Dean called out.
Alex stood there looking at Dean in shock, then he looked over and saw the body the paramedics were working on was Russ.
"It's Russ." Alex said to David.
"Oh no." David said shocked.
Alex ran up towards Dean.
"What happened?" Alex asked
"How did you know I was here?" Dean asked
"Cheryl over heard you talking to Russ about helping him with a gang situation in this area. David and I have been driving around for the past hour looking for you." Alex said
"Looking for me?" Dean asked
"Yea, I couldn't believe what Cheryl was telling me. I couldn't believe that you were actually involved with that gang." Alex said
"Did you just say that he was involved with the gang?" the female police officer asked Alex.
"No, it's not like that at all." Dean said "I'm not involved with this gang."
"I was asking this gentleman here." The police officer said pointing to me.
"I'm not involved with the gang Alex." Dean said
"And that would explain you being here?" Alex asked
"No, Alex please believe me." Dean said
"How can I?" Alex asked
"Sir, we're going to have to bring you into the station for more questioning." the female police officer said to Dean.
"Alex, I need you. Please, help me." Dean said
Alex stood there in complete confusion, not knowing what to do.
END FLASHBACK
Dean debated whether to leave Alex alone, but he loved him too much.
"Just do it. It could all work out." Dean said to himself.
"Are you ready?" Jeff asked again.
"Yea, yea." Dean replied
"You wearing the clothes I left out for you to wear?" Jeff asked
"Yes." Dean replied
"Good, now hurry up. I'm going to drop you off at Alex's work." Jeff said
Dean finally came out of the bedroom and headed towards Jeff.
"Finally. Come on. Let's go. Alex is going to be leaving soon, the video store closes in about 15 minutes." Jeff said
ALEX'S WORK
"Alex, I'm going to take off." David said
"All right." Alex replied "Thanks for the talk today."
"No problem. I'll call you later." David said
"Hey Alex." A voice said from behind them. Alex and David turned around and saw...
"Ray, what are you doing here?" Alex asked
"I just really wanted to see you." Ray said
"Well, I'll leave you two alone." David said heading towards the door. "See ya Ray."
"Bye David." Ray replied
After David left Ray went over to Alex.
"So, you get off soon right?" Ray asked
"Yea, I just need to close up." Alex replied
"Great." Ray said smiling.
"Yea." Alex said feeling a little uncomfortable.
Alex began doing a little clean up in the video store, making sure all the tv's were off, wiping off the counters, putting the money from the cash register away, etc. The whole time Alex and Ray didn't say anything to each other. After Alex was done he went over to Ray.
"Okay, let's go." Alex said
"Alex, maybe we shouldn't do this." Ray said
'What do you mean?" Alex asked
"Maybe you shouldn't come over tonight. I mean, I want you to, but I think you're still too uncomfortable around me. Maybe you need more time before we do this." Ray suggested
"No, that's why we should do this tonight. I don't want to feel uncomfortable around you, I want it to be how it used to." Alex said
"Are you sure?" Ray asked
"Yes." Alex replied
"Okay, let's go." Ray said
Ray and Alex began heading for the door, but then Alex froze in his steps looking at the person in the door way of the video store.
"Hey Alex." Dean said
"Oh my God." Alex replied in shock.
"You know Alex?" Ray asked Dean
"Yes, very well." Dean replied
"My name's Ray." Ray said holding out his hand to Dean.
"Dean Horowitz." Dean replied "Does the name sound familiar?"
"Should it?" Ray asked
"Oh, well I would have thought Alex would have mentioned me. After all, I was his first boyfriend." Dean said
"What?" Ray asked shocked then he looked over at Alex, who was still staring at Dean in disbelief.
Back outside of the video store Jeff was driving away smiling to himself.
"Have fun Alex." Jeff said to himself...
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