Page 12 of Truck Me Daddy

Reece loves coming up with nicknames for people, especially boys. Being a former professional soccer player, locker room culture has always played a big part in Reece’s life – and there’s nothing that screams locker room more than nicknames!

‘I think it suits him,’ Ranger adds, a hint of mischief in his voice. ‘As I was saying to Reece before you arrived, you definitely wanted to take a big bite out of the boy’s cake…’

Ranger and Reece laugh together, and it’s not long before I cave and break out into a big smile too.

Ranger is right, Mikey is all kinds of hot – and I definitely want a taste of his strong, round booty.

But I think I need to explain to my Daddy bros where I’m coming from right now…

‘It’s not about the quick hookup for me now,’ I say, motioning to the barista for another round of coffees. ‘I’ve got that feeling like I want to settle down. Reece, you must know what I mean right?’

Reece nods.

It wasn’t too long ago that Reece himself was the playboy retired sports star who would make his way through boy after boy.

But ever since he met Xander, Reece has only had eyes for one boy and one boy only.

‘I know what you mean,’ Reece says. ‘Since me and Xander got together, I’ve not looked back. All jokes aside, if you think that Diner Boy is the one for you, then I think you should go for it.’

‘Reece, you haven’t heard the best part yet,’ Ranger laughs. ‘Go on, tell him.’

I grimace.

Reece’s advice for me to go for it with Mikey sounds great. Except for the fact that I’ve got no way to contact him – I gave Mikey my number, but I didn’t ask for his. This seemed like a good idea at the time but all of a sudden I’m beginning to regret it in a big way.

I explain what happened to Reece.

And if I was expecting any sympathy, then I really shouldn’t have been…

‘Talk about dropping the ball!’ Reece laughs. ‘Boy oh boy, I would never have put the great Trent Thomas down as making the wrong play when it came to a sexy baby boy.’

‘First time for everything,’ I say, wistfully. ‘I guess this is one situation I might just have to put down to experience. Hey, it’s not like the boy was that cute.’

I see Ranger and Reece exchanging a quick glance.

They don’t believe me for a second – and I don’t blame them either.

‘Okay, okay, the boy was gorgeous,’ I say. ‘Big, strong, but with the sweetest smile. Fuck. I screwed this one up.’

My two buddies can see that I’m not fooling around, and Ranger swiftly changes the subject so that I don’t feel too down.

That what I love about my relationship with Ranger and Reece. We’ve got a shared respect for one another that allows us to rip into each other one moment, and then be there emotionally the next.

I value my brothers so much.

I guess I just wish that I had a boy to bring into my life too…

Still, even if I don’t have a boy, I know that I’ve got some of the finest coffee I’ve ever had – and speaking of which, it seems like Ranger has taken a shine to the new barista.

‘Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do,’ I laugh as I watch Ranger get up from his seat and make a beeline for the boy.

‘He’s cute,’ Reece says. ‘As you know, I’m all about the macho boys, but Ranger knows how to pick the sexiest petite boys, I’ll give him that.’

The pair of us laugh and our conversation soon turns to some TV work that Reece is doing to promote the local soccer franchise that has recently been launched.

I love seeing Reece so inspired, and it reminds me that even though I’m a free spirit, I do sometimes have a desire to do something more substantial with my days.

Don’t get me wrong, there’s no way I’m ever going to stop chasing waves across the world, but if there was a way of combing my love of surfing with contributing something to society then I’d certainly be interested in seeing how I could work it into my life.

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