Enrique
I was going through a Socialite's latest post. A new item about a man I’d met a lifetime ago. I was barely 21, coming out of a bar in Amsterdam, about to go home when I saw him. Young, tan, beautiful. He looked at me, then made his way over.
“What’s your name?”
“Ethan, you?”
“Enrique”
His face, even prettier up-close. Big dark eyes, curly long hair, lips full, and an ass that kept whispering my name: ee…thah...nnn…
Small talk, flirting, a sweet kiss on the mouth. A warm tongue, my face in his hands. His fingers pointing to a nearby hotel. Would I like to hang out?
His room number on a crumpled napkin. He has to go back. He’s with someone.
I looked behind him, a girl making her way towards us. Homely, chubby, sorry little creature. I’ve met her before. Different face, same hopelessness.
“Call me in an hour, she’ll be asleep.”
Back to the bar. My drink, my watch, and the cavity where my spine used to be. Thank God for starch or there’d be nothing to hold me up. Fifty minutes, a phone booth, my fingers, dialing.
“Hello?
Not his voice. The voice of a woman, his clueless girlfriend.
“Yes, hi, may I speak to Enrique?”
“No.”
“Is this 932……”
“Yes. Don’t call again.”
The sound of the tone. The fury of a scorned woman. A woman realizing her boyfriend, a fag.
A couple of months later, a new life in New York, the flipping the channels, a hospital soap. The boy from Amsterdam, his face on the screen. An Americanized name. Ricky.
Tell me its true!
:-)
Nice blog. Have been lurking for a while and always enjoy it.
Big Kisses from australia.
Posted by: Tempest | August 23, 2005 at 02:22 AM
LOL. Somebody finally outed her once and for all. Well done!
Posted by: Tom | August 23, 2005 at 02:50 AM
that was DE-LI-CIO-SOS !
its funny that whenever I saw "enrique" on the telly, his bon-bon use to seem to whisper MY name too...
but my question for the day is:
why is it only in amsterdam (and most european countries)that homosexuals (and bisexual) can be free to be themselves ? you KNOW that celebs like him would NEVER have taken a risk like that here in the US...unless you happen to be a massage therapist that does housecalls and is use to being asked for "happy endings"...
Posted by: clark | August 23, 2005 at 05:10 AM
Oh man, have fun with the libel suit! LOL.
Posted by: Toby | August 23, 2005 at 08:17 AM
you are the best
Posted by: Brechi | August 23, 2005 at 08:31 AM
Now I know why I bookmarked this site. That was awesome.
Posted by: graham | August 23, 2005 at 10:51 AM
WOW....speechless...
Posted by: Roy | August 23, 2005 at 12:22 PM
Yes this is true, though I have to say I knew this a while ago. I found this bit of info out around the same time I got the confirmation on Rosie O'Donnell-sometime like August/Sept 2000. The bf of one of my friends works at a radio station in NYC and has a picture of Ricky with his bf with my friend and his bf at one of the NYC Pride events (I think-it's got the rainbow all over the place).
Posted by: diabolix | August 23, 2005 at 02:00 PM
Great post. It really hit home.
Posted by: Eric | August 23, 2005 at 02:58 PM
I always wondered how anyone could NOT know about "Enrique". He's so obvious. I think he walks a fine line where he's half-out and half-in. I don't really care, honestly. Atleast he's not pulling a Tom Cruise...
Posted by: Derrick | August 23, 2005 at 10:45 PM
WOW!!!!!
Posted by: Ethan | August 24, 2005 at 01:54 AM
Shame on You ... It's not polite to Kiss and Tell.
Posted by: Chad Hunt | August 24, 2005 at 02:19 PM
oh chad. stick a cock in it
Posted by: demetrius | August 24, 2005 at 08:49 PM
Did he kiss good? I bet so,
but I think it a waste that celeb gays don't have spine,, Say all you want but the Lesbians have us beat here guys,, it's still Macho to be Macho.. such is life
Posted by: William Scott | August 25, 2005 at 01:31 AM
omg, thats freakin crazy.....
Posted by: ryan | August 26, 2005 at 12:55 PM