That's Just Silly, Ray ----------------------------- Benton Fraser and Ray Kowalski were walking in the woods. Ray was trying to explain something to his partner. ".... and so that's why I said, 'you don't crush yer sister's smokes.' It's a figure of speech. Understand?" "Well, not really Ray. It sounds rather ... silly to me," said Ben. "And like you don't say some pretty strange things, sometimes?" asked Ray. "There is a difference between 'strange' and 'silly', Ray." "Of course," agreed Ray. "Heaven forbid Benton Fraser would ever say or do anything silly. It wouldn't be Mountie-like." In response, Fraser gathered a handful of snow, made a snowball and threw it at Ray. "Hey!" spluttered Kowalski as he tried to remove the snow from his face. "I am going to get you for that, Fraser!" But before he could make a snowball of his own, his partner had struck him with another one. Ray pounced on Fraser and pushed him to the ground. "Got ya now," he said with a grin, and kissed the Mountie. In response, Fraser rolled over until he had pinned Ray beneath him and proceeded to kiss him quite thoroughly. Then he got to his feet and offered his hand to Ray. The detective got up and brushed himself off. "I'm soaked," said Ray. "As am I," replied Ben. "I guess we should go home and get out of these wet clothes." "That sounds like an excellent idea, Ray," replied Ben. Still holding each other's hand, the two men began walking back to Ray's car. "Hey, Ben," Ray said suddenly, "d'you remember the first time I kissed you?" "I remember it very well, Ray," replied his lover. "I'll never forget it. Man, I was scared." "What were you scared of?" Fraser asked. "Well, I was scared that you wouldn't ever want to see me again. I was scared that you'd push me away. I was scared that you'd leave and never come back. I was scared that you wouldn't love me." Fraser stopped walking, took Ray in his arms and kissed him long and hard. "Now that's just silly, Ray," he said. END