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            All the World's a Stage



by Erastes
Copyright 2017 by Erastes
Chapter 9 - The Four Musketeers. 



I planned on doing the same thing with the drama club for the next couple of weeks.  We would rehearse Act One on Monday and Act Two on Thursday, but I was also planning on showing a DVD of two different film versions of The Secret Garden during the second week.  I'd show the first DVD on Tuesday, and the other on Wednesday, but attendance would be completely voluntary.  The kids could come one day or the other, or even not at all.  It would be totally up to them and their parents.  

I felt that by now we'd practiced enough that they'd made their own decisions about how those roles should be played.  The film versions would merely give them another perspective, but it might also fill in some of the gaps that weren't discussed in the play.  I wouldn't show them this week, but I'd do it the following week instead, so they'd have plenty of time to clear it with their parents if they wanted to attend. 

The kids were doing much better at rehearsals, so I didn't have to give them quite as many reminders, but there were a few things they needed to work on.  Some of their movements were still a bit awkward as they moved about the stage, and Jon wasn't nearly nasty enough for the role of Colin.  He was a sweet kid and not the brat and bully that Colin was, so I started working with him to make him appear brattier. 

The sets were finished too, so Nolan and his crew would now change them according to the scene we were practicing.  We were also using the props that we'd acquired thus far, which included the wheelchair Jon would use when playing Colin.  It wasn't the old fashion type of wheelchair referred to in the story, but it would have to suffice.  I don't think the audience will be aware of that minor technicality.

Nolan and Gary had formed crews to help them change the sets and props for each scene.  They were using some of the extras, along with those few who hadn't been assigned a role this time, so they had enough help to do what I wanted.  It was a little confusing for them the first couple of times they did it, but just like the actors they were learning what they needed to do and were working the kinks out of their performance. 

Thursday rehearsal went a little better, but Jon still was too meek in playing the role of Colin.  I continued working with him on this, but that was one of the few problems I still had to address.  I was pleased that all of the kids had their lines down fairly well, so now we could spend time working on the other issues. 

I didn't see any of the boys that weekend, although I still went to the Y and worked out.  The boys had let me know before the rehearsal on Monday that they still weren't pleased with my decision, but I was happy that they were cooperating with my request and not trying to sneak over to see me again.  Even though I missed having them around, it was something I had to do if I wanted to keep from being discovered. 

Monday's practice showed even more improvement, although we still had a long way to go.  On Tuesday, before I planned to show the first film, I borrowed a cart from the AV department that had a TV and DVD player.  I had both versions that I'd ordered with me, but I'd told the kids at last Thursday's rehearsal that I'd show the older one today.  It was from 1949 and starred Margaret O'Brien as Mary and Dean Stockwell as Colin.  I hadn't been sure how many would show up to watch this DVD, since I'd warned them that most of it would be in black and white.  No color was used until the scenes after the garden had been restored, so I felt that might be a turn-off for them. 

I was surprised when nearly everyone in the cast showed up, including my set and prop managers.  When it was over, I heard quite a few comments about it, and most of the kids felt it gave them a better understanding of the story and their characters.  However, Chloe, who was playing Mary in our play, had her own observation. 

"I didn't know this happened in England.  Should I be saying my lines with an accent?" 

"No, Chloe, just be yourself.  Unless you've had a lot of practice using an accept it will sound phony, so it's better to merely speak as you normally do." 

"Ok, I was a little worried about that."

Nearly all of the kids said they planned to show up the following afternoon to see the more recent production too, because I'd be showing the 1993 version.  I had a feeling they would be interested in this version, not only because it was newer and in color, but Maggie Smith (of Harry Potter and Downton Abbey fame) was playing the role of Mrs. Medlock.  The reactions afterward were much the same, so I felt each of them now had a much better understanding about their character. 

In fact, Thursday's rehearsal turned out to be the best one we'd had so far.  It didn't have anything to do with any technical improvements in the way they performed, but it was due to the increased confidence they displayed in their roles.  Jon was doing much better too, and it seemed that seeing how the other actors had portrayed Colin had allowed him to see what I had been trying to tell him.  We still had a couple of weeks before we performed it in front of an audience, and now I was even more confident that we were going to pull this off.  I guess spending the extra money to order those DVDs had paid off even more than I'd hoped. 

I felt like I was walking on air when I left school on Friday afternoon.  It was not only due to the fantastic job the kids had done at our last rehearsal, but I was also looking forward to the weekend.  I would get to go to the Y for my workout, and I'd also have time to relax and catch my breath.  Maybe I'd even take some time to go see a movie, or do something else because I was feeling so good.  I had nothing on my calendar for this weekend, other than my Saturday morning swim, so I'd have plenty of time to try something new if I wanted. 

I didn't do anything Friday night, since I decided to kick back and take it easy.  Besides, I had two more days to do whatever I needed to accomplish.  By the time I went to bed, I still hadn't made up my mind about what else I might do the next day, but there was still plenty of time left to decide. 

When I got up Saturday morning, I had breakfast, packed my gym bag, and drove to the Y.  I didn't see Mr. Cardwell anywhere around while I was there, so I wasn't sure if he'd been there and left already.  Maybe he wasn't going until later, or possibly he'd decided not to workout at all.  I'd have ask the boys on Monday if they'd seen him, but for now I stopped thinking about him and concentrated on swimming laps instead. 

I pushed myself for about an hour, and then I took a short break before starting again, but this time I took it a little easier.  I was somewhat surprised when a group of high school students showed up and jumped in the pool with me, and although they were fairly good eye-candy, they were a bit raucous so I left.  In the locker room, I got a glimpse of several more who were changing, but I didn't linger and went back to get my towel so I could shower.  After rinsing off, I got dressed and grabbed my gym bag, ready to leave. 

When I got out to the car, I made a spontaneous decision and drove over to the cinema complex at the mall.  After looking at the listing of what was showing, I made my choice, bought a ticket, got a drink, and made my way to the appropriate theater.  It was an action movie and the theater was quickly filling up.  I looked around and noticed there were a lot of kids there, and they appeared to range from elementary students with their parents and on up to high school age. 

I didn't know what to think when a group of five boys asked to get by me so they could sit in the same row,  They were fairly good looking, although I wouldn't exactly call them cute, and I judged them to be around eleven or twelve-years-old.  I didn't remember ever seeing any of them at my school before, so it was possible they were from one of the other schools in the area.  They sat down quickly and only left one seat between the last boy and myself. 

Although I didn't have any interaction with them, I did observe some of their antics during the more exciting parts.  Some of them jumped when they were surprised by the action on the screen, while at other times they attacked one another as they mimicked what they saw.  At other times they just joked around and acted silly, but other than that I didn't think they were too unruly.

When the movie ended, I stopped at the men's room because I had to pee.  I was surprised when a couple of the same boys walked in behind me and position themselves at the urinals on either side, as they got ready to urinate too.  Since there were no dividers between the urinals, I got to use my peripheral vision to check them out.  One still had his little boy dick, while the other was just starting to develop, but I was surprised that neither one tried to hide their penis from me.  That might have been because they kept turning their heads slightly so they could see my penis, so they might have felt they were just paying me back and being fair.   

After I'd finished and washed my hands, I hurried back to the apartment so I could prepare something to eat.  It was already a couple of hours past my normal lunchtime, and after the workout in the pool my stomach was letting me know that it didn't approve of my neglecting it.  However, after I'd filled it and ended the rumblings, I went to the living room and turned on the TV. 

There was nothing in particular that I wanted to watch, but I thought I'd surf the channels to see if I could find something that piqued my interest.  To my surprise, the movie Oliver! was just starting, so I chose to watch it to refresh my memory.  I realized it would be slightly different than the stage version we'd be performing, because the movie either eliminated some of the songs and scenes, while at the same time beefing up others.  No matter, it would still give me an idea about what we might be doing. 

I was just getting into it when there was a knock at my door, and since I didn't expect to see the boys today, I wasn't sure who might be there.  When I opened it, I was surprised to find all four boys standing there, and they quickly walked past me to get inside. 

"I thought you weren't going to come here today," I mildly chastised.  

"We weren't, but we had some stuff to tell ya," Nolan replied. 

"Mr. Cardwell wasn't there today, so did he swim earlier again?" Gary asked. 

"No, I didn't see him either.  Maybe he's given up going, or possibly he had something else to do." 

"We also came to tell you about an idea I had," Tucker added.  "The Y is open until 6:00 on Sunday, so how 'bout we all go swimming then instead." 

"I'm not sure that would solve our problem, because we might end up running into even more people we know if we do that," I pointed out.

"We should at least try it and see who else is there," Will offered. 

"Yeah, the four of us will go together, like we've been doin'.  Then if we see anyone else we know, we'll tell them that you just happened to be there too." 

"Yeah, I don't think Mr. Cardwell told anyone else about seeing us all naked together, especially after the same thing happened to him," Will stated, but that didn't totally ease my concerns. 

"But it's also possible that we didn't see him today because he decided to change days too," I shot back. 

"Then why don't you go at 12:30, and if you see him there then you can either leave or call me to stop my mom from bringing us too," Nolan suggested.  "That way he won't see us together again." 

"So I'm just supposed to switch days that I workout?" 

"Nah, you can still do that on Saturday if you want, but this would be a second time for you to go," Gary offered.  "Maybe you could just have fun with us, instead of swimmin' laps." 

"Yeah, we'd like that better too," Tucker chimed in. 

"I suppose we could give it a try," I agreed. 

"Good, so how about doin' something with us now?" Tucker asked.  "I really liked the last time and I want to do it again." 

"You mean you haven't done anything since then?" 

"We all went to Will's house after we finished swimming last week and had some fun with each other, but it's a lot better with you," Gary answered.  "Even Tucker did some things with us, now that he's done it with you." 

"But they didn't make me feel as good as you did," Tucker confessed.  "And I don't think I did a very good job on them either." 

"So you did it with your parents at home?" I asked, looking at Will. 

"I just live with my mom, and she'd already told me she was gonna be helping a friend and wouldn't be home until later.  That's why we all went to my house." 

"I see.  And she doesn't mind you having friends over when she's not at home?" 

"Nah, she knows these guys really well, and since Nolan's mom takes us all places, she feels that's how she can help out too." 

"So can we do something?" Tucker pressed.  He was dancing around waiting for an answer, so much so that it appeared as if he had to pee. 

"I keep telling you guys we can't continue doing this any more, yet you keep showing up so you can talk me into breaking my rule again." 

"It's cuz we all like doing stuff with you," Will replied.  "You do it way better than we do, and we didn't get to do anything to you the last time." 

"Please," they all begged in unison.  I don't know how they did that, but it almost seemed as if it had been choreographed. 

Seeing I wanted to do it nearly as much as they did, but I didn't want to give in to them too quickly, I hemmed and hawed for a couple of minutes before I responded. 

"What the heck am I going to do with you boys?  I can't keep giving in to you." 

"Yes, you can!" Gary replied. 

"And what you're gonna do with us is make us feel good," Nolan added. 

"And we'll try to do that to you too," Will followed

"Please," they all chorused again. 

"Damn, I feel as if I'm losing control of this situation." 

"No, you'll be in complete control when you do stuff with us," Gary joked, and I stood and stared at him for quite a few seconds.    

"Since I don't want to spend the next hour arguing with you, I'll do what you want again, but sooner or later this has to end." 

"We vote for later," Tucker quipped.  "Like when we're in college." 

"We want to be in there together this time," Gary quickly added.  "I like watchin' you do stuff to the other guys." 

"And then we can all work on you together," Will stated.  "Tucker said he got to hold your dick last time, but I didn't, so I want to make sure I get to do somethin' with you too." 

"So much for being the adult in charge," I said under my breath.  I didn't realize, however, that it was still loud enough for them to hear. 

"You're still in charge," Nolan confessed apologetically.  "You'll be in charge of getting us all off." 

"Yeah, we agree," the others chipped in rather loudly. 

"Shhh.  Keep it down.  I don't want anyone to hear what's going on in here." 

"K, we'll keep the noise down, but let's go back to your bedroom and get started," Will urged, and then all of them turned and started in that direction without me. 

"Come on, Mr. Roberson," Tucker pleaded as he came back and grabbed my hand.  "I want you to do stuff to me first." 

Once we were all in the bedroom, we started to undress, and then Nolan said something.  "We were in the pool for a couple of hours before we came here, and we washed off really good in the shower too, so we're all really clean." 

I knew he'd said this because he wanted me to rim him again.  I didn't have a problem with that, but since I hadn't done it with Tucker or Will yet, I wasn't sure how they were going to react. 

"But I'm going first," Tucker said as I was pulling back the bedding.  Then he hopped on the bed and laid down in the middle of the mattress, as he waited for me to begin. 

Since he already had a boner, I knew he wasn't going to last long, but I wanted to do a few more things with him this time.  Seeing I didn't want him to shoot prematurely, I sucked him off first.  It took less than a minutes before he was filling my mouth with his immature seed, but the others didn't know he had cum.  They merely thought he was only reacting to the fact that I had his penis in my mouth.  Therefore, they didn't think anything of it when I pulled off his penis and moved higher. 

I toyed with Tucker nipples with my tongue and mouth for a while, and then I sucked on them briefly.  After that I got up and moved between his legs and went to work on his tight little scrotum.  While his head was spinning from all of these new sensations, I lifted his legs and dove into his butt with my tongue.  This not only surprised Tucker, but I heard Will gasp in amazement as well. 

"What's he doin' now?" Will asked. 

"He's lickin' Tucker's butt hole," Nolan answered.  "He did that to me and Gary after you guys left last time and it feels incredible." 

"Yeah, you're gonna love it," Gary added. 

Will then moved closer so he could see what I was doing, while Tucker squirmed around and ooh and aahed as I worked on his backdoor.  After I did that to him for a couple of minutes, I ran my tongue over his perineum and scrotum again, before sucking him off for a second time.  He basically had a dry cum this time, but I think he enjoyed it just as much, and then we left him to recover while I turned to see who was going next. 

"Was what you just did to Tucker's butt something that gay guys do?" Will asked, still mildly in shock. 

"Yes.  It's called rimming and many gay guys do it." 

"But not all?" 

"I'm sure there are some who don't want to do it, so I'll leave it up to you." 

"Ok.  I want to go next and you can do that to me too, but I'm not sure if I'll do it to anyone else.  I just want to see what it feels like." 

"It tickled, but it felt good too," Tucker stated as he was coming out of his orgasmic fog.  "I'm glad he did it to me." 

"Ok, my turn then," Will stated enthusiastically. 

Will and Tucker then switched places, and I basically did the same things to him.  The only difference was that I didn't suck him off first, before I moved up to his titties.  I started there instead and worked my way down.  When I got to the point where I was lifting his legs so I could dive into his backside, the muscles in his legs tightened and resisted momentarily, but then he relaxed and let me have my way.  His butt was hopping up and down on the mattress as I toyed with his hole, which told me that he might have found this tickled as well.  However, from the noises he was making I could tell he was enjoying it, so I kept it up for a couple of minutes before moving on.  I licked his perineum and scrotum next, and then I sucked him off until he filled my mouth with his manly, and slightly nutty tasting treat

"Man, that was wild," Will hissed when he finally came around.  "I never felt nothin' like that before, and I'll let you do it to me again sometime, if you want." 

"We'll see, but now I need to know who's going next." 

"I am," Gary announced, and then I did the same thing to him. 

After Gary had his orgasm, I did it to Nolan as well, and once all of the boys had gotten off I took a breather, because I'd spent a lot of energy working on them.  I had just caught my breath when Gary spoke up. 

"We want you to lay down now, so we can all work on you." 

"I get his dick first," Will shouted. 

"Me and Gary will work on his tits then," Nolan followed. 

"What do I do?" Tucker cried.  He looked worried that he was being left out. 

"You can kiss me," I suggested, which caused Tucker to grin. 

"Yeah, I can do that," he agreed. 

"And we'll switch so everyone will get to do the other things too," Gary clarified. 

"I'll let you know when to change and who will do what next," Nolan stated.  "I'll work on his dick last, cuz I want him to cum in my mouth this time."

"So, Tucker, you can move down to his dick after you finish kissing him," Gary explained.  "Will, you'll take my place and I'll kiss Mr. Roberson next." 

"When we switch again," Nolan continued, "Tucker will take my spot and I'll kiss Mr. Roberson, while Gary sucks his dick.  I think everyone figured out how this was going to work now, so they all got busy. 

Even though they were still learning and prone to making mistakes, the combination of so many boys doing things to me at the same time was quite effective.  When Tucker stopped kissing me, I gave him a word of advice.  "If you don't want to suck my dick, or if it's too big for you to handle, you can just jerk me off instead." 

"I wanna try doin' that, but I'll do what you said if I can't." 

I felt him lick the helmet first, and then he tried to take it into his mouth, but it was a very tight fit so he ended up stroking my dick until they changed places again. 

Gary really had me primed after he finished his turn sucking my dick, so Nolan was able to finish me off and I emptied my nuts into his mouth.  He handled it like a pro, and even kept some of it in his mouth so he could show the others that I had indeed cum and that he had swallowed most of it.  I think Will was impressed, but Tucker looked as if he was considering if he would ever be able to do that. 

After the boys finished working on me, they wanted me to stay there so they could cuddle with me next.  Nolan and Gary let Will and Tucker go first, so those two sidled up against me on either side, placed their heads on my shoulder, and draped an arm across my chest.  In turn, I wrapped an arm around each one and gave them a gentle squeeze, and then I kissed each one on the head as I enjoyed having them close.  I could also feel their flaccid penises resting against my side, and I couldn't think of a more beautiful way to finish off this session with them. 

After they'd spent several minutes with me like this, they let Gary and Nolan take their places, and as I was enjoying being with them, I felt someone moving between my legs.  I glanced down and discovered it was Tucker, and he was examining and playing with my penis again.  I think he's found a new favorite toy. 

When I finally decided they should be heading home, I kissed each of them again, only this time on the mouth, and thanked each one for the wonderful afternoon. 

"Does this mean we can come here and do it again?" Will asked as his eyes lit up. 

"Does it matter what I say?" I asked rhetorically.  "Even if I say 'no', I'm convinced you'll still show up again, looking to do this once more." 

"Didn't you enjoy it?" Tucker asked amazed. 

"Yes, I enjoyed it too, but it doesn't mean that I've stopped worrying about someone else finding out what we're doing." 

"We'll never say nothin' 'bout this," Will stated emphatically. 

"Yeah, we won't ever say nothin' about what we're doin'," Nolan confirmed.  "We all enjoy it too much to stop." 

"And I'd prefer not stopping either, as long as we don't get caught and I don't end up in jail." 

"We'll protect you, Mr. Roberson," Gary added with confidence.  "No matter what, we'll do whatever we have to so you don't get in trouble." 

"Thanks, I appreciate that." 

"Are you gonna go to the Y tomorrow so we can meet you there?" Nolan asked before he left. 

"I suppose we could give it a try."

"Then you can go at 12:30, like we said earlier," he continued.  "Put my phone number in your cell phone so you can call me if Mr. Cardwell is there." 

"Ok, but I'll only use your initials, so no one else will know I have your phone number, in case someone happens to come across my phone." 

"Use 'bro' instead.  If it gets picked up by someone I know, they might recognize my initials and then see it's my phone number too, so this way they might not even look."

"Ok, I can do that too.  This is beginning to feel like I'm in a spy movie."

"Yeah, it does," he agreed as I entered the number he was telling me. 

When I finished doing that, I went outside to make certain there was no one else about, and then the boys said goodbye and raced across the parking lot.  I watched until they'd disappeared, and then I went inside.  I quickly discovered that the movie had ended, probably long ago, so I turned off the TV.  I didn't have to watch anything else to pass the time, because all I had to do was close my eyes and recall everything that had just happened.  It proved to be both entertaining and satisfying, so I didn't need any technical assistance. 

I eventually got up and fixed something for dinner, and while I was mindlessly doing that, I wondered how long the boys would want to keep this up.  Tucker had indicated that he was willing to keep going until he left for college, but how about the other three?  Would there come a point when they'd lose interest in this, such as when they graduated from the middle school and moved to the high school? 

I suddenly saw the irony in this line of thought.  I'd been continually telling the boys that we had to stop meeting like this and doing these things, and now I was worried that it was going to come to an end.  Go figure!







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I wish to extend my thanks to Donny for editing these chapters for me and offering their suggestions. 

 

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My other stories:

http://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/adult-youth/different-points-of-view/

http://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/adult-youth/a-throw-away-kid/

http://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/adult-youth/the-guardian/

http://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/adult-youth/chance-of-a-lifetime/

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Although the boys in these stories sometimes have unprotected sex, I strongly urge all of you out there to be smart and protect yourselves from various sexually transmitted diseases by using taking appropriate precautions before engaging in sex.