Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:45:00 -0700 (PDT) From: adm2780 Subject: Brads Idol Chapter Sixty-Six All rights reserved. Other than downloading one copy for personal enjoyment, no part of this story may be reproduced or transmitted by any means, except for reviews, without the written permission of the author. As in real life, the sexual themes unfold gradually and are kept to a realistic level. Comments on the story are appreciated and may be addressed to the author at adm2780@yahoo.com This story contains descriptions of consensual sexual contact between males, adult and minor. As such it is homoerotic, designed for the entertainment of mature adults. If you are not of legal age to read such material, or if the subject matter would create irresolvable personal moral dilemmas, please exit now. NOTE: Special thanks to Matthew for his time and efforts proof reading and editing the chapters. Matthew's assistance contributes substantially to a more enjoyable story. If you like feel good stories, allow me to recommend "Never Take Love For Granted". Matthew wrote it and if I have any criticism, it's that he doesn't write fast enough or post as often as I would like. Chapter Sixty-Six: New Horizons We got to the new house just as Donny and Mr. Paul arrived. I woke that morning all alone. Uncle Ray had gotten up without waking me; guess I was worn out from the previous night's activities. When I woke I realized he had not only tucked me in with the sheets, but put a blanket over me. It was nice and cozy and toasty, like being in a warm cocoon; I went back to sleep. More than once I was glad that Uncle Ray had this philosophy about a person's attitude for the day being influenced by the way they woke up. My dad would kick the side of the bed and tell me to get up. I felt the bed lean a little as Uncle Ray sat on the side of the bed and slipped his hand under the covers. He gently rubbed my back to wake me; I played possum for as long as I could. When I did get up I only had fifteen minutes to dress and be at the new house; ergo, breakfast on the fly. Breakfast consisted of a banana that I pealed as we got out of the car. Donny gave me one of his weird 'what's up' looks. I took the banana and started pushing it in and out of my mouth, suggestively; Donny cracked up. Uncle Ray and Mr. Paul turned to look at us like we were weird or had lost our minds. That just made Donny and me crack up more so we quickly made our way to the door and away from the adults. It wouldn't do for us to have to explain what was so funny. "Brad," Donny whispered, "why don't you swallow that banana and pretend it's me you're enjoyin'. Maybe later I'll give you a taste of the real thing." Donny half teased and half hoped. "I had enough of you in me at camp," I replied. "I think it's time for me to massage your tonsils later." Donny grinned and we had to hush when his dad and Uncle Ray got near us. "Why is it I think you two may be up to something?" Uncle Ray asked, or actually just commented. We both gave him our perfected innocent 'who us' look. When we got into the house, it smelled dusty and stale like a house that had been closed up for a long time; probably because it had been closed up for a long time. We wandered through the house, just looking. Everything seemed to be just the way it was the last time we were here. On this visit I did feel a slight sense of excitement. It wasn't from the idea of moving into a new home, but the idea I was going to have a room that I had something to say about how it got decorated. To me, once we accomplished the new look, I preferred to go home with Uncle Ray. I could just visit once in a while. Donny asked me which room was mine and I showed him. I also explained to him that Larry and I would share this room. He looked in the other rooms and then asked me why I was sharing a room with Larry. I had to quickly explain to him how Larry liked to play and relax before going to sleep. Donny cracked up again; he was having one of those mornings. We stood around in the room while Mr. Paul and Uncle Ray talked about what they wanted to do. Mr. Paul suggested installing recessed lights in the closet that turned on when with a trip switch hooked to the door. That way Larry and I either kept the closet door closed or learned to sleep with the lights on. When he suggested this he looked at Donny and smiled. Guess what kind of lights Donny has in his closet? I didn't pay much attention to their conversation; Donny and I were busy playing grab-ass, until I heard something about a ceiling fan. That part I liked. "Ray, didn't you say something about twin beds and desks for the boys?" "Yeah, they'll use the twin beds at my place and the bachelor's chest. The chest can go between the beds like a shared nightstand. We were also thinking about installing shelves on one side of the closet or just putting another chest in there for them. Since they're just renting this place, Brad's dad doesn't want to invest too much money." "Well, you know, we could install recessed lighting over the beds and over the desks if you know where they'll sit. I could hook them up to operate off separate switches so the boys could each control their own." "I appreciate it, Paul, but I think we better not put anything permanent in the ceiling right now. Let's just go with the closet lights and ceiling fan. We may need to consider putting a couple of extra outlets in here though to accommodate things on their desks." "What kind of things?" I asked, hoping for my own computer. "Standard items," Uncle Ray answered. "Desk lamp, calculator, maybe a clock or radio." I kind of scrunched up my face with my 'you've got to be kidding, whooppee' look. He didn't even come close to mentioning a computer. "Yeah, I know; poor depraved child," Uncle Ray commented to my look. "Right now we need to get to work. Brad, do you and Donny know what to do?" "Yeah, you said we was gonna remove the wall plates. You also said we had to take down the trim and use it for a template to make new trim we can stain. When are we gonna get the new trim?" "This afternoon, when we finish here. Also, if we finish in time, Paul and I thought we might go home and grill some burgers. Can you guys handle that?" Our only answer was to smile and get right to work. While we removed the wall plates, Uncle Ray and Mr. Paul removed the bedroom door and closet doors and started taking down trim pieces. They were very careful not to break any, but I did hear a couple of cracks and splits. When we finished, I asked Uncle Ray what to do next. He put us on the floor pulling the carpet. "Do you remember how we pulled the carpet at the apartments?" he asked me. "Yeah, I guess that explains why we have a roll of twine. Cut it in three foot strips, pull the carpet, roll it up and tie it off. Where do we take it? We don't have a dumpster here." "Take it out and put it in the back of the truck. We'll put it out with the household stuff." We grabbed a corner of the carpet and started pulling. It didn't take any time to pull it loose from the tacking strips. We played around some and landed on our butts more than once when the carpet didn't want to cooperate, but we got it loose. The razor knife made it easy to cut the strips. In a little over an hour, the room was stripped; we thought. "Boys, don't you think you forgot something? Those strips have to come up, too. Remember, we'll be laying hardwood flooring in here." What I thought would be a quick morning's work just took a turn for the worse. If you've never had the privilege of pulling carpet tacking strips, you've missed out on one of the most memorable experiences in life. The strips are narrow, thin, and lined with tacks. The tacks are mounted sharp point up to catch the back of the carpet and hold it in place. Narrow and thin might sound good, but the thin part makes them very brittle. This is further compounded by the fact that the strips are secured to the concrete foundation with concrete nails that are intended to stay in place for many years. Simply stated, the strips break and come up one nail at a time in lengths measured in inches, not feet. After crawling around on my knees for a while I was ready for a change of pace. "Uncle Ray, we need ta get some pads. This concrete is killin' our knees. It doesn't just hurt, it HURTS! We need pads before we can finish. I got another question, too. How come we always get the dirty jobs?" This job was proving to be anything but fun. "That's not a dirty job, that's a learning experience for someone who wants to learn how to renovate from the ground up." Great, just what I wanted, a line of bull. "As far as the pads go, you've had pads for your knees here the whole time." "No way. We didn't have any in the truck and I didn't see any here. Did you see any, Donny?" Donny just shook his head. "I didn't say you had knee pads. I said you had pads for your knees. Think about it." I sat on my heels thinking. While I thought he just looked at me. Finally, he looked out the window towards the truck. The light went on. With utility knife in hand I headed outside. When I found the thickest piece of carpet we had out there I cut off two sections about three feet long; one for me and one for Donny. When we folded the carpet over it gave us some relief from the concrete. The job still wasn't any fun, but at least it didn't hurt as much. While Donny and I continued to pull strips, Uncle Ray and Mr. Paul removed all the trim including the door facings. Then, they applied painter's tape to the frames of the windows and the ceiling. When they finished those projects, and while Donny and I still pulled strips, they drew a diagram of the room and measured for each piece of trim. Finally, finally we had all the strips up and it was time to go. Leaving meant two things. One was buying all the trim we needed, and paint. The other was food; that banana didn't last very long and I was starved. There was a place we loved to eat at about every six months. Around Uncle Ray's it was known as Krystal restaurants. In other parts of the country I'd seen them look the same but called White Castle. The burgers were small, about three inches square. The meat was thin and square, and coated with chopped onion. To have a meal you had to eat at least six of them. The popular name for them was 'mouse burger' or 'grease burger' or my favorite, 'gut busters'. We called them gut busters because of the amount of gas they gave you. Now think about teenage boys eating a sack full of gut busters that loaded us up on gas and what kind of contest we would have later. Donny and I both knew that his dad and Uncle Ray probably wouldn't appreciate and good ol' fashioned fartin' contest, so we had to wait till later for that one. Once home, we unloaded the truck and put the new wood in the garage area. Uncle Ray was going to pull out his portable table saw so he and Mr. Paul could get started. Donny and I decided we'd strip down for a swim. As soon as we had our shirts off Uncle Ray stopped us. "Wait up, guys. You two have been hangin' around here or the camp most of the weekend plus the days you were out of school. Why don't you ride up to the school? I'd almost be willing to bet you could get into a game of pick-up basketball or football. Let me say it another way: you need to go hang out with kids your age and get away from us for a little while. Okay? Just be sure you take one of the cell phones with you." **** "Mr, Ray! Mr. Ray! It's Donny. It's Brad, Mr. Ray, he's hurt . . .bad!" "Donny, slow and easy, son. Where are you?" "At the school. We're at the basketball courts behind the main building. Mr. Ray, he's on the ground rollin' around and holdin' his side. He just keeps callin' for you and sayin' how much it hurts. I don't know what ta do." "You're doin' just what you should do, Donny. Stay with him and tell him I'm on my way. Tell him to stay down and not try to get up. What happened? Is he bleeding?" "It was Jake and his friends. You know, the kid Brad got in a fight with. They ganged up on him and Jake kicked him. He kicked him hard, Mr. Ray. And, yeah, there's blood comin' out of his mouth." "It's okay Donny, just stay with him. We'll be there in a couple of minutes." Donny and I rode bikes over to the junior high school. Uncle Ray was right; there was usually some guys hangin' around waitin' for somebody to come along so they could get a friendly game together. When we got there some older guys were playin' on one court. We spotted some other guys that looked about our age and size standin' around on another court. We didn't have to wait long before somebody else showed up and we had a game. These games were always kind of round robin. Guys would come and go on each team, and we just kept playin' until there wasn't enough guys on a team or we were worn out. I don't know how long we'd been playin' when Jake showed up with some of his buddies; all of them bigger than us. "Well, if it ain't the nut kicker," Jake spouted off sarcastically. "We ain't in school now, buddy boy, and me and my friends here's gonna stomp your little ass. I'm gonna make you pay for what you did ta me." "I didn't do nothin' to you, dumb fuck. You started it and I finished it." I knew that little statement wouldn't help me, but the way we were outnumbered the only help I was going to get was to run. If I ran then I'd just have to face him again and then listen to him taunt me for running. Looking at this kid, you couldn't help thinking his dad would have been better off wasting that load on the side of the barn. "Dumb fuck, huh? Well, you just dumb fuck this!" He landed a solid punch to my gut and I bent over. I didn't have to think about straightening up because someone had my arms pulled behind me. They had a knee in the small of my back and held me there, bent backwards, while Jake did a job on me. I remembered looking over and seeing two of his friends holding Donny while another of Jake's friends landed fists in Donny's gut. I don't know how many times he hit me. At first, it hurt. He taunted me, telling me to cry a few tears and he'd stop. There was no way! The guy holding me let go and I fell to the ground, gasping for air. When I rolled over I saw some of the other guys standing to the side, just watching what Jake did to me. The fists to my gut and face were bad enough, but it really hurt when he kicked me. I caught it in the side and back and knew I was in serious trouble. Pain shot up my back and then my side. Then, my whole body was one big mass of pain. I needed Uncle Ray; I hurt and hurt bad. While he danced all over me, Jake kept spewing forth some garbage about what his dad did to him for letting a little guy like me take him. I had no idea what he was talking about. When he quit kicking me I rolled over and saw Donny lying on the ground by me. I looked around and recognized two of the guys. One was Bobby, the kid Donny took care of the last time. I could hear Jake threatening to kick the ass of any kid that told about what happened and what he did. If he got in trouble, then he'd be looking for them and they'd wish they'd kept their traps shut. The next thing I heard was Donny, and he didn't sound too good. "Brad? Brad? Oh shit! Man, I gotta get Mr. Ray. Lay still man, just lay still." Donny was gasping for air and I could tell he was hurting too. But, truthfully, I hurt so bad that I just let some things kind of register with me but didn't think about them. It was probably a good thing for me at the time. I could hear him talking to Uncle Ray and then he was telling me Uncle Ray would be right there. I knew it would only take him a couple of minutes to get to where we were, but it seemed like hours. I kept rolling around and tears ran down my cheek. I was also spitting up some blood, but from where? I heard Uncle Ray and Mr. Paul before I saw them. "Easy, kiddo, I'm here." Uncle Ray tried to not sound like he was too worried, but he was. "Let's put your arm down by your side so I can look. Where does it hurt the most?" "Every-where; I hurt all over." I looked at Uncle Ray and couldn't help but shed a few tears. I hurt and I needed him to help me, make the hurt go away. "He kicked the shit outta me, Uncle Ray; the sorry bastard." I hadn't been wearing a shirt and Uncle Ray could see the foot prints on my body. When he touched my side I would have cleared the ground, but I hurt too much. "AAGGGHH!! . .Don't! . .Don't touch me!" I screamed out and then whimpered. "It hurts, it hurts too much." "Easy, boy, just lie there. I promise, I won't touch you any-more." He didn't touch me any-more except to run his fingers through my hair and try to settle me down. I heard him ask Mr. Paul how Donny was and then saw both of them on my other side, watching me. Donny looked scared and he was still hurting. I caught enough of Uncle Ray saying something to realize he was on the phone calling for help. Soon, I recognized the uniforms of emergency medical technicians. They prodded me and I yelled because it hurt so bad. My left side was the worst, then my left arm. The blood in my mouth didn't taste very good, either. While the medics looked at me, I could hear Uncle Ray saying something to the other kids. "Listen fellas, I'm not going to give any of you a long lecture. I know that you saw what happened here. I also know that kids have this code about not squealing on one another. Right now, I want you to look at Brad and think about what happened. He's hurt, and he's hurt bad. That could have been one of you. Each of you has to make a choice. The police are on the way. You can either tell them you didn't see anything and then have to face yourselves everyday, or you can stop this bully by telling what you did see. This is what parents call a growing experience. You choose whether to take a stand or whether to cower back. Just remember, you will forever have to live with that choice." The police arrived. I saw one of them talking to Uncle Ray but couldn't hear what they were saying; the medic kept asking me questions. I didn't understand half the questions they asked me, except when they wanted to know if something hurt. Yes, it hurt, all over. They told me they were going to lift me up on a gurney, and I had no idea what that was. They said it might hurt a little. Might? What an understatement. Uncle Ray was next to me again and I heard the police say something about meeting up with us at the hospital. Before they loaded me in the ambulance I heard Donny complaining that he didn't want to go to the hospital, he was alright. He didn't win that argument. I always thought being in the back of an ambulance was just a ride to the hospital with the sirens going, getting to run every red light without getting a ticket, and making people move out of the way. But, it's crazy riding in the back of an ambulance. The driver was on the radio calling out some kind of codes nobody, at least not me, could understand. One of the medics in the back was attaching a blood pressure cuff on me while another one had a stethoscope moving around my chest. Between all the different talking and constant reaching over me or putting something on me, this was not the fun ride I had thought it would be. When I looked over at Uncle Ray, he was on the phone again, but there was too much commotion to figure out who he was talking to. At the hospital I was rolled into this space they pulled a curtain around. Again, I was subjected to being lifted and moved onto a bed. Later, I laughed when I remembered this lady sticking her head through the curtain and wanting to know if I was alright; hospital comedian. Finally, I heard a familiar voice when Donny and his dad came in. Uncle Ray was right behind them. "Uncle Ray, who were you talking to?" "Your dad. He's on his way." "Nooo," I complained. "I'll be okay. Call 'im and tell 'im he doesn't hafta come." "Why don't you want your dad here?" he asked me, sounding surprised. "Suppose he decides I should go back with him? I don't wanna leave. Please, call 'im." "Don't be silly, Brad. He's your father and he has a right to know. I have an obligation to let him know. If he and I were to trade places, I'd be furious if something like this happened to my son and I wasn't told right away. Don't worry, I doubt seriously that you'll be going anywhere except to bed." A nurse came in and started asking all sorts of questions. I could tell a lot of it was about insurance and was a little surprised to see that Uncle Ray had a lot of paperwork. I didn't know anything about. I did understand the part when he told them he'd be responsible for anything the insurance didn't cover. While he did that, a doctor came in and started asking questions. He asked me the same questions the medics asked and I'm sure at least ten other people. When you hurt, it's hard to smile and be nice to everybody and I was hurting enough that I didn't want to be nice, period. My question was simple, why couldn't someone make the hurt go away? "Ray, I hope you know who did this to your boy, here." That caught my attention, someone thought I was his boy and I liked that. "I can count at least seven foot prints on his body. What bothers me is where they are. Has anyone given him a thorough exam to determine if there's more?" Uncle Ray shook his head. "Okay, I'm going to send an orderly in here to clean him up some. I want to be sure I'm seeing bruises, not dirt. Then, we'll do some x-rays to see if there's any internal damage. It shouldn't be long before we have a complete picture." "Alberto, I appreciate it, and I appreciate you coming down here today. Hope we didn't interrupt a party or anything." "It's called the life of a doctor. You know I'm glad to come when you need me. I understand there was a second boy that was hurt?" "Yeah, it's Donny. He helped Brad last week, and they made him pay today." "Mr. Ray, I'm fine, really." The only answer Donny got from that statement was what we called 'the look' from both Uncle Ray and his dad. The doctor just looked at him and smiled. Donny stood and took his shirt off. Suddenly it dawned on me that he wasn't wearing a shirt when we went to the school either. Where did he get a shirt? I was cold. I didn't know the doctor, but I recognized the name. Alberto was Uncle Ray's doctor. The conversation told me Uncle Ray had called him in. I watched as he felt around Donny's body and poked him in a few spots. Donny grimaced once in a while but that was about it. He nodded or shook his head when the doctor asked him something. After a few minutes Alberto announced that it appeared Donny just had a few bruises and should be fine in a few days. Then everybody turned around and looked at me. About the time I gave them a questioning look, this man walked in wearing a blue hospital uniform and carrying a pink pan filled with water. "Hiiiiii, I'm Stephan. Bath time," he sang out and I thought 'God, help me'. This really wasn't a man, at least not yet. He looked like he was barely out of high school, if that. However, he was gorgeous. He had an olive tone tan that was accented with the blackest black hair you could imagine and grey-green eyes that just sparkled with 'I'm happy'. His teeth, someone could buy a Corvette with the money that had to be invested in those pearly whites. What was really interesting was the fact that he was not only drop dead gorgeous, but he was so effeminate that there was no doubt about which way the door swung. Also, there was no way you could do anything but smile with him in the room and the way he acted. I stared at him until Uncle Ray leaned over and whispered in my ear, "Stop drooling." I turned three shades of crimson. "Doctor Alberto says I have to bathe you . . . ALL of you." He said with a smile and a giggle as he looked right at me. Why did this have to happen when I didn't want to be touched? I felt someone fooling with my shoes and pants. Uncle Ray took my shoes and socks. The boy, God, Adonis, whatever, was playing with my pants. Then I realized I was getting a boner; no way, I hurt too much for my body to do this. I heard and saw Uncle Ray getting a real kick out of this. The guy lifted the sheets and put his head under there while he stripped me raw! I could feel him breathing, actually blowing gently, where he shouldn't and I blushed and started laughing. It hurt! "Ooooooo, such a nice even, all over tan. How you get that?" he asked me in a sing-song tone. I took a deep breath, knowing everybody was going to have fun with this one. Thank heavens my dad wasn't there yet. Ever wonder why they even bothered to give you a hospital gown? Actually, I always thought they were half of a gown since there wasn't a back to them. After everyone had a good laugh with me getting bathed by the orderly, and getting more goose bumps than anyone could count because it was so cold, they took me for the x-rays. At least the gown kept the air from brushing over my still damp body. When they did all that and made me pee in a cup, the doctor decided I could have something for the pain. I still say anyone who smiles while sticking a needle in my butt has to have a sadistic streak in them. Some shot; I went out. When I woke, I saw Uncle Ray sitting next to me. When I heard a snore, I looked over and saw my dad on the other side of me. I wasn't wearing the gown anymore, but I had this huge bandage wrapped around me and my left arm was wrapped up and in a sling. "Hey, guys. The sick kid's awake," I announced. "I gotta pee. Help me up." I tried to roll over, but Uncle Ray stopped me. He pushed me back on my back and smiled at me. "Aren't you forgetting something?" he asked as he patted me on the side of my hip. That's when it hit me. "I'm naked again," I said. "Again? What do you mean again?" Dad asked. Oh goody; explain this one. "Oh, you missed all the fun," Uncle Ray said as he bent over for something. When he stood up he handed me the wonderful hospital piss pitcher. "You're not getting up right now, young man. Use this." Then he looked at my dad and continued with the story. "You should have seen how many shades of red your son can blush when this young stranger was down-stairs bathing him; all of him." "Yeah, his name was Ste-phaaan," I added, exaggerating the last syllable. I heard my dad start laughing and knew the two of them were going to have a good time with this story. Knowing I didn't need to listen to all this, I finished what I needed to do and went back to sleep. End Ch Sixty-Six To Be Continued: comments welcome; contact Dwight Wilson at adm2780@yahoo.com