Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 11:38:16 +0200 From: hadjo Subject: Harry-19 English is not my native language, so please have some consideration... Chapter 18 ended with: Again I took the massage oil and anointed his scar. He kissed me, cuddled for a moment and went back to bed next to an already sleeping and slightly snoring John. After a while I fell asleep myself, feeling abandoned and hugging my pillow. Chapter 19. Somewhere in the middle of the night I woke up by the sounds of soft voices. "Come on, it's ok. I do it all the time." "But he's YOUR dad..." "Ssh... don't wake him up. Just do it!" A moment later I felt on my left side a small body melting into me, his arm draped around my waist. After a couple of seconds I felt on my right side another small body entering the bed with some trepidation, tentatively touching me, cautiously lying himself down along my side, barely touching. I sniggered and threw my arms around both of them. "Shit, he's awake..." "No shitting in bed please, the bathroom is downstairs." "You're crazy." They both laughed and now completely melted into me, their arms draped around my waist, with two deep sighs. "Night dad!" softly sounded into my left ear with a tender kiss. "Night pop!" softly sounded into my right ear with a wet kiss. So now I became a grandpa too... in no time both boys were asleep, softly snoring. Soon I fell asleep too, marveling in the feeling of having four young boys around who each in their own ways really loved me. I woke up looking into a pair of deep blue eyes on the left and a pair of clear greenish eyes on the right. Both boys laid down on my stomach, softly giggling and fighting for the best place, their two stiffies proudly poking into my belly and my own stiffie painfully poking into the small gap between them. "Sorry boys, I have to go to the bathroom!" "I can feel that, you have a morning woody, just like me! Only yours is a lot bigger." "Are you jealous?" "Just wait, in a couple of years mine is just as big as Jason's and he's bigger than you. And my dad's is HUGE." There went my self esteem... we hurried downstairs and tried to cross our beams without splashing too much. Of course that went awfully wrong, but it was fun! I dried the floor with a mop and we went upstairs, both boys giggling behind me and poking into my bare bum. It didn't do ANYTHING to me, I just laughed without any shame. We entered my bedroom and there were two moving lumps visible below the blankets, softly giggling. "Attack of the creepy aliens!" Harry shouted and jumped onto the first lump. "Attack of the nickering dragons!" Nicky shouted and attacked the second lump. Soon they were in a heavy fight with eight arms, eight legs, blankets, pillows and bed sheets, all into one big knot. Now and then a grinning head poked above the lump and disappeared again, until they all were exhausted and laid down, heavily panting. "Let's hit the shower and go downstairs, for I am HUNGRY!" They went to the shower and I did my best to make the trashed bed a bit more presentable. We all showered, clothed and went downstairs for breakfast. The sun was already shining and it promised to be another very hot day. "Dad, a few days ago I saw such a small inflatable swimming pool for in the backyard. Please will you buy one for us?" Suddenly I was surrounded by four boys with puppy dog eyes, expectantly looking up to me. "Yes dad? They don't cost very much and you can use them all the time when it's too hot outside..." "Well... I suppose we could go into town and buy one, but our car is too small for all of us plus a swimming pool." For a moment they looked disappointed, until little Harry saw through my little joke. "You're silly! You behind the steering wheel, John in the front seat, me, Nicky and Davey in the backseat and the swimming pool on the roof. Come on, let's go downtown!" "What about first of all buying a bigger car?" "Really? You really mean that? A bigger car for us? Come on, let's look on the internet!" They staggered out of the kitchen, leaving me with the used platters and the cutlery. I washed the dishes and tidied everything. After that I brew a cup of coffee and went to the living room where my boys crowded around the computer. "Dad, look, we have found a really nice one!" I went to the computer and they appeared to be clever boys! They found a site with used cars and now pointed to a space wagon with two front seats and five removable back seats who could be placed into a square while the middle seat folded down as a small table. "Wow, that's a really nice car! But how about the money?" "Nah, you already told us you are rich! You even have a credit card so you can buy everything." I sniggered but didn't dare to disappoint them. Besides, I really did have some money to spend... "Okay, let's have a look at our new car." John fished my keys out of my pocket and they all rushed to our old car. After a twenty minutes drive we entered a yard filled with all types of used cars. "There she is!" John pointed to a big van in the background with a beautiful metallic golden color, shining in the sun. "WOW!" Davey exclaimed, totally in awe. Harry and Nicky both were unusual silent, evidently rather impressed. We parked the car and went to our new conveyance. "May I help you sirs?" a man approached us, smiling. "We like to have a look at that space wagon over there, and maybe we could have a test drive?" The man opened the doors and let the boys discover all possibilities of the sliding back chairs on their own. Nicky discovered you even could turn around the front seats and now you got a real conference room with six seats around a table in the middle. They became more and more enthusiastic until I tempered their excitement by asking about the price and the value of my old car. The man named his price and it was exactly what I had in mind... "You are lucky sir, this car was nearly sold yesterday. In the last moment they decided to buy a smaller one..." The boys rearranged the seats and fastened their seatbelts, the vendor took the front seat and pointed out the operation of the various knobs and handles. He handed me the keys, I started the golden car and we drove off for a test drive. I felt like a king and the boys were ecstatic. They jumped up and down in their seats and craned their neck to look everywhere. "We even have lockers in the back of our chairs dad!" "Look, you can switch the front ceiling lights independent from the back lights!" "When you put the back of your seat completely down you even could sleep on it!" My mind took over and I had some doubts. Why was this car for sale? Was she really reliable or were there some hidden defects? Suddenly I clearly heard in my head the voice of Jack: "This car is a present from spirit to you. You will need her in the future!" I thanked Jack in my mind and thought I heard a 'welcome'. Or did I make that up myself? We went back to the yard and sealed the purchase. I paid with my credit card and we moved our possessions from our old car to our new car. The vendor handed over the papers and the keys and we drove off in a celebratory mood. John climbed onto the front seat and searched the built in digital stereo radio. Suddenly our song reverberated through the car with a deep boom bass: "You are soooo beauuuutifuuuullll..." We all sang along with the song as loud as possible and felt already totally at home in our new car. The boys played with the various positions of all chairs and even put them all into a sleeping position. "Look dad, when we travel to the gypsies we could sleep in our own car. There's room enough for everybody." As a good parent I told them to sit upright into their safety belts and preserve the playing for when we weren't on the road. But they didn't really listen and who cares? They just were too enthusiastic so I let it go for this time and drove more careful. We went to a big toys shop in town and asked for a swimming pool. The vendor showed us all types of inflatable pools, and the boys of course went for the largest pool there was, six by twelve feet (2x4 meters), inclusive an electrical air pump and a huge water filter. "This one is big enough for all of us dad, even when Thomas and Chrissie are back from their vacation." I looked at four pairs of puppy dog eyes and nodded. The roof of the store moved up and down and the windows rumbled when they started to cheer and dance around, hugging me nearly to death. Again I paid with my inexhaustible credit card and we tied the big package onto the roof of our new golden car. In a cheerful mood we went home, again singing along with the music. I parked our new car on the driveway and John and Davey went straight to the backyard to decide where we should put our new swimming pool. After a moment they hurried back. "Dad, can we tidy up that place next to Harry's herbs and the backdoor? It's an ideal place in the shadow of those big trees and nobody can see us from the streets." We all went with them to have a look and little Harry consented, on condition they would keep the pool at least three foot away from his white cobblestones. Together we lifted the big package from the roof of our car and dragged it to the backyard where we unpacked the pool, the air pump and the big filter. After a lot of dragging and toting eventually the pool was in place and Harry and Nicky went into the house to fetch an electrical cord while John and Davey went into the garage to fetch our water hose. After half an hour the pool was sufficiently inflated and John turned on the water tap. Nothing happened. Davey reached for the water hose, looked into the opening, shook the hose a few times and suddenly there was a whole lot of water! We all roared with laughter while a wet and dripping Davey coughed and spewed the inhaled water from his lungs. His revenge was sweet. Before we knew what happened he directed the hose to all of us and started to squirt. We yelled and hasted away, leaving Davey roaring with laughter. We went into the house and the boys stumbled upstairs looking for swimming trunks. In a moment they came back and again went into the backyard where I heard them laughing and yelling. It sounded like they had a lot of fun! I went to the kitchen to prepare enough food for myself and four hungry growing boys. After some time I went to the backyard with a platter filled with a huge pile of sandwiches and enough drinks for an army. I put down the platter and looked at my six playing children having a lot of fun with the water hose and bouncing up and down in the now halfway filled pool. SIX playing children? What the hell... I counted again. John, Davey, a girl, Harry, another girl and Nicky. Wow, my household was growing fast! I laughed and beckoned them over. John was the first one who detected me and the platter with food. "Come on, there's something to EAT!" Within a second I was surrounded by six dripping wet children, looking like they were starved. "Hello sir, are we allowed to use your pool? The boys said it wasn't a problem..." "Did you pay at the entrance?" The eldest girl, of about twelve years old, looked a bit forlorn and stared at her feet. The youngest girl, obviously her sister, suddenly laughed at the joke and winked at me. "Those nice boys paid for us of course..." "In your dreams!" little Harry laughed and dived to the platter for a sandwich and a drink. In no time all sandwiches and drinks were gone and they resumed their games in the pool, leaving me with the empty platter. Still hungry I made myself an extra large sandwich with a lot of everything on it and I regaled myself in revenge. Like a child... The rest of the afternoon passed by filled with laughter and childish yelling from the backyard where everyone seemed to have the time of their lives. I filled my time by cleaning the house and working on my paperwork and on a new book I decided to write about all our adventures. I decided to call my new book 'Harry' after my little gypsy prince that suddenly entered my life. Time flew by and soon the sun already descended the sky. I went to the backyard to have a look at my nine playing children. NINE playing children? What the hell... I counted again. A new girl and two small neighborhood boys had joined our group in my absence and were frolicking and splashing each other as if they were totally at home in the now filled to the brim pool. "Boys, girls, it's time to go home! We have to clothe and prepare for dinner..." Reluctantly they left the pool and went home with their clothes in hand, still dripping. "Can we come back tomorrow please? It's fun here!" "We will see, but for today it's enough. We are invited to have dinner somewhere else." The neighborhood children went home and my boys went upstairs to neatly clothe for dinner. Nicky jumped up to my neck, nearly suffocated me and gave me a very big and very wet kiss. "I have to go home now, but thank you very much for this marvelous day! Can I come back tomorrow please?" "Of course you may come back every time you wish! Greetings to your father and to Jason." He went home, skipping all the way, and we went to Davey's mother who awaited us with dinner tonight. "Today was really fun dad! Thank you for everything, for our new car and for our new swimming pool." "Yes dad, never in my life I had so much fun! You are a really neat dad and I am glad I could join you today." Little Harry just beamed and hold my hand, radiating love and pushing into me with every movement. Mary opened the door when she saw us coming, her eyes filled with joy, and directed us to the living room. Soon the boys were telling her everything about all events of the day, our new golden van with seven movable and turnable chairs, the new inflatable swimming pool with a huge water filter and their newly found girl friends who joined them into the swimming pool. Davey climbed onto her lap and threw his arms around her neck. "I missed you mom! I really had fun today but I wish you could have joined us." "Don't bother son, I immensely enjoyed myself today with cooking a very special meal for you all." We went to the table and sat down while Mary came back from the kitchen with a bowl of steaming potage. We all got a cup of potage and little Harry tasted, frowned, tasted again... "What did you put into it? I can taste oregano, onions, celery, parsley, and something else I don't recognize..." "Well... I have to disappoint you, this is just a can of soup from the supermarket!" We all started to laugh and Harry colored a deep red. After the potage we were treated with a marvelous meal of grilled salmon, baked potatoes, all sorts of vegetables and a delicious sauce, followed by a big ice sorbet with a mixture of fruits. We all were stuffed to the brim. "Mom, never in your life you cooked such a delicious meal! You really are the best!" "I have to agree with your son Mary! This is one of the best meals I ever tasted!" John and little Harry just nodded and licked their fingers. Mary beamed and wiped her eyes with a handkerchief. "This is the first time in many years I really enjoyed cooking. Thank you for your compliments, I am glad you liked it." The three boys settled down in front of the television, Mary and I sat down on the couch with a cup of coffee. "I am grateful you took Davey with you today. I can see in his eyes how much he enjoyed the day with you and your boys." "I am glad he was with us today. He is a nice boy with a good heart and we all like him very much." Davey looked up at us and colored a deep red with tears in his eyes. "I like you too, all of you! And I can't tell you how much I love you being my new dad. I hope I never will lose you..." He climbed onto my lap and completely melted into me. "It's as if now I have my own REAL dad, for the first time in my life..." After a couple of seconds John and little Harry joined us for their share and we all cuddled for a long time. "Mom, can John and Harry spend the night with us? I never had a sleepover before..." Of course I agreed and the three boys went upstairs to arrange their things for the night. I thanked Mary again for the wonderful meal and went home, alone this time. It was a dark night, no moon and with thousands of stars in the sky. I went home and stood in my backyard for a long time, looking up to the milky way and recognizing the polestar and a reddish planet I suspected to be Mars. Now and then one of the stars blinked and a few times I saw a falling star moving along the horizon. I felt small and vulnerable and shivered. Who was I and why was I here on this planet? What was the meaning of this all and what would the future bring us? After a while I went into the house, showered and went to bed, alone and feeling lonely. Fortunately sleep took over after a while and I had a peaceful night, waking up once to go to the toilet and clearly missing my boys... so I hugged my pillow and drifted off again. ------- Chapter 20 will follow. It looks like the story is becoming famous... Many readers are telling me they point their friends and relatives to it. They even copy all chapters into one big text file on their computer, print it out and read it over and over. Even after they read it five times they start weeping again... A few called it an 'emotional rollercoaster'... I'm really overwhelmed and thank you! Again a few excerpts from emails I got: * Wow that was a powerful chapter. You have shown like what you said you can't judge a book by it's cover. You have shown true friendship love in this chapter and have shown that no matter what happens with someone that sometimes they are nicer then what they appear and that everyone has problems. Keep up the good work my friend. Your story is excellent and your are showing all of the emotions that a person has. You are showing how they can be dealt with through love, kindness and caring. Thanks. * This is by far the best story on Nifty. I read the first ten chapters last night until I had to force myself to sleep. I read the rest tonight, and I just had to write to tell you what I thought! You truly have a talent for writing and I hope you will continue the story for a long time. Your characters touch my soul, I also admire your courage to tell it like it is: just because a man cares about a boy, and cares for him, and even if the man and boy are often cuddling, clothed and unclothed, and even if the boy is comfortable naked with the man, it is NOT always sexual. Men who are caring and sensitive enough to show their love to a boy who wants, needs, and returns that love are too often labeled as pedophiles or predators by a society driven by a "protect the children" hysteria. "Pedophiles," many of whom haven't the slightest sexual interest in children and are quite mainstream in their sexual orientations, are hunted, denounced and punished in modern-day witch hunts. I applaud you for showing that men and boys can express love and tenderness by physical closeness without the man coercing sexual acts from innocent and frightened children. * Harry, it's time to let you know how much I continue to enjoy this great story.....so much love in this tale....especially from Big Harry. You continue to do an excellent job. Thanks. * Really enjoyed this latest chapter - poor Nicky. Wonder if there will be any turn-around for Jason. Maybe a good loving home will help get him going again - never know ! ! I'd really like to compliment your use of the English language - it has steadily improved since chapter one. Really looking forward to the coming chapters ! ! * I saw a comment about this at the bottom of today's installment. The writer asked you to be careful in writing about this as many plastic surgeons say it's impossible. I had a surgical foreskin restoration 23 years ago, as here in America most boys are circumcised without their consent when they are born. Plastic surgery works, but it's very expensive and results in more scarring. A better method, used by many Americans, is stretching the remaining skin to re-cover the glans. * The story just get better! Sounds to me like you are starting a home for wayward boys :-) You know, you can't just let Jason rent a room, now, can you? Keep it coming! * You're going to fill that house up with boys. That's fine with me. Every child deserves a loving home and Big Harry is just the type of man to give it to them. * Your a little mean, that one made me cry a lot. It was really sad the hole story. You make me cry when Harry seen Harry and Nicky in the bathtub and Nicky seen him and got really scared, and Nicky told Harry what happen and he was crying. Then he didnt do nothing to Nicky and then he was not scared as much no more. Then when John was talking how mean Jason was at first in the story then he find out when Nicky tell everyone why Jason be so mean. That make me think why sometimes people so mean. Its cause something happen to them. I hope Harry get Nicky too he likes Harry a lot like the other guys do. I think Harry going need a bigger house too not just a bigger car. Jason cant live by himself he still got go to school and he need to be older to do that. He going have to stay with Harry too. It really make me cry when BJ told Harry he going to die. Nicky is scared of his dad but i think he really loves him too. I think BJ not as mean as people think he is. It just because he's really big that's all... Thank you for all wonderful comments. I really like your mails, even the smallest! Please send your comments (or hints how to go on) to my mailbox: mailto:harry@hadjo.nl and thank you very much for reading my first story in the English language. My native language is Dutch (Nederlands) and I am living in The Netherlands.