Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 13:56:01 -0800 (PST) From: survivalgame Subject: A 'Nature Walk' Christmas seven - eight - nine - ten The following story is a work of fiction, set in the format of reality. Any resemblance to real people is entirely coincidental in nature, and is not meant to accurately depict, nor reflect upon persons in towns, cities, or governmental areas, in which the story is staged. If a sexual scene involving male-to-male relationships offends you, then you should not read this story. Additionally, if you are under 18 years of age, in most state and countries, you are not allowed to read this story by law. This is fiction. Do not forget, in real life, to think about 'sexual safety matter'; got condom? "A 'Nature Walk' Christmas" seven - eight -nine - ten wriTten by T. Chase McPhee % "Looks like this snowfall puts a damper on this morning's nature walk!" "Hee heee... like I didn't want to do it anyway, Beary?" "Oh? And I thought it was you, Steve that talked all week about looking forward to getting some more exercise?" Barry pinched his lover's `inch' where his dark blonde trail met his bellyhole. "I wasn't meaning anything about the weight." "So, what's got you so set against this morning's nature walk?" After breaking into a smile, Steve admits, "I guess I'm all hyper about our first Christmas together." "Me too, especially in our first home, with our first Christmas tree, Steve." "Which reminds me, Barry. When are we getting it?" "I think tomorrow would be safe. Oh, by the way, you didn't see the box marked, `kids ornaments', when we unpacked, did you?" "No. You have some of those too?" Steve asked, as his finger painted lazy little circles on Barry's hairy chest. "Yep. I remember one that Chad had made. It was so sweet. When we first adopted Philip, he brought it home and said it was for his new little brother." "Yeah, that's what's so special about things that kids make." Suddenly Steve grew quiet. "What's the matter babe?" Barry asked. "Oh, nothing." "Nothing sure seems like something. C'mon now Steve. Lighten your burden. That's what I'm here for." "It's Seb." "Your ex?" "Yeah. I was just thinking about how he messed with Sean, even during Christmas time and Sean never came to me to tell me what was going on." "Steve," Barry turned the tables on him, returning the chest rubbings, "that was long ago. Those days are gone, plus don't you think Sean is happy now?" "Sure. I really can't believe how happy he is with Jacq and...." "And what Steve?" "Barry, I really worried about Sean and this bdsm stuff. I was so afraid that he would get in over his head with it. Get hurt or something worse." "But that's not going to happen now, Steve." "I know. I guess I should be thankful, instead of thinking about it in the worst way." "Exactly. I mean," Barry starts getting a little giddy about it, "If I were you, I'd be more worried about me!" "You, Barry? How so?" Steve left it wide open for Barry to grasp both of Steve's nips and twist them up! "Ooooooooooooh!" % "Hey Aidan!" "What Phil?" "Look! It's snowing out!" "How come it couldn't snow two days ago when we had school!" "I don't know. Let's go tell our dads!" "Yeah!" However, the boys never made it that far. Hightailing it out of their `bungalow', they saw the pullout sofa opened. "Who's that, Phil?" "Chad'n'Matty!" Upon closer examination, they found Chad snuggled up to Matty's back. Half of their bodies had been under the blanket, but from what could tell, they at least had their shirts stripped. "Hey, Aidan. Look!" Aidan gave Philip an evil grin back, when they saw Chad's bare foot sticking out from under the blanket. The two little devils prepared for some meany tickling. They watched, as Aidan's first tickle made one of Chad's feet scratch the other. "Too bad we don't have a feather, " Philip whispers to Aidan. "Yeah, but watch this." Taking Chad's sneaker, they held it up to Matty's nose. They started giggling so much that Aidan lost his grip and dropped the sneaker right in Matty's face. "What tha?" They found out that at least Matty had his briefs on, as he chased the two screaming kids all over the house. When Chad got wise to why Matty wasn't in bed next to him, he helped corner the two, as they ran around and around the entrance and exit, through the dining room and kitchen, as if on a track. "Gotcha! What's the offense this time, Matty?" "Stuck your raunchy sneaker in my face while I was sleeping!" "Told ya, Aidan," Philip confessed, "that we shoulda kept on tickling Chad's foot!" "Aha!" Chad shouted, at the slipping of the other mischievous detail. "I say we make them walk the plank. You, Chad?" "Nah, that's too good for them. I say we make them our slaves!" Matty likes that idea. Right away they put the boys to work making, having them make breakfast. "Chad, how do you break an egg?" "You squirts don't know how to break an egg?" Matty asks. "Nope," Aidan informs them. "Somebody else always did it for us." "I can't believe you don't know how to break an egg, Aidan," Philip says. "Well here. You do it then, Phil!" Philip steps up to the twelve pack and withdraws an egg. "Oops!" He says, when the whole egg cracks, shell and all sliding into the bowl. "First of all," Matty instructs them, now wearing an apron, "you don't break an egg like that. You take a knife and tap it lightly like this, at the same time, not breaking it into the main bowl." Matty makes the most perfect incision, with a steak knife. "But we're not supposed to play with knives," Philip tells him. "When did your dad tell you that tell you that?" Chad asked his bro, "When you were a little squirt?" "Three I think." Chad laughs, saying, "Well, you're eleven. I think you've just graduated to `Knives 101'!" So, for the next eleven eggs, Matty instructed the two on how to properly break an egg. "Now what do we do with all these eggs, Matty?" "Um, good question, dah!" Aidan comes up with a brilliant idea. "We can make hard-boiled eggs out of them!" Chad bawls him out, "Think again, doofus. They have to be in their shells." "Maybe we can put them back together and duct tape them up?" Philip adds. "I don't believe we came from the same father," Chad tells Philip. "We didn't. We're adopted, remember?" "I guess that's one good thing about being adopted," Chad tells them. However, Philip takes his brother's arm, hugging it and replies, "Still, we're both gay, right Chad?" "Yeah. We are Squirt." A `Kodak moment' takes place, as Chad hugs his eleven year old brother. "Ain't that sweet," Aidan teases them. "Hey guys!" "Well, look what the blizzard blew in." "Hey, Diego want to make a snowman with us?" "Yeah, but I need something to eat first." "Didn't your daddies get you something to eat?" "Nah. They're too busy in bed and we don't have no more Cap'n Crunch." "We've got plenty of eggs," Philip tells the ten year old." "I don't like eggs." "C'mon Preppy, let's disguise the eggs," Matty tells his lover, on the sly. "I'll get the `Joy of Gay Sex'... I mean `Joy of Cooking'," Chad goofs, accidentally on purpose. "I like your first choice better, Preppy." "Yeah, but we don't need a book for you to pleasure me!" How right Chad was, as Matty hugs him, his hands invading the rear of the white apron he was wearing. "If the squirts catch us, you know what that means, Matty?" "Yeah. You're right. Wait till I get you home, Preppy!" "By the way, I wonder how Miguel made out." "Yeah, see that. You got me so excited, Preppy, that I forgot all about them." "I wonder if anybody we know is on duty at the hospital." "Better wait for a `Godly' hour." "Right. Why did those squirts have to wake us up so early, Matty?" "Probably because we `trespassed' on `their turf'?" "Yeah. Wait until they're on `our' turf." "Hey, wouldn't that be cool to have them over for a pajama party, Preppy?" "Yeah. Would be cool. Spoil them with pizza and banana splits. Just like kids of our own, huh Matty?" "Yeah. Can you imagine us having two little boys to spoil?" "I think it would be kind of fun. Not yet though." "Right. I think we're kind of young. Give it a couple of years." "At least until I'm out of college." "Yeah. Can't wail till you breed me, Preppy." "Breed you, Matty? I breed you every night. I can't help it if the seed doesn't take!" "Um, did you find that recipe for pancakes yet?" % Before Gary Roberts' eyes had been popped open for the first time this a.m., the phone was ringing off the hook. "Wanna get that Mike?" he called out, from underneath the pillow. Hauling his head out, he looked next to himself, replying out loud, "Oh, forgot you had to get up." He reached for the phone, saying, "Hello? Oh Mike, yeah I was just talking to you.... I know you're there and not here!" On the other end, Mike chatted with his lover. "Oh, I remember. It's getting slippery out there? No, I thought I'd step out for a little Christmas shopping, that's all.... What?,,, It wasn't?... Bug spray?.... Well, I guess it could've been worse... yeah, I remember he's coming..... okay.... Miss you too...bye." Getting out of bed, the thirty-six year old shrink went to rub up and down his dark-haired body. He stopped, feeling the crusty sex from past night. "Ugh," He sighed, as he headed to the private jon. After pissing, he set the shower in motion. Dousing himself under the hot and cold jets, he scrubbed up a lather. He sighed, as he cleansed every inch of his body. One thing he missed when Mike set off for work early in the morning, was their long showers. It had to suffice, to have his own hands clean away the dried goo from his stomach and pubes. Grimacing, he swabbed the lather around his ass chute. Out loud, he thought, "Oh man, what got into you last night, Mike," when he felt his bruised hole. Then his memory shot backwards in time, the moment Mike's 9c was stuffed in there, massaging his hole so nicely! "Hey, Unca Gary?" "I think he's in the shower, Zach." "Okay, we'll need to make a corporate decision on our own, then Patrick." "I'd say stick with the cold cereal." "Yeah. Unca Gary can scrounge for something hot on his own, if he wants it." "I thought Mike did all the cooking?" "Yeah. Maybe we should make something hot, like oatmeal. Even when Unca Gary uses the recipe, it comes out horrendous!" "You don't have to remind me, Zach. I remember the first breakfast he cooked for me." Both guys stick their tongues out, inserting their index finger, as if they're trying to make themselves vomit. % All it took was Connor to roll over onto his stomach, sacked out on the sofa, to cause Jim to roll over the edge of no return. "Oooowhooooaowwwwch!" As if looking over the edge of a cliff, Connor asked, "What are you doing down there?" "Waiting for you to throw me a rope." "Don't feel much like jacking off!" "Not `that' kind of rope!" "I know. Here, take this." Reaching out, taking Connor's hand, Jim gave a big pull. "Whoooooooa!" Connor called out, as he tumbled off the sofa, like a hot dog rolling out of a bun. "Hey, can't you guys keep it down?" Crawling, like dogs, to the end of the sofa, the two bare-assed high school jocks look into the recliner chair where Jason Tournier sat last night. Instead of him, the two twenty-one year olds, Albert Alberghetti and Novak Jezioranski, lay totally in the buff. Sometime during the night, like had happened with Connor and Jim, somebody had covered them with a blanket. However, the blanket had slipped off to the side of the double-seated recliner and they could see Albert's paunchy stomach plastered up against Novak's solid abs. Picking up the blanket, in a wad, Jim throws it on top of them, saying "Cover up that nudity. Whatdya think this is, a porno studio?" Throwing it back, Albert bosses, "Use it on yourselves, peewees!" Tossing it back, Jim and Connor make like horses rushing for the watering hole and hightail it away from there. They then come face to face with Maury, holding a tray of orange juice glasses. Almost underneath the tray, both jock's heads come inches from Maury's hairy crotch. Maury jokes, "If you want it, go for it, but there's plenty of orange juice for all!" Since Maury can't see below the tray and the two jocks know it, Connor wets his fingertip with a gob of spit. He touches Maury's cockhead. "Whatha!" He shouts out, backing up, almost spilling the tray OJ glasses. Jim and Connor then get up, helping themselves to the breakfast refreshment. They also help themselves to the picture of Maury serving the two in the recliner. >From the floor, the scene painted a much different picture. Now they could look upon the two, seeing Albert, his stocky body, all hairy, portraying the dark brown chest and stomach, giving him the perfect description of the term, `cub'. As with Albert, Novak's chest is covered with a forest of hair, looking darker than black against his fair skin, unlike Albert's brown fur. A tight trail divides his abs. Both sport nice endowments. "Don't spill it on me Novak of else you'll be licking me off," Albert warns. "Hmm," Novak replies, holding his juice glass above Albert's pubes, in a tempting gesture. "That's not all you'll be licking off, if you spill that, Novak!" Maury tells him. "Oops!" Novak says, as he unintentionally drips a drop. Without the asking, he moves in the chair, setting his tongue of the spot above Albert's soft 8c. "Novak, what'd I tell you?" "Sorry, Maury... I mean Professor Passat!" Novak apologized, making sure he sucked every little drip of OJ from Albert's hairy pubes. "Get the camera. I think this would make a good porn movie," Jim suggests. "Yeah," Albert picks up on, "except we'll use `real' juice!" Albert picks up his soft shaft and points it towards Novak's mouth. It hits him in the nose. Interrupting, Connor asks, "Hey, what happened to Jason and Bryan?" "Jason left earlier. Bryan hung around awhile to chat," Maury informed them. Leaving Novak to suck up to Albert, the three went in the kitchen. "Failed attempt, huh Maury?" Knowing what Connor insinuates, Maury replies, "Happens sometimes." "At least you found a match for Albert," Jim observes. "Right. Didn't think I'd ever find the perfect match for my cuzz. Sure took long enough, though and the planning!" Maury wiped his brow with his hairy forearm. "What kind of planning do you mean, Maury?" "Well, of course I have to find the guy that I think is suited for Albert, then work it out where they `accidentally' meet?" "How did you find out about Novak, Maury?" "Yeah," Connor adds to Jim's inquiry, "how did you know he was....um...." "Subservient?" Maury fills in the blank. "Yeah, exactly," Connor agrees with the definition. "Tested him." "Like, how," Jim asks. "Well, you see, this is how I got him started. At the end of one of my classes, I asked Novak if he wouldn't mind going to the cafeteria and filling up my coffee mug." "And did he?" Jim asks. "Yes. I offered to pay for it, of course. Then, the second class, I asked the same thing." "And did he?" "Yes. Now, the third time, I catch Novak on his way out, I say, `Um, what about my coffee, Novak?'" "You didn't ask him, Maury? You more `told' him?" "Right. It's like Albert would do, dictate to a guy." "And did he fall for it?" "Yep. He takes my ceramic mug and comes back with a hot cup." "But wouldn't it be cold by the time he comes back?" "I had the same question for him. He said he got it in a Styrofoam cup and transferred it." "Smart thing to do," Jim said. Connor returns to the original theme, "So, then what happened?" "So one of the last tests I gave Novak, was when he left the class. I went to the door, making sure nobody else was around and kind of nastily shouted... well, not shout shout...." "We know what you mean." "I said out loud, `Hey, what about my coffee, Jerzioranski?" "Damn, that's nasty," Jim told Maury, about using that tone of voice. "Yeah, but the thing is, Novak comes back, apologizing and saying stuff about how he's sorry and should have `offered'," Maury told the two. "So, that's how you figured he was the right one for Albert?" "Who knows? The only way to find out, is try it." "So, you think they are meant for each other, Maury?" "It's a start. Whether they hang in there, depends on them." "Let me ask you something, Maury." "What's that Jim... um, you guys want some coffee?" Connor looks at Jim, shrugs his shoulders, then replies, "Sure. I'm not a regular drinker, but I'll try some." Jim goes along with the decision. "So, what's your question, Jim?" "Do you think Connor and I are made for each other?" Thinking he might have gotten rapped in the teeth for the question, Jim waits for it to pan out. However, he's surprised by Connor's response. "Hey, yeah. What do you think, Maury?" Smiling, Jim is more relieved that Connor's entertained by the thought, as well. "You know, you two have got me baffled." "Why, Maury?" "Well, I don't come across too many guys that are... what are you seventeen?" "We're both eighteen," Jim answers. Connor reveals, "But I'm almost eighteen." "Yeah. I'm almost a year older," Jim tells him. "Regardless," Maury continues with his assessment, "two guys your age, that seem to show a genuine affection for each other, is not seen too often. Most guys your age that think they are in love... real love, are in it only for the sex." "Hmm...." "What Jim?" "I think I've found another flaw in you, Maury." "Oh? And how does that go, Jim?" "I'm only in it for the hot sex!" "Maury, do me a favor?" "Sure, Connor. Name it." "You hold Jim and I'll work him over?" "You got it!" "Now wait a minute fellas...." Jim says, backing off from the two, even though the three take it as a joke. Maury and Connor follow through, Maury putting his arms up and under Jim's pits. Clasping his hands behind Jim's neck, he holds him in a nonagressive full nelson. Being that Jim's arms are away from his body, gives his lover the opportunity to place both hands on the ribs imprinted on his body. Softly, Connor coats Jim's body with his palms. "Is he getting hard?" Maury asks. "'Getting', yeah!" Connor tells him. Feeling something from behind, Jim says, "I'm not the `only' one getting hard here, guys!" It's then that Maury realizes his cock is not just rigid, but making an imposition on Jim's ass. Loosening his grip on Jim, Maury, red-in-the-face, backs off, straight-faced, says, "Hey, I'm truly sorry." Turning, Jim looks upon Maury. The two grin at the thirty-four year old. Looking upon the six foot, one inch, hundred and ninety-four pound man, they now look lower, taking in the view of the expanding nine inch nail. "Ooooh, I'm awfully sorry guys. I swear, I never intended to do anything....I...." "Take it easy, Maury. We know you couldn't help it," Connor tells him. "But, I wasn't.... oh shit, guys, this is so embarrassing!" At first, Connor and Jim thought Maury was joking, but now they perceived the sincerity of the moment, when left standing alone, in the kitchen, they saw Maury high tail it out of there, headed out the door towards the pool. "Touchy, wouldn't you say, Connor?" "No, Jim. I think the guy is shy and we just handled things the wrong way. C'mon!" When the two reached the pool, Maury's body floated, faced down, like doing the `dead man's float'. They both go to jump in, Connor placing his hand on Jim's chest. "Remember your hand, Jim," Connor cautioned him. "To hell with the hand!" Jumping in, right after Connor, the two swim over to the motionless body, still buoying on their waves. "I'm okay," came the reply from the `dead man afloat'. "Whew! Don't scare us like that, Maury!" Connor told him, taking half of his body, half of his chest up, to hug him. Taking the other side of Maury's chest, Jim embraced him. Picture the thirty-something year old, embracing a seventeen and eighteen year old, in the middle of a swimming pool. Suddenly there's a huge splash, a wave of water sauntering over Connor's and Jim's backs. "Albert, you dog!" Maury calls out. Into the deep end, they look fast enough, to see Novak making the most perfect dive. Albert and Novak swim over to where the trio stand, water up to their pecs. Maury's arms open, as he turns Jim and Connor out. His arms still stretch along the teens' backs, his palms resting on their torsos. "You look comfortable, Uncle Maury." "Just hangin' with my buds, Albert!" "You're twice their age, Uncle Maury." Novak to the rescue, replies, "So what. My older brother once had a younger boy....um...." "You're brother is gay, too?" Albert asks. "Yeah. Nothing wrong with that," Novak tells him. "Damn, Albert," Jim relays, "you make it sound like it's something dirty or something!" "Nah, weird is more like it. I figured if somebody's gay, it's only one to a family, or something like that." "Did you ever think about us, Albert?" "You and me, Uncle Maury?" Albert replies, then after getting the `family' connection, realizes the truth. "Hey yeah. We're like in the same family, aren't we Uncle Maury?" "Yeah and I think your unkind remark deserves punishment! Get him!" Maury led the pack, in swimming towards Albert. Catching up with the twenty-one year old, he jumped right on top of him, submerging him. Then pulled him up and out of the water. "You almost drowned me!" "Me? Drown the college jock, who used to be the water sprite when he was two years old?" Novak, Connor and Jim formed a half circle around the two rough-housers. "I didn't start swimming till I was three, so there!" the cub told his uncle off. "Big difference. You still can swim rings around all of us put together, Albert." "Owch!" Suddenly Maury let go of Albert. "You okay, Uncle Maurice?" Albert called out. "Yeah, you know." To the three, Albert did seem to know and quickly changed positions with his uncle, winding his arm around the back of his uncle and helping him out of the water. The other three tried to help, Connor taking on Maury's other side. "What's the matter, Maury?" "Old war injury." "What war was that?" Novak asks. "The war on old age!" % "Hey Billy, guess what I just saw?" "What's that Dave?" "Chance Adams fraternizing with Dr. Hannon." "Damn, you think Dr. Hannon's one of them?" "Why else would Adams be talking with another man? All them faggots are the same. They only talk to their own kind." "So, you think Dr. Hannon's one of those damn faggot's too?" "Gotta be. Why else would he be laughing and having a good time with Adams?" "Yeah, well I think we should find out for sure before we add him to the list." "We'll wait for awhile, but you watch, Hannon's one of them. I got a hunch and I know I'm right." "Oh, and while you're at it, I saw these two college jocks hanging out together at the park and guess what?" "What?" "They've been doing faggot stuff together." "Like what?" "They didn't think I was in the bushes spying on them. I saw them kissing." "Shit! That's fucking disgusting. Oh man what the fuck is happening to this world?" "Yeah, tell me about it." "So, did you get any names?" "First names. One was a `Bryan' and the other `Apito' or `Pito' or something. Some kind of spic name." "Hmm.... We gotta find out who they are, Billy." "I know. Get rid of all the faggots in this town, once and for all, Dave." "Have you heard from your cop friend? Is he in on this with us?" "Yeah, Chambers says he's interested. In fact, he says he's gotten to know a couple of faggot cops. Says he'll have a couple of names to add to our list, soon." "Hell yeah! Clean out the fuckin' vermin!" "Yeah, but not jump the gun." "Yeah, you're right Billy. All that trouble we went to torch the spic's house and look, the faggots are still contaminating the planet!" "We better wait till your cousin gets that special room ready. When will that be, Dave?" "He says he'll have it ready by New Year's Eve. Yeah, plans on inviting a few of his buddies over for a good time." "Guess we can't disappoint him, can we?" "Yeah and hey, Billy?" "What?" "If you can get him some cops to work over, one of his buddies would like that! The guy hates cops, especially faggot cops." "And you and me take on those college jocks?" "Hell yeah, Billy! Man, would feel so hot workin' over a couple of jocks!" Even though it had been early morning, the two firemen, hanging at Billy's place, kept on putting away the two six packs of beer, talking over their plans to rid their immediate world of `faggots'! % "Um, Miguel, Officer Sanchez is here to ask you some questions?" Alberto addressed his son, tapping him on the shoulder. Looking like he has not slept for days, slumped over, Miguel Cruz picks his face out of his cupped hands. For hours, he has vigilantly waited for his lover to wake up, in the chair next to the bed. "I... I swear I didn't mean to rough up Dr. Hannon, officer. I only...." "Whooooa, wait a minute. Don't go shooting your mouth off, or I'll have to get a warrant for your arrest!" Officer Sanchez warned Miguel, smiling. "You mean, you're not arresting me, um... Dr. Hannon didn't?" "Officer Riley Sanchez," the cop officer handed him his hand, "and no, Miguel. I'm here to ask you some questions about the fire." It's been a long night for Miguel, the twenty-one year old having been sedated at the scene, then carted away. Upon waking in the early morning hours, he took over for Bernice, whom had sat with Juan, since they brought him out of the ICU. Still in the hospital clothed in the hospital gown, Miguel rubbed his stubble, as he thought about the police officer being there. "Yeah, alright. I can tell you what I know, but it isn't much." "Something you say might be helpful. It might contain a clue that one of the others have forgotten." "I see what you mean. That's cool," Miguel replied to Officer Sanchez. Not only did he think the plan of questioning more rationale than five minutes beforehand, but he found the police officer attractive to his senses. "Let's see. I have you down here as twenty-one years old." "Si." "Five, ten and a hundred and seventy-eight pounds?" "Um, do I look it?" Miguel said. Holding the hospital gown to his sides, Miguel wanted to press the point of his sleek physique. "That's why I'm repeating the... um... questions," then gesturing with his hand, as he eyed Miguel up and down, "to make sure everything is... um, correct." In a way, Officer Sanchez was glad of the opportunity to have a reason to look upon Miguel. Even though it wasn't as revealing to look upon the younger Latino, with the hospital skivvies, he did get some kind of picture, with it's revealing low neck line. He could tell that most likely Miguel's chest had been covered with dark brown hair and the sleeveless arms showed his pits overflowing with thick tufts. He even got a couple of twitches from his crotch, with Miguel's hairy forearms. Miguel sitting once more, he picked up on the hairy legs. Officer Sanchez admitted to himself that this was going to be one helluva tough interview. "So, I answered the door and there was Matty Bridges, standing there." "Okay, now what did Matty tell you?" "He said something like his truck wouldn't turn over, Chad was waiting for him and would I give him a jump." "So you left right away with him?" "No. You see, Juan and I were..... I mean.... I had to go get some clothes on." Officer Sanchez smiled, finishing his notes on that detail. "So, you went and got dressed, am I correct?" "Si." "Did you have to go far to get dressed, Miguel?" "Upstairs. Juan was there in the bed waiting for.... I mean." Giggling, Sanchez apologized, "Sorry, Miguel. I'm not trying to make fun of you or anything. If what I'm picking up here is true.... Well, please don't take my next question on the offensive, if I'm wrong, but are you and Juan gay?" "Um..... Si, but...." "Don't worry. It's not going in my report here. That fact is strictly personal and just as a coincidence, I am too, if it makes any difference." To Miguel it did seem to make an impact. It did tell him that the police officer `was' feeling something, as the college student explained the reasoning behind his being twenty pounds less than what the police report stated. It confirmed his assumptions that Office Sanchez did have a bulge in his crotch and that it wasn't that he had to go take a piss! He smiled at the police officer, after coming to all these conclusions. "What?" Officer Sanchez inquired, as if he was being grilled. "I knew you had to be." Sanchez knew how Miguel knew. Deliberately he moved around on the chair, rearranging his cock and balls, which drew a big smile on Miguel's face, temporarily erasing thoughts of his lover lying in bed. "Okay, so now that we got that out of the way, you want to continue?" Now that Miguel knew the facts, he wasn't afraid to tell it like it is. "So, when Matty rang the bell, me and my boy were in bed, so I grabbed my shorts and went to the door. I went back upstairs to get dressed." "Did Juan get dressed?" "No. He was still... um, you know.... Like still, well you know Officer Sanchez." "Riley." "Que?" "My name's Riley." As if he felt a connection, Miguel did something he rarely did. He shook the officer's hand. "Good to meet you, Riley." "You're sweating." "Huh?" "No need to be nervous, Miguel. All we're trying to find out are facts about how your house started afire." "I'm worried about my boy." Smiling, he said off the record, "I can see that there's much love here." "Yeah. You know we wanted to get married." "And you will," Riley put his one hand on Miguel's two hands, as if a priest blessing the marriage. "I....I hope my boy doesn't....." Next thing Riley knew, his note pad was on the floor and he held the twenty-one year old in his arms, as he wept. "Hey, hey now, Miguel. Like you, Juan looks like a strong guy." "Juan is my life. You ever have a man that meant that much to you, Riley?" Thinking about it, the thirty year old police officer summed it up as, "It's been a long time." "You don't have anyone now?" Miguel asked, backing away from Riley. Miguel's episode of flowing tears came to an end. "Nah." "So, you live by yourself?" Riley didn't want to spill out his whole life story, but he could see that talking about himself, seemed to put a damper on Miguel's sad thoughts. "Yes I do. Seems like all of a sudden I have an empty house. You see, my parents both passed on almost one after the other." "Hey, I'm sorry man." "Not recently, but it did leave me with the burden of taking care of my two brothers. However, one is off to college and the other one found himself a...." Riley smiled, thinking of unveiling another family secret. "Found himself a partner." "He's gay, too?" "Yeah. In fact, you might catch him around here, being that he's a nurse." "I thought I saw a hot Rican not long ago, in the hallway." "I think there's more than one `Rican' working here, so watch out who's ass you pinch, Miguel!" At least Miguel could force a little smile, at Riley's joke. "So, your brother find a good man, Riley?" "I've met him a couple of times. He's a doctor, here on staff." Miguel jokes, "'Mucho dinero'," rubbing his thumb over his index and third finger. "He is also establishing a good reputation for himself here, considering he's not a full-fledged doctor yet." Winking, Riley also says, "Good lookin' Italian, too!" Thinking of what Riley has just said about his brother's lover, Miguel looks upon Juan. With a hand to Miguel's forearm, Riley shares, "He's going to be alright." "I hope so," Miguel replies. "That's all any of us can do, Miguel, is hope." "My real mama used to say that it helps to pray. What do you think, Riley?" "Probably wouldn't hurt." He returned, with a smile. "You're a good man. I can tell," Miguel complimented the policeman. "Thanks, but hey, I better be going. Anything else you remember?" "Si, gasoline." "What about it?" "When I walked out of the house, to take Matty back to his car, I smelled gasoline. At the time, I thought it was from my own car, but the odor was strong." "Good that you mention that, Miguel." "Oh?" "Yes. We're getting more and more of a big picture of how your house caught on fire." "How?" "Well, from Detective Miller's investigation, everything is pointing towards arson." "You mean some bastard set our house on fire? Somebody wanted to kill Juan?" "Yeah and the sad fact is, we think they wanted to kill you too, Miguel." "Me?" "Yeah. Do you have any known enemies?" "No. Juan and me; we love everybody." Riley smiled when the twenty-one year old said it so tenderly. One good thing was coming out of this investigation, the friendship he wanted to develop with Miguel and eventually, Juan. "I guess that wraps it up for me, Miguel." "I hope you catch the fuckin' bastards who try to burn my Juan." "There are a lot of detectives assigned to your case, Miguel. You can believe that soon we'll find out who did this and prosecute them." Miguel smiled, as Riley got up, fixed his police hat on his head. "Nice uniform." "Thanks. By the way, Miguel, I hope you don't think I'm being nervy, since I've just met you, but if you need a place to stay, it's only me." Miguel smiled, asking, "Wonder if you can do me a favor, since you have connections with the hospital." "Sure," Riley replied, smiling at how Miguel put it. "Do you think you can contact this brother of yours and have him find out what they did with my clothes?" "No problem," Riley replied, with a wink and a smile, as he closed the door behind himself. First thing Riley had to do, is find the jon. His crotch was bugging himself something fierce and he didn't mean it as having to take a leak, either! % "You boys are up awfully early." "Well, even though it's snowing, I figured I'd take Patrick on the nature walk. We just got back." "They're still had it, even with this morning's snow, Zach?" his uncle asked. "Oh sure. As I understand it, sometimes not even a blizzard will stop it." "Tell Unca Gary what we saw," Patrick told Zach. "Oh yeah. Last night Miguel Cruz's house burned to the ground." "Oh, so that's what the excitement was last night." "We heard it, too," Zach added. "From the bedroom window, Mike thought he saw a glow coming from that area of the neighborhood." Zach says, trying to be funny, "I bet Mike thought it was a UFO, huh?" "Or two?" Mike's lover seconded the goofing on. Patrick added, seriously, "Well, there's not much left of the place. And you can't set foot on the property. They have it all roped off with yellow tape." "I wonder if Bernice knows anything about this. Excuse me, boys. I have someone coming over and oh, you boys need to be around." "Us, Unca Gary?" "No, if you have to be at the store, Zach, you don't, but Patrick needs to be around. Listen, I'm giving Bernice a quick call, then hitting the shower and oh, there's some eggs and bacon on the stove." "Busy guy," Patrick said to Zach, once Gary left the room. "I wonder why he needs me around?" "Probably something about you being here in the first place." "I guess. Zach, do you have to go to work today?" "Must, however I'm going to review the hours and see if I can come up with at least a part time job for you." "For me, Zach? You would do that for me?" Patrick's eyes lit up with glee. "Hey, I sense that you're still not getting it Patrick." "Getting what, Zach?" Closing in on the eighteen year old, Zach puts his hands on his arms, then brings his body closer. "Patrick, before you went away... before that fateful day that you had been taken away from me.... Well, Patrick, I had already made up my mind that you are the only guy for me. I mean, I could have fucked around after you were gone, but instead decided that you're the only guy for me. Patrick, I hope you learn to love me as much as I love you...." "But I do love you, Zach." "Then you need to let go and let me help you. But not that you owe me something back. You need to accept that I do things for you because...." Then the twenty-two year old began to get misty-eyed. "I love you so very much." With a good deal of his love spent `unloved', Patrick could see that Zach meant business. For the first time in his life, Patrick could feel what another human being was feeling. Up until now, Zach had taken the lead by which their relationship had melded. As if he had grown up in three minutes, something snapped within. With hand moving towards Zach, from torso, up, Patrick's fingertips skimmed his lover's chin. Feeling a great deal of love surge through his veins, he moved his mouth towards Zach's. Their lips met. At the same time, Zach begin to feel the magic of love returned to him. He got all tingly inside. At first he thought of himself as the counterpart of the relationship that claims the other individual. Now all that had evaporated. The feeling to top, to claim, to master, to be the dominant half, fizzled out. To Zach's senses, he now envisioned Patrick as the top, the master of claiming. At the same moment, Gary had shown up at the kitchen door, half-naked, a towel draped around his torso, his body still wet from the shower. As he was about to tell Patrick that he would have to have his `papers' available, someone else spoke. So, Gary waited in the wings for the conversation to come to a lull. "I can't wait, Patrick." "Wait? For what Zach?" "For tonight." "Oh? What's happening tonight?" "I can't wait to get into bed tonight, for you to claim me, Patrick." "What do you mean claim you?" "Patrick, I need you in my life, but not just `there', if you know what I mean?" "I do, Zach. Man, I can tell you that I never felt like an `attachment' to a guy before. I never grew up with nobody loving me." "Well, somebody does love you now, Patrick." "I know and that somebody is you Zach. But what I wanted to say is.... I never felt like I loved anybody before, either. When you broke down before, it's like this laser shot through me. I ain't never felt like that before. For sure, I didn't think about kissing any man before." "But we've kissed, Patrick." "I know Zach, but all the times we kissed before, it's been you starting it!" Gary smiled, as he waited for the conversation to subside, however as it proceeded, he thought he would return to the jon, shave, get dressed and then try his reproach. "So, Patrick? What do you think about claiming me?" "What do I have to do? Sign a paper before a judge?" Giggling, Zach replies, "I guess for the last few months you've been through plenty of that, Patrick, but no. Claiming is something between you and I. More of a personal sense. No paper. No pen. It's when we're in bed and we both search deep inside each other's souls...." Zach didn't have to spell out the rest. Then and there, Patrick got the idea of the prelude to claiming, staring into Zach's eyes. As if mesmerized by the love-light, Patrick began to sense the idea of claiming, like a song without words. The strangest feelings began to take hold. Without evening thinking about it, the teen took hold of Zach and initiated the kissing. Simultaneously, he pressed his mid-section up against the twenty-two year old, mashing his growing erection into Zach's pubes. "Ooooooh fuck yeah!" Zach called out, breaking off the kiss and allowing himself to be manhandled. "I'm still not sure about this claiming stuff, but I want to do it, Zach." "Are you really hungry for bacon, Patrick?" "Yeah. Your bacon!" In the midst of their special moment, the two broke for comic relief, before heading upstairs. While fixing his belt buckle, Gary smiled when he heard an upstairs bedroom door slam shut! % "Oh, by the way guys, last night I took the liberty of telling Aunt Maria that you two would be staying here. You mind?" "Not at all, Maury." "Hey, you know what Maury?" "What Jim?" "It's really cool hanging with you." "Jim's right. I mean, even if the other guys didn't show last night, I could say we had a cool time." "Thanks guys. You two are kind of growing on me too, but don't let me keep you from doing what you would normally do on a Saturday." "When it's not too cold out..." "Or snowing," Jim lets it be known, in addition to Connor's thoughts. "Yeah, snowing either, we go on the neighborhood nature walk." "I passed by some folks, one Saturday. What's it all about?" Connor educates Maury, saying, "It's about meeting people in the neighborhood and at the same time, getting some exercise." "I'm surprised with all the junk food you eat, Maury that you don't have a bigger gut!" That statement gets a towel thrown at Jim, who tosses it back. "I'll have you know that I swim everyday and you better watch it jockboy, because I might just challenge you to a race across the pool and back!" "Can't. My hand." "Oh, so I'll take that as a challenge then, Jim?" "I didn't say anything." "Well, the way I look at it is that if your hand wasn't hurting you, you would've accepted my challenge?" "I didn't think it sounded that way, did it?" Jim looks to Connor. "Yeah, it sounded that way, Jim." "Hey, who's side are you on, Connor?" "No problem, guys. I was only kidding about the challenge anyway, but I'm going to go have a dip right now, if you're interested?" % A knock at the door, brought forwards the words, "Come in." Looking at the two in the bed, covers pulled up to almost their pecs, Gary states, "I suppose congratulations are in order?" "Why on earth for, Unca Gary?" Giggling, Gary tells them, "I didn't mean to drop in on you two when you chatted, in the kitchen, but I guess you two being a couple is official?" "Nosy," Patrick told him. "Like I was saying, it was an accident, but I can't help but feel secure knowing that my two boys are taken care of `for life'." "Thanks Unca Gary." "Yeah, thanks from me too," Patrick replies. "I also want to thank Mike for helping me get here. It was a really terrible experience being away from you guys." "Not to mention the little scuffle that took place at the reform school?" "Yeah, well, I guess that could happen to anyone." "Well, in about forty minutes there's a Dr. D'Agostino coming to the house. Do you think you boys.... I mean `men' can be showered and dressed, ready to meet him?" "I think we can arrange that," Zach renders. "But you have to go to the store, Zach," Patrick says, some disappointment in his voice. "Hey, I'm part owener. I can be late!" Smiling, Gary breaks in, "I take it all the claiming business has transpired?" Looking at each other, Zach and Patrick smile. "I'll take that as a yes. Be ready in forty minutes?" Gary asks of the two men. % "So, what do you have for us, officer?" Dave and Billy had been waiting for ten minutes for Reese Chambers, an officer of the WRPD, out back of the now defunct Old Pine Inn.. Decked out in his police uniform, Officer Chambers relays to them, using a pad, normally for jotting down crime notes, "Let's see, I've found out the names of a few police officers who are gay, a Riley Sanchez, Mike Green and Green's partner happens to be the psychiatrist at the hospital, a doctor Gary Roberts." "Damn, is my cousin going to be happy with that news. Two cops to have fun playing with at the New Year's Eve party. How old are they? Do you know, Reese?" "I don't know their precise ages, but Sanchez looks to be late twenties, early thirties and Green, between thirty-five and forty. I'd venture to say more thirties." "Damn, that's hot. What kind of build?" "Sturdy. I've seen both of them in the locker room. I've only seen Green bare-chested, but Sanchez has some nice equipment to play with, if you know what I mean?" "Hell yeah! My cousin's friends love playing with a nice set of balls." With interest, Billy asks, "I overheard some college jocks in the park...." Before Billy could finish, Reese reports, turning a page, "Oh yeah. Pretending to get some information at the college, I was able to get a look at the records from the `gay alliance' organization. I was able to copy down about twenty-five names." "Shit! Twenty-five hot college jocks to play with? Fuck, this is gonna be a helluva hot New Year's Eve party!" "Um, Dave, how are we going to get all of these guys to the party?" "We're leaving that to my cousin. He has friends that are keen on how to kidnap guys, without leaving a trace. All our job is, is to provide him with names and addresses." "Well," the police officer informant tells them, "that's the part I still have to work on." "Don't forget to add Chance Adams to your list, Reese." "Oh and about our illustrious fire department, Dave?" "What about it?" "Got a tip that the fire chief could be queer." "Could be is good enough for me, Reese. Put him down on your list." "Yeah," Billy agrees, "I'm not too thrilled about him anyways. Even if he's not gay, there's gotta be a better fire chief than him. Maybe even you, Dave!" "Hmm.... Might not be a bad idea. With Chief Johnson out of the way, I wouldn't mind applying for the job!" "Um, Dave?" "Yeah, Billy?" "Do you think, at the party, I can have Chief Johnson to play with?" Reese Chambers asks, "Why you got something against the guy?" "Yeah, the chief embarrassed Billy one time in front of the whole squad." "Hmm.... I think we can arrange to have him tied up for your pleasure, Billy. Yeah. You've got'm." What the three obviously haven't a clue to, is Detective Wayne Miller, eyeing up the three from the side of the ridge, surveying the meeting behind the Old Pine Inn. Something else that distant played a part in, is Miller, massaging his crotch, with the binoculars focused on the thirty-seven year old police officer! % % "Brrrrrrr, it's cold out there!" Little Diego yells out, the first to make it through the back door. "Did you boys finish with your snowman?" "Yeah, dad-Steve," Philip says, "Wanna come outside and see it?" "Um, Steve, you want to come here a minute?" Barry asks him, wiggling his finger to step up to the window. After looking out, both dads look at the trio. "Hey, it wasn't my idea!" Aidan `fessed up. "Me neither!" Diego replied. That left the dark blondie in the middle, grinning from ear to ear. "Well," Philip goes on to explain, "the snowman didn't have any undershorts on, so we made him look like he was real, without!" "But the carrot I gave you, was supposed to be for his nose, Philip." "I knowed that, dad, but the stick looked okay up his nose." Steve turns to Barry, smiling, "Let's just be thankful they built it in the back yard?" Answering, Barry replied, "Who's ready for some hot chocolate?" "Me!" "Me!" "Me!" % Miguel, his eyelids heavy, his face sunk back down into his hands, dozed at the side of the bed. He didn't take notice right away, when a hand fluffed his black, unkempt hair. "Huh?" He said, with a quick reaction of looking up. In Spanish, half cursing, he exclaimed his excitement at his lover's awakening. He wanted to reach out and touch Juan so badly, but knew he couldn't disturb the square, plastic canopy of breathing air around about his face. Instead, he pressed the little red button on the wall. As Dr. Hannon swung the door open, entering, Miguel thought the worst for himself. However, that wasn't the reason the doctor brushed by him quickly. "How long has he been awake?" "Less than five minutes, Dr. Hannon," Miguel told him, being more gentle than his last run in with the good doctor. "Nurse, lets see if we can remove this oxygen equipment?" `Nurse?' Miguel said to himself. "Excuse me?" Turning, Miguel gazed upon what had to be Riley Sanchez's brother. He looked just like him, minus the couple of inches of height. "Hey, are you Estefan?" "That's me, but excuse me a moment." "Sure, " Miguel paved the way for Estefan to get near Juan's side. "How's the throat?" Dr. Hannon asked Juan. "What's wrong with him? How come he can't talk, Dr. Hannon?" However, it's Estefan that answered, "He had some tubes down his throat. Most likely he needs something to lubricate it." At the mention of the lubrication, there's only one thing that popped into Miguel's mind. But, this wasn't the place for such things. He immediately refocused his attention. "Will he be able to talk good again?" "Oh sure," Estefan keyed Miguel in, "Juan should be back to his usual self in no time, after some physical therapy." "Physical therapy? For what?" Dr. Hannon and Estefan looked at each other. % "Dr. D'Agostino, this is my nephew, Zach Roberts and his boyfriend... well, Patrick Finnegan." "Nice to meet you boys." It had been more than cordial pleasure, when Tony D'Agostino shook both boys' hands. In a way, he wished he was treating Zach, as well. However, ever since Gary Roberts had mentioned Patrick, the tough times he has been through at the reform school, with being beaten and raped. Well, the day Gary told him, he had to immediately isolate himself in the office private jon and jerk himself off to the thoughts of playing with an eighteen year old. However, as he looked at Zach, shaking the hand of a college jock, his cock twitched something fierce, especially at the incredibly handsome face. "So, why don't I leave you and Patrick alone to get acquainted, Tony?" Gary puts his hand on Zach's shoulder, hinting him to come along. "Oh, can't Zach stay with me?" Patrick pleads. This immediately thwarts Dr. D'Agostino's initial plans. "Patrick, listen," Zach replies, holding Patrick's hands, "We all want you to get better and sometimes it's better if you start out by yourself, okay?" "Yeah, okay. If that's what you think is best." As if reading Patrick's thoughts, Zach says, "I'll miss you too!" Not caring what soul is looking upon them, Zach plants a heartfelt kiss on Patrick's forehead. "I love you too, Zach," Patrick replies to the sweet kiss of affection. All this time, the young doctor of psychology is analyzing and reanalyzing his thoughts. Tony comes to the conclusion that this will be a tough case to render, with a lover involved. But he loved a challenge and looked upon this as such. After all, he took a perfectly ordinary man, Estefan Sanchez, bringing out the kinky nature of twenty-five year old Latino, expanding his experiences. By total coincidence, he found a man that didn't mind sharing the rent and other expenses. But the main thing, he found a man that didn't mind submitting, exploring, delving into a subject that interested him tremendously. Through his weaving of words, he had the ability to talk Estefan into allowing him to administer pain, yet convince Estefan of the value of taking it as pleasure. In other words, Tony had Estefan hooked on the early stages of bdsm. Now he had himself a `younger' challenger! % "Sean, will you get that hon?" "No problem." Twelve seconds later, Sean led a young, twenties guy through the living room, to the den. "Jacques, there's a Detective Miller here to see you." "Dectective? Me?" Without hesitation, Detective Miller extends his firm hand, "Detective Wayne Miller, WRPD." "Dr. Jacq della Croix, WRMC!" Wayne smiled at the reference. "Yeah, guess I was a little too official sounding." Sean says, "Hey, I've gotta get showered. Nice to meet you, Detective Miller." "Same here, Sean," the detective replies, shaking Sean's hand. "Care for a cup of coffee, Detective Miller?" "Please, call me Wayne and yes, I'd like that." As he followed Jacq into the kitchen, he pictured that ass in a tight-fitting pair of chaps. "Cream? Sugar?" "Black," Detective Miller replied, still the leather on his mind, as he eyed up Jacq. "Care for a sticky bun?" If Jacq only knew! "Uh, no thanks. Already stopped at the donut shop today." In the demeanor Wayne said it, proved he was joking. "So, I'm guessing this is not a social call?" Jacq inquired. Wayne could only wish, but instead replied, "Not exactly. I understand that you have some dungeon furniture up for sale?" "Some what?" Jacq acts surprised, confused. "That's good, Jacq. Very good. Being a man that's into the subject myself, plus with my prestigious career, I would have given the same performance!" Setting the stage for their conversation, Wayne cackled. Jacq did the same, realizing that the detective was here possibly to negotiate a sale for himself, not to incriminate. "Are you in the market for some dungeon furniture, Detective Miller?" "Please, call me Wayne. Actually, the subject interests me, to some extent...." Good thing Jacq was sitting down, with his crotch hidden under the table. Looking upon the five foot, ten inch man, broad shouldered branch of the law, he got a hankering to take him down to the dungeon, strip him down and let the fun begin. "I gotta go, Jacq. Promised to drive the kids to the mall." "Alright Sean. How long do you think you'll be?" "You're kidding, Jacq?" Jacq laughed, watching Sean leave the kitchen. "Love ya babe," Sean yelled back. "Ahem!" Wayne complimented, "Seems like a nice guy." "He is." Jacq began reading more into Wayne's intentions, but decided to play it cool. "So, would you like to take a look at the dungeon furniture that you might be interested in purchasing, Wayne?" "Oh, I didn't say anything about purchasing it for myself. But hey, I'd sure like to get a look at it." When Jacq slipped out from under the table, he made a concerted effort not to have his obvious pubes visible. As they stepped down the basement stairs, with each foot descending, made each orb churn with excitement. "Nice heavy door." "A necessity for security and `acoustics'!" Wayne laughed. At first, when he saw Sean, as he had the urge to subdue, but after talking with the thirty-two year old, six foot doctor of psychology, he thought otherwise. "Um, you have any of that leather clothing they wear?" Playing dumb, Wayne didn't mention the chaps, nor leather vest, nor harness that often made to top man look stunning. "I have some." Smiling, as he keyed the metal door, Jacq could tell that Wayne was `asking for it'. In the horny mood he was in, Jacq slowly decided to shuck the laundry and other Saturday morning details, to entertain his guest. Plus, with the inside information that Sean wouldn't be back till late, out Christmas shopping with the Barr-Clark gang, he thought an opportunity to utilize his dungeon, possibly for the last time. As they entered, Jacq turns around immediately, facing Wayne. "I'm going to go over to that room over there and change. When I come back, I expect to see you stripped and in position, boy!" "What tha?" Wayne says, his face showing the shock. Smiling, Jacq, unless he's had the signals mixed up, but doesn't think so, walks up to Wayne, reaches to his crotch and makes a grab with his hand. "Akkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkoooooooohoooooh!" Wayne yells out. "First I'd advise you to get your filthy hands off of me, boy and secondly, you'll pay for your insolence." After his rash tone of voice, Jacq releases Wayne's big balls from his grip, watching the stache on his face relax. "Oh, and," Jacq turns back, seeing Wayne remove his hat and jacket, "got a pair of cuffs on you?" "Yeah, I got cuffs with me." "When you get stripped, cuff your hands behind your back!" Wayne had an answer on his face, but Jacq's back faced him already, as he walked away. Returning, each had their eyes on the other.Jacq could tell that Wayne wanted this experience real bad. Totally naked, Jacq eyed his captive from head to toe. "Stats!" "Stats?" Learning his first act of disobedience, Detective Miller cried out in pain, as Jacq thrashed the flogger he held, across the hairy chest. % "Well guys, it's been real, but some of us have to work at making a living!" Novak, sitting at the shallow side of the pool, the water slapping against the black hair on his chest, suddenly rose up out of the pool, causing the water to spurt all over the small circle of friends. "Albert, make him pay for that!" "Oh, he'll pay for it alright. What time does your shift end, Novak?" "Well, let's see, the place closes around ten, so no deliveries are made past nine." "What do you do between nine and ten, Novak?" "Help them take out the garbage. Do odd chores." Jim asks, "Do you know if they need any extra help, Novak?" "Not really. I was lucky to get my job. All the other workers at Hop Sing's are Chinese." "Then how did you rate, Novak?" Jim questioned. "My dad. One of Hop Sing's cousins, King, works for my dad." "King Sing?" "No. King Chen." "Lucky for him," Maury said, cracking up the rest of the guys. Connor inquires, "How come you don't work for your dad, Novak?" "Yeah, what kind of work is it?" Jim asks, out of curiosity. "Because.... Well, first of all, my dad owns a body shop. Secondly, I don't have an interest in it. Even if I did, I wouldn't work there, because my dad and I don't get along." Maury guesses the obvious, "Is the reason you and your pop don't get along, because you're gay?" Smirking, Novak admits, "Yeah. How'd you guess, Maury?" Even Novak, who had known Maury as Professor Passat or Maurice, now called him by his nick. He liked the nickname that Jim pinned on him and even felt it to be more buddy-buddy. "Sorry to hear about that, Novak," Maury told him. "Same here," Jim said. Connor offered, "Me, too." The biggest shock came, when Albert put his hand on Novak's shoulder, announcing, "We'll talk about this later, okay Novak?" "Yeah, thanks Albert. Um, you want to come over to the dorm. I know there's not much privacy there." "Why don't you come back here, Novak? Jim and Connor will still be here....." "We will?" "Do you guys have some place to go?" Jim reported, "Well, on account of I'm broke, I don't have to shop for Christmas presents." "Same here," Connor told Maury. "Look, I've gotta go," Novak said, making his way towards the kitchen doorway." "I'll walk you out," Albert offered. "You know what guys?" "What Jim?" "I always forget this problem I had with my folks, about telling them I'm gay. Damn, I could have said something to Novak." Smiling, Maury says, "You can see him later. Might help him if you did open up about it Jim. What was it? You told your folks and they didn't like the idea of you being gay, I suppose?" "Worse," Jim relayed to Maury. However, it was Connor whom had to explain, "Y'see, Maury, It was so bad for Jim, that his parents, mainly his father, legally cut the reins." "No way!" "Yeah," Jim opened up. "I legally don't have my parents as guardians." "The bastard!" "Hey it didn't turn out so bad. The courts still make him pay Connor's mom some money." "Oh? And how does she fit into all of this?" Beginning to get all mushy, Jim's eyes filled up, as he told Maury, "Connor's mom adopted me." "She what? Adopted you? That is so sweet of her. Wait till I see Aunt Maria. She didn't tell me anything about that!" "It's no big deal," Jim said, but then realized the implications, "I mean, no big deal that Maria didn't tell you, but yeah, I'm really lucky that I have Connor and `mom'." "I'll say. Why, when I meet your mom, Connor, I'm going to bow down and worship the ground she walks on, if that's the impact Jim got from her!" In the back of his mind, Connor would remember that. Would be fun to recall the fact and see Maury's ass sticking up in the air, while his lips touched dirt! "Hey guys, Novak's giving me a lift home, so I'll see you later. What time is dinner?" Maury replies to Albert, "Whenever you get the cook to make it!" "Okay. What do you want, Maury?" "I dunno." Then to Connor and Jim, he fishes for, "Quick guys, what do you want for dinner?" Off the top of his head, Jim says, "Um, Chicken Cordon Bleu?" "Chicken Cordon Bleu!" Maury yells back to Albert. "Okay. Later guys." Laughing, Connor asks, "Is he serious?" "I take it you don't know the Alberghetti name?" "First I've heard of it," Jim says. "Ever hear of the `cardio-phone'?" "Nope," Connor and Jim acknowledge. "You take it jogging with you or to the gym. Not only can you do all the other cool stuff a cell phone does nowadays, but you can also check your heartrate. His father also is marketing a cellphone that checks your plants, to see if they need watering. Apparently he's making tons of money off of these ideas." "I can see the cardio, but plants?" Jim questions. Connor says, "Maybe they should make it so the cellphone talks to the plant!" "Not bad. I'll mention it to him," Maury agrees. "Get outta here," Connor says, pushing Maury on the chest, causing him to lose his balance and fall into the pool. "I'll get you for that, Connor!" He and Jim are standing there, laughing their asses off! % "Dad, we were suppost to go Christmas shopping with Sean today," Philip tells his dad. Aidan adds, disappointed, "But he called from his cellphone and said it's too slippery driving." "Wise choice," Steve replies, adding, "It's really starting to come down out there." "So, what are we going to do?" The dads look at little Diego, who brought up the subject. "What are your daddies doing today?" Barry asks. "I dunno. Probably stay in bed and fool around." "I think I'll get on the phone," Steve replies. "Hey dad?" "Yes, Philip?" "Can we decorate or do something?" "Hmm..... I think I have Grandmother Barr's recipe for Christmas cookies." "Hell yeah!" Aidan yells out. "I beg your pardon," Barry asks, looking directly at the offender. "Oh. Sorry, " Aidan replies. Philip says, "He picked up that curse from Chad'n'Matty." "Oh? And when did you hear that?" "Anytime," Philip replies. "Yeah," Aidan adds. Whenever they're talking about sex, they say that, when it's good." "I see. Well, see if you can keep it out of your vocabulary until you boys get older?" "I'll try, dad," Philip replies. Aidan promises the same. "So, what's up Steve?" He returns to the kitchen, Diego's hand in his, an embarrassing smile painted on his face. "I think we better keep Diego here for awhile. Plumbing problem." "Plumbing as in?" Barry nonchalantly pats his own ass. "No, as in, when I sold the house to them I should've had all the pipes replaced?" "Really, Steve?" Philip asks, "You mean you ripped them off dad-Steve?" On the defensive, Aidan replies, "My dad wouldn't rip anybody off and even if he did, he wouldn't do it on purpose, Phil, so there!" Aidan stands, facing Philp, arms folded across his chest. "Wow!" Diego says. "What?" Aidan asks, quizzically. "You guys just had your first fight!" Diego tells the two, standing as a third wheel. "Hey yeah, Aidan. Diego's right!" "Hmm.... It wasn't too bad. What do you say, Phil?" Aidan inquires of Phil. "I don't know. Aren't we supposed to kiss and hug to make up?" "That's what grown ups do, but aren't we supposed to ask each other something first?" After Philip and Aidan bat it back and forth, Diego says, "You don't have to. You can be mad at each other for a long time, if you want to." "Hmm, you want to be mad at me, Aidan?" "Not really Phil. I don't want it to ruin our day. How about we kiss and hug, then later get mad at each other again?" "I guess we can do that." Waiting in the wings, Steve and Barry are taking all of this in, softly whispering to each other. "If life could be so easy, eh Steve?" "Yeah. I don't know why. When you get angry at me, Barry, I don't know why you just don't take me and put me over your knee!" "Because Steve, I'd rather put you over the bed?" "That could work too!" % % After pulling the car into the driveway, skidding to a stop, Sean made his way to the house. He noticed Detective Miller's car still pulled up to the garage. Entering the house, he didn't hear any talking. Checking around, he found the house seemingly deserted. That is, until he heard a groan coming from the basement stairway. With hands on his hips, he grew inquisitive, wondering if it could be true that the two men had made their way to the basement dungeon. It had been several months since he and Jacq had played down there. In fact, their interest in bdsm had waned so, that he thought Jacq had mentioned that he was selling the dungeon furniture. Slowly descending the stairway, he followed the path of groans, as if being lured by the scent of an apple pie from the oven. Then Sean heard a familiar sound, that of a flogger, strap or other implement, striking skin and the cry out that follows. Sean had to look down, as if he didn't believe it himself that his cock was rock hard, trying to burst the seams of his jeans. Getting closer, instead of being curious, the sounds began to whet his appetite. Whomever the bottom was, Sean wanted to join him. He hoped it was Jacq, but it didn't really matter, since he had already proved it to himself that he could be a glutton for punishment and abuse. The metal door, which normally remained closed when they played, stood open. Peering inside, he could see on the far side of the room, Jacq. Sean made out the thirty-two year old figure, the black, hairy chest, the trail down his stomach and where it became discontinued. Only Sean would know that it led to an 8.5c shaft. He could picture it nestled among the large ball sacs. Now, with the fact of knowing that his lover was on the giving end of the flogger, Sean sensed jealousy. Unlike what had evolved in their sex lives, Sean on top and Jacq on bottom, the nineteen year old had a strange craving to return to his submissive role. When Sean heard the flogger strike obviously Detective Miller's bare body, listen to him cry out, Sean's crotch pulsed with the need to be a part of the action. If his lover had a need to fill, he wanted to be a part of the fulfillment. So, with the greatest of care, he shed his clothes. Wanting to surprise Jacq, he slowly let himself into the room. On the bondage table, he spotted a pair of metal handcuffs. He wondered if they were Detective Miller's. Then again, why would they be Jacq's property, when he knew leather cuffs could be safer around the wrists or ankles. Right now it didn't matter. To Sean, it was highly erotic to see them lying there, available, suggestive to him that they should be around his own wrists. Picking them up, he worked one around his left wrist. Slowly he closed it, snapping it in place. Placing his hands behind his back, Sean arranged the other cuff around his right wrist and shut it. He closed his eyes, taking in the erotic moment of being bound, making himself helpless to escape. He snapped out of it, when he heard the fronds of the flogger snap against human flesh and the riveting sounds from it's victim's lips. With his blond, hairy chest jutting out, he made his way over to where Jacq stood, closing in on the back view. "Good afternoon, sir," Sean said out loud. "What tha? Sean, what are you doing here?" Deciding to take the bad boy approach, Sean replies, "What tha fuck you think I'm doing here, looking at your ugly face?" Detective Miller didn't know what to think. He forget all about the superficial welts covering his chest and stomach and followed the couple's advances towards each other. "Hmm," Jacq said, as he stood in front of his lover. Without provocation, Jacq leans in towards Sean, kissing him. Sean presses forwards. Breaking free, Jacq says, "I know you want this as much as I do, Sean." "I do." Smiling, Jacq replies, "Merry Christmas then and get on your fuckin' knees, boy!" "Hot!" Detective Miller says of the action, happening right in front of himself. However, when Sean sinks to his knees, Jacq has him getting up, forcefully lifting him under the pits. He leads him over, in front of Detective Miller. He knows that Miller can switch, so he decides to `tease' him. "Gonna turn you into a cockslut, boy!" In Sean's own opinion, it hasn't gotten rough enough for him. Sure, his cock is standing at full mast, but his balls haven't churned up enough steam. "Fuck that! I ain't sucking no mancock!" Jacq knows what Sean wants. Going to the cupboard, he returns with a few items of interest. First, the nipclamps. He rubs Sean's hairy nips until they are rigid. Then, opening the flat, rubbery ends, he fills them with nipmeat. "Akkkkoooooooh oooooh shit that feels so hot!" Sean says. "Miss that, don't you baby?" Jacq steps out of role. "Fuck yeah!" Sean groans. "Hmm, then maybe I should think twice about selling the dungeon furniture," Jacq deduces. "No, you've got to sell!" Comes the directive from Detective Miller's mouth. "I do, do I?" Jacq inquires of the detective's remark. "And why do I `gotta' sell, tell me that?" Thinking a moment, Wayne Miller replies, "Maybe you can beat it out of me?" "No problem," Jacq replies, lifting the flogger and slashing it the hardest he can, across the eagle-spread man's chest. "Akkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkoooooohhhoooookay... I'll talk! I'll talk!" "Wimp!" Sean calls Miller. "You listen to me," Miller says to Sean, "I can take double whatever you can take, so don't give me that wimp-bull!" Jacq informs him, "Be careful what you wish for, Wayne. You don't know Sean, what he can take. Believe you me, he can take a great amount of pain. What I gave you up until now, detective, is nothing to what Sean can take!" "Thanks," Sean said to Jacq, who closed in for another kiss. "Biased, I'd say." "Hey, name the time," Sean told Wayne Miller. "Maybe sometime, but I've got more important matters to deal with." Standing there, patting the flogger on the palm of his hands, Jacq waited, then said, "My hand is getting impatient." "Alright, as much as all this is turning me on... big time, I need your dungeon furniture to help crack a case." "You `need'? My dungeon furniture? Like you're going to buy it?" "I'm not." "Who then?" Sean interrupted, "Um, Jacq?" "Yeah, hon?" "It's been a long time. Do you think you can restrain me to the bondage table, while you two talk business?" "If you really want it." Their eyes communicated Sean's need. "Hold on a second, Wayne," Jacq suggested, as he took Sean over to one of the leather tables. Removing the metal handcuffs, that secured Sean's hands behind his back, he watched as his lover hopped up on the table, lying on his back. "Oooooh, you don't know how I've missed this, Jacq," Sean replied, rubbing his ass, back, legs and arms. Responding to the feel of the leather bondage table, Sean made like doing `angels' in fresh fallen snow. He ceased moving his arms when Jacq began fastening them to the corners of the bondage table. "Ooooh, can you stretch me any tighter?" Sean smiled at his lover, as he put the finishing touches on his wrists. Walking to the foot of the bondage table, Jacq replied, "Tighter, huh?" Taking hold of Sean's legs, he pulled away at them. Loosening a viselike device, even after securing his lover's ankles to the corners of the table, he could stretch Sean's body, so that every bit of slack could be integrated in the bondage. "You know, Sean that if your father ever finds out about this, I'll be in deep shit?" "I wouldn't tell." After stretching Sean's body out, as much as a human could force the stretching of another human body without the usage of a mechanical device, Jacq returned to the head of the table, pressing his lips on his lovers. "Oooh man, does the leather on my back feel awesome!" "So, what else do you want?" Jacq asks Sean. The two peer into each other's eyes. "I think you know what I want," Sean replies, not breaking the gaze. "You got it," Jacq replies, without even discussing what would pleasure Sean. Lightly massaging Sean's cock, then balls, Jacq leans over and licks the tip of Sean's shaft. "Oooooooh!" When the action stops, Sean looks up at his lover, who's backed off. He watches, as Jacq unbuckles the leather strips of harness across his black, hairy chest and stomach. Next, he's unsnapping the chaps. "Oops! Always forget." "What?" "Can't get the chaps off over the boots," Jacq replies. "Hurry up, before I lose interest," Sean replies. "I doubt that very much," Jacq tells him, paying attention to the raging hard on, standing up from the bondage table, as if a tapered candle at a lux feast. Now, totally naked, Jacq climbs up on the bondage table. Like stalking prey, he lowers his head and begins to lick away at Sean's dark blonde pubes. "Oooooh man.... Yeah... oh fuck, yeah!" Sean, closing his eyes, relaxes to the wet tongue. "Hey! What about me?" The tantalizing moment ceases, as Jacq and Sean look at one another. "Y'know, he's a glutton for pain, just like you!" "Then, why don't you go give him what he wants?" Sean says, with an evil smile. "Yeah. Right." Winking, Jacq says, "be right back!" Before approaching the detective, Jacq stops at the cupboard. Holding up a pair of nip clamps, jagged steel toothed, he shows it to his lover. "Yeah and remove the tension screws?" Sean suggests. With a wide grin, Jacg takes Sean's suggestion. Next, he holds up a ball parachute and weight, which Sean okays. "What about the milker, Jacq?" "Don't you think that's a little too cruel?" "You didn't think that way when you milked eight loads out of my dick!" Along with the nip and ball toys, Jacq dragged over the Acme `Shaft-Milker', rolling it on it's wheels. "What the fuck is that?" Miller shouted. "Your attitude sucks, Miller!" Before Jacq even thought of applying any of the toys, he picked up the flogger and whipped Detective Miller's chest a few more times. "Yeah, those nips are nice and ripe for these babies!" Even Sean got a kick, from long distance viewing, of Miller's mouth gaping open, looking upon the large, steel-jawed alligator clamps, hanging by the chain. Miller got an even bigger bang out of them, when Jacq captured his nipmeat in them and let go! "Akkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkooooohhhakkkkkshiit!" As much as Jacq got a kick out of Miller's screaming, he hustled to force the leather collar around the detective's balls, then applying the weight. Before Wayne Miller could fathom the depth at which his balls hung down, Jacq had the twenty-nine year old's 8c in the cone of the `Shaft-Milker', plugged it in and switched it on low speed. As Jacq walked away, he could hear moaning and groaning, already the searing pain from the clamps biting into his nips, equalizing to the pleasure Miller felt from the metal cone's sucking action.. Sean said, upon Jacq's return, "Can't wait till he begs you not to cum anymore." "Yeah. Remember when you begged me?" "Right, but I did go on to shoot one more load." "But the eighth load was a little on the scant side." "At least I had something to give." "Hmm...." "What's that for, Jacq?" "Oh, nothing." However, Sean knew that Jacq had some ulterior motives planned. First things first, though, as he climbed back onto the table and knelt above his bound lover, reaching his head down, tongue extended, to continue where he left off, wetting down the soft pube-fur. % "Phone for you Matty!" "Me? Who would know I'm here? Is that my mom?" Matty asked Barry. "It's `male'," Barry reported back to him. "Hello? Oh hi Terence. Nope. Didn't forget." While listening, Matty cupped the talking-into-end of the phone with his palm and mouthed out to Chad, `Terence Beethoven', then pointed to the phone. "Yeah, I'm listening. Got it. Hey, you need any other helpers, Terence? Cool. Yeah, be there at one." As soon as Matty clicked the phone into place, Chad asked, "So, what are you volunteering us for now?" "Volunteering Preppy? Um, did you get a call last Wednesday from Terence Beethoven about assembling food baskets for the needy?" Chad makes a face of skepticism, reporting back, "Oops!" "Yeah, I thought so. Fortunately for you, I covered your ass!" "Hmm... next time spread further and press your tongue in deeper, Matty?" "Not funny, Preppy. Although I'll take the tip into consideration." "The tip of your tongue?" "Oh, you're a real live wire today, but don't think because you're hobbling around like pegleg Pete that you're going to get out of working today!" Trying to switch the subject, Chad asks, "So how did Terence know we were here?" "Where else would we be on our day off, if not at home?" "Hey, I like visiting with the squirts." Matty smiles,then sits down on the bench next to his lover. "You know Chad..." "Uh-oh, I can tell this is going to be serious." "How so?" "Because you're calling me `Chad' and not by my nick?" "I think this is serious. I mean, it's not something that we've talked much about. I think we should look into this adoption business, Chad." "But like I said, Matty, I think we should wait till I'm out of college and...." "Hey, Preppy, adopting a kid is not going to be an instant thing, you know. There's all kinds of papers to fill out and then... then they gotta send a social worker out to make sure you're going to be a fit `mother'!" "Mother... I'll mother you...." Chad says, slapping Matty up-the-side-of-the-head. "Then again, Preppy, if you're going to be a violent parent!" "So, was your phone call important, Matty?" Barry asked, returning to the kitchen for a second helping of coffee. Before explaining, Matty asks, "What are the boys doing today?" "Boys, as in some of the boys or all of the boys?" "Depends on how many you want to get rid of, dad," Chad asks. "Hmm, I guess I mean `all' of the boys, then." "This is our Christmas present to you, dad." "Oh? You mean Steve and I aren't getting that trip to the Bahamas from you two, for Christmas?" "Dream on dad-Barry," Matty replies, as if one of the kids. "C'mon Chad, I guess we'll give them the cruise instead." "No... no... take the boys!" Barry exclaims. "If I didn't know any better, I'd think you wanted to get of them, dad." "Which comes to a subject that Chad and I had tossed about," Matty suddenly came up what they just talked about. "Oh? And how's that go, Matty?" However, Chad had already caught on to what Matty was about to lay on his old man and asked, "What do we have to do to adopt a boy or two?" "Adopt? A boy? Or two?" "I explained to Matty, not till after I graduate from college, but he seems to think we can get started now." "Matty's right. It does take a lot of filing of paperwork and all. Let me investigate. I think the social worker at school, a Mr. Davis, can give me a lead on whom you boys should contact." "Thanks dad," Chad says. Barry, without speaking a word, comes over and gives the two a combined hug. "What was that for?" Matty asks. Winking, Barry replies, "For taking the mob to church with you!" However, they knew what the show of affection really was meant for! % "Hey, Dave. Glad that you and friends could make it!" Thirty-five year old Rob Taylor welcomed his cousins, as they stepped through the door of his rather larger, well to do home. "Rob, this here is Reese Chambers and you already know Billy Murdoch." "Sure. How's it going Billy?" "Good." "So, you have some progress to show us, Rob?" "Yeah. C'mon. Follow me down the basement." Trailing Rob, the three follow him to a door, set off from the kitchen. Made of heavy metal, Rob explains that it's made of materials to muffle even the highest volume of sound. At the bottom of the stairs, Reese spots two chains hanging from the ceiling. He walks over there, taking one in each of his hands, which makes the top of his body assume an eagle-spread position. "Nice. Very nice. Can't wait to see Sanchez stripped and fastened to these!" Rob alerts the thirty-seven year old police officer, "Oh yeah. By the way, Reese, I've told my two buddies that love working over cops. They wonder if you can make sure they're in uniform. They think a cop in uniform is highly erotic." "Depends on how your buddies that are into snatching, what they'll be wearing." "Just the same, Reese, do you think you can have on hand a few uniforms for us, just in case?" "Sure. No problem. Hee hee... maybe you'll want to dress some of those college jocks in police uniforms and pretend they're cops!" They liked that idea. "Well, let me give you a little tour. Down this corridor, are the cells." "Cells, huh Rob?" "Yeah. I'm not sure if I mentioned to you that one of my buds knows of a man that'll pay top dollar for slaves." "Slaves?" Billy asks. "I thought slavery went out after the Civil War?" "Not underground slavery," Rob cues them into. "Well, how much could we make off of, say Sanchez?" "Depends on what condition he's in, after my buds are done playing with him. They can get pretty nasty, if they set their minds to it. However, this `buyer', says even a guy with marks on his body can fetch a minimum of two or three grand." "Hmm.... Sounds like it can be quite a prolific business, especially when we're talking about twenty-five college jocks and an assortment of others." As they walk down the corridor of cells, numbering so far ten on each side, Reese does the math. "And here is the main room, gentlemen." "Kind of empty, Rob." "Yeah. I know, but I've got a lead on a buyer. He's got a whole basement full of dungeon furniture that he's anxious to get rid of." "Like what?" Officer Reese Chambers asks, his hand on his crotch. "I believe there's four or five bondage tables, complete with restraints, a rack, a portable milking machine..." "Milking machine, huh?" "Yeah." Reese completes his inquiry by hoping, "Better be one of those new Acme `Shaft-Milkers'." "I didn't even know you were into this, Reese?" Dave asks. "I know all about milking machines. Seen the best and worst of them, but know for a fact that the Acme `Shaft Milkers' are the best." "Hmm... you impress me Reese." "Leather isn't just for gay guys. Have tolerated playing with some faggots. Learned a lot. In fact, have my eye set on breaking a certain top-faggot!" "Can you imagine that," Billy Murdoch asks, "a top guy guy getting what he usually gives out?" "Yeah. Thinking of putting him on the list. Would be a hot time for myself, on New Year's Eve." The three can see from the bulge in Reese's pants how much of a good time the cop wants to have on NYE! "And here's the restrooms." To other's astonishment, Reese walks over to a urinal that's missing the drain. "Hot! Turn our slaveboys into a urinal. Yeah, line them college fagboys up right along here!" Reese says of the ten urinals. When he spots the aluminum `tub', he tells them, "Hell yeah! Have a coupla boys lay down in here to piss on!" "And here's something I think you firemen would like," Rob points out. Hanging from the ceiling are restraints, that when the victim is cuffed to the single chain, his body will be stretched in a single `line', his feet barely able to touch the floor." "Yeah? What's so special about this, Rob?" Billy asks. "This look familiar?" Hooked up to a wide-channeled pipe, is a fire hose. "Train this jet on a guy's crotch and he's gonna feel it!" Rob tells them. "Fuck, it'll sure bruise a guy's balls!" Evilly grinning, Reese tells them, "Or force it up their ass?" Rob shows them the other special amenities, like the `cyclone cellar doors', the elevator, means by which to bring men in and out. He points out the separate dungeon chamber for special, paying clients. "I'm not sure I can wait till New Year's Eve," Reese informs them. "We might be able to work out a deal for you to start early, Reese." "Without any dungeon equipment, Rob? What fun it that?" Smiling, he tells them to follow him. "I didn't say that I hadn't any toys, did I?" Opening one cupboard, then two and three, Reese, as well as Dave and Billy, gaze upon the array of toys. "Oh fuck, this buttplug is going to be so hot to use on Sanchez!" Reese says, holding up a plug as big as an elephants leg. "Into clamps?" Rob asks, looking at Reese, his hand showing the panorama of nip toys. "Oh shit this is hot!" What's hotter, is that since the cell block area, Reese has been eyeing up Billy Murdoch, clothed still in his fireman's uniform. He's already thought of how much fun it would be playing with the man with a `bear/solid' body. "Hey, look what time it is," Dave says, looking at his watch. "In a hurry, Dave?" "Yeah. I go on shift in an hour." Reese asks, inquisitively, "What about you, Billy?" "Oh, I'm off till Monday afternoon." Liking that even more, Reese says to the thirty-eight year old fireman, "Then why don't you finish the tour with Rob and I?" "Yeah. Sure. I'll see you later Dave." Already Reese is thinking to himself, `don't bet on it, Billy!' % Continued.... Copyright 2005 T. Luke McPhee This story may not be sold or made part of any collection without prior written permission.