Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 19:24:20 +0100 (CET)
From: chaosmode00@tutanota.com
Subject: Summer Games Part 5

Summer Games Part 5


Intro: This is the final part of the story.  I am not sure how well I hit
on things during the final parts here.  Part of it fees a little rushed but
I wasn't sure where else to go with the story and felt that it was a nice
place to conclude things.  I wanted to end somewhere that felt right and
real for the characters and I also wanted to show after that moment as
well.  Show how life moves on I suppose.  Anyway I hope you enjoy the final
part and if for any reason you don't or you wanted to see something
different, please let me know I can't really fix this one but I can work
better on the next story whenever I get to it.

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Twenty


	Two days later James took Aiden's virginity but it didn't start out
as something planned.  The day went like any others, James had to work and
Aiden came up to see him and hang out a bit before going back to the house
and playing a game on his computer or working on his programing.  James was
actually proud of the boy, he was getting better at programing.  Although
James knew almost nothing about it he was pretty impressed in the simple
version of Pong that he had made worked so well. It was from there though
that he knew Aiden would start to work more on it as the months went on if
they boy really was determined to learn how to do it which James was pretty
sure that he was.

	Aiden headed back to the house around two but James had to work
until five so he was pretty anxious to get back to Aiden's house at five
and see what he had been doing.  He walked into the house and the front of
the house was quiet as he walked through it heading to the back and Aiden's
bedroom.  He knocked on the half open door but Aiden didn't answer him so
James peaked in a little worried, "Aiden?"  As he peeked in he saw the boy
on his bed a book laying by him as he was sleeping over the covers still
dressed as he had been earlier.

	His tee-shirt was a dark green and said I'd Rather be Gaming on it,
his shorts were denim and stopped at just above his knees.  One of his
hands was still holding the book sort of and his other one was under his
head as he lay on his back sleeping.  His shirt had ridden up a bit and
James could see the boys stomach.  He smiled to himself and walked further
into the room. The book was one that Aiden had said before was one of his
favorites, The Lightning Thief which was one of those Percy Jackson books
that James knew had been popular for awhile.

	He gently took the book and walked over to where Aiden's bookshelf
was and put the book back where it went next to the other books in the
series.  It was dogeared James could only imagine how many times Aiden had
read it.  Sometimes like now when he looked at the young boy he saw Aiden
the kid, not Aiden the boy that he was deeply in love with.  He was a boy
but he was also at that age where he was curious about more than just boy
things. He was a bit more mature than other boys his age, maybe because of
how he had been treated all of his life?

	James sat down on the edge of the bed and stroked Aiden's cheek
softly.  He wished fervently that Aiden was his forever, that the boy would
stay this magical eleven years that he was right now forever.  He knew that
it was fleeting, that one day Aiden was going to go from being a
prepubescent recently graduated fifth grader into a young teenager and then
a teenager and finally an adult.  All that James could hope for was that he
would be there for all of it and that Aiden wouldn't grow to hate him for
loving him so much right now.

	He started to move off of the bed when Aiden's hand caught his own
and held it as his light brown eyes met James'.  He sat back down again and
stroked Aiden's cheek as the preteen said, "I guess I feel asleep."  James
smiled and on instinct leaned down and kissed Aiden's lips.  The preteen
leaned up to kiss him back, his lips lingering as James leaned down further
and gently stroked Aiden's cheek while his tongue played with the boys.  He
leaned over Aiden more, his hand sliding under the boys shirt to stroke his
chest and stomach.

	He moved laying down beside Aiden on the bed so that they were
facing each other as they continued to kiss, his hand on Aiden's side under
the shirt stroking it as the boy moved in closer, one of his legs resting
on top of one of James' own. They stopped kissing and James just looked at
Aiden stroking his cheek as he said, "are you tired?  Should I let you
sleep?"

	Aiden shook his head and said, "no.  I want you to try it
James... I know you want to."

	James felt his penis respond to the words.  Of course he wanted to
try it. He was desperate to try it.  He had wanted to be inside of Aiden
since that first kiss, but he was in no hurry to get there.  He could wait
till Aiden knew exactly what he wanted, he was fine with that.  "We don't
have to Aiden."

	Aiden put his hand on top of James' that was stroking his cheek, "I
know we don't have to James but you want to and I want to try. I do trust
you."

	James kissed his lips softly, "we can try if you want to Aiden, but
I don't want you to think that we have to."

	Aiden said, "I know we don't have to, but I also know that you want
to. I'm not afraid to try it now and I know you'll take care of me.  You're
fingers in there felt nice in there too."

	James stroked his cheek again, "if at any moment if you ever feel
uncomfortable by it or you don't like it I will stop immediately.  I'll be
right back."  Aiden nodded and James slipped off of the bed going into the
living room and getting the lubricant that he had bought the other day at
the store.  The Aloe Vera had worked well enough but he wanted something
that could be even smoother and work better.  Honestly he was going to push
his fingers up in there first again to prepare Aiden before slipping his
penis inside.  Yes he did want to, he badly wanted to be with Aiden like
this but he was afraid of hurting the boy even if Aiden was curious about
it.

	He was walking back into the bedroom and almost started laughing
when he walked back in and Aiden sat up on the bed and started to pull off
his shirt. Aiden stopped in the middle of pulling off the shirt and said,
"What's funny?"

	James came in further and sat down on the boys bed and said, "how
about you let me undress you instead of you ruining my favorite part of
things?"

	Aiden flushed and said, "You like undressing me?"

	James grabbed the boys shirt to pull him over to him and said,
"yes."  Then he kissed Aiden and started pulling his shirt up and over him.
He gently pushed Aiden down onto the bed as he leaned over him and said, "I
like undressing you and I like touching you and I will forever be eternally
grateful that you let me touch you."  Aiden smiled a bit and then James
gently kissed his cheek before kissing his lips again.  He stroked Aiden's
shoulders, feeling the boy under his fingers as he slowly moved down
kissing his neck, his shoulders.

	James let his hands slide over Aiden's smooth preteen body, feeling
every inch of him under his fingers, the way the boy breathed in and out,
the soft delicate feeling of his body under his hands.  He reached Aiden's
jeans undoing the button on them, gently pulling at the zipper as his lips
continued down over Aiden's stomach, feeling it as the younger boy breathed
in and out.  James pushed at Aiden's shorts dragging them off of the boys
legs, running his hands back up over those legs.  As he ran his hands over
Aiden's briefs he could feel Aiden's penis it had gone from soft to hard
during the time that James had started touching him.

	He gently rubbed over it with his fingers as his mouth kissed
Aiden's lower stomach.  He looked up at Aiden as the boy lay back on th bed
his eyes closed, his mouth slightly open.  James pulled the briefs down
letting this small bit of Aiden slid out of him.  The little treasure that
James desired to sink into his mouth again.  He kissed lower on Aiden's
stomach, his fingers now stroking the boys sack feeling his small nuts
under his fingers.

	He sat up looking down at Aiden, pulling his own shirt up and off
of him. Aiden opened his eyes watching as James undressed. He was getting
his shirt off when he felt two small hands on his jeans undoing them,
pulling at them dragging them down.  He felt Aiden rubbing at him through
his boxer-briefs the boy looked up at him.  James slipped off of the bed
and finishing undressing pulling down his underwear along with his jeans
slipping out of both as Aiden lay back on the bed again watching him his
hands at his side, his little legs closed. That made the little sack bulge
a bit and his little penis was resting against his lower stomach the head
trying to reach for his belly button.

	James moved slipping back onto the bed laying down next to Aiden,
gently he kissed him again, his hand stroking over the boys stomach, slowly
sliding down further, his fingers finding the boys erection and gently
stroking it as he continued to kiss Aiden on the lips, his tongue playing
with the newly turned eleven year olds tongue.  He felt Aiden rest a hand
on him too, stroking his penis, as James moved the skin up and down on
Aiden's erection.  He started down again with his mouth, leaning over Aiden
so that he could begin sliding down over him, kissing his stomach, going
lower.

	James took the bottle of lube and applied some to his fingers as
Aiden spread his legs open.  James stroked Aiden's penis, leaning down and
running his tongue along the length of it, his fingers slipping up between
the boys cheeks, sliding into his bottom.  This time Aiden knew what was
coming, he gasped a bit at the coolness of the lube as James rubbed it over
his entrance moving it around and over the cheeks as well. He pressed
inside, his fingers sliding into the boys bottom much easier than the first
time.  He pulled them back out and got more lube applying it to his penis,
rubbing over the shaft a few times looking down at Aiden, "we don't have
to..."

	He could tell that Aiden was a little scared but the boy had
determination on his face as well.  James knew that if he stopped Aiden
would be okay with it, but he'd just want James to try again the next time
they got this alone together.  He had that same look on his face that he
had gotten that first day when James told him that they shouldn't kiss.
Aiden said, "I want you to James. I trust you."  He spread his legs wider
and James moved in-between them holding his penis guiding it down below
Aiden's small ball sack down to the little cheeks that were spread with him
laying back like this holding his legs a bit.  He rubbed the head across
the boys opening, letting more lube slide into place over the boy's bottom.

	James said, "if its not..."  Aiden nodded as James didn't know how
to finish but Aiden knew what he meant.  He pushed the head against the
opening.  James had only dreamed of doing this with a boy Aiden's age he
had never done it before.  Inside he was afraid that he would be hurting
Aiden forever, that Aiden would never look upon this moment as anything but
pain with regret.  He couldn't though stop himself, his desire to be with
Aiden like this was just too great and the preteen boy had given him the
gift.

	He pushed against that opening, feeling it surrounding the head of
his penis. Aiden made a face, his mouth opening and James almost stopped
but Aiden said, "k-keep going."  He wanted to stop but the barely eleven
year old boys opening was drawing him in a bit.  James felt it as the head
of his penis popped into the preteen boys tight little ass.  Aiden's eyes
widened again and he gasped a bit. James started to pull out but Aiden
said, "D-don't stop."

	James leaning over Aiden felt it as he pushed a bit more, more than
the head now slipping into that sensitive area, the lube was actually doing
its job, helping him slide further inside and Aiden's face was a mix of
pleasure and pain put together.  "I should pull out."  Aiden shook his head
the boy had determination on his face.  James though was afraid of hurting
him beyond what he had done already. He felt the walls of Aiden's bottom
squeezing on the nearly fully inch that he had in there.  James could feel
the pressure building inside of him, his desire to be in Aiden combined
with the pleasure of the boy surrounding even just that little bit of him
was enough for James.


*


	At first it was kind of like the fingers when James pressed the
head of his penis between the cheeks of his butt.  He could fee it sliding
between them this bigger penis just kind of meeting the end of his bottom.
He was scared at first too, scared when he felt how big it was, it wasn't
huge though, and Aiden could tell that it would go in if James pushed.  The
lubricant must have been a really good one too because everything down
there was all slippery and somehow when James did push it was like Aiden's
body wanted to open up and accept James inside of him.

	Still it shocked him when it happened.  The moment that he felt
James entering him he felt a mixture of his own desire for it, pain, and
pleasure.  A part of him screamed that it wanted James to stop but he could
see the love and care for him in James' eyes and that made Aiden want to
continue.  He wanted to give James this gift and the feeling of James
slipping into him wasn't so bad when he remembered that.  In fact when the
head fully popped in wonder filled him, he was actually taking James inside
of him.

	When James moved again he felt it when he sort of brushed against
that area of Aiden that had felt pleasure from the fingers before.  He
gasped with that but the pain was there too.  That one part of him was
still telling him to tell James to stop, but the rest of Aiden wanted it to
keep going.  He told James as much trying to keep James inside of him for
longer.  It wasn't how Aiden had imagined it being, or how the fingers had
felt.  Somehow this was more intimate.

	He could feel James as he pressed in more, it was like this part of
James was stuffing up this part of Aiden and the young boy could feel the
pleasure of the moment.  He begged James not to stop, but the pain was
there as well.  James pulled back about then slipping out of him and Aiden
felt the pain and the pleasure both sort of start to disappear before James
rubbed his penis along the length of Aiden's own, rubbing over it, pressing
the head of his penis to Aiden's balls like he had done that one time
before and he came, his seed shooting out.  Aiden came then as well, not as
powerfully as he had the other day but still he felt the orgasm slide
through his body.

	He woke later to the feeling of James applying something to his
bottom, he opened his eyes slowly as James said, "how do you feel?"

	Aiden moved a bit and jumped when he realized that his bottom hurt
a little, "sore... but not too bad."

	James said, "I'm sorry I should have pulled out."  Aiden shook his
head and James kissed his cheek, "yes I should have.  It was never my goal
to go that far with you.  You wanted to try it and I am glad that we did
but I don't know if I have the courage to try it again."

	Aiden moved laying on his side as James was and leaned over to kiss
him which James returned before Aiden snuggled up in his arms and said,
"its okay James and I'd like to try again sometime."

	James stroked his back and held him softly kissing the top of his
head, "we'll talk about it sometime in the future Aiden, I want you to
think about what you felt and let me know if you want to try again in a few
days and you need to let me think about it as well as I don't want to harm
you."

	Aiden said, "Okay, um James what are we going to do for dinner?"
He realized that his stomach was grumbling as he hadn't eaten since lunch
time.

	James laughed and said, "if I needed a reminder that you're an
eleven year old boy that's all I would need to hear is that you're hungry
again."  Aiden giggled when James tickled him, he was despite how close
they were now still really good at surprising him with tickles out of
nowhere and somehow it always made him feel really good too being tickled
by James.  He was glad that he tried this with James as well, he felt like
he owed it to James as James had done so much to make him feel good and all
of that.

	They got dressed and went and got food.  James made them breakfast
for dinner and as they were eating his mom called James' phone.  It was
weird hearing just James' part of the conversation but as it ended Aiden
saw a brief look pass on James' face and he said, "my grandma?"  Aiden
barely knew his grandmother, he had met her a few times and she had come
and stayed out with them a few times but she lived in Houston and they
lived in Austin so it wasn't like she came out all the time.  She had her
own things going on out there and his uncle that he rarely saw was the one
who mainly took care of his grandmother.

	James nodded and said, "yes, I'm going to drive you out there
tomorrow to stay with your mom and uncle's family."

	Aiden looking down at his mostly eaten plate of food said, "you're
not going to stay out there with me?"

	James moved sitting down next to Aiden and put his arm around his
shoulders, "your mom is going to need you Aiden, and I've got to go to work
back up here.  You can text me all you want to and even call me if you need
to."

	Aiden nodded and leaned in to James as he said, "I wish we had more
alone time though we only got a few days."

	James kissed the top of his head, "that's okay, we had some really
nice days right?"

	Aiden agreed, "yeah, um c-could you sleep with me tonight?"

	James put his hand on Aiden's chin and turned him towards him and
lightly kissed his lips, "of course Aiden, we'll sleep together tonight if
you want we could put on a movie, snuggle on the couch and watch it till we
both fall asleep?"  Aiden agreed and finished his dinner as James did too.
He went and took a shower, his bottom still hurt but the stuff that James
had put on it did help and he did want to try it again.  He just didn't
know if they were going to get to.




Twenty-One



	The bus pulled up in front of the school and Aiden stepped off of
it looking up at the large two story building of red bricks with its name
on a plaque in front of a stature that proclaimed that children were the
future.  Someone pushed into him from behind laughing and saying, "better
watch your back gaytard there's not any creep adult to protect you here
anymore."  Aiden watched as Kevin moved off ahead of him.  Kevin had
managed to acquire a whole set of acne on his face and he clearly was still
out to get Aiden even though he hadn't been around at all during the last
two months of summer.

	It was the last week of August and school was already back in as he
looked up at the large middle school.  It was at least three times of his
elementary and it looked intimidating.  He had told James last night that
he was really scared about going to a new school.  There would be even more
kids here that could tease him and mess with him.  James had told him that
it was a chance for him to actually maybe meet new friends too.  His mom
had said the same thing.  Sometimes it was infuriating that James was like
his mom.  James was an adult he knew that and he didn't treat him like a
kid but James just like his mom wanted Aiden to make friends.

	In July after his grandmother had passed he had ended up staying at
his uncles for two weeks as his mom and uncle dealt with his grandmothers
estate.  Then it had been August and before he knew it school was coming
up.  He had not gotten any more alone time with James.  Sometimes James did
come over just to check up on him after he was done at work and Aiden had
gone up to the game store to hang out but he knew realistically that him
and James finding more alone time probably wasn't going to happen.  He
hoped that it would again somehow but he didn't know how yet.

	So now he was back in school, and the first thing that happens is
that Kevin starts messing with him again.  He had known that Kevin not
messing with him was a temporary thing but he had hoped that it wouldn't
be.  Now though getting off of the bus he knew that it wouldn't be.  Aiden
headed towards the school. A few days ago he had gone up here with his mom
to meet his teachers and learn where his classes were as it was a big
school and he had never been here before.  He looked at his schedule sheet
again and saw that he had history first period.  His biggest hope was that
he didn't have any classes with Kevin in them.

	He was walking up the stairs to go down the hall to his first
period and as he was walking he realized that the classroom numbers were
counting up the wrong way so he had come up on the wrong side of the
school.  Aiden turned to start walking the other way when he ran right into
someone that was coming up the hall. He almost fell but the other person
caught him by his shirt and held him back up as he said, "whoa there you
okay?"

	Aiden nodded looking up at the person that had helped him.  He was
clearly an older kid, he was somewhere over five feet tall, not as tall as
James but still taller than Aiden.  He wore glasses and had dark brown hair
that went almost to his shoulders.  The older boy wore a shirt that had
something on it that Aiden had seen before, but couldn't quite place at
first.  It looked like something out of Magic that card game that James had
taught him but it didn't quite look like that.  Aiden said, "yeah I just
was going the wrong way."

	The other older kid nodded and said, "well just be careful some of
these other kids might have just kept walking not caring if they did knock
you over."

	Aiden looked up at him and noticed that the boy was kind of skinner
than Aiden himself, even though he was taller and slightly broader as well.
There was something familiar about him but Aiden didn't know what it was.
"T-thanks!"  HE said realizing that he needed to get to class.

	The older kid said, "anytime! Maybe I'll see you around."  Aiden
didn't answer as he was in far too much of a hurry but he doubted that he'd
ever see the older kid again.  Aiden made it to his class just before the
bell and was so relieved to see that Kevin wasn't in it.  Of course the
middle school was three times bigger than his old school so maybe he'd
never run into Kevin again other than on the bus and he could keep an eye
out for him and run really quickly to his house in the afternoon like he
used to.

	They had recess before lunch and he headed outside as it was really
the only choice since another group of kids were inside eating lunch.  He
would have preferred not too not because he minded being outside but
because he had a feeling that he might run into Kevin again. Of course that
was what made it happen him not wanting it to happen.  He was walking
towards an empty bench where he planned to sit down and read a book he had
brought. He couldn't wait to see the school library as his English class
had a trip to the library tomorrow to pick out a book.

	He was reading when someone stepped up and grabbed his book and
said, "ah mom's boyfriends not around to protect you now."  Of course Kevin
had no idea who James really was to Aiden.  Aiden had no intention of
correcting him and no intention of even telling James that Kevin was
picking on him again because he was afraid of what might happen to James if
he told him and he did something he shouldn't do.

	Aiden said, "give me back my book please Kevin." As he stood up and
tried to reach for it.  Kevin was still taller and bigger than him. He
noticed that only one member of Kevin's goons was there with him. Lane the
one that he had kicked in the balls all those months ago.

	Kevin imitated him, "ooo give me back my book Kevin."  He pushed
Aiden back down and he hit the floor by the bench as Kevin dropped the book
and got ready to kick him after looking around to see if one of the
teachers was around, "whatcha gonna do gaytard go run to the teacher?"

	He got ready to do something to Aiden when a hand landed on Kevin's
shoulder and someone said, "I think you might want to reconsider picking on
my friend there."  Kevin turned around to look at who had spoken and Aiden
almost laughed at the look on Kevin's face as he stepped back, stammered
and took off running with Lane behind him.  There was no way it was because
the boy who had just saved him was taller than Kevin.  He was by about five
inches.  He was still really skinny though and didn't look like a tough
guy.  It was the boy he realized that he had seen earlier in the day. The
older boy bent down picking up his book and then saying, "you okay there?"

	Aiden started to stand up brushing his shorts and said, "Y-yeah..."
he handed him his book and Aiden took it saying, "T-thanks..."

	The older boy nodded and sat down on the bench.  Aiden noticed that
there was another boy who was the same height as this boy but had broader
shoulders and wasn't skinny but big a bit hulking for an eighth grader.
There was a girl who was just a few inches taller than Aiden standing with
him saying something to him and the big boy just shrugged and the two of
them moved on.  The older boy said, "that's a pretty good book choice."

	Aiden looked down at the book that James had given him to read
saying that if he liked Percy Jackson he might like Harry Potter and so far
he was really enjoying it.  "T-thanks its my friend James' book."

	He didn't know if he should sit down or not. This guy was an older
kid an for some reason despite the fact that he was thinner and not all
that much taller than Kevin, he had been afraid of this kid.  "what's your
name?"

	"A-Aiden."

	The older kid nodded and said, "you're wondering why Kevin took off
like he did huh?"

	Aiden said, "y-yeah.. are you going to want my lunch money?"

	The older kid laughed and said, "no Aiden I don't want your lunch
money."  he put out his hand and said, "I'm Neil."  Aiden took Neil's hand
shaking it gently, his hand was big, not as big as James' but bigger than
Aiden's own.  "you already sort of met Billy and Riley my friends.  Sit
down." He pat the bench and Aiden sat down nervously as Neil continued,
"Kevin's my cousin.  He's always been a little snot but he knows not to
mess with me."

	Aiden swallowed a bit and said, "y-you're related to Kevin?"

	Neil shrugged, "can't choose your family.  You can choose your
friends though."

	Aiden nodded he knew that was true, "Yeah I don't have a lot of
friends other than James and I guess maybe Noel and Richard a little bit."

	Neil said, "you should come sit with me, Billy and Riley at lunch."

	Aiden looked over at Neil as he said, "why are you being so nice to
me?"

	Neil touched his closed book and said, "you know what I always
loved about Harry Potter?" Aiden shook his head, "he didn't hate anyone,
not even the bullies but he could tell when someone was worth knowing too.
I could be wrong but I think you're worth knowing Aiden.  So how about it,
you want to come sit with me and my friends?"

	Aiden shrugged and said, "I guess but I don't know what I'd talk
about."

	Neil said, "well have you played any games lately?"

	Aiden said, "yeah on James' steam account I'm playing Final Fantasy
um I think its thirteen?"

	Neil leaned back and said, "so does James go to our school?"

	Aiden shook his head, "no he um he's in college, he works at
Voltage Games."

	Neil said, "I know Voltage games our group goes up there on
Saturdays sometimes to play D&D when we can't play at Mike's house.  James,
he's the tall one, brown hair, knows something about everything?"  Aiden
nodded and flushed a bit as Neil said, "yeah he's the one who showed Mike
where he could go to get a really old campaign that Mike's dad used to play
when he was our age.  Showed him where he might find it online.  He's
pretty cool."

	Aiden agreed, "yeah, he took care of me some when my mom had to go
out of town and um we played a lot of super Nintendo games before I got my
computer and he let me borrow his steam account cause we're friends."  He
wasn't going to tell Neil that he kissed James or did a lot more than that.
He was starting to like Neil though, he kind of reminded Aiden of James, a
younger less adult James.

	As the bell rang to send them to lunch Neil stood up and said,
"come eat with us Aiden."  He got up to walk with Neil and as they walked
Neil said, have you ever played D&D?"  Aiden shook his head and Neil said,
"its kind of like final fantasy only you make up your own character and you
go on adventures with a group.  One person is the Dungeon master and they
create the story, that's Mike he's really good at creating stories.  Would
you be interested in trying it?"

	Aiden softly said, "I-I wouldn't um I mean because I'm younger I
wouldn't get in the way?"

	Neil looked over at him and said, "no why would you get in the way?
If Mikes sister can play then you can play for sure.  She doesn't play
anymore because she found something she likes better but we could always
add a fifth player again."

	they got in line to get lunch and after sitting down at the table
Aiden said, "I'd have to ask my mom would it mean going over to someone's
house cause she'll probably want to meet your parents cause my mom is
embarrassing that way."

	Neil smiled, "yeah so is mine.  We usually play at my house or
Mike's and every now and then we play up at Voltage Games as its about
three blocks from Mike's house."

	Aiden said, "I live on the street right behind the store."

	Neil said, "you live on the same street as Kevin?"  Aiden nodded
and Neil looking over at him said, "I'm sorry."  Aiden shrugged a bit as he
said that and then the other two people that Aiden had seen earlier came
over to sit down.  Riley was the girl and she had dark brown hair and dark
brown eyes.  Her skin was really tan too, and she was holding the hand of
the bigger guy Billy who it turned out Aiden learned was on the football
team for the school but also really into D&D and had been friends with Neil
since they were both in the third grade.  As lunch ended Neil said, "here's
my phone number if Kevin ever messes with you call me, Ivan and I will come
over and mess with him."

	Standing up Aiden said, "whose Ivan?"

	Neil smiled, "my big brother, two summers ago Kevin tried to mess
with our younger brother Nathan who was only six at the time and well he
learned pretty quickly that Ivan and I don't like bullies.  Ivan's a senior
this year and he doesn't let Kevin get away with anything when he comes
over."  As they started to walk towards different classes Neil said, "text
me with your number when you can and I'm serious Aiden I won't let Kevin
mess with you."  Aiden nodded and flushed a bit not sure at all why he
deserved to have someone like Neil make him a friend so quickly.

	Neil looked at him for a moment and Aiden realized that Neil was
studying him like how sometimes he saw James study him, only differently
than that too.  Seeing Neil look at him like how James looked at him but
also differently as if he wasn't worried about hiding it made Aiden flush
even more.  Neil really did remind him a lot of James in some ways, like
how he protected him right away and how he was interested in what Aiden
liked and that kind of stuff.  So after class Aiden texted his number to
Neil not sure if he was going to get a response back and was surprised when
Neil responded back telling him that he'd meet him at the buses after their
last period

	Aiden was walking towards the stairs after his last class which he
was disappointed to learn did have Kevin in it.  More than once Kevin gave
him a look and Aiden thought that he might jump him or something like that
but Kevin didn't do anything after the class was over other than walk away
and pretend that Aiden didn't exist.

	As he walked down to where the buses were he was a little afraid
that Neil and Kevin had set something up together to make his life really
bad that Neil had been lying but then he saw Neil standing with another guy
who was bigger, he kind of reminded Aiden of Noel, kind of rounded but not
too overweight just not really fit.  He wore glasses like Neil and his
backpack was about ten times too full. Neil said, "Aiden this is Mike, he
lives two streets over from you, rides the same bus too."

	Mike studied him and said, "Neil told me you want to play in our
game on Saturday?"

	Aiden looked over at Neil who smiled and nodded.  Aiden flushed
just a bit and said, "sure but I've never played before."

	Mike said, "that's not a problem we need a fourth again, since Alia
my sister quit playing.  It works better with four party members rather
than three. Come on we can talk on the bus."  Aiden sat down in the front
seat of the bus with Mike and realized that Mike was one of the guys that
he had seen in the morning when he had gotten on the bus but he had been so
afraid of Kevin that he hadn't really noticed anyone else.

	Kevin climbed on and gave him a look but scurried back to the back
of the bus as he saw that Aiden was sitting with Mike.  Mike didn't look
like the kind of guy that would beat you up, he was kind of pudgy and
though he was tall he had the look of someone who was kind not mean.  Neil
did too, but apparently Kevin didn't like messing with people who were
older or bigger than him because he knew that they weren't going to let
him.  Aiden looking at Kevin as he walked by said, "why is he such an
asshole?"

	Mike said, "who Kevin?  I know one of his friends, Lane, guy lives
on my street.  Real punk, you know Kevin was supposed to be in the same
grade as Lane too not in sixth?"

	Aiden nodded, "Yeah he failed fourth grade I heard from another
kid. I moved here before I started fourth grade and almost immediately he
started messing with me when he realized we lived on the same street."

	Mike said, "yeah well he and Lane were always doing stupid things
and I think that some boys are just like that they like picking on other
people."  He opened his backpack as the bus started moving and went through
a whole lot of stuff before pulling out a blue folder and a book.  "Okay,
this is the character book, you can pick any humanoid class you want other
than Orc as I'd rather not have to Orcs in the party.  If you need help
with how to do the stats call Neil he can help you with that.  You can make
your back story as simple or as complex as you want, but the more
interesting facts you give the more I might be able to use it to create
something cool."

	Aiden looked at the book and swallowed, "Um I get to create my own
character?"

	Mike smiled, "absolutely, that's the whole point of pen and paper
role playing, you make the character yourself, build it up with a back
story and then you go on adventures with a group of other adventurers.
Neil's the best at character creation he wants to be a writer so he's
always obsessing over things like how many different people his character
has wronged or who killed his dog or something like that."

	Aiden nodded and opened the book looking at it.  The character book
was really cool there was all kinds of artwork in it and he started to read
on it a bit as he said, "I'll read over it and pick what I want to be."

	Mike said, "Cool, you ever play any fantasy games before?"

	Aiden said, "yeah I've played um the Final Fantasy games and uh
Chrono Trigger and um Legend of Zelda."

	"My dad showed me Chrono Trigger, that's an older game."  Aiden
nodded and Mike continued, "still pretty cool one, just older."

	As the bus turned to go down his street Aiden said, "yeah but its a
lot of fun and it has fourteen endings."

	Mike said, "yeah, you should tell Neil that you know that one he'd
freak out he thought he was the only one who played it that was also our
age."  The bus stopped and Aiden put the book in his backpack and stood up
as Mike said, "no rush on the character Aiden just have it ready by
Saturday!"  Aiden nodded and climbed down running down the street to his
house to take a look at the book and figure out what he wanted to do.

	In the house as he was reading the character book his phone buzzed
with a text, he looked at it and saw it was from James: hey there kiddo how
was school?

	Aiden typed back: school was okay, Kevin tried to do something but
Neil stopped him and then he invited me to play D&D with him.

	A moment later another text came in: who is Neil?

	Aiden replied back: an eighth grader, he's also Kevin's cousin
which is strange because he's nothing like Kevin.  I guess he's my friend
now, him and Mike too who I met on the bus.  After that they texted a bit
more until Aiden's mom got home about how his day at school went and how
Aiden really wished that he could be alone with James again and how James
wanted that too.  Then it was dinner time and after dinner Aiden asked his
mom, "mom on Saturday could I go to Mike's house to play Dungeons and
Dragons with them?"

	His mom looked up from where she was washing the dishes and said
"well that depends on who Mike is."  So Aiden went into the whole thing
like he had with James about how Neil had stepped in when Kevin tried to
mess with him and how Neil had invited him to play D&D at Mikes on Saturday
and how he was pretty sure that Neil, Mike, Billy and Riley were his new
friends.  The first friends he had ever made other than James who was still
his best friend.  Who he was pretty sure would always be his most important
friend for a lot of reasons.  After that his mom agreed but only if she
could met this Mike's parents so she would walk down there with him on
Saturday.  He texted Neil and let him know and Neil said that it sounded
good so Aiden had plans for Saturday with his new friends.



Twenty-Two



	On the first Friday after Aiden went back to school James was
working on game inventory, he still had another two weeks before college
started back.  As such to distract himself from not being able to see Aiden
all that often though earlier in the week Aiden had stopped by the store
after he got off of the bus and asked James to help him with his character
sheet.  That had been a lot of fun, James had played D&D around Aiden's age
as well, it had been his first real taste of role playing and he was happy
to see Aiden getting into it.  A part of him was so happy for Aiden too
seeing him making friends his own age for the first time in his life.

	He wanted Aiden to go out there and experience things, to be a boy
of eleven like he should be.  Even if it meant that James didn't get to be
with Aiden anymore he would learn to be okay with that.  Friday afternoon
surprised him though.  As hew as doing inventory his phone buzzed with a
call from Amanda, he was worried at first of course, "Amanda, is everything
okay?"

	Amanda said, "its great, how have you been doing?"

	James said, "just waiting for school to start back up again, my
last year before I graduate I am not looking forward to it."

	Amanda laughed with him a bit and said, "I remember my own
experiences with that you just want it over and done. Look I hate to impose
and if you cant I understand but I was hoping that you'd watch Aiden
tonight for me?  He's old enough to stay by himself I suppose but he'll
need a ride to that game of his tomorrow.  I already went over to the boys
house and met his mom today and they seem like good kids or at least this
boy Mike's mom was telling me what a good kid he was.  Anyway I hate to ask
but well its been a long time and I have a date and I kind of want to..."

	James interrupted her, "its not a problem Amanda, a date huh?"

	Amanda on the other end smiled, he could tell by her voice, "its
our third actually.  I haven't told Aiden, he's a really nice wonderful
guy, divorced but really at my age finding a guy that isn't would be a
miracle.  He's got a daughter a few years older than Aiden already in high
school I think."

	James said, "you have fun and I'll make sure that Aiden is taken
care of."

	Amanda said, "I know you will James." She hung up then and James
stared at his phone.  He didn't know if after he went back to school if
he'd ever have a chance to be alone with Aiden again and this seemed like
one of those last times maybe.  Maybe next summer they would find ways
again or something but James would take what he could get and he knew that
Aiden would as well.  So after he got off of work he headed over to Aiden's
house.

	It was around four in the afternoon when he showed up and knocked
on the door.  At first he thought that Aiden might not be home but then
Aiden answered the door and when he saw him he got a big smile and said,
"my mom said you were watching me tonight."

	James said, "well I could have come later but I thought I'd come
now since I got off of work."

	Aiden let him in and James followed the boy into the house.  There
was something different about Aiden but he couldn't put his finger on it
just yet.  He walked into Aiden's bedroom behind the boy and saw that Aiden
had the D&D player book open and he saw James looking at it and said, "I
still am not sure if I made the right choice or not.  I don't know if I can
role-play..."

	James sat down on the bed and pat it.  Aiden sat down next to him,
now James knew what was going on, Aiden was nervous about messing things up
with his new friends. "Look, Neil and Mike know that its your first time
playing right?  I bet they'll go easier on you help you learn the game.
Don't worry too much about it, you need to just relax."

	Aiden shrugged a bit, "I guess its just I can't stop thinking about
it.  I mean I'm going to play an elven wizard and do I do a funny voice or
just talk like myself?"

	James sighed and put his arm around Aiden's shoulders, "Which one
do you want to do?"

	Aiden looked up at him, "be myself, I think the funny voice would
get old after a bit."

	James said, "well then that's what you do."

	Aiden sighed, "I knew you'd say that!"

	James sort of played a bit with Aiden's hair as the boy leaned
against him and said, "I could help you not think about it for awhile if
you wanted?"

	Aiden looked up at him and the implication was clear so clear that
the boy flushed and said, "I'd like that... c-could you try putting it in
me again?"

	James swallowed, he was hesitant to that with how much it had hurt
Aiden the first time.  "I don't know if I-"

	Aiden interrupted him, "please James if it too much this time too
I'll never ask you to do it again."

	James thought about it, he did want to of course he did.  "Okay,
let me ask you Aiden why do you want to try it again?"

	Aiden shrugged, "because even though it hurt a little bit the first
time I really did enjoy part of it, and well... can I tell you something
James?"

	"Anything."

	Aiden was quiet for a moment then said, "I think maybe someday I'll
want other boys to try doing it too."  James got the implication right
away.  Hearing it hurt a little bit but he had told Aiden that one day
Aiden would want to try things with other boys around his own age, he had
known that he would.  James was older, Aiden's first testing ground, a
grown man who cared for little boys and loved them dearly.  James didn't
think that this was the end of their time together, not yet, but he knew
that Aiden would start to explore what his sexuality meant the more he went
into middle school.

	James said, "well that's a good reason then.  You know that just
because you like me doesn't mean that you have to be with boys forever
right?"

	Aiden nodded and shrugged, "I know... um but James w-would you be
mad if I uh maybe did like someone else other than you but also liked you
still too?"

	James said, "I think you know the answer to that one already
Aiden."  He turned Aiden's face to look up at his and gently he stroked the
boys cheek, "I'll always be here for you Aiden even when this part of us
changes."

	Aiden nodded and then leaned in to kiss him.  James let the boy, it
felt wonderful feeling Aiden in his arms again after weeks of nothing.  He
had noticed that Aiden was a bit taller now too, maybe an inch taller than
he had been.  He was more confident too.  On the phone when they talked he
was faster to answer things, and he had clearly opened up at school for the
first time in his life.  James knew that he was partly responsible for
that.  That him opening Aiden up to the possibilities of friendship.  He
knew that their relationship despite the secret nature of it had made Aiden
more confident in himself.  It showed in how he kissed James first.  How he
pressed to James.

	James pulled him on top of him, his tongue now twisting with
Aiden's as he felt the young eleven year old boy on top of him, kissing
him.  His hands stroked over Aiden's back sliding under his shirt feeling
his soft skin under his fingers as he felt Aiden press to him, the boys
hands holding his shoulders, his legs falling on either side of his lower
stomach, his crotch pressing to that area as well.  James held Aiden
rolling so that the boy was on is back now as James pulled at Aiden's dark
blue tee-shirt dragging it up and off of him.

	He kissed Aiden's neck, sliding his lips down along the length of
the boys slender neck, over to one of his nipples gently kissing it,
feeling the texture of the little bit as it became erect under his tongue.
His hand slid down further on Aiden stroking his stomach, feeling the boys
firm skinny frame under his fingers as he started moving down with his
lips, running kisses along Aiden's sternum. He continued down, gently
kissing his belly as his fingers found the button on the boys bluejeans and
undid it. He pulled the zipper down as well as his tongue licked overt
Aiden's belly button.

	James sat up, pulling his own shirt up over his head before pulling
at Aiden's jeans and dragging them down.  He pulled the jeans off along
with Aiden's shoes so that the boy was in only his socks and the dark red
briefs that he had worn for the day.  James was not surprised to see that
the boy had grown as he had kissed on him and touched him.  Aiden's
response to James giving him pleasure was the same as it always was now.
The boy wanted more and James was happy to give it.

	He stroked Aiden's erection through his briefs, feeling the shape
of that little bit of Aiden, gently rubbing along the length of it a few
times with his fingers before pulling back and putting his hands on the
boys briefs, dragging them down and off of him.  Seeing Aiden's erection
all three inches of it always left James feeling excited at seeing it.  He
had never figured he'd actually get a little boy and now to have one a
glorious one at that was his dream come true.  He would savior this for the
rest of his life even if he never got another young boy again and he
doubted that he would.

	James put all of his effort into now, he gently stroked the sides
of Aiden's' waist as he ran his tongue over the boys penis, running up over
the foreskin that was still keeping the head hidden.  He sucked it into his
mouth, sucking on that bit of Aiden.  He tasted a bit of pee but it was
mostly just the taste of boy skin as he sucked a bit harder on that bit of
the end along with the foreskin.  Aiden groaned a bit and James felt the
boy's hand on his head.

	He pulled his mouth off of Aiden and used his fingers to pull the
boys foreskin back as his tongue ran over the little exposed head gently
rubbing over the opening before he pushed his lips back down over it
sucking on Aiden again.  He felt Aiden's hands on his head pulling him up
and off of him and James was afraid that he had been too rough at first but
Aiden wanted him to kiss him he could tell by looking at the boys face.

	James leaned over Aiden kissing him on the lips, his tongue gently
playing with Aiden's tongue again as he felt the boy's hands trying to find
his jeans. James sat up and pulled Aiden up with him so that they were both
sitting up as Aiden undid the button on his jeans.  He led Aiden open them
and pull them down to his knees before James leaned back on the bed and let
Aiden pull the rest of the way tossing them and his shoes off of the bed as
he smiled and climbed on top of James so that he was resting on top of him
his little penis pressing to James' stomach as the kissed again.

	He stroked Aiden's bottom, feeling the smooth roundness of it under
his fingers and palms. Holding it, squeezing on it as Aiden kissed him
harder and pressed his little penis to James' stomach.  Aiden moved down
suddenly pulling at James' boxer-briefs dragging them down his legs and
once they were off the ten year old was holding him stroking him.  James
said, "We'll need some kind of lubricant..."

	Aiden jumped off of the bed his little penis dancing as he did it
and went over to his dresser. He pulled out a bottle that James had seen
before and said, "you left it here but I hid it in a really good spot under
all of my toys and puzzles and stuff."  James nodded and Aiden climbed back
up onto the bed handing James the bottle.

	James tossed it back to him and said, "it'll be more fun if you put
it on me first.." Aiden flushed but nodded and poured some out onto his
hands and then used them to stroke James' penis it did feel nice the young
boys hands on his erection stroking him.  He sat up after Aiden was done
and took some more putting it on his fingers and had Aiden lay back on the
bed again on his back.  He opened up for James and he gently applied the
lube to the boys bottom again, sliding his fingers around finding
surprisingly easier to slip his fingers inside and he stopped as he said,
"have you..."

	Aiden flushed really red and said, "I-it felt nice when your
fingers went in there and I thought that if my own... well it was just a
couple of times and it did feel nice..."

	James laughed a bit and then leaned over Aiden kissing him on the
lips, "I'll tell you a secret when I was thirteen I tried the same thing
but not with my fingers, did it a few times too before I got it right..."

	Aiden smiled and said, "yeah but you showed me how to do it so I
knew what I needed to do...

	James kissed his lips again and said, "you're sure you want to try
this again?"  Aiden nodded and James stroked his cheek before gently moving
into position to dock inside of Aiden again. He didn't go fast, he went
slowly, sliding his penis between the boys cheeks, feeling them spread
around the head as he pushed up towards that opening, finding it with the
head of his penis.  The slickness of the lube, the fact that Aiden was more
prepared this time led to an easier entrance.

	Aiden's eyes still widened a bit as James pushed into him but the
boy was able to take it this time more easily.  James pressed in again
Aiden's little feet and legs sliding up around his waist a bit as he leaned
over and kissed Aiden on the lips.  Their tongues meeting as the boy was up
against him making his penis slide in even more.  The feeling of nearly two
inches slipping into Aiden shocked James.  The boy beneath him grunted a
bit but there wasn't really any pain on his face.  His little penis was
pressed to his stomach with him up against James like this.


*


	This time it didn't hurt as much as the first time.  At first after
James had left that week after his grandmother passed away Aiden had
ignored the bottle of lube that James had left behind.  He had put it in
his toy drawer beneath his old puzzles as he knew that his mom would never
look there as she had no reason to. After a week though he started to get
curious if he could make himself feel good like how James had made him feel
good so a few times after he got done playing a game he'd experiment.  It
wasn't like it was when James did it but he got used to it when his fingers
were in there and he actually found it kind of fun because it gave him
those feelings that James could give him so easily.

	Now though he was glad that he had tried a few times doing that
because James was inside of him again and this time he was determined to
keep James in there for longer.  He was so big though, stuffing his bottom.
He could feel it as James' penis pressed into him. More of it this time as
well, he could feel it as he was being stuffed and when James pushed in
again Aiden groaned not because it was painful because that part of him
that felt good in his bottom was being rubbed against and it made his penis
throb as well as it pressed to his stomach.

	Aiden reached up for James and James leaned down to kiss him and
said, "should I stop?"

	Aiden shook his head and said, "its... I'm so close."  James was
too Aiden could tell.  He pushed into Aiden again and then it happened.
Aiden felt his entire body explode with the pleasure as James pushed into
him again.  He let it happen, let it consume him he was getting used to
orgasms now and finding that they were the best feeling in the world. James
pulled out of him though and Aiden watched as James stroked himself
pressing the head of his penis to Aiden's own after a few strokes and he
watched as James' sperm shot out coating his stomach, his balls, his still
erect penis as James finished as well.

	After James held him in his arms, just stroking his back and
holding him letting Aiden recover.  His bottom did feel sore again but he
was able to move without it hurting too much at all.  He rested in James'
arms and James said, "how are you feeling?"

	Aiden said, "not bad, its a little sore but not like the first
time."

	James stroked his back and kissed the top of his head, "good."

	After a bit while they were both resting Aiden said, "James... how
do I know if someone likes me?"

	James said, "well I imagine that they tell you."

	Aiden pulled back and looked at him as he said, "no I don't mean
like a friend... I...." he flushed and said, "forget it."  He didn't want
to hurt James' feelings with his own feelings about Neil that had started
growing every day that he hung out with Neil.  It was different with Neil
than James, and Aiden figured that it was because they were close in age.
It was also different because with James he hadn't realized that James was
good looking at first, he had just realized that he liked James because of
how he treated him.  With Neil, Aiden knew looking at him that he found
Neil attractive.  Like a lot. He wanted to do stuff with Neil like how
James wanted to do stuff with him. How he liked doing stuff with James, but
more it was confusing because he loved James but he felt like he might be
able to love Neil too but in a different way.

	James perhaps sensed this stuff going on in Aiden's head so he
said, "is there someone at your school that you like more than a friend?"

	Aiden looked down and away, "I don't want to hurt your feelings."

	James put his hand on Aiden's chin and turned him back up to look
at him, "you won't Aiden.  I'm not going to care about you any less if
there's someone that you like.  We talked about this remember?  You're
going to want to date boys or girls your own age, its natural and I'll
always be your friend and help you out. Is it this Mike guy?"

	Aiden shook his head and flushed, "no its Neil, he..." he paused
for a moment then said, "he reminds me of you in some ways and I guess I
like him but what if he doesn't like me?"

	James said, "well there's always a chance that he doesn't Aiden.
The best way to find out is to admit your feelings to him, see how he
reacts."

	Aiden nodded, "so just trying to kiss him is probably a bad idea?"

	James laughed, "yes Aiden that only works on adult men who desire
ten year old boys."

	Aiden smiled at that too and said, "I-I'm still sorry that I have
feelings for someone else..."

	James stroked his back and held him as he said, "its okay Aiden,
you know we're not going to be seeing each other all that much once my
school starts back up right?"

	Aiden said, "yeah but you promised I could text you or call you
whenever I needed you."

	"And I meant it too.  I'm always here for you Aiden no matter
what."  Aiden felt better about that.  James gently slipped off of the bed
and said, "come on lets see what we can find for dinner." As he slipped on
his underwear.  Aiden followed him.  That night he slept in James' arms
like he had on the trip to San Antonio.  He wished that he could be James'
forever, or that James would be his forever, he loved James but inside
Aiden was starting to realize that James was right their ages were so
different and they wanted different things.  Still he knew he'd always
remember the summer with James and he'd always be James' friend.




Twenty-Three



	The next morning Aiden woke up to the feeling of James still next
to him, his arm draped over Aiden's chest as he lay on his back.  His mind
drifted back to the night before, they had after having sex eaten dinner
then after changing into pajamas for him and just his boxer-briefs for
James they had lain on his bed and watched a movie on James' phone snuggled
together.  Sometime around eleven he had woken up needing to go to the
bathroom and when he had come back James had been awake and pulled him back
into his arms kissing him again and making him feel good until they were
both asleep again.

	Aiden put his arm on James' and moved it slowly as he did James
blinked his eyes a few times and sat up, smiling at him.  Aiden wondered
briefly if they would ever get to sleep together like that again over
night?  A part of him really did hope so, he loved James a lot and didn't
want things to end though it was entirely possible that they did.  Things
would change with him and James he knew it especially if his feelings for
Neil were returned by Neil.  It had been strange during the week getting to
know Neil, Billy, Riley, and Mike.

	None of the were like what he pictured popular kids to be, to
realize that in middle school Kevin who had been the most feared and
popular kid was nothing at all almost made Aiden laugh.  Neil wasn't
popular, his friend Billy was, Billy played football.  Neil was into stuff
like D&D and drawing stuff though he did play soccer during the spring he
told Aiden.  Neil was pretty good at drawing too Aiden had seen some of his
drawings.  Mike was very creative Aiden knew now.  It was Neil though that
Aiden kept going back to.  He thought that Riley was pretty, could
understand why Billy liked her but he was finding that he wasn't interested
in breasts at all like the other boys in his grade who were all talking
about them. He didn't think that James had made him that way either, in
fact he was pretty sure he hadn't.

	Slipping from the bed realizing he needed to pee he started for the
bathroom and James said, "I'll make you some breakfast before I take you to
the game, when does it start?"

	Aiden said, "at eleven."

	James looked at his phone and said, "well then hurry up and get in
the shower young man, we'll need to leave after breakfast."  Aiden nodded
and shuffled off to the bathroom still half asleep but really needing to
pee.  After he went to the bathroom he did get into the shower and cleaned
himself before with a towel around his middle running over to his bedroom
and getting clothes out.  He got dressed and headed out into the kitchen.
James had him sit down at the table and put a plate of bacon and eggs
before him as James got his own and they both sat down and ate. IT was
times like this or like during the trip to San Antonio where he wished that
things didn't have to change or that he and James could just be like this
forever.

	As he was eating breakfast Aiden said, "Do you ever think that
you'll be a dad James?"

	James looked over at him kind of strangely, "where does that
question come from?"

	Aiden shrugged, "I think you'd make a really good dad."

	James smiled, "thanks I think.  Although what we have is a lot
different than what a dad and a son have with each other."

	Aiden nodded, "Yeah I know, but I still think you would."  James
didn't argue with Aiden about that and he thought he was getting to know
James pretty well, he seemed a bit sad by Aiden's declaration so Aiden just
changed the subject, "I picked what I'm going to be for the game." Mike had
given Aiden a detail of the campaign so far and what the group had
done. The party had a magic user but he was a cleric so when Aiden said he
wanted to be an elven wizard Mike had agreed.

	James picking up their plates with Aiden helping him put them in
the dishwasher after James cleaned them off said, "Oh and what's that?"

	Aiden said, "I'm going to be a wizard, but a really young elven
wizard who barely knows how to be one.  Mike liked the idea because there
isn't any other wizard on the team."

	James said, "that sounds like a good idea."

	Aiden studied him, looking up at James and said, "there's something
wrong but I don't know what it is."

	James looked down at him and gently rested his hand on his head and
said, "there's nothing wrong Aiden, there's just a part of me that's being
selfish and its coming through this morning."  Aiden continued looking up
at him waiting for an explanation and James said, "its what we talked about
last night, about Neil, a part of me Aiden doesn't want you to become more
than friends with him if he feels the same way about you..."

	Aiden said, "Then I won't do it."

	James stroked his hair a bit and said, "Yes you will, you have to."

	Aiden suddenly felt kind of sad too and said, "I don't have
too... I'm a little scared to ask him.  I already know that you like me and
that's easy.  SO maybe I won't."

	James took his hand squeezing it turned him to face James.  He
touched his chin turning his head up to look at him and said, "that's why
you're going to do it.  You're not going to be like me Aiden."  He leaned
down so that they were eye level, "look, that part of me that's sad and
selfish is a small little part of me. Most of me is excited for you, you're
at that time in your life where you're going to get to experience all kinds
of amazing things.  If you do like boys and not girls then you're going to
find a boy that you fall in love with and its going to be amazing."

	Aiden said softly, "but I love you already."

	James stroked his cheek with his thumb. "Of course you do Aiden but
trust me the love that you and I feel for each other is different than the
love that you're going to feel that first time you really fall in love with
someone your own age.  I also promise you that I'll be there for any
questions or any thing else you ever need.  It also doesn't mean that we
can't still be more if you end up wanting that too." He paused and stood
hugging Aiden as he said, "But you have to try with Neil, because the fact
that your scared to try tells me that you really want to try."

	Aiden swallowed a bit hugging James tighter and said, "I do, I-if
he... will you talk to me about it if he doesn't feel the same way?"

	James stroked his hands through his hair and said, "of course I
will Aiden, but now I think its time that I get you to your game."  Aiden
agreed and he could tell that James was happier now too, far less sad after
their talk.  Somehow Aiden being afraid had helped James too.  The ride
over to Mikes' wasn't a long one and James kissed his lips once quickly in
the car before he got out telling him to have fun and to not loose his
courage.

	Aiden walked up to Mikes' house it was a lot bigger than his house,
a large two story with what looked like a new coat of paint on it.  He rang
the doorbell and a woman who looked like a female version of Mike answered
the door, but a second later Mike appeared and said, "you made it!"  He led
Aiden through the house, up the stairs and down to a large room at the end
of the hall that had a table sat up in the center of it.  Everyone else was
there already as he sat down and they went over character introductions so
that Aiden would know who everyone was.

	The game was pretty cool, he was a little nervous at first doing
stuff with his character but Neil who sat next to him helped him with
stuff.  Sometimes though that was a little distraction gas Neil would lean
over and say something and Aiden would feel his feelings for Neil just
override a lot of other stuff.  He couldn't explain why he liked Neil.  It
wasn't like with James, it was different somehow. With James he had grown
to like that James liked him, liked how James gave him things that Aiden
hadn't known he needed.

	James had made his feelings for Aiden clear and concise, and while
Aiden had at first had a difficult time understanding it all he knew where
he stood with James.  He knew that James wouldn't ever do something that
Aiden didn't want to do, and that he'd always be there for Aiden but he
wasn't going to want to one day to marry Aiden or have a family or anything
like that though Aiden had no idea if he would ever want that stuff either.
He just knew that James cared about him and made him feel good about
himself.

	That was why he was scared about doing something with Neil or
telling Neil that he liked him because if he didn't then it would hurt.  He
knew that James liked him, just by the way that James treated him.  Neil
treated him kind of the same way. In the past week he had joked around with
Aiden a few times and he sent him funny texts and asked him in texts how
his school stuff was going.  He had given Aiden the idea of playing a
wizard too.  Still Neil was that way with Mike and Billy too so he wasn't
sure.  All Aiden really knew was his own feelings.

	With James it had been easier because James had told him that he
liked him after Aiden had kissed him because he had just felt like it felt
right.  Being attracted to an adult who cared about him and never harmed
him but loved him had felt right.  Being attracted to another kid who could
laugh at him, tell the whole school about him and make his life horrible
just felt hard.  If Neil felt differently it would really hurt.

	They ended the game at about three and as they were cleaning up
Neil putting away his dice said, "hey you want to stay over here at Mike's
tonight with him and I?  We're going to play some games, maybe watch some
movies?"

	Aiden felt his cheeks heat just a bit looking at Neil.  Neil didn't
look anything like James. He wasn't as tall of course though he was taller
than Aiden, who was still too short for his age.  Neil was at thirteen
almost fourteen over five feet tall, Aiden was still just at four and a
half.  Neil had dark black hair that went almost to his shoulders and he
wore glasses both things that James did not have.  He was startling really,
dark green eyes and there was something... almost pretty about the way that
Neil looked as compared to James' more rugged adult male handsomeness.

	"Yeah I'd have to ask my mom."  He texted his mom and she said that
it was fine and she'd drop off his toothbrush and a change of clothes for
him.  Mike's mom ordered them all pizza and they sat in the gaming room
eating pizza while watching movies and playing some games.  Around ten as
they were watching a movie called Lord of the Rings Aiden noticed that Mike
had crashed out and it was just him and Neil awake watching the movie.

	Aiden looked over at Neil, studying him in profile.  He was so
pretty, Aiden had never felt this before, real physical attraction.  Now he
kind of knew what James felt when he looked at him.  His attraction for
James was not physical it was all based on the way that James had treated
him and loved him.  He knew that now looking at Neil, this was what
physical attraction was.  It hurt to think that Neil probably wasn't
attracted to him either.  He turned back to the television as Neil said,
"This is one of the best parts."

	The wizard Gandalf had a staff in his hand, he reminded Aiden of
the old wizard in Harry Potter, Dumbledore.  Gandalf put up his staff and
told some huge giant monster, "You Shall not Pass."  he pressed it down and
the creature fell into the pit, but it caught Gandalf and he went down into
the pit with the creature which shocked Aiden.  He jumped at bit at it and
then the hobbits were all crying outside and he felt like crying too.

	Neil touched his shoulder a bit and said, "he's okay you know?  In
the next movie he's still alive."

	Aiden said, "yeah?" Neil nodded and Aiden said, "that's good."  He
looked up for a second at Neil and then back at the screen again.  When he
felt Neil's arm still resting on his shoulders he moved a bit and snuggled
like he might have wit James before he realized what he was doing.  When he
started to move realizing what he had done and that Neil had sort of moved
his hand a bit Aiden flushed as he started to move, "sorry."  It had been
automatic, Neil like James was bigger than him and his arm had been on the
cushion behind his head so he had just reacted as he did with James without
even thinking about it.  He liked snuggling in the arms of someone bigger
and taller than him.

	Neil said, "you didn't have to move."  Aiden looked at him and Neil
put his arm gently around Aiden's shoulders again and said, "unless I was
making you uncomfortable... I wouldn't want to do that."

	Aiden swallowed and flushed a bit then said, "I like you!" He just
said it a little loudly, "I'm sorry!"

	Neil almost laughed, Aiden could tell that was what he was trying
to not do. After a moment Neil said, "why do you think that I made Kevin
stop messing with you on the first day of school?"

	Aiden shrugged, "cause you don't like seeing him mess with other
kids..."

	Neil nodded, "A little bit of that... but Aiden, why did I keep
talking to you?"

	Aiden looked away from Neil's dark green eyes and shrugged, "Cause
you're nice."

	Neil said, "I am nice, but Aiden I'm not that nice."  Aiden turned
looking up at Neil, he felt his heart beating really quickly now.  This
wasn't like when he looked at James.  It was kind of similar, kind of
alien.  It was exciting.  In a way that was different than how when he had
first done things with James was exciting.  Neil wasn't James, he was
similar in some ways but he was so very different too.  Aiden wanted to
know everything about Neil.

	Aiden swallowed, "y-you want to kiss me?"

	Neil said, "yes, since before Kevin even started messing with you.
That just gave me a reason to come over and meet you... I was a little
scared to meet you honestly."

	Aiden said, "why I'm nothing special..."

	Neil looked over at the television and said, "we went up to Voltage
games three times during the summer, I lied about something when I told you
that we'd been up there before... I don't really go up there except when I
stay over with Mike because there's other game stores closer to my house.
When I saw you on the playground I was trying to figure out how to walk
over and get to know you.  All three times during the summer I saw you up
there at Voltage Games, talking with that guy James, hanging out with him.
I was too scared to just walk up to you and ask you if you wanted to be our
friend so that I could get to know you..."

	He trailed off and Aiden started to get it then.  He looked back up
at Neil and flushed, "but why?"

	Neil said, "why do you want to get to know me?"

	Aiden thought about that, "because you're um well you're nice and I
like looking at you too and I want to kiss you and hold your hand and
everything that I..."  He stopped wanting to go on but knowing that he
couldn't talk about him and James so instead said, "I see in movies when
two people care about one another..."

	Neil said, "I do too Aiden, I don't know why I got a crush on you
that first day I saw you up there but I did... I think you're... hot... or
cute, or sexy whatever I don't know.  I didn't even know until the first
day I saw you that I liked other boys.  I'd never even considered it. I
just figured I wasn't interested in sex yet."  He shrugged.

	Aiden looked up at Neil, "d-do you want to kiss me?"

	Neil swallowed, looking at Aiden, "yes, but I've never kissed
anyone before." It felt strange to realize that he was more experienced
than Neil, really awesomely strange, though he couldn't ever tell Neil
about it until he was sure that Neil would understand.  SO maybe never, but
there was also a possibility that one day he could.

	Aiden softly said, "I-I'd like to kiss you too."  He got up more so
that they were eye level and he leaned over to kiss Neil on the lips.  It
was a bit clumsy on both of their parts as Aiden was so nervous and Neil
had never kissed someone else before.  His lips weren't as big as James'
but it felt nice and right to kiss them.  He felt Neil's hand on his
shoulder and he leaned in more to the kiss his tongue pressing to Neil's
which made Neil pull back a bit for a moment before pressing back in again.
Aiden realized as he kissed Neil again that he was getting stiff, kissing
Neil was so different than James but so incredible just like kissing James.

	"Get a room you two!"  Hearing Mike talk Neil and Aiden broke apart
suddenly both of them flushing and looking at each other and then at Mike
who just started laughing as he said, "I don't think my mom would like it
if two of my friends were having sex on her couch."

	Aiden went red and noticed that Neil adjusted his jeans as he said,
"we weren't going to do that. It was just a kiss."

	Aiden softly said, "yeah.."  The moment was over though.  A bit
after that they all went into Mike's room where he had set up two air
mattresses for both Aiden and Neil to sleep on.  He made a joke about them
in the morning snuggling. He didn't mean it in a bad way either Aiden could
tell. Mike could care less if two his friends were both boys and kissing
each other.

	After a bit as the soft sound of Mike snoring could be heard Neil
said, "you've kissed someone before..."

	Aiden swallowed a bit and said, "n-no..."

	Neil moved a bit to the edge of his mattress so that they were
closer to each other and he said, "Its okay if you have. I don't mind,
everyone has their first kiss at different times I figure.  My big brother
was kissing girls in the fifth grade.  I was always too afraid that other
boys would think I was strange for wanting to kiss them... till I saw you I
had to find out with you."

	Aiden flushed just a bit moving closer to the edge of his mattress
too and said, "why?"

	Neil reached out and touched his cheek and Aiden felt warm inside
and his penis started to stiffen again as well, "I don't know why I just
knew that I had to get to know you when I saw the opportunity to.  I wanted
to back the first time I saw you, talking with your friend James.. the
older guy you said was in college and helped you get your first PC and took
you to that convention.  Do you think that he and your mom would be mad at
us being together?"

	Aiden said, "I don't know about my mom, she might freak out a
bit... but why does James matter?"

	Neil shrugged, "because he's important to you.  I can tell, he's
your friend and you told me how he helped you and your mom out when your
grandmother died so he must be important.  I mean he must care about you,
like how my uncle cares about me.  He's my dad's best friend but I always
think of him as my uncle. He's always taken care of me and helped me out of
things, given me advice and everything." That almost sounded like James but
it was clear that Neil had never had sex before. "so is James like that?"

	Aiden nodded, "yeah, he's a really good friend but he'd be fine
with us dating.  H-he was the one who told me I should just tell you I like
you.. that the worst that could happen was that you'd tell me that you
didn't like me back and you'd stop being my friend and that'd hurt...but
that if I didn't tell you I'd never know..."

	Neil moved a bit more and said, "well I'm glad that you did..."

	"I'm glad you did too."  Neil smiled at that and so did Aiden.
They found each other's hands and fell asleep after that holding hands.  It
was the start of a whole new adventure in Aiden's life.  James was still
there with him but he found that James was right he needed to know this
part for himself, he needed to experience other things with other people
other than James.  Though their time together didn't end there, they still
over the next few years found time to be alone together, until really Aiden
outgrew that wanting to be with other boys he dated.  James was the one who
helped him when Neil broke his heart a year into being with him.  The one
who held him and told him he'd love again.  He wouldn't tell James what
happened just that he needed him and James never asked...







Epilogue 10 years later.



	James watched as the last of the kids filed out of the class room,
he almost told Marcus to stay behind as he did need to have a conversation
with the boy soon about his most recent tests.  The kid wasn't getting it
and he was getting frustrated as the last thing he wanted to do was send
Marcus to a special class or hold him back from graduating fifth grade.  He
studied the boy as he caught up to his two friends and they all were
laughing about something on the phone that one of them had pulled out.  Was
a smartphone even really a phone anymore?  No one used the thing for calls
at all anymore really.

	He shook his head and watched as the boys split and caught their
buses.  At lunch in the teachers lounge listening to other teachers who
just didn't get it kids today astounded him.  Kids hadn't changed, the
things around them had but the kids themselves they were still just kids
being kids.  They were first adopters and caught onto the new things faster
than adults and so many adults saw it as a bad thing that kids weren't
doing things like they did when they were kids.  James ignored it as best
as he could.

	Perhaps it was his desires to be with boys that had kept him
abreast of all of the latest trends? Or maybe it was just that he loved new
things and loved embracing them?  James wasn't really sure.  He walked back
into his classroom and heard a very familiar voice, "I remember doing this.
Sitting here listening to the teacher, wanting to go home and play video
games."  He was sitting on the desk not the chair attached to it.
"Everything changes but these things stay the same."  He gestured at the
desk he sat on.

	"I thought you weren't coming down till next week?"  He sat on the
edge of his own desk, looking at Aiden.  He had watched the boy grow up
into the young man he was now, he had gotten taller but never gotten over
six feet he was still a bit too skinny honestly but some people just were
that way.  His eyes were still that same soft puppy dog brown and his hair
though cut shorter was the same messy brown that it had always been.

	"They moved the release dates around so that I could be back in
Austin at the end of the month instead of the beginning of the following.
I want to see Sarah's graduation."  James had only met Sarah a few times,
she was Aiden's step-sister. She was graduating from college after spending
years studying to be a neurologist. Six months after Amanda had met and
started dating a man named Steve he had asked her to marry him and she had
agreed.  They had moved then too, to a house where both her son and his
daughter could have enough room to be comfortable and a year later a
surprise had been welcomed into the family.  Aiden's little sister
Victoria, a by all accounts that James had seen very beautiful little lady
who was now eight years old.

	James said, "that's good, I was talking to Amanda the other day,
its looking like I could be responsible for your sister's furthered
education when she hits fifth grade."

	Aiden smiled, "good, you deal with the little terror from down
under."  James smiled too and Aiden slipped off of the desk he was sitting
on coming to sit next to James on his own, "how have you been?"

	James shrugged, "the same, dealing with idiotic teachers who don't
get why the way kids communicate and how they talk to one another keeps
changing.  Half of them don't get the new technology coming out, I still
think they shouldn't let someone in their fifties teach elementary school
kids."

	Aiden said, "yeah and you don't bitch about it enough when we talk
already. I told you a job on the testing team is always available."

	James laughed, "no thank you, bad enough that I'm one of your
sounding boards for your crazy ideas."

	Aiden started to say something when a kid came running into the
room, a boy of ten smaller than Marcus who said, "Mr. Horthan did you see
my.."  He didn't finish as James pulled out the boys phone and handed it to
him.  "Thanks!  My mom would have killed me if I lost another one."

	James said, "stop leaving it out on your desk Parker and you
probably won't loose it."  He nodded and took off James followed the boy as
he ran out of the room.  He was only the second boy that James had ever
been unable to resist.  In nine years of teaching he had not gotten close
to a student until Parker.  This adorable little boy with light blonde hair
and dark sky blue eyes.  He reminded James of Aiden honestly personality
wise.

	Aiden watching as well said, "is that him?" James managed half a
nod and Aiden said, "nothings happened though?"

	James said, "nothing at all other than my deep and unreturned love
for the kid.  He's an amazing young boy and he absolutely loves your games.
When he realizes that I know you he's going to freak out.  You're still
coming on Monday?"

	Aiden said, "of course, I promised didn't I?"

	James got down from the desk and said, "come on lets get out of
here, I promised your mom that we'd be over there for dinner tonight and I
want to show you something first."  Aiden got down as well and walked with
him out of the school after James grabbed his bag.  "How did you get into
my classroom anyway?"

	Aiden smiled, "being a popular game designer has its perks.
Especially when you have a little sister who goes to this school."

	James said, "ah yes using your fame for all the best reasons."
They both laughed a bit at that and James said, "while I'm thinking of it
you know who I saw the other day?"

	Aiden said, "other teachers?"

	James gave a dry laugh and said, "No, Neil Brasser?"

	Aiden looking out ahead as they walked said, "how's he doing?"

	"He's still in college, studying to be a dentist.  I still don't
fully understand what happened between the two of you, all these years
later and you still won't tell me."  He didn't judge Aiden for keeping his
own secrets after all there was a pretty big one about the two of them from
the time that he was ten up to the time he was thirteen.

	Aiden said, "It's been nine years, the wounds are gone now.  I
never told you because it was enough that you held me and took care of me
when he broke up with me.  I don't even blame him for doing it anymore, we
weren't in love we were just two young boys learning about one another.  I
was his first crush like you were mine."

	James said, "why did he break up with you then?"

	Aiden shrugged, "he realized that we wanted different things before
I did.  I think him going to high school showed him that.  He wanted to
grow up, I wanted to keep playing in fantasy worlds it was easier for us to
just go our own ways."  James put his arm around Aiden's shoulders as Aiden
rested his around James' back.  Despite the fact that Aiden had grown up he
was still shorter than James.

	They got into James' car and he started it as he did Aiden said,
"you're still driving this piece of shit?  You got this like four years
ago."

	James shrugged, "it gets the job done and not all of us are
famous."

	Aiden laughed, "want a trust fund?"

	James shook his head, "you know what I want from you Aiden."

	Aiden nodded and looked out the side window as they drove through
the streets he said, "just my friendship.  I know that, but you're not a
friend James, you're family."

	James smiled and took Aiden's hand, "I know what I am and I know
that you're the only person in the world who knows what I am and accepts
it.  You're also doing good for young boys who are struggling with who they
are with those games you designed."

	Aiden looking over at him again then outside said, "its because the
main character is a gay male that isn't defined by that.  He's still the
hero, the one who saves the galaxy from evil, doesn't even matter in the
end if he is or not but he is and that's the important part of it all.  Its
why he resonates with boys who are different or might think that they're
different around eleven to sixteen because that's when we're discovering
that we are different.  Being with you didn't make me gay, it opened my
eyes to the fact that I might be and Neil confirmed it. I was born this
way, you were born the way you were."

	James said, "I know that Aiden and I don't think that I turned you
gay."

	Aiden smiled over at him then said, "good because you didn't.  If I
could find a way to erase the stigma of what you and I experienced together
I'd do that in a heartbeat too."

	James laughed, "That's never going to change society believes that
children are unable to make decisions for themselves about things. it is
the way that it is, we can't change it all we can do is be who we are."

	Aiden said, "I know that.  Anyway all of that is to say that I
don't want to shock you just like I didn't want to shock my mom but tonight
I want to introduce you to Bryan."

	James said, "So we all finally get to meet this mysterious guy?"
He turned down a street and said, "It must be serious."

	Aiden said, "he asked me and I said yes so I would say that it is."

	James looked over at him, "as in marriage?"  Aiden nodded and James
whistled, "this must be one impressive guy."

	Aiden said, "he is, you do know I'm not the only boy ever to have
their first experience with an older man right?"  James nodded, "turns out
that Bryan and I have a lot in common and I think that you and Henry might
have a lot of things in common too."

	James took a moment to process that as he said, "perhaps so, its
been a few years since I talked to another man like myself." He turned down
another street and said, "I guess we'll cross that bridge tonight when I
meet him."  He pulled into a parking lot and stopped the car, "but enough
about the future for right now..."  He saw Aiden look up at the building
too.  It was a small Italian restaurant now with a few cars in front of it
but it was the same building.

	James got out of the car as he parked it and Aiden got out with
him, they leaned against the hood of the car looking at the place, "I heard
that the owners sold to some larger retail company out of Houston a few
years after we moved further north of the city."

	James nodded, "yeah.  It was still voltage games up till three
years ago the other company folded and sold the retail space.  Its actually
not bad food either."

	Aiden laughed and said, "you know we've got a few hours till
dinner, and I know that my old super Nintendo is still in the attic at my
moms..."

	They stopped leaning and started getting back into the car as James
said, "you know you never did give me back my copy of Chrono Trigger..."

	"What copy of Chrono Trigger?"  Aiden looked at him as innocently
as possible and James gently pretended to go for his face before ruffling
his hair a bit and making Aiden look almost ten years younger for a moment.
They were almost back to that first fateful day in both of their minds, ten
years ago when James had taken care of Aiden and they had both learned the
true value of their friendship with one another...


The End


End note: I am going to honestly admit that parts of this story were tough
for me to write.  In the beginning I felt I struggled to find the stories
voice, here at the end I feel like I kind of sputtered over the finish
line.  I could have gone all crazy with the story, had Neil ge involved
with stuff learn about James and all of that but I didn't want to tell that
story.  I could have gone into detail on the Aiden and Neil relationship
but that wasn't the story I wanted to tell either.  The story I wanted to
tell was this one here, about a young boy falling in love with an older man
who also fell in love with him and how it affects both of them.  Going into
Aiden's relationship with Neil would have been something I could do but I
felt like it was enough to know that when Neil broke Aiden's heart he had
James to turn to and help him deal with it.  See Aiden and James just out
grew one another in that way and became family to one another really and so
the way I see it James was who Aiden always turned to for help and the same
for James at times turning to Aiden.  It might not be realistic but love
stories rarely are, that's why they're love stories.  Anyway I hope that
you enjoyed this finale and found some joy in it as I did.  If you want to
rage at me for not doing more or let me know that I should have done more
by all means please do I want to improve and it might help me in the future
with whatever I write after this.

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