Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 23:11:27 -0600 From: Jace Spades Subject: The Boy at the Park 4 If your underage or its illegal for you to read this kind of material where ever you are then please do yourself a favor and turn this off and either wait till your of age or move somewhere where it is legal, don't get in trouble over a story. Thank you Enjoy :) The Boy at the Park Chapter 4 I woke up the next morning eager to unpack everything and find a place for it all. A few hours went by and I had unpacked just about everything and decided it was time for a break. I got my car keys and headed out the door and into my car to make a stop at the local Wendys. I got to Wendys and ordered my food, but then thought to myself, well Zack might be coming over so I'll order something for him as well, and if he doesn't show, then it looks like I got more food ha-ha. I pulled up to my place and saw Zack standing outside ringing the doorbell. "Well, I'm glad I got the extra food". I got out of my car and that's when he finally saw me, "Hi Ben!" Zack said with a huge smile, "Hey there dude, you hungry?" "Heck ya, I didn't eat breakfast this morning". After we ate our food I told Zack "Well it's time for me to get back to unpacking, your welcome to stay, it might be boring though", "I'll stay and help" Zack replied, and got off his chair and went to the first box with stuff in it and started unpacking and placing items where he thought they would look best. In less than an hour everything was finally unpacked. "Wow, I thought all that stuff would fill up more room in here, but it looks pretty empty huh?" I said. "I like it, but I think you should put your TV out here and get a couch to make it the living room" Zack said, pointing out the biggest area with almost nothing in it except for a book shelf with a few books, sketch pads and candles. "Ya I guess I could do that, I know just where to get some furniture to" I said. I knew exactly where I could get some furniture to, I will just go back to my mother's place and tell her I'm taking what I need and to deal with it, she makes way too much money as it is anyways, she can afford newer better furniture. "Ok Zack, I'll get the furniture tomorrow. What do you want to do today?" I asked, "Can we play video games, I want to try and beat that one game we were playing a while ago". "Sounds good to me, I'll get us some drinks and we will game it up" Several hours went by of us playing a co-op shooter game, and then I realized, it was Monday. "Hey, I just realized, shouldn't you be in school today" I asked. "I skipped today, I didn't want to go" Zack said. "What!? Zack you just can't skip school because you don't want to go" I said. That's when Zack started giggling, and that's where I got really confused, `he-he, actually we don't have school today, some kind of teacher conference or something I dunno, but I'm not complaining", I felt so relieved, I had thought something bad had happened or was happening. The rest of the day we played video games, and watched some episodes of family guy, a show I didn't think was appropriate for him, but he assured me he had seen it a lot before. By 8pm it was time for Zack to go home. "well Zack I'll see ya later, we won't be able to hang out till Friday since I work the afternoon shift for the next 3 days, I will text ya on Friday though and we can hang out then" "okay, sounds good to me" Zack replied, then as usual Zack went for a hug and of course I hugged back, this one however lasted a lot longer than the others. As we hugged I decided I would pet his hair, and wow was it soft, Zack really seemed to like that and just buried his head into my chest and hugged me tighter. It's amazing that we've only known each other for about 2 weeks but I've felt more love for and from him than I have from anyone else in my entire life, all I could hope was that he loved me as much as I loved him. After about what was probably only a few minutes but felt like a wonderful life time we finally let go, "Love ya ben, I'll see ya Friday" Zack said with a loving smile, "love ya to Zack, I'll definitely see ya Friday", and with that he turned and left to go home. I walked to my room, undressed and went to bed, as I laid there I couldn't help but think to myself, *I can't believe how much I love Zack*, and that's when I started imaging Zack and I together in this bed, naked. I knew what I was feeling was wrong, and I tried to stop thinking like that, but every time I thought of Zack now I thought of us as more than just friends, and started hoping that maybe we could be. But I knew Zack couldn't be gay, how could he, he's only 11, 11 year olds don't know yet, do they? I thought about this for a while and came to several conclusions. The only one that made sense those was to confess to Zack that I was gay, but how could I? What if he hates gays? Will he hate me? Will I go back to being unloved? Back to my old miserable life of playing games all day when I'm not working? I decided I wouldn't make up my mind just yet and see how things progressed. And then slept into a deep sleep, where I dreamed of nothing but Zack. The next day I got up early, went over to my mother house and told her I was taking the couch, the TV, and the spare bed along with some dressers and shelves for my new place. She stared for about 30 seconds, but it felt like an eternity and finally she said "whatever take what you need. I don't need that junk anymore anyways", I called a moving service and they helped me right away and got everything in my house before 1pm which I was grateful for. A month later... For the past weeks me and Zack had been hanging out as usual, playing video games, chatting about things we liked and dislike, watching movies, and I even took him out to bowling which he thought was pretty fun, but after the first game he saw the arcade room and we ditched bowling to play more video games ha-ha. In 2 more weeks it will be Zack's birthday, he has been going on and on about it for the past week now, saying he is getting closer to being able to drink, "haven't you ever had any alcohol?" I asked Zack, "no not yet, but other kids at school say they love it, and it makes you feel awesome, so I want to try it" "well ok, I tell ya what, on your birthday you come over after your party and I'll let you have your first drink with me, how's that sound for a birthday present?" I said. "WOW REALLY!? That would be so cool, heck ya, but there's one thing, I'm not having a birthday party" "why not?" I asked. "Dad won't let me, he says he doesn't need a bunch of kids running around his house, I told him I don't have many friends and that only 2 or 3 would be there. But he still said no." Zack said while looking down. "Aw man I'm sorry, then I guess I will have to throw a party for you then, invite all your friends and we will have it here, how's that sound" I said. "Well actually I was wondering if I could spend it with just you, I don't really like my other friends that much anyways." "ok man we can hang out just you and me for your birthday, where would you like to go, it's your day so we can go where ever you want, but just remember it is getting pretty cold out now that its October, or actually if you want I can plan the day out, cause now that I think about it I know a great place I can take you, unless you have a place in mind already" I said. "I don't really know where we could go so if you have a place you can choose, where is it?" Zack asked, "In Arizona" I replied, "...no I mean what's the place called" Zack asked "Well I guess it will be a surprise now wont it, and you will just have to wait 2 weeks to know what it is ha-ha", Zack was getting frustrated that I wasn't letting out any information on where I was going to take him, but I knew he would love it, and that if I told him now he would have a very long 2 weeks waiting to go. 2 weeks later... Today is Zack's birthday, its only 6 am but I'm wide awake wrapping his presents before he gets here, I foolishly feel asleep last night forgetting all about needing to wrap his gifts. It didn't take me long at all to wrap them and I was done by 6:40am, and so I decided to start making breakfast, just some eggs sunny side up on buttered toast, easy to make and tasty. By 7:30am I was in the shower when I heard my phones text message alert go off, so I got out of the shower since I had finished and was only standing under the running water since it felt so nice. I knew who it was before I even turned my phone on, it was Zack and the message read "I will be over in a few mins, do I need anything special?" "nope just bring what you want I got everything ready, just got out of the shower, you can let yourself in, doors unlocked" I said and pressed send. Within 10 seconds he replied "k". I had gotten to my bedroom and was just getting dressed when I heard the door open and close and Zack yelling out "Ben?" "I'm in my bedroom getting dressed, I'll be right out", a few minutes later I was out and ready to go, but not just yet, thankfully he had not gone in the guest bedroom since that's where I put all his gifts. "Hey Zack follow me" "O.K." Zack replied, wondering what was going on. I opened the quest bedroom door and let him in, his eyes lit up and a huge smile covered his face "this is all for me?" Zack asked all excited. "They sure are man, happy birthday". Zack turned and assaulted my chest with the tightest griped hug I've ever gotten, "thank you so much" and as quickly as he attacked me he was off and heading towards the spare bed where the presents lay. "Hold on before you open the presents, it's always polite to read the card first, remember that" I said. "Okay" Zack replied with a grin. Zack opened the envelope that was sitting in front of all the presents. The front read happy birthday, (I went with a simple card) he opened it up and out fell 40 dollars in 5 dollar bills. He picked them up quick and counted them "whoa this is 40 dollars, thank you!" Zack said to me while I leaned against the door frame smiling, watching how happy he was made me feel good. He read the car aloud "Happy Birthday Zack, I'm so glad we became such amazing friends, but you're more than just a friend to me, you're like a brother to me, and just know I will always be there for you, Love ya Zack, I hope you have a blast today on your birthday. Love, Ben." Zack came over and gave me another hug but this one wasn't rid crushing, this was a very tender hug, and once again I pet his hair and the back of his head. "I really do love you ben" Zack said a little muffled and shaky into my chest. "I really do love you to Zack" I said, he looked up and I could see the tears in his eyes. "Are you alright Zack", "ya, sorry, I'm just really happy". My heart jumped, and I started tearing up as well and hugged him even more. "Ok *sniff* ha-ha, time for the presents." I said. Zack let go, wiped his eyes really quick and went over to his presents with a giant smile still on his face. The first one he opened was just one of those gifts you see and you know any kid will like them "whoa awesome, glow sticks, are these swords? That's so cool" Zack said while swinging around the glow sword still in its packaging making light saber sounds. He got to opening the 2nd present which was a shark tooth necklace that I thought was pretty cool and thought he might really like it as well. "Whoa is that a real tooth?" "Yup, it's a shark tooth" I replied. "that's so awesome thank you ben" Zack said while putting it on, thank goodness it was adjustable , it started off way to long, but I helped him shorten it to a good length, and it actually looked really good on him. He then got to his 3rd gift which was a laser tag game, you place the laser tag gear over your head and use the gun just like in real laser tag, "Holy COW! This is so cool Ben. Can we play right now!?" Zack asked with such excitement I thought he was going to explode. "Ha-ha not right now, I know I'm sorry, but we have to get going here soon, you're 4th gift is the destination I planned for us" "oh ya that's right, that's ok we will play it when we get back then" Zack said. 10 minutes later and were in my car off to the surprise location, a place I hoped would blow every other place we went to before out of the water. "Will you tell me where were going now" Zack asked. "Nope not yet, but when you see it you will know", "ok" Zack replied. About 30 minutes went by, we made small talk about how he loved all his gifts and couldn't wait to play the laser tag game, I thought to myself *you're going to forget all about that when you see where were going ha-ha*. As Zack's talking I'm driving down the highway and that's when he sees it, "Is that where you're taking me!?" Zack asked, if possible, even more excited than he was earlier. "Uh-huh", Zack was freaking out, he couldn't believe it, he had seen this place so many times driving by it on the highway and always wanted to go, but his parents never took him, but now here he was. "Welcome Zack, to Castles N' Coasters" . Zack bolted out the car door and I was right behind him, I had to admit, I was excited to, I had been here once and it was a blast, I had been meaning to go back but never wanted to alone, but now here I was with the person I loved most in this world and the next. We got our tickets and headed inside, now when you first step into this place there is the biggest arcade room you've ever seen, unless you've been to Vegas ha-ha, but to a kid it was huge! "OH-MY-GOD!" was all Zack could say when he first laid eyes on the mass amounts of arcade games and huge prize selection. "ok Zack I know this place is awesome but remember there is an awesome roller coaster, bumper cars, and a whole lot more, so how bout we save the arcade room for later when it starts getting a little colder out." "O.K." Zack said as if he was hypnotized by the games. We ended up going to the go karts first, there wasn't many people there since I was a little bit chilly out but it was still really nice. Zack came in first on his first time on the go karts, "dang dude, you a NASCAR racer or something?" I said, "he-he well only on my free time, otherwise I'm a master thief, he-he" Zack replied. He was having such a good time, I've never seen anyone ever that happy, he was grabbing my hand and making me run to different rides all day. We rode the rollercoaster about 10 times, and whenever Zack wasn't running and just walking he still held my hand, by 4:30 we were getting pretty hungry so stopped for a little bit and grabbed some pizza, fires, and soda at the concession stand. We choose a bench and I sat down, and instead of sitting directly across from me, Zack plopped down right next to me as close as he could and ate his pizza with his head resting on my shoulder and smiling off into the distance, he seemed to either be deep in thought or just really content with where he was. "Hey Ben" Zack said, "what's up Zack", "well I just wanted to say, this is by far the best day of my life" Zack said and got under my arm so it was around his shoulder and gave me a hug. "Well I got to say as well, this is also the best day of my life" I said, and Zack hugged me even tighter. "ok, well we can either hit up more rides, or go on one more ride and then hit up the arcade" I said, "umm lets go on the bumper cars again, we only did that once and It was really fun, and then we can go to the arcade", "sounds like a plan man". The entire time we were on the bumper cars he was giggling his cute little head off. After the ride we went to the arcade, "ok man here's 30 bucks, I need to use the bathroom pretty badly ha-ha, please don't leave this area, I'll be right back" "ok thank you Ben, and ya I'll stay in this area fer sure" Zack said. About 10 minutes later I came out of the bathroom " phew, I feel, SO much better", I looked around and it took me a second but I saw Zack playing one of my favorite games, you pull this helmet down and you can spin 360 degrees and inside the helmet is a screen that spins with you, and you shoot down air planes and anything bad of course. But the thing about this game is you can see anyone standing near you when you're playing it, so I was watching the screen above the helmet that shows you what's on the screen in the helmet and saw that he was just about done. He started taking off his helm, I was standing a little off to the side so he didn't see my feet right away, as soon as he took off the helm I yelled "BOO!!!", once again I couldn't scare him and just looked the fool. "Ha-ha, I already knew you were there" . "You must have been raised by ninjas or something, I could have sworn I was as quite as a mouse, o well, I'll get ya one day" I said, "ha-ha good luck". For 2 more hours Zack played all different sorts of games, he ended up winning about 400 some tickets, and cashed them in for really cheesy prizes, but he liked them so I wasn't about to judge. We walked back to the car and once again he went past the passenger side door and right to mine with me and gave me another long hug, and again I pet the top of his head and the back, feeling how soft it was even after a long day like today. He broke the huge, stood on his toes and gave me a kiss on the check. "Thanks again for the best day of my life" and then walked to his side of the car and got in. On the ride home Zack passed out, I couldn't help but reach over and just pet his hair again, and even brushed his cheek with the back of my fingers, that woke him up and I started to pull away but he grabbed my hand and snuggled his face into it and fell back asleep. It was a little hard to drive like that but was completely worth it. I drove slower just to savor the moment, and when we got home it was around 7:45pm. "Hey Zack, wake up man, we're home" I whispered, he let go of my hand and stretched and yawned while looking around sleepily. "It's almost 8pm, you're parents probably want you home soon". "Nah, they said I could stay over at my friend's house since*YAAAAAWN* its Friday. "Ok well where does your friend live?" I asked, think he actually meant another friend. "He lives where you do he-he" Zack said still half asleep. "Oh ok well then I guess we are already there then". Zack slowly got out of the car and we headed up to my place. "Hey Ben, could I sleep with you in your bed tonight, for my birthday" Zack asked, he had been sleeping in the guest bed whenever he stayed the night "Ya sure, you want to go to bed now? Or do you still have some energy for doing something else?" I asked. "Can I try some alcohol now?" Zack asked, "well I did promise you I would let you, but you can't have too much, I will give you enough to make you feel tipsy but that's it, I could get into a lot of trouble if anyone found out I let you drink", "its ok Ben, I won't tell no one" Zack replied. I went to the cabinet and grabbed out my Captain Morgan limited cherry oak finish, which is very smooth and I know 2 shots will get him tipsy, because it sure does get me a little buzz going. I pour 5 shots, and put 2 in front of him and 3 for me. "ok now just taste it first before you slam it ha-ha, cause you might not like it and if you don't it will make ya puke" I said "ok" Zack replied, sound more awake and alert now, took a sip and seemed to really like it and drank the whole shot in one go. He made the sour face "whoa, I can feel it warming up my insides, that's so cool, is this the cool feeling everyone talks about?" "No that's just a perk, drink the other one and soon you will know" I said as I drank all 3 of my shoots. I was starting to get a small buzz when I saw Zack start to sway back and forth. "How ya feelin bud" I asked "I dunno, I feel lighter, and a little dizzy, but I feel really good ya know". Ya he was getting tipsy, he was even starting to slur a couple words there. "Time to play some video games" Zack announced, and headed off to my bedroom where I had everything set up. He laid down on the bed and started playing CoD, very badly I might add. "Eh this is boring" Zack said, sat up and turned off the game system, then leaned into me with his eyes closed, "you alright buddy?" I asked. "ya...thank you again for today Ben, I love you so much, I wish you were my family, I hate mine, all anyone does anymore is yell at me. I wonder how they would treat me if they knew." Zack said "knew what?" I asked. "What?" Zack asked genuinely confused. " You said you wondered how your family would treat you if they knew, knew what?" I asked again. By now the alcohol was hitting him pretty hard "oh, well um..., pleash don't the me" Zack said looking up at me with his eyes half open. I knew I shouldn't take advantage of this situation, that I should let him tell me what he's about to tell me when he's sober and ready to tell me, but I was extremely curious now. "I promise Zack." "I don't want to date girls." Zack said. "well your still young Zack" I said "no, I mean I don't want to date girls, caush I like boys...im gay" it took him a second to say that last part, almost like he didn't believe it himself. "Are you sure you're gay? If you are then I don't hate you, I still love you just as much as I always have and always will" I said, I looked down and he had fallen asleep. Wow, he had just told me he was gay, I couldn't believe it, I had to figure out the whole story though. So I undressed Zack down to his underwear, put him in my bed and undressed to my underwear and jumped in right next to him like he wanted earlier. I snuggled up right behind him and put my hand around him and even though he had passed out he was still conscious enough to grab onto my arm and cuddle to it. Then he started talking in his sleep "love,...you Ben" , "I love you to Zack", and gave him a kiss on the top of his head on his super soft hair, and fell asleep, with the boy I loved more than life itself wrapped up in my arms. Well I hope everyone enjoyed that chapter, I'll wright the next one as soon as possible, I stayed up a little too late righting this one but I couldn't stop, so many ideas so little time, so ya, I'll try and get the next one done in the next couple of days, and feel free to send emails with any ideas or any critique, I'm always open for that :)