Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 18:14:36 -0800 From: arthur Subject: The Vision part 16 adult/youth THE VISION Part Sixteen By Arthur WE BUILT THIS CITY: Have you ever got home in the early evening and been smothered with affection and been offered attentive and loving service by a teenage boy you would die for? I know it sounds hard to take but what could I do about it but sit back and enjoy, what else? A nicely chilled beer appeared at my elbow,(with a hug) a clean ashtray,(with a smooch on the neck) and from somewhere a plate of small snacks, (another hug) then a boy in my lap with his head on my chest and a sigh of happiness as he settled down and we both watched the sunset through the lounge window, the sea settling down from the light winds of the hot day, as I glanced down to where the boat rode beside the jetty I remembered that we had promised Max a trip this weekend. "Hey buster, what time we having dinner?" "Oh any time you want it, its just this is so peaceful and I feel really great now we've settled everything at last, I just want to sit here and be with you for a while before we order the pizzas." "Ok thats not a problem, I'm in no hurry either, you know Max is meant to be coming for a fishing trip tomorrow?" "Oh yes I'd forgotten that, what time will we be going?" "You is the captain kiddo, what time you say?" "How long are we going out for?" "How about an overnighter?" "What all of us stay in the boat all night?" "Yep, we go out a bit later than normal and head for the Mercury Islands and come back Sunday afternoon." "Hey that'd be cool." "So what time Cap'n?" "Nine o'clock, is that ok?" "You're the captain, nine o'clock it is, I'll ring Max later and let him know, then we'll have to make a list of everything we'll need for the weekend for four people." "Four?" "Yes, Max will be bringing his friend with him, you'll like Steven he's a good kid, well teen more like it." "How old is he?" "Let me see now, uhm, 16 I think." "Oh he's nearly the same age as me then, is he, ahh, you know, sort of Max's really close friend?" "I don't know, all Max ever told me was when he saw Stevens file on his desk and what the kid had been through in various homes, much like you but a lot worse, well Max just used his position to take Steven out of the system and has been looking after him ever since then, I think its been about two years now, you'll like him he's a great kid and very polite, and considering what he's had to go through it's a wonder he survived at all." "Do you think he'll like me?" "Hey buster, everybody loves you so why not him?" "Oh stop it dad, you'll give me a big head." "Good you deserve a big head, right you want to go order the pizza, just tell them what time you want it delivered, it doesn't need to be soon just when you think you'll want it, then I can call Max about the time tomorrow." "Ok, does 8 o'clock sound ok for dinner?" "Yep that'll be great." Benny jumped off my lap and went to make his call while I went over in my mind what we would need for the trip and at the same tiime hoping that he and Steven would get along, they had so much in common and I must admit that Steven was a nice looking boy, the last time I'd seen him was before my downfall but he'd been with Max for nearly a year and was developing into a really nice well rounded lad, he was then about 5' 3" tall very slim but with a look about him that he would one day fill out to something better, he had brown hair cut as they do today, close in the back and sides and medium length on top, but he also had a small rats tail plaited at the back, his eyes were green with a very small slant upwards and his nose was aquiline and straight with a bit of a pert button look about it, his mouth could almost be called alluring, altogether a very nice looking lad. "I've ordered dad, I told them 7.30 to make sure they're on time." "Good boy, I'll go call Max, then I might have another beer and watch the lights come on over the bay, you want a coke to?" "Thanks dad, but I'll get them while you're on the phone." "Thanks servant." "Now dad, don't you start or I'll have to quit my day job." "You don't have a day job." "Yes I do." "Really whats that?" "I look after elderly gentlemen that are to old to do it themselves." "Come here Mister cheeky, I'll show you old." Benny scampered off to the kitchen laughing as I made a half hearted lunge at him, his voice coming back over his shoulder as he went in the door. "See, to old, to slow." "Yes but very patient, you have to come back some time, cheeky." I went and made the call to Max and he was happy at the arrangement and said he would see us early and that Steven was looking forward to meeting Benny and going out on the trip, I hung up the phone and went back to watch the lights coming on around the bay as darkness fell only to find my chair taken up with a bare boy butt stuck up in the air, head and shoulders in the seat of the chair and knees on the edge, that little butt waiting for me. "Hmm. whats this then, looks like a butt needs slapping?" A muffled voice came out of the chair. "The boy under it was cheeky, he needs a lesson I think." "Mmmm, yes he does, now let me see, should it be twenty or thirty whacks?" A head shot up from the deapths of the chair, eyes wide. "Aww dad, I wasn't that bad." I stopped looking down at him and took a half hearted swat at his rear end and as I made contact I laughed at the squinted eyes as my hand came down, and then a smile appeared as the slap was just a light tap. "I think that should sort him out for the future, what do you think, cheeky?" Benny bounced up onto his feet pulling his pants back up laughing, then wrapping his arms around my waist in a huge hug. "Thanks dad, you're the best, its just what that cheeky sod needed." "Good, then that'll keep him in line for the weekend with the visitors." "Yes I think he'll behave now." (giggle, hug, smooch.) I finally made it into my chair still wrapped in 'THAT' boy and we settled down to watch over the bay. At 7.30 the door bell rang and our dinner had arrived, all three of them, how two of us were going to eat 3 pizza's had me beat, but I forgot Benny's vaccuum cleaner apetite, at the end there were only two pieces left and as I couldn't move with what I had overeaten then I was sure that Benny would lay there all night on the sofa. "You eat like that everyday buster, you're going to be big and fat in a week." "Never, I'm all bones." "Yeah, hollow ones." "Daaad." "Ok, ok, you win." At 10 o'clock we decided to call it a night and head for bed, it was going to be a long day tomorrow if he wanted to get going at 9.00 am, we'd have to be up early to get some shopping done and then pick up the ice and bait and check the boat out, I didn't have to worry about fuel as it was my habit to fuel up as soon as I returned from a trip, that way the boat was always ready and the chances of having contaminated diesel in the tanks was cut down when they were kept full. 6am the next morning dawned bright and clear, it was going to be a great day to be out on the water and as soon as I got the vine untangled from body I could get up and start to get ready to enjoy it with my son and friends. "Come on kiddo, time to get up and let your old man start on business." "Morning dad, love you." "Love you to sonny-jim, but its time to move, we've got a lot to do." "Ok, who showers first, or are we going to conserve water?" "You really want me to scrub your back, buster?" "Yes please dad." "Well this time, ok, just because we're in a hurry." "Yaaay, come on then." We went to the shower and true to my word I scrubbed his back and front but not any further, he looked up at me, wanting me to go further. "No son, a deals a deal, remeber we don't do anything till we get some advice from others,ok?" "Yeah ok dad, but you make me feel so good all the time." "Son, you don't know how hard it is for me to not do something, but I gave my word and I have to live by it, ok?" "Yes dad I know you're right, its just, well you know?" "Yes son, I know how hard it is, but we have to do the right thing, its the only way it will work for us." "Yeah, but!" "Come on lets get on with the other stuff, Max and Steven will be here at 8.00 and we have to be ready by then so lets go." "I'm gone, I'm gone." Benny took off out of the bathroom to get dressed as I finished my shower, my hands still trembling with the effort to stop from doing what I really wanted to do with my naked boy in the shower, he was so beautiful and vibrant with youthful energy I had nearly succumbed to the my feelings, I washed away the doubts knowing I had made the right decision for both of us, and that in the end it would be for the best. We made it back to the house at 7.45 with everything we needed to buy and I sent Benny down to check on the boat and start the precheck as I took note of everything to make sure I had not forgotten something when the bell on the front door rang, Max was here. "Hi Max, Hello Steven, how are you both?" "Great, thanks John, how're you and Benny, where is he anyway?" "Hes down checking the boat, should be back in a minute." "Hell you got it bad old man, you let him check your baby for you?" "Its as much his as mine, Max, I know he'll do it right." "Well as far as I'm concerned hes the best thing to ever happen to you by the look of it." "You're not wrong there Max, like a coffee while we wait for him?" "Yes, I'd love one, someone slept in this morning and I missed my first of the day." "And you say I've got it bad." "No Steven didn't sleep in, he was up and about before the birds woke up, I was the late one." Steven stood looking around the house as though he was waiting for something special to happen, then the sliding doors to the patio looking out onto the bay were opened and a rocket shot into the room in the form of my boy grinning and happy. "I did all the checks dad, everything is ready to start her up, Oh,hello mister Max." "Hi Benny how are you?" "Good thanks." It was then that Benny and Steven laid eyes on each other, their mouths dropped, eyes staring and I swear they both began to sweat as the stars in their eyes shone brighter at the first sight of each other, I looked at Max as he looked at me, lifting an eyebrow to each other at the same time, I nodded, he nodded, you don't believe in love at first sight? then you should have been standing here with Max and myself. "Hey cheeky, this is Steven, you're allowed to say hello." "Hhhhhheello, Steven." "Hhhhhhi, BBBBently." "Well Max, looks like its going to be one of those quiet weekends, looks as though some people don't have much to say to each other?" "Yeah kinda looks that way." "Hey son?" "Yyyes dad?" "Want to see if Steven can help you take the rest of the stuff down to the boat while Max and I have a coffee?" Benny had never taken his eyes off Stevens and as he blushed,(love to see teens blushing) he gave Steven a pleading look, Steven being as tongue tied as Benny just nodded his head in agreement as they bashfully tried not to take each others hand as they made their way toward the patio door. "Did you know that Steven was gay, Max?" "Yes he told me about six months ago, I wasn't sure how to handle it at the time, you know how you and I are, but he was great when we sat down and really talked it out and when I told him about me and that it would'nt be right to do anything as I was now responsible for his welfare, he took it well and said that he would rather wait and find one person that would want to just be with him and not play around, I think he just found him." "I think you may be right, how much time should we give them?" "Oh I think we should break it up in about 15 minutes." "Yeah sounds about right, they should be getting just to the touching stage by then." "Ahhh John, young love, what would the world be without it." "Bloody miserable I think." "Yep you could be right there John, now wheres that coffee?" To Be Continued: