Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 23:00:42 -0500 From: Eff Del Subject: Young-But Daily Growing-part 24 Young but Daily Growing-Chapter 24 By Eff Del There is a legend concerning a young Indian brave who consulted with the tribal medicine man. "Wise one," he asked "How should I best deal with the faults I see in another?" The aged sage blew a puff of smoke from his pipe and said; "Never criticize another man without first walking all morning over a road of sharp stones wearing his moccasins." "Ah, and this will give me some insight into his thinking and motives?" "No...but then, when you DO criticize him, you'll have a half day head start AND he'll be barefoot when he runs after you along a road of sharp stones." My first perception was that two gleaming chunks of turquoise were hovering freely in front of me. As my vision cleared and wakefulness took control of my senses I realized that these were not floating turquoise; they were his stunning blue/green eyes looking down into my face. He was smiling and his smile was so glorious it made my heart sing with happiness. "Mornin' Eric! I'm so glad you're awake! This is our special day today cause this is the first day I know I don't gotta go back to the NEST! This is MY happy day! This is MY happy new year! I've been thinkin' about it all morning...wish me Happy New Year Eric! Wish me Happy New Year!" He was sitting on my stomach wiggling and bouncing and my bladder was sending me urgent signals of distress. "Happy New Year little man! Tell me, is it your New Year resolution to cause me to pee the bed?" "Oh I already went pee...hours ago Eric." "Well...I...did...NOT!" I growled as I lifted him off of me and tucking his wiggling little body under my arm I marched into the bathroom. "Muuuuch better!" I sighed as I shook the dew from the lily. "And NOW...good morning Sean." I leaned down and kissed him lovingly. I knelt down so that we were more or less eye to eye and reached out and stroked his neck and shoulders. "You know we've got so much we need to talk about don't you Sean?" He took my hand and pulled me to my feet and tugged me toward the shower. "Yeah, I know Eric but...PLEASE not today. Not on my most happy day. Today can't we just have fun an be together and stuff?" I lifted him up into a hug. "You're so wise for such a little guy! Of course we can...I guess we've got a very long time to talk about things since...you're not going anywhere." He grinned and giggled and rubbed his nose against mine Eskimo style as I carried him into the shower. It wasn't our sybaritic shower at Joyous Gaurde but it was big enough for us both and we were like two joyful children on the first day of summer vacation. We soaped each other's body almost more for the pleasure of touching as for the actual mechanics of washing. As we toweled ourselves dry, I realized that we had been laughing spontaneously and almost nonstop for at least 20 minutes. Hand in hand we walked back into the bedroom and soon we were rolling on the bed kissing passionately. The room was filled with our sounds of wordless ardor. Breaking our kiss I sat up and muttered "I'll be right back." I jumped from the bed and ran back into the bathroom and seized the bottle of complementary moisturizing skin lotion the lodge provided. Back on the bed, I smiled mischievously down at him and filled my palm with the thick cream. I slowly grasped his little cock in my now greasy hand and began a slow rhythmic stroking motion. The little tool became erect at once. He looked up me with a naughty expression and said; "Do the massage thing Eric...please" I had to think for a second before I realized what he meant, greasing up the index finger of my left hand I pressed against his little sphincter. He instinctively pulled his knees up toward his chest and with a slight twist of my highly lubricated finger; I was past the little gate and into his hot silky smoothness. Within moments I located his little magic button and began to caress it tenderly and cyclically, as I recommenced stroking his cock matching the pace of my probing finger. Very quickly he was writhing on the bed eyes closed tightly breathing and moaning through his open mouth. I sensed the nearness of his climax and built my twin stokes into a rapid crescendo causing him to buck and twist as he cried out his pleasure. I kissed him as he came down from his high and then wiped him clean with a towel. He started to sit up saying; "Now my turn to do you." But I pushed him back onto the bed and stroked his sweaty brow. "Nope. This is your special day little Sean...it's all about you." ******* "Shhhh." I was stooping low and held up my hand to stop him from walking any further. Holding a finger to my lips to signal silence I pointed up ahead. They stood in a natural clearing bathed in the filtered light of the morning sun descending through the trees. We were upwind but I suspect she knew we were nearby. The safety afforded by being in a National Park had suppressed her natural caution but she still maintained a healthy apprehension and her soft black nose twitched rapidly as she took our scent and worked upon a choice of action. Nearby, her twin children- more yearlings now than fawns, sensed their mother's wariness and stood frozen awaiting a signal from her. Sean was statue still on the path... his mouth opened with wonder as he gazed rapt at the almost magical sight. He and I each took one slow cautious step closer and the adult deer's ears twitched radar like as she stared at us. Together, we carefully took another step being as soft and silent as possible. This pushed the limits of her comfort level and without a sound the doe bounded off into the black green darkness of the forest followed at once by the two youngsters. In a moment, all that remained in the clearing ahead of us was the sunlight and the silence. "Wow! Did you see that Eric? That was the most wonderful thing I've ever ever seen! That was so beautiful! Thanks for bringing me here I never thought I'd ever see somethin' like that." We had been taking a short hike into the woods to look at a stand of very old trees called "the seven sages"...the oldest in the park; these were on our short list of sights to see today. Unexpected sighting of the little family of deer was one of those wonderfully serendipitous moments that could never have been planned and never again quite duplicated. "See Eric, I TOLD you this was my happiest day. It just keeps getting better." I hugged him tightly to me and decided this action was sufficient. No words could possibly improve this moment. We continued down the trail in satisfied silence each occasionally catching the other as we secretly stole glances and exchanged approving smiles. ******** That evening after dinner, we again sat naked in the turbulent foam of the hot tub. He was in my lap and I had my arms wrapped around him as we talked without any hidden anxiety or fear. All day his conversation had been candid, excited and relaxed. "I'm rememberin' more about the stuff that happened back there at the swim meet Eric. Some of it is confusing and some of it is still like only part of something...do you understand?" "Yes, I think I do. Do you want to talk about any of it Sean?" "Well, I remember one time in the cave with Kyle...I told you about being in the cave with Kyle...I was worried about something and I was gonna cry but Kyle...he said something funny. He said `don't worry Walter is takin care of it.' Isn't that a funny thing to say Eric? I don't know what Walter had to do with anything but the next time was when Kyle told me it was alright cause you were there...but somehow, I seem to feel like Walter was there too...it's all very funny." I squeezed him to me tighter and kissed the top of his head. "Maybe you've got to wait for more of the memories to come back Sean and then...perhaps it will make more sense." I had purposely not told him very much about the kidnapping or his subsequent rescue preferring to wait and see what memories came forward on their own. I could feel him nod his head in agreement. "There's something else." He said very softly almost in a whisper. "What's that Sean?" "Remember when I told you that I remembered walking to the pool for the medley and I had this feeling that I wanted to say something to you but instead I blew you a kiss and waved?" "Yes Sean, I remember and I also remember you doing that." "Well I remember what I was thinking and what I was gonna say to you Eric." "What was that Sean?" "You know I told you that Professor Swaim has been workin with me about all my feelings right?" "Yes Sean." "Well, I was thinking that I wanted to tell you I loved you but there wasn't time to do that before the race so..I blew you a kiss." I felt as though my heart had stopped. I felt a rush of heat in my temples and my mouth was suddenly dry. "W-what did you say Sean?" "I wanted to tell you I loved you Eric." I raised him from my lap, turned him around to face me and grasped his shoulders. "Do you...do you understand what you just said Sean? Do you understand what that means?" "Yes, of course I do Eric. I've known how I feel about you for a long time I just didn't know what to call it. Eric, love is something you don't have to have a name for to feel. Does that make any sense?" "Then Sean, does that mean you understand what I'm feeling when I've told you that I love you?" I could see him smiling even in the dim light of the terrace. "Yeah, I was just so afraid to believe it was true cause Eric, I've loved you for such a long time an I couldn't understand how you could love me back...I'm just a little kid." I pulled him close to me. "But, you're MY little kid. I think you've always been MY little kid. Somehow we found each other and we chose each other and ...now we know that we love each other. Come on...let's go inside it's freezing out here." I wrapped him in his robe and carried him into the cabin. Later in the darkness we lay close touching and kissing. We were in the lazy dreamy state that comes upon you after the completion of giving and receiving pleasure. We had ministered to each other slowly and lovingly. He had over time become able to take more of my penis into his mouth and had become adept at bringing me to a wonderful climax always swallowing my load. I had pointed out the signs of hair that were just beginning to display themselves at the base of his tiny cock and mentioned that before very long he would probably begin to ejaculate himself. I whispered to him how much I was looking forward to tasting his little boy juice for the first time. This made him smile with pleasure. "Eric...this is what peace is huh?" "What do you mean Sean?" He was caressing my cheek with his little hand while he slowly undulated his hips absentmindedly rubbing his still hard cock against my hip. "I mean for me...not being afraid of going back, knowing how you feel about me, knowing how I feel about you...not-not being afraid of what's gonna happen or what's gonna be...that's peace isn't it?" I reached down and cupped his slowly moving little ass in my hand and rubbed it softly and lovingly. "Yeas Sean, that's peace. I think we've both found it in each other...it's a wonderful gift that we've now shared." I pulled him up my body and our lips locked in a deep passionate kiss, I relished the feel of his little tongue probing and darting in my mouth as our hands roamed over each other's body anticipating the pleasure of a passionate touch. We napped rather than slept neither of us wanting the magic of the day to actually end. Eventually, I suggested that we pack up and head out well before dawn. I wanted desperately to get him home but at the same time I still wanted him to see the ocean during this short little trip of ours. I'd left a note for Chris at the front desk thanking him for all of his good service and reminding him to contact me after graduation. We were on the road and well on our way long before the sun rose behind us. We drove like children, Sean with his hand on my leg as we played guessing games with the songs we picked up on the radio. Stopping for breakfast and lunch as well as one pee break greatly needed by both of us. We pulled into the picturesque little coastal town of Santa Anunciation a bit before 9:00 am. I drove directly to the harbor and located the pier belonging to the whale watch cruise boats. I notice oned smaller boat belonging to "Fluke and Fin" tours and arranged for a private cruise. We were going to have the whole boat to ourselves when we noticed a group of about 16 little boys and girls with their two adult chaperones and realized this must be a small school group. They looked to be from no so wealthy families and the price of a tour even at a discounted rate would probably be a significant expense for them. I don't know how Sean picked up on this but he did and he looked at me with an expression that was in itself all the question that he needed to ask. I nodded to him and he walked over to the adult that seemed to be in charge of the children. I stood behind and watched as they spoke finally the woman approached me and said; "Your son has offered us free passage on this boat for a whale watching tour. Is this true?" "Yes it is. We've got this entire boat rented and I think the adventure would be much more fun to share don't you?" "The children have worked very hard to raise the money to pay for this trip so I would gladly pay you Mr..." "That is not necessary. Perhaps the children can use their money for something else at another time. My name is Eric Tucker and Sean is my ward. Please call us Eric and Sean." Smiling she extended her hand. "You are very kind Mr...Eric I am Maria Velacruse...Maria please, and this is my associate Nita Ramirez...the children...well, let's try to introduce them catch as catch can eh?" As the little ship left the harbor and worked its way out to open water I got to know the two ladies while Sean injected himself into the group of excited second graders, I discovered that they were a class from a small Catholic School from a little town about 30 miles inland and this was their big field trip for the year. They worked for months to raise enough money. They were poor people but very happy and all came from loving hardworking families. Maria and Nita pointed each of the children out in turn proudly sharing information about each. The children on the other hand were completely absorbed in watching over the rails as the ship plied the water and already it seemed they were all infatuated with Sean who seemed content to joke and talk with them. Soon the ship was ringing with the sound of happy children's laughter and it became infectious even so far as to carry over to the small crew of the ship. I watched in pleasurable amusement but as I did so, my mind roamed... finally settling on thoughts that had been formulating in the back of my mind for some time. They were thoughts about the NEST. It had been sometime since I could think of the NEST benignly any longer. I was developing the idea that it was not enough to have saved Sean and young Jack from their evil mandated sexual servitude...somehow I was beginning to feel that I must do something for all the boys...now, and in the future. At the moment, that thought was too complicated and too unwelcome and so I pushed it to the recesses of my brain concentrating upon the beautiful things before me. The cruise was an astonishing success. We spotted twelve humpbacked whales seven grey whales, a pod of orcas and were followed and entertained for about a half an hour by an acrobatic troupe of dolphins. By the time the little ship pulled back to her berth, we were all sunburned, tired and joyful friends. At the dock we posed for a group picture and I made certain that I'd entered contact information for Maria and Nita into my phone. They were going to be surprised in a week or so by an anonymous donation to the school. Before they got into their bus each of the children bid me a very polite goodbye and required a hug and a kiss from Sean. "What a neat day that was Eric!" he said his white teeth sparkled against his sun burnished skin and his hair whipped wildly in the wind. ******* As we sat at our table in the waterfront seafood restraint, Sean bubbled on about the cruise. He kept changing his mind over which was "neater" the grey whales or the humpbacks nor could he decide which were prettier; the dolphins or the killer whales but he knew that they were all "cool". "Eric, did you hear the captain tell us the notches on the fluke of a whale are all different? No two are alike...they're like finger prints!" "Yes little man, actually I already knew that." "Yeah but did you hear him tell us that a whale's brain is never completely asleep...that some part of it is always awake so that it comes up to the surface to breath even when the rest of the whale is sleepin?" "Yep I heard that Sean. Tell me...are YOU going to come up for breath or are you going to talk on and on all night?" He broke into a huge grin and with his eyes twinkling he said. "It's just that I had so much fun and that all I can think of is how lucky I am that you picked me cause I love you so much!" I grinned back and reached across the table to pat his hand. "I'm the lucky one Sean and...remember that night that seems so long ago...we picked each other." "Eric, are we always gonna be this happy?" "I don't know Sean. Probably not always. Life is long and it's full of things that happen. Not everything that happens is going to always make either you or me happy. What I DO hope though is that if we always love each other, then we won't be so bothered by the unhappy things when they come along. Make sense?" He nodded his head thoughtfully. "Yeah. Makes sense." We were walking back to our hotel along the waterfront. A hundred yards away in the dim light, the dark sea crashed rhythmically against the rocky shore while above us the crescent moon was partially obscured by a dark wisp of a cloud. The acrid iodine smell of the sea and the shore filled the air pungently as we strolled along. Actually, if I were being truly accurate, I strolled. He danced and pranced like a little race horse. "I've got to call Walter and the Professor when we get back to our suite Sean. Do you want to tell them our news?" "Yeah can I? Do you think they'll be happy? Do you think they'll be glad that I'm stayin?" "I don't know how you can even ask that little man. I guarantee you that they'll be delighted to learn that you're staying but I'll tell you something else...I don't think they're going to be very surprised." He looked up at me curiously but apparently decided not to press the point. ******* I was standing on the balcony of our sea shore hotel suite talking on my cell phone while Sean sat on one of the lounge chairs knees pulled up to his chest and his chin resting on his knees as he watched me attentively. "...yes, so I figure if we don't hit any traffic or other delays, we should pull through the gate around 1:30... 2 o'clock at the latest. Oh and warn Martha that we probably won't catch lunch on the road so we'll most likely both be starving by the time we get there. Now...both of you stay on the line. I've got somebody here who wants to tell you something." I offered my phone to Sean. "It's both Walter and the Professor." I said in a muted voice He took the phone and raised it to his ear. "Hello...Hi Walter, Hi Dr. Swaim it's me Sean. Uh huh, uh huh. Fine...I'm feelin good thanks. Yeah real good. Hey, listen...guess what? No...guess what Eric told me...no, no not THAT...he told me that I'M NOT NEVER GOIN BACK TO THE NEST!!! Not NEVER! I'm staying with him and with you guys forever! Yeah...yeah...THANKS! Me too! I can't wait to get back home and see you guys...to see everybody! Yeah...uh huh. OK see you tomorrow bye...I mean NITE!" He was wearing a large "Sean smile" as he handed the phone back to me but as I looked in the dim light, there seemed to be a trace of a tear in his eyes. "T-they both said they're REAL happy...and they're proud of me and that they...that they love me and can't wait for me to be home. HOME Eric...we're really and truly goin' HOME!" I ruffled his hair and steered him inside. "Let's turn in a bit early little man. We didn't get much sleep last night and I'd like to leave pretty early in the morning. The sooner we leave here, the sooner we get home...our HOME." ******* He had been bouncing in his seat like a little jumping bean since he'd first recognized where we were. "We're REALLY close ERIC! We won't be long now!" As we pulled up to the gate I noticed at once that there had been some changes made. The brick guardhouse that had been largely ornamental ...used only during rare large formal gatherings at the mansion was now manned by a uniformed attendant. He stepped out and approached my window which I lowered as he came near. "Good afternoon Mr. Tucker. Welcome back. Welcome back Master Sean." "Thank you...err...do you work for me?" "Yes sir. I'm Richard." "Have you worked for me very long...Richard?" "In a manner of speaking, yes Sir." Thinking for a moment, I asked; "Are you a Skuggor Richard?" "Skugga sir." "Excuse me?" "Skuggor is plural Sir. One is a Skugga and...yes Sir I am. I'll open the gate Sir." "Thank you...Richard." It was only as he turned to reenter the gatehouse and open the gate that I noticed the big Glock 18 hanging on his belt. We pulled up to the front door and I stepped out of the red Escalade. Walter was on the steps to meet us. "Welcome back Sir." Walter was in "official mode" again it would seem. "I'm sorry about the surprise at the gate, it will become considerably less obtrusive shortly but I'm revamping security pretty much across the board. That...man...did us a bit of a favor by catching us with our pants down because we've done some self-examination and identified some weakness...but we can talk about that later Sir, there are more important things at hand right now." So saying, he did a most un-Walter like thing. He turned to Sean and dropped to his knee reaching out he pulled the startled boy to him in a tight emotional hug. In a husky voice he said; "Welcome home lad. You are so very very welcomed here." He held the hug for a long minute before breaking it and rising to his feet. "Thanks Walter" responded Sean with a smile. Regaining his decorum, Walter turned to me again. "I'll have your luggage brought upstairs and we'll have the Escalade dropped off at the agency this afternoon." "Thanks Walter." I said with a mile as I grasped his arm and affectionately squeezed it. ***** "Mrs. Edwards! Mrs. Edwards!" he was almost flying into the kitchen. Martha spun around from the counter she'd been working at and beaming she opened her arms wide to welcome him into her hug. He ran to her and was at once enfolded in her love. "Guess what Mrs. Edward's, guess what?...I'm never leavin here! I'm gonna stay here forever and ever!" She was openly weeping as she rocked him round and round and muttered unintelligible but loving sounds. "Oh, my darling boy! My darling little boy! What a blessing! What a wonderful blessing!" After a few minutes she pushed him back and held him at arm's length smiling and shaking her head. "Oh what a happy day! Now you two...give me twenty minutes and I'll have a nice lunch ready for you...you both shoo now!" "Can we go tell John now?" Sean asked looking up at me anxiously. "I think we'd be in big trouble if we didn't." I was smiling as I started for the door. "John! John! Are you in here?" Sean was gazing around the long garage building but couldn't see our friend. "I'm under here I'll be right out!" The familiar cheerful voice was coming from under a red classis MG TD that was raised up on wheel jacks off to one corner. His smiling face popped up and soon he was walking toward us wiping his hands on a shop cloth. "You're back Seano and you look as good as new! Did you guys have a nice drive down? How was the weather? Did you like the National Park? How about the whale watching did you see many? I hope so. They're really something to see aren't they?" I knew that he was deliberately not giving Sean a chance to tell him his news and the smile on his face got larger and larger as the frustrated little boy tried so hard to be polite. "Johhhhhhhhhn! John...wait a second, I gotta tell you my news!" "What news Seano?" He was trying so hard to appear ignorant but he wasn't a very good actor. The little boy grabbed John's large hand and almost jumping with excitement he said; "John guess what? I gedda stay here for always! I'm NEVER going back to the NEST...NEVER!" With a loud happy whoop, John raised the boy up and tossed him lightly into the air catching him and swinging him around. "That's just about the best news I've ever heard kiddo! I'm so happy!" Sean was laughing and squealing as the big man tossed him into the air a second time. Very soon the three of us were laughing with happiness. ***** That night I held him in my arms as we lay in OUR bed. Nothing had ever felt so right but even in this rush of happiness I realized there was still one final issue to be settled between us and I wanted it done sooner than later. "Now my sweet little boy," I whispered to him. "We STILL have a great deal to talk about and I think tomorrow you and I are going out to Fish Camp to have a long conversation with Doctor Swaim." "Kay Eric...but I STILL gedda stay here right?" "Of course silly...remember you told me you weren't ever going to worry about that again right? What we have to talk about is more personal but very very important but it's NOTHING to worry about. Now give me a kiss and go to sleep." He rolled over onto me and kissed me tenderly before rolling onto his side one arm and one leg thrust across my body. "Nite Eric." He murmured "I love you." "I love you too my little Sean. Sleep tight." He was home. After all of this time...he was HOME. (to be continued) Next we'll have a long conversation with the Professor. As always, I welcome your comments and ideas.