Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 15:00:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: ed swanky <edswanky@yahoo.com>
Subject: Christopher-answers Ch. 24

If you are underage or graphic sexual stories are prohibited in your
community...do not read this.  This story is completely fictional.  I would
appreciate all comments especially those of a constructive or encouraging
nature.  My e-mail address: edswanky@yahoo.com


		               Christopher Answers

Chapter 24


     Thursday morning came too early for Tom and Dave.  The naked boys were
partially covered with a sheet, when Carlos Papson rapped on the bedroom
door.  Their sated expressions gave testimony to the night of lovemaking
that ended only a few short hours ago.  "OK Dad", Tom replied to the
intrusion into his early morning dream of a naked David running along the
beach in pursuit of him.  David didn't wake, he was dreaming of Tom asking
him to dance at their prom.  All eyes were on them.  Two boys in love,
fearless of the consequences surrounding their spontaneous decision to pair
up and slow dance together.  Their dates walked out and David heaved a sigh
of relief.  Now he had the date he wanted all along. The music played as Tom
whispered in his ear, telling him how handsome he looked in his blue tuxedo.
David answered by turning his head and locking on to Tom's lips.  The
spotlight shone on them as other boys paired off and joined the forbidden
public display of male to male love.

     Tom saw the contented smile on Dave's face as he lay there asleep. He
gently removed the sheet from Dave's body and lightly traced the back of
his hand along the spine of his beautiful, naked body.  Dave stirred awake
and turned on his back as Tom leaned in and gave him a peck on the cheek.
"Time to get up Davey, Pop will be making his Greek-style breakfast for us
so I hope you're hungry?"  Dave smiled and said something to the effect
that he would prefer eating the Greek's son..... they both laughed, got up
and headed for the shower.

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     Tim and Tay had their 2 AM rendezvous in the clubhouse behind their
homes.  Tay's parents were reluctant to allow same-bedroom sleepovers at
least until the boys are a little older.   Tim's parents didn't feel that
way but respected their decision.  This time it was Tay who made the phone
call but he left it ring until Tim answered instead of using the two-ring
code.  "I just had to hear your voice." Tay said.  Tim had been sound
asleep and dreaming.

     His dream was of seven year old Gary walking between him and Tay, his
little hands firmly held onto theirs.

     "I'm going to be leaving you very soon.", Gary said as he looked in
Tim's eyes.  "I just wanted to make sure that you are happy.  You and Tay
were meant to be together.  You rescued me Tim and I'm happy now.  Someday
you and Tay will be here with me, it is a wonderful place filled with pure
love.  It will only be a blink of an eye for me but not before you and Tay
live a long and full life together."   Tim was now fully awake listening to
Tay and agreeing to meet at the clubhouse.  Tay was waiting for him as he
opened the door.  Tim was naked except for his robe and sneakers.  Tay
peeled it back off his shoulders and let it fall to the floor.  He led
him by the hand to the makeshift bed and they made passionate love in the
flickering candlelight.

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     Justin's mom was so glad to see them when they got home from the mall.
He told her about how Christopher stood up to him.  "The little guy packs
one hell of a wallop", he said with a huge smile.  He made me understand
how stupid it would be to fight him.  We saw Gary's Dad in the parking lot
when we were about to leave.  "I didn't lay a hand on him Mom, you'd have
been proud of me."  He looked at Christopher and they both smiled knowingly.
"I'm glad you used your head, Justin", his mom said.  She didn't understand
what was so funny as both boys laughed at her remark.

     Sarah was particularly interested in John's brother, Russell.  Both
Justin and Christopher remarked about what a nice guy he seemed to be.
They retold some of his stories about young Gary.  Sarah was happy that
Martha had some company at least for a little while.  She assumed that he
would be staying somewhere and attending the funeral on Saturday.

     After the three of them watched TV together until 10PM , Sarah kissed
them both goodnight and went on up to bed.  Christopher snuggled close to
Justin on the sofa and lay his head in the crook of his arm.  Justin
stroked his hair, telling him how proud he was of him.  "I'm glad you gave
me hell tonight, otherwise I'd probably be sitting in jail on a felony
charge.  I owe you little buddy but I'm still hurt by the 'big dumb jock'
remark you made."

     Christopher took Justin's hand in his and held it tight to his chest.
 "I love 'big dumb jocks' especially when they carry me upstairs and make
love to me.  Are you going to do it or must I get on the phone and make a
date with that hunky football player who shook your hand in the cafeteria."

     Justin laughed, stood up with little Christopher in his strong arms
and headed toward the stairs.  Christopher could only smile in anticipation
of what was to come.

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     Russell got undressed and drew back the covers on Gary's bed.  Looking
at the framed pictures of the baseball team on the dresser, he thought to
himself how much his nephew Gary looked like his little brother Michael.
He regretted not being around when his brother John changed so drastically.
'I could have made a difference.'  He got under the covers and thought of
Martha asleep in the room down the hall.  He wondered about his brother
John all alone and apparently so filled with hatred.  'How did he get to the
point in his life where the death of his only son had no effect on him?'
God could not have wanted that to happen, at least not the God that he once
knew.

     Russell lay there thinking about his brother John's transition and what
thought processes he must have gone through:

     In the first seven years of his son Gary's life, John carried the guilt
of Michael's death repressed within his mind.  He was able to behave in a
*normal* father/son relationship with Gary.  As Gary became older, the
physical and emotional similarities that Gary shared with Michael must have
had the effect of bringing this guilt to the surface.

     John might have believed he was given a second chance.  In his warped
thinking, Gary at age seven was young enough to be transformed into a
'straight'.   In order to accomplish this he needed to be less nurturing.
His nurturing was likely the reason that Michael became gay.  His second
chance was his son.  He would cease this kind of attention and tell Gary
the Biblical reasons why homosexuality is wrong.

     John after this revelation, probably began to glean through the bible
and prepare a philosophy to support his case.  He bought into the reasons
that homosexuality is wrong as presented in biblical quotations and
references. He went far beyond his original reason for researching this.
He actually believed with all his heart that the bible was correct and that
being gay was a sin, punishable by eternal damnation.

     Gary at the tender age of seven only saw that his father apparently
didn't love him anymore.  He enjoyed a close/loving relationship with his
Dad that abruptly ended.  His reaction was to try to regain this lost love
and hang on every word that his father was teaching him.  At that young
age, he didn't think in terms of being *gay* or *straight*. From his
perspective, he must have done something to make his father turn away from
him.   His natural reaction was to transform himself into what his father
wanted him to be.

     John must have taken his new philosophy to the farthest extreme.  He
now believed firmly that homosexuality was a sin that even God would not
forgive.  This mantra was reinforced and transformed to where he thought
that God had given him a renewed purpose in life.  He took on the job of
actively seeking to root out this *evil* wherever he found it. His
agonizing guilt over his perceived contribution to his brother's death was
driven back into his mind but probably still remains. After investing 10
years, his zeal to expose this type of behavior became so strong as to
completely alter himself.  After 10 years of preaching this philosophy to
his son, the announcement by Gary that he was *gay*, completely invalidated
his theory.  This is what might have made him *snap*, turn on Martha and
force him to deny the very existence of his son. 'How sad and so very
wrong', Russell thought.  Sleep did not come easily to him this night.

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     Coach Walters spent most of the evening on the phone.  His first call
was to Craig Allwein.  He knew that Craig would spread the word among the
students that Principal Jordan was in real danger of being fired at the
School Board meeting on Monday evening.  The real key though was other
faculty members.  If he could garner enough support among them, the Board
would have to reconsider their position.  The last thing they'd want is a
walk-out by faculty members in support of their Principal.

     Doug Walters got very little in the way of commitment from the other
faculty.  Their self-survival seemed to be the major concern.  This was a
small town in the south, prejudice is not so easily set aside.  Many of
the faculty agreed with him but were unwilling to stand up in defense of
Ed Jordan.  The appointment of a black northerner to the highest position
in the school was something that they didn't understand.  The previous
School Board selected him because of the threatened loss of federal
funding.  They hadn't anticipated that Ed Jordan would actively seek to
change the core principles that governed them for more than a century.
Ed Jordan was a marked man and they weren't ready to walk the plank with
him.

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    Ed Jordan didn't know about the efforts of Doug Walters.   He thought
that he would be fighting this battle alone and was certain that it was one
that he could not win.  The fact that he had a year's experience as a
Principal would help his resume immensely.  He would spend the weekend
mailing them out to school districts, mainly in the north.  He was confident
that it would at least get him some interviews. His main regret was that he
would be uprooting his family again.  It had taken his daughter quite a
while to adjust to life in the south and she finally seemed happy again.
He wasn't looking forward to giving her the bad news.  His wife would be
fine with it.  She was always supportive of him in his career and would
make the best of it, as usual.  He was sorry that the meeting was pushed out
to Monday.  He would have preferred to deal with and get on with his life.

    It was just after 11 PM, Ed and his wife were in bed and just about to
turn off the light.  "I knew better than to push that gay issue" he told
her.  "It was only a matter of time before the payback.  If you mess with
the *status quo* down here, you get burned."

   "You are a brave man, Ed Jordan, that's one of the reasons, I married you.
You did the right thing, somebody has to stand up to hatred and say, no more!
Now turn off the light and let's get some sleep, there are more dragons for
you to slay tomorrow."

    Ed smiled and kissed her on the cheek.  He thought how lucky he was to
have married such a beautiful and understanding woman.

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end chapter 24

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help to shape this story, I appreciate it more
than you may realize. ed swanky

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   NOTE TO THE READERS OF CHRISTOPHER-ANSWERS:
   I have some personal health problems to deal with and probably won't be
   posting the next chapter for at least two weeks.  I apologize to all of
   you for the inconvenience.   Be assured that I will finish this story
   as soon as I'm able to get back to my computer.   Thanks for your kind
   understanding.
                                             ed swanky