Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 16:30:47 -0400 From: JAMES HEADY Subject: a Safe Place--Chapter 9 A Safe Place By James Disclaimer This story deals with sexual as well as romantic situations between teenaged males. Should you be offended by such material, or not of the legal age to read this type of story, then please find something else to read. Also remember to donate to Nifty so that these stories can remain free to the public. Chapter 9 "I also know that it was not you who ate the idea, but the idea that ate you." Fyodor Dostoyevsky Demons Kevin That Saturday on which I was set to go over to visit Cody descended upon us as a sunny day with no clouds of which to speak. As I finished dressing after my shower was finished, I thought about Cody, but in the back of my mind, I was also thinking about how I hadn't heard from Christian for a couple of weeks. We had lunch a couple of weeks ago on a Thursday and since that day, I hadn't seen him in school nor had I talked to him on the phone. He hadn't called me, nor had he returned any of my calls. I worried, as I always had felt like there was more to his situation than what he told me. He would question me a little more in more in our conversations as we continued to get to know each other regarding my being gay, but he never said anything further about it after I'd answer his questions. His questions weren't general by any means. In fact, he even at one point asked what it was like to do oral sex with another guy. I told him that I didn't have much experience in that area, but that I'm sure it was wonderful. Of course I had exchanged blow jobs with Richie, but that was nothing more than rape and I wasn't about to tell Christian about that, not yet anyway. Pushing the issue about Christian out of my mind though, I put on my shoes, made sure my overnight bag was packed and ready, then told my mom, dad, Alicia, Caleb and Nathan that I was leaving now. They hugged me and I was on my way. While on my way over to Cody's house, I called him to let him know that I was headed over there. He was excited and so was I. I finished the call and while walking, I got an idea. I called back and asked if his mom was home and he said that she was at work working her half-day shift at the bank. I then asked him if he had eaten anything yet. He said that he was getting ready to have some oat meal, and I told him that I had an idea for breakfast. I told him that it was a surprise and he was even more excited now. We finished the call and I changed directions and headed for Cathy's. 0000 Cody put his phone on the bedside table and went over to the bed and put on his shoes. In all that time, he hadn't stopped smiling. "Yes!" he said happily. "He's coming over! Kevvy's really coming over!" The night before, Cody thought that he'd have a problem sleeping, because of the excitement, but he fell right to sleep once he lay down and covered himself. So that day, he had a lot of energy and excitement that seemed endless. Once his shoes were on and tied, he went outside and sat on the steps and began drawing. It was a surprise for Kevvy and he wanted to at least get started on it before he came over and before he could see what it was. Cody hoped that Kevvy would like what he was making for him. 0000 Christian lay in the abandoned building trying to wake up. His father had finally thrown him out two weeks before, the day after he and Kevin had had lunch and now since that time, Christian was sleeping on park benches and in any dark place he could. He thought about getting money and finding one of the last remaining pay phones in the city and calling Kevin to see if he knew of any place for him to go. He held off on doing this though, as he didn't want Kevin to know the full severity of his situation. He had been asking Kevin questions about being gay and when he asked him a few questions about certain sexual things that guys do with one another, he was sure or at least was afraid that he had given himself away to Kevin about his own homosexuality. Before Christian's dad threw him out, he raped him again, and since that time, he was sick. He figured that his dad had ripped something down there, but he was too afraid to investigate. Truthfully though, he wasn't sure if he wanted to live any longer. He was tired of all of the fear, pain, sadness and feelings of not being wanted by anyone. Yeah, Kevin had shown kindness towards him many times when they were with one another, but he didn't see Kevin being the type of guy to do much, or maybe that was just his own guilty conscience talking, him still feeling guilty about how he had treated Kevin when they first met. As Christian lay there, he heard the squeaking of rats that had been keeping him company since the night before when he had found that place. As he looked to his left, he saw two rats stop beside him and watch him, their red eyes glowing in the darkness and their fangs exposed. He had heard a long time ago somewhere, that rats had to constantly keep grinding down their fangs, since if they didn't, the fangs would continue to grow and start pushing in to their sculls. Remembering that sickening fact at this moment made Christian sit up. His head instantly began to spin and he felt faint once again. "What the hell's wrong with me!" he said just above a whisper. "What the fuck did that Bastard do to me!" As if in response, the two rats came closer and began to growl and squeak at him. One got up close to him and jumped up on his upper thigh. He felt himself go cold with terror and revulsion at the new situation and he sat as still as he could. The rat's small feet moving rapidly on his thigh made him want to scream and he then felt it's nose and whiskers on his skin as it sniffed at him. He then felt it's claws dig in to his skin and finally he did move. "Get the fuck off me!" he screamed and as he moved his leg to get the rat off, it bit down hard. "You Bastard!" Christian screamed as hot and burning pain sank in to his thigh. It hurt worse than he thought it could and the rat finally let up, but sank it's teeth in to his knee. He grabbed it, then it moved up with its head and bit down on his hand. "Fuck!" he screamed, and now the other rat was on him. It sank its fangs in to his left leg and he was hoping that they both weren't opening up his arteries. He screamed long and loud, then he stood and the rat on his leg lost its grip and he kicked it as hard as he could. It fell away and he hoped that it was dead. He then grabbed the rat that was still holding on with his other hand and ripped it off. It hurt even worse when that happened and he through the animal as hard as he could. It slammed against the wall across from him and it slid down the bricks and lay motionless on the ground a few inches away from where the other rat was laying, hopefully dead. Christian stumbled out of the building as behind him, more squeakings and scratching of claws could be heard. He stumbled down the sidewalk until he came to a church. He looked up at it and smiled ironically. "Unbelievable," he laughed weakly. "I hate religion, and it might be religion that helps me out." 0000 John Martin I stood in the office of the church and put away the book I had been reading. I had been reading the last couple of chapters of the novel Demons by Dostoyevsky. That hadn't been the first time I had read the novel and it probably won't be my last. It shows me the evil of men, but also the redemption of our human beings as well. I slid the book back on the shelf and went out of the office. As I walked down the hall and in to the main room where the services were held, I heard a noise at the doors in the front of the building. I went towards them and one was beginning to open. Once it opened, I saw a thin boy standing on the threshold of the doorway swaying as if he could fall right over. He was dressed in clothing that looked like it hadn't seen a washer or dryer for several days, and his hair looked blond, but I couldn't tell, because of how dirty and darkened with oil it was. He stood there with one hand in his shirt that was red with what I figured was blood. His thigh was bleeding also and I wondered if it was stab wounds or if rats had gotten to him. "I'''I'''I'''," he tried to speak, but fell to the ground. I ran to him and carried him in to the main room of the church and took his wounded hand from his shirt. Sure enough, there were bight marks that I knew were from rats. The wounds on his leg and thigh looked like the same thing. I called Michael and told him what was going on. 0000 Michael Williams I put down the phone after John told me what was going on. We had taken in many kids over the years, but none who had actual rat bights. I don't know why that particular detail chilled me, but it did. I came out of the office and saw Jacob and Brandon walking back in the house. They had just come from gym class and were headed towards the bathroom. I walked up to them and they greeted me with smiles and said hi to me. "I'm glad to see you both," I said. "I need your help here soon though, so make sure you get a shower that gets you clean, but try to make it quick. It looks like we have someone new we're getting and it doesn't look good." "What happened?" Jacob asked. "A boy has been out on the streets," I replied. "At least that's what John Martin thinks. He saw the boy open the doors to come in to the church and he fell right over. I need you guys to help by getting one of the rooms ready for him to stay in once we release him from the clinic. He'll need to go there, since he's been hurt. So go and do that and I'll be back in a bit." They agreed and were headed to the hall where the rooms were for the kids. I went to get the doctors in the clinic up to speed so they wouldn't be caught off guard. 0000 The doctors worked on Christian for a few hours. They first treated his rat bights, gave him rabies vaccines then began doing different body scans. They found in ultrasounds of his abdomen internal bleeding as well as an abscess that was draining and badly. They rushed him in to surgery and began looking around. Once everything was checked out and the wound drained, they checked his rectum and saw the signs of anal tearing as well as signs of infection in the tissues. They began draining and cleaning that up as well. They understood that someone had hurt him badly and unless he was in to kinky sex to the extreme, then they were most likely looking at the results of rape. After they completed all of the surgery and the cleaning of the wounds and administering of I.V. antibiotics and other drugs to help him recover, they sent him to a room where he'd be staying for several days. 0000 Christian lay in the hospital room unconscious, but his mind was active. He was having flashes of when he mistreated Kevin, when he acted out in anger at his own house breaking things and the couple of times he'd strike back at his father. He also was remembering the times he'd talk about God and religion. He had been reading the writings of Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins for a few months, and although he had times where he was homophobic, he agreed with the two authors on most other things concerning religion. Now though, he was remembering his views on religion and he began to realize that he might have been wrong. He always remembered in his mind the feeling deep down that he might be wrong in his thoughts, but at the same time, he had doubts. He wanted to believe, but he didn't want to deal with the hateful things that people seemed to believe about God. He soon woke up and looked around trying to focus. He then felt even more tired than he had ever known, so he let unconsciousness take him again. 0000 Kevin I neared Cody's house and I didn't see him on the steps. For some reason, I thought he'd be on the steps waiting for me, but he must have been inside. I walked up the steps, stepped up to the door and knocked. The door opened after a moment and Cody was standing there smiling widely. "Kevvy!" he yelled and hugged me. I put my arms around him and held him tightly like he was doing to me. "I'm so glad to see you Cody!" I said excitedly and stroked his hair with one of my hands and rubbed his back with the other. Once we ended the hug, he let me in and then closed and locked the door. He stood there smiling at me and looked like he could start dancing around the room. "I really am happy you came!" he said. "So what did you want to do first? Did you want to see my room? Did you want to have breakfast first? Did you want to go outside?" "Hold on for a second," I said laughing and hugging him again. "I do have breakfast so we should probably eat it before it gets cold." "Sounds good!" Cody said and went to get plates, silverware and cups. I began sitting the food on the table and getting it unpacked from the bags. I got sausage, biscuits and gravy. I also got some home-made Danishes that Cathy made. Some of them were apple, cherry, peach and blue berry. I also had two bottles of apple cider that Cathy made as well. I also had some scrambled eggs at the bottom of the bag. I set it all out on the table and cleared a place for Cody to sit and I removed the lids off the containers. "Do you need help serving yourself?" I asked. "If you do, let me know." "I'll let you know," he said and sat down across from me. I told him what all we had and he smiled and gave me a thumbs up. "I'm guessing I did good," I said smiling at him. "You definitely did good," he said. Once we got our servings on our plates, we ate for a few minutes in silence, then I spoke. "This looks like a nice house." "Yeah," Cody agreed. "It really is." "Did you guys move here recently, or have you always lived here?" I asked. "My mom moved here along with my dad just a couple of months before I was born," he explained. "It's just been the two of us though since I was 4 which was when my dad left us." "I'm sorry to hear that," I said and reached for his hand. I held it for a moment, then let go so I could continue eating. "Thanks," he said. "I'm just glad I still have my mom though and I'm definitely glad I have you in my life now." "So am I," I said. He smiled after he said that last part about me and he was blushing hard. "Oh, also, I hope you don't mind me calling you Kevvy like I did when you came here a few minutes ago," he said. "I like that version of my name really well," I replied and smiled at him. "So do you ever hear from your dad anymore? I hope you don't mind me asking." "No," Cody said. "I don't mind. We haven't seen him since he left. We also haven't gotten anything from him, like money to help us with stuff, but at least we have the money my mom has saved and the money from her paychecks." "So no child support from your dad at all?" I asked. "No," Cody replied. "When my mom and attorneys that she's gotten to help her try to contact my dad and when they've tried to get ahold of him in the past, he never returns their calls. Now for the past four or five years, we don't have a working phone number for him and his parents and some of his brothers and sisters have changed their numbers and so did he." "I'm sorry that you can't stay in contact with your dad and that he doesn't try to see or talk to you," I said. "Thanks Kevvy," Cody said smiling at me. "At least I have my mom and now you." We finished our food, and once the trash was cleaned up, we went to see Cody's room. It was a nice room with the floor-to-ceiling windows he had mentioned Yesterday. Standing in the doorway of the room, I saw the bed sitting with its edge facing me and the head of it pushed up against the wall to my left. I saw a dresser beside the closet that was against the wall on my right. I looked and saw that near the foot of the bed next to the dresser, was a desk with a stereo and TV sitting next to each other. I looked to my left again and saw the bedside table next to the bed and then next to the closet on the right of it, was another door which stood opened. Inside the room to which the door belonged, was a bathroom just like at my house. "This definitely is a nice room and the view is amazing!" I said turning towards him. He smiled and reached for me. I melted in to his embrace and it was absolute heaven. His hair smelled so good and his arms felt so warm and gentle wrapped around me. I could have stayed like that forever. We did separate after what seemed like forever and I looked deeply in to his eyes. He looked back and smiled at me. We stood like that, then I turned towards the bed and took his hand. He walked with me and we sat beside one another on the bed. I put an arm around him and pulled him close. He leaned his head on my shoulder and I just held him like that enjoying the closeness and his gentleness. "I know we met only Yesterday," I said. "But I feel like I've known you all my life." "Me too Kevvy," Cody replied looking up at me. "I like you a lot Kevvy. I really do." "I feel the same way about you too Cody," I said and wrapped both arms around him and he hugged back. Eventually, Melissa came home and we talked and Cody and I helped her put away groceries. "What would you guys like for lunch?" she asked. "I'm not sure yet," I said. "I'll have to think about it," Cody answered. He went out of the room then to use the restroom and it was just Melissa and I. She looked at me and smiled, then came up to me and put her arms around me. "Thank you for doing this for him," she said almost in a whisper. "I know you could probably be with friends who are thought of as popular and more fun, but I'm glad you see something in Cody worth getting to know." We ended the hug and I looked at her. "I don't actually have any of the popular friends at school," I said. "I'm kind of an outcast as well and Cody has a joy and kindness I don't find in most people." "Yes," she responded. "He definitely does." "I can tell you think I'm almost a saint from the way I've been kind to your son," I went on. "As far as I'm concerned, you are," she said and smiled. "I try to be kind and caring," I replied. "A saint, is one thing I'm not. I've had times in my life where I wasn't kind at all, and I don't want to ever be that kind of person again if I can help it." "I'm sure you'll be fine as long as you treat others, my son included kindly and compassionately," she answered. Cody eventually returned and his mom looked at both of us. "I just thought of something," she announced. "There's a wings place up the road from the house and I haven't tried it yet. Neither has Cody. How about us eating there and seeing what it's like?" "Yeah, cool!" Cody said hugging her. "I'd enjoy that!" I said smiling. Once at the restaurant, we sat down at a table with Melissa sitting across from me and Cody sitting on my right. It was similar to how we were sitting the day before at Cathy's. We looked over the menu and I ordered a sampler plate with hot, barbeque, spicy garlic wings, a side of potato skins and a couple of many tacos. Cody ordered the hot wings and a side of potato skins and Melissa got a combined order of hot and spicy garlic wings. Once our orders were put in by the waiter who was definitely checking me out, we waited for the food to come. We talked while waiting and I could see from Cody's look that while he was trying to be nice, he didn't seem to like the waiter checking me out the way he was. The guy wasn't being creepy, but I knew where his mind was. It wasn't even any look that was sexual, but he was definitely interested in me. He looked to be around 18 or maybe a year younger with dark-brown hair and light-green eyes. He was cute, but I only had eyes for Cody. Just before the food arrived, Cody excused himself to go to the restroom and it left Melissa and I alone. "I guess the waiter took notice of me," I said. I was trying to gage Melissa's reaction. He smiled. "I saw that as well," she said. "He's probably around your age." "I guess," I said uninterestedly. "Sorry," she said after a moment. "I'm probably getting too personal." "It's okay," I said. "But you know, don't you." "I can tell," she said. "And I don't have a problem with who you like. I don't usually talk this way around Cody, but since he's not here for the moment, people who don't like gays can fuck off." I laughed, but then looked at her. "You definitely don't hold back when Cody's out of the room don't you," I said. "My family, at least the majority of them," she began. "They're homophobic among other things and I don't want Cody in that kind of environment." "I wouldn't want him around that kind of thing either," I said. "I'm glad to hear that," Melissa responded. Our waiter's name was Bret and he eventually brought out our food. Cody was back by this time and they looked at one another when Bret was passing out the plates. Cody smiled at him and he paused for a moment, then smiled back. The ice had been broken, at least I hoped so. Once we finished lunch, I went to use the restroom and when I got out of the stall, I saw Bret standing at the sink washing his hands. He looked at me and I faced him while we dried our hands. "I'm Kevin," I said. "I remember from when you said your name when I first saw you today," he said smiling. "I'm Bret as you probably remember me saying earlier and from what you see on my nametag." "I'm glad to meet you," I said. "I'm glad to meet you also," he said shaking my hand "I'm sure you are," I said. "Definitely," he said. "Look, I don't want to seem too outspoken, but I saw how your friend was looking at me. Seems like he was kind of jealous." "Maybe," I said. "But he's not going to beat you up or anything." "That's good to know," Bret said. "I'll just come out and say it though, you and I both know that we're family to one another." "I get that vibe too," I said. "Only, I have eyes for my friend. Yeah, we just met Yesterday, but I'm seeing where this goes and I hope it can go towards more than friendship." "That's cool," Bret said looking down at the floor. "I'll respect what you're saying, but I hope we can hang out outside this place sometime, maybe the three of us." "I'd like that," I said. "I go to Sangger High," Bret said. "I'm a senior, and I just started last month, but I kind of keep to myself. That's why you haven't seen me around much." "I see," I said. "Well, let's exchange numbers and I'll talk to my friend. His name's Cody by the way." "Cool," he said. Once back at the table, Bret and Cody introduced themselves to one another and we all exchanged numbers. Melissa talked to Bret for a moment, then we left the restaurant after paying. Once back home, Melissa went to lay down for a bit and we thanked her for a nice lunch. That left Cody and I alone and we went for a walk for a bit. On our walk, we came to a tree that was close to the woods behind his house. We walked past it and continued walking. "This has been a really nice day," Cody said smiling at me. "I also think that Bret will be cool to hang out with whenever we all three get together." "Me too," I said. We talked a little more, about what kinds of music we like and everything else. Eventually though, we came back to the tree and I sat down and he did the same. He put an arm around my shoulders and I did the same. He looked at me and I looked deeply in to his eyes. I then moved my face away breaking the eye contact after a moment and smiled at him. "I really do enjoy you Cody," I said. "You've made me really happy and I can't picture my life without you in it." "I feel the same way about you too Kevvy," he said. "You're so wonderful and kind. You've been so nice to me and you haven't made fun of me and I really like you for that." "I like that you've been kind to me as well," I replied. I hugged him and we just sat like that for a while, just holding one another and not saying anything. There wasn't anything to say. We eventually went back to the house and after Cody did some drawing and I did some along with him, we had dinner and then watched a little TV. Eventually though, he was getting tired and I knew that Melissa was fading quickly. She said when we got home from lunch that we could work out sleeping arrangements and Cody and I talked while sitting against the tree on our walk. He asked me if I could sleep in his room with him and I immediately agreed and smiled. Once we said good night to his mom, we went to his room. I began to remove my clothes to get a shower and Cody was removing his own to wrap a towel around himself so he could wait for me to shower. He said that I could go first and I went in and closed the bathroom door. I opened the door to the walk-in shower stall and closed it. Once the water was running, I began to lather up. While getting myself soaped up, I kept thinking about when Cody removed his boxers which was the last thing to go. I got a quick glance of his cock and his ball sack. I didn't get a chance to see every inch of it, but I saw enough to get me Horney. Once I began to lather up my own cock which was fully erect and leaking with precum, I began stroking. I couldn't help it. I saw Cody's smooth and silky skin in my mind's eye. I saw his beautiful smile and sweet blue eyes. I then began to imagine him naked and on top of me. I thought about him kissing me from my neck, and down to my stomach and then I thought about him taking my cock in his mouth and sucking me to an amazing orgasm. I started imagining his hands rubbing my balls and moving around to caress my cheeks and I would be exploding in his mouth. That's when I came for real and I bit down on the insides of my lips to keep from screaming. I could be loud when coming and I'd usually try to jack off when no one was home so that they wouldn't hear me. Somehow, I was able to stay quiet and then my orgasm was over. 0000 Once it was Cody's turn to get in the shower, he began washing himself. He could see a small bit of what he figured was cum in the drain. He figured that Kevvy had just jacked off while showering. That made him want to do it too, and he remembered when Kevvy had undressed and before he put his towel around him, Cody got a glimpse of his shaft. It wasn't hard, but it was big, even though it was soft. Cody thought about that while his hand began to slide up and down his own erect and twitching shaft. He began stroking faster and faster and he pictured himself lying on his back and Kevvy moving his mouth up and down the length of Cody's shaft. His orgasm hit hard and he jerked his head back as he came harder than he had ever done before. He kept his mouth tightly shut to keep from screaming with how good it felt and soon his coming was over and he did what he could to maintain his balance. Once he finished his shower, he got out and dried off, then returned to the bedroom. 0000 Kevin I lay on Cody's bed with the sheet and covers pulled down to the foot of the bed so we could grab them and pull them up over us when we both went to sleep. I looked to my right to see Cody coming out of the bathroom and he was unwrapping his towel. He put it in the clothes hamper and he was completely naked. I stared intently at him and I saw his cock which was soft, but even though it wasn't hard, it was still big. It looked to be around six inches soft and I figured that it might be around seven or eight when hard. It had what looked like a large amount of foreskin around the head as well as being rather thick. It hung nicely over his balls which were covered with a few hairs, but the hair looked soft and silky. I knew he saw me staring and he smiled at me, then our eyes met for a moment. He then looked away and got a pair of boxers out of the top drore of his dresser and put them on, then came over to where I was lying. I was lying on the side of the bed that was up against the wall and he got in so that I was now on the inside of the bed. He lay on his left side facing me and I started to turn to face him, but he put a hand on my cheek stopping me. I looked at him and he took that same hand and began rubbing my chest gently and then moving on to my stomach to rub gently and softly. I was beginning to get hard, but I was also beginning to get more relaxed to where I felt like I could fall asleep. "How does that feel Kevvy?" he asked softly. "That feels really good," I said sleepily. "I'm glad," he responded. Soon, I was drifting off and I opened my eyes long enough to see Cody move down to the foot of the bed and pull the sheet and covers up and over us both and once the covers were up to our necks, he turned to me and took me in his arms. My head was in the hollow of his neck and as I began to fall asleep, I heard him talking. "You're my truly best friend Kevvy. I'll always keep you safe and I'll never do anything to hurt you. You'll always be safe and happy with me. Good night my best friend." "Good night my wonderful best friend," I said sleepily and soon I was asleep with Cody holding me in his arms and the warmth of his skin on mine making me feel safe, warm and loved. Author's Notes I hope everyone is enjoying the developing storyline between Kevin and Cody. Bret will be playing a large role in this story as well. So everyone take care and I'll see you guys in Chapter 10.