Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 17:25:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt McDougal Subject: Because You Make Me - 5 Legal Stuff: Pretty typical... This story is about a budding relationship between homosexual teenagers. This means there will be sexually explicit material. If you're too young to read then don't get caught doing so. If it's illegal for you to read this type of material then you probably shouldn't be doing that either. This story is copyrighted so please do not duplicate, in whole or are in part, without my prior written permission. If you'd like to e-mail me, you can send it to av8ormatt@yahoo.com. This story is part fiction, part fact but all the names and places have been changed to protect the identity of the people involved. The first three chapters came out pretty quickly but with things winding back up at the end of summer, updates are going to be a little further apart. So while I'll make every effort to get new chapters out every few days, it may be upwards of two weeks if I'm really swamped. Chapter 5 is a short one but Chapter 6 will be another long one. Thanks again to everyone writing in, I really appreciate it. But most of all, a huge thank you to my brilliant editor Wildman for putting up with my shit constantly. You're totally awesome, the best. You know that right? ------------------------ Because You Make Me Chapter 5 -- You Never Know By: Meester Matt Mikey was pacing impatiently by the escalator for World's Waterpark as Danny and I made our way down WEM Street West. "Hey Matty! Hey Danny!" He called, when he spotted us walking towards him. "Hey Mike!" Danny said. "Ready to go?" "Yeah, I'm going to kick your ass at bumper cars so watch out." I laughed and shook my head at Mikey's cockyness. "Since when can 11 year olds swear?" Danny teased, looking at me. Mikey play punched Danny's shoulder. "I haven't a fucking clue. This little shit has the foulest fucking mouth I have ever fucking heard and I have no fucking idea where he gets that shit." I replied, trying hard to hold my laughter. Mikey play punched me too. "Spaz!" I laughed back at him. He grinned and nodded proudly. I walked over to the large glass wall that separated the mall from the Waterpark and looked down at the wave pool. Mikey was right, it was packed. There were hardly any open blue areas of water left - most being taken up by a plethora of yellow riding tubes. I could see about 25 people waiting for the water slides on the far side. The concrete sun deck was jam-packed with people sitting on garden chairs and beach towels. I don't know how anyone can enjoy themselves with that many people around. "Can we go already?" Mikey asked, tugging at my jersey. "Okay, okay, calm down spaz!" I replied. I looked at Danny and shook my head. He laughed and threw a wink my way. The three of us walked back to Galaxyland and spent a few hours catering to all of Mikey's wishes. But after two hours of continuous bumper cars, giant swings and arcade games, I was getting a little tired. "Why don't we go on the Pendulum for a few turns, there's never anyone on it." I asked, hoping for a chance to sit down. "I just want to sit down for a bit." I added. "What about the Mindbender then?" Mikey asked. "Let's go on that after the Pendulum. I'm feeling kind of tired too." Danny to the rescue! I flashed him a grateful look. "Awwwww, okay." Mikey reluctantly agreed. Sure enough, there was no line for the Pendulum. We showed our passes and picked 3 seats together in the dead center of the arm. Mikey sat to my left and Danny to my right. We waited a couple of minutes for some other people to get on (what a surprise) before the giant arm started moving. Before long, it was rocking back and forth at a good pace. "So we'll ride for 3 or 4 turns, then check out the Mindbender?" I asked Mike. We were hanging upside down at this point. "Fine. But we get to go on the Mindbender a couple of times. Then we'll do the Space Shot." He said. "Okay, I can live with that." I felt Danny take my hand in his under the harness. I looked over at him and smiled, squeezing his hand. We had a Matty and Danny moment until the ride started slowing down. Reluctantly, I tore my gaze away from Danny and looked back at Mikey. He was looking at me curiously. I shot him a `what's wrong?' look but instead of replying, he stuck his head further out the opening of the harness to look at Danny. He looked back at me, tilted his head slightly and turned to look straight ahead. I grabbed Mikey's arm under the harness and shook it, trying to get his attention. He gave me an emotionless glance and mouthed the words "after" to me. I slumped back in my seat and waited for the ride to stop. He must have seen us holding hands. Sigh. The harnesses released and I quickly let go of Danny's hand. Mikey started to get up. "Wait, aren't we going to go on this a couple of more times?" I asked Mike. "I want to go on the Mindbender now." He replied, the emotionless expression still plastered on his face. I looked at Danny. He seemed oblivious to what was going on between Mike and me. I raised my eyebrows as if to say `what's his problem?' and he shrugged before releasing his own seatbelt. Danny waited for me to get up since Mikey had already walked down the exit ramp. We walked towards the Mindbender but I felt drained. If Mike saw what I thought he saw, and thought what I thought he did, then I'm in shit. I was sure my knees would give out at some point in the next few minutes. We caught up to Mike by the Space Shot since he stopped to tie his shoe. "Danny, can you go get us a spot in line?" He asked. Danny agreed and walked off ahead of us. I can't say I was happy he was leaving us alone but I had to talk to Mike. "What is with you all of a sudden??" I asked him. The blood had long since drained from my face. He didn't answer right away and concentrated on retying his shoes. When he finished, he looked up at me. "Not here, we'll talk after." Mikey may be my baby brother but he's pretty good at sensing when I'm happy, sad, or scared. I knew he could see my fear because he gave me a reassuring smile and patted me twice on the shoulder. I managed a weak grin in reply. "Don't worry, it's cool." He said. I nodded thoughtfully and we continued walking towards the Mindbender. When we caught up to Danny in line, there were about 5 people ahead of him. "I call Danny." Mikey said. I shrugged and looked at Danny. He grinned and winked at me. I wanted to make out with his eyes but with Mikey on to me, it's not something I was about to risk. Instead, the three of us made small talk for a few minutes until the boarding gate opened. The bunch of us piled into the assortment of cars. We ended up in the third car; Danny and Mike in the first row and me in the second. Once our harnesses were in place, the car launched forward up the track. Everyone screamed during the first twisting plunge to the bottom. I shoved my head back against the head rest and tried to make a silly face so that we could take home a picture of the 3 of us. The Mindbender is such a rush. It's something like the 12th most intense roller coaster in the world or something like that. As we streaked through the double loops, I saw the bright flash from the cameras go off. Twenty seconds later it was all over and we came to a grinding halt at the boarding platform. Mikey was out of the car and on the platform before anyone else (as usual). From the looks of things, he was all set to go again too. Danny and I followed him through the exit over to the souvenir stand to check out our pictures. They turned out great. We each had goofy faces so we bought a couple of copies for the bunch of us. "Let's go again except this time I'm riding with Matty." Mikey declared. We stood in line a second time. When it was our turn to ride, Mikey jumped in the first car. In the very first row. I don't know about you, but I'd much rather NOT ride in the first row, on (in) the first car. But whatever, I sat down beside him. Danny sat behind me, and someone else beside him. I looked over at Mikey. He was grinning like a mad man. I kicked him as best I could in the cramped car. It wasn't much harder than a weak tap. I couldn't move my legs! Mikey cracked up at my feeble attempt to hit him. I laughed myself and pulled my harness in place. At least HE's having fun. I'm about to shit my pants here afraid of what he knows. Or doesn't know. Maybe I'm being the spaz now. Whatever. A minute later we were off. That first plunge really is brutal. Especially when you're in the first car. It was fun though! The pictures from this run were pretty good too, so we bought another set. Mikey had enough of the roller coaster so we worked our way back up the stairs towards the Space Shot. My cell phone rang and the Caller ID said it was my mom calling. "Hello?" "Hi sweetie, where are you guys?" She asked. "We're still at Galaxyland, we just got off the Mindbender." I replied. "It's almost 6, so why don't you meet us by the Waterpark and we'll make our way over to the hotel. Then we'll go get something to eat." "Ok, I guess we'll see you in 10 minutes or so." I replied. "Ok, see you soon." "Bye." I flipped my phone shut and shoved it back in my pocket. "Mom wants us to start heading back to the Waterpark so we can go check-in at the hotel." "Awww, can we come back after then?" Mikey whined. "After dinner, don't worry spaz!" We took our time walking back to the Waterpark. Mikey walked ahead of Danny and me, who were side by side. There was a pickup hockey game being played at the Ice Palace so we stopped for a couple of minutes to walk. I was sure to make lame remarks about Edmonton's `talented' hockey team. When we reached the meeting point, my parents still weren't there. Mikey walked over to one of the shops nearby to buy a Candy Apple. He came back a couple of minutes later with a caramel coated one. "Hey, give me a bite." I said. "Fuck you, go get your own!" Danny was laughing at us. "I just want a bite, not the whole thing, come on! It's going to spoil your dinner retard!" "You're going to eat it all!" He protested. "No I won't, I swear, I just want a bite." He reluctantly handed it to me and I took a small bite. I handed it back to him, well, tried to because he grabbed it away from me. The little shit. "See? I didn't eat it all fucknut." The little shit was too wrapped up in stuffing his face to hear me. I turned to Danny and shook my head. He was still giggling at us. I bumped his shoulder to shut him up. "What do you want to do tonight?" I asked Danny. "I dunno, we could check out the Waterpark I guess? If it's not too busy." "Mikey wants rides but whatever, we've babysat all day. We could go see a late movie too, after he goes to sleep?" I replied. "Yeah, sure, we could do that." "Cool." We bumped fists. "Hey guys, there are mom and dad." Mikey called out. He was already walking towards them. We met up with my parents and checked-in at Fantasyland. Thankfully, we got the truck-themed room and my parents ended up in the Canadian Rail room. Danny, Mikey and I went back to the Montana to dig out our luggage to bring inside. I brought my parents stuff and dropped it off at their room. "We'll meet up in an hour for dinner ok? Come to our room when you guys are ready to go." My dad said, after I dropped off their suitcases. "Ok, cya later." I replied. Back in our room, Mikey had called shotgun on the truck bed. That left Danny and I to share the car-shaped bunk beds in the corner. "Not fair! I wanted the top!" I whined. Danny had was laying down on the top bunk. His body looked fantastic from eye level height, laying perfectly flat. I bet he tastes better than the candy apple... "It's big enough for both of us. If you want it THAT bad we can share you big baby." He laughed. I shrugged, climbed up the ladder and pounced on him. "Hey you two, cut it out! You're going to break that thing!" Mikey yelled. I rolled off Danny and sat on the edge of the bed, my feet dangling over the side. "I feel like having a shower." I declared. Danny and Mikey mumbled in agreement. "Can I go first, I want to wash this chlorine off me." Mikey said. "Yeah, sure, go ahead." Mikey and I held eye contact for a moment before he headed into the bathroom. When the door shut, I turned to Danny. He was lying on his back, absently staring at the ceiling. I called his name but he was lost in his own little world. I covered his eyes to get his attention. Finally, he shifted his gaze to me. I smiled at him and asked him if he wanted to watch some TV. He nodded yes and I pulled him up before jumping off the upper level of the bunk bed onto the floor below. He climbed down the ladder instead, giving me a great view of his cute bubble butt. I dropped onto the couch across from the TV and turned it on with the remote. I flipped through the channels waiting for Danny to slowly make his way over to where I was sitting. I settled on an episode of South Park on the Comedy Network. Danny sat down beside me and we watched Kenny be killed until Mikey emerged from the bathroom. "That shower's great, it has one of those vibrating shower heads!" Exclaimed Mikey. "Oh cool!" Danny replied. "I want to go second then!" I laughed at his eagerness to try out the vibrating shower and playfully pushed him off the couch. He went over to his bag and retrieved a clean pair of boxers before heading over to take his shower. Mikey came to sit down beside me and we watched the last couple of minutes of South Park. I was tense, afraid of the discussion I knew was coming. When the closing credits came up, Mikey finally spoke. "We need to talk Matt." He sounded so mature. I nodded without looking at him and turned off the TV. The blood started to drain from my face. "Not here though. When we get home ok?" I swallowed nervously and nodded again, still facing the now blank TV. I felt him nudge my shoulder. I turned to look at him smiling up at me. "Calm down, it's nothing bad." He said. I didn't react so he leaned over and hugged me briefly. I finally mustered enough strength to hug him back. Mike broke the hug, pecked me on the cheek and leaned over to pick up the remote off the couch. He turned the TV back on and channel surfed before settling on American Hot Rod. Mikey leaned into me and rested his head against my shoulder. I put my right arm around him and held him gently. This was pretty standard for us when we watched TV together at home. Danny emerged from the bathroom ten minutes later wearing only a pair of boxers. I stole a couple of quick glances at him while he shuffled around trying to find something to wear. Mikey caught me staring and elbowed me in the arm. I yelped and turned to him. He was grinning like a fool and winked at me. I knew right then and there that he knew about me. And that he was ok with it. It took me a few seconds to react but I shot him a quick smile and elbowed him back. Danny finally put on some clothes, much to the relief of my rock hard dick, and came to sit with us on the couch. He sat to my left on the small couch and squished up against me. We sat like that for a few minutes watching TV (waiting for my erection to go down) before I got up to take my shower. I rooted around in my bag for some clothes to wear and walked into the bathroom. Mike was right, the vibrating shower spray felt great. I stood under the water for 10 minutes before going through my usual shower ritual. And for all you pervs, no, I didn't jack off! I'm saving that till later :). I shut off the water and stepped out to dry off under the heat lamp. I wiped down quickly with a towel and pulled on my boxers. I decided to test Danny's reaction to my umm... lack of clothing. I stepped out of the bathroom wearing nothing but my boxers and casually walked over to the TV area where the guys were sitting. Mikey glanced at me briefly but otherwise ignored me. Danny, on the other hand, kept stealing quick glances at me as I sat down on the end chair. I pulled on my jeans and t-shirt, making sure to be as seductive as possible. I caught him staring at me as I fiddled with the button on my jeans and shot him a toothy grin. I threw in a wink for good measure. You should have seen him blush! It was so cute! When I finished dressing, I sat down beside him on the couch. They were still watching American Hot Rod. I looked at the clock across the room and suppressed a yawn. It was 6:45, we still had 15 minutes to kill. I casually draped an arm over Danny and tapped Mikey on the shoulder. "Do you want to tell mom and dad we're ready?" I asked him. He shrugged and looked back at the TV. "Doesn't matter, we may as well just wait until 7, I want to see what happens here." He said, pointing to the TV. I nodded to myself and went back to watching the screen. I left my arm draped over Danny's shoulders and I felt him slowly snuggle back against it. I pulled my arm back towards me slightly so I could stroke his shoulder. The closing credits for American Hot Rod came up and we all got up to head over to my parents room. They were waiting for us outside their door when we got there. Not surprisingly, everyone wanted something different for dinner. My parents went to Booker's Steak House and Danny, Mikey and I went to Hooters. I know what you're thinking... and you're right. I mean I can appreciate a hot girl but... not interested thanks very much. I suggested we eat there more as a test to gauge Danny's reaction than anything else. Plus, I figured it would be fun for Mikey. We sat down at a corner booth and our waitress, Cindy, came to take our drink orders. She was maybe early 20's, a decent rack, blonde hair... totally my type. We all had iced tea. Danny and I ordered chicken strips and Mikey ordered wings. It was pretty funny to watch Mikey checking out the eye candy. He just couldn't keep his eyes off the waitress' tits. I kicked him lightly under the table to get his attention and flashed him an evil grin. He smiled sheepishly in reply and said "I can't help it!" Danny and I made small talk until our dinners arrived 10 minutes later. Danny paid no attention to any of the waitresses throughout dinner. What straight guy would do that? Look at Mikey! Not even a forklift could lift his jaw off the ground. At one point, he commented that one brunette waitress had to have double D's. Danny and I both looked over and mumbled some sort of awkward agreement. I think we surprised each other with our lack of enthusiasm towards the finer sex, because when we made eye contact after our mumbled agreement, we both blushed and looked away. I heard Mikey giggle but I didn't dare look up at him. I paid for our dinner and we headed back into the mall. Mikey wanted to swing by the arcade so we hung out there for a half hour or so. Danny and I must have spent $10 each on credits for the racing games. There's a really cool one called Stunts that has the most realistic driving dynamics of any arcade racing game I have ever played. I mean, you actually have to start the car and drive standard. So you can stall it, have to push the clutch to start the car, etc. It was awesome. I am DEFINITELY going back to play that one again. I think Mikey spent the whole time playing first person shooters but I'm not sure. I wasn't paying attention :). Danny and I were in the middle of an Indy 500 race, him in the lead, when Mike came whining that he was bored and wanted to leave. "Just a minute, let us finish this!" I answered. I heard him sigh and chuckled to myself. He can be so mature one minute, and a complete kid the next. I never get tired of that. Long story short, Danny won that round. Don't worry, I'll get him next time around :-D! We mutually agreed to check out the World's Waterpark and headed back to our hotel room for our swim gear. I think we're all change room shy because we took turns changing into our swim trunks and wore them under our clothes. Mikey was the last to change, and he always takes forever for some reason. So while we waited, Danny and I watched a bit of TV. A new episode of Corner Gas was on Comedy Network so we had a few good laughs watching that. I love that show. The hotel room was a little cool and my arms were freezing, wearing only a t-shirt. I shivered a little. "Are you cold?" I asked Danny. "I find it so cold in here." He looked over at me and shook his head no. "I'm always warm for some reason. The cold doesn't really bother me." He replied. I figured that was as good an excuse as any to snuggle up against him. He grinned and wrapped an arm around me, gently rubbing my freezing cold arm in an attempt to warm me up. He really was warm. It felt great to be leaning against him like that. I heard a thump come from the general direction of the bathroom followed by Mikey telling something to fuck off. I looked at Danny and we cracked up. The little shit finally got out of the bathroom and we couldn't help but laugh again. "What were you doing in there?" Danny asked him. "Yeah, it sounded like you were having a little bit too much fun!" I added. "Oh shut up you ass! My feet got all tangled up in that stupid backpack." Mikey pointed to the backpack he had thrown onto the bed containing his shit. Danny and I cracked up again. I was laughing so hard I almost fell off the couch. Mike just glared at me, shaking his head. He held it together pretty good for a minute or so but before long, he was laughing along with us. He sat himself down beside me on the couch and looked at me curiously, since I was still leaning up against Danny with his arm around me. "I'm cold." I explained. He nodded and scooted up against my left side. He was nice and warm too. We sat there for a couple more minutes watching the end of Corner Gas. I could see Mikey look at us every few moments in the corner of my eye. When the credits came up, I peeled myself away from Danny and stood up. I reached out with both arms to help the other two up. "Let's get out of here." I said. Mikey jumped up without my help and ran over to the door to put on his sandals. Danny, however, took my hand and I pulled him up. But neither of us let go and we ended up holding hands a little longer than we probably should have. We hit the wave pool first. It wasn't very crowded so we had a lot of space to fool around. Mike insisted on having a yellow tube to float around in so I rented one to shut him up. We let him float around and went off to do our own thing. We mostly hung out near the wave maker, waiting for the next round of tidal waves. So we splashed, swam, played tag... basically did anything we could to pass the time. It was clean fun okay? No grab-assing under water or anything like that. But it got boring pretty quick so we got out and went over to the waterslides. They're pretty cool, I wish we had one in our backyard. And that was it. We stayed for a couple of hours, until the park closed, and went back to our hotel room. Danny showered first and while he was doing that, I went to see if my parents were in. There was no answer so I guess they were out walking around or something. When I got back to the room, Danny had finished showering and was watching TV. The shower was running so Mike was taking his turn. I plopped myself down beside Danny on the couch and leaned my head on his shoulder. His arm automatically came up around my shoulders and pulled me closer to him. "Are you still ok with me sharing the top bunk? Cause I don't like sleeping on the bottom one^Å" I asked Danny. "Of course, it's not like we've never slept together before." We giggled at his comment and he shifted around to face me. I stared back at him, lost in his eyes. The shower was still running in the background. I couldn't take this anymore... we obviously feel for each other, I needed to make the next move. "You're like me aren't you?" I whispered to him, point blank. I surprised myself with the question, especially since I didn't give myself a chance to think things over. He tilted his head slightly, pretending not to understand what I was asking. Actually, what he was doing was giving me a way out. I was becoming nervous. I took a deep breath and tried again. "Danny... I--I'm... gay." He blinked but didn't react. I continued. "And..." Big gulp. "I... really... really like you." There was an awkward pause where neither of us said anything. We just stared at each other, making out with our eyes. Danny shifted and I flinched, expecting a punch or some other lethal reaction. Instead, I felt his warm hands cup my face and his moist breath against my nose. I opened my eyes just as he leaned in to peck my nose. I let out a huge sigh, and Danny leaned back to look me in the eye. He gulped before speaking. "I really like you too Matthew." He whispered. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him to me. I kissed him deeply on the lips. He wrapped his arms around my back and pulled me closer still, our lips mashing together. It was amazing; the electricity flowing between us could have lit the city of Edmonton and the surrounding area. I pulled back and grinned sheepishly. Danny giggled and leaned in to peck me one more time on the lips. "I love you Daniel." "I love you Matthew." And we kissed again.