Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 10:38:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: jacobmillertex@aol.com
Subject: Jacob Finding His Way: Chapter 31

{Jacob Finding His Way is based on mostly true events in my life. To keep
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Written by J.P.G.


		Chapter 31

(JACOB'S POINT OF VIEW)

We sat there making sure all of our ducks are in a row for dealing with
David. I started thinking to myself that I already have so many balls in
the air! How am I going to handle another one? David is a close friend to
me so I will find a way to do it.

I was hurt when Beth thought we were going the wrong way with David. I got
the feeling that she wanted to give up on him. Then she explained what she
meant. She was hurting alongside David. After hearing what David went
through, no one could help getting emotional over it. Nobody here has
really heard all what he has gone through yet, however.

As I went to wake up David to eat, I checked up on Jeremy. Jeremy was
already in his room coloring in his book. He seemed content with what he
was doing. I reclosed the door walking towards David's room.

I knocked and got no answer. I opened the door and didn't see David in
bed. I looked over to the bathroom and saw the light on. I walked over and
knocked. Still no answer so I tried to open the door. There was something
blocking the door from opening. I started to get worried.

In ran into Chase's room to enter the bathroom from his door. It was
unlocked when I tried it. I opened the door and was shocked with what I
saw. David was lying on the floor surrounded by several bottles of pills on
the floor.

I kicked the bottles out of my way as I moved to David. I got on my knees
holding onto David. He barely opened his eyes when he spoke; "All I want to
do is get some sleep please Josh, please let me get some sleep!"

"No David please stay awake for me, STAY AWAKE DAVID!"

I yelled for help and in a flash Beth and the guys showed up. Tom ran into
the bathroom pushing everyone out of the way. He held onto David yelling at
him asking why he did it, why?

I turned to the guys and started barking out orders. I asked Andy to stay
with Jeremy so we don't have a repeat of last time. I told Chase to call
for an ambulance and the rest of us would stay here to keep David awake.

Beth grabbed wash cloths from the cabinet and started getting them wet. She
placed them on David's face. They were very cold with the water coming from
the faucet . Tom and I kept talking to David. Both of us slapping him to
stay awake.

Tom picked up David and put him over the toilet. He opened David's mouth
and stuck his fingers down David's throat to make him gag and throw
up. After several attempts, David finally threw up. Tom pulled David from
the toilet and held him in his lap with his arms wrapped around him the
entire time.

"I am so sorry guys. All I wanted was a night of sleep. Please, just let me
sleep!"

"There is no need to be sorry, but we will not let you sleep either. You
took too many pills, David. Stay awake for us David, please!" I kneeled
over him putting a cold cloth on him.

Chase came running into the bathroom with the paramedics. They pushed us
out of the way to look at David. They started taking his vitals and then
looked at us.

"What did the kid take? He was overdosing on something!"

"We don't know what he took. I found him like this. The bottles are all
over the floor here, as you can see."

They looked at the empty pill bottles and then looked up at us again.

"Who is Jacob Hernandez? These pills belong to him!"

"I am sir and I have script to have them!"
 "You might have a legal script, but he doesn't to take them!"

"I didn't give him the pills to take, you..."

"Stop it now! You are not a cop, you are a paramedic. Do your job and we
will explain to the cops what happen if asked!" You could hear the anger in
Tom's voice as he spoke.

The paramedics started working on David. They put him on the stretcher and
took him out to the ambulance. Tom, Beth, Chase and I followed them out the
door to be stopped by officers. I knew they wanted to know what happened
here.

"Tom, you and Beth go ahead and go with David. Chase and I will stay back
and speak with the officers here."

"If you need anything from Beth or me, please send Chase over."

Tom opened to the passenger door for Beth to get into his car. They
followed the ambulance out to the street and down. I walked over to the
officers to answer any questions they may have.

"So can you boys tell me what happened here tonight?" One of the officers
asked leaning against his cruiser.

"Well officer the short version of it is that one of the guys that lives
here got raped. He his going through the aftermath of that rape and he
isn't handling it well. He is in therapy and getting all the needed
care. At least we thought so until tonight!

He must have gone into my room and grabbed my pills and downed them
all. All he wanted was to sleep. My pills cause drowsiness and he must have
read the warning labels about that. He is just going through a rough patch
in his life right now" I said giving the officers all the information I
thought they needed.

"No matter what, we have to write this up!"

"Sir I am not trying to throw names around or anything but the guy that is
being rushed to the hospital right now is the son of the newly seated judge
on the State Supreme Court. We really would like it if there isn't any
paperwork involving his son."

I went to my back pocket and pulled out my wallet. I was given several
cards to give out in cases like this. I handed the officers the card and
they just looked at it. They walked to their cruiser and radioed something
in.

A few minutes later the officers walk back to us.

"Ok guys you can go and please let the judge know this was just a verbal
warning. We will not write it up. I will report it as a prank out of
respect to the judge."  With that the officers left. I looked at Chase and
couldn't believe what just happened. It is true that highly placed
individuals do get special treatment. I will never use my money like
that. No one should get this kind of treatment no matter who they are.

(TOM'S POINT OF VIEW)

I am driving right behind the ambulance matching their speed. I can't
believe David did what he did. I now know he needs more help than we can
give him. We drove into the parking lot of Providence Hospital and parked.

I ran into the Emergency Room catching up with the gurney. They were trying
to ask David questions and he wasn't responding to any of the questions. I
tried to call out to David and see if he would reply to my voice. No luck
with that either!

Before I knew it, I was pushed out into the waiting room. I sat there
waiting for any news about David. I looked around and saw it was a busy
night in the Emergency Room. The waiting room was filled with family either
waiting for a loved one or waiting to be seen.

I felt patting on my shoulder. I looked up and saw a man in a white coat. I
figured it was the doctor. He didn't look to happy at all.

"Are you with David, I don't have his last name here. The kid that was
brought in with a drug overdose?"

"Yes sir I am with David!"

"Where are his parents, son?"

"They live in Austin, Texas right now. His father was just named to the
court. But I am his boyfriend!"

"Well I figure since you are the only one..."

Just then Jacob and Chase walked into the door. I was relieved to see
Jake. He can handle this kind of thing a lot better then I can.

"Doctor please, this is Jacob Hernandez. David's father left him in charge
of his son!"

"As I was saying about David. We pumped his stomach and got the pills
out. At least most of them. He will need to stay here overnight then he
will be placed on a seventy two hour psych hold. He tried to kill
himself. We want to make sure he will not try to do it again."

"I have no problem with your plan. Do me a favor when he is pulled up in to
whatever floor that is going to observe him; make sure you call in his
therapist, Dr. Frankston. David has been seeing Dr. Frankston because he
was raped a couple weeks ago. That is why he tried to down the pills
today. I really don't think he was trying to kill himself. He just wanted
to get some sleep without nightmares" I informed the Doctor.

"I have no problem calling the therapist that has been working with David
on this issue. In fact it is best he stays with the same one. Also it is
best to let them decide what he tried or didn't try to do. You guys will
not be able to see David for the seventy hour hold. It is best we keep him
away from everything that might have caused this."

I looked at the doctor and then back over to Jake and Chase. I know the
doctor is right, so we had better go. I thanked the doctor as I was
leaving. Jake just looked at me, but followed with Chase. I knew by the way
Jake was looking at me; he didn't like what I just did.

(JACOB'S POINT OF VIEW)

All the way home I sat behind the wheel angrier then I have been in a very
long time. We don't just give up on one another like Tom just did. Yeah
when he is moved up to whatever floor to be observed we cannot see him but
while he is in the ER we can. Plus Tom didn't even ask what we needed to
take to David while he stays there.

When we got home, Chase out down and went in first. I followed slamming the
front door as I entered. It rattled the pictures on the wall near the
door. Tom walked out and just looked at me.

"Tom, you had no right doing what you did! NO DAMN RIGHT!" I said with a
very raised voice.

"What do you mean I had no right? David is my boyfriend! So that gives me
all the right!" Tom retorted.

"What to give up on David because things got a little harder?"

"Come on Jake; nobody is giving up on David. So don't go there!" Chase
spoke up for the first time on the subject.

"Come on; none of you guys liked the idea of what we talked about
earlier. You all just agreed to do it because I asked."

"Jake you have no right questioning my motives or love for David. You are
just his friend."

"That is right I am just his friend, but I was left in charge of him by his
father. That gives me more right than any of you!" I said still with my
voice raised.

"Don't go there Jake! You never wanted that and made that clear to
everyone."

"What the hell are you talking about Tom? I have never once said that
before and you all know that!"

Beth walked in trying to quiet us down. We were going back and forth on the
same subject of David. Even Beth started to agree with Tom, David and Joey
about leaving David in the hospital for a longer period of time than
seventy two hours.

When they all jumped on the band wagon, I just lost it. I just tore them
all a new one. They know they deserved it.

"I don't give up on my friends or family. I don't push them onto others
when it gets too hard to handle. That is the time when we have to try even
harder to help our friends or family. I don't ever want to hear anyone
around me give up or say bad things about my friends. If you all don't want
to help David, then fuck you all.

I will go it alone! Tom, if you are not going to support David then get the
hell out of my house. Don't come back no matter what. As long as you give
up on David you are no longer welcome in my home anymore. You have no say
on David's treatment and I had better not hear about you talking to his
doctors about his treatment.

You guys don't understand that this is not the time to give up on David. I
don't want to hear any of you talking about defeat. We, or at least I, are
not defeated dealing with and helping David. In fact this has just renewed
my spirit. So, from now on don't say a thing about David unless it to help
or give positive encouragement for him. If you don't like it, get the hell
out with Tom!"

With that I stormed out of the den and up the stairs. I didn't even want to
hear them make excuses about wanting to push all this onto the hospital to
take care of now. I know David needs more help than we realized. Still,
David needs his friends and loved ones around. This isn't the time to give
up on David. In fact we need to be there even more.

Joey walked in our room about thirty minutes after I stormed out of the den
He looked over to me. He looked like he wanted to tell me something.

"Jake you know this is my house as well. I should have some say on who is
welcome here and who isn't!"

"Joey we need to get control of this house. Everyone in this house is
running this house. We own the house, not them. They walk around as if they
are kings of the castle. I will not put up with that from anyone.

To top it all off I could have been arrested tonight. You don't understand
that. All I was guilty of was keeping my own medicine in my own house."

"Look Jake you have most of your family living in this house. I haven't
said a word. You allowed Chase to stay here, and again I didn't argue with
you about it. But on this subject you are wrong and need to apologize to
everyone for the way you handled yourself!"

"Fuck no! I will not! If they don't like the way I talked to them, then
they could leave as well. Plus, you have no right throwing what you just
threw at me. We spoke about every move we made dealing with those that have
moved into this house. We have agreed together it was ok. That includes
your mom and sister as well. So don't ever throw this shit at me again."

"Either Jake you apologize to me for what you just said and every one in
the den or I will move out of this house!"

"Don't threaten me, Joey! Move out if you choose to. Who's stopping you? I
am not standing in your way. It is so weird you are putting up a huge stand
when I threw Tom out but you had no problem with Tom and the others
basically throwing David to the curb tonight."

Joey just looked at me. There was disbelief that I called his bluff. He
will either swallow his pride or walk out. If he walks out this time, I
will not take him back. Joey walked into the closet and grabbed several
suitcases. He threw them on the bed as he started packing.

"I will only tell you this once Joey. If you leave this house tonight, it
will be for good. I will not take you back again. This will be the third
time you have left me. I will not allow a fourth time. So think long and
hard about what you are doing. Is this really worth ending our relationship
over?"

"Why don't you trust me and let me into the decision making in this house?"

"Several nights I have woken up in the middle of the night not to find you
in bed. I looked over to see if you were in the bathroom, and you were
not. One night got worried, so I walked downstairs looking for you one
night several weeks ago and saw you and Tom in the den, Do I need to tell
you what I saw you two doing?

I am tried of this Joey. You need to make up your mind right here and right
now to be faithful to me. I will no longer worry about this issue
again. Also if you leave, you will leave only with your clothes and truck."

Joey just looked at me when I said my peace. He didn't know I saw him and
Tom in the den several weeks ago. I was so angry at that time, I couldn't
think straight. Joey sat down on the bed putting his head into his hands.

"Jake I don't know what we are doing anymore. I love you and only you. I
cannot explain or tell you any in other way then just that. I love you
Jake. Yes I was downstairs several nights, but it consoling Tom. He is
hurting more deeply than we all are for what happened to David.  We have
gotten past all this before and never spoken about it again. I swore to you
then, and I swear to you now.  I will never cheat on you again. I have kept
that promise. I swear I have kept that promise!

That night we were just talking about what had happened to David. Tom was
hurting and I tried to console him. Tom started crying, not understanding
what he can do to help David. The only thing I knew to do was to just hold
him. I held him until he stopped crying. Jake, Tom is hurting really bad
just like you if not more so.

Now I see why you were so angry with Tom tonight. I haven't gotten a good
track record with you trusting me when it comes down to Tom and David. If I
was in your shoes that night and saw what you saw, I would have probably
thought the same thing as you did. We need to give Tom a break and help him
along the way as well?"

I walked over to Joey and sat down with him on the bed.

"Look Joey we started dating our freshman year. I know you are my first and
I believe I am your first as well. Maybe we went way too fast with this. We
went from being boyfriends to living together to owning property
together. You never got a chance to see what is really like out
there. Maybe what I've seen is why I think you are always cheating on me
when you aren't anymore."

"I love you Jake and nothing will ever change that. Yeah, you are right
about us being the firsts for each of us. But doesn't it say a lot about us
with all what we have gone through already in life and we are still
together? Another thing neither of us made choices about the circumstances
of our lives that brought us to this point. We have played the hands we
were both dealt and I think we have done pretty well and we've had some
luck to help out.  I don't want to ever imagine a day without you Jake."

"I don't want to imagine that either. I want you to be happy and if it
isn't with me, then you need to find the one that will make you happy."

"It is being with you Jake! You are the one and the only. I know it in my
heart!"

"One of the things I feel we have done wrong is that we keep pushing things
to the back burner. Once an issue is over, we forget about it and don't
talk about it anymore. All these things we keep pushing to the back burner
are now boiling over. A simple incident like tonight causes all that stuff
on the back burner to boil over. I want to take care of that right here
tonight."

We sat there in our room talking about every single thing we have pushed
away. We got closure on every past subject and issue. We had to or our
relationship would be doomed. I know Joey loves me as much as I love him. I
love him with every ounce in my being. He is the world to me. I know this
saying has been used way to many times. I mean it though when I use it. I
would die for the love that Joey gives me.

As we talked I realized I was taking on way too much. I needed to take off
a lot of the weight that is on my shoulders. I need to be more like a
teenager enjoying my high school years and not being a grown up at this
young age.

We went to bed with the air cleared for the first time in years. I don't
know what I am going to do about Tom. Joey is right on one thing. Tom will
be hanging around the house once David comes home. I will not tell David
about what happened here tonight. I will find a way to talk with Tom
tomorrow and fix this.

I also need to learn to either ask more questions about whatever happens
before I blow my top, or stick around or watch the entire scene unfold. If
I had done that the night in question, I would have seen Joey consoling Tom
not cheating on me. We don't walk out of a movie in the middle. We will
never know the ending of that movie. That goes here as well. I jumped the
gun on what I thought was going on between those two.

When I finally got ready for bed. I remembered David used my pills to sleep
as he said. I didn't have any extras in the house. The pain is already
there and is only going to get worse. I scrambled around looking for at
least one pain pill and had no luck finding one.

By morning I was in so much pain, I could hardly move. The pain was so
strong up and down my spine; well everywhere, I was almost in tears. How I
got myself out of bed, I don't know. I tried to relax my body in a hot
shower, but it didn't work.

Somehow I got dressed through the pain. The first thing I did was call
Dr. Whitmore's office. I looked over at the clock and realized the time and
knew the office was closed. In my wallet I have Dr. Whitmore's personal
numbers. I really felt bad using them.

The phone only rang twice when Dr. Whitmore answered. He was surprised to
hear me on the line. At first he thought something was wrong with me. When
I told him the story about David leading into last night, Dr. Whitmore was
stunned to hear the news.

He instantly understood why I needed a refill. He agreed to meet me at
Walgreens to get me my medicine. I asked Andy to drive me to Walgreens
because Joey was already at practice, and to top it all off it was uniform
day for ROTC.

Andy saw that I was in so much pain; he kept asking if he could do anything
to help me. I thanked him, but the only thing that could help me right then
was my medicine. When we drove up to Walgreens Dr. Whitmore was already
waiting for us.

He got out of his car and headed over to Andy and me. He looked at me
shaking his head.

"Jake my boy why didn't you call me last night. You cannot be without your
medications, none of your medications, but most importantly, the pain
pills. If your pain gets out of control it can actually cause you to have a
heart attack."

"Don't bother getting out of the csr! I will go in and get your
refills. Andy would you please come with me. I already called them in for
Jake."

Andy got out of the car and walked in with Dr. Whitmore. I sat there
thinking more about last night. I should never let things get to me so I
end up mad like it did last night. Right then and there I decided to follow
whatever the doctors recommend for David. I will not fight them to get
David home soon if it isn't good for him. I need to get rid of all the
stress in my life. It is totally weird for me to be saying this at such a
young age.

Andy and Dr. Whitmore came out with my medications very quickly. Andy gave
me an orange juice and Dr. Whitmore gave me the pills I needed to take. He
actually took my pulse and blood pressure right there in the parking lot.

The look on his face worried me. Whatever it is isn't good.

"Jake we need to get your blood pressure down and your heart rate is all
over the place. The pain you are in right now caused all this. The pills
are going to take too long to kick in. I am worried you might go into some
kind of seizure or even have a heart attack."

Dr. Whitmore went to his car and got his bag. When he came back, he
actually set in the driver seat of the car. He pulled out a needle and a
bottle.

"Look Jake I am going to give you a quarter of what you need for the
pain. But it will work immediately. It will hold you over to allow your
pills to kick in. Don't ever do this again Jake. I keep warning you about
your health and you keep testing the limits. I know you didn't call me to
lecture you. I love you Jake, like you are my son. Please take care of
yourself better than this."

"I promise I will Dr. Whitmore. I didn't want to disturb you at home last
night. I really felt bad calling you this morning for help. You have done
so much for me and here I am asking for some more."

"Don't worry Jake! That is what I am here for. You are all patched up and
ready to go."

I said goodbye to Dr. Whitmore and thanked him once again. Andy drove me to
school and dropped me off. I barely made it for first period. I ran to my
locker and then to class. Joey just sat there looking at me with a look of
concern.

I whispered to Joey and told him what happened. He looked at me and
conveyed his concern about my health. We didn't stay too long on the
subject because class started and we had to pay attention.

By second period I was walking in a daze. I knew my pain medicine kicked in
already. I also had the shot still running through my body. Dr. Whitmore
told me I might feel this way for an hour or so.  By lunch I was back to
normal and I was hungry as well. We grabbed our lunch and sat at the same
table as usual. We were talking as if nothing had happened in the house
last night. Chase and Tom were both there.

Tom just kept looking at me all through lunch. Finally, when we got up, he
pulled me to the side to talk. I stopped him before he said a word.

"Tom let's just leave it in the past my friend. I know you love David and
didn't mean the way it came out last night. We all were tired, worried,
stressing, and had no idea what is coming next. We say the wrong things
when we feel like that. So let's just chuck it up to a really bad night."

Tom agreed with what I said. There was no need to talk about what was said
to one another last night. It was over with so it was time to move
on. Friendships, just like relationships, will be tested. You can tell when
you have a true friend when the tests come up and they don't break the
bond.

After lunch there was a Battalion meeting. Major Moore was no longer
stressing about the newsletter. It came from the printers that morning. Now
all Major Moore needs to stress about is the mid-year drill meet; I know we
are going to win it without a problem. That means we will earn another trip
to state over in Dallas.

During our inspection Major Moore got a lot stricter with the way the
cadets were wearing their uniforms. Where they were getting gigged was with
mistakes that should not be happening now. These mistakes are beginning of
the year mistakes. We cannot be going down hill before the second DAI
inspection.

Major Moore called Joey and me into his office when we walked in from the
inspection. He went over the inspection with us. He stressed, or let's say,
made it clear to both of us these mistakes should not be occurring anymore.

He excused Joey from the office in order to speak with me alone. We went
over the promotion board, the funds in the account, and any ideas to
correct the small mistakes happening with the cadets. When the bell rang,
Major Moore was satisfied with the solutions on the topics we talked about.

"I will miss these talks with you when you graduate. I know I have you for
this year and next. Still we all know how fast time goes."

Major Moore got up and shook my hand before excusing me to leave. I ran to
catch up with Joey. All of my limbs are now working once again. I really
don't want to go through what I went through last night again.

The rest of the afternoon classes went by fast. I got called over to the
computer lab. At first I didn't understand why until I walked in. My math
teacher was there with a couple of students in front of a couple of
computers.  "Jake, thanks for coming on such short notice! I need your help
with an issue with a program we are trying to do. You are really good in
math, and I need a new set of eyes on this problem; eyes that are not worn
out already from looking at computer screens!"

It seemed everyone started talking at once about what they were trying to
do. I had picked up computer programming through my math teacher. In order
to program you need to be good in math.

I looked at the program a couple of times. With in minutes I saw at least
one of the mistakes they had made. Some of their go-to lines and sub lines
were being directed to the wrong directories. What surprised me was that
when they entered the run command at the c prompt; it didn't come up with
the error. It just didn't run at all.

I changed a couple of lines, but it still didn't work. I kept looking in
the program. I then looked at the math equation in the program. It didn't
look right for the program they were trying to create. They were making
their own Pac-Man game.

It only took me a few minutes to fool with the math in the program to get
it right. Once I felt it was right I saved it in a new directory. I was
certain it would work and when I typed in the command to run, it did.

The game came onto the screen music and all. It was pretty cool for the
technology we had at hand. I came to the conclusion that this was a team
project. Everyone was jumping for joy when their program worked.

They thanked me for helping them out. Once I saw I was no longer needed, I
left. I needed to get to track practice before the bell. My legs were still
wobbly from the pain episode. I figured running would do me some good.

When I got out to the track, I was wrong. I started my warm up run when my
legs just gave out from beneath me. Before I knew it, my face was sliding
on the concrete. Man did it hurt when I got up. I was embarrassed as the
team came running up to me.

I couldn't get up. My legs just wouldn't get feeling in them again. The
coach and a couple of team members helped me to the bleachers.

"Jake what is going on? Why aren't you able to move your legs?"

"I don't know coach! I know I had a bad night, but I just don't know."

I sat there until Joey came running up. Several guys went over to get him
from football practice for me. Joey was still in his pads as he came
running up to me. One thing I knew was still working started to stand
straight up once I saw Joey.

"Jake what is going on babe?"

"I don't know Joey! I really don't why legs just stopped working. I need to
talk with Dr. Whitmore to find out." As Joey was picking me, the nurse came
running over.

"What is going on over here?"

"None of us knew what was going on. Jakes legs just quit on him as he was
running the track. It was the strangest thing I have ever seen" Coach said
looking straight at the nurse as he was pointing at me!

The nurse came over and asked me several questions. I answered them the
best that I could. She asked to see the medicine I got this morning. Joey
went over and pulled them out of the bag.

"Which pill did you take last Jake?"

I pulled the bottle from him that helped with my blood count. The medicine
is to help fight off infection that might get into my blood stream. The
nurse looked at the bottle then she looked at the pills. She looked up at
me with a weird look on her face.

She left heading to the main coach's office. A few minutes later she
returned with a worried look on her face.

"Ok Jake I just spoke with Dr. Whitmore on the phone. I told him what was
going on. I told him what I thought was wrong. The pill you took wasn't for
what you thought. Whoever filled your script actually gave you the wrong
pill.

Dr. Whitmore told me as long as you only took one there isn't really that
much to worry about. It is already in your system. He is about to go into
surgery so he told me what to do."

The nurse reached into her bag and pulled out a banana bag. She hooked it
up and ran the line into my vein. This was suppose to flush out my system.

While I was sitting there, I told Joey to go back to practice. There wasn't
any need to have both of us on the sideline like this. At first Joey
refused then he agreed but obviously not wanting to.

About twenty minutes later I started feeling my legs again. At the same
time I really needed to use the restroom. Flushing my system really was
working in many ways. The nurse came up and took my vitals. She had me move
my legs around.

"Ok Jake it looks like we don't need to use a second bag. The one bag did
the trick. Dr. Whitmore's office called in your medicine again and wants
you to pick it up. He wants me to tell you to look at the pills. By now you
should know what the pills look like. If they look different in anyway,
don't take them until you talk with him."

"Yes ma'am I will do that. Are we done here? I really need to use the
restroom!"

The nurse laughed and pulled out the IV. The minute she did that, I got up
and ran in place. Yeah my legs were back again. I walked to the locker room
to take a piss. When I was done, I headed back out to the track. I headed
over to the coach to let him know I was ok and ready to practice. The coach
actually refused to let me for the rest of the afternoon.

The rest of the evening I just sat around the house relaxing allowing all
my meds to kick in! Joey hovered around me all evening long like a mother
hen.  He was upset with himself for not noticing I was in pain all night
long. He was not going to make that mistake twice.

By the next morning everything was better. I slept like a baby cuddled up
naked around my naked Joey. The day was uneventful to say the least. Me and
all the guys tried to see David after school, but were not allowed. When I
got home I started to think it was strange that David's dad hadn't come
down or at least called about what had happened.

After school on Thursday we were finally allowed to visit with David. When
we walked into his room, I was surprised seeing how good David looked.

"Hey man how are you feeling" I said?

David just looked down to his bed. I walked over to his bed and sat down on
it. I leaned in and grabbed his chin to lift his face to look at him.

"You listen to me David and listen well. I don't want to ever see you like
this. You have nothing to be ashamed of with me, or any of us. What you
went through and are still going through was very hard. I can't blame you
for wanting what you wanted the other night.  We are here for you and will
never think poorly of you!"

I let go of David's chin and he leaned into my shoulder. He started to cry
and I just held him. I know he felt embarrassed and didn't want to see
us. I wanted to convey to him that there wasn't anything to worry about.

Tom sat down on the bed and held onto David's hand. We all just started
talking about anything except the hospital and `that' night. While we were
talking, Dr. Frankston walked in. He looked around then at David.

"Who here are Jacob Hernandez and Beth Alvarez?"

Both Beth and I stood up and looked at the doctor.

"I have heard a lot about you two. Still it is nice to put a face to the
names. Ok, what we are going to do here with David is going to be
simple. First we are going to release him today to you two under certain
conditions. He will need to see me three times a week in my office. He will
need to take the script for depression medication I will give him. And
finally he needs to return to school and his life as normal."

"Can we follow those ground rules?"

I looked over at Beth and we both shook our head in the
affirmative. Dr. Frankfort left to prepare the paperwork for David to go
home. We all just joked and teased David. He seemed a lot better today then
he has been in the last couple of weeks. I think it has a lot to do with
the depression medication he is on.

Just like any hospital, it takes them hours to release the patients. When
David got released we went out to eat. Once again we sat there talking
about everything under the sun except what happened in the house. David
looked good and he also seemed well rested.

A little after eight we started our way home! Joey got so involved with
what we were talking about that he actually missed our block. It really
wasn't a problem. We just had to go around the block in order to get home.

The houses on this block are a lot smaller than the houses on ours. I
really didn't understand why. The houses are only a block down, but it
seemed we were driving in a different part of town. I looked over an saw
the house directly behind ours.

"Hey Joey stop here and let me out!"

Joey just looked at me like I was crazy. He stopped and I got out of the
truck.

"Why are you getting out here Jake? We are almost home!"

"I know I just need to get some fresh air that's all. I will see you guys
at home!"

Joey hesitated at first but drove off. I walked up to the house that was
directly behind ours. It was a simple single story home. The biggest it
could be inside was maybe three bedrooms and two baths.  What really caught
my attention at first was the for sale sign on the lawn.

I looked around the yard making my way to the house. The yard was well
kept, grass on the lawn, trimmed, with bushes around the side of the
house. Two big trees were in the front that looked like they had been there
for years. The entire house was rocked in.

Let me explain about the yards here in El Paso. Most yards have
landscaping, because of the hot weather we have. If you have time and
patience you would have grass but that was very rare to. We don't have
fences like most areas in the country with gates, bricks, or even wooden
fences. We have what is called adobe walls. The walls that separate the
homes here are made out of huge rocks cemented together as they are built
up to a point.

I saw there were lights on in the house so I took my chances and rang the
doorbell. Within seconds an older gentleman, maybe in his seventy's, opened
the door.

"Yes how may I help you young man?"

"Sir I noticed you have a for sale sign up in your yard without a
number. Is your home still for sale?"

"Yes it is young man. Please come on in and take a load off!"

I followed the older gentleman in; as he shut the door he lead me to the
living room. An older woman, around the same age, was sitting watching
television. I looked around the part of the house I could see before anyone
spoke again.

"Sir I own the house right there behind you. We accidently drove past our
block and when we drove by your house and saw the for sale sign on the
lawn. I was wondering if you could give me some details of the home."

The older guy introduced himself as Mr. Mills. I introduced myself and we
started to chat about the house. They were the original owners of the
home. When the home was built, none of the bigger houses like I have were
around. I was right about it being a three bedroom.  It also had two full
baths, a living room, den and kitchen.

"The reason we are selling the house is simple. We are getting up there in
age. Also we just can't get around like we used to when we were
younger. Never take your age for granted Jake!" Mr. Mills started to hit
his knee.

"Oh no I understand where you are coming from. Life is way too short! What
is your asking price for the home?"

"The market is good for buyers right now. I am sure you know that Jake. I
am pretty sure you got your home at a steal!"

"That's for sure! I did get my home for rock bottom and then some!"

"We own the house outright. You won't need to bother with banks with us. We
can work the deal together if you buy the house. I know I will not get the
value of the house. I would still will like to get close to it id I
can. Look, you look like an honest kid Jake! I will give you a good price."

We sat there for another fifteen minutes and discussed the price and the
date I could take possession of the house if I bought it. They would need
at least a couple of weeks to move out to the retirement community. They
already have a place on hold and were ready to move into it.

So I showed up at a perfect time for them. I felt good when they told me
that they would not leave the money to their kids; instead they planned to
take cruises and vacations around the world with the money they got for the
sale of the home.

No one else had even stopped by to see about the home. I am the only one
right now interested in the house. As I was leaving, I told Mr. Mills I
would get back to them tomorrow. I don't think he believed me but he was
polite about it.

On my walk home I thought what perfect luck this was, finding a house right
behind mine own and for sale! Let me explain why I was looking at the
house.  I just hope that Joey doesn't find out about it.

I want to buy the home for Joey's mother and sister to live in. It really
would be an add-on to our house. All we have to do is knock down the back
wall that separates the two properties.

Anyway as I was saying about me wanting to buy the house!  It isn't right
for Joey's mother to be living in the basement of our home. Joey and I gave
my mom a house and look at the way she is treating us. I am not looking for
special treatment or anything like that, just some due respect.

Of course the house would be given with strings attached. Let me explain
that too. As you know, I have wanted to lessen the workload that I have. In
return for the home, I would want her to help out more with Jeremy. Jeremy
will stay in my house, but she will help with the taking care of him when I
need to take a breather or doing school events or simply being a teen. I
want to make sure I have someone always there to take care of Jeremy.

She can also continue helping us around the house like she has been
doing. In return, I would continue to pay for food and cost of living. What
I have in mind is a kind of a live in caretaker. I know Joey gives her
money to buy things. I know he will continue doing that.

The moment I walked in the door. I was jumped by millions of questions. I
just told everyone I needed to stretch my legs. They started to get worried
and didn't want what happened to me at the beginning of the week to happen
again.

Joey and I went to bed kind of early. When I looked at the clock I realized
it was only nine thirty. I peeked over Joey's shoulder and saw he was still
awake. We were already naked and cuddled up with each other.

I started to kiss Joey on the back of his neck. I made my way up and down
his neck. I pressed my nose into his hair. I just love Joey's scent. It
makes me go wild!

"I see someone is feeling better babe!" Joey chortled.

Joey reached over his side and slid his hands into my groin.

"Oh yeah I was right, you are feeling frisky tonight!"

Joey flipped over and we started kissing. We didn't let each other go even
to take a breath. While we were kissing, Joey entwined our legs
together. We started rubbing our groins together. It was dick on dick since
we sleep in the nude.

Joey slowly and gently put me on my back. He started making his way down my
neck, then chest all the way to my dick. Along the way Joey played with my
nipples with his teeth. He made his way to my belly button and started
circling around. The minute he stuck his tongue in my belly button, I
jumped.

Then without warning he had my entire hard dick down his throat. He was
going up and down. Each time he came up, he actually had my dick completely
out of his mouth.

"Man, babe you don't know how much I have wanted this from you!" Joey said
in a low, growly voice.

After Joey said that, he went right back down on me. He released my dick
and threw my legs into the air. He started to tea bag me at first. Then he
worked his way down to my ass and started sticking his tongue in and out of
my ass. It was making me go crazy.

I was finally able to pull Joey back up to me! We started kissing again,
but this time I moved Joey to his back. I worked my way down to his nipples
then his belly button. I played with each nipple for a while making Joey
toss around on the bed.

The minute I put his hard shaft into my mouth, Joey started to moan. When
Joey moans it gets me more into the lovemaking. I just love it when Joey
moans and tosses around on the bed when I go down on him.

It didn't take long for Joey to cum. He didn't even warn me when he was
about to shoot. He just shot load after load into my mouth. I just slurped
all up, not allowing a drop to fall from my mouth.

Because Joey didn't warn me I kept his dick in my mouth longer than I
normally did. I know Joey and he is very sensitive after shooting. I often
wonder if he could shoot again right after he shoots.

There's no time like the present to find out. I didn't let Joey's dick fall
from my mouth. No matter how much or loud Joey started to scream. Joey was
trying to wiggle his way from beneath me. I was not going to allow him to
escape.

 While I was going up and down on Joey, I actually was able to get some of
his cum on my fingers. I used it as lubricant to penetrate Joey. First I
stuck in one finger then two, and finally three with in minutes of each
other.

The screaming went back to moaning. I know Joey is really enjoying it. I
was finger fucking him and sucking his dick at the same time. I wanted to
see if I could get Joey to cum again. Sure enough, in a bit of time he
exploded again in my mouth.

Just like the first time. He shot at least six or seven times. I wasn't
going to lose any of his juice. I sucked Joey dry for the second time
within fifteen minutes. I looked up at Joey as I released his dick from my
mouth and slipped my fingers out of his hot ass. I saw he was completely
out of breath.

I crawled up along side of him, as he caught his breath I started to jerk
myself off. I needed to relieve myself and soon. I know it isn't going to
take me long to do so. Joey opened his eyes and saw what I was doing. He
slapped my hands away and replaced them with his.

Once again Joey had my dick in his mouth. This time I was moaning in
pleasure. I couldn't believe how good Joey always makes me feel when we
make love.

"I am going to cum Joey; please I am going to cum!"

Joey didn't even pay attention to my warning. I shot into his mouth over
and over again. I know I shot a huge load, I just didn't know how
much. Joey did swallow it all just like I had.

Joey crawled up next to me wrapping his arms around me. We lay there on top
of our sheets holding each other. I never wanted this night, or feeling, to
ever end. Before I knew it, I was out. I didn't wake up until the alarm did
its annoying job.

I jumped up and ran to the bathroom. I wanted to go in with Joey, but he
had already left. I showered quickly and went down for breakfast. Beth
already had it on the table when I got down stairs. I looked at her as I
took a seat.

"Beth, could I talk with you a minute please?"

"Sure honey whatever you want to talk about, lay it on me."

Beth pulled up a seat at the table holding her coffee mug. I am really
starting to care for her more like a mother. Hell, she is way cooler to
Joey and me compared to my so-called mother.

"Beth are you happy living down there in the basement?"

"Yes, why do you ask?"

"Well you do plenty around here at the house. We really keep you busy. Now
I am wondering if you could help me more with Jeremy. Not like watching him
overnight or anything like that. Just if Joey and I want to go out on a
date or a school thing pops up. Maybe as simple as spending time with Joey
in our room you could help out with Jeremy!"

"By the smile on my son's face this morning and the noise that was coming
in from the vents last night I know you and my son are not having any lost
time in the love making department!"

I know my face turned red as a beet. I knew we were loud, but not that
loud!

"No need to be embarrassed Jake. I know you and my son do the nasty up
there. And of course I will help you more with Jeremy. Just tell me
whenever you need the helping hand. I will be here. I have no plans on
going anywhere."

I just looked at Beth. How unbelievable she was as compared to my mom. I
knew if I asked her for help like this, she wouldn't throw the whole thing
in my face like my mom warning me about not bringing Jeremy here and how
much time it takes to take care of him. But not Beth, she rolls with the
punches!

"But what does that have to do with me living in the basement Jake?"

"Well I really didn't want to tell you until I did the deal. But what the
heck, no one else is looking into it. Come with me to the back yard!"

Both Beth and I got up and walked over to the back door, and then
outside. I escorted her to the back wall that divided my house and the
house I was looking to buy.

"You see the house over there Beth?" I pointed to the house over the
wall. Beth shook her head in the positive. "The older couple that lives in
it is selling it. It is a three bedroom, with two full baths, kitchen,
living room and dining room."

"Why are you telling me this Jake?"

"Because Beth I am planning on buying that house for you today! In fact I
talked to the couple yesterday and got all the information about it. This
will be Joey's and my gift to you for helping us out in the house. We know
you do a whole lot for us."

"But Jake this house is a block away. How in the world am I going to get to
you guys if you need me really fast?"

"It will be very easy Beth for you to get to us anytime of the day. I plan
on making a walk way from this house to that house!" I pointed to my house
first then to the Miller's. "We will need to knock down some of this wall
of course. But that wouldn't matter since we are family!"

Beth just smiled at me when I told her what I had planned to do. Right then
Mr. and Mrs. Miller walked out to their back yard.  "Hello there Jake my
boy, how are you doing this morning?"

"I am doing great Mr. and Mrs. Miller! I want you to meet my mother Beth!"

Beth shook hands with the Miller's over the wall. She was still smiling
from the news I had just given her.

"Mr. and Mrs. Miller I want to buy your house for sure!"

"Wow that sounds good Jake. All you need to do is get a bank to give you
the money and it is a done deal."

"Well Mr. and Mrs. Miller it is already a done deal. I have a little money
in the bank. Enough to cover what you are asking! I will go to the bank
this morning and pull the money for the deal."

"Why don't we all go to the bank and get the entire deal done this
morning. What bank do you bank with?"

"Bank of the West is my bank. Where do you do all your banking at?"

"Believe it or not at the same bank you do Jake. I know the owner of the
bank really well. You know it is a local bank and that is how I know
him. We went to school together. He almost married my Mrs. but I got her
first."

"I knew the bank was locally owned. That was why I banked with them. I want
my money to stay where I live. But I didn't know you knew the owner. That
will make it a lot easier to get this done."

We quickly made plans for how we were going to get this done. I didn't want
to miss the entire day of school but in order to get this kind of thing
done it could only happen during school hours.

I asked Beth to come with me. Andy agreed to stay with Jeremy and watch
over him until we got back. It wasn't going to be a lot of work for
Andy. Jeremy's teacher and caretaker that changes out his bag and deals
with his shots will be there the entire day.

Beth called into the school for me before we left the house. All Beth could
say on the way to the bank was `thank you' and how much this meant to
her. I told her the same deal with the house as Joey and I have with my
mom.

The house will be under Beth, Joey's and my name. In order to sell it she
would need to have all of our signatures to do so. Also the rest of the
same rules, if you want to call them rules, we have with my mom.

It took us longer to get downtown than normal. A deal like this has to be
done at the main office which is downtown. We had to fight the morning
traffic. Damn, I forgot all about the morning traffic. At least we will be
the first in the bank to get the deal done.

(TOM'S POINT OF VIEW)

The minute we got home everyone hovered over David. I started thinking it
was way too much attention given to him on his first day back. I started
thinking maybe David would freak out on us or something.

Even Jeremy got into all the excitement at the house. Jeremy really doesn't
know what is going on. He just sees everyone else talking and hovering
around David, so why not him? But with Jeremy I know it is purely honest.

Don't get me wrong I know the rest of the guys are doing it because they
care for David as I do. Just Jeremy is like a child and doesn't know
evil. So he cannot be doing this because of evil intentions.

I sat there watching the guys talking to David as we watched television. Or
at least the T.V. was on, but no one was really watching it. I started
thinking why did Jacob want to get off a block away from the house.

I know we had a difference of opinion, but we solved it and cleared up a
bunch of other nagging issues. So why did Jacob feel the need to get out?
He used the excuse of his legs, but that problem was because he was given
the wrong medicine. I really hope Jacob and his grandfather take some kind
of action against the pharmacy that did that.

The guys and I were still talking when Jacob walked through the door. Boy
he took a while to walk just a block. I knew the block was pretty big, but
it took him awhile. Jacob walked in and joined us. No mention of why he did
what he did. He just picked up where we were talking.

When I saw Jacob get up and head to the kitchen I followed him. My mind was
going crazy with weird theories on why he got out. I know he and Joey had
fought really the other night, but again they talked it out. Those guys
have fights, nowhere near some couples I know. And again, these guys talk
it out and never split up over stupid things.

"Hey Jacob can I ask you why you honestly got out of the truck a block
away? I know as well as you do that it wasn't because of your legs! What's
up man, tell me?"

Jake just turned around and looked at me. I think he was stunned that I
actually asked him what the real reason was that he got out of the truck.

"Tom you are right it wasn't because of my legs. I needed to take care of
something I saw as we drove by one of the houses."

"I thought you guys didn't know your neighbors!"

"We really don't know our neighbors. I think Beth has gotten to know the
neighbors more then we have. I just saw something that I wanted to look
into."

"May I ask what it was?"

"You may ask, but I may not answer!"

I was surprised with the answer Jake just gave me. He normally never hides
or keeps things from us. Now he was starting to not trust me on
things. Plus the way he was talking to me surprised me. Let me put it this
way! He never had spoken down to me the way he was doing now.

"Jake I understand we have to rebuild the trust you think I destroyed
between us. But I don't deserve being talked down to. Fine don't tell me
why you got out of the truck, but please treat me with respect like you
always have. Even when I broke up with David, you gave me respect."

"Sorry Tom if you are getting the feeling I am talking down to you. I
didn't mean to send you that message. I want this to be a surprise for Joey
and his mother when I do say something about it."

I just looked at Jake! I know I had a big smile on my face, because I loved
surprises even if the surprise wasn't for me.

"Look Tom, I saw the house behind us is for sale. It is a smaller home but
it is directly behind us. I want to buy it as a gift for Beth. She and Fran
deserve their own house and to not to be living in the basement. That
apartment is for guests for a short period of time."

"That is damn cool of you Jake. You have always had a big heart. You care
so much for those around your inner circle. I am glad to be part of that
circle! My lips are sealed as of this moment. No one will hear the news
from me."

"Thanks Tom I believe you won't say a word. And without a doubt you are
part of my inner circle as you say. You and I may have had our differences,
but that hasn't destroyed the friendship between us."

Jake came up to me and gave me a hug before he rejoined the guys! I really
felt more than ever before that I was part of this family.

I noticed when I returned to the guys. David looked really tired. I went
over to David to help him out of his seat. We said our goodnights and
headed up to the room. I have started calling it David and my' room. I have
been spending more time here than I have at home. My mother thinks I have
moved in with David and the guys due to the time I spend here.

Ever since David got raped, he doesn't sleep nude anymore. He either sleeps
in the clothes he is wearing or actually changes into running pants and
t-shirt. So I started to change into a pair of running pants and t-shirt to
sleep in too.

After David took his meds, we crawled into bed together. As we crawled in
David surprised me. He actually moved into my chest and grabbed my arms. He
wrapped my arm around his chest and snuggled into me. That really felt good
to me. I think things are going to get better from now on.

The minute David wrapped my arm around his chest he fell to sleep. With the
rhythm of his heart it actually put me to sleep also. As I drifted to sleep
I thought of what was to come for me. I know now I cannot go a day without
David. These last four days were the worst days of my life since I lost
David the first time.

(JOEY'S POINT OF VIEW)

The sun woke me up coming through the blinds of the window. I knew it was
time for me to get up and out to practice. I looked over to Jacob and just
sat there looking at him. He really looked like an angel sleeping there.

Jake has this peacefulness about him when he is asleep like nothing is
bothering him. He had this smile on his face. Well not really a full-blown
smile, just half there. His eyes closed but cracked just a little where I
could see his eyeballs dancing around in there.

Jake had his arm around me, like he does every morning. He holds onto me
for dear life. I feel so at ease when I know he is holding onto me as we
sleep. I gently moved his arm off of me so I could get going.

I didn't even have time to eat and talk with my mom on the way out. I was
running so late to practice already, I grabbed my food and headed out the
door.

I barely finished my breakfast when I drove into the school parking lot. I
got out of the truck and ran to football practice. Just like before, the
coach caught me sneaking in. I know whoever created this locker room made
it this way. They put the offices of the coach looking straight at the
front door. It was to catch anyone sneaking in or out.

I had to run five more stadiums than the other guys for coming in late. It
was worth it. I had a night of making love with Jacob. I wouldn't trade
that in for twenty extra stadiums. Maybe twenty-one, but not twenty; just
kidding, nothing can replace what we did.

From football I headed over to rifle team practice and shot awhile. I
really have the shooting down. I would need to be out of practice and not
shooting in tournaments for months to take me out of rhythm.

I saved Jake his spot for breakfast as the guys filled the table. As we
talked I started to notice the time. Jake wasn't here yet and it was
getting me worried. The bells rang; and still no Jake. With what happened
in the last week, I was now really worried.

I hoped when I got to our lockers he would be there. But Jake was nowhere
to be seen. All morning long I worried about Jake; he hadn't shown up at
school. I really didn't know what to think about this. I need to find out
where my boyfriend was.

Once the bell rang I went to the attendance office to borrow the phone. I
called the house and Andy answered the phone. When I heard Andy's voice
over the phone my nerves settled down a little. If Andy was at the house
answering the phone that meant there wasn't anything big going on with Jake
or even Jeremy.

"Andy where is Jake at? He has not shown up for school all morning."

"Jake went with your mother downtown on business. I believe it was a last
minute decision on Jake's part."

"Oh.  But everything is good over there? What I mean, Jake is fine and my
mom is fine as well?"

"Yeah everything is cool! Nothing to sweat over! I know Jake is looking
forward to your game tonight. I will let him know you called Joey!"

"Thanks for everything, Andy!"

As soon as I hung up with Andy I stopped worrying. I now knew where Jake
was and was doing fine. It was a last minute decision for him and my mother
to go downtown. If not I know Jake would have told me. He liked to keep me
informed on everything. Sometimes it bothers the crap out of me that he
does that. But I know he does it for my own good.

(JACOB'S POINT OF VIEW)

I couldn't believe how fast this transaction was with the bank today. We
were in and out within an hour and a half. I think it took us more time to
get to the bank than it did to take care of the business, but now we own
the house behind ours.

Beth and I stood by the cars talking with the Mills'. We wanted to
basically know when they would be out of the house. Of course we didn't ask
them straight out.

"I know Jake you have been staying away from the question of when you and
your family will be able to take over the house. To tell you the truth, I
thought you were nothing but hot air when I spoke with you last night."

"What... you are fifteen maybe sixteen years old? Where does a young man
like you come into this kind of money? Mrs. Mills over here recognized you
this morning in the sun. We watch a lot of news. That is what us old folks
do all day long with our time. Anyway, I now know who you are and how you
came up with the money. Sorry about everything you have gone through
already in your life."

"Thank you Mr. Mills. It has been a learning experience for me. It made me
realize at a young age not to take anything for granted. Not your life, not
those around you, and more so the partner you choose to live with for the
rest of your life."

It got very quiet when I finished saying what I said. I looked over at Beth
and saw she had tears in her eyes. I don't know what the tears were for;
she just had tears.

"Jake, we will be out of the house in two weeks. We will try for sooner
than that. It's possible we could even be gone within a week. I already
have the house packed. All we have to do is get the movers to come and pick
up our stuff and haul it away."

"There's no big hurry. I just need to plan for getting the furniture for
the house.  That's the main reason I wanted to know."

"No problem about asking. Let me give you keys to the house since the house
is yours already. I know you will not come in the middle of the night to
kill me or the Mrs."

Mr. Mills took off his house keys from his ring and started to hand them to
me. I tried to push them back. We own the house yeah, but they still live
in it. Still Mr. Mills insisted I take the keys and I did.

We had our phone numbers to the houses on the paperwork that we just
signed. Mr. Mills promised to call me within the next couple of days to let
me know when the house would be empty and ready for Beth to move in.

On the way home Beth was quiet. I gave her the house keys that Mr. Mills
gave me. I started thinking that this was the first real big thing she had
ever owned by herself.  With a smile on her face, Beth just looked so
content sitting there watching the buildings flying by. The minute the
house is empty, the first thing I am going to do is change all the locks in
the house. It is not that I don't trust the Mills', but you don't know whom
else they might have given a copy of the keys.

As we drove up to the house I noticed a figure standing at the front
door. I didn't know if he had knocked already, but I didn't recognize
whoever the guy was. I got out and yelled to him.

"May I help you sir?"

"You can if you are Mr. Jacob Hernandez!"

I looked at the guy as he walked towards me. He kept looking down at his
clipboard. He had to know he was talking to the person he was looking
for. I thought he was looking at a picture of me.

"Yes I am Jacob Hernandez! What do you need sir?"

He walked up to me and handed me a sheet of paper saying only four words
and walked away. "You have been served!"

I couldn't believe this crap. I looked down at the paper that has been
handed to me. Opening it up I wasn't surprised once I saw who was suing
me. My mom was at it again and this time she was actually taking me to
court.

TO BE CONTINUED...


{There is never a dull moment with Jacob and his friends. It looks like
Jake's mom is back and wants to take him to court. Why in the world does
she want to take her own son to court? Why can't she just leave well enough
alone? Jake gave her a house free of charge. The only strings attached to
the gift were of a business nature. I really hope Jake and Joey have worked
through their problems with each other. I really hate seeing them fight so
much. I know they love each other with all their hearts. It hurts seeing
them fight like they do. Jeremy seems to be settling in ok, or is he? Andy
is just sitting there in the background really not doing much. We know he
has this girlfriend. What has come about with that? Tom and David are
stronger than ever. Is David's rape going to make them stronger or break
them apart once and for all? Chase and his girlfriend; what is going on
there? We have not heard much in the last couple chapters about them. Hold
onto your hats guys, there is a so much to answer in the chapters to
come. Stick around and keep reading the future chapters, and enjoy! Please
email me and let me know how I am doing at jacobmillertex@aol.com, Thanks!}

EDITOR'S CORNER:

Yes, Jake and Joey have their ups and downs. For all that each has been
through with life, their young ages and the responsibilities they have
taken on, I think they are doing pretty well. I know adult relationships
with no outside responsibilities that don't do as well.

I was glad to see they put David on anti-depressant medication. Today, that
would have happened immediately, but anti-depressants in the time frame of
the story were new and not widely prescribed. This could hopefully be the
bridge needed to get David back to his normal self.

I was wondering when Jake's mom was going to stir things up again!  I'll
bet that before all is said and done on this issue, her dad is going to
take her in hand!  I can't wait until Jake informs his grandfather!

Andy needs to get off his ass and start being productive and contribute to
the household. Yes, he's there to help out with Jeremy, but that's not
nearly enough.

I enjoy the e-mails sent in asking me questions. I respond to each and
every one. I really loved the one reader that asked how Jacob ran across me
and how I became his Editor! Uncle Roger got his answer!  Jacob and I
started with a simple e-mail from me as a reader and I candidly told him
about his need for an Editor and I offered. He took me up on it and the
rest, as they say, is history.  Jacob and I have become fast friends and
vid-chat often on Skype. We've not met in person yet, but I suspect one day
we will.

Until next time, be well and be loving to those around your sphere of
influence. It pays off with huge returns!

"Daddy" Rick