Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 07:17:25 -0800 (PST) From: Randy Subject: Joey and Joshua Prelude 5b Joey and Joshua: The Prelude. Chapter 5B: Sealing. By Randy P. Copyright 2003 ------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: These stories are a work of fiction and contain descriptions of homosexual sex. Any resemblance to real people or events is coincidental. If this type of material offends you, or if you are forbidden by law to read it, please exit the story now. Email comments may be emailed to: usam1a2mbt@yahoo.com. Flames will be deleted without comment. The usual copyright laws apply. Note on the Prelude: This prelude is written to provide for the setup of the main story involving Joey and Joshua and contains time gaps that may or may not be expanded in the future. Dedication: This series is dedicated to my first true love, Scott. I'll never forget the fun and love we shared, Scott. I miss you terribly. I've decided to call one of the characters Scott in this story as a tribute to what we had, love. Special thank you's go to: Erotic Dreams for her editing, Todd, Maurice and Rowan for their assistance with this chapter. :) Thanks, folk. ------------------------------------------------------- 3 weeks later. "Todd, we have to get a picture of these two handsome men," my mom excitingly exclaimed. "They look so wonderful in these tuxedos!" My dad came into our living room trailed by Scott's parents, and I noticed both of our dads toting cameras. Scott and I gave each other resigned glances and when told to do so, we smiled our best for the pictures. Inwardly, I was so excited! Our big night had finally arrived, something I had been patiently waiting for. I couldn't believe that the wait was over and the final remaining minutes were sheer torture until I could get us alone and do what I had wanted for a long time now. I had some planned surprises for my heart of hearts on this special night; I'd been saving up for this event for over a year. I'd arranged to borrow my dad's car for the night to use in a trip to the fanciest (and most expensive) restaurant in town, the Bistro, run a master chef named Reynaldo who had set himself up in business. He was extremely adept at romantic settings, which is exactly what this would be. I'd arranged for a table in one of the secluded alcoves in the main dining room. That alone ate up most of the money I had left after buying the special surprise I had gotten for Scott. I had wanted one of the private rooms the Bistro had - but that was way beyond my means. After dinner, I'd present Scott the gift and seal us together for eternity. I couldn't wait! Afterwards, we'd go to the prom, get our pictures taken, out ourselves by kissing and dancing in front of the crowd. Then we would come home and truly show how much I loved him by our first foray into anal sex. But as usual, Murphy's Law intervened. Damn! After the pictures were taken, Brad came up to us and threw a money wrench into everything. His words shocked us, "Guys, the limo will be here in 15 minutes to take you to the Bistro. We have a table and a meal reserved for you in one of the private dining rooms, all paid for. Afterwards, the limo will take you to the prom and pick you up when you're ready to come home." Our jaws dropped as my dad spoke up, "Helen and I are spending the night at the Bumars so you two will have the house to yourselves tonight, along with some special surprises we've arranged." Noticing my face beginning to redden up with signs of anger, Scott said, "Josh, I think we need to talk alone for a minute. Come on; let's go to our bedroom. Excuse us for a few moments please everyone. Thanks!" I glared at the adults and walked fast into our bedroom with Scott following, leaving behind a group of very confused and anxious adults. Muttering under my breath, `damn it all to hell' I inwardly raged, `why do they have to interfere with this?' I went into our bedroom and sat down seething. Scott came in and closed the door behind him. "Josh, what's wrong?" He asked, a look of confusion on his face. "I had carefully planned everything for tonight and they go and screw everything up. I hate having my plans changed without them so much as talking to me," I ground out. "It really ticks me off." Scott came over and gave me a hug, holding me close, "Calm down, babe. I'm sure something can be worked out. Let's not ruin prom night over something as trivial as this, especially with all we have planned afterwards." I glared back for a moment, and after he met my glare with a steely gaze, I relented, "Yeah, you're right. I shouldn't have started to lose my temper out there. Sorry, buddy." He kissed me on the nose, "Nothing to forgive. I love you and you know that. I'll send our dads in and you can talk to them, okay?" "Okay." He gave me an intense kiss and left, wagging his ass as me. I loved him with all my heart. Remembering what I was going to do tonight, I started to get nervous again; my hands started to get wet, my heart pounded in my chest and I felt like I couldn't breathe. Geeze, why did this have to be so difficult? We loved each other so much -- and yet, this was going to be a major step for the both of us. And I think I'd have to tell Brad and Dad a little bit about what I was going to do, something I was not looking forward to. A moment later, a knock on the door caused me to look up as my dad and Brad came in, looking a bit perturbed. My dad opened up with, "Josh, why were you so upset about what we had proposed?" Sighing, I replied, "I had plans already made. We were going to have dinner at the Bistro, do a few things and go to the prom. The only things were the arrangements. Sorry I got upset about all of this; I wanted to do this on my own." Brad said, "Josh, we only wanted to make tonight special for your "coming out as a couple" night that you told us you were planning to do. We worked from the assumption that you'd plan something similar to this and would simply adapt things to go along. We were so caught up in trying to make everything special for you two that we simply forgot and assumed things instead of talking to you. Forgive us; we should have talked to you first." I grudgingly answered, "Yeah... I forgive you guys. I know you only had our best interests in mind. What you had planned wasn't too different -- only a few things, but that's ok." My dad picked up on my tone, and as usual, read me like he always does. "Josh, there's something you aren't telling us. I know you two will want to be alone after the prom -- after all, my prom night was the night I first made love to your mom and asked her to marry me besides. Brad did the same with Janice. There's something you aren't telling me. `Fess up, son." I sat there stunned for a moment, struck by the similarities to what I was going to do tonight. Recovering, I thought... Oh, blast. I never could fool him. Maybe that's why we are so close. I showed them the gift I'd gotten Scott, told them my plans and was rewarded with both of them sitting down speechless. After a few moments, Brad with tears in his eyes, "Is Scott aware of this at all?" "No, he isn't. I don't intend to tell him before I ask him either. This is the next step in our relationship -- unless you think he's not ready for this." Brad sat there with tears running down his face as my dad wrapped his arms around him and hugged him close. Seeing them together like that, the love they still had for each other, only made me more determined to do exactly what I had planned. Yeah, I was scared, this was a major step for Scott and me... but I knew he was the one I wanted in my life forever. Brad and my dad exchanged a look I couldn't fathom, and Dad said, "Josh, what you are proposing to do... shakes us to the innermost depths of our souls, I think. It's certainly not something we had imagined would happen -- but these are more open times than what we had." Taking a deep breath to calm himself, he continued, "This is extremely serious stuff, but I can see that you are serious about this. I won't deny you two have the same love for each other that Brad and I have for each other and your moms. I think that the two of you are a little bit too young for this, but I will not stand in the way of what you propose, based on the love and maturity you two have displayed the last two years. I've seen marriages that are far less... stable than the relationship you have, along with the support, love and care you two have shown each other." He looked at Brad and said, "What about you? Are you going to stand in the way of this... or will you support them? Josh needs to know." Brad bit his lip, closed his eyes tight for a moment, causing me hold my breath in suspense. `Please, don't let him oppose this,' I prayed. Opening his eyes and looking at my dad for support, he looked at me and said, "As hard as it is for me, I won't oppose this. Your dad is right; you two have shown far more maturity than I expected. Yeah, you two are a little young... but maturity counts more in this situation." He looked at my dad and asked, "Think Helen and Janice will go along on this?" My dad got a worried look in his eyes, "I don't know. But one thing for sure; I'm going to ask them right now." With a determined look on his face, he strode out of the room, leaving Brad sitting open-mouthed. "Well, that's not something we see often," Brad commented after recovering his composure. "I think I'll get Scott back in here while we discuss some things, heh." Rising from the bed and giving me a tight hug, "I love you, Josh... my son-in-law." He left the room with a thoughtful expression on his face as I blinked in surprise. Well, that went off better than I had expected it to. Knowing my mom, she'd argue a bit, playing devil's advocate like she always did... and hopefully, she'd accept this. I looked up at Scott as he came in -- oh, he looked so HOT in that tuxedo. I wanted to jump him, but knew this wasn't the best of times for that. Scott gave me an expression of amazement and asked me, "What did you do? You got them all in a tizzy about something in the kitchen. Your dad came into the living room like his rump was on fire. What did you say to him that had him going? That's not something I see often." I evaded, "A few things I said to him and your dad. We seem to have worked our plans out, I think." He gave me a look that said `Ok, I'll go along with that for now; but you'll explain later, buster.' He sat down next to me and tenderly touched my face, looking into my eyes and said, "Josh, I love you completely. I can't imagine being with anyone but you." I hugged him tight while my eyes started to fill up with tears and we relaxed in each other's arms. A few moments later, a knock on the door prompted us to chorus, "Come in!" In came all 4 of our parents, standing in various places, with the guys leaning against the wall. I looked at Brad and Dad; they gave me slight nods and smiles, prompting me to relax with a small sigh of relief. I looked at Janice and Mom and was surprised at their pensive looks. Apparently that talk in the kitchen had gone over all right enough for them to accept this. I resolved to talk to my dad later and get the details. Janice said, "You two sound so good together when you do that. Well, I guess I've been elected the group spokeswoman, I guess. This is what we propose, if you'll take it. The limo will chauffeur you two around. You'll have the private room. We will cover the difference between what you arranged and the cost of the room. We'll still leave you two alone tonight. Is that ok with you, Josh?" I grinned the biggest smile I'd ever had and nodded, feeling Scott's hand close over mine. I looked over to his face and saw him smiling at me. He quickly embraced me and let go. I said, "Everyone, thank you for helping make this night one we will never forget. I'm sorry I got so upset. Forgive me?" With smiles and exclamations of "Sure!" and hugs all around, we patched up our differences. Take THAT, Murphy! We moved back to the living room, and after a few minute of small talk, my dad crooked a finger at me and I followed him into his den. "They were certainly caught off guard, I'll tell you that much now. They argued the age factor at first, but after some discussion of the maturity level you two have displayed, they reluctantly agreed to the whole thing. They do want you two to have a "commitment ceremony" later on when you are a bit older, if you don't mind," Dad quickly explained. I breathed out another sigh of relief and was surprised at the hug Dad gave me. "That is a real brave thing you're doing, Josh. I'm proud of you, and so is Brad. Yeah, it changes a lot of things around here for us... but we're certain you two are a match for each other. Who would have thought this would have happened 2 years ago when the two of you first got together? Anyhow, I'm rambling. I love you, Josh. All of us do. We'll be there for you both, ok?" "Thanks for everything, and I mean that totally. I can't think of another dad that could be better than you've been." I gave him a rib-cracking hug and felt him kiss the top of my head, hugging me back. I felt so safe and secure in his arms. I honestly felt at that moment there was never a better dad that ever lived. "Dad... there's something else I wanted to tell you, but I wasn't sure how to bring it up. Do you remember Scott and I asked to have a complete physical along with HIV tests a month ago and how I said I'd explain later?" "Yeah, I've been waiting. I trusted your judgment then, and I knew you would tell me when you were ready." "We wanted to make sure without a doubt that we were both clean because of the sex I'd had with Derek before I started with Scott. The reason for that is that is..." Dad gave me a look of comprehension, "You two are going to have anal tonight, aren't you?" I didn't trust myself to say anything so I looked at his face and nodded yes. Recovering my composure I said, "We decided a bit ago to wait until prom night to do this. We've already decided how we want to do this. I contacted Derek and talked to him about his sexual history, HIV tests, etc. He'd only had oral a few times before we did that; his HIV tests have all been negative. You do know he's with someone now, don't you?" "Yeah, I heard that from Derek's dad. Son, I'm glad you and Scott thought this through and got the tests done. That only reinforces my decision to back you two up. I can't believe the level of maturity you two are showing about this whole thing. I assume because of the tests and the talk you had with Derek that you two are planning to go bareback?" I took a deep breath, "Yeah. We both discussed the entire thing for over a month, how we wanted to do this -- and you know I plan to marry Scott tonight. I cannot imagine being with anyone else, so we decided to not use a condom given all the facts. Are we wrong in deciding this?" I watched as Dad thought that one over and said, "No, I don't think you two are. All the facts you've outlined, the tests and your decision to take him as your life-partner shows me that you two have thought this through. Josh, I'd have done the same thing with the same facts. Sometimes I wish... never mind that. I guess we'd best get back to the group before they start wondering what's keeping us." Something odd about his tone on those last two sentences made me frown inwardly. I resolved to think about this and discuss it with Scott later, but for now, I had more important things to think about... like what we were going to do at the restaurant, the prom and afterwards. I smiled at that thought as Dad and I left his den. He must have caught my expression; he was chuckling, making me blush. We both went back to the living room and caught up on the small talk. After a few moments, they gave us all hugs and they left the house, leaving us alone. We turned to each other, standing there for who knows how long, quietly talking and staring into each other's eyes and holding hands until a car horn sounded. "That'll be the limo. Let's go," I said and we went outside. A clean perfect-looking white limo was waiting, with the door being held open by a handsome athletic-build guy with blonde hair who smiled. We got in, barely noticing him, marveling at the fancy interior. The door closed, and the driver got into his compartment. The phone rang a moment later and I answered it. "Yes?" I listened for a moment and said, "Yep, that's right. Thanks. Bye." I hung up and explained, "That was the driver, confirming our plans for the night. I'm so excited about this!" "Me too, Josh." I reached over to his dress pants and gave his crotch a gentle squeeze, feeling him beginning to respond. He gave me his incredible `happy-go-lucky' smile, leaned over, kissed me gently and began feeling me up. I gave off a happy sigh then watched incredulously as he unzipped my pants, bent down and took my extremely erect cock into his mouth and began giving me one of his expert blowjobs. I leaned my head back, moaning and enjoyed the waves of pleasure beginning to emanate from my sensitive, pulsing cock. Sensing my nearness to orgasm, he abruptly stopped and withdrew with a final lick, zipping me up afterwards. I pouted and he said, "Let's save it for tonight. That was a little `fore' taste." I laughed at the pun and we felt the limo slow to a stop and looked outside. It was indeed the entrance to the Bistro. The door opened and we exited, checking out the guy who shook his head and winked at us with a smile, giving us a card, "Enjoy your supper, lover boys. Try not to be so loud back there next time, ha. Call me when you are ready, here is my pager number." We stood in shock at that, and Scott got up the bravery to ask, "Are you gay, too?" The man extended his hand, "I'm Alex, and yes, I'm gay." We shook hands and then I cocked my head at him and said, "You look familiar. Have we met before?" Scott came to the realization as to who this was and said, "Wait a minute. I know you. You're the police liaison to the school, aren't you?" Alex responded with a brilliant smile, "Yes, I am. I work part time as a limo driver as you can see and my services were specially requested tonight at the school, so it was thought this would be a nice match-up of duties and work tonight." Scott and I looked at each other with surprised expressions and Scott said, "If we had known you were gay, we would have trusted you with what really happened in that cafeteria fight last week. We honestly didn't know how you felt or if we could even trust you!" Alex sighed, "I know, and I regret not telling you, but I was in a difficult position as a police officer. I couldn't really say anything personal or take sides even through I wanted to bust the idiot for what he did to Josh, but without the full story, there's nothing I could have done. That's another reason I'll be there tonight, to prevent anything from happening. Don't worry, I know whom to watch. You two relax and enjoy tonight, okay?" We chorused, "Okay!" We watched this awesome guy get into the limo and drive around the side of the building, exchanged looks and said at the same time, "HOT!" We laughed and went into the restaurant -- and to our surprise, Reynaldo, the chef-proprietor, greeted us personally. The half-filled place looked so gorgeous with its soft lighting, maroon-colored carpet, creamy-colored walls topped with a tasteful gold-trimmed flower border, adorned with replicas of masterpiece paintings in gold-hued frames, round tables covered with spotless bright white tablecloths and candles on each table, plush upholstered chairs arranged around them. Reynaldo led us past the tables into one of the 3 small private dining rooms, decorated exactly like main room, but with the exception of a single table and 2 chairs, several small end tables up against the wall with a telephone, CD player and various bottles on several of them. With a flourish he seated us, causing us to giggle a bit. He announced, "I will bring your drinks shortly and have prepared an excellent meal for you personally, along with dessert. Your parents have provided music for the evening -- which I will start when I serve your appetizer." With that he departed while we took in the paintings and atmosphere of our cozy little place. Reynaldo came back in shortly carrying a bottle of some kind of fluid. He set that down and retrieved a flagon of cold water and filled our water glasses, then displayed the bottle of sparkling white grape juice for our inspection, expertly uncorked it and gently filled our wine glasses part way. He left while we sampled the juice, smiling with delight at its fruity taste. He came back shortly with two small plates, which he served deftly. As we looked in fascination at the bubble-like very small mounds of what appeared to be some kind of spread, accompanied by poppy seed crackers, Reynaldo caught our expressions and explained with a gentle expression, "That is called Caviar. It is fish roe, also called eggs, quite a delicacy in Europe. There are 5 kinds as you can see from the various colors: Beluga, Osetra, Sevruga, Salmon, and Citron Golden Whitefish," He gestured to each in turn as he named them. "You spread them on crackers and ingest them. Since you two appear to never have tasted this before, I'd recommend you go lightly and experience the wonderful tastes of all of them. I'll be back in a few minutes with the first course of your meal." He started to leave, pausing to turn on the CD player and closing the door behind him as he left. The soft refrains that issued from the player were nothing less than our own compilation of songs! "How did they get that?" I wondered. "Probably one of the copies I burned and left in the CD case. One of the `rents must have lifted it," he replied. We gingerly spread the caviar on the crackers, trying the golden yellow of the Beluga and looked at each other in surprise at the nut-like taste. We sampled the other flavors in turn, looking at each other's expression. Scott commented, "Now that was an eye-opener. This stuff tastes okay, but I don't think I'd like it on a daily basis." "Me, either, stud," I said as I wrinkled my nose. I reached across the table and took his hand in mine and looked into his eyes and started to speak as Reynaldo came back in carrying a tray, which he set down on one of the side tables. I clammed up in a hurry as he cleared away the plates. "How did you two like the caviar?" Reynaldo asked. With a raised eyebrow I said, "It was definitely an eye-opening experience. Interesting taste... but I don't think either of us would like it on a daily basis." Reynaldo gave me a grin and whispered to us, "Me either. I loathe the stuff." We laughed as he moved the plates to the side table, exchanging them for another set, serving us as if we were royalty. "This is one of my specialties, fried calamari served with garlic, lemon grass, tomato and fresh basil. It's quite tasty. Alex loves it." At our startled looks he innocently said, "What? All I said was that Alex likes it." He turned around, picked up the tray and quietly left the room. We exchanged glances with Scott quietly saying, "Alex? I wonder if it's the same Alex..." "I get the feeling it might be. Didn't he drive around the side of the restaurant?" We traded smirks as we started to sample the calamari. >From his expression, which mirrored mine, it wasn't beef. It was okay, I guess. Actually, it did taste good. Reynaldo was a good cook. "Whatcha think, babe?" I asked. "Uh... it's ok. Tastes odd, but good as well. Reynaldo certainly knows how to make things taste good," he answered. I reached across the table, took his hand once again, and didn't even get a chance to open my mouth before Reynaldo came back into the room carrying yet another tray. Damnit, when I was I going to get a chance to ask Scott? To say I was getting frustrated would be an understatement. "Did you two enjoy my calamari?" He asked us in a soft, expressive voice. We both nodded our agreement with Scott chiming in, "I've had it once before at home and yours is way better, different somehow. It must be the spices you cook with." Reynaldo grinned, "It is indeed. I'm glad you two enjoyed it. Here's the next course, a small salad. It's a house salad of baby lettuces, hearts of palm, English cucumber and shaved red onion with a creamy fresh herb dressing and served with garlic toast. I think you two will enjoy that." With that, he removed our calamari and replaced them with the salads, refilling our wine glasses. He smiled at both of us, bowed slightly, picked up the tray and left. Damned if I was going to give Scott time to eat that thing. Some things can wait! "Scott, can we wait on the salad?" I asked as I saw him start to impale some lettuce on his fork. He put the fork down and looked at me, "Sure. What's up?" I leaned a bit across the table, took his hands into mine, not giving him time to respond. I looked into those beautiful liquid brown eyes, "Scott Joseph Bumars, I love with all my heart. I want to ask you something." His expression grew serious as he asked, "What?" I nervously swallowed, retrieving a small box from my pocket as I tried to get the courage to ask timidly, "Scott, I know we can't get married according to the law, but I would like to ask you to be my life-partner and husband." I gave him the box and he opened it. Inside were 2 golden bands with twin inset stones, one emerald, the other ruby: our birthstones. He looked like someone had punched in the gut with a sledgehammer. With an expression of pure shock, which changed to love, he uttered the one word I'd been hoping for: "Yes." I got up, moved quickly to his side and took the box from him showing him the inscription on the inside: Scott and Josh, June 3rd, 1999. As I slipped the ring onto the ring finger of his left hand I looked into his eyes and said, "I love you more than life itself, Scott. I take you to be my life-partner, and I promise to be faithful to you, to love and cherish until death do us part. This I vow between us and before God, who is surely watching." He sat there stunned for a moment and stood up facing me. As he slipped the ring on my left ring finger, he took a deep breath and stared into my eyes, "Josh, you mean more than anything else in this universe to me. I can't imagine not being with you. I take you to be my life-partner, and I promise to be faithful; and to forever love and cherish you until death do us part. This I vow between us and before God. I love you!" We shared a deep passionate kiss, holding each other tenderly. When we parted, we were crying with joy and could barely eat, so enraptured were we in each other's faces. After a few minutes, Reynaldo came back to find our salads untouched and Scott in my lap, tenderly kissing. When he cleared his throat, Scott jumped as if he'd been shot. Noticing our expressions of embarrassment, he chuckled, "Pshaw, nothing I haven't seen before. Relax!" Beginning to clear our plates, he suddenly stopped, noticing our new rings. He lifted up Scott's left hand and examined the ring, "You didn't have these on when you came in, I think." "I asked Scott to be my life-partner tonight - and we consider it the same as being married," I bravely said. Reynaldo smiled, "You two remind me of the way Michael and I used to be until we split up a few years ago. I hope you two have better fortune than we did." As we digested that with expressions of surprise, Reynaldo continued, "I miss him terribly at times. He was one of the gentlest people I've ever met. Sorry, I'm babbling. I know you're going to the prom, then home -- your parents informed me of what's happening, and I'm happy for the both of you. I wish you both a very happy night. Would the two of you want your main course, or would you rather go directly to the dessert?" After taking one look at our faces, he muttered, "Dessert it is. Back shortly." He left the room, coming back a few moments later with a small tray and two plates. Depositing them in front of us, he said, "This is one of my creations; a chocolate-glazed bombe of peanut butter mousse with caramel sauce, banana cream, and caramelized banana. It's very rich, so please take care with that." Walking to the side table, he indicated the telephone with a wave of his hand, "You can page Alex when you're ready -- he's upstairs in our apartment." At our dawning expressions of comprehension, he gave us an engaging smile and left. "Well, that's something confirmed. No wonder Alex and he look so happy," commented Scott. We enjoyed our desserts, eating with relish, making small talk. After a few minutes, Alex and Reynaldo entered holding hands. By way of explanation Alex said, "I waylaid him in the kitchen and we decided to see how the two newlywed love birds were doing. Call when you're ready, please. " We blushed at that and they started to leave laughing. I said, "We're done and ready to go to the prom." They stopped, turned around and held out their free hands. We took them and followed out to the limo. Alex held the door open and we scrambled in and got comfortable, enjoying the ride, holding each other loosely, alternating kissing and looking into each other's eyes, not saying a word. We couldn't get enough of each other's faces; we were completely bound together, completely in love with each other and completely engrossed in each other.