Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:16:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Pete Bruno Subject: The Potters Wheel Chapter 9 The Potter's Wheel Chapter Nine The Big Reveal Saturday September 13, 2009 "If you three don't stop arguing about the bikes, they are going back in the shed for the weekend!!" Jim said to the boys as they stood at the beginning of the newly completed motor-cross track. MJ and Jimmer glared at their Dad, not happy with the reprimanded. The boys had been really good about sharing riding time with Buddy, but they wanted to ride the track first and Buddy was being a bit unreasonable. In fact, over the last week the relationship between the boys had been a bit strained. Matt and Jim assumed that Buddy was acting out as a result of the situation with his Dads and tried to keep things from getting out of hand. Jim spoke to Mack about it a few times and he agreed to come up today and have a talk with his son. Jim also suggested that he may need to see a counselor. Jim didn't really want to go back to the shed. There was another bike inside and it was for Buddy's birthday, a gift from his dad. The plan was for Mack to give it to him when he arrived-he was hoping it would be soon to avoid any further arguing. Matt answered the intercom call from the gate and was surprised to hear John's voice; they were expecting Mack. Matt greeted them at the door trying not to look as surprised as he was. "Hi guys," he said smiling and shaking hands with both men. By this time Barry made it into the foyer and was not as successful in hiding his reaction to the appearance of the couple. Not one to be shy he said, "Didn't expect to see you guys together." "Well it's because of you that we are," John said looking at Barry. He went on to explain, that after what Barry had said at the birthday party, he decided he was right. He and Mack were back together and seeing a counselor, but wanted to keep a surprise for Buddy's birthday. "Barry, I really owe you," John said, "You woke me up. Now, I'm not saying things are perfect, but we have decided that it's better to work on being together for our son's sake," and then he hugged Barry. "When we get a minute with the three of you, we'd like to ask you if Buddy can stay, during the week. We think he'll do better in school and John has been able to get a set schedule giving him off Saturday and Sunday, so he can come home on the weekends," Mack said. "I'm sure Jim will agree," Matt said confidently, "let' go out to the track. I can't wait for Buddy to see you two." As predicted, Buddy was shocked and surprised to see his two Dads together. He was actually crying while he hugged them. Buddy was even more excited when his bike was wheeled out for him. There was no more time for talk, the three boys sped off enjoying the new track. "I'm so glad to see you both together," Jim said after the boys sped away, "and I'm sure it will help Buddy. What have you decided about him seeing a consular? Jim asked. "John and I are seeing someone, and we are going to take Buddy a few times as a family and talk things out. At least that's what was recommended," Mack said, watching the boys go flying by on the bikes. The noise of the bikes along with the dust drove the guys back to the house for drinks. Finally after two hours, Jim had to go drag the boys back to the house to get cleaned up. Everyone was going out for Buddy's birthday dinner, and then back to the house for cake. John and Mack were spending the night and all day Sunday. The boys were in bed early. They were tired from their day of riding and wanted to go to early Mass the next day so they could get more time in on the track. While the adults were sitting by the pool talking, Matt noticed that Barry looked kind of pale and was sweating. "Bazza, are you feeling alright?" "Yeah mate, just a little indigestion and I have a pain my right side," he said, indicating his ribs on the right side. Mack got up and walked over and asked Barry to stand. "Are you going to charge for this?" He asked Mack with a smile. "No, this technically it's not a house call because I'm already here," Mack shot back as he pressed on Barry's right side causing him to flinch. He asked a few questions, like if it was worse at night, after a big meal and if he had any vomiting. After the questioning he said, "You my friend have a little gall-bladder problem. It's not an emergency yet, but you should keep an eye on it, try to limit fats and eggs. If it starts getting worse, get to the ER and we can take it out, it's quick and painless." Barry slept well thanks to Mack, who had written him a prescription for Demerol. Matt made a quick trip to the pharmacy and he was asleep in ten minutes. When Barry woke on Sunday morning he felt fine, no pain or symptoms so it was business as usual. The boys rode their bikes most of the day and had to be dragged in for dinner once again. Frank and Finn also showed up and it turned out to be quite a party. After dinner John asked Jim and Derrick if they would sing a few songs. Jim looked over and Derrick nodded yes. "Okay, give us a few minutes and everybody meet us in the living room. Bazza would you join us first?" then looking at the boys, "do you guys have any homework left?" The answer was no, so he told the boys they could go play video games, but they were not to go back out to the track. When everyone entered the living room they found Derrick sitting at the piano, his guitar on a stand next to him, while Jim stood holding his guitar. Once everyone was settled Jim said, "In honor of John and Mack's reunion we'd like to do two versions of one of my favorite songs. It's called '500 Miles' by the Proclaimers. The first version is a cover by a band called Sleeping at Last, http://youtu.be/muLfJWOfqGQ Derrick played the piano and sang back-up as Jim sang the beautiful song about love and commitment. He smiled at John and Mack, but gave a loving look towards Matt and Barry, seated together on the loveseat. When he was through John had tears in his eyes and jumped up to hug Jim while the other applauded. "Okay guys, now this is the original version and Bazza is going to lend his best Scottish imitation to the effort. Derrick grabbed his guitar and stood next to Jim while Barry grabbed a tambourine and joined them. They started the rowdy version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeuNxMY_5Uo with Jim and Barry shared the vocals and, with this version, had the others clapping and singing along. "Hey Jim what was that word, haver?" Mack asked. "You're asking the right person," Barry said laughing, and got a nudge from Jim. Barry immediately doubled over in pain. "Oh God, I'm sorry Bazza, I forgot?" Jim cried out. Barry straightened up. "No it's okay, it's really not that bad," he said gamely although he looked a bit pale. The word means 'talk shit'," Barry said with a smile. "Barry, you need to come see me this week," Mack said handing him a card, "call tomorrow and I'll have them set you up." Wednesday September 16, 2009 Barry waited at the FBO at 0900. He was there to meet Declan. The company had overnighted a preliminary package of information concerning financials. He was going to meet first with the trustees and then head up to Virginia to meet with the owner of the company and presumably Junior since he was the CFO. Along for the trip was Declan and Dave's new ward Scott Burns. When Barry laid eyes on the young man for the first time, his heart broke and his cock twitched at the same time. He was incredibly cute, well handsome. Even wearing normal clothes, one could see he was well built. He had a sadness in his eyes that almost broke your heart. He was going to hang out at the compound with the Tim and Derrick while Declan was conducting business. Declan and the accountants, along with Frank, Finn, Matt, Jim, and Barry sat around the dining room table to review the information that was provided. The packet contained the financial as well as tax returns for the last four years and a client list. The business owned the building where the offices were located, so it also included a list of tenants and an appraisal of the building's value. And lastly a list of equipment in the office that would be included in the sale. Declan thought after a cursory review of the financials that $10.5 million seemed like a reasonable asking price. He also felt that the business had plenty of growth potential that was not being pursued due to the advanced age of the owner. He felt with a fresh young management team the business could grow at least forty percent in the first year. With the downturn in the real estate market he thought an offer of 8.5 million to start was reasonable, leaving room to negotiate without insulting the seller. "Of course the sale would be subject to a due diligence investigation of the company records" Declan concluded. The next order of business was to decide on a name for the front company owned by the trust Declan controlled, as well as the Leo Family trust and the Flannery/Leo trust. Finally it would be financed through Declan's firm. The multi-level ownership would prevent Junior from learning the names of the true owners until it was too late. "Any suggestions for a company name?" Declan asked. "Reprisal Inc.," Jim said firmly. Everyone looked at him and just nodded their heads in agreement while smiling. Dinner was a crowded affair and held by the pool. Scott seemed to loosen up after a while. He and Derrick seemed to hit it off and had moved off by themselves and were talking quietly. Matt was watching Tim who was watching Derrick. Tim looked none too happy. Matt walked over to Tim and put his arm around his shoulder, "Tim, don't read anything into it. They share the bound of being Marines." Tim leaned into Matt and rested his head on his shoulder, "Thanks Uncle Matt, I'm new at this. I guess I'm going have to trust him." "Yes you do, and remember buddy they have a lot in common being Marines-but that doesn't mean there's anything more," Matt counseled. Friday September 18, 2009 Declan called at 1500 to tell the guys that he had reached an agreement with the owner. He also asked if it was alright with them if Scott stayed for the weekend. Declan wanted to fly straight back to Pasadena and would return on Tuesday to begin reviewing the books. "I hope you don't mind," Declan said, "but Scott is really enjoying himself and that isn't something that happens often. He seems to have bonded with Derrick." "Of course," Jim said while watching Matt nod his head in agreement Tim and Derrick, and now Scott were taking the boys down to Frank's for a 'turtle watch'. It would be a full moon that night and they would be joining island residents to watch the baby turtles emerge from their nests, as well as keeping the birds from swooping in and picking the turtles off as they raced into the surf and safety. That left Matt, Jim, and Barry home alone for a night of passion. Well almost alone, but Ryan and Kelly wouldn't be awaken by their lovemaking. After everyone left and the little ones were asleep, the three lovers met in the master bedroom. Jim was already lying in the middle of the bed with his back to the headboard and his legs spread stroking his hard cock. Matt and Barry equally hard, climbed onto the bed and knelt in front of Jim and kissed deeply. They began to make love to each other, putting on a show for Jim causing him to leak pre-cum like a faucet. After a few minutes of that, Matt whispered into Barry's ear, and then Matt crawled over to Jim and straddled his lap. He sat down on Jim's cock taking all the way into already lubed ass. He began to ride Jim while Barry came up behind him and began to kiss Matt and then leaning over his shoulder do the same with Jim. And then Matt stopped and said to Barry, "Go ahead buddy, slide in with Jim." "Are you sure?" A surprised Barry asked, "I thought you were kidding me." "Yeah, he can take it. I saw it in a video and always wanted to try it," Matt said as he watched Jim give a sexy leer. Barry lubed himself up. Matt had Jim lay flat on his back and mounted him once again with Barry entering Jim from behind. "Holy Fuck!" Barry panted, "This is the hottest thing ever!!!" Twenty minutes and three orgasms later, the guys lay in a heap of man flesh, trying to control their breathing. And Barry was trying hard to hide the fact that he was in pain. Jim kissed Matt and said, "Matty, you are turning into one kinky fuck but I love it." Tim was with MJ, Jimmer, and Buddy at one of the nests that had started to hatch. The volunteers had cut lanes for the hatchlings to follow to the sea, and were reaching into the nest and pulling out the little ones and placing them in a lane. They explained to the boys that this was important. That crawling across the sand would imprint this beach on them so they would return as adults to lay their eggs in the same way Salmon return to where they were spawned. It was amazing watching the little turtles race towards the surf, guided by the moonlight reflecting off the surf. Having so many people around helped keep the usual flocks of birds from swooping down and feeding on the hatchlings. When Frank and Finn joined the group, Tim noticed that Scott and Tim weren't with them. He left the boys with their grandfather and headed off to find his boyfriend. He walked down the beach. By the time he was three to four hundred feet down it was deserted. The people were all back where the cluster of nests where located. Continuing along, he began to get a sick feeling in his stomach. He saw Derrick standing facing the steps crossing the dunes with his arms above his head grasping the deck above him. He moved closer not saying a word and trying to be as quite as possible. Then in the moon light, he caught sight of movement in front of Derrick. He changed his path and walked closer to the water and then circled back to the other side of the steps. As he walked closer, his heart sank. There on his knees under the steps in front of Derrick was Scott. Tim didn't need to get any closer to know what he was doing. He back-tracked and made his way to where he left his Dad and Frank with the boys. Tears were streaming down his face, so he stopped before he got to the group to wipe his face. The boys' excitement with the event helped distract him and keep it together. After about fifteen minutes, the last of hatchlings was on its way and the groups were breaking up. Finn noticed a distinct difference in his son since he returned from looking for the other guys. Since Tim wasn't offering, he wasn't asking. He figured Tim would come to him when he was ready. The group was just getting ready to head home when Derrick and Scott appeared. Again Tim felt that sick feeling but said nothing. The boys were busy recounting the hatching story to Derrick and that allowed Tim to get home on his own. He was the first to make it to Frank's and went directly to the room he was to share with Derrick and started to get his things together. He was moving next door to his dad's place. He had just zipped up his bag when the door opened and Derrick walked in, "Hey baby I?" he stopped when he noticed the bag in Tim's hand. "Don't you ever call me baby again, and don't say another word!!! I'm staying next door at my dad's. I will be moving back permanently. I'm sure you won't let the room go to waste," Tim said, tears flowing down his cheeks, as he headed for the door. Derrick grabbed his arm and he shook free from his grasp. "Get your fucking hands off of me," Tim hissed and brushed passed Derrick, leaving him standing in the bedroom with a stricken look on his face. Tim passed his father on the way out. He quietly told him he was going next door and would be moving in permanently. Finn just nodded and said nothing as his son headed out. Tim caught sight of Scott sitting in the family room as he passed. Scott just gave him a smirk and licked his lips. Sunday September 20, 2009 Jim walked into the kitchen at 0600. He and Matt were going to run while Barry looked after the boys. He was surprised even alarmed to see Derrick sitting in the family room staring out at the pool. He walked over and noticed that he wasn't staring, he was asleep sitting up. He touched his shoulder lightly, "Hey buddy, what's up?" Jim asked. Derrick opened his eyes, startled by Jim's presence. "I fucked up big time Dad," Derrick said, tears in his eyes, telling Jim the story. By this time Matt appeared, and when Jim gave him the quick story, Matt was not happy. "Derrick, what the hell were you thinking?" Matt asked loudly. "Well it's not like you haven't gotten a blow job from somebody else," Derrick shot back. "Hold up there son," Jim said annoyed, "Your Dad and I may have a unique relationship, but we've never cheated," Jims said angrily. "I'm sorry. I just feel so fucking stupid. I mean I just wanted to-well it's too late now. Tim will never speak to me again," Derrick said and slumped back into the sofa. "Well I wouldn't give up so easily," Matt said sitting next to him. By the way, where is Scott?" "I left his punk ass at Papa's. He knew I had a boyfriend and he clouded my thinking," Derrick whined. Jim laughed at him. "No son, your cock clouded your thinking," and that was rewarded with a dirty look from Derrick. "Not to worry, you'll work it out. This is your and Tim's first relationship. Let him cool down and then go talk to him." "Dad's right kiddo, I know you can fix this," Matt said hugging him. Finn knocked on Tim's bedroom door and heard a groggy "Come in," from his son. Finn looked at his son. He looked like he had not slept at all. He sat on the bed, "Do you want to tell me about it?" "Not really, but I guess I have too," Tim said and then told his dad the whole story, receiving almost the same advice Derrick got. "But Dad, he let some other guy suck his cock," Tim said incredulously. "I know buddy, but sometimes our 'mini-me' makes us do some pretty dumb things," Finn said with a smile. "Think about the good thing about Derrick first. And, don't forget forgiveness is a good thing. You may want to make him suffer for a day or two though." "Thanks Dad, I'm going to hang out here, if it's okay," Tim said a little brighter, "I don't want to run into him yet." "He's not there, he left Scott here and went home. You can use my car if you want to ride down to Surf City for breakfast," Finn said with a smile. "Thanks Dad, maybe later I'm still a little tired," Tim said and laid back down as Finn left and smiled to himself, 'well, he went home did he'. Frank and Finn brought the boys home around 1400. Scott said a quick hello and headed to his room, obvious that he was feeling uncomfortable. Derrick was hiding out at George's house; he really didn't want to run into Scott. Luckily he had to work the next few days so he figured he could hide out at George's until Scott left on Tuesday. Matt, Jim, and Barry were getting a minute by minute account of the turtle watch from the boys when his phone rang, caller ID showed it was Denise. "Well hello, how are the two mommies-to-be doing?" Matt said. "Great Captain thanks. Tina had her ultra-sound yesterday and we found out the sex of the babies, we were wondering if you wanted to know or just be surprised." Matt asked the guys who all said yes, "Everybody wants to know," he said. "Well Tina said to tell you that your aim isn't very good, you only shot the balls off of one," she said laughing. "Come again," Matt said. "You fathered two boys and one girl, congratulations," Denise said. "Wow, that is so cool," Matt said. While the boys were talking to Denise, Matt turned and smiled at his dad and the others, "You are not going to believe the names they have come up with," he said looking at the expectant faces he said, "Frances, Benjamin, and Rocco Leo. She said Frances will be called Frankie!" To be continued? Thanks for reading. I receive many emails complimenting me on how well edited and easy to read my story is, the credit goes to Jim for that, he works very hard to make this story readable. 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