Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 03:04:54 +0000
From: Douglas DD <thehakaanen@hotmail.com>
Subject: Aiden II  Chapter 47

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CHAPTER 47
A HUMUNGOUS BASEBALL WEEK

SUNDAY, JULY 8

<Aiden>

Aiden ended up spending Saturday night at Gordy's house. Nothing sexual
happened between them, but they bonded in the ways close friends bond, even
preteens like Aiden and Gordy. They played and ate and watched TV. They
talked about many things: baseball, from the Yard Goats to the Mariners;
the upcoming day camp; their upcoming family vacations; Aiden's upcoming
week-long baseball camp; they talked about messing around with other boys;
they even talked about girls. They read to each other from a book of sports
short stories, trying to present their best acting and reading skills. They
stayed shirtless, but wore their underpants, when they climbed into Gordy's
bed. They snuggled with each other because it made them feel like loving
friends. They fell asleep happy to be in bed with a very best friend.

<Peter Astor>

"How about joining Tami and me for a movie in Centralia this afternoon,"
Ross Astor suggested to his son.

"Who the fuck is Tami?" Peter asked. "What happened to Traci?"

"She's busy today."

"Yeah, I'll bet she is. You got more fuckin' bimbos than a gigolo." Peter
had heard other guys use the word `gigolo' and he thought he had used it
correctly although he wasn't really sure.

Ross Astor was tempted to slap his son across his smart mouth but he
resisted – mainly because there was a germ of truth to what Peter
said. "C'mon and go with us. You'll like her." Besides, he had never laid a
hand on Peter, even though it became more and more tempting as his son
negotiated his way through adolescence.

"Yeah, I should go to a movie with you just like you were at my ballgame,
yesterday," Peter griped, not for the first time since he arrived home from
his game the day before.

"How many times do I have to tell you that I got called in to help deal
with a problem at work."

"It's okay, I didn't play anyway except for one stupid at bat."

"Then maybe I should say something to your faggot coach."

Peter decided not to go into his chat with Phil and Larry after the game as
to why he didn't play. "Whatever, as if you care. I hate your ass."

"And I love you too, son. How many games of yours have I missed that
weren't related to work?"

"I can think of some that were related to taverns."

"Okay, maybe a couple. And do you think that maybe your Friday binge had
something to do with you being on the bench yesterday? You didn't exactly
look at the peak of health when you left for the game."

Peter flinched when his dad hit the target regarding what Coach Miller and
Coach Sanders had to say about his being benched. "I would have slept it
off if you hadn't decided to drink with me after I said I was going to
bed."

"As I recall, you came back and suggested it. Look, I might not always be
the best dad on the planet, but I love you and want the best for you."

"Yeah, like on Friday night."

"We can argue this until the cows come home and it won't settle a thing, so
how about going to the movie with us. Let's see if we can get things back
on the right track.  Who knows, maybe Tami will let you hold hands with her
in the dark," Ross said with a sly smile.

"Whatever, but I'll go and try it." Peter decided to go not because Tami
was going, although the idea of holding hands with her appealed to him, but
because staying home would be boring unless he got buzzed. He had promised
himself when he got out of bed that morning to quit drinking for real and
it would be easier to do if he went to the movie with his dad and
Tami. What Peter did not yet realize was that saying he was going to stop
was much easier than actually stopping.

 <Lenny and Lance>

Lenny and Lance were in Lenny's bed, their naked bodies curled
together. Even though they had their own beds, they loved sleeping together
and did so better than eighty percent of the time. There were times they
slept apart either because one of them was sick or because they just wanted
a night alone. Usually, when they wanted to be alone, nothing needed to be
said between the brothers—they just knew it was time.

"I can't believe that tomorrow we'll be going to a camp," Lance gushed. His
excitement was palpable. The fact that it was a day camp and not an
overnight was not an issue for Lance; it was a camp and that was all that
mattered.

Lenny was the calmer of the two, but that didn't mean he was immune to
excitement. Like most ten-year-old boys he could become hyper with
anticipation, but he didn't wear it on his sleeve like Lance did. "It's so
cool that we got signed up in time to be able to pick our groups early,"
Lance said.

For the most part, the day campers would be together in groups of
six. Those who signed up early were given the opportunity of pre-picking
their groups. Lenny and Lance were going to be in a group with Aiden,
Gordy, Kalie, and Nolan. They thought nothing of the fact that they would
be in a group with kids a grade higher than they were. They considered
their friends going into sixth grade to be better friends than the ones in
their own class, which was going into fifth grade.

"Do you want to do something?" Lance asked his brother. Lenny knew what
Lance was asking about. It was the question that started sex for them, in
or out of bed.

"Not tonight," Lenny answered. "Let's be all rested for the start of camp."

"Yeah, you're right. But, still, it's going to be hard to get to sleep."

Lenny cuddled even tighter to his brother. The warmth and love the twins
felt flowing through each other was all that was needed to send them into a
sound sleep.

MONDAY, JULY 9

Aiden rode to camp with Larry and Phil. He wanted to ride his bike there,
but his dads said he was still a year away from that.

"But I ride my bike to town a lot, now," Aiden had protested on Sunday
afternoon when he brought the topic up—again. He knew what the answer
was going to be, but he also knew he would never get his dads to change
their minds if he didn't keep asking them to.

"We know that," Phil had told him, "but you haven't been trying to meet a
schedule while carrying baseball equipment with you. We think you need more
time to work into that responsibility. Besides, your daddy will be there
every day of camp, so it doesn't make sense for you to ride your bike there
when you have a ride each day." Larry was once again the camp
director. Phil had taken Monday and Wednesday off work to help coach the
campers.

"But, it doesn't make any sense that I can ride sometimes but not all the
time."

"Aiden, it makes sense to us. We've told you our reasons, which is fair to
you," Larry explained. "The subject of you riding your bicycle to camp this
week is now officially closed."

Aiden knew that once something became "official" to his dads he had used up
all of his opportunities to argue his point. While there were rare times
he'd been able to get his dads to change their minds after they made a
decision, once that decision became official his experience was that his
dads would not budge. The best he could hope for by asking again was a
short time on restriction.

As a result of losing his argument, he was now riding with Larry to the
camp on Monday morning. When they got to the downtown park, Aiden went to
work helping his dads and the other coaches and helpers set things up for
the camp. While some of his motivation was to remain on the good side of
his dads, his main reason for helping was because that was the way he
was. He enjoyed being a part of whatever was happening around him; the idea
of sitting around and watching others do the work never occurred to
him. About ten minutes after Aiden and his dads arrived, Miles and Gordy
showed up. Aiden gave each of them a hug and told them what needed to be
set up and how. Aiden and his two friends quickly became the most efficient
setup team of the morning, outshining even the coaches who were there.

The setup was almost finished when Nolan arrived with Jordan Crisman, his
baseball coach, and three of his teammates, including the coach's son. The
Meadow Park players had to pay much more than the Mayfield boys because
they didn't live in the district covered by Mayfield Parks. It would have
been cheaper for them to attend the day camp at Centralia, but their coach
thought that the Mayfield day camp was much better organized with better
coaching than the day camp put on by the much bigger cities of Centralia
and Chehalis and was worth the extra money. Coach Crisman would be one of
the camp coaches on Tuesday and Thursday. This time he dropped his players
off and told them he would be back to pick them up before camp ended for
the day. He then drove off for work.

Aiden and Nolan traded hugs, both boys wishing they could trade kisses as
well, and told each other how happy they were to be in the same
group. Nolan's teammates were a bit put out by Nolan joining up with five
boys from Mayfield instead of them. They were even more upset when they
found out that one of the boys was actually a girl. After Nolan explained
to them that he joined the Mayfield group because he and Aiden had become
good friends and never got to see each other much they said they
understood—kind of.

"You owe me a hand job," Loren Crisman told Nolan after Nolan told which
group he was in and why. Nolan, Loren, and Sherman Shepherd, another
teammate who did not enroll for the camp, had started mutual masturbation
sessions just after the start of summer vacation. Loren would turn twelve
on Wednesday and, like Nolan, he shot wet, clear drops. Sherman was still
dry but had fun participating in the sessions with his more sexually mature
friends. Nolan wished there was a way he could play around with Aiden the
way he had started to do with his friends. He was happy that nobody wanted
to kiss or make out; for him that was something reserved for Aiden.

Aiden's group of six had all arrived fifteen minutes before the start of
camp. They gathered with another group of Aiden's friends—this group
consisting of Miles, Mason, Trent, Muddy, Yonder Sanchez, and Jared Finn,
all players on the Yard Goats.

Aiden saw Keith Barnett arrive in a van full of Kentburg players. Mayfield
and Kentburg parks had a lot of joint programs (like the community swimming
pool in Kentburg) and Kentburg boys paid the same rate for the camp as
Mayfield kids did. Aiden knew that it was going to be a great week of camp.

During lunch, Aiden lamented that Nolan couldn't spend the week with
him. "It would be way easier if you could," Aiden said.

"You know how my mom is," Nolan reminded Aiden. "She says you and I have
games after camp and that either my coach or some of our parents are
scheduled to take us to camp every day. Nolan's mother was scheduled to be
the Friday driver. And you already know how she thinks I'm too young to
spend the night. That is so dumb, I mean I'm going to be twelve in
October."

"I know. I spend the night with friends all the time and most of us are
just ten. We haven't burned down a house yet."

"I know my dad is cool with me spending the night, but he can't convince my
mom. All of my friends have sleepovers. It's so dumb."

It should be no surprise to note that Gordy spent the night at Aiden's
house. Gordy knew he would have to get up even earlier than if he slept at
home to go with Aiden and Larry to do the setup for Tuesday, but he didn't
care. He loved being with his best friend. Nolan, knowing that Aiden would
have company in his bed that night, found himself feeling lonely when he
fell asleep with only Casey II, his prized teddy bear, in bed with him.

TUESDAY, JULY 9

Kalie couldn't believe her good fortune; Aiden and Gordy had asked her to
be in their day-camp group. They were the two boys she had the biggest
crushes on. To make things even better, Nolan Moyer was also in the group
and he was so fine he was often the subject of her sexual fantasies even
though he lived far away and was unavailable. The twins, Lenny and Lance,
were also in her group and, while they were cute, they were little boys who
would still be in elementary school for the coming school year. If she got
tired of looking at the three hot boys in her group, she could always focus
on her other big crush, and that was Trent. Trent's group had eaten lunch
with her group on the first day of camp. Kalie was certain that this would
be the case for the entire week. Being close to her four crushes for the
entire camp gave her the shivers.

Among her crushes, Gordy and Trent were the most smitten with Kalie. Being
in the same group, Gordy tried to hang as close to Kalie as he could. For
his part, Trent planned on doing all he could during Tuesday lunch to sit
next to the only girl attending the baseball day camp.

Aiden and Nolan, on the other hand, practiced the same closeness as Gordy
and Kalie did. The twins couldn't fail to notice what was going on within
the two pairs, but it didn't bother them. For one thing, they had each
other, and for another, as much as the other four members of their group
were split into two pairs and focused a lot of attention on their partner,
they made sure the twins received plenty of attention. After all, Lenny and
Lance were their friends. In the case of Aiden, they were even more—they
were also serious bed buddies.

Crushes and sexual fantasies aside, the groups were fully into baseball and
worked hard at the drills and especially at the competitions. It didn't
take long for the campers to note that Aiden's group was the group to beat
in competitive drills. The Meadow Park boys wanted their group to win
because Nolan had ditched them to be with Aiden's group, and the two
Kentburg groups wanted their group to win because beating Mayfield at
anything was what life was about. The fact that Aiden, who was the center
of the beanball forfeit, was the best player in his group would make
beating them even better.

By the end of the day, Aiden's group had accumulated the most points in
competitive drills, with Keith Barnett's Kentburg group second and Trent's
group third.

Camp was over at three o'clock. Some of the mothers had put together a
spread in the picnic area for the Yard Goat players who were participating
in the camp. The Goat players helped with end-of-day cleanup, changed into
their uniforms in the restrooms (there were four separate unisex restrooms,
each with a sink and a toilet), and quickly scarfed down the food on the
tables. By a few minutes after four the players were in various vehicles
for the trip to East Olympia to play the East Olympia Owls.

The Owls had won their meeting at Mayfield 2-1 a couple of weeks
before. Trent had pitched a good game, but received his usual lack of run
support in the loss. The Owls were in first place with a 14-1 record
compared to the 9-5 record of the Yard Goats. Jared Finn was slated to be
the starting pitcher for the Goats. Scott and Conner felt blessed to have
four reliable pitchers. Their problem wasn't pitching depth or their
defense, it was their inconsistent offense.

Hitting wasn't a problem at the start of this game for the Goats. They
scored four runs in the first inning. Miles led off with a single and stole
second, Gordy moved him to third with an infield single, and Aiden knocked
them both home with a triple. Aiden scored on a wild pitch that was
followed by Trent homering to make the Goats' lead 4-0 and still nobody
out. Muddy struck out, but Lenny and Jared followed with singles. Kenny
Gray grounded out to second, scoring Lenny and Kalie finished the scoring
by knocking in Jared with a double. It was her first extra-base hit of the
season. Needless to say she and her teammates were very excited.

Jared pitched the first three innings for the Yard Goats. Jared didn't have
the stamina of the other three Goat pitchers. The long day at camp had him
tiring even faster. Scott and Connor could see that he had given his best
for three innings but didn't have anything remaining in the tank. He left
with a 6-1 lead. The coaches brought Yonder Sanchez in to finish and the
big seventh grader did a solid job as the Yard Goats pulled off one of
their biggest wins of the season, 7-3 over the Owls.

"Great game guys," Scott told the team as they sat in the grass outside of
the complex for their postgame meeting. "Tomorrow we play the Moose. Trent
will be starting. One piece of sad news is that Eddie will not be finishing
the season with us. Outside problems will prevent him from playing down the
stretch." The only players who thought that was bad news were Russell and
Muddy, and Muddy wasn't real broken up about it.

That night there were no overnights among the Goat players. Their parents
could see they were all tired from their long day and knew they had another
day just as long coming up since the team had to travel to Longview to play
the Longview Moose. The boys were in agreement and were too tired to argue
and even if they hadn't been in agreement, they were still too tired to
argue.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 11

Lunch was a little bit different on the third day of camp because Jared
Finn and Loren Crisman were celebrating birthdays. Jared was turning eleven
and Loren was turning twelve. Once again mothers worked together and came
up with cake and ice cream to go along with the boys' lunch. Everybody sang
Happy Birthday, from the eight year olds to the thirteen year olds. Larry
and Phil marveled at the cooperation between the mothers of two different
towns in putting on the little party for the birthday boys.

As they had the day before, mothers stepped up with food for the boys as
they changed into their uniforms. The trip to Longview would be almost a
half-hour longer that the trip the day before. A half-hour before the end
of the session Larry dismissed the Yard Goats for the day.

The Goats had defeated the Moose 11-4 at Mayfield in their first
meeting. But, the Goats didn't have the zip they had shown the day before
against the Owls. Trent pitched four innings, giving up three unearned runs
because of four errors behind him. Two of them were by Aiden. As usual, the
Goats couldn't come up with many runs for Trent and were down 3-1 when
Trent left the game.

Lance came in to pitch in the bottom of the fifth and brought little to the
mound. He was all over the place. He walked three, gave up two hits, and
allowed four runs as the Moose ran off to a 7-1 lead. The Goats didn't go
down without a fight and managed to score three runs in the top of the
sixth before finally losing 7-4. The Moose improved their record to 6-9
while the Yard Goats dropped to 10-6.

"I don't know if it's possible to have too much baseball, but you guys
looked like you had to much baseball today," Scott told them.

"I told everybody it was a humungous baseball week," Miles said.

"You still have two more days of camp and then a game on Saturday against
the Tide. We play them in Mayfield, so we won't have to travel
anywhere. Get plenty of rest the next three nights, but work hard in
camp. We'll do just fine on Saturday if you take care of yourselves." The
Goats had battled to a tough 6-3 win over the Tide at Harborview in their
first meeting. Aiden was the starting and winning pitcher in that game. The
Tide was struggling with a 3-13 record. The Yard Goat players were hoping
to have an easy game, something that had been a rarity for them no matter
who they played.

THURSDAY, JULY 12

<Aiden and Gordy>

Lunch on day four of camp was marked by the clandestine kisses of two
couples. The more brazen pair was Gordy and Kalie.

Kalie had been the one to initiate the kiss. When she saw Aiden and Nolan
sitting close together having lunch at one of the picnic tables, she knew
she'd get nowhere with those two. She didn't see Trent anywhere, but
noticed Gordy having lunch with Miles, Mason, and the twins. She saw there
was a space next to Gordy. She sat next to him and starting eating.  By the
time she and Gordy had finished eating she'd talked him into sneaking a
kiss with her. The twins volunteered to be lookouts while Miles and Mason
teased Gordy about having a girlfriend. Gordy simply smiled and accompanied
Kalie into one of the restrooms while the twins stood nearby.

Gordy felt Kalie's chest as they kissed, but as far as he could tell
through her t-shirt, her chest was still as flat as a boy's. Gordy got an
instant boner as the two French kissed.  Kalie surprised Gordy by pulling
down his athletic shorts and feeling his erection and balls through his
briefs. "Oh, wow," he moaned into Kalie's mouth.

Gordy was not the only one surprised by Kalie's grope. Groping Gordy wasn't
what surprised her, it was her pulling down his shorts without asking. She
was happy that she didn't yank down his underpants as well. Gordy broke the
kiss and said they'd probably better stop before they got caught. As far as
Kalie was concerned she would stand in the bathroom with Gordy and kiss
away the afternoon, but Gordy was being his usual conservative self.

"You had a boner," Kalie said as Gordy pulled up his shorts.

"No duh. Somebody wants to kiss me and everything, I'm gonna have a
boner. Any guy would." Gordy knocked on the door, indicating they were
finished. The twins had said they would tell him when it was safe to come
out by knocking twice. Gordy heard the return signal and opened the
door. Lenny grinned and asked if they had a good time. Gordy and Kalie's
shared smiles were all the answer he needed.

Just before Gordy and Kalie finished, the twins saw Aiden and Nolan
approaching the concrete building that housed the four restrooms. Aiden
gave them a wave as he and Nolan ducked into the restroom next to the one
occupied by Gordy and Kalie. Lenny waved back and then gave Lance a knowing
look.

"Are you sure you still want to do this?" Nolan asked.

"Why wouldn't I?"

"Because the twins saw us go in."

"Lenny and Lance are cool. You won't have to worry about a thing from
them. In fact, they'll probably hang around to tell us it's safe to leave
together just like they're going to do for Gordy and Kalie."

"I can't believe they went into one of the bathrooms together. I mean it's
one thing for two boys to go into a bathroom to take a piss together, but
adults would totally freak if they knew a boy and a girl snuck away
together."

Aiden wasn't sure that Nolan's assessment was correct, but it kind of made
sense to him so he said nothing. Instead he planted a kiss on Nolan's lips,
which his friend returned with passion. They let their tongues battle for a
little over a minute before stopping. If they had to say they were in the
bathroom together to piss, then they figured they should keep their kiss
short. They wanted so much more but were happy with what they got. What
they didn't realize was the time when it would be close to impossible to be
satisfied with just a short kiss in that kind of situation wasn't very far
off.

"I've wanted to do that all day," Aiden whispered.

"I have a boner," Nolan confessed.

"I was starting to get one."

"We gotta find a way to spend a night together."

"Or spend a lot of nights together," Aiden added.

"Boner or no boner I really do gotta piss."

"Can I watch?"

"Some other time. This is, like, a good way for us to leave at different
times."

As he finished speaking, Nolan saw the look of disappointment on Aiden's
face and pulled him close. They held each other and shared one more
kiss. This kiss was gentler, more tender, and more loving than the previous
ones. It felt more meaningful. They tightened their hug – incredibly
powerful emotions were roiling in their trembling young bodies. As their
lips parted, they smiled and each boy noticed that the other had tears in
his eyes.

Aiden turned and opened the door. He saw the twins signal that it was safe
to come out. He left the bathroom and heard Nolan lock the door behind him.

What Aiden didn't know was that Nolan didn't have to piss, he had to jerk
off. Kissing Aiden had been a huge turn-on for him. It had been harder to
break their kiss than he had anticipated. He dropped his shorts and
underpants to his ankles and started to furiously masturbate his four
inches of boy cock. It only took him thirty seconds to put his left hand to
his mouth to muffle his scream of ecstasy and to fire his clear boy cum
against the wall in back of the toilet. Gasping for breath, he grabbed some
toilet paper, wiped his cockhead and the wall, and flushed it. Unlike
Aiden, puberty was closing its tentacles around eleven-year-old Nolan
Moyer.

<Peter Astor>

Peter couldn't believe he'd slept in until noon. He was beginning to think
his dad was right—he needed to find something to keep him busy during
the day. He knew he slept in because he was bored when he was awake. What
he didn't know was that he also slept in because he was depressed.

He went to the bathroom to piss. Just as he finished he heard the
doorbell. He flushed, went to his bedroom and looked out the window to see
who it was. He hoped it was somebody who would go away. He was naked and
didn't feel like getting dressed to answer the door, plus the house was a
mess and he didn't want a stranger to see disarray. He was happy to see
Eddie outside—he wouldn't have to get dressed to answer the door.

He opened the door for the eleven-year-old who wasn't fazed at all at being
greeted by a naked teenager. As for the messy house, Eddie didn't think
Peter's was nearly as messy as his own house.

"Hey, Eddie, what's up?" The boys traded fist bumps. Eddie said nothing and
plopped down on the couch. He kicked off his shoes and put his bare feet up
on the couch. Peter sat in the worn overstuffed chair opposite the couch.

"I quit the baseball team," Eddie finally said.

"Why the fuck did you do that?"

"Because I hated everybody on it except Russell and Muddy. I hated Aiden
and his fucking friends the most—they're all a bunch of faggots."

"Yeah, I know what you mean." Peter said, although he really didn't. If
Eddie thought his former teammates were faggots, then Peter couldn't help
but wonder what Eddie thought of him, seeing as he sucked Eddie's dick a
lot of times and had fucked Eddie more than once.

"Let's get drunk," Eddie said out of the blue.

"You told me your dad would kill you if you got drunk again," Peter
reminded his young friend.

"He won't know it if I spend the night with you."

"I can't."

"I know your dad don't mind what we do. I'll let you fuck me if you get
drunk with me."

"No, I mean I really can't," Peter lamented. "I got a game tonight."

"Shit. I want to get drunk or stoned or something bad. I tried seeing if
Russell wanted to do something, but he wasn't home. Do you got any weed?"

"No."

"Then can you just let me drink beer by myself? I'll let you fuck me twice
and do anything else you want to me."

"Like what?"

"I dunno, whatever you do can't be any worse than my old man beating my
ass." As weird as Peter's dad seemed to him at times, Peter was thankful
that his old man never beat him.

"If you start drinking beer then I'll want to do it, too. My coaches know
I've been getting drunk and yelled at me about it. They might kick me off
the team if I do it again."

"Do they know that you and me have been fucking?"

"No. My dad knows but you knew that. He don't give a shit what we do in my
bedroom. Russell, Barry, Roger, and Muddy know, but they all fuck around,
too."

"I'm not a faggot like Aiden and those assholes." Eddie probably would have
been surprised to learn that unlike himself, Aiden and his friends were all
virgins. Eddie pulled off his t-shirt then got off the couch and pulled off
his shorts; he wasn't wearing underwear. His little three-inch cock was
rock hard. "Since you won't give me beer I won't let you fuck me but you
can suck my dick if you want."

"Tomorrow's my birthday," Peter announced quietly.

"So?"

"So, maybe you can let me fuck you now, like an early birthday present or
something."

"No way, dude. Gimme a beer or no deal."

"I said I can't."

"Shit. So give me a blow job and then I'm gonna find somebody who can give
me what I want." Peter was the only person Eddie knew who would give him
beer, but Eddie wasn't about to admit that.

"Do you and your old man ever drink together?"

"Are you shitting me? He don't want me drinking at all. He don't even keep
booze in the house. He only drinks at big family parties, except sometimes
he drinks at home. That's when he gets super mean. You're really weird
sometimes."

Peter expressed his philosophy of life for Eddie. "Yeah, life totally sucks
sometimes."

"I think it sucks sometimes all the time," Eddie added. Neither boy noted
the illogic of what Eddie had just said.

Peter didn't dispute that analysis. He went over to the couch and gave
Eddie a blow job, jerking off to a climax as he brought Eddie to a quick
dry cum. For whatever reason, sucking the younger boy's dick made him feel
more depressed.

He went to the refrigerator and pulled out a beer. He desperately wanted to
pull out one for himself and picked up a second bottle. Then he said, "Fuck
it," and put it back down. He then said, "Fuck it," again and picked it
back up, taking both beers to the living room, handing one to Eddie.

"Oh, cool, are you going to drink with me?" Eddie grinned.

Suddenly realizing what he had done, he gave the second one to Eddie,
telling him to go home. Eddie asked if Peter could put them in a bag, which
he did. Eddie guzzled both beers when he got home. He stayed in his bedroom
to avoid his father smelling him when he got home. Since his father rarely
came into Eddie's bedroom, the plan worked. While he got a nice buzz, it
wasn't nearly enough.

That night at his ballgame, Peter was surprised to be in the starting
lineup, playing center field. He batted second and went four-for-four with
two doubles and two RBI as the Red Hawks rolled to a 14-6 win. He'd also
gone another day without drinking, although he had no clue how long that
would last. Forever, he hoped.

<Aiden>

Aiden found an email from Marty on his computer when he got home from
camp. He'd been following Marty's play with the Travelers religiously, but
it had been a long time since he'd talked to his idol. Most of their
communication over the last couple of weeks had been by email or text with
one phone call thrown in.

Most of Marty's email was a reply to the one Aiden had sent after his game
the day before. Aiden had whined about his two errors at third and how
sucky he had played. Marty's reply reminded Aiden of things he already
knew—making sure he was set before making his throws so they would be
accurate. "It's better for the batter to be safe at first than to wind up
at second because you threw the ball away," Marty wrote.

"Tell me something I don't know," Aiden muttered out loud. He wanted to be
able to make throws on the run the way the pros like Marty did it, and he
couldn't learn do that if he didn't try. Then he got to Marty's next
sentence which read, "Remember, you don't need to be fancy. Just be
fundamentally sound on every play and you'll be better than most of the
players in your league at completing the play." It was like Marty was
reading my mind when he wrote that, Aiden thought.

"Your second error was because your mind was on your first error which you
made because your mind was on looking good instead of making a solid
fundamental play," Marty continued.

"How do you know?" Aiden shouted at the computer. "It's not like you were
there." But he knew Marty was right. Nobody knew him like Marty did and
Marty could figure him out almost every time even when he was a thousand
miles away.  He put the computer to sleep and went downstairs to meet his
daddy.

Aiden and Larry grabbed a couple of hamburgers at the Burger Barn and then
went to the high school to watch the Red Hawks play. Aiden was glad he
didn't have to keep score this time, especially when Gordy, Miles, Mason,
Brody, Trent, and Muddy showed up to watch the game.

"I thought that Peter dude was in trouble or something," Gordy said when he
saw that Peter Astor was starting the game.

Aiden shared his inside information with his friends. "My dad says he was
in trouble for just one game."

"I heard from John and Bryce that he was in trouble because he was drunk or
something," Miles said. Aiden knew that was the issue, but he also knew not
to share any more information. He wanted to keep his dads' trust in
him. Even though his dads rarely shared details with him, he couldn't help
picking up information simply by being around them.

That night, Aiden parked Horace on his bed and jerked off. His thoughts
were on his kiss with Nolan. While he had a major boy crush on Nolan, in
his mind the kiss was a kiss, even if it was a very special one, and Nolan
was a special friend he liked to kiss and wished he could do more with. It
never occurred to his ten-year-old mind that there was a deeper meaning to
his feelings for his long-distance friend.

Aiden picked his briefs off of the floor, pulled them on, picked up his
beloved donkey, and went downstairs to spend a rare night sleeping with his
dads. Even though Nolan and Aiden had never spent a night together, not
having Nolan spending the night made Aiden feel lonely. That night he
needed the warmth, comfort, and love of his dads.

FRIDAY, JULY 13

<Aiden>

Camp ended at noon. A special pizza lunch was catered by The Bear for the
campers after which a myriad of awards were handed out. Aiden's team ended
up with the most competitive points in their age group, edging out Keith's
Kentburg team by two points. The boys in both groups received trophies,
with Aiden's team getting the bigger ones.

Mason received the Mr. Hustle Award for his age group, which surprised no
one. What did surprise his friends was that he managed to make it through
all five days of camp without sucking somebody's cock.

Gordy, Miles, and Keith came to Aiden's house after they helped with the
end of camp cleanup. They spent an afternoon of swimming followed by Phil's
special mac and cheese with ham casserole. While there was the usual
wrestling with genital gropes in the pool and the displaying of boners in
the basement before bedding down, the night was sexless, even between Keith
and Aiden, who slept together in Aiden's sleeping bag. They didn't wear
underpants but they did wear t-shirts, which made it feel like they were
dressed.

<Peter Astor>

Peter was happy that Todd Morris accepted his invitation to join him and
his dad for his fifteenth birthday dinner. Todd made Peter even happier by
inviting him to spend the night at his house. Peter's dad gave his
permission for the overnight. "I guess you and me won't be getting drunk
together tonight then," he said to his son. "Traci was ready to give you
something special for your fifteenth birthday."

"What, my first fuck?" Peter wondered what had happened to Tami.

"Well, your first one with a female anyway. Hell, probably your first with
anybody over the age of twelve."

"Maybe some other time," Peter said. While the idea of having sex with his
dad's teenage girlfriend intrigued him, Peter was more interested in
actually spending the night with somebody his age. While he and Todd had
jerked off together a few times in middle school, they'd done nothing since
they started high school almost a year ago.

All they did that night was get naked and jerk each other off while Todd
talked about the girls he made out with. Peter found the experience with
Todd as satisfying as the heavier sex he did with his middle school
friends. Todd and Peter both admitted to being virgins although Peter
didn't mention that his virginity applied to girls only.

The two sophomores slept in Todd's bed wearing only boxer shorts. While
they started out not touching, Peter managed to inch closer to Todd until
they touched. He hesitatingly wrapped his arm around Todd, expecting his
move to be rejected. Peter breathed a quiet sigh of relief when Todd
touched his arm and soon fell sleep wrapped around the boy who he thought
was his only real friend in the world.

SATURDAY, JULY 14

The Yard Goats' game against the Harborview Tide had a one o'clock starting
time. Aiden was making his first pitching start since his no-hitter on the
second. While he knew he wasn't going to pitch another no-hitter, he
thought he'd pitch better than he did.

The Goats were a much better team than the Tide which was the main reason
Aiden got away with walking four batters in his three innings of
pitching. He only gave up two hits, but between his walks and two errors in
the infield, he gave up three runs (two of them unearned). But, the Goats
were ahead 11-3 when he left the game and finished with a 16-4 win which
was called after four-and-a-half innings due to the ten-run mercy
rule. Kenny Gray pitched the top of the fourth and Lance pitched the top of
the fifth. The Goats improved to 11-6 while the Tide dropped to 3-14.

Phil, Larry, and Aiden were invited out to the farm by Kalie's parents for
a roast pork dinner. Kalie's mother wanted to show her appreciation for the
work they had done at the camp and for how they treated Kalie as just
another player rather than as a girl among boys.

"Did you grow the pigs yourself?" Aiden asked. He didn't remember ever
seeing hogs on the farm, but he wasn't sure if he'd seen the entire farm.

"No, other than the horses we don't deal with animals. We're strictly a
vegetable farm," Kalie's dad answered.  "The horses are not part of the
farm operation; they're for recreation."

After dinner and dessert, the parents got into chat mode in the living
room, so Aiden and Kalie went upstairs to Kalie's room. Aiden was somewhat
relieved they didn't go to the back house. He was afraid of another Autumn
type affair, which would have been different from the group fun he'd had
there. That didn't mean that Aiden and Kalie didn't talk about sex. They
were pubescent children after all. Kalie was actually into puberty, having
had her first period, although she'd rather have had growing boobs as her
landmark for puberty instead of two tiny bumps.

"Did you and Gordy kiss when you were in the bathroom together?" Aiden
asked.

"What do you think?" Kalie grinned.

"I think you did." Kalie nodded in agreement. "Did you do anything else?"

"Gordy tried touching my boobs, but I hardly have any. And I touched his
penis through his underpants," Kalie told him. "I bet we would have done
more, but Gordy was worried about being caught and getting into trouble. I
wanted us to get naked and kiss and touch each other."

"That would have got you into big time trouble."

"Did you and Nolan kiss when you went in the bathroom?"

"Yep. He's a good kisser."

"Better than Gordy?"

"Yeah, and Gordy is a pretty good kisser."

Kalie rubbed her crotch as she found herself getting sexually
excited. "Gordy says you taught him how to kiss."

"I dunno if I did. I mean, we kissed a lot, but we probably taught each
other." Aiden knew that wasn't true. As far as he was concerned Gordy was
right—he had learned how to kiss from Aiden.

"I wish I could kiss Nolan," Kalie said. "He is so fine. If he kisses
better then Gordy than he must be pretty good."

"We didn't kiss for long."

"Is he gay like you?"

Aiden shook his head. "I don't know if I'm gay, and I don't think he's
gay. We just like each other and like to kiss each other. That's about all
we've done together is kiss."

"Did you like kissing me that time in the backhouse?"

Aiden nodded. He did like kissing Kalie, just not as much as he liked
kissing Nolan or Gordy or Miles or Chase or even Mason.

"Do you want to kiss me now?" She opened her jeans and pulled them down of
her hips, pointing to her crotch. "I'll let you touch me through my
underwear—we probably shouldn't get naked."

This was where Aiden was afraid things were going to go. It didn't help
that he had sprung a boner, but his answer was a shake of the head and a
quiet, "No."

"You know you want to, because I can see your boner in your pants."

"Some other time. We better get downstairs."

"Okay, but I heard you say some other time. I'm going to remember that. I
mean I know you did stuff with Autumn in her room." Aiden hated Autumn for
making him do stuff and then telling everybody about it. "You can pull your
pants off, if you want,, so we're both dressed alike."

"We better go downstairs," Aiden repeated. Kalie reluctantly pulled up her
jeans and closed them.

One thing Aiden liked about Kalie was that, unlike Autumn and her minions,
Kalie didn't push anybody to do things they didn't want to do.

That night after being read to and tucked in by Larry, Aiden pulled back
the covers, and set Horace on his bed. He went to work jerking his little
cock, trying to think about Nolan, but his mind went to Gordy and Kalie
kissing in the nude and then went to him and Kalie kissing in her bedroom
wearing just their underwear. He had a decent dry cum, but once he
recovered he found himself confused about why he was fantasizing about a
girl when it happened. He was even more confused about why Kalie asking if
Nolan was gay LIKE HIM. Did people really think he was gay? he wondered as
he drifted off to sleep clutching Horace tightly.

Next: The Stretch Run