Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 18:08:58 -0700
From: mjac4@sunset.net
Subject: Arren Tony and Isaac     Chapter 3 (Young Friends)

Arren, Tony and Isaac

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Part 1

Chapter 3 -- The Good and the Bad

The next morning came sooner for me then the rest of the family, I had to
go to the bathroom, super bad.  So bad that I thought my teeth would start
to float.  I jumped out of the bed and hurried to the bathroom to relieve
myself.  When I got back to my room, I looked at my clock radio, it was
5:45am.  I knew that grandpa and dad would already out side working in the
trees by this time.  Also looking out the window I could see that it was
going to be a pretty clear day.  I was glad that the weather was warming
up, I'm just not a winter person.  It gets dark to fast in the winter, and
I really don't like it when it's dark by 4:30 in the afternoon.

I decided to just get ready for school, there were a lot of things that I
had to sort out in my mind.  Once back in the bathroom, I jumped in the
shower and did my thing.  After rinsing off the last of the soap, I was
wishing that Ronald were here for me to hug and hold.  I got dressed and
headed down stairs to the kitchen, where I knew mom would be.  On my way I
pasted Ronald's room at the bottom of the stairs, his door was closed, so I
kept walking towards the kitchen.

"Hi sweetie, you're up early today.  You feeling all right?"  Mom asked, as
I walked into the kitchen.

"Yeah, I'm fine, I just had to go to the bathroom really bad, and decided
not to go back to bed," I told her, as I sat at the breakfast bar.

"Well, those things happen," she said.

Just then dad walked out of their bedroom, just wearing his underwear.

"Hi son, what are you doing up so early?"  He asked.

Mom told him, why I was up already.

"How come your not out in the orchard this morning?"  I asked.

"Your grandpa and I finished all of the weed spraying yesterday.  So today,
we thought we try to fix that old cherry picker," dad said.

"Oh," I said.  Actually that was more information then I really wanted to
know, but I was glad to see dad in the morning sometimes.

"What do you two men want for breakfast this morning?"  Mom asked.

"Pancakes and scrambled egg with Velveeta cheese," I said to her before dad
could say anything.

"I guess the decision has been made," dad said with a smile.

"Okay, that sounds fine to me," mom said, getting out the electric pan.

"Don't forget the orange juice, we got to have orange juice," I said with a
little happiness in my voice.

"Yes Arren, I know about the orange juice.  Don't I always have your juice
for you every morning?"  Mom asked.

"Well, there was that one time about three years ago when we ran out,
and..." I was joking with her.  Mom just stood there and gave me `THE
LOOK'; you know what I mean?  Then she shook her head and then continued to
make breakfast.

"So son, what do you have planed for today?"  Dad asked.

"Well, I thought I'd hang out with you a grandpa all day long," I said.

"Hey, this is only Thursday, and you have school today young man," mom
informed dad, but she was looking at me.

"Nice try son," dad was grinning at me.

"I know," I said.  "But you can't blame me for trying."

Mom said that it would be easier to eat at the dinning room table, so we
moved.  Dad and I helped, by setting the table for everyone.  Then mom and
dad started talking about this and that for about five minutes, before
Ronald came in.  My heart jumped a beat when I saw him.  He looked at me
and just smiled, I smiled too, and then he sat next to me.  I wanted to
give him a super great big bear hug, but I contained myself, although I did
scoot my chair a little closer to his.  He just smiled and discreetly
rubbed my back a little.  Breakfast was just about ready when we heard
Karen coming down the stairs.

"Grab a seat dear, breakfast is almost ready," mom told her.

"No thanks mom, just toast and juice for me," she said.  "I'm running a
little behind today.  Stacy and I are meeting Jill at school this morning.
Were going to apply for jobs at the strawberry plant, their taking
applications today and tomorrow, for part time work after school.  If we
get it, it'll be from 4 to 6:30 five days a week, and a six hour day for
Saturday."

"What about Sunday?"  Ronald asked.

"I guess they're closed on Sundays," she said.

"Wont this job interfere with all your talking time on the phone," dad said
jokingly.

"Mother?  Would you please talked to your husband?"  Karen said trying to
sound annoyed.

"Allen, leave your daughter alone," mom said to dad with a smile.

"Yes dear," dad replied.

Mom finished breakfast, and we all ate without too much nitpicking.  It
just seems that dad can't help himself, he will start something just to
make life a little more interesting.  We all know that he does it out of
love, but just once I would like to make it though a meal without dad doing
something.

With breakfast done, Karen left when Stacy showed up.  Dad went into the
bedroom to dress for the days work with grandpa.  I was getting ready to
leave myself, when Ronald asked me if I wanted a ride, I jump at the
opportunely.  We got into his truck and we were off.  I moved over as close
as I could get to him, and hug on his arm.  He just rapped his arm around
me and smiled, but I could tell he had something on his mind.

"Arren?"  He said.

"Yes Ronald," I said, hugging him a little tighter.

"About last night.  Are you okay with what we did?"  He asked me.

"Oh yes, I loved what we did, and I want to do it lots more," I said.

"That's just it, I'm not so sure that you and I should be doing things like
that," he said.

"Why not?"  I said just a little upset.  "Were not hurting anybody."

"I know, but I just don't feel right about taking advantage of you like
that, I got caught up in the moment, and you know, one thing lead to
another," he said.  Before I could say anything he pulled up to my school,
and stopped his truck and turned off the engine.  "Look Arren, I love you
vary much," he began.  "You're the best little brother that anyone could
ever wish for.  I just don't want to do something to you that's going to
hurt you."  Ronald could see that I was getting upset, so he just hugged me
real close.  I could feel the tears dripping down my face, and I felt a
huge lump in my throat.

"Are you mad at me Ronald?"  I choke out.

"No baby.  Why would I be mad at you?"  He said, I could tell that he was a
little choked up also.

"Because of the sex questions that I asked you about yesterday," I said,
wiping the tears from my face.  "If I haven't come to you, none of this
would have happen."

"Arren, the only thing that you can blame is your curiosity to learn," he
said, and then he hugged me a little tighter.  "The world is a great big
place, and you'll learn so much over your life time.  Even I haven't got
all the answers to the questions that you'll asked me.  I'm still learning
myself, and believe me baby, I have a lot to learn."

"Does this mean that you and me..." I started to sob a little harder.

"I didn't want this to happen to you Arren.  You see I did hurt you," he
was crying, and pulled me closer to him.  We were still hugging when the
bell rang.  I knew that Tony was wondering where I was, but at this time I
didn't want to let go of Ronald's embrace.  "Come on Arren, lets get out of
here, we need to spend the day together, just you and me," Ronald said.

"What about going to school?"  I asked not letting go of him; I now had my
left ear on his chest and my eyes were closed.  I could hear his heart
beating.

"Never mind about school today, I'm sure there not going to teach
everything today.  And it won't kill you not to go for just one day," he
said.

"What about mom and dad?  Won't they be mad that we didn't go?"  I asked.

"Well, what they don't know won't hurt them.  Besides, if you don't say
anything, then I won't either," he said and he kissed me on the forehead.

What he said made me feel a little better, and I thought the part about
`teaching everything today' was funny, so I told him to drive on.  He took
me to the next town up north, the one about twelve miles from are little
town.  We spent all day together, talking and just playing around.  Ronald
and I had lunch at one of the small restaurants their.  It was the first
time that I have ever been in this one.  Most of the time, we just go to
one of those fast food places, but not this time.  It was the best day that
I have ever had with MY BIG BROTHER, and I love him vary, vary much.

We arrived at home about three o'clock that after noon.  We just talked and
hung out for the rest of the day.  We sat close to each other at dinner
also.  Mom and dad probably thought that we robbed a bank and got away with
it or something by the way we were acting.  But I could tell that they
approved of this type of behavior then having their kids killing each
other.  I have to emit that I liked it too.

Ronald and I never had sex again; in the long run we both knew that it was
for the best.  Although, if I ever had a question or a problem, he said
that he was always going to be there for me.  That was a really nice secure
feeling knowing that.  He also told me to trust mom and dad a little more,
they would help me out in anyway they could.  I knew that they would, but I
liked going Ronald more, and he knew it as well.

The next morning I did what I had to do, and was on my way out the door.
Ronald asked if I wanted a ride to school, of course I did.  We were on our
way down the road, when he gave me a peace of paper.

"What's this?"  I asked.

"That's a note, excusing you from school yesterday.  It's says that the
reason you weren't there was a family problem.  Which it is the truth."
Ronald explained to me.  "You were with me, and I am part of your family.
So if there is any problem, you just let me know and I'll talk to your
teacher."

"I don't think there will be any problems," I said to him.  "Most of the
time, my teacher doesn't even read the notes that the kids bring her."

"Okay cool," he said.  "Now, what about your friend Tommy?"

"You mean Tony?"  I asked.

"Yeah, Tony.  What are you going to tell him?"  He wanted to know.

"Are you talking about the sex stuff?"  I asked him.

"Yes," he said.

"I'll tell him what you told me about the jerking off part, but I won't
tell him about what you and I did," I said to him.  "As far as I'm
concerned, that's is just between you and me."

Ronald pulled up to the school and parked his truck, and then reached over
and pulled me to him.  Then he kissed me on the tip of my nose.  "You know
something Arren?"  He asked me.

"What," I said.

"I love you more then words can say," he said.

"I know, I love you too," I said with a big smile on my face.

"Okay baby, get going, I'll see you this afternoon," he said to me.

"Bye Ronald, I love you," I said getting out of the truck.  Ronald watched
me walk up to the school for a minute, and then he drove off.  I was sure
he was happy that I was okay.

"Hi there," someone said behind me.

I turned around and saw that it was Tony.  "Oh hi Tony," I said.

"I looked for you all over yesterday, but you weren't here.  Were you
sick?"  He said.

"No, I just had a small family problem, that's why I wasn't here," I told
him.  "By the way, I talked to my brother, and he explained everything to
me that we wanted to know,"

"Cool.  Tell me everything after school, will you?"  He asked.

"You got it," I said.

We went over to the swing set and goofed off until the bell rang.  I could
tell that Tony wanted to know everything I knew, RIGHT NOW.  But he said
after school, so I said nothing to him about it all during school hours.

I gave my teacher the note that Ronald gave to me; she just glanced at it
and put it in her desk with the other two that she got from the kids that
were not here yesterday also.  The rest of school went just fine, except
for a math test that we took.  I know I did okay, but I was hoping that
they would have done it yesterday when I wasn't here.  Sometimes life just
doesn't work out the way you want it to, what a sewer sandwich.


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This is the conclusion of Chapter 3 - The Good and the Bad