Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 11:25:37 +1200 From: bob charles Subject: Blood, Surf and Tears (Gay / Young friends) chapter 18 Blood, Surf and Tears. Disclaimer: Warning: this story contains sexual content, and contact between young boys. If the subject matter offends you, is not to your tastes, or if you are under legal age for your area, then find something else to read. In the following story all names and events are completely fictional. Although I may mention a specific location, place, or person any resemblance to said people, location, or places is completely unintentional. Chapter 18: Caleb had yet again paid with his own money for tea. He had also paid for the elderly couple. The man had tried to argue with Caleb but knew he wasn't going to win in the end, so eventually he gave up trying. He thought that he would at least be able to pay for the champagne but Caleb wouldn't let that happen either. The man had to act as Caleb's guardian in order for the boy to pay for it as Caleb was underage, and the old man didn't want any more arguments. They both gave Caleb a huge kiss and cuddle saying thank you to him. But they then demanded that we both dine with them again tomorrow but this time they would pay. They also wouldn't take no for an answer. I agreed on behalf of both of us, as I knew Caleb would not want them to pay for him, so he would probably start a little argument. I still haven't got through to him enough I thought to myself. The elderly couple said that they would organise everything and that they would see us tomorrow. Then they gave us both a kiss and a cuddle before they left. I wasn't quite sure how I felt about how Caleb had treated us. He was supposed to book everything up against the room and not be paying for things himself. Mum will have a hissy fit when she finds out. But then again I was happy that he had paid for our guests, as I'm not sure how mum would feel about us having booked that up to our room. I gave in. I told him what I wanted to say through a huge passionate kiss on the lips. Given we were in a restaurant still I kept it pretty short, but it did feel really good. We decide it best to head back to our room, so we got up out of our seats and left the restaurant. ************ As our suite was in the crown of the ship so we had a long walk to the elevators to the front. They are the only lifts that go all the way up to our deck. We were holding hands as we again wandered through the park enjoying the sights and smells of the plants that we passed. It was taking all that I had not to jump Caleb and stick my tongue down his throat. I knew that too many people on the ship weren't too thrilled seeing us holding hands, so kissing my lover in public was definitely not a good idea. We finally made it to the lifts and hit the button to go up. We were the only ones waiting for the lift, but there were still too many people wandering past to do anything. After a couple of minutes we heard a ding as the lift made it to our deck and the doors slid open. No one was inside the car, so I pushed Caleb in and up against the back wall, hitting the button for our deck on the way past. With Caleb against the back wall I now stuck my tongue down his throat as I kissed him wildly. I don't know what had got in to me but I was like a savage beast. I was so much more in love with Caleb that I let my urges take over. We were so engrossed in our wild display of affection that I have no idea whether anyone else wanted to get on the lift at any stage. The only time we stopped kissing was to get a breath of air. I wanted Caleb so bad right now and let my hand slid down to his crotch. He was already hard as a rock, the way I had been manhandling him must have turned him on. It had the same effect on me as I could feel my own boner pressing uncomfortably against my pants. Somehow, even with what was going on Caleb noticed that the lift had come to a stop on our deck. Still embraced in a passionate kiss he pushed me out of the lift and towards out room. Mum was waiting outside her room for us, but at seeing the way we came out of the lift, she went back into her room realising that it was a lost cause trying to talk to us. We hadn't noticed her at all. Caleb kept pushing me towards our room until my back was pinned against the door. He took hold of my key card and somehow managed to swipe it without breaking off the kiss. He then turned the handle and we both almost feel into the room. Once safely in our room I started to unbutton Caleb's shirt as he pushed the door closed behind us. He then started to work on my shirt while directing us towards the stairs up to our bedroom. With both shirts unbuttoned we shrugged them off leaving them where they fell before ripping off the muscle shirts we had on underneath. I really don't know how we managed it but we got up the stairs in one piece without breaking off our kissing. Once we had successfully negotiated the stairs I started to undo Caleb's pants and then I let them drop to the ground. Caleb successfully managed to step out of them as he undid my pants at the same time. Once he had my pants undone, he let them go and took a firm hold of my extremely hard piece of meat and started to gently caress the shaft. I started to moan at the same time as trying to step out of my pants. I was now pushing Caleb towards the bed, so when I tripped as a result of not getting out of the pants around my ankles properly, I ended up with Caleb falling back on the bed and me ending up on top of him. He lost his grip on my boner as a result. Caleb scooted further up the bed and I crawled after him shrugging my pants off properly at the same time. We were still fully engaged in our kiss still only stopping to get some air. Now that we were properly on the bed Caleb flipped me over so that I was on my back and then he straddled me. He reached over to the bedside table and opened the drawer still not breaking the kiss. With the drawer open he pulled something out from it and then closed it again. It was the present that Caleb had given me on my birthday, well part of it anyway. It was the bottle of lube. Dad had figured that we might have wanted it so he had made sure to pack it in with our toiletries. He did it without mum's knowledge as he wasn't sure how she would react if she knew, which is why it hadn't been put on the list that mum gave us. Caleb had found it when he checked off our stuff in the bathroom and snuck it upstairs. He used the chance while checking that the books were in the bedside tables to hide it in there. Oh man how I wanted this. I was a little concerned though, as I had Caleb worked up so much I wasn't sure how careful he would be. I really should know Caleb by now. There is no way he would do anything to hurt me and now was no exception. He broke off the kiss and positioned me so I was still on my back but he had easy access to my boy pussy. He then put a good dollop of lube on my rose and worked it around. He then lubed up his fingers. He gently pressed his pointing finger on my opening and pushed slowly, penetrating into my depths. I moaned in satisfaction and pleasure as I felt his finger slip inside me. I felt him push it in and out and wriggle it around a bit before he withdrew it. I felt empty as his finger slipped out, but was quickly filled again as this time he pushed two fingers into me. Again he wriggled them around, while he slowly finger fucked me trying to loosen me up enough to push his pride and joy in. Once satisfied he withdrew his fingers again leaving me with an empty feeling. I felt my ass get gently penetrated again but this time by three fingers. Caleb was really making sure that I was loose enough, but the major problem was it was pushing me closer and closer to the edge. I really don't know why Caleb felt that he had to push three fingers in me as his prick is only just bigger than one of his fingers. Just Caleb being extra cautious I suppose. He pulled his fingers out and grabbed the lube again, and poured a generous amount onto his hard throbbing prick. He massaged the lube all round his member even pulling back the foreskin and ensuring that the head was covered in a thick coating of slippery liquid. He made sure that he had plenty of lube on his pecker as he wanted it to slide in as easily as possible so as to not hurt me. He lined his hard prick to my boy pussy. I felt as he gently pressed against me and pushed. I felt my hole slowly give way as he entered my boy hole. The feelings were immense and I was quickly losing control. I felt Caleb give a big shudder as the head of his prick slowly entered my tight hot ass. We were sweating like crazy and the heat of the situation was becoming far too much for me to handle. It was far too much for Caleb too, as I felt him tense up just after the rim of his dicks head finally slid home. "Ahhh, no, no, no, ohhhh fuuuccckkk!" Caleb screamed, as his prick pulsed spastically in my ass. He shot his tiny load right at the entrance to my boy pussy. "Humph, Humph, ahhh, ohhhh , ahhh, jeezeus, oh fuck!" I screamed as my cock spewed wad after wad of my thin nectar all over my chest. I was coated with my whitish sticky seed and it was starting to trickle down my sides. What surprised me was my cock stayed hard even after my climax. Caleb collapsed on top of me as his orgasm subsided. He ended up lying straight in the mess I had made. I could feel that he to, was still hard but he quickly shrivelled up and fell from my butt. He was so embarrassed and disappointed in himself that his arousal vanished straight after he came. As I recovered from my cum I could hear Caleb sobbing. He was still lying in my sticky mess. I gave him a hug while trying to get him to lift his face so I could see him properly. He was crying. "What's wrong?" I asked him a little concerned. I tried to wipe the tears from his eyes but they were quickly replaced by fresh new tears. "I'm sorry... I couldn't help it... I'm so sorry for letting you down," Caleb cried as he rolled off me. Our chests had become stuck together because of my cum that had dried up on us, so when he rolled off me our skin sort of peeled apart. It took a while but I finally clicked as to what had upset him. He felt like he had let us both down when he came so early. I was starting to feel a bit guilty as it had been me who had wound him up so much from the time we had entered the lifts. It was really no surprise that he didn't last long, but neither had I. "Caleb, don't feel bad about it. It was probably my fault anyway. I had got you so horny that there was no way you could help it. Anyway I came at the same time as you did." I said to a calming voice. Caleb's crying died to more of a sob than anything. My prick was still extremely hard and I still really wanted to feel Caleb inside me. I was wondering as to whether I could get Caleb raring to have another go. So as I tried to comfort him I let my free hand slip down to his prick and started trying to bring it back to life. It was still very slippery due to how much lube he had coated it in, so my fingers slid easily along his short length. He wasn't responding so I slid back his foreskin and rubbed on his sensitive glands. Caleb started to wriggle around as the feelings he was getting from me toying with his limp dick were driving him crazy. I was almost going to give up as I kept losing grip on his dick, as it was still too slippery and Caleb was writhing around too much. On what I had decided to be my last attempt he responded and his prick grew in my grasp. I tugged it a few more times making sure he was at his full hardness. I then whisper to him in his ear, asking him if he wanted to try again. His eyes still red from crying seemed to sparkle at the suggestion. His mouth grew a wicked smile and he just simply nodded. He got himself and me back into position for another attempt. My still rock hard prick throbbed in anticipation. He lined himself up again for a second attempt. I could tell though that he was extremely nervous and filled with anxiety. He desperately didn't want to fail again, but I could tell that if I didn't get him to relax first the same thing would result. I begrudgingly sat up properly. I really didn't want to stop him, but I knew that if I didn't he would end up feel worse than he had before. I then embraced Caleb in a hug, and caressed his back. I then began to gently massage his back and shoulders trying to loosen him up. "Caleb you seriously need to relax man. I know you don't want to cum to quickly again, but you are only making it harder on yourself by thinking about it all the time." I whispered soothingly in his ear. "I'm trying not to think too hard. But I'm scared that I might disappoint you again." Caleb sobbed. He was starting to relax but not enough for him to try again just yet. "Caleb, don't worry about me. I will love you regardless. This is one of those times that you need to think about yourself and what you want. Coz if you don't really want it, then it won't work. You will just get uptight and frustrated. So just relax and think about yourself for a change." I can see Caleb thinking hard about what I had saying to him, and as a result he also started to relax properly. "Thank you for caring and putting me straight. I just find it so hard to think about myself. I feel like I'm being selfish when I do. Thank you for showing me that I can think only about myself and not be selfish at the same time." Caleb then gave me a big romantic kiss as he embraced me again. I was starting to think that I may have finally broken through to him, but I still knew it was going to be a long hard road to try to get Caleb to really think about himself properly. I do love the way that he really cares about other people, but so often it is to the detriment of him. I wanted him to see that he can still make people feel good, and still be doing it for himself. I kissed him back vigorously. I wasn't sure as to whether he would want to try again, and really I wasn't too worried. Caleb would come through when he was ready. I was just happy being with him, so if he decided to try again I would be really happy. But if he doesn't I will still be just as happy, there will always be another opportunity anyway. Unexpectedly Caleb broke off our kiss by pushing me backwards, down onto the bed. The then repositioned the both of us so he could have another go. I could tell from the look on his face that he was ready this time. Boy was I ready for him too. He gave his hard pecker a couple of strokes to ensure that it was as hard as he was going to get it. Then he lined it up with my boy pussy. Before he decided to try to insert his rock hard boy toy into me, he thought that he should lube us both up again. The lube that he had put on before had long dried out. He was ready, he was eager, but he still wasn't going to risk hurting me. He applied more lube than what was really necessary, to ensure he slid in with as little resistance as possible. He thought that it wouldn't hurt me so much that way. I wasn't too convinced with his logic but all I really wanted was to feel his hard prick inside me fully. With the right amount of lube applied to us, Caleb was happy to try again. So he knelt back up so he could line himself up to my technically virgin boy hole. Now that he had lined himself up again, he took a hold of his hard as steel prick and pulled back the foreskin. Gently he placed the tip of his dick against my eagerly awaiting boy pussy, and then he started to push. I could feel the muscles in my poop chute start to relax and allow him to enter. With agonizing slowness I felt the head of his prick penetrate my ass. He let out a loud groan as the head of his penis entered my ass for the second time, this time he just held it there once the head was fully in. Caleb had to take a break as even though he wasn't very far in me, the feelings were far too intense for him to continue further straight away. Once the feelings had somewhat subsided he gently started to push the rest of the way in. It was the most unbelievable feeling as Caleb's prick slowly entered my hole, millimetre by millimetre. It didn't matter how little he moved I could still feel every little movement from his prick. I was becoming more and more in heaven as Caleb's 3 inch prick slowly penetrated me. It was me this time that had to do everything to stop from cumming too soon. Caleb finally bottomed out. His full 3 inches were buried deep in me. I could feel it throbbing inside of me, and with each throb it tickled my prostate causing me to moan. Caleb held completely still now that his prick has all the way in me, he had to let the immense feelings subside before he continued. He was gasping for breath and sweating profusely. I could feel his sweat dripping on me, mixing with my own sweat. I was so glad that he had to stop as my floodgates were about to burst open. I was experiencing the most intimate and amazing feelings. It was definitely the most complete that I had ever felt. Caleb recovered enough and started to withdraw. I gasped at the feelings from his prick slipping out of me. Once the head of his dick was at the entrance to my pussy, Caleb pushed himself back in. He was groaning loudly in immense pleasure and with his dick fully in me again, he stopped again to have a rest. It was driving me crazy as I now just wanted him to get on with it. He seems to have fully listened to me, and he was only thinking of himself. Caleb wanted this time to last as long as he could, even if it meant taking regular breaks. He did start to fuck me properly but very slowly and gently. I could feel his prick inflate further in my ass so I knew that he was getting close. I was happy as I was ready to explode, but again he tried to put off his impending orgasm as he stopped yet again. I'm sure he was doing this to torture me. I was really, really wanting him to finish off. I was in ecstasy but my balls were starting to ache, desperate for their release. Caleb was really breathing hard but still wanted to draw it out. The feelings were so unbelievable that he didn't want them to stop. He hadn't thought of what he was doing to me, as he was just enjoying the whole experience for himself. Happy that the feelings had subsided enough Caleb started again. He slowly resumed fucking me but the intense feelings kicked back in a lot quicker this time and Caleb started to give in. He instinctively started to fuck me faster and faster, as the feelings were now totally in control of the boy. No longer in control of his actions Caleb was really starting to pound my ass. The sweat was pouring off him and it felt like a waterfall, as it fell on me. The muscles in my ass were starting to clench, as I could feel my climax rapidly approaching. I was drowning in sweat, not just mine but Caleb's too. Caleb's breathing was becoming very short and sharp, and he was moaning continuously. He had a look of sheer pleasure all over his face. His eyes were clamped shut as the feelings were far too overwhelming to keep them open. I was struggling to keep my eyes open, so I was trying to watch Caleb through little slits. Caleb took one last gasp of air, as he felt his body tense. His balls contracted entirely into his hot sweaty body. He thrust one last time as deep into me as he could. His throbbing prick suddenly seemed to grow wider in girth, as he thrust into me hitting my prostate hard. His prick was getting an awesome massage from my butt clenching as my climax started to take hold. As Caleb was getting really close I started to lose it. My body tensed so much that I went pretty much rigid. I could feel my balls contracting as they sent my seed up my prick ready for the coming explosion. My eyes were shut firmly by now, and I was producing one continuous groan of pleasure. I felt Caleb thrust deeply inside me and hit my prostate with his expanding dick. I lost it. "Humph, Humph, ahhh, ohhhh , ahhh, jeezeus, ohhhh fffuuuccckkk!" We screamed in our high pitch voices. My cum exploded from my twitching cock, and sprayed all over my chest. Some of it made it up as far as my neck and chin. I could feel Caleb's prick going spastic in my ass. I felt his tiny amount of boy seed erupt from his pecker and coat my prostate. He was shaking uncontrollably as the intensity of his orgasm took hold of his small body. I collapsed onto the bed. Caleb collapsed right on top of me. He landed straight on my cum soaked chest, and also on my still twitching prick. My dick was still spewing of my boy seed, and Caleb's weight landing on it sent a new wave of intense feelings coursing through me. My prick as a result tried to empty even more of my juice from my almost empty balls. I could feel Caleb's prick starting to calm down, but it was still right up in me. My mind was in a faraway land as my orgasm was still ripping through me. When I next opened my eyes I was feeling empty again. I could feel Caleb's dead weight still lying on me. I could also feel Caleb's prick resting in my butt crack, what surprised me was that it was still hard. My prick was also hard wedged in between our naked bodies, but I could tell that in my case it was because I desperately needed to take a piss. I just lay there holding on, I remembered back to the first night that we had slept together and how Caleb had waited for me to wake up before he went to the toilet. It was now my turn to repay the favour. As my mind finally started to fully catch up, I began to realise that there was a lot more light coming in the room. The sun was up, and beaming its rays in the window lighting the room with its glorious glow. I also became aware that we were no longer alone in the room, but I couldn't see past Caleb enough to find out who it was. I could now sense Caleb starting to stir. I couldn't see his face as it was buried into my neck, but I could feel his eyelashes starting to flicker. Caleb just lay there for a bit allowing his head to fully wake up. Once he felt awake enough he arched himself upwards so he could look down into my eyes. Seeing me awake he started to kiss me romantically. We then both heard a deliberate cough coming from the end of the bed. It was mum and she was not looking impressed. Given that she was my legal guardian she had managed to get one of the ship's crew to allow her into our room. It was also now that I noticed that dad was also in the room, he was sitting on one of the armchairs by the window. How on earth did I manage to miss him? I thought to myself. Hearing mum cough, Caleb thought that he better pull himself off me. The dried up cum had glued us together, and as Caleb pulled himself off me it created a bit of a ripping sound as he broke the adhesive that I had created. Needless to say we were both a little embarrassed at that, as it didn't take a genius to work out why we were so sticky. Mind you with the glowing aura surrounding our bodies, I don't think it would have been too hard to work out the details of what we had been up to. Now that we were finally separated from our bond we both were able to look at mum. Neither of us was too concerned now about our boners as mum had pretty much seen a much worse scene for us. We gave her a big cheesy smile. She didn't smile back though, so I knew that we were in big trouble for something. Mum had her arms folded around her chest, and she had a mad look on her face. If I didn't know better though, I would have said that the look was a bit put on. Mum told us to get up and that we better take a shower to wash off the dried up cum that was sticking to us. We quickly got up to what we had been ordered to do. We rushed downstairs to the bathroom. Caleb started the shower running while I relieved myself. Once Caleb had the shower running he joined me in taking a piss. Once we had finished empting our bloated bladders we jumped in the shower to clean up. We took a real quick shower then hopped out and dried off. We were both feeling a lot better as the dried up cum had a dirty feeling to it. By the morning it really just felt yucky. Knowing that mum was in a bad mood about something we decided it best to wrap our towels around our waists. Then we headed back out to the brewing storm. Mum and dad were setting in the armchairs around the coffee table by the time we had finished in the bathroom. We didn't need to be told we just took our seat on the couch. We were both about to hug but realised it probably wasn't a good idea. Mum started off by telling us that she had seen us when we got off the lifts last night. Needless to say Caleb and I were feeling a bit sheepish knowing that she had seen us so intimately embraced in a kiss as we got out of the lift. She gave us a big lecture about our public displays of affection. She reminded us that she had already told us off once before for that. Thankfully dad was here and he managed to keep her calm. He also sort of stuck up for us, but not enough to put himself in the firing line. Having vented her fury about our public kissing, she then started on Caleb. Mum had decided to pay yesterday's tab for our room in order to make sure that we were indeed booking it up to the room. When the tab came up with nothing on it, she automatically knew that Caleb had been paying for us. She knew that there was no way that we could have gone the whole day without eating. Caleb was in tears by the time mum had finished with him, so I had to give him a hug to settle him down. Mum was feeling a little guilty as she hadn't meant to upset him. She just wanted him to know that it was her present to both of us, and that Caleb shouldn't be paying for anything. While he was still crying he tried to explain to mum why he had done it. Mum got off her seat to give him a hug, and then told him that it didn't matter if we had invited other people to have dinner with us she was still willing to pay for the whole bill. Caleb eventually calmed down as mum explained herself properly. Having upset Caleb, mum had now calmed down which made it easier for her to explain what she had meant. Caleb did eventually promise that he would book everything up to our room. Mum then gave him a kiss as she stood back up. She then joked that from having seen us this morning she was really glad that the rooms were soundproof. We suddenly blushed bright red as we hadn't even thought about that. Although now knowing that the rooms were soundproof made us feel a lot more comfortable. Now that she had vented her frustrations at us, mum told us to have fun and left. Dad, who had been trying to hide his smile while mum was laying into Caleb, came over and gave his son a hug. He told him not to worry about it, as he wasn't to know that mum had meant absolutely everything. He just advised him to stick to his word and book everything up from now on. If the worst came to the worst and we booked up too much, then he would be able to offer his help in paying. Caleb gave an evil smile at hearing that, but I knew Caleb too well and he wouldn't abuse the system just so that he could help pay. Caleb gave his father a hug back and thanked him for sticking up for us. Dad then got up and told us to have a good time. He also advised us to be more careful where we decided to kiss. "When you really think about it Caleb, you're really paying for everything as now you are technically paying her wage." Dad said as he left the room, closing the door behind him. Caleb produced a big smile from hearing that, as he hadn't thought of it that way until now. I gave my sweet glowing boy a kiss. Surprisingly we were both still glowing even after the grilling we had just received from mum. We were alone again and had the whole day to ourselves, so we used a fair chunk of the time kissing and wrestling on the couch. The towels that were around our waists quickly became a waste of time as they were no longer covering much. In fact Caleb had pretty much lost his towel. He was lying on the couch with me on top of him, and his towel had come undone and was just draped underneath him. It was more like a couch protector than something that was supposed to be hiding his boy bits. The friction from my sweaty body rubbing against his had its usual effect on Caleb, and he was as hard as a piece of steel. My own prick was getting really hard too, and the feelings I was getting rubbing against my sweaty sexy angel were starting to get me moaning. Caleb had his tongue as far down my throat as he could get it, but at hearing me start to moan he decided it was time to stop. He stopped because he really didn't want to spoil last night. He knew that if we continued the way we were going, we would have an amazing time yes, but it would sort of be at the expense of the special intimacy we had experienced that night before. He also realised that the day was moving on so if we didn't do anything soon, the day would be over before we realised. Caleb withdrew his tongue from the depths of my mouth and then broke off the kiss. He gave me a gentle push to the back of the couch and somehow wriggled out from underneath me, and got off. I gave him a disappointed look, but he ignored me and followed his boner upstairs. I knew why he had done it so I wasn't really that disappointed with him, in a lot of ways I was pleased with his foresight in not letting us get too carried away. I climbed off the seat and followed me gorgeous lover upstairs, my own boner leading the way. Once I had got upstairs, I saw that Caleb had already slipped into some blue board shorts which had a white palm tree pattern on them. He had also pulled out a bright orange printed T shirt and was in the process of putting it on. I took one last longing gaze as he covered up his abs and bellybutton with his shirt, and then went to find his jandals. Caleb then sat on the bed and watched me as I found some clothes to put on. The problem that I noticed was that both of us were going to have to hide our boners. I could still see Caleb's tenting up his shorts. I grabbed some plain blue board shorts and slipped them on. Caleb was ogling me for as long as he could until I had covered my package. To sort out the tent problem I used the waistband of my shorts to hold the tip of my prick, at least until it softened up then it didn't matter. I then pulled on a white T shirt which had a black printed design on it, and then slipped on my jandals which Caleb had thoughtfully got out for me. Now that I was changed Caleb stood back up and was about to head downstairs. I could still see the prominent tent in his shorts so I grabbed a hold of his hand to stop him. I then reached into his shorts and took hold of his hard pecker, and adjusted it for him so that the waistband was holding the tip securely into place. We were now ready to go. We were just about to head out the door, when Caleb realised that neither of us had our key cards. We also decided that we should probably pick up the clothes we had left strewn around our room, while we were trying to find where we had dropped out cards. We finally located them and finished cleaning up our mess and headed out the door. We went towards the lifts with no real plan in mind as to what we were going to do. Caleb suggested that maybe we should check out the surf simulators. It sounded like a good plan so I agreed with him. When a lift finally arrived to our deck we got in and I pushed the button for the appropriate deck. The doors closed silently and the lift began to drop. The next time it stopped was the deck that we wanted so we got out. We walked along the deck to where the surf simulators were located, and then we just stood and watched for a while. The surf simulator was a large pool. It had high pressure jets that sent a huge volume of water over a specially contoured bottom. The effect was a wave similar to what you see at a beach but it always stays in the same position, it never moves. The main difference was the wave generated in the pool stayed in the same place all the time. Its shape never changed either, unlike real waves which move towards the beach, and are constantly changing depending on the sand banks which it was breaking on. It was quite interesting watching people take on the wave. The inexperienced ones pretty much got thrown straight off and ended up in the escape river. The escape river is a channel of clear water that takes you gently towards the end of the pool. I wasn't too sure whether it was a good idea for me to take it on. Watching some of the other people wipe-out, made me feel a bit nervous. Instead of hitting the water and then sinking, people seemed to be bouncing on top of the water until they made it to the escape river. Similar to what you see a water skier do when they fall over, they sort of skim along the top of the water. The main reason I was worried is that it looked quite painful, and also it looked like it could cause some serious bruising if you came off wrong. The last thing I wanted was to have to get rushed off to hospital from on a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean. The other thing was that due to it being a standing wave it didn't look anything like real surfing. Caleb though looked eager to give it a go. He had also sensed that I was a bit worried about it, so he said that he would tell me whether it was safe to do, or not. I knew that I could trust his judgement, because even though he would do anything to stop me getting hurt, he still wouldn't want me to miss out on anything if it was safe enough to do. Caleb then stripped off his shirt and handed it to me, and went to join the line. The line was pretty short as there weren't a lot of people on the ship who were in the right age groups or even wanted to try surfing. Caleb asked the operator to drop the size to 3 ft. before he got himself ready for his first attempt. Watching Caleb try to get into the wave in the first place was quite interesting. He was too used to ocean surfing and started to paddle for it. But with this type of wave you let the current take you into the wave, and then you try to time it for when you're in the right position on the wave to stand up. Caleb worked out that he didn't have to paddle, but he realised too late and miss the take-off zone, so he ended up getting washed straight to the back of the pool. He got back in line straight away. His second attempt was better, but he couldn't get the concept of a standing wave. Again before he got in he asked the operator to drop the size to 3 ft. He surfed it like a real wave and quickly ran out of wave to surf. It was as I expected, totally different to real surfing. It seems that you have got to keep doing turns while trying to stay in the same spot. It looked quite difficult as we had got so used to having to gain forward momentum to ride a wave, staying still seemed completely foreign. Caleb got back in line for another wave. He was now pretty confident as to how to get into it. He got to the front of the queue, and watched the person in front of him have a pretty good ride before arsing off and getting swept to the back of the pool. Caleb then grabbed a board and got himself into position forgetting to get the operator to drop the size, the person who had gone before him had the wave size at 6 ft. Once he was ready he pushed himself back off the makeshift beach into the rushing water. Once he felt he was in the right part of the wave he stood up and started to ride. He had decided to deliberately wipe-out this time so he could tell me how bad it was. Caleb got right to the top of the wave, to the position that if he had gone any higher he would have gone straight over the back. He then positioned the board to go back down the face, and pretty much leapt off the board. He fell all the way to the bottom of the wave and seemed to skip along the water, as the pressure was far too high for him to sink. It looked really bad, nothing like I had seen before. The pressure was so high that it ripped his board shorts right off him, and he got washed to the back of the pool buck naked. He sat there for a bit rubbing himself, before he fished his shorts from the water and sheepishly pulled them back on. He then hopped out and headed back over to me. He was still rubbing himself, especially his arms and legs on the side that had taken the impact. He told me that it was fine as long as you don't wipe-out. Then it's really painful. He wasn't sure as to whether it was a good idea for me to do it, but he decided to leave the decision up to me. I decided after having seen Caleb take a heavy fall, even if it was deliberate, that I wouldn't risk it. I suggested that maybe we should go down to deck 6 and take a look at the amusement park down there. Caleb agreed, and I could see that his arm was going rather red as a result of the impact. I was glad that I opted out. We walked to the nearest elevators and went down to the amusement park. Caleb took his shirt back from me and put it back on while we were walking towards the lifts. We had a quick look around the amusement park before I realised how late it was. We were running late for our dinner date, and we still had to get changed into some more respectable clothes. So we ran down to the bow of the ship to the elevators that would take us directly to our deck. Once back at our room we flew upstairs and found some nicer clothes to wear. We both stripped off, and used the time to ogle each other before we changed. I noticed that Caleb was looking a bit red, but he wasn't complaining about it so I didn't worry about it. Caleb put on some black dress pants and a black with white stripes casual dress shirt. As he was buttoning up his shirt, I blocked his view of my package by pulling on some tight black denim jeans, and then pulled on, an already buttoned up, grey and white checked shirt. We both put on black socks and our black dress shoes. We checked each other over making sure we both looked presentable, before running back downstairs and out the door to the lift. The elderly couple were sitting on a bench in the park waiting for us. They saw us running through the park, and laughed at us. They explained that we were on a cruise and that the staff sort of expect people to lose track of time, so being late to something was no big deal. We both were a little flushed already through having run so much, but now we also blushed realising that it was all for nothing. The couple then got off their seat, still giggling a bit at our naivety, and we headed towards the wonderful restaurant that we had been to last night. Again the food was great, and the company was even better. I don't know what it was about the elderly couple, but they made us fall even deeper in love with each other, each time we saw them. Caleb felt so comfortable, and strangely turned on that he gave me a huge kiss in front of them. They just smiled, but told Caleb he should leave that sort of show till we were safely in our room. They said small kisses were fine but not to go overboard with it. Caleb just nodded that he understood, but I could see the fire burning in his eyes. I know I had that same fire burning too, and almost couldn't wait to get back to our room. The elderly couple shocked us when they mentioned that we had a real bright aura about us today. It wasn't that comment that shocked us, it was the conversation afterwards. They started to talk about sex with us, as they knew what we had got up to last night. They were actually happy to hear that Caleb had refused me a little while ago as he felt it should be saved for special occasions. That was the main reason they brought it up, as they see too many couples base their whole relationship on sex that they break apart after a few years. For us they knew for certain that we would be together a long time, all because we just enjoy being with each other and that sex is a bonus, not expected. After we had finished dinner we just continued to sit around and talk. I tried to explain to then how we were feeling after having met them. They were surprised but also very happy to know that they had such an effect on our love for each other. They continued to tell us how happy they were for us, and that they were serious when they said that they hoped that we stayed together for as long as we live. They said that they had never met anyone quiet like us, and they knew our love was genuine, but we would still have to work hard to keep the flame going. We both didn't really understand what they had said, mainly because we thought that we had already been through heaps, and it was our love that had got us this far. I mean, could adult life really be any harder than what we have already experienced? We continued to talk until Caleb excused himself to go to the toilet. He had been acting a little weird all night, he was continuously rubbing and scratching himself and looking a bit preoccupied. He was trying to hide something but I wasn't sure what, so when he said he was going to the toilet I decided to keep my eye on him. Caleb went to the toilet though but I was still a bit concerned as to what he was hiding, but I forgot about it as I went back to talking to the elderly couple. Caleb was a long time in the toilet and the elderly man was getting a bit concerned, so he said that he would go and pay, and then check up on Caleb. The man paid for dinner at the counter and then went to the toilets. He got the shock of his life when he opened the door. Caleb was standing there completely naked and checking himself over in the mirror. He was extremely red on one entire side, but was still red everywhere else, his pecker included. Caleb jumped when the elderly man entered. He had forgotten that it was a public toilet. He had initially just taken off his shirt, but seeing how bad the rash was he thought that he had better check over his whole body so dropped his pants. He was really worried when he saw the full extent of the rash, especially seeing as even his prick was red. He quickly tried to cover himself when he heard the door suddenly open, but when he realised that it was just the elderly man he had been dinning with, so he didn't worry about it. The man was really concerned at seeing the rash over Caleb's body, so he quickly closed the door and locked it so he could check over the boy properly. He asked Caleb if it was something he had eaten, but the boy replied no it wasn't. Caleb then explained what had happened, but forgot to tell the man that his shorts had been ripped off. The elderly man gave him a confused look when he saw that even his penis had a rash on it, so Caleb quickly informed the man how that had happened. The man couldn't believe that Caleb had put his body through so much just to be able to tell me as to whether trying the simulator out was a good idea. He told Caleb that next time he should consider himself before doing such a thing. He fully understood why Caleb had done it, but at the expense of his own body he thought that there must have been a better way. He told Caleb to get changed as he was going to have to take him to see the ship's doctor, as the rash looked pretty bad. So Caleb dressed himself, whilst trying not to scratch his itches too much. He got told off every time he got caught scratching. Then the man unlocked the toilet door and they both headed back to the table. I had been talking with the elderly woman while the other two were gone. It was really interesting talking to her and hearing her side of things. It had been so good talking with her that we hadn't realised how long the other two had been away, "Sorry you two but I have to interrupt." The elderly man said, once he and Caleb had arrived back to the table. The elderly woman and I jumped, as we were so engrossed in our conversation that we hadn't seen the approaching. "We need to take Caleb to the doctor, as he has a really bad rash over his whole body." The elderly man continued. He deliberately stressed the whole but neither of us picked up on it. I looked worriedly at my lover and was about to tell him off for not telling me. "I'm sorry Dan. I didn't know how bad it was. I had got really itchy so went to the toilet to check myself out." Caleb said in tears. I was no longer cross with him and gave him a hug. I knew now that he hadn't deliberately hidden it from me, as he wasn't sure how bad it was himself. We got up and left the restaurant, and headed towards the lifts. While we were walking I was really starting to notice how bad Caleb's rash must be. He was scratching almost constantly, even scratching his crotch. He got told off each time he started scratching from the elderly couple, so I took hold of one of Caleb's hands so at least he was one hand less. We got to the doctor and waited in a small queue. It was like a mini hospital, and there was quite a few people waiting. Most of the people were there for relatively minor things like sunburn. There was one who had broken his arm, and another who had eaten something that they were allergic to, but otherwise nothing too serious. We went to the reception and filled out a form for Caleb. I used the time to contact mum and dad to inform them that we were at the doctors for Caleb. I didn't elaborate as to what was wrong. We ended up third in line after the guy with the broken arm, and the lady with the allergic reaction. When the doctor was ready to see Caleb we all got told to wait in the waiting room, as we weren't related. Caleb didn't like that one bit, and after a big argument he got his way and we were all allowed to come. As soon as we got in the examination room Caleb was told to strip. He did so without any hesitation, which surprised me. I knew the man had seen him naked but the woman hadn't, but Caleb didn't care. I had made him feel so comfortable with his body that he really wasn't worried as to who saw him naked. I gasped at seeing a very red looking Caleb standing naked in front of the doctor. As Caleb spun round for the doctor to give him a full view of the extent of his rash, I got a clear picture too. I couldn't' believe how bad he was, even my little toy had a rash on it. I was amazed at how much Caleb was willing to put his body on the line to ensure my safety. The thing that disappointed me most was I wouldn't be able to thank him for yet again putting his body on the line for me. The doctor was a little surprised to see the rash extended to his penis and buttocks. But after Caleb explained to him that the force of the water ripped his shorts off he was no longer surprised. It wasn't the first case of a rash caused from the surf simulator, which the doctor had seen. It also wasn't the worst case he had seen. But he hadn't seen many cases which the extent of the rash was spread over so much of the body. This sort of case usually occurs in younger kids who have more sensitive skin, but Caleb still just fell into that age bracket so the doctor wasn't overly concerned. He wrote out a prescription for some special rash cream as he was going to have to apply it to sensitive areas, so he couldn't just prescribe the normal cream. He then allowed Caleb to get dressed and advised him not to do, or wear anything that can cause irritation. Caleb grinned at hearing that as it gave him an excuse not to wear anything, but if he was naked all the time he really couldn't do anything but stay in our room. I'm not sure he had thought of that, either that or he just didn't really care. With Caleb now changed again, we headed back to the waiting room. Mum and dad were there frantically trying to find out what had happened. The look of relief that spread across their faces as we emerged was a little amusing. I felt a little guilty for not having told them what had happened, but I hadn't really expected them to panic so much. I did get scolded by them for not giving them the details, but they were too happy to find everything was alright that the telling off was rather weak. Caleb handed his father his latest prescription and got a curious look in return. Again Caleb explained what happened, causing both parents to shake their heads in disbelief. They couldn't believe the extent Caleb went to for my safety, although at the same time they weren't overly surprised. We gave the elderly couple a hug. Caleb sort of lightly hugged them, as the irritation from his rash was getting too much for him now. We then thanked them for dinner, and their help. They then left saying it was no problem, and they hope that they will see us again when Caleb is better. Once they had left we went in search of the pharmacy to get Caleb the cream. Mum was meaning to tell us off again, but after hearing us thank the elderly couple for tea, she figured that they must have paid for us. So she bit her tongue. We found the pharmacy and mum purchased the cream, it was the first thing that she had paid for on our behalf since we had boarded the vessel, so she felt some sort of satisfaction. We then went back up to our deck and towards our rooms. Dad asked whether we would be alright applying the cream, and replied in the affirmative. Caleb had given so much for me, the least I could do was put the cream on for him. Mum and dad gave us a kiss and cuddle, Caleb got a light tentative cuddle, before they said goodnight and went into their respective rooms. We went into our room and before I had even closed the door Caleb had dropped his pants and taken off his shirt. Looking a bit embarrassed he asked me to remove his shoes for him so that he could take his pants off properly. I obliged, giggling to myself at the positions Caleb gets himself into, at least this time he didn't try and fix the problem himself and end up falling over. While removing his shoes I took a good look at my favourite toy. It looked all red and painful. I felt really bad for him, as he did this entirely to make sure nothing happened to me. We then went upstairs to the bedroom and I got Caleb to lie down on the bed. I quickly read the instructions on the bottle of cream. I then gently applied the cream to Caleb's body. He sighed feeling instant relief, even if it was only temporary. I was still a little sceptical about it being all right for sensitive areas, so I only applied a small amount to his pecker. I figured if it didn't get any worse, then I would apply a lot more next time. By the time I had finished Caleb was fast asleep. I looked over my sexy angel and really felt sorry for him, but it was his decision and it saved me from a far worse fate, so I was also very thankful too. I stripped off and got into bed and snuggled up to my lover. He shifted in his sleep a bit further away from me, and I realised that I must have started to irritate his rash by being too close. It was going to be a hard night not being able to snuggle properly. I was awoken the next morning by a presence in our room. We had massively slept in, and an overly embarrassed housekeeper was in our room. She had knocked on our door, and when no one had answered, so she figured the room was empty so she could do her job changing the sheets and cleaning the bathroom. When she made it to our bedroom she wasn't sure what to do. She had never expected two naked sleeping boys to be in here. I tried to cover up as best as possible, but it was already too late for that as she had already seen both of us completely naked. What was worse was we were both sporting our morning wood. Due to Caleb's rash we had slept on top of the covers, as to not irritate Caleb any more than necessary. Caleb finally woke up, and jumped straight out of bed totally oblivious to the housekeeper in the room. He was on his way to the toilet as he desperately needed to relieve his bladder. He stopped dead at seeing the housekeeper, and tried to cover up while apologising to her. He quickly gave up with covering up, and ran down the stairs to the toilet. The housekeeper said that she would be back later, and then turned and left as quickly as she could. She was totally embarrassed and confused by what she had seen. She didn't know about us as she was part of the crew that came from the Caribbean, but what confused her was that she had found the whole scene strangely erotic. With the housekeeper now gone I headed downstairs to relieve my bloated bladder. Caleb had only just finished by the time I got to the bathroom, but he stayed and watched as I peed. I took the opportunity to ogle Caleb, as he was doing the same to me. He wasn't looking quite as bad this morning, but was still very red. His pecker also looked slightly better, which encouraged me to use more cream when I applied it next. That would be right after I finished peeing. The torrent of piss finally eased back to a dribble, and then stopped. I then shook the remaining drops from my now flaccid penis and washed my hands. Then I took Caleb upstairs to put on some more of his rash cream. The rest of the day we just relaxed in our room, mostly naked. We found out that we could get room service which helped a lot as it meant we didn't have to get changed to find somewhere to eat. Instead I only had to put a towel around my waist when our food arrived, and Caleb could just lie there buck naked. The only time Caleb put anything on was when the housekeeper came back. The day was pretty much spent making out, or just laying around watching the ocean pass us by. Our first port was Brisbane in Australia. Caleb's rash was still too bad so he didn't want to get off, but he commanded me to go and have some fun. I went into the city with mum and dad but got bored pretty quickly, and came back to the boat as soon as I could. It wasn't just because I missed Caleb. I just really didn't think much of Brisbane. It was just another city as far as I was concerned, there wasn't really anything spectacular about the place. It wasn't somewhere like New York, or Paris. It was just a city. We had a really good time on the cruise, especially after Caleb's rash had faded sufficiently enough for him to get out and about again. The port stops were awesome after Brisbane. We stopped twice in Vanuatu, then Fiji, and Samoa before heading back home. We also tried as much as we could on board the cruise ship, but most of the time was either spent in one of the pools, or making out in our room. We did have one more dinner with the elderly couple. It was on the last night of the cruise. Mum and dad had also joined us, and it was a really wonderful night. It was really late by the time we decided to go, so nothing happened once we got to our room. The highlights of the cruise were the two port stops in Vanuatu. The first one was at the island of Tanna. It was a totally surreal experience climbing up to the active crater of Mt Yasur, the most accessible active volcano in the world. Then there was the cultural side which was really cool. I never in my wildest dreams would have imagined I would ever get to experience true tribal life. The ni-Vanuatu people still embrace the old way of life. It is so basic and yet looks so rewarding. Not to mention the people there always seem to be smiling, as they don't have all the stresses of modern life. If you don't have money then you just have to catch or grow your own food. I really liked it, and Caleb did too. We were both firm believers that money wasn't the be all and end all of everything, and the people here proved that to us. Port Villa on Efate was absolutely beautiful, but a little more representative of the western world. But just outside Vanuatu's main town you returned back to the real Vanuatu. The culture here was different to Tanna, but just as amazing and inspirational. We loved Vanuatu as it was a breath of fresh air, as it had largely shunned the western ideas for life, and stuck to its roots. We were setting in an armchair watching out of the window in our bedroom the volcanic dome of Rangitoto Island came into view. It was a spectacular sight. Trees covered the entire mound as it rose from the aqua waters of the Hauraki Gulf. We were feeling a bit disappointed knowing that our cruise was coming to an end. But we were also feeling ecstatic with the whole experience, and were also excited to be going back to school to see our friends again. It was also only the start of our travels. As during the school holidays that were in a couple of weeks Caleb had purchased some plane tickets so we could go to New Plymouth. We were also going to spend the second week of the holidays with Chris in Wanaka. Little did we know at this stage but in about a months and a half's time we were going to embark on our biggest trip yet. Mr Black had secured a deal with the Louvre to display my art exhibit, and he was shouting us a trip to Paris for the opening. It was going to mean more time off school but neither of us were worried. Mum and dad tried going out again now that mum had a new job. All was going really well it seemed. Caleb and I were really hoping they were going to make it, as they really did seem to be great for each other. They ended up deciding to split up again, it was totally mutual. They both felt that a certain spark was missing, and it just never quite felt right. Not like how they felt with their previous partners. They have stayed as really good friends though. They just don't love each other in a romantic way. Caleb and I are still happy with their decision, as there is no point lying to yourself that you love someone when you really don't. We took a look through Caleb's warehouse before heading home on Sunday. The work was steamrolling ahead. They had started to re-grout the brickwork on the outside of the building. They had only managed to finish off one wall, but the results were amazing. It made the wall look like it had been newly built. It looked strong and welcoming, not condemned and abandoned like it did when I first saw it. Inside they had completely finished the rooms that they had started during my last visit, and were now working on some of the other ideas that Caleb had designed. Mr Black informed us both that we were going to have to knuckle down soon and decide what we wanted to do with the rest of the building, as before we knew it the builders will have caught up to us. Between Caleb and me, we managed to come up with enough ideas to fill most of the building, but due to the sheer size of the place we still had a lot to fill. We designed a go-kart track to go in one of the rooms. We also thought that we should put in a bowling alley. Caleb amazed me with his designing, as every idea I suggested he would make a freehand sketch of what he though it should look like, and every time he got it pretty much spot on. A couple of minor tweaks were needed, but all in all the designs were generally perfect. Struggling to come up with ideas to fill the remaining space we decided to open to the public regardless, well once all work had been completed to that point. We would just build around everyone once we found inspiration as to how to fill what was left. It would still be very safe as the spaces we were still to fill where at the extreme ends of the building and had its own access from the street. Once the building work was completed Caleb made the decision that we would open up to the public on the Sunday, even though it was going to be harder to get the dignitaries to show. He had other plans for the Saturday. He had decided to have an unofficial opening on the Saturday as his guests were going to be all of our friends, as well as all the kids, who were able to be moved, from the children's ward at the hospital. As we were gathering all the kids up at the hospital we made a special stop at what had been Alex's room. The boy who was now in there was unable to get moved due to recently having had surgery. Like Alex he had been diagnosed with testicular cancer. Caleb's spiel on the internet after Alex had passed has had a huge impact on a lot of people, and the boy in Alex's room was one of them. The boy had noticed a problem and hadn't felt embarrassed to tell his dad. The doctors were able to catch it in time before it spread, as a result of the boy telling his dad as soon as he noticed the problem. Thankfully for the boy they only had to remove one testicle, and he was eventually given the all clear. His parents were so glad when we came into their room, and they thanked Caleb heaps, saying that if it wasn't for him then their son may have gone down the same path as Alex. Caleb had felt guilty for not being able to take all the kids, so as a sorry present he gave all the kids who couldn't come, a PSP. The kids that were able to come to our amusement style park had an absolute ball. We had asked our friends to come so that we had enough people to help the kids in wheelchairs enjoy themselves, and participate in as much as they wanted. Our friends knew that they had unlimited access to the facility so weren't worried about not getting to play themselves, they were more than happy lending a hand to those less fortunate. Our friends had been truly awesome, and they had made a lot of new friends from the appreciative kids who they were helping. By the end of the day everyone had huge smiles on their faces because we all felt like we had made a huge difference to the kids' lives. We were all so proud of Caleb for having organised such an event and all the kids from the hospital let him know it too. For Caleb it was only the start, as he was planning on having more days like this for various children's organisations which he felt deserved it. That is why he wanted to be the public relations manager of his business, and not the proper manager, which he wanted me to be. The day of the official opening had a party like atmosphere. We had wanted it to be as fun and welcoming as possible. It was the start of winter, but we were greeted with a fabulous clear day. There had been a frost during the night which made things a bit slippery when setting up, but no one got hurt so it wasn't too much of an issue. There was a huge crowd turn up for the event, as Mr Black had worked his magic on the advertising side. We even managed to get the city's mayor to cut the ribbon. Caleb also unveiled a bronze plaque which he has had installed into a large rock in front of the main entrance. The plaque was in memorial to Alex. The day went without a hitch and everyone had a really great time. Caleb's business was an instant success and was making profits from its first week in operation. Going back to school on the Monday after our cruise had finished, was strange. We were already missing Chris and it was so strange not seeing him at school with us. It was going to take a long time to adjust to him not being there. As a result of Chris no longer going to school we lost our national title in archery this year. Chris was our best archer by a long shot, so we stood no chance without him. Caleb even tried archery this year, and I finally found something that he sucked at. He was doing well if he even hit the target. Let alone get a bull's eye. I was still middle of the road, but it was more about staying active and having fun. Both of us really enjoyed it so it was well worth the effort. Caleb had been shit scared of me leaving school, in order to study properly to become the manager for his business. So he had personally hired the leading management teacher in the country to teach at our school. It ended up with our school gaining a lot in popularity for kids wanting to study for management during their final years before university. For the first time since god knows when, our school had a full roster of student's studying from years 10 -13. We had so many kids come in from the city that at one stage they were considering opening up a boarding house. The cost was too much for the short term so the idea got scrapped until they knew how certain the future looked for the school and its role. Dave had started on the second week of our cruise and had fit straight in. His grades had already started to improve as he was yet again enjoying school. Luke and Tim could do nothing but sing the praises of the little boy, and now knew why Caleb liked him so much. Dave also finally found out that he was indeed straight. He had developed a crush for the girl who goes on our school bus. Judging by the way she keeps eyeing Dave up, I think she has a crush on him too. It would be halfway through the school year before either of them picked up the courage to talk to each other. They had been too scared so just eyed each other up from across the courtyard, or playground depending on where they were. When they finally talked to each other they found that there was definitely a connection there, but at this stage both were too young to really do anything about it. The biggest surprise was on that first day of school after our cruise. As we got off Mr Black's helicopter and waded our way through the crowd of kids that had come to welcome us back. Dave had slowly gotten used to the greeting that the kids at school gave him every time he flew in, but Caleb who had the longest out of all of us still wasn't used to it and was overawed. I still wasn't used to it either. We noticed something weird going on by the main school building. There seemed to be camera crews setting up, as well as various reporters. J C was even here and gave us a wave. Red carpet was getting rolled out into the school hall. We were wondering who the special guest was and why they would come here. We quickly forgot about it as we were swamped by our friends wanting to know how our cruise had gone. It turned out that they had been in on it, and so had our teachers. Caleb and I were the only ones who didn't know what was going on the night we set off for Auckland, and the cruise. We explain how awesome the two weeks had been. We told them what we had done, and what we really enjoyed. Caleb got a big hug from everyone, when I told them about how Caleb had put his body on the line for me, at the surf simulator. We had lots to say, and our friends had lot of questions to ask, but we were all cut short when the bell rung. It was assembly time. As we headed across the courtyard towards the main building and school hall we could hear a helicopter approaching from the south. We thought nothing of it, as we rushed to get to assembly on time. We got into the school hall, and had to wade our way past countless journalists and their cameramen, to get to a bench seat. We sat down to the last row of seats as they were the easiest to get all of us on. We also didn't want to stand out too much for being late. Mrs Milner came straight up to us as we sat down, so we thought that we were in big trouble for being late. She didn't say anything about that, she told us to get up and follow her. We followed her to the very front row of seats, and she organised us so the Caleb was sitting on the end of the bench seat nearest the centre aisle. The aisle had red carpet along it, coming in from the steps outside, all the way through to the stage at the front. We were really starting to wonder what was going on. Now that we were seated where the principal wanted us, he began the assembly. He welcomed the school back for another week, and quickly went through all the announcements. Once he had finished updating the school on the ins and outs of the next school week, he then started to tell us what was going on. He told us that we had a very special guest coming to give one of our students a very special honour for the work he has been doing for people, and some charities. Seeing that our guest had now arrived he introduced us. It was the Prime Minister who was making his way down the red carpet towards the stage at the front of the hall. He was flanked by a couple of his protection personnel, who took their places at each side of the stage. The Prime Minister then went up on to the stage and shook the principal's hand, as he took his place behind the podium. The Prime Minister then began his speech, with all the cameras directly centred on him. There were a lot of flashes from the cameras blinking on and off, lighting up the place for brief moments of time. The Prime Minister started off by saying that one of the school's students had received numerous nominations for New Zealander of the year. He said that the nominations had come from numerous charities to which have received substantial donations from the student. Like the blood foundation, and the cancer kids charity just to name a couple. The public hospital had even sent through a nomination. He then said that the most heart-warming nomination came in the form of a letter. He then read the letter out, and it had everyone in tears. It was the letter that Alex had given his parents the last time I had seen him without Caleb by my side. I instantly knew now as to what was happening, and it did seem like Alex had got his wish. Caleb was going to be awarded New Zealander of the year. I was rapt. I just hoped that Caleb would this time accept the award. Looking over to him I could still see that he hadn't quite cottoned on what was happening yet. I could see the gears churning around in his head, as he sort of recognised some of what was said in the letter. The Prime Minister had deliberately left out any names that were in the letter to keep the suspense brewing. Looking back it was pretty obvious who it was for, as we had been specifically made to sit up the front with Caleb having the easiest access to the stage. He still hadn't clicked though. I was dumbfounded at how much Caleb had donated, and how many charities he had given money to. I knew he had given a lot of money to the cancer kids charity as that was who stood to benefit from the site Caleb had opened up. It made me realise that Caleb must be a lot richer than I originally thought, as with all the donations he had made, and the fact he had purchased and renovated that old warehouse in the city, I just couldn't believe he could afford all that. He wasn't one to do things on the cheap either, so it really did show how popular his beliefs were with the international community. The Prime Minister then explained how the New Zealander of the year award worked. The first stage was nominations, which were then sorted through by a select committee. They went through all the nominations and sorted them out as to which one fit the criteria to continue on to the next stage. The nominees' who made it through were the voted on by the general public until a winner was found. Those that didn't win the supreme prize were still allegeable for the minor awards, like young New Zealander of the year. So whoever won the main prise was the most deserving person in the country, so I hoped Caleb would see that. All that was left now was to name the person who had won. The Prime Minister told everyone that the nomination he had read out came from Alex. Caleb finally clicked now that it was him who had been nominated, and he started to cry not believing what was happening. I gave him a big hug. Thankfully Mrs Milner had made sure that I was sitting directly beside him. The Prime Minister then told the school, well those that hadn't worked it out already, who it was that won. There was a huge cheer, and a thunderous applause as the school heard Caleb's name. They were so happy that it was him, but like me were also interested to see whether this time he would accept it. "Go on Caleb. You really do deserve it as it was what Alex wanted for you. So at least accept it in his honour." I whispered to Caleb. He was still crying but nodded his head. I gave him a quick peck on the cheeks and then released him so that he could go on stage to accept his award. He was trying to wipe the tears from his eyes as he wearily made his way onto the stage. He was looking a bit wobbly through nerves. He was not expecting to have anything like this happen when he woke up this morning. Once on stage the Prime Minister shook his hand, he too was wondering as to whether the boy would accept it. There was no alternative plan for if he rejected it again, so he was a little worried. Caleb took the award as the Prime Minister awarded it to him, and then shook his hand again. Caleb really didn't know what to do. He had nothing planned as he didn't even know that this was going to happen. He stood behind the podium, and just stared for a little as he tried to think of something to say. He was too overwhelmed by the whole thing, and I could tell he was struggling to control his emotions. He wanted to accept if for Alex, but still couldn't believe he had beat out other worthy New Zealanders to win the title. "This is for you Alex... I'm sorry everyone... this is too much." Caleb stammered as he finally thought of something to say. He broke down then and bawled his eyes out. The whole thing was too much for him to handle, not to mention Alex's memory getting brought back up. He ran out of the hall, and I quickly chased him. I found him outside on the bleachers with his head in his hands. He went up to him and hugged him. A couple of the reporters and cameramen followed us out, but they left us alone for the time being. Dave burst out the door shortly after, and was followed by Luke and Tim. The teachers had unsuccessfully tried to stop them. They came over and gave Caleb a hug too. Caleb regained some composure, and told everyone thanks. He explained getting reminded about Alex is what had upset him. He was happy to accept the award, but getting reminded of the poor little boy had cut him up. I began to realise that Caleb had grown too attached to Alex, but had never properly grieved after he had passed. He was finally grieving for him now, which happened to be probably the worst possible time. Caleb apologised for being a cry baby, saying he didn't understand why he had done so. I explained to him that I thought that it was because he had never grieved properly after Alex had gone. He understood what I was saying, and thought about it for a bit. He realised that I was right and he had got too attached to the boy even though he tried not to. He slowly regained his composure, and then we all headed back into the hall. As we re-entered the hall I could see a lot of worried faces turn to relief at seeing Caleb was fine. We all took our seats, and Caleb headed back onto the stage. He was still trembling a little, and was also still crying, but he was under control enough to continue. He apologised to everyone saying that he had got really upset remembering Alex. He then thanked everyone for the award. He made a special thank you to everyone who had donated money for Alex, which is the reason he was able to do so much. He also told everyone of his future plans, and about how he hopes to run the business he was going to open. Everyone was dumbfounded knowing Caleb was still trying to make other people happy, and that he had a business in order to achieve that. Once Caleb had finished his speech he received another thunderous applause, even the journalists and camera crew were clapping. He received another firm handshake from the Prime Minister as he took his seat again. The Prime Minister finished off by congratulating him again, before joking that it sounded like he could be back again next year to award him the same honour. He then said his farewell to the school and left. Caleb never got a chance to attend any of his classes that day. I didn't either as I stuck by Caleb for emotional support. Caleb spent the whole day giving interviews, and I got interviewed by a few of the journalists too. Caleb and I had tried to keep most of the interviews pretty brief until it was J c's turn to interview us. For him we gave a full interview as we felt like we owed it to him. He had been really kind and supportive to us, and to be honest we really liked being with him. We felt comfortable talking to him and his camera crew, who were the same ones that had interviewed us in the hospital. J C took us and our parents out for a really special dinner that night. We really enjoyed actually having dinner with him this time, as opposed to him having someone deliver it to us. It was our chance to properly interview him, as we really wanted to know about him. All too soon the night was over, and we had to farewell J C. Needless to say such a special day resulted in a very special night for me and Caleb. It led to us sleeping in the next morning, but with the way we were glowing the whole next day nobody cared. ************ Well that is the end of my very first story, I hope you enjoyed it. I have not written anything, since the pointless shit I had to do in English, back in the day when I went to school. So I hope this worked out well. I have tried to keep things accurate in the story with regards to the medical side of the story, and apologise if there are things which are not as accurate as I intended. Just a bit of a warning, if anyone has the blood disorder mentioned in the story, I should point out that surfing as a sport is definitely not recommended. I would like to apologise to all the people who know a lot about ships, as the cruise ship I have used, I got arse about face. The portside which I have mentioned in the storey is on the right hand side of the ship, not the left side like it should have been. I'm sorry if any confusion has been caused by this. Thank you again for reading it, I hope it wasn't too long for you. My new storey `Washed Up' probably isn't as nice as this one was. Just a warning. Also if you want a storey full of sex then this storey isn't for you, as it's more about the love between two boys. A lot like this one was, but it takes longer for any action. Drop me an e-mail if you want to be kept up to date on my new one, with regards to when I am going to submit each chapter, and I will try to keep you posted. ************ Comments are always welcome at (pennywise3636@gmail.com). Please keep all comments clean. If possible please kick in a few bucks at the Nifty Website, to keep it up and running. The site puts in a lot of effort and work so that we all have a place to come and contribute or read some fine stories.