Date: Sat, 28 May 2022 11:40:00 +0000 From: Andrew Passey Subject: Danny The Bully Part Twenty Three (Young Friends) It was Wednesday and I was sat on the usual sofa talking to Peter when he totally threw me. "This is what you were looking for last Thursday isn't it?" Peter asked as to my horror he put the missing tape recorder on the table in front of us. Shit. Shit. Shit. Should I try and balls it out? Pretend I had no idea what he was talking about? No, that would just make me look more of an idiot, I would just have to try and rescue this situation. "Yes. I wanted to record our conversation so you couldn't deny it if I told someone what you'd done." Peter shook his head looking disappointed, "I thought you weren't going to tell anybody? Are you going to take this to the police? I made mistakes, I know that. I'll pay for them but Danny would as well. Is that what you want for him? To end up in some abusive children's home?" It annoyed me that Peter was putting this on me. Like he was the victim in all this. However I wanted to be honest up to a point. "No, not the police. I told Gaz. I couldn't not tell my boyfriend what was going on. He's involved in all of this too. He suggested I record us so that when we tell Trevor he believes us. That's who we want to tell." I watched Peter closely as I told him this. At the mention of Trevor he visibly relaxed. Maybe it was the fear of the police getting involved he hated the idea of rather than his friend finding out. Still, I couldn't make promises that wouldn't be the case down the line. Nor I guess would Peter expect that. Once Trevor found out I hoped me and Gaz would be able to take a back seat. "I understand Tom. It's been unfair of me to ask you to keep this to yourself. I totally get that you are worried about Danny. Worried that what we've been doing is wrong. Well it is. I've broken the law. But I will fix this. I am fixing this. I want you to give you something tomorrow after your session with Danny that will hopefully explain everything and start to make amends. When will you tell Trevor?" There was no point in me lying so I simply said, "When I'm over at Gaz's this weekend." He nodded then picked up the tape recorder, "Here, put this in your bag now so you don't forget." I looked at him in shock and amazement, why was he giving me the evidence of his guilt? "Use it if Trevor doesn't believe you but I would be amazed if he didn't. He knows what we've been through together. Whatever happens, please don't cut Danny adrift. I know he can be a challenge but you have been great for him. I'd hate to think my actions mean that he is left alone and without any friends to support him. I know you owe me nothing but can you at least promise me that?" Peter was wrong. I did owe him. Financially and mentally he had helped me. Yes it had been a fucked up mess at times but I also didn't want Danny to suffer. I agreed and then we talked niceties until it was time for me to go. I told Gaz I had the tape recorder the next morning and he was as shocked as I had been, "Wait so Peter had it all this time? He gave it to you even though he's incriminated? Has he wiped the tape or something?!" "No, I checked, it's there. Not the world's best recording but it's all clear enough. Maybe he just realises he's run out of road? He said to use it if your Dad didn't believe us. He said hopefully he would without it then we wouldn't have to tell your Dad all the things we've been doing with Danny." "Good point. I'm just...I expected him to wipe the tape. I guess apart from being a paedo perve he's still a decent person!" I wasn't sure if that was a joke or not but I sort of believed Peter was a decent person. Just a fucked up messed up one who had done terrible things to his son. I'm not a good and evil sort of person. Everyone has their dark side and Peter's was just darker than most. I wasn't looking forward to telling Trevor but I knew it had to be done. Later that day I was in Danny's room finishing off working with him for the day. As I started to pack my bag he said he had something to tell me. "I just want to say how great you've been to me. All the help you've given me has sorted my grades out. I'm sorry I've been an utter bastard to you at times. Blackmailing and tricking you into having sex with me. I'm a horny bastard as well as an arsehole and I struggle to control myself. I'm pleased that side of things ended and we can just be friends." This surprised me and I thanked him for his words. As I went downstairs Peter grabbed me , "Very quickly Tom, take this. I hope it will explain things in a bit more detail for you as well as helping you to move on. Please don't open it until after the weekend though. Promise me that?" I accepted the envelope from him and promised him I would wait. I'd broken a previous promise about not telling anyone about him and Danny but I resolved to keep this one. He smiled at me and then hugged me goodbye which was another big surprise. "I've really enjoyed spending time with you Tom, you're an amazing boy and don't ever forget that!" He said as he broke the hug. I looked at him in surprise, it was almost like he was saying goodbye. "Thanks Peter, I'll see you Wednesday and won't open the letter until Monday morning." He smiled and said "Yes of course, see you then," and I headed home. "Can we talk Dad?" Gaz said nervously on Friday evening as we both went into his study where he was working. "Of course, is everything okay with the two of you, you both look very nervous!" He was right. I was shitting myself and I think Gaz was as well! "It's a difficult topic of conversation," Gaz said simply. Trevor smiled at us both, "If it's to tell me that the two of you are boyfriends I already know. It's been written over your faces for weeks, and your bedsheets..." We both blushed bright red at that before he laughed and told us it was fine. "We're your parents Gaz. We've suspected you were gay for a while. You and Tom have been close for a while and we wondered if you'd both realised how you felt about each other. Well clearly you eventually did. You didn't do an awful job of hiding it, but I also wouldn't want to rely on the two of you keeping it secret if your life depended on it! Luckily it doesn't though! We're both here to support you, does your Mum know yet Tom?" "Um no she doesn't. We didn't think anyone knew. I guess I'll tell her." "Thanks for being cool about this Dad but this isn't actually what we wanted to talk about. We need to talk about Peter and Danny." "What about them?" Trevor asked, clearly surprised that the conversation was going down this road. "Well..... over the past few years Peter and Danny have been...doing inappropriate things together." Gaz said. "What sort of inappropriate things?" I stepped in, partly because I didn't want Gaz to make Trevor think it was still ongoing. "It's stopped happening now but they've um..been having sex together. In the past." Trevor shook his head and sighed, "History repeating itself. Peters' dad abused him..and his friends. It was very messy but it was a different time. There was no one to tell so you just put up with it. I am very surprised after what he went through that he would abuse Danny though. Has he done anything to you? Mistreated you at all?" "No, never!" I said vehemently before Gaz could say anything. "Good, that doesn't surprise me. He's a good man. I know he's still broken inside. He'd never hurt you two. I can only think that he doesn't realise he's hurting Danny." "He knows it's wrong now but it seems that it just got out of control. It wasn't every day and it's been not much for a while but it still happened. We don't know what to do now and hoped you would. Danny doesn't want the police to know, he doesn't want to lose his Dad." "I'm glad Peter says it's stopped but I'd want to look him in the eye and hear him say that. I need to think about all of this. Thank you for telling me. It's late, I'll speak to Peter over the weekend. Don't worry, I'll get to the bottom of this. Now it's getting late, you boys should go to bed and do nice things together rather than worrying about this darker side of things." We left the room both feeling relieved. Once we were ready for bed and locked safely in Gaz's room we both exhaled loudly. "Fuck. He knows we're boyfriends, he knows we have sex!" Gaz said looking slightly ill. "Yes but he's fine with it. You heard him, he said we should go and do "Nice things together!" in your room!" I said with a smile. Gaz giggled and then looked at me with a lustful glance, "What sort of nice things did you have in mind?" "Well what was it Christian said, ''I need cock!" We then had an energetic love making session where we both fucked each other with all the stamina and passion a teenage boy can manage! Afterwards as we lay in each other's arms I asked Gaz what he thought his Dad would do. "I honestly don't know. I guess once he's chatted to Peter we'll see what happens then. Don't worry, he'll handle this carefully. He won't throw Danny or Peter under a bus." I trusted Trevor and knew Gaz was right. Whatever happened next Trevor would make sure things didn't just blow completely out of control. But then again how much control of these events did Trevor really have? I guess we'd find out over the next few days.