Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 20:28:43 +0000
From: Douglas DD <thehakaanen@hotmail.com>
Subject: Mayfield Titans  Chapter 53

Greetings and welcome back. Aiden and Nolan are finally able to visit their
rivals from Monte to visit Greg and Skyler.

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CHAPTER 53
FRIENDLY RIVALS

SATURDAY, APRIL 4

<Aiden and Nolan>

"Sounds like things worked with Mac better than you thought they would,"
Nolan said as he and Aiden showered together. Aiden's dads had picked him
up after the workout and driven him directly to Meadow Park. Aiden arranged
to shower at Nolan's house during their chat the night before. Having Nolan
step into the shower with him was an added bonus.

"I think it worked out better than anybody thought," Aiden responded.

"Do you think he's going to end up being a good teammate?"

"He will be if he keeps working like he did this morning. I think he's in
love."

"With who? Trent?"

"No, he's in love with something. There's no way he's gay. Even Mayfield's
got straight kids, you know."

"You could have fooled me," Nolan said as he carefully washed his
boyfriend's ass. "Then WHAT is he in love with?"

"Catching. I think he's in love with being a catcher and will do anything
do become our starting catcher. Coach Ecklund is, like, some kind of genius
for figuring that out."

"But if he was a catcher when he was little why did he quit?"

"Beats the behunga juice out of me. I'm a pitcher not a shrink. Damn, keep
rubbing my crack like that, it feels really good."

"Behunga juice?"

"It's something one of Justin's dads told him to try using instead of
saying shit," Aiden explained. "So, he says it beats the behunga juice out
of me instead of it beats the shit out of me. Fuck, if you keep doing that,
I'm gonna no touch cum right here in the shower. Fragiflax is another word
he uses."

"It's time we got out anyway," Nolan said. "I mean your dads are waiting
for us."

"I'm sure they're having fun with your dad and his trains. But yeah, all of
the dust from the field has been washed off a thousand times and I want to
get to Monte to see what those gay boys like to do."

After Nolan shut off the shower, the boys grabbed their towels and got to
work drying themselves and each other. "I want to suck your cock," Nolan
told Aiden.

"Calm down, studly. I'm willing to bet you'll have somebody's cock in your
mouth real soon."

"I hope it's yours."

The boys were soon dressed and down in the basement to get Aiden's dads
moving. They were eager to get their long-planned visit to Greg and Skyler
started. Larry and Phil pulled on their jackets and were ready to go. Nolan
gave his dad a good-bye hug, which Aiden and his dads all noted, and
everyone went upstairs.

"See ya tomorrow, mom," Nolan said as his mother came out of her workroom
to see everyone off. It was noted by Aiden that although Nolan gave his
mother a hug, it didn't have the same panache as his father's hug.

Larry soon had the Accord on Highway 12 heading northwest to Monte. The
drive would take about a half-hour. "What do you boys expect to find out in
the lair of the enemy?" Phil asked.

"Dad, they are not the enemy, they are our friendly rivals," Aiden
responded.

"Exactly," Nolan agreed. "And don't forget, Aiden and I go to different
schools and play on different teams and we for sure are NOT enemies!"

"Yeah, a rivalry doesn't get any friendlier than ours."

"Or sexier."

"Really, Nolan? Sexy? Are you saying you think we're sexy friendly rivals?
What will my dads say?"

"What I think he's saying is, guys can go to different schools, play on
different teams, and enjoy many levels of friendship," Larry said. "And
tell me, Nolan, are you calling my son sexy?"

"Well, only because he is my boyfriend," Nolan giggled. Nolan loved it when
Larry and Phil kidded them about the relationship between him and Aiden. He
could discuss most of what he and Aiden felt for each other with his
father, but there wasn't much communication at all with his mother. But
with Aiden's dads, because they'd been there and done that, anything was
fair game to talk about, although it was understood that anything said
about specific sexual acts had to be broached by Aiden or him.

"Speaking of rivals, Mackenzie sure seems to have suddenly turned things
around."

"Like I said on our drive to Nolan's, if he really wants to be a catcher in
the worst way. And I really want him to be one too, because if he really is
going to be a good teammate that's the best way he can do it."

"What's wrong with Muddy as a catcher?" Nolan asked.

"He's slow and too many pitches get past him. And he doesn't communicate
with pitchers very well."

"Meaning he doesn't communicate with you very well, right?" Larry asked.

"Yeah, I guess you could say that. And Lenny is good, but he needs to grow
bigger and needs more experience."

"It shouldn't take Lenny long to grow some," Phil chuckled. "He and Lance
are shooting up like weeds."

"When Mac found out I have a pitching area set up in the yard, he wanted to
know if I would throw to him there during spring break," Aiden said.

"And you said, `Over my dead body'," right?"

"Wrong. I told him I thought it would be a good idea. In fact, I think it
would be a great idea."

"Speaking of rivalries, after two games there's only three undefeated teams
in the league," Nolan pointed out. "There's Monte, Kentburg, and us."

"We get to play Kentburg one more time, we play you guys twice, and Monte
is one of our crossover games. So, we get to give all you undefeated dudes
a loss." This year's Seamount Middle School League consisted of two
six-team divisions. Everybody played the other five teams in their division
twice and two games were divisional crossover games. That gave every team
the allowable twelve regular season games and set up a four-team league
playoff.

The rest of the chatter was about Larry's Mustangs, who were 3-3 overall
and 1-1 in league play. The consensus was that the team had the talent to
compete with anybody but needed to work more on their fundamentals and work
habits. Larry disagreed and felt the Mustangs were good enough to qualify
for the Seamount League tournament but after that it would be a crapshoot.

"And Kentburg is the powerhouse, right?" Nolan asked even though he knew
the answer.

"If you call 7-0 a powerhouse, then yes, they are," Larry said. "But what
else is new?"

Larry pulled into the street that Greg and Skyler lived on and stopped in
front of Greg's house. "You boys have fun, and we'll see you tomorrow about
one."

"You guys have fun, too, and I hope you're a couple of hours late," Aiden
grinned as he opened the car door. Larry and Phil planned on spending the
night at the Ocean Shores Resort, enjoying time on the beach and an evening
in the casino.

Greg and Skyler came out the front door when they saw the car drive
up. Fist bumps were exchanged by the boys before they faced the departing
Honda and waved.

"I can't believe you guys are really here," Greg grinned.

Nolan gave Greg a friendly punch on his right shoulder. "If you can feel
this, then you know it's real," he grinned.

"Well, come on in and meet my friends, at least the ones who are already
here." The boys would be celebrating Greg's thirteenth birthday.

"How many guys are going to be here?" Aiden asked as he and Nolan entered
the house.

"Eight, all from sports. Four of them are here. And before you ask, I
invited two girls I like. Skyler calls them fag hags, but hey, they're nice
and we help each other with schoolwork and shit. Plus, they're really good
girl jocks." Only Nolan and Aiden would be staying overnight as out-of-town
guests.

Ten minutes after Nolan and Aiden arrived all the partiers had arrived. The
boys knew there would be two guys from rival schools. "Hey, Aiden!" a voice
called as Aiden and Nolan walked into the kitchen. Aiden didn't recognize
the voice but turned to see who it was that knew him. He did recognize the
face—it belonged to Carter Jones who had been a cabinmate of his when he
went to baseball camp the summer before last. His voice had dropped some,
which is why Aiden hadn't recognized it.

"Hey, Carter," Aiden grinned. "I wondered if you might be friends with Greg
and Skyler. It's great to see you." He startled Carter by walking up to him
and giving him a hug. Aiden was pleased when Carter overcame his surprise
and returned the hug. When they broke their embrace, he noticed Nolan.

"Hey, Nolan. When Greg said he had guys from out of town coming to his
party I didn't know he meant you two." Carter followed Aiden's example and
gave Nolan a hug which Nolan instantly returned. "Weren't you two friends
at baseball camp?"

"Yep, and we still are," Nolan grinned. He was amazed by how much Carter
had grown since they had seen each other last. He was taller than Nolan and
almost as tall as Skyler, his voice had dropped, and he had a dusting of
peach fuzz on his cheeks. Puberty had struck him hard.

"But you guys live in different towns and go to different schools. I
watched you both playing hoops against the Bulldogs. It's great that you're
still friends."

"What about you and ? Are you still friends?" Aiden asked.

"Nope and for the same reason he said he couldn't come to Greg's party."
Aiden waited for Carter to say more, but it was soon apparent that was all
he had to say.

"How come a big dude like you doesn't play basketball?" Nolan asked.

"Well, you guys remember at camp, I was a little dude, and I couldn't
dribble a basketball without dribbling it off my foot. I've done most of
this growing since the start of seventh grade. Coach Worthy is going to
work with me for next year. But baseball is still my sport. I've been
playing first on the JV team."

"I can't believe you guys know each other," Greg said. "Carter is one of my
best friends. We've had a lot of sleepovers since we were in fifth grade."

Boy would I love to have seen what happens in their bed, Aiden thought. I
need to find out if Greg's had three-person sleepovers with Carter and
Skyler.

The party was a big success, as birthday parties tend to be. Carter was the
last to leave after the party was over. Aiden had the impression that
Carter was hoping he would be invited to join the sleepover. He wouldn't
have minded it, but that was something Greg and Skyler would have to deal
with.

After Carter left, the boys helped Greg's parents with the cleanup. Nolan
realized that in all that had been going on he hadn't seen Greg's sister.

"Where's your sister?" he asked Greg.

"Madam Lamebrain is spending the night at her friend Becky's place with two
other girls. They'll probably spend half the night talking to boys on the
phone, kissing, and playing with each other's boobs and pussies. She can be
a pain in the ass, but it was her idea to be out of the way." Greg's
sister, Linda, was sixteen. "She won't be home until dinner tomorrow."

As it would with many groups of pubescent boys, the subject turned to sex
and since they were all gay boys it went specifically into gay sex. They
discussed masturbation technique, blow job technique, sixty-nine positions
and finally Nolan got to the point they had been working toward. "Have you
guys done the dirty deed yet?"

"I wondered when you were going to get to that," Skyler smirked.

"Well, Nolan and me have talked about it almost from the first time we
met," Greg reminded his boyfriend.

"Good point. And speaking of points, do you and Aiden have any pointers?"

"Mostly the stuff I've shared with Greg," Nolan answered. "Getting your
asses loose with finger fucking and stuff like that."

"Too bad you don't have a way to get some dildos," Aiden giggled. He
reached into his pants pocket and pulled out a tube of lube. "I did bring
you some of this though, which will help you a lot."

"Thanks, Aiden, but Greg and I agreed we don't want to do it tonight. We
want our first time to be, you know, private," Skyler said.

"Not a problem. I wasn't planning on taking it home with me anyway. And I'm
with you on doing it in private. That's how Nolan and I did it and I
wouldn't have done it any other way."

"I wouldn't mind us jerking off together, though," Greg grinned. "All this
talk of sex has made me horny. Let's say goodnight to my `rents and head up
to my room and have a little group jerk off." The other three were all for
the idea.

After the good nights, the boys took care of peeing and brushing and then
discussed who would sleep with whom. They decided that the teens would
sleep in the queen bed in the guest room. "The two twelve-year-olds can
share Greg's smaller bed," Skyler grinned as he looked directly at Greg.

"Hey, have you forgotten whose thirteenth birthday party you were at
today?" Greg asked. He knew Skyler was yanking his chain and decided to
play along.

"You mean it wasn't Carter's?"

"We went to his thirteenth birthday party a few weeks ago, remember?"

"Hey, I have a friend named Carter. But he doesn't turn thirteen until
July," Nolan said.

"How about we say that the two big teenagers sleep together and the smaller
boys sleep together," Skyler said.

Greg shook his head. "Why don't we just have the boyfriends sleep
together."

"Well, you and I slept together last night, and your sheets have the pecker
tracks to prove it," Skyler said. "I thought that was our birthday
sleepover so we could sleep with our guests tonight."

"It was, but I thought..."

"Hey, guys, if you want to sleep together, then sleep together," Nolan
said. "Aiden I have no problem sleeping together."

"No, I'm just giving Skyler shit for his twelve-year-old remark," Greg
said. "But since it is my birthday would anybody mind if me and Nolan slept
together? After all, the four of us are together tonight because of us
meeting at that New Year's dance."

"I'm good with it," Skyler said. "It's not like we're going to have wild
sex after we all get done masturbating together. I'm sure we'll have some
other overnights." He looked over to Aiden. "And I bet Aiden, here, is a
good cuddler."

"He's a great cuddler," Nolan said. "Just watch out that he doesn't end up
making you cum a second time."

The boys quickly got naked, all of them sporting erections. Nolan gave
Aiden a shake of his head and a grin that said, "Damn, it took forever for
these guys to decide to take their clothes off."

Aiden had been eager to see how big Skyler's equipment was and he wasn't
disappointed. He wasn't a lot bigger than Nolan—maybe a half an
inch—but his cock was much thicker. His balls were bigger and hung lower
plus he had more and thicker pubic hair as well as underarm hair, which
Nolan still didn't have. Like Nolan, he was uncut.

The bed was too small for the boys to lie lengthwise, so they sat with
their backs against the wall and their feet dangling off the other
side. Nolan and Skyler took the middle positions with Aiden sitting to
Skyler's left and Greg to Nolan's right.

"Before we go whacking our puds, we should measure our cocks since we all
have mega-boners," Skyler suggested.

"You just want to brag," Greg said.

"Of course, I want to brag. If you had the biggest cock in the room, you'd
want to brag, too."

"You're right. And besides, I want Nolan and Aiden to know what a total
stud my boyfriend is." Greg rose from the bed, procured a ruler from his
dresser, and measured himself first. "Five inches," he announced and then
handed the ruler to Nolan.

"Just under five-and-a-half," he said before handing off to Skyler, who was
leaking precum.

"Six on the nose." He then handed off to Aiden. "I think I got some precum
on the ruler."

"I'll live with it," Aiden grinned.

"And dude, you've got to get some pubic hair fertilizer or something before
you hit thirteen."

"It will grow, and Nolan likes me as I am." He knew somebody was going to
mention his hairless groin and decided to use his AA teachings and accept
the inevitable.

"When do you turn thirteen?" Greg asked. He had a scattering of pubes.

"September first. And I'm at four-and-a-half."

"Do you shoot?"

"Yep."

"Oh, so if you shoot cum then you'll be getting hair any minute," Skyler
grinned.

"Well, six months ago I didn't have any hair either," Greg said. "Now I've
got some hairs and my cum's got sperms in it too because it's like Skyler's
and Carter's with white in it." The mention of Carter`s cum answered the
question residing in both Aiden and Nolan's minds.

"Okay, we're all measured up and we've given our life histories, now how
about we whack our puds—or somebody else's if it suits us," Skyler
said. "And just so you know, I had my first squirt of clear cum when I was
ten and in fifth grade. And by squirt, I mean a drop. I got my first hairs
when I was around eleven and a half." He then wiggled his ass to get
comfortable and started to seriously masturbate.

Aiden reached for Skyler's cock. "Do you mind if I help?" he asked.

"Only if I can return the favor."

The jerk off session ended up being a mutual jerk off session when Greg and
Nolan followed the lead of Aiden and Skyler. It was also a quick session
which started to climax when Aiden got Skyler off. Skyler's first shot hit
his chin and then splattered down his chest and belly. Greg was next with
mostly clear cum, his first shot hitting up to his nipples. Nolan blew a
heavy load that went up to his nipples and then covered his abdomen. Aiden
followed close behind when he fired his clear cum over his belly and pubic
area.

"Well, that was fun," Nolan grinned.

"And I just happen to have some fresh cum rags ready for us to wipe with,"
Greg said.

"Greg and I were hoping something like this would happen," Skyler said.

"Cum rag? Who needs a cum rag?" Aiden asked as he rolled on his side and
licked up Skyler's emission.

"Damn, you are one hot sexy dude," Skyler moaned with delight.

That was all of the sex the boys planned on having that night. There was no
doubt in their minds, however, that there would be more to follow as soon
as they could arrange a second visit. They agreed they were tired and ready
for bed. They stood up feeling a little self-conscious about their
nudity. It was not the nudity itself that was an issue but whether they
should give naked hugs.

Aiden knew the answer to the unasked question. If a boy can't give his
boyfriend a naked hug in front of their friends, then who could he hug? He
stepped toward Nolan who knew instantly what Aiden had in mind. He opened
his arms and Aiden stepped into a tight hug that finished with a long
passionate kiss that got their penises stirring.

"Whoa, you guys really are serious about this romance stuff!" Greg gushed.

"Hey, we're boyfriends, we're supposed to be all romantic," Nolan responded
after breaking the kiss.

"Don't you guys ever kiss?" Aiden asked Greg and Skyler.

"Just a couple of times, and that's been since Greg met you," Skyler
confessed. "I guess I don't want to seem too gay."

"That's one reason we haven't fucked yet," Greg pointed out.

"Being with you guys is helping me a lot," Skyler said. "I mean, look at
you two. You're both jocks. Greg says you're popular in school and involved
in lots of different stuff. But you don't mind kissing and fucking each
other and saying I love you—I bet you even hold hands when your parents
aren't looking."

"We hold hands even when our parents are looking, although we have to be
careful how we do it around Nolan's mother."

"My dad's okay with the gay stuff, but my mom has some hang-ups at times,"
Nolan explained. "Dad keeps her in line though and tells her to let us grow
up the way we are. She's a really good mom, but she makes me mad a lot."

Nolan suddenly realized what he was saying. "Sorry, Skyler, I didn't mean
to—well, I know what happened to you and I wasn't trying to say..."

"Hey, dude, it's cool. It's like Grams and Gramps keep saying, my parents'
loss is their gain. I don't have to hide myself here, but I still do
because...well...because of what happened."

"I figure your grandparents know you're gay, but what about Greg? Do they
know you're boyfriends?" Aiden asked. "And is Greg out to his parents?"

"Well, yeah, the reason I'm living with them is because I got outed. And
Greg isn't out yet except to me, Carter, and you two. His old friend John
thinks Greg is gay and is an asshole about it, but he's at least not
blabbing to everybody. He quit being friends with me, Carter, and Greg
because of something that happened at Carter's house."

"John is an asswaffle like Nolan likes to say," Greg chortled.

"Hey, I learned the word from my sweetie," Nolan grinned.

"Did you hear that, Skyler? Nolan called Aiden his sweetie."

"I think you and me have a lot left to learn," Skyler admitted.

"I think I need to get to bed," Greg yawned. He then took a couple of small
steps toward Skyler that started a big jump in their relationship. He gave
Skyler a naked hug. When Skyler was slow to return it, Greg became
concerned; just as he was ready to step back, Skyler wrapped his arms
around Greg and squeezed him tight.

"Gawd, this has been an awesome night." Almost without thinking, Skyler
bent over and kissed Greg lightly on his lips. He pulled back a notch and
then once again gave his boyfriend a tight squeeze as he kissed him hard
and long. It wasn't Greg's first time being kissed—he and Carter had
been kissing for the first time when Carter's mother let John into the
house, telling him the boys were in Carter's room. That was when John found
the two boys kissing and two friendships came to an end. Carter never told
his mother what had happened in that moment in his room, but she had her
suspicions which were surprisingly accurate.

As much as Aiden wanted to mess around with Skyler, both teens were
fighting sleep. Aiden had hoped he would get the chance to suck the teen's
big uncut cock, but it would have to wait for another time. He could give
Skyler a topnotch cuddle, however, and the boys fell asleep tangled
together.

Greg and Nolan talked for a while as Greg caught him up on his sexual
experiences including the fateful kiss with Carter. Like Aiden, Nolan
wanted to do more, but Greg literally fell asleep in his arms. "Happy
Birthday," Nolan whispered as he closed his eyes and joined his friend in a
pleasant sleep.

SUNDAY, APRIL 5

Greg's parents had requested that he set his alarm for nine in the morning,
which he did. He knew that the reason was the brunch that Skyler's
grandparents were treating everyone to as a finish to Greg's teen birthday
weekend. Having to get up to an alarm, even as late as nine, was another
reason the boys didn't want to stay up too late the night before.

After the alarm went off, Greg and Nolan fought off the urge to roll over
and snooze the rest of the morning away, but common sense won the
battle—they rose from the bed and padded to the bathroom to pee and take
a shower.

"Those two lazy boyfriends of ours shouldn't be allowed to sleep in while
we shower," Nolan told Greg.

"Good point," Greg replied. "Let's wake them up after we pee." Which is
what they did.

Aiden and Skyler grumbled all the way to the bathroom and took their pees
standing side by side. Not for the first time since he crawled into bed
with Skyler, Aiden regretted not sucking that beautiful cock. He and Nolan
needed to find a way to invite Greg and Skyler to stay with one of them
soon.

"You guys better take a quick shower, or Aiden and I are going back to
bed," Skyler groused.

Greg and Nolan took a quick shower, although Nolan tried his best to
prolong it by doing a very careful job of washing Greg's ass. "Damn, dude,
that feels really good," Greg cooed as Nolan's hand tickled his grommet.

"What did he do?" Skyler asked. Greg told him. "Shit, I'm even learning
stuff about sex in the morning before breakfast."

Greg and Nolan exited the shower on the front end, dripping water on the
bathroom rug. Skyler moved the glass doors from the back to the front end
and he and Aiden stepped into the shower at the back end.

"Show me what Nolan did to Greg," Skyler told Aiden as they were washing
themselves.

"Turn around," Aiden commanded.

Skyler did and Aiden quickly had his soapy hand washing the older boy's
crack and then his pucker. Aiden took it a little further than Nolan by
slipping his finger into Skyler's rectum.

"Shit, this whole being gay business just gets better and better," Skyler
moaned as his cock rose into an instant hardon.

After the boys dressed and got their hair in order, they headed to meet
Greg's parents in the living room. Nolan wasn't surprised that Aiden's hair
was disheveled before they made it to the living room. They were pleased to
see that Skyler's grandparents were there waiting for them.

Their late breakfast, or brunch as the grandparents called it, was at the
Beehive Café, a popular Monte restaurant. They had reservations in the
backroom which were necessary since Sunday morning was a busy time at the
café.

Eggs, a stack of pancakes, and a breakfast meat was the order of the
morning for the boys. Skyler's grandparents took pleasure in watching the
boys scarf down their breakfast. They took even more pleasure in seeing how
happy their grandson was that morning. Greg had invited some great new
friends from out of town. Skyler and the boys obviously liked each other.

The visit came to an end when Larry and Phil stopped in front of Greg's
house just after twelve-thirty. Anticipating their arrival, Aiden and Nolan
had said their good-byes in Greg's room about a half-hour earlier. Those
good-byes included some serious kissing as Aiden and Nolan started by
kissing Skyler and Greg and then switched off.

When Nolan kissed Skyler, he reached down and gave his hardening cock a
grope. "You okay with it?" Skyler groaned his approval. Skyler thought the
kissing business was getting better and better.

Before Aiden kissed Greg he asked if a grope was okay during the kiss. "Go
for it." The two exchanged quick gropes as well as some tongue. One of the
first things on Greg's sexual agenda with Skyler was to make kissing with
gropes and tongue something regular whenever possible.

On the ride home, Phil asked if Skyler and Greg were gay. Aiden had hinted
around at their being gay, but never really came out and said it.

"As gay as you can be in a town that isn't Mayfield," Aiden giggled.

"Yeah, they're gay and they're trying to be boyfriends. That's never an
easy thing in any middle school," Nolan added.

"And before you ask, we didn't have sex. All we did was get naked on Greg's
bed and jerk each other off before we went to sleep."

"Aiden!" Nolan was always surprised when Aiden spoke openly about sex with
his dads. He knew his boyfriend had admitted to his dads that the two of
them had intercourse, but never gave specifics. He long ago had decided
that having a couple of gay dads gave somebody a different way to see
things. He and Aiden had talked with Phil and Larry about their sex life
more than once.

"Hey, jerking off isn't sex, it's what boys do."

"I know, but it just sounds strange. I wouldn't think of telling my parents
anything like that."

"Nolan, you know that they know that we have sex."

"Yeah, but not because I told them."

"There you have it," Aiden said. "With my dads, I know it doesn't hurt to
tell them stuff."

"Up to a point."

"Exactly, up to a point. It's just like sitting in the backseat of their
car kissing."

Aiden and Nolan then spent the last twenty minutes of the ride to Nolan's
house kissing and groping and keeping an occasional eye on Phil and Larry
in case they had to admonish them not to turn around and look. Neither
did—Larry, because he was driving, and Phil because he knew what would
happen. Not looking didn't prevent either of Aiden's dads from boning up,
however.

MONDAY, APRIL 6

<Grant>

"Hey, can I ask you something?" Grant asked Aiden as they sat at the
"baseball" table for lunch.

"I think you just did," Aiden grinned.

"Well, since I got away with the first question, I'm gonna ask you another
one."

"Sounds like a plan, so ask away."

"Well, I told you that my cousin Jaden is visiting from California."

"Yeah. Some of us were hoping to meet him."

Mason, Miles, Lance, and Gordy scooted in a little closer to Grant and
Aiden, wanting to learn a bit more about Grant's cousin.

"Our families got busy together and you know how that goes."

"Big time," Miles said. All conversations at the table were open to anybody
sitting there.

"Jaden is away with his family for the next couple of days. But after they
get back they'll be staying until Sunday. So, he will be coming to my game
on Thursday."

"And you don't know if you're playing varsity or JV yet," Aiden said. "But
either way, only some of us can meet him after the game."

"But wait! There's more! They're not leaving until Sunday so I was
wondering if he can, you know, come to the party on Saturday."

"Is he cute?" Mason asked. "Wait, he's from California, so he's probably
totally HOT with a tan and everything."

"How about I show you a pic of him." Grant pulled his phone out of his
pocket and brought up a picture he took of Jaden at the beach flying a
kite. The lunchroom and the front foyer were the only two places in the
school a student could have his phone out without prior permission.

"Holy crap, that has to be an automatic yes," Mason gushed.

"I don't mind if he comes," Aiden said. "Even without the pic I would've
said yes. He just has to know most of us will be naked and a lot of guys
are going to be messing around."

"Since he's from California he probably messed around in his crib," Mason
said.

"He's never done anything until a couple of days ago," Grant informed his
friends.

"Never?" Gordy asked. "Even I've messed around with guys."

"Never. All I can say is he liked what I did with him."

"Hey, he did it with my sexy boyfriend, so what's not to like?" Lance said,
referring to Grant.

"I haven't asked him if he wants to come. I wanted to see what Aiden said
first, since it's his party," Grant said.

"If he's leaving Sunday, I guess I need to know if you and your cousin can
spend the night." Aiden said.

Grant looked directly at Mason and said, "Yeah, their flight isn't until
like two thirty in the afternoon, so he should be able to stay. And all I
ask is you guys go easy on him to start."

"Everybody knows the rules," Aiden said. That was all Grant needed to hear.

"What part of California is he from?" Gordy asked.

Grant knew that question would be asked by somebody and he was ready with
his answer. "Any of you guys ever hear of a place called East Harbor?"

"East Harbor? For real?" Aiden asked.

"Totally for real."

"And he's probably a big stud baseball player."

"Nope. He's on a swimming team and he loves to surf."

"Oh, that's why he looks like such stud," Mason said.

"Still, I can't wait to ask him about East Harbor," Aiden said. "Saturday
night just got way more interesting."

TUESDAY, APRIL 7

<Lenny>

Lenny sat at the lunch table where most of the sixth-grade baseball players
ate. Because the sixth-grade class had split lunch, with some sixth graders
eating first lunch and some second lunch, all the JV sixth grade players
couldn't eat together. Lance, Emmett, and Ned Hunter ate second lunch while
the rest of the team's sixth graders ate first lunch.

Warren Meadows, sixth grader on the JV baseball team, set down his lunch
tray and sat next to Lenny. "So, how's life in the fast lane?" Warren
asked.

"Fast," Lenny responded.

"It is for you. It really sucks that the JV doesn't have a game today."

"Yeah, it's a big-time suck," Titus Baker chimed in as he sat to the other
side of Lenny. "Gardner school shouldn't have bothered having baseball at
all if they don't have enough guys for two teams."

"Well, Pine Lake and Barrett don't got a JV team either," Mike Gerber
added. "We're getting cheated out of games."

"They scheduled some make-up games," Lenny reminded him. "Think about it,
the JV gets to play a morning game before the Mustangs play their Nooner
game." The Nooner game was an annual event in Mayfield. The high school
varsity played a non-league game scheduled to start at noon, against a team
from one of the top programs in the state. The town of Mayfield all but
shuts down to allow the town's citizens ample opportunity to take part in
the tradition.

"Yeah," Gerber shrugged, "but we play on the middle school field, big
deal."

"Since we have shorter bases, having us play on the grass field at the high
school would be hard on the grass," Lenny said. "And it is a big deal. They
could have not scheduled any game at all and made us play eight games this
year instead of giving us ten."

"But then there's the dudes in the fast lane like the Hazen twins who get
to suit up vaaaarrrrrrrrrsity," Warren said, dragging out the first
syllable.

"Hey, it's not our fault me and Lance got picked to suit up varsity today,"
Lenny said. "It's not like we're going to play much if we even get to
play. With no JV game, Coach Ecklund is letting more JV team players sit on
the varsity bench."

"So, it's you, Lance, Grant, Brody, Rusty, and Riley suiting up today,
right?" Titus asked.

"That's right."

"Well since your brother and Grant and Rusty have all played in a varsity
game, I think some other guys should get a chance," Mike groused. Everyone
ignored Mike since he was a habitual complainer.

"I'm glad Riley is getting a chance. He works really hard and has played
two really good ballgames," Lenny said. "And he sure doesn't mind getting
his uniform dirty."

"I guess he don't have a mom who yells at him for bringing home a dirty
uniform for her to wash," Mike grumbled.

"I wish Riley would talk more though," Titus said. "He hardly says anything
to anybody. Well, he does do a lot of cheering though."

The boys soon finished their lunches and started leaving the table for the
foyer and the play area outside to get their bodies moving. "Hey, Lenny,
can I tell you something?" Warren asked after Lenny stood up.

"Go for it, as long as it's a good something," Lenny grinned.

"I think Riley likes you."

"Huh? What do you mean? He hardly knows me except as a teammate. We're not
even in the same grade together let alone any classes."

"He asked me if you were the twin who didn't have a boyfriend."

"Whoa, he just moved here, and he already has that shit figured out? How
can he learn stuff without talking to anybody?"

"Maybe he listens to people," Warren suggested. "Hey, I hope you get to
play in today's game. You probably will since we should kick Gardner's
ass."

"I hope you planted the seed for that to happen," Lenny said with a
straight face as he walked out of the lunchroom with Warren.

<Mayfield Titans>

The game was as one-sided as most had predicted. The Titans scored seven
runs in the first inning and ended up with a 16-2 win over the Gardner
Bears that was called after five innings because of the mercy rule. Once a
team had a 10-run lead from the fifth inning on the game was stopped.

Aiden pitched three shutout innings to start the game, earning his first
win of the season. Lance got his first varsity pitching experience by
pitching the last two innings. Riley, who was the designated runner for
Muddy, scored two runs in his first varsity experience. All the JV players
who suited up got a chance to play.

After Coach Ecklund dismissed the players they mingled for a while. They
agreed that they felt bad about the poor kids playing for Gardner.

"The garden needs some weeding," Aiden said. "They should have just had a
JV team this year and then their first varsity team next year." Aiden felt
extra strong about that opinion since it was the one his dads had expressed
at dinner the night before.

"When all those kids come back next year, they could be pretty good," Trent
said. "I won't have to play them, but they could give you some problems,"
Trent told Aiden, although he was referring to all the sixth and seventh
graders.

Some of the players were going to The Bear for pizza. Aiden planned on
riding there with Phil since Larry was busy coaching the Mustangs. The team
was playing away at Winton, or they would have stopped off to watch the end
of the high school game.

Riley caught up with Aiden as they walked to the gym to pick up their gym
bags and backpacks. "Hey, Riley, good job scoring those two runs."

"Muddy was the one who got on base, all I did was run," Riley
responded. Under high school baseball rules, which the middle school teams
play by, a team can opt to have a designated runner for its catcher and/or
pitcher when they get on base. Coach Ecklund had a runner for Muddy but let
Aiden and later Lenny run for themselves.

"You also could have gone crazy on the bases and gotten thrown out. You did
a good job of what you were supposed to do and that's something to be proud
of."

Aiden's praise left Riley beaming. Yet one more time, Riley could see how
different the Titans were from his summer league team of the year
before. On the Titans, one of the best players on the team told him he did
a good job. On his old team, the best players always made fun of him and
how he was always dirty in a game or in practice. On the Titans, a player
who liked to get dirty was looked up to.

"Thank you, Aiden. I wanted to tell you that my mom said I can come to your
party, but I have to be home by ten," Riley said.

Aiden was pleased that Riley could come to the party. He was also
disappointed, but not surprised, that he couldn't spend the night.  "I'm
glad you can come, Riley. I'll give you all the information you need at
lunch tomorrow."

"Thanks, Aiden, and thanks for being my friend. Is Lenny coming?"

"Lenny and Lance will both be there." Aiden wondered where that question
came from. He knew that Riley had nothing special going on with Lenny since
Lenny hadn't mentioned anything. He did notice Riley hanging around Lenny
in practice on occasion, but that didn't really mean anything because
players hung around with each other often in baseball practice.

As if on cue, Lenny and Lance entered the locker room just after Riley and
Aiden. Riley's face lit up when he saw the twins. Their uniforms made it
easy for him to tell one from the other: Lance was wearing number 15 and
Lenny was wearing number 23. Riley walked straight to Lenny and announced
he would be going to Aiden's party on Saturday.

"Awesome," Lenny replied. "You're going to have so much fun there. Are you
going to stay the night?"

"No, at least not this time. I had a hard enough time getting my mom to let
me just come to the party," Riley replied sadly. "But you're going to be
there for sure, right Lenny?"

"Absolutely for sure," Lenny grinned.

After Riley scurried to his locker, Aiden put his right hand on Lenny's
left shoulder. "I think somebody has a crush on you."

"How? He's a seventh grader and I'm a sixth grader."

"But you're also his teammate and I've seen you being extra nice to him in
practice."

"That's because he's new to the school and has had a hard time getting to
know people. He's super shy."

"I guess he got bullied by his teammates last year for some reason," Aiden
said. "I'd sure like to know why. He's a super nice kid, plus he's a really
good player and hustles his buns off. Not only that, but the dude can
pitch. It looks like you've got some good competition at pitcher."

"Cool. It's like Coach says, you never can have enough pitching." Aiden saw
Gordy waving. "I guess Gordy's mom is here. I'm having dinner at his house
since pop is having dinner at Coach Fitz's house to talk over whatever it
is they talk over that they can't talk over in school and dad is meeting
with some highway contractor dudes."

"The food is better at Coach Fitz's house than it is at school," Lenny
pointed out.

"That could be it. See ya tomorrow."

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8

<Aiden>

Since it was announced by Coach Ecklund before practice that Trent would be
the starting pitcher and Muddy the starting catcher in the next day's game
against Evans, one of the assigned tasks given to Aiden, Lenny, and Scott
in practice was to throw to Mac under Kevin Corcoran's supervision. Kevin
would be returning home after Thursday's game, but had volunteered to work
with the Titans' catchers until then.

Coach Ecklund broke from what had been his standard practice once again by
giving the next day's starting lineup at the end of practice and telling
Muddy that Mac would be coming into the game in the fifth to catch the last
three innings.

Coach Ecklund broke from what had been his standard practice of giving the
next day's starting lineup at the end of practice. He also told Muddy that
Mac would be coming into the game in the fifth to catch the last three
innings.

With the team changing catchers midway through a game to give Mac game
experience, Aiden was beginning to wonder of the coach's goal for the team
had changed from winning the championship to developing players and winning
what they could. Larry had told him the evening before that developing
players was the primary purpose of middle school sports. Player development
should take precedence over winning championships unless a title was
obviously in reach over the last two to three games of the season.

"And you guys really do need to develop catching in order to win," Larry
said. "I love Muddy at the plate with a bat in his hand, but he leaves a
lot to be desired behind the plate with a mitt on his hand. While this is
between you, me, and your dad, I don't think I'm telling you anything you
don't already know." Aiden knew that to be true.

Aiden finished his homework after dinner and sat in his recliner wearing
his favorite game watching outfit (his birthday suit) as the Mariners took
on the Athletics at Oakland.

The M's won the early season game 6-3 to move within a half-game of the
A's. Marty had gone oh-for-three with a walk but made two outstanding plays
at third along with a couple of routine ones. He would have loved to talk
to Marty later, but his deal with his dads was that once a week on a school
night he could say up until the end of the game or ten o'clock, whichever
came first, and this was the game. He was required to take care of his
evening brushing and washing before sitting down to watch the game. There
was room for compromise, as in this game which was in the bottom of the
ninth at ten o'clock. His dad allowed him to stay until the Mariners made
the third out of the inning to win the game.

"Although it would have been nice to spend at least an inning in my chair
before the game ended," Phil groused good naturedly.

"I didn't see anybody stop you from sitting with me for the whole game,"
Aiden retorted. "I mean you've said that sitting with me when I'm naked is
not an issue anymore."

"In case you hadn't noticed, you've been growing quite a bit and taking up
more room. It's getting harder for me to squeeze into the available space."

Aiden rose from the recliner and Phil got up from the loveseat. Aiden
walked over to him and patted his belly. "Maybe you're the one who's
growing quite a bit," Aiden smirked. "I'll talk to pop about putting you on
the diet."

"Get that bare ass of yours in bed before I give it a solid whooping," Phil
chuckled after giving Aiden's butt a solid smack with an open palm.

"Good night dad. I'll tell pop good night when I get upstairs." Larry had
gone upstairs to his office at the start of the ninth to get his papers in
order.

"Good night son. I love you."

"Love you too, Dad.

As Phil watched his naked son dash out of the Mariner viewing room, he
couldn't help but think how anybody who saw that boy's sweet freckled face
and beautiful pubescent ass would ever think that he wasn't a
virgin—unless they knew better, of course. Oh well, he thought as he
turned out the lights, my ass wasn't exactly virgin territory when I was
twelve either, but I had a hell of a lot rowdier personality than my son.

As Aiden knelt for his gratitude prayer, he mentioned to himself that
picking the night before he had a game as one of his game watching nights
wasn't a great idea, at least when the Mariners were on the west coast. He
had told himself that watching Marty and the Mariners play would help work
him into his pre-game zone, but he realized now that he had been fooling
himself. Well, I'll take my pee and get under the covers and cuddled with
Horace and start on getting into a zone, so I'll be ready tomorrow. But
that didn't happen because once he pulled the covers over himself, he fell
instantly asleep.

<Grant and Jaden>

Jaden and his mom and dad arrived a few minutes before Grant came home from
his afterschool baseball practice. As soon as he saw his cousin, Grant felt
a stirring in his groin. He was pleased when Jaden initiated a hug, but
with parents in sight, no kisses were exchanged, which was also fine with
Grant.

Dinner was on the table a half hour later. Grant listened as his aunt,
uncle, and cousin talked about their two-day trip. His relatives listened
when he talked about the Titans' 16-2 victory over Gardner.

"I told you it would be a slaughter. I got to play with the varsity since
coach suited up as many JV players as he could."

"How did you do," Roger asked.

"I got a walk with the bases loaded which gave me an RBI. It was my first
varsity RBI."

"Good job, cuz."

"I will be playing in the JV game, tomorrow. And since the JV is playing at
home, you won't have to go far to watch us play. Coach Seaver said I'm not
starting tomorrow but I will be the first pitcher to come into the game,
probably in the third inning. With us not playing on Tuesday and spring
break coming up, Coach said he wants to pitch as many guys as he can. Rusty
is going to be the starting pitcher. Rusty's got the wildest red hair in
Mayfield Middle School, so you'll know for sure who he is even before he
pitches."

After dinner, Grant told Jaden that he had about a half hour of homework
and then they could talk and watch the last few innings of the Mariner
game. Grant worked at his desk while Jaden reclined on Grant's bed reading
a book he had pulled off Grant's shelf. It was called "Nothing Like it in
the World" and was the story of the building of the first transcontinental
railroad. Jaden thought it was interesting for a history book, but the fact
that he liked trains might have been a factor. His father worked for Amtrak
as the station master of the Oceanside Amtrak/Metrolink station and loved
trains which was a big influence on Jaden's interest. Neither boy thought
anything of the fact that even though they had a few silent moments when
they were alone with each other, they thoroughly enjoyed each other's
company during a half-hour of silence.

"This book is interesting," Jaden said when Grant put his homework away.

"It is interesting and full of all kinds of things I never knew.  But I
like reading about history and learning those things I never knew," Grant
said.

"I bet you get A's in Social Studies," Jaden chuckled. "Do you think I
could borrow this? It would be great to read on the trip home. I promise to
mail it to you after I finish."

"Read it and keep it or give it to a friend to read. Books are supposed to
be read not kept on a shelf," is what Mr. Edison, my Core teacher, says.

"What did you want to talk to me about?" Jaden asked.

"I talked to Aiden and told him you were staying an extra couple of days
and asked if you could come to his party on Saturday. He said it was no
problem."

"Cool, thanks for asking. Will there be food?"

"There is always great food at Aiden's parties. Coach Phil is a great cook
and sometimes they order pizza from The Bear, which has the best pizza in
town."

"I bet they have the only pizza in town," Jaden laughed.

"Well, there is that, but that doesn't mean it isn't kick ass pizza. But
before you say you want to go, there is one thing you need to know. Some of
Aiden's parties are nude parties and this is one of them."

"You mean everybody takes their clothes off? Even the girls?"

"Everyone who wants to take their clothes off takes them off. It's like
when you and me mess around—nobody has to do anything they don't want to
do. And there are no girls at the nude parties."

"You mean as strict as your mom is, she lets you go?"

"My dad says boys will be boys and we'd get naked together somehow. This
way we don't have to sneak around. Aiden's dads don't come perving on
anybody, not that we don't walk by them sometimes, but they act like being
naked is normal."

"Are they naked too?"

"Nope. Like I said, it's more about Aiden loving being nude with his
friends than it is his dads' idea. Mom is happy that Coach Larry and Coach
Phil encourage everybody at the party to be in the `No Matter What Club'
which is why she trusts them and lets me go there."

"The what club?"

"The "No Matter What Club". It's something most of us sign where we promise
not to drink alcohol or use drugs at all, anywhere, anytime, no matter
what. It's good for six months for some and a year for some depending on
what grade you sign it in. Here, I'll show you mine and you can read it for
yourself." It was then that Jaden noticed a piece of paper taped to the
side of Grant's bookcase. Grant took it down and handed it to his cousin.

Jaden read it and said, "Damn, dude, this is powerful. Who are the three
guys who signed it?"

"They are Aiden, Sammy, who's in high school, and Barry, who's an eighth
grader who plays sports. Three guys already in the club have to sign it
saying they trust you totally."

"What happens if you go out and drink or do drugs or whatever?"

"Then you're out of the club until the end of your year because nobody will
trust you and you need to get signed in all over again at the end of the
year. AND, if you just keep getting fucked up until the year is up probably
nobody is going to sign for you. Almost everybody playing sports at the
middle school has signed it and if you don't want to, you don't have to. I
was happy to get three guys to sign it because of how I was back in fifth
grade."

"Wow, I wonder what would happen if we tried this at East Harbor?"

"I can make you a copy to take with you."

"Please do it. I have another question about Aiden's party."

 "Ask away."

"What if guys get horny and bone up?"

"Then they do something about it."

"Right in front of everybody?" Jaden wasn't sure if this was weirding him
out or if it was something he wanted to be a part of.

"Well, Aiden likes that if things get really serious you go up to his room
or the guest room, but when you get horny things just happen and nobody
seems to mind. Usually when somebody new comes, everybody is more careful
about where they do things. You and Riley are new, and I know that you've
never done anything with any guys except for me."

Jaden said nothing for the next thirty seconds, the blank look on his face
hiding what he was thinking. Those thoughts were about his jerk off
fantasies and which ones were the most realistic. Were his fantasies of
jerking off with Derek and touching his dick and jerking off in the showers
with guys on his swim team the real ones or was it his fantasizing about
kissing Melanie Drake and playing with her boobs that was real? And after
experiencing jerking off, and a little more, in bed with Grant, did he
really want to get into bed Liam and Sherman when they were jerking off, or
would that be too gay? Or did he really want to play strip poker with
Melanie and Larissa Walker more than jerk off with his friends? And
finally, did the thoughts he was having about boys, especially Derek, and
all the pleasure he got from his cousin mean he might really be gay?

"Hey, are you okay?" Grant asked his cousin.

"Yeah, I was just thinking about going to this nude party," Jaden answered.

"You don't want to go, do you?"

"I came up with the opposite answer. I want to go. In fact, I think I have
to go."

"That doesn't make any sense."

"Cuz, I am beginning to wonder about some things."

"Well, if you're wondering whether I'm gay or not, the answer is I am and I
have a boyfriend. Happy?"

"I wasn't wondering that, but I'm not surprised. I just want to see...I
don't know what I want to see...I just...I need to find out...find out if I
might be gay."

"Why, because you and me kissed and rolled around on my bed?"

"No, there's more than that. But you got me thinking because I liked it so
much and now this party had me thinking and I gotta go and see what
happens."

"I guess I get it now."

"Will I get to ever meet your boyfriend?"

"He will be there."

Jaden grinned. "Let's go watch the Mariners and see how the hero of
Mayfield is doing. Because if we don't go watch the game, I'm gonna be
pinning you to the bed and kissing you and humping you until we cum."

"Hmm, maybe baseball doesn't seem so exciting now," Grant giggled.

The boys stood up and headed downstairs to watch the Mariners defeat the
Athletics 6-3. Ironically, when they went to bed, Jaden was so tired he
couldn't keep his eyes open and Grant, with a game the next day, was ready
for sleep. The cousins stripped naked, traded a couple of passionate good
night kisses, cuddled up, and quickly fell asleep.

THURSDAY, APRIL 9

<Aiden>

When Aiden woke up in the morning, he was glad he wasn't slated to
pitch. His zone wasn't anywhere near where he wanted it to be. There was
nothing he could do to make it better after he got on the bus since Kalie
was her usual chatty self. He had no intention of being rude to her. He
listened politely happy that she had no intention of asking to play with
his cock. He knew that she knew how much Aiden loved finding his zone and
that she was a good friend who would not cross his boundaries even if she
tended to talk too much.

The bus pulled into the busway and stopped. "You're a good friend," Kalie
said. "Good luck with your game." The varsity softball team would be
playing Evans at home as would the JV baseball team. The JV softball team
and varsity baseball team would be playing Evans at Evans Middle School in
West Olympia.

The game was one of two divisional crossover games the Titan varsity would
be playing. The other would be a home game against Monte after spring
break. Evans was 2-1 and were a good team. The Titans were also 2-1. The
players and fans expected a good game.

The game was as good as expected. Trent had control issues in the first
inning, walking three batters, two of whom scored, giving the Governors a
quick 2-0 lead. The Titans scored in the top of the second when Aiden
singled, stole second and was knocked in on a single by Muddy, making the
score 2-1.

Evans scored in the bottom of the third, making the score 3-1. Mayfield
tied the score in the top of the fifth when Everett and Aiden singled with
two outs. Gordy worked the count full and hit a hard double into the
left-center gap, scoring Everett and Aiden, tying the score at 3-3.

 Scott relieved Trent with two outs in the bottom of the fifth when Trent
lost home plate again and walked a pair of batters. Scott put out the fire
but gave up a run in the sixth when Aiden booted a two out grounder
allowing a run to score from third. The Governors led 4-3 going into the
seventh.

Trent, who was now playing first, took care of business in the top of the
inning by hitting a home run over the left field fence to tie the
game. When the first Evans batter opened the seventh by popping up to short
on the first pitch of the inning and the second batter struck out, it was
beginning to look like extra innings. That ended up not being the case when
Casey Murphy matched Trent's home run ending the game.

The Titans walked off the field with a 5-4 loss and a 2-2 record. Aiden was
furious with himself for booting a routine grounder in the sixth, allowing
a run to score. He blamed it on his lack of focus, forgetting that he went
two-for-four with a stolen base and two runs scored.

On the bus ride home, Aiden wondered if Coach Ecklund would become even
more focused on developing players and less on winning a championship now
that the team was 2-2.

By the time the bus arrived at Mayfield Middle School they learned that
Meadow Park clobbered Barrett 8-0 to improve their record to 4-0. One piece
of good news came from that game—Nolan had pitched all seven innings,
tossing a three-hit shutout while striking out 10 and walking one.

In other East Division scores, Winton and Kentburg both improved their
records to 3-1 with wins. Monte, who was in the West Division, hammered
Gardner 12-3 to remain undefeated. The only surprise in that game was that
Monte didn't 10-run Gardner and end the game early.

Mayfield's first game after spring break would be at Meadow Park. Everyone
was certain that they would be facing Nolan who, as a seventh grader, was
considered one of the top five pitchers in the Seamount League. The Titans
figured Trent would be their starter. That game was almost two weeks away
and everybody would have spring break to contemplate the fact that if they
lost, they would all but officially be out of the championship race.

Phil had dinner ready by the time Aiden arrived home from his game. Gordy's
mom had given him a ride from the school.

"Tough loss, kiddo," Phil said as Aiden stomped into the house.

"I can't believe I kicked a routine ground ball with a runner on third in
the sixth inning that let a run in and then we end up losing by a run. That
totally sucks."

Phil gave his son a hug. "Was that the first fielding error of your
career?"

"No, but it's the first one I've made on a big play with two outs in the
sixth inning of a tie game that let a big run come in." Aiden tried
wriggling out the hug, but Phil held him tighter.

"I take it you didn't do anything to help your team the whole game then."

"I went two for four and scored two runs and had a steal but who gives a
fuck when we lost by a run and are two games out of first because I lost
the game for us and we're never going to win a championship."

Aiden's continual struggles convinced Phil to let him go. "It sounds like
you had a good game overall. Last I looked it takes a team to win a game
and it takes a team to lose a game. I'll be willing to bet there are a few
of your teammates kicking themselves, too."

"Like Scott who gave up a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh
after he pitched us out of a jam in the fifth and kept us ahead until I
botched that easy grounder in the sixth."

"Did anybody give you a hard time about the error?"

"No. Coach said I needed to bear down harder on easy plays, but that's his
job."

"Did anyone give Scott a hard time?"

"No, he got hugs, including one from me, to help him feel better."

"It sounds to me like your team is on the right track," Phil grinned. "You
guys are a team and you acted like a team. That's what I like about your
friends and teammates—they believe in being a team. Sorry I couldn't
make it. It's been a strange week for work."

"And Pop couldn't make it because the Mustangs were playing, and I haven't
seen their score yet."

"They won 3-0. Andy Hoffman threw a six-hit shutout against Parkview."

They heard a car in the driveway and then the garage door
opening. "Speaking of Pop, there he is," Aiden grinned. He headed for the
steps to the basement and garage so he could greet his Pop.

The dinner talk was baseball. Larry said the same things to Aiden Phil had
told him. When Aiden mentioned that, Larry told him Marty would most likely
say the same things they had. "It's all part of playing sports," Larry told
his son.

"How did Mac do at catcher?" Phil asked.

"Mac did pretty good," Aiden replied. "I think he's going to be a good
catcher and you know why?"

"Tell us," Larry answered.

"Because he wants to be good. I think he really likes catching."

"You can be a very perceptive young man," Phil grinned.

"Mac, Lenny, Muddy, Scott, Lance, and Trent all want to do some practicing
on our pitching setup during spring break," Aiden announced. "We're going
to look into our schedules and then set up at least two times."

"Sounds ambitious," Larry said.

"Maybe it sounds like you guys are serious about winning. Think about it,
Meadow Park might be undefeated and two games ahead of you, but you still
play them twice—anything can still happen," Phil said.

Aiden ignored his dad's attempt to make him feel better about the
standings. "I think they want to come around lunchtime," Aiden told his
dads.

"Well, if you're going to have some growing boys expending a lot of energy,
I suppose there should be plenty of food around. I'll make sure to make
adequate sandwiches and have plenty of lemonade available."

"I'm going to be having a really busy spring break."

"Starting with your party on Saturday," Larry said. "We have all the food
and goodies and you have your guest list. This is clothing optional,
right?"

"Right, and everybody knows it is. Some are staying overnight, and I want
to be Naked Chef on Sunday morning."

"This sounds like another legendary Aiden party in the making."

"And then there's Justin and his dads staying Thursday and Friday. And the
baseball practice here. And one full team practice during vacation. And the
Wednesday Nooner game," Aiden rambled on. "And Nolan and I want a couple of
nights with just us together. Plus, there's Kalie's party on Wednesday."

"You're going to be ready for school to start so you can get a vacation
from your vacation," Phil chuckled.

"You know it. Thanks for helping me with what happened today. I feel better
already. Since the Mariners have an off day, I wonder if Marty will call."

Marty did call. Marty said essentially what Aiden's dads had said, plus he
added some of his own failings in games, most of which Aiden knew about,
and how he dealt with them.

"I love you, Aiden," Marty said as their phone call ended. "When things
don't go the way you want, remember how many people love you and how
kicking away a ground ball will never change that fact."

"I love you, too, Marty."

That night, Aiden was on his knees thinking of how grateful he was to have
so much love in his life—not only people who loved him, but people he
loved back. Yeah, he kicked away a ground ball that allowed a big run to
score. But nobody hated him for it. And he was reminded that he had to keep
his focus even on routine plays. "Life is good, Horace," Aiden said before
falling into a restful sleep.

<Grant and Jaden>

The JV had an easier time with Evans than the varsity did with a 6-1 win
over the Governors. Grant threw two shutout innings. One runner reached
base on a throwing error by Emmett, who was playing shortstop. Lance threw
the next two innings, followed by Rusty, Warren, and Riley. Warren gave up
the run when Evans used a walk and a double to score. Riley surprised
everyone by striking out the side on twelve pitches.

Titus, a sixth grader, had been Riley's catcher in the seventh. "How does
that little dude throw so hard?" he asked as the team walked off the
field. He wasn't the only person at the field who wondered that.

After the postgame handshakes and meeting, Grant introduced Rusty, Riley,
Emmett, Mason, and Lance to Jaded. Jaded knew that Lance was Grant's
boyfriend and gave him a fist bump followed by shoulder squeeze. He
couldn't get the twins confused since Lenny was playing varsity.

Mason took one look at Jaden and all but drooled over himself. "Grant says
you're coming to Aiden's party on Saturday," Mason said after he and Jaden
exchanged fist bumps.

"That's how it looks," Jaden grinned.

"Just so you know, I give the best blow jobs at Mayfield Middle School,"
Mason said as if it was a perfectly normal role.

"Say what?"

"Check it out at the party," Mason smirked as he turned and trotted off.

"I warned you about Mason," Grant said as they watched Mason moving away.

"Yeah you did but it still surprised me."

"Want me to call him back to apologize?"

"Nah, he reminds me of somebody on my swim team. Outrageous on the outside,
but sweet on the inside, right?"

"That's Mason," Grant grinned.

"You pitched really good," Jaden said, changing the subject as he and Grant
walked to the SUV. "They should have left you in longer."

"Coach told us he needed to give everybody a little bit of work because we
didn't have a game on Tuesday."

"I know, but still, nobody even got on base against you."

"It was only two innings." Jaden's father, Roger, popped open the hatch in
the rear and Grant tossed his equipment bag into the SUV. The ride to
Grant's house was a short one but he was happy they could ride so he
wouldn't have to lug his bag around.

"That little kid in the seventh inning was amazing," Roger
commented. "Nothing but strikes and it was all blazing heat and a sneaky
changeup."

"Riley is an amazing dude," Grant said. "Everybody likes him, and he's made
a lot of friends since he moved here, including me."

Jaden remembered that Riley hadn't been to an Aiden nudist party either. He
thought he might latch onto him so they could get used to everything
together.

That night Jaden and Grant cuddled in bed and exchanged a series of long
keep kisses while petting each other's smooth skin, hard cocks, and smooth
balls. When Grant's middle finger slid into Jaden's ass, Jaden took it as a
signal to start humping. The humping started slow and easy, started to
become frantic, and when Grant found Jaden's sweet spot, Jaden squealed and
almost knocked Grant off the bed as he shot his creamy cum over Grant's
belly.

"What the fuck was that you hit?" Jaden asked as he fought for breath.

"Your sweet spot. It is called the prostate gland. You can look it up
online, but it's the thing that makes getting your butt fucked feel extra
good."

"Have you ever had your butt fucked?" Jaden was certain the answer was
going to be yes but was still surprised when he said he had by three
different boys. "Whoa, for real?" Grant was reminding him of Derek—sweet
and innocent looking but gay and sexually experienced. "How many have you
fucked?"

"Three, but not the same three." Grant would normally never kiss and tell,
however since Jaden lived in California, he didn't see any harm in telling
him who they were. It's not like it was a gigantic secret, anyway. "I've
fucked Aiden, Lance, and Nolan, who's Aiden's boyfriend. Aiden, Lance, and
Lenny have done my butt."

"I never thought you knew so much."

"I do and right now I know I need to get off."

"Oops, sorry cuz," Jaden said. He quickly wrapped his right hand around his
cousin's four inches and had him shooting his watery emission in less than
a minute.

That night Jaden fell asleep thinking about how good Grant's finger had
felt in his ass and wondering how somebody's cock would feel up there.

Next: Busy Break