Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 04:27:02 +0200 From: Nick Brady Subject: Nicks Story - Chapter 40 Nick's Story -- Chapter 40 This story is about growing up in Tulsa. Part of the story involves sex between boys so you should be 18 to read it. Please send comments to y2kslacker@mail.com and make donations to Nifty. Copyright 2014 - 2015, Nick Brady, all rights reserved. Nick and Tony's paths cross again in this chapter. We will combine their stories for a time. ------------------------------ Two days after Christmas at the Tulsa Boys Home and the holiday was over, but school was still out and the natives were restless. They were kept busy in the morning doing a general cleanup of the facilities. The bunk beds and desk chairs were pushed to the side in each room, the floors were mopped, waxed, buffed, and then the furniture was moved to the other side of the room and the process repeated. The drawers and closets were emptied, wiped clean and re-sorted. When everything was put back in place the result was startling. The work was shared by Jermaine and Tony with Danny as crew chief. Danny was back from his visit but Justin had not returned. "This looks different." Tony declared. Jermaine laughed. "It smells better in here too." "It's just like getting a new room. Good work guys." Danny complimented the effort. They wrapped things up and broke for lunch. Once in the dining room, Bobby came to sit next to Tony with Thomas across from them. "We spent all morning cleaning our room." Bobby reported. "So did we. I think everybody did." Thomas agreed. "We always do this after Christmas, and again in the summer." Danny warned them. "It's not my favorite thing to do, but otherwise we would be living in a pigsty." Thomas nodded. "We are supposed to go somewhere this afternoon." Bobby stated. "That's what I hear." Danny said. "Does anybody know where we're going?" "I heard we are going to Gilcrease Museum." Jermaine shared. "Who told you that?" Danny wondered. "Bobby. You know, Big Bobby, the guy who plays basketball a lot." Jermaine told him. "He is the guy who said I was doing pretty good?" Tony asked. Jermaine chuckled. "Yeah, that Bobby. You remember him." "I hope we do go to Gilcrease. I've been there and it's a cool place." Danny said. "Does this mean I am Little Bobby?" Bobby asked. "No, you are the one and only Bobby for us." Jermaine assured him, bringing a smile to his face. "Where is Justin?" Tony asked. "I don't know." Danny answered. "We were supposed to be back by 9:00 last night but he never showed. That's not good." "So is he AWOL?" Jermaine wondered. "What's that?" Bobby asked. "Absent With Out Leave. It's what they say in the military when you skip out." Danny explained. "OK, back to the room for our coats." Danny instructed. "Wherever it is we are going, we are supposed to be out front at 1:00." The bus pulled up after lunch and a councilor named Henderson was checking names off a roster as boys got on board. When they were all seated, one of the other councilors stepped up and made an announcement. "OK, listen up! Some of you may have heard a rumor that we are going out to Gilcrease Museum. (Pause) Well, you are right. (Cheers) Stay together, and no monkey business. We will return at 5:00 so be sure you are back out front before then, OK?" Bobby had managed to sit with Tony, Danny and Jermaine were across from them, Thomas behind Tony. "What's at Gilcrease?" Bobby asked Danny. "I have only been there once, but I thought it was a pretty cool place. Thomas Gilcrease was an oil millionaire back it the day when Oklahoma was in a big oil boom. He had kind of a ranch house out west of Tulsa when that was out in the country. He liked to travel and collected a bunch of cool stuff and when he died they made a museum out of it. There is a lot of sculpture and paintings of western and American Indian history. Even stuff from South America. Wait until you see the collection of shrunken heads." Danny shared what he knew. It was not a long drive to the museum and they exited the bus and filed inside while the councilors identified themselves to the attendants. They gave them a copy of the roster and got little pins for each of the boys, concluding with the admonishment to stay together and behave. Many of the boys picked up a little brochure with a map of the museum and began to look through the many galleries. They soon came to a collection of portraits of older American Indians by George Caitlin. Bobby asked Jermaine, "Are you part Indian and part black?" "Hey, that is kind of personal." Danny admonished him. "I just wondered." Bobby protested. "That's OK, it is a reasonable question from a smart kid like Bobby." Jermaine reassured him. "To answer your question, I am part Creek Indian and part African American, from both sides I think. I never knew my father. So I identify as both." "I think that's kind of cool." Bobby said. "So do I." Jermaine smiled at him. "I am just Mexican." Tony acknowledged. "I'm supposed to be Scotch-Irish, but I don't know much about my family." Thomas offered. "I think I am German and English." Danny added. "Most Americans are a mixture of a lot of things." He laughed and said to Tony. "You may be the only purebred here." Tony grinned. "Yeah, maybe." Suddenly Tony heard someone call his name, looked up and froze with astonishment. Two older Hispanic boys rushed over to him and began to chatter in Spanish, embracing him. The councilor nearest to them came over to see what was going on. "Do you know these guys?" He asked. "Yes! These are mis hermanos, my brothers!" Tony responded tearfully. "I didn't know where you guys are." He cried. "I heard you and Carlos were sent to the Tulsa Boys Home after you got in trouble." Pablo said, looking around. "Where is Carlos?" "Yes, we were both there. But Carlos said he was going to a foster home. I don't know where he is now." "Me and Pablo are together." Juan said quickly. He was not sure if they would be allowed to continue to speak together. After asking a few more questions the councilor was convinced of the situation. "I expect you guys would like a few minutes to get caught up." He said, and led them over to the snack bar. "You can talk here, but don't go off anywhere, OK?" They thanked him and sat down together for the first time in many months. The councilor went back over to the group where Tony's friends were looking on with concern and reassured them that all was well. Jack had walked over with Pablo and was asked to join them. "This is our brother Antonio." Pablo said to Jack. "Nice to meet you. I understand your friends call you Tony." "That's right. How do you know that?" Tony asked. "I know Nick whom you met at the YMCA, and his brother Kevin from your school. I rent an apartment from their parents" "How do you know my brothers?" Tony wondered. "Pablo and I go to college together and Juan lives with Pablo." "Oh, wow! You going to college?" He said to Pablo. "I didn't know that. And you guys are together? I never saw you guys much after you kind of ran away. You know, things got really bad after you left." Pablo sighed. "They were bad before we left. I felt bad about leaving you and Carlos with Papa." "Hey, I don't blame you. You are doing good, man, and Juan is with you, that's cool." "We got to find Carlos." Juan insisted. "But I don't know how to find him." "I might be able to help with that. At least I'll try." Jack suggested. "Man, this is crazy meeting you like this. I can't believe it." Tony was shaking his head. "So how are you doing at the boy's home? What kind of place is it? Is it like a jail?" Pablo asked. "No, it's not so bad. We go to regular school, I am making friends there, they treat me pretty good." Tony assured them. "I am trying real hard to do good. I am even making my grades at school. Some of it is hard for me but there are guys that help me, you know? I got to say it is a lot better than living with Papa." "That's for sure." Pablo agreed. "I guess he expected you and Carlos to like, work, and bring in the money." "All the time man, or he would beat the shit out of us." Pablo looked down and shook his head. "I'm so sorry Tony. I feel so bad about leaving you with that bastard." "No man, don't feel bad. You finished high school, now you are in college, You got a place for Juan, don't feel bad. You did good. Now me and Carlos are out of that and we are doing better." "We need to find Carlos." Juan repeated. "We will find him. My friend will help us." Pablo looked towards Jack. "I will if I can. I need to talk to some people." "I have no idea who to talk to about this kind of thing." Pablo said sadly. "You know we have problems with immigration." "I will help any way I can. In the meantime I need to get back to the people we came with." Jack explained. "I don't know how much longer you guys will be able to talk, so I will leave you to it. See you guys when we start back." He said to Pablo and Juan. --------------------------- When the three brothers encountered each other Jack had gone to join them and Joseph suggested that we continue to look around the museum. "This is not our conversation Nicky." Joseph reminded me. "No, I guess not, but it is so amazing for them to find their brother here." Nick said. "You have met Tony and the other brother before." Joseph stated. "Yes, uh, at the YMCA last summer. Uh...." "I don't need to know more than that, Nicky." Joseph told me, laying a hand on my arm. "It must be an emotional moment for all of them." "No kidding. Tony was so excited I don't think he even recognized me. Now they need to figure out where Carlos is living." Joseph was thoughtful. "From what Jack told me, the younger boys are wards of the court. The danger is that if things don't go well for them they might be deported, because they are not here legally. Neither is Pablo who might otherwise be appointed their guardian." "That has to be scary." "No doubt. There must be something that can be done for them." Joseph considered. "We should talk with Jack about this. He might be able to think of something. Or I might know of someone else." "Like who?" "Despite being somewhat dysfunctional, my family is rather well connected. I think I know an attorney whose advice would be helpful. He might be willing to talk with me pro bono." "What's that?" I asked. "For free." Joseph smiled. "That's a good price." "Yes, well we will see what happens. We need to catch up to your parents. They will be wondering what has happened to us. Or Kevin might have told them we met a friend." We started back in the direction where we had last seen Kevin and my parents. When we found them Joseph and I slipped up to Kevin quietly. "What happened?" Kevin asked. "They had an emotional reunion. They are in the snack bar talking and Jack is with them. It was pretty awesome." Kevin shook his head. "This is like a soap opera." "Don't be cynical." I scolded him. "They are really excited about finding each other. Remember, they have been through a lot." Joseph was taking in our conversation without comment until I looked at him. "I wouldn't describe it as a soap opera. They were moved to tears at being reunited. I doubt they have any other family other than themselves." Kevin Looked apologetic. "I didn't mean that the way is sounded. It is just kind of dramatic. I don't have much experience with that kind of thing I guess." "Neither do I, thankfully." I said. "Where did you boys disappear to?" Mom asked. "We ran onto Pablo and Juan's younger brother. They and Jack are visiting in the snack bar." I told her honestly. "Oh, that's nice." She seemed satisfied. Wjack rejoined us after a bit and we continued to walk through the museum for some time. Just before 5:00 we decided that we had absorbed about as much culture as we could handle for one day and headed for the snack bar. Pablo and Juan met us when we were about half way there. "Ah, here you are." Dad greeted them. "Did you run onto your brother?" "Yes, it was a surprise, but he had to leave." Pablo answered, "How is he?" Dad inquired. "He is doing very well, thank you." Pablo replied vaguely. We might as well start home." Dad suggested. "I think we might have a cake at home if you gentleman would like to join us for a snack." "You bet." Juan replied, then looked at Pablo for confirmation. "That would be very nice, thank you." Pablo agreed. We walked out to the parking lot and started to ride back in the same arrangement as when we came. Dad walked around the big red DeSoto with admiration. "Why don't you drive it back?" Pablo suggested. "Are you sure?" Dad replied, looking delighted. Pablo tossed him the keys. Dad got behind the steering wheel, looking like a kid with a new toy. "Where is the shift lever?" Pablo pointed to a row of buttons on the dash. "It is push button shift." He said proudly. "Well I'll be darned." Dad remarked. He fired up the engine and we roared home. Jack and Mom followed in Dad's Buick. -------------------------------- Tony, Jermaine, Danny, Bobby, Thomas and the rest of the boys boarded the waiting bus and started back to the Tulsa Boys Home. Bobby was a little upset with Tony. "Where were you? I was looking everywhere for you." "I found my brothers and now I know where they live." He explained. "Where are they?" Jermaine asked. "My oldest brother Pablo is going to college here and Juan is living with him. But I still don't know where Carlos is. He is here in Tulsa somewhere though." "That must have been a surprise that they were in the museum at the same time we were." Danny said. "Yeah, man. It was really good to see them. Maybe they can come visit me." Tony said hopefully. "I don't know." Danny said. "You have to get permission for a visitor. They have to be approved." "But they are my brothers. Why would they not be approved?" Tony asked. Danny hesitated. "It's nothing against your brothers but not all family members are trustworthy. They might get approved, but somebody would have to check them out." Bobby was listening and commented. "My mother isn't allowed to visit me, and I don't think my brother even cares." Tony looked at Danny. "You got your grandmother but me and Bobby got nobody." "Me neither." Jermaine said. "It is OK for me to visit grandmother for a few days but I couldn't live with her, She is not in a good situation. I guess we have each other." Danny observed. Jermaine frowned. "What happened to Justin? Did he come back from his Christmas leave? He should have come back last night." "I don't know." Danny said. "Our counselor asked if I had heard from him. Maybe he got back this afternoon after we left on the bus." "If he has skipped out he will be in deep shit." Jermaine said. "He has gotten in trouble before." "Hey Bobby." Tony said. "You are sure quiet. You OK?" Bobby shrugged. "Yeah, I guess." Thomas turned and said quietly. "Justin got in trouble for smoking last summer." "There are always a few guys who sneak cigarettes." Tony observed. "He wasn't smoking tobacco." Thomas confided. "How did he get leave?" Jermaine wondered. "I wondered about that." Danny said. "I heard that one of the counselors pled his case and got him a volunteer." "Which one?" Jermaine asked. "I heard it was Henderson." Danny told him. "That doesn't sound right." Jermaine answered. "Why not?" Jermaine hesitated then said quietly. "Henderson has some special boys he does favors for." "What makes them special?" Danny asked. Jermaine made a circle with his thumb and forefinger and put it to his lips then made a sucking noise. "No shit?" Danny responded. "I wondered about Henderson. He tried to get real friendly with me when I first came here." Tony felt a little queasy. "But he is a counselor, man." "We had a counselor who was fucking some of the little boys a couple of years ago." Danny recalled. "They kicked his ass out when they caught him." "Did he get in trouble? I mean they could have got him arrested." Tony wondered. Danny shook his head. "The Home didn't want the publicity I guess. He just disappeared one day." Tony noticed that Bobby had hung his head down. When he looked closely he saw that Bobby had tears on his face. "What's the matter Bobby?" Bobby shook his head and whispered. "Nothing." "Hey man, somebody messing with you?" Tony asked. Bobby would not answer, but when Tony put his arm around his shoulder, the young boy leaned against him and sniffed. "Was it Henderson?" Jermaine wanted to know. Bobby shrugged his shoulders and kept his face buried on Tony. Tony rubbed his hand over Bobby's hair. "Just leave him alone guys." The rest of the short ride was quiet in their section of the bus. When they arrived at the Boys Home they went up to Tony's room but Danny was pulled aside. When he joined the others he had some news. "Hey guys, sit down. I got something to tell you." Danny told them. Tony, Jermaine, Bobby and Thomas were all in the room with Danny. "I guess it is OK for you all to hear this. It will be all over the house by supper time." "What's up?" Jermaine asked. "It seems that we have lost a room mate. Justin got in trouble and won't be back. He was picked up by the police for doing something crazy and he was stoned out of his mind. I don't know where he is going but it won't be back here." The room was very quiet. "Henderson is gone too." Danny added. "What happened?" Tony asked. "That's all I know for sure." Danny said. "But we might be able to put two and two together." "I don't understand." Tony complained. Jermaine frowned. "My guess would be that Henderson was doing favors for Justin in exchange for sex with him. When Justin got busted that came out I bet. You saw that Henderson did the the roster and should have seen that Justin was absent," Danny nodded his head. "That's all I am supposed to say, but you might be right." Bobby did not say anything but got up and went back to his room. Tony asked to be excused and followed Bobby back toward his room. He caught up to him before he entered. "Hey Bobby. Let's walk around a little, OK?" Bobby shrugged and walked on with Tony. "Did that guy Henderson mess with you?" He asked. "I don't want to talk about it. Nothing happened." Bobby mumbled. Tony put his hand on Bobby's shoulder. "Yeah, but did he try to mess with you." Bobby began to cry softly. "I'm scared, Tony. I can't even trust the counselors here." "I think it was just Henderson, Bobby. The other counselors are OK I think." Tony assured him. "I can't trust anybody. You are the only person in the world that I can trust." Bobby said with a shaking voice. "And today you disappeared, and I couldn't find you, and I got really scared." "Hey, I told you man. I found my brothers. I had to talk to them." "I know, but I was scared. That place was big and full of people I didn't know." Bobby tried to explain. "I'm sorry Bobby. I should have got you to come with me, but I got excited to see my brothers, you know?" "I understand." Bobby kept his eyes on the floor in front of them. "Maybe now you understand, but you still got scared. I'm sorry, man. I should have told you where I was going. But I thought you were OK with the other guys." Bobby stopped walking and sat down next to the wall and put his head down on his knees. "I'm sorry Tony. I just got scared." He began to cry. "I am scared all the time." Tony felt tears in his own eyes. He sat down next to Bobby and pulled his head over onto his chest and rubbed his dark red hair. "It's gonna be OK Bobby. Nobody needs to be sorry for nothing. I just need to look after you better. I love you Bobby." He whispered. They sat there like that for a few minutes then looked up to see Danny. "I was looking for you guys. Is everything OK?" Tony nodded. "Yeah man, Bobby is just tired. We are OK. Let's go. I am ready for some supper, OK?" Bobby nodded and the three boys walked slowly to the dining room. They stopped in the bathroom for a pee and Tony washed Bobby's face with cold water and dried him with some paper towels while Danny waited. Then they went to supper. Bobby was quiet at supper but seemed to have recovered. They talked with each other about the things they saw at the museum and agreed that it was a cool place. After supper they went to the TV room and watched something mindless on the tube, then drifted to their room to play Monopoly or read or whatever. At 9:30 Danny suggested gently to Bobby and Thomas that it was time for bed and they should return to their own rooms. Bobby said nothing but got up and left. After the excitement of the day they were all tired and climbed into bed. Danny went to turn off the light and looked at Justin's empty bed. "And then there were three." He said to himself. Tony was sound asleep when he heard the sound of loud voices and woke up. He could hear Bobby screaming. "No, no, help me Tony! Tony, Tony!" Tony jumped out of bed and ran down the hall to Bobby's room. Bobby was struggling and fighting with his room captain who was attempting to restrain him. "No, stay away! Don't touch me. Help, Tony!" Tony ran up to the boy and shouted at him. "Bobby! I'm here! You're OK Bobby!" And he grabbed him and held him tight. Bobby struggled for a minute then realized who had him and melted into Tony, hugging him and sobbing. "I was scared Tony. I had a really bad dream." Tony pulled the younger boy down to the floor where they sat with their arms around each other, Bobby crying and Tony rubbing his back and whispering in his ear. "It's OK Bobby, I got you baby. It's OK." After a few minutes the crying stopped and Bobby fell limp in Tony's arms. By then the boys in both rooms were standing and watching with sympathy. When Tony tried to stand up Bobby held him tightly and would not let go. "He gets scared." Tony said by way of explanation. Danny squatted down next to the two boys and said quietly to Bobby. "We have an empty bed in our room. Would you like to sleep with us tonight?" Bobby kept his face buried in Tony's neck but nodded his head. "Yes." He whispered. Bobby's room captain agreed so Tony pulled Bobby to his feet and led him back to their room. "Justin is gone so you can have his bed." Tony offered. "You can be right above me. I will look after you. You will be OK Bobby." Danny and Jermaine boosted Bobby into the bunk above Tony and tucked him in. Bobby looked over at Tony to be sure he was there and then fell asleep, exhausted. Danny sat down on the edge of Tony's bed. "How can you calm Bobby down like that?" He asked quietly. "I don't know, man. He says I am the only person he trusts. I never knew anybody like that before." "Bobby needs you close." Danny observed. "What do you think about asking if Bobby can move in here and take Justin's old bed?" "Hey, that's cool with me. I really like Bobby. He is like a little brother to me. I never had a little brother." "Well, I think maybe you two are good for each other." Danny said. "Let me see if we can do that. At least if he has another nightmare, you won't have as far to go." Tony tried to go back to sleep but he found himself restless. The hugging with Bobby had given him an erection and now he was horny. He didn't like the way his body reacted but was not able to control it. He knew the affection that Bobby had for him was not sexual but it seemed that his body did not understand that. He decided that he would try to spend some time with Thomas later in the day. In the meantime he retrieved a sock from the floor next to his bed and pulled it over his stiff prick, using it to contain his fluid which soon spurted out and coated the inside of the sock. It was not quite satisfying but it allowed him to relax and fall back to sleep. His last thought was of Bobby's small body held tight in his arms. ......................to be continued. Remember that Nifty needs contributions to continue to publish the stories you enjoy. 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