Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2019 09:26:54 -0600 From: Not Given Subject: Sam and Alex Part 3 Sam and Alex Part 3 By: Chaosmode Remember help us all stay Nifty by donating if you can: http://donate.nifty.org/donate.html Copyright: Chaosmode November 2019. Disclaimers and Opening Intro: This story is a work of fiction as always, the characters are not real and if they're based on anyone it is not intentional. This story was also posted somewhere else originally in smaller chunks and has been altered and edited to better fit as one cohesive story. A few small things have been changed, but the main storyline has stayed the same. The characters and their interactions are exactly the same as I intended and the story is one complete thought now and heavily edited to that end. Also this story takes place sometime around 2002 or 2003, as such I've tried to fit the technology to that time period. This is the third and final part of the story. We come to the conclusion. I feel that this is a satisfying end to this story. I do not like sad endings, or painful ones. I just hope that everyone loves where I leave Sam and Alex. I felt it was the right place to leave this glimpse into a time of their lives... As always thanks for reading and for any feedback you want to give. Chapter Nine Alex sat in the car next to his dad as they pulled into the hospital parking lot. Alex hated hospitals and everything about them and the people that ran them. All of his experiences with hospitals and doctors came from the last year of Sarah's life. Those moments when he had sat there by his mom and dad watching as Sarah passed after months of torture all the while being treated for the wrong thing. That last year though Alex held onto it with all of his might, treasuring every moment that he could remember of it. Sarah had been his, sure he'd make fun of her or ignore her sometimes when she was especially annoying, but anyone else touch a hair on her head and they were dead. Things had changed though when Sarah had gotten sick. He stopped picking on her and would just do whatever she wanted whenever she wanted. For that year and some months from shortly before her fifth birthday until three months after her sixth she was his and his parents entire focus. He still missed her every day, it was less as the three years since her death had made it easier but he knew that neither of his parents had been able to get beyond the death. His father still raged at the world, his mother drank. Alex had thought that he would never be able to fill that one little hole in his heart, then he had met Sam. Sam didn't fill the hole, he showed Alex that he didn't have to fill the hole, all he had to do was love someone who loved him and somehow that made the world a better place. So while his pain at the loss of Sarah was still there, as it always would be, he now knew that it didn't stop him from living or feeling a different kind of love. He didn't love Sam like a brother, not even like a friend. He loved Sam because, well because he was Sam. It had started as infatuation, realization that he liked boys, wanting to just know this one in particular regardless of age difference. Now though instead of imagining things with Sam from afar he had Sam and the most astounding thing about that was that it was far more wonderful than Alex had ever imagined. Still even having Sam in his life didn't make going to the hospital any easier for Alex. He hated the place even if it wasn't the same hospital that had mismanaged Sarah's care to him they were all the same. His dad though only gave one sigh before turning off the car and the two of them headed inside. They went up to the third floor and his moms room. She had broken her arm in two places and had needed surgery for a ruptured spleen, and of course her car was a total loss as his dad had told him that insurance would cover it but it would be weeks before she had a new car or could even work. As they walked into the hospital room Alex could only feel the pain of memories of a room like this three years ago. The memory of sitting there beside his mom holding her hand while she was holding his sister's. Watching as Sarah breathed her last, his mom saying it was too soon, begging with the gods or whoever to not take her away. That day had broken them, shattered the family into pieces. His mom lay on the bed with an IV tube hooked up to her left arm, her right one was in a cast. When they came in she looked over at them both with blurry eyes. "You shouldn't have brought him Steven." His dad sat down next to the bed and said, "He needs to see you Mary." His mom sighed a bit and said, "you're going to lecture me about how he's our responsibility and I should stop drinking, well then where have you been Steven." "I've been out there trying to make sure that our little..." Alex sighed and walked out of the hospital room. He didn't have to hear the rest of the argument. A bit later his dad came and got him and he sat in while the doctors went over his mom's condition and that she would be able to come home in a few days. In the car ride back to the apartment Alex didn't talk with his dad. He had heard their arguments before. His dad always thought he was in the right, his mom always thought he had abandoned her and his son. Sarah had been everything to his parents. She had been the favorite but she had been six years younger than Alex so he had loved doting on her as much as his parents. Sure she had been annoying at times and he had played jokes on her but he had never treated her like how Sam's brother treated him. As they were approaching the apartment his dad said, "you know you could come stay with me for a few days." "No thanks dad. I've got school and there's plenty of food and anyway it would really put you out having to drive me so far to school in the mornings." He didn't want to go stay in his dads one bedroom apartment on the other side of town. He wanted to be close to his friends, close to Sam. As his dad parked the car he reached over and touched Alex's shoulder, "listen if your mom ever becomes too much Alex, there's always the option of coming to live with me. You're not responsible for her." Alex sighed a bit and said, "I'm fine dad, thanks." He wanted to rage at his dad, tell him that his mom was broken not only from the loss of Sarah but from the way that her husband had treated her after their girl had died. Alex climbed out of the car and walked back towards his apartment. He didn't want to go back inside. To see the place with the eyes of what he had seen at the hospital. He didn't think the accident would be a wake up call. His mom was still suffering from the loss and she wouldn't let the wound heal just like his dad. He leaned back on the bottom few steps and closed his eyes. The feeling of someone close by him made Alex open his eyes. Sam was sitting there, dressed now in a tee-shirt that was a little too big on him and a pair of jeans that were the same. His dark brown hair had fallen over one of his eyes, he didn't talk he just sat there by Alex. Alex reached out and took Sam's hand, it was comforting just holding the younger boy's hand, fingers entwined together. Sam softly said, "how's your mom?" "She's fine, just a broken arm. She's lucky that she just hit a pole and not people." Alex sighed and continued, "I didn't know her drinking had gotten to this point." Sam said, "does your mom drink because of Sarah?" Alex almost wanted to pull away from Sam, the memories that him saying her name brought up suddenly flooding him. He wanted to tell Sam it wasn't something he wanted to talk about. If there was anyone he could talk about Sarah with he knew instinctively it was Sam. "Yes, she drinks to forget." Sam was quite for a bit, "what happened to Sarah?" Alex didn't know if he could answer or not at first but some part of him knew talking about it with Sam was something he should do. "she died, she had this really rare disease and it sort of destroyed her from the inside. She'd always been kind of frail and small for her age but the doctors said that was nothing unusual. Then at five she got really sick and they said she had cancer and they treated her for that all the while she kept getting worse... then one day we found out from a nurse that they had been hiding the truth for a very long time." Silence, he was afraid he had said too much, or afraid that Sam hadn't been able to take it in. Afraid that Sam might not know what to say either. Sam touched his cheek, it was then that Alex realized he had shed a few tears. His eyes were full of concern, "you miss her still." Alex nodded, "yes." He squeezed Sam's hand. He wanted to do more than that, he wanted to hug the little boy tightly to kiss him and forget his loss, but they were in a public place. "I'm sorry Sam its not a burden you need to worry about." Sam said, "what did Sarah like to do?" Alex smiled, "find new and interesting ways to annoy her big brother. She'd annoy me to the point that I'd have to put down whatever I was doing and play whatever new game she had invented with her until she got bored. She also liked coloring and dolls and all of the kind of stuff you'd expect a girl of four or five to like." Sam still holding his hand said, "do you think she would have liked me?" Alex did hug Sam then, he held him tightly at his side, "Sam she would have loved you." They didn't talk after that, neither knowing what more to say, that was how Sam's mom found them sitting on the bottom step as she approached from around the corner she said, "I took a wild guess. He's not bothering you is he Alex?" Alex said, "no, not at all." "Sam told me about your mom." She stopped at the steps, he had let go of Sam's hand reluctantly but he had done so. "Is she okay?" "Yes, they're keeping her for the next few days to make sure that the surgery for the ruptured spleen went okay, but her arm has to stay in a cast for a few weeks." Karen smiled, "well that's good at least its not too bad. If you want we could set an extra plate for dinner." Alex said, "I don't..." Sam interrupted, "come on Alex, my mom makes the best whatever we're having. Uh what are we having?" He turned to look at his mom. "Spaghetti." Sam smiled, "that's the best see, come on Alex." He stood up and tugged on Alex's arm. His mom said, "If he doesn't want to Sam." Alex stood as he said, "it sounds delicious." Back at the house Sam had to go take his shower before dinner and his big brother Billy was already dressed in his pajamas. A part of Alex wanted to ask the older brother why he was so mean to his little brother, but another part of him knew to leave it alone. Since Sam spent most afternoons over at his place now anyway Billy hadn't been picking on him as much. Also since Karen knew about Sam hanging out at Alex's there was really nothing he could do to blackmail his little brother about it. At dinner he sat next to Sam and the spaghetti was indeed very good. Every now and then he'd reach over and find Sam's hand to hold it and the younger boy would squeeze his hand as well. After dinner Alex helped Karen with the dishes while Billy and Sam made sure that all of their homework was done. As he was handing her a dish Karen said, "I wanted to thank you for being Sam's friend. At first I was worried about him hanging out with older kids, that you would try to get him to do things he didn't want to do, or any other horrible things you hear about." Alex said, "Sam's helped me as much as I have helped him. Having him, being his friend its made me better, happier. I hadn't even realized how much I needed a really good friend." She stopped and put a hand on his arm, "exactly the two of you found someone to be friends with that would help you during these hard times. I just know that most boys your age are focused on girls and maybe drugs, so I'm glad that he made friends with one who's focused on school and music." Alex smiled, "I'm glad I met Sam as well, he's made my life better." Karen handed him another dish as she said, "well if you ever need a place for dinner let me know and we can set you a place." A moment after that they were done with the dishes and Alex needed to head home. As he started to leave Karen said, "you should say goodnight to Sam, he's probably in his room still doing homework." Alex nodded and walked down the hall to Sam's bedroom. The door had his name on it written in letters, and it was open with him laying on his bed on his stomach a math book open. "Hey." Sam rolled over so that he could see Alex and said, "you leaving?" Alex nodded, "yup, how's the homework?" Sam shrugged, `its math, it sucks." Alex walked in and sat down on the bed close to Sam, "well I'm probably the last person to ask about math. What's the problem?" Sam said, "its okay." Alex put his hand on Sam's once briefly, "you know I don't mind helping you Sam." Sam flushed, "I know, but I can't really explain it, I just need to figure it out for myself." Alex nodded and kissed Sam's hand once, "Well then I'll see you tomorrow afternoon?" He was hopeful. Sam said, "yeah, I'll stop by after school... and Alex?" He stared to stand but stopped, "yes Sam?" "Thanks for telling me about Sarah." Alex kissed the top of Sam's head, "thanks for listening." He softly whispered, "I love you Sam." Sam whispered back, "I love you too Alex." Then he kissed his lips once before Alex realized it. For the first time that night when he thought about Sarah it still hurt but he realized having someone to talk about her with even briefly really had helped. Being able to share with Sam having the younger boy there warming his heart as he talked about his loss had really been the answer. If only he could find a way to heal his parents. Maybe that wasn't his job, maybe they had to find the answer for themselves as well. Chapter Ten. The sound of thunder rumbling as he stepped off of the bus made Sam look up at the clouds in the sky briefly before heading towards the apartments. Yesterday was still on the boys mind, the stuff in the afternoon actually weighed on him more than the stuff in the morning but the stuff in the morning had been some of the most incredible things ever. Still it felt to him like talking with Alex about Sarah in the evening had been more important than the other stuff even though the other stuff had made him feel really good. A few small sprinkles of water fell from the sky, it was November now and those sprinkles could turn to ice if the weather got bad enough. Sam wore a jacket today over his tee-shirt and a cap as well as his mom insisted that all of his heat came out of his head and the last thing that he needed was to catch a cold. As he walked further into the complex a part of him despite all that he had learned in the past few weeks was still afraid that Alex might not be there. Yet he was, of course as always sitting on that bottom step of building four this time with a book in his hands that he was reading. Sam stopped for a moment just looking at Alex. He wasn't sure if Alex was attractive in the sense that others would say he was, to Sam the way he treated him was far more important than what he looked like. Still he supposed that Alex was attractive, he wasn't overweight, he had really nice hair, some small amount of muscle, really nice eyes. Sam wasn't sure what Alex saw in him, he had a vague understanding that Alex liked other boys but he liked them younger than himself. There were all kinds of questions about that which Sam could bring up but he didn't really care, all he cared about was that Alex liked him and treated him right. Alex didn't make him do things, and about the worst thing he did was tickle him when he wasn't asking for it but that was all fun and games. The book Alex was reading Sam saw was called Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Sam had heard of the series but he hadn't actually read the books. As he walked closer Alex closed the book and watched him. He walked up to where Alex was and stood there on the curb by the bottom steps. "Hey." He wasn't sure why he always felt awkward in the first few moments. He knew Alex really well now but he still felt shy and afraid that he might be rejected. Alex said, "if you want after you put your bag down you could come over and play some games?" Sam smiled, "sure, I'll be right over." He headed over to his building aware that Alex's eyes stayed on him, he was less nervous now. He walked into the apartment and saw that once again Billy wasn't there. On Friday Billy and his friend Alan had gotten caught putting firecrackers into the Jensen mailbox by the Jensen's. Sam only learned about it yesterday when he went home, but apparently Billy wasn't supposed to hang out with Alan anymore. Sam knew though that wasn't going to stop Billy and Alan. Neither Billy's nor Alan's parents were home in the afternoons and they were free to do what they wanted. Sam for his part didn't care what Billy did, as long as he left him alone. He put his bag down in his room and grabbed Alex's CD player and brought that over to Alex's house with him. He thought about knocking but then decided that Alex knew he was coming over so he opened the door and said, "Alex?" Alex from his room said, "back here." Sam walked back into the back of the house, walking into Alex's room, expecting to find him there. He walked into the room, the overhead light was off but the light by the bed was on, putting the room in shadows. The door to the room was wide open and he could see most of the room from where he stood but he didn't see Alex. "Um Alex?" He stepped further into the room, "I uh brought your CD..." The sound of the door closing made Sam jump and then Alex was there, grabbing him, tackling him onto the bed as he tickled his sides. Sam tried to squirm away as Alex's fingers were on his sides under his jacket, digging his fingers into Sam's sensitive spots. Sam squirmed and kicked, trying to get away but Alex was merciless, digging his fingers into Sam's sides making his giggles escape in little breaths. Finally he stopped, leaning over Sam, who tried to catch his breath. Alex's lips touched his own then, a simple light kiss and Sam's entire mood changed. Alex tried to pull back but Sam pulled up with him so that he was sitting on the bed with Alex. He felt Alex's fingers slide through his hair as he sat on his knees in front of him. Sam pushed onto Alex pushing him back onto the bed as they fell together this time with Sam on top of of him. Sam kissed Alex this time, his lips connecting and playing with the older boys as he felt Alex's hands on his jacket pulling it off of him. He sat up on Alex's stomach so the teenager could pull the jacket off and toss it to the floor then Sam leaned back down over him pushing his mouth almost hungrily to Alex's. Sam wasn't sure where his desire came from, two weeks ago he barely knew about kissing now he hungered to feel the pleasure that doing it with Alex brought him. He knew now as well how to bring it out. So his lips met Alex's, as the older boy ran a hand through his hair and Sam rested his hands on Alex's shoulders resting on top of him. Alex's tongue twisted with his own, their hunger for one another slowly began to envelop both of them. He felt one of Alex's hands on his back now, sliding down, stroking his back through his tee-shirt. When he felt Alex's hand slid under his shirt Sam groaned pressing his lips harder to Alex's own. The younger boy could feel his penis growing in his pants as he continued to kiss Alex, as the older boys tongue pushed into his mouth as well. He felt constrained with the sudden growth in his pants. Alex held onto him as he lifted him and brought Sam down onto the bed with Alex on top now. Alex broke their kiss, his hands on Sam's shirt, "can I undress you Sam?" Sam flushed, "yes." Alex pulled at the shirt, Sam sat up so he could pull it off all the way and then Alex gently pushed Sam back down onto the bed. The other day briefly when Alex had touched him Sam had felt afraid, but it had only lasted for a moment before he had felt better than he had ever in his life. Alex's hands were on his sides, rubbing up and down them, from the bottom up to his pits, but he wasn't doing it with soft flutter touches that sent tickles through his body. It did tickle a little but when Alex started kissing his neck the tickles disappeared. Alex's lips sucked at Sam's neck, slowly sliding down over his collarbones. His hand traced the length of them each touch a small little fire in the preteens body as Alex continued. Sam could feel it as Alex's fingers ran down his arms stroking them, meeting his own smaller fingers, holding them as his lips connected to one of Sam's nipples. Sam squirmed a bit as Alex's lips touched his second nipple, his hands now sliding down to Sam's middle. The kisses followed, sliding down over the middle of his chest, down to his stomach. Those little fires that had started in Sam's stomach were now flying around his entire body, stoked by the touches that Alex gave him. He felt Alex's fingers on his jeans, undoing the button, pulling at the zipper. Sam looked down at Alex's head as the older boy kissed his stomach, his lips lightly playing with Sam's belly button, as his hands pulled at the ten year olds jeans dragging them down to his ankles. Sam rested a hand in Alex's hair as Alex ran a finger along the length of the preteens erection in his briefs, feeling the length of it, rubbing over it. Alex pushed his mouth over the head through the briefs, sucking a bit at Sam through his underwear. Sam gasped, his hand in Alex's hair holding tighter before Alex pulled at the briefs sliding them down to Sam's ankles with his jeans getting both of them off along with his sneakers. He could feel Alex's fingers on him, stroking him now, sliding the skin down revealing the head. Sam gasped again as Alex's tongue flicked over the head, sliding around it in a circle before his lips slowly closed over it, pulling all of Sam's length into his mouth. Sam had one hand on Alex's head and sort of pressed down on the older boys head, he didn't know if the pleasure was too much or what was going on, but he knew he didn't want it to stop. Alex was rubbing him with his tongue, the older boy exploring the length with it as one of his hands stroked Sam's stomach. Alex lifted Sam suddenly and they twisted so that Sam was on top of Alex. He positioned Sam so that his legs were on either side of his neck and Alex brought him back into his mouth as he sat on top of Alex like that. Sam put his hands on Alex's head looking down, Alex's eyes open looking up at him as he pushed his mouth down on him. Sam gasped, pushing into Alex's mouth as he felt Alex' hands on his back, sliding over and holding his butt, squeezing on it as he pushed Sam's erection into his mouth. Sam felt on fire as Alex sucked him and held his butt pushing him towards Alex's mouth. He gasped and held tightly onto Alex's head perhaps pulling the older boys hair a bit as he arched up and felt those fires escape him everywhere. He fell off of Alex, laying on his back on Alex's bed trying to catch his breath. Then after a moment he moved, sitting up on his own reaching for Alex's jeans. When he undid the button Alex said, "Sam, its not..." Sam started to undo the zipper, "I want to see it again. Now that I know what happened I want to see it happen." Alex didn't fight him. If he had Sam would just point out that he had let Alex see him naked too. He wasn't as big as Alex so getting Alex's jeans down wasn't as easy for him as it was for Alex but the older boy didn't help him. Maybe Alex could sense that Sam wanted to do it for himself. He got Alex's jeans down to his ankles and then after pulling off his sneakers he got the jeans off too. In Alex's boxers his penis was making a big tent, it was twitching a bit and Sam realized that he wanted to do more than just see it again. He pulled at the boxers, having to drag them up and over the head until it was exposed. He pulled the boxers down all the way then sat on Alex's legs looking at his much bigger penis. It was resting on Alex's stomach, throbbing and twitching a bit. Sam moved up a bit more, taking hold of it with both of his hands as he did Alex said, "careful." Sam nodded and bit his bottom lip as he stroked the shaft of Alex's penis. It was so much bigger than his own when he touched it, the feeling of it in his fingers, sliding over it. He wondered what it would feel like to put his own up to Alex's like how he had done Sunday morning but now with his clothes off. He moved sliding up until he was even with Alex and still holding Alex at the head he pushed his own penis up to Alex's. He took hold of both of them in is hand, rubbing his hand over Alex's shaft and his own, stroking them both together as he pressed his penis to Alex's. The teenager said, "Sam... I'm going to..." Sam rubbed his penis against Alex's still holding the older boys up with his hand on the other side as he rubbed his boner against the teenagers bigger one. He looked down at what he was doing the head of Alex's penis pointed at his face as he pushed his own shaft up the length of it his hand holding the two of them rubbing them. Alex warned again, "Sam..." He just stroked both of them with his fingers pressing the two dicks to one another as he rubbed. The first load that shot out shocked Sam, it spurted from the head of Alex's penis and landed right on his nose, dropping from there as another warm load shot out hitting Sam's cheek. Sam in shock dropped it as more shot out most of it coating Alex's stomach. Sam touched the bit that had landed on his cheek, it was kind of sticky a little bit warm, and white in color. Alex said, "shit Sam..." Sam smiled and said, "that was cool! I made it do that?" Alex nodded and Sam thought for a moment looking at the stuff on Alex's stomach and on his finger, "if I... put it in my mouth and that stuff came out would it hurt?" "Sam..." Sam said, "come on Alex, would it?" "No.. but Sam I don't expect you to do that." Sam studied his fingers, "I know you don't Alex, but I think I'd like to try." He studied his finger again and then put it in his mouth. Alex was a bit shocked, Sam didn't get why, if he was going to try doing what Alex did to him with his mouth then he needed to know what it tasted like. It was kind of tasteless, but kind of had a like a snot taste to it if not a bit... he wasn't sure how to describe it but honestly he had tasted worse things than Alex's stuff. Alex pulled his shirt off and used it clean his stomach and Sam's own face off after he did that he pulled Sam down onto the bed with him, holding him. They didn't talk for a bit, Sam just rested in the crook of Alex's arm his head on the older boys shoulder and his hand on Alex's stomach. He watched as Alex's penis went from soft to hard again as well and said, "you got big again Alex." Alex said, "yeah I was thinking of how nice it feels having you right here." Sam sat up to look at Alex, "I could play with it again if you want." Alex stroked his hair, "its fine Sam, you don't have to do anything other than be here with me." Sam snuggled in again resting his head on Alex's shoulder. That was when the phone in the living room rang and Alex got up to go get it. In the distance he could hear Alex, "yes ma'am Karen he is here," A pause, "uh uh," another pause, "no its not a problem. Really its not. I don't mind, it'll be nice to have company with my mom still in the hospital till Tuesday." A moment later Alex came back into the room as he did Sam said, "was that my mom?" Alex nodded and sat down on the edge of the bed, "Yeah, its gotten really bad out there since you came over here. Your mom is trapped up at the restaurant and she already got with Alan's parents to make sure that Billy would be able to stay over there. She figured you might be here." Sam got up walking over to Alex's window and pulled back the shade to look out side. It was raining really hard now but it wasn't rain, it was ice sheets that were pouring down from the sky. Thunder sounded then and the light by Alex's bed flickered and went off. Sam jumped as lightning lit up the sky and Alex came over to where he was resting his hands on his shoulders, "you okay?" Sam felt something pressing to his back and flushed when he realized what it was. He said, "yeah." He turned back around looking up at Alex then he looked down at where Alex was stiff. Sam put his hands on Alex's penis, his mood had changed, he wanted to feel it make stuff again. "How do I... put my mouth on it." Alex swallowed, "Sam," He looked up at Alex, "you put yours on mine, I want to try it too. You said if I wanted to try it we would and I want to try this." Alex smiled and stroked his cheek, "okay, you win if you want to try you can try. I know you've licked a Popsicle right? Well its sort of like that, or sucking on a straw how you get liquid out kind of like that too. You felt what I was doing right? I don't know if I can describe it just right, you just have to find of feel it out. I don't think you can really do it wrong, I know I'll enjoy it no matter what because its you trying it." Sam nodded looking down at it again as it was in hands still softly throbbing a bit. Alex led him back over to the bed, sitting down on the edge of it so that Sam could see his erection better. Outside the storm still raged, in here it was just him and Alex, and that big thing between Alex's legs. Sam still held it in one of his hand studying it. He was a little scared, but not in a way of he felt forced into this more of a way that sent thrills through his young body. He wanted to make Alex feel good but more than that he wanted to know if he could do this or not. Alex didn't rush him, or tell him that he should just do it. He sat there patiently waiting for Sam to make his own decisions. He knew that Alex wouldn't ever make him do something but he also knew that he wanted to do this. He leaned down, his hand still holding Alex's penis as he leaned down further. The sort of musky smell that he had smelled on his fingers was still there as he put his lips to the top of Alex's dick. It was warm and soft under his lips, and he licked them tasting a bit of what had been left after Alex's last cum. He ran his tongue over it, and tried to remember what Alex had done to his own earlier. He moved his hand down from the shaft to the balls touching them between Alex's legs as the older teen leaned back on his hands. Sam licked his lips again and slowly put his mouth down on the top of the head where the pee-hole was. He sucked gently like how Alex had done on the top of his own. His mind struggled between remembering and also wanting to make Alex feel good. Alex said, "just open your mouth some more Sam, take in what you feel like you can." Sam nodded a bit and opened his mouth, sliding down on Alex's penis. The head filled his open mouth as he sucked it inside. He could feel it pressing on his tongue, the top of it slide around his teeth and he opened his mouth more so that they weren't touching it. A part of Sam wished it was smaller but another part was thrilled by how big it was. He liked feeling this big thing sliding into his mouth. He pushed down further on it. Alex said, "Don't do more than you can Sam..." He touched his own penis stroking it as his excitement got the better of him. "C-careful, don't bite." Sam slid down a bit more, all of the head and at least a full two inches or so were in his mouth now. He could feel it as he slid down on it some more. Alex's hand was on his head, not holding him there, just resting there stroking his hair. He pulled back on it, letting the entire length pop out of his mouth as he grabbed it with his hands. He started licking at the head of it, his tongue running over the length, sliding over the pee hole. Alex let him, not guiding him, just softly every now and then suggesting something. Sam flipped his tongue over the length once more before putting his lips to it again. He sucked Alex into his mouth, his courage getting stronger now. He took in more, sliding his mouth down on it. Honestly it wasn't so bad now that he was getting a hang for it. Alex's hand on his head ran through his hair gently as he said, "its going to happen really soon Sam, you might want to take your mouth off." Sam thought about that, he wanted to take his mouth off, he was afraid of what might happen when Alex came in his mouth but another part of him was excited by it. HE didn't know if he could swallow the stuff but he at least wanted to try and see. He sucked some more his one hand still stroking himself, his other one touching Alex's balls. When it happened he felt it first in Alex's balls, the way that they constricted, then the shaft sort of did the same same thing. It happened then, Alex's stuff shooting out into Sam's mouth. Sam was shocked by the force of it as Alex grunted and sort of pushed up into his mouth. Sam didn't want to swallow it. His mouth was filled with the stuff, he gagged a bit pulling his mouth off of Alex's dick, his cheeks full of the first few loads. Alex said, "here, just spit it out..." Sam did spit it out on Alex's stomach where the rest of it had pooled. Some stayed in his mouth, he ran his tongue over his teeth and swallowed the bit that was still in there. Alex sat up, touching his cheek, "hey are you okay?" Sam nodded and wiped his lips, "I... yeah I wanted to swallow it, but there was so much..." Alex stroked his cheek, "its okay Sam, never feel you have to." He grabbed his shirt again and wiped his stomach off. Then he grabbed Sam's briefs and his own boxers saying, "come on lets see what we can find for dinner." Sam pulled his underwear on. It felt weird sitting at Alex's table in just his underwear eating cereal for dinner since the power was still out. He tried not to yawn after dinner, but it was close to his bed time by now. Alex seeing him yawn made Sam say, "I'm not tired." Alex smiled and said, "that's a shame, I was thinking we could go lay in bed together... but if you..." Sam said, "Okay maybe I'm a little tired." Alex smiled and reached over grabbing and lifting him up as he tickled him. Sam squirmed as Alex carried him to the bedroom and tossed him down onto the bed, tickling him some more before finally stopping. Outside the storm still raged and Sam felt a little cold as well. Alex pulled the covers of the bed over both of them and Sam said, "do you think there will be school tomorrow?" Alex said, "I doubt it." Sam yawned a bit, he was tired, fight it as he might, snuggled in bed under the sheets with Alex holding him, rubbing his stomach it just felt so good. "So we can spend all day tomorrow together?" "We'll see but I don't see why not." Sam snuggled in closer, resting his head on Alex's shoulder as Alex now stroked his back, "I'd like that." He wasn't sure how but it was about then that he feel asleep. He had never felt more safe or loved than right then and there in Alex's arms. Chapter Eleven. The sound of the power coming back on was what woke Alex up, it took him a moment to realize what the sound was as it was his ceiling fan going on first that made him realize something was different. He moved a bit in bed and his hand hit something soft and small. His mind came back to last night, and he looked over at where his hand had made contact. Sam was laying on his back, his brown hair a mess on his head, his eyes closed, his mouth slightly parted open. His chest and stomach completely bare as there had been no pajamas for him to sleep in. The blankets that Alex had pulled up over them on Sam's side were at his feet as if he had kicked them off. Alex's eyes roamed over the younger boy's exposed body. The briefs were tight showing off the boys package, clearly he wasn't erect as he slept. Sam rolled onto his side and curled up a bit as the coolness of the fan blowing hit his soft preteen flesh. Alex gently pulled the covers back over him, bringing the younger boy into his arms. The apartment's heater kicked on a few seconds later, as Alex gently held Sam. Despite how cold he had gotten in his sleep the ten year old gave off quite a lot of heat. He was like a little furnace in Alex's arms, heat escaping from his skinny little body quickly. Sam moved again, twisting onto his other side so that his head was now buried in Alex's chest. Alex stroked the back of his head, running a hand down Sam's spine. He tried not to but touching Sam started its own reaction in him. He had no desire though to do anything with Sam while he slept. Outside Alex could still hear the sound of rain hitting the windows and roof of the building. After a bit Sam who was clearly an active sleeper twisted away from Alex, perhaps too warm now as he lay on his back again. Alex let the boy go, slipping from the bed and walking over to his window. He pulled on a tee-shirt from his dresser and pulled back the blinds on the window. The window was covered in ice, he walked from his bedroom going down the hall to the front door and opened that as well. Outside the walkways, the stairs, most everything was covered in a thin sheet of ice. It rarely snowed this far south but ice was a common occurrence during the right kinds of weather. There would be no school today, really no going anywhere. The rain had lessoned but the clouds in the sky were still thick with the potential to bring more rain. Alex closed the door and almost jumped out of his skin when he saw Sam standing right behind him a blanket wrapped around his shoulders making the four foot and some inches ten year old look even smaller than he was. His hair was every which way, going in all kinds of directions. Sam laughed a bit, "did I scare you?" Alex said, "a little yes, I didn't think you were awake." Sam shrugged, "I wasn't, but then I was." Alex smiled and walked over to where he was, pulling at the blanket dragging Sam onto the couch with him. He pulled the blanket up around both of them and Sam snuggled into his side as if by instinct. "Do you think my mom's okay?" "Yes, she stayed at one of her co-workers. Do you want something to eat?" Sam moved a bit snuggling in more, the warmth combined with his own attraction for the boy were enough to start Alex rising again. Sam felt it as his one hand was close by resting on his leg close to the boxers and the feel of it growing was obvious. Sam moved his hand over touching it. "did I make it grow?" Alex hugged him closer, "yes." Sam said, "but why, we weren't kissing or anything." Alex wasn't sure how to approach that one, "Well Sam I really like you and feeling you this close to me it makes me react sometimes, you need more than just thoughts to make you get erect, but as a teenager all I need is one rogue thought about how warm and nice you feel against me." Sam touched it through his boxers. "so you get these all the time because of me? Like when you tickle me and such?" Alex stroked Sam's side, "yes, does that make you uncomfortable?" Sam shook his head, "no, it makes me happy. Does it mean though that I should take care of it?" Alex laughed, "no it's fine like it is." Sam said, "but I could make it feel really good right? If I want to?" Alex nodded as Sam looked up at him thinking and then deciding something for himself. Sam's hand that had been on the top touching it moved trying to find the opening in his boxers, pulling at it dragging the boxers open until it popped out. Alex watched as Sam studied him, his hand holding the poll, stroking it. The preteen had been incredible last night, even if he had stumbled through it, the fact that he had even been willing had been enough for Alex. Now though he saw determination and desire as well in Sam. Alex let him explore letting Sam take the lead was the best way here, if Sam wanted to try it Alex wouldn't tell him no. He watched as Sam's smaller hand stroked the shaft, he rested a hand on Sam's back. With the sheet pulled back like this Alex could see all of Sam's skinny little frame. Last night the boy had been elbows and knees but also a warm little package that Alex never wanted to let go of. His eyes lingered on Sam's briefs, the little batman logos dancing around, the shape of his penis obvious and as Sam began to stroke Alex he could see the little boy's dick expanding in his underwear, growing. Sam touched it with his other hand trying to free it from its trappings. Seeing Sam touch himself through his briefs, rearrange them one of his long skinny legs resting on the couch with the knee bent as he leaned over to also touch Alex's dick excited him. The first touch of Sam's lips to the head of his dick sent Alex looking there instead. The ten year old had leaned down and put his lips to the head touching it gently, then sucking a bit. Alex leaned back watching, letting Sam set his own pace. Sam ran his tongue over the head, stopping for a second, then slowly pushed his lips back down over the head. The feeling of Sam's mouth surrounding him was as good as it had been last night, that incredible little mouth sliding over the head of his dick, slowly sliding down more on it, his little tongue resting there, sliding around it as Sam pushed down some more. His hand still holding on the shaft close to the base. Alex rested his hand on Sam's head, stroking the boy's hair as he slipped his mouth off of the pole looking up at Alex. He leaned down to kiss Sam, tasting himself on the boy's lips and Alex got an idea, "you want to try something?" Sam said, "try what?" "Here..." He lifted Sam laying him back on the couch, the boy's head resting on the arm rest as he took hold of Sam's briefs and pulled them down. Seeing Sam's little dick again drove all kinds of urges in Alex, he put Sam's legs up at the knees and slid up between them. Sam's eyes got big, "a-are you gong to put it in my..." Alex shook his head, "no, I don't think we're ready for that... do you?" Sam shook his head, a few weeks ago he would have probably laughed at the idea. Now Alex had a feeling that Sam was contemplating it as much as he was. "We're going to try something else though." He pulled his own boxers off as he said, "come here, climb on top of me..." Sam started to move on top of him facing him and Alex sat up fully on the couch so that Sam was facing him. The small boy's little dick rested against his own larger one, pressing them together. He could feel the little boy's dick pressing to his own. Alex slid his hand down between them and took hold of both of them in his fingers, sliding his hand over them both stroking them at the same time. He leaned down to kiss Sam as his tongue played with the boy's he felt Sam sliding against his fingers and his dick. The friction was probably not the best idea for a long time but Alex wasn't going to last much longer. Feeling the younger boy's mouth on his own, his little dick pressed to his own was more than enough. He lifted Sam when he was close tossing the preteen down onto his back on the couch. Sam was surprised as Alex rested the head of his dick rubbing it over Sam's sac and the length of his shaft a few times. He came, his seed shooting out onto the preteens sack and penis, covering them with his spend. Sam looking at the mess made on his penis and balls giggled and said, "that was pretty cool." "Yeah but now you're all sticky." Alex smiled, "I know how about a shower?" Sam said, "you're dirty too." "I know that's why I suggested a shower... together." Sam smiled as well now. Getting the idea finally. Alex pulled Sam with him towards the bathroom both of them still naked running across the apartment laughing together. In the bathroom he started the shower and said, "make sure the water's not too hot for you." He said as he pulled out some towels from the bathroom closet and put them out for them to use to dry off. As Sam leaned into the shower to test the water Alex's eyes roamed over the preteen boys body. Sam was all lines and edges, his little body smooth and sleek looking, his little ass two perfect little globes, thinking about how soft and round those globes looked Alex felt his dick start to rise again. Sam turned looking at him and the ten year olds eyes went down to Alex's growing pole, and he said, "the water's fine... you're big again." Alex smiled, studying Sam's little penis, it had softened but he knew if he touched it just right that Sam would once again grow. In fact Sam seeing that Alex was hard actually did start to grow a little bit. Like Sam was anticipating that Alex was going to make him feel good again. Alex pulled Sam into the shower with him. The younger boy stood looking up at him, the water falling over his shoulders as Alex said, "would you let me wash you Sam?" Sam nodded a bit shyly as Alex took a washcloth and put some soap on it. He had Sam face him as he started rubbing the cloth over Sam's arms, sliding it up them. Sam giggled as Alex ran the cloth over his arm pits. Alex ran the cloth over Sam's chest, sliding it down over the preteens stomach. He turned Sam around, his eyes roaming over the preteens backside, he slowly slipped the cloth down over Sam's back, sliding down over the globes of his ass. The preteen giggled as Alex ran the cloth between the cheeks, sliding it up in there. The slick soap sliding over between Sam's cheeks. Alex slipped down on his knees sliding his hand with the cloth between Sam's legs with the boy facing away from him, sliding it over Sam's sack. Alex dropped the cloth as he ran his hands over Sam's soaped up dick, sliding his fingers over it. Sam put his hands on the wall and Alex said, "if you don't like this Sam tell me to stop okay?" Sam nodded a bit, the way he was leaning Alex could see that his eyes were closed as Alex continued to stroke him. Alex moved his hands over Sam's bottom stroking it, rubbing the cheeks, spreading them as he leaned down more and slide his tongue over Sam's butt-hole. The preteen giggled and said, "that tickles." Alex did it again, running his tongue against Sam's opening. As he did that his hand went back to Sam's dick, stroking it. The ten year old was bent against the wall, his hands on the wall his little butt right in Alex's face now as his hand stroked Sam while his mouth slipped between those wonderful preteen cheeks. Sam gasped and giggled again as his tongue ran over it. Alex's other hand was stroking his own dick as he stroked Sam's. He pulled back with his mouth and said, "I'm going to try one more thing Sam if you don't like it..." Sam said, "I know..." A little breathlessly. Alex stood, sliding his dick against Sam's ass, he pushed it in-between the preteens cheeks, not going into the hole, just sliding up to it. Sam's butt clinched and squeezed a bit over his pole and Alex said, "you okay?" His hands were on Sam's shoulders, holding the boy. He moved a bit sliding the head of his dick fully between the boys cheeks. It felt incredible, that little ass on either side of his dick. He pushed in a bit and Sam gasped a bit as Alex was afraid he had hurt Sam but at the same time his load shot out, squirting up into Sam's butt then up over the cheeks as well as he slipped back sliding it out. That had felt so incredible, just a few seconds of sliding into that little ass, not even the hole, just between the cheeks. He slipped back as he said, "I'm sorry.... Sam...." He leaned against the wall of the shower and said, "Sam..." Sam turned looking at him and then said, "is that... did it... go in?" Alex shook his head, "no... that's not going in Sam... I shouldn't have..." Sam hugged him making him go quiet. The younger boy looked up at Alex and Alex leaned down to kiss him. Sam said softly, "at first I was scared, but when you... pushed up in there... it felt... nice and I thought that if you went further I'd like that too but it hurt a little too." "I..." Sam interrupted him, "stop being sorry, I know you'd never hurt me on purpose." Alex stroked his cheek and held him a bit longer in the shower. Alex reached around and turned the water off as they got out of the shower and dried off. As they were drying off Sam said, "do you really think it would fit in my butt?" Alex stopped drying off looking at Sam, "yes, it would, but it would probably hurt the first time, I actually think I know how to do it, I've read about it before, but we'd need more lubricant than say soapy shower water...." Sam said, "you want to try it though?" Alex said, "yes, but only when you're ready. This, what we're doing now Sam, all of this is enough. I'd be fine if you just wanted to sit on my bed and play games." He took Sam's hand in his, "believe me Sam this isn't about the sex. I'm not in this to have sex with you." Sam flushed a bit, "but you do want to have sex with me?" Alex pulled Sam closer to him, "yes Sam, very much." "I do too, and its not as scary as it was at first..." Alex studied him, touching his cheek, "what's not as scary?" "the idea of you putting it my butt. Actually its... I'm kind of interested after today... it felt... I don't know, it felt right." The phone rang then making them both jump and laugh. Alex ran into the living room and picked up the phone, "hello?" "Alex, thank god, I tried calling earlier but no one answered." It was Karen, Sam's mom. "Sorry I think I was in the shower and Sam was still sleeping, you can't hear the phone from the bedroom." "Its fine, I was wanted to check on the two of you. The roads are clearing up some but I'm going to stay another night here at Judy's, if you're okay with Sam staying there one more night? If not I can see if he can go over to Alan's." Alex looked at Sam who was coming into the living room still naked, his little dick soft and swinging almost deliciously. Alex started to harden again seeing it. "He's fine over here Karen, really. Here let me let you talk to Sam." He hand the phone to Sam who started talking with his mom telling her that he was fine. Something about school still being closed tomorrow due to dangerous roads. Then he told his mom he loved her and he hung up. As he put the phone on the receiver Alex said, "I guess you're stuck here for another night." Sam said, "i guess so..." he smiled a bit, "if you catch me I'll let you kiss me again." He took off out of the living room and Alex shook his head giving chase, a naked teenager and preteen chasing each other though the apartment. Chapter Twelve. Sam giggled as Alex caught him in his bedroom, the older boy's fingers sliding over his ribs tickling him as he tossed him onto the bed. He squirmed trying to get away as Alex leaned over him still tickling him. Of course this was all part of the game and Sam delighted in it. He loved the feeling of Alex's hands on his body. Earlier in the shower when Alex's dick had actually slipped between his legs, up between his butt cheeks Sam had been a bit afraid, but then when it had slid in between them and pushed up there, sliding between his cheeks and Alex had exploded the feeling if it hitting his butt and back side had actually excited Sam. Now still naked as the day they were born the teenager and preteen fell together onto Alex's bed as the older teenager continued to tickle the preteen. Sam squirmed and flayed around on the bed, trying to push at Alex's fingers as they dug into his arm pits now, making Sam's giggle escape in huge gales of laughter. He thought he was going to die of laughter and then as suddenly as he thought that Alex's lips were on his own, his tongue sliding into Sam's mouth and his hands running down the length of Sam's arms to his hands sliding over his fingers, sliding between them before sliding back up his arms. Sam no longer felt ticklish as Alex's hands slid back up his arms, as his lips moved down to Sam's neck. Sam closed his eyes, feeling Alex's fingers sliding over his stomach, this time the teenager was focused on him instead of the other way around. Sam could feel Alex, his hands now sliding down his sides, his lips meeting one of Sam's nipples. As Alex's tongue circled around Sam's nipple the preteen could feel one of the teenagers hands slip down between his legs, the fingers sliding along the length of his penis, two fingers slowly stroking it. Sam found Alex's head, resting his hand in the boys blonde hair as Alex's tongue continued to circle around his second nipple. Alex was moving down now, his lips running kisses down further over Sam's stomach, his tongue licking and sliding into Sam's belly button, the preteen giggled a bit at that as Alex sat up. In-between Alex's legs his dick had grown to full size again as well. Alex though wasn't standing up to show Sam that. He said, "want to try something?" Sam said, "try what?" "Well we could try sucking each other at the same time." Alex moved sliding onto his back and said, "Here, climb on top of me," Sam started to move to slide on top of Alex and Alex said, "no your face down towards my waist, here like this." He guided Sam and Sam got it right away. He climbed on top of Alex, resting his legs on either side of the teenager's head, up by his shoulders and he leaned down his face was close. Alex's hands on his waist pushed him down slightly and he felt the older boy's mouth slide over the head of his penis pulling it down and into his mouth. Sam reached down for Alex's penis, it was close to his face now, he giggled as he ran his tongue over the head, and felt Alex's hands slide around his legs, sliding up over them stroking his back which was pointed a bit upwards now as he leaned down fully to take the head of Alex's penis into his mouth. His hands held Alex's shaft as he felt the older boy slip all of Sam's much smaller penis into his mouth, sucking on it, his tongue sliding around it. Sam pushed a bit into Alex's mouth as he sucked on the head of Alex's penis and used his hands to stroke the shaft. At first he felt like he was slipping a bit and he felt bad for Alex as his elbows were resting on Alex's lower stomach but the older boy wasn't complaining. Alex's mouth was now sucking then pulling off of Sam's penis to push it back in and suck harder as the preteen continued to stroke and lick on the head of Alex's penis. He could feel it as the organ between Alex's legs began to surge, Sam could tell when it was going to happen now, he was getting used to the feeling of when Alex was close to squirting. He opened his mouth and pushed it down onto the head eagerly as he did he slipped from Alex's mouth and he felt the older boy's tongue slide down over his sack. He pushed down on Alex's dick, taking in more than the head in his mouth as he felt the older boy's fingers spreading his butt open and his tongue sliding over Sam's hole there again, pushing against it. Sam gasped around the head of Alex's penis, expecting pleasure there was not something the ten year old had anticipated. His gasps as Alex's tongue twirled around in there made him suck harder on the teenager's dick, holding it in his mouth as it surged in his hands. He felt it as Alex' came, his seed shooting out, his hands holding tightly onto Sam's waist as the first load filled Sam's mouth. The first time this had happened Sam had been scared now he took it as pure pride that he was able to make it happen. He tried to swallow the thick white stuff that shot out, the first load was fine but there was too much and he Alex slipped out of his mouth wetly the third or so shot shooting right onto Sam's face, he felt it sliding down his nose as Alex's tongue pushed against his bottom again. Alex put his hands on Sam's waist and chest, he pulled Sam up into a sitting position on top of Alex's face. The teenager was now stroking Sam's penis with two fingers, sliding along the length of it as his tongue continued to play between Sam's cheeks. Sam couldn't explain what was happening, his entire body felt like it was on fire, when Alex's tongue pushed up there just right, sliding along him right there just right Sam's entire body tensed and his little penis jerked spasmed in Alex's fingers. Alex must have taken hold of him and guided him down to the bed because he was laying there now on his back with Alex's hand on his stomach. Alex was watching him when he became aware again. He looked a little concerned until Sam said, "that was amazing." Alex said, "I almost wanted to put a finger in there... then I became afraid of hurting you." Sam thought about that then he said, "you should ask Paula how to do it, she said she's had boys put their penises in her butt." Alex laughed, "so now I'm going to ask my pretend girlfriend how to go about putting it in my real boyfriends butt?" Sam flushed and said, "w-well she's done it before." Alex stroked Sam's stomach, "yes, that is true. Hey wait... that means you asked Paula about that." Sam said, "well she said she'd done it before." Alex smiled looking at Sam. He had such pretty eyes that Sam never wanted to stop looking at ever. "Yeah, well that is a good point." They both lay there quiet for a moment before Alex said, "are you really okay with us trying that Sam? It's going to be a lot different than what I did with my tongue... or how I slid it up between the cheeks. It would actually be going in that opening..." Sam thought about it for a little bit when Alex stopped talking. He knew the older boy was telling him to think about it. "I'm never going to want to kiss girls, or be with girls." "You don't...." Sam stopped him, "I do, I can tell. I know I'm supposed to like girls..." "Sam..." Alex pulled him closer so that they were facing one another, "you're not supposed to like one or the other, but my fear is that you're only ten. You might one day realize you do like girls." Sam shook his head, "I won't. I don't know why I know that." HE really didn't. It was so hard for him to grasp at his age. He couldn't figure out why the first moment he had learned he could kiss someone else other than his mom that he had wanted to kiss Carter not say Shelby or Heather two girls in class that all the boy wanted to kiss. No he had wanted to kiss Carter so badly, not anyone else. Then Alex had come and now he didn't even care if Carter wanted a kiss or not, because he had someone who wanted to kiss him. Alex touched his cheek, "yeah I won't either, you know when I was thirteen I kissed a boy named Ivan." Sam said, "really?" "Yup, and he did what Carter did to you, pretty much told me off. I had almost been fourteen, it was a couple days after the first year anniversary of Sarah's death and I had been a little depressed and for some reason that made me take my shot. I'd thought about kissing him for more than just that one day. I'd thought about it for days and days. It had never occurred to me that I was different, I just thought Ivan was cute and I wanted to kiss him. So I did it and he called me a fag and well pretty much beat me up." Sam swallowed, he wanted to hold Alex like how Alex held him. "I'm sorry..." "That's not... my point my point is that being different is hard and if you choose not to be that's okay." Alex stopped for a second then continued, "and you don't have to be sorry for what others did Sam." After a second he continued again, "if I hadn't been caught up in loosing my sister I might have realized even earlier that I liked boys and not girls." "You still miss her?" Alex swallowed and said, "most every day Sam, here." he rolled over and reached into his bedside table and pulled out something. It was a picture of Alex with a girl dressed as Dorthy from Wizard of Oz with little pig tails and red shoes. She was probably six years old in the picture. Standing next to her was a younger Alex, probably twelve years old, but still the same Alex. Sam would have liked to have kissed that Alex too he realized. "that was taken the night of her last Halloween. She'd been super sick that whole day but she still wanted to go out, I only took her to three houses before I brought her back home." "You were probably always a really good big brother." Alex chuckled and said, "no, I wasn't like your brother either, but I was older and she liked to get into my things or be around me and my friends so sometimes I'd get annoyed. I loved her but it wasn't until she got sick that I realized how much better my life was with her in it." Sam looked up at Alex from the picture, he leaned in and hugged Alex, letting the older boy hold him. Neither talked for a bit. Sam still holding the picture said, "what do you think Sarah would have thought about me?" Alex smiled, "she'd have loved you because I love you." Sam studied the picture for a moment longer, "I think I would have loved her too like my own sister." * The rest of the day they eventually got up, ate some lunch and then played some video games. Alex and Sam joked around trying their best to distract one another in one of the multi-player games so that one or the other could win the match. They ate dinner, looked around out side and decided it was too cold to go out even though the rain had stopped. Then they found a movie and fell asleep on the couch watching it. At some point Alex woke up and carried Sam into the bedroom and the two of them slept in Alex's bed again together. The following morning the sun came back out again and melted the ice, by ten in the morning Sam's mom had managed to make it home and Alex walked him back over to his apartment. Sam's mom thanked him and insisted on getting him lunch before he had to leave to go with his dad to pick up his mom at the hospital. Around that same time Billy wondered in and went to his room sick, apparently he had gotten a cold over at Alan's as they hadn't stayed inside the entire time. After lunch Alex left saying that he would see them soon he was sure and it was just Sam and his mom. He helped her clean up a bit and as he was putting a dish in the machine that his mom handed him Sam thought about something that Alex had said, "Mom, would you love me less if I was different?" His mom stopped and looked over at him, "no Sam I'd never not love you. What brought this on?" Sam shrugged, not wanting to really tell everything to his mom, knowing she'd not understand. "Just something Alex and I talked about when we talked about his sister. I just got to thinking that what if I was different or something happened that you might not... want me anymore." His mom came over and gently hugged him as she got down on his level, "never Sam. I will always want you." "Dad doesn't..." He tired not to, he didn't want to, but he did cry. It was stupid, his dad didn't know he liked boys he hadn't left because Sam liked boys or Billy was a jerk. Inside Sam knew that but sometimes it felt like maybe he had. "Shh Sam," His mom soothed him, holding him gently as she said, "I swear to you that you could be as different as you want and I'd still love you." Sam wasn't sure why but he knew it was important, "and Billy too?" His mom laughed and hugged him more, "yes Sam, Billy too. You're my boys." It felt good to have conformation from his mom, but he knew he couldn't tell her about him and Alex, not yet, maybe not ever or until he was a lot older. Chapter Thirteen A true week or two of cold weather set in for the rest of November, but nothing as bad as those two wonderful magical days that Alex had gotten to spend with Sam. Alex mom came back home a few days after the storm and they went back into a pattern that Alex had expected. Her cast only had to stay on for a few weeks and she wasn't in any significant pain so she went back to drinking instead of taking medicine to dull the pain. Alex for his part went back to ignoring his moms drinking. His dad helped her get a new car, they were hardly talking to one another but his dad wanted to still take care of his family even if it was broken apart. There had been a time when he had considered living with his dad instead of his mom, but then he had struggled with who would take care of her. Someone had to be there for his mom, if his dad wasn't going to be then Alex was. That was the simple matter of it. So for the first week with his mom back at the house she was home in the afternoons when he and Sam would have been `kissing' though lately that had been more involved than just lips on lips. Instead they decided to do other things. The first few days when it wasn't quite so cold out they went to the park that was a few blocks over from Kyle's house and kicked one of Sam's soccer balls around for a bit. It was quite a wonderful afternoon, chasing Sam around, grabbing him, tickling him until he squirmed loosed to only have it be done again. Then they would lay there on the grass and hold hands while talking. Sometimes about Sarah, sometimes about Sam's own hurt over his dad leaving. They'd talk about school or music it was clear that Sam was starting to love music as much as Alex. There was always an underlining sexual tension there between the two of them and both could feel it at times but they knew boys didn't go around kissing other boys in public especially not a teenager and a preteen. The days when it was too cold out they played games on Alex's playstation. Those were nice days as well, with his mom only a room a way they could still do some stuff as long as they didn't run the risk of her interrupting them or walking in on them. Some rubbing, some kissing, that was nice but honestly for Alex just being close to Sam was enough. He wanted more, but he hadn't been lying to Sam when he had said kissing, holding, and talking was enough. Alex realized it was crazy that he was this in love with a ten year old boy, and honestly he was afraid of what it meant for the future. That was what he was thinking about the Friday afternoon before Thanksgiving break. School was going better than ever, the band was going to do another live show at Moonstone on Saturday, and the only thing that sucked about that was that Sam wouldn't be there this time. Yet his mind still lingered on this one fact that he couldn't as of late escape. It had started a few days ago when he and Sam had been sitting on the bed taking turns on playing Mario on his old super Nintendo that Alex had managed to find in a closet at his dad's apartment. After Sam had sneezed making Alex fall in a pit and he had tickled Sam into admitting that he had sneeze on purpose somehow as they lay there after soft kisses and little giggles still escaping from Sam he had asked Alex simply, "When is your birthday Alex?" "Not till May, May fourteenth." Sam thought about that and said, "Mine is the Saturday after thanksgiving this year, I mean its always the same day but this year its on the Saturday after thanksgiving." It was a simple thing, the earth rotated around the sun and every year everyone got one year older. It wasn't like Alex didn't expect it. He had not let Sam see that his mind was focused on something else with birthdays instead he had said, "well we'll have to celebrate when you get back from your aunts." Sam always went with his mom and his brother to his aunt's house in Florida for thanksgiving every year, they left the Saturday after school and didn't come back till the following Friday. It would be a week apart from one another when they had at the most only spent two days apart. The rest of the week when he wasn't around Sam he let it bother him, not Sam leaving, no he could make it through that, it was the other thing. The Birthday. On the last day before Thanksgiving break Alex left school but didn't really want to go home yet. He sighed as he sat on one of the tables in the outside courtyard of the high school his feet resting where his butt should be and his butt on the table itself. That was how Paula found him. She climbed up sitting next to him, "something bothering you?" If he wasn't with the band or with Sam he was usually spending time with Paula they had gone on two more fake dates in the past few weeks just to keep everyone off of the fact that they weren't really together, but she was also besides Sam the only person he really talked with about things other than the band or school. She had become his closest friend. "Just worried about something that hadn't honestly occurred to me until the other day." Paula said, "that you're not gay after all?" Alex shook his head, "no, its..." He sighed and said, "Sam's going to get older." Paula laughed, "Yeah generally as opposed to the other option that's the better idea." Alex sighed again, "what if... I mean I don't want to be shallow or vain, or superficial but what if I only...." he stopped and stood up jumping down form the table, "never mind." Paula grabbed his arm, "Hey there buddy, come on..." She gestured and he sat down this time on the seat and she moved down next to him, "you're worried that you're not in love with Sam, but with his... body?" Alex sighed heavily, "see how shallow that sounds? I only want Sam because he's this warm little ball of prepubescent energy and he's going to become this... well..." He gestured to himself and laughed, "hypercritical isn't it?" Paula put her hand on his, "well first off if that's true you should probably end things before you go further than you have, especially before you use what I promised you." She gestured to her purse, this was why she had been meeting him after school. "Secondly, do you only love him because he's... well a prepubescent little boy? Is that all that turns you on?" Alex thought for a moment, "at first it was how small and cute he was, how I knew he had one of those smiles that lit up a room but he never used it and his body was this warm little firecracker of energy... I don't even think I should be telling you that because you'll just think..." Paula interrupted him, "first off I won't think anything Alex, people have all kinds of kinks doesn't mean they act on them if they know they're not acceptable." "But I did with Sam." Paula said, "did you? What was your first encounter like? Who drove you guys into doing more than just that one first kiss? Well?" He could tell that Paula was either about to get really mad at him or about to talk him down from his own hysteria but he wasn't sure at the moment which one it was going to be. He knew a lot more about her now, at twelve Paula had lost her virginity to an older boy, a freshmen in high-school because all of the girls in her class said it was the thing to do to be popular. He had been less than kind to her. Alex laughed a bit at the memories, "he practically begged me to kiss him, went on about how he kissed a boy named Carter who didn't like it and reminded me of my own first time trying to figure out my feelings." He sighed and stopped for a moment, "he's always been the one in control from the first moment that I knew I couldn't stay away from him I promised myself that I would never do anything that made him uncomfortable and I have kept to that promise." Paula moved in closer to him and said, "I should have had someone like that as my first. Not that asshole Larry Tucker." She said, "Okay, now your initial attraction, have other boy's Sam's age or around it you know triggered you?" Alex shrugged, "sure, but I've never thought about them the same way that I do about Sam. Perhaps fantasize some about them in situations with me, but I know the difference. I knew the difference with Sam as well until that first night. I really only wanted to keep him safe, and well to see him smile once. I felt this urge to protect him that night as I would have if I had seen any boy his age alone out there with no one to help them." Paula said, "so when he said he wanted you to kiss him that first night, why did you do it?" "Because my first kiss had been the single worst thing ever and his had as well. I felt like we were kindred spirits in that regard. I never planned on doing it no matter how much I wanted to. I would have been content that entire night to just sit there and play games with him. Hell I'd have been fine just talking with him and playing games if all that he ever wanted was a friend and he was interested in girls." Paula said, "Okay we're getting there, you've got desire and feeling mixed up, I think we're almost home. The first time, not that first night but the first time you and Sam were really alone together for more than a couple of hours, the night of the concert, what was that like?" "Well we went back to the apartment and after quite a long struggle of getting Sam into his pajamas and bed..." She interrupted him, "oh this is where it gets juicy..." Alex said, "no all we did was lay there and I think I stroked his stomach until he fell asleep. He was exhausted and I wasn't going to... I mean its Sam... he needed sleep not sex." Paula sighed, "you know despite being a lesbian my biggest kink in the world is boy on boy sex... and you go and ruin with I just rubbed his tummy..." Alex chuckled, "I thought we were getting to the bottom of my problem." "Oh I already got to the bottom of that one, I just wanted to see if you'd give me a description of what the two of you do in bed. I imagine one's quite bigger than the other one..." She looked down at Alex's crotch and he sighed. Then she sighed and said, "Okay ruin a girl's fun. You're in love with Sam, not with Sam of ten years. What you're worried about is the physical part of your love. I can't help you with that. I can't tell you if you'll be physically attracted to Sam when he's twelve or fourteen, or sixty. I can't tell you if he'll feel the same way about you when he gets older either." Alex leaned back resting his back on the table, "that's what being in a relationship is though, without the physical part we'd just be friends and what if I loose it for him and he never does for me and I break him..." Paula said, "I can't tell the future Alex, if I could I'd know which one of these girls in our school comes out gay in the next ten years and I'd go ask her out right now to prevent her from having some awkward after college already married moment." She touched his leg, "What I can tell you is that you and Sam are going to have to figure that one out. Not right now, not tomorrow, not next week or next year. But when you cross that moment. I do know that first love isn't usually forever love. The two of you don't even have full say in what happens, a year from now Sam might be in another city or state or you might." Alex sighed, "you know you've been absolutely no help." Paula smiled, "I try, one more thing to think about. Maybe this will help you in the matter of if you're only in it with Sam for his body. When you think about Sam, like really think about him what's the first thing that pops into your head? That's your answer." She put a bag in his hand, "if its the right answer this is something I promised the two of you, if its the wrong answer let him down as easily as you can." She kissed his temple briefly and then stood up walking away. Alex looked down at the bag, he knew what was in it he had talked with Paula about what she and Sam had talked about. Sam, what was the first thing that popped into his head when he thought about Sam. It wasn't his body, no matter how wonderful it felt to touch Sam. It wasn't his smile though on the coldest days that smile could melt snow. It wasn't even his laughter, or his eyes, or the way that he felt in Alex's arms. No the first thing that popped into his head when he thought about Sam was how every day since that first night was that Sam made him happy. Not in some physical sense of he was happy because he got to do these things with Sam. No some of the best days of the week last week had been just him and Sam hanging out and talking about themselves or playing stupid games with one another. He knew that was the right answer, that he wasn't with Sam because Sam fit into some preconceived notion of what he thought he was attracted to. He'd only ever considered boys younger than him, he couldn't tell if he'd like older or not. Sam wasn't an age or a body to be admired. Alex wasn't shallow and in this only to be with Sam because he was a little boy. At first that was his initial attraction, his entry point. He had just wanted once to see Sam smile, to hear the boy laugh. Now though, he was Sam, not just some kid that Alex had watched get off of a bus. He knew the insides of Sam. Not his physical insides, no he he knew Sam the person, the kid. He knew what Sam didn't like, what he did, how if you kissed that one part of his neck just right.... Or the way that his entire face lit up the moment he saw Alex. Or as Alex had discovered his favorite candy was peanut m&m's and he'd sell his own mom to get a pack of them Alex figured. There were other things too that spending time with him Alex had come to think of as things unique to Sam. He knew other boys could feel pleasure in the same ways as he and Sam did when they did stuff together, but he doubted that any would make the same sounds Sam did when he came. No he didn't love Sam because of his body, that would be a shallow superficial love. That was the love of first contact, of first attraction. What he felt for Sam was far too complex to disappear just because Sam got taller, a deeper voice, pubic hair. Hell the idea that one day Sam might be big enough to put it in him... Alex shook his head and put the bag that Paula had given him into his backpack. That was something for later, all of that was for later. Alex had his answer, he wasn't with Sam because Sam was ten years old. Only from the moments before that first kiss he had wanted to be with Sam because of his age, everything after that first kiss had made that irrelevant. They were two kids one older than the other but both still kids stumbling through their first moments of falling in love. He didn't know if they'd be together forever or not, but he knew that he could do everything in his power to make sure that every moment they got was one that both of them could cherish forever. His love for Sam he decided wasn't physical but he could express it physically and Sam could as well. * The worst thing in the world as far as Sam was concerned was going to his aunts for a week every thanksgiving. It had been a family tradition from before his parents had gotten divorced and even back then it had been his least favorite time of the year. His cousins were all older than Sam, and they were all so boring. His Aunt Deborah and Uncle Alvin lived in Florida and you would think since they were only a few hours away from Disney World that they'd at least have been there a few times but nope the entire family had never visited not once. Their house was like a museum there was nothing to play with really, television was seen as a distraction and the kids were forced outside. As the youngest Sam was pretty much left behind right away. Billy got on really well with Jake and Walter to the point that the three of them pretty much disappeared into the woods on four wheelers around the property and weren't seen for most of the day. The third kid was Alice she was also the oldest at sixteen. It was actually a pretty warm week in Florida, there was no sign of rain and the temperature never dipped below the sixties so you could go outside without a jacket if you wanted to. Sam missed Alex something fierce it was so strange, in the years before he had been bored here sure, but somehow those days hadn't dragged. Now honestly he just wanted to talk to Alex. He missed the kissing and the other stuff, but he missed just talking with Alex more. The third day that Monday after Billy, Jake, and Walter had all disappeared into the ether that was the woods surrounding the property Sam found a spot close to the edge of the woods where there was a small pond. There he sat with his borrowed CD player and was tossing a few small pebbles into the pond. Sam had noticed that there were some fish swimming in the pond, perhaps koi fish or gold fish he wasn't really sure, they were pretty big. Though they weren't the kind of fish that you ate. He tossed a second stone into the pond and the feeling of someone sitting down next to him surprised him. Sam turned to see Alice, she was he knew pleasant to look at. Like his mom and aunt she had dark brown hair that was full and went down to about the middle of her back. Her eyes were a deep brown and she had a small button for a nose, she was slender, but unlike Paula she was pretty well endowed in the right areas. Alice wore jeans that were a bit torn around the knees and some light blue shirt that had a white horse with a black background on it. She pulled back one of the sides of the headphones, "Whatcha listening to there Sammy?" She was also the only person in the world that called him Sammy. She spoke with a thick southern accent too. "Pink Floyd." Alex had given him two cd's before he left, saying that if he wanted he could try them and see what he thought. Both were totally different than the ones before them. One was Pink Floyd and the other was a band named Queen. Both he decided after listening to a few times were incredible. More so than even the others he had listened to before. He could see why Alex liked them. The Queen band he had heard songs from before when his mom put on music sometimes. Alice leaned in a bit, listening, "Dark side of the moon? Who gave my cousin taste? Last time I saw you Sammy you would have thought a Pink Floyd was some kind of animal." Sam flushed and pulled the headphones off his head fully. "My friend Alex, he's in a band." Alice studied him, "someone's got a crush I would wager." Sam didn't respond, he just shrugged a bit and Alice said, "come on." She stood and pulled at his hand. Sam almost didn't go but Alice pulled and he was compelled. He walked with her back up to the house. She led him through the house up the stairs and into her bedroom a place that Sam had never been in before. Alice had a pretty nice bedroom, she had a big walk in closet, a dresser with three mirrors on it, along with a huge canopy bed in the center of the room. Her curtains were drawn on her window so that light filtered into the room. There were band posters on her walls, from all kinds of bands some that Sam had heard of but others that he'd not heard of. Close to her dresser was an acoustic guitar on a stand. Sam wasn't sure why she had dragged him all the way up to her room to talk. "No one will bother us here." She closed the door to her room and Sam turned looking at it surprised before she sat down on her bed and Sam said, "what are we doing?" Alice said, "well, I'm trying to figure out what's going on with my cousin Sammy." Sam shrugged, "you've never cared before." Alice smiled, "well before you were dull, now you come here listening to rock music, not trying to chase my brothers and yours around when they clearly don't want you to, and you're flushing when you mention the person who taught you about music." Sam shrugged again and Alice said, "come on." She patted her bed and said, "tell me about Alex." Sam hesitated, "I'm not supposed to.... I mean... if..." Alice studied him then said, "I won't tell your mom or mine or even my brothers or yours. He's not making you do stuff is he?" Sam shook his head and said, "no." He shuffled a bit standing and Alice took his hand pulling him finally onto the bed next to her. He sat down and said, "I just know I'm not supposed to talk about it because he's older than me." "What twelve, or thirteen?" Sam shook his head, "he's in high school?" Sam slowly nodded and Alice said, "huh, so my little cousin likes boys." Sam went red and Alice continued, "so Alex is in a band?" Sam nodded and said, "yeah they mainly do cover songs but he said most garage bands do. He's got some original songs I've seen them." Alice sighed and fell back onto her bed looking up at her ceiling, "he's the lead singer too I take it?" Sam said, "yeah," then Alice pulled him back onto the bed with her so hew as laying on his back as well looking up at the ceiling. "Umm Alice why are we..." She interrupted him, "do you and Alex kiss?" Sam swallowed, "yeah, umm..." "What's he look like?" Sam said, "Uh well he's got blonde hair, goes to about his neck, um really pretty hazel eyes, sometimes they're really green other times brown and he's really tall, I mean he's only fifteen but he's already six feet. He's fit I guess... why am I describing..." Alice said, "Shhh, when you guys kiss does he hold you?" "I... yeah... Umm Alice...." "and have you played with his dick?" Sam sat up then and said, "umm I should..." Alice sighed and pulled him back down onto the bed again, "I'm sorry Sam I was making you uncomfortable. I just started thinking about what it would be like to watch two boys kissing..." She sat up slowly now and pulled him up too, "sorry." She touched his leg and squeezed a bit. "Forgot that kind of stuff is private between you and him." Sam flushed a bit and looked away from Alice when he noticed that her cheeks were a little flushed, that was why she had wanted him to lay down beside her so he wouldn't see. "y-you want to watch us kiss?" Alice shook her head, "no, I mean you're my cousin Sam, that'd be weird, but I could imagine him kissing another boy that wasn't you..." She shrugged and said, "although I do have to admit for a boy your age you are cute." She thought for a moment more then said, "you just promise me that you'll tell someone if he ever makes you do stuff you don't want to do. My first... that's not important... just promise me." Sam said, "okay, Paula told me the same thing." "Wait a minute, whose Paula?" He shrugged, "A friend as well, she goes to school with Alex." Alice studied him and said, "wait are you interested in this Paula as well?" Sam shook his head and then went really red as he said, "no.. I only... umm Alice I only like kissing boys not girls." His cousin laughed then and said, "we'll see when puberty hits if you still think that." Sam didn't argue with her, he already knew it. Even if one day Alex and he broke up though he couldn't imagine that ever, he knew when he was ready to try kissing or dating or any of that again it wouldn't be with a girl. After that the rest of the week up till Friday when they left to go back home as his mom had to work on Saturday went a lot faster. He hung out with Alice a lot talking about music and she did ask him a bit about Alex, but mainly she was just trying to find out if he treated Sam right. She didn't ask about what him and Alex did when they were alone again. Mainly they listened to music and she even let him try out her guitar showing him a few things on it. Sam had never considered that he might want to learn music himself. One time when she was teaching him a few cords his mom actually found them in the room before dinner and stayed a bit watching with a small smile on her face that Sam only noticed after he saw that she was watching. The drive home on Friday was long and agonizing. Every stop just made it take longer and then finally they were home late Friday afternoon. Billy took off to Alan's almost immediately saying that he needed to show him something. Sam could see his mom about to argue but she was exhausted and decided not to. As he sat down on the couch his mom sat beside him and said, "so the big day is tomorrow you're going to be eleven." Sam shrugged, "I guess so." His mom put her arm around his shoulders, "I've got to work in the morning but when I get home we'll have cake and pizza if you want." Sam said, "could Alex come?" "If he wants to. Don't be sad or mad if he doesn't Sam, remember he's older and he's got his own stuff this week." Sam said, "It's okay either way mom, I just thought that I'd ask him." He knew Alex would come though. His mind thought about Alex for a moment, but it didn't go to one of their kissing moments, it actually went to that one day in the park shortly after Alex's mom had gotten out of the hospital. Just laying there listening to Alex talk about Sarah. Having Alex listen to him talk about how he was afraid of not ever being able to get good at school. How Alex had just held his hand and told him he'd make it. So he knew Alex would come because he knew how much Alex loved him. His mom kissed the side of his head, "well that's nice of you Sam. I think he still misses his sister. With you he gets to experience all the stuff he didn't get to with her." Sam shrugged, he doubted that. He did remember one time though that Alex had said something, "he told me once that if Sarah was still alive she'd have been my best friend." His mom smiled and hugged him sideways before standing up, "I'm going to start on dinner, here." She handed him the key to the mailbox, "It's been a week, would you check the mail for me Sam?" He nodded and headed out of the house. At the top before going down the steps he stopped and checked his shoes, both tied, he grinned more than once Alex had made him stop to tie his shoes. Sam headed down the stairs, it was warm here as well, not as warm as Florida but still not as cold as it had been a few weeks ago, so he didn't grab a jacket. He ran through the complex, heading over to the mail boxes that were between buildings one and two. He opened their mailbox and pulled out about ten different' pieces of mail. His mom's rules were simple, if it said resident it got tossed in the trashcan by the boxes. So only three pieces of mail remained after that. Sam started walking back through the complex, one of the three was addressed to him. That was rare. He stopped holding the other two under his armpit as he tore open the letter. It was a birthday card, and inside was twenty dollars with a simple note from his grandmother on his dad's side saying that she loved him and would see him soon. He put the money back in the card and put it back in the envelop so that he wouldn't loose it. He'd give it to his mom when he got back to the apartment and she'd put it somewhere safe for him to use on something later. Sam had to walk past building four to get to building three in this direction and he realized that he had walked back that way on purpose. He walked past the building not really expecting to see anyone, tomorrow he'd go over to Alex's and see if he was home or not and hope that he was. Alex wasn't outside waiting for him as he walked past the building. He continued on not really surprised that he hadn't seen Alex, he wanted to ask him something so of course he wasn't around. He thought about going up to Alex's door and knocking but then his brother came around the corner and said, "there you are `tard, mom thought you got lost, dinner is read." The moment was lost. Sam continued on walking back to his apartment behind his little brother. That night he lay in his bed and listened to one of the CD's that Alex had lent him for a bit until sleep captured him. Sam was confident that tomorrow he would see Alex again, that everything would be right in the world once he did. Chapter Fourteen It took him a moment to realize that he was awake and not in his bed. Alex sat up suddenly on the couch in Kyle's garage. The sound of him sitting up so suddenly made someone else groan and he looked over at Paula who was laying on the other end of the couch. She groaned again as he moved sliding off of the couch. Paula sat up slowly as Alex grabbed his jacket from the garage floor where he had dumped it. On one of the chairs in the garage Mark was sleeping, one of his drum sticks in his hand. Paula rubbed her eye and said, "shit Alex what... where..." She looked at her watch and said, "fuck." Alex said, "yeah, no kidding." He sat down on the couch again to slip his shoes on and said, "we said five minutes, I guess we were all a little more worn out than we thought." Paula sitting by him was pulling on her own sneakers, "my mom is going to kill me, my first Friday with a car and I don't come home." Paula had turned sixteen the day after school had left out for thanksgiving, and her mom had let her use the car a few times since then. Mainly to come over and hang out with the band when they practiced. She had also kept Alex company over at his apartment one day playing games. He looked at Mark still sleeping and didn't see Kyle, he knew that Ryan had gone home at some point when they didn't agree with him on the hook for the song. When he saw Mark was still sleeping he said, "Sam comes home today." Paula whispered, "need your pole polished that badly?" Alex sighed and said, "its not like that...." Paula touched his arm, "I know Alex. I'm glad you found your answer, but I hope you don't intend to just..." Here she pushed two hands together and made a noise. Alex laughed, "No, its his birthday today." he stood and said, "and I've missed him as well." Paula nodded and stood up with him. "come on, we'll go see him then." Paula's car was parked in front of his apartment, as she had come over there first and they had talked for a bit before walking over to Kyle's. Mainly they had talked about a girl that Paula had started dating in secret named Natalie that she had met at the show on Saturday. Now he was going to help her find ways to get time alone with Natalie. As they started walking Paula said, "is that song about Sam the one that you guys were working on?" Alex shook his head, "no, its about Sarah." "Your sister? I just thought the words eyes that showed me the world were more about falling in love with someone." Alex shrugged, "Sam makes my world a better place, but he can't replace Sarah no matter how close we get or how connected we are, he can't replace what she was to me." Paula touched his arm briefly, "you're writing a song about him too though aren't you?" Alex didn't answer and she pushed him a bit, "come on admit it. All you big rock stars are saps deep down singing about love." Alex sighed, "yes, okay, I just... putting what I feel about him into words well... maybe one day I'll figure it out." Paula only laughed as they continued walking. As they turned into the complex you could see building four and Alex stopped for a second, Paula next to him had kept walking and when she saw him stop she stopped as well. Then before she could ask what was wrong this smaller blur of dark brown hair and a coat a little too big for him had barreled into Alex. Almost making him fall over with the new weight. Alex had bent down for the hug as well as he was almost two feet taller than Sam. He held the younger boy in his arms, feeling Sam for the first time in a week was like feeling home. He kissed Sam's lips just once, looking into the boy's bright beautiful blue eyes. "hi." Sam said, "hey." He just stood there still looking at Alex. Alex touched his cheek, feeling that Sam was really there. How had this boy become the most important thing in his life within a month of time? He stood slowly and then Sam noticed Paula. He moved over to her surprising her with a hug too and said something which made her laugh and hug him just as hard. He looked back at Alex and moved a step. Alex took Sam's hand in his own and the three of them walked towards Paula's car. As they got to the car Sam said, "are you leaving?" Paula said, "three's a crowd Sam." Alex noticed that Sam bit his bottom lip a bit and he said, "yeah but its my birthday and you're my friend and we're going to have cake and pizza later." Alex shrugged, "I bet a million that you can't beat both of us at Mario Kart." Paula smiled and looked them both over then said, "Sorry boys if I don't get back to my house my mom is liable to kill me... but when does this whole cake and pizza thing go down?" Sam said, "This afternoon when my mom gets home, you want to come for that? Around five or so?" Alex wondered what was getting into Sam. He usually wouldn't care if someone showed up or not. Paula said, "We'll see Sam." She touched the top of his head once and then kissed Alex's cheek once as she said, "I just hope my mom doesn't ground me and Natalie doesn't think I was out with someone else last night." She slipped into the car and drove off a moment later. Alex gently squeezed Sam's hand and the two of them stood there looking at one another. "Now that the real competition is gone I know I can beat you at Mario Kart." Since finding it they actually played more games on his old super Nintendo than his playstation when they played games. Sam stuck his tongue out at Alex as he said it and then took off running up the stairs to Alex's apartment. Alex ran after him, staying just far enough behind that he didn't catch Sam as the younger boy stopped before the door to the apartment. He stood there stopping before the door looking at Alex. Alex looked back. There was a small grin on Sam's cheeks, a small flush, a small giggle escaped when Alex reached for him. He faked though, instead of reaching for Sam he put his key in the lock close to Sam's head and the preteens giggles escaped anyway as Alex unlocked the door. Alex twisted the knob on the door and it opened, Sam leaning against the closed door began to fall back into the living room of the apartment. Alex grabbed his arm and Sam twisted sliding out of his jacket, a brief bit of his tummy exposed as the jacket and shirt he wore stuck together before he slipped fully out of it and fell to the floor. His giggles escaped again as Alex tossed the jacket and went for Sam. The birthday boy squirmed on the carpeted floor, trying to get further away as Alex kicked the front door closed and said, "Do you really think you can escape me?" Sam shook his head and bit his lip a small giggle, "no but... I don't really want to... much." Alex tried to reach for him but Sam slipped out crawling on the floor on his hands and knees. Alex admired the boys little butt in his jeans for a moment before he reached out and grabbed one of Sam's shoes. The boy fell back onto his back again and tried to pull his foot as Alex put his other hand on Sam's leg and pulled him closer. Sam's laughter was filling the entire apartment as he managed to pull his foot free when his shoe came off. Alex tossed the shoe behind him, "now... that's interesting..." He grabbed Sam's sock covered foot as the boy had twisted again and was crawling away once more. "Very interesting." Sam tried to get his foot out of Alex's hand again this time not rolling onto his back as Sam said, "Don't... not...my foot!" It was already too late. Alex had already pulled the sock off and was running his fingers over the very sensitive sole of Sam's foot. The preteen howled with laughter, his giggles filling Alex's ears as he squirmed and tried to get away. Alex stood dragging Sam by his foot towards the bedroom. "no.... Alex... I'll be good!" His protests fell on deaf ears. Alex pulled him into the bedroom by the foot. Sam smiling and trying to pull his foot free wasn't really trying to get free. Alex said, "lets see, the foot is effective, but I know far more better torture." Sam shook his head, giggled, shook it again. Alex leaned down and as Sam tried to get away he grabbed him and pulled the boy's shirt up running his fingers over Sam's stomach, up to his ribs. The new eleven year old howled with giggles and laughter as he squirmed uncontrollably. Alex lifted him, "I think you're heavier... who knew eleven would equal eleven more pounds." He tossed Sam onto the bed as he bounced a few times before Alex jumped up and on his knees looked down at Sam who was breathing heavily with little giggles still. "I had... lots.. of... turkey..." "yeah I can tell fatty." Sam's eyes got wide and he said, "Hey!" Alex smiled and Sam said, "I am not....wait.... don't...!" Alex leaned down and instead of tickling Sam he surprised the boy by kissing him. It took Sam a moment to realize that Alex wasn't tickling him. Then the preteen returned the kiss just as strong. His breath was sweet in Alex's mouth, his little tongue hidden until Alex managed to slid around it and pull with it. He touched Sam's cheek, slowly stroking his cheek as he felt Sam's hand on the back of his head. Alex broke their kisses, his face inches from Sam's, his lips only barely parted from the younger boys. "I missed you Sam. Every day." Sam said, "me too Alex." He gently kissed Sam's lips again, a light simple peck, gentle, but fire behind it. He kissed Sam's neck, softly running his lips over it, the only sound in the room now as their breathing, and the fan on his ceiling on its slow setting twirling. His lips touched lower on Sam's neck, softly, under them he could feel Sam's pulse, quick but not as fast as Alex had felt before. He nuzzled there, softly running his lips across Sam's neck a few times, softly sucking as his hand slowly slipped under Sam's shirt. This time his touches weren't to entice giggles, they were soft and deliberate as his lips moved back up to Sam's. He broke their kiss, as his hands took hold of Sam's shirt and he slowly pulled it up, sliding it off of Sam so he could see all of the younger boy's chest and stomach. His eyes roamed, his hands lightly touched, running over Sam's stomach, he could see just the top of the elastic band of the boy's underwear as his jeans were loose enough. Alex leaned down, his lips meeting Sam's again. A thousand times and he'd never get tired of kissing Sam. His tongue twirled, dancing with Sam's in the younger boy's mouth, tasting that which was Sam. His fingers slipped down, sliding over Sam's chest, down over his stomach, rubbing the boy's softer flesh. Again his lips were on Sam's neck, his tongue dancing, sliding over it. Now the boy's collarbone, lips dancing along the length of it, one one side then the other. His felt one of Sam's hands on his head, as his lips touched one of the boy's nipples. He ran his tongue along the nipple as his fingers found the button on Sam's jeans. Alex undid the boy's jeans, pulling at the zipper as his tongue ran over the second nipple, twirling around on it as it hardened under his tongue. His fingers sipped into the boy's jeans, sliding over his underwear, he could feel the shape of Sam's erection, thin and present, pressing against those briefs as Alex slowly began moving down lower. He looked up at Sam from the top of the boy's stomach, his eyes meeting Sam's. The birthday boys face was flushed, his eyes halfway open, his one hand under his head, his other one still on top of Alex's head. His lips touched Sam's stomach, kissing softly, slowly sliding down more. He took hold of Sam's jeans and slowly pulled them down sliding them off of both of Sam's feet. The preteen was dressed on in one white sock that stopped at his ankle, and a pair of briefs that were red with black outlines and around the elastic band the words Haines written on them. Alex ran his fingers lightly over the shape of Sam's bulge again, his fingers tracing it, as he leaned down and kissed Sam's lips again. * As Alex's fingers took hold of his underwear and started to pull it down Sam swallowed and closed his eyes again. He could feel Alex's lips touching him again, sliding down the length of his body. Those little fires had all exploded into full raging now and he couldn't imagine anyone else being this good at making him feel this good. Alex's mouth was lower now, sliding over Sam's lower stomach, kisses sliding down further and further. He felt Alex' fingers now as well, sliding over the length of his penis, slowly a couple of fingers stroked it, sliding along the length, pulling at the skin dragging it down tightly exposing the head. Sam squirmed a bit, the pleasure in his body was building to that boiling release point. Alex's lips were lower, almost at the prize. Kisses on his stomach, slowly sliding down. The older boy's other hand was resting on one of his open legs, sliding over his thighs, sliding up, further, sliding over his sack as the other fingers worked the skin on his shaft stroking it. Sam's one hand held onto Alex's hair as the older boy's tongue slipped over the exposed bit of the head of his penis. He bit his bottom lip, almost, almost. Not just yet. Alex's tongue twirled around the head, just lightly running along the length of it, digging into the sensitive area that wasn't fully exposed, "I'm going to try something Sam... if its not... just tell me..." Sam swallowed and nodded trying to say that he would but he was about to be so lost that he wasn't sure he could even talk. Alex's fingers slowly slipped around his penis again but this time something wet and cool were on them. He started to ask what when Alex gently pulled on the skin again, this time it slid easier. Sam gasped and squirmed as the entire head of his penis popped out for a brief few seconds. Alex pushed his mouth down on it then, sliding over the length of it, taking all of Sam's length into him. That wasn't it though, Alex's hands were still there, spreading Sam's legs open more, he felt Alex's hands slide up on either side of his waist as the older boys mouth pushed down taking in all of his penis. He slipped them around Sam, sliding under him, gripping his butt holding it and squeezing it as he lifted Sam off of the bed from the waist below, holding him as his lips drew in the ball sack as well. Both of Sam's hands went to Alex's head as he twisted and his head leaned back on the bed his gasps escaping now freely. The first thing he saw was Alex's face inches from his own, "hi." Sam felt his cheeks heat a bit, "h-hi." "Are you okay?" Sam said, "yeah. I could..." He gestured a bit to Alex's waist as they were laying on their sides facing one another. Alex shook his head, "don't worry about it. We'll deal with that later, if you're up for more." Sam moved his head a bit and rested it closer to Alex's on the pillow they were sharing, "but you didn't... His thumb touched Sam's cheek, "I'm fine Sam." Sam said, "what was the wet stuff?" Alex smiled and reached over Sam for a moment, grabbing a bottle that he put in Sam's hand. Sam looked at the bottle, "luber.." "lubricant, or lube, its what helps with well friction issues and it'll also help with... the other thing." Sam studied the bottle, it said it was raspberry flavored. "why does it have to have a flavor?" Alex laughed, "think about it Sam, I used some on your penis earlier right and then I Put my mouth on it imagine if it had no taste, look at its ingredients I bet it'd taste pretty bad with no taste." Sam studied it again and said, "I guess I never thought about that." Then he said, "When you.. when you pulled it back all the way I've never done that before... it always hurt too much when fully stiff." Alex said, "yeah, the lube helped with that." Sam still holding the bottle said, "are we going to do it now since we have it?" Alex shook his head, "no, you don't want to do it right now do you?" Sam said, "I don't know... I mean I want to try it." Alex touched his cheek again, "we will Sam, we'll try and find a way to have another sleep over really soon and we'll have a whole romantic evening and we'll try it and if its too much we'll stop and try again some other time in the future." Sam felt his cheeks heat, "Like a date?" Alex kissed his lips, "like a date yes." * They lay like that for a long while, Alex holding Sam, Sam holding him. One older, one younger, one dressed, one not. They talked about what Alex did while Sam was gone, about what Sam did while he was gone. They talked about Alex's music a little bit, about how Sam still really didn't want to get braces in the new year. They talked about Paula's new girlfriend that she had met while at the concert and how Alex had already kept others out of their business when they had made out in the girl's bathroom at the restaurant. Then it was time, Sam dressed, still feeling that he should have taken care of Alex too. Alex had only been concerned with his desire to touch Sam again and make Sam feel good. To him that was better than anything else. When he made Sam cum, well it made him feel like he had done something amazing. Alex helped Sam dress, which Sam regretted when Alex kept trying to tickle his most sensitive places. Then they walked together from Alex's apartment over to Sam's apartment. His mom had brought cake and pizza. She welcomed Alex with a hug and then to Alex's surprise Paula actually did show up with Natalie. Even to Alex's surprise Sam's brother was decent willing to not look too sullen and actually got the okay from his mom to go stay the night at Alan's. Sam actually introduced Paula to his mom as Alex's girlfriend and her friend Natalie. Alex wondered what Karen thought about Sam making friends with people who were so many more years older than him. Afterwards when Paula and Natalie had left and Sam had been ordered into the bathroom for a shower and then bed Alex was helping Sam's mom by gathering up the pizza box and cake box to take to the dumpster promising her that it wasn't a problem. As he was packing the boxes up Karen said, "Do you think if I got him a guitar that Sam would want to learn to play?" Alex stopped, holding the boxes in his hand, "Sam? Play an instrument?" Karen nodded, "when we were at my sister's I got the idea that he might want to. His cousin, she plays guitar and she showed him some simple things and he was so... well its like when he's with you, he was happy playing it. Sam's never been the happiest kid, he's always struggled and in the last month..." She stopped and said, "he's been a totally different kid and I see you and your friends influence on that. He could have met anyone that night, sometimes I stay awake at night thinking about that night and what could have been." Alex said, "Sam would love to learn to play. I know someone who would even be willing to teach him." Sam's mom breathed in deeply for a moment and said, "Good, I just wish someone or something would appear magically to fix his brother now..." Alex said, "I don't have the answers. Billy isn't Sam, they're totally different kids." He stopped for a second and said, "I don't think what's broken in Sam is fixed anymore than what loosing my sister broke in me is fixed, but we both found that our friendship makes it easier to live with the broken parts inside of us. Maybe Billy needs to find that too and one day he will on his own. I don't know if that's even right, I'm just a high school kid." Karen laughed then and said, "you're more right than you know. I think I'm going to let you take that trash out and get some sleep." Alex picked up the trash and said, "if you're serious about the instrument thing, I'd go with an acoustic guitar first, its the best way to learn and like I said Kyle would be more than willing to teach him." He thought for a second and said, "he could even come to our practice next Friday after school if you're okay with that." Karen nodded and said, "If you're with Sam, Alex I don't worry about him, I know he's in safe hands." She smiled at him and actually hugged him for a second before leaving to go check on her tow kids. Alex left with the garbage throwing it away and leaned against the dumpster which was right by building three. He looked up and could see Sam's window. He smiled, it was the truth, Sam hadn't fixed what was broken, but he had made the world a better place again... Chapter Fifteen. The first time they tried did not turn out to be the most romantic night in the history of lovers. It didn't even start out all that magically honestly. It started like most Friday's did well maybe a little worse than some. The laborious chore that was school, going from class to class, being dragged before other students that day to read out loud from a book. To stumble a bit over words and have Carter and his group snicker at you and call you a fag on the playground when one of the teachers wasn't listening or watching. Pushing you around a bit and laughing even more. The day went as it always did in that regard. The final class before the final bell was the worst. Sam had always struggled with math and this was just adding fuel to the emotional beats of the day. Maybe for a brief window he had thought turning eleven would make math easier but now that reality had set in he knew that wasn't going to be the case. He sat through Mr. Stone's gentle prodding to show the class how things should be done more than a few times and then there was a quiz and finally after all of that long at last the final bell on a Friday afternoon rang and Sam got up from his seat collecting his stuff and putting it in his back pack. He started for the door and Mr. Stone stopped him, "Sam, this needs to go to your mom for signing. Let her know if this keeps up we will have do more than a parent teacher conference in regards of your grades." Sam nodded and Mr. Stone said, "You're a good kid Sam, you're not like some of these others but I can't ignore your struggles for much longer, we might need to look into a special class for math." Sam nodded again as Mr. Stone squeezed his shoulder. He left getting on the bus and sitting in the middle on a seat by himself. On the bus quietly as most days Carter and his two friends sitting a few sets back would throw stuff at him or snicker and make fun of him. Sometimes the only kid that talked to him at school Carla would sit next to him but she wasn't on the bus today. At his stop Sam got off, walking slowly, dreading that later this evening he would have to show his mom the test and what Mr. Stone had written on it. He walked, the cool December air not quite enough for a thick jacket, but one of those light cotton jackets with a hood that blew off of his head in the wind. He saw Alex, that always made him feel better. The world was less of a mean place when he saw Alex. He walked slowly though, his thoughts still on the quiz and the letter written on it. With the way that Carter's teasing had hurt more than usual today for some reason. How Carter and his friends had pushed him down harder than usual by the swings. As he came up to Alex he didn't lean in and hug him he just sat down on the step next to him. After a moment Alex touched his hand, pulling it into his own, "Hey, what's wrong?" Sam hadn't realized that he was moments away from crying. He didn't cry, he was not a baby or a little kid. He was eleven now, he had a boyfriend, he was happy! He didn't cry! He swallowed deep and Alex said, "Sam, its okay...." Then they were there Alex's hands were on him, Alex was holding him, enveloping him in a deep hug and Sam tried to stop the floodgates, he choked a bit on a sob and Alex said, "come on..." He lifted Sam and they walked together into Alex's apartment. Somehow within a minute or two he was in Alex's room, on Alex's bed, in his arms, "Sam." He tried to hold on, but the concern painted on Alex's face was all it took as the last gate came crashing down. He felt so embarrassed, so deeply embarrassed as he cried in front of Alex. No he didn't just cry he sobbed like a baby. Big racking sobs that made his entire body shake in Alex's arms as he tried to get out things between them, "they're... all.. s.. ean... . And.. I ca... l'm.... Stupid.... I'm... so....st...pid" "Sam..." He was touching his cheek, he felt Alex's fingers there. Alex was never going to want to be with him ever again cause he was such a baby who couldn't stop crying. "Sam.. hey...." His face was barely in focus, "breath... Sam you need to breath for me...." He felt one breath escape with his sobs as they continued. Alex was holding him now, not just touching his face. He was stroking his back, "Sam... breath." He gripped hard onto Alex and tried, really tried to stop the flood of tears. They were stupid tears too, he was really happy more so than he had ever been for as long as he could remember. He didn't get why this had all just broken past that, he'd been ignoring it for months now it didn't matter he had Alex now, and there was Paula, and his mom. He was happy, but all of this other stuff was still there and he couldn't stop it. The teachers that ignored the other kids teasing him, the problems with his classes, the kids picking on him calling him names. Pushing him and prodding him. He'd ignored it all for so long because he was happy at home... why had it broken him today? Slowly, they went away, somehow the sobs subsided and he could feel Alex's arms around him holding him, stroking his back, as he softly said more than once, "its okay Sam... breath.... There..." After a bit they stopped, he felt warm and safe, but he knew that was an illusion, Alex would hate him now, he was just a little baby kid like his brother said after all. That was so stupid, he'd been with Alex for weeks upon weeks, Alex didn't think he was a little kid.. he treated him like an equal.. but he couldn't stop the thought. His sobs though were done. He was looking at Alex a few last tears escaping from his eyes, he felt so safe in this moment and so afraid that Alex would hate him too for crying. A finger touched his cheek, softly wiping a tear. Alex was looking at him now, his eyes were filled with concern, and pain. Why was Alex in pain? "there you are..." Sam's voice broke a little when he said, "I-I'm sorry I c-cried." Alex softly stroked his cheek, "you never have to be sorry for crying Sam." Sam could still feel his entire body shaking a bit, and his voice was still filled with the after effects of his sobs. He sniffled and said, "you probably don't lov..." Alex put a finger to his lips, "everyone cries Sam, and I still love you every bit as much as I did before you got my shirt wet." Sam almost smiled, looking at Alex, his face was inches away concern and pain still present a bit there, "d-did I hurt you..." Alex kissed his cheek, "you hurt Sam, I hurt. You're in pain, well so am I." Sam sniffled more and moved sliding his head under Alex's truly resting in his arms, "I don't know why I couldn't stop it. Its like... everything today was.... It was too much." Alex ran a hand through his hair, "what happened do you think you can talk about it now?" Sam realized he could, he felt safe. "Nothing that doesn't happen most days." "Like what?" He held Alex tighter, "other kids being mean to me, ever since I kissed Carter its been that way, when the teachers aren't paying attention. Then having to stand in front of the class and read and missing some words and some of the kids laughed at that but they laugh at the other kids when they miss too so its not like its just me... and then... and then.... And..." He felt it starting again. "Breath Sam.... Count to five and breath." Sam did and then Alex said, "and then what?" "And then Mr. Stone said that he wants to talk to my mom about putting me in a special math class." He stopped talking for a long while and he thought maybe Alex thought that he had been crying about nothing so he said, "it just....felt like too much today." Alex said, "I've been there." Sam pulled back so that he could look at Alex, "but you're..." "Older? Sam, everyone has days where they just can't take it anymore. When did you break down think about it. When did you chose to actually let it all out?" Sam thought for a moment and said, "not till I saw you... I thought even if you wouldn't want me anymore because I was a little kid that you'd still take care of me..." Alex stroked his cheek, "Sam, instinctively you knew that I would take care of you. The ones who love you are the ones who take care of you when you hurt. If I stopped loving you because you hurt I'd be pretty shallow. Would your mom have stopped loving you because you sobbed like a toddler?" Sam said, "no but she's my mom... I don't know its different when I cry in front of her than you. You're not my mom... or my dad.. you're my..." he felt warmth pass through his body as he said it, "boyfriend." Alex smiled and said, "damn straight, let me ask you Sam, if say two hours from now I broke down and started sobbing like you did would you stop loving me?" Sam swallowed, now that he thought about it it had been pretty stupid to think that Alex would stop loving him because he cried. "No. I'd try to make you feel better." "So why on earth would you think that I wouldn't do the same for you? I love you Sam, not because most times you're more mature than your age. Or because you're always happy or like kissing me or any of the other stuff we do. I love you, not that stuff. Even if one day we stop doing all that other stuff I promise I will still be here for you because I love you. You stuck with me for life like your mom and dad." Sam sniffled and said, "I love you too Alex, really so much that I can't explain it." Sam kissed Alex then, not waiting for the older boy to become open for it or tell him he should. He kissed Alex with a hunger he found inside of him that he hadn't known was there until that moment. They kissed for a long while, lips meeting, tongues tangled, eyes staying on eyes. The kiss became more, it was slow at first, and Sam took the steps this time not Alex. He pushed at Alex until the older boy was on his back, Sam sliding down on Alex' undoing his jeans. He didn't know where it came from, why he felt the needs that he felt in that moment. Was it something Alex had said to him, was it something he had said back. Was it the realization that nothing could ever stop Alex form loving him? Was it his own realization that no matter what he'd never stop loving Alex either? He knew from his parents divorce and Alex's own parents break that love like that didn't love forever, but he also knew that sometimes it did and in this moment he wanted to believe that his words and Alex's words were the real thing. He wanted Alex. The preteen boy had never wanted someone before, he had never desired to actually have someone. Yes he desired to feel good and for Alex to make him feel good, and he liked making Alex feel good too. The good feelings though had been a product of expressing their feelings for one another, a product of both of them wanting to understand the feelings that were building inside of them. This time, this was pure desire to be with Alex. He was actually starting to understand what feeling physical desire for someone else intensely was all about. Sam could see now why people who loved each other wanted to show it physically. He pulled at Alex's jeans, undoing them almost hurriedly and Alex said, "Sam.. its not going anywhere I promise." Sam looked up at him smiling and frustratingly tried to pull the jeans down. Alex laughed and helped him, pulling his jeans down. He was big in his boxers, Sam's eyes roamed over the length of it. He had sucked on this before, he had stroked it, made Alex cum more than once, but right now he desired to do more. He stood up his legs on either side of Alex's waist and he reached down taking Alex's hands putting them on his waist. The older boy slid his hands over the waist band of Sam's own jeans as Sam pulled his jacket off, and tossed his tee-shirt off with it. Alex's fingers undid the button on Sam's jeans and then the zipper, pulling them down so that Sam now was only in his underwear along with Alex. Sam looked as he stood with his feet on either side of Alex's waist. Alex sat up, his lips touching Sam's stomach, his tongue running over his button. He felt Alex's hands cupping his bottom from the back. He moved turning as Alex pulled him down, dragging at his briefs as well until they were down just enough on his legs that they were resting on Alex's chest. Alex pulled him down onto his face and when he felt Alex's tongue slide between his cheeks Sam squirmed a bit and slipped down, resting his arms on Alex's stomach as he reached for the older boy's boxers. Sam reached inside, finding the opening and pulling Alex's out of it. He popped out almost hitting Sam in the face, resting against his cheek. He laughed as he felt Alex's fingers slide up between his legs, his fingers finding Sam's erection. He stroked Alex's own with his hands, sliding his mouth over the head of it as Alex's tongue again tickled his butt. He wanted more... Sam pulled his mouth off of Alex's penis and slipped off of Alex, standing up again, he pulled at his briefs dragging them off and tossing them onto Alex's chest which made him giggle as he saw them land there. Alex shook his head and Sam reached into the night stand drawer and pulled out the lubricant stuff. "I..." he breathed in once, "want you to put it in me Alex." Alex said, "I.. was planning on a whole romantic sleepover you know...." Sam put some of the lube on his hand and rubbed them together going down on Alex's legs sitting on them sliding up to where Alex's penis was. He ran his hands with the lube on them over the length of it, rubbing it a few times. It was throbbing and likely close, Sam had gotten the feeling for that. His smaller one rested against Alex's bigger, running along the length of it as he said, "I want to feel it Alex. I don't know why.... I just..." Alex said, "I do too Sam, we've discussed this a few times this week remember?" He did remember, they had talked about how Alex did want to put it in he was just afraid of hurting Sam. About how Sam still thought it was strange you could do it but the tongue sliding over that area felt good. "Here..." He had Sam stand again and he thought that Alex was going to move him to come down on his mouth again but Alex stood up and took the lube from Sam and said, "Turn around for me.... Here.." When Sam turned around Alex's fingers hand hands stared rubbing his butt, sliding up into it, sliding over his hole, sliding and pushing a bit on it. Sam jumped. "you're sure you want to try this Sam? We don't have to, we can wait for as long as you need." Sam said, "I'm sure... I know its not how you..." Alex kissed his stomach now that he was still standing facing Alex again, "its perfect Sam. Here... lets... try it this way first, let you decide if you can take it okay?" Sam nodded and Alex again guided him, sliding Sam onto his back, resting him on his back. He took a pillow and put it under Sam's lower back, so that it rose up some and then Alex spread his legs slowly. "I've never done this either you know... I might..." He swallowed and said, "if it hurts too much Sam just tell me and I'll stop." Sam swallowed, suddenly a part of him was afraid, not really of it hurting, afraid that he might not be able to tell Alex to stop if it did. Or maybe afraid that he wouldn't like it. It took Alex a minute, he hesitated but Sam said, "I want to try Alex, I wouldn't have gotten it out if I hadn't wanted to try it." Alex nodded and took out some more of the lubricant and ran it over his penis with his own hands and looked at Sam. He took one of Sam's hands into his own holding it. His other he guided his penis between Sam's legs. Sam opened them at the waist, spread as he watched between the two of them. Alex's penis slipped over his own, sliding up over it once before he pushed it down lower, sliding over Sam's small ball-sack, sliding down lower, he felt the head first, sliding between his cheeks. It was big, and felt even more so between his small butt cheeks. Alex put his hands on Sam's waist, letting go of his fingers as he used that to lift Sam a little bit. Sam felt it then as Alex's penis slipped between the cheeks fully, the head sliding up to the entrance. At first it was nothing, just resting there between his cheeks. Alex's eyes looked into his own, "ready?" Sam bit his bottom lip once but nodded. He was ready. He was determined. The lubricant was needed. Alex pushed, at first it was nothing, just the head pressing against the opening that was tight. It hurt just a little bit as if something was trying to pop into him, "relax Sam, just unclench everything..." Sam swallowed and nodded as Alex pressed again, something happened, he felt it, he didn't know how to describe it but slowly the more they continued the more it happened. After a few when just the head was poking at it Alex said, "here.. lets try with you on top..." Sam swallowed, but they slowly moved, still connected though it did slip out a bit. He moved on top of Alex, his stomach resting on Alex's own. His spread on either side. He put his hands on Alex's chest, sitting up a bit as he could feel it between his cheeks even more like this. He winced a bit as it jerked and sort of hit the opening. "Sorry... do you want to stop?" Sam shook his head, he was determined now and he was the one in control a bit more. He moved, trying to press on it as he used his hands on Alex's chest and he could feel Alex's large penis between his cheeks, sliding up again, the top of the head just inside the opening. He relaxed like Alex had said and pressed against it again. Alex pushed up a bit and it happened. It did hurt, there was no way around that. The first entrance shocked Sam, he gasped with the pain and Alex looked like he was about to stop. Sam shook is head and pressed down on the head of Alex's dick more. It was going in, he felt it, sliding into him. At first it was simple, the pain from having it opened from the outside instead of the usual way when stuff came out took a moment for him to get used to. The pain though started to disappear when he pushed down again and the entire head almost popped into him. Alex under him said, "Sam.. s-slowly...don't..." Having Alex slip into him, for some reason it was making his own penis throb a bit, it was tickling something at the base, he couldn't describe it. He gasped as more entered and Alex said, "Shit... Sam... its too tight... I don't want to..." Sam shook his head, "I... want to feel you in me Alex.. please?" He didn't know until that moment that he could beg, or that he could feel like this. Now that more than just a bit was in he wanted more in. Just a bit more. He pushed again and Alex groaned a bit as more of him filled Sam. He felt it surging inside of his butt, that throbbing as the first inch or so was in there. It was so tight, Sam didn't know if he could keep going. It hurt, it felt amazing, but it also hurt. He felt a little impaled. Alex touched him, stroking his back, sliding down to stroke his entire back all the way to the globes of his butt. "Sam I'm going to cum.... I should pull out..." "Can't you do it in me?" "Not today Sam...some day." Sam nodded and said, "okay but can you keep it in just a little longer?" Alex swallowed and nodded back. Sam didn't move, really he was afraid that if he moved even an inch Alex would have to pull it out faster than he wanted him to. After a moment though Alex pulled back sliding out with a pop feeling as he slipped out of Sam's bottom. He rolled Sam onto his back and ran his penis over Sam's own again a few times before his seed shot out then he leaned down and kissed Sam for so very long before laying down beside him. It was only about ten minutes later when Sam realized how much his butt hurt. * The first entrance, that first moment when he pushed into Sam was the most incredible sensation that Alex had ever imagined. The head only popped in for all of a few seconds, sliding right back out of the tight ring of Sam's ass, but it was enough for him to know that Sam would have to be on top this first time if he was actually going to make it in. Guiding Sam on top hadn't been as easy as he thought either. Just being between the butt cheeks was almost enough to make Alex cum but he could see the determination in Sam's face and he didn't want to ruin this moment for him. It took a moment for him to feel it again as Sam began to press down on him, the feeling of Sam's opening meeting the head was what Alex felt first, then as he rested his hands on Sam's hips and the boy moved holding himself up with his hands on Alex's chest he felt it. Somehow Sam got the message to relax his body, to fully open up to it and it happened. It was tighter than Alex had expected, the opening sliding around the head of his dick was almost too much. He wanted to tell Sam to stop. Especially when he saw the pain on Sam's face he wanted him to stop but the determination was there as well and Alex knew that nothing was going to stop Sam. He pushed down on Alex and more slipped in. Going into the preteen was the most incredible thing that the teenager had ever felt. He couldn't believe that it was actually happening. They had talked about it, but he had figured Sam was a long way away from wanting this. The boy and his desires astounded Alex sometimes. Until Sam he had been pretty sure that boys his age didn't want to try stuff like this. More than the head was in now, the tightness surrounding him by then. He knew that it was too much, the feeling of Sam surrounding him, the looks of mixed pleasure, determination, and pain on the boys face and the fact that he had already been close to cuming anyway were all too much for Alex. He had to pull out and he told Sam that he was about to. No doubt with how tight it was up in there even just about an inch within Sam he had probably stimulated the boy. Sam gasped as it slipped out of him and Alex slipped with him on the bed as he ran his penis over the younger boys own and came on Sam's lower stomach. He kissed Sam after that and cleaned his seed off of the younger boy's stomach before he collapsed on the bed next to Sam. After a bit of recovery Alex said, "How do you feel?" Sam didn't speak for a long while and Alex thought that he might be really hurting. Finally he said, "it hurts, but it felt... when you were inside... felt different..." "Bad?" Sam shook his head, "no, good, just not the same way that when you suck on me feels. Or how kissing feels. It was... I wanted to feel more. Like I felt there should be more than just sticking it in." Alex said, "well there's movement, like sliding in and out, but I think we'll uh try that in the future after we've done it a few times... if you want to try it again sometime." Sam moved a bit and winced then said, "yes I do... I want to Alex... umm but it does really hurt." Alex swallowed and got up from the bed, "I'll be right back, Paula told me about something her sister told her about..." he came back with something Paula had given him and said, "Here open your legs, let me see..." He looked, it was all red and swollen, clearly looked painful and as Alex applied the cream that Paula had given him he felt horrible. Honestly horrible. "I'm sorry Sam... maybe..." Sam said, "We did it together. I liked it really Alex. It felt right when you were inside... I wish I was bigger so that I could put it in you...." Alex smiled at that and said "okay close your legs." He pulled Sam into his arms then and said, "one day you'll be bigger and we'll try that too." Sam snuggled safely in his arms, "and we'll try this again too sometime soon right?" "After you've healed Sam, we'll discuss it and see if we can find a way to make it even better the second time." Sam nodded, "yeah, so uh how did I do?" Alex laughed and said, "you were incredible Sam. Of course I did miss band practice." "Should we go?" His head was on Alex's chest now. "No, I wouldn't move from right here if there was a fire downstairs..." Sam smiled, "we'll that's stupid, we'd die." Alex kissed his head, "how about if we just leave it at I'd rather just stay here with you in m arms for a few hours." Sam snuggled more, his eyes closed, "I really really love you Alex." "I really really love you too Sam..." They slept holding one another. It was a perfect first time, things after wouldn't always be perfect, but this moment was. Chapter Sixteen It took three whole days for Sam's butt to stop hurting but each time it did he remembered how incredible what had led to that had been. Alex really took care of him too after school, they even kissed and did a few things here and there, but mostly Alex felt really bad about hurting him and that made things not as fun as usual. Sam did keep insisting that it had been worth it and he could tell that Alex thought it had been as well. So after it stopped hurting Sam wanted to try again but Alex said that they should wait a bit longer. Sam wasn't even sure why he wanted to try again. It wasn't like he needed to do it, Alex wasn't begging him for it. Maybe it was because Alex was so unsure about doing it that made Sam want to do it all over again? Or maybe it was that feeling, the one right there close to the end before Alex had pulled out? It had felt like something really good was about to happen but then it had ended. Still even if Alex kept putting it off they did do other things together. School was approaching the Christmas break and that meant though that Alex had a lot of school stuff to do and some afternoons he wasn't around so Sam had to find other things to occupy his time. The last day of school before Christmas break was actually okay, he made it through the half day and managed to get home. The surprise was seeing his mom at home when he got off of the bus. Fridays she usually worked a little later than other days of the week. As he walked into the apartment his mom was on the phone talking with someone and she smiled at him once as she was saying, "...that's fine Barbara, I think I can find someone to watch the kids." Sam continued on into his bedroom and put his backpack down as he wondered what his mom had going on. He walked back out figuring that he'd see if Alex was around as he knew that Alex had gotten out early today too. He was heading to the front door when his mom stopped him, "Where are you going?" Sam shrugged, "I thought I'd see if Alex was around." "Well if he is could you ask him if he'd come over here, I'd like to ask him something." Sam looked back at his mom, suddenly he was a little afraid that she might have found out about him and Alex. They were really careful though. They only kissed in Alex's house and they only did more than that at his house when his mom wasn't home. There was no way that his mom knew anything, but still the look she had was one of determination and Sam wasn't sure what that was for. "Okay." He headed out of the house running down the steps and then heading over to Alex's. Alex wasn't sitting on the step like he did sometimes. Lately with how cold it had been out he'd been staying in his apartment. Sam walked up to the door and knocked and after a minute Alex's mom answered. She looked down at Sam for a moment, she always had such sad eyes Sam decided. She smiled sometimes but it was always a bit sad as well. "Uh is Alex here?" She held a wine glass in her hand, that was also another thing that she did all the time. Sam knew that her drinking hurt Alex but he didn't know how to fix it just like Alex didn't. "He's off at some practice thing." She gestured that he was gone and Sam nodded before heading back down the stairs. He went back over to his apartment and his mom said, "Where's Alex?" Sam said, "he's over at Kyle's. If you really need to talk to him I could go get him, its only three blocks away and I know right where it is too!" He said all of it really fast as if that would get his mom to only hear half of the words and let him go. His mom though was super mom, or maybe it was a mom power to hear what your kids say when they talk really fast. "I don't know Sam." Sam sighed, "I won't talk to strangers, I'll run over there, and I'll come right back even if Alex can't." She studied him again and said, "okay, what's the street name so that if you're not back in thirty minutes I can come look for you?" "River Edge Road." He had walked with Alex down there about five times now so he had a pretty good idea of where it was. "Its 3113 River Edge Road." His mom nodded and Sam took off again heading out of the apartment, back down the stairs and then out of the complex. He had to wait for a few cars to come down the street before he crossed. He still found it strange that Rob lived right across the street from Alex but they almost never saw him. Alex had told him once that if Rob wasn't at school or in an after school activity he was always over at his girlfriends house instead of his own. Sam could understand that, he'd rather be hanging with Alex at his house than at his own house not doing anything. From Rob's street he had to walk to the end, then turn down another street and another before getting to Rivers Edge. Sam started down the street, and as he approached Kyle's house he didn't hear the sound of music. He did see a familiar car in the driveway though. He had seen Paula's car a few times now and other than Alex she was probably his second favorite person that wasn't his mom. He walked up to the house feeling more confident that Alex would be there if Paula was there. The garage was closed so he had to walk around it to the side door that led into the garage. He was walking up to go into that door when he heard the middle of Alex's conversation with someone, "...I am taking advantage of a little kid who can't understand what love is yet." Sam stopped, standing almost fully in the open doorway now, looking at where Alex and Paula were sitting together alone in the garage. It was Paula who saw him first and then Alex turned looking at him and said, "Sam?" He stood there for a second looking at Alex. He KNEW he had walked in during the middle of a conversation and hadn't gotten the full context of what Alex and Paula were talking about but the words hurt too much for him to comprehend, it was like when Carter made fun of him or his brother called him a retarded little kid. He had only heard the last bit but his mind started putting together all kinds of other things that Alex had said before that, about how he was a little kid that cried and that he had gotten what he wanted or something like that. It hurt, even though a part of him KNEW that Alex would never say any of that kind of stuff another part of him just couldn't stop thinking that Alex had said all kinds of hurtful things. Sam didn't look at Alex, he didn't wait to find out what Alex had been talking about. Instead he turned and almost ran into Kyle who said, "hey there little dude..." Sam twirled around him not saying sorry and Kyle sort of twisted looking at him as Sam took off running down the street. A part of Sam knew that he was taking things out of context. He was eleven not three, but his emotions were not allowing him to stop and think about what he had heard. All he knew was that Alex had said that he was a kid, that he didn't understand love, and that he was being used. It was those three things that burned hot in Sam's mind as he ran back down the sidewalk on the three streets and then across the one street back to his apartment. He walked into the apartment and his mom said, "Did you find Alex?" Sam shrugged and said, "who cares?!" Then he walked back into his bedroom and closed the door. His mom tried knocking and asking him what was wrong but Sam just said, "nothing." A moment after that it was quite so he figured his mom had decided to leave him alone. He didn't cry, maybe it hurt too much for him to cry? Alex had called him a little kid but more than that he had said that Sam didn't understand love when he loved Alex more than anyone in the world. Had Alex just been...no....that was stupid but Alex had never said hurtful things about him either so he wasn't sure what he was feeling. Maybe that was how Alex always talked about him with his friends, saying he was just some little kid who didn't get things. Maybe. His mind wouldn't stop telling him that Alex didn't love him really. The rational part of his brain was yelling at the rest but for some reason Sam's mind wouldn't listen to that part of his head it just kept repeating the words over and over again that he had heard Alex say. * Alex hit the drum with the stick and then tossed it before leaning back in the chair that Mark used when he played the drums and said, "so is Mark really never going to show up to one of these things again?" Kyle who was tuning his guitar said, "fuck if I know. Aaron's not even here today. How come your girlfriend is the only one who shows up to these things?" Paula sitting on the couch said, "thanks, making me feel all kinds of welcome over here Kyle." Kyle smiled, "well if you played guitar or the drums you'd be more welcome." Alex sighed and stood up as he said, "I guess Mark getting a girlfriend was a bad thing after all. I thought maybe it'd make him more... you know interested in performing in front of her or something?" Kyle laughed, "yeah right, Mark's getting laid for the first time in his life, he's too busy getting the pussy to care, sorry to be crude there Paula." Paula said, "I know what a pussy is." Kyle smiled and laughed again, "she's a delight Alex, you should always keep her around." He fiddled with his guitar a bit more and then said, "so you really want me to teach the kid how to play guitar?" Alex sat down on the couch next to Paula and said, "yes if you're okay with doing it, or at least trying. Sam's mom can afford the guitar but she can't really afford lessons." Kyle shrugged, "sure he's cool, when you first introduce him I thought a kid hanging around would be a problem with how much we mess around. He's almost like another member of the group, don't get why your friends but if you need a little brother its all good." Alex smiled a bit, indeed a little brother. That was what Kyle saw Sam as, Alex's little brother. Paula was the only person in the entire world other than Sam that knew his relationship with Sam was far more than brotherly. In the past few weeks since their first time he had been very hesitant to try that again. The pain that Sam had been in for the three days after had caused Alex to almost loose his entire desire to do anything ever again with Sam. He had hurt him and how much he loved Sam meant that he hurt a lot as well. It had been a magical afternoon though. At first when Sam had been sobbing in his arms all Alex had wanted to do was fix what was hurting. He knew that kids Sam's age a lot of times had a thin shell surrounding emotions that they sometimes couldn't quite get control of. More than that he knew that kind of hurt. The kind that seemed like it was nothing and then just one little thing that seemed insignificant was enough to make you explode. Sometimes all it took was one person saying or doing the wrong thing just for one second and your entire world shattered. He had sobbed like that more than once after Sarah's death, and most of the times it had been over other things other than Sarah. Sometimes the stupid simple things hurt more than the serious. Kyle sighed and said, "well fuck it... I'm going to get something to drink. I'll be back then I guess we can practice one of acoustic songs instead." He put his guitar down on its stand and then walked out of the garage heading towards the house. When he left Paula sitting next to Alex surprised him when she said, "I've made a decision, well really Natalie helped me come to the decision, I'm coming out so I can take her to games and hold her hand at them, kiss her, all of that. That means I'm going to have to dump you." He knew that she and Natalie had been seeing a lot of each other. Natalie was a year older than Paula and went to a private school that wasn't that far from their school, but they only saw each other after school. Alex took her hand and said, "and just like that the best romance in the history of our high school comes to a crashing end." Paula laughed and squeezed his hand "very funny, we both know that you're obsessed with someone else just like I am." Alex said, "I'm happy for you. Glad that you're taking the chance." Paula paused for a moment, turning to look at him, her eyes meeting his her hand still in his, "You know you could come out as well, nothings stopping you, plenty of musicians are gay." Alex laughed a bit, "Coming out isn't the problem, not really, the problem is that I couldn't tell anyone who I was seeing, and it just adds a lot of other complex problems if I was out gay as to why I spend so much time alone with a ten well now eleven year old." That had hit him the other day, the realization that if he came out all of the times that he was alone with Sam would be viewed so very differently from people than it was now. He'd be viewed as not just gay but also a child rapist or something like that. He didn't want children, others might not understand that but he did. His love for Sam wasn't tied up in age, it was tied up in all the experiences he and Sam had felt together. Paula agreed, "That is true, it does make things more difficult for you and Sam." Alex sighed and wished sometimes that life didn't have to be so complex. At first it had been a simple thing, he had thought Sam was a cute boy, younger than Alex sure, but still cute. He had wished that the boy would smile and then fate had stepped in and a chance encounter had led to them becoming friends and then that first kiss on Halloween night, the one that he shouldn't have done but had wanted to do. At first he had thought that maybe he just wanted to be with little boys, but the more things had grown with Sam the more he had realized that it was more than that. He had gotten his answers on why he had stayed with Sam, on why he had let things go beyond kissing. Sam was a younger kid than Alex, but Alex really didn't see a kid when he looked at Sam, he saw Sam. Other people wouldn't believe it, they would say that he was using Sam, that a kid Sam's age was incapable of love or being with someone who wasn't using them. If he came out all of the months he'd spent with Sam, the days where they had been alone for hours at a time together all of it would be viewed in a microscope of their age difference. Also most would say that there was no way Sam would already know he wasn't into girls, that he was too young, some would even say that Alex was too young, but too old to be involved with a preteen. He sighed as he let those thoughts out a bit, "It does, people would never see our relationship like we do, they'd just say that I'm taking advantage of some little kid or that I'm involved with some little kid and they'd be right in there eye's I am taking advantage of a little kid who can't understand what love is..." He trailed off as he saw someone standing in the garage doorway. At first he thought it might have been Kyle and he hoped Kyle hadn't heard him say any of the stuff he had just said. Instead it was Sam. Perfect beautiful Sam. Only Sam wasn't happy, he had an emotion on his face that Alex had not ever seen before, anger? Sam was angry at him. "Sam?" The boy wasn't in the doorway a second later, having run back out of it and almost hitting Kyle who was walking in. As Kyle stepped in he said, "whoa that kid just stormed out of here, never seen someone looking that angry since my mom caught me eating the last of the ice cream straight from the container." Alex stood up and said, "I'd better see what's going on." He wasn't sure what Sam was angry about, not sure at all how long Sam had been standing in that doorway, what part of his conversation with Paula that the younger boy had heard. Nor could he figure out why it would make Sam angry at him. He knew though from experience with hearing his parents argue that sometimes one little thing that you didn't mean anything by could make the other person so angry that they didn't want to talk to you anymore. "sorry about practice." Kyle shrugged as he popped open his coke, "eh it was already fucked anyways." Paula said, "I should be heading home anyway. Do you want me to drop you at the apartment?" Alex said, "I'm going to try to catch up to him, see what's going on." He stepped out of the door that Sam had been standing in and started down the street. Sam wasn't at the end of the street, he was fast when he wanted to be. Alex had seen him run a few times now and had determined that Sam was pretty good at running. He started off debating on running after him or not. He used the time instead to think. What had Sam heard that would make him mad? The question was more now if Sam had heard something and taken it out of context. That was the mother of all really bad moments, taking what someone else said out of context by not hearing all of the stuff being said. He stopped before the stairs leading up to Sam's apartment and sighed, this was going to be difficult. He knocked on the door to the apartment. Hoping that Sam's brother wasn't there. Instead it was his mom who answered. "Alex, there you are, I was thinking that Sam hadn't gone to get you, I was about to make him go over to Alan's with his brother since he hadn't found you." Alex saw that Karen was dressed in her work uniform, usually she didn't work the evenings. He forgot for a moment about Sam in the other room and instead focused on the fact that Sam had been coming to get him for a reason, "what's going on?" "One of the night girls called in and I thought I'd take her shift since its a Friday night and its also the start of school being out. You don't have to say yes but I figured since you and Sam get along so well that you wouldn't have a problem watching him tonight." Alex looked back at where he knew Sam's room was and said, "no its not a problem, do you know why he'd be mad at me though?" Karen stopped grabbing her bag. "Finding out why Sam's mad at someone is like pulling teeth. If its a problem Alex..." He shook his head, "its not, I'll talk to him, we'll be fine. I've just never actually seen him angry before." Sam's mom touched his arm, "did you two fight about something?" Alex said, "no but when he came into the garage over at Kyle's I think he might have heard me and Paula talking about something that he might have heard and not understood what we were talking about." Karen nodded thinking, "well if its just a misunderstanding then I feel better, if its a problem though call me at the restaurant and I'll come back or have Alan's mom come fetch Sam." Alex nodded a bit and she touched his arm again before saying, "you'll be fine, whatever it is he'll forgive you, he loves you like a brother you know." Alex agreed though he knew the truth Sam did not love him like a brother anymore than Alex loved Sam like a brother. Karen left and after a minute he heard her car pulling away from down below. Alex looked around Sam's apartment, it was the same layout as his own. He'd been in a few times, the last time really was during Sam's birthday celebration. Alex walked down the hall to the bedrooms and stopped before the door that belonged to Sam's room. He knocked, "Sam?" "Go away." Alex said through the door, "can we please talk Sam?" Sam opened the door then. He was looking up at Alex, and there was just a hint of unshed tears, but his face was more stone angry. He walked past Alex and said, "Mom could you..." he stopped and then looked at Alex, "where's my mom?" "She had to go to work, asked me to watch you." Sam walked past him again and then went into his bedroom. Alex stopped at the doorway, "what's wrong Sam?" Sam sat on his bed and this time he was slightly defeated, "so I guess I really am just a kid...even my mom doesn't ask me if I'm okay with you watching me cause you're older." Alex stepped into the room, so that was where Sam had come in. He sat down slowly beside Sam on the bed. Sam moved sliding away, "you heard me and Paula talking huh?" Sam sort of shrugged and said, "heard you say I was just a kid and didn't know what love was." Alex sighed, "Sam." Sam looked up and over at him, Alex could tell that he was just barely holding back tears of anger and frustration. He was also angry. Alex had never seen Sam angry before and it hurt him to know that Sam was angry at him. "I thought you didn't think I was a kid... I thought you... thought... I..." He stopped and then. Alex sighed again, "you're being stupid." Well that was clearly not the right thing to say. "Well I am a stupid kid..." Alex tried to touch Sam but Sam jumped up off of the bed and said, "and you're taking adva...advan...ta...ge of a st....up... kid!" His face was a blend of anger and sadness and the tears were there. Alex knew this was one of those moments where things were forever either fucked up beyond fixing or everything became better. He moved over to where Sam was standing, going down so that he was level with him. Sam stepped back, this time he didn't want Alex to comfort him since Alex was part of the cause of this. "You're not stupid Sam, and you're not a kid." "You said I was..." Alex took his hand, Sam almost pulled it away but Alex held it, softly he stroked the top of Sam's hand with his thumb. "I did not say you were a kid, and I know I said you were stupid but I didn't mean it like how you took it." Sam did pull his hand away this time, "At Kyle's you told Paula I was a kid." Alex didn't let his eyes leave Sam's. He didn't try to wipe away the tears it would just make Sam more angry. "I was telling Paula that no one else would understand what you and I have, that because of our age difference they would see only the black and white, that they would think I was taking advantage of you." The room was quite for a bit. The only sound was Sam sniffing a bit. "I don't see it that way Sam, and I do not think you're a kid...well anymore than I think I'm a kid." He tried to reach out again but Sam stepped back. He looked at Alex, looking up from his own shoes, "do you take advantage of me?" Alex said, "well I mean I take advantage of how ticklish you are sometimes." Sam still didn't seem better, "but you're not making me do things I don't want to do." "No I don't make you do things you don't want to do Sam. I know you love me and the last thing I would want to do is take advantage of that." Sam was still watching him, "and you really don't think I'm stupid?" "Sam..." Sam gave a small smile just on the edge of a huge smile, "so I am stupid..." "about as dumb as a bag of rocks." Alex smiled back just a bit of levity to the earlier situation. Sam's eyes got wide but he still had a smile on his face and he said, "hey... you just..." "I just what?" Sam said, "You're calling me stupid, rocks don't have brains." Alex leaned back, "they don't?" Sam went to hit him and said, "take it..." before he could Alex grabbed him and found the sensitive spots on his sides, tickling him. Sam squirmed and got away as he said, "don't... we're being serious." Alex nodded and Sam came back over sitting down next to him on the floor in Sam's bedroom leaning against the bed. He took Sam's hand then, this time the younger boy did not take his out. "Listen Sam, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to call you stupid and I didn't mean to make you think that I thought you were just some kid." Sam softly said, "but I am just a kid." "Well I disagree, if I thought that others out there like your mom, or my friends could understand I'd tell them all tomorrow that I'm in love with you." He squeezed Sam's hand before continuing, "the truth is that they won't see it, they will only see our ages and would never believe that I didn't force you into things with me. They won't see how many times we just sit together and talk or how much better you make my days. All they will see is..." Sam interrupted him, "that you put it in my butt?" Alex laughed and Sam laughed a bit too the entire misunderstanding put fully behind them by the small joke. He put his arm around Sam's shoulders this time so that they were snuggled closer together on the floor. "Its why I hesitate to do stuff sometimes. A part of me wants to wait till you're older just be your friend but when I'm around you..." he paused hesitating to say it not sure if Sam would really understand, he was younger after all. "all I can think about is how much I want to be with you." Sam said, "you never make me do stuff I don't want to do when we're alone together." They were quite again for a long while, finally Sam said, "I knew you didn't really think I was a kid, I just got mad when I heard it." Alex said, "I figured, that happens sometimes, we can't control when we get angry." "my mom usually leaves me alone till I stop being mad." Alex rubbed his shoulder as he held Sam, "well I don't like you being mad at me so I'll always try to figure it out." Sam moved then sliding so that he was sitting on Alex facing him. He took both of Alex's bigger hands in is own and Sam looking at him said, "I want you to try and put your penis in me again Alex. I want us to try it again." Alex swallowed and said, "Sam I don't..." Sam interrupted him, "You're not making me do it Alex. I want to try it again. You said we would, its been two weeks, I want to try again." He was still hesitant, he was afraid, honestly and truthfully he was afraid of hurting Sam again, even if it had been the most incredible feeling in the world being in the younger boy, even if the two of them had both agreed they would try again he still didn't want to hurt Sam. Yet he saw it in the younger boys' eyes. Sam's determination and no fear over it were both there clearly. He wanted to try it again. "I'd have to go get the stuff at my apartment." Sam looked up at his much smaller twin bed and said, "we'd do it here?" "Well my mom is at home and your mom won't be home till really late tonight and your brother is gone... so...." Sam flushed and said, "okay. I'll wait here." He kissed Alex then, just a small one but there was Alex could tell a fire there. He disengaged from Sam and headed back over to his apartment to get the stuff. Somehow he felt like Sam had manipulated him into getting this chance again, if so then the younger boy was really good at knowing how to get Alex to make love to him. * Sam sat leaning back against his bed as he waited for Alex to return. Earlier before he had almost wanted to never see Alex again, no that wasn't true he had just been mad at Alex for calling him a little kid and he hadn't even been right about why Alex had called him a little kid. Sam still wasn't sure why he had overreacted so much. Clearly a part of him had known that Alex didn't really think of him as a kid, still it had been a little hard to forgive him when Alex had kept putting his own foot in his mouth. Thinking about that made Sam smile a little bit. Two times close to the end he hadn't really been mad with Alex anymore at all. There at that one point though the breaking point when Alex had called him stupid and he hadn't been able to stop himself he had been more afraid than anything. The person who for the past two months had been the one that had taken care of his hurt had actually hurt him instead. He knew that Alex hadn't meant to hurt him, that it had hurt Alex to see him hurting but he hadn't wanted Alex at that moment. It was only after Alex had apologized that he had let Alex hold him. Then they had joked around and everything had been better. Inside a bit of Sam wanted to punch the rest of him because he had gotten angry at hearing words that hadn't meant what he thought. Sam was smart enough to know that he had gotten angry and hurt before hearing everything. Yet still he had gotten angry and hurt anyways. It was thinking that Alex thought that he was a kid even for a second that had hurt him. Sitting here in his room thinking about before was starting to make him worried again and that was how Alex found him as he walked back into the room. Alex was good at reading Sam, when they spent most afternoons together you got to a point where you could read their emotions on their faces. So when he walked back in and sat down next to Sam the younger boy wasn't surprised when Alex said, "still thinking about earlier?" Sam nodded his head just slightly, "I started thinking that you don't really love me." Alex put his arm around Sam's shoulders and pulled him in closer until Sam was resting his head on the older boy's shoulder, "I think you know that's not true Sam." Sam slowly moved then, he wanted Alex to show him that he loved him. He moved on top of Alex facing him so that they were sitting on the floor looking at one another. He leaned in before Alex leaned over and kissed the older boy. It was just a soft touch of lips to lips, a gentle touch of Alex's hands resting on his legs, Sam's own hands on his shoulders. There were a few of these soft slow kisses. Then he felt one of Alex's hands slip from his sides to his back, sliding under his shirt and Sam leaned back in again. This time the younger boy slipped his tongue into the older boys mouth. Twisting slowly with Alex's tongue, feeling the larger one slide around his smaller, tasting Alex as he felt Alex's hand now sliding under his shirt to touch Sam's skin. Sam held onto Alex's shoulders more as he pressed to the older boy. He could feel it constrained in Alex's jeans now, between them. As Alex's hands both now caressed Sam's back Sam ran his hand down Alex's front, sliding it between them resting it on that bulge that Sam could feel. Their kiss was becoming more hungry now. Alex pulled back, sliding his lips down to caress Sam's neck, as Sam leaned his head back letting the older boy kiss on his neck. Sam found the button on Alex's jeans, undoing it, pulling at the zipper, he slid down a bit on Alex's legs so that he could pull the jeans open and find him in there. Alex's penis was pushing against the constraints of his boxers, he didn't ask Sam what he was doing, he just let the younger boy do as he wanted. Sam found the button on the boxers and pulled at it, pulling the flap open and letting Alex pop out of his boxers. Sam smiled a bit taking in the large dick before him, it was hard really to believe that this thing had actually fit in his butt and that he was going to try and take it again. He reached over, running his hand along the length of it, in his own jeans he could feel his own penis stiff and constrained as he touched Alex's. Alex said, "lets move up to the bed." Sam slipped off of his legs and Alex sat on the edge of the bed looking at him. Sam didn't climb up onto the bed with Alex, he stood there, looking at Alex, then he went on his knees and leaned over as Alex opened his legs. Sam reached out touching the older boys much larger penis, stroking it, pulling it down so that instead of it pointing up he could guide it to his mouth. He slid his tongue over the head, it jerked a bit in his hand. He felt Alex's fingers on his hair, telling him to take his time. Slowly Sam slipped his lips over the head, sliding down onto it with his mouth. Alex's fingers playing his hair as he slowly sucked sliding his mouth down further on the pole relaxed and thrilled him all at the same time. He stroked the rest of the shaft with his hands, running his fingers over it, holding it tightly as he sucked on the head and his tongue played with what it could in his mouth. Alex's fingers still played in Sam's hair and as Sam pushed a hand into the boxers, finding Alex's balls. He stroked them running his fingers over them feeling the hairs on the sack, the shape of the much larger balls as his tongue teased the opening. Alex's fingers in his hair stopped and the only warning he gave was saying Sam's name. "Sam..." Sam felt the surge of it, the way that Alex's balls constrained a bit, how the shaft grew and then that first load of Alex's sticky warm stuff shot out into Sam's mouth. He couldn't say it tasted good or even bad but swallowing the first bit of Alex's stuff always made a part of Sam proud that he could do it. It was shooting more into his mouth, filling him really and there was only so much that could go in that small space before it would leak out a bit. He pulled back popping his mouth off of the head his cheeks filled with the other shots of Alex's load. Alex said, "here...." Sam shook his head and slowly swallowed, it two three tries and he almost wanted to spit out the last bit but a part of him was proud of his accomplishment. He smiled and said, "all gone." He opened his mouth just a bit to show Alex. Alex said, "come here!" He pulled Sam up onto the bed and tickled his sides making Sam giggle before Alex stopped and instead pulled his shirt up and off of him. When Alex's tongue flicked over one of his nipples the light giggles fully stopped. Sam gave off a small sigh as he felt Alex's fingers undoing the button on his own jeans. Alex's tongue was sliding along his nipple, running a circle over it as his fingers slipped into the opening on the jeans running over Sam's own stiff penis. The feeling of Alex's fingers playing with him through his underwear sent a thrill throughout all of Sam's young body. He shivered a bit with these feelings as they started to encompass him again. He could feel it as Alex began sliding his jeans down, pushing them down to his ankles, sliding off his sneakers and then the jeans as well. Then Alex leaned over him again, resting his lips on Sam's lower stomach, running his tongue over his belly button. The teens fingers were sliding over the preteens briefs, running over the shape of his erection with slight deliberate pressure being pushed along the length. Then he felt Alex pulling at his briefs dragging them down until his penis was freed from the confines. The feeling of Alex's fingers sliding over his pole again, taking hold of it gently stroking it sliding the skin back until the head slid out. That was when he felt Alex's tongue slide over the head, gently licking at it a few times before the older boy pushed his lips down on it, sucking Sam into him. Sam rested his hand on Alex's head as the older boy pushed down on his erection, sucking it, gently applying pressure, his tongue sliding over the length of it while inside of Alex's mouth. He felt it then as Alex's mouth pushed down the older boy's free hand slipped lower, below Sam's sack, sliding between the cheeks of his bottom. The feeling of Alex's fingers there, sliding up to his opening made Sam's eyes widen. He felt it as they started to push into him. At first it was just one finger, slick from the lube that Alex had applied at some point, sliding into his opening. Teasing a bit down there. When the second finger started to slide in Sam gasped, the feeling of both going into him as Alex sucked on his penis sent shivers through his spine. The fingers tickled something that he hadn't known was there until that first time, but this time he could feel it more since the fingers weren't as big as Alex's penis. He gasped putting his hand on Alex's head, holding the older boys head by the hair and his other hand rested on his small bed gripping one of his sheets. Alex had hit something right there and it sent these shock-waves through out Sam's body as he felt it happen. When he opened his eyes he saw that Alex was pulling off his own clothes, he smiled at Sam, leaning down and over him to kiss him. The feeling of Alex's lips on his own began the building again, the way that Alex's tongue slowly slipped into his mouth, running over his own, sliding into it, twisting around it sent shivers down Sam's body. Alex pulled back just a bit, "you really want to try this again?" Sam nodded and said, "yes." Alex studied him, kissed him slightly and took one of Sam's two pillows from behind his head and had Sam lift up so he could put it under his bottom. Sam swallowed, watching as Alex moved into position between his spread legs. The teenager ran his fingers along Sam's bottom between the cheeks, sliding them up to the opening again but not into it. Then he stroked his own dick, coating it in the lube as well. Sam watched as Alex moved into position. He lay there on his back, his bottom raised, his legs spread open for up on Alex's waist his feet pointing up into the air with their socks still on. As the older boy slowly pushed his dick between the cheeks below Sam's ball-sack. They had tried it this way at first last time, but it had been too tight. This time Sam relaxed as much as he could, aware of what was going to happen, wanting it to happen again. Alex pushed in and Sam felt it, the thick penis pushing between his cheeks, sliding deep between them and then making contact with his opening. Sam felt it as Alex pushed, his hands taking hold of Sam by the waist lifting him a bit as he pushed into him. Sam relaxed, as best as an eleven year old being stuffed by a fifteen year old could. As it pushed in he gasped a bit, that feeling was there again. The same one from the last time. The feeling that Alex's penis was pushing into him stuffing him up. It was huge, his butt surrounding it as Alex pushed in again. Even with the lube it was not easy, Sam was tight and squeezing a bit. When the head made contact again with that same place that Sam had felt the fingers on his butt he squirmed and pushed back against Alex a bit. Alex started to slip out and Sam was afraid that it was over, that just as it was starting to feel amazing it was done. Instead Alex pushed in again after slipping out just a bit. The push in sent it in deeper and Sam felt like he was being stuffed but the incredible feelings increased again. He whimpered a bit and Alex said, "should I stop? Does it hurt?" Sam responded, "no.. no." It was not hurting that much at all, something else was happening. This was like when Alex gave him those good feelings with his mouth on his penis, but it was like a thousand times that. He gasped as Alex pushed in again, as the teens hands held onto Sam's waist, pushing into him again. More was inside than last time, and it was pressing all around him down below. The feeling of Alex's fingers stroking his penis as he pushed in again was what Sam felt next. He gasped and held tightly onto his bed as Alex pushed into him and stroked him as well. His entire body was responding, those fires now burning as bright as possible. Sam pushed back against Alex as more slipped into him. He put his hand on top of the hand that was stroking his erection as he squirmed and held onto that hand the only sound Sam could make were little gasps as his entire body spasmed and he felt it then. He knew he said Alex's name, he knew that he felt the loss of Alex inside of him but he saw Alex's penis still hard and felt it as it rubbed over his sack, the head pressing against it as Sam's entire body was rocked with his pleasure. Alex came, his seed shooting onto Sam's balls and penis, coating them with white spend from the teenager. * Alex slipped out of Sam, unable to take the constraint anymore. The way that Sam's ass kept squeezing on him, how when he slipped out and pushed back in just right the little boy under him would squirm and a little gasp would escape from his lips as his head arched back on the pillow was enough of a sign for Alex to know that Sam was cumming. The orgasm was intense enough that Alex couldn't take it anymore. The feeling of Sam's butt as it pressed and squeezed on him was too much. Alex had to cum and he still didn't want to do it inside of Sam. He slipped out as the younger boy sort of collapsed in a mess of his own orgasm. Alex ran his penis over Sam's small sack, loving the feeling of it as the head pressed over it and he came, his seed shooting out onto Sam's balls, over the little boys erect penis and his lower stomach as well. Alex fell the exhausted onto the bed beside Sam, almost falling off of the younger boy's smaller bed. After a moment he looked over at Sam, the younger boy's eyes were closed, his breathing getting a bit slower and deeper. He lay there on his bed, his head resting on his Star Wars pillow, the other one under his bottom, his sheets with their little star wars logos on it, all of it representing a little boy. Well Alex felt pretty sure that Sam wasn't a little boy anymore, a boy sure but little, not so much. He touched Sam's stomach, slowly sliding his hand up until it rested on Sam's chest. He could feel the younger boys heart beating a gentle thumping. Sam's hand rested on top of his own and his eyes opened looking at Alex. A soft shy smile played on Sam's lips. Alex touched them with his own. Softly Sam said, "that was better than the first time." Alex smiled and almost laughed, "yes I'd say it was. How do you feel?" Sam moved a bit, "it hurts a little bit but not as much as last time either. There was this one feeling... like you were..." Alex said, "that would be your prostate, I'm pretty sure I was hitting the back of it just right because of the way we were doing it." Sam said, "it felt... all of it, felt so..." he stopped not able to find the words. Alex kissed his lips again and then Sam moved, snuggling into his arms. "should we get dressed before my mom comes home?" Alex said, "no we're fine for a bit longer, here..." he reached across Sam and picked up his radio/alarm clock and set it for two hours. "Your mom isn't going to be home till after the restaurant closes and that's at eleven, that gives us two hours to lay here together." Sam smiled and turned so that he was facing Alex and then he pushed at Alex making him lay on his back. Sam rested his head on Alex's shoulder, laying sideways one of his legs entwined with one of Alex's. Alex gently played with the boys hair as Sam snuggled in more. He liked that Sam was telling him how he wanted them to lay. The boy wasn't the same shy uncertain about taking action kid he had been two months ago. He liked to let Alex know what he wanted and Alex knew it was because he had shown Sam that he could take the lead any time he wanted to as long as it was just the two of them. Sam snuggled more and rested his hand on Alex's chest, is fingers lightly in the hair. Alex ran his hand down Sam's back, stroking it. "Alex?" His eyes were closed now and he knew that Sam's were as well. "Yeah Sam?" Sam stopped stroking his chest and softly said, "I wish we could stay like this forever." Alex smiled and stroked the back of Sam's head, his fingers running through the boys hair, "yeah me too Sam, me too." In a soft almost asleep voice Sam said, "I love you Alex." "I love you too Sam." He gently held Sam as sleep finally captured both of them. Later they'd wake up, clean up their mess, check on any damage done, make sure that Sam's room was clean of any signs of what they had done in there. They'd welcome Sam's mom home, Alex would go back to his own house, the next day would come and the future ahead of it that neither could see yet. For now though this moment was a perfect moment in time, a moment never to be forgotten. END - - I honestly reached a point during the thanksgiving area of this part of the story where I realized the end point wasn't sometime far in the future, that it was right here before Christmas. The end point was Sam and Alex first trying it and then successfully doing the entire thing the second time. Them being together happy and complete. I still don't know how the final two chapters work. I do think that fifteen shows how even strong kids sometime just can't take it anymore. I also think that sixteen shows how words said and misunderstood by someone can hurt someone they love. At the same time both chapters serve as further exploration of what Sam means to Alex and Alex means to Sam so I figure that they work very well. What I want honestly is to tell you that I absolutely loved writing this story and being with Sam and Alex through these times of discovery. Hopefully you loved reading it. Where they go next I leave up to your imagination... As always you can email me if you want: chasodmoe00@gmail.com And a donation to Nifty is always appreciated: http://donate.nifty.org/donate.html