This wasn't the first time Johnny had been our house guest, but this time seemed more exciting for so many reasons. However, we hadn't expected anything like this to happen and in some ways we weren't prepared for it. Oh sure we were happy, but there was still that nagging memory of the last time Johnny had lived with us while his parents were dealing with his sister's death, and I guess that made us a little nervous.

I mean sure we loved each other and wanted to spend as much time together as possible, but let's face it, being together every minute could actually be hard on a relationship. 

The first night we were giddy, making love till way into the night, then waking up and doing it again before the sun came up. We were sticky and sore when we awoke and neither of us wanted to get out of bed. However my mom  insisted we get up and have breakfast and so we finally crawled out of bed and took a shower to wake us up.

Fortunately we felt a lot better after a shower and breakfast and were actually looking forward to the new day. We rode our bikes downtown and hung around and eventually we wound up in the big park.

Almost as soon as we got there Johnny started in about Ben again. He suggested we go by his house and see if he was home and invite him to hang out with us so that's what we did. 

I wasn't sure what was on Johnny's mind, but I felt like I'd stalled long enough and it was finally time to get this thing with Ben settled once and for all. 

I sort of felt sorry for Ben in a way. He was trapped in the middle between us and didn't have a clue what was going on, but he was his usual sunny self and happy to join us.

"Hey you guys," Ben said coming out to meet us as we rode up. He was dressed in cut off jean shorts and not wearing a shirt and he looked cuter than ever.

"Hi, I'm Johnny...remember me?"

"Yeah, hi," Ben said glancing at me nervously.

"We were wondering if you could come hang out with us today."

"Uh, probably. My ma is gone and only my sister is home. I'll go grab a shirt and put some shoes on and tell her I'm going."

While we waited for Ben to get ready I looked at Johnny and tried to think of something to say. I guess he read my thoughts and smiled.

"Relax, I just want to get to know your new friend. It's not gonna be like with Ricky that time," he laughed, "I've grown up some since then."

"Yeah, well...just be nice...okay? He's not as tough as most of our friends."

"I will, I promise."

Ben returned then and grabbed his bike from beside the porch, "Want me to get my tennis racquets and balls?"

"You can bring your balls, but we don't need the racquets," Johnny laughed.

It took us a minute to get the joke then we all laughed and I relaxed a little. Maybe Johnny was going to be cool about this after all. If not I was worried we might get into a big fight again, and since Johnny had nowhere to go now...well, that would be awkward.

We rode back to the park and Johnny suggested we sit down and talk a while so we sat down on a picnic table, me and Johnny on one side, and Ben on the other side facing us.

"So, what's new with you guys?" Ben asked nervously.

"Guess what?" Johnny said grinning, "I'm living with Robert now. My folks are in Kansas and probably won't be back till school starts."

"Really?"

"Yeah," I said giving Johnny a little smile, "I got him for the whole summer."

"Wow, that's neat. I guess you guys are really happy about that. Wow, that's just so...so rad. I can't imagine how much fun that would be...having a friend stay over all summer."

"Yeah, and we can do all kinds of stuff," Johnny laughed, "if you know what I mean. We sleep in the same bed every night and last night we bout' wore each other out."

I blushed, but I was grinning like that crazy cat in Alice in Wonderland.

"I bet that was fun," Ben said blushing a bit and I noticed he had moved his hand beneath the table, maybe to adjust himself.

"Yeah, lots of fun, naked fun, if you know what I mean."

"What about your folks, don't they check on you and stuff?" he asked me.

"Naw, I even have a barrel bolt on my door. They quit coming into my room without knocking a long time ago. We say goodnight in the living room and then I don't hear from them again till they bang on my door for breakfast. It's great. They trust me...they trust us, I guess."

"Yeah, I think they know we fool around," Johnny said casually.

"Why do you think that?"

"Remember when your dad caught us kissing? He didn't make a big deal out of it, right? And they're not stupid. They know we shower together and sleep together. They have to know we're doing something. And then we get all cow-eyed around each other and have fights like girlfriends and boyfriends do..."

Wow, Johnny must've given that a lot of thought, and I had to admit it made perfect sense. I didn't know whether to be relieved that my folks were in the know and okay with it, or horrified to think they might know what Johnny and I were doing between the sheets.

"Naw, I don't think so," I said hoping he was wrong, "I think they just trust us and don't think about kids doing that kind of stuff."

"Okay, whatever you say," Johnny smirked, "I bet they even figured out what went on in the clubhouse the other night."

I was really horrified now and it must've showed on my face.

"What happened in the clubhouse?" From Ben who looked excited and flushed.

So Johnny told him, and I mean he didn't leave out a detail. By the time he'd finished, Ben's hand was busy beneath the table and I don't think he was just adjusting himself.

"We were gonna invite you too, but you weren't home when we came by," Johnny said eying Ben to get his reaction.

"Darn, I was at Billy's house. He's this new kid that moved in the neighborhood."

"Well, maybe next time. Oh, and if you go to the farm with us we'll have fun."

Ben looked at me. We still hadn't decided if Ben would be coming to the farm with  us, but it seemed like Johnny had made up our minds for us.

"I want to go...if there's room."

"I don't know who all's going yet..." I stuttered.

"Your uncle won't care if there's one more," Johnny said jumping in, "the more the merrier. The more of us there are, the quicker we get the work done and then we can go have fun."

Johnny went on to tell Ben about the last time he'd gone with me and how much fun we'd had, and about the spring fed swimming hole, and Ben's hands were finally back on the table when he finished.

"Hey, we should ride over to the Dairy Queen and get some ice cream," Johnny suggested, "I got a dollar that my dad gave me when we said goodbye. I'm buying."

We rode up Park Street by the pool and past all the lovely little brick homes there and when we got to Mill Street we waited for a break in the traffic then pushed our bikes across the busy road. I knew my mom would die if she saw us do such a dangerous thing, but as far as I knew no kid had ever got hit crossing Mill street, at least not in all the years I was a kid.

We lucked out and Parfaits were on sale for 29¢ and we each chose our own flavors of toppings. We sat out back on the picnic table and ate our ice cream and talked about what lay ahead for us that summer and I could see Johnny studying Ben as he talked.

I wasn't jealous, but I could see that Johnny was maybe appreciating just how cute Ben was, and I wondered if he was thinking about including him in our fun. I mean I couldn't really object if he wanted to, and I had to admit it would be fun, but I didn't want Ben to feel obligated or to think he was causing us trouble.

"You got some on  your lip," Johnny said wiping his finger across Ben's lip, "it looks like cum," he added laughing, then he did the craziest thing and brought his finger to his mouth and licked it clean.

My pecker got hard just watching him and when he stuck his finger in his mouth and sucked on it, I thought I was gonna cum in my pants.

"Aww...delicious," he giggled, "I love that taste."

"You're crazy," I laughed.

"Hey, when we're done let's go down to the sand pile and play," he said completely changing gears and reverting to being a kid again, instead of being a sex fiend.

We rode our bikes up the sidewalk on Mill to First Street then cut through the railroad lot and rode down to the train station and went inside and got a drink from their water cooler. It was refrigerated water and so cold it hurt your teeth, but us kids loved it, and the guys who worked there never ran us off so we guessed it was okay.

Afterwards we rode back to the sand pile and spent quite a while playing in the sand. We found a tin can and used it to make molds for our sand castles and then stomped them into oblivion pretending we were big monsters. 

We were hot and sweaty by then and so we dug shallow wells in the sand and laid down to cool off. 

"I need to take a piss," Johnny said after a while.

"We can go over to the Deep Rock, their bathroom is always open," I suggested. 

The Deep Rock was a service station across the street on the corner of First Street and Mill and we usually bought our pops there cause they was colder than most places. They had this pop box filled with water and ice and you just paid the man and reached in and pulled out an ice cold bottle of pop. There was an opener on the front of the box and it had a little box below it that held the caps when they came off. To this day I can still almost smell the scent of gasoline and oil in that little station, and almost taste the ice cold pop and slightly melted candy bars I bought there as a kid.

The bathroom was on the north side of the building and always open to the public and us kids often used it. Once we were inside the small smelly bathroom Johnny went straight to the dirty toilet and began to piss.

"What's this?" Ben asked staring at the rubber dispenser on the wall.

I laughed, "It's a rubber machine, for 50¢ you can get a rubber."

"Really? Wish I had fifty cents,"

"Why, you gonna go fuck some girl?" Johnny asked glancing back over his shoulder.

"No, I just never saw one before."

"Sorry, I only got a dime left," Johnny said.

"Sorry, I didn't bring any money," I said, "but tomorrow we need to mow Mr. Green's lawn so we'll have a buck and a half. Mr. Green always paid us 3 dollars to mow his yard and on top of that he always had a pop for us to drink when we were done. His wife had died when I was a little kid and I think he was just lonely and wanted to keep us around a while, so we would sit with him and drink our pop.

"Cool, I'll stop by here tomorrow and get one," Ben said grinning.

"We bought one one time, didn't we Robert?"

"Yeah, and we all took turns trying it on," I laughed, "that seems like a million years ago."

"Yeah, when Roger was still here," Johnny said zipping up and turning to face us. He looked at me and smiled sadly and I knew what he was thinking. Of all the loses and mysteries in our life, Roger's moving away and us never hearing from him again, would be the one to haunt us for the rest of our lives.

"Let's get out of here," I suggested, "it stinks in here."

Once we were back out in the fresh air and sunshine Johnny seemed to get over his funk and was his usual bubbly self. 

"What do you guys want to do now?"

I was used to Johnny being in charge when we were doing things so it took me a minute to answer.

"We could go to my house and I could grab some money and we could go downtown. There's some comics and a record I want to buy."

"Sounds good to me," Johnny said nodding in agreement, "you okay with that Benny Boy?"

"Yeah, that's fine."

We were thirsty again by the time we arrived at my house and mom fixed us each a glass of iced tea.

"Hello Ben, I see these two managed to pull you into their mischief," she teased.

"Yes ma'am, Johnny even bought us ice cream," he said smiling over at my boyfriend.

"Well, that's nice. Are you staying for dinner?"

"I..."

"Can you?" Johnny asked before I could ask.

"I guess, I told my sister I wouldn't be back till later."

"All right then. Dinner will be at 6. Nothing fancy, it's too hot to cook, but I think you'll get full."

"Thanks," Ben said looking a little shy.

We drank our tea and then we went to my room and I dug two bucks out of my piggy bank and we were off to do some shopping. We walked this time and went to McCrory's first and after we looked around I bought the record I'd spotted the last time I was there.

From McCrory's we went to Cherokee Drug and I bought two comic books and then we checked out the rest of the places downtown that interested us boys.

At Western Auto we got quite a surprise. As we entered I could see a fat woman at the counter talking to Ron, the guy who owned the store, and there was a blond headed kid standing beside her.

At first I didn't recognize him, but when he turned to see who had come in I came face to face with Toby, the kid from the Gin Mill and the movies.

He didn't recognize me at first, but when he did he looked kind of nervous and turned his attention back to what was going on at the counter.

"Hi boys," Ron said when he saw it was us. My mom and dad were two of his best customers and so he tended to treat me and my friends with respect.

"Hi Ron," I said grinning, "We're just gonna look around."

"Okay, if you boys need anything just ask," he said going back to the woman at the counter.

"I want two gallons of the blue, and one white. Is that good paint?" I  heard the woman ask, "Oh, and brushes and rollers."

"Yes ma'am," Ron said sounding a little put out with her.

"And I'll need help loading them in my car," she said looking down at Toby for the first time, "he's no help at all," she huffed.

"I am too!" Toby said sounding hurt.

"Oh hush, you can't lift those big ole' heavy paint cans."

"I can carry one at a time." Toby protested.

"Excuse me ma'am," Johnny said surprising the heck out of me, "We can carry your stuff for you, right guys?"

"Yeah, sure," I said getting over my surprise quickly.

"I ain't paying ya'," she said turning to stare us down.

"No ma'am we don't want any money, we just want to help," Johnny said smiling. He had always been a real charmer when it came to adults, but I had a feeling this woman couldn't be charmed quite so easily.

Ron had gathered up the paint and supplies by then and was adding up the bill while the woman was busy digging in her purse for her money. 

We lounged nearby, looking at the bikes and stuff till she was ready, then we moved in. Each of us took a can of paint and Toby grabbed the sack with the other stuff  and we followed his mom to her car.

I was surprised to see that the car was a fairly new Cadillac and when she opened the trunk for us to put the paint and stuff in there it was already full of sacks from other stores. I guess this was shopping day for Toby's mom.

"Just move that other stuff over," she said gruffly.

Toby was standing to one side watching us warily after having dumped the sack in the trunk, and when I had placed my can of paint in the trunk I stepped back and bumped into him.

"Oh sorry Toby," I said using his name without thinking.

His mom swung around quickly and gave me a look, but didn't say anything.

"It's okay," Toby said looking at me pleadingly.

I smiled and winked and I could see him relax a little when he saw his secret was safe with me. 

"Thank you boys," his mom said sounding less than grateful, then sighing she reached into her purse and pulled out a dollar bill and offered it to Johnny, "Here, I guess I should pay you for being so nice."

"No ma'am, we don't need any pay," Johnny insisted, "we just believe in helpin' folks, that's all." He gave her his best smile and I think he might have cracked her shell a little.

"Well, if you're sure," she said still sounding doubtful that we were for real. Then in a hateful tone she ordered Toby into the car. 

He gave me a pitiful look and I nodded and smiled, letting him know I understood his misery.

We watched them drive away and I noticed Toby had his face pressed against the back glass until they were out of sight.

"That was the kid from the movie, right?"

"Yeah, Toby is his name. I feel sorry for him. His mom is so mean to him. Did you hear the way she talked to him?" I said frowning.

"Yeah, no wonder he sucks dicks and takes it up the butt," Johnny laughed, "probably only time he's happy and feels loved."

"What are you guys talking about?" Ben asked looking confused.

We filled him in on Toby's story and when we were done Ben was blushing.

"You mean he sucks other boys dicks and lets them fuck him just so he'll have friends? That's awful."

"Yeah, well...I guess he actually likes it," I added, "but I still feel sorry for him."

"Yeah, I wonder if Gerald fucked him like he said he was going to?" Johnny said looking excited.

"Don't know, I doubt it. I don't think he's had time yet, but I bet he will if he can talk him into it."

"Don't think it'll take much convincin'," Johnny laughed, "the kid looks as pretty as a girl and I bet his butthole is tight."

"Johnny, don't talk about him like that," I scolded.

"Sorry, we gonna go back in and look around?"

"Yeah, might as well."

When we went back inside Ron looked up from the counter and smiled.

"Thanks boys, for helping Mrs. Thomas out," he chuckled, "that poor kid of hers don't stand a chance."

"She rich or something?" Johnny asked.

"Don't think she's rich, but her husband got killed out at one of the plants and they paid her a bunch of money. She paid off the house over on Oak street and she doesn't work, so I guess she must've got a pretty good settlement."

That was interesting news in more ways than one, she was pretty well off, and Oak street was only one street over from Washington Elementary and Johnny's old house.

We finished checking out the stuff at Western Auto and I even bought a new baseball for later. From there we went back up to Graham and then crossed Mill and headed toward my house, but when we got to the tracks Johnny suggested we go down to the Gin Mill instead.

I had a pretty good idea what he had in mind and I wasn't sure Ben or I was ready for that, but I followed his lead just like always. Ben didn't seem to think anything about it however and followed along like a puppy.

"This is where Robert met that Toby kid, and then Gerald came back and messed with him," Johnny explained and I saw Ben nod and I guess it finally clicked in his head what coming here might mean.

"It's hot in here," I protested once we were inside.

"Yeah, well...maybe we should take off our shirts," Johnny suggested as he stripped off his striped tee shirt to reveal his glistening teenage body.

No matter how many times I had seen Johnny's body I still got butterflies in my tummy and a tingle in my loins every time, and that day was no exception.

I knew it was pointless to resist, and truth was I was so turned on by then just from seeing Johnny's upper body that I couldn't have resisted if I'd wanted to.

"Come on Ben, it's cooler this way," I said stripping off my plain white tee shirt to reveal my not quite as buff chest.

Ben just shrugged and stripped off his tee shirt and wadded it up and held it in his hand. He's grown some since we'd first met but he wasn't what you'd call buff or muscular. He was slim and well proportioned however, with cute little nipples, and a flat tummy and an outie belly button.

"Yeah, that feels better," Johnny said wiping at his chest and causing his nipples to become erect.

I wanted so badly to go to him and suck and bite those little pink nubs, but I didn't want to seem too anxious.

"Need to pee," Johnny said then, and as he headed toward the corner we usually used for that, he looked over his shoulder and added, "you guys gonna come or not?"'

That got me moving and Ben was right behind me. I guess we all three really did need to pee, cause once we got our peckers out we had three streams going in no time flat.

We giggled and crossed streams and once I got a little too close to Johnny's feet and he jumped back and swore, "Shit Robert you almost peed on my foot," he was giggling though and I knew he wasn't mad, but Ben gave him a wary look anyway.

"Know what?" Johnny said as he shook the last few drops off his pecker, "we should jack off while we got our peckers out."

I looked at Ben who was blushing, but I could see a hint of excitement in his eyes as he looked at me for guidance.

"Don't see why not," I said giving my pecker a squeeze to get it hard.

"Okay," Ben said, and he was already hard which eased my conscious some.

Johnny was rock hard in no time flat and once again I stared at my favorite pecker in the world and I knew there was no way I wasn't gonna want that thing in my mouth or my ass.

We jerked our own dicks for a while, but I could smell Johnny's sexy aroma and it was too much for me, so eventually I reached over and took over for him.

He let his hand fall to his side for a moment then he motioned Ben to come closer and he grabbed onto Ben's stiff pecker and began jacking him off. Ben let out a little woof sound then closed his eyes and enjoyed the attention.

Eventually I dropped to my knees and took Johnny in my mouth but he never stopped jerking Ben off the whole time. Johnny came hard, filling my mouth with his sweet cum while Ben watched the whole thing. I knew he was close, but he seemed to be holding out, maybe hoping for a warm mouth on his dick.

"That was good," Johnny said looking down at me as I pulled off to lick the last few drops of cum off, "Your turn. How bout' I suck Ben off and he sucks you off?"

I shrugged, "If Ben wants to..."

"Yeah, I do," Ben said sounding excited.

Johnny chuckled and put his dick away before dropping down and finishing Ben off with his experienced mouth and tongue. I could tell the exact minute Ben came by the look in his eyes and then he was gasping for breath as the orgasm wracked his slender body.

"Wow," was all he could say as he recovered, then with shaking hands he pulled his shorts back up and stowed his still wet pecker.

I stood waiting, my shorts lowered to expose my throbbing teenage dick and as soon as Ben had his dick put away he dropped to his knees and gave me an enthusiastic blow job. Occasionally he would look over at Johnny to see if he was really okay with what he was doing to his boyfriend, and each time Johnny just smiled.

"You're pretty good at that," Johnny laughed, "maybe next time you can show me how good you are."

When I came Ben gladly swallowed all my cum and then licked me clean before standing. With a shy smile he looked over at Johnny and nodded, "Sure, I'd like to suck your big pecker too...next time."

"All right, so now we're all friends, right?" Johnny said as if this was important to him.

"Yeah, all friends," I agreed.

"Yeah," Ben said smiling shyly, "You guys are neat."

"Let's go to Robert's and get something to drink?" Johnny said slipping his shirt back on again. 

I followed his lead, grabbing up my packages I'd laid down on a hay bale, and followed Johnny and Ben out the door. We didn't talk much on the way to my house, but there was a friendly feel to things now and I quit worrying that Johnny might have something sinister in mind for Ben. I guess we were both growing up some and better able to deal with these things, me with Caleb, and Johnny with Ben, and that was good.

My mom was outside watering her flowers when we came through the back gate and she looked up and smiled. "Well, the three Musketeers  have returned."

"Yeah, and we're thirsty ma," Johnny said in a hillbilly voice.

"Well, there's tea or water, help yourselves boys."

We hurried inside and I fixed us tall glasses of ice water and we took them outside to drink in the shade.

"Where's Mikey?" I asked realizing my kid brother was missing.

"Your aunt Kathy took him to the park with Little Joe. They should be back pretty soon."

"Which park?"

"The big one, she was going to let them feed the ducks."

"Aww...I bet they like that," Johnny said smiling.

We sat down at the base of the tree that held my treehouse and drank our water and talked some more, but nothing was mentioned about what we'd just done in that big metal barn by the tracks. However, the subject of Toby did come up.

"Think his mom beats him?" Ben asked looking serious.

"Naw, she's probly' too fat to catch him," Johnny giggled.

"Johnny, that's not nice," I scolded.

"Well, neither is she. She shouldn't yell at the kid even if he is kind of queer looking."

"Hey! That's not nice either," I said shoving Johnny playfully, "What if people said that about us."

"They better not say it to my face is all I can say. Besides we don't act queer or look queer."

"So as long as we don't look or act queer we're okay, right?"

Johnny shrugged, "I don't know. I don't even know if I am queer."

"Then what are you?" I asked with exasperation.

"Just a boy who happens to love another boy. Does that have to mean I'm anything?"

"No, I guess not," I said giving that some thought, "but what about the other boys...the ones you don't love?"

"Well, they're just for fun. Nothing wrong with fun...is there?"

I had to think about that too. But it only took me a minute to reply. "I'm pretty sure I'm queer," I said looking at Johnny nervously, "I don't like girls and with boys it's not just fun, it's serious stuff."

"That's okay. Don't change nothin' as far as I'm concerned."

Ben had been sitting there listening to us looking a little uncomfortable, and I wondered if this wasn't a conversation Johnny and I should save for later.

"Let's do something," I said trying to end this uncomfortable conversation.

"Like what?" Johnny said leaning back and closing his eyes.

"I don't know, anything, I'm bored."

"I know," Johnny said brightening, "let's play marbles. You still got that big bag of marbles don't ya'?"

Over the years I had amassed quite a collection of marbles and I kept them in a leather bag that my Uncle Joe had given me. There were cats eyes and aggies and ollies and pearls, and just about every kind of marble you could think of. 

When I was younger we'd played marbles quite a lot and had a course laid out in my backyard. Our favorite game was poison and that's what we played that day in my back yard with Ben.

Ben wasn't as familiar with the game as Johnny and me but it didn't take him long to catch on. We spent about thirty minutes making holes with this huge crow bar my dad had, then we chose our marbles and started the game.

Mom wandered out after a while and gave us that look that mom's give their kids,  probably thinking  about what we had just done to the lawn, but I guess she decided it was a small price to pay for us boys to be happy.

I had forgotten how much fun marbles was and we would wind up playing a lot of marbles that summer. Ben was like a little kid and he said he hadn't had so much fun in all his life.

Eventually mom hollered at us to come wash up and we realized we were starving. We quickly gathered up the marbles and headed to the house and after I stashed the bag in my room we washed up and filed into the kitchen.

Mom had tuna fish sandwiches, Freetos, and a plate of sliced veggies from Uncle Joe's farm and for dessert we had ice cream with chocolate sauce and cut up bananas.

Afterwards we rode with Ben to his house just to have something to do.

"Thanks for letting me hang out with you guys today, it was fun," Ben said once we reached his house.

"Hey, no problem. We  had fun too, right Robert?"

"Yeah, I been thinking. If you want to go to the farm with us go ahead and ask your mom." I gave him the date and he ran inside to get a piece of paper and pencil so he could write it down.

As we rode away Ben stood out front and waved at us till we turned the corner and rode out of sight.

"I think your friend Ben is pretty neat. I'm glad I finally got to know him."

"Yeah, you got to know his pecker pretty well," I joked.

"Yeah, and he owes me a blow job."

"Well, we have all summer for you to collect," I said grinning.

"But tonight it's just you and me and boy are we gonna have some fun."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The next week went by like a blur. Fun all day long, sex every night, then repeat. By the weekend we were ready for something different and were looking forward to Ricky's arrival.

 Toward the middle of the week Ben and I had mowed a couple of lawns and Johnny had come along to keep us company, but nothing else happened between the three of us that week.

Ricky arrived Friday afternoon about 2 o'clock and called my house as soon as he got there. Johnny and I hopped on our bikes and rode over to his grandma's house and he met us at the front gate.

He'd grown and looked a lot more mature than either of us, but he was still one of the cutest boys I'd even seen. His body had filled out and  he was taller, and after checking out the bulge in his shorts, I was pretty sure he'd grown between his legs too.

I couldn't help myself and flung myself at Ricky and almost knocked him down as I hugged him. He hugged me back and we giggled like little kids as we jumped up and down with Johnny watching us and shaking his head.

"You guys done gone crazy," he chuckled, "You'd think you hadn't seen each other in ten years."

"It seems like it, gosh you're taller and filled out some," I said pulling back and looking at him up close.

"Yeah, I started working out with my dad on base and I'm building some muscle. Plus I'm playing football and baseball at school."

"Wow, that's neat," I said in awe. None of my friends played sports at school, and Johnny and I had always sort of made fun of those kids who did. Now I actually knew a kid who was on a school team and guessed I'd have to rethink things.

"Yeah, I like football a lot, but baseball is cool too. The baseball team is actually a rec team and doesn't have anything to do with school. Fortunately we don't have any games this weekend so we could come visit."

"Good, I never thought of that. There are baseball games going on all summer here."

"Yeah, when I get back we have a lot of games that week to make up for this week."

"So, you wanna come over to my house and hang out?"

"I can't right now, but you can hang around here till supper time if you want. I have to have dinner with my grandma and folks tonight."

We sat on the front porch and talked and brought each other up to date and we learned that Ricky now had a steady girlfriend named Vicky. I don't know why I should have been surprised. After all Ricky was a good looking guy and sexy as hell, and even though he'd fooled around with us guys, I had always thought of him as straight. I guess I just wasn't ready to accept that we'd lost him to a girl.

"That's great," Johnny said accepting the news more gracefully, "are you gettin' any?" he said lewdly as he lowered his voice and leaned into Ricky.

"Naw, not yet, but we make out a lot," Ricky said blushing.

"Not even a hand job?" Johnny persisted.

"Naw, girls aren't like guys, they don't do that stuff as much."

"Yeah, I know what you mean," Johnny said, then quickly changed the subject, "So...tomorrow can you hang out?"

"Yeah, tomorrow for sure. I'd like to see the town again and maybe go swimming."

"Too bad we're not at my farm, we could swim in the pond. My friend Caleb and me went swimming almost every day and so did Robert when he came to visit. And the best part was we didn't even have to wear clothes."

"That sounds like fun," Ricky said grinning.

Until that moment I hadn't thought about Johnny's farm, or the fact that Caleb was left without anyone to hang around with while Johnny was gone, and I felt a little sorry for Caleb.

"Does Caleb know where you are?" I asked suddenly.

"Yeah, mom and dad told him and his grandparents so they could sort of keep an eye on the place while we're all gone."

"I wonder what Caleb thought about that."

Johnny shrugged, "He'll be okay. He was alone before I moved in..."

"Yeah, and he'll get to go to Uncle Joe's with us."

"Yeah, and I'll be there when school starts."

"Who's Caleb?" Ricky asked at last.

"Oh he's this cool guy from California, his folks died and he came to live with his grandparents. His farm is right beside ours and there's woods and a creek between us."

"Oh, is he your age?"

"Naw, he's 15, but he's cool. He was a skateboarder back in California."

"Oh, cool. There are kids on the base with skateboards. Some of those Air Force kids are pretty rough though."

"Like how?" Johnny wanted to know.

"Like they drink and do drugs and have orgies and stuff," he laughed.

"Really, orgies?" Johnny asked sounding excited, "You ever join in?"

"Naw, most of em' are older and my folks don't really let me hang around with them. There are few kids my age, but most of my friends are in the public school I go to."

"Are there girls at the orgies too?" Johnny asked, not willing to let it go.

"I don't know for sure, probably."

We were interrupted then by Ricky's mom who asked if we wanted some lemonade and cookies. Well, what kid didn't want sweets? We were up and following her in no time flat.

We said hi to Ricky's grandma and his folks and sister and when we got our snack we went back outside. We hung around till around five and after agreeing to get together the next day Johnny and I rode to my house.

"Think Ricky still messes with boys?" Johnny asked, as if reading my mind.

"Don't know. I guess if he's horny enough. I mean he said he's not getting any sex from his girlfriend, so..."

"Yeah, well I guess we'll find out, right?"

"We don't have to start anything unless he does," I reminded him.

"Yeah, I guess we can just see how things go."

"So, what you want to do after supper?"

After supper we helped mom clean up the kitchen then rode bikes for a while and wound up going by Donnie's house. He was out front playing with his dog and we rode up and joined him.

"Hard to believe this was that little puppy you had," I said petting the fuzzy dog and getting my face licked.

"Yeah, they grow fast. So what you guys doin'?"

"Just out riding. We ate too much supper. Robert's mom fixed fried chicken," Johnny groaned.

"Lucky, we had beans," Donnie said demonstrating by letting out a loud fart.

"Eww..." I said laughing and stepping back, "Beans, beans, the musical fruit. The more you eat the more you toot," then Donnie and Johnny joined in at the end, "The more you toot the better you feel, bean, beans for every meal."

We burst out laughing and then settled down in the grass and continued to love on his dog.

"Ricky is in town," I said after a while, "He's grown a lot and plays sports."

"Yeah, and he has a girlfriend now," Johnny laughed.

"That's good, right?"

"Yeah, that's good," I agreed.

"Larry has a new girlfriend too," Donnie offered, "Her name is Linda and she's a babe."

"What does she see in Larry then?" Johnny teased.

"Beats me, but I think they're pretty serious. He swears he got in her panties, but you know how he lies?"

"Better be careful, he might  have to wind up marryin' her."

"Yeah, and wind up bein' a daddy," I laughed.

"I hope not, I don't want no squallin' baby in the house, Larry is bad enough."

"Hey, where's Walter?" I finally asked.

"He's home I guess. I didn't feel like ridin' over there today. So I gave him a day of rest," Donnie said grinning.

"Yeah, better let him rest up," Johnny laughed, "but Robert ain't gonna get no rest for the rest of the summer."

"Yeah, what's that like, sleeping together every night?"

"So far it's great, but I may not last the whole summer," I teased.

"Butthole sore?" Donnie laughed.

"Not yet, but I ain't gettin' much sleep."

"Are you complainin'?" Johnny chuckled, "Want me to leave you alone tonight?"

"Don't you dare," I said glaring at him, "They'll be plenty of time to sleep when school starts."

We stayed till it started to get dark then rode back to my house and put our bikes away. Mom and Dad were watching TV and Mikey was playing with some wooden blocks on the floor at their feet. When he saw us he looked up and smiled and held up his blocks and Johnny and I plopped down and played with him for a while.

"You boys need a shower," my mom said when we finally got up from the floor.

"Yes ma'am," I said rolling my eyes. I seldom ever skipped my shower, so why was it my mom always felt the need to remind me to bathe?

We showered together, just like always, and dressed in our tighty whiteys we went off to my bedroom. In the summer I always moved my bed so it was directly in front of the window. That way the air from the window fan would blow across us, but it was still pretty warm in my room.

"Wish we had an air conditioner?" I said falling across my bed and onto the cool sheets.

"Yeah, think there will ever be a day when everyone has air conditioning in their house?"

"Naw, that's crazy. It's too expensive for poor folks like us."

"Yeah, I guess. Hey, Caleb's grandpa has a water cooler in the front room. It's almost like an air conditioner. It blows the air across this straw that's wet. There's a pump that pumps the water up and it evaporates and makes the air cooler."

"Yeah, wish we had one of those up here," I said, "Hey what if we put a pan of water in front of the fan, would that help?"

"I think it needs to be behind the fan part, but we could try it."

We found a metal dishpan in the kitchen and filled it with water and as an afterthought Johnny added some ice cubes to make it even cooler.

The only thing in the room about the same height as the window was my night stand so we cleared it off and pulled it in front of the window and put the dish pan on it. I'm not sure if it was just our imagination or if we'd invented something, but it did seem cooler that night, and the next morning most of the water was gone out of the pan.

We'd stripped off naked as soon as we had the dish pan situated and fell down in bed and just let the cool air blow over us for a while before we started messing around.

We made out for a long time, then fucked each other and fell asleep and didn't wake up till the next morning. For once we had both gotten a whole night's sleep and it felt good.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We had just finished breakfast when Ricky knocked on the front door. Mom let him in and went on and on about how much he'd grown and what a handsome boy he was and then insisted he sit down and join us.

"I've already eaten, but I could drink some milk," he said settling in across from me and Johnny.

"Ovaltine?" Mom asked him and of course he said yes.

"Can we go swimming today?" Ricky asked as he sipped his Ovaltine and milk. "I'm wearing my trunks under my clothes."

"Yeah, sure...that sounds good. That okay mom?"

"Yes, that's fine. You should have time for your breakfast to settle before the pool opens."

"Yeah, it doesn't open till 1 during the week."

"What can we do till then?" Johnny said buttering up his second piece of toast.

"We could go downtown and hang out for a while," Ricky suggested.

"Yeah, that sounds like fun," Johnny said adding jelly to his toast, "Mmmm...this jelly is good."

"I made that from the plums from Joe's farm."

"Wow, you made it? You're a good cook. I might get fat if I stay here all summer."

"I doubt that, you boys burn off every ounce of fat you gain."

Little did she know that we burned off a lot of it in bed.

I grabbed two bucks out of my stash and we walked downtown since Ricky didn't have a bike. We visited all the usual places and we were just coming out of Ben Franklin's 5&10 when we ran across Gerald and Toby.

"Hi you guys, what you doin'?" Gerald asked grinning.

"Getting ready to go swimming, what are you doing?"

"We been down at the Gin Mill," Gerald said blushing, "and we were just messing around downtown."

And messing around in the Gin Mill, I thought. I wondered if Gerald had fucked Toby yet and tried to see if he was walking funny, but he seemed fine.

"You should come swimming with us?"

"We don't got our swimsuits," Gerald said frowning.

"I got a pair you could borrow," I suggested, "but nothing small enough for Toby."

"I could go home and get mine," Toby said excitedly.

"You sure your mom will let you go?" I asked.

"She don't care. She's not even home. She went to Tulsa with my aunt to visit my uncle in the hospital. My brother is home though, he's 17 and he's a jerk, but he won't care neither."

"That okay with you guys?"

It was fine with everyone, and so we walked back to my house and I loaned my bike to Toby so he could go get his trunks. After telling mom what was going on I took Gerald to my room to find him some trunks and we talked.

"You guys hanging out now?"

"Yeah, his mom even likes me," Gerald laughed.

"Did you...?"

"Yeah, and it was great," Gerald said grinning, "he really likes it. He begs for it."

My pecker was getting hard already and when Gerald went into detail I thought I would come in my trunks.

"I took him to the Gin Mill that first time and he bent over a hay bale and I used spit to slick him up. He was tight, but I just kept poking him and I finally got it in. It was great. I didn't last very long though and when I came I damn near passed out. When I pulled out I had some poop on my pecker and had to use my shirt to wipe it off."

"Ewww...I hate when that  happens."

"Yeah, I took my shirt home and washed it in the tub before my ma could see it."

"So you've been to his house?"

"Yeah, I even spent the night," Gerald said raising an eyebrow, "and I fucked him twice that night."

"Oh man, does he have his own room?"

"Yeah, it's small, but it's all his. His brother David has his own room. He's not so bad, but Toby thinks he's a jerk," Gerald laughed.

"And his mom likes you?" I told him about our meeting Toby's mom at WA and he laughed, "She was yelling at Toby and treating him like a dog."

"Yeah, she's like that sometimes. I think she's just mad at the world cause' of what happened to Toby's dad. You know about that, right?"

"Ron, the guy at Western Auto, said he got killed at one of the plants and his mom got a big settlement."

"Yeah, can you believe they have air conditioning in their house," Gerald said looking excited, "Toby has his own window unit and it was almost too cold in his room while we were messing around."

"Wow, so you and Toby are friends now..." I said trying to wrap my head around that fact.

"Yeah, he's a good kid. I feel sorry for him, but I'm mostly hanging with him cause he lets me fuck him anytime I want."

"That's not nice," I said frowning, "he's not a toy or something for  you to play with."

"I know, I know. I like him a lot and I sort of watch out for him. It's not like he doesn't like what we do."

"Just don't hurt his feelings," I warned.

"I won't, geesh...I'm not a bad guy."

"I know, come on Toby should be back by now."

Toby was wearing a pair of skimpy nylon trunks that fit him so tightly I don't know how he got them on. His pecker and balls looked like a twig and two grapes, and those tight trunks hugged his full plump ass and I couldn't keep my eyes off of it.

I noticed the others were staring too, even Ricky, and I wondered how safe this kid was with a bunch of horny teenage boys. We walked to the big park, wearing just our swim trunks and shoes, and by the time we got there it was already open.

We paid our money and went inside and Toby headed toward the shallow end with Gerald right behind him. Johnny and Ricky headed to the diving board and so I joined Gerald and Toby and watched Johnny and Ricky take turns showing off.

"Case you're wonderin', I can't swim," Toby said looking at me boldly as if he was daring me to say something bad.

"No problem, I'm not as good a swimmer as those two," I said pointing at Johnny and Ricky, but I can swim enough to keep from drowning."

"Do you like me?" Toby asked suddenly throwing me completely off guard. 

"Well, sure...do you like me?"

"Uh huh, you're nice and funny. I remember you being funny that day...at the barn."

"Thanks," I said looking over at Gerald who just shrugged.

"Gerald is my friend now. Is he your friend too?"

"Yeah, I've known Gerald since I started Junior High."

"He's nice," Toby said dog paddling a little.

"I'm glad you have a friend like him. He's a good guy," I said daring Gerald to prove me wrong.

"Yeah, he takes care of me and protects me. My momma says I should be nice to him cause I don't have that many friends."

"Well, you have all of us," I said speaking for the group. I was sure they wouldn't mind.

"Okay, then you can do stuff with me too," he said looking at Gerald and grinning.

"Like what?" I blurted out.

Toby floated closer and motioned for me to bend down so he could whisper in my ear and when I did his soft lips touched my ear causing goosebumps.

"You can put your thing in my butt," he whispered causing my thing to throb.

"Oh, well...I don't know..." I said straightening up and looking at Gerald who was just grinning.

"He ask you to fuck him?" he giggled.

I was suddenly at a loss for words, but fortunately Johnny swam up behind me and grabbed me at that moment and we started wrestling around and pretty soon Gerald and Toby joined in.

Ricky showed up a few minutes later but he just watched for a while before climbing out and getting a drink at the water fountain near the bathrooms.

I looked up just in time to see some girl in a one piece swimsuit come up behind him and she said something and Ricky laughed and they started talking. I watched them as they laughed and talked and then Ricky led her to the pool and they dived in and I lost track of them.

Johnny had been watching me watch them, and when they were gone he nudged me on the shoulder, "Looks like Ricky has found a girlfriend to hang around with."

"He works fast," I said grinning, "I wonder if this one puts out? She looks older."

"That's Lisa Pullman, she's a Junior. I bet she fucks. Ricky may get lucky after all."

"Hmmm...well, he's not doin' it at my house," I joked.

"Probably at her house. I hear her old man is rich. They live over in that new edition off Elliott."

"Hmmm..wonder if she drives?"

"Yeah, see that green Mustang over there, that's hers."

"How do you know all this?"

"I don't know, I just do. I keep my eyes and ears open," Johnny laughed.

"You like her, don't you?" I teased.

"Naw, I only like you that way."

"Good answer," I laughed.

"Come on let's go see if we can catch Ricky and Lisa playing handsies."

We left Gerald and Toby to take care of each other and swam down to the middle of the pool but Ricky and the new girl were nowhere to be seen.

"Up there," Johnny finally said pointing to the diving board.

My eyes jerked upward and sure enough there was Ricky on the high dive, but he was alone. Scanning the pool beneath him I finally caught sight of the girl, Lisa, and she was staring up at Ricky and yelling something.

"He's showing off for his new girlfriend," Johnny laughed, "Wish I had a camera."

"Why would you send the picture to his other girlfriend?"

"Naw, just kidding."

We watched Ricky do a spectacular dive off the board then as he hit the water, the girl was there grabbing him and kissing him on the lips.

"Oh shit, that girl is all over him," Johnny said, "I bet he gets laid before the day is over."

"She might just be teasing him, like most girls do."

"Well...that's true, she might, but I bet he could at least feel her up."

"I think he might be doing that right now," I said watching Ricky's hands roam all over the girl.

"Way to go," Johnny said excitedly.

I dunked Johnny to cool him off and he came up sputtering, "Oh, you are gonna get it now..." he said as I swam away.

I made it back to the shallow end and by then Johnny had lost some of his desire for revenge and settled for just shoving me a little.

"What you guys doin'?" Toby asked dog-paddling toward us.

"Johnny is being mean to me," I laughed.

"Stop it Johnny," Toby said brushing up against Johnny but not doing him any damage.

Johnny grabbed him and picked him up and Toby's eyes got big, but when he saw Johnny was only playing he giggled.

"Throw me," Toby said.

"Not here, you'd hit bottom and get knocked out," Johnny said putting his arms around Toby's chubby rear and as the kid's arms went around his neck.

"Take me out there," he said pointing, "but don't let me drown."

"We'll all go," I offered looking over at Gerald, "we won't let you drown."

So we took turns throwing and retrieving Toby as the kid giggled and had the time of his life. He was a slippery little arm-full of soft warm flesh, and I don't know about the others, but I was getting a boner just touching his plump butt and smooth flesh.

We'd forgot all about Ricky but eventually he came up and stood watching us as we played with Toby, but he didn't try to join in. I guess he had other things on his mind, like that girl Lisa.

"Did you cop a feel?" Johnny finally asked when he noticed Ricky standing there.

"Yeah, sort of," Ricky said grinning, "and so did she."

"She grabbed your pecker?" Johnny asked grinning.

"Yeah, and she said it felt big."

"Oh wow, that girl is a Junior so I bet she's felt a few peckers."

"She invited me to a party," Ricky said looking at us to gauge our reaction.

"When?" I asked looking at him to see is he was considering going.

"Tomorrow night."

"You going?" Gerald asked finally getting involved.

"I'd like to..."

"I'm guessing your folks wouldn't let you if they knew though, right?" I said.

"No, but if I was maybe at your house..."

"What about my folks? You think they're just gonna let you leave our house and go to a party?"

"No, course not, but what if we were sleeping out in your clubhouse? They'd never know I was gone."

"You want us to cover for you while you go to some girl's house for a party?"

"I guess not," Ricky said sounding disappointed.

"I didn't say no," I said feeling sorry for him.

"Just think about it," he said brightening, "She said she'd come pick me up if I called her. I could walk over to that filling station by your house and call from the pay phone."

"Does she know you're only 14?"

"Yeah, she don't care. She said there would be other kids there my age."

"Hey, maybe we should go too. Just to make sure nothing bad happens to you," Johnny suggested.

I gave Johnny a wilting look, "No, it's bad enough I'd be covering for Ricky and lying to my folks. They trust us Johnny, that could all go to hell if we got caught, and then where would we be?"

"Yeah, I guess you're right," Johnny said frowning.

"I'll think about it, but it don't feel right," I said realizing I was being asked to do something that could change my life forever.

Okay, so maybe I wasn't a saint, but for the most part I was a good kid. I didn't lie to my parents, unless it was absolutely necessary, and I had earned a level of trust with them that I didn't want to lose. 

"Just forget it," Ricky said at last, "I'll think of something else. I don't want to get you in trouble."

"What about your girlfriend back at home?" I reminded him.

"It's just a party. It's not like I'm cheating on her..."

Ricky swam away then and climbed out and headed toward the bathrooms. We watched him go, our game with Toby all but forgotten.

"I don't like him," Toby announced, "he's mean."

I laughed, "No, he's not mean Toby. He's just..."

"Horny," Johnny finished for me.

"Oh, I can fix that," Toby laughed, and we all joined in.

We stayed another hour or so then walked over to the park and sat around while we dried off. I kept waiting for Ricky to bring up the party again or staying over, but he seemed to have forgotten all about it and was just his normal fun self again. I figured maybe he had just got caught up in the moment and had finally come to his senses.

"What are you guys gonna do now?" Gerald asked after an hour or so of sitting around and talking.

"Dunno, go home and eat I guess. I'm pretty hungry."

"Yeah, I should get back to my grandma's," Ricky said looking down at the ground.

"Can you stay for supper?" I offered.

"Naw, not tonight. My folks are taking my grandma out for dinner and I have to go too."

"Oh, okay."

At my house I walked Ricky to the street. Gerald had gone in to change back into his street clothes and Johnny and Toby had gone with him. I wondered if it was safe to leave Johnny alone with those two, but I felt it was important that I talk to Ricky.

"Sorry about...you know the party and stuff."

"Aww...it's okay. It was a crazy idea. Hey, you guys want to hang out tomorrow, or do you have plans?"

"Yeah, no plans. Come on down if you want. We'll figure out something to do when you get here."

"Okay, well...see ya'," Ricky said starting off, "Don't worry, I'm not mad," he said giving me a smile that lit up his whole face. God, he was gorgeous.

"Good, I'm glad. See ya' tomorrow," I said giving him my biggest smile.

I watched him till he reached the end of the block then went inside to check on the other three. They were just coming out of my room and they didn't look guilty, so I relaxed some.

"Well, I guess we'll go to Toby's house. He wants to change clothes and his mom left him some money for food so we're gonna walk down to the Dairy Queen and get footlongs."

"Okay, you guys have fun," I said as we walked them to the door.

"We will," Gerald said giving me a lewd smile, and I was glad my mom was in the garage doing laundry at that moment.

Johnny and I grabbed a drink and went out back to rest in the shade till dinner time and we talked about everything that had gone on that day.

"Think Gerald is fucking that kid?" Johnny asked looking excited.

"Yeah, he is," I said then filled him in on what Gerald had told me.

"I knew it, that's why that kid hangs all over him like that. He probably thinks Gerald is his boyfriend now," Johnny laughed.

"I feel sorry for the kid. I hope Gerald doesn't hurt him."

"What you mean? His dick ain't that big."

"I mean hurt his feelings silly. He's just sort of using him to get off."

"Naw, I think he likes the kid. He's pretty protective of him."

"I hope you're right."

"So what do you think Ricky will do now?"

"Oh, well...I think he decided there was no way he was going to be able to go to that party."

"Yeah, too bad. It might have been fun..."

"You sound like you wish you were going..."

"Naw, we have our own party right here. I don't need that."

"Yeah, well...I feel bad about not being able to help him go, but I  just don't feel right doin' that stuff."

"You're such a good kid," Johnny said putting his arm around me and pulling me to him as he laughed, "if it wasn't for you I'd probably get into all kinds of trouble."

"Yeah, like with those bullies at school..."

He pulled back and his smile faded, "I still feel bad about that," he said sounding sad and making me feel like a dog for mentioning it, "and what happened to you will haunt me all my life."

"Hey, I was teasing. I know you didn't mean anything bad and that wasn't your fault. It was mine for being so mouthy."

Johnny laughed, "Yeah, you are kind of mouthy sometimes, but it's a great mouth, especially when it's wrapped around my pecker." he howled with laughter and I just shook my head.

Mom called us for dinner around 6 and we washed up and sat down across from my dad.

"Hey boys, what sort of adventures did you guys have today?" My dad asked looking interested.

"We went swimming with Ricky, and Gerald, and this new kid Toby."

"Umm...when I was your age the only place we had to go swimming was the creek. Boy it sure was fun though. We had a rope swing on a big old oak tree and we used to swing out over the creek and try to land inside an innertube."

"That does sound like fun," Johnny said, "did you ever make it...inside the tube?"

"Yeah, all the time. I thought the game up...and, I was the one who climbed up that big ole' oak and tied that rope on a limb that was so high no one else would climb up there."

I had a whole new respect for my dad and I smiled thinking about him as a boy, running around and raising hell just like us kids did. I wondered if I looked like him when he was a kid and after dinner I got out the photo album and looked through it.

"Is this dad?" I asked taking the album over to mom to look at.

"Yes, wasn't he cute?" Mom laughed.

"He...I mean, I look just like him," I said looking back at the picture.

"Yeah, you're a chip off the old block," dad laughed, "sometimes when I look at you son I feel like I'm a kid again and looking in the mirror. Oh what great times those were," he said looking wistful.

"So...I guess when I get older I'll look like dad looks now," I said giving dad a good looking over.

"Sorry to say Sonny boy, you're stuck with the Warren look," dad said.

"I'm glad," I said smiling, "I think it would be neat to look like you do dad...when I grow up."

I saw mom smile and I knew I'd said the right thing.

"You're both my handsome boys," mom said squeezing dad's hand, "and I think Mikey will be just as handsome, although he does favor me a little."

"Mikey has your eyes dear, and I think he's gonna be handsomer than me and Robert, but he still has that Warren look."

Johnny sat by me as we looked at the other pictures in the photo album and I came across one of a long haired, very cute boy who looked familiar.

"Is this Uncle Joe?" I said holding the album up for mom to see.

"Yes, he was about 8 there. He was missing a tooth right in front," mom laughed.

He was a cute kid and had grown into a handsome man and I wished I could have known him when he was my age. 

There were lots of pictures of Johnny and me together and they brought back a lot of memories. Like that Christmas we got matching sweaters and were goofing for the camera. We looked so young back then, so innocent, and my emotions were all over the place as we turned the pages. We laughed a lot, but I think we both felt a little teary-eyed too.

We finished looking at the photo album and watched TV for awhile as Mikey climbed all over us, then we said goodnight and went off to shower. 

The shower felt good and we finished up by turning the taps all the way to cold. We were shivering when we got out, but it was worth it. We dried off and put on our underwear and went to my room to read comics till we were ready for bed.

The night had cooled off a little and we didn't bother filling the dishpan with water. We stretched out on my bed, my head at one end and Johnny's at the other, and read comic books and suddenly Johnny stuck his foot in my face.

"I'll bite your toe," I warned.

"Okay, and suck it," Johnny laughed.

"I will," I said laying my comic down and grabbing his foot. Then before he could react I pulled his foot closer and took his big toe in my mouth.

"That feels funny," Johnny said watching me with interest.

I mumbled around his toe then moved to the next toe and didn't stop till I had sucked all five of them. This wasn't the first time I'd sucked Johnny's toes, but for some reason it seemed especially sexy that night.

"You made my pecker hard," Johnny moaned.

"Don't take too much to make that happen," I said spitting out his little toe.

"What's that like?'

"Try it," I said sticking my foot in his face.

He stuck out his tongue and when it contacted the sole of my foot I shivered. He proceeded to lick my foot from heel to toe and then sucked on my big toe as I squirmed around and pushed at my hard pecker.

"That feels good," I moaned, "now I'm hard."

"I wouldn't do this for just anyone," Johnny said between licks.

"I know, cause you love me," I said grinning.

"Yeah, and I love all parts of you, even your big feet."

"They aren't big, they're just the right size for my body."

"They're big," Johnny insisted, "but I love them anyway."

"Umm...thanks, I love yours too," I said grabbing onto his foot again and licking it from heel to toe.

Since we were basically in the 69 position already it was only natural that eventually our mouths found each others hard pecker. Our underwear came off quickly and soon we were sucking and licking our way to our first orgasm.

As we lay recovering from our orgasm, the air from the window fan cooling the sweat on our bodies, I thought about how lucky we were. 

I wondered how many boys like us there were in the world that didn't have the opportunity to share their love like Johnny and I did. How many boys were hiding their feelings from their parents and their friends, maybe even from themselves, and dreading the day someone figured them out? I knew what Johnny and I felt for each other didn't fit in with what the world thought was right, but for us it seemed so perfect. 

How could loving someone be wrong? I wondered. Didn't the Bible say we were supposed to love one another? Of course it wasn't the love that folks objected to so much as it was the sex part, but still, why should people care who we slept with as long as we weren't hurting anyone? 

These were questions I would ask myself many times over my life, but there were never any satisfactory answers. However, that didn't change the way I felt about Johnny or the life that we shared, and those who knew us best and loved us, accepted us as we were and that was enough.

"What are you thinking about," Johnny asked as he nuzzled my neck playfully.

"About how lucky we are and how much I love you."

He pulled back and looked at me, "I never really thought about that before, us being lucky, but you're right, we are lucky."

"What you said about my folks knowing about us, I been thinking..." I said running my hand down his chest and causing him to shiver, "I think you may be right. Oh, I don't mean they know everything, but they're not stupid. They see how we act around each other and they know we love each other, even if they don't know how much. But you know, I think that's a good thing. It's why they let us be together so much. If they thought it was wrong they would keep us apart, right?"

"Yeah, and I'd die if that ever happened. I bout' died when we were apart before and I couldn't go on living if I didn't have you."

"I feel the same way, but you know...we're still young and things could change," I said just throwing that out there to see how he'd react.

"Maybe for you, but not for me. I've known since we were little kids that I wanted to be with you the rest of my life," he said looking ready to cry. He rolled over to face me and a tear rolled down his cute face, "You still love me, right?"

"Yes, more than ever. I just wanted to see how you felt."

"You butthole, you scared me," he said hugging me to him, "promise me we'll always be together."

Wow, this was sure a different Johnny than the one that said we couldn't promise tomorrow and only had today.

"As far as I'm concerned you're the only boy I will ever love this way," I said snuggling into his side.

"Good, I'm glad that's settled. Now, how about we show each other how much we love each other."

We made love to each other after that and afterwards we fell into a soft deep slumber. It had begun to rain while we were making love, and the fan would occasionally pull in a drop of two of rain to splash on our sweaty bodies.

It rained all night and when we awoke the next morning the day was grey and the clouds menacing.

"You boys need to stay close to the house today," mom said as she served us our breakfast, "there are storm warnings out and I don't want you boys caught out in it."

"Maybe it'll clear up later," I said hopefully.

"We'll see, there are plenty of things you boys can do around here till it dries up though."

We entertained Mikey while mom did some house cleaning and laundry and when he went down for a nap, so did we. In fact we all three piled down in the floor with Mikey snuggled up between us and my mom actually took a picture of us. She said we were so cute laying there like three tired puppies, and that picture would resurface over the years and bring back fond memories of that rainy Saturday.

By noon it had started to rain again and the wind was blowing hard through the trees. Oklahoma was not only in the Bible Belt, it was also in Tornado Alley and twisters were quite common in our neck of the woods. 

On  April 27,1942 a twister came up the main street of Pryor, Oklahoma, my home town, and destroyed almost every building downtown and many homes nearby. 60 people died and over 400 were injured and the memory of the disaster was still lingered even 35 years later. 

My folks were just kids themselves back then, but my mom was from Missouri and my dad had grown up on a farm near Claremore, so they didn't actually live through it. That didn't keep them from worrying however, and they took storm warnings very seriously. After all we lived less than half a block from the main street that the tornado had followed that fateful day. 

Author's Note: If you want to see pictures of the tornado's aftermath click this link.

The thunder rumbled and the day was as dark as night and I had to admit I was beginning to worry a little. There were three storm shelters on our block, all on the other side of the street, and we knew we were welcome in any of them at any time, but so far mom didn't think there was any reason to seek shelter.

She was watching the TV reports and the Tulsa station was predicting heavy rains, hail, and high winds, but so far there were no reports of tornadoes.

Johnny and I sat on the couch reading comic books, our legs and thighs touching, causing a warm tingling sensation, and if I hadn't been so worried about the storm I might have dragged him off to the bedroom for some fun.

Mikey's eyes got big each time it thundered and he was stuck to mom like glue as we rode out the storm. We had soup and sandwiches for lunch, but none of us had much appetite. We grabbed a couple of cookies from the cookie jar for dessert and went out onto our big front porch to watch the rain.

It was running off the house and porch making an almost solid curtain of water that was actually sort of pretty. The ditch out front was running full of water and if the rain ever stopped we'd be out there floating our boats and wading in the water like we'd done a hundred times over the years. 

Once we'd found a little sunfish in the ditch and my dad said it was probably pulled up by wind and then rained back down to earth. It might not rain cats and dogs, but it did rain fish.

By the time dad got home the rain had let up some, but it had come down so hard and so fast that Pryor Creek was out of it's banks and in danger of closing Highway 20, west of town.

"Man, it's a gully washer out there," dad said coming in from the front porch after shaking off as much water as he could.

"Yeah, we been stuck inside all day," I whined.

Dad just laughed, "Why? You won't melt if you get wet. I seem to remember you boys playing in the rain a time or two when you were younger. In fact," dad said looking amused, "I seem to recall looking out front one time and seeing two little white butts. You boys had taken off your shorts and were running around naked as the day you were born," he laughed.

"Huh uh," I said in disbelief as my face turned beet red.

"Your father is right," mom chuckled, "but you were only 5 or 6 then, so you probably don't remember."

"Did you make us put our shorts back on?" Johnny asked trying to hide his grin.

"No, what was the use? No one thought anything about naked little boys back then," mom said sighing, "nowadays some busy body would probably make a big deal out of it though."

"Especially if those boys were teenagers," dad laughed, "so don't go getting any ideas about skinny dipping in the ditch out front."

"DAD! We're not savages," I scolded.

"So, I suppose you're going to tell me you don't skinny dip in Johnny's creek?"

Johnny was cracking up laughing by then, "Yeah, but no one is around to see us."

"Thanks Johnny, for ratting us out," I said but I couldn't help but laugh too.

"I do know what it's like to be a boy you know?" my dad said, "us boys didn't know what a swimsuit was till I moved to the city. There was six or eight of us boys who swam in the creek near our farm and we never wore a stitch of clothes."

That was sort of exciting to think about, but I tried not to sound too interested.

"How old were you then?"

"Well, let's see I was probably 8 the first time I went there and we moved when I was 16. The other boys were anywhere from 10 to your age as I recall."

"Wow, was it a big creek."

"Big and deep, remember I told you about the swing and dropping into the innertubes?"

"Oh, yeah...I bet that was fun."

"Yeah, those were the days..."

"Are you hungry dear? I put a roast in earlier and it should be ready in a half hour or so," mom said breaking up the guy talk.

"Starved, but I think I'll take a shower first and get out of these wet clothes."

"You should get out of the wet clothes first," I joked.

"Oh, good idea wise guy," dad said ruffling my hair.

With dad home my fear of the storm seemed to subside and by the time we sat down to supper I was actually hungry. Besides the tender roast there were new potatoes and carrots and onions (all from Uncle Joe's garden) and mom's homemade brown gravy and creamed peas.

"This is good roast ma," dad said smiling.

"I got it on sale at Safeway. I bought two and froze one for later."

"Good thinking, and there's nothing like vegetables fresh from the garden. Joe has saved us a fortune in food bills with all the vegetables he keeps bringing us."

"Won't be long till the boys will be out there helping him pick them," mom said looking over at  us, "Have you boys decided who all is going?"

"Well, we've invited every one of our friends, but we haven't heard back for sure which ones can go."

"Well, if any of their mothers need to talk to me, I can ease their minds about how safe it is," mom laughed.

"Yes ma'am."

"So, after supper can me and Johnny go out and wade in the ditch?" I said feeling more like a ten year old than a young teen.

"As long as you keep your pants on," dad laughed.

"Aww...shucks," I said jokingly, "I was hoping to go skinny dipping."

There were no fish this time, but the water was running fast and deep and our little boats flew down the ditch fast as lightening. We rushed ahead to stop them before they could go into the sewer pipe that went under First Street, because if they did they were lost forever.

When we tired of boats we built a dam of boards and mud and watched the water build up before it backed up so much it finally rolled over the dam and washed it away. 

It had been dark all day and was dark as night by the time we finally decided we'd had enough water play for one day. We had shucked off our shirts and shoes before we went in and mom insisted we come through the garage and not track up her floors. 

"Strip off your things out there and throw then in the washer," mom yelled from the kitchen.

"But mom...we'd be naked," I giggled.

"Not like I've never seen your naked behinds before," mom laughed, "but if you're suddenly so shy, wrap one of those towels in the basket around you."

Johnny tried to talk me into running in naked, but I won out and we wrapped the soft still warm towels around us and carefully made our way inside so as not to lose them.

Mom was nowhere in sight though, but we did pass dad who gave us a curious look and a smile. I wondered if he was checking us out. Not sexually, but maybe he was curious how us boys were growing up. 

"We're gonna go take a shower now," I announced as we headed toward the bathroom.

"Be sure to wash good," dad joked, "might be a fish or two in your crack."

That got me and Johnny laughing and we were still laughing when we piled into the warm spray. 

"Here let me check your crack," Johnny giggled, "Yeah, there's a big ole' pecker fish in there."

"Not yet," I laughed, "but I'm sure there will be later."

We washed each other's bodies, exploring with our hands and kissing when our faces got close, and I thought to myself just how wonderful it was having my boyfriend there with me for the whole summer.

I snuggled up to his back and wrapped my arms around him and squeezed him tight and he reached down and put his hands on top of mine and pulled my arms tighter around him.

"Happy?"

"Umm...very happy. This was a good day, even if we did spend most of it inside."

"Think Ricky will figure out a way to go to that party?"

"Naw, that girl may not even have a party with the storm and all."

"I guess he couldn't come over today cause of the rain."

"Yeah, I bet he was really bored being shut up inside with his folks and granny all day."

"Yeah, poor kid. You ready to get out?"

"I reckon, this feels good though," I said squeezing him tight and wedging my semi-stiff pecker in the crack of his ass.

"Yeah, well...it will feel better in bed."

We dried each other off and only then remembered we hadn't brought any clean underwear with us so we wrapped our towels around us and ran across the hall to my room.

"We should just stay naked," Johnny suggested.

"Huh uh, mom and dad might come to say goodnight or something."

Johnny didn't protest and when we had our undies on Johnny put his arm around me and pulled me into a front to front hug. As our lips met we rubbed our hard bodies together and our pecker filled out the pouches of our underwear.

"Rainy weather makes me horny," Johnny said growling in my ear.

"So does sunny weather and cloudy weather," I teased.

"Well, truth is: you make me horny. Just lookin' at ya' makes my pecker hard."

"Well, as long as mom and dad don't see it," I giggled.

"Hmmm...did you see the way your dad was looking us over as we ran by him in our towels?"

"Well...yeah, sort of."

"I think he's impressed that we're so manly looking," he laughed.

"I figure he's just curious how we're coming along. I mean, like he said, when he looks at me it's like he's seeing himself at that age."

"Yeah, I wonder if your dad messed around with his pals back then?"

"It's hard to think about my dad doing that stuff."

"You think we invented this stuff?"

"No, course not. I reckon boys been doin' that stuff forever."

"Yeah, even cave boys," Johnny laughed, "me Ugh, you Rocko, let's do dirty stuff," he grunted as he pushed me toward the bed.

"Rocko?" I laughed.

"Yeah, cause your pecker is hard as a rock," he said grabbing it through my underpants and giving it a good feel.

"Uhhh...careful, I might make a mess."

"Well, don't want to waste it," he said ripping my underpants off of me then losing his just as fast.

We fell down onto the bed, Johnny on top of me, as we kissed and pressed our hard wet peckers together. It felt wonderful, the cool air blowing through the window, the smell of rain and honeysuckle in the air, and the boy I loved pressed against me.

"Mmm...you taste good," I said breaking the kiss.

"So do you, all over."

He moved down then licking my nipples and making them stand up like little pencil erasers. From there he licked his way down to my pubes and gave my pecker a kiss before he moved on down and nuzzled my nuts.

Both of us were still smooth down there, with just a patch of wiry hair above our peckers and it would be a couple of years more before that changed. I was in no hurry for hair to grow in all those other places, but I knew that I'd love Johnny even if he got as hairy as a bear.

As Johnny licked and sucked on my nuts I let my fingers play through his long dark hair. I loved his hair, and it had grown long over the summer, and I liked that just fine.

Licking lower, his tongue found my taint and then my moist butthole. I shivered when his tongue pushed against my pucker and then he began to drill his tongue into me. I knew he was getting me worked up and ready for fucking, but that was okay with me. I loved the attention, and I loved Johnny, and I loved getting fucked by him.

My pecker was dripping wet after a few minutes and I reached down and gave it a stroke or two and moaned lowly.

"Shhh..." Johnny said coming up long enough to look me in the eye, "your folks might hear you."

I managed to stifle my moans, but it wasn't easy with Johnny doing such an excellent job of making me feel good. Eventually he went after my pecker again, and pretty soon he had me on the edge and ready to shoot my sperm.

Just before I could come though, Johnny pulled off and moved up and kissed me. I was a little annoyed at first, but when Johnny's lips found mine I forgot all about my own needs.

"I'm hungry," Johnny mumbled in my ear.

"What?"

"I could eat you alive," he said gnawing at my neck and shoulder playfully.

"Yikes, didn't you get enough supper?" I joked.

"Mmmm...I want you," he said as his hard pecker pressed against mine.

"I want you too...inside me."

He growled as he pushed my legs up and lined himself up with my moist aching hole, and without any difficulty at all he pressed into me and pushed till he was buried to the hilt.

He moved slowly, kissing and cuddling as he made love to me that night, and I had never felt so happy or alive. Outside my window the frogs croaked and the crickets chirped, but inside there was only the sounds of two boys in love.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sunday the sun was a back, along with the heat, and the left over rain only made it more unbearable, what with the humidity. We woke rested and after breakfast we wandered out onto the front porch just as Ricky came walking up the street.

We met him at the end of the drive, which by now was almost dry, and Ricky was all smiles.

"Hey, I see you didn't drown," I teased.

"Nope, I had a great day. My aunt came and got me and I spent the day at my cousin David's house. Then last night I snuck out after we went to bed and called that girl Lisa and she came and got me."

"You went to that party?"

"Yeah, my cousin David covered for me," he said grinning, "My aunt and uncle never bother us once we go to bed. I just slipped out his window and went over to the pool and used the pay phone there."

David lived by the big park, and the pool was only two blocks away from his house. 

"Did you get wet?"

"Nope, it stopped raining when we went to bed and didn't start up again the whole night. I was back by midnight anyway."

"So, how was it?" Johnny asked finally joining in.

"It was fun," Ricky said looking smug.

"So, what happened? Were there other girls there?"

"Yeah, girls and boys and they even had beer."

"Where were her folks?"

"At the lake with some friends. They left Lisa and her older brother Mike there alone. Mike was supposed to be in charge, but he let her have the party and even invited some of his own friends."

"Who bought the beer?"

"Some friends of Mike. I didn't drink any though."

"Did you make out with that girl?"

Ricky blushed, "I did more than make out," he said looking smug again.

"Whoa, wait...did you fuck her?"

"Yep, I finally went all the way with a girl and it was great."

"Wow, did you wear a rubber?"

"Yeah, she made me wear one, but it still felt good."

"Well, at least you won't have to worry about bein' a daddy," Johnny laughed.

I guess I was too stunned to appreciate what Ricky was saying, but I felt like I needed to say something.

"So what about your girlfriend?" I blurted out without thinking.

"Uh, well...as long as she never finds out I'll be okay."

"Yeah, I guess. Was it worth it though, cheating on her?"

"Yeah, I think so. No boy wants to be a virgin. So when my girlfriend and me finally do it, I'll know what to do."

"Oh, yeah...never thought of that." I said dumbly.

"So what are you guys doing today? I got the whole day free and even the night."

"Want to sleep over?" Johnny asked then, looking at me to make sure it was okay.

"Yeah, want to sleep over?" I repeated, "We could play some board games or cards till we got sleepy."

"I already asked," he said grinning.

"Good, but what can we do in the meantime?"

We spent the day wading in the puddles, walking the town, and just being boys. We threw rocks at the train and then set up wine bottles left by the hobos and threw rocks at them till they were just shards of glass.

We pooled our money and had big greasy hamburgers and fries from Horner's Drive-in and then went to the library and looked at some of the magazines there. I checked out some View Master reels for later and we finally headed home.

Mom handed Johnny a letter from his folks and we sat on the back porch and he read it to us. It was from his mom and she said they missed him, but it was a good thing he didn't come because there was nothing to do in that town and even she was bored. 

She hinted that she might have some more good news for Johnny when they got back, and that got Johnny all excited, but we'd have to wait till the end of August to find out what that good news was.

Johnny stashed the letter in his gym bag in my room and we went off looking for more adventures. We walked down to Donnie's but he was at Walter's house, then down to the little park, passing by Chrissy and Evelyn's house on the way.

"Hey, we should see if the girls are home," Johnny suggested.

"Okay by me," I said cheerfully. Since Evelyn and I had made up I was looking forward to seeing her again.

"Yeah, Evelyn is pretty," Ricky said smiling.

"You just wanna fuck er'," Johnny teased.

"I wouldn't mind," Ricky said lewdly.

The girls were home and after yelling at their grandparents they went with us to the park. Both girls wore short shorts and tops that were so short their belly buttons showed, and even I could appreciate how sexy they looked. 

I noticed that Ricky seemed more interested in Chrissy, who was 16 now and quickly becoming a beautiful young woman. While the rest of us played on the monkey bars Ricky and Chrissy went for a walk around the edge of the park and they seemed to be enjoying each others company a lot.

"She's boy crazy," Evelyn laughed, "and she's always liked Ricky."

"I thought she had a boyfriend," I said stupidly, as if that made any difference to sex crazed teenagers.

"Not now, they broke up," Evelyn said rolling her eyes, "but they did it before they broke up."

"They went all the way?" Johnny asked with interest.

"Yeah, twice. Chrissy said that was all he wanted so she dumped him."

"Hmmm...did she use rubbers?" Johnny said looking excited again.

"Johnny!" I scolded.

"Just askin'," he said shrugging.

"Yeah, she did. He bought them at the gas station."

"Wonder if Ben ever went back to Deep Rock," Johnny mumbled to me.

I ignored him and watched Chrissy and Ricky turn around and start back toward us and I was shocked to see they were holding hands now.

"Uh oh, they're holding hands," Evelyn giggled, "she'll probably want to get him alone and kiss him."

"He has a girlfriend," I offered.

"Yeah, but he fucked a girl at a party last night," Johnny added and I gave him a dirty look.

"He's not the same boy I used to know," I muttered.

"Why, just cause he's growing up and being all sexy now?" Evelyn said, "we're all changing you know. My grandpa says teenagers are like wild animals, especially boys."

"Yeah, we are," Johnny laughed, then started acting like an ape and making ape sounds.

"Not Rodney, he's a perfect gentleman."

"That's good, wouldn't want to have to come whip his ass for getting out of line," I laughed.

Meanwhile Chrissy and Ricky had made it back to us and were standing at the base of the monkey bars.

"What are you two up to?" Evelyn giggled, "we saw you holding hands."

"So, I saw you and Robert hold hands last time you were together," Chrissy said defensively.

"Yeah, but I'm not boy crazy like you."

"Witch," Chrissy said, but I could tell it was all in good humor.

"Bitch," Evelyn giggled.

We walked the girls back home eventually and Ricky and Chrissy held hands the whole way there. When we got to their house Chrissy took Ricky aside and said something to him while me and Johnny said goodbye to Evelyn.

When we finally left the two girls to go inside we quizzed Ricky as to what was going on.

"Oh nothing," Ricky said grinning, "just Chrissy told me she always liked me and that if I lived closer she'd like to be my girlfriend."

"Wow, an older girl," Johnny teased, "and from what I've seen, she's pretty wild."

"Yeah? Like how?"

"Oh, you know...she's had a lot of boyfriends so she's pretty experienced. And she's not a virgin."

"Damn, wish I could get her alone," Ricky said lustily.

This was not the same Ricky I remembered, or was I just applying a double standard to him? When it was boys he was being lusty about I didn't mind it. Was it just because now he was lusting after girls that I objected to his sex-crazed attitude?

"Come on guys, lets get back to my house," I said breaking the spell Ricky seemed to be under. 

It was nearing supper time by the time we got to my house but mom hadn't started fixing anything yet. Dad was going to be late at work and she said she'd fix us sandwiches if we were hungry.

Well, we were teenage boys, but those burgers and fries we had earlier had filled us up pretty good so we decided to wait till later to eat.

Instead we watched TV with Mikey bouncing from one of us to the other for attention and climbing all over us as we lay on the floor, and that was pretty fun. Ricky loved Mikey too and I was glad all my friends got along with my little brother. 

Dad came home around 7 and to our surprise had a bucket of KFC and sides and rolls. The smell of that chicken had us boys up and running, and pretty soon we were all setting around the table chowing down.

"Thank you for the chicken dad," I said gnawing on a chicken leg, "I wasn't hungry till I smelled it."

"Not hungry, ma is that boy sick?" Dad teased, "Never seen a boy that wasn't hungry most all the time."

"Usually, but we had hamburgers and fries from Horner's for lunch," I explained "and we were full."

"Yeah, their burgers are pretty big..."

Dad didn't say anything about Ricky being there, but he included him in our conversation, and as he did with all my friends, he treated him as if he were part of the family. I can definitely say that all my friends felt at home at my house, and that would continue all the days I still lived with my parents in that little house on Taylor street.

Clean up was easy, since there were no leftovers and we'd eaten off paper plates, and afterwards we washed up and went to my room. 

Ricky looked around and checked out the models I'd added to my collection and I grabbed my newest comics and handed them to him to look over.

"We should sleep in the clubhouse," Johnny suggested, "There's more room and we won't have to worry about being too loud."

I shrugged, as much as I preferred sleeping in my nice soft bed, there were advantages to sleeping in a place where we were totally alone. I was open for anything and when Ricky seconded the idea I knew that was where we were headed.

I cleared it with my folks and mom dug out the comforters and I dug out my sleeping bags and we made our nest while we still had some daylight. We were just putting the finishing touches on things as the sun began to set.

"Boys, please shower before you go back out there to sleep," mom insisted, "You'll thank me later when you're couped up in that tight space with each other," she said holding her nose.

We let Ricky shower first and since he hadn't brought any clothes I loaned him some underwear and some of my shorts and a tee shirt. 

While he was drying off Johnny and I hopped in the shower and helped each other get clean without too much fooling around.

"Your folks know you shower together?"

"Sure, we been bathing together since we were kids so I guess they're used to it by now."

"Hmmm...most boys don't do that once they get older."

"So what? Who cares what other boys do?" Johnny said sounding offended.

"Just surprised your folks don't think it's strange, that's all."

"My folks are rad. They don't hassle us about stuff like that."

"Yeah, your folks are the best, but I wonder..."

"What?"

"If they haven't figured out that you guys are...you know, that way?"

"That way?" Johnny said sounding really annoyed now.

"You know, queer?"

That was it, Johnny pulled the curtain open and glared at Ricky, "You calling us queer?"

"You know I didn't mean anything bad by it," Ricky said sounding genuinely sorry.

"Yeah, well just don't use that word around me, okay?"

"Okay, sorry."

Johnny closed the curtain and we finished our shower and by the time we stepped out Ricky was back in my room. Johnny looked at me and sighed, and I put my hand on his arm and patted him gently.

"He's changed," I finally admitted, voicing what I'd been thinking all along.

"Yeah, don't think tonight is gonna be as much fun as I'd thought."

"Well, he can sleep on the couch and we can sleep in the floor and when he's asleep..."

"That's not what I meant, but yeah, that's fine."

"Unless we can smuggle a girl in for him, I don't think he'll be having any sex tonight," I joked.

"His loss," Johnny said frowning, "he better lay off the queer stuff or he might get a black eye before the night is over."

"Johnny..."

"Just kidding," he said grinning and hugging me against his naked body.

"Mmm...you feel warm and you smell great," I said sniffing his neck and causing him to shiver.

"You too, come on let's hurry and get dressed and get out to the clubhouse so we can get this night over and get to the good stuff."

We took a board game (Sorry) and cards with us and Mason jars full of iced tea and some of mom's cookies for a snack. We arranged the Sorry game on the floor and laid around and played five games, each of us winning once and Johnny winning the other two games. 

Afterwards we walked out beside the shed and took a piss and when we came back we stripped down to our underwear to get cooler. 

There was something exciting about knowing Ricky was wearing a pair of my underwear, his privates being in the same place mine had been before, but that excitement was tempered by the knowledge that Ricky didn't see things quite the way we did anymore.

"You still mad a me Johnny?" Ricky said stretching out on his back as my eyes traveled down his long muscular body to the bulge in MY Fruit of the Looms.

"I never was," Johnny said looking innocent.

"Oh, okay," Ricky said looking at me uncertainly.

"He just don't like that word," I kicked in.

"I didn't mean it in a bad way..."

"But you don't understand us or like what we do anymore, do you?"

"NO! That's not what I meant. I understand it's just about having fun and that you guys like each other..."

"No, it not just about fun," Johnny insisted, "and we don't just like each other, we're in Love."

"Oh, yeah...I know," Ricky said, but he didn't sound as enthusiastic about it as I felt he should.

"Like you like girls," I added, "we feel the same things for each other that you feel for your girlfriend."

"Only we actually get to have sex," Johnny gloated.

Ricky laughed, "Yeah, I know. Sometimes that sounds a lot better than what I have."

"You can have both," I suggested, "Girls don't need to know about what boys do when they're not around."

"I know," Ricky said looking as if he was considering what to say next. Then he sat up and took a sip of his tea before continuing, "You know I told you about the older kids on the base...the ones that board and stuff?"

"Yeah, but you said your folks don't like you hanging with them..."

"Yeah, not anymore, but when we first moved there I met this kid named Kent and well, we hung out some."

"Oh yeah, what did you do?"

"I...I went to a party, at his house, and there was some drinking and stuff."

"Ah, like at that girl's house?"

"Well, sort of, but it was all guys the first time," Ricky said letting that soak in.

"So they drank and stuff?" Johnny asked sounding interested all of a sudden.

"Yeah, some of them did. I only drank two beers. Man, there was some crazy stuff going on there," Ricky said looking away and licking his lips as he tried to recall what he wanted to say.

"Like what?" I asked softly.

Ricky's eyes flicked back my way and for a moment I thought he was done and we'd never hear what went on, then in soft clear voice he began again.

"Kent has a little brother, Henry, and he's my age. Kent is 16 and most of the other boys were my age or younger. There was even a 12 year old boy there. His name was  Simon, and at first I thought he was a girl. He had long hair and he was pretty, you know?..too pretty to be a boy."

"Like Toby," Johnny muttered, but Ricky seemed to ignore him.

"All those kids were military brats, you know, and some of them knew each other from other stations. Some had been in Germany together and now they wound up here together again. They knew each other and they knew how each other was."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm getting to that," he said sounding annoyed at my interruption, "Kent was the leader, there was no doubt about that. His old man was a big shot pilot and he was gone more than he was home. Kent's mom died when he was 10 so it was just him and his brother home most of the time."

"His dad had to know about some of the stuff, but maybe not all. He had to know they were drinking his booze and stuff though. Kent pretty much had a party every weekend, starting on Friday night and running all day Saturday, but then everyone had to be gone before his dad got back Sunday morning."

"The first time I was invited I thought there would be girls there so I agreed to go, but when I saw there were no girls I made an excuse and left."

"The next time Kent invited me I was bored and decided to give it another try and I stayed that time. Like I said there was booze and...even pot. I tried pot for the first time that night and I guess I was feeling pretty good...cause I kind of just went along with everything after that."

"First of all, there was the clothes thing. See, if you stayed you had to get naked. No one was allowed to wear clothes the whole time they were there. But that didn't happen till everyone settled in and they figured out who was staying and stuff, so I didn't know about that part till the second time."

"I didn't want to get naked at first, but after a beer and a hit off a joint I was naked just like the rest of them. I was sort of interested in how I compared, you know, and I decided I looked okay."

"Okay?" I said sincerely, "You look hot."

He smiled, then went on, "Kent was...huge though. I never seen a dick that big before. Maybe 8 inches or more, and fat, and lots of hair. He's kind of skinny though and I had more muscles than he did."

"The youngest boy was Simon and he didn't even have hair yet, that I could see, and his dick was tiny. But...no one seemed to care about how he looked, or how anyone looked. So at first I just thought the clothes thing was so everyone would feel comfortable or something, or maybe just Kent's idea of a joke."

"Then after a while I noticed some of the boys were missing and I asked one of the boys, Tommy was his name, where everyone went and he said they were probably in Kent and Henry's room."

"I didn't ask why or anything but I kept noticing that different boys were gone at different times and I seemed to be the only one who hadn't disappeared to their room."

"Later, after I'd had my second beer and some more pot, Kent came and got me and said he wanted to show me something. I was so stoned by then he could have shoved me off a cliff and I'd have laughed, so I followed him to his room and boy did I get a shock."

"There were two beds in the room, the kind that have the metal rails you know, and on one of them was that kid Simon and he was laying on his stomach with pillows propping up his middle and his hands and feet were tied to the bed and he had a blindfold over his eyes."

"Kent said Simon was their pussy boy and he liked to get fucked and everyone else had had their turn and now it was mine. If it hadn't been for the booze and the pot I might have been scared or upset or something, but instead my dick was standing up and wagging and I wanted my turn."

"Kent helped me get ready, sucking me for a little bit and then he helped me get into position, but I didn't need any lube, cause that kid's hole was wide open and oozing sperm from the other guys."

"I was like some crazy animal as I stuck my dick in him and the pot had me feeling good and I fucked like crazy. I came real quick, but I didn't stop. I just kept fucking him and after a little while I came again, and then I finally collapsed and don't remember too much else."

"When I woke up I was on the other bed face down and when I opened my eyes I saw that kid Simon on the other bed sucking off one of the other boys. It was crazy. "

"What did you do?"

"I...I guess I was sort of freaked out or something.  I don't know, the pot and booze had wore off and I felt sort of weird."

"I got up and went to the bathroom and took a piss and then washed up and wound my way through all the naked boys laying everywhere and found my clothes and left."

"When I got home I was in shock or something I guess, and I just sort of shut it all out of my head till the next Friday when Kent asked me if I wanted to come over again."

"And did you?" I was a little freaked out myself, but for some reason I was hard as a rock just hearing about Ricky's adventure.

"At first I wasn't sure whether I wanted to or not, then I found out my folks were going to a party on base and my sister was spending the night at a friend's house, so...I decided that I didn't want to be home alone...and so...I went to Kent's party again."

"Only this time it was different cause there were a couple of girls there. One girl was black and her name was Kathy and she was Kent's age...16. The other girl was Ruthie and she was 15."

"I figured since there were girls there that Kent wouldn't be making us get naked again, but boy was I wrong. There were six other boys that night, but Simon wasn't there. There were a few from the last party but a few new guys too."

"So, when Kent lit the first joint and it had been passed around he said it was time to get the party started and he started taking off his clothes and pretty soon everyone else was too, even the girls."

"Did you take your clothes off too?" Johnny asked fidgeting with the bulge in his underpants.

"You just don't know what it's like being around someone like Kent. It's like he has to be in control and all those boys would do anything he asked them to. I knew if I didn't do what he said I wouldn't be invited back and well...at the time, I wasn't sure that was such a bad thing, but I couldn't take a chance so...yeah, I got naked too."

"Wow, and the girls? Did they get naked?" I asked in disbelief.

"Yeah, they weren't shy at all. That black girl had big tits and a nice ass. The white girl wasn't all that developed yet, but she was nice looking anyway."

"Wow, so...was there sex that night too?"

"Not till later, after everyone was either high or drunk. Well, everyone except me cause I held back on the beer and I didn't smoke any pot at all that night. I wasn't sure I liked it that much, especially after the other time and waking up feeling so weird and all."

"So we're watching this dumb movie on TV and then someone suggests we play spin the bottle and Kent finished drinking his beer real fast and says, "here's the bottle," "and we sat around on the floor in the dining room and played spin the bottle."

"At first I wasn't sure if I was gonna like it or not, you know? Since there were more boys than girls, but no one seemed to mind if they had to kiss another boy, so I decided I was being silly. I mean I've done worse than kiss a boy," he said grinning.

"But the first time I spun the bottle it wound up pointing at the black girl."

"You had to kiss a black girl?" Johnny asked frowning. I couldn't tell what he was thinking. Neither of us had been raised to be racist, but then again, neither of us had ever really been around black folks since none lived in our small town.

"Yeah, remember I've been all over the world and I've met all kinds of people, black, yellow, red...so that stuff doesn't bother me, and...she was really sexy and a good kisser too. I was rock-hard by the time we broke it off, and everyone was hooting and hollering and cheering us on."

"I didn't mean nothing bad by it," Johnny said sounding embarrassed.

"I know. Anyway, there was some funny things said and done when a boy would wind up kissing another boy and eventually it was my turn to kiss a boy."

"I spun the bottle then closed my eyes and suddenly I heard all this loud cheering and when I opened my eyes the bottle was pointing at Kent."

"Let me tell you a little more about Kent first. First of all, like I said, he's 16 and pretty tall and slender and hairy down below and well...in other places too. Like on his upper lip. Not a lot, but you could see a little fuzz if you looked close enough, and I think he might have already started shaving too. His arm pits were really hairy and he had a little trail of hair from his belly button down to his pubes."

"Like a man?" I said trying to picture what it would be like to be with someone who was more man than boy.

"Yeah, like a man. Even his voice is deep like a man."

"But you kissed him, right?" This from Johnny, "Cause I know you ain't a chicken."

"No, I've never been chicken before in my life. I did what I had to do. I leaned over and puckered up and I thought it would just be a quick peck on the lips, but Kent grabbed me and dragged me to him and wrapped his arms around me and really kissed me hard...with tongue even."

"Everyone was hooting and hollering and I even felt someone rubbing around on my butt and back while were were kissing. When Kent finally let me go, I was blushing bright red, but the weird thing was...I was hard as a rock and I hadn't been that way when we started."

"Kissing can do that," I offered.

"Yeah, well it wasn't like I loved Kent or anything, or any boy for that matter, but I guess it was just the sex thing that caused me to get so hard."

"That was the only time I had to kiss another boy that  night cause right after that Kent said he was tired of the game and he disappeared to his room and pretty soon the others quit playing too."

"I sat in the living room and talked to the girls for a while and found out they were Military brats too and that the black girl, Kathy, had been in Germany when Kent and some of his friends were stationed there."

"She told me some stuff about Kent that was interesting, like that in Germany he used to run around with some of the local German boys and get into trouble. There was a nude beach there and they used to have sex in front of other people just for kicks and one time someone called the cops on them and they got into some trouble, but nothing major."

"Anyway I was really starting to like Kathy and when she suggested we go to Kent's room I was thinking she meant just us two, and I was  hoping I might get my first pussy...you know?"

"So I let her lead me off to Kent's room, only when we got there we weren't alone. Kent was laying on the bed Simon had been on the last time, and his brother Henry was sucking his dick."

"He looked up and said something like, "Well, are you two gonna just watch or do you wanna play too?" Kathy laughed and shoved me down on the other bed and we started kissing and I sort of forgot about Kent and Henry for a while."

"Things were getting pretty hot and we were feeling each other up and that was nice, cause she was the first girl I actually got naked with. Her tits felt nice and I kissed them and she pushed my head down till I was kissing her tummy then she just kept pushing, but I was too stupid to know what she wanted."

Then suddenly Kent says, "Lick her pussy, she likes that."

"I guess I knew that was a thing girls liked. I mean I knew boys liked getting licked and sucked, so I figured girls did too, but I had never really thought about that you know."

"I let her push me down and then I smelled her and I guess instinct or something took over cause I was down there licking and kissing her pussy and she was bout' goin' crazy. I could tell she really liked it and I found out that girls can cum like more than once and it's pretty intense when they do."

"I was pretty sure I was gonna get to fuck her, but when I tried to get into position she pushed me off of her and started sucking my dick. I mean that was nice too, but I was really hoping to get to fuck her."

Then Ken said, "She don't fuck if that's what you were thinking. She's saving that for her husband or something." he laughed and she pulled up long enough to say, "Fuck you Kent."

He laughed and said, "Okay," then she laughed too.

"Henry had climbed onto the end of the bed and was rubbing my legs while Kathy sucked me and that felt sort of nice too. I mean when you're that horny it don't make no difference whether it's a boy or a girl makin' you feel good."

"Then Kathy pulled off and kissed me on the lips and stuck her tongue in my mouth and I could sort of taste my dick on her mouth."

I looked at Johnny and smiled, we knew all about that.

"So I was laying there kissing her and my dick was hard as a rock and standing up and then before I could pull away from her to say anything Henry was straddled over me and the next thing I knew he grabbed my dick and aimed it at his butthole and sat down on it."

"I didn't even know you could do it that way, did you? Well, anyway I couldn't  hardly complain cause it felt so good and I was about ready to pop anyway."

"But as close as I was, that kid knew how to make it last, and just when I was about to come, he'd slow down or stop with my dick buried up there, and I'd cool down and then he'd start again."

"All the time he was doin' that Kathy was kissing me and rubbing my chest and stuff and I wasn't sure where Kent was till he started grunting and then I saw that he was behind Kathy rubbing his dick on her ass."

"I don't think he put it inside her, he was just dry humping her, but it must've felt good cause he was moaning as loud as I was."

"Henry finally let me come and it was a big one. I blasted  hard and then I was so tired. Kathy pulled away and went off to the bathroom and Kent followed her. Henry pulled off and fell down beside me and tried to kiss me, but by then I wasn't in a kissing mood, and I feel bad about it now, but I sort of pushed him away."

"He didn't look mad or anything but eventually he got up and left too. I just laid there trying to recover and I must've dozed off cause the next time I knew anything that other girl was on the bed across the room on her hands and knees and one boy was fucking her from behind and one was standing in front of her and she was sucking his dick."

"I was soft for about a minute, then I was fully hard again, but I didn't want to interrupt them so I just started beating off while I watched. I wanted to fuck that other girl, but I didn't know if she'd let me."

"Turns out she only let the boys who couldn't come yet fuck her, cause she didn't want to worry about getting pregnant. For once I was sorry I could shoot sperm."

"Kent came in then and sat down beside me and leaned back into me and I stopped jerking off."

"He said we needed to talk, and I said okay, and then he grabbed my hand and pulled me up off the bed and led me to the bathroom. When we got there he closed the door and put the toilet seat down and told me to sit."

"I really needed to piss, but the look on Kent's face told me this wasn't the time to mention that, so I sat."

"Then he began cussing me out, he said I was an asshole. That I fucked Simon and Henry and then treated them like trash, and that I hurt Henry's feelings, and I was so confused that I just nodded and kept saying I was sorry."

"After awhile he calmed down a little then he just left me there. I peed and went back into the living room and most of the kids were asleep all over the place so I found a empty spot and laid down. I was out pretty quick and didn't wake up till morning."

"I peed and got dressed and left and never went back. Of course part of the reason is because Kent got into some trouble and my folks told  me I couldn't be around him anymore, but that was just fine by me. I mean I liked most of it, and especially the girls, but it was too weird for me."

"Wow, that's crazy," I said. 

"Yeah, I wonder where he learned all that stuff."

"In Germany and other places his old man was stationed I reckon," Ricky said looking thoughtful, "when we were in the Philipines I messed with a brother and sister there, but nothing serious. We were only 8 or 9 then and just mostly touched and stuff."

"I guess traveling around all over the place can be cool," I said thinking about the possibilities, but actually I was pretty happy to be where I was and with Johnny.

"So, were you dating that girl then?"

"Naw, I met Vicky after that. She's really nice, just not as wild as I wish," he said grinning.

"Well, you know how girls are? Always looking for boyfriends, but they never can figure out what it takes to make them happy and keep them," Johnny said laughing, "Not that I know too much about that myself."

"Yeah, well...it's still nice," Ricky said wiping sweat off his flat tummy and onto his underpants.

My eyes followed his movement and then moved on down to his bulge again. Was it bigger now that he'd told his story?

"I gotta pee," Johnny said after a few heartbeats.

"Yeah, me too," I added getting to my feet and offering Johnny a hand up.

"I guess I should go too," Ricky said rising. Maybe he had a pee boner.

We stepped out into the night air, and even though it was still warm out, the air felt good against our sweaty bodies after being couped up inside the clubhouse. We hosed down the weeds along the back fence and shook the dew off the lilies then just lingered there a while enjoying the cooler air.

"We should put our shorts on and go for a walk," Johnny suggested.

Ordinarily I might have protested, but for some reason the idea didn't sound half bad. Maybe it was the prospect of being out in the cooler air, or the adventure of it all, but for whatever reason suddenly I thought it was a great idea.

Ricky was more than willing to go along with whatever we wanted and pretty soon we were dressed and headed out the back gate and into the alley.

We talked softly as we headed up the alley toward First Street, but instead of turning we continued up the alley. There was no real reason to worry about being out that late in our little town, but the last thing we wanted to do was attract attention to ourselves and have it wind up getting back to my folks so we stuck to the alley.

At third street the alley ended however and ahead was Dog Pound Road, but we were in no mood to walk down that dark gravel road so we turned down Third Street and headed West. There were some kids playing under the streetlight at the corner of Whitaker but they were  younger kids and we didn't know them. 

They waved and we waved then we were on our way again. As we walked we talked about all sorts of things, school, sports, TV shows, and what we wanted to do once we grew up, things like that, and before we knew it we were at the end of Third Street.

Third Street ended at Edith Street and to our right two blocks up was the small park where Johnny and I had spent so many happy moments in our life.

It seemed only natural that we wound up here. That park seemed to be like a magnet pulling us there in good times and bad times and would remain a place dear to my heart even to this day.

We climbed the monkey bars as we had so many times before and stared out at all the familiar sights, and for a moment none of us spoke.

"I'm sorry what I said back there," Ricky said suddenly.

At first I didn't know what he meant, but I guess Johnny did.

"It's okay, I just get mad when I hear that word. I wish someone would come up with a new word that doesn't sound so mean."

"How about Gay?" Ricky said looking at Johnny hopefully, "I heard those kids at the party use the word a lot, even Kent, and it didn't sound like they meant it in a bad way."

"Gay? Like happy? I like that," Johnny said smiling, "Yeah, I don't mind that word. What do you say Robert, you okay with it?"

"Yeah, I like it," I said smiling, "It's how I feel, happy to be gay with you."

Johnny laughed, "Okay, so we're gay now."

"You guys ready to go back now?" I said starting to feel a little sleepy.

"Yeah, let's go, I need a drink first though."

Johnny led us to the fountain near the bathrooms and we took turns drinking then headed east up Second Street and back to the alley behind my house.

As we opened the back gate and slipped into the yard I noticed a light on in the kitchen and I worried my folks might have heard us or got up to check on us.

I didn't mention my fears though, but once we were inside the clubhouse I latched the door just in case. I didn't want any surprises if we had been  missed.

"So Robert and I were gonna sleep in the floor. You can have the couch if you want."

Ricky stood looking thoughtful for a moment then scrunched up his handsome face, "If it's okay...I'll sleep down there too."

"Okay, but I gotta warn you, we don't just sleep," Johnny laughed.

"Well, that's okay. I'm not really that tired myself," he said grinning.

With that out of the way, the rest was easy. Once we turned off the light we slipped out of our underwear and things happened pretty fast.

If Ricky had any doubts about how much fun boys could be he didn't show it that night. He was right in there, giving and getting, and we were breathless by the time we'd had our first orgasm.

As we lay recharging and talking softly Johnny and I kissed and cuddled. Ricky lay to my right and I felt his hand on my chest as he rolled into me and threw a leg over me.

"If I had you guys back in Midwest City, I wouldn't need a girlfriend," he said rubbing my chest and causing my nipples to harden.

"Well, we can't be there, but when you come visit, we'll try to make it fun," I said looking into his big brown eyes.

And then it just happened. I don't know who started moving first, but suddenly our lips met and we kissed for a long time. As far as kisses went it wasn't that passionate a kiss, but it was sweet and tender, and it was like Ricky was trying to say something with his lips.

When we broke it off I was aware of Johnny who had raised up and  had been watching us the whole time. At first I thought maybe he might be mad at me for kissing another boy so soon after we made up, but that wasn't it at all.

"Hey, how about me?" He said and then Ricky raised up and I was trapped between their two hot sweaty and oh so sexy bodies as they kissed.

I wasn't complaining though and after they broke the kiss both of them turned their attention to me and let me tell you, it was great. One of them was sucking me and one was licking my balls and poking at my butt, and well I don't have to tell you which one was after my butt, and he got it later.

Johnny fucked me slowly while Ricky watched and rubbed his dick so I coaxed him over to me and started sucking him as Johnny fucked me.

I didn't need any help getting off though cause Johnny made me come hard just from fucking me, and then I had Ricky's sperm in my mouth and Johnny's up my butt, and it was the best time ever for us three.

We laid around and wallowed in the floor for a while cooling off and coming down off our orgasms, and then we walked outside, naked this time, and peed one last time.

We were so tired that I don't even think we thought about what we'd done until the next morning and then we laughed about it all day.

After breakfast however Ricky had to go back to his Grandma's and we didn't see him again until just before they left for home. It was a great weekend though and I felt like we'd all learned something. 

Ricky learned that even though he liked girls now he still liked boys too, and Johnny and I learned a new word to describe ourselves. So from that day on we were Gay, not Queer.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

That next week we made our final plans for our trip to Uncle Joe's farm and discovered who was actually going. Donnie was definitely in, but Walter was going to his cousin's that week and his folks wouldn't let him change his plans. Donnie was disappointed, and so were we, but we figured we'd still have plenty of help if everyone else could go. Surprisingly Ben was in, and in fact his mom said she was glad to get rid of him for a week. She said it like a joke to my mom, but I'm not sure she wasn't being serious.

Gerald was touch and go at first. He'd gotten into trouble with his mom over Toby, and at first she wasn't going to let him go, but at the last minute I think she decided she would let someone else deal with him for a while.

Gerald didn't go into any details about the trouble he'd gotten into with Toby, but I was sure he'd tell us all later.

All that was left was Caleb and that would require a trip to Locust Grove.

On Thursday mom drove us to Locust Grove as Mikey stared out the window and pointed out the horsies and cows to us. He was so smart and already way ahead of where I was when I was his age, or so mom kept reminding me. Gee, thanks mom, but you know what? I was as proud of him as my folks were.

As we pulled up in Caleb's yard he came running out to meet us and I could tell he was excited to see us. He didn't jump us and hug us, but I swear he sure looked like he wanted to, so...I did the jumping for him.

Then Johnny joined in and all three of us were jumping around and hugging. When we finally settled down we introduced mom to Caleb and he led us inside.

His Grandpa was off somewhere doing something, but his Grandma greeted us and she hugged both Johnny and me like we were her long lost kids.

She had baked molasses raisin cookies and we had them with tall glasses of sweet iced tea. Caleb's grandma went on and on about how much they missed Johnny coming down for her cooking and we all laughed. 

While the adults visited we finally got Caleb alone to discuss the trip.

"My grand folks said it was fine if I went, but the only problem is...I was gonna ride with Johnny at first, but now...he's not here so..I may not have a ride there."

"Well, just come with us now," Johnny said coming up with the answer immediately.

"Yeah, that's a great idea," I said, "it's only for one night, my folks won't care, and then all we have to do is pick up Gerald and Ben. Donnie is gonna walk over in the morning and have breakfast with us before we go."

"Well, I was hoping you'd ask," Caleb said grinning, "cause that's what my grandpa suggested too."

We walked down to the creek and if we'd had more time we might have done a little skinny dipping, but we finally decided we should get back before the adults got worried.

Mom went along with the idea easily and after Caleb packed his things we were off to my house again. 

Mikey crawled all over Caleb but he didn't seem to mind, and by the time we got to my house the two were great friends. It gave me a warm feeling inside to see my friends get along with my little brother, and as we all grew up those feelings remained the same.

Dad was surprised to see Caleb, but as always he warmed to him quickly, and over burgers and hot dogs they bonded nicely. We laughed and carried on as we ate dinner and Mikey was a clown, delighting in making us kids laugh with his antics.

After supper we helped mom clean up and then went off to my room to find something to occupy our time till bedtime. Johnny pulled out his sketch pad and started drawing a picture of a car and Caleb sat down beside him and watched with interest.

"You're really good at that."

"Umm...I'm getting better. If I could afford to go to college I'd like to study art and maybe be a teacher some day."

"How come I never knew that?" I said suddenly feeling as if I didn't know Johnny as well as I thought I did.

"I don't know, it's silly I guess," Johnny said blushing.

"No, it's not silly. It's a great idea. I want to be a writer and you want to be an artist or a teacher, that's great..."

"You guys think you'll...you know, still be together then?"

I looked at Johnny and we locked eyes. It seemed like an eternity of silence then almost at once we both said softly, "Yes."

We giggled at having the same thought at the same time and the tension I'd felt flew away.

"Yeah, I can see that happening," Caleb said smiling, "and I think it's great, I really do."

"So, ever hear the word gay before?" Johnny said as he continued to draw.

"Yeah, back in California they used that word a lot. Why?"

"Cause that's what Robert and me are, GAY," he said proudly, "No more thinking about it, no more pretending I don't know what I am or what I feel. No more pretending that I'll forget all this and marry a girl someday. I might not be able to marry Robert, but if he'll have me...I want to spend the rest of my life with him."

I was leaking tears by then and feeling very emotional. I felt sort of weird that Johnny had chosen this exact moment to express himself in front of an almost stranger, well you get what I mean, but I sure wasn't going to let his confession go without a response.

"Johnny Williams, I love you more every day and I would be proud to be with you for every minute of the rest of my life."

Caleb was smiling, but wiping at tears as he witnessed something very special happen between Johnny and me that night, and I wasn't surprised when he suddenly got up and excused himself to the bathroom.

When he was gone I sat down beside Johnny and put my arm around him. For a moment we just sat there soaking up each other's love and working through our feelings. 

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said all that stuff in front of Caleb."

"No, it's fine. Don't you see, it means you're not ashamed to love me and to be with me."

"If I ever acted that way...I'm sorry. Before we broke up I was so confused, but the one thing I always knew was that loved you and I didn't want to loose you. Then when we did break up I was miserable and I thought I'd never be able to be happy again. Then we made up and I was so happy and I realized that the one thing in my life that made sense, the one thing that made me happy, and kept me going, was you, and what we meant to each other. So...this might not have been the best time to tell you how I felt, but now that I have I feel so much better."

I leaned in an kissed him on the lips, "This was the perfect time and I want you to know that I feel exactly the same way. I can't imagine my life without you in it and these last few weeks have been wonderful. But you know what? My whole life has been wonderful...wonderful cause you were in it. From the first day we met I knew there was something special about you and that my life would never be the same."

"Every time I think about my life I can't think of any part that you weren't part of. Even when we were fighting you were a big part of my life. Then just when I thought it was all over, we found our way back together again and I was happy again. Yes, I want to spend my life with you. I guess I just always thought that's how it would be. And even when things didn't look so good, I guess I always believed that you'd come back to me. And now, just look at us, two gay boys in love and talking about spending the rest of our lives together."

We kissed again and rolled around on the bed, but we didn't get naked, not then. Eventually we straightened up and went off to find Caleb who was watching TV with my folks.

Mikey was sitting in Caleb's lap leaning back against him and looking sleepy, but when he saw me and Johnny he reached out his arms and I took him.

No one said anything about why Caleb had left us alone, or what we might have been doing in my room all alone, but that was just the way it was with my folks.

Around nine mom put Mikey to bed and she and dad went soon after that. The three of us stayed up till the news came on at 10 o'clock then headed to my room.

We didn't even bother with showers that night, which was unusual, but mom was already in bed so there was no one to complain.

I fixed Caleb a pallet on the floor and Johnny and I stripped down to our underwear and climbed into my bed. I waited till Caleb was down to his undies and settled on the pallet before I turned out the lights then we spend a few minutes settling in and letting our eyes get used to the dark.

"Thanks for what you did," I said softly.

"It's no big deal."

"Sorry I sort of drug you into it." From Johnny.

Caleb laughed, "Don't worry, I thought it was neat, and if you're worried I might tell someone, you know I'm cool with you guys."

"We're not worried," I said speaking for both of us, "So...wanna come up here with us?"

"I thought you guys wanted to be alone..."

"There's time for that later."

"Yeah, come on up. We're gonna make sure you never tell anyone, cause we'd gonna make sure you're part of the secret," Johnny laughed.

We shared something very special that night. It was more than just sex, it was three boys bonding in a way that would make most adults cringe and go running for the hills, or the church. We loved and lusted and spilled our young seed until we were exhausted and then fell asleep in a pile, our bodies entangled, and slept the sleep that only the very young and innocent can achieve.

I promise to answer all of them in a timely fashion.

And a big thanks to Stan S. in Florida for editing for me.......

his email address is

sdsummay@outlook.com