Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:18:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Roberson Subject: two boys a love story part 7 This story is all fiction. Any resemblance to anything or anybody is a coincidence. Don't read if you shouldn't for ANY REASON. prologue Hi. My name is Adam Fitzgerald. I am 11 years old, and I live in Lakeland Florida. I like sports, music, friends, cats, cooking, video games, computers, and watching TV. I am starting sixth grade at Lemon Market Elementary. I have been going to Lemon Market since the fourth grade, when me, my older sister, and my mother all moved in with Mom's boyfriend Gerald (I can't stand Gerald). This year started off pretty normally. I got my classroom assignment two days before school started and saw I was in Mrs. Tronik's class. On the first day of school I found the classroom and went to sit down at one of the desks that had been set up in a half circle around the room. As I sat down I saw a boy sitting several desks away from me that I didn't recognize, and I figured that he must have been new. He was sitting at his desk reading a book and not talking to anybody. He had really light, wavy blond hair that was almost white, and went just to his ears. He also had a lightly tanned complexion .When he looked up I saw that he had these really cool looking eyes. His forehead kind of sloped down a little, and he had eyebrows that were darker than his hair. His eyes were deep set and he had an intense look about him. His nose looked a little bit darker than the rest of his face and had a few freckles on it. He had really full lips and a cleft on his chin. He was skinny, but he had sort of a big frame. Right away I felt like I had been hit by a thunderbolt. I thought he looked like a kid you would see in a movie, and I got a boner in my pants while I watched him. When the teacher called the roll, he said that his name was Byron Welleham. I thought that even his name was sexy. He was also strong. He had long arms, and was a little taller than me (I'm short for my age). In PE he did twenty pull ups, which is more than I had ever seen anyone do. I decided that I was going to make friends with him, but it turned out that he was not very friendly. If someone tried to talk to him, he would give them a dirty look. During lunch I decided to sit with him, but changed my mind when I saw him sitting by himself at the end of the row of tables our class had in the cafeteria. Clearly he didn't want anyone bothering him. I usually make friends easily, but something told me to back off on this kid, at least for now. After lunch at recess, he sat by himself at the bottom of the small hill that went up to the school building from the playground and athletic fields, reading a book. I thought he seemed lonely and sad and I felt kind of sorry for him. Every day, I would sit at my desk and look at Byron sitting at his. He always either had his head down doing his work, or was facing forward towards the blackboard. Never once did he seem to even notice me. I would get a mushy, tickly,butterflies in the stomach feeling when I looked at him, and I would breathe a little heavier. Still, I couldn't get him to talk to me, or even notice that I was alive. Every day at lunch, I chickened out sitting with him. I almost passed him a note at the beginning of class one day, but stopped myself at the last minute. He just didn't seem to want to be bothered by anybody. The next Tuesday, on the second week of school, I had brought my soccer ball to school (I played in the local boys soccer league) and got some kids together during recess for a game. There were only five of us though. I looked over at the hill and saw Byron sitting there with his nose buried in his book, as usual. We needed a sixth person for soccer, so I finally had my excuse to talk to him! I walked over and asked him if he wanted to play. When he looked at me I felt like I could have melted right into the ground. I saw that he had these bright hazel eyes, and he spoke in a really high, soft voice. He told me that he wasn't interested in playing, but at that point, I wasn't either. I decided that I was going to talk to this kid whether he wanted me to or not. I went back to the other kids, tossed them my soccer ball, and told them to play without me. I walked back over and sat down next to him. He seemed surprised when I came back, and seemed at first like he didn't really want me there. However, as we talked, he started to relax a little, and he turned out to be a really nice, funny guy. I thought he had the coolest smile I had ever seen. His whole face would light up and his eyes would sort of twinkle, and he would get these little crows feet wrinkles. He had a front tooth that was slightly crooked, which I thought looked really cute. He got a little mad when I tried to find out what was bothering him, but aside from that, we seemed like we could get along really good. It seemed like he might have thought so too... Two Boys: A Love Story Part VII As I lay on Adam's bed in his room, I saw him sitting cross legged to my right with his big white pad, and he was sketching his room with a black pen. I was lying back on a couple of pillows with my hands behind my head, the covers down to just over my knees. We were both naked and my penis was draped over my right inner thigh like a snake sunning itself on a rock. As I watched Adam sketch, I reached over and ran my hand down his back. I could feel the bones in his back on my hand as I rubbed it down to his butt. I fingered his crack, felt his tail bone with my fingers, and lovingly rubbed and squeezed his left butt cheek. Just then the toilet flushed in the bathroom, and a naked little boy came running out and plunged head first onto the bed between us onto his stomach. He folded his arms and buried his face in them. "There he is!" I smiled, and I started running my hand over his smooth little butt. Adam put his pad down and shifted himself so that he now was facing both of us, and ran his hand along the boys left leg from behind the knee and up to his butt and back down again. I could hear the boy giggling as we caressed him. Adam started rubbing his fingertips lightly over his back and I started rubbing my hand through the boys black hair. Goose bumps were popping up on the kids flesh. "Did you wipe good, Roger?" Adam asked. "Uh huh." The boy replied, his voice muffled. "I'm going to check." Adam smiled. Roger giggled as Adam put his hands on his butt cheeks and spread them , revealing a pink, puckered little hole. Adam leaned down and inspected it closely, then put his lips just above Roger's anus and blew into it. Roger giggled even louder and we both laughed. "You're a very clean boy, Roger." Adam grinned. "Clean as a whistle!" I said and we all giggled. Roger was a seven year old neighbor of Adam's who lived a couple of houses away from his. He had lived there for almost a year, but went to a private school, so Adam hadn't actually met him until almost the beginning of June. His father was Indian and his mother was from Sweden. His name was actually supposed to be spelled 'Raja', but when he was in kindergarten the teacher accidently had him write it as 'Roger', so it stayed that way. Adam saw him riding his bike around the cul de sac one afternoon and invited him up to his room, where he discovered that Roger was more than willing to go along with whatever Adam suggested. He was short, barely four feet, if that, and was a really nice looking kid, with jet black hair, blue eyes, a square jaw, and a thin little mouth. His face was a perfect combination of Indian and Caucasian features. He was thin and had stubby little arms and legs. His skin was a light brown, as though he had a really deep tan, and he was that way all over. He had a rounded little belly and a cute little bubble butt that was just a little bit large for his body. He also had a large penis for a boy his age, and it was more whitish than the rest of his body. "Roger, turn over so that we can play The Game." Adam said. Roger then turned over onto his back, and his penis came jiggling into view. Adam reached over and began retracting Roger's foreskin with his thumb and forefinger. I had only seen one other uncircumcised boy in my life, but Adam apparently had had at least a couple of friends who were, so he was quite familiar with it. Adam had told me more than once that he wished that he wasn't circumcised. Roger giggled as Adam retracted the foreskin all the way back, his shiny reddish, purplish head was showing. Roger squirmed and giggled as he did it. Adam then let go and we watched as the skin slowly crept back up his dick until it finally retreated all the way back into a nice little pucker. "You're like the doctor." Roger smiled. "My dick was the same size when I was your age that yours is. When you get older it will be as big as mine." I said. "Will I have hair down there too, Byron?" Roger asked as he glanced over at my dick, which was now rock hard again. "Sure you will." I said. Roger then reached over and squeezed the head of my dick with his left hand. "Beep beep!" Roger giggled, and I laughed. We then decided to all go swimming. Gerald was out of town until tomorrow, Maddie was with her boyfriend, and Sherry was out at a volunteer thing that she was involved with. Adam grabbed his goggles and we all walked butt naked through the house and down to the pool. We all jumped right in, Roger stayed in the shallow end and was swimming around like a little fish . Adam and I splashed around and dunked each other a few times. Adam then swam over to the ladder and got out to go to the diving board, his boner sticking straight up. As Adam started practicing his diving, I swam over to where Roger was. "Roger, do you want to go into the deep end now? I think today is the day." "No...!" He whined. "Come on, you said you would. Don't worry, you'll be safe. I promise. I'll make sure you don't drown, I swear." Roger just stood there and looked down into the water. I then heard the diving board spring and a splash as Adam did a double sommersault into the pool. "Don't worry, you'll be safe. We're friends and friends watch out for each other. Come on, let's go into the deep end." I said. Roger finally nodded with his head still down. I took his hand and we swam down to where it went over Roger's head. Adam was on the diving board with his arms out, ready to dive, his boner now down to a semi. Roger put his arms around my neck and I put my right arm under his bare butt. I could feel his skin against mine and his legs rubbing up against me, and my dick popped up into an instant boner. "Alright, ready?" I said. Roger nodded and we then started swimming out into the deep end. Roger clung to my neck. We then swam past the six, seven, and eight foot marks. Adam had dived in and was swimming with us, he was also checking us out underwater with his goggles on. Rogers left leg was rubbing against my butt and his right leg was rubbing against my boner. When we got to the nine foot mark, Roger panicked a little bit. "Daddy...!" He called out and tightened his grip on my neck. "It's ok, it's ok. I got you Roger." I said. We then arrived at the ten foot mark at the end of the pool. "Alright Roger, I'm going to let go of you now and you're going to tread water for a few seconds, ok?" I said. "No!" Roger whined. "I promise, you'll be safe. Put your hand on the side here and I'll let go, ok?" "I'm here too." Said Adam who was treading water behind Roger. Roger then nodded and gripped the edge of the pool. I slowly let go. Roger continued to grip the edge. "Ok Roger, go ahead and let go and start treading like we showed you." I said. Roger hesitated, and then let go. He immediately started treading water in a panic, but quickly relaxed once he realized that he wasn't going to sink right to the bottom. "There! See? You're doing it!" I said. "Yay Roger!" Adam said. Roger grinned broadly and looked very proud. I felt proud too that I was able to teach him this. "Ok, we're going to swim back to the shallow end now, ok?" I said. "Ok." Roger grinned. We then slowly made our way back to the other end. Roger was dog paddling away with Adam behind him to make sure he was alright. We then reached the shallow end and we both high fived Roger. Roger was grinning broadly and he looked really cute with his missing front teeth. "Congratulations, you're officialy one of the big boys now!" I said as I patted his shoulder. He looked so proud. "Ok, Roger. You know what's next..." Adam said. "No!" Roger protested. "Come on! You're a big boy now and you know how to swim in the deep end. Now you need to learn how to use the diving board." He said. "Don't worry. I'll be there to catch you." I said. "Just hold your breath and as soon as you're in the water I'll grab you and bring you up, ok?" Roger seemed a little mad that he now had to try to use the diving board. Adam grabbed his arm and lead him to the ladder and out of the water. I swam over to the diving board. Adam took Roger's hand and walked him over to the board. Adam then had Roger stand on the top of the ladder and watch him as he executed a perfect swan dive into the pool. "See Roger? It's easy." Adam said after he reemerged. "But I don't know how to dive." Roger said. "Just jump, you don't have to dive. I'll be here, I promise." I said. Adam swam over to the ladder and climbed out of the pool. Roger then timidly climbed up to the springboard. Adam stood behind him at the top of the ladder with one foot on the top step and one on the board. Roger walked over to the edge and stood there looking down at me. "Come on Roger, you can do it!" Adam said. "Come on Roger. I'm right here." I said. Roger just stood there and seemed a little petrified. "Come on Roger, jump in instead of just standing there with your weiner showing!" Roger smiled a little, took a deep breath, held his nose, closed his eyes, and walked off of the diving board. He immediately splashed down right in front of me. I grabbed him and lifted him up above the surface, he was still holding his nose. "Roger ! You did it! You jumped off the board!" I shouted. I felt really happy for him. "Alright Roger!" Adam said. "That was fun!" Roger shouted and gave the biggest and happiest grin that I had ever seen on him. I swam under him so that he was on my shoulders and then swam him over to the ladder. We got out of the pool and Adam ran over and gave him a huge hug. I hugged Roger too, and then Adam and I hugged and gave each other a high five. We then all took turns jumping and diving off the board until a crash of thunder from an approaching thunderstorm ended the festivities. We headed inside and crammed into the shower together to get the chlorine off of us. and then went and sat in the sauna for a few minutes. Roger looked cute sitting on the bench naked, kicking his legs back and forth. Adam and I both had boners and Adam started playing with his while Roger watched. Roger was apparently too young to start getting boners all the time the way we did. "Why are you doing that, Adam?" Roger asked with his eyes on his dick and a big smile on his face. "Because it feels good and I like it." Adam said. Roger started tugging and squeezing his dick a little, and then went back to sitting there and kicking his legs. After the sauna we took a brief cold shower to rinse off and headed back to Adam's room. Almost as soon as we got there, Rogers cell phone then rang. He got up and went to the desk where it was sitting and answered it. "Ok....ok...we were swimming, I went off the diving board! Yeah!...yeah...ok...ok bye." He said and then hung up. " I gotta go home guys, that was my mom." He said. Adam and I both moaned at the same time when he said he was leaving. Adam and I both really liked that kid a lot. I think Adam was in love with him almost as much as he was with me, and I thought he was about as cute as a kid could be. We were both so proud of him as if we were his parents or something. "Come back tomorow Roger and I'll teach you how to dive." Adam said as he slipped on a pair of boxers, as I was doing. "Thanks." Roger grinned. Once Roger was dressed we both walked him to the front door of the house. "Bye Roger, don't tell your mom about all the naked stuff." Adam said as he opened the door for him. "I won't. " Roger grinned. "Tell her you wore one of Adam's old suits and that it barely fit you. " I said. "Ok." Replied Roger. We both hugged Roger and Adam closed the door behind him as he left. We then went up to Adam's room, took of our boxers, and collapsed into each others arms on the bed. Adam was rubbing his tongue over my dick and I grabbed his with my right hand and began jerking him off. We rolled around and exchanged sucks and kisses until both of us came at the same time. We then lay back in each others arms and snuggled up in Adam's private cocoon, oblivious to everything but each other. It had been a little over two weeks since school had let out, and Adam and I now pretty much lived together. We alternated between staying at his house and staying at Don's, although we both agreed that his house was the way better of the two and we wound up being there most of the time. We were finally able to spend every hour of every day together, just like we had always wanted to. I was worried that we would get sick of each other, but so far that wasn't happening. The school year had ended on a high note. Adam and I had both gotten to complete the year together in Mrs. Kim's room. This fall was seventh grade and Junior High school. I was actually kind of excited about it. Steve Krauter's newfound popularity that he garnered at our expense turned out to be fleeting. He began bringing Bible tracts into school and telling the other kids that they were all sinners and that they were going to Hell, and so on. Soon he was back to sitting by himself at lunch everyday with his stupid oboe case under his chair. I told Adam about the way Chris Richards acted when I was over at his house. Adam then calmly picked up my Droid, called Chris, told him that they were no longer friends, and hung up. When he handed my phone back he said that if someone wasn't my friend then he wasn't their's. My eyes swelled up with tears when he said that, and he leaned over and hugged me while I wept for joy on his shoulder. I simply could not believe how lucky I was to have Adam in my life. I was starting to wonder if it was even possible for me to ever love another person so much. Mom was doing a lot better. She was still going to therapy once a week, but the crying episodes had stopped and she was able to return to work. She seemed really happy with Don, so I did my best to accept him as a part of our lives. He actually wasn't too bad a guy when he wasn't drinking, which unfortunately wasn't too often. He and Adam got along ok, but it always seemed really formal between the two of them, almost like a business arrangement. Maddie and Don got along together way better. Don took Adam and me to his print shop one day and let us watch him work. In addition to Rich, he also had another employee named James. James was a Gulf War veteran who wore an eyepatch over his left eye and kept his brown curly hair in a mullet. He said he got his eyepatch from when another soldier who was walking near him stepped on a landmine, and pieces of the man's skull and helmet lodged into his eye. His face was also covered with scars from the explosion. We thought he was a really cool guy. One day, about a week later, Adam and I were sitting on the dock by the pond. Gerald was at home, so we tried to stay outside as much as we could. The mosquitos were horrendous, so we continuously sprayed ourselves head to tow with a can of insect repelant that Adam had brought. We were just sitting there, throwing rocks into the water. "Do you ever think about dying?" Adam suddenly asked. "Sometimes, I guess. Why?" I replied. "Don't you think it's weird how everyone eventually dies?" I paused for a few seconds. "I guess." "It's not like some people die, I mean...EVERYONE dies." He said. "Why are you thinking about dying? Is there something you want to tell me?" I asked. "No, I was just thinking about it." He said. Adam would often go on philosophical tangents like that, so I wasn't too surprised by the conversation. We threw a few more pebbles into the pond and watched the sunfish coming briefly to the surface as the water rippled out. "I just hope I'm 100 years old and surrounded by all my family when I go." I said. "A hundred years is a long time to be alive." He said. "I know, I just don't want to die while I'm still a kid, you know? I hate it when you hear on the news about some kid dying. There's too many cool things that you can do when you're grown up, you know?" I said. "I know. It makes me really sad when I hear about a kid dying, I hate that." He said. We tossed a few more pebbles. A water mocassin was swimming around in the water. "Do you believe in heaven and hell?" He asked. "Sure. Don't you?" I said. "I guess so, I mean, that's what they tell you to believe." He said. "You don't even go to church." I said. "No, I don't like churches, they're boring." He replied. We then heard some shuffling footsteps behind us. I looked over and Maddie was coming down the path towards the dock. Her long blond hair went over her shoulders, and she had on a pink t-shirt and a pair of jean shorts. "What, are you guys making out?" She said as she got to the dock. "No we're talking about dying." Adam said, which sounded strange with his piping and cheerful high pitched voice. "You guys have the weirdest conversations." She said as she sat down between us. I leaned over to her and she turned around and we plunged our tongues into each others mouths. She then cradled me in her arms. I put my head on her breasts and my arms around her and closed my eyes. "I'm going to marry you someday, Maddie." I said. I really meant it, I absolutely loved Maddie. "It won't work out." She said. "Why not?" I replied. "Because I won't want my brother in the bed with us." She said and we all laughed. She then reached down and started feeling my hard on through my shorts. "Adam, keep an eye out for Mom or Gerald while I suck Byron's dick." She said. "But I want to watch!" He said. "You got to watch last night!" She said. Maddie had come to Adam's room last night and she and I fucked on his bed for almost an hour while Adam watched. Adam jerked off and came three times, it was so hot. Afterwords his sheets smelled like pussy, it was great. "Oh, alright!" He said and he pouted his way over to the bend where you could see the back of the house. I slid backwards so that Maddie would have room. She unbuttoned and unzipped my pants, pulled down my underwear and my boner smacked up against my shirt. She went down and started sucking it and I lay down flat on the wooden dock. I could hear the frogs and the insects all around me as she sucked away. Her tongue was flying all over my dick and it felt unbelievably good. She sure was better at it then Adam was, although he did a pretty good job too. Maddie took her shirt off so that I could reach up and feel her tits with my hands. She leaned down and we plunged our tongues into each others mouths again. She then started taking her pants off and I took mine off too. Once we were naked she lay down next to me and we rolled on top of each other. Our bodies were sweaty and sticky from the heat and humidity. I went down and plunged my tongue into her pussy. The very first time I was with Maddie, which was during the second time I had slept over here last fall, I happened to accidently blunder right into her hot spot with my tongue and she actually shrieked, so I knew exactly where to go and what to do. Maddie moaned and writhed while I tongued her out, and I could taste the sweet juices flowing and mixing with my saliva. I then moved up and plunged my dick into her and started pumping madly. "Wait...wait..." She breathed. She then grabbed her shorts and pulled a condom out. I rolled over and she put it on for me. I then got back on her, inserted, and started grinding away. After several minutes of thrusting and pumping I let out a big moan as I came, explosions bursting under my eye lids. Maddie let out a moan and was digging into my back. I finally stopped thrusting, rolled over, and started panting at the sky. Maddie got dressed and yelled over to Adam that we were finished. "I know, I saw." I heard Adam say from behind the reeds. Apparently he was finishing up jerking off. I pulled the condom off of my dick and threw it into the water. After it landed a couple of sunfish came to the surface and started nibbling at it. "Remind me to never eat any fish out of this pond." I laughed as I wiped off my dick with my hand. Maddie said she had to go meet her boyfriend over at the college, said her goodbyes, and walked off. Apparently she was serious about that dork, as she had never had a boyfriend for that long. I felt more than a little jealous. Adam came back to the dock and sat down while I put my pants and shirt back on. Soon we were right back to tossing pebbles into the water like we had before. Soon we heard thunder and saw a huge black cloud coming towards us, so we headed back in. We went into his room and rolled around naked on his bed in each others arms while it stormed and raged outside. An hour or so later we were sitting up on his bed sharing my i-pod and listening to some tunes. There was a knock on the door. I scrambled off of the bed and grabbed my underwear and a t-shirt and ran over towards the bathroom door. Adam nonchalantly put the i-pod down, and walked over to the door naked. He answered it and Gerald was there. "Adam I..." He said and then rolled his eyes in exasperation.. "Adam, will you PLEASE go put something on while I'm talking to you?" Adam then went to the bed and put a sock on, and returned to the door. "Adam! I told you to put something on!" He said angrily. "I did. I put a sock on." He replied as he stuck his foot out at Gerald. Gerald gave an exasperated sigh and averted his eyes." I'm going out of town for a few days. Please tell your mother that I left the hotel info on the desk in my study. Can you do that for me, please?" "Sure, whatever you say, Gerald." He said and then gave a sharp military salute. I had to pinch my nose with my fingernails dug in to keep from laughing. Gerald scowled at Adam and left. Adam shut the door and locked it. I then burst into laughter and actually had to sit on the floor, I was laughing so hard. Adam came over, got down on the floor, and started tickling me. I was gasping with laughter as he attacked the most ticklish parts of my chest. "What are you doing with this shit on!" He said in a mock villianous voice as he pulled the shirt off of me. He then gave me an even more intense round of tickling, this time going into my armpits as well, and I was worried that I was going to pee in my underwear. He then pulled the front of my underwear down and started licking the head of my dick. I reached over and started jerking him off and we both came at almost the same time a few minutes later. We then got on the bed and cuddled up. I had my head on Adam's chest with my arms around him as he stroked my eyes and hair with his fingers. "Buhm- buhm, buhm- buhm..." I said. "What are you doing?" Adam laughed. "Listening to your heart beating." I said. We lay there some more for a few seconds. " I love you so much." I finally said. "I love you too. I love you more than anybody." He said. "It's going to suck not being in the same class all the time next year." I said. "Maybe we'll have a class or two together." He said. "It still won't be the same." I said. We lay there together for a few minutes. "Did I ever tell you about the first time I saw you?" Adam finally said. "Not really." I said. "It was the first day of school last year, I saw you sitting at your desk. I thought you looked totally awesome, but you also seemed real sad, too." "I was, a week before I hadn't even heard of Lakeland." I said. "I know." He said as he stroked my hair. His fingers felt so nice. "I don't remember when I first saw you. You were just this other kid in class. I did think you seemed really nice though, but I never thought I would be friends with you because you were hanging out with all the other kids." I said. "They're all jerks. Besides, I don't want any other friends, I want to be with you." He said as he tightened his arms around me. "Byron, I was thinking...do you think maybe we should be open next year?" Adam said. "What do you mean by 'open'?" I asked. "You know, about us...about who we are?" He said. "You mean tell the school that we love each other?" I asked. "Yes." He said. "No, I don't think we should do that at all. Do you remember what happened at Lemon Market? We almost got lynched." I said. "Besides, I kind of want to date girls too, you know?" Adam seemed a little crestfallen at that. "I didn't know that." He said. "Adam, I've told you that before." I said. "If you meet a girl you like, does that mean that you won't want to be with me anymore?" Adam asked. He sounded really vulnerable and sad. "No, not at all. I want to always be with you. We have to make sure to keep our grades up so that we can go to the same college." I said. "Why would you want to be with some girl when you can be with me?" Adam smiled. I turned my head and kissed his chest and then rested my head back down. "Maybe I won't want to." I said. Adam and I went to Don's that night. The next day we returned to his house and spent the day in his room, swimming, playing video games, watching TV, and hanging around the pond. Early the next day, my Droid rang and Mom was on the other end. "Byron, get your things together, I'm coming to pick you up." "Why? I was going to stay over tonight!" I protested. "Byron, you stay over there almost every night, and every day! It's like you're obsessed! I don't hardly ever see you anymore!" "Ok, fine!" I said. "I'll let Adam know so that he can get some stuff together and we'll meet you in the driveway." I said. "No, Byron! I'm coming to get you and only you! You'll see Adam when he comes over to see Don this weekend." She said. "But why!?" I cried out. "Don't argue with me! I'm leaving right now. Meet me in the driveway." She then hung up. "Fuck!" I yelled after she hung up. 'What happened?" Adam asked with a sad look on his face, as if he knew. "Mom's coming to get me, she says she wants me to stay home and not see you again until Saturday." I huffed. "Awww man!" Adam said. "At least Saturday is day after tomorrow." I said as I angrily started filling my dufflebag. Mom came and picked me up in Adam's driveway. I saw him waving at the door as we backed out and I felt depressed and angry. "Why can't Adam come along?" I said. "Byron, I'm glad that you have a real close friend like Adam, I really am, but all you do is hang around with him all the time, constantly! You don't even play sports anymore!" She said. "So what's wrong with that?" I said. "What's wrong with it is that Don and Sherry have one son, and I have one son. Neither of us have two." She said. "There's all kinds of other things that you can also be doing instead of staying in Adam's house all day. You live in Florida, goddamit! Please, just take at least a couple of days off so that I can see my son again. Please? " I stared ahead, angry. I should be chilling out with Adam now, and Mom came along and took me away from him for no reason. We rode back to the house in silence, and I immediately went into my room and shut the door. Mom wants to see me, and have me do other things? Well I'll show her. I stayed in my room all day texting with Adam. I refused to even come out for dinner. That night around eight, I got on my computer to send Adam a message. As I was bringing the instant message screen up, my Droid rang. I answered it and Adam was crying on the other line. "Adam, what's wrong?' I said. "Gerald...Gerald called..." He sniffled. "Yeah...?" I said. "He says we're moving!" Adam said just before he burst into sobs. My heart froze in my chest. I felt woozy and the world seemed to turn grey and spin. "Oh...did...did he say where?" "California. He said for us...to start p-packing our things!" Adam sobbed. "When are you moving?" I said, tears flowing into my eyes. "T-tomorrow!" He sobbed. I gasped in shock. "Just like that? Tomorrow?" I cried. I couldn't believe this. There is no way that this could really be happening. "Th-that's w-why he left town the other day!" I was absolutely dumbstruck. Stinging tears were in my eyes and I had a sick, bitter feeling in my stomach. "Let's run away." I finally said. "W-what?" Adam said. "Let's run away, tonight. You and me." "Byron..." "I'll pack my stuff now and come by tonight! I have some money left from my birthday! We'll head to Miami like you want to!" I said. "We've talked about this before, Byron. Remember? We won't have any way to live. We can't leave our families..." He said. I knew it was true. I was losing the best friend that I had ever had, the person who I loved more than anybody. I dropped the phone, put my hands in my head, and started sobbing like my heart was breaking. End of part VII