Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:57:37 +0000 From: Tommy Evans Subject: Growing Up: Uriel And Jon Thank you for waiting so patiently for the new part of this story. I will say that this new segment of the story is more made up than the last. It is based on real events but some things had to be changed. The Original "uriel and jon" story was something I started writing in order to let some of my emotions out. It became a 3 year long story about the tough times we had. It was amazing and hurtful to write it, but in the end I had a lot of positive feedback. I hope you enjoy this new story which, I hope, will make you gasp for more. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arriving at the new school was something really weird. After a long ride where all i could do was think about how things were going to. Worrying about Jon and how he'd do in the school. The front of the school was huge. The driveway was at least 5 miles long and 3 miles wide. I just couldn't believe it. It seemed really big and expensive. "Dad, how much are you paying for this?" i asked. "Don't worry about it okay mijo"he said. "Dad, why the heck would you pay for this just to have me be away from home" "It's not that i want you away from home, I just want you to have the best education available." "But come on, I was fine at my other school right, i didn't know it was going to be this...nice" "Aaron, are you scared to be here now?" my mom asked. "Honestly, yes. But I just dont want you guys to pay this much for something that is going to make me lonely" i said. "Aaron, you'll have nothing but friends here" my mom said. "Mom, I guess. Just tell me how much your paying please" i said. "Don't worry about that" she said. Just then some lady walked up to the truck. "Hi, how are you folks doing today?" she asked. "Just fine" my mom answered. "So, whats the name of the student?" she asked. "Aaron" my mom answered. "O, a last minute one i believe." the lady said. "Yeah, we kind of enrolled a little late" my dad said. "It's okay. We have his room ready. I hope he doesn't mind his room mate" she said. "He's really a nice person" my mom said. "Hey you know i can talk for myself" i jumped in. We stepped out of the truck and some butler looking guys took care of my luggage. "How are you feeling Aaron?" she asked. "Just great. Loving the fact that i'm leaving my friends and my school to come here" i answered. "Don't worry. You'll find tons of things to keep you occupied here. I hear you used to be in soccer" "Yeah, well i had a little accident. I can't play anymore" i said. "We have a great rehabilitation program which you're parents have enrolled you in and you will be playing by next season" she said. She was trying to make me really comfortable but i just couldn't get through the fact that i wasn't going to see Jon. We walked through the gates and i was amazed. Now, i'm not lying when i say that the school looked just a little smaller than oversized castle. With the snow and everything the school looked pretty cool. But no matter what i couldn't feel good. Then we came to a halt. "Okay, this is where we say goodbye to your parents" the nice lady said. I didn't like her that much because she was treating me like a little kid. I was a senior in high school damn it. My mom was the first one to come to me and hug me. "You are going to do great here. Call us every night okay" she said as she held me tight. "I will mom. I promise and thank you" "Aaron, make me proud on that new soccer team okay" my dad said as he hugged me too. "I will dad. I'll be fine." i said. They both hugged me really quick and they began to turn away. For the first time in a while i got that little kid feeling of being left behind. But i couldn't let this throw me down. I knew that if i didn't like it i could just choose to go home. The lady walked me to what seemed to be an appartment complex. We walked into a really fancy building. We went to an elevator and it was like a hotel. "Aaron, this is your home while you are in school. You are in building C. 10th floor room 10. Easy to remember right?" she said. "Umm...yeah" i said. "This is your key." she gave me a card. just like in the hotels, my key was a card. "Only you and your room mate have a card" take care of it. I wasn't looking too happy. I guess she noticed. "Aaron, i know it's not like home. But trust me, you'll like it here. It has everything you'll ever need" she said. "Thanks. It's just a little hard okay. Never really been away from home" i said. "I understand. Well here's your key. You will find your clothes and books in there and there is a green book on the front table. Make sure you read that. Your first class is in 2 days so you have time to get to know the school. Any questions?" she asked. "Nope, thank you" i said. "OKay Aaron. Well, i'm sorry but you are sharing a room with a younger boy. We didn't have enough room in the younger boy department" "Great" i said with sarcasm. "I'm sorry. But if its really a problem we can fix it in the future" she said. I opened the door and walked in. She was right. This was like a 5 star hotel. Nice wood flooring in the entrance. There was the living room with brand new furniture. My bags were already brough so i walked into the room. I sat in the living room. I looked around. It was pretty big. There was a little kitchen. A kitchen! I had an apartment i guess. The bathroom was nice too. Then, at one end of the hallway there were two door. One of them had my name. I looked at the other one, it had a name. I didn't believe it. i had to look again to double check. The name said Jon. It couldn't be. I was sure we were going to different schools. My heart started racing with joy. It couldn't be. I opened the door. Sure thing, Jon was lying on the bed listening to his iPod. He didn't look over. Then i threw a paper at him. He looked up a little ticked off. When he saw me his smile went from ear to ear. "AARON!" he said with excitement. "JON!" i answered. He jumped up from the bed and ran to me. He hugged me. "Dude, what you doing here?" he asked. "What you doing here?" i asked back. "We go to the same school?" "I guess so little man!" i said happily. "Dude, i was so sad. I was about to call you." he said. "I can't believe it still! How long have you been here?" i asked. "A little while. Anyway, why didn't they tell us?" "Maybe they wanted to surprise us" i said. I took my phone out and he took his out. He called his mom. I called mine. "MOM! Why didn't you tell me!" i said as soon as she answered. "O you found him" she said to my dad. "You guys rock! You made this whole thing a lot better" i said. "I know honey. You think we'd let either of you two go so far and not be there to watch over each other" "Mom, he don't watch over me" i said. "Really? Well, lets see if you go out and party with him there" "Okay you got a point." i said. "Well you guys have fun okay. Behave and keep your place clean" she said. "I'll try okay." i said. "Love you honey." she said. "Me too" i said back. I lied down with Jon. He was holding onto me. We couldn't believe it. We were at the same school. We would live together. Wow. "Aaron, you know that there are two rooms right?" he asked. "Yeah, your point is?" "I don't plan on sleeping alone" he said. "WHy not? I'm not sharing a bed with you. Your crazy!" when i said that he frowned. "Why?" he asked. "Well because it's there for a reason" I answered. "O you suck dude" he said as he punched me and turned away for me. "I'm just kidding man. You think I'd leave you all alone?" I said. "I don't know. Would you?" "Never" I said as I hugged him. "Okay so what do we do now?" he asked. "Well we can just get to know the room right?" I asked. "I know it already. There's a big screen TV, some food in the kitchen and the bathroom is okay. Why don't we go for a walk?" he asked. "Sure, but dude, you already know this place?" "A little. I was walking around earlier" "Okay fine. Take me to the coolest place in this school" I said. "Well that would be the pool" he smiled. We got up and grabbed our sweaters. We walked into the hallway and into the elevator. He was walking real close to me and we were chatting. We talked about Oscar and the schools we left behind. Knowing that we would be together made us feel a lot better about the situation. I'm going to have to say that the school was really big but really cool. The snow made everything look so nice and peaceful, gave us a really good feeling. There were quite a lot of guys walking around and talking. We walked into the pool house building and I was amazed when I saw the crystal clear pool. It was huge. Jon had a huge smile on his face. "You can't wait to get in there huh?" I asked. "Nope, I can't. but I don't like that everyone is around. I wish there were less people" he said. "Yeah, me too" I said. "Well, I'm getting hungry. Want to make some food for me?" he asked. "Sure why not" I answered. We walked outside again. that's when I noticed something. We were in a school full of guys. I hadn't even noticed a single boy or guy in the school. But how many had noticed us? I just noticed the number of guys that looked over at us when we walked by. We kept walking to our building and just as we were getting to our building we heard a voice. "Jon" a guy yelled. We both turned around. I saw this big, tall, built guy walking towards us. "What's up kido?" he asked. Just then I noticed that this might be a bumpy ride for both me and Jon. "Hi Derek" Jon answered. I sort of stepped back. "How are you feeling? Still feeling awkward?" he asked. "No, I'm feeling okay now" Jon answered as he looked at Derek. He had big broad shoulders. Blond curly short hair and blue eyes. In a girls' eyes, he was perfect. I really hoped he had a girlfriend and he was just talking to Jon because he was a guide or something. He looked to be around 18 or 19. "Who's this?" he asked as he looked at me. "It's my cousin, his name is Aaron" Jon said. I gave him a very weird look. Now I was his cousin, what? "Hi Aaron, nice to meet you. I'm Derek. Just got sent down to check on Jon. He was very scared when he first arrived" he said as he shook my hand. I shook his hand back. "Well thank you, I'll take it from here. I'll make sure he feels better. that's what cousins do" I said as I emphasized the cousin part. I knew Jon felt that little pinch I sent towards him. "Well, Jon, do you need help opening your room again?" Derek asked. "No, Aaron and I share room, he has keys" Jon said. "Okay, well if you guys need anything don't hesitate to ask. I know everything around here." Derek said. "Okay, thanks man." I said as I turned away. "See you around Jon" Derek said sort of excited and nervous. I knew what that was and I was not very happy. "Bye dude" Jon said without hesitating. When we walked into the building Jon was very quiet. He didn't say much. Then finally I broke the silence when we were in the elevator. "Who the fuck was that?" I asked. "Derek, duh" Jon answered with a smirk on his face. "Well duh! I knew that. But why is he flirting with you" "He's not flirting Aaron. Don't be so jealous" "Jon! He was freaking hitting on you! And I'm your cousin!" "What am I supposed to say? It's my boyfriend Aaron? Or my brother? I can't lie about that. They know we're not brothers" "Jon. We just got here okay. Please, lets not start problems. I don't want to deal with ass holes here" "Chill Aaron. I love you remember. He's just nice. He was the one who showed me around in the first place. He has a girlfriend and is the captain of the soccer and football team" he said as he held my hand. The door to the elevator opened and we walked to our room. He sat on the couch. I kept walking to the kitchen. "Jon, I just love you so much and I'm scared. What if you like someone else? What am I supposed to do?" "Aaron, don't worry about that. I'm not going to do that. You're the coolest guy I know" "Ok what do you want to eat? I can make hot dogs, mac and cheese or sandwiches?" I asked. He turned on the TV and was comfortable watching it on the couch. "I'll take mac and cheese and a hot dog" he answered. "I'll take a helper" I yelled. "Does this mean I need to help clean up too after we eat?" he asked. "Yeah, I guess it does" I smiled. I still was in total amazement, I mean I was living with the boy I love. I mean we used to have sleepovers all the time, but this was just the next step up. That night we shared an awesome dinner. It wasn't fancy or anything like we would have had at home, but we enjoyed it because it was OUR dinner. No one else's but ours. When we finished eating we both cleaned up and put the dishes in the dishwasher. We sat on the couch and watched TV for a long time. I always thought that schools like this were really strict and enforced every kind of rules. But I mean, having our own place, chilling together all the time and just worrying about going to class at the right time didn't seem so hard. We didn't exactly have a hall monitor telling us when it was lights out or anything. It's pretty much like living in a super nice college dorm. I got so carried away with my thoughts that I didn't notice Jon falling asleep on the couch. I got up and slowly moved him around enough to carry him to the room. He opened his eyes just a little bit but not enough to wake up completely. Then I went back to the living room and turned everything off. I took one last look at this wonderful room I was going to call home for a while. Then I turned to the room. OUR ROOM. That meant that we could cuddle and hold onto each other as much as we wanted without the dangers of being caught. I lied down next to him in the bed and he instantly found me and held onto me. It didn't take much for me to drift off to sleep. The next morning, I woke up before he did and I stared at the ceiling. I started to get that homesick feeling. It's just one of those things that hits you hard after a while. It was fun yesterday when I knew it was new. But now that I know that this is my home for a while, I began to get scared. But what scared me the most was the fact that I was not able to show that fear, because I could not let Jon know that I was beginning to feel out of place. I kept telling myself to just relax and that it would all be okay. What else could I do? I lied there, the sun was now illuminating the room and it was too bright. I was used to my dark window curtains in my room at home. I turned away from the sun and faced Jon now. He was sleeping like a baby still. I just looked at him. My Jon. The one kid who one day stepped foot into my life, no knowing that he was going to be the most important thing that ever happened to me. I caressed his cute cheeks. I just wished that he was like this forever. I didn't want him to ever change again. I don't think I could handle one more heart break with him. But I can say that its times like these that make me see why I love him in the first place. I got up and headed to the kitchen to make some breakfast. I made some omelet's the way Jon liked them, extra cheesy. I set up the table and even cleaned up before he even woke up. Man, I forgot how tired you get while you are growing. So after I was all done I just decided to go wake him up. I went to the room and I slowly kissed his lips. He slowly opened his eyes and he smiled. "Good morning mister" I said. "Hey" he answered all sleepy. "Well, you plan on sleeping all day?" I asked. "Yeah, why not" he said as he hugged me and pulled back into bed. "No, come on I made breakfast. Your favorite too" I said. "Super cheesy omelets?" he asked. "Yup" I answered. He kind of just lied there. Not moving. "So, getting up or what?" I asked. "No, not yet" he said. He turned a little red. "Jon, come on dude" "No, Aaron just wait. My leg hurts" he said. Then I realized what was wrong. I pulled the covers off. He moved his legs around. "You have a boner?" I asked. "Ummm..." he mumbled. "Dude that's totally normal kid." "I know, but it feels weird man. It's still embarrassing" "Jon, just go pee" "No, lately I don't even have to pee and it gets hard" "Jon, it's puberty. You'll change in a lot of ways. But I'm here to explain things to you" "Okay, so if you are, tell me, why did I feel like peeing when I slept?" "You felt like peeing?" "Yeah, it was all weird. And I woke up. But I didn't even pee" "Hmm...hold up. Lemme see" I said as I reached for his privates. I touched his little balls and dick above his boxers, and it was a little wet. I was very surprised. Maybe he had his first wet dream. "What is it?" he asked worried. "Let me see." I said. I touched his dick. It wasn't sticky or anything. Then I touched his boxers. It was pre-cum. He just had the first signs of future sperm. It was actually pretty surprising since he's still young. He's only 11 years old. How can he have sperm already. "What is it?" he asked. "Well, its pre-cum. Its like the first thing you get before you can cum" "O is that bad?" he asked. "No, Jon. Its good. It means you are growing up" "O really? Is it always going to happen like that?" "Well, Jon, yeah. You're not that wet. But well sometimes you'll wake up really wet. You just got to be careful. Make sure you don't think of too many nasty things before you go to bed" "Like what do you mean by nasty?" "Like, of someone giving you a blow job or something" "Someone? Well the only dreams I have, you're in them" "I am? What exactly do you dream?" "Well I guess what makes me all wet was the dream I had of you doing stuff to me" "O, well, that's cool. But what were you thinking about before you went to sleep?" "Umm...your dick in my ass?" he said shyly. "Well, that'll do it." "That'll get me to dream about stuff like that?" he asked. "Yeah bro." "Okay, so it just went down. I hope it stays down" "Yeah, lets hope so" I smiled. We had a nice lunch together. The feeling I got from being alone in this room with him having lunch was like nothing else. it's a feeling of being responsible. Something I had a lot of trouble doing lately. It seemed like everything I did landed me in trouble. But either way, sitting there with Jon alone showed me how much both of us were growing up. "Aaron, this stuff is good" he said with his mouth full. "Yeah...let's keep your food in your mouth" I joked. "O yeah" was what I could recall from his mouth full. After lunch he helped me clean up the dirty dishes. "hey, is this what living alone feels like?" he asked. "I guess lil dude." I answered. "What do you mean I guess?" "Well Jon, this is my first time being on my own sorta, so I guess I don't know what it feels like" "Yeah that's true. When do we start actual classes?" "Tomorrow morning man" I answered. "Are you scared?" he asked me. "I want to say no because I want you to feel protected, but Jon, I am. I am freaking scared. But look, we have each other. And no matter how scary anything is, at least we'll be together at night. I'll help you with your homework and you can make me smile" I said. "Aaron, it can't be that hard. Plus dude, its not like we can be late to school right?" he joked. "Yeah that's true" I answered as we dried the last of the dishes. He walked over to the couch and turned on the TV. "Hey, don't forget that we have to go get our books and stuff" I told him. "I won't" he answered. I went to the bathroom and started to wash my face. I hated my morning routine because it took forever. I was drying my face up when I heard the doorbell ring. It was weird because that doorbell hadn't EVER been rung before. Who the hell could that be? I quietly walked out to the hallway. I stopped when I heard Derek's voice. "So, where's your cousin?" he asked. "In the bathroom" Jon answered. "You guys have a nice room. You must feel right at home" "Yeah, sorta" Jon answered. "I was wondering if you wanted to hang out with me and my brother today Jon. He's your age and we're going to pick up our things for tomorrow" Derek said. "Thanks Derek but I'm going with Aaron. I can't really go anywhere without him" "You guys do everything together?" "Well, he's like my big brother." Jon added. "Jon, what happened to you?" "What do you mean?" Jon asked. "The first day we met, you were so nice. You went to my room with my brother and we had so much fun" "Derek, I didn't know anyone. Aaron won't be too happy if I start doing stuff without permission" "Well, Jon, whenever you want to hang out, just let me know okay" Derek said. I had enough. Why is it that everywhere we go someone has to give me a hard time! I walked towards Jon. "Hey, Jon who's here?" I said pretending to not know. "O its just Derek stopping by" Jon said. I walked towards Derek. "Hey whats up" I said very friendly. "O hey I was just talking to Jon about maybe coming over to hang out at my room later on today" Derek said. "O well I don't think that's possible sorry dude" I said. "Sorry Derek." Jon said. "O its okay. Both of you are welcome anytime alright" Derek said as he stepped back out of the room. "Yeah, thanks" I said. He walked away and Jon closed the door. I knew I couldn't be mad at Jon. I'm sure he probably didn't do anything. He wouldn't. I'm sure he just went to hang out and make some friends. "Jon, why does he keep bugging you?" I asked. "O no, him and his brother were the first people I talked to when I got here. I played games with them the first day I got here" Jon said. "Yeah, but come on man. If you ask me, he's just after you" "Not everyone that talks to me likes me Aaron" "yeah, well I don't know that" "Just chill Aaron. I'm not that hot anyway" he said with a huge smile. "Yeah okay, you keep thinking that buddy" "What do you mean?" "I mean you are too nice to people Jon. Don't let them get too close to you or else you'll get in trouble again" "Dude, come on. If I didn't let you get close to me we wouldn't be friends right now" "Yeah, but I turned out to be good. The others didn't now did they?" "You mean like..." he paused. "yeah, I do" I broke in. I didn't want him to say the names. "Can we just get ready?" he asked. "Of course" I answered. It didn't take me very long and I decided to organize our clothes in the right places while he took a shower. If we were going to be here I might as well keep things organized. While I was emptying out all of our big bags of clothes I came across a box in Jon's bag. He was in the shower so I decided to open it. It was a notebook. It was his journal and a couple of Cds and pictures. I looked through the pictures. First it was his family, then his mom, then his bros, and then...pictures of me and him. One after an other and another. Then a couple of this friends. But he had a lot of pictures of me and him. That made me feel really nice inside. Then I felt the urge to open his journal. I began reading some of the pages. Then I came across the page of the day he met me. It read : 2day I met this really cool guy. Actually I knew him from before. He's my neighbor. Ryan's uncle. It was pretty cool. He was cutting the grass and then he was kicking a soccer ball around. I tried to talk to him because Ryan said he's really cool. I don't know why but I got a weird feeling when he talked to me. It went on about other things. But I turned the page. The next one was a lot longer. last night I slept over at Aaron's house. It was really cool. We plaid games and we even went to eat. He is a really cool guy. But I feel really weird. He hugged me. He touched my stomach and it made my body feel all weird and shaky. When we were going to sleep he hugged me a lot and it made me feel really warm but it feels weird. I don't know what is going on. He gave me this radio and we can talk all day long. It's pretty cool. I just don't know why I feel all weird. I couldn't keep reading because I heard the bathroom door began to open. I threw the box in a drawer and stood up. He came into the room. He looked at me funny. I just smiled. "What's up?" I asked. "Nothing." he said. "Okay I put everything in its spot. Your stuff is in that side of the closet" I said as I pointed to the left side. "Okay that's cool I guess" he said kind of confused. "Hey Jon, I put this little black box in the drawer. What is it? Its not drugs is it?" I asked trying to play it off. "Did you open it?" he asked. "No, I figured it was personal" I lied. "O okay. It's just pictures of my mom and my brothers" he lied. "That's cool little dude. Well I put it in that drawer" I said as I pointed. I shrugged the subject and we started talking about what to wear and such things. After both of us were dressed and all warm we started to head to the little shop inside the school. I was still amazed at how this stupid school had so many buildings and stuff. I hated the fact that we couldn't leave the grounds unless our parents were here to get us. It was as if I was in jail or something like that. But it didn't matter much since I had Jon with me. It was just sad that the highlight of our day was getting out of that room to walk to a shop to buy school supplies. There were a lot of guys walking around and going to the same place we were going to. I guess everyone waits until the last minute just like we did. The shop was packed with a shit load of snotty rich guys trying to get their shit. I kept getting stepped on and shoved. It was getting annoying. After we got what we needed we headed back to the room. Its not like there was anything else to do. We were both walking towards the door to our room when good old Derek popped up again. "Hey whats up guys?" he asked. "Nothing" I answered. "Hey, Aaron I was just wondering if I could have a talk with you" he said. I just started at Jon. He was confused. I signaled him to go inside. "Okay, what do you need?" I asked. "Look, first of all, I need to know. Do you have a problem with me?" he asked. "Nope, that's not what its about. I'm just watching out for Jon. We just got here, I don't want him to meet the wrong people" I answered. "Aaron, I looked up your info. You guys aren't even cousins" "Why are you looking up our info?" I asked. "I like to know who comes into my school" "your school?" I asked. "Aaron, I rule this school. Every sport, I play. And I'm captain of EVERY team" "Even the chess team?" I asked as I laughed. "Very funny" "Look, Jon is a good athlete. You do know that the only reason you TWO were accepted was because of your athletic past" "What that's impossible. I haven't played for months" I said. "Yeah, I know that. But, you did play and you COULD play. I don't know if you've been told, but your dad is friends with the soccer coach. The coach wants you in the team" "That's what its all about? You been getting on our case just because you are worried about your throne being taken?" I asked. "No, I need a new forward." he said. "I haven't played in months." I said. "You know what type of school your at? We can get you the top trainers, I just need a good player for the season. We have 2 months to get ready, please help me man." he said. I didn't know what to expect. "Okay dude, that's not really what I'm here for." I added. "Aaron, just do it." "Derek, I'd love to but I don't want to let that get in the way of school and stuff. I'm not a jock dude. I'm out of shape" "We can take care of that man. Look, we'll go work out and Jon can work out with my brother. They can be in their soccer league." "Okay, what happened to the other forwards? I'm sure you have plenty of players." "Aaron, not any good ones that have a history like you. 20 goals in 18 games dude. That's amazing" "Yeah, thanks but I was hoping to just go to school and get good grades and take care of Jon. that's it" I said. "Well think about it okay. Let me know soon" he said as he patted my shoulder. As he walked away I thought about it. It wouldn't be too bad. But then again, that would mean working hard to get in shape and I don't want to focus only on that. I walked inside. Jon was sitting on the couch. He got up and hugged me. "What took so long?" he asked. "Derek wants me to be in the soccer team" I said. "Do it man. You could be so good Aaron. I remember when you were on the other team" "Yeah, but I don't want to leave you alone." "I'll be fine. I mean I could join the other kids team or something. I could play with Derek's brother" "Jon, is Derek going to try anything weird with you?" I asked. "No, I don't think so dude. He's not like that" "Are you sure?" "Is that what you worried about? That he's going to hurt me and do stuff to me?" "Yeah dude. I don't want you to get hurt again. Not while I'm taking care of you" "It's okay. Aaron, I promise I'll be okay man. Lets' just have fun and enjoy school okay" he smiled and he hugged me again. We held each other on the couch while we watched TV. We watched TV for a while actually. We kept the small talk going but overall we just held onto each other for comfort. At around 8 a clock I made some cereal for us to eat and then I started to get our backpacks ready. Jon helped me get the stuff ready and then we decided to get ready for bed. It felt really weird. I don't know. Part of me really wanted to pack up and leave. I mean what the hell were we doing her? We could be in the comfort of MY room getting ready for a regular day of school. But instead we are the new kids at this weird huge school. I didn't even bother reading any of the info books. I don't know what is expected except for what we have to wear which was horrendous in the first place. After washing up and getting into our Pjs we jumped into bed. "Aaron, I'm scared. Are you scared?" he asked. "Yeah, I am but it can't be that bad dude." I answered. "What if people make fun of us because we aren't rich like the rest of these guys?" "Jon, its not all about money. And dude, if it was, I am sure we have just as much money as they do" "Okay well look, if we don't feel comfortable, do you think we could go back home?" he asked as he looked straight into my eyes. "I don't know but lets not think about that" I said. We snuggled up and I slowly massaged his hair. I couldn't think of anything that feels as good as holding the boy I love. He fell asleep quite quickly. I knew his weakness was the hair massage. Then I started thinking about the soccer team. I did love soccer. I'd be happy going back to training and feeling that awesome energy that scoring a goal sends through your body. Why not give it a shot? I mean I can't just think everyone is out to get Jon. Yeah, I think I'll give it a shot. But for now I'll worry about the first day of school. The alarm went off at exactly 7am the next morning. I heard it as soon as it went off. I could never sleep that well in places that I wasn't used to. I opened my eyes and I thought about what was about to happen. I was about to start school again and it was going to be scary. O well. I turned around and I shook Jon. He was still holding onto me and still knocked out. I started tickling him on his stomach and under his armpits and he woke up giggling. "Stop that Aaron" he said with a huge smile. "Good morning, its time to get ready for school" I said. "O man I'm not ready for this." he said really worried. We both got up and headed for the bathroom. We took a quick shower together. I massaged his back to release the tension and to relax him for the day. Then we had some cereal and made some peanut butter sandwiches for breakfast. At 8 we were getting ready to walk out the room. "Aaron, before we leave, can I tell you something?" he asked. "Sure whats up?" "I want to go home" he said. "Jon, its been a couple of days. Don't be so scared" "Aaron, I don't feel right here. I feel out of place and I think we're only going to get into trouble here" "Jon you're exaggerating. It can't be that bad now come on lets go" I said as I hugged him. We began walking to the school building. A lot of guys were walking around us and I do have to agree with Jon. Something just didn't feel right. But I couldn't let him quit like that. No we had to give it a shot. We continued walking to Jon's first classroom. "Jon, you'll be fine okay. I promise that if things don't feel right I will make sure we go home okay" I said as I hugged him. The teacher smiled and invited him in. I felt like I was just dropping off my son to his first day of school. I headed to my first classroom, but well I had no idea where I was going to I just walked around. When the bell rang I was still looking around for my classroom. O well, I had an excuse, I was new. Just when I found my classroom I was pulled from my back. I turned around. "Young man, shouldn't you be in class right now?" a big guy asked me. He was wearing tight short shorts and looked ridiculous. "Yeah, I am except its my first day at school here and I have no idea where to go" I answered. "did you bother to look through your welcome packet?" he asked. He started to give me attitude, and well, I don't handle that very well. "The long ass book I got when I got here?" I asked. "Yes, that" he said very angry. "No, I didn't bother. Too big" "What is your name young man?" he asked. "Aaron" I answered. "Well Aaron, follow me to the school master's office. First day and you're already in trouble" "In trouble for what? Being late on my first day?" "Not exactly that, you are disrespecting me and this school" "How am I disrespecting you?" I asked. "The way you speak to me" "Well that's retarded" `OFFICE!" he yelled. Wow, I felt weird. Already in trouble. What the hell! I wasn't liking this very much. I followed the jerk to the office and I passed by Jon's room on the way there. I wondered what he was at the moment. I walked into a big waiting room. There was a secretary and a lot of chairs. She smiled. "How can I help you Mr. Davis." she asked. "Well this young man was walking around while he supposed to be in class and then mouthed off to me" "Mr. Davis, already making enemies?" she joked. "Yeah, what can I say" he said. "You mean you're actually going to get me in trouble for being late on my Freaking first day of school?" I asked. "Excuse me?" said another man who just walked out the door that said school master with gold letters. He was tall, built, blond, and looked like the typical football player. "My bad sorry I didn't mean to say that?" I said. "You're Aaron right?" the tall guy asked. "Yeah..." I answered. "Follow me to my office, I was just going to call you in there's someone who wants to talk to you" "What?" I asked as I followed him to the office. I walked in and he pointed to his phone. I picked it up. "Hello?" I answered. "Aaron, sweetie, is that you?" I heard my mom's voice. "Yeah whats going on?" I asked. "Aaron, sit down" she said. "Okay..." I felt something bad coming. "Whats going on mom tell me" "Aaron, its Oscar" "What about him?" "He's in the hospital" "WHAT! Why? What happened!" "I can't tell you right now. But he wants to see you" "How is he?" I asked. "He's, he's, just fine" I knew she was lying. "Mom, we're coming home. Be here as fast a you can" "Aaron, do you think its necessary?" she asked. "MOM! Its our friend! We're coming home" I said. "Okay, we'll be there as fast as we can" she said. "I got to go get my stuff packed. Mom please hurry" I said as I hung up. "I'm sorry whatever your name is. But I'm going home." I said to the guy. "I understand. I'm sorry you couldn't fully enjoy this wonderful school" "Its okay, honestly I didn't find it wonderful at all. Kind of boring and weird actually" I said as I got up. "Can you please have one of your teachers or whatever help me get Jon out of class because we need to go home" "Of course of course" he said. In no time Jon and I were in the room getting everything packed. "Aaron, do you think he's okay?" Jon asked. "I don't know Jon. I just feel bad. I knew we shouldn't have come here in the first place" I said. "Aaron, its not your fault okay. Things happen for a reason" "Let's just hurry up and get our shit together" I said. We literally just threw everything into the bags and what we didn't really need we pretty much left behind. It took us about an hour to get our important things packed and ready. Then when we were all done and just waiting to get picked up we decided to call Oscar's parents. His mom talked to me and she was crying. She said she couldn't' tell me over the phone. That only made me want to get there faster. It was sort of weird how something like this kind made me feel happy yet mad. I was happy I was leaving this place but I was worried about Oscar. What could have happened! My parents arrived at my door and it just felt like it took forever. He didn't talk to me or Jon. He just grabbed our stuff and we headed to the car. He told the weird lady who brought us in on our first day here that he would call the school in a few days. Then we literally threw our bags in and drove off. Nothing mattered at the moment. Jon started tearing up. I knew he was worried and I couldn't be more worried. My dad didn't say anything at all on the ride home. We got home in less than 2 hours and in no time I was in my mustang driving to the hospital with Jon. I noticed how different everything felt being back home but at the same time I didn't' care about anything but getting to that hospital to see him. Jon was in the passengers seat and he looked terrified. I arrived at the hospital at about noon. Jon and I literally ran into the hospital. I asked for Oscar's room and we ran there too. When we walked up to the door and read his name on the label, both Jon and I started to tear up. I knocked on the door. His mom came out. We both hugged her. "how is he?" I asked. She just sobbed and hugged me harder. "Aaron, he wants to see you first and alone" she said really sad. "Okay" I agreed as I walked in. I closed the door and I saw the worst thing in the world. I couldn't handle seeing that. He was on the bed covered with bruises. Looked like a mess. He was crying. When we saw each other, it was a mixture of feelings, I didn't know how to handle this. I walked over to him. I held his hand. I could hardly look at him. I hugged him. "Aaron, don't cry. Please don't cry" he said. "Oscar, what happened?" I asked. "Everything hurts Aaron, please don't leave me" he said now crying. "Of course not dude. I'll be here with you at all times but tell me what happened" I asked. He could barely move or speak, probably drugged up to fight he pain. "Aaron, it was horrible" tears started flowing again. "WHat happened" I asked again. "Alex...he...raped me" "What do you mean! I thought you guys were okay" "We were, but he was drunk and mad and I didn't want to do anything..." But before he could tell me anything the nurse came in. "I'm sorry sir you need to step out. He needs to rest" she said. I hugged him and he squeezed my hand. Anger ran through my body. I stepped out. Jon was sitting with Oscar's parents and mine in the waiting area. I walked to the nurse station. "I need to talk to the doctor taking care of Oscar" I said. "Sir, he's a little tied up right now" one of the nurses said. "I need TO talk to this doctor!" I said angry. "Sir please calm down" "if you don't get me this doctor I will go crazy" I said. "How can I help you sir" I heard a voice behind me. "I need to know what happened with my friend Oscar" "I can't discuss that unless its family members" he said. "LOOK fucking doctor! He's like my brother! Now you either tell me or I will make sure you need a doctor too!" I said. "Young man, you need to relax. Would you like to be taken in to control your nerves?" "I just want to know what happened" "I told you sir, only family members" he said. "He is part of the family" Oscar's mom said as she walked up to us. "Okay, follow me to my office" he said. We walked into his office and he offered me a seat. "Oscar, seems to have been dangerously damaged" he said. "HOW! What happened and how bad is he?" I asked. "Well I don't know how you will take this young man, but your friend was sexually assaulted and physically attacked." "O my gosh! How bad is it?" I asked. "One of the worst cases I've seen. He has internal bruises and unless he's on morphine he will feel pain that equals getting hit with lets say a bat in the stomach over and over again." "What! How!?" "It seems as if whoever did this kicked him so hard and so much that he damaged his ribs and his intestines, and then vigorously raped the poor boy. The inside tissue of his buttocks is extremely damaged. When he arrived he was bleeding a lot." "Sir, your saying he was raped by a guy?" I asked. "Yes, I'm afraid so. The problem is that he won't tell me or anyone who did this. We're going to run tests and so far we haven't detected any viruses but his injuries are quite bad. He might be in bed for quite a long time." "Alex!" I said as I clinched my fists. I ran out of that room and all I could think of was beating the snot out of this punk. My dad stopped me when he saw me. "Aaron what are you doing?" he asked. "I got to go dad" I said. He could see I was angry. Jon got up. "Aaron where are you going" he asked. "I got to find someone" I was furious. "Please calm down Aaron. You're scaring me" Jon said with tears in his eyes. "Okay come with me" I said as I grabbed his hand. We walked to the lobby away from my parents. "Was it Alex?" he asked. "Yeah...and Oscar won't tell anyone about it" I said. "Why not, that fucker should go to jail" Jon said. "I don't know. But I have to find him. You find out why Oscar isn't giving him in" I said. "Be careful Aaron, please don't you get hurt" Jon said as he hugged me. "I will but please figure out what is keeping him from turning Alex in okay" "I will Aaron I promise" he said. "Okay I got to go" I said. "Wait, come here" Jon said as he pulled me to a hallway. He looked around. Then he grabbed my hand and pulled me inside the nearest bathroom. "Please be careful. You promise you will be okay?" he asked. "I promise" I said. He walked up to me and looked at me. I looked down at his little eyes. He was just under 5 inches shorter than me. He pulled me down and kissed me. I let go of him and walked out of the hospital. I literally ran to my car and thought about where to find this ass hole. I knew he wouldn't be at his house knowing I'd come looking for him. Then an idea hit me. I drove over to Oscar's house and looked for his phone. I looked up Alex's number and texted him. I asked him where he was at. Oscar? How are you texting me? Alex texted me back. Yeah...you really got me bad. I need to see you where are you? I answered him. At the gym. Are you calling the cops on me? I got what I wanted. I ran again to my car and headed to the gym. That little fucker didn't notice. How dare he ask how is Oscar texting him. I mean damn, how dumb can he be. I was at the gym in like 10 minutes and I walked in on a rampage. I knew I'd find him on the soccer field. I looked through the glass wall and sure enough he was right there. There seemed to be no one really around him. I walked in there and as soon as he saw me walking to him his eyes opened wide. "Aaron? What are you doing here?" he asked. "Just came by for my morning work out and you?" I answered. "Umm...same thing" he answered shaky. "Yeah, dude where were you when Oscar got jumped?" I asked. "He got jumped? I didn't know. Is he okay?" "They hurt him pretty bad but I mean he's just in the hospital to check a couple of things" "In the hospital? And he just got hit?" Alex asked. "I don't know man. They wouldn't let me see him." I said. I was waiting for the right moment. "That sucks man. I wonder who would do that to him he's so nice" Alex said. He turned around. "Alex..." I said. He turned around to look at me and I just unloaded my fist on his face. He fell straight to the floor. I punched him endlessly. I lost control. I kicked him and punched him and kicked him some more. "You fucking ass hole. I told you that if you ever hurt him I was going to kick your fucking ass!" I yelled. He was bleeding non stop from his mouth and nose and his screaming made a lot of people come over to us. "You have no prove I did anything and you don't know who your dealing with" he yelled. I was knocked down by this big guy. Alex got up and walked up to me. "If you think you're going to get away with this..." he began. "You fucking rapist!" I yelled as I jumped at him again. I was unloading more fists to his face but some big guy pushed me off again and security came by. They pulled us apart from each other kicked both of us out of the gym. Of course he called his daddy and his dad came to pick him up. I was just banned from that gym and Alex threatened to press charges. I was sure I broke his nose and chipped a couple of teeth. I still wasn't happy. I wanted to kill him. I don't know if I had ever felt this mad in a while. I drove back to the hospital. It had been 4 hours since I left and as soon as I walked in there Jon jumped up. "What happened! Did you find him?" he asked. "Yeah..." I answered. "Did you do anything?" "Yeah..." "AARON! He could get you in trouble!" "Jon, believe me, he's dumb but not that dumb. He knows he's in deeper shit. Did you find anything out?" "No, he wouldn't tell me and then I had to leave" Jon said. We walked back to the rest area where his mom was sitting. Everyone else had left but my mom and Oscars mom. "Can I go in there?" I asked. "Yeah, for 10 minutes" the nurse said. I walked in. he smiled at me. "So, did you go find him?" he asked me. "Yeah...Oscar, why won't you turn him in?" I asked. "I can't. He has tapes of me giving him permission. And he also said if I do anything to him, he'll turn you in for Jon." "Oscar! He's still doing wrong. And he has nothing on me. How can he prove it?" "I don't know Aaron, I just don't want any of us to get in trouble. And I mean when my mom finds out she's going to ask questions" "Oscar, they are going to find out anyway. How are you feeling?" "Everything hurts. Im never having sex again" even in pain he still had his humor. "Ay Oscar, I should have never let you get with him" "It's not like I asked permission. Aaron just don't do anything else. don't get in trouble for me" "Oscar, you're like my bro man." "Aaron, there's a little guy out there who needs you. I'm sure he's scared just as much as I am" When he said that I noticed sadness. "Why do you say it like that?" I asked. "Cuz I know how you feel about him. Aaron, you probably already beat Alex up. Now just go with Jon, I'll be fine here okay." "No, both Jon and I will stay here with you until you feel better" I said. Just then the nurse came in. "time for rest" she said. I looked at Oscar and he winked at me. Gosh I hated seeing him like this. But he was right. Jon was scared. He needed me too. I sat next to him. Oscar's mom was too scared and nervous. She needed a break. "Why don't you go home?" I said to her. "No I can't. his dad had to work." she said. "Yeah, but I'll be here. I promise" I said. "Aaron, thanks but he's my son and I can't leave him." "Yeah, but you need rest. And he's okay for now. I will call if anything comes up" I said. "thank you so much. I will be back in a few hours okay" she said as she got up and hugged me. "Rest. I'll be here" I said. Jon was just sitting there. "Bud, are you okay?" he asked. "Yeah...its just, I saw him in that bed. Reminded me of when you got beat up because of me" "Jon, that's in the past. Forget about it" "No Aaron, its my fault again. If I hadn't talked to Alex in the first place he would have never met Oscar" "Jon, things happen and sometimes we can't do anything to stop it." "Aaron, my two best friends have gone to the hospital because of stupid me!" He said. I just covered his mouth and hugged him. He let his weight fall on me and cried. I just caressed him and tried to make him feel better. There was nothing I could say or do at the moment that would make him forget what he saw. I grabbed his little hand. "Jon, from now on, I will make sure nothing happens to you and oscar okay. I promise" I said. He looked up at me. "I love you" he said. But the way he said it was just amazing. He said so assuring, but at the same time he sounded worried and scared. But he said it. "I love you too. And so much little man" I said as I hugged him again. He fell asleep in my arms for a while. I just lied there. I hated hospitals. At around 9pm the doctor came out and sat in front of me. "Aaron?" he asked. "Yeah?" I answered. "I was told that when Oscar's parents were gone I could speak to you about Oscar" "Yeah, yeah...whats going on" I said. "I have to little by little lower the amount of anesthesia I give him. He will probably feel lots of pain. But what worries me is his state of mind. I need to get a psychologist in here to talk to him." "Yeah..." was all I could say. "Now, is this your little brother in your arms?" he asked. "No, they are both my neighbors but I love them just as if they were my brothers" I answered. "You are such a nice young man. I kind of have to ask you a hard question, will he hear?" "No, he's in la la land right now" I said. "Do you know if Oscar was sexually active before this incident?" "I...honestly...don't know sir" I lied. "Well, I'm going to be honest with you. In the beginning I thought his anus was going to be more damaged but it isn't as bad. So as a doctor it worries me that a boy that age could handle such a harsh attack. A regular, non penetrated boy would have been totally destroyed. Oscar was hurt, but after we cleaned him out and healed him, it wasn't as bad as we thought" "Doc, that is really scary. Oscar is a very good boy, I don't think that he would be doing anything of that sort with anyone" "Well I advise you that as a friend, you should ask him. I don't know what he will tell the counselors or the psychologist, but if you are close to him advise him to be EXTREMELY careful when dealing with that part of his body from now on" "Will do sir. And thank you very much for not telling this to his parents. They would have freaked out." I said. "I understand. Sometimes boys trust an older big brother figure a lot more than parents, which is why I asked you first. Now I have an extra bed in his room and a couch. If you want you and your friend can stay in there for tonight. Tomorrow night he will be moved to a regular room on his own." "thank you very much. And I assure you I will talk to him" I said. A nurse came up to me and I got up with Jon in my arms. I followed her into the room. "I have never seen such a nice young man take care of his friends. You can lie him on the bed or on the couch I don't know however you want to sleep" she said. "O I better sleep with him. He gets nightmares about hospitals and if he's alone he'll freak" I said. "O poor thing. Well oscar will be asleep for quite a while. The tv remote is on the bed. If you need any assistance hit the red button on the remote" she said. She closed all the blinds and walked out. I felt weird being alone with Oscar next to me all banged up and Jon in my arms. I looked at my phone to check for missed calls and then closed my eyes. I fell asleep. At about 6am beeping sounds woke me up. I hated hospitals. I really wanted to get out of there. I looked at my side and Jon was still sound asleep. Just yesterday we were still at school. Man this was too weird. I guess some things aren't meant to be. But I put that in back of my mind and looked at Oscar. At the moment he was fine. But I just couldn't handle to picture him being hurt by Alex. Just the thought about it makes me want to kill that ass hole. I knew he was going to try something stupid against me, but how much can he do. He is the one who just sexually assaulted a minor. I sat up and walked around the room. I was too nervous in this place. Just then the nurse came in. "I thought we were going to have to wake you up. We are moving him down to another room. And there will be some tests done. If you wish you can sit in our waiting room." she said. I woke Jon up. "Come dude, we got to go somewhere else" I said. He was too sleepy to realize where he was at. Once he did he jumped up. "O shit we're still here" he said. "Yeah, come on" I said as we walked out of the room. He followed me to the cafeteria. "Aaron, this sucks. I wish we could just go home and pretend like nothing ever happened" Jon said. "I know me too. Maybe if we wouldn't have gone to that stupid school in the first place everything would have been okay" I said. "Do you think they'll make us go back?" "No way dude. I'm not leaving home again. Not if shit like this is going to happen" "Yeah, I know. Well we got to go back to normal school I guess" "Yeah man." I agreed. "Hey at least it's almost summer" he said. "Dude, its January. We have like 5 more months to go" I told him. "Hey, how long do you think he has to stay here?" "I hope not long because its scary to be at a hospital" We had some breakfast and chatted about what was to happen now. It was weird for both of us because in our heads we planned to be elsewhere at this point and even though it was something scary for us, we were prepared for it. Now that we are going to be back at home, it feels like we just woke up from a weird nightmare. We met up with Oscar's parents at around 8am. "Hey guys thanks for staying here. I had to go home and make some calls" his mom said to us. "No problem, its not like we are going to leave our best friend here all alone" I said. "Yeah, I'm glad he has friends like you guys. If you want you can go home and rest. I know it must be weird to be back here from school and be at a hospital" she said. "Okay, well call us if anything changes and to let us know when he will be out." I told her. "No problem. You guys go on and do your thing" We gave her a hug and started heading out. "Aaron, I feel like this year might not be good" Jon said. "Hey, don't say that." I slightly punched him. "I have a bad feeling" he said. "Well, whatever happens, lets promise to never stop talking to each other AGAIN" I said. "okay I promise" he said. "Well I guess we better go home and take showers and then we will figure something out okay" I said as we got into my car. I wondered why Jon would say such a thing. A bad year. As if last year didn't have enough surprises. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments and Questions email me at Tommy199212@hotmail.com