Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:00:57 +0000 From: Tommy Evans Subject: Uriel and Jon:Growing Up Chapter 16 We got through the first month of school without a problem. During that month we all got very busy. We still hung out and we still had our random sleep overs. It became a usual thing for both of them to come over on Wednesdays and Thursdays to do homework with me. Since I did start working a few more days a week I had those days off plus Saturday. So I spent as much time as I could with them without getting too carried away and letting my grades fall. Jon and Adrian both signed up to do basketball and I would pick them up from practice on those days since on Wednesdays and Thursdays my class ran until 5pm. It seemed like everything was meant to be that way. We were getting used to our busy schedules pretty fast and Adrian was fitting in real nicely in the new school. He stopped complaining about it very fast and made a few friends himself. As for our moms, they started this new thing were they went out every Friday and had girls night out while jon's dad and my dad went to the bar. I was in love with my car. In just one month I had spent well over 2 grand just adding things to it. We didn't really hear anything from Oscar or Victor for a while and everything seemed to be going as smooth as butter. The way now Friday. I was about the get out of my last class of the day and go get the little rascals. I had made a few friends myself but none of them were close enough for me to hang out with them out of school. Not to mention they were all pretty stuck up and didn't really see life the way they did. When the class bell rang everyone slowly left. I walked over to my car slowly because those two always took forever to get there. As I was looking through my phone I noticed I had a text from Uriel. I hadn't seen him since his birthday so I decided to ask him if he wanted to meet us at the movies or something soon. I sat in my car for about 5 minutes before I saw Jon and Adrian running towards the car. It was real cute to see those too behave the way they did. It was like they were turning into best friends without even thinking about it. Its weird how they freak out when I ask if they were best friends. They usually say no and laugh it off. "How was your class today? Long and hard?" jon asked with a smirk on his face. "Yeah, something you aren't yet" I joked back. "O that was mean" he replied. "True hurts boy" Adrian jumped in. "Hey Aaron can we go get some ice cream?" Jon asked. Now it wasn't my place to tell him, but Jon had become a real hungry boy lately. The only reason we talked him into doing basketball was because he was putting on weight. He went from being medium to being large in shirts. He still wore kids size pants but he wore Large. He was getting, pudgy. It wasn't to the point where you could call him obese or even fat, because he was well proportioned. He just happened to have a little bit more meat on him. Adrian on the other hand was following his diet and his bike riding routine to the dot and was losing weight quickly. "Jon, dude you know what the coach said. We have to watch our weight" Adrian said. "Dude, we're not even on the same team" said Jon. "But I heard it when he was telling you guys" "Aaron do you think I'm fat?" asked Jon. "No. you're not fat. You're husky" I said. "O...damn" Jon answered. "But you're cute" I smiled. "Stop trying to give him excuses Aaron. He needs to drop weight" "Okay because you're so skinny" barked Jon. "Hey man I'm trying. I lost 20" "Yeah he did" I said happily. "Well that's because you only eat lettuce you fucking rabbit" said jon. "Okay well practice was hard yesterday and I think I deserve some ice cream too" said Adrian. "How hard?" I asked. "Really hard. They made us do shuttle runs. Back and forth" said Jon. "O wow. Okay fine" I said. So I took them both to get some good ol' ice cream. I didn't even notice but the more I hung out with them the more I got used to the fact that I was always with them on my free time. Sometimes I looked at my friends at school and heard them talking about how they were going clubbing or partying or even just out to the movies but they went in large groups and they were with girls and they seemed to have a blast. Not saying that I don't have a blast with Jon and Adrian, but sometimes I do feel like I am not normal. But when I really think about it, I would never choose anyone over these 2. I loved being with them. They made me smile and made me feel like I meant something. So as we were sitting at the place with our big ice creams Jon stared at me for a second. "Aaron, your spacing out" he said. "I know, im sorry. I'm thinking about life" "What about it?" Adrian asked. "I just think about how much time I spend with you guys. Its like you're my kids" I said. "I don't mind. You're the coolest brother I have" said Jon. "You're the coolest one too. And not cuz I don't have any, but because you are cool period" said Adrian. "Thanks. And you are cool too dudes. Its just sometimes when people at school ask me to go places and I say no, I realize how much time I really spend with you guys. Not a bad thing. I love it. But maybe I should hang with them from time to time" I said. "Yeah dude. You need to. I mean they are your age. Right Jon?" asked Adrian. Jon looked a little puzzled. He thought about it. He seemed worried for a second. Then he smiled. "Yeah you do. I mean as long as you, stay away from the dudes" said Jon. "Uhh...yeah. Of course." I said. "What about the girls?" asked Adrian. "Well girls are okay." smiled Jon. "really...you'd let him mess with girls?" asked Adrian quietly. "Umm...yeah. Why not. I plan on it when I get older" said Jon. "Kid's got a point. Got to cover up you know" I said. "I guess. I just don't like being a slut" said Adrian. "You're not. You've only had sex once right?" asked Jon. "Well so far. Yeah. But maybe in the future you know" said Adrian. "Yeah. About that..." said Jon quietly. "So on other notes, what are we going to do tonight?" I asked. "I think we should go bowling" said Jon. "With Max and Kevin?" asked Adrian. "O right I forget about them" jon said. "You forget about a lot of things" "Shut up Adrian. Quit your hatin" "Jon, quit acting black" Adrian laughed. "Anyway, I think we could I guess. As long as you keep them two beasts under control" said Jon. "ME? They're your little brothers" I said. "But they listen to you. They should be your brothers too. They see you like a big brother anyway" said Jon. "because they're real big brother is an ass hole to them right jon?" said Adrian. "Hey, shut up. I'm nice from time to time". When we finished our ice cream we headed back home. When we walked in I was very surprised when we walked into the kitchen and I found Uriel and his mom sitting there with my mom. "Hey hon" said my mom. Uriel smiled at Jon but then look confused when he noticed Adrian. Adrian looked at me a little confused too but I shrugged it off and Adrian and jon headed upstairs to my room. "Hey" I said. "Uriel and his mom stopped by for a quick visit" "I can see that. Going to be a while?" I asked. "I don't know. She might join us tonight" "Great...talk another mom into abandoning her kids to go party" I joked. "You're going to go party?" asked Uriel. His mom just gave him a weird look and then smiled at him. "Not party, relax. I get enough head aches from making sure you're not getting into trouble" she told him. "Well then why go get head aches from drinking and partying?" asked Uriel. "Because those head aches actually come from enjoying something" his mom laughed. "Okay, that's the cue for us to go upstairs" I said. "Good idea." said uriel as he got up and followed me. "Aaron, you look good" he said as we got halfway up the stairs. "Thanks...you do too" I said confused. "NO I mean you always do. But you are looking better. Working out hard?" he asked. "Yeah man. Almost every day. You staying over?" I asked. "Umm...no. I can't. I have a party. But maybe next weekend if this girls night out is every week" he said. "O okay." "Wait. Who's that kid?" he asked. "O that's our front door neighbor Adrian. I might have brought him up with you haven't I?" I asked. "I don't know. I forget things. He's...not...is he?" he asked. "O I don't know man. What do you think all my friends are?" I asked. "No but I'm just saying. I don't know if I need to watch out for him too or what" "Don't worry. He's a normal cool dude" I said. Then we entered the room. Jon was on the computer playing games and Adrian was on the floor doing homework. Jon shook his head at uriel to say hi and Adrian just waved hi. "So this is Uriel" I said. "Hi" uriel said. "Sup man. I'm Adrian" answered Adrian while he was looking at his book. "What homework is that?" asked Uriel. "Algebra" answered Adrian. "You're in high school?" asked Uriel as he sat down with him. I just went to my bed and lied down there. "Yeah, I am. 9th grade. You?" asked Adrian. "Same. You look real young like Jon's age" "No dude. I'm 14. You?" "just turned 14" said Uriel. "Well that's cool. How do you know Aaron?" So while they interrogated each other about how I met Adrian, Jon came over to the bed and lied down with me. He didn't hug me or anything we just sat there and looked up at the ceiling. "So...is this...safe?" he whispered as he pointed at Uriel and Adrian. "I think so. Wouldn't mind having a 4th guy in the group would you?" I asked. "No I wouldn't. but...I don't know if those two should talk...I mean...you know..." "Jon, not everybody thinks about fucking all the time" I whispered back. "true true. Guess it can't be bad then. So we going bowling then?" asked Jon. "Or we can have a bon fire with smores and scary stories and camp out. Its almost fall its going to get cold" "O yeah that's true. Well then yeah, we should plus I don't really feel like going anywhere you know" said Jon. "This is true. You're getting lazier" I joked. "Hey what are you two whispering about?" asked uriel. "Nothing nothing. What are YOU two whispering about?" I asked. "O Adrian's just telling me about school and stuff." said Uriel. "Right. Okay. Uriel, how's your school. Any girls yet?" I asked. "Umm...I've dated 2 so far. Its okay I guess. I'm not a player like you" he said. "Aaron...a player?" asked Jon. "Yeah..." said uriel with sarcastic tone. "Well actually...I've played my minutes on the field" I said. "O did you now? Adrian involved?" asked Uriel. "What do you mean?" asked Adrian. "O nothing inside joke" said Uriel with a smirk on his face. "Well see at least when we grow up we have Aaron to teach us how to get the girls and stuff" said Uriel. "its easy. You work out and get buff. Its what aaron did. And they all just come to him like hookers. Or you get a nice car, then they come too" added Adrian. "IS that why you're working out?" asked Jon. "Yeah. Trynna get my dick wet" said Adrian. Uriel and Jon both laughed but I was a little bit confused about the way Adrian was acting around Uriel. I wasn't trying to get any ideas, but I sure as heck didn't want uriel and Adrian to start something. That would be just too weird for me. "Hey so are you joining us for the campout?" Jon asked Uriel. "No I don't think so. I have this party to go to at night with my cousins" "O ok...you're going to miss out" said Jon. "Yeah, it sounds like fun. I like camp outs with aaron. They are always fun" said uriel as he gave me a funny look. The last time we camped out, well things got a little frisky. "Okay well what do we do now?" asked Jon. "I'm working on homework. But I'll be done in a bit" said Adrian. "You little nerd" said Jon. "Just because I like to my work on time doesn't mean I'm a nerd. At least I get it done and get A's" Adrian said. "I get a's too...just not as often as you" "Jon you better get those grades up" I said. "Ok ok. Wouldn't want you to ground me or something" he smiled. "Is that a threat?" I asked. "Watch it jon. He might take away special stuff" said Uriel. "Shut Up uriel. You don't even know what you're saying" snapped Jon. "O wow someone's a little snappy today" Uriel said. "You got that right buster. I'm snappy" Jon said with a grin on his face. So for the next hour we just chit chatted about random subjects while Adrian and Uriel sat on the floor and did homework. It was weird. Uriel eventually pulled out a paper from his pocket and it was his homework so they both were working on it. Jon didn't have any at the moment so we just lied down and joked around about stuff. Eventually Uriel's phone went off and he got up. "Hey dudes I got to get going. My cousins came to pick me up for the party." he said. "Dude its barely like 6." I said. "Yeah I know but we have to go change and what not" he answered. "Are you going to be drinking?" I asked. "I don't know. Maybe." he answered. "You drink?" asked Adrian surprised. "Yeah...I'm a big boy" Uriel said proudly. "Umm...a dumb boy" added Jon. "What you're going to drink at my age too watch" Uriel barked back at Jon. "Umm...no I'm not. Aaron wont let me." "Like you listen to EVERYTHING he says" "Lets not get into that" said Jon. "O yeah I know how that goes" said Adrian. "You do huh?" uriel asked. "Yeah heard all about it before we went to florida" "You already went to florida?" asked uriel surprised. "Yeah in the summer. It was really fun" said Adrian happily. I could tell he was reminiscing about those moments. "O wow. Lucky. I didn't even know you guys went. Or if I did I forgot" said Uriel. "DId you go Jon?" "Do you even have to ask!?" jon said. "Guess not. Wasn't thinking. I'm surprised you and Adrian got along" said Uriel as he punched Jon. "Actually we didn't" smiled jon. "Figures. Well I will talk to you about next Friday for sure Aaron. We can all hang out. Adrian you're cool, jon you're gay...and Aaron, I'll miss you" said Uriel as he left the room. Adrian just sat there a little confused. "Is there something going on here?" he asked. "No not really..." I said. "Yeah, Aaron and Uriel have a past" "What?" asked Adrian. "Well...we used to be real close friends. Now we're casual friends. We hang sometimes and we get along great. We just don't spend a lot of time together. "But he'll miss you?" asked Adrian. "he jokes around" I said. "So how does he know Jon's gay?" "He doesn't!" said jon. "He just makes fun of him like that" I said. "Why? Do you like him?" asked Jon. "No. I mean...he's cute. But im not a slut. Im not going to hit on him. He's not even like that" said Adrian. "Umm...true. You got a point." said Jon. "Yeah Jon. What are you trying to play cupid?" I asked. "NO I'm just saying" "Okay so I'm done with my work. What to do now?" asked Adrian. "I say we go get the bonfire and the tent prepared" I said. "Sure thing boss" said jon. "Boss?" I asked. "What do I call you? Sir?" he asked. "No I just...never hear you call me anything other than aaron or dude" I said. "I've called you baby sometimes" he laughed. "Or you called him `deeper deeper' remember" joked Adrian. "O yeah. All the time. Every night. Twice a night" said jon. "Damn. I'm jealous" said Adrian. "Well I don't know who you are calling that cuz we haven't had sex in a while" I said. "Its your fault. You're the one always tired" said Jon. "Wow you guys sound like an old couple" laughed Adrian. "Thanks..." I said. "Its because Aaron doesn't want us to only have sex. Like we do but like special times." said Jon. "I get what you mean. it would probably get boring after a while if all you do is have sex" "Well we try different things" smiled Jon. "Okay jon. Don't go talking about our sex life. Its kind of weird" I said. "Good idea" he replied. "okay lets go get set up then" I said. For the next half hour we set up the tent. Grabbed some games, and the usual junk food. Then we even brought a dvd player and some movies. Prepared the stuff we needed for a bonfire and then we went inside to change. Since it was late summer, it was warm enough to go in the pool, but too cold to sit out in the open to dry. So we chose to start the bonfire before we got in the pool so that when we got out of the pool we could just chill by the bonfire and be warm and cozy. As we were preparing a bowl of popcorn my mom smacked us on the butt. All of us. "what are you guys doing?" she asked. I turned around to look at her and she was all dressed up and had tons of make up on. "Mom what are you trying to go find a boyfriend?" I asked. "No. going out for fun" she said. "Your insane." I said. "Shut up aaron. I think your mom looks very pretty" said Adrian. "Thanks sweetie. I knew you were nicer than Aaron" she said. "Umm...wow thanks. I'm making popcorn. We're swimming, having a bonfire and camping out" I said. "Sounds like a good night" she said. "Yeah it is. No alcohol involved" I grinned. "Hey I'm an adult. I can do whatever I want. I pay your bills and clean your room" she said. "Well...thanks. Now can you do that without having to go out and drink. Its just weird" I said. "O shut it. You boys behave. No strangers invited ok" she said. "Mom...we never invite anyone you don't know" I said. "Yeah I hope so. Okay my little babies, you behave" she said as she kissed us all and headed out the door with Uriel's mom. "Well I'm going to go put the popcorn on the table. You guys go get changed" I said. I stood outside and just looked around. The sky was in that late afternoon mode. It was blue at some parts and dark yellow and orange at others. The sun was still up but just enough to give enough light but not enough to burn. The breeze was just perfect and the smell of the wood burning just completed the setting. As I looked around at our backyards combined, and enclosed in our little world, I realized how lucky we were. I thought about how we would get older and think back to the days were we would sit in our backyards at bonfires and talk about life and how much we'd love these memories. The moments we are living now would soon be our beloved memories, that was what made me smile. I turned around when I heard the backdoor slide open. I turned around to see the two of them walking towards me holding cookies in their hands. "Umm...you know your mom left us cookies on the counter" Adrian said. "Yeah, she is determined to get me to get fatter" I said. "Or she's just nice and wanted to leave us some snacks" said Jon. "Or you shouldn't be eating that anyway" said Adrian. "Shut up big ass" Jon said angrily. "Okay porkers. Put the cookie down and lets get to the pool before it gets too cold outside" I said. "yeah good idea" said Jon as he gulped down the cookie and the three of us jumped in the pool. After a good while of playing around in the pool and laughing until our stomachs couldn't handle it we decided to get out and relax. We sat by the fire and looked up at the stars. "Aaron, do you think there's other life up there?" asked Jon. "There's got to be. I mean come on, we can't be the only lucky ones" I said. "why not?" asked Adrian. "Well, I don't have the answer to that. I just find it hard to believe that we're really the only humans in the universe" I said. "You got a point. But still. Its so hard to understand" said Jon. "Some things in life you just can't understand. You just, accept the fact that they are there" I said. "Like umm...animals and oceans and stuff?" asked Jon. "TO a point yes. But I mean, just look up at the sky. that's the universe out there. It takes years for that light to even get here. We're actually looking at the past right now" I said. "Weird. Too weird" said Adrian. "yeah, I know. But its life. We have no other choice to but to live it" I said. "Well living it together is good." added jon with a trademark smile of his. We were eating a lot of junk while we talked. I tried not to notice too much of it but when I realized how many empty cans of pop and empty bags of chips there were on the table I couldn't help it. But I guess the important part was that we were having a good relaxing time. "Aaron, do you ever feel like this is the best thing in our life. Like maybe our future wont be as fun?" asked Adrian. "no. I always hope that things get better. it's a way to be positive. I mean I do know that in the future we will look back and remember the good times we have now. But I don't want this to be it you know. We have to have more and hopefully better times" I said. "Yeah good point. Like when im your age. I'll say `hey aaron remember when I was 11 and we used to camp out and talk all night with Adrian" said jon. "Exactly things like that" I said. "yeah man. But when you're 18, aaron will be 25." said Adrian. "O damn. I'll be real old" I said. "no no no. middle aged" laughed Adrian. "Gee thanks a lot jerk" I said. "Just saying" "Adrian don't call him old. You know how he gets" said Jon. "Yeah you know how I get" I said. "Anyone up for a good game of tackle football?" asked Adrian. "Uhh...sure" I said. "But not too hard. Last time I almost broke something" said jon. "O you little baby" I said. And with that we grabbed the football and started throwing it around and tackling each other. We talked about life and the wonders it came with. We talked about the future and what it could bring. But most importantly we talked about the plans we had and how we wanted to stay like this forever. It was kind of random the way we just clicked. Between the tackling and the giggling, there was a still a certain connection and understanding between the three of us. There was a bond. When we got tired we just laid on the grass. Jon was lying on one side of my stomach and Adrian was lying on the other side. We were trying to make out the shapes the stars made. "is anyone else itchy?" asked jon. "yeah. A little" I said. "I hate grass sometimes" said Adrian. "yeah well what can you do. Its fun to play on" I said. "So we have to shower right?" asked Jon. "yeah. Unless you want to go to bed smelling like the pool and itchy" I said. "o ok. Well should we shower together?" asked Jon. "Umm..." said Adrian. "No..no sex. Just a shower" said jon. "that's like going to a candy store and not buying anything" added Adrian. "No...its not. Cuz we're on a diet" said Jon with a giggle. "No YOU Are. I'm not" I joked. "What?" asked jon. "I'm just kidding. I'm too tired to do any of that. But I wouldn't mind a shower." I said. "Well...if you guys want to" added Adrian. "Yeah just a shower dudes. So we can finish quickly and then come back to eat and have fun" said jon. So with that I got up and they followed. We headed up to my room but not before grabbing a bite of more cookies that were sitting on the counter. Once we were up in my room we went to the closet to grab a clean set of boxers and then headed into the bathroom. My bathroom stall was just a tad smaller than the one in florida so this was going to be tricky but not impossible. Jon was the first to drop his shorts and I followed. Adrian took a little bit but he joined us in the stall. Before I even turned the water on Jon giggled. "Adrian you got more hair" he said. "yeah, it grew a little more in the last few weeks" said Adrian. "Cool. I'm jealous" said jon. "Don't be. It's real itchy" "You guys worry too much about what happens down there. Just let it do its thing" I said. "Shut up. Turn the water on" said Jon. "Gosh. Bossy ass" I said. Since we were a little tight in there body contact wasn't avoided very well. But Jon and Adrian always had me in between so that those two didn't really touch each other. I positioned the shower head so that it hit more towards the middle so that not only the closest person to it got water. We tried to keep our boners down, but it was almost impossible to do. As we were washing ourselves Adrian was quick to point out that Jon's was growing just a little more. "yeah dude. I think so." said Jon. "Yeah I think it has. I mean I don't really remember it too much cuz I wasn't paying too much attention but I think it is" said Adrian. "What do you think Aaron?" asked Jon. "Umm...yeah well it has to be growing." I said. "Yeah true. Has to" said Jon proudly. "Can we get cleaned up? Without checking each other out?" I asked. "Kind of hard when we already had a threesome before" said Jon. "Yeah true." added Adrian. "Lets just hurry" said jon. As much as I tried to avoid the fact that we could easily just start doing it, it wouldn't leave my mind. But I fought it with every ounce of strength I had. I knew it wasn't what Jon wanted and really, as much as MY HORNY side would love it, my emotional side knew it wasn't the right thing to do. So as I stood there under the water rinsing off the soap, Jon looked at me. Then Adrian looked at me. That's when I realized. I had finally reached happiness. No pressure to do anything, just complete comfortableness with being completely nude with these boys, just cleaning my body and at the same time cleaning my mind. I smiled at them and they smiled me. "dudes, I just have to say this. You two are the best thing that has ever happened to me" I said. I put my arms around them and we had a weird, naked, yet heart warming group hug. "thanks dude. You're the coolest thing that's happened to me too" said jon. "me too. I mean, we're in the shower hugging" laughed Adrian. "nothing better, or more open than this huh?" I asked. "Nope. I mean, come on. Who else can shower with their best friend and feel normal about it?" asked Jon. "You're right about that. But see theres more to it. Like for example, you wouldn't shower with Adrian alone. Its that triangle thing. Some pieces, like you and I, can shower together no problem. But Adrian and I, well there might be a hesitation, and you and Adrian, well that wouldn't happen. But together, we shower without a problem. that's the beauty of it. We're like a puzzle. Some parts fit, some don't. but all together we complete the puzzle" I said. "That was very confusing, but in the end it all made sense" said Adrian. "Yes...it did. And I'm stupid" said jon. "shut up your not THAT stupid. You have a good man" said Adrian. "yeah..he's pretty good" said jon as he smacked my belly. "yeah I mean he's building himself a good body" said Adrian. "Jealous of my goods now are you?" asked jon. "Hey you're goods already fucked me" giggled Adrian. "hmmm...lets finish" I said. We rinsed our body one last time and then I opened the stall door and got out to grab some towels. The three of us dried ourselves and for a second we stared at our bodies. There was Jon with his young, soft, baby fat body. Then there was Adrian who was still soft, but was growing and showing signs of heavy duty puberty. And then there was me. Muscles were growing at a good rate and puberty was done reeking hell over my body for the most part. Completely different puzzles pieces, yet we completed each other. Once the silent naked moment was done we put on our boxers and started laughing for no real reason. "Well...that was odd" I said. "Well you laughed, so I just laughed too" said Jon. "And I laughed cuz you guys are stupid" said Adrian. "O stop trying to be the cool" I told him. We got dressed into warm pj's and hoodies and then headed back outside. We sat by the fire again and started making smores. It was delicious. We must have talked about puberty and growing up for hours before we realized it was almost 1 in the morning. We weren't tired, but we did want to go to the tent to play. I let the fire keep burning, for some reason I really loved the smell of the wood burning and I like the sound it made. Once in the tent we played card games and other simple games for a while until we popped in a scary movie and then cuddled together to watch it. It was one of the simplest, most fun, and emotional day I have had in a while. In the past, sleep overs like this usually led to random sex, and cheating. Today it was about honesty, making memories, and growing up, together. Well that's what we wanted at least. The next morning was the perfect one. I woke up with the sound of the birds chirping and those awesome late summer early fall winds. It was just so peaceful. I looked around. Jon was still snoring next to me. He wasn't as close as he usually was but he had his leg draped around mine he had his knee on my crotch. Adrian had his side to me and had his arm draped around my stomach and his head was right under my arm. I just lied there taking of the feelings an emotions in. I looked at my cell phone. It was 11 am. Eventually they awoke too but they didn't get up. Jon repositioned himself closer to me with his head on my chest and his arm around me. He looked at me. "I'm hungry" he whispered. "you're always hungry" I replied. "Sorry I'm just a growing boy" he smiled. "Wake Adrian up" I said. "What you know how hard that is" he complained. "hmm...I could find a way" I said. "Uh...finger his hole" Jon smiled. "Umm...I don't know about that" I said. "ha-ha I was kidding." "Right...you horndog" I said. "well I'm hungry man" he said. So with that I started to tickle Adrian's stomach and then armpits. That didn't wake him up. So then I started to poke him no his stomach. Nothing. When that didn't work I stuck my hand down his pants and started to smack his dick. He didn't move. Jon was laughing at this point. He couldn't believe not even that woke him up. "Man he just wont wake up" Jon giggled. Just then he jumped up and grabbed a bottle of water. He gave it to me and I came up with something. I took a bit of water and let it pour on his dick. He opened his eyes quickly and gasped. "o shit that's cold" he complained. Jon busted out laughing. "what the fuck dudes" Adrian complained. "well you wouldn't wake up" I said. "You coulda pushed me or something" "We did. Aaron even massaged your dick and nothing" said Jon. "damn. I must be a deep deep sleeper" Adrian said confused. "Yeah. Man. No kidding" I said. "I thought I fucking pissed my pants" he said. "Now that would have been hilarious" said Jon. "except we would have all been wet since we were cuddling so close" I told them. "Yeah that's true. Never mind. No pissing pants" said Jon. Once we were fully awake and mostly functional we walked inside to find my mom making breakfast. "Are my boys hungry?" she asked. "yes mom" answered Jon. "MOM?" asked Adrian. "Well she told me to call her mom" he said. "I did. I figured he's part of the family. He spends more nights here than at his house. Might as well." said my mom. "Well...that makes sense." said Adrian. "What. Do you feel left out Adrian?" she asked. "O no mam. I'm fine with calling you by mam" he said. "Ok. Well sit down" she said as she put our plates down. My dad joined us eventually but he was on the phone. We ate while we watched the little tv we had on the island table. My mom sat with us and then made my dad hang up the phone. "We're having breakfast. Can't you wait to start your calls later?" she asked. "Sorry. Um...when we did have more children?" my dad asked. "That's how much you've missed. You work way too much" she joked. "I guess I do. How was your night guys?" my dad asked. "Normal. Pigged out, scared ourselves, and slept" I said. "Sounds like a good time to me" he chuckled. Now my dad wasn't the normal drink his coffee and eat his eggs kind of guy. He was the most random guy ever. I have a hard time explaining how much he's like a kid sometimes. Sometimes even I felt like I was a tad more grown up than he was. "so what are your plans today guys?" he asked. "We have none. We're going to pack up and then go on from there" I said. "non-sense. Its not going to rain this whole week. You should keep that tent out there and enjoy the end of the breeze" my dad said. "I guess we could thanks" I said. "Well I do have this lame dinner at my aunts house" said Adrian. "What time?" I asked. "At 5." he replied. "Damn Adrian. Its always you who ditches us" complained Jon. "I'll be back at 9 don't worry" "Good. We can repeat tonight then" said Jon. "You guys really find it amusing to stay outside at night?" my mom asked. "Honey, you're a girl. You wouldn't understand" my dad told her. "Yeah I forget guys are complete idiots together and enjoy it" she laughed. "Gee thanks mom" I said. We finished up breakfast as a family and laughed and joked about whatever came to our minds. I have to say that I was starting to feel younger. I always felt that growing up we hardly ever had moments like this. Kind of makes me feel bad to know that we act like this now that I'm older, but then I look around me and realize that the reason we act like this was because Jon and Adrian brought a sense of freshness to our family. that's one of the reasons why I loved them so much. Once we were done we joined my dad in the living room and watched some soccer on tv. We passed around a bowl of chips and guacamole and drank diet cokes. Soon enough Jon's dad joined my dad but he brought beers with him. For the next 2 hours we were just 5 guys watching sports on tv and it was just fine. Nothing like watching sports with the dads. We all screamed, yelled and clapped for our favorite soccer team. At around 4pm Adrian said he had to go home so Jon and I decided to walk him home, even thought it wasn't a far walk we just felt like good friends knowing we walked him home. "You know guys. I never imaged to have a friendship like this" said Adrian. "Like what?" I asked. "Like so cool. We're so comfortable. It almost feels like family" he said. "Cuz we sort of are. that's why its so great" said jon. "Well if you guys are family, then...what you do is nasty" laughed Adrian. "Shut up" said Jon. "I'm just saying. But really dudes. Its awesome. Kind of like a dream come true" said Adrian. "Yeah well, it's life. Can't do anything else but live it and enjoy it" I told him. "Yeah true." said Adrian. But we were at this front yard now. We shared another one of those quiet, yet peaceful moments. "Well I'll see you dudes later right?" Adrian asked. "Yeah call me" I said. "I'll text you when I'm on my way home" he replied. "Good" I said. "Okay see you tonight then bubbles" said Jon. "WHat?" asked Adrian surprised. "That's your nickname right?" Jon laughed as he ran off. He knew he would have been punched otherwise. "Aaron I'm gonna kick your ass later" screamed Adrian as he went inside. "Stupid you shouldn't have said that" I told Jon. "I wanted to see how he reacted" he replied. We walked home and then went up to my room. We felt really lazy so we just lied down on my bed and listened to music while we talked about whatever. "Aaron, is this what happiness is?" he asked. "I think so." I replied. "Yeah me too. What do we do from now until Adrian gets here?" he asked. "Uhh...I don't know. Beats me" "How about we..." he winked at me. "I don't think so buddy. You know the rule." I said. "Dude but it was like...3 days ago" "Yeah I know but come on. You couldn't even walk after last time remember" I joked. "O yeah that was...something else" he smiled. "Well do what can we do?" he asked. "Let's just hang with our dads or something" I told him. So we did. Eventually the mom's went and did their own thing. Probably shopping and whatever else moms do. Our dads took us out to go eat some burgers and fries. After that we went to look at sports stuff and then they bought us a couple pairs of shoes. We realized that hanging out with our dads wasn't always a bad thing. Adrian did eventually text me and we ended up hanging out that night and did the same exact thing. Except for the whole showering together part. That didn't really come to mind with our dads hanging around. In fact we repeated the whole sleeping outside until it got too cold outside. Even during the week we'd all finish our homework and hung out in the tent. It was almost like we had our own little house out there. Things were going along so great that all of us were extremely happy. I mean we were a tad unhappy about not being able to sleep outside in the tent once it got cold but that didn't get in the way of us having sleep overs on the weekends. This went on for the next 2 months. We were like real brothers. We acted like it. Even hanging out with Max and Kevin wasn't that bad for Jon. In fact our families started going out randomly together. Adrian would tag along and it would be the 4 parents and then 5 boys. It wasn't all that bad. Our grades were all pretty good and by October I was in a pretty good muscular shape. My arms were starting to really show and my stomach was smaller and smaller each day. I really wanted a six pack and the hard work was starting to show. I don't know how I did it but I had good grades in school and was working out and on top of that spending at least 2 hours a day with Jon and Adrian. They were busy too though. We all managed our time very well. Jon's birthday passed and even though we all thought it was going to be a weird occasion because of course some of his ghetto friends came to his party, at the end of the night, it was just the three of us. I would get more into it but really the time span between that was not a big change. Actually it became more like a routine. We'd wake up, go to school, come back, do our homework, I'd go work out, they'd go do their thing, and then we'd try to hang after that or just wait for the weekend. The only amusing thing I can think of is the fact that I bought Jon a new tv for his room on his birthday. He loved it. His friends thought he was the coolest kid when he got a huge tv for his room. Well the time was now early November. It was really cold outside and we were all pretty excited for Christmas coming up. Time just always felt better when it was close to that jolly season. It had been snowing really bad and today specially. I woke up to a white white white and I mean WHITE view. There was at least a foot of snow covering the streets and roads. As hard as the snow plows tried, the snow was just not very nice. My dad had to go to work regardless, although I doubt many people go out to eat in this weather. Any way, his car was probably the only car to make a mark on that snow, but even that was starting to get filled in. I looked at my watch. It was a little past 5:30. I immediately called the school and of course classes were cancelled. I figured soon I'd get the call from Jon and Adrian. Who didn't love a Monday with no school? I figured I'd stay in bed but before that I'd wash my face and pee. So I did. When I came back into my room I heard voices downstairs and a very familiar one. Jons. Although from far away I realized something. It was...deeper. NOT BY much. But I could really hear a tone change. Not so high pitch anymore. I realized that I'd been with him so much that I had not been noticing the changes he had been going through. I walked downstairs to find Jon being cleaned up by my mom. He had snow all over himself. "What the heck happened to you?" I asked. "Well he thought he'd make it through Alaska to come hang out with you" my mom joked as she dusted off the snow from him. He was wearing a sweater and his pants were covered in snow. His snow boots were all wet and well...its was a mess. "Jon you're gonna have to take off your pants, and sweater." my mom said. "but...uh..."he said confused. "He's embarrassed ma" I said. "Well take them off, I'll turn around and then you and aaron can run upstairs and get dressed" she said. "Fine" jon said. She turned around he threw off his sweat pants and his sweater. He was now standing in his blue little boxers and a white muscle shirt. I could tell he was thicker now. His little belly was more of a, even thicker boy belly. Either way I picked him up quickly like if he was a dead body and carried him upstairs. "I got this mom" I said as I went upstairs with him on my shoulder. He was laughing. "You're going to drop him. Careful." she said as she took his wet clothes and walked into the kitchen. "I could have walked you know" he said. "you're socks are wet" I said as I put him down in my bathroom. "I guess." he answered. "So..my 12 year old brother...what do you wanna wear?" I asked. "Sweat pants and hoodie" he said. "Will do" I said as I went to the closet and grabbed him that and a new pair of sox. Once he was all dressed we went back down to have some breakfast. Then Adrian knocked on the door and he was a bit smarter. He wore a snow suit which he easily took off in the garage and was dry under that. "Why couldn't you be smart like him?" I asked Jon. "Umm...I was in a hurry." said Jon. "What happened?" Adrian asked as he sat down next to Jon. "HE decided to wear sweatpants, hoodie, and snow boots across the foot of snow in the back yard" I said. "ha. I bet you were covered in snow" laughed Adrian. "He was. I had to get him to undress to come on" said my mom. "How did that go?" asked Adrian still laughing. "Good. Aaron carried me upstairs and now I'm all fresh" jon smiled. "So you guys hungry?" asked my mom. "Yeah duh mom. I just went through a storm" answered Jon. "Okay I'll make some egg sandwiches" she answered. "okay so. Snow ball fight?" asked Adrian. "After breakfast and you guys better find Jon a snow suit or something" said my mom. "I have one at home but it's a little tight" answered Jon. "We'll go buy some" answered my mom. "Thanks" I said. "I'm surprised you guys aren't going to go back to bed. Its not even 6am yet." she said. "Well..we're up anyway. Whats the point. It wasn't snowing when I woke up at 3 to pee" I said. "Yeah it kind of came down randomly" said Adrian. "can't wait for the snow fight" added Jon. We kept talking about how to make this snowball fight work and what not. Then of course we'd have to make a snow man. In the middle of all this my mom decided to make us put up Christmas lights all over the house and what not. She said we could decorate a big pine tree in the back yard in the middle of our yards and then decorate the fence/walls around and make it into a sort of north pole looking thing. The actual house was decorated by some people she wanted to hire. She said she didn't want us falling off of ladders and what not. Although I think that with the foot of snow on the floor, a fall wouldn't even hurt. So once we had our day planned she served us with 6 awesome egg sandwiches. "Eat up" she said. "Thanks" we all said in unison. After she ate half of one real quickly she smiled at us. "You three keep me young. Although I know soon you will start to fight" she said. "No mom" I said. "yeah...Jon's going to get moody. He's at that age. And Adrian too. Just...umm...try not to hurt each other so much when that time comes" she smiled. "Mom...I wasn't like that was I?" I asked. "You were terrible. Mood swings galore" she said. "O...sorry" I said. "You still get them. Anyway, just enjoy your breakfast and hope puberty doesn't wreck havoc on you three." "mom...I'm kinda done with puberty" I laughed. "But those two aren't" she said. "can we not talk about that while we eat?" asked Adrian. "Good idea. You three eat up. I'll get ready. Put on warm clothes and snow boots. We're going shopping" she said happily. Then she walked out of the kitchen. "So I'm guessing we'll have to go with my mom too and the other two" said jon. "Probably." I said. "Great" added Jon. I could tell he added a bit of sarcasm in that. "I like this whole decorating thing. We never really do that" said Adrian. "Well...then we will make this one special" I said. "Yeah man. You can do all the decorating for me" smiled Jon. "You're just selfish." I said. "No all I want is to destroy you in that snowball fight" said Jon. "Shut up. Stuff your face and we'll see what happens later" said Adrian. Jon didn't hesitate. He bit into his sandwich and smiled back at Adrian. Once we changed into the proper attire we waited for my mom in the truck. Jon's mom joined us a minute later with the other two and then off we went to the mall. It was a little too early for us so we were kind of quiet. Even max and Kevin who were usually upbeat and smiley were really quiet. Jon seemed to enjoy this very much. He said he hardly ever saw them be quiet unless they were sleeping. To be honest, I usually wasn't very jolly or happy. But this time, I felt very...happy. My mom played that Christmas cd she always put on during this season and with the snow outside, it really made the warm feeling kick in. Jon looked at me and smiled. I guess he felt it too. Adrian though, he was the happiest out of all of us. That is also something that made me real happy about this Christmas season. Once we arrived at the mall, more of that warm fuzzy feeling kicked in. it was already decorated with santa claus stuff all over the place. Everything was Christmas oriented. Christmas sale banners, candy canes everywhere, Christmas music playing in the mall, families walking around happily with joy in their faces. Man, I hate to admit it, but I was actually, merry. I didn't even notice time pass us by as we chose Christmas lights and decorations. Then we looked at clothes and bought snow suits and whatever else my mom needed. We must have spent a good 5 hours at the mall. We had lots of fun though because we all planned what to do and used our imagination to come up with our own little north pole. In fact we didn't even have shopping bags. We were buying so many things the store clerks were writing down the stuff and having the stuff delivered to our house an hour after we left. The only thing we really carried was the bags with our snow suits. Once we finished shopping for all that we decided to go out to eat for lunch. We had some awesome pancakes and eggs at this small little place. It was one of those restaurants were like old people went. But it was delicious. Sitting at that table with Jon and Adrian next to me I realized how fun life is when you let it just do its thing. "Shopping for 5 hours huh?" asked Adrian. "It wasn't that bad" I said. "Nope. But I sure was hungry" said Jon who pointed at his empty plate. "Jon. You're always hungry" I laughed. "that's why your tubby" giggled max. "Shut up man. You're tubby too" Jon fired back. "Yeah but umm...not as much as you. Your pants don't fit anymore" said Max. "Well cuz I'm growing up stupid" said Jon. "JON!" yelled his mom. "Sorry mom" said jon with that puppy face look. "Sorry mom I called him fat. Its my fault" said Max. "Well quit it you two" she said as she went back to talking to my mom. "Anyway. What time do you think we'll finish decorating?" asked Jon. "You're still just thinking about snow fights aren't you?" asked Adrian. "Yeah but I mean I want to decorate too. Its going to be fun. And look real cool" jon said with a sparkle in his eyes. "Yeah. It is. Hope you boys are ready to work hard" my mom said. "We are" I answered. "Good" she answered. Once we all finished we headed back home. We didn't even get time to rest our food before they made us go change into our snow suits, which were all the same, we looked like elfs no lie. We got put to work right away. We had to set up this special water proof electric cord and what not. It ran power from both the houses to wherever we needed it. The stuff we bought arrived just in time and the people who were going to hang the lights on the houses arrived too. It was like my mom planned all of this while we slept or something. I didn't really think about it but moms are so much more goal oriented than our dads. We must have moved a ton of snow and placed a million lights around the back yard. Along with big candy canes that lit up and all sorts of other decorations. None of us really complained. We were really all excited to see the final result. My dad came home in the afternoon with a big Christmas tree that was going to be put in the back yard. He then set up a ladder with Jon's dad and had us decorate that big 7 foot tree with lights. Of course in between duties we would push each other around and throw snow at each other, made snow angels and tried making little forts. All in all, it was one of the best family activities we had done in a while. By the time it was about to get dark we finished. All of us stood back at our hard work. 4 hours of hard work between 9 people plus the other 8 guys who installed the lights on the houses was complete. "We made it happen. As a big family" my mom said. "yeah, I cant believe you put these bunch of morons to work" my dad said as he threw snow at me. "hey man. We worked hard" I said. "we did. I sweated" said jon. "Umm...you sweat in the shower" jon's mom said as we all laughed. "Okay. Light it up" said my mom. "Its not dark enough yet" I said. "its dark enough for us to see" my dad said. It would all be turned on by this control. My dad had gone all out apparently. Guess having a little bit of extra money sometimes does make that big different. So we stood there by the tree in the middle. We made a circle around it for some reason and my dad hit that button. It all came to life, with music and everything. It was as if we all saw a miracle happen. It was quite the light show. I think I saw a little tear come from our mom's eyes. "Wow honey. We did it. We built our own little north pole" my dad said as he hugged my mom. Then Jon's parents hugged and well we felt the need for a group hug so we all joined in. "This will be the best Christmas ever" said max. "yeah true" added Adrian. And after that awesome group hug with made everyone feel all nice and lovy dubby jon tackled me to the floor. My dad started laughing. "taken down by a 12 year old" he said. "O yeah" said Adrian as he tackled my dad. Soon enough there was a family snow ball fight going on. People were tackling each other and laughing. Of course we were careful not to ruin anything and mess up the hard work, but o boy did we have fun. After a while we started building a snow man. It must have taken us 3 hours to finish but we completed it with a hat and scarf and a carrot and two rocks for eyes. He was a very good looking snow man. It had been such a fun day that we had forgotten all about dinner. I looked at my watch and it was 8pm. "We just spent like 8 hours decorating, playing, and working. I'm hungry" I said. "You sound like me" said Jon. "Shut up Jon. I'm surprised you didn't say that earlier" I told him. "That's because he was busy decorating. He can only do one thing at a time. Small brain you know" joked Adrian. We all laughed. "Well I'm going to go to make some hot chocolate." said my mom. "I'll help. You men should go get us some pizza" said Jon's mom. "Okay we'll be back" my dad said as the adults went their own way and left us in the yard. The 5 of us looked around. "So we did it. Never done something like this" said Jon. "I know man. You guys have the best parents in the universe" added Adrian. "Yeah they are super cool. They said santa might even come visit our north pole" said Max. "o man. I hope he does. Can't wait to meet him" said Jon laughing. "dude. He's going to be so jealous" said Max happily. "Super jealous" said Jon sarcastically. I hit him lightly in the arm. didn't want him to break the kids heart. "Well we had a good snow fight. We built mr. tony, and we had a blast" I said. "yeah. Good old mr. tony. Its going to suck when he melts. I might cry" joked Adrian. "don't be a girl. Its just a snow man" said Jon. "But its our snowman. We put hard work and our heart into it" said Max. "Aww max. you say the cutest things" I told him. "I know thanks." he smiled. We played around in the snow for a while until we got called into the house to drink some hot chocolate. We all ran towards the door but were stopped by the moms who made us strip to our boxers and shirts. We were all wet and partly sweaty. Of course they turned around but then they sent us running to my room. I felt a little weird being treated like a kid again, but o well. I dealt with it. "max and Kevin you two meet me in the hall bathroom I'll take you some clothes. You other three...go do whatever you guys do to get cleaned up" said jon's mom. So we did. We ran to my room in our boxers and undershirts and put on our sweatpants and hoodies again. We did very quickly though because we were hungry and cold. About half an hour later we all found ourselves all comfy and warm in the kitchen with hot chocolate and pizza. Adrians mom and his sister had now joined in on the family gathering and they were sitting at the table while the "boys" as they called us sat at the kitchen island. It really did feel like a big PRE Christmas party or something. Adrian's mom was telling my parents how nice everything turned out and thanking them for giving her son the chance to feel what its like do these kind of things. "you should really make those dudes shower. They got all sweaty and nasty" my dad said as he looked at us. "Hey. Don't be hating" I said. "Yeah make them take a group shower see how they like that" my dad added. "Hey hey. don't be encouraging that sort of thing. don't want those hooligans running wild in the bathroom. They could destroy things" my mom joked. I was kind of amazed at how weird they sounded talking about something like that. I mean really, 5 of us in one bathroom? that's a little too weird. Of course they meant no harm by it, but Jon and Adrian both gave each other that naughty look. "Hey you two, no ideas" I whispered. "NOpe. None at all" Jon answered. "you little devil" I said. "anyway. This pizza was great" said Max who was oblivious to what my dad had just said. "Yeah it was good. It hit the spot" said Adrian. "Good. I need to rest now" I said. So we went to the couch after that and we just sat there like the fat boys that we were and rested. We were so tired. We sat there and watched tv for a while until Jon's mom came into the room. "Max and Kevin go take a shower. I left a change of clothes for you in the hall bathroom. You're going to stay here for the night ok. Theres no point in making you go outside again in the cold after your shower. I'll come back in the morning and take you to school. Jon, you take care of your brothers. Now come give mom a kiss" she said. Her three kids got up and gave her a kiss good night. "Sleep early okay" she told them. "Will do mom. I promise" said Jon. "okay Aaron, you're in charge" she said as she kissed my head. "you heard your mom. Go shower" I said as I kicked Max in the butt. "Ok but no kicking" he complained. The two of them ran off and went up the stairs. Then my mom came into the room. "You 3 should go shower and go to bed too. I'm sure there's school tomorrow" she told us. "Adrian's staying too?" asked Jon. "yeah same thing. He's going to shower and then go outside again for nothing." she answered. "Okay let me go say good night to my mom" said Adrian as he got up. "Okay we'll wait for you upstairs" I told him. Jon and I headed up the stairs and then into my room. We heard laughter coming from the hall bathroom. We both looked at each other and giggled. "they shower together?" I asked. "Yeah. We used to all shower together. But I'm a big boy now" I said. "Well then no showers with me either" I said. "Hey that's mean" he complained. Then he looked around, made sure no one was around and hugged me. Then he kissed me. "Okay okay since you asked politely" I smiled. "good" he said. I knew we couldn't all shower together because everyone was still downstairs so I walked jon to the bathroom and closed the door. "We can't shower together right now because you know...people downstairs still awake and they could come up to check. But I'll help you get in there" I said as I slowly took off his shirt. He smiled at me and helped me undress him. I took off his pants and his boxers too and gave his little thing a little gentle smack. "Now go shower" I said. "Umm...gee get me all horny and then tell me to shower alone" he complained. "just do it" I said as I closed the door and walked out to my room. "He's going first?" asked Adrian as he walked into my room. "yeah. Good day right?" I asked. "Awesome day. I love your family" he smiled. "We love you too" I said. He walked over to me and gave me a hug. It lasted a while. "you're the best big brother anyone could ask for" he said as he looked up at me. "I'm glad you think that. You're awesome too." I told him as I kissed his head. "Hey, you better go take him his clothes to change into or he'll run out here butt naked" he said as he pointed to the bathroom. "Good point." I chuckled and then headed to the closet to get him the clothes. I grabbed something for Adrian too and handed it to him. "I'll go next I guess. That way you can shower last and we can go to bed after that" he said. So after the three of us were nice and cleaned up we made a bed for Max and Kevin on the floor and then the three of us jumped into my bed. We were all pretty worn out. There wasn't any fooling around or giggling or anything. Just 5 boys tired from all the work and play fighting. "Well...back to school tomorrow." said Jon who was hugging me. "Yeah, bummer. But we had a blast today" said max from the floor. "And we got all sleep over" added Kevin. "yeah that was cool too" agreed Max. "Alright kids, we should sleep" I said. "Night Aaron." said Max and Kevin in unison. "Night bro." added Jon. "night" added Adrian. "night guys" I said as I put my arms around both Adrian and Jon. ______________________________________________________________ Thanks for reading. Let me know how this chapter went. Sorry if it felt like I rushed things. Its just I'm trying not to OVER Write some parts of the story. But as always, let me know how to get better. Can't wait to read the emails.