Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:41:19 +0000 From: Tommy Evans Subject: uriel and Jon: Growing Up Part 2 The next 2 days we didn't really do much except go visit Oscar twice a day and then go eat somewhere. We didn't do anything, meaning me and jon, because we still felt a little shocked about the whole incident. I had already had the chats with my mom and jon's mom. They think that it'd be a better idea if we just came back. There is an academy for all boys about 20 minutes from our house that they want us to go to. The only problem was that I only had a couple months to go and he had years to go. So I wouldn't exactly be able to go to the same school. My parents were not mad that we didn't go back to that school because they knew that maybe it was a bad idea in the first place. Since enrollment already started, our parents had to go out of their way to make sure we got admitted to this school. ***************************************************************** It was Saturday morning and I was sleeping when I got a phone call from Oscar's phone. "hey Aaron, what are you doing?" he asked. I looked at my cell phone. It was 8 in the morning. "Um...I was trying to wake up." I answered. "I'm home now" "O you are! Already? They released you that fast?" "Yeah, they said I was in better conditions and might heal faster if I'm at home" "Interesting, what are they doing about the whole Alex situation?" "Well I haven't heard anything from my parents, but I think that maybe he's in a psych ward or something like that" "Are you serious?" "yeah, I overheard my mom and your mom talking" "Well, I wanted him to go to jail so other guys could have their way with him" I joked. "Its okay, I'm sure he's pissed cuz he knows I'll never talk to him again" "Yeah, I guess. Anyway, how do you feel?" "Um I feel okay. I'm still a little sore but not as much" "That's awesome. Hopefully soon you can be at 100%" "Yeah, I have until Monday because we go back to school" "Yeah, I hear you. So do me and Jon" "Well, when I said we, I meant WE. As in you me and jon." "Yeah, I know" I answered. "No Aaron, we're moving to the same school" "You're going to The Academy too?" I asked. "Yeah man. Mom said its better for me there" "Hmm...does she know its full of guys" I chuckled. "Shut up!" he fired back. "I'm sorry dude. I just figured she'd try to send you to a school of all girls" "Shut up dude. She's been really sad lately. She don't let me talk to anyone but you really. If only she knew" he said. "Well, I never hurt you. And well I mean I guess that's cool. Same school. That way you watch over Jon when I leave" "Yeah I guess. I'm not as big or as strong as you but yeah I see what you mean" "So what are your plans for today?" I asked. "Well...as of right now they are to stay in my bed and do nothing. And you?" "Just chill. I guess I might go shopping with Jon. But that's about it" "Are you guys still good? No fights? No break ups?" "Yeah dude. We've been great." "How's sex?" "Um...good...you little perv" I joked. "Sorry, I just got to know man. I got to make sure he's pleasing you or else I might need to give him lessons" "O yeah okay. Give him lessons. Okay" "Well I guess I'll see you around, maybe you can come over later" he said. "Yeah man I'll try my best. Just got to get ready for school you know" "Okay peace" he clicked. I couldn't go back to sleep. Gosh, I was so happy he was back at home and feeling better. And going to the same school might be cool. Part of me wishes I was still like a 9th grader so I could stick around more but o well I'm a senior and I must go on. Since I couldn't go back to sleep I decided to just get up and wash my face and brush my teeth. I felt a little weird because it was Saturday morning and I didn't have Jon with me but he had to go visit his aunt again. The only good thing I can think of about that school we just left was that we were going to spend a lot of time together. But maybe he's right, maybe we would have gotten sick of each other that way. I made myself some breakfast and just relaxed in my house. What a bumpy way to start the new year. I thought to myself. O well, I'm sure it will get better. I sat in the kitchen for a while just staring at the television, not really watching it until my phone rang. I looked at it and saw Uriel's picture. SHIT! I hadn't even called him. "Hello" I said. "Hey, whats up. How's the new school?" he asked. "O hey there bud. Well...we came back. Something happened" "What, why? What happened?" "Well...Oscar was...assaulted." "Assaulted? Like jumped?" he asked. "Yeah, like jumped" "And that's why you came back?" "Well yeah, I just couldn't deal with being so far away. And seeing one of my friends get hurt like that really sucked. Now Jon, Oscar and I are going to The Academy" "The one like half an hour away from my house?" he asked. "yeah" "you're going to drive back and forth. That sucks" "yeah, I know. But its better. At least I'll be home where I belong" "O that's cool dude. Hey. So...being 13 isn't that bad. I had a wet dream today though" "O that's nice. How messy was it?" "Not much. Just sticky in my undies" "o okay. Well then you're still not fully ready" I said. "I know, but dude I'm bored. Want to hang out today?" he asked. "Umm...what do you want to do?" "Well, are you going to be with Jon?" "Most likely yes. Later on tonight though because he's gone right now" "Man how do you guys manage to not get sick of each other" "Well...we take breaks from each other every 48 hours" I said. "O that's why. Okay. I see" he joked. "Well, what time do you want me to pick you up?" I asked. "Give me like half an hour" "Okay sounds good. Let me go get changed" I said. "Okay see you in a few minutes" he hung up. Damn, I couldn't believe that I hadn't called him since I left for the new school. that's so bad. Does that mean I'm starting to forget him? I mean, yeah we kissed before he left on new years, but it was just, a kiss. that's it. Felt nothing. Well, I mustn't worry about that. He knows that I am not ready to do anything with him anymore. I wish I could just tell him about Jon. Maybe we could have a friendship like me and Oscar do. But then again, who am I kidding. It's Uriel. He's harder to understand than human anatomy itself. When I got to his house no one was really home. I called him and he just looked out the window and signaled to wait. I just chilled in my car for a while. It took me too long to get here because of the snow, and well mustangs don't drive very well in snow. I had to put sand bags in the trunk to help with the sliding. When he got in the car he seemed so happy. He also looked a little different. A little less chubby but a little bit cuter. His face features were changing. "Man, you look different" I said. "Dude you saw me like not so long ago" he answered. "But you look different" "Well...thanks" he said a little confused. "So what do you want to do?" I asked. "I don't know. Its Saturday, what do you normally do on Saturdays?" "Umm...honestly I just hang with Jon and go out to eat and what not" "So why isn't he with you today?" "He had to go with his family" "O yeah damn that sucks. Darn family" he joked. "Yeah...anyway so what do you want?" "Umm...honestly I want to get out of my house for a while. Anything is good" "Okay sounds like a plan. Let's go hang out at the mall" I said. We headed to the mall and we shared small talk about how the school was and how I was surprised when Jon was my roomy. Of course he cracked jokes because he said it must be nice to have your own apartment in your school. It was nice that never really mentioned anything about what we did at one point or what we didn't do. It was nice to have my friend Uriel back. When we got to the mall I realized I hadn't really done this with him much. I went shopping with Jon a lot, but not with Uriel. We started at little toy stores just looking around, then we went to electronics and what not. We actually were having a good time. "So Aaron, how much do you usually spend when you go shopping?" he asked. "Honestly I don't know. It depends on how much money I have on me" "O man dude that's so cool." "Yeah, do you need anything?" I asked. "No not really. I'm good. I was just saying" "Ok...well lets go get some new sweaters or something" "I guess so. Sweaters are cool" he joked. We went to the nearest American Eagle store and bought some cool sweaters. I didn't really have a favorite store, but at the moment AE was good. It was my moms favorite store so I kind of just got used to it. We also stopped at a more urban store and bought some more "gangsta" stuff as he calls it. So far it was amazing to him how I just bought stuff. I didn't even think it was that much. We had about like 4 sweaters each and 2 shirts, then sneakers and I had only spent 300 so far. Grant it I don't shop all the time so when I do shop I make it worth while. After that we decided to go to a video game store. "Man aaron, I can't even carry all the bags. We should probably stop buying shit" Uriel said. "Naw dude it's okay. Be a man." "Damn it Aaron!" he complained. I took the hint and I started walking back to the exit. "So are we going home now?" he asked. "No not really. you want to have some lunch?" I said. "What time is it?" "It's about noon" "Yeah, we can have some lunch. Then can we go to your house?" he asked. "Yeah, no problem. Its all good" I said. We got all the bags to my car and well I kind of realized my care was not really meant for shopping sprees. Anyway, we went to the nearest Asian restaurant where we shared one of the best lunches. It was just so fun. "Aaron, I miss this. I miss just hanging out and having fun." "Me too Uriel. I just wish I wasn't so busy" "I'm not all that busy but I always got family shit to do" "Sucks. I mean I get a choice most of the time" "Lucky you!" he said as he stuffed his face with rice. "Man, slow down. I'm sure we won't run out." He just smiled at me as he swallowed. I couldn't stop staring at him. I noticed how the changes were taking over. His face was changing, but not in the bad way. Just looked a little less chubby, at the same time he still had the baby face. But I liked how he didn't do anything to his hair, it was just perfect light brown. Then I noticed I was looking at him too much, what was I doing? Did I not learn my lesson? "So Aaron, tell me, what's so special about Oscar?" he asked. "Oscar?" I questioned. "Yeah dude, why come back just for him? Did something happen?" "Well...yeah something happened, but I'm sure it's not what you think happened" "What? I'm just curious" he smiled. "No, you want to know if me and him have something going on" "Not really. It doesn't matter to me Aaron. I just want to know why you would change your life and then change your mind just to be back with him" "Because he's a great friend Uriel, just like you. You think I could have been far from you for that long?" "Yeah, you do it all the time" he answered quick. "Uriel, why do you keep putting yourself last. I care about you just as much" "Cut the crap Aaron. Let's not kid ourselves. You and me have a weird thing. But we usually don't spend too much time together for long periods of time, we tend to take breaks and come back later." "Uriel, we can work on that. Friendship is a two way relationship, so lets both work on it ok." "Ok, I'm game for it. I just don't like how you are always with Oscar and Jon. They are nice kids, but I mean come on you have to make time for other people" "I will, I promise from now on I'll make sure you are in my plans okay" "Okay" he smiled. We finished up and headed back home. Once we were back at home, we took all of my bags up to my closet. He left his bags in the car. We sat on the couch and just turned on whatever movie we could find. It was nice and relaxing to be with my friend again. "Isn't it weird how we feel like it's been a long time since we hung out." he asked. "Yeah, its pretty weird. But the good thing is that we're hanging out again" "I remember that first night I came back..." he said. When I heard that, I gulped. Here it goes, I told myself. "Yeah...it was cool yeah..." I said. "No I mean, it was kind of surprising. But it sucked because I had so many things going on in my head" "Yeah, you were just hard headed" I tried to joke around so he wouldn't get back to that topic I didn't want to talk about. "Aaron, sometimes I wish we wouldn't done what we did" he said. "Umm why?" I asked. "Because now we are friends, but at the same time I feel like you avoid certain things you would do all the time before" "Like what?" I asked. "Like hold me or sit real close to me while we watched tv" "That's because we shared something at one point that makes me feel weird dude. I mean I don't want you to get any mixed feelings again" "I don't have mixed feelings though" he sounded so sure of what he was saying that it scared me. "What do you mean?" I asked. "I know what I felt was right. I know I wasn't confused. I know I loved you" he said. "Wow, well...at least now I know you did love me at one point" I joked. "No Aaron, it's not a joke. It's true. Its all true. I loved you. I love you now and probably will always love you" "As a brother" I said. "Sure yeah" he finally gave up. He probably realized I did not want to go into that again. "I love my lil brother" I said with a smile. "Yeah, whatever" he said. He didn't talk very much after that. It was just a little bit odd for us but I didn't want to make him uncomfortable or not wanted so I gave him a few minutes to get himself together. Then my phone rang and it was Jon. I didn't know what to do. I ended up answering though. "Hello" I answered. "Hey, whats up" Jon's voice came through my phone. "Hey shorty" "What are you doing?" "Nothing and you?" I asked. "I'm going to stay at my aunts. My mom won't leave. I'm pissed" "That sucks little dude" "Yeah I know. She even promised me I'd get to sleep over today at your house. I'm really pissed" "Hey, its not all the time you go visit your aunt anyway. One night isn't going to kill you" I said as nicely as I could. "Yeah I know but still I wanted to be there with you" "You're so nice. Well if it makes you feel any better, I'm not doing anything exciting today anyway. I'm just at home watching TV" I said. "Okay, well I'll talk to you later then. Call me when you go to bed" he said. "yeah I will bye" "bye I love you" he said and he hung up. Uriel turned to look at me. I felt the pain in his eyes. Gosh! Why did I have to be stuck in situations like these! It's just not right. Its too much for a regular guy to handle. "Uriel, I don't like the silent treatment" I broke the silence. "I wasn't doing it on purpose" he answered. "I care about you enano. I just can't handle the fact that we tried it and it just didn't' work" "Well, if it wasn't for the stupid boys you hang out with, maybe we'd still be good friends" "We are good friends, here come with me" I said as I got up. I guided him to my bed. I lied down and he lied down with me. Once we were both on the bed I turned to look at him and then I held onto him. I was like maybe a foot from his face. Looking at him. "I still care about you, but not like that. I can still hold onto you and hug you and make you feel warm and even cuddle, but that's it" I said. "Well, have you thought about the fact that maybe I don't like to do any of that stuff anymore?" he asked. "I know for a fact that no one hates cuddling, and I know even better that you LOVE cuddling" I said with a smile. "No I don't!" he fought back. "then why aren't you pushing me away?" I smiled. "Well because, it's a little cold in here" he said with a smirk on his face. "Uriel, life sometimes changes a person. I have gone through enough crap in these last couple of months that have made me realize that sometimes you just got to let things go. I let my relationship with you, but not my friendship. You will always be my brother no matter what" "Aaron, but being your brother is what got us into this mess in the first place" "Yeah, I know but still. We can work it out" "Okay fine we will work it out then" he finally agreed. "Okay, so what do you want to do now?" I asked. "Honestly I don't really care what to do. We can watch TV, play a game, or just stay here and talk" "You want to talk? Uriel wants to talk? Is this the same Uriel?" "Yeah, people change Aaron" "Okay, so what do you want to talk about now?" I was still holding onto him and we were still looking at each other. I dimmed the lights. "Who else have you done stuff with?" he asked. "Well, my ex girlfriends" I answered. "And?" he questioned me as he looked at me with that non-believing look. "No one else" I finally said. "I don't know dude. I'm sure you had to mess with another guy. Tell me who" "Why does it matter. You just going to get all worked up" "No I wont. I just want to know who it was" "Dude, only one guy. Josh, from my school" "The white chubby boy?" he asked. "Yeah, he's not too chubby" I replied. "You fucked with him?" he asked surprised. "Yeah" "Was it good?" "It was alright" "Did he have a big dick?" Uriel seemed very intrigued. "Umm...maybe 5 and half inches" "That's like big huh?" he asked. "It's normal I guess" I answered him. "So what was the best thing you liked about him?" "Um...why are you asking me all this?" I asked. "Because I want to know. If we're brothers, you should at least tell me about things like this. We can be open" "Well, I liked his ass and his face" "O yeah, he has a nice ass. Did he moan a lot?" "Umm...I guess yeah" "So who was getting fucked?" "We took turns" I answered. "Did you use condoms?" "Yeah...of course" "Why didn't you use it with me?" "I don't know. I figured you'd be clean" "How do I know you're clean?" he asked. "Well...are you sick?" I asked. "No" "Well then there you go" I said back to him with a smile. "Yeah, plus I don't know if I'd like to suck a condom it takes the fun out of it" "Yeah, well most people think its ok for oral to be without condom but I think it's the same thing." "Well I used it with Angel, and with someone else" he said. "O, so there was more than one" I asked. "Yeah, but the second one was just a fuck buddy. He wasn't all that great either" he said as he looked up. "O well that sucks. Its been a while for me though." I said. "Aaron, for some reason I still think you and Jon have something. Or you and Oscar" "Why do you think that dude?" "I don't know man. Its like hard to not think about it. If you did it with me, what are the chances of you NOT doing it with them. They're young, cute, and I'm sure they would let it happen" "No, they won't let it happen. And there is nothing going on between us. They are simply my friend and my brother" "So now I have to share my big bro with Jon?" he asked. "Is it a problem?" I asked. "O no, its ok. It's not like I can run your life or something" "You sometimes act very weird Uriel." "Yeah I know, it sucks. Not even I get me sometimes" As he would talk I would notice how his conversations were a lot more deeper now a days, and he was a lot more calm and peaceful. It's not like he just wanted to play games or just mess around. No. he wanted to actually just talk. Just talk about our life and talk about what we've done. What is going on? Is this what puberty does to people? Makes them want to talk? No, I doubt it, at least it wasn't for me. I just hated everyone and anyone around me. "Aaron, tell me something" "What?" I asked as I looked right at his hazel colored eyes. "How much do you love me?" he asked. "From here to the moon and back a few times" I smiled. "As a brother" he added shyly. "yeah, as a brother" I agreed. "Why did you stop loving me as something else?" he asked. "When you say something else do you mean like a sexual partner?" I asked. "Well yeah that" he said shyly. "Well, it's not a why question. I'd say it's a how question. And well I don't know how I stopped Uriel. I realized some friendships are too good to risk. Why would I risk loosing you?" "It's not always a risk Aaron, you know sometimes people mess up, that's why second chances were invented" "I know, but, in our case a second chance would only make the risks higher. You are already worried about others and you're just my friend. Imagine how you would act if you were more than that" I told him. "I guess..." he answered. I noticed the look of disappointment in his eyes but I didn't want to let it hit me hard. No I couldn't. it would only hurt him more because I was already with Jon. "Uriel, smile at me man. Trust me, I'm not the guy for you. You're not even sure of what you want" I said. "Can we like do something. I'm getting bored of talking" he said. "Sure what you want to do?" I asked. "Umm...I don't know." he smiled again. "Let's go to the play room" I said. We turned on the big screen and began playing FIFA. It was one of the few things that we both loved so much that it took mostly everything out of our minds when we played it. It was pretty cool. It was a wonderful thing to know that no matter what, we could play this one game that made us connect again. We joked around and made fun of the people we played against online. I loved when we had fun like this. It kind of reminds me of when we were younger and we were constantly happy, no worries, no problems, no heartaches. Boy do I miss those days sometimes. We played against random people online until very late at night. I didn't even want to look at the time, I knew it had to be at least 4am in the morning by now. I grabbed a couple of pillows from the couch and handed one to him. "Are we sleeping here?" he asked. "Sure why not" I said. We lied on the couch and I hugged him. The couch wasn't too long but it was very wide so we had to spoon in order to fit in it. At this point I could care less. We snuggled with each other and I was massaging his soft tummy. "Uriel, no matter what, I will always love you." I said. "Yeah, I know." he replied. I woke up at around noon. Since we were in the basement everything was still dark so it was easy to keep sleeping. I just lied there holding onto Uriel who was still sleeping. He was growing up and he getting hotter as time passed by. I could fell that amazing ass of his on my crotch and it was a feeling that I could not dislike. Why did I have to have a weakness when it came to Uriel? Why couldn't I just see him as a friend, as a brother? Why not? He eventually woke up and as soon as he felt me behind him he pressed back with his butt. He was making humping motions and he grabbed my hand. "Good morning" I said. "Good morning" he said yawning. "Had a good night sleep?" I asked. "Very good" he said happily. "So what do we do now?" I said. "Nothing" he answered. "Okay..." I said. "O shit! What time is it?" he asked. "Um...a little past noon" I answered. "O crap I got to go home Aaron" "Why?" "I forgot I have this thing at school at 2" he said worried. "O okay. Well then get up man let's go" I said. We grabbed whatever he needed and ran to my car. The car ride was nice and relaxed. He was talking about little things here and there, but the thing I loved about it was that he didn't seem upset or sad or anything after all we talked about last night. He seemed happy. It didn't take me that long to get to his house and when we got there he gave me a hug. It surprised me. "Thanks, I had a good time. Maybe I can go next Friday again" he said with a smile. "Okay, just call me dude" I answered. He grabbed his bags and headed inside. On my way back home I thought about how everything got to this point. I would have loved to know what Uriel felt when he was 11. That would have meant that I would have spent a lot more time with him doing the things we both wanted. Why did it have to all come up at the same time I met Jon? Why? Why do things work out like that? I hated it. Part of me wanted to just do the whole dating both at once but its just not right. I wasn't going to make the same mistake twice. It wasn't fair for any of us. My phone went of interrupting my thoughts. It was Jon. "Hey" I answered. "Sup. Where are you?" he asked. "On my way home and you?" "Just got home" "O cool. Was it fun?" I asked. "yeah, I guess." "You don't sound too happy" "Well I would have liked to be here with you" "Aww how cute. Thanks." "What did you do?" "I hung out with Uriel and he spent the night. That's about it" "O he did? What did you guys do?" "Played FIFA" I answered. "Oh...cool." he answered. The tone of this voice changed. "Whats wrong?" I asked. "Nothing just worried about school tomorrow" "Why are you worried?" I asked. "Because, this will be my 3rd school this year. Its going to be weird. What if I'm the dumb one or something?" "No dude, why would you be the dumb one?" "Cuz man, we come from regular school, these are rich boys, and all boys. I heard from my cousin that at schools like that I have to take showers with all the boys" "Well...yeah sometimes those kinds of schools are like that. But you'll be fine. Whats the big deal?" I asked. "That everyone will see me" "Well, you'll see everyone, it'll be even" "No Aaron! I don't want them to see me naked" "It's not like they going to be watching you the whole time man." I said as I laughed. "Okay fine. But I want to have the same gym class with you. At least I get to see you naked" he giggled. "Shut up you perv" I answered back. "Hey, come get me okay. I'm hungry" he said. "Okay I'll be there in a few" I said. "I'm all clean and ready to go." "All clean?" I asked. "Yep, EVERYTHING" he said. "Wow, ok" I said. "Okay bye" he hung up. I was surprised at how much Jon was changing. In a good way of course. Sometimes it worries me because having a relationship with a boy that age is sometimes hard to deal with. But he was making it easier and easier as time went by. When I pulled up to his driveway he quickly ran out the door. He waved bye to his mom and ran to the car. "hey" he said when he got in the car. "you smell good. Are you wearing cologne?" I asked. "yeah" he answered with a smile. "Why?" "Cuz I want to smell good" "Well no duh! But since when?" "Umm...I don't know. Does it matter?" he asked. "Yeah, sort of" "Well can't I smell good for the ladies?" "Sure why not" I said. I couldn't help but smile. My little boy was growing up. "I'm just kidding. I just started wearing it for fun. And it's a body spray. So I can smell good for you" he said as he grabbed my hand. "Okay, if you say so" I said as I squeezed his little hand. I started heading to the restaurant area he usually likes and he was just listening to music. Sometimes I would turn to look at him and he would just smile at me. He was beautiful. I was the luckiest person to have him. "Have you talked to Oscar?" he asked. "Yeah, yesterday" I said. "is he sleeping over today?" he asked. "I don't know, why?" "Well so we could go to school tomorrow" "O yeah, I don't know. He hasn't called. He usually doesn't do anything on Sundays you know" "O yeah, its church day" "yup. But if he does it'll be cool" I said. "Yeah, but we can't do anything if he does" "What do you mean?" I asked. "Well, we can't do it" "Like what do you mean?" "Like you know...do it" "ooooh..." I said surprised. "yeah..." "Well, why do you even think about when we going to do it" "Because we haven't in a long time" he said. "Well that's because we haven't had time to actually think about it. We've been going through a lot of stuff lately" "I know, but I wanted to do it today" "Jon, do you actually sit there and think about when we going to do it?" "Well, not all the time. But since yesterday I wanted to" "Okay...can we go to eat first?" I asked. "yeah, I'm always down for food" he giggled. "Yeah I know you piggy" I said. "Hey, no food, no sex" he smiled. "Shut up man. You're turning into a freak" I said. "A sex freak" he corrected me. "Ummm...okay Jon, you are scaring me" "I'm sorry. I was kidding. I'm not a freak. I just love you" he said. "Okay fine" I answered. We ended up going to a Chinese restaurant. We enjoyed some really appetizing dishes and some one of a kind drinks. I was beginning to like these random restaurants. We used to always stick to the same ones and just go to them over and over again. I couldn't even count how many times we ended up going to Portillos or Burger King or something like that. Both Jon and I were getting into going around trying different places. He ended up liking almost everything he tried so it was a successful mission for me, at least today. "Aaron, do you think one day when we are grown up we're going to be like rich and famous?" he asked me. "I have no clue bud. I wish we could" "Well, I mean we're already a little rich. But can you imagine being famous" "I can, and it's a little scary. Think about it, if we were famous either one of us, we couldn't really do too many things like this in public before people started realizing things and next thing you know we're going to be the center of drama" "Like you mean, people thinking you and me are gay and stuff" "Yeah, except, the media always takes everything to the extremes" "That's true" Jon agreed as he put a piece of chicken in his mouth. I couldn't help but smile at how cute he looked when he ate. "Jon, lets worry about staying friends until we are grown ups, you don't know how hard it can be to keep a friend" "I know it gets a little hard sometimes, but I mean we usually fix things" he said. The conversation kept going about what we would have and where we would live and random things like that. He seemed to be getting a bigger imagination now a days. After dinner we headed over to a store and bought some new notebooks and pencils and pens. Just simple stuff for school. I felt a little weird because I had gotten used to not going to school. Not that it mattered because I was pretty much done with everything I needed to graduate. All I needed was one more science and literature credit and I'll be good. That means that I'll probably have a lot of filler classes in the meantime. Walking through the store with Jon seemed to be something very common now, I couldn't help to notice how we just eased into an amazing friendship. Who would have that that we'd be such great friends. As he kept grabbed things to buy I kept thinking about how much most of the stuff he wanted was pointless but whatever, kids get excited about the weirdest things. After he pretty much filled our cart with nonsense things, we headed to the register. "Hi guys, how you doing today?" the cashier asked us. "Good and you mam?" I answered. "Just great, you guys shopping for new school supplies?" "Yeah" Jon answered. "Big brother buying everything you want huh?" she asked. "Yeah, sort of" Jon smiled. I loved when he answered something like that. I don't know why, it just felt good inside of me. Weird, I know. We stuffed everything in the trunk and headed home. He wanted to stop at his house because he needed some things. Right before we got to the subdivision Oscar texted me. He wanted me to go pick him up so he could spend the night. "Jon, Oscar wants us to pick him up. He is staying the night" I said. "O okay, are we going now?" he asked. "yeah, why not?" "Okay, I guess" he answered. We picked up Oscar who was all ready to go and had everything he needed, or at least it seemed like he did. After he said bye to his mom we headed back to Jon's house. "Aaron, should I use the same backpack you have? Or should I use the new one?" Jon asked. "Well...I don't know" "I kinda want to use the new one but want to have the same backpack as you" he said. "O my gosh jon its just a backpack!" Oscar said as we walked into Jon's room. "So what" Jon answered. "Ok...quit your bitchin" I jumped into the conversation. Jon quickly got some stuff and we all went downstairs to say bye to his mom. "You guys go to bed early okay. Remember, you have to be there ON TIME. That means before the bell rings" she said. "Okay mom we got it" Jon said as he kissed her cheek. "You have the address and everything Aaron?" she asked. "Yup, its in my phone with step by step directions" I said. "Okay good night boys you behave" she said. "We'll definitely try" Jon smiled. Once we were at my house we just went up to my room. We sat in my couch and turned the TV on. "Is anyone worried or nervous?" Oscar asked. "Just a little bit" I answered. "I'm freakin scared" Jon said. "Me too" Oscar added. "Why? What's there to be scared of?" I asked. "Well Aaron, think about it! New kids, new teachers, NEW school. We could get lost we could get you know beat up all sorts of things can happen" said Oscar. "What! You guys are drama queens! Nothing's going to happen, it's just school. How bad can it be? I left my friends behind, but all that matters is that I have MY 2 best friends with me" I said. "That's true" Jon agreed with me. "Okay you just say that because you're supposed to not be scared cuz you are the big one" Oscar added. "No, its because I like new things. How do you know that we wont meet cool people and that we will have a blast? Not everything has to be bad you know" I said. "OK whatever. But if you DON'T sit with us at the lunch table because you're a big kid we're going to kick your ass!" Oscar joked. "OKay whatever! I don't even know how this school works. I don't know how the whole lunch thing works" I said. "Do you think it's going to be a lot of rich snotty kids like at the school we went to?" Jon asked. "Um...I guess. Whatever, money does not make a person any cooler or any more of a looser. Its just something to have. The kids there are just like you guys." I said. "Yeah but sometimes if they are rich and stuck up it gets annoying" Jon added. "Shut up because both of you guys are rich as hell." Oscar said. "Shut up you live in the same area" I said. "Yeah but your house is way more expensive than mine!" he said. "Okay whatever. So its only like 7. What shall we do?" I asked. "Hmm...I don't know. I don't want to do anything too fun because I mean tomorrow we have to go to school and I feel like we shouldn't be having fun" Jon said. "Okay...weirdo. I say we go to the movie room and watch scary movies" Oscar suggested. "Sounds good. I'm up for a good scare" I said. "Um...I guess" Jon gave in. "O you lil pussy. Just hold onto your boyfriends hand!" Oscar said. "Can we not like talk about that" Jon said. "Why not?" Oscar asked. "Because it's kind of weird okay" Jon answered. "What's weird? That he's your boyfriend?" "No Oscar its not that...well yeah it is but I just can't explain" Jon said as he turned to look at me. "O come on dude. I already know about it, it's not bad. Hey, at least your boyfriend didn't beat you up and rape you" Oscar said. "Dude how can you say it just like that?" Jon asked. At this point I just sat back. I didn't quite understand these two. They were best friends yet they always argue and don't really agree on much. "Cuz dude it happened. Just because I don't talk about it wont make it go away dude. that's why. And its true. every time you think of anything stupid...like you usually do, just think about how YOU actually have someone who cares about you" "Don't say things like that Oscar. Aaron cares about you too" Jon said. "Okay, you guys are tapping into serious things here. Can we just go to watch this movie now?" I asked. "O yeah the movie, lets go" oscar said. We headed down to the basement and on our way there my mom pulled me to the side. "You guys better be in bed by 10." she said. "We will I promise" I said. "Okay, I'm going to bed I'm super tired behave okay" she said as she kissed me goodnight. "always ma always" I said. I headed downstairs. I kinda heard Oscar and Jon arguing so I slowed down. "Jon what is your issue man!" "I don't know! Its just I can't understand why you said that. What do you mean when I think about stupid shit!" "Jon, you're so I don't know, dumb. Whenever you tell me you think Aaron doesn't love you! that's what I'm talking about. You know he loves you! And you always think he doesn't" "That's because he's got so many friends and I think he doesn't tell me everything sometimes" "So you don't trust him?" "I DO! It's just that, I don't now. I'm confused" "What do you mean confused? Do you love him?" "Yes a lot, but I don know. I get this weird feeling like you and him are hiding something" "O my gosh Jon! Aaron and me are FRIENDS. Just FRIENDS!" "I know that! But I mean how do I know you didn't mess around before?" "O my gosh Jon! You and me messed around before and Aaron didn't care did he?" "So you did mess around?" jon asked really worried. "NO we didn't! I was just proving my point Jon! What about when you messed with that ugly guy!" "Dude, it wasn't all my fault!" "Jon, just drop it okay. We're friends. Just don't feel like that. Aaron is honest to you. He loves you man. You are lucky" "yeah...I know" Jon said. I opened and closed the door so they could hear I was coming. They stopped talking. I walked down the stairs as if I had no idea what was going on. "Sorry guys my mom wanted to talk to me. So what movie are we watching?" I asked. They just kinda looked at each other. Neither of them said anything, this was my cue. "Okay, spit it out, what happened, what was the argument about?" I asked. "What argument?" Jon asked. "I know you guys better than you think I do, I know when you guys are arguing and pretend not to, I just do, its my job" I smiled. Oscar took a look at Jon and then he took a deep breath. "Jon thinks you and I are doing things" said Oscar. "You do?" I asked Jon. Jon didn't look too happy at the moment. He gave Oscar a real mean look. "Why are you looking at him like that?" I asked him. "Because, Aaron, its not right. He shouldn't have told you that" Jon answered ticked off. "So you're saying that our best friend shouldn't tell me when you feel like I don't tell you the truth?" I asked. "Aaron, its just hard okay. You're a nice guy, you're cute, you're smart, why wouldn't Oscar like you?" Jon asked. "Well, because we are friends. Because he's your best friend, and because I'm taken and he knows that" I answered. "Jon, just trust me okay, Aaron and I are nothing but good friends." Oscar reassured him. "Okay" Jon sort of smiled. "You know what, I'm not really in the movie watching mood anymore" I added. "Yeah, me neither" Jon added. "Or me" Oscar added as well. "Should we just go to bed and relax?" I asked. "Yeah, that makes sense" Oscar agreed. We headed back upstairs and it was only 8. I couldn't believe we were actually going to bed that early, but there wasn't really anything else to do. Plus it would be nice to actually make it to school on time one day of the year. Once we were in my room we all headed to the closet and grabbed something to wear, at this point both of them had some sort of clothing at my house. It wasn't so hard to realize that they spent so much time with me that they might as well start leaving clothes in my closet. The three of us jumped into my bed, me in the middle, and we began talking. "You know, I never thought I'd be with both you in the same bed, knowing what we know about each other" Oscar said. "What do you mean?" Jon asked. "Well, I think it's cool that we trust each other so much that we don't care what happened in the past, just what happens now" Oscar answered. "Yeah, I think it's pretty sweet, but you know what, its even better when we can keep it like this. I would hate to see this get ruined" I said. "I don't think that could happen, soon" Jon added. "I hope not" I said. "Well, guys, I think we should really try to sleep now, I know the sun is still up and it seems hard to sleep when its so early, but we are all tired. I mean we all have had so much go on in our lives, we need so much sleep" I said. "Yeah, plus it feels better when you sleep with cool people" Jon smiled. "Yeah, you just like being next to Aaron" Oscar joked. "Yeah, not going to lie" Jon answered. He turned to me and we just snuggled. I looked at him, we smiled at each other. "Jon, I hope this never ends" I said. "Why would it?" he asked. "Because you tend to ruin things. Now go to sleep" Oscar jumped in the SMALL conversation. "Gee, good thing we have privacy" I joked. "good night" Oscar said. "Good night" Jon and I answered. I kissed Jon's forehead. He simply hugged me. I lied there thinking about what was happening, and what is still waiting to happen. With everything that has happened in the last months, anything seems possibly, which is scary in a way. I could hear both of them trying to control their breaths, a technique I showed them to relax their bodies and fall asleep faster. Jon was so close to me that I couldn't even see his face, all I could see was the top of his head against my chest. My little baby, trying to be a grown up, yet always falling asleep in my arms. **************************************************************** At around 4am in the morning I was awakened by my urge to pee. I had really never woken up to pee. I got out of bed, I stood there, Oscar was on the edge of the bed sleeping like an old man, and Jon was still right where he fell asleep. Kind of weird how they hadn't moved at all. I went to do my business. As I was washing my hands, I felt the urge to wash my face. When I was rinsing it I couldn't help but to look at myself. I felt, weird. I started thinking about my love life lately. Funny how it only took one boy to set the chemical reaction off. Even funnier is the fact that so far I've been more with the one that started the reaction, even though we have had a lot of issues. How could I have done that? I mean, Uriel, Oscar, Luis, and Jon. Not to mention the close encounters with Josh at school. I grabbed the towel and started to dry my face. When I looked in the mirror again I saw Jon walking to me. "hey" he sort of whispered. "hey bud, what are you doing awake?" I asked. "I didn't know where you went" "Well, its not like I was going to leave in the middle of the night" I answered. He let his weight fall on me and I hugged him. He held onto me. "Don't ok" he said. "of course I wont baby. I love you" I said. "a lot?" he asked. "Yeah, from here to the next galaxy, and back and forth a few times" I smiled. He looked up at me and smiled sleepily. We just stood there hugging each other for a few seconds. "Aaron, you are so comfy" "thanks, I guess I'm a big pillow huh?" I joked. "yeah my big pillow" he smiled again. I grabbed him by his little behind and picked him up. He got the cue and held onto me like a monkey. I carried him back to bed and we cuddled again. "You are the reason I keep on going every day" I said as I caressed his cheek. He just looked at me. I gave him a little kiss, which he gladly answered. He fell back asleep. We were awakened by our alarm the next morning. The three of us jumped up at the same time. "Umm...well time for school" Oscar said. "yeah, damn" Jon added. We got ready in half an hour, with our stupid uniforms and everything. Well we could have been ready faster but we spent a lot of time making fun of each other for looking stupid in the uniforms. I guess we didn't realize that we were wearing the same exact thing. We had a good breakfast, it was quick though because we knew it was our first day and anything could go wrong. We jumped in the car as soon as finished our cereal and headed to school. Since it was really early we kept the conversations quick and simple. Nothing too extreme or anything you had to really think about. 45 minutes later we were in the parking lot. We grabbed our backpacks and no one said anything. We just stood there as I closed the trunk of the car. "Well, good luck I guess" I finally broke the silence. "Yeah, I know we need it" Oscar agreed. "Could we like, go back home now" Jon smiled. "Yeah, funny" I said. "What, it was worth a shot" he smiled again. We started walking. The walk to the entrance of this weird building was the worst. Walking to something that should have been a simple thing to do, seemed to be the longest walk ever. It could have been because we didn't know what to expect, we didn't know what was coming, we just knew we had to get to the office and we would be directed from there. We were guided by this weird dude to the office where we had to wait for 20 minutes while we got our lockers assigned and classes as well. The three of us just kind of sat there, we didn't want to say much because we knew this wasn't really exciting. I mean it felt different for me, just a couple of months before I leave this place anyway. One by one we were taken to our first classes, I was the last one. My guide was assigned to me. Some kid I didn't even bother to remember his name until he walked into the room. I was in the office and he walked in. He was short, a little chubby, but not like a lot, dark curly hair, brown eyes and the most awesome smile in the world. "Hi I'm Armando" he said. "Sup, I'm Aaron" "So, first day of school?" he asked as I followed him to the hallway. "Yeah, so umm...my guide is younger than me?" I asked. "How do you know I'm younger than you?" he asked. "Ummm...its kind of noticeable man. You can't be older than 15" I said. "Damn your good. I just turned 15" he answered. "So you're supposed to have all my classes and you're only 15?" I was confused. "Yeah, well, you only have 2 hard classes and the rest are fill ins like computers, gym, music editing, and photography. Therefore, its not that hard for it to happen. The only advanced classes I have are math and literature which you need to graduate correct?" he asked. "Yeah, kind of weird man" I said. "I know, its weird but I was the only guy that had the exact same schedule as you. So its not like I chose it man" he said. "O no its not that I'm hating on you, I just figured my guide was going to be my age for some reason. So where are you taking me?" I asked. "To our first class" he answered. I looked at him again. Boy was he cool. Then it hit me. If I had a guide, that means Jon and Oscar have one too. And if my guide is...well...cute, I wonder what theirs is like. Shit. We walked into the first class which seemed to be math. O man, how boring. Why did my most boring class have to be first. O well, I guess its good to just get it out of the way. The rooms here were a little different. Our desks consisted of a computer, area to write, drink holder, and a really cool rolling around chair. Not bad, I could get used to this. The teacher was a little boring, not going to lie. He started the lesson and I pretty much flew through it. I noticed not many people were on the computer chatting or anything like I figured they would. I looked over at Armando who was next to me. "I know what your thinking" he said. "You do?" I asked. "Yeah, why don't I write this down" "O...no you were off by just a little bit" I joked. "O, well then what?" he asked. "How come no one is on the computer or something. Its not like its blocked" "Because if you fail 3 tests, you are kicked out of class. After you get kicked out of 4 classes you are pretty much kicked out of school with no re-imbursement, unless you do some really annoying community service shit." he answered. "So I better pay attention or I end up out of here?" I asked with a smile. "Yeah, and your parents very happy about spending 6 grand on nothing" he smiled back. Kid had a point. We finished the lesson and started on our daily assignment. Now I was no genius but math was somewhat of my strong subjects so I finished pretty fast. Armando had a few questions which I managed to answer. He looked at me weird. "You're smart huh" he said. "A little, and you are too" I said. "Duh, or else I wouldn't be in a senior level class when I'm only a sophomore" he smiled. "So you got any nicknames, I don't like calling you Armando. Too hard" I smirked. "Yeah, call me JR I guess" "Okay, JR it is." We stopped by our lockers which happened to be almost next to each other. I bought a drink and we sat down between the passing periods. "So why are classes so short here?" I asked. "Because this school believes its not how long they take to teach, its how they teach." "Woah. Man that's totally different from public school" I said. "Yeah, I know." "You been there?" I asked. "For sure man. I grew up in the nasty side of town. I'm only here because my mom re-married and my step dad believes in better education" "Well you're a smart kid, would be a shame if you weren't here" I said. "And what brings you here halfway through the year?" he asked. "Well, stuff happened and me and my cousins were pretty much shipped here." I said. "O I hear ya." he said. We ended the conversation there and walked into our next class. We started having really good small talk and I noticed he had little amounts of friends. I wonder why. He's really cool. I mean people said hi to him but that's it. No one continued conversation with him or anything. Or it could be the fact that he has mostly advanced classes because I'm guessing all of the younger kids are busy getting their sophomore classes out of the way while he's playing with the big boys. During another of our breaks we found ourselves in the same hallway relaxing. "So lunch, do we all have it together?" I asked. "Yeah, dude we actually have that after the next class. Its 45 minutes and we all have it at the same time in the cafeteria. In the summer we have the courtyard open. Its fun I guess." he said. "So who do you sit with at lunch?" I asked. "O some kids from my grade. I met them when I started here this year." he said. "So you're practically still new then, I mean only half a year here?" "Yeah, man. Its been weird. So I know what its like for you" he smiled again. We got through literature class without falling asleep and headed to the cafeteria. We weren't really talking about much on our way there because he seemed to be busy looking for someone and I was looking for Jon and Oscar. When we entered the cafeteria he stopped me. "Okay Aaron, I'm going my way. I will meet you at this same spot when the bell rings ok. Then we will keep hanging out I guess" he smiled. "Yep sounds like a plan" I said. He walked away and I couldn't help but notice his ass. Now, I don't know, he wasn't HOT, nor was he Cute. He was just, something. I turned back around and I couldn't see neither Jon or Oscar. I walked around for a minute when I felt something poke me. I turned around. "Follow me" I heard Jon. "Hey dude how was your day?" I asked. But he was too busy walking me to the bathroom. There was no one in there. "Ok...weirdo, now want to answer me" I said. "It was good. Aaron, I don't know if I like it here" he said. "Why not shorty?" I asked. "Dude, its boring and I can't pay attention I just play on the computer" he smiled. "Yeah, I figured, well you better stop that. How's your guide" I asked. "He's alright I guess, a little dorky. Smells a little" he joked. "and yours?" "Mine is pretty cool" was all I could come up with. He finished peeing and then washed his hands. I just stood there. Then he looked around and when he saw no one he came up to me and kissed me. "Well, that was sweet" I said. "I know" he smiled. He gave me a hug and we walked back into the cafeteria where Oscar had food already. "Gee thanks for waiting for us" I said. "I figured you love birds were in the bathroom fucking" he joked. "Very funny" Jon answered. Jon and I went to get food and I was amazed at how nice this place was. I mean you could buy anything. From pizza to subway to Chinese to healthy shit, to Mexican tacos o man it was awesome. Once we paid for everything we went back to the table. We walked by where JR was sitting and there was a guy who had his arm around him. It was quite odd. They both looked at me funny. The guy seemed older than JR, and the rest of the table did too. Why did he lie? I kept walking with Jon and we went back to where Oscar was at. We shared a pretty good lunch and we talked about how our first day was. We joked around how much public school is different from this and how I only had a few months left and they had years left. When the bell rang we said our laters and headed back to our guides. I waited for JR where he told me to wait. I felt stupid in a way. Minutes later both him and his friend walked by. They shared a weird look and then the bigger guy left. "So, friends with the football team?" I asked. "Umm...sort of" he answered. "Good thing they are your age you know" I said. "Well, it wasn't like it was important right?" he asked. "NO, I guess not. But why lie to me?" I asked. "It's not like we're dating" JR joked. "You're right" I said simply. The rest of our day went by pretty fast. Most of my classes were piece of cake and JR and I helped each other a lot. I just still couldn't forget the weird lie he told me. I mean why? We had just met, why the need to lie to someone you just met. Our last class happened to be Gym class and I was little bit worried. Having to change next to him might be an issue for me. "Okay so when we get in there try not to stare at me too much" JR joked. "Okay mister, its not like you're so hot" "I know I'm not. But I'm still something to look at" he answered. "Well, the same goes for you" "Nope, I won't stare. You already turned me down" he smiled. He took his shirt off. I took a quick glance. He wasn't chubby or skinny. Just in between. He had nice, soft brow skin. He looked at me. "I guess you can't help yourself huh?" he asked. "O shit I'm sorry. I just, man I like your color. I'm jealous" I said. Boy did I sound stupid. "I know. I'm pretty sexy. I've been told" "No JR. I was talking about your skin complexion, I'd give anything to have that perfect golden brownish color you have" I said. "Well you're nice too. Nice and vanilla-ish" he smiled. We finished changing and I was glad I didn't pop a boner. This wasn't looking to good for me. Flirting on the first day of school with my guide. We did our exercise program which was rather complicated for just a regular gym class. It was like having a big personal trainer class. I was hurting almost all over. JR was too. "A little out of breath there?" I asked. "No, I'm used to it. I'm trying to loose weight." he said. "You're not overweight. You're just pudgy" I joked. "Pudgy is not good man" he answered. After we finished our fitness program we played a little soccer. I was really happy because I hadn't played in a long time. I used this opportunity to see how my legs were doing. They were surprisingly great. I didn't feel too much pain and I was managing to control the ball more than I had planned. I was dodging slide tackles, and fainting people. Not going to lie, I was showing off just a little. I scored 4 goals and my team was pretty happy. JR was a little impressed. For the last 10 minutes of class we had free time. Some of the guys and me kept playing soccer. Then the big guy from the cafeteria came into the game. "Hey can I play?" he asked with a deep husky voice. He was at least 6 feet tall and I'd say 200 pounds of mostly muscle. "Sure" JR said quickly This guy gave me a weird look off the back. Was I already on his bad side? I tend to get on people's bad sides without even trying lately. I tried to shrug it off and kept playing until he tackled me nasty style. I wasn't in so much pain because I kind of dodged it but lost my balance. I got up. "Dude what the hell" I said. "You got a problem shorty?" he said. "Hey Steve leave him alone" JR came up to him. "Why, he's just trying to show off. He better learn I'm the star of the soccer team, and no one is going to make me look bad" Steve said boldly. "Hey, man, I don't want your spotlight. I'm not even thinking of playing on the team" I said as I got up. "Good" he said. The bell rang. I started heading to the locker room. I noticed JR sort of arguing with Steve. Was there something going on here? Once I was almost done changing I saw JR coming towards me. "Hey sorry about Steve, he's just a bully sometimes" he said. "Are you close to him?" I asked. "No I just know him." "JR I know you just me and all, but lying to me is pretty hard" I said. "Yeah...I know him. He's my neighbor. He used to be my good friend. Now he just acts like an ass hole" JR said as he started changing. We didn't really talk much because I was getting cleaned. I washed my face and re-did my hair. When I was done the final bell rang and I headed to the door. "Well thanks for everything JR" I said. "Yeah, man. See you tomorrow?" he asked. "Sure, where at?" "well wait by our lockers" he answered. "Okay, sounds like a plan" I said. We smiled to each other. I walked to the entrance of the school where I found Jon and Oscar waiting. "So...how was it?" Oscar asked. "It was okay and you guys?" I asked. "I liked it. Could have had a better guide but its cool I made friends" Oscar answered. "I hate it" Jon said madly. "Why?" I asked. "It's not the same. And I'm not in a single class with either of you two" he complained. "Well we got lunch right?" I said. "We ALL have lunch together" Jon jumped in. "Look, it will get better I hope" oscar tried to reassure him. "Yeah, Jon don't be so negative please!" I said as I put my arm around him. The three of us walked to my car. I looked back at the school. This could be a bigger challenge than I thought it would be. I already got myself into something that ONLY I can manage to do. I really hope JR is nothing more than a regular friend I made. As for Jon and Oscar, I am sure they will get used to it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you very much for waiting so patiently for this new chapter. It took me a while because I have been VERY VERY BUSY. I would love to read lots of emails about how this story is going. I know nothing is EVER as good as the FIRST or the ORIGINAL but I'm trying to really make this second part of my story more exciting. Please send me comments, suggestions, ideas, complaints, or just hellos to Tommy199212@hotmail.com Thanks. Tom