Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 08:35:24 +0000 From: Tommy Evans Subject: Uriel and Jon 6 The next morning, we were awaken at 7am. Our plane left back home at 10 so we had to get to the airport. Since Ryan and Jon were the ones who went to bed latest the night before, Uriel and I decided to go take a shower. But we didn't share one stall because we were too tired and he thought we would get tempted to do something. So we just took our shower and we got ready. When we were done I woke the kids up. Ryan went straight to his room but he was half asleep and he fell halfway to his room. All we heard was a him saying ouch. Jon wouldn't wake up. "Jon, wake up dude. You have to take a shower" Uriel said. "Huh?" was all Jon said. I walked over to where Jon was sleeping and I started to tickle his stomach. I was very ticklish. He opened his eyes wide. "Okay fine. I'll get up" he pouted. So he stepped into the bathroom. Uriel and I started to clean the room somewhat. We weren't really doing a very good job. We packed our stuff back into our bags and I finished Jon's as well. Just then my mom walked into the room. "hey guys, don't worry about the room. Just pack your stuff. I have people coming later to clean the house up" she said. "Okay" I answered. So then we just sat back down to watch TV. When Jon was out of the shower I finished packing the rest of his stuff and then we all had to go. We packed into the limo and we said our good-bye's to the house. It was a fun place while we stayed here. Part of me didn't want to go back, but the other part wanted to go back to my normal life. We didn't talk much on the way to the airport. When we got there my parents bought us some burgers and fries and we just chilled in the lobby. We boarded the plane and I was in the middle seat again. Uriel had the window seat and Jon had the isle seat. We listened to music and watched some TV shows on the plane but mainly we were all tired from the long week. We just never really slept a lot. We stayed up late and woke up early. But we loved it. We arrived back home at around 2pm. Uriel's parents picked him up not even 10 minutes after we pulled into the driveway. We were just unpacking things. My parents talked for about 15 minutes with his parents. My dad even invited Uriel's dad to come with us next time, he agreed to come. Jon and Ryan went inside to play and Uriel and I made an excuse to run to my room and say goodbye. "Thanks Aaron" he said. "Yeah, no problem. Thanks for coming I really enjoyed you being there. Hey I made my promise happen. Remember I promised you when you were 11 that I would take you to Disney?" "Yeah, I know. And everything was awesome. So I guess, I'll see you next week or something huh?" "You bet. Call me okay" "Bye, Aaron" he said. I looked at him funny because he was acting like it was our last good bye. We had just come back from spending a week together. The longest we have ever had really. We slept together, we ate together, we got bored together, we even took showers together. We really had a good time. I looked into his eyes, and I realized Uriel was sad because he wanted to see me longer, but I knew maybe this feeling was just temporary. Something in me told me that once he was gone he would probably start hanging out with his friends and cousins and he would forget me. But I decided to hug him and I gave him a little kiss. We ran back downstairs and he stopped by the family room to say bye to Jon and Ryan. Then we ran outside and he got into his truck and he left. I felt sort of lonely instantly. I hate that feeling you get when you get used to seeing someone a lot and then they have to go. It's like they dropped a huge bomb of loneliness on you. I helped my dad unload the rest of the stuff and we threw it in the empty room. We were too tired to do anything with it. When we were all done I didn't feel like going to hang out with Ryan and Jon. We were back home so this meant that Jon probably didn't care too much about me right now. He was just going to hang out with his friends. I couldn't complain I guess. I had spent a week with him. I went to my room and I just lied on my bed for a while. Just thinking about all the things that happened in Florida. I had made love with Uriel, and I realized Jon didn't really love me. I really loved them both, but Jon just always calls my attention more. I don't know why. I grabbed my CD player and I just started to listen to my music. Minutes later I felt someone touch me. I turned around and Jon was sitting on my bed next to me. "Hey" he said softly. "Hey" I answered. "Ryan just left, so I guess I have to go home" "Oh, yeah, your parents must miss you" "Yeah" We both stayed quiet after that. I didn't dare look at him. part of me was mad at him, and the other part was mad at myself. "Aaron" "Yeah" "I'm sorry" "For what?" "I know you didn't like Ryan sleeping with us" "Whatever dude, that's past" "Thank you. I had a lot of fun." "Yeah me too." I wasn't too happy but I also felt a little nostalgic. "Well, I'll see you later" he said as he got up. I got up as well. I picked up his bag from the empty room and I carried it downstairs. He realized I was going to walk him home. So we started walking to his house. "Aaron, maybe I can come over later and we can play or something" "Yeah maybe" "Or maybe I can just sleep over." "Woah. Again?" "Yeah, why not" "Well sure, I'm not sure your mom will like that though" "She won't care. I'll tell her we are going to watch the movies we recorded from over there" "Cool" for a minute there I started to think that maybe Jon did really care about me. that he really liked being with me. but it all got ruined seconds after that. We were in the backyard when his friend Oscar pulled with his bike. I'd have to agree he was pretty good looking. "Hey Jon" he said. "What's up Oscar" "Your mom told me you'd come back today. Hey dude, want to come over today?" he asked. "Uh I don't know, let me ask my mom" Jon said. But he looked at me. I didn't really want to make a big deal, I knew something would eventually get fucked up. "Well I guess I'll see you around Jon" I said as I put his bag in the garage. "Okay, bye" was all he said. I walked back home and only turned back once to see Jon walk into his house with Oscar. I realized that it only took one minute for Jon to forget about what he had told me. I walked back up to my room and I basically just sat there for the longest time. My parents were too busy unpacking their stuff and I they didn't really know what I was up to. But that was cool, I was too tired and depressed to care about what was going on. I fell asleep and when I woke up again it was 7pm. I looked over at my phone and I saw that Luis had called me. Luis is Uriel's cousin and well we're not really good friends. I knew him for a long time but that's plainly because I would see him at parties and he'd hang with us. I wondered why he would call me. I called him back. "Hey what's up" I said when I heard him pick up. "O hey Aaron. Uriel wanted to talk to you real quick hold up" he said. I realized Uriel was over at his house because of they Chivas game. I should have remembered. "Hey Aaron, what's up" I heard Uriel say. "Not much, just woke up from a nap. It feels really lonesome when everyone is gone and you're used to have a bunch of people around" "I know well I called to say whats up and I wanted to ask you if you were going to be at your restaurant tonight. Luis' parents might go and I wanted to know if you were going to be there" "I didn't plan on it but I'll be there. Just call me when you're almost there and I'll be there" "Ok cool. See you later I guess" he said. I heard the phone click. Well I figured they would be there like in half an hour so I got ready to go the restaurant anyway. I changed and I did my hair. I was going down the stairs when I heard a bunch of people coming in. "Hey hon, a bunch of our friends are coming over for dinner" my mom said. "Hey ma, I'm going out. I'm going to stop by the restaurant. Uriel and his family will be there" I said. "Ok cool. Well call me if you need anything. Take the truck because your car is blocked in the driveway." So with that I grabbed the keys to the Navigator. I really liked that truck. I had only driven it a couple of times. I liked it though because people gave me weird looks when they saw me driving it. So I pulled out of the driveway but before I actually drove off I looked in my rearview mirror to see Jon's backyard. Jon's window was lit up so it meant he was home, probably with Oscar. I rode off and I was listening to some awesome music. It was then that I realized that I really had a sweet life, and that any other teenager would be enjoying my life to the fullest. 10 minutes later I pulled up to the restaurant. I walked in and I immediately was greeted by everyone. Just a perk of owning the place I guess. I walked into the office and I saw a bunch of notes there. I decided to let my dad handle those. I checked the balances and stuff, and I saw that everything was fine. I sat there for a while just looking at the punch out cards and stuff. I noticed one waitress wasn't punching in right, she was arriving half an hour late all week long and leaving early. I picked up the phone and called the general manager, Danny, in. Danny was pretty cool. He was 21 and he was going to college but he worked her nights. He was really cool. He was tall and he was a muscular guy. He respected me a lot. He always says he wants to be just like me when he grows up. always makes me laugh. So he came in. "Hey, Ron. How was Florida?" he asked. "Alright. It was cool I guess. How was the business?" "Okay, I had minor problems, you know customer crap. But other than that its okay." "Hey, this Carla girl, when was she hired?" I asked. "O her, she was hired a long time ago, like 4 months ago. She has a problem with arriving early. But your dad always lets it pass." "I see, well can you tell her to come to my office" I said. "O no, big man on campus" he laughed as he got up. "O yeah, and when a boy named Uriel comes in let me know. It's going to be a boy about my size but a little shorter, and a really short boy. sit them in the best table okay" I said. "O okay, friends of yours?" "Yup" I said. Minutes later I had Carla in front of me. she was decent looking. She looked like she knew what she was doing. I asked her what was the deal with her not showing up on time. She made some dope story up. I let her know that if she was late on more time she was fired. She gave me a dirty look. She went off on me telling me no boy was going to tell her what to do. So I had to give her the pink slip. She was really pissed off and then I told her she'd get her last check in the mail. She was really mad and she walked out. I liked that sudden rush of power. I mean I really liked being in charge. Anyway later my phone rang I was told that Uriel had arrived. I walked out and checked the kitchen to see that everything was good and then I told Danny to keep up the great work and to hire a new waitress. So I walked up to the table and said hi to Luis `parents. The table was set up so that the adults had their own nice little booth and the kids could sit a couple of feet away but still in eye's view. So his parents told me how nice the place looked and that they were glad they decided to come. I sat next to Uriel and he all of a sudden started to laugh. "What's up with you?" I asked. "I don't know. I get a kick out of seeing you act all important" he said. "Maybe cuz I am" I said. Then when the waiter came by, he saw that I was there and he all of a sudden started acting weird. Like he was nervous. I realized he was probably new. I told Luis' parents to order whatever they wanted and to not worry about the price. They tried to convince me that they were going to pay but I refused. So we had late dinner and we had our laughs. I started to notice that Luis was cute. he was a little short and stocky, but he was really cute. He had my hairstyle, light brown hair, and really cute baby face. He was really funny too. "So what does it feel like to be rich?" Luis asked. "I'm not really rich, but it feels great to buy whatever I want. But then again, it can get lonesome so I have friends like Uriel who want everything" I answered. "I do not" Uriel pouted. "So, how big is your mansion?" Luis asked. "It's huge!" Uriel answered quick. "it's not all that big, but maybe one day you can come" I said. "maybe tonight?" Uriel asked. "Don't you guys have that soccer game tomorrow?" I asked. "Yeah" Luis answered. "Another day, just give me a call." I said. "Dude, and he has a Mustang, and stuff." Uriel continued. "Will you stop Uriel, you are so materialistic" I said. "Well, I'm sorry, I was just telling him" We continued talking about whatever. Then we started talking about the trip and stuff. An hour and a half later, Luis parents said they had to get going. They kept thanking me and said I didn't really have to give them free food. I told them it was a one time deal and they just laughed. So I said bye to Uriel again and this time we couldn't kiss or anything. Luis said bye too and I realized he was really cool. I didn't really feel like I wanted to get to know every part of him, but I thought he was a cool boy. He even asked for my number, which Uriel gave him in a sort of annoyed way. I guess he was realizing Luis thought I was really cool. They walked away and I realized the restaurant was closing. It was already 10pm. I went to the office and I made sure everything was in one pile, all the important stuff and all of the junk. And I locked the office and I stepped out. I drove back home and I realized more people had come. I parked in the street, right in front of the house. I didn't know what my parents were celebrating but I just shrugged it off. I walked in and there were tons of people there. I made my way to my room, through my window I could see that Jon's lights were off. I didn't make too much of a big deal, until I saw Jon in my backyard with Oscar. I started to think, and I couldn't really believe it. could Jon's parents be here? So I took a big risk and I changed into my party clothes, something a bit more, for the occasion kind of thing. I walked down into the kitchen and I looked outside to the patio. There were a lot of people there, some of my family as well. Luckily my sister was busy unpacking so she didn't come which meant my annoying nephew Ryan didn't either. I looked out again and sure enough Jon's family was out there. They were having a blast from what I could see. I also saw Jon, Oscar and Jon's brothers playing soccer with some of my cousins. I went to the cooler and grabbed a soda, my dad walked into the kitchen. "Hey, I invited Jon's parents. And there are quite a few cute girls in the living room watching TV." He said. "Cool" I said. I saw that Jon wasn't even thinking about me even if he was at my house at my party, so I took a big risk and I walked into the living room. Sure enough there were a lot of kids my age. Mostly girls but like 3 guys. They were laughing and stuff and watching TV. I looked around and then I just started to walk off again, I felt odd, even if I was at my own house. "Wait up man. You live here, shouldn't we introduce ourselves?" a girl said. She was hot, I mean really hot. Why would she want to know me. "Well, my name is Aaron, what's yours" I said. I probably sounded very dorky. "Mine is Sarah" she said. "Well what's up Sarah, enjoy the party" I said as I started to walk off. "What's wrong Sarah, is he too wild to tame" I heard a guy say. "Shut up!" she yelled. She followed me to the kitchen where I sat down to drink my soda. I felt her arms around my neck. "You know, hottie, no one walks away from me" "Well there's a first time for everything" I answered. "I don't think so" she said as she put her hands through my hair. Just then I saw Jon coming to the back door, and I was so mad at the fact that he cared more about Oscar that I turned around to see Sarah. "Sarah, why do you like me?" "I don't know, you're sexy, you're rich, you're not a pervert" "So you want me to turn into one?" "No, I really just wanted to see what you would do" "Well I'm not like any other guy, I have a brain, my brain controls my dick, not my dick controls my brain" "Well that's odd" she said. Just then the door opened. I saw Jon and Oscar. Oscar is older than Jon so of course Oscar's reaction was "woah". "She's hot" Oscar said. "Thank you" Sarah answered. "Let's go over here" she said as she grabbed my hand and pulled it. I got up and I let her drag me, I looked over at Jon and gave him the `I'm sorry look'. He seemed in shock. I sat on the couch with the rest of the "teenagers" you could say. Sarah was massaging my hair and well the others were just making out. I didn't get why Sarah wanted to be with me. I was sure she also had money, unless she wanted more money. But I wasn't all that rich. We did have a good time joking around and stuff, but I realized this wasn't me, I was not into girls and well not into slutty girls. So I got up and told Sarah I had to pee. I walked outside and I couldn't find Jon. Then I saw Oscar playing soccer. I walked up to him. "Oscar, where's Jon?" I asked. "I don't know, he went to the bathroom and didn't come back. Hey is that your girlfriend?" "Um...no." "She's hot" "Uh, yeah, why don't you go hit on her" "Too young" he said really quickly. I walked around and I couldn't find Jon anywhere. I walked inside and I saw Sarah macking with another guy and I really didn't care. I walked to the bathrooms downstairs and nothing, until I went upstairs. I saw Jon walking into my room. I followed very silently. He sat on my bed and then he went through my drawer. What was he looking for? I walked into the room like if I was getting something. I pretended like I was surprised. I closed the door. "Jon, what are you doing here?" I asked. "I wanted to look for one of my toys" "Oh, did you find it?" "No" he said. He looked sad. "Is something wrong?" I asked. "No, nothing." "Are you mad because of that girl Jon?" "Not really. I just didn't think you liked girls" "What else would I like?" "I don't know" "Are you sure?" I asked. "Yeah" "Okay, well good luck finding your toy" I said. I headed for the door. "Aaron..." I heard him say softly. I turned to look at him. "I really wanted to sleep over, but my mom is babysitting Oscar" "O don't worry about that, I don't know if I'll sleep tonight" "Your going to hang out with that girl aren't you?" "Maybe, maybe I'll stay here with you" "With me?" he asked. "Yeah" "Why with me?" "I don't know, it's up to you" "Can we just go play soccer? Then you can teach me more soccer tricks" he said. "I guess" "You're my favorite big brother" he said. "I'm your only big brother" "You're still my favorite" "Jon, I don't know what I would do without you" I said as I put my arm around him. "Go with Uriel?" "I would still miss you" "I would miss you" he said. So were walking outside and Oscar met up with us. I realized that if I wanted to really know if Jon liked me, I would have to let him decide. I wasn't going to make him jealous or anything. Just be his friend, time will let me know what he feels. So we played soccer until Jon had to go home which was at 4:30am. It was really late. His parents were really having a great time, they were one of the last to leave and it made sense since they lived right behind us. "I'll see you later Aaron" Jon said. Oscar said bye as well and they walked home. When everyone left I knocked out on the couch. I realized I had a really long weekend. I woke up the next morning at like noon. The house was all cleaned and my parents were fast asleep in their room. I took a quick shower and I shaved and then I decided to watch TV. I received a couple of phone calls and I pretty much ignored every single call, but then I heard Jon's ring tone. I ran to the kitchen and found my phone. "Hello" I said. "Hey, dude" I heard Jon say. "What's up little man" "Oscar just left. And I have good news, and bad news" "Okay, hit me" "Okay, bad news is my mom is going to my aunts house." "Okay, that's not really bad but okay" "Good news is, I can spend the night at your house" "Awesome" I said. I wasn't too excited because I knew I had to hold myself back and let him decide what he wanted. I realized it was a good step he made because he chose me instead of Oscar, I knew Oscar had to ask him to sleep over at his house. "What time can I come?" he asked. "When ever little dude" I said. "Okay I'll be there in like half an hour. I have to eat first" he said. "Cool, call me" I said. We hung up and I didn't know what to do. Should I be really excited that Jon is spending another night with me, or should I pretend like it's just something fun but not all exciting? I decided to just chill out. I made myself some eggs and I ate. I realized that living in this huge house could make someone who is lonely even more lonely. I went to my room to clean up any mess I had and to set up some games since I knew Jon loved video games. I answered my e-mails from random people and before I knew my cell phone was ringing. "Hey dude, meet me in the yard" he said. I ran back down and I ran outside. I met up with him and just walked, I didn't even put my arm around him. But he did walk really close to me. "What's up" he said. "Not much, just cleaning up after that big party. I didn't know we would have a party. I was sort of surprised. My parents don't really like to have parties" "Yeah, your dad even called my dad. I was hanging out with Oscar when he called and I just stopped when I heard he said he would be over there in a 10 minutes" "Yup. I had no idea that was going on, I was at the restaurant because Uriel and Luis were there plus I had to go get some paperwork" "So who was that girl?" he changed his tone of voice. "Just some crazy girl" "Aaron, did you kiss her?" "Uh...no, why?" "I don't know I was just wondering" "Well don't wonder because I really didn't know her" "yeah, but well when we went home Oscar told me that you were probably going out with that girl" "Well, let me see. If I was going out with her, would I have just left here there and went to play soccer with you?" "Maybe, I don't know" "No, she's not my girlfriend, can we talk about something else?" I asked just before we entered my house. We entered the house and we went directly to the living room. I sat down on the couch and he sat right next to me. "So, Aaron what are we doing today?" he asked. "Well it's only 1pm. We have the whole day basically. My parents are out working, so we could either stay here and swim, or we could go somewhere I guess" "But where could we go?" he asked. "Well, I feel like going to the mall. Want to go shopping?" I asked him. "Like for clothes?" "Yeah, and toys an games or whatever you know" "With what money?" "I'll stop by the restaurant to get some money" "Sure, just us two?" "Yeah Jon, we haven't had some time just to have fun. There's always some one around. Is that okay with you?" "Uh... yeah sure" So I got up so that I could change into something more social and to do my hair. he followed me into my room. "Why are you changing?" he asked. "So that I could match what you're wearing" "Oh" So I chose jeans and a blue shirt that almost matched his. Then I walked into the bathroom and he walked in too. I was getting my hair wet in front of the sink when I noticed he was dancing around. "If you have to pee just pee" I said. "But..." he looked at me. "I've already seen your thing Jon, don't worry about it" I said. So seconds later I heard his stream clashing against the water in the toilet. I didn't really get tempted to look. I moved so he could wash his hands and then I continued to fix my hair. He started to spray his hair wet as well and I noticed that he was either starting to care about what he looked like more, or he just wanted to do what I did. Then I noticed he did his hair just like mine. "You know Jon, you're the best little brother" "and you are the best big brother" I pulled him in with one of my arms and I fixed a part of his hair that was sort of messed up. We looked in the mirror and when we were happy with what we looked like I opened my closet and sprayed some cologne on myself, and of course I sprayed some on Jon. I made sure everything in the house was locked and then we went to the garage. We were getting into the car and Jon suddenly stops. "I have a great idea" he yelled. "O yeah, what is it?" "Let's put the top down" " I was going to do that anyway doofus." "O well I didn't know" So we got in and I turned on the car. I loved to hear the sound of the engine start. I pulled out onto the driveway were I stopped to make last minute adjustments to my side and rearview mirrors. Then I pleased Jon and I put the top of the car down. I picked out my best tunes, I like reggaeton, it's a new thing in latin music. It's basically spanish Hip-hop. My favorite song at that time was Gosolina by Daddy Yankee so of course I had to listen to that. I put in the CD and I turned my stereo up. A lot of the kids around the neighborhood turned around to look at my ride. I have to agree that my car was sweet. I had changed my muffler to one that made more noise, I made the stereo louder, I got this awesome racing stripe going down the middle of the car, and I had some kick ass rims. I pulled out of the driveway after making sure Jon had his seatbelt on and then we were on our merry way to the restaurant. I loved when people turned to look at us. I knew that Jon also felt cool when his friends saw him in this kick ass car. At one stop one of his friends was riding a bike on the sidewalk and he looked over and he waved at Jon. Jon waved back and I noticed he was acting all cool about it. "So you feel cool huh?" I asked. "Well yeah, this car is awesome" "I know" I said. For some reason I wanted to hold his hand and I searched for his little hand. When I found it I slowly snaked my fingers in between his and then we were holding hands. He never said anything he just listened to the music and looked outside. I didn't' feel odd holding his hand because really all you could see of us in the car from a distance was our heads. Then we started talking about what he wanted and I got an idea. I was going to get us matching clothes. It sounded crazy but why not. it would be fun. In less than 15 minutes we pulled up to the restaurant. Of course Jon let go of my hand because I guess he felt like someone that knows us might see us holding hands and that wouldn't be too good. I parked in the reserved section right next to my parent's truck. The place wasn't too packed because it was only 1:30 but it was still pretty busy. Jon and I walked to the office and of course the staff there looked at us, some of them actually waving hi, the others just looked at us like saying, `o those are the spoiled kids'. So I walked into the office I and found my mom working on the computer. It really still made me stop and look because about 2 years ago she was computerly challenged. "Uh...mom? You busy?" I asked. "Well, kind of, but what do you want?" "I was wondering if I could have some money so that we could go shopping?" "What are you buying?" "I don't know. clothes, toys, games. Or whatever." "Yeah, sure. Here" she said as she handed me a debit card. "This much?" I asked. "I don't have any cash on me whatsoever. Besides I've been thinking of giving you one. Don't spend too much. I only have like $4,000 in that card. " Jon just gave me a surprised look. "Okay ma, that sounds good. We'll see you at home then?" I asked. "Yeah, be home by 7 because we have a dinner again" "Oh, well Jon is probably going to spend the night" I said. "He can come along" "wait, ma, who are we going with?" "One of your dad's old friends. He has a daughter about your age and a son around Jon's age, I guess it's just perfect." "What's the dinner for?" "Your dad got invited because his friend wants your dad to help him start his own business" "Oh, okay" I said. "Jon, why are you so quiet?" she asked him. "I don't know" "Well, have fun guys. Don't go spending too much" "Okay bye ma" I said as we walked out of her office. As we were passing by the kitchen again one of the waitresses came up to me. "Hey hottie" "umm.. hey" "What you up to?" "Going to the mall I guess" "Yeah, rich boys like you should go spend the money us workers make for you" "Hey, you get paid well" "Yeah I know, plus I can hang out with hot boys like you" she got closer to me and brushed my arm. Jon gave me a scared look. "Uh,, well I'd like to remind you I'm your boss, and it's not proper to get this close to your boss" "Is this little cutie your little brother?" "Uh... yeah" I said. "You're so cute" she said to Jon. "Umm...thanks" was all he said. "Okay well, keep working hard, make me some money" I said. She pushed her ass into my groin. "Okay boss" she said. We walked out and we got into the car. I noticed Jon wasn't talking too much. "Was she like your girlfriend?" he finally asked. "no, she just acts like she's all that so that she could be my friend, she thinks that way she can get paid more" "Really, she acts like a slut" "Like a what" "Umm... like a dirty person" "Jon where do you learn these words?" "Nowhere" "Tell me!" "School" "Well don't say them." "Why, you say worse things sometimes when you're with your friends" "Yeah, well we're older, and we know what the words mean and how they should be used" "They're still bad aren't they?" "Well yeah, but you're smaller Jon, it's just not right" "It's still not fair" "I know, hey well I won't say them either then" "How do I know that? I don't hang out with you when you're with your friends" "Well, I promise" "Okay" When we came to that agreement I turned out the stereo and I let him put on whatever music he wanted to listen to. In less than 10 minutes we were at the mall. We went to the toy stores first, I got him whatever he wanted. He walked out with a bag full of new games and I even got him the new Nintendo DS he'd been wanting to get. It wasn't really that cool if you ask me. I personally couldn't wait until the new PSP came out. that would be something to have. After buying him toys and stuff we went to the shoe store where we bought 3 pairs of matching sneakers. Of course the cashiers of the stores gave me odd looks when I paid for these things with a debit card. I mean I know it's normal for people to buy shoes, but not 6 pairs. By this time we had too many bags to carry so we walked back to the car and we stuffed the bags in the trunk. After we ate some ice cream we walked into my favorite store, which is American Eagle, and we chose a lot of matching shirts and hoodies. I tried to get him some pants but most of the sizes were too big for him. Then I took him to Abercrombie where I bought him very cool pants. I normally didn't shop at any Abercrombie store but it was the only place where I could find cool clothes for Jon. We also got matching watches and sunglasses at this store that sold Fossil merchandise. After we dropped off those bags we walked down to he food section and we got this big pizza. "So, having fun?" I asked. "Well, I kinda hate shopping" he answered. "Yeah, me too, but this time I'm having fun" "Yeah, me too I guess. But did I really have to buy stuff from Abercrombie?" "Well, they're cool. I would wear that if I was you. Just that the stuff they make doesn't really look all that great on me" "I like our shoes though" "Yeah, me too, we got so lucky they had sizes for both of us" I said as I watched this fat couple sit down. I have nothing against them but they sometimes make me mad. They get mad when people don't' accept them, but then they go and buy huge amounts of food. I shifted my attention back to Jon. "So, what next?" "I don't know. Umm..." he was silent for a moment, "can I get a cell phone?" he asked. "Sure, we'll go find one right now" I answered. "Really?" he was really surprised. "Sure why not? of course a pre-paid cell phone" I added. "Cool yeah. Can I get one like yours?" "Well Jon, I don't think they have Rzr phones for pre-paid. But I'll get you something that's cool okay?" I asked while I sort of grabbed his hand that was flat on the table. "Yeah" he said looking happier than ever. So he started eating a lot faster than usual and before I knew it we were looking around the mall for the perfect phone for him. We walked up to this cell phone store. They had all sorts of phones. Jon practically ran around the whole store looking at the phones. I knew the best thing to do was talk to one of the personnel. I asked if he could show me the best pre-paid phone he had in the store. Of course he sort of looked at me funny. He brought this really sweet Motorola phone. It had a camera and everything on it. it wasn't the best phone out there because the best phone out there was only for plan phones. So I thought about for a second, and the carrier was Cingular, which is my carrier, so I looked over at Jon. He was eager to have it, I could tell. "So how much is it?" I asked. "$215" the guy answered and his tone of voice was sort of telling me he thought I couldn't afford it. "So do I need to be 18 to buy it?" I asked. "No, pre-paid phones don't require it, but most people who buy them are 18 because they pay with credit card" he said. "So Jon, are you sure you want this one?" I asked. "Yeah, dude it's awesome" he said very eager. "Okay, well yeah I'll take it, and give me all the accessories it can have" I said. "Uh...Sure" said the guy. He walked to the back room and brought a box along with 5 other little packages. He asked us to sit down so we could purchase it. I handed over the debit card and while he was putting the info into the computer he looked at us. "Is your big brother usually this cool?" he asked. "Yeah, all the time. He's the best" Jon said. "I wish I had a brother like yours when I was your age" the guy said. "I try to please the little guy" I added. "Okay, so the total is $345 and how many minutes do you want to buy? The phone comes with 200 to start off" "How many can I buy?" I asked. "I believe 500" "Yeah, I'll buy 500" "You know guy, if you can afford that, why don't you just get a regular phone with a plan?" "Because I need to be 18 for that" "OH, and you're dad won't buy it for him?" "Well, I don't want him to have a plan because then I wont have control you know. This way, I can just take the phone away without worrying about still paying and stuff, plus he's only 10, how many people can he talk to, I figure 700 is more than enough for a year" "I guess that's true." The guy said as he smiled at Jon. So Jon chose his number and we sort of got an idea of how this pay as you go plan works. Basically I went to the store or called them whenever I wanted more minutes. Then the guy gave us a card with free ring tone downloads for purchasing over $400. When we left the store I noticed Jon was acting a little more "cooler" than normal. He made sure people could see his phone in the pouch clipped to his pants. He was also a lot closer to me as we were walking out of the store. When we got into the car he looked over at me. "You are the coolest Aaron" "You are the coolest too Jon" "Aaron, I love you" "Jon, remember what I told you?" "What?" "That you should never say that unless you mean it" "I do, I mean it" "Are you sure?" "Yeah, you're the coolest big brother, I love you as my brother" "Oh okay, then" When he said that, my heart almost stopped. Jon had realized that all this time, I had been trying to make him love me as something else, pretending to be his brother. But now he stopped me in my tracks, I was his brother, only his brother. But I quickly realized that was okay because I had Uriel and at the same time, watching Jon be this happy made me happy as well. As I was pulling out of the store I looked over a Jon and I looked at him, he looked back at me and we locked eyes. I don't know but I suddenly felt like I was a little bit closer to Jon, like he had finally allowed me to see into his eyes. When I turned my eyes back on the road, I put my hand on the gear shifter, and I felt that his hand was near mine. I moved my hand so that our hands touched and then I finally just grabbed it and we were holding hands. All the way home he talked about how cool everything was and how amazing it was to have a phone of his own. He talked about what his friends would say and stuff. I have to agree that he did have tons of reasons to be happy. He got plenty of new toys and games, new clothes, new shoes, and to top it off, a new kick ass cell phone. We were having the greatest time and I looked over at the clock and it was 5:55pm. "Wow, that's probably the longest I've spent in a mall" I said. "Yeah, me too, usually my dad has to drop me and my brothers off at an arcade or something so that we don't go crazy when my mom shops" "Jon, what did you feel when I kiss you?" "I don't know" "JON" I said boldly. "Well, I don't know really. It just feels weird." "Do you like it?" "I guess" "You guess?" I don't know why I was asking him this. "Okay, no I don't. Let's not kiss again, until I tell you I'm ready" "Uh okay" I guess he didn't like it. "What about when I touch your thing?" "Umm...well...my body likes it, but I don't" "So...?" "Aaron, don't you touch Uriel?" "Uhh...no. what gave you that idea?" "Well, I just thought, since you guys are really good friends, maybe you did the things you do with me with him." "Well, no I don't. you're special. I love you." I also like Uriel though, but I don't think that's love. "Oh" he said. I noticed his hand was trying to pull away from mine, so I let it go. "So, what does that have to do with this?" I asked. "I was just saying, you could touch him instead of me" "Well, if you don't like it then I guess I won't do it anymore" "Okay" So after that we both just sat back and listened to some music. It was now 6:07 and my phone began to ring. I didn't know the number on the caller id so I didn't' pick up. then it went off again I thought that if they call twice it must be someone I know. "Hello" I answered. "Hey, is this Aaron?" I heard a girl's voice. "Uh, yeah this is Aaron" "Hey what's up Aaron, it's me Nichole" "Uh,,,hi Nichole." It was one of my friends from school. We hadn't talked since school ended. "Yeah, hey long time no see or hear" "Yeah I know, what have you been up to?" "Nothing, chilling with mah friends, what are you up to?" "Right now I'm driving home from da mall" "Sweet, I was just there a while ago. Hey want to hang out today?" "Sorry, Nikki, but I have a dinner tonight, and well yeah I don't know if I can" "Can you come over right now?" "For like how long?" "I dunno, half an hour maybe. There's something I want to tell you, in person that is" "Umm...sure. But only half an hour because I got to get home" "Aaron, chill out. You live 4 blocks from my house, I'm sure you'll get home with spare time" "Okay I'll be right over, peace out" "Okay, I'll be waiting" When I hung up, I was thinking about what she could possibly want to tell me a month after school got out. "Who was that?" Jon asked. "This one friend of mine, she wants me to go over to her house real quick. So it won't be long I promise" "Okay, can I stay in the car please?" "Okay, you can call your mom to tell her about your new phone" So as I said this, I was pretty much a block away from Nikki's house and when I pulled up, she was walking out of her garage in a bikini. She was changed. She looked HOT. Last time I saw her she was a little chubby, and now it looked like she had gone through a total makeover. I got out of the car and I was astonished. "Wow, you look hot" I said. "I know, I've been on this diet and I've been working out like crazy" she answered. "So...what's up" I was a little nervous. I never really noticed how pretty she was. "Not much, hey you still dating Laura?" "Um... no. it kinda ended." "Oh, hey who's with you?" "My little brother" I answered looking back at Jon. I noticed he was looking over at us and when I looked at him he quickly looked away. "Hey, come sit down over here" she said as we walked over to her porch. "What's up with you Nikki?" I asked. "Aaron, I've liked you ever since last year. And I've been working out and stuff really hard to finally make you notice me" "Umm...Nikki I don't want you to do that stuff for me. I'm sorry but..." I began to say when she moved in and she kissed me. I didn't want her to kiss me but at the same time I felt like it was good, I was enjoying being kissed by her. This had never happened with Laura. "Aaron, I'm sorry" "Don't apologize for something good" "Aaron, will you give me a chance and let me prove to you that I can be just as good as Laura" "Don't say that, you don't have to be just as good or better than any one, just be yourself" I didn't know what to do. I want to be with Uriel but I know that it would be a good idea to have a girlfriend to cover things up. And then at the same time, for the first time ever, I was being aroused by a girl. Nikki was making me like her, I was so confused by now. "Nikki, I'm sorry, but can we please talk about it tomorrow?" "Aaron, I don't want this to ruin our friendship, I really like you, I wish you would give me a chance. I know I'm not as hot as Laura, and I know I'm not rich like all the other whores that like you, but I really like you, more than they can ever like you" "I know, look, yeah I'll give you a chance, just don't mess it up" I said as I gave her a challenging smile. "You're the hottest boy I know" she said as she once again took over me and kissed me. "But why? I'm not even good looking, I'm fat, and I'm pretty much a loser" "Aaron, you're nice, your cute, and your sweet. That's all that matters honey" she answered as she held me hand. "So I'll see you tomorrow okay?" I said as I got up. "Bye baby" she said. I kissed her and gave her a hug. And when I turned back to walk back to my car, I realized Jon was in there. Jon had seen everything. But then I remembered I was only his big brother so he can't be mad about what he just saw. I opened the door and I looked back at Nikki, she blew me a kiss. I got in the car and turned it on. "So, she's your friend?" Jon asked. "Umm...well she was my friend" "What?" "Well, I guess she's my girlfriend now" "Oh." "Hey, are you mad or something? Did I take too long?" "No I'm not mad" "Okay cool. So it's 6:30, we have time to go home and change" "Yeah I guess" he said. I noticed his happy tone of voice was gone now. I didn't want to ask him if he was bothered by the girl. I wanted to see how he would react from now on knowing that I have a girlfriend. So we got to my house 3 minutes after and he helped me take everything out from the trunk and he seemed to be fine, no sign of being mad. He even cracked a joke and stuff. My parents were already getting ready and I noticed there one of the cooks from the restaurant was in the kitchen cooking. After we dropped all of the bags in my closet, I went to my parents' room. "Ma, what's Santiago doing in our kitchen?" I asked. "There was a change of plans and your dad invited his friend and his family over for dinner" she told me. "Really? O so we don't have to dress up anymore?" I asked. "Not really, but just dress nice, go see if Jon wants to go change" "That's okay, I got him new clothes and stuff" "O, okay well I'll call you down when they come, and take a shower, both of you" she said as she walked into her bathroom. So I walked back to my room and I found Jon sitting on my bed. I looked at him I saw him really concentrated on something, like he was really thinking about something, something big. "Hey, what's up with you?" I asked. "O nothing. So what time are we leaving?" he answered really nervously. "We don't have to. We're having dinner here, we do have to take a shower though, so you go first I guess" "I don't want to" he said. "Okay tell you what, you take a bath in the tub, and I take a shower in the shower, then you're taking a bath and not a shower" "At the same time, like we both do it at the same time?" "Sure, we could do that if you want to" "Uh...okay" he said. So I walked into my bathroom, not forgetting to lock the door to my room, and when I was inside I saw Jon following me. "So, you liked going to the mall?" I asked, trying to make conversation because it was too quiet. "Yeah, it was really cool" he said as he took his boxers off and stepped into the bathtub. I noticed I wasn't getting a hard on or anything. I looked at him and checked out his little pecker, but I didn't really get excited. But on the other hand, I saw him looking at me occasionally and not directly at my face. "Yeah, I know, so what are we going to do after our guests leave?" I asked him. "I was wondering if we could play my new games and then we can go online and get some music for my Ipod." "Yeah, we should do that" "Aaron, how come you were acting so weird earlier?" "What do you mean?" "Well, you kissed that girl, she's your girlfriend. But I thought you said you didn't like girls, that they were annoying" "Well, they were, I guess I like them now Jon. When you're my age you'll like girls too, possibly a little sooner than that" "No, I don't know." As he was explaining about this girl that annoys the "turds" out of him, I realized that for we were having a regular conversation without me fantasizing about him. I mean I love him a lot, but I was happy that I could really talk and not only think about him naked and doing stuff with him. Plus, he made it really clear that he was only my little brother. "Yeah, I guess some girls can get annoying" I answered. "Aaron, does Uriel like girls?" "I'm sure he does" I answered. But I really didn't know, he did flirt with some girls, but I'm not sure he really likes them. I guess he puts up with them just like I do. "O, is it wrong if I don't like girls?" "No, Jon it's perfectly normal. You're only 10. I didn't like girls either when I was your age" "Did you like boys?" "Uh...I don't know. Why? Do you like boys Jon?" "No. I was just asking" "Don't worry, you're still my favorite friend. No girl will take my attention from you okay?" "Yeah" he said as he was cleaning his body. "Jon, make sure you clean your body good. Or I'll have to come there and clean you up myself" "Haha. You don't fit here" "Well, I'll pull you out and bring you here" So then he started really scrubbing his body and I even noticed him cleaning his little penis. He started talking about other kid stuff. He was talking about his friends, and how he got in trouble for yelling at this one girl. I was just listening and realizing that I was really getting to know Jon and that he's just a little trouble maker wanna be. He's not really a bad boy, he just tries to act cool for his friends. I got out of the shower and dried myself up. I tied a towel around my waist and then I walked over to Jon who was still in the bathtub. "Hey, can I wash your hair?" I don't know why I wanted to do this but I really wanted to. "Umm...I guess" he answered. So I grabbed the shampoo and squeezed some in my hand. I gently massaged his head and I told him to relax. I took this time to talk to him about his friends and who was really his best friend. He told me that right now I was his really best friend because I was always with him. That made me happy. I knew he meant it too because most people tell the truth when they are really comfortable, and who doesn't like massages? I mean I love it when my hair stylist washes my hair, it relaxes me so much. I kept massaging his hair with the shampoo and eventually I rinsed it out. I could tell he was enjoying it. I occasionally gave his little pecker a look. But it wasn't like I was so into it. "Jon do you like this?" "Uh.. yeah I guess. It's really cool. I relax and it feels ticklish but then not too ticklish" "Yeah I know... like doing this to you. It relaxes my mind" "Yeah I guess" So I washed his hair about 3 times when I decided it was time for him to get out of the bathtub before his skin got really wrinkled. I decided that I wasn't going to dry him of since he didn't like that. I also wanted to see how he reacted when I just walked out of the bathroom and let him dry himself and stuff. "Okay, meet you in my room" I said as I got up and walked out of the bathroom, I didn't even bother to look at him. I wanted to see how he acted once he was out of the bathroom. I walked out into my room and I put on some nice boxers and a white undershirt on. Then I lied on my bed looking up at the ceiling. I heard the door open and he walked out with a towel around his underarms instead of his waist, it looked like a dress. "Aaron, are you mad at me?" "No, why?" I knew what he meant though. "Well, I thought you would wait for me. and you just walked out of the bathroom like nothing" "O no, I just wanted to give you some privacy" "Oh okay" he answered. So I went back to staring into the ceiling, I didn't really look at anything. I was just waiting for Jon's next reaction. I saw that he was looking through his backpack until he found a pair of boxers. They were the same color as mine I noticed. Then he just turned away from me and put on his boxers underneath the towel and he let the towel drop. I was a little disappointed that he didn't just let me see him naked because I thought we had a trust thing going. Then he also pulled out a shirt just like mine and after he put it on he walked over to my bed and lied next to me. "So what are we looking at?" he asked. "nothing really, I was just relaxing and thinking about the past weeks and stuff" "Are you thinking about Uriel?" "Yeah, a little" "About your girlfriend?" "Um...yeah her too" "That's cool I guess" "Jon, what am I?" "A boy?" he said very confused. "No... I mean to you?" "Oh...my big brother" "Really?" I asked. "Yeah" So I just grabbed onto his little hand and I held it for a while. Then he moved in closer to me and I felt his little body close to mine. I was still very confused about what this was. I was his brother, and yet I could hold his hand. "Aaron, why did you kiss that girl?" "I don't know, she kissed me" "Did you like it?" "I guess I did" I was playing his game, give him a little taste of what he does to me. "Oh, are you going to do it with her?" "Am I what!" I was shocked when I heard this. "Nothing never mind" "No...no never mind...why do you ask that Jon?" "I don't know, it slipped" "What if I said yes?" "You ARE?" he said in awe. "Maybe, I don't know" "Really Aaron?" "NO! Jon you know me better than that you dork" "Oh..." he said as he sort of turned red. "Never again do I want to hear YOU talk about that got it?" "Yeah, sorry" Then we heard a knock on my door and Jon quickly jumped up and sat up. "Yeah" I answered. "Aaron, hurry up the guests are here" my mom said. "We're coming ma" I yelled as I got up and opened up a bag with our clothes. "Let's wear our new clothes," I said as I pulled out Jon's jeans and a shirt identical to mine. We got dressed and when I walked into the bathroom to do my hair, he followed. "So, want me to do your hair or something?" I asked. "Sure" he answered as he walked towards me. I did his hair identical to me and we basically were wearing the same stuff, but his shirt was different color. Mine was blue and his was light blue. When we were all ready, we started walking down to the dining room and we hear my parents talking and stuff. When we walked into the dining room everyone stopped talking, it was odd. "Are these your boys?" the woman sitting next to my mom asked. This woman looked very rich. She had a very expensive looking necklace on and I noticed a diamond on her finger. What kind of people was my dad hanging out with today? "Yeah" my dad jumped in. I was confused now. "Sit down guys" my dad said as he pointed to open chairs. The girl who was with my dad's guests wasn't bad looking, but I felt a little odd sitting next to her. The boy was Jon's age, and Jon also felt odd when we sat down. But Jon was next to my dad so he didn't feel as odd as I did. "So tell me, how old is your youngest?" the weird lady said. "He's 10" my mom answered. I was so confused as to why my mom was saying Jon was her son, I mean it's funny, but my mom wouldn't lie about that. We had dinner, which was really good, and then we had flan for desert. Once we were all finished eating and my parents talked and talked with those weird people. I found out the lady's name was Katie and the man's was Steven. Jon and I didn't talk much to the girl or the boy sitting at the table, we just looked around avoiding their looks. I don't know why. "Jon, why don't you take James up to your room and show him your games, and Aaron take this nice young lady and pop in a movie or something" my mom said. My dad elbowed me. "To Jon's room?" I asked. "Yeah" my dad answered. So Jon looked at me and I knew he was panicking, he didn't know what to do. So got up. "Okay lets go guys, lets go chill" I said. The boy and the girl got up and they followed me to the basement where we had the movie room. "So, what's up?" I said when we sat down in the room. "Uh...nothing. This is a little odd" the girl said. "Yeah, I know." I was beginning to feel very uncomfortable with the girl because I felt as if she was enjoying being down here without our parents. Of course Jon was just sitting there looking around avoiding the boy's face. "Jon, why don't you put on a movie or something, it's too quiet here." I said. "Umm...I don't know how yet" he answered. "I thought I taught you" I said in an angry way and I pulled him out into the hallway. "What's going on?" he asked. "I have no clue... I wish I knew. Just pretend you're my real brother and umm...hold on" I said as I walked up to the main floor. "Dad, I need help with a movie" I yelled. "Okay I'll be right down" he answered. "I guess we'll find out" I said to Jon. "Yeah cuz I'm really confused" he answered. When my dad came down the stairs he pulled us to the movie closet and he pretty much was acting like we were on a mission or something. I was really lost. "What's going on dad...why did mom say Jon was her son?" "Long story. These people are like weird, and they were talking about how they have the perfect life with you know a boy and a girl and them being rich and crap. I guess your mom got caught up in the moment and you guys looked like brothers with your new clothes that I don't know you're mom is nuts just follow along" he said almost without breathing. "Umm... okay just don't freak out...dad" I answered. "Okay...so I'll see you later...have fun" he said as he ran up the stairs. "That was odd..." I said to Jon. "Yeah" So we walked into the room again and the girl was fighting with her brother about something and when they saw us the girl turned bright red. I didn't like this at all. "Hey, so I fixed the thing. What movie do you guys want to watch?" I asked. "American Pie 2!" said the boy. "Uh...no James. That movie is too crazy for you to watch" the girl said. "You just don't want me to watch it cuz it has naked girls in it" he yelled. "Shut up dumb ass" she answered. "I'm telling mom Amanda!" "Whatever dumb ass" Jon and I were just watching them and I saw Jon grin a little. "Well I'm telling Aaron then" James said. "No!" Amanda as I heard her name was, threw a napkin at the kid. "Aaron, Amanda thinks your cute and she wants to fuck you" he said to me. "No I don't, Aaron he's just making things up" she was really red. "How'd you find out my name?" I asked. "Well, I heard your parents call you Aaron" she answered. "See she likes you. Hey kid, she likes your big brother" James said to Jon. "Too bad, he has a girlfriend already" Jon answered. I have to say I was very surprised he actually talked. Usually he doesn't talk when people he doesn't know are around. "You see...he doesn't like you. You're just fat and ugly" the kid said. Jon started laughing and so did the kid. I was shocked that a boy would say that to his sister, but then I realized most siblings treat each other like that. "Look, can we not talk about that stuff. let's just watch a movie" I added. "Yeah, let's watch a movie" Amanda agreed. So I felt really weird about Amanda at the moment so I sat next to "my brother" and Amanda sat by herself because I guess her brother was being an asshole. That kid was something else. "Hey Aaron, so what movie are we watching?" Jon asked. "I don't know yet. You guys didn't pick one" "Hey do you have Shrek 2?" the boy asked. "Yeah, I do. It's our favorite movie" I answered. "Cool put that one on" Amanda answered. So we watched that whole movie and Jon and I didn't hold hands or anything. he was just sitting right there next to me. Occasionally he would lie his weight on me and I'd sometimes put my arm around him...in a brotherly way though. Sometimes I would turn and look at him, I felt as if something about Jon was changing, he was acting differently. He was closer to me than usual and our eyes met more than usual as well. I didn't want to jump to conclusions and think that he was feeling something different for me, I just thought that he was trusting me more or something. When the movie ended and I had turned off the projector, Amanda walked up to me. "I think you're a really nice boy" she said as she got closer to me. "That's nice, now can you please back away" I answered. "Why?" "Amanda, I barely know you" "So, don't let that bother you. We can get to know each other" "Why? Look too many things are going on in my life right now, please don't make me be an ass to you" "Aaron, come on, just a quickie. You know you want it" she said as she started to touch my arm. "Have you looked at me? I'm ugly. Don't waste your time on me" "Aaron you're not ugly. You good boy cute, but I know you're not so good" "Okay, this is freaking me out." I said as I pushed her off. I walked out of the small room and walked into the other room where Jon was waiting. He started talking to James but I noticed that James did most of the talking and Jon wasn't all that into the conversation. "So, did my stupid sister try to hit on you?" James asked as I came in. "You know, yeah. She's a little weird" I said to him. "Just a little, but hey I have to live with her, that's scary" I was beginning to like this kid. Not in the like as I want to be with him, but like as in he's cool. "Well, it's not my fault you're hot" Amanda said as she walked up behind me put her arms around my waist. "Get off" I said boldly. I caught Jon's eyes and for the first time, I swear I saw him make an angry face at Amanda. Just before things got ugly I heard Amanda's dad yell down the stairs for her to go up because they were leaving. We all got up and we walked up the stairs. "Well, it was nice meeting you Aaron, and Jon" James told us as he gave us high five. "Yeah, it was nice" Amanda said as she grabbed my hand. Jon and I said bye to their parents and then they were out of our house and we were so happy. As soon as my mom closed the door I turned to look at her. "Okay ma, what the heck was all that about?" I asked. "Don't ask questions" she said as she walked to the kitchen. "You know dad, she's getting freaky." I said. "Don't worry, we're just as glad as you that they are gone son" "Yeah dad, that girl was annoying" "Why?" "Just was, don't ask any questions" I said quickly. "So Jon, did you like hanging out with James?" my dad asked "Not really" he answered. "O well, I'm off to bed, don't go to bed too late" he said as he went up the stairs. I walked into the kitchen with Jon and we sat on the island. "Ma, why did we have to have dinner with those people, I have to say that the most interesting person out of all of them was James, and that's just sad" "What do you mean?" my mom asked as she cleaned up. "They were all freaky" I answered. "Well, they're gone. So do you guys want some desert?" she asked. "Sure" I answered. She gave us really good chocolate cake and milk. It was awesome. We sat and chatted for a few minutes, I'd have to agree that my mom was turning into a nice mom. In the past year or so she had actually talked to me about stuff, sometimes it was weird for me, but it was beginning to grow in. After we finished she picked up the table and she gave me a good night kiss. "Okay well, kids I'm off to bed. Don't go to bed too late and pick up whatever mess you make Aaron" she said. Soon Jon and I were in the family room watching Family Guy. "Aaron, how come you let that girl hold your hand?" "I didn't let her, she just grabbed it" "I think she doesn't like you. She's a gold digger" "Maybe, but don't worry I didn't like her either" "You like that one girl from earlier don't you?" I didn't know if I should just say yes or no. I liked that he was trying to get information, I didn't like the fact that I didn't know what he was thinking though. "I do and I don't." I finally answered. "What do you mean?" he asked. "Well, look. She was a very good friend of mine, still is. And I never really liked her like that. And today she really surprised me, she was really pretty. But see I don't feel that special feeling." "What special feeling?" "Well, I just don't feel comfortable holding her hand or kissing her" "Why?" "I don't know. Look, what do you feel when I hold your hand?" I asked as I grabbed his hand. "I don't know" he answered. "Really?" I asked. "Well...good I guess." "Okay, does it bother you or make you feel nervous?" "No" "Okay, well it made me feel nervous when Nikki held my hand and when she kissed me" "So you don't really like her?" "I guess not. but hey, I have to give her a chance. I mean no one else likes me" I said as I looked into his eyes. "O" was all he said. So after that he didn't say much. We watched TV and we joked around when something funny came up. but I did notice that we didn't stop holding hands. I liked that he felt totally comfortable with holding my hand, but at the same time I don't know if it's something he really likes, or something he just got used to. My mind was racing with all of these thoughts and then I jumped up when my cell phone rang. "Hello" "Sup Aaron" I heard Uriel's voice. "Hey dude what's up?" "Dude?" "Yeah, Jon's with me" "Oh, what are you up to?" he asked. "Watching TV, you?" "We just got back from the game, it was awesome. Chivas lost though. but it was still awesome" "I'm glad you had fun" "I'm sure you're having fun" "We've been over this buddy" I emphasized the buddy part. "Yeah I know, but hey I was wondering if you wanted to sleep over tomorrow. Luis is staying and he wants me to invite you" "So it doesn't come out of you to invite me?" I asked. "Well, you know me, I'm forgetful." "I see how it is. Then maybe I'll forget to go tomorrow" "Aaron don't be like that. You know what I meant. So can you?" "Yeah sure." "Cool, well Luis and his dad invited to eat out so I'll see you later. Bye" "Bye" I hung up and then I thought for a couple of seconds. Uriel never said he loved me or anything when we talked on the phone. Not even when we talked in person, well maybe he had once or twice, but I realized that I didn't feel the same anymore and that maybe he did but we agreed to not be all fruity about our relationship. "So what did Uriel say?" Jon asked. "He wants me to sleep over tomorrow with him and his cousin" "O. Hey Aaron, what do we do now?" "What do you want to do little man?" "I don't know, let's go play a game or something in your room" "Sure" So I turned off the TV and I turned off all the lights downstairs. I got up and he got up. I noticed he didn't let go of my hand as I walked around to turn off everything and he didn't let go when we walked up the stairs. He let go of my hand when we walked into my room and I closed the door. He instinctively walked over to the couch and turned on the Ps2. I took this opportunity to call Nikki. I didn't want her to think I was an ass or something. "Hey Jon, I'm going to make a phone call so just play for a little while I promise I'll play with you right now" "Okay" he said. I dialed her number and before I knew it she answered. "Hey babe" she said. "Hey" "What's up?" "Not much. We had company and they just left a little while ago. What did you do today?" I asked. I was trying to be a "normal" boyfriend, if there was any such thing. "Not much, after you left I called my friend and we talked for hours. Then I worked out a little and I took a bath. After that I was pretty much waiting for you to call me. I missed you." "Yeah, I missed you too" I said. I was lying out of my ass. "So what are you doing now babe?" "I'm in my room lying on my bed, relaxing" "I hear a game" "O yeah that's my brother. He's playing a video game" "How sweet. You hang out with your brother" "Well, he likes being in my room so I let him" "You're so sweet." "Thanx" "Hey babe, I was wondering, what if I sneak out of my house and I go see you?" "Right now?" I panicked. "Yeah, it's only 11pm hon" "I know but I don't want you to get in trouble" "Then why don't you come over here and I'll open my window" she was really pushing it. "I could but I don't want to leave my little brother. He gets really scared when he's the last one awake in the house and stuff" "Come on, he can survive without you" "Babe, I want to but I can't. sorry" "Oh fine it's okay I understand. You're such a good big brother, I wish I was in your room instead of him right now" "What for?" That was probably not the best thing to ask. "You know what silly" she laughed. "Umm...no really I don't" "So we could talk and stuff" "Well, as long as you don't mean have sex stuff" "No, Aaron I know you wouldn't do that. You're too nice" "Yeah I guess" "Or would you?" she really surprised me. "Oh no...I respect you" "Okay" When she said that I realized that this dating Nikki thing was easier than I thought. She was really cool and understanding. She made me feel like I've been dating her for months now, and it's only been a couple of hours. Then I noticed Jon looking at me every once in a while. I felt like I was being a bad friend/brother if I just talked on the phone. Plus I really wanted to go sit next to Jon and hold him. "Well babe, I'm sorry but I gotta go. I promised my brother I'd play with him and I'm also a little tired" I said. "Yeah I'm tired too. Hey babe can I see you tomorrow?" she asked. "I have to go to my friend's house. I promised him I'd spend the night, but yeah I'll try to hang out with you like in the afternoon, like around 3?" "Great, I'll be waiting baby. I love you" "Hey Nikki, wait...can we please not say that until we really mean it?" I felt stupid saying this. "You know...that makes sense. Yeah, I don't want you to say that until you mean it. so umm...I'll miss you" she said. "okay bye" "Kisses" she said. "Me too" I said. Then I heard her hang up and sat back to think about this. So she was really hot, she was cool, understanding, and most of all she let me hang out with my friends. My last girlfriend gave me fits whenever I hung out with other people. I guess it would be cool to date someone like Nikki, for a while that is. I was happy with things so far. The only thing that was sort of bugging me at the moment was the whole situation with Jon so I walked over to him and he gave me a controller and we started playing. We talked about the game mostly and he asked a couple of questions about Uriel but mainly I was the one doing the questioning. I asked him about his family and if he had any older cousins and stuff like that. To my surprise the only cool cousin he had was a 21-year-old guy. We were having a blast. We were laughing and cracking jokes by the minute. This reminded me of how we met. It was like magic. Like we were meant to meet each other and he was meant to be my little brother. Something I always wanted. He even hugged me a couple of times when we passed levels of the game that seemed to be virtually impossible. We probably played late into the night and before I knew it Jon was practically falling asleep on my lap. I felt so comfortable holding him and keeping him warm. "Hey, dude, maybe we should go to bed, it's 4 a clock in the morning" I told him. "Yeah I guess" he answered. He was really tired, I noticed he was having trouble getting up. "Here hold up, let me get the bed ready and then I'll come get you" I said. He sat back and watched as I fluffed the pillows and undid the bed. Then I walked over to him and picked him. I carried him like the groom picks up his newlywed wife and then placed him on the bed. "There you go" I said. I walked over to my closet and changed into my pajamas. Then I found his bag and grabbed his shorts and his shirt. I walked over to him and I signaled him to sit up. he did and he looked at me funny. I raised his arms and I took off his shirt. Since I had turned off the light I really couldn't see much but I sure felt his smooth skin. "What are you doing?" he asked. "You're tired so I'm helping you change into your pajamas" I answered. He didn't say anything after that so I grabbed his pajama shirt and I pulled it through his head and then he put his arms in. Then I slowly pushed him back so that I could take of his pants. "Umm...are you...?" he started to say. "Hey, just relax. I want my little brother to be cozy" I interrupted. I unbuttoned his pants and I pulled the zipper down. I couldn't believe I was taking his pants off. I slowly slid them off and he even helped me by raising his little butt so that the pants slid off easier. I couldn't believe that only a couple of inches away from me was his little dick. The only thing standing in between his little dick and my mouth was the thin layer of his boxers. But I pulled myself together, after all I was just his big brother. So I grabbed his shorts and pulled them through his legs and up to his little waist. Of course I got a feel of his little legs and thighs, but that's about it. "There you go, all cozy" I said. I put his clothes away in his bag and then I walked over to the bed and got in. I quickly found his hand and soon I was holding onto it. Then he turned away from me like he always did when we slept together. I placed my arm around his waist and he grabbed put his hand on top of mine and that way I held on it. I knew that with Jon it wouldn't be problem because I hardly ever got boners, well I did but not like raging boners. I noticed he wasn't sleeping yet because his breathing was still normal. "What are you thinking about. Aren't you sleepy?" I asked. "Well I was, but then it went away" "So, what are you thinking about?" "Nothing really. I was just thinking about baseball camp. You're coming with me right?" That's right... I had forgotten about baseball camp. How could I forget? "Yeah, but hey, do we really stay there for the night?" "No, it's just from 9am till 2pm" "Everyday?" "No, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday" "O really? Just one week?" "Yeah, it's pretty stupid, I really don't want to go. But if you go I'll go" "Okay Jon, of course I'll go. When does it start?" "Next week" "So, should I call someone to tell them I want to help?" I asked. "No, I told my dad that you were going to help and he told the camp guy. The guy was really happy because he needed an extra helper. My dad is happy you're coming with me because last year I got in a fight with this kid who always picks on me. He gets mad because I'm a better player" "O well I'll be there to protect you" "Yeah, and then I can go with you in your car instead of my mom dropping me off. It's cooler to come in your car than in my mom's van" "Yeah I know what you mean" I laughed. Of course I understood. When I was a kid and I was in school stuff I hated when my dad picked me up in his little old car. "Aaron, do you sleep like this with Uriel?" "Not really, he doesn't really like to sleep like this" "He doesn't? Why?" "I don't really know. He just doesn't like it." "Maybe because he's bigger and he thinks it's not cool" "Do you think it's cool?" I was dying to know. "Well...you like to keep me cozy" "Do you like to be cozy?" "Yeah" "Does Uriel kiss you?" "Um...I don't think so" "Do you kiss him?" "Okay, so what's up with all the questions about Uriel?" "I don't know, I was just asking I guess" "Well, no we don't kiss." "So then why did you kiss me?' "I don't know, I wanted to see if what we felt I think. But don't worry I won't kiss you again" "Not until I'm ready" "Yeah, not until you are ready" by now I knew that this meant never. He was never going to be ready. All of my hopes had suddenly died because the more I thought about it the more it made sense. He was just asking these things because he wanted to make sure that what we did was not really normal. Because he probably thinks that since Uriel and I are super best friends and we really trust each other. But since Uriel and I don't really kiss, at least that Jon knows about, he realized that maybe it wasn't normal. Yeah, it all sort of made sense to me now. "Aaron, so you're ready to kiss people huh?" he asked. "Why do you ask?" "Well, you kissed your girlfriend" "Oh yeah, so yeah I am" "I bet she's really happy you're her boyfriend" "You think so?" "Yeah, so many girls are trying to be with you. That one girl at the party the other day and then the girl that came over today" "But Nikki doesn't know about those girls so she can't be all that happy" "Well, you're really cool. I think a lot of girls probably like you" "It doesn't really matter. All that matters is you" "What do you mean?" "Well, as long as you're my little brother and we stay like that forever, I'm happy. I don't care if any girls like me" "Oh, what about Uriel?" "Yeah, well him too, but you matter most right now" "I do?" "Yeah, but tell me, do you like any girls?" "Umm... no." "Why not?" "I don't know. I'm too small I guess" "Yeah, and I'd kill you if you got a girlfriend right now" "I know" "Okay, well it's really late kiddo. We should sleep" "I'm not sleepy" "I'll make you sleepy" I said. I used my free hand to massage his hair. "That doesn't make me sleepy" "Well, soon it will. Good night baby" "Baby?" "Baby brother duh" I answered as playfully as I could. "So do I call you biggie?" he giggled. "Yeah, I guess." I noticed I used his terms, but hey as long as he called me whatever came from his heart. It took a while for his breathing to get slower and slower. When he fell asleep the grip he had on my hand relaxed and he was snuggled back to me completely. I could swear that my dick was right between his butt cheeks in his butt crack, but of course I didn't really think about it when he was awake, just to play it safe. But now that he was asleep I started to slowly hump him. I got semi hard but I realized it really wasn't cool of me to do such a thing and I stopped. I just relaxed and enjoyed holding my sweet little baby. Slowly I drifted off to sleep. I woke up the next morning to the sound of the birds chirping outside. I opened my eyes and I noticed that neither Jon nor I had moved at all. I looked at the clock and it was 10am. My parents probably had already left the house and I looked over at my phone, not my cell phone, but my room phone. I reached over and I picked up the handset because I had a message. I pressed the play button. "Aaron, your dad and I went to the office to work a little while. Your brother said that maybe we have to go out of town for the night. Some meeting about a possibility of your dad's line of fresh fruit salads to be served at a hotel. You can either stay home or come with us, give me a call later." I hung up and I decided that I would call later, after all what's the hurry. I looked down at Jon and he was still sound asleep. When I placed he handset back in its charger Jon didn't even feel it. A sudden thought went through my head. I slowly pulled his shirt up so that my bare hand touched his skin. He didn't even move. I used my free hand to grab the hand he was holding my other hand with and I pulled it away from his body, and again no reaction. Then I took a big breath and I slowly used my now free hand and slid it into the waistband of his boxers. I slowly moved down paying attention to his face, not a single reaction. And then, I felt it. the soft, silky, skin, I had reached my destination, his little boy dick. I played with it and then I felt his smooth ball sack. I couldn't believe I was touching his little dick like nothing else. Of course I had touched it before when I was drying him, but this was different. I slowly began to masturbate him and I soon realized his skin, just like Uriel's, was too tight to reveal his little cock head. I slowly picked up the pace and his dick began to grow. It was at it's full size and I just loved it. I wished that instead of using my hand I used my mouth to give him pleasure. After about 2 minutes I stopped jacking him and I basically just let my hand rest on his little dick and balls. It was so warm. His dick was limp again but mine wasn't. My dick was now at it's fullest and probably poking Jon in his little butt hole. I was enjoying every moment of this when suddenly I realized what I was doing. I couldn't do this to Jon. I pulled my hand out and I held Jon's hand. I held him tight. Then I gave him a soft kiss on his lips and I felt a rush of guilt take over me. I couldn't believe it, I let my sick mind take over, I couldn't control my impulses. I just lied there holding my precious baby and probably held onto him for about half an hour before he woke up. "Good morning baby" I said when he opened his eyes. "Good morning biggie" he said as he flashed a smile. "Hey, have I ever told you I love you and I won't let anyone hurt you?" I asked. I was trying to make up for my stupid actions. "Yeah" he answered. "Well don't forget that okay?" "Okay Aaron" So we got up and he went to pee. I wondered if he felt my hand play with his little tool in his dreams. I guess he didn't. We talked for a while and then we brushed our teeth. I still felt a bit of guilt because of what I had done to him while he slept. Part of me wondered why I felt so guilty about it when I did it to Jon but when I had done to Uriel in the past I didn't feel this guilty. He wanted to play that game again and we did. We played until 1 when his mom called and told him he had to come home because he had to go to the store with her. He looked over at me and he frowned. "I got to go home now." "Yeah I figured" "Yeah..." he said looking at me. I wish that I could kiss him. "So, see you tomorrow?" I asked. "Yup, biggie" he said smiling. I gave him a hug and he returned it. "I love you baby" I said. "Okay, I got to go" he said. I knew he heard and felt what I said to him because his eyes told me. He didn't quite understand it though. But I wasn't going to push him. I had made my decision, I was going to let him decide what he wanted and what he felt for me. We picked up all of his bags, there were quite a few. I walked him home, still in our pajamas. When we to his house he invited me to his room. It was then when I realized I hadn't really been up to his room. His mom found us putting the bags in his closet. "What's all that?" she asked. "O we went shopping" I answered. "Yeah mom, Aaron got me all of these cool things. He's awesome" Jon added. "Oh Aaron, you didn't have to do that. I feel bad now" she told me. "No, don't worry about it. It's a gift from me to him. He's really a nice kid" "Well, Jon, did you say thank you?" "Of course ma" he answered. He walked over to me and gave me a hug. "Thank you Aaron for being the best big brother." I felt so happy when he said that. His words really hit me. Not only that but he hugged me. "Your such a nice boy Aaron. I'm glad Jon found you instead of other boys out there who only mean trouble" his mom told me. "Yeah, me too." When I said that the guilt came back to me. but I had to fight it and not let it show then and there. I said good bye to his mom and then I said bye to Jon. We did our usual handshake and then I walked back home. When I got home I lied on my bed and I thought about Jon and how nice it was to have him around. But I couldn't help to realize that I was falling more and more in love with him. Well thanx for taking the time to read another part of my story. I really hope I've been keeping you guys interested, like I've said before, I don't mean to drag on and on...but I really want to tell the story right, and that takes time, and a lot a lot of hard work. I'm still hard at work with the next chapter but I hope to finish it in a month or so. Please e-mail me to tell me what you think. I thrive on feedback. Aaron.