Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 13:14:57 -0500 From: Eric Murphey Subject: Accidental Paradise Chapter 16 bi adult youth Sorry it took me so long to post this. I was focused on Transitions Christmas and wanted to complete that first. I am back on this and will be posting much more often then every two months. Sorry again. I hate that when I'm into a story and then nothing for ages. Again sorry I will spank myself later. Eric Hey got some christmas cash Send some to Nifty Accidental Paradise Chapter 16 When Eric woke the next morning he was alone in his bed. Such an odd happening anymore. He stretches out and yawns. He figures Benji went to go work with the chickens. He walks out to go to the restroom and takes care of his usual morning business. Once hes done he thinks he will just go back to bed because hes still a bit tired. He flushes the toilet and heads back to his room. He lays down and is trying to get to sleep again. He cant get all the kids out of his mind and his cock grows hard thinking about them and what they have done. He finally just gives in and starts slowly stroking his cock. He is imagining having Benji from behind. Then he starts thinking of cute little Tomas and sliding up behind him and he slowly inserts his cock into the boy. He is starting to really get into the fantasy when Benji walks in the room. He just smiles and crawls up on the bed. "Were you with the chickens?" "Yeah I'm done I was coming to see why your still in bed and now I see." As Benji says this he starts playing with Eric's balls. Eric never even bothered stopping. Why sex is very accepted in their community/family. Benji leans forward and he slips his mouth over the head of Eric's cock. Eric just moans in pleasure and removes his hand from his cock and allows Benji to take over. He asks Benji to spin around so he can suck on him as well. Only thing better then getting head from a young boy is also giving head to them at the same time. Having him slide in and out of your mouth as he slides his tight little mouth over your member. Eric slips his finger in his mouth along with the cock and moistens it thoroughly. He then pushes on Benji's star and it goes in fairly easily. Apparently Mateo has been allowed to have some fun back there. He finds his button and Benji starts moaning. He is pushing back into Eric's finger and humping into his mouth as well. As they are doing this Tomas walks in and Eric is like oh my is this my fantasy? Will I finally have them? Tomas doesn't say a word. He just slips up on the bed and he walks on his knees up behind Benji. He lets some saliva drip onto his hand and he rubs it on his cock. Eric takes his finger out of Benji and Tomas slides his cock right in. A finger is fine. But a cock is better. Benji moans his approval. Tomas is taking his time. Hes slowly pumping in and out of Benji. Eric thinks why not and slips his finger up against Tomas's ass and slips it in. Tomas leans forward a bit to allow an easier entry and Eric starts slipping his finger in and out of Tomas hitting his love button as he does. Tomas starts speeding up a lot making Benji even more hot and he is really moving rapidly on Eric's cock. Benji keeps moaning and it is just vibrating to Eric's essence and he lets lose of his first shot into Benji's mouth. This sends Benji over the edge and his ass clamps down on Tomas's cock which sends him over the edge. Eric can feel Tomas's tight little hole clamping around his finger. Once Tomas has calmed a bit Eric removes his finger and Tomas just flops beside them. Benji is licking the remnants of Eric's lust off of his cock. Then he pops his cock out of Eric's mouth making a pop noise that makes them all giggle. "I got to start getting up earlier." Tomas says. "We don't do this every morning. A lot of the time we just sit on the porch and talk about stuff." Benji says. "Yeah its usually just Benji and I, and we just sit, and talk, and cuddle for a while until everyone is up." Reaffirms Eric. "Am I interrupting then?" He asks. "No. Not at all." Benji says. "We love you and you can always be with us. Isn't that right Eric." "Absolutely. That goes for anyone in the house too." "Yeah it does. Family loves each other. If we ever want to be alone we will go for a walk or something. Or just say we want to be alone for a while." Benji says. "As much fun as this is guys I need to get up and check on what the requirements are for your education is here. So that way I can teach you what they want you to know and of course what I think you should actually know." He goes out to the kitchen and sees his lap top on the table. Next to it is a note. I really like your new story. Its exciting and it seems a bit sad. I hope the Eric you are writing about can find his way. Love Maria That's nice he thinks and switches on the power and starts looking at the requirements for education in Argentina. They really aren't much different from what he is used to. He starts setting up a lesson plan for the kids. As he is doing this Zoe walks out of the ladies bedroom. She rustles her fingers through his hair. "You didn't make coffee?" "Uh no sorry I got to thinking about the school we need to start for the kids." She bends down and is looking over his shoulder and reading. She kisses him on the cheek. "Your a good man Eric." He just turns his head and looks at her. Then goes back to what he is doing. She makes some coffee and sits a mug in front of him and he takes a sip before he even realizes its actually there. He is working away at the lesson plan and Zoe heads outside. A few minutes later Maria comes walking out yawning and stretching. She gets herself a cup of coffee and sees Eric's mug is nearly empty. She refills it for him and kisses him on the cheek and heads outside. Once hes satisfied that the curriculum is sufficient he looks down and realizes there's a mug of coffee next to him. He thinks to himself. How did that get there? He takes a sip and walks out to the porch. He sits down and the ladies are just enjoying the beauty of the farm and the areas surrounding it, It is simply lovely. He admires the beauty that is his home now. He breaks the silence after about ten minutes. "I think that I want to work on the addition today until nearly lunch. But, we have all been working so hard getting everything set up for us all I think we need a little break. No I don't want to work today at all. Lets all take a break today. Lets have that picnic by the waterfalls today. Just relax and have fun." "Do you think we should. We have a lot of work to do." Maria says. "Honey we are always going to have a lot of work to do. Lets just take the day off and have some fun. The kids sure deserve it. Hell they work harder then most men and women I know." "Yeah they do work pretty hard for kids. But they do love it." Zoe adds. "But, I think Eric is right. We really haven't had a day off except when it rains. I think it will be nice to have a little day off." "I think so. I say we go out around 10 and get to the falls and have a nice picnic. Swim for a while and come back and I will make dinner." "Hmm Eric making dinner maybe I should rethink my position." Zoe says smiling. "Yeah we should definitely not take the day off." Maria says joining the fun. "Hey I cook a few things well." Eric says in his defense. "Besides what I have planned everyone will love." "Whats your plan big man?" Maria asks. "You will see. But, you will be happy I know that's for sure." "So what you think just some sandwiches and some sides for the picnic?" Maria asks. "Yeah I think that will be good." "Lord knows we have enough bread now. Danny is so happy he can make bread now he makes at least two loaves a day. So we got plenty of bread for sure." "Yeah he is happy I tell you I almost passed out laughing when you two had him driving the tractor yesterday." "Oh that was so much fun. I have never seen him so happy. He was laughing and carrying on. It really brought joy to my heart watching him. That boy I tell you I wish he could get back his sight. Hes just an amazing boy. Hes going to be a great man too. You just know it." Maris says. "Yeah in more ways then one." Zoe responds. "Yeah he has a big one already. Bigger then mine that's for sure. I just want to take him in my mouth so bad." Eric says. "You should do it. He asked me the other day why you don't have fun with him but you do with the other kids. I told him that you don't do things unless your asked. He said he was too embarrassed to ask you to do stuff like that." Zoe says. "So you think I should just walk up to him and say Hey Danny can I blow you?" "Yeah pretty much." Zoe says. Eric thinks a minute. "I may just do that. He is so beautiful and not just the outside either. He just a beautiful boy inside and out. Hell all the kids are great though. I really don't know how I thought I was happy before you all got here." "You just didn't know better." Maria says. "Your probably right." They talk a while longer and eventually all the kids are out and snuggling with Eric. Nothing like snuggling with five kids in a lounger. Amazing it can hold all their weight Eric thinks as he is slowly taking turns petting each child as he moves his hands form one to the next. "We better get stuff ready then." Zoe says. "Ready for what?" Lucia asks. "Its a surprise is what." Eric says. All the kids lift their heads. "You gonna tell us?" Benji asks. "May just as well. We are all going to the waterfall for a picnic. I figure you all have been working so hard we need a break. Just have some fun." "But we need to finish the addition." Mateo says. "Know what? It will be there tomorrow." Eric says. Eric actually has to convince the kids to take some time off. Such an odd thing he thinks. Never with most American kids would he have to fight them to have fun. But, then again these kids are special no matter where they are. "I guess that's settled then. We better go get our breakfast done so we can have full bellies for the long hike." Maria says. "This is going to be interesting. Tomas said it was the most beautiful thing hes ever seen." Zoe says. "Eric can I take your camera?" Benji asks. Seeing as how photography is his new hobby. "Buddy I told you that its yours now. If you want to take it that's up to you." "I know you said its for me. But, its too expensive." "Benji, if you had something that you almost never used, and you thought it would bring happiness to me would you give it to me?" "Sure." He says without thinking. "Think about that a second." Benji looks at him. "I see what you did." He says showing Eric his amazing smile, and pointing at him. "Exactly. So are you taking your camera?" "Yes, I think I will. Because like Zoe said Tomas says is amazing." "It is amazing. I never seen nothing like it. Cept on TV." Tomas says. Eric notices Danny kind of skulking off to another part of the porch away from everyone. "OK You kids go and get some clothes on. We have to wear them walking through the woods. Because there are lots of things that will cut you and stick you if you are naked." "Really do we have too?" Lucia asks. "No you don't have to. But, if Eric says it we know we better hes been out there several times." Zoe says to her daughter. "Alright." She whines and heads in the house to get dressed. Everyone heads in the house after that following instructions. Danny is sitting on a lounger and Eric has yet to go in as well. "Shouldn't you go get dressed too?" Eric asks him. "Whats the point to go and listen to a waterfall? Fuck that." Danny says feeling left out. "I will make you a deal. If you go then I will paint a picture with words and describe it so perfectly that you will be able to see it in your mind." "You know I had Zoe read me some of your stories that you've written. If anyone could it would be you." "So you will go then. Because if you don't go I'm not going. I will sit here with you all day." "You can't do that the others will want you to go with them." "I think they want you to go too though. You are part of this family. We love all parts of our family. No matter what they think is their problem." "I know its just that well, I don't want to hold you guys up." "I think thats a bullshit excuse. You will have to do better then that." "Maybe I just want to sit here and play my guitar all day. Ever think of that?" "I suppose you can do that. But, you do know that if you don't go no one is going right?" "That's not fair to them." "Its just how it has to be. I'm the only one that knows how to get there. Tomas might be able to remember he is pretty clever. But, I don't think that will happen." "But, what if I don't want to go?" "What I have to bribe you to go say I will suck you off if you go?" Danny smiles at that comment. "So do I go tell everyone we are just going down to the pond or are we going to the waterfall?" "Would you really?" "Sure I will go tell them right now." "No not that. What you said before." Eric thinks a second oh yeah. "You mean about blowing you?" Danny puts his head down to hide his face because he can feel the crimson rising in his cheeks. Eric notices Danny's southern regions coming to attention. "If you wanted me to. I would in a second. It looks like you may need some attention now. May I?" Danny just leans back and exposes his gorgeous 7 inch rock hard cock to Eric. "Please?" He whispers. Eric reaches out and takes the beautiful brown member into his hand and slowly pulls back the foreskin revealing his beautiful head. "My goodness I have wanted to touch you this way since I first saw you. But, you never asked me so I thought you weren't interested in an old man." "I thought you weren't interested in me cuz I'm blind." "No not at all." Eric says slowly starting to stroke Danny's beautiful bit of boyhood. Eric takes Danny's head into his mouth and swirls his tongue around it. Sending happy shivers through Danny's body. Eric watches as Danny's toes curl as he sucks in a breath. "I thought Mateo was good. But, he doesn't hold a candle to you." Eric takes the entire shaft into his mouth and throat. Danny couldn't say anything then even if he wanted too. Eric starts rubbing his balls as he starts working up and down on Danny's rod. Danny is gasping and panting as Eric is doing this. Eric starts to play with Danny's pucker and he seems to really enjoy that Eric thinks. He slobbers a lot as he is sucking off Danny and he wipes some up with his finger getting it pretty moist. He then returns to this boys pucker and slowly inserts it. Danny grabs Eric's head and is trying to hold it still so he can fuck it. Eric lets him and he keeps hitting Danny's little love button inside him and within a few more seconds Danny is unloading in Eric's mouth. Eric savors the nectar this boy has given him to enjoy. None of the others can shoot yet. But, they will oh yes they will. Eric sucks every last drop from Danny's cock and licks all around the head so he wont miss any. He removes his finger from Danny's tight sexy brown hole. Danny is still trying to catch his breath while Eric does this. "No one has ever done that so good to me before." Danny says. "Really, I think Maria and Zoe are pretty damn good at it." "Yeah but, not like that. You need to give everyone lessons." "Your just talking me up so I will do it again. No need for that. I will take care of you anytime you want." "Nope I don't lie. Matter of fact all of us kids took an oath together yesterday that we would never lie to anyone in the family. Because you don't lie and we all want to be like you." "Now your just being silly. I'm not worth wanting to be like." "Eric you are a good man. We all love you so why wouldn't we want to be like you?" "Seems to me like you could find someone better to be like. Say Albert Einstein, Steven Hawking, Hell even Pele for that matter. But to want be like an old washed out school teacher who quit on humanity. I think any of those are better then me." Danny knowing he will never win just says. "We love you, and know you want the best for us. We think that's a good thing." With that he gets up and walks in the house to find something to wear. "Hmmppph." is all Eric can say to that. Eric gets off of his knees and goes in to get dressed himself. They all sit down to breakfast, and all the kids chattering away about the upcoming excitement. Now that they got talked into it its as if they were going to Disney not a water fall. Once they all get done with eating everyone does their dishes in turn. Danny even does his own. He does probably better at it then even Eric. Because he wants to make certain its clean and scrubs it forever. Then runs his fingers over it to make sure nothing is left. The ladies have baskets filled with food and some drinks for everyone. It is decided that on the trip there everyone will take turns carrying the baskets except for Danny. They want to make sure he has his footing and hands free in case he falls in new territory. But, he will have someones arm the entire time too. Eric is the last to walk out and he goes back in and takes something out of the freezer they hear he pulled something out. "What did you get out a lasagna?" Zoe asks. "No not a lasagna. Lets get going so we can enjoy a nice day at the falls." Eric says changing the subject. "Let me get a picture of everyone n the porch first." Benji says. Everyone lines up and the little ones are in front of the adults and Benji takes several pictures. Probably 20 in total. Digital cameras are a truly fantastic for a new photographer to get the feel of things. They start off on their trek with Eric carrying one of the baskets Maria and Zoe carrying the others. They aren't really heavy its just better to share tasks so no one feels like they are being taken advantage of. Once they take off there is a lot of joking and laughing as they start their trek. Its not really that far. But, sometimes the woods make it a difficult trip. Eric is thinking that maybe if they decide to that they can bring the tractor through and clear a wide path. Its only about a mile and a half from their house. The woods though make the trip about an hour and a half walk though. If they cleared a path wide enough they could even drive down once they get a vehicle and go often. Problem is that its not his land. Well maybe in time it will be. The way things are hopefully going to go they will soon be able to buy the other 30 acres next to the 20 he just bought. Maybe after this season. Then they will have 55 acres all together. He knows that this land is for sale and its very cheap because of the woods. If they bought it they would probably never farm it because its just too much work to clear it. But, it is good for hunting. Eric knows this because when he first got to Argentina he caught a few snakes and dried the skins to sell. He made a bit of money from that and he sold the meat too. He just couldn't bring himself to eat it. He doesn't like snakes and just sees them as something repulsive to eat. However they make really nice boots. As they are walking they trade the baskets and taking care of Danny so he makes it alright. He is having a great time just walking through the woods. Everyone is in a jovial mood. After what the kids felt like was forever they finally get to the falls. Once they reach the clearing everyone gasps at the beauty except Danny. "Eric you promised. So lets hear it." Danny says. "I will do my best for you buddy. The first part of the falls drop the water is about half the length of a futball field about 60 meters. So its a long drop. Its about as wide as one as well about 60 meters. Then the second drop is much wider its about as wide as a futball field is long so about 110 meters or so. Its drop is only about 10 meters. Then the third drop is about the same width with a fall of only about 5 meters. On the first drop the water falls so far that you can see a mist rising from where it is pounding into the water below. When it does it creates a lot of beautiful rainbows. The second drop has that some but not as much. The third drop is too short to have that. The entire sides are covered in Trees and other vegetation. It is very green on the sides of the hills that are along the falls. You can look and see the rainbows everywhere. Some are big like now one on the main fall is probably 30 meters long. Then I see several that are a lot smaller. The colors are very vibrant. At the bottom of the last falls are a lot of very large rocks that are rubbed smooth form the eons of the water cascading over them and rubbing off any rough edges. It then has a small mouth that opens up into a large pool of water that is moving but very slowly. I know it is loaded with fish as I have caught many here before. I actually caught so many once I brought several back and put them in our pond. Then around the edge it is simply lovely. Its surrounded by trees and lots of very beautiful flowers. I'm not sure of the names of them but, a lot of them are a lovely light purple color. Around the pond like area that is actually a river about the first 3 to 4 meters are clear of anything except a bit of grass and some spots just mud. I hope that I have created the picture in your head I promised." Eric says. (I used the Iguazu Falls for this picture to describe, Its very lovely google it.) "Yes I can see it. I can hear the different falls now too. It is a beautiful place for sure." Danny says. "I can also hear the clicking of Benji's camera." "Yeah he is taking lots of pictures that's for sure." The ladies and the kids are spreading out blankets and what not on the bank area of the pool. Eric goes over to help just as they are nearly done. "Yeah we see work is almost done and here he comes." Maria pokes fun at him. "Its how I planned it." Eric says back with a smile. "We figured." Zoe says laughing. By this time all the kids are naked now that they arrived at their destination. "Now everyone gather around over here." Eric says. After they do Eric starts out. "I have been here several times. I know that the water only gets to be about 2 meters at the very most in the center. If you guys stay close to the edge it only gets to be a meter to a meter and a half at most. I want everyone to have fun and if Danny decides to get in the water and swim we must all be there to help him. We don't want any accidents to ruin our fun. Now everyone have fun." Eric says. After this all you hear is kids splashing into the water and having fun. Danny has decided he doesn't want to go in the water just yet. But, he did get naked rather quickly. The ladies are nude as well and are laid back and enjoying the sun warming their nude bodies. Eric gets naked as well and is sitting on one of the many blankets that now covered a good portion of the bank. He the ladies and Danny are just sitting and talking. "I should have brought the guitar." Danny thinks out loud. "You know Danny I am really proud of you about the guitar. In just a few days you have gotten really good. I think you probably play better then me now." "No I don't. You know all kinds of songs to play." "Buddy just because I know a lot of songs doesn't mean I play them well. I think you are going to be really good and very soon. I'm talking people will pay you money to listen to you play is how good." "Nah your just trying to make me feel good." "Now you know Eric doesn't do that." Maria says. "Besides, we both think hes right." Zoe chips in her thoughts on it. "I think Zoe sure sings really pretty." Danny says. "I like when I play a song and she sings. It just seems better that way." "Yeah she is pretty good at that." Eric adds. Danny decides to get in the water. He is a little frightened at first but Mateo is being very careful and patient with him. The adults just sit and watch the kids play for a while and enjoy their antics. They start playing Marco Polo and to no ones surprise Danny is the best at it. "You know that Camilla and Lucia are totally in love with you don't you?" Zoe says after they have been sitting and watching for about ten minutes in silence. "Yeah I do." Eric says. "I heard them arguing yesterday about who you are going to marry." Maria says. "Yeah they mentioned it to me the other day too. I just don't have the heart to tell them that it will be neither of them." "Really why not?" Zoe asks. "Well, its pretty simple really. I'm not attracted to adults. I mean look at us. Sure I can make love to you two and its enjoyable sure. But, I have never cum with either of you. I just don't think it would be fair to them if I couldn't make love to them and enjoy it like I do now. Funny thing is before I met Lucia I had never even been attracted to a girl before. But, there is something about those two girls that gets my cock hard." "So you don't think we can get you to cum then?" Maria asks up for a challenge. "No I don't think so. Its just not my thing sadly." "I think that we can." Zoe says and takes his cock into her hand and starts rubbing it softly. It feels nice and gets hard but, not as quickly as if one of the kids did it. Hell if the kids even mention it he gets hard. The women decide this is a challenge they want to win. Once he is hard Maria pushes him to lay back on the blanket. Zoe takes him into her mouth. She has skills for sure he thinks. Maria slips over the top of him and puts her pussy right in his face. She and Zoe a few days ago did some landscaping and are both nearly bald down there. Eric starts to lick and fondle her clit and hole. He is working her clit with his fingers and her hole with his tongue. She is already breathing hard after just a few seconds. Zoe straddles him and starts to ride him. She starts off slowly and then takes off at a good speed. She sends herself over the top in less then two minutes. She is panting and moaning, while riding him she is rubbing her clit and is loving every second of it. Maria has came twice as well. They switch positions quickly and Maria slides down his pole and her dripping pussy surrounds his cock. He licks and fondles Zoe's pussy as Maria rides him. They again both go over the top. Eric is enjoying himself for sure. But, the feeling of cumming isn't anywhere near him. "Lets try this." Zoe says slipping off of his face and lays flat on the ground. "Take Maria from behind as she licks me." Zoe says. So Maria gets between Zoe's legs and Eric slides his cock into Maria. She certainly does have a lovely ass to admire while he pounds into her. Hell they both do for that matter. Eric has hold of her hips as he slams into her. They are both having orgasm after orgasm as they do this. Maria has inserted a couple fingers into Zoe's pussy and a couple into her ass as well. "Oh it feels too good Eric. We need to switch again." Maria says as she hits her peak again. So he slides out of her and then she lies down and Zoe gets between her legs. "Put it in my ass." Zoe shouts at him as he lines up behind her. He lifts his cock a bit and slowly puts in in her lovely brown ass. He starts pumping into her as she is fingering Maria's ass and pussy and licking it like its a melting ice cream cone. Fast and hard. Zoe is shoving herself back into Eric as he thrusts into her. The kids are all noticing and are starting to get out of the water to watch. After a minute or so everyone of them is in some form of play with another. Eric is trying not to concentrate on the kids because he really does want to cum with the women to see if he can. He does love those little girls and doesn't want to let them down. Who wants to let any child down. After Zoe cums twice from Eric pounding into her ass, the ladies switch again and this time Zoe lays underneath Maria. So she can lick her pussy as Eric makes love to her. Not to mention her pussy still gets licked too. Maria tells him she wants it in her ass as well. So Eric slides it into her and starts in on her lovely ass. Its tight almost like Camilla's. Zoe's was tight but not like this. Eric is really pounding away at her ass. He feels Zoe start playing with his balls with her hand as she is licking Maria's pussy. That feels really nice he thinks. Then she starts toying with his pucker and slips a finger in. That he realizes feels very good. Of course he knew that but, he may actually be able to cum now. He has been making love to them for about half an hour switching back and forth. Not that he isn't enjoying himself but, he didn't think he could cum. After a few minutes of him pounding into Maria and Zoe fingering his ass it finally happens. He feels his balls tighten up and he lets out a groan and then unloads into Maria's lovely tight ass. He slams his cock in her deep and unloads several volleys of cum into her. He is pouring sweat like a politician hooked up to a Lie detector. He collapses onto her back once he is done. Then he slowly slips out of her ass and then lays down on the blanket next to them. By this time all the kids had already spent themselves and were watching. "That sounded amazing." Danny says. "It certainly looked like fun."Camilla says. "Yeah I want Eric to make love to me like that." Tomas says surprising Eric. "Not before he does me."Benji says a bit jealous but not mean. "I had him in me once but, he didn't finish." Mateo says. "From what I heard he can put it in me anytime." Danny says. "I love when he puts it in my butt." Camilla adds. Eric is just spent and is listening and thinking of all the beautiful kids that want him to make love to them. After a few minutes he dozes off for a while. Lucia and Camilla have snuggled up to him and are dozing as well. The rest of the crew lays back some doze and some don't. Mateo and Danny talk softly. Maria and Zoe also chat about what just happened as well. Once they all awake from their short naps they have a nice lunch of sandwiches and some nice tomatoes the ladies picked from the garden yesterday. After that they all swim for a while and play around and just have some fun. After a while Eric says. "We should probably start heading back because its going to take Danny and myself an hour to get dinner ready." "I don't know how to make anything but bread. What am I going to do?" "Your going to learn is what. I have been thinking about it for days and figured out how to teach you to make something else." "What?" He asks. "I don't want to tell you its a surprise for everyone. But, when we get back you will learn fast." "OK." They all head back. The trip back seems to go easier as they had cleared a lot of the vines and brush out of the way on the way in. Maybe just clear a walking path Eric thinks. But, that's a hell of a lot of work when they have more important things to focus on. Once they enter the clearing to the farm they see a large pile of lumber sitting next to the porch. "Eric did you order more lumber?" Maria asks. "No. It must be a mistake. I will have to call whomever delivered it and have them come get it." "Why don't we just keep it?" Mateo asks. "Because keeping something you didn't pay for is stealing." "Yeah but we can use it." He defends his position. "We could use a lot of things. But stealing them isn't how we will get it." "I had to steal food sometimes before Zoe and them took me in." "That's different. That you needed and if you asked most people would have probably helped you." "No they wouldn't. I asked. People can be pretty mean sometimes. One guy spit at me and called me gutter trash." Mateo looks sad as he says this. "Well, good thing he was wrong." Zoe says. "Your more like finding a money clip in the gutter. Its a little dirty at first. But, its still great." This makes Mateo smile. Once they get to the door they see a note is attached to it. Eric and his family: This is the wood I promised for the walkways for Danny. I didn't see you guys here so I figured you went to the falls. I don't see Eric making you all walk miles to the bus stop. I set the egg money on the table for you guys. I looked at the incubator and it looks like its doing really good. You should have Danny help you with that. Hes great at getting chicks to hatch. I hope you guys had fun. I also have talked to the meat man. Well, my wife kind of got to his wife's vanity. He says he will just give you the truck if you promise to butcher your cows with him for the next two years. I did find a milk cow for you that you asked about and if you want it I can bring it over to you. Its a fair price for it. But, if you get a milk cow you cant just leave for a few days. Someone will have to stay and milk it. Anyway I ramble I'm old I can do that. Take good care of each other. Danny your Aunt sends her love as do I. I am so happy you are getting along so well here. I knew Eric could get through to you and make you a happy boy again. We love you so much. Santiago "That explains the wood." Eric says. "Why are we getting a truck?" Lucia asks. "So we can get to town easier and take things to the market ourselves and it saves us money so we make more and can make our home nicer." Maria says. "But, what about my Dads van? Hes dead and he don't need it no more." Zoe conks herself n the forehead with her hand. "Why didn't I think of that?" "Probably cuz he always said it was his and you weren't allowed to drive it ever." Tomas says. "Remember the one time you did drive it to take us to see Uncle Octavio when he was passed out from drinking. When we got back it was really bad." "Yeah it was." Zoe says rubbing her ribs remembering the pain of having four of them broken. "So I guess we are going to have two vehicles now. Seeing as how one is free for a promise and the other is already paid for. So we are going to look all rich and stuff. First a big old house and a tractor. We are keeping up with the Jones's." After he says this he has to explain it because they haven't a clue what hes saying. "Now everyone get out of the house. Danny. and I got secret work to do. If you got to pee tough. The woods are over there." Eric says pointing them all out of the house. He does hand Maria the money and gets out Benji's cut of the egg money. Benji puts it in one of his drawers Eric gave him when he moved in. Maria puts the rest in her purse. "Eric we should probably go to the bank pretty soon. We got a bit of cash here." Maria says. "Yeah and Zoe needs to find the van. I'm sure the bar owner knows where it is. Its probably near the bar he had his last drinks in." Eric says. "Now shoo." He says waving her out the door. Once she is gone Danny's asks. "So what are we making?" "Pizza!" Eric says with excitement. "Cool I love pizza. But how can I make pizza?" "You will see. First we have to make the dough. We can do it in the bread maker. I know you are becoming an expert with it." Danny smiles. "Yeah I am getting pretty good at it." "Boy howdy are you. First we need to see what we need and how much." So Eric looks and then he has Danny doing the measuring and he starts the maker and counts the beeps until its on pizza dough setting. After that's done Eric pulls out two pizza pans and he gets them ready for the dough. In a few minutes it signals the dough is done. Eric has Danny get out the dough and start another batch. He puts Danny in front of the dough that's ready to be worked first. He has Danny put a little flour on it so it rolls out easier. He shows Danny where he keeps the rolling pin. He has Danny rolling out the dough. Then has Danny run his fingers over the dough to make sure its even and there are no holes. Once that is done he has Danny put the dough on the pizza pan. He grabs the sauce he removed front the freezer earlier and he has Danny scoop out some and he has him rub it on with his hands so he knows its even and covers everything. Then he gets out the shredded cheese and he has Danny spread it around the pizza evenly and thickly. Once that's done they put it in the oven. When that's done with the other dough is ready and Danny rolls it out as before. Without Eric telling him how to do it. Then he fumbles for the other pizza pan and he puts it on there. He gets the sauce and he puts that on as well. Then he does the cheese. Once its done Eric puts it in the oven with the other one. After that he has Danny wash his hands and they sit down and wait for them to get done. Eric gets a bottle of Coke out for each of them and they enjoy it as the pizzas cook. "See now you can make pizza." Eric says. "I don't know if I can make it well. We haven't tasted it yet." Danny says half joking and half serious. "Its going to be great, you will see." After a few minutes the smell coming from the oven is amazing. "They smell pretty good." Danny says. "Buddy, you really need to understand you can do almost anything you just have to learn how a different way then most." "I know its just hard." "Of course its hard. But, the thing is once you get used to it you will be able to do it like anyone else. Possibly better. Just look at the guitar how quickly you picked up on that." "Yeah." He says smiling. "I do like to do that a lot." "I know and you like making bread." "Yeah. I guess im not as useless as I thought I was." "The only person that thought you were useless buddy was you." As Eric says this he leans forward and rubs Danny's cheek. "The rest of us think your great." "I think you guys are all great too. Eric can I tell you a secret and you not tell anyone?" "Yes." "Before I came here I was thinking about taking my life. I was going to walk out to the street and listen for a car to come and just step in front of it. I thought it would look like an accident so my aunt and uncle wouldn't feel so bad. But I just felt so fucking useless. I didn't know what to do. I was scared. Honestly a lot of the time I am still scared. But, you guys are helping me and I am so much happier now. Sometimes I dream and I can see. The I wake up and its just darkness. It just really sucks." Eric takes Dannys hand in his. "I cant possibly imagine the Hell that is. But, I hope you aren't still thinking of taking your life. All of us would be devastated if anything happened to you. We all love you so much." "Oh no. I found out life can still be good. Just different is all." As he says this the timer goes off letting them know the first pizza is done. Eric takes it out and sits it on the counter. "We will let this one cool while the other one finishes and then call everyone in. So lets go ahead and get the table set. You get the plates and I will get the glasses." "I'm so happy Uncle Santiago had me move out here. I feel like I am useful now." "You could have been before you were too busy feeling sorry for yourself instead of figuring out how to do new things. I saw online this morning about braille so you know what that is?" "I heard of it. Its like bumps on a page so blind people can read right?" "That's exactly right. I'm not too familiar with it myself yet. But, I guess we will learn together as we go huh?" "What your going to learn it too?" "Of course I am. How can I teach you if I cant read what your responses are? At first when you take a test we will have to do it vocally. But, after a while and we learn then you can go back to taking tests like normal." "Your going to test us?" "Of course I am. How will I know if your learning what you need to know if I don't?" "I don't know." "Me neither so we will test and if you guys do poorly then I will have to check and see how I am teaching. If you do well then I'm doing a good job." "So its not just a test for us then?" "No its to test to make sure that one your learning and two that I am doing my job right too." "So your testing yourself as a teacher?" "Essentially yes. Most teachers don't see it that way . They think if the kids do poorly they have stupid kids. But, usually they have a stupid teacher." "I understand now." "Like Mateo cant read at all. He is smart as can be but, he just has never had the chance to go to school. So we have to start at the beginning with him. Its going to be a challenge because none of you are where you need to be. So we are going to have to work really hard this year to get everyone caught up to where they need to be." Eric says as he puts the last glass on the table. Danny already has the plates placed where they need to be. As Eric places the last glass he hears the timer ding again letting him know the second is done. Eric pulls out the second one and slices the pizza Chicago style. In squares versus like a pie. Once hes done with that he cuts the second one and goes to call everyone in. Once they all get in and see its pizza everyone is excited. Even Maria and Zoe and they may be the most excited of all of them. "Eric why did you cut the pizza funny?" Camilla asks facing away from him. He waits until she turns around to answer. "Because where I grew up at that's not funny its how everyone cuts a pizza. The rest of the world cuts it funny we think." "Your silly." "Nope the rest of the world is silly cutting pizza wrong." Eric sits the pizzas on the table and starts handing out slices. Since Danny made it he gets the first pieces. He feels his plate. "This is cut funny." "Well that's the way I always cut it. Been doing it that way my whole life. I'm not changing now." He says very set in his ways that its the proper way to cut it. Because if you load it full of meat and everything else like in Chicago and the Midwest then if its a triangle piece everything falls off. So it makes sense to him. Danny takes a bite. "This is really good Eric. We did a good job on it." "I didn't do anything just told you what to do and how to do it." "You made the sauce." He points out. "OK I did make the sauce. But you did everything else." The rest of the group is eating now and Eric sits a couple pieces on his plate and sits down. "Wow Danny this is really good." They all keep saying. Eric takes a bite and damn it is good. "Danny I think you made this better then I can." Eric says. "I don't know about that. Its good though." Eric had forgotten to get the cokes out and does so now. "I figured we still had some of these left from Benji's thoughtfulness what goes better with pizza then an ice cold Coke?" So he gets a bottle out for everyone and pops the tops. Everyone is eating and drinking and happy. Once they are done its still only 5 and once everything is cleaned Eric heads out to put some of the sheeting on the new rooms. Everything else is framed up and they got the roof on so he starts putting up sheets of plywood. The kids all hear him and head out to help. The ladies join a few minutes later. When they all work together they get it done so much faster. The actually get the sheets up before dark and go sit on the porch and talk about the day and watch the sun set over the mountains. After that they talked about maybe watching a movie. But, everyone was pretty tired from the fun filled day and they all opted to head to bed. Benji and Tomas joined Eric. Danny and Mateo slept with the ladies. Camilla and Lucia slept on the fold out couch. Everyone seemed happy with the way it turned out. The girls started to fuss about not being able to stay with Eric. But, Tomas said it had been a week since he got too. So they stopped their argument quickly. Knowing they didn't have a leg to stand on. Even though Benji had slept with him the last couple nights, Tomas had not. That and they respect the special relationship Benji and Eric have.