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            All the World's a Stage



by Erastes
Copyright 2017 by Erastes
Chapter 28 - New Horizons. 



I stopped at a Rite Aid on the way back from the Y and picked up more lube.  When I got to the apartment, I hadn't been there very long before the boys showed up, and they began asking a bunch of questions. 

"Who's gonna be Oliver?" Jon wanted to know.  "Me or Braedon?"

"Actually, you both are.  We're going to have two different casts, and each of you will get to perform in a dress rehearsal at school and then do a show for the parents." 

"How are we gonna do that?" 

I took a few minutes to explain how one cast would do the dress rehearsal in front of the elementary students, while the other cast in front of the middle school students.  And then I told them about the Saturday and Sunday afternoon performances. 

"Wow!  That's way different than we did with the plays," Tucker responded. 

"Not really different, because each group will still have a dress rehearsal and then perform in front of their families."  

"But why are you having two casts?" Nolan asked next. 

"It's so more people can get involved.  This way, two people get to play each of the roles." 

"So two people will be playing all of the parts?" Will wondered. 

"All but one that I know of." 

"Which one is that?" Gary asked. 

"Fagin." 

"Why?  Who's doin' that?" Tucker wanted to know. 

"That would be me." 

"Really?  You're gonna be in the play too, not just directin' it?" Jon followed, as he looked at me in awe. 

"Yep." 

"Doesn't Fagin sing?" Nolan asked, looking at me dubiously. 

"Yes, he does." 

"You can sing?" they all asked in unison. 

"Yes, I can, and I had to audition for Ms. Atkins too." 

"I thought it would just be us kids," Gary stated as he looked at me strangely. 

"There will be three adults in each cast.  Me, and two others who will be playing Mr. Bumble and the Widow Courney." 

"Who's playin' those parts?" Nolan asked, so I told him.  "Am I still gonna be Noah Claypole?" 

"No, I'm going to have you be Charlie Bates for one cast, and I've selected Will for that part in the other cast." 

"Really?  Me?" Will asked, while appearing to be in a mild state of shock. 

"Yes, you." 

"But I thought Gary was gonna do that," Will mumbled. 

"He was, but not any longer.  Gary will be playing the Artful Dodger in one cast." 

"Isn't that a singin' role too?" Nolan blurted out. 

"Yes, and I had Gary audition on Friday."

"Gary, you can sing too?" the other boys wondered simultaneously.  Gary merely nodded, so I answered for him.

"Actually, he sang very well and Ms. Atkins was impressed." 

"But he isn't even in the chorus!" Jon pointed out.

"Maybe not, but it doesn't mean he's unable to sing.  He has a nice voice." 

"Damn, that's interesting.  So how often are we gonna practice?" Will asked. 

"Two days each.  One group will do it on Monday and Wednesday, and the other on Tuesday and Thursday." 

"So you're gonna have to be there for all the practices?" Nolan followed while studying my face.

"Yes." 

"Can we come to all of them, if we want?" Nolan continued.

"I suppose you can come watch when you're not rehearsing, as long as you don't create a problem and your parents don't mind."

"Then I'm doin' that," Nolan stated.

"Me too," the others chimed in. 

"And me and Tucker will talk to Braedon about doin' that too," Jon offered. 

"That's fine, and before you leave today, I want you to watch the movie with me.  It will give you a better idea about some of the things we'll be doing." 

"K, so we'd better go back to your bedroom and get started then," Will suggested.  I grabbed the bag with the lube I'd purchased earlier and carried it to the bedroom.  As soon as we got there, the boys quickly undressed and were ready to begin. 

"I want you to do it to me like you did it with Nolan and Gary," Will said.

"I can do that, if you want, but you may not react to it the same way they did, just like they didn't respond to doing it the other way like you did." 

"I know, but I still want to try it that way so I can see what it's like." 

"Mr. Roberson, me and Tucker want you to use the large dildo on us first, so we can do the other stuff with everyone else while you're fuckin' Will." 

"Ok, I suppose I can do that too.  So which of you is going first?" 

"I will," Tucker answered. 

I thought this was pretty brave of him, since he'd been the one who was most worried about trying the blue dildo at first, for fear it would hurt.  This time he didn't hesitate at all and hopped on the bed, and the pulled his legs back to his chest, exposing his hole to me.  I could tell he was already pushing out, so I didn't have to request that he do it, and I put the bulbous head against his rectum and added enough pressure to push it forward. 

"Uhhh, uhhh, uhhh," he groaned as it began to force its way inside. 

"Does it hurt?  Do you want me to stop?" 

"No, I'm gonna do this," he hissed between clenched teeth. 

"But does it hurt?" 

"A little, but keep going," he said in the same manner. 

Since he urged me to keep going, I added a little more pressure and watched as the muscular ring grudgingly gave way and allowed more of the dildo to enter.  Tucker was grunting throughout the entire process, but he gave no sign that he wanted me to stop, so I continued what I was doing.  After quite a few seconds and a great deal of effort on Tucker's part, the head of the dildo popped inside and his muscular ring clamped down behind it. 

"I did it!" Tucker announced triumphantly.  Even though he'd passed the first test, I hoped it didn't turn out to be a Pyrrhic victory, where it had caused more harm than good. 

"You did the hard part and the head is in you now, but there's a lot more to still get inside you.  You'll have to be able to do that before I can even think of doing anything with you."

"Then keep goin'." 

I took my time and slowly worked the rest of the shaft into him.  I stopped every inch or so and gave him a chance to adjust to it before I continued.  Once it was all the way in, I left it there for a minute before I began sliding it back and forth.  Tucker was gritting his teeth and grunting when I started doing it, but he never complained.  After continuing for a couple of minutes, I removed the dildo from his butt.

"Put it back in me," Tucker urged. 

"Maybe you should wait until next time to do that." 

"No!  We can do it then too, but I want you to do it now."

I didn't fully agree with him, but I did what he wanted.  It wasn't much easier and still took a minor struggle to get it inside him again, but he did it.  I then worked it in and out a few more times before I finally removed it.  "We'll do this next time too, and if you handle it better, I might even consider doing what you what the time after that." 

"Ok, but at least I'm a little closer to doing it with you," he stated as his chest puffed out in pride. 

I got the dildo ready so I could do the same thing with Jon, and Tucker merely scooted over and let Jon get on the mattress beside him.  As soon as I had the dildo was prepared, Jon pulled back his legs so I could do this with him too.  I placed the head at his opening and began to push, and slowly his sphincter gave way and allowed the head to pop inside.  When that happened, I looked up at Jon's face, totally amazed. 

"I remembered one of the other guys said he used a bottle to practice with, so I found one I could use too.  I've been usin' it for a couple of weeks now." 

"I see, and it seems to have helped." 

"Yeah, cuz I want to do this with you too." 

"Do you think you could help me get a bottle to practice with?" Tucker asked Jon. 

"Yeah, prolly.  My neighbor puts a lot of them in the recycle bin, so I just took one and washed it really good.  If you want, I can take another one out and bring it over to your house so you can wash it and use it too." 

"Yeah, I want you to do that," Tucker agreed. 

While the boys had been chatting, I slid the dildo the rest of the way into Jon's bowels, and then I started sliding it in and out of him.  After I'd done that for a while, I removed the dildo and was ready to move on to Will. 

"Can me and Jon be together today?" Tucker asked. 

"Sure, that's fine with me, as long as the others agree."  Since Nolan and Gary didn't have a problem with it, that's what they did. 

Will was already in position at the foot of the bed while the others were getting in place too.  I'd finished slipping on a condom and lubing it up, so I lubed and stretched out Will quickly, and then I eased into him.  I immediately began thrusting in and out of his butt, but I also angled the action at his prostate, as I was getting into a nice, steady rhythm. 

"Damn, this feels even better than the other way we did it!" he gasped after a minute. 

"I'm glad you're enjoying it." 

We did that for about ten minutes and then Will's body began to tense up, as his bowels tightened around my penis.  When I glanced down, his penis began spitting out the pearly strands of his boy seed. 

"Damn, he's doing it again," Gary gasped.  "I wish I could do that every time like he does."

"Yeah, he does it no matter what way Mr. Roberson fucks him," Nolan added. 

The same thing also happened to me as had happened before, because his muscles squeezed my penis when he began to orgasm and caused me to do the same thing.  As my man seed was filling the condom, Will began to calm down, since he'd finished spewing his load.  I thrust a few more times as the last of my fluids drained into the latex sheath, and after I'd finished ejaculating, I pulled out of Will.  Before I went to clean up, I tossed him the towel I'd placed on the bed so he could wipe up when we finished.

When I got back, I asked Will a question.  "Are you all set, or do you want to take your turn now?"

"Nah, I'm good." 

I then turned to address the other boys about a comment they made earlier.  "Just because Will has been able to ejaculate while I've been fucking him, it doesn't mean it will happen every time, or when he's with someone else.  You've all been fucking each other for a while now, and it's never happened for him except when he's done it with me.  It might just be something about how my penis fits into him that causes his reaction." 

"Maybe, but I wish it fit into me like that," Gary quipped. 

"You and Nolan have had it happen to you too, although only in the one position, while it doesn't seem to make a difference for Will." 

"Are there other ways you can fuck him?" Nolan wondered. 

"Yes, there are." 

"Then you should try to see if he'll cum when you do it those ways too," Nolan suggested. 

"Yeah, I'm willin' to try doin' that!" Will agreed. 

"Somehow I thought you probably would," I teased. 

Seeing the other boys had stopped to watch us, they hadn't quite finished up yet, so I started putting my clothes on while they were still going at it.  As soon as I finished dressing, I went out to the kitchen to get a drink, and a minute later Tucker came running out to speak with me before he'd put his cloths on. 

"Mr. Roberson, if Braedon's gonna be in the musical now, should I start bringing him over so he can spend time doin' this stuff too?  That way we can get him ready to do it with the rest of us?" 

Since I hadn't thought about this, I couldn't give Tucker an answer.  "Let me think about it and I'll let you know later." 

"K," he said as he raced back to the bedroom. 

Before long, all of the boys came out to join me, and I poured them all a drink before we went into the living room to watch the movie.  I was keeping an eye on them, as much as I was focusing on the screen, and I felt they were all enjoying it.  When the movie ended, we talked about it briefly before we agreed it was time for them to go.  They'd been here longer than usual, so I just hoped their parents wouldn't ask them where they'd been or what they'd been doing. 

I went outside to say goodbye to them and watched as they raced across the parking lot.  I was just about to go back into my apartment when I saw Jennifer heading out to her car. 

"I see the boys were here again," she said as she waved at me. 

"Yes, we just watched the movie Oliver! together, in preparation for putting it on." 

"So they're going to be in that too?" 

"Yes, along with many other students."

"Do you know the dates yet?" 

"Yes, I do, and this time you'll have a choice.  We're going to have two different casts, and one will be performing on Saturday, May 13, and the other group will do it the following day.  Both performances will begin at 1:00, so you can come either time." 

"Why are you using two casts?" 

"So more kids are able to participate, since we had so many who wanted to be involved." 

"Ah, I see, so I'll come both times.  I'll be there on Saturday by myself so I can enjoy watching it, and then I'll bring Duane with me on Sunday." 

"That works for me, but you'll have to buy a ticket for each performance." 

"No problem, because I'm sure I'll enjoy it.  So which cast will these boys be in?" 

"A few of them will be in each cast, since some of them will be playing the same part."

"Ah, I see, so I'll definitely want to see both performances then.  It will be worth it, especially if I enjoy it as much as I did the play."

"Then I hope you do." 

As she continued making her way to the car, I went inside and got busy doing other things.  I was also thinking about why Jennifer had said she'd be going to both shows.  Was it so she could see if each of the boys who showed up at my apartment were truly part of this, or was it merely so she could watch each of them in action?  I had no way of knowing for sure, so I put it out of my mind. 

I returned to focusing on the other chores I had to get out of the way over the weekend, including going to Lowe's to order the materials needed to build the set and having them delivered.  When I got back, I finished my household chores, and then I started looking forward to seeing the boys at the Y the following day.  I continued doing that until it was time to go to bed, and I fell asleep thinking about seeing the boys again.

When I got up the next morning, I finished making the list of who would be taking the non-singing roles in each cast so I could give it to Gina.  I did that until it was time to leave, and then I put the list away, planning to finish it up when I got back later. 

I barely got there ahead of the boys this time and nearly got spotted by Nolan's mother as she was dropping them off, so I'd have to be more careful in the future. 

"Mr. Roberson, when are you gonna decide who's gonna be Oliver?" Braedon asked almost as soon as he saw me. 

"We've already made that decision.  Your going to be Oliver with one cast, and Jon will be Oliver for the other cast."

"We're going to have two casts?" 

"Yes, so more kids can be involved in this.  I'll explain it to you later, but now it's time to get ready to swim." 

"K."

Nigel and Rory had showed up while I'd been chatting with Braedon, so we all started to undress and put on our swimsuits.  Once the boys were all set, we headed out to the pool and discovered there was just one other guy in the pool.  He was also getting out of the water and drying off when we got there, so we had the place to ourselves.  Right away the kids wanted to play tag, and they made me 'it' first.  I wasn't sure why they'd done this, but I accepted the challenge and chased them around.  However, Braedon didn't try very hard to get away, so I ended up tagging him and making him 'it' next. 

We played around for quite a while, and then the boys wanted to race again.  Of course, I had to go up against, Rory, Gary, and Nolan, but then the other boys made Nigel swim against us too. 

"That way one of us can win this time," Will stated, speaking for the others. 

Nigel wasn't happy about this, since he assumed he would finish last, but he actually did better than he thought.  I beat them all, while Rory came in ahead of the others, and Nigel was nearly even with Gary and Nolan when they finished.  I think he felt really good about that, and then we watched the other group as they competed with each other. 

Will ended up winning that race, but the outcome could have at least been partly due to the fact that he was older and more physically mature than the other three.  He was in eighth grade, while Tucker and Braedon were in seventh grade, and Jon was in sixth.  I don't think the other boys really cared about any of that, because they were happy they'd finished closer together this time, than when they raced against Nigel too.  They took that as a minor victory and were satisfied, so now that we'd finished racing, we horsed around for a while longer before we decide to head back to the locker room. 

After we'd showered and changed, the boys said goodbye to me as I prepared to leave.  "I'll see you in class," Braedon added, as if I didn't already know that, so I merely nodded before walking out the door. 

I finished the list I'd been working on earlier, and then I checked it over to make sure I hadn't missed or forgotten anything.  Once I was convinced it was complete, I placed it where I'd remember it when I left for school in the morning.  Then, I mentally went over everything I'd be doing the following day, to make sure I wouldn't need anything else and hadn't forgotten something. 

When I finished doing those things, I watched the movie again, but this time I focused on how Ron Moody portrayed Fagin.  I wasn't planning on copying his style, but watching him gave me an idea about how I might approach the role.  After that, I hopped on the internet, went to YouTube, and listened to several different recordings of 'Oliver!', as performed by various London and Broadway casts.  I did this to see how the various actors playing Fagin had interpreted the songs, and there was quite a wide range in how they used inflection to alter how it sounded.  After listening to the various interpretations, I had a pretty good idea about what I was going to do as well. 

The first thing I did when I arrived at school in the morning was to go see Gina.  "I think I unintentionally omitted a name from the list I gave you for the workhouse orphans and Fagin's gang."  I then told her about Hunter. 

"He would be great in Fagin's gang," Gina replied.  "I'll add his name to one of the casts, since there's no set number for how many kids we can use." 

"Great, because I would feel guilty if I was responsible for him being left out." 

"That won't happen now, and I've posted the lists so the kids will know who will be playing each part.  I also added a note for them to see you during the noon hour or after school to get their copy of the script." 

"I'm all ready for them." 

When my lunch hour began, I got my lunch and took it back to my classroom so I could eat in between passing out the scripts.  As soon as the final bell rang at the end of the day, I handed out the rest of the scripts to the kids with the singing roles.  They generally had the most lines to memorize, so this would give them more time to learn them.  I'd hand out the scripts to those with the other speaking roles at our next drama club meeting on Wednesday. 

Once everyone had shown up and been given their scripts, including the adults playing Mr. Bumble and Widow Courney, I packed up what I was taking with me and headed to the office to sign out.  When I got there, Mr. Baldwin had something to tell me. 

"Marshall, I didn't know you were still here.  The things you ordered from Lowe's were delivered, and I had the janitorial staff assist the driver in taking everything to the stage." 

"That's perfect.  Thank you.  Now, Bob Krivyanik and I can start building the set."

Once that had been cleared up, I drove back to my apartment.  I couldn't be sure, but I suspected I was probably more excited about all of this than Gina now, because it meant I would be spending even more time with the boys, including Hunter.  What could be better than that?





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I wish to extend my thanks to Donny for editing these chapters for me and offering their suggestions. 

 

E-mail responses to the stories, story suggestions, or other 'constructive' comments or advice may be sent to:  ErastesTouch@aol.com  - but please put the story title in the subject line, so it doesn't get deleted as junk mail. 

 

My other stories:

http://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/adult-youth/different-points-of-view/

http://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/adult-youth/a-throw-away-kid/

http://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/adult-youth/the-guardian/

http://www.nifty.org/nifty/gay/adult-youth/chance-of-a-lifetime/

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Although the boys in these stories sometimes have unprotected sex, I strongly urge all of you out there to be smart and protect yourselves from various sexually transmitted diseases by using taking appropriate precautions before engaging in sex.