Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 18:34:17 -0600
From: dnrock@rock.com
Subject: Amoral Revisited 17

Amoral Revisited
by:  dnrock(dnrock@rock.com)

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17:  The Trouble With Women


It was May 1, 2009 that Andy and Naomi had their first big and perhaps
last, fight. Andy would not tell me what it was about and Eric, if he knew,
was not talking either.  I never thought I would see my boy in such a funk.
I never experienced anything like this as a teen.  Lucky I guess but I
never had a steady girl or boy, I wasn't regularly fucking at that age
either.

The kid had been moping around for a week now and I for one, was getting
just a little tired of it.  I know he must really be hurting; he doesn't
even want sex.  Eric does not understand, although he is as supportive as
Andy will allow him to be.  Dennis is the only one he will even talk to and
he seems to know almost nothing or is willing to say nothing except, "Andy
is hurting bad."

Today the principal of the school called me.  He too is concerned and not
just for Andy but Naomi as well.  He told me neither of them will talk to
each other and in shared classes Andy has been skipping.  Both children are
way behind with homework in every class.  I called Simon, Leon and Carl to
arrange for a "family meeting" on Saturday.  "This has got to stop," I
thought.  I had no choice, I had to act, but what exactly to do?

Andy is not me.  He is not a cynical, amoral being.  The boy has strong
sense of right and wrong, of duty and responsibility.  What ever it is, it
must be tearing him up inside.  I know he has spent many hours alone in his
room crying.  What ever it is, he must want to do what logic dictates but
his heart must be telling him something else.

I called Elsa to see if she knew anything.  She did but could not reveal
any details.  She did tell me Naomi's parents were as much in the dark as I
was.  Small comfort in that.  It did confirm my suspicion, that it not only
involved the two them, it was about the two the them.

We all assembled in the living room.  Simon, Carl, Leon, Grover, Eric and
myself.  Andy made his appearance.  He was rather sullen and
uncommunicative.  I looked him right in the eye.

"Andy since we came to Wisconsin, we have shared our lives with our closest
friends.  We have never had any secrets from them.  We have never had any
secrets from each other.  We are family by choice.  You must come clean
with us, you must let us do what families do for its members, help when and
where needed."

Andy shook his head no.  Each one in turn pledged his love and support.  I
think Grover and I had a clue about it but we needed Andy to express his
ownership of the problem.  Carl made the difference in his statement.

"Andy you can not change or undue what has been done, what ever that may be
but you can influence the future and one of the things we lawyers do is
find ways to make it right or as right as it can be made.  You and Mat have
trusted me and all of us in the past.  We have your back, just as you have
ours.  Whatever this is, you must trust us with whatever is troubling you
and Naomi."

"I know you will all back me up and I am sure I know what your advice will
be.  The problem is Naomi will not go along with it," Andy blurted out as
tears filled his eyes.

We all wanted to rush to his side and comfort him.  Wisely only Grover did
so.  He did what all of us knew we should but were hesitant to do.  He
called Andy a hypocrite.

"You are being hypocritical Andy, when I came here in physical and
emotional pain you comforted me.  You told me you would always be my
brother and always stand by me.  Now you need my comfort and help and you
reject me and all of us.  You can't have it both ways, we are brothers or
we are not.  What will it be Andy?" Grover said.

There was a long silence before Andy spoke.

"Brothers.  Naomi is pregnant and she refuses to have an abortion or even
consider it.  She wants us to get married and raise our child.  I know I am
not ready for that.  I know she is not either.  What I don't know is what
to do about it."

"Okay," I said.  "Do her parents know?"

"No, she has not told them."

"Do you know how they will feel about it?"

"From what I know, an abortion is out.  I doubt they will want to see us
married."

"I would agree with part of that.  I am not about to sign you up to that,
at your age, no matter what you want.  You are absolutely right in saying
you two are not ready.  I will not see you railroaded into something like
that.  It won't work," I said.

Simon jumped in, "And just how does she know she is pregnant?"

"I bought two test kits, at the drugstore in the Point and she tested
positive on both of them," Andy replied.

"Well those things are good but not 100%.  Were the tests different
brands," Simon questioned?"

"Yes, two different brands."

"How did this happen?  I thought you were using protection," Simon
inquired.

"I used condoms.  She would not let me use spermicide like you suggested,"
Andy said.

"And the rest of the story," Simon pressed.

"She said she was taking the pill."

"She did not get them recently from me but I guess she may have another
physician," Simon said.

"I thought she went to see you after they become sexually active," I asked?

"Both Andy and Naomi did visit me.  You know the advice I gave Andy."

"And Naomi?"

"Can't talk about that specifically but I tell all the sexually active
young ladies the same general things about birth control and protection
from STD's.  I also give all the young people my standard sex
education lectures, you know the one that dispels all the myths," Simon
offered.

"I have had the things break on me.  Is that what happened, Andy?"
Grover asked.

Andy lowered his head.  "No, she told me I didn't need one since she was on
the pill.  I couldn't use the STD bit, since I would need to admit to her
my other sexual activity.  I guess I should have either insisted...," Andy
said.

"No Andy, if you admitted your other activity it would have been all over
the school.  If you insisted anyway, she would think you didn't believe her
or trust her," Eric offered.

"I guess you thought you had no option.  You did, of course.  You just
should have told her you were following Simon's advice.  As I recall that
was use a condom and spermicide, pill or no pill," I said.

Carl and Leo were in a mini conference.

"We have a solution.  It will not be satisfactory to anyone but will, we
think, solve the problem.  Carl will do the talking to Naomi and her
parents.  We are proposing that Naomi go to a special school in Texas,
where she can have the baby, keep up with her studies and the baby will be
adopted at birth.  Mat and her parents will pay for all of this.  No one in
Amhurst need know the truth, except us and her family.  You and Naomi are
finished anyway Andy.  What do you say," Leo said?

Andy did not like the idea at first.  He realized that it was a compromise
that protected everyone, mostly the baby.  Better the baby go to loving
parents, who could not otherwise have a child, than be raised by a single
mom with no education. He knew this from his own sad experience.  Andy did
not share the experience part, except with me.  Something we did not need
to ever speak about, we both just knew. They were correct, as a couple they
were finished.  Andy could never trust her again and his reluctance to
blindly do as she wanted would give her future doubt.

"What if her parents won't go along with this idea," Eric asked?

"I don't think they have much choice in the matter.  In a small town like
this, the last thing they want is the gossip of another unwed mother in
their family.  My vote would be for an abortion and right now.  Andy has
more or less rejected a shotgun wedding, which I would not support anyway.
He is absolutely correct in saying he is not ready to be a parent and Naomi
is not, in my opinion, either," I offered.

"Andy, I want you to get Naomi and her parents over here right now," Carl
said.

"Just get her on the phone and tell her, the cat is out of the
bag with your family and if she does not come now and bring her family
along, I will out her to them."

Andy made the call.  We all gave him privacy.  When he came back into the
room Andy was in a very upset state.  He obviously cared for Naomi, he
logically accepted what was best for all concerned.  Naomi had other ideas.
She expected his loyalty to her and the child.  In her mind it was his
agreement with her that demonstrated it.  In Andy's it was setting aside
what he wanted for what was best for all.  He also respected her and her
family's views on abortion.

"She did not seem to realize Andy had trusted her and she betrayed that
trust.  How she ever thought that could be overlooked in the long run I
will never understand," I thought.

While he was out of the room Simon suggested that Naomi had probably not
taken or misused the birth control pills.  Missing a pill now and then will
not cause this.  Stopping all together causes fertility to increase for a
cycle or two and a healthy young woman is plenty fertile without additional
help.  Grover and Eric both suggested that Naomi must have planned this.
Leo was more generous.  He thought she was probably just confused about
proper use.  We all thought it was stupid of them both to abandon the last
line of defence.

"It is not a matter of trust in the person.  It is a matter of misplaced
trust in the technology," Leo suggested.  "Or misplaced faith.  Perhaps it
is blind acceptance in pronouncements of some religious leader or another.
The Pope comes foremost to mind."

Andy moped around until Naomi and her family showed up.  Eric and Grover
were assigned to keep her sisters busy down by the lake.  They were
anything but pleased about this, both the boys and the girls.

Carlton took control of the little meeting.  "Naomi, do your parents know
why we are all here this afternoon?"

"No Sir."

"Do you tell them or do I?"  Naomi responded by bursting into tears.  This
immediately gained her great sympathy from mom and dad, as well as Andy.  I
had seen this before.  Naomi was manipulating them.  I did not know if this
was intentional or not but I recognized the behaviour.  I had seen it
before.

"Enough of this crap," Carl boomed!

Silence followed.

"Naomi is pregnant, the father is Andy," Carl stated, in his flat lawyer
tone.

Mom stared in disbelief and dad's face showed the look of epiphany, he now
understood.  To say the man is pussy wiped would be perhaps harsh.  To say
his wife runs the family is probably accurate.

"When is the wedding Mat," dad asked?

"Not so fast," Carl said. "My clients are not convinced that is the best
solution to this situation. Andy do you want to get married?"

"No."

"Mat, are you willing to allow Andy to get married?"  Carl asked?  .  "Not
as long as he is underaged and I would not be supportive of it, until he
finishes university?"

"Andy, why do you refuse the idea of marriage?"  Carl asked.

"I know I am in no position to support a family.  I am not sure what I want
to do with my life yet.  I know I have lots to learn and things to try
before I even consider settling down."

"Andy don't you love me," Naomi asked between her sobs?

"It is not a matter of love.  It is simply a matter of logic and
rationality.  You and I are just not mature enough.  As Mat said, he will
not give me consent."

"Well then I'll just have the baby and you can support it and me," Naomi
said.

"Not so simple Naomi.  For one thing, child support is possible but support
for you is another thing.  Remember Mat here is only his guardian not his
parent and Andy has neither assets or substantial income.  If you want to
go down that road you had better be prepared to explain all your actions
leading up to this result to your parents, us and ultimately the court.  I
think you need to think this over and talk this over with your parents.

Everyone must remember this is not about you, it is about the unborn child.
It is not about what you, me or anyone else wants, it is about what is best
for this new, totally dependent human being," I said, completely surprising
myself in the process too.  I spoke like I cared, not quite like me. The
surprise is I do.

Naomi and parents went off to one of the cabins for a little conference.

When they returned Naomi's father did the talking.  He was incredulous are
first about Andy's role in the affair.  Not his fucking his daughter but
about the use of birth control and so on.  Andy explained everything as he
did earlier.  Father was less then pleased and looked at Naomi for an
explanation.  She must have told him a different story.  It didn't take
long before Naomi began to change her story, to something that closely
matched Andy's.  It turned out Naomi had stopped using the birth control
pills without telling Andy.

She did this at her mother's urging, as mother did not believe in the
practice, claiming that "God would protect her if she prayed."

Simon just shook his head trying to understand how rational people could be
so superstitious.  Naomi agreed he could speak openly about his advice to
the couple and about what he had prescribed.

The woman was still insisting that Naomi must not have been fervent enough
in her prayers or her faith.  Even her husband rolled his eyes.  I call it
delusional faith.

"Since we agree that these two should not wed and raise the child, I see
only three options.  First, is an abortion. Second, Naomi has and raises
the child in your household.  Third, the child is placed for adoption,"
Carl explained.

Naomi and mother insisted abortion was out of the question.  Father was
less then keen on adding an infant to his household.  Andy was of two
minds.  He was not opposed to being active in the child's life but he was
not prepared to be a full time parent. He did agree to have his name on the
child's birth certificate.  He restated his position on adoption.

"I think it is best for the child to be raised by loving parents, two of
them.  I vote for adoption.  I think if Mat and I had some say, we would
like to have living parents.  We miss them.  I am adopted and I know the
better for it.  I lost both my birth parents and my adoptive parents.  I
think I'm an expert on this part," Andy said.

Carl then suggested the school in Texas, where Naomi could continue her
education. The school would locate and qualify the prospective adoptive
parents and the baby would be handed over, as soon as it was born.
Naomi's mother could and should be with her for the birth and to
bring her back home.

Naomi and mother agreed with this, given a little prompting from
father. More like his insistence.  He simply agreed with Carl and Andy, not
leaving room for any discussion.  Carl offered for Andy and I to pay 50% of
Naomi's costs.

"It is important for Naomi to save face in the community.  I suggest none
of us say anything to anyone about the agreement Carl will prepare.  I
think it best that Naomi just tell everyone she won a scholarship to attend
a small church school in Texas and she will leave by the end of June.
Since everyone knows that you two have been under stress of late, just tell
them it is result of your decision Naomi and you are still friends," I
suggested.

"I'm not sure I want him as a friend," Naomi said.

The look on Andy's face was priceless.  He was hurt and angered at the same
time.

Leo finally spoke.  "Naomi, this is not just about you or your hurt
feelings.  Nor is it about Andy and his feelings.  Like it or not, you two
are on the same team. You don't just go from lovers to less than friends in
an afternoon.  Look at it this way.  It is third and long yardage.  You run
the play and your line mate misses the block.  Sure he let you down.  Sure
he let the team down.  The game isn't over because of that.  You still must
play to the end of the clock.  What do you do?  Give up or keep trying?
You keep trying.

Lets face it kids, you were sure enjoying sex and each other's company
before all this came down.  You can keep it up and support each other, your
team mate to the end.  It's just a few weeks away."

"Well I don't want to sleep with him any more," Naomi said.

"You don't need to if you don't want to Naomi.  We can still be friends.
Look at it this way, we know each other better then we know any other kids
in the school. All we need to do is help each other through this.  Just
because I don't want to get married or become a parent, something I think
neither of us is truly ready for, does not mean we can't still be friends.
I still love you, sex or no sex.  It is not you that is being rejected; it
is the situation we are in.  I think everyone is trying to protect you.
Look, if the school knows you are pregnant, you are somehow thought less of
but I am a hero.  I didn't make up this crap but we both know that is what
will happen.  I don't think it is fair either but it is the way it is.  You
know the kids and the town gossips.  Play the game with me like Leo said.
Win, lose or draw, at least no one can say we quit on each other," Andy
pleaded.

Carl spoke again.  "I can't tell you names but I can tell you I
know a boy and girl, well now a man and woman, who did this about 20 years
ago.  About a year ago their daughter wrote each of them a letter asking if
she could meet them.  They both agreed.  They are now married to other
people and both with several children each.  They are both very glad they
accepted.  Their children are all glad to know they have an older half
sister and were delighted to meet her.  Both biological parents are very
proud of this daughter, almost as much as her adoptive parents are.  One
more thing, the boy and girl are on firm and friendly terms with each
other.  They both told me the adoption was the best thing they could have
done for all concerned." (authors note, Carl's story is a true one.  It is
not autobiographical, except for the direct knowledge the parties
involved.)

This all settled out and life returned to more or less normal.  Andy and
Naomi even went to the Prom together.  Dennis and Eric were both pleased to
see things returned to normal.  We started to get on with our lives as best
we could.  Andy was just a little lost at first but he soon came around.

Early in June Dennis started to spend all his free time with Andy and Eric.
I thought it just a bit odd that Dennis seemed to be girl-less and began
staying overnight, sometimes for several days at a time.  I began to get
concerned when Andy's presence in my bed began to become a rare event.
Eric seemed to pick up his slack when he was was not with Simon.

I was a bit surprised at this, Dennis and Andy were both helping Dennis'
father on the farm.  Either Eric was not talking or did not know what was
going on.  I was sure in the dark.  I knew that Andy and Dennis had often
shared sex.  Eric did not seem to be a full partner in this but I am sure,
joined in from time to time.  I need to be completely honest.  I was just a
bit jealous.  Not that I wasn't getting my needs met.  I want some of
Dennis too.  The kid is good looking and very muscular.  His assets are as
good as any even if he is just a bit shy and introverted.

I figured he was just helping Andy come to full terms with the Naomi
situation.  She and her Mother departed for Texas a few days after school
ended. Little did I know that Naomi could not keep her mouth shut.  I did
not find that out until almost the end of June.

Simon called me on the 10th of the month.  Informing us that he and Melissa
had officially split.  Ray had taken a summer job with Melissa's father and
he would be keeping her bed warm for the foreseeable future.  I knew this
was coming but it was still a bit of a shock.  Simon had moved to a very
fancy condo, only a few blocks from his office.  He wanted Eric to stay
with him for a week or so.  We took Eric to the Point on the 12th.  I was
just a bit surprised that Dennis came along with us.

Simon only had his personal stuff to move.  It took our crew and a rented
cube-van to accomplish that, in under six hours.  Eric would stay for the
week and help Simon unpack and put stuff away.  It was also clear that
Simon was preparing to become a full time lover to the boy.  In the new
condo, Eric not only had his own room but that room was stuffed with boy
toys.

Simon returned the rental and ordered pizza.  He insisted that Andy, Dennis
and I stay the night.  Eric was most gracious in offering his room to us.

"I'm sharing with Simon so you three should give my new bed a good test,"
the smile on his face was priceless.

I was not quite sure how Dennis would feel about sharing with both Andy and
myself.  He had shared with Andy many times.  He shared with Eric too.  He
never shared with me before.  He has always been friendly and respectful
toward me but never showed any affection or interest, beyond the purely
social.  I have always liked the lad and I am sure he liked me.  We were
friends.  The boys all went to take care of personal business while Simon
and I drank the last of the beer.

"Eric tells me that Dennis is taking the thing with Naomi harder then
Andy," Simon said.

I know the puzzled look on my face told him I had no idea.

"I thought he was supporting Andy," I said.

"Yes, so did I.  Eric has a different take.  He would say nothing more than
that and I didn't press.  He did assure me this was emotional and my
professional services were not needed," Simon continued.

I shrugged my shoulders.

"I have no clue.  Not like me to miss it but I guess I did.  I did
understand Dennis was having girl trouble but he didn't seem too
concerned about it.  Dennis has always been a little on the shy side and I
always thought the strong silent type," I said.

"You know those two have been sexually involved for years don't you?"
Simon questioned.

"Yes, it always seemed more lust then love," I replied.

"Friendship that leads to lust can lead to more than that.  I think you
should try and find out some details.  I learned Grover is also a little
concerned about Dennis.  He would not say much either, except he has never
liked the girlfriend, Rachel I think, called her manipulative and
overbearing," Simon finished as the boys returned.

Three naked boys trouped into the room.  Eric climbed into Simon's lap and
pressed his body against his man.  Simon wrapped his arms around him
suggesting bed.  Andy and Dennis stood behind me.  Andy placed his hand on
my shoulder.  I kissed that hand and rose to brush my teeth.

Andy took Dennis' hand and they said good night, disappearing into the
bedroom.  It did not take me long to arrive in the bedroom.  I was assuming
this would be a night of little or no sex.  I was completely wrong.  This
is not like me.  I have a good track record of reading other people and
situations.  This time I was completely fooled.