Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2021 19:03:02 -0400 From: Eric Murphey Subject: Transitions Continued Journey Section 3 I hope everyone is doing well at this time. Being laid off has given me a lot of time to think. As you all know it has long been my desire to have a farm and to be able to use that farm to help people. To join together as a group like in Accidental Paradise and make lives better for everyone there. I have noticed a lot of my readers are retired guys that have lost their spouse or partner and are lonely. My farm could be a place for them to come together and have friends and people who love them. Also I would hope to help other people who work so hard and seem to never make ends meat. Like me. I would like to create a community of people who come together and love and respect each other regardless of race sex sexaul orientation. Just accept people for who they are and how they are. Because we all have what others perceive as faults. SUch as my sexual feelings. I just think it would be nice to have a community where people can go and be themselves. For nearly thirty years this has been my dream. Its why it was so easy to start out on Accidental Paradise. Then I half stopped because I lost my dream for a while. But, during this time I have come to realize that others would like to help see this dream come to pass as well. That some of you may actually like to join me in my "delusional" quest? ANyway I will be setting up a Venmo account its my understanding thats the easiest one to figure out. If you are interested in helping with a donation I will be putting up the information how to do so in the near future. I will myself continue to strive towards this goal. I don't know if anyone really would like to help but I figure it doesn't hurt to ask. OK on to other things. First I want to say thank you so much to a very kind and compassionate person who has been editing for me. He has yet to call me an idiot or send me an email telling me I'm nothing but a hack and should stop writing because I'm driving him mad with my lack of punctuation skills or knowledge. OK I keep rambling but heres the story and after you should click the little button on the nifty page that says donate. Now heres what you are wanting. Continued Journey Section 3 A Murphey Family Adventure. Once Eric and the boys get back to the hotel they are all just beat. They all shower and go to bed to get ready for the very, VERY long flight. Joey says he just needs some alone time, and the others all respect that, because sometimes you just need to be alone, to have "me" time to have a wank, watch a movie, or do whatever without having to worry about anyone else. Granted, no one in their family would think twice if someone just pulled out his cock and started to wank. But Joey just wants to sleep and not have to think about anything. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zero. They all sleep soundly, and Alejandro and Tran wind up in Eric's bed while Joey stays by himself. When Joey wakes up, he goes to the living room and sees Eric sitting there in a robe watching CNN on low volume. "Whatcha doing dad?" "I'm working on string theory," Eric says. "No you're not, you're watching the news!" "Good deduction. Are you hungry?" Eric asks as Joey climbs on his lap. "Yeah, but I just want to sit with you for a while." Eric gently runs his fingers up and down Joey's smooth naked chest and sees Joey's little boyhood rise from the touch to his body. "Dad, do you think that Mr Eric is like you?" Eric knows what Joey means, but plays dumb for some reason. "How do you mean?" "That he likes boys, you know, in bed and stuff?" "I would say the odds are against it. Only 1% of men are like me. That is a lot if you look at the numbers. There are around 7 billion people in the world now and 1% of that is?" Eric waits for Joey to figure it. "70 million?" "Is that a guess or an answer?" Joey bites his lower lip as he does the math again. "An answer." "Very good, it is in fact 70 million. Now only about half of that is men so then it's 35 million men that are like me. What countries have a population of around 35 million?" "I don't know," Joey answers. "What country is north of the United States?" "Canada," Joey says, smiling because he knows his answer is right. "Exactly, So if every man who is like me were counted it would be about the population of Canada compared to the entire rest of the world. Also you have Poland that has about the same as Canada. And England, but not the entire UK..." "Dad, what's the difference between England and the UK? I mean, aren't they the same?" Eric looks at him. "We got to get you in a better school, buddy. England is just England by itself. The United Kingdom includes England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland." "Not regular Ireland?" "No." Eric is still gently running his fingertips up and down Joey's body as they talk. Joey is enjoying the feeling of being lovingly touched, and Eric is of course equally enjoying touching a boy he truly loves. "So it's possible that he is?" Joey continues. "I suppose so. Why?" "Well, I just like him and hope he is. Would you be mad if I did stuff with him if he is?" "Of course not if it's what you wanted to do. I have no issues with you having sex with anyone so long as it's your choice, buddy." "What about Alejandro? I know you love him better." "Why would you think that?" "Dad, I'm not stupid; you are with him all the time." Eric is sitting and Joey is on his lap with his back to Eric's chest. Eric picks Joey up and spins him so he is facing him, not an easy task with a ten year old. Eric looks him directly in his sparkling blue eyes. "Joey, I spend a lot of time with Alejandro because he wants to. I'm glad he likes spending time with me. It's not because I love him more, it's because he chooses it. If it were my choice I would hog all of you boys' time and always be with you. ALL of you. If you want to spend more time with me, ALL you have to do is show up. I love all you boys so much it hurts. So there's no way I could love any of you more than the other. I would give my life in a second for any of you." Eric pauses then adds. "You boys are all so amazing and so different, and you always astonish me with your many talents. I wonder if all boys have talents like you and people just ignore them because they are young. But no, I do not love Alejandro best, or most, or any other superlative you can think of. Alejandro needs time with grown-ups he can trust, because he hasn't had many that were trustworthy. That's why we are together so much. You can always join us." "But I feel like I'm butting in," Joey replies, telling Eric how he truly feels. Eric wraps his arms around him and pulls him into a hug. "Joey, you are my son and Alejandro's brother. You are welcome always to join us. I know I wouldn't think of you as butting in, and I KNOW your brother wouldn't either," Eric tells him, releasing the hug as he finishes. Joey continues laying chest to chest with Eric. "Dad?" "Yeah buddy," Eric says, running his fingers up and down his back. "One day when we get to Mr Eric's farm can it just be you and me for a day? I would really like that." "I don't see that as a problem. I'm sure Mr Eric has some cool things for us to do. One of the children was telling me they have a really neat waterfall. Maybe we can go see that." "I was thinking maybe we could go to that little town they are kind of close to." "Oh you mean the one that's a two hour drive?" "Yeah that's the one." "I think we can arrange something. I will talk to Mr Eric and see where it's safe for us to go and where we need to stay away from." Then Joey starts giggling. "What?" "We got you calling him Mr Eric, too." "Well, I hear it so much I guess it just stuck." "It might make sense when we get there for us to call him Mr Eric, and for the children there to call you Mr Eric. That way, when you two are together then you will know who we are talking to." "That's a clever idea, son," Eric says, rubbing the top of his soft, blond head. To Eric, this isn't a sexual time. It's just a very warm, loving moment with his son. Joey however has different ideas. He reaches down and grabs Eric's soft cock and slowly starts stroking it. "You don't have to do that, buddy." "I know," he says as he feels Eric's cock harden to its full length. Joey slides down Eric and is on his knees on the floor in front of him. He releases Eric's cock from his robe and takes the head into his mouth. He slowly starts stroking the rigid member and starts bobbing up and down, taking a bit more on each downward push. He takes about three fourths of Eric's cock into his mouth and slightly into his throat, taking his time. He plays gently with Eric's balls and sack. He slides his tongue up and down the hard cock in front of him. Eric thinks of someone saying once that he is making love to his cock with his mouth. That is exactly what it feels like, too. Eric is panting and moaning and truly enjoying his ten year old blonde son sucking him. He looks down through lidded eyes as Joey looks up at him. Eric almost came when he saw Joey looking up at him; he just finds it so erotic. He gently rubs the side of Joey's head with his right hand. He wants to suck Joey, but the pleasure he's receiving is so great he can't stop it even if he wanted to. "I'm going to cum," Eric pants. Joey raises up and sucks hard on the head and strokes the shaft fast with his hand. Joey uses his tongue, swirling it around Eric's cockhead until he shoots hard, firing several large volleys of cum into Joey's waiting mouth. Joey swallows as fast as he can to get all of the cum, but Eric's load is just too large for his little mouth to hold and a bit slips down his chin. Once Eric has reached his peak and Joey knows it's time to let go because then it's just too much, he takes Eric's cock gently from his mouth and lays it on Eric's belly. He looks up at him with cum dripping from his chin and a smile on his face. "Joey, that was amazing! Thank you. Now let me get you," Eric says, holding out his hands to help Joey up. "Nah, I'm good dad. I got to get dressed and wake up my brothers." "Are you sure?" "Dad, you said a long time ago that loving someone is doing something for them and not expecting anything in return. A lot of times we both do things for each other. A lot of times you just do things for me. I wanted to do something just for you." "Is this because of our earlier conversation?" "No dad. I woke up thinking about it. I was going to do it anyway." "OK, just making sure. I don't want you thinking you have to do things so I that will love you, or so I will love you more than, or as much as someone else." "I know dad. I just wanted to make you feel good. Sometimes things are simple, you know." Joey starts walking to his room to get dressed. "I just want to be a good dad, buddy, and make sure you always understand things." Joey looks back at him and smiles. "You're the best dad." "I hope you think that when you're a teenager!" "Dad, I will always think that," he says, and walks into his room. Eric smiles, thinking he is teaching his son right. Not about blowing him, but about not expecting something back when you do something for someone, no matter what it is. He gets up and goes and wakes Tran and Alejandro, and they get ready. They go to the lobby and just get a quick American breakfast. Then it's off to the airport; Sakura drives them there. Once they get there the boys line up to hug her goodbye. They all hug Sakura and tell her goodbye. Eric tells them to get on the plane and that he will be there in a minute. He looks at Sakura and says, "Sakura, I know you said that tipping in Japan is, as you said, crass. However, this isn't a tip. It's a gift to a friend to say thank you for helping us, because you aren't our guide anymore, you are a friend. A true friend who wants nothing from us but to be accepted into our group. So from one friend to another, I got this for you." He hands her a little jeweler's box. She lets a tear slip from her eye as she takes it softly from his hand. She opens the little velvet box and gasps, "Oh it's so elegant," and smiles. She sees that it's a simple silver chain with a single diamond in a nice setting and adds, "It's just perfect for everything." Eric smiles and says, "I'm so glad you like it." She hugs him again, kisses his cheek, and tells him, "If you're ever back in Japan please get in touch with me so we can get together." "Same for when you come to America. We would love to show you around the great Midwest." "I will email you often," she says. "I will return them often as well." Eric walks up the steps to the plane and boards, looking back at her on the ground. She is admiring the necklace and Eric smiles knowing it was the perfect gift. He thought about something larger and made of gold, but he felt she wouldn't appreciate it as much nor wear it as often. He thought it is a pretty little necklace she can wear everyday and remember the time they had together. He isnt sure why this is important to him. But it is. >From the top of the stairs he looks back and smiles then boards the plane to see the boys in their usual places. Eric sits in his usual area of the plane and Joey comes and sits next to him. Eric puts his arm around him. "Dad, you really liked Sakura, didn't you?" Eric thinks for a moment. "Yeah, I really did. She is a special woman that one." "She's really pretty too, isn't she?" Eric smiles. "No son, she isn't pretty, she is beautiful. Inside and out." Joey cocks his head at his dad. "You like her? I mean like, really like her?" Eric ponders Joey's question for a minute and imagines her as a lover more than a friend. He feels his cock stir a bit, something it has never done before when thinking about a woman. "I don't know son. Maybe. But it's certainly not something I want to pursue. I have you guys to take care of. I don't need a woman around messing everything up," Eric says, half joking. "It would kind of be cool to have a mom, though." "Buddy, it's just going to be me, but thanks for trying to play matchmaker," he says, rubbing Joeys head. Joey starts playing the handheld video game thing he got in Japan. Actually, all three boys got one. Eric figured that on the long flight the game would keep them occupied for a while. They take off and are soon on the way to the land of Argentina. All of them are looking forward to the fun they will have at the farm. Eric and the boys are thinking it will be like the freedom of being on the island without being away from the modern conveniences we all are so used to like restrooms., appliances, and coffee. That, and none of them can wait to try the pizza there. They are all becoming pizza snobs; no more Pizza Hut for the likes of them! It's either good or forget it. So they get lots and lots of pizza from Tony's restaurant. (Just a note. This is a real place and the best pizza I have ever had. I am a pizza snob. I live in New York now. I think it's a law.) About half an hour into the flight the flight attendant pops out and gets them all drinks. "Excuse me, ma'am, how long is this flight?" Tran asks. "It's 26 hours," she answers and then walks to get other things ready for them. "DAAAAAAD!!!! You said it was 20 hours. That was bad enough!" Alejandro is standing next to Joey's seat now. "Poppi, that's like forever. It's more than a whole day." Eric looks at Tran who is just shaking his head back and forth, slowly mouthing "26 hours". "Guys, listen up," Eric starts out. They all look at him. "First, I am sorry, I never looked into it and didn't know the flight was so long. I thought 20 hours seemed right. I know that none of you are huge fans of flying anymore. I'm not really excited about 6 hours more on this thing either. But we have a good flight crew. We have a good plane that was just inspected before we left. There are no storms in our path. So that's REALLY good. I say we sit back, enjoy each other's company, and when we get there enjoy our time with our friends after the concert. Just think how much fun we are going to have at the farm!" "Yeah, It's gonna be cool dad." "Yeah, poppi. Do they got horses?" "I don't think so," Eric replies. "They got pigs. You can ride the pigs," Joey chimes in. "I um don't think they like that. Pretty sure it pisses them off," Eric says. "Would be funny though," Joey says. "Maybe to you. But I don't want a 600 pound pig pissed at me." "They are that big?" "Some get up to 800 pounds and even bigger." "Guess that's where `fat as a hog' came from," Joey says. "I would venture to say you're correct," Eric says, chuckling. "Poppi, will you play checkers with me?" "Sure. But how about this. Since we are apparently going to be on this plane forever, let's have a checkers tournament. Make it double elimination. I think we are all fairly evenly matched at checkers. How's that sound?" "Cool," is the resounding response. "What's the winner get?" Tran asks. "I don't know, what do you guys think?" "Everyone else is their slave for the day," Joey says. "Think a second Joey. You may not win," Eric replies. "Yeeeeaaaaahhh. Not a good idea then." "Firsts for a month," Alejandro says. "What's firsts for a month little bro?" "OK, you know how we always take turns going first to get to do stuff? Or like to get dessert? Whoever wins gets to go first on everything for a month." Eric rubs his beard thinking about it. "I like it," Tran says after having a second to think. Joey smiles and says, "Me too." "I think that's a good idea little guy." Alejandro beams at the praise those who love him are giving him. He likes making them happy, and doing so makes him happy. So they all pull out a coin and flip it. Luckily, two get heads and two get tails. The heads play each other and the tails play each other. It's Tran and Alejandro in one match and Eric and Joey in the next. The winners take the winners and the losers take the losers. Whoever wins the play between the losers would play the loser of the winning game then play the winner in a match of three games. It has the desired effect in that it entertains them all for a couple of hours as they talk trash to each other, but in a friendly way. Joey is the first one eliminated. He takes it in stride though, because he knows that he is a good player; he just got beat is all. Then Eric goes out and Tran and Alejandro battle for the checkers grand championship bragging rights. At least until they have another competition. Tran takes the first game. Alejandro is not bothered by the loss and beats him the next game, so the match is tied. The flight attendant lets them know that a meal is ready for them. They take a break and eat, waiting until after they're done to finish the next game. Alejandro and Tran rib each other the whole time. "The only reason you won the first game is because i didn't want you to feel bad," Alejandro says. "Whatever," Tran says, laughing at him and making Alejandro giggles knowing he was full of shit. The brothers love each other so very much, but when they compete they never play any way but their hardest and best. It isn't cutthroat, but beating your brothers at something is always fun. Losing isn't the end of the world either, because each of them knows that he will beat them at something else soon anyway. He is dancing around the plane singing "I am the champion. I am the champion of the plane!" Eric laughs at his antics. The flight attendant has been watching and is amused by the boys and their dancing, chatter and singing. She has been laughing and joking with the family and is fitting in very nicely. So much so that when she brought out desert she put the cake in front of Alejandro. "You won firsts," she says with a smile. Alejandro returns the smile and tells her, "Thanks," as he enjoys the chocolate layer cake. When they get done with eating, Eric opens up a book he got at the hotel and starts reading. Alejandro opens his book and sits next to Eric. Tran is playing on his game, as is Joey. They start a little game battle between them and are having a nice time. Eric dozes off after he has been reading for a while. After they stop for fuel and take flight again they have been moving for 16 hours in the jet. They unfold the seats that turn into little sleeping areas and all have a nice sleep. Eric wakes up first and sees they have only about an hour and a half of the flight left. He gets himself a cup of coffee and has a pee, then sits down. Everyone else is asleep except the people flying the jet. Eric leans back and sips and enjoys his coffee, looking out the window to see the ocean fly by beneath them. When he finishes his cup he makes another. He is enjoying it when Alejandro comes and sits on his lap. "You want some juice buddy?" Alejandro gives a sleepy nod. Eric sits him on the other seat and goes and gets some orange juice for him. Alejandro scoots quickly back on Eric's lap. Alejandro just has on sleeping pants and Eric is gently petting his chest. Alejandro grabs the blanket in the seat next to them and pulls it over himself. "Cold?" Eric asks. "A little." Eric wraps his arms around him under the blanket and holds his sweet little guy. Eric gently starts rubbing Alejandro's chest again and he feels Alejandro has some wood going. Eric giggles a little. "What, poppi?" Alejandro asks quietly. "I was just thinking. Want to join the mile high club?" he asks, just above a whisper so he doesn't wake anyone. "Whats that?" Alejandro whispers back. "It's when you have sex on a plane," Eric whispers back. "Poppi, we can't do that here. We would get caught," Alejandro says with fear in his eyes. "Well, we can't have full blown sex. But we can do this," Eric says as he slips his hand in Alejandro's sleeping pants and starts rubbing his hard cocklet. Alejandro moans his approval at the idea and spreads his legs wider to give Eric better access. It only takes about two minutes and Alejandro feels his body starting to reach its peak. He shutters and moans softly as he has his drymax. Eric slips his hand out from Alejandro sleeping pants and Alejandro sighs in contentment. "I guess I got another first, poppi," he whispers. "Yes you did! You're the first one of us to be a mile high member." At that, Alejandro reaches for Eric's hard member. "No buddy. Probably shouldn't do me. I imagine the flight attendant will be getting up soon." Alejandro accepts this but doesn't take his hand form Eric's hard cock under the blanket. It isn't two minutes later and the attendant comes out from her area looking as though she has been up a short time and has pulled herself mostly together. "Would you two like some breakfast?" she asks just above a whisper. They both smile. She brings Eric another coffee as his second one is gone already, and she brings them some nice pastries to choose from. "Poppi, I'm first," Alejandro reminds him as Eric starts to grab a nice danish. "Then you better pick." Alejandro does and gets a strawberry danish. Eric gets a cheese one. They enjoy their food and time together. Joey is soon the next to get up, followed by Tran. They are all pleased they only have a short time left on the jet. Tran and Joey get a little something to eat and they all sit back. Very soon afterward, they are on the ground. "Dad, I never thought that flight was going to end." "It sure was a long one." On the tarmac a car is waiting for them and they head to the hotel the studio has set up for them. They get to the suite and Eric is happy he can actually understand people once again. Once they arrive Eric sees a package on the coffee table addressed to him. "Cool," Eric says as he picks it up and opens it revealing a brand new phone set up with his old number. He tried in vain while in Japan to get a new phone. They wouldn't let him, so he had one of the ladies in his office get it for him. He turns it on and it's fully charged. "Great I am back in bidness," he says smiling and then texts Joy, "Hey got a new phone finally. We are in Argentina. Hope you are doing well." Joy responded, "Gosh it was so nice when you didn't have a phone," with a couple of smiling emojis following it. He texts back "whatever" with a smiley. Eric then sends Mr Eric an email letting him know they have arrived safely. He has emailed him a few times. Apparently the entire family was a wreck when they heard about the plane crash. Now they are looking forward very much to their guests visiting. Mr Eric emails back saying that they would pick them up the day after the concert. Eric had told him earlier that he would rent a car, but Mr Eric said he would never find the farm. So it was agreed upon that Eric and the boys would get picked up. The boys unpack as Eric asked them to, now that they have things to unpack again. "Dad, I'm starving," Joey announces. "Of course you are, it's been a good hour since you had something," Eric says, pulling his leg. Joey just giggles. "Tell your brothers to get ready so we can go eat." They all change clothes as they feel icky from the long plane ride. They decide since they all speak Spanish except Tran, who is still learning, to venture out into the city to eat. "Cool poppi, they got KFC." "Hmm, I wonder if KFC is different here?" Eric asks. "Guess we can find out, dad." "I'm game, Ba." So that's indeed what they do. KFC is mostly the same but with some slight differences because of the region of the world they are in. The chicken is for sure KFC but the coleslaw is different, not bad, just different. They eat and head back to the hotel where they relax in front of the TV for a few hours before they decide to have someone drive them to a nice dinner spot. They have a nice steak dinner and head back to the suite to relax for the rest of the evening. When they get back to the room, Eric calls the desk and arranges their plans for tomorrow. When he hangs up, Alejandro asks where they are going. "It's a surprise, but you will like it, I am sure of that." "Why do you always got to surprise us and not just tell us, poppi?" "Don't you like surprises?" "Sure, but you always do it. "Do you really want to know, or do you want to be surprised?" Alejandro ponders the question for a few seconds. "Let me get back to you on that." Eric just rolls his eyes at him. In response he gets an eye roll back. After a few hours, Alejandro decides to wait and be surprised. They all head to bed. As Eric is almost asleep Joey joins him. Eric wraps his arms around him and hugs him close. "I love you buddy." "Love you too, dad." They drift off to sleep. The house phone wakes Eric at 5 AM. Eric staggers half asleep to the phone and answers, "Bueno?" He waits a moment, listens to the caller, and says "Sí. Gracias." He walks back to his room. "Joey, it's time to wake up, we got to get going. Get dressed, grab several waters and put them in your backpack with some snacks." "Dad, why so early? The sun isn't even up yet." Eric ignores the complaints and goes to wake the others and informs them of the same thing. After half an hour the boys are all ready and assembled. He walks with them to the elevator and they ride down into the lobby. They are taken to a car then to the airport. They are ushered to a "helichopter" and take off within two minutes. Eric doesn't pay attention to how long the flight is. When they arrive they get in a car and are taken to their destination. When they arrive the boys are shocked and amazed. "Boys welcome to Cataratas del Iguazú, or in English for Tran, Iguazu Falls. If you look over there it's Brazil. This area is Argentina." "Gosh poppi, there are so many waterfalls. Is this one the biggest in the world?" "No buddy, it's about three times the size of Niagara Falls but not the biggest in the world. It does however have 275 different waterfalls." "It's so flippin' cool, dad!" "Ba, how do you suppose the falls got here?" "I would guess a plate shift or an earthquake. But legend has it that a deity, or god, planned to marry a beautiful woman named Naipi. Well, she ran off with her human lover in a canoe. The god was so angry that he sliced the river, creating the falls and condemning the lovers to an eternal fall." "That's silly, poppi." "Is it? How do you know it's not true?" "I guess I don't. But it still seems silly." "All right guys, we are going to explore. I have a guide to walk with us on the trails so we can see some of this beautiful area and some wildlife we haven't seen before except maybe in a zoo." They hear a loud, awful bird call and turn to look where it came from. "Look guys, a toucan," Eric tells them. At the same moment, a lady walks up to them. "Actually, it is a chestnut- eared aracari. It is however in the toucan family. Sorry to correct you. My name is Lilya and I will be your guide today." "I have no problem being corrected," Eric says, smiling and shaking her hand. "I like my boys to be taught correctly. If I make a mistake, I hope to be corrected as I don't wish to misinform them about anything." "That's a healthy attitude to have," she observes, smiling. "Ma'am, what is that bird over there that's so pretty?" Tran asks and points high into a tree. "Very good eyes, young man. That is a green-headed tanager. It is possibly the brightest colored bird in the area. Now let's get going. We have a lot of area to cover so you can learn the most," she says, getting a smile from Eric. They walk along the trail for about an hour. "Ba, is that an ant eater?" Eric looks over at it and then at Lilya. "Yes, that is an ant eater," she answers Tran. "That is so cool," he responds after staring at the creature for a few seconds. "Look poppi, monkeys! I sure hope Jorge is OK," exclaims Alejandro immediately upon seeing them. "Those are black capuchin monkeys," Lilya explains. As she speaks, one of the monkeys hangs from a limb by his tail, making Alejandro giggle. "Bet Jorge wishes he had a tail like that." They get to a clearing and decide to break for a little lunch. The boys all pull out something to snack on, as do Eric and Lilya. They all sit around and chat for a bit and enjoy the breathtaking views. "Look dad, a deer. Good thing you ain't driving," Joey says, which makes them all laugh. Eric explains that he recently totaled his car, hitting a deer. Lilya laughs at the explanation. Eric has a way of telling stories that make them amusing, even if it's destroying a car by hitting a deer. They enjoy the rest of the day touring the falls and seeing more of the wildlife. At around three o'clock Lilya walks them back to their starting point. Eric and the boys thank her profusely for a great adventure. They get in the car that's waiting for them, ride back to the "helichopter", and fly back to the capital city. By the time they get back to the city it was time for dinner. They had worked up quite an appetite on their walk, so they enjoy a large and tasty meal. When they finally return to the suite, they are all pretty exhausted and just chill in front of the TV for a while. They all shower and head to bed. Once again Joey gets into bed with Eric. Eric smiles in the dark because he knows that after his and Joey's talk, Joey now understands that all he has to do to spend time with Eric is show up. He knows his dad will let him do as he wants so long as it's not bad for him or can hurt him. If he wants alone time he will have it; if he wants "dad time", he will have it too. Eric wants his boys to know he is always there for them, but with their less then happy past he allows them to decide what they want to do with him, be it spending time together, cuddling, or even sex. There is however no sex this evening as they were all pretty worn out from their exploration of the falls. The next morning they wake up and have breakfast in their room. No one really wants to do anything today but just relax, so that's what they did. The boys played games and had fun. Eric sat and read. He finished the book he was reading and went to the lobby to find a new one. He couldn't find any in English so he bought his first novel in Spanish. While he can speak Spanish fluently, he isn't so sure about reading. He chuckles thinking he can have Alejandro help him with the hard words. When he gets back to the room ,the boys are wrestling around getting rid of a bit of pent up energy. "Why don't you boys get on swim trunks? The hotel has a pool," Eric suggests. "Can we go to the beach?" Tran asks. "I think that would be a bad idea buddy," Eric says, concerned that the boys' celebrity status might become a problem in such a public setting. Tran reluctantly agrees. The boys get on their swim gear and they all head to the pool. They have a bit of fun and then a few too many people start gathering around for Eric's comfort, so he shuffles the boys back upstairs. "Sorry guys, I figured the hotel pool would be safe," Eric apologizes. "Its' OK poppi. We had fun for a while." "Besides dad, the concert is tomorrow so it's just one more day until we can go to the farm and chillax for a week or so." "How long are we staying there, Ba?" "Well, since we had the crash and lost time, sadly we only have a week, maybe ten days. Then we got to get back and get you boys ready to get back to school." "Blech, school," Joey complains. "Yes, but you will be going to a different school when we get back." "Yeah, that private one," Alejandro remembered. "Yes, the private one. I was assured that you would all be treated like normal everyday students." "At least that part is good," Joey agrees. "Yeah, it will be nice to get treated like normal again," Tran adds. "I don't know, sometimes I got extra cake," Alejandro puts in his two cents' worth. "You got it from Cindy so that's not the same," Joey counters. "Yeah," Alejandro says, smiling at the mention of Cindy and showing his cute little dimples. "Are you taking Cindy's cake?" Eric asks. "No, she gives it to me. She says it's too sweet for her. She don't like real sweet." Eric snags Alejandro up and puts him up to his face and blows on his belly. "Then she wont like you. You're super sweet," Eric jokes, blowing on his belly a more few times, making Alejandro laugh. Eric puts him back on the couch. "You boys ready for lunch?" "Shoot yeah." "I want a hamburger," Alejandro says. "Buddy, you're going to turn into a hamburger." "That's OK poppi, you looooooove hamburgers. So you will still looooove me, if I turn into one." Alejandro teases while giggling. "Yeah, and he will eat your pickle," Joey giggles. That sets them all off laughing. "OK you two, we know what hamburger boy wants. You got any ideas?" They look at the menu and decide. Tran chooses shrimp scampi. He has never had it and always wanted to try it. Joey chooses a grilled cheese and fries. Eric joins Alejandro in getting a hamburger and fries, no cheese for either of them. Alejandro once saw his poppi not getting cheese, so he got it that way too and decided he liked it better without from time to time. Sometimes Eric will make a Juicy Lucy, which is a hamburger with a slice of cheese melted inside the burger. Then he will layer a slice over the top. He doesn't make them too often anymore; Miss Julia won't really let him in the kitchen very much. Every time he goes in to cook something she tends to chase him out with a wooden spoon, which the boys find hilarious. Even Eric finds it amusing. But he isn't so fond of getting thwacked on the ass with a wooden spoon. Eric orders the food. They wait and when it arrives they really enjoy it. After eating they don't. do too much except sit around and watch TV. They all end up turning in kind of early as Joey has his concert tomorrow and they want to be rested. Joey isn't having as much trouble getting to sleep the night before a concert as he was when he first started. He isn't truly used to performing yet, but he is getting there. He isn't terrified for hours beforehand now, just for a few minutes right before he goes on stage. The next day is filled with a rehearsal and sound checks. As the venue they are using is different than what they were prepared for, Joey keeps checking to make sure the encore surprise is going to go smoothly. He is assured literally a hundred times that everything is good. Joey is a stickler for detail as he always wants things to be perfect, a mindset he gets from Eric: prepare and make sure it's perfect, then check about 800 times. Then check again. They head back to the hotel for a few hours' break before the show is set to start. They are all pretty excited because Mr Eric is coming in tonight with a few of the family from the farm so they can watch the concert and take them back after the show. They had thought about staying the night but are all anxious to get started on their vacation. Once back at the hotel, they see Mr Eric and a couple of the children they recognize. Mr Eric is away from them talking to a little boy of about ten who looks like he has seen better days. Eric and his boys get out of the car and walk over to Mr Eric. Well, Joey and Alejandro race over as they are so excited to see their old teacher. "MR ERIIIIIIIICC!!!!!!!!!!!" they scream in unison as they rush to him. He turns and they nearly bowl him over. The eyes of the boy he is talking to get as big as saucers as he sees Eric's boys, who he knows are famous, excitedly greeting the man he was just talking to. They give him big hugs and a kiss on each cheek and are so wound up they start chattering. "Boys, I cant wait to talk with you. I'm so excited to see you. But first, I need to finish talking to Mario here," he says in English. Alejandro looks at the boy. "Hi Mario, I'm Alejandro. How you doing today?" he asks in rapid fire Spanish. The boy looks surprised that someone so famous and so rich would talk to a poor street boy, one that has been huffing glue and selling blow jobs to survive. "Um I guess OK," he answers timidly. "Do you live on the farm with Mr Eric?" "Um no. I kinda live here," he says, motioning with his hand. "So why don't you live with Mr Eric? He has a real nice farm and lots of other boys and girls and stuff. They got a school and a big farm. Everybody loves everybody. I think you should move in with him, cuz it's so nice there. He always gots plenty to eat and people there are nice to you." At this point Mr Eric still hasn't had a chance to get in a single word. "He um was trying to get me to go with him. But, well..." "You don't. know him and don't. trust him, huh?" "He seems nice and all. But I had a guy that seemed real nice and all, and, well he turned out to not be so nice," he recounts sadly, and subconsciously touches his bum recalling the immense pain when the man took what he wanted. When the man was done he left him in an alley, his shorts down around his ankles, crying. At least the guy threw a few pesos at him when he left. Mario thinks again about the pain he felt. Alejandro, having a similar background, knows what Mario is thinking. "No, he isn't like that. He is nice. Mr Eric would never do nothing you didn't want to do. He was my teacher in America forever ago. Why don't you come with us and get something to eat. I bet you're hungry." Alejandro puts his arm around the slightly bigger boy's shoulders, and starts leading him to the lobby. Mario just simply follows Alejandro, trusting the boy he has seen on the TV a lot. Mr Eric smiles as he has been trying to get the boy to go with him and the others to get something to eat, and then to convince him to come back to the farm with him. Mr Eric refused the offer of oral sex for a few pesos. Mario just didn't trust the grown-up, as he has had no grown-up in his life to trust. But another boy, Mario reasons, now he can be trusted. Alejandro just kind of ignores everyone else and he and Mario walk and talk on the way to the lobby, with the others following behind. Once they get to the suite Mario looks around at the place looking for little things he can pilfer to survive and eat something. "Come on I'm all hot and sweaty and you need a shower too." Alejandro says pulling the boy with him to the bedroom he is using. The others are just milling around half watching Alejandro interact with Mario and talking among themselves. He leads him into his room and he gets undressed and turns on the shower. Mario is just standing and watching. "Well, come on you can't take a shower in your clothes," he says to his new friend and pulls down Mario's shorts. Mario gives in and pulls off his ragged t-shirt and slips off his tennis shoes of which there isn't too much left. When Mario is naked Alejandro guides him into the shower, which is a large walk-in with plenty of room for two undersized boys. Alejandro steps under the shower letting the water cascade over his body. He steps aside when he is wet and guides Mario under the water. Mario is still kind of shell-shocked and isn't sure why he is listening to this boy other than because he is famous. Once under the shower, Mario feels the warm water flowing over his body and sighs at how good it feels. "I know, it feels good, right?" Alejandro says to encourage Mario to really enjoy it. Mario leans his head back and the water rushes over his nude body. Alejandro grabs the bottle of shampoo and starts washing his new friend's hair. "You got lots of hair. It's kind of long. "Um some guys like that and pretend I'm a girl," Mario answers. "Yeah sometimes some men are mean," Alejandro answers, knowing exactly what Mario is talking about. Mario is enjoying his new friend rubbing the shampoo into his hair. Once Alejandro is done rubbing in the shampoo, he rinses it out for Mario, he grabs the soap and lathers up his back and works down to his bottom. He runs his hands between his cheeks and gets him clean there as well. Then he has Mario spin around and scrubs the dirt from his face and works down to his chest and his tummy. He sees that Mario has a hardon and he smiles. "Mine does that all the time too. See?" Alejandro offers, pushing his hard cock out to show his friend. Mario giggles. Alejandro makes sure to clean him really good there, sliding his hand up and down the hard boycock, Mario moaning in pleasure as he does. After a good minute of stroking, Alejandro gets on his knees in front of him and scrubs his legs and feet clean as well. Alejandro looks up at Mario who is just watching him. Alejandro looks up at him again, smiles and opens his mouth, and takes Mario's very hard cock into his warm, wet mouth. "Oh oh oh," Mario mutters. It only takes Alejandro's practiced mouth a minute to make Mario get his drymax. Mario's knees get shaky and he puts his hands on the rail in the shower so he doesn't fall over. Alejandro stands up when he is done and starts washing his own hair. "I never had nobody do that before. Now I see why guys like it," he says, smiling. "Yeah it feels real good doesn't it?" Alejandro answers as he washes his hair. Mario is still in shock, first from the orgasm he is still coming down from, and second that someone would do that for him and seemingly want nothing in return for it. "Here, I will help you," Mario says and starts washing Alejandro. "You don't. have to. I just did it for you cuz it looks like you need someone to love you." "Nobody loves me," Mario answers softly. Alejandro looks at him a moment. "I know that if you go to the farm they will love you there. Why don't you go? I mean it makes sense to me. Right now, you have to sleep wherever and hope no one bothers you. You got to suck dicks of weird old men to eat. Seems to me it's a good thing to go somewhere you can learn stuff, have nice place to sleep where no one messes with you as you do, and where there's something to eat anytime you get hungry. But its up to you." "But, how do I know I can trust him?" Alejandro takes Mario's hand that is on his chest rubbing soap on him. "Well, I trust him." Alejandro for the next five minutes explains how Mr Eric helped him and Joey when he was a teacher. How he really cares about people. How he is always helping, and he explains about the farm. He tells him about all the children he knows there and the pizza shop. How few are related but all of them are family. Mario is done washing Alejandro's body and is listening. Once they are done they get out and Alejandro gets two big fluffy towels and he dries off Mario and then wraps one around himself and they go back into his room. "I got some clothes I know will fit you. Poppi always gets them a little big for me so I can grow into them. So they will fit you." With that Mario gets in front of Alejandro and takes his still hard boy meat in his hand starting to stroke him off. "What are you doing?" "I don't. have any money. I can't just take your clothes I got to do something for you. Besides you made me feel good. I owe you," Mario says, continuing to stroke Alejandro's cocklet. Alejandro is enjoying the feelings but gently takes his new friend's hand away. "I'm not doing it to get anything out of it. I just want to help you." Mario looks confused. "I don't understand why would you help me. I mean you're famous and stuff." "Easy, cuz you need it and my poppi helped me. So let's get dressed and get something to eat. I'm starving and I know you're hungry too." Once they get dressed, Alejandro gets out his nail kit and trims down Mario's nails that are way too long for a girl let alone a little boy. He trims his fingers and toes. "Now you look like a boy again. All nice and clean." They both comb their hair. "Wait, one more thing," Alejandro says. He grabs a rubber band and pulls Mario's long hair back and puts it in a pony tail. He steps back and looks at Mario. "That's better. Now I can see your face." They walk out and see room service has been delivered. "Cool poppi, we are starving." Alejandro takes Mario's hand and guides him over to the food. "Are you sure its all right for me to eat? I don't want to take something you might need later," he says softly so only Alejandro can hear. "If you don't eat, my poppi and Mr Eric would be sad. They like seeing boys eat and helping children. You don't. want to make them sad do you?" "Well, no. I just don't want to make them mad. "They won't get mad, just sad because they know you're hungry." So Alejandro makes a plate for Mario since he is still hesitant to do so. He hands him the plate with the sandwich and all the fixings on it. They go back to Alejandro's room to eat because he can see Mario is kind of nervous around all the others. But Joey joins them and sits on the bed with them. "I'm Joey. I'm Alejandro's brother," he says as he sits on the bed. Mario sits between them and they eat, Joey and Alejandro having idle chit chat about how much fun they are going to have on the farm after the concert. Mario just listens and eats, wondering if he really should go to the farm and if it's really as safe as the boys are saying. But, even if it's not that safe, it sounds nice enough that he wouldn't mind getting his butt filled by the man in the other room if he has to. He has only had it happen once and it hurt a lot, but he'll do it if he can get a nice place to live and things to eat. Then he remembers that, from what these boys are saying, it won't happen because Mr Eric is a nice man and would never do anything someone didn't want to do. When they get done Mario leans back on the bed and is so tired he is asleep in seconds. He is relaxed from the shower and his belly is full. The bed is so soft he cant help it. A little while later he feels someone moving him and sees Tran lifting him up and putting him on the bed properly and then covers him up. Tran kisses him on the forehead. "Sleep well little guy. No one will bother you here." Tran says in broken Spanish. Mario smiles up at him and is back asleep in seconds. For the first time in forever he feels safe and warm. Maybe even loved. He sleeps well, At some point he does feel someone else climb into bed with him and wrap their arm around him. He looks and sees its his new friend Alejandro. He smiles at him and cuddles into him and is back to sleep in a moment, feeling loved for sure now. He sleeps with a little half smile on his face. The boys are awakened an hour and a half later by Joey, who is telling them they have to get ready to go to the concert. Alejandro rolls out of bed and pulls Mario with him. "Come on, I got to pee," He says pulling his new friend with him. Mario follows and they pee together. Alejandro gets a spare pair of shoes and they don't fit Mario, so he goes and asks Joey for a pair of tennis shoes for him. Joey smiles and opens his closet and grabs a cool pair he really likes, because he knows that Mario will like them too. "Here, try these I think they will fit, we got about the same size foot," he guesses, putting his naked foot next to Mario's. They all get ready and when they go down and head out Mario starts to walk away from the group. Alejandro goes after him. "Where are you going? Aren't you going to the concert with us?" "Well, um I figured you know..." "You just stop that thinking and come with us. You are my friend now. So you go where I go." Alejandro thinks a second. "If you want to. I don't. want to make you go if you don't. want to." Mario thinks a minute. "Yeah I better go so I can get your clothes back to you." "No, they are yours now," Alejandro says. "I can't. I mean you are so nice to me I don't. understand why." "It's easy. My poppi says if you cant help the person in front of you what good are you? So I'm helping you because you need it." "But, why me? There are lots of kids that need help." "Well, then I guess we better go find them so we can take them all back to the farm. So they can be happy and stuff. So come on let's go," Alejandro says, pulling his friend along. Eric sees him pulling Mario. "Alejandro, if your friend doesn't want to come don't. force him. We want him to go with us. But if he doesn't want to, we won't force him. Remember we help people, we don't force people to do anything they don't. want to do." Mario hears this and is a little more at ease, because that is what Alejandro already told him. "I um want to go sir," he says to Eric. Eric gives him a smile and Mario can see that it's genuine, not a fake smile like some of the lecherous men give him. "We would like that very much," Eric says and rubs his fingers over Mario's cheek. Since there are extra people from the farm they have to take two cars to the concert venue. Eric, his boys, Mario, and a few concert workers take one car. Eric and his family ride in another. Joey is inside himself thinking and prepping himself for the concert. Only Joey's manager is talking to Eric. Eric is just listening and nodding his head at what he is telling him. They arrive at the venue in a few minutes and they all get out and are led through the throng of fans waiting by the entrance by which they know the performers enter. They are rushed inside and get to the dressing room where there is a buffet of foods for them all to enjoy. Alejandro guides Mario over to the table and gets him a plate of a bit of everything as Mario still doesn't feel right about just helping himself. Alejandro knows how that feels so he does what is natural for him. He and Mario go and sit off to the side while the make up people are working on Joey and the wardrobe people are getting his outfits ready. They sit and eat and watch the hustle and bustle of the people working around them. When they get done eating it's time for Joey to go on stage and they follow the crowd of people taking him out. Alejandro grabs Mario's hand and they follow. They sit and watch the concert and when its over the crowd is going wild. Alejandro has changed in his tux during the show and when its over he goes out on stage holding Mario's hand as he goes. Mario isn't sure what to do so he just follows his friend and is terrified in front of the thousands of screaming people. Alejandro grabs the mic from the stand and starts talking. "Hi everybody! I'm Alejandro and this is my new friend Mario." The crowd goes wild. When they calm a bit Alejandro continues. "We always like to do something special and different at each concert making each one special in its own right. So tonight we got a surprise for you." The crowd is cheering madly now. "Now I would like to present to you my very good friend and your very own, DANNNYYYYY!!!!!" With that a spotlight pans to the side of the stage and Danny walks out with his guitar in one hand and a huge grin on his face. As he gets to center stage with Alejandro and Mario he is still grinning. Alejandro hugs him. "It's so good to see you again my friend." "It's good to see you at all," Danny says with a big smile. "If you all don't know, we met Danny when he came to America for eye surgery so he could see again. We have been friends ever since. So Danny, what are you going to play?" Danny smiles at Alejandro. "You know this one?" he asks and starts playing slow on the guitar. Alejandro smiles because he does. "Sure, I can sing that one if you want." "Cool." Alejandro starts out in a raspy voice, "Sometimes I wonder, Just what am I fighting for?...." He continues and sings the song that BB King made famous, "There Must Be a Better World Somewhere." At the end of the song Alejandro is singing as loud as he can. The veins on his neck are sticking out as he sings the last line, "There must be a better world out there somewhere." He has sweat dripping from his face as he is truly giving it everything he had. Once they finish the song, the crowd erupts. Danny and Alejandro smile and take a bow. "Danny, I am thinking they want another song," Alejandro says, giggling. The crowd goes wild again. "I don't know, are you sure?" Danny asks, giggling back. "Hey do you know the song `There's Got to be a Change'?. My poppi loves that song." "Does it go like this?" Danny says playing the first few notes. Alejandro grins. "Yeah, that's it." Danny starts in and plays the guitar is heavy and strong for this blues song. He starts singing in English because that's how he learned the song. He sings in a raspy voice, "Ah things have got to change. Yeah things just can't stay the same..." He continues the song and Alejandro is dancing around the stage. Mario is actually starting to get into the fun too. He starts dancing around with Alejandro, helping the crowd get even more excited. Once he is done with this song Danny says to Alejandro, "I been listening to Eric's American music and I liked this one. I translated it to Spanish. I think it's still good this way." Danny and the band start playing the Steve Miller Band's song "Fly Like an Eagle". He really emphasizes the parts about feeding the little babies that need something to eat. He sings it and the crowd seems to really enjoy the song. A lot of them know it in English and like it in Spanish as well. Eric and he have been talking how to control a crowd with the music to set them on a wave of excitement, then calm them down, and then bring the excitement back. So he starts in on a slower song. He starts playing "Little Wing" as Jimi Hendrix did. He thought about doing it like Stevie Ray Vaughn but wanted a shorter version. Once he is done with that song the crowd goes wild. Danny bows and Alejandro asks him, "Danny do you know the song "A Little Help From My friends"? Danny laughs. "That's kind of like the unofficial song at the farm." "Super cool." So Danny starts playing it with the band. Alejandro likes no loves that his poppi likes this song the way Joe Cocker sings it. Alejandro starts out singing softly as Joe Cocker did in his version, and as the song goes on he starts really putting it all out there. He gets to the part when they ask him if it could be anybody. Alejandro lets out a scream that comes from his soul. "Ahhhhh YEAH YEAH YEAH, Said I'm gonna get by with my friends, Oh yes I'm gonna keep tryin' now, Keep on tryin' with my friens, Oh you'll never gonna stop me anymore, I'm gonna keep on tryin', yeah, I'm gettin' high, I wanna make time, Lord, no, Gonna get by with my friends, yeah, Oh, I'm gonna get on by, Yes, I'm gonna get on by, Wanna take `em all along, I wanna take `em all along with me, yeah, yeah." Alejandro;s voice is loud, strong and raspy. He is screaming the song now as much as Joe did. But it sounds amazing with this little boy making sounds no one would expect. Sweat is running down the side of his face as he puts forth every single ounce of energy he has into this song. As he is singing the rest of the family and Mr Eric come out on stage. They are all singing the background. When the song ends the crowd erupts once again in applause at the talent from the two boys on stage. Alejandro is panting into the microphone now. A man brings out a table and a button he places on the table. "You guys want to see something really cool?" The crowd roars "Yes!!". Alejandro walks over and pushes the button. A second later a rocket shoots up into the air and explodes, creating a wonderful plume of colors. "We were just in China and that's where fireworks were invented. But they are cool anywhere." The band starts playing as the fireworks show begins and is set to the music. It is a really cool sight. After a good ten minutes the grand finale hits and everyone is oohing and ahhing at the fireworks. Once it's over Alejandro retrieves the microphone again. "We would like to thank you for attending Joey's concert. You will see on the way out that we have people taking collections for children that are forced to live on the streets. The money is going to programs to help the children find homes so they can be safe, happy and not hungry. So please give what you can. These boys and girls need your help. It's not a problem that will go away if you ignore it. We love you all. See you next time." With that Alejandro waves at the crowd who is cheering for him and the others. As he is walking off stage he grabs Mario's hand and they head back to the hotel to pack their things. Once there Alejandro asks Mario, "So it's really a simple question, but hard to answer I know. Are you going with us to the farm?" Mario thinks a few minutes as Alejandro changes from his tuxedo to some shorts and a t-shirt. "I will make you a deal. We are going to be there for a week. If after that time you don't. like it, since we have to come back to the capital city anyway, we will bring you back if you don't like it." "Promise?" Alejandro grins. "Promise." When they get all of Alejandro's things packed they take it to the living room. "Mario is going to try out the farm. If he doesn't like it Mr Eric he will come back to the city with us when we go home." Mr Eric smiles. "Good. We will have to make sure he likes it then won't we?" "We sure will." After that they all take their things down to the farm's van, they pack in like sardines, and are off to the farm for the adventures that await them there.