Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 09:20:17 -0400 From: Eric Murphey Subject: Transitions Joeys Journey Section 2 Well Everyone here is the second installment of Joeys Journey. The first section got a bit of your attention. It seems as though you all enjoy the series as much as I enjoy writing it. I thank you for all your kind emails and kind wishes. I especially loved an email I got from one gentlemen I wont mention his name as I dont think thats right. But, I put up two new chapters of Accidental Paradise. He sent me some lovely pictures of his garden going in. Im honestly a bit elous of him thinking of all the great fresh veggies he will be enjoying soon. Nothing better then growing something and then enjoying it. Anyway I wish you all good peace love and happiness.Make sure you donate to Nifty. They need donations to keep this sight going. There are a lot of sights that publish this genre But, I have found that they are the best and it is the easiest to navigate. SO help them out. Eric Joeys Journey Section 2 Eric woke the next morning with an urgent need to pee. He slips out of bed not caring if he wakes the boys. They have to be up early anyway. That and its urgent as in immediate care needed. He gets to the restroom and he starts peeing like one was one of the boys. No hesitation. He sighs as it releases, getting that almost orgasmic bliss when you have to pee so bad and finally get the release you need. When he gets into his room he hears. "I'm just saying its better is all." Alejandro says. "I don't believe you. I mean you had dad all to yourself and now you say its better with us here?" "Yeah its more people to love." He heistates a second then adds. "And to love me." Alejadnro replies. "You mean that if you could have Ba to yourself you would?" Tran asks questioning Joey. "No I don't mean that at all. I love you guys its just that Alejadnro had dad all to himself. It had to be so cool is all." "It was. But, member Julius was here most of the time too then. So really we werent alone. Besides poppi is busy a lot and if you guys werent here I would be lonely." "Why are you guys talking about this? Lets go get something to eat. Sue and Mathew will be here any time now." He is greeted by three smiles. All of whom scooted out of the bed quickly to go get ready for the day. Eric looks around the room and runs his fingers through his hair. "I wonder how much everything is gong to change?" He asks the air. He gets dressed and starts packing his bags. He hopes the boys listened to him and have already started doing so as well. Otherwise it will take them forever. He finishes packing a couple bags, and will get the tolietries later. He heads downstairs and smells Miss Julia has made his favortie Blueberry muffins. "Oh I am in heaven." Eric says as he walks into the kitchen his nose in the air and sniffing loudly. "You a silly man." She says slapping him lightly on the chest. Eric sits down and grabs one of the still warm muffins and lathers butter over the top of it. He takes a bite and his taste buds explode at the first taste. "Mmmm. Mmm" "So what are you gonna do when we are gone Miss Julia?" Alejadnro asks. "She gonna be with her man." Joey shouts out making them all laugh. After they calm down Miss Julia says. "I'm gone be missing you boys for sure. You boys is just like my own. I worry for you jus like I do for Julius." "We are gonna miss you too Miss Julia." Alejadnro says. "Yeah we are." Tran agrees. Joey just gets up and hugs her. "Yeah and these muffins. You got to promise me the day we get back we get these muffins again." Eric says. "You boys come back safe. I make you all the muffins you want." She says smiling. They sat and enjoyed a couple each and had some milk to wash them down with. Eric had a cup of coffee with his. He at home switched to the half caff. Becasue caffeine is a silent killer. He is trying to ween himself off of it a little at a time. He doesn't let the boys have much of it either now. He doesn't know why. But, when he started losing wieght and taking better care of himself he started watching closer what they all ate. He realized he was in a way poisining them slowly by making poor eating choices. But, hey sometimes you still need a donut. He isnt a fanatic. He just makes better choices for them all. "You boys got your bags packed?" "Yes poppi." "Yes Ba." "Kind of dad." Eric just looks at him and sighs. "I will do it right now." Joey says putting his hands up in defeat. "Thank you. We have to leave by three to get to the airport." "Are they sending a limo again?" Alejadnro asks. "I don't know. They said they will send a car." "I want to ride in a limo." Tran says. "Yeah it was really cool Tran. It had cold sodas in it and everything." Alejadnro says excited. "Yeah and on the plane you can order whatever you want to eat." Joey says. "Cool." "And at the studio they treated us really cool too." Joey says. "I cant wait." Tran says smiling. "Joey go get packed now. I know that a lot of your fans are girls and would love to see you perform naked. But, I think its best you don't." Joey turns red and races off to finnish his packing. As he races off Eric hears a truck pull up outside. He looks at his phone and its 8 am. "Wow they were quick." He says. He walks out the front door to great them. "I figured it would take a little longer then this. But, its great you are here already." Eric says to Sue. Mathew is clamboring out of the big truck and races over to the boys. "Its so cool I am going to live here with you guys. We are gonna be like brothers." Mathew says hugging Alejadnro and then Joey and last Tran. "Yeah we are." Tran says rubbing his back as he hugs him. The boys race inside to play and Eric greets Maria and her cousins. "We got everyting already Mr Eric." Maria says. "Wow you guys are good." "Nah she had everything packed already and we just had to load it on. We did help her out and take her furniture to a neighbor that needed it." "That was nice of you." He said to Sue and Maria. "Let me show you where her things go. Well, the apartment she will tell you where things go I suppose." Eric says. He opens the side door that leads to the basement apartment. The guys, Maria, and Sue start lugging boxes down. Eric pitches in and starts grabbing things as well. Sue has stopped and is telling them where to put boxes. Once they are done Eric pays Maria and her cousins and they are off. He rejoins Sue who looks flustered. "It will be ok it will just take a few days to get everything in order is all." Miss Sofia walks in with some iced tea. "I be Miss Sofia since Mr Eric be too rude to introduce us." "I'm pleased to meet you I'm Sue. And I am sure you have met Mathew already." "Yes and he be a delight that boy. He one big ball of energy that one." They all sit down at Sues new kitchen table and enjoy the tea and chat for a good hour about nothing and everything. Eric excuses himelf as he needs to check on the boys and make sure Joey did pack his bags. He walks upstairs and thinks. You know we need an elevator. Then quickly nixes the idea. He overhears Mathew say. "Oh that feels good." That didn't take long he thinks. He heads to his room and makes a bit of noise on the way. He heads back a moment later saying. "Joey you better have your bags packed." He gets to Joeys door and walks in. He sees four guilty looking boys looking back at him. "Are you packed?" "Yeah Poppi we helped him." "That was nice. But, Joey needs to do things for himself. He may be famous. But, he isn't above doing work." "I know dad." "Just so you know. Alejadnro come with me a minute I want to talk to you." Eric says and walks out of the room. Alejadnro follows him to his room. "Buddy I don't care if you boys play with Mathew. Just be careful is all. If his mom would have been with me she may have gone crazy and not understood. So just be more careful OK?" "Sure poppi. We wasn't thinking. We figured he is a brother kind of now so we wanted to welcome him propper like." Eric smiles and rubs the top of his head. "You boys." Eric walks to his room and relaxes in front of the TV. He enjoys a few programs and Sue comes to his doorway and asks permission to join him. "Please come in." He says to her. She walks in and sits in the chair opposite of him. Eric turns the TV off. "I didn't mean to interupt you." "No its just drivel. I was passing the time is all. So how is everyting coming along?" "Very well actually. Miss Sofia has been helping and we are nearly done." "Fantastique." Eric says. "Tu parles Francais? Tres bien." "No I don't speak French. But how good are you at it?" "I'm fluent. I have six years working on my seventh." "Well, what would you think of adding French tutor to your resume?" "Who would I be teaching?" "I think I need to discuss this with a friend of mine. But, it may be you teach a class online." "Why online I can go to them." "They are in Argentina." "Oh well maybe not then." "That and I think the boys and I may give French a try." "I hear you have Spanish pretty well mastered. I cant say hello in Spanish hardly." "Its easy. That and when Alejdro is upset he speaks Spanish so its a good thing I know it. But sometimes he goes all super rapid fire Spanish at me and I'm like woah buddy slow it down to 33 and a 1/3." She laughs at this. "Oh you know what that means huh?" "Yeah my dad is a record buff. He loves vinyl." "I had to explain it to the boys." "I imagine." "So its not my business. But, do you talk to your parents at all?" "We are starting to mend fences. It was a long battle of me rebelling against everything they said. Then I got pregnant. That was the final straw for my mom and dad. They booted me out and that was that for a few years. We started talking a little last year. But, its getting better." "Good I'm glad to hear it. Of course they are welcomed here anytime you want. Of course always in your apartment. But, you can use the pool if you like or anthing else here. Its your home too. Not just the apartment." "Thank you that's really nice. I used to like to bowl and I thought maybe I could bowl a few games here and there." "That would be great. But, beware the boys will try to sucker you. They are all great bolwers. Alejadnro bowled a 300 last night. That's why we were getting ice cream to celebrate." "What is he? Nine?" "Yes." "He bowled a 300?" "Yep here I am an old man and I haven't ever done it. Hell, or even come close for that matter." "Jeez. You got some amazing boys. One is a great singer and piano player. One gets 300 in bowling. Whats the other one do cure cancer?" "Maybe. Who know. Funny thing is Joey is the better bowler." "No shit?" "No kidding. So don't ever bet them anything at bowling. Pinabll they all suck at though." Eric says laughing. "Its the only thing I can beat them at." "I know. I cant touch Mathew at the video games." "Shoot I don't even try to beat them at those. They have gotten so they dont even ask me now." "Yeah I think he asks me to take pity on me." She says laughing. "I will get back to you though about teaching. I know he is trying to figure out how to increase his curriculum for the children. Its really a neat thing." He says then tells her all about how Eric moved to get away from society and how he is in a way recreating a society he thinks the world should be like. She is intruged and he tells her that after the tour they are going there. If she would like to join them she and Mathew surely would be welcomed. "I dont know. I still have school and everything." "No pressure whatsoever. But, if you are interested just let me know. I will have someone arrange it for you." "We just may. It sounds amazing what he is doing." "You will meet him one day. Crazy thing is he was Joey and Alejandros first grade teacher." "Really. Its a small world isn't it." "Sure is." "So whats it like with Joey being famous?" "I tell you its different that's for sure. Its not bad just different. For example, we went to McDonalds for something the other day. We no sooner sat down and two little girls came over to Joey. All pie eyed." "Do you worry about it?" "Of course I do. I already have people go through his mail before he gets it. Believe me he gets a lot. Its crazy these little girls are sending pictures of themselves with little to nothing on. I cant believe some of it. But, most of it is really sweet. One little girl asked him to send her back a picture and an autograph because she loved him more than Santa. But, added not to tell Santa." Sue laughed. "But, one was so touching. You know Joeys song called Love Yourself?" "Yes its lovely. I love how he says that however you are born is a good way to be. How he tells people its ok to be different. Becasue we all really are." "Yeah he really spent a lot of time getting that one just right. He said its important he get it perfect because people will remember him for this song. I thought what a grim thought for a little boy. But, I went with it. So a boy wrote to him. He is 14. He told him how he was always picked on for being gay at school. How the jocks were always mean to him. He said he was thinking about taking his life. He said Joeys song made him rethink things. He said it put his life into perspective and he could see it wasn't forever and that good times were ahead. That is what its all about right there. In my humble opinion of course." "That's amazing." "Yeah Joey made me track him down and he called him. They video chat about once a week or so. I tell you what I am so proud of that boy. All of my boys really. Because they learned early that no matter what you do you need to do it to focus on helping others. They know that and practice it." "I have seen on the TV and with the coat drive too. That was really helpful to us last year. Im not sure how I was going to get Matty a new coat. His old one was just so small on him." "Really? That's great. If you feel comfortable about it let Joey know. It will make him happy he helped." "I will." Eric looks at his phone for the time. "Crap. I got to get the boys going, the car will be here soon. Sue I really enjoyed talking with you and look forward to more conversations." "As do I." She says. Eric goes and gets the boys to take their bags downstairs and put them by the door. He does the same. They all take a quick bathroom break becasuse they know the car will be there soon. No sooner then they all got done the car pulled up. Sure enough it was a limo again. "Cool!" Tran says as it pulls up. The driver gets out and opens the trunk. He and Eric put the bags in. "Sir I really hate to ask. But, my daughter...." "Sure what would you like?" "A picture maybe? She will never believe I took him to the airport. She will be so excited and telling her friends." "I understand I'm a dad too. Got to make our little ones happy when we can. Give me a second." Eric walks in the front door and they have made gift bags for people to give out with Joey stuff in them. And of course an autographed picture. (Side note. I love starting sentences with and. So take that Miss Robinson. An old english teacher. Tell me I can't do it.) He hands it to the driver. "I'm sure she will love this." The driver peers into the bag and smiles. "Thanks. You know my daughter donated all of her Christmas money to St Jude's. " "Really? That is so cool she did that." "I think so. I think your son has made children around the world look around and realize that they can make a difference." "I will tell him you said that. He will appreciate that." "Thanks again." The driver says. The boys are in the car fiddling with everything when Eric climbs in. "Boys leave things alone." "We are just checking stuff out dad." "I understand. But stop checking stuff out." Eric told Joey what the driver told him about his daughter. "That's so cool dad. He said I make boys and girls think about stuff?" "Yes he did." Joey squirms his way up to the window behind the driver and puts it down. "Hey Mr Driver sir. Does your daughter have a phone?" "Sure." "Can you call her? I want to talk to her." "Sure. Here use my phone. Her number is under princess." He says handing Joey his phone. Joey smiles and takes the phone. He sits down and before he dials the number he asks the driver. "Um whats her name?" "Amanda. But, she prefers Mandy." "Cool." Joey dials the number. "Hi daddy." "I'm not your daddy. But, he is taking me to the airport and I thought I would call you." "Who is this. Why do you have my daddys phone?" "Its Joey Murphey, and he gave me his phone cuz I wanted to call you." "Its not Joey Murphey. Daddy this isnt funny." Joey hits video chat and she accepts. He smiles at the phone. "See its me. I just wanted to say I thought it was super cool you donated your christmas money to St Jude's. I know they appreciated it." "I didnt do it for praise. It just seemed right. You know I didn't need it and they do. Like you say if you cant help the person in front of you. What good are you?" "My dad tells me that. He is right too. So what do you like to do for fun?" Joey and Mandy talked the rest of the way to the airport about everything. When they got to the airport Joey says goodbye and hands the driver back his phone. "Thanks Joey. You made my daughter very happy." "Sure. She is really nice. I like her." Eric suggested the driver and Joey take a couple of pictures together for his daughter. Becasue Eric thinks some kids wont believe her and here is proof you doubting bitches. They get on the plane and almost immediately are in the air. The flight attendant comes over and smiles at the boys. "May I get you something to drink or eat?" "I would like a coke please." Tran says. "Yeah a Coke." Alejadnro agrees. "Can I have a sprite and some nuts?" Joey asks. When he says nuts Alejandro giggles. "Joey wants some nuts." He says teasing him. "Alejandro leave him alone." Eric says. Alejadnro smiles and has no choice but to say it. "Nuts." And bursts out laughing. Tran giggles at Alejadnros antics as does the attendant a young man about 25 or so. "I have brothers too." He says smiling. "They are a pain. But, I love them." Joey says smiling. Eric asks for some coffee. They all sit around the plane and are in their own little worlds. Eric is reading emails and asking Eric in Argentina if he wants to teach French and his idea on it. Joey is looking over his dance moves and things he has to do for the concert. He has it down. But, still worries about it. Tran is reading a book and Alejadnro is watching a video. It doesn't take them long to get to LAX and they are met by another driver on the tarmac and are escorted to the hotel where they settle in for the night. Eric turns on the TV and he sees the origianl Dracula is about to start. "Oh guys you want to see a real horror movie?" " Horor movies aren't scary they are just bloody." Tran says. "What do you want to bet that this movie scares you? "Ba I will bet you anything you want." He says with a wry smile. "OK so its on then." "What do I get if I win?" "Buddy you aren't going to win. But, what do you want?" He smiles at Eric. "The same thing if I lose." "So your ass is literally on the line then either way." Eric says smiling. "Yes sir." "You boys want to bet?" "Nope we never win against you on a bet you suggest." Joey says. "No poppi. I just want to get scared and cuddle." "Sounds good to me." Eric replies. Eric finds some popcorn in the cupbard and makes a couple bags for him and the boys. He grabs some sodas as well. They settle in and when Bella Lugosi comes on screen Alejadnro is already scared, and snuggles in closer to Eric. Joey is on his lap and Tran is on the other side. When the movie is about half over Tran looks at Eric. "Ba." "Yes buddy?" "Um you win." Eric just laughs as they continue watching the movie to its conclusion. When its over Eric tells the boys to go shower as they have a busy day tomorrow. They do as he says and he tucks Joey and Alejandro in bed. Again the studio provided them with a beautiful suite. Eric walks in his room and Tran is lying on the bed naked with wet hair, and a hard on. "I see you are ready." Eric says smiling. "Ba I am always ready for this. Why don't you make love to me more often?" "I make love to you every time you ask." "But, I want it more." "I will never ask you Tran. Its a rule I have. I don't ever want to make you boys feel like you have to do anything sexual. But, if you want to. I am always willing." "So if I wanted to every day you would?" "Most likely yes. Unless we just couldn't. For some reason." Tran smiles at Erics response. Eric has been undressing and putting his clothes up as he takes them off. He is taking his time admiring Trans lovely 13 year old body. He cant believe how amazingly beautiful he is. There isn't a flaw on him from his hair down to his toes. He is pure perfection. But, so are his other boys too. Eric disrobes and he climbs on the bed next to Tran. Tran is on him in miliseconds. He is kissing Eric on the mouth. Eric has noticed Tran does enjoy kissing very much. The other boys not so much. But, Tran has cum before just kissing. He simply loves it. Eric kisses him back and he pushes Tran flat on the bed gently rubbing his chest and nipples. He moves his hand slowly down as he is kissing Tran and takes a hold of his very hard cock. He slowly strokes it as he kisses Tran. The boy starts to push up into Erics hand. He knows that Tran is really hot by this and it has been a good while since they had done anything. Not saying he hasn't with the boys. Just not with Eric. Eric releases Trans cock and slides his hand to his balls and gently fondles them a moment. Tran isn't having it he has lifted his legs so Eric can have accesss easily to his bum. Eric slides his middle finger down there and slips it in with no effort. Tran breaks the kiss a second. "I got ready for you in the shower Ba. Just put it in. I need to feel you inside me right now." He pants out. Eric moves over and lifts Trans legs up putting knees to shoulders. He puts his head against Trans pucker and admires the sight a moment before he slowly pops the head in. "Oh Ba yes!!!" Eric doesn't want to rush things. He wants to prolong Trans pleasure as long as he can. But, Eric knows he isn't going to last long. Tran is trying his best to get Eric's cock sunk into him faster. Eric isn't teasing him exactlly. But, isn't giving him what he wants at the speed he wants. Eric slowly pushes himself into Tran until he is buried to the hilt. "Oh fuck Ba!! That is so perfect." Eric is a little taken by Tran swearing as he has never heard him before. But, it is kind of a turn on too. Eric starts to slowly pump in and out of Trans tight hole. Tran is grunting and moaning. "Please Ba please fuck me hard!!!!"He half shouts at Eric. Tran grabs his own cock and is tugging at it furiouslly. "Oh Ba I'm going to cum." Eric wanting him to enjoy it for all it could be really started pounding into him. Rabbit fucking he had heard it called once. Tran shouts out. "OH Ba!!!!" And five shots of semi clear liquid shoot from his cock as Eric is hammering his ass. Eric starts to slow down as Tran shoots what appears to be the last of his load. "Oh god Ba don't slow down it feels so good. Its one of those good ones." Eric knows he is having the prolonged anal orgasm and Eric can feel Trans ass flexing around his cock as he is pounding into him. "Oh Ba I want to feel like this forever. Oh god its so good." He moans. Eric feels someone else climb up on the bed. He sees Alejandro slide over and he puts his mouth over the tip of Trans still hard and dripping cock. He sucks it in and slowly bobs. "Oh fuck me fuck me hard ba." Eric is still giving it all he has and loving the feeling of Trans ass basicly sucking his cock as he pounds the boy. "Oh god I'm cumming again!!!" Tran pants out loudly. Eric watches as he forces his cock in and out of Alejadnros lovely mouth. He watches as Alejandro swallows the gift he is given. He doesn't let up on Tran though even after he cums. He still keeps sucking and bobbing. Tran is grabbing at the bed sheets grabbing them and balling them up in his fists. A moment later Eric feels Joey climb up and he puts his cock right in Trans mouth and starts pumping in and out. Eric almost bursts when he sees this. After a minute or two Tran releases Joeys cock from his mouth and takes it with his hand and says to Eric. "Ba you gotta cum soon. It feels too good. I cant take it much AH AH AH AH !!!He shouts out as he watches Alejandro start swalling again. Tran quickly retakes Joeys cock into his mouth as he is cumming for the third time. Eric wants a better position so he puts Trans legs over his and slowly moves to the edge of the bed. Eric puts his feet on the floor and holds Trans legs to his side and hammers into him. (Wheel barrow but facing each other. Probablly a name dont know it.) Joey readjusts himself and pops his cock back into his home for now and starts to pump into Trans mouth. Alejadro has decided he doesn't want a cock in his mouth anymore and straddles Tran. He slides Trans cock in his tight little brown star. Eric has never seen anyone is such a sexual bliss before as Tran is. Alejadnro slides down and starts really working Trans four inch cock in and out of his tight little hole. Eric sees the Alejadnro is working his cock with his hand and really enjoying the pleasure he is getting. Eric reaches around and takes over on his lovely brown cock. He can feel Alejadnro start to push into his hand as he is sliding up and down Trans pole. Joey lets out a series of grunts as he is dry cumming into Trans mouth. Eric feels Alejadnro's cock start to pulse. Tran lets out a scream of pleasure as he feels Alejandros ass pulsing around his cock making him cum again. His ass is like a vise on Eric's cock and he cant take anymore and he feels his load coming up through his cock and he lets loose and shoots what feels like gallons of cum with each of the seven blasts. He pushes in hard on the last blast and feels the aftershocks of his orgasm. Alejadnro has stopped and Trans cock is all the way in his ass which gives Eric extra after shocks. After a minute no one has moved. All you can hear is panting from four very happy males. Alejadnro is the first to move he slowly slides Trans cock from his ass making Tran moan as he does. Joey is next and he pulls his cock from Trans mouth. Eric sits there a moment longer enjoying the feeling of being deep inside his oldest boy. He slowly pulls out and Tran lets out a long moan as he does. Eric looks down at his cock. He then slides over and falls onto the bed. "Ba that was the best ever. Before Alejandro started sucking me I didn't think it could be any better. Then he did and I thought nothing can make this better. Then Joey shoved his cock in my mouth. Then I knew nothing could be better then all the people I love in the world making me feel so loved." "I have to be honest. That was the hardest I ever came in my life." Eric says. "Yeah poppi I seen you cum lots of times. I never seen your eyes roll into your head like that before." "I don't think they ever have before." Eric says still catching his breath. "Dad I don't think I never came so hard neither. It just felt perfect somehow." "Yeah perfect poppi. When you moved him I just had to put his boner in my butt. I knew it would feel so good." "So all of us think this is the best we ever came?" Tran says. Everyone nodded their heads. "Then we we should do it every night like this." Tran says giggling. "Maybe." Alejadnro says. "Not every night. I want dad to make love to me too." "No it wouldn't be fair every night. We will definitely try it again and soon." Eric says finally catching his breath. All of them drifted off to sleep where they lay. Not a one of them was laying in the bed straight. Eric, Alejadnro and Tran were sideways. Tran with his legs dangling over the side of the bed. His feel dangling above the floor. Alejadnro is next to him where he fell off of him at. Eric is next to Tran his legs half off the bed. Joey is the closest to straight but is still at a good angle. After a couple hours Eric wakes up and straightens the boys on the bed and climbs in himself and covers them all up. Not a boy one came close to waking up as he moved them. Eric woke the next morning and went to pee. When he got back to the bedroom he saw Joey was missing. He walked quickly to the living room and finds him sitting on the couch just looking out the window at the Hollywood sign. Eric walks over and sits next to him. "Everything OK buddy?" "Dad I'm kinda scared." "About what?" "What if they don't like me?" "Joey your album has already went double platinum. I think them not liking you is not a worry you should be having." "No dad I know they like my music. What if they don't like me." "I see what your saying now. Buddy everyone likes you." "Not everyone. My mom didn't love me dad." He says his eyes filling with tears. Eric wraps his arms around him and pulls him close. "Buddy you don't know that. She had problems. Drugs are evil that's why I dont want you to ever use them. Not even once. Now if you smoked a little weed when you are older I wouldn't be mad. If you drank on occasion I could understand. But, any of the hard stuff like cocaine or heroin you best stay away from. Becasue even if your fifty I will still kick your ass." "I know dad. But, you don't drink or nothing." "Joey there is a lot about me you don't know. I used to drink. Not much but, some. When Alejadnro first came to live with me I still drank on occasion But, it really upset him the one time I did. So I haven't since. Its not something that I did often. Nor, do I miss it. But, in my twenties and most of my thirties I smoked a lot of weed. I mean a lot." "No way dad." "I did buddy. When Mr Brown died I was pretty much lost. I needed something to cover the pain. I needed a way to feel relaxed and it helped a lot. I'm not saying you should. But, marijauna is less harmful to you then drinking. So if you have to do something I would prefer you do that. I would prefer nothing. But, I would understand." "I cant believe you smoked weed dad." "Yeah I did, and a lot. To be honest if someone said hey Eric want to hit this. I'm not sure what I would say. I may just take them up on it." "No you wouldn't." "Most likely I wouldn't no. But, if the situation was right and I knew you boys were safe, and I trusted the person I was with I may." "Really dad?" "Yeah really. I liked it. I used to smoke cigarettes too. But, I quit when I started having to go outside and freeze to death to smoke. I thought one day its 5 degreees out here and I'm in it to smoke. How stupid am I? Havent had one since." "No way." "Ask Joy she will tell you. It was really very hard to stop so my suggestion to you is don't start. Becasue one day you will want to stop." "Why did you start?" "I don't know. I suppose because Mr Brown did and I wanted to be just like him. But, boy when he saw me smoking he was pissed off." "You didn't stop then?" "No I figured I was of age so I did what I wanted." "Even though you knew it was bad for you?" "Even then yes." "Dad you werent very smart." "Nope I keep telling you boys im not smart. Just lucky." "Dad was Mr Brown like you?" "How do you mean?" "Did you know do stuff with you? Like you do with us." "No. He never did. But, to be honest I think I would have liked it if he did." "I like it when you do stuff with us." "I know otherwise I wouldn't do it. I would never want to do anything you didn't want to do." "Cuz you love us." "That's right because I love you." Eric says and kisses the top of his head. They sit in silence for a while. "Dad?" "Yes?" "Do you think it will be fun?" "What the concerts?" "Yeah." "Well, I don't know son. I know that it will be a lot of work for you. I know your brothers and I will probablly have fun. But, I don't know about you. It is work. So I just don't know." "I liked recording the songs. But, not when I had to do it over and over again. That part sucked." "Well, in a concert its not like that. Its just the one time. You mess up you just keep going." "Yeah I'm scared I will mess up everything." "You wont. You know everything. You have practised so much I think we can all play the parts on the piano and sing it word for word as well." "Yeah." "Don't worry buddy the fear will go away after the first concert because most of your questions will be answered." "I guess." "No I'm sure of it." They sit for a while and look out at the massive sign. "Lets watch some cartoons and take your mind off of things for a while." "Sure dad." Joey says not convinced. But, a few minutes after the cartoons are on he starts luaghing at the antics on the screen. Eric just hugs him close hoping everything will be alright. I mean he is a little boy with a lot on his plate Eric enjoys seeing him just be the boy he is. After they had been watching cartoons for about an hour Alejadnro and Tran come strolling out wiping sleep from their eyes. "You two sleep OK?" Eric asks. Tran grins. "Oh Yeah." "Me too poppi." Alejadnro says climbig on Eric's lap. Eric wraps his free arm around him. Tran sits next to Eric. They are all engrossed in the cartoons when Alejadnros tummy rumbles. "I'm a bad dad. You guys need to eat. Put something on I will call room service." "Cool. Poppi can I have the special eggs I liked last time?" "Eggs Benedict." "Yeah I liked that a lot." "Sure thing. What do you two want?" "I just want some corn flakes." Tran says. "I want waffles with strawberries if they got em." "Sounds good too." "No wait dad blueberries." "Are we the diva now?" Eric asks smiling. "No i figure they might have them. Its just sounded better dad." Joey says defending himself. Even thugh he knows Eric is joking. He doesnt want them to think he thinks he is special. "Go get some shorts on at least guys. Dont think room service would be too happy finding a bunch of naked boys." "They might Ba." Eric chuckles. "They may indeed. But, still go get soemthing on." The boys do as requested and Eric calls room service from the hosue phone. He orders the boys what they wanted. He gets himself a fruit plate and some coffee because it sounds good. He does as he asked the boys to do after he called and puts on a pair of shorts and a robe the hotel proveded. He looks at it after he puts it on. "I'm getting one of these." He says to Tran who is watching him put it on. "Is it nice?" "Yeah feel." He says holding out his arm. "Oh yeah that's nice." Tran says going to see if he can find one for himself. He returns a moment later wearing one. "Ba this is nice." "Yeah I think we all should get one. Kind of a present to ourselves. Becasue we are all going to be pretty busy for the next few weeks." "Cool." The breakfast gets there and they all dig in pretty quickly. Last night gave them all a good appetite. Tran especially. He ate three bowls of cereal and four pieces of toast. When they get done Eric anounces for the boys to get dressed as they have something he wants to do with them before they have to head to the studio. So the boys all get dressed and Eric has the hotel arrange a car to take them where he wants to go. He tells the driver where to go and the boys are just looking out the windows of the car as they drive to their destination. As they pull up Eric says. "Boys this is Graumans Chinese Theatere Everyone in Hollywood who is anybody has their foot prints and hand prints here." "What about Dracula?" Tran says immitaing Bella Lugosi. "No I don't think he has one. But, I may be wrong. Lets look for a while." The boys all climb out of the car and the driver tells Eric he will wait over in the nearby parking lot for them. Eric thanks him and they all go look. Each boy trying to fit into someones foot prints or hand prints. "Dad who is Freddie Bartholomew?" "He was a child actor in the 1930's. Why?" "I was just wondering how come his feet were so small. Is he still alive?" "No I think he passed away in the early 1990s." "Oh that's sad." "Well, its always sad. But, I think he had a good life. I don't really know much about him. I saw him in a movie once. It was pretty good." "What was it?" "I think it was called Captain Couragous or something like that. It was a long time ago. I dont really rememeber much about it." "Probablly when you were smoking weed." Joey says joking. Eric just sighs at him and shakes his head smiling. After they look around for a good hour or so and Joey gives out a dozen autographs and takes numerous pictures with people they head to the studio. Once they get there Joey is taken to makeup and he is gotten ready. They have his outfit already at the studio. The record company sent it over for him. Eric sees him in the suit and tie and whisltes. "Look at you. All fancy now." Eric says poking fun at him. "You guys got on suits too." He says half defensively. "I'm just pulling you leg. You look good." "Thanks dad. You guys do too." They all sit around and wait for the show to start. They watch on the monitor in the green room the host go out and do his jokes and whatnot. Then it goes to commercial. A lady ushers Joey to behind the stage and when they come back from commercial the man intoduces Joey. Who walks out and sings a rendition of Sing. by the Caprenters. The crowd loves it and roars as he walks to meet the host again. "Welcome back Joey." "Thank you sir. Its nice to be back." "So it is my understanding that you are done with the thrid grade now?" "Yeah schools over and now we are going round the world and learning stuff about other places. It will be fun." "But, you will be perforning too." "Well, yeah." Joey says giggling. "Do you think it will be fun?" "I don't know. I think it will be a lot of fun meeting all the people and seeing stuff. But, its a lot of work too." "I can imagine." "Yeah." "So are you still bowling?" "Oh yeah we are. I almost got a 300 a few more times. But, Alejadnro beat me to doing it first." "Really?" The host says with a sruprised look. "Yeah we were at the house and we were bowling like usual and he got a 300. I tell you I was kind of mad at first. But, now I am really happy he did it. Kind of takes the pressure off being the first to do it." "You were bowling at home?" "Sure." "In like a real lane? Not like those plastic pins?" "Sure. Dad you got pictures on your phone dont you?" The camera shows Eric and the boys in the audience. Eric nods his head. "Well, come on down. May as well have all of you come down as well. I am sure everyone wants to know about this game and to meet the world famous Tran. I know I am excited to." The host says. Tran blushes when the host says this just as the camera pans to him. It catches it perfectly. The guys all walk onto the stage and the host greets them. When they sit down the host says. "But, first we will be right back." Then they go to commercial. The producer comes over and grabs Eric's phone and he takes some of the pictures from the phone so they can use them. Joey is talking to Aleajndro who is embarrassed Joey told everyone he got a 300. Tran the peace maker calms them down quickly. "Alejandro he is proud of you and wanted to tell everyone." Tran says. "Yeah buddy. I didn't mean to upset you. Besides its really cool. Dad hasn't even got a 300." They are let known that they are coming back from commercial and they see a man counting down with his fingers. "Welcone back everybody. We are here with Joey Murphey and his family. We were talking about you guys bowling at home and now we have some pictures." The screen flashes up the bowling lanes at the house with all three boys sitting and drinking a soda at the table on the lane. "Looks pretty nice." The host says. "Yeah we got a really nice house." "How long have you lived there for?" "Well, dad and Alejadnro bought it and then they dopted me and I lived there ever since." "That's right I forgot Mr Murphey you own a ton of McDonalds right?" "Yeah we just started buying up some KFCs in the Memphis and Nashville area as well." "So mickey dees isn't enough?" "No its more than provided for me and the boys. One day we went to a KFC and it was less then pristine I will say." "Very diplomatic." The host says. "Yeah poppi it was nasty. You said you would never let one of your stores look like this. Then we left cuz it was so gross. You said you were scared it would make us sick." "That's right buddy. Then you said I should buy it." "Was it me?" "Pretty sure it was you. But, yeah so we started aquiring a few small chains." "So this next one is of you guys at the pool. Is this at the house as well?" "Yeah. Dad was starting to get fat. So we all started swimming more so he wouldn't be fat no more. Worked too. He is all muscles now." Eric blushes at the compliment. "Show em your tummy dad." "I will not." "That's OK we got a picture of it here." the host says the picture flashing on the screen of Eric holding Alejandro above his head tossing him into the pool. "You must need a lot of energy?" The host says. "Especially on school breaks. I get a break when they are at school." "Nu huh poppi you got the job at KFC. So you work." "What are you doing at the KFC running it I suppose?" "No actually I just cook chicken. Its nice to just immerse yourself into something simple for a change." "I can see that." "Joey why dont you sing another song for the people. They watched to see you. Not hear me talk about chicken." Eric suggests. "Sure dad. Is that OK?" "Absolutely." The host says. Joey walks over to the piano and he starts a very slow song. Its called Trans song. Its about meeting Tran and loving him instantly and his battle and win. Its a lovely song Joey wrote with a bit of help from all of the family. Except Tran it was a surprise for him. When he is done he walks back over to where he was seated before. "So you are getting the pay per view of my concerts right?" He asks the host putting him on the spot. "I think if I didn't my little girl would kill me." "You got a daughter?" "Yes and she adores you. She has posters of you on her walls. She will probablly be mad I said that." "I would be," Alejadnro pipes up. "Yeah she will be. Lets go to something that wont get me in trouble. I want to say to you Tran from all of us here at the show that we are so happy you are in remission." "Thanks. It wasn't any fun at all. But, we got through it. It really just wasn't me fighting alone. It really was everybody. From Tom Tom, the nurses everyone at the hospital helped. Even the people that wash the sheets and the rooms and stuff. So that way I was clean and comfortable. Of course Ba and the guys here helped a lot too." "Yes they do care a lot at St Jude's. Its a wonderful place." "Yep and that's why Joey was asking about the pay per view because a portion of it goes to St Jude. We all want to help them as much as we can because they gave me a chance at life I otherwise wouldn't have gotten." "Yes and we are all very glad about that." "Hey we better say hi to Mathew." Alejadnro says. "Yeah. Hi Buddy." Joey says waving at the camera. "We miss you Matty." Tran says. "Who is Mathew?" the host asks. "He is our new brother. Well, kinda." Joey says. "How is he kinda your brother?" The host asks. "Well, his mom is our new counting lady. She lives in the apartment downstairs and he is her son and so he lives there we are kinda like brothers." "I suppose that makes sense." The host says. "Sure it does." Alejandro chimes in. "So what is a counting lady?" The host asks. "She does our bills and stuff. Cuz dad ain't got the time." "Oh accountant." The host says when he realizes. "Well, guys as much as I would love to keep chatting with you we do have another guest this evening." "Yeah we met him he is real nice. Ba told him he was in one of his favorite movies and thanked him for portraying Artur Schindler so well." "Yes that was a great movie." The host agrees. "He said he liked Trans song. Thats why I sang it earlier." "That was nice. Im sure he appreciated that." "Maybe. It was just a little something cuz dad said he liked him." "So everyone please tune in to Joeys shows on PPV they help St Judes and you can even donate on St Judes webpage. We will be right back." Eric and the boys head off stage and walk to the car and are driven back to the hotel. When they get there they head to the room to get out of the suits. They all stripped down to the suits they were born with, and met in the living room. Eric actually had on underwear. But, he did put on the robe becasue its just so comfy. "Ba you think that tonight they will have another scary movie?" "Dont know maybe." "Want to bet again?" Tran says grinning. "I do." Alejadnro says raising his hand. "Me too." Joey says quickly. "Well, guys lets look." Eric says turning on the TV and scrolling the station they watched last night. Figuring they did it once possibly again. Sure enough. "Way cool guys the original Frankenstein with Boris Karloff. You will like this one." "Is it scary?" Alejadnro asks. "Is it scary? I may pee the bed tonight its so scary." Eric says trying to keep a straight face. The boys all laugh at Eric. "We got plenty of time to go get some dinner and mess around for a while." Eric says. "I want to mess around now." Tran says. "Not what I meant." Eric says rolling his eyes at Tran. Teen boys and their hormones. "So where do you guys want to have dinner?" "Dad how we supposed to know." "OK then what do you want to eat tonight?" Alejadnro starts giggling. He cant seem to stop which gets Joey started. Then Tran and finally Eric they are sitting around just giggling like fools for what they have no idea. Finally they all calm down and Alejandro says. "I want a whopper." The smile vanishes from Erics face. Eric looks at Alejandro a minute. Gets a serious look on his face. "Im sorry Poppi I was just kidding." Eric looks at him. "You know I have never had a whopper." Eric states. "No way." Joey says. "No seriouslly. I have never been in a Burger King before. I think I want to go now." "Seriouslly dad?" "Sure why not. What is McDonalds going to pull my franchise? I want to see what its like." "Sure Ba if thats what you want." Tran agrees. "Well, lets get dressed Im starved." Eric says. "Cool." Joey says. They all rush and put on shorts and t-shirts. They all don a pair of tennis shoes with ankle socks as well. They look rather dashing for just wearing shorts and t-shirts. Eric has a polo. But, he is him. He feels confortable that way so its how he dresses. Eric calls the front desk to arrange for a car to take them. He is told it will be ready in ten minutes. They all get caps on and head to the lobby. The car a Lincoln Town car is already waiting for them. Joey and the boys get in back and Eric gets up front with the driver. "Where to sir?" The driver asks. "Burger King." Eric says smiling "Really sir?" "Yep. I never had it and the boys think its funny. So lets go to a Burger King." "Sure thing sir." The driver puts the car in gear while smiling and takes them a few miles down the road and pulls into a parking lot. "You want to join us?" Eric asks. "Im starving. You dont mind?" "No why would I. Come on its on me." "Cool." The driver says. He looks to be about 25 or so. Maybe a bit younger. Blonde hair decent build. Your stereotypical L.A. boy. They all head in and order. Eric gets a Whooper combo, as does the driver and Tran. Alejandro and Joey get Whopper Jrs. They get their food and sit down. Eric eats a fry. "Mine are better." He says looking at them. He opens the wrapper and lifts the bun and looks at it. He puts the bun back and takes a bite. "What do you think dad?" "Yeah poppi?" "Its not bad. Rather have a Big Mac but, this is pretty tasty too. Not a huge fan of mayonaise. Maybe it would be better without it." The driver says. "I cant believe you never had a whopper." "Poppi owns like a million McDonalds." "Damm now I know who you guys are. I been trying to figure it out. Little dude my sister loves you man." He says to Joey. "Cool." Joey says smiles and takes a bite. "No seriouslly little dude she has posters everywhere." "Where do you live?" Joey asks eating a fry. "Like half an hour from here. Why?" "Dad?" Joey asks. Eric knowing exactlly what he wanted. "For a little while." The driver looking at them confused. "Is your sister home?" Joey asks. "Prolly. Why?" "I think my son is alluding that he would like to go over and meet her." "That would be so awesome. My sister would think Im the best brother ever." "Why dont you go call real quick and make sure she is there. But, dont tell her why. We dont want a million little girls tearing Joey to pieces." Eric says. "No we dont." He says seriouslly. He pulls his phone out of his pocket. "Yeah hey ma. Is Michelle home?" A pause. "Can I talk to her real quick?" He waits a minute. "Hey sis I got a surprise for you. I will be there in about half an hour dont go anywhere. I want to see your face when you see the surprise." He waits a second laughing. "Im not telling. I will be there in a little while. Love you." He hangs up and smiles. "I think she is great. She is really special that one. She just turned 8 last month. When she was little we were in a really bad car wreck. Shelly lost her left leg below the knee. She is a real trooper though. She doesnt let it stop her from doing anything. She swims faster then me. I dont know how but she does. I think shes part fish." He says smiling. "Thats really cool." Tran says. "Yeah she is great. I call her Shelly bean. She acts like she hates it. But, she loves it." "Thats so sweet." Eric says. "Yeah shes special for sure. And pretty oh man she is going to break a lot of hearts thats for sure." They are all finishing up and take their trash to the receptacle. A little boy about five walks up to Joey. "Um Joey." Joey turns to look at him. He bends down so he is at eye level with him. "What can I do for you buddy?" "I really like your songs and stuff." "Thanks. Are you going to be a singer?" The boy giggles. "No. I cant sing." "Sure you can. Everyone can sing." "Nah." "Seriouslly. Come on we will sing a song it really easy. Now I will say the words then we will sing then together. OK?" "I dont know." He says doubting Joey. "I will too." Alejadnro says. "Yeah me too." Tran adds. "Well, OK then." The boy says grinning. Joey starts singing the Carpenters song "Sing a Song" Of all things. Eric smiles at the choice. Joey starts low "Sing. Sing a song." He gets louder as he goes and the other boys do as well. Eric sees the boy is really singing as loud as the others. Eric doesnt see it but, several phones are recording this scene. When they get done with the song Joey looks at the little boy. "See you sing as good as me. And definately better then them." He says pointing his thumb at his brothers. The little guy giggles. His mom walks up behind him. "Im really sorry." She says putting her hands on her sons shoulders. "No it was fun. Keep singing little guy." Joey says. "Im Zack." He says smiling. "Well Zack. You keep singing. Its fun." "It sure was. Thanks Joey." Hes says and hugs Joey. Joey hugs him back of course. "You want an autograph or something?" Joey asks him. "Sure." So Joey gets a pen from a worker and gives him an autograph. "Dad we got anything with us?" "No buddy sure dont." "Darnit. Hey Zacks mom. Why dont you give my dad your address and we will send some stuff to Zack." "Oh he will love that. Thank you." So Eric got her information from Zacks mom. He put it in the memo section of his phone. They walk out and get into the car and the driver is all smiles knowing he is going ot make his little sisters day. Maybe her week, month, and year. He is so excited about it he keeps gigling. They all get in the car and head to his house. Once they arrive its your typical California ranch style home with a clay roof and tan stucco sides. Its cute. Its obvious their mother takes pride in their home as theyre are potted plants hanging and lovely flowers in the front lawn. The driver who they found out is named Chris gets out as does Eric. The boys pile out of the back seat. They all walk to the front door and Chris opens it and walks in the guys following. "SHELLY BEAN!!!!!!!!!!!" Their mother walks out of the kitchen area wiping her hands with a dish towel. "Stop screaming." She says and sees everyone. She cocks her head like a dog when he hears a funny noise. "Aren't you..." Joey smiles his award winning smile. "Yes its you. "She is going to freak." Chris says. Michelle comes around the corner. "Whats my pri......OH MY GOD!!!!" She says. she looks at Joey a second her eyes roll in the back of her head and she falls to the floor. Chris and his mother rush over to her. The boys look at her confused. Eric figured it out pretty quick. "Dad help them." Joey says. "Buddy shes OK she just fainted." "Nuh uh." He responds. "Chris go get the smelling salts. They are in the medicine chest." Chris rushes off and he comes back a few seconds later holding the bottle. She waves it under the girls nose and she comes around. "Mom I had the craziest dream." She says coming to. "Not a dream honey." She answers her daughter. Michelle looks over at Joey. "Oh my." Is what she gets out. Joey walks over and gets on his knees. "You want to get up now?" "Joey I think she should probablly rest a minute first." Eric says. Her mom thinks its a good idea picks her up and carries her to the nearby couch. She lays her on it and Joey is right behind her worried about Michelle. Her mom steps away and Joey sits next to the her as she is laying on the couch. "Im your biggest fan." She says smiling. "Yeah big dude said you liked me. So since hes so cool and all . I thought I would like to meet you." She looks at her brother and grins. She shows every tooth she has. He is now a demi god to her. He smiles back at her and shoves his hands in his pockets. "So what is your favorite song I sing?" "Oh I like them all. But, Trans song is my favorite. Its so beautiful." "Want to meet him? Hes right here." Joey says pointing to Tran. "Oh and Alejandro and your dad too. Wow this is so cool. No one is ever going to believe me." "Yeah they will." Eric says. "We are going to take lots of pictures." To this she giggles. "Becky is going to be so jelous." "Who is Becky?" "She is this gorl at school. She thinks she is better then everyone. She is always making fun of me cuz well um." She says looking down at her leg. "Yeah. Your brother told us. I think its really cool that you dont let it keep you from doing anything." "Really you think Im cool?" "Sure you are." He says smiling at her. She beems. "Your brother says you swim really good too. Faster then him. But, I bet I can swim faster then you. Im really fast." He says bragging. "Oh no you cant." She says sitting up. "Sure I can. I mean your jsut a girl." He says pulling her leg. No pun intended. But, funny. "Oh girls so so much better then boys." "They smell better thats for sure." Eric says. "Well, I think you just challenged me to a race." Joey says. "Yep I did. Mom says sometimes girls got to put boys in their place. Seems like you need to learn a lesson buster." She says knowing he was teasing her being a girl. "Joey you dont have swim trunks." Eric says. "Honey we got a pool and my kids have lots of friends. We got a ton of suits to fit everyone." Michells mom says. "If its OK with you. I mean we didnt mean to take over your house." "Its more then alright." She says smiling and looking at the two children on the couch. So they all get suits Eric included and they go to the pool. Michelle is like Chris said very pretty. She has long flowing golden blonde hair. She has a lovely smile and pretty lips and big blue eyes. She walks out and sits down at the table next to the pool. She removes her leg and sits it next to the chair. "I cant get it wet." She explains. "So you ready to get beat by a girl?" She follows up with grinning as she says it. "Ain't no girl gonna beat me." Joey says giggling back at her obviouslly smitten by her pretty looks. She gets up and hops over to the pool and bounces right in. She surfaces and Joey giggles. "Thats so cool. You are like tigger." She giggles. "I never thought about it like that." She says giggling. Joey not making fun of her. But, kind of in admiration of her hops on one leg and hops into the pool. When he surfaces he comes up near here. "You are pretty talented. I almost fell over hopping to the pool." "Well, I got a lot of practice." She says smiling at him. "Let the battle of the sexes begin." Eric says like the wrestling anouncer. Everyone laughs at him and the two get to the edge of the pool. "OK lets make it five laps." Michelle says. "Cool. What are we betting?" "I dont know. What do you want to bet?" "If I win I get to call you Shelly bean. And, if you win I will give you a kiss." "Sounds like you win both ways." She says. "Yep." He says and giggles. "If I win you come to my school on Thursday for show and tell." "I want to but I cant I will be somewhere on Thursday. Dad where we gonna be Thursday?" "Berlin." "I will be in Berlin. But. how about this. We can video for it." "That would be so cool. Then I can stick it in Beckys face." She says giggling. They start the race and Michelle is indeed fast as of the third lap she is half the pool ahead of him. Joey is kicking as hard as he can. But she just glides through the water. By the end of the rae she beat him by a complete half length of the pool. When he gets to the end she is waiting. He comes up and she giggles teasing hin in a sing song voice. "You got beat by a girl." Then she giggles. "Yeah but, its OK becasue its a pretty one." She blushes when he says this. The other boys jump in when the race is over. Michelles mom and Eric sit at the table and drink some iced tea she had brought out. They are chatting lightly about just life. Being a parent and how its sometimes hard. But, always a joy. "Yeah that little girl is tough for sure. But, this girl in her class is just a little bully. She is constantly teasing her. It really bothers her. But, she tries to not let on. I would love to just beat that little girl." "Yeah I understand. You dont want anyone being cruel to your child. I wish we could jsut end it and people just be nice to each other. Accept them for who and what they are and go on with life. Its hard enough without all the haters in the world." "Amen to that." She say lifting her glass and taking a sip. They stay for about an hour in total as they need to get back to pack becasue they head out to New York City in the morning. Joey signed all of her posters and everything she had of him. They took a ton of pictures and she was beaming in every one of them. Joey even kissed her cheek in one. It was perfect becasue the crimson in her cheeks shows up in the photo. When they get back to the hotel Eric immediately sends off a package to Zack because he doesnt want to let down a little guy. He then gets comfortable and puts on the robe. He walks out and the boys are all in their shorts less shirts and shoes. "Poppi you got that on again?" "Yeah dad we need to get you some old man slippers?" "And a pipe." Tran adds. "Maybe a cat or two. Since you stopped shaving let it go scraggily and your that cat guy." Joey says. "I like it. Its comfy." He says looking at the robe. "Yeah next thing you know. Ba will be saying I can stop wearing it anytine I want to." "Maybe we need a group for dad." "Yeah a 12 stepper. Hi Im Eric I have a problem." Alejadnro says giggling. Eric just rolls his eyes at them. "It was so cool how you let her win today." Tran says to Joey. "Let her win. Shoot I was giving it all I had. She is just that fast." "Wow cool." Alejadnro says. They all settled in and had dinner in the room that night. They enjoyed the horror movie. The boys all seem to really enjoy the classic horror films that leave more to the inagination. That makes it scarier. Eric told them that for blood in the black and white films they used chocolate syrup as it looked right. They didnt believe him and he googled it to prove it to them. That night they were all pretty tired from the long day and just crashed a little bit after the movie.