Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 20:12:15 +0000 From: jravencroft@protonmail.com Subject: "where ravens roost part 19" Gay Adult Youth Nifty is a wonderful resource and needs to be funded to continue. I ask that you please donate if you can. http://donate.nifty.org/donate.html Contact me at jravencroft@protonmail.com, I welcome any feedback and would love to hear if you are enjoying this story. There is a lot more to come,so stay Tuned ! There is a website created for this story! The aim is simply to give readers a more dynamic experience. New content is being added all the time,and new chapters will be available on the website before anywhere else. https://whereravensroost.wordpress.com/ Please give it a look! John and Henry found Dwight, Charlie, Ian and Hudson at the whack a mole machine with Hudson on Dwight's shoulders, his little legs straddled his older brother's head. They watched as Dwight's muscular arms flared as he whacked the moles that popped up and could see Ian stood there with a weird look on his face with blushed cheeks. "Hi fellas" Ian said upon seeing them, "He's cute isn't he?" Henry asked. "Gosh yeah" Ian replied, "You know he does stuff with us" John said. "No way" Ian said, "He gave us suckies this morning" Henry said with a grin. "Yep" Charlie said with a giggle, "He'll do stuff with you too if you want" John said with a grin. "Gosh yeah" which made the other boys break out in laughter. "Hey did you get in trouble?" Charlie asked sweetly, "No our moms just wanted to talk to us" Henry replied. "About being boyfriends" John said with a grin, "You two are boyfriends?" Ian asked. "Yeah" John replied, "Wow fellas" Ian said. "Brudders!" Hudson exclaimed as he looked down upon them, "Mr. Wogan my horsey" he added with a bright smile. "Oh hey boys" Dwight said as he glanced to the side before before hitting some more moles that popped up. The machine lit up and stared to spit out a bunch of tickets as Dwight raised his arms in a cheer, "He's really good" Ian said, "Just hand eye coordination and quick reflexes" Dwight said. "Which you will develop when you start karate" he added as he ruffled Ian's hair, "As will this little guy" he further added as he grabbed Hudson's little legs and glanced upward. "Kawate chop!" Hudson exclaimed as he swung his little hand in the air, "Don't hurt anybody Hudson" Dwight said with a grin. "I not" Hudson said, "Oh here have some tokens" Dwight said as he presented a large bucket of tokens to John and Henry. "Grandad upgraded to the ultra deluxe package so we have plenty" Dwight said animatedly, "So take as many as you want" he added. "Wow I've never seen so many" Henry said, "There must be over a thousand" John said as the two boys peered into the bucket of seemingly endless tokens. "Now what did I hear about boyfriends? Your big brother needs to know these things" Dwight asked with a smile. "Henry is my boyfriend" John replied, "We love each other" Henry said softly as he looked to John. The pair kissed passionately in front of the others whom looked on with a mixture of emotions. "Anyone else have a boyfriend or girlfriend?" Dwight asked, "I reckon not" Ian replied. "Nope" Charlie said, "How about you Hudson?" Dwight asked as he glanced upward. "I no has boyfwend Mr. Wogan" Hudson said, "Will you be my boyfriend then Hudson?" Dwight asked with a chuckle. "Ok" Hudson replied with a giggle and Dwight could see the look that appeared on Ian's face. "I'm just kidding Ian" Dwight said as he ruffled Ian's hair, "So what now ?" Charlie asked, "I think that basketball game has our name on it" Dwight said as he pointed to a machine lit up with a basketball goal. He led the boys over to the machine, placed tokens in the slot, and proceeded to sink shot after shot to the amazement of his little brothers. The buzzer sounded and the machine started to spit out tickets as Dwight turned to face the boys to see them starry eyed. "That was amazing!" John exclaimed, "It really was" Henry said. "Let me try" Ian said as he put some tokes and started to throw the balls, "Gosh darnit" Ian said as he missed his first three shots. "Wait a minute Ian" Dwight said as he lifted Hudson down, the little boy got hugs from the other boys while Dwight knelt down next to Ian. "Here like this" Dwight said calmly as helped Ian take aim, "Now concentrate on the basket, steady your breathing, and with a flick of your wrist...release!" he added as Ian shot the ball and it went in the basket. "I did it!" Ian exclaimed, "You did great Ian" Dwight said as he raised his hand and Ian gave him a high five then a hug, to Dwight's pleasant surprise. "Let this be a lesson to all of you, when something seems hard or challenging you should never give up, never stop until you accomplish your goal" Dwight said as he broke from the hug and looked at all the boys whom nodded their heads. "Can you help me?" John asked, "Sure" Dwight replied as he had John step forward. "Yes!" John exclaimed as he shot his basket, "Ok Henry you're next" Dwight said after he got a hug from John. "But I'm not good at sports" Henry said shyly, "I know you can do it" John said as he took Henry's hand. "Come here Henry" Dwight said softly as Henry stepped forward and he helped him shoot his basket, "I did it" Henry said softly. "I really did it!" he added loudly, "Always believe in yourself Henry" Dwight said and he hugged Henry. "I knew you could do it" John said and he kissed Henry on the cheek, whom blushed, "Thank you" Henry said softly before he gave John a kiss on the cheek back and took hold of his boyfriends hand. "Ok Charlie" Dwight said with a smile as Charlie stepped forward, "Uh I probably can't do it" Charlie said sadly. "Like I told Henry, you just have to believe in yourself" Dwight said as he helped Charlie shoot, whose face went bright when he made his basket. "Now for you" Dwight said as he grabbed Hudson and held him in his arms, "Maybe I should just throw you in the basket" he added with a grin. "No Mr. Wogan don't throw me" Hudson said, "Then I guess you'll have to go back up here for safety" Dwight said as he lifted Hudson back on his shoulders. "Good horsey" Hudson said with a giggle and patted Dwight's head, whom watched the other boys take the shots that remained. They began to walk around to look at the other machines, "What dis do?" Hudson asked as they passed the skee ball machine and Dwight put the little boy down. He put some tokens in the machine and handed Hudson one of the balls before he lifted him on the platform and watched as he ran up and threw the ball in the hole. "Isn't that cheating?" Charlie asked, "I guess you're right" Dwight replied sheepishly. After all the boys had their turn they ended up at the air hockey tables where Dwight organized a mini tournament with John and Henry at one table and Ian and Charlie at another. John and Ian won and then faced one another with Ian the victor of that match. The final match was Dwight versus the four boys which Dwight won easily. Whom when he saw the disappointed looks on the boys faces he felt a tinge of guilt, "Just because you lost today doesn't mean you should give up boys" Dwight said. "I have fought in many tournaments and when I would lose I would just vow to come back stronger the next time" he added. "Ok we will beat you next time" John said with a grin, "Yep" Charlie said, "Yes" Henry said. "You going down partner" Ian said with a grin, "Bring it on any time little brother" Dwight said with a laugh. "I reckon I will" Ian said with a smirk, Dwight grabbed him and began to tickle him mercilessly. "Leave brudder alone" Hudson said and karate chopped the back of Dwight's head,"Ow!" Dwight exclaimed. "I think Hudson just won" John said as all the boys broke out in giggles, "I think you're right" Dwight said as he rubbed the back of his head. "I sowwy Mr. Wogan" Hudson said sweetly, "I kiss it make it better" he added and kissed Dwight's head. "Can we go to the ball pit now?" Charlie asked, "Sure" Dwight replied and walked them all over to the ball pit play structure. The boys removed their shoes and made their way excitedly inside while Bill, Roy, and Ruth joined Dwight just as he put Hudson down to join them. Ruth grabbed Hudson quickly, "You having fun?" she asked, "Yeah!" Hudson exclaimed. "Is Dwight taking good care of you?" Ruth said, "He my boyfwend" Hudson replied. "Wait a minute" Dwight said, "He's really handsome I think you made a good choice" Ruth said sweetly as she smiled at Hudson. "Now you go play" she added as she removed his velcro shoes and put Hudson down and watched him go into the play structure, "You move fast" Roy said with a laugh as he looked at the blushed faced young instructor. "It was a joke" Dwight protested, "You got to watch what you say around kids son" Bill said. "Now don't go hurting his feelings, if he wants to call you his boyfriend there isn't any harm in that" Ruth said, "Yes mam I understand" Dwight said. "You know we have been talking" Bill said, "What is your living situation like son?" he added. "I live with my mom sir" Dwight replied, "Speaking of which I probably should call her, I told her I was meeting up with friends" he added. "The reason I ask is we would like to offer you to move in with us, Roy has room at his house" Bill said, "That I do and you would be welcome" Roy said. "Oh I don't think I could afford it, karate instructors don't make much" Dwight said, "You wouldn't have to pay a dime" Bill said. "Just help us look after the boys" Roy said, "You are so good with them, I was coming to check on y'all earlier when I saw you at that basketball game with them" Ruth said. "I'm floored, I'll have to talk with mom about it but yes I would love to" Dwight said, "Course it will be just a room to keep your stuff, I imagine the boys will want you to sleep with them" Bill said with a grin. "Roy doesn't stay at home much anymore either" he added with a laugh, "And you love it" Roy said with a grin. "Now son can you tell me what a battletoad is?" Bill asked with a chuckle, "Oh yes sir, it's a video game on the Nintendo, you play as three toad brothers" Dwight replied. "Back in my day they didn't have video games, do you think the boys would like a Nintendo?" Bill asked, "Honestly sir I think they would love one" Dwight replied. "In a couple months they are even coming out with the Super Nintendo" he added, "They would be welcome to use mine if I do move in" Dwight said. "That's sweet of you son but we have five boys and I don't want any squabbling, best we have more than one" Bill said. "They're kind of expensive sir" Dwight said which made Roy start to snicker, "I think I can handle it son, I'll have you go the store for me if you don't mind, I wouldn't know what I was looking at" Bill said. "Oh yes sir I would be more than happy to" Dwight said, "Now you run along and call your mom, I saw a payphone in the lobby" Ruth said as she opened her purse. "I imagine she might be worried about you" she added as she handed Dwight some quarters, "Oh yes mam I will" Dwight said as he left for the lobby. "He's such a good boy" Ruth said, "You know If you keep taking people in we are going to be out of room" Roy said. "We will just have to get a bigger place" Bill said with a grin, Inside the play structure John and Henry were climbing through the tunnels and as they came to the large cubical room, John pulled Henry into the corner and wrapped his arms around him. "What are you doing?" Henry asked, "I just wanted to hug you" John replied. John held on to Henry for a while, whom relaxed into his boyfriend and enjoyed the closeness, as not a word was exchanged between them. "You want to do something naughty?" Henry finally asked, "No" John replied. "Are you ok?" Henry asked, "Yeah it's just I love you Henry, now and forever" John replied. "I love you too John forever" Henry said softly and the pair kissed passionately. "We don't have to hide from your mom anymore" John said, "Mommy really loves me" Henry said emotionally. "I'm glad you didn't get mad" he added, "I just don't want her to make you cry" John said softly. "You sure you don't want to be naughty?" Henry asked, "Later let's go play" John replied as the pair broke from the hug and proceeded to slide down the tube to the ball pit. When they landed in the ball pit, "There you two are" Dwight said, "They are paging us to the party room, the others have already gone" he added. Dwight helped the boys get out of the structure and helped tie their shoes before he walked them over to the party room. As they walked into the room Cheryl picked John up and held him at her side while Henry went to join the other boys, "You are getting heavy, grandma must be feeding you well" Cheryl said with a grin as she looked upon her son. "Are you John's mom? I don't think we have formally met" Dwight said, "I guess I'll claim him" Cheryl said with a chuckle. "Hey!" John exclaimed, "Cheryl Ravencroft, and you are?" Cheryl asked. "Dwight Logan mam" Dwight replied, "Oh you're Mr. Logan, I've heard a lot about you" Cheryl said. "I see now" she added, "See what mam?" Dwight asked. "Why my son has such a crush on you" Cheryl replied with a smile. "Mom.." John whined as his cheeks blushed, "What brings you to the party? Nice of you to come" Cheryl said. "It all happened so suddenly mam, I think your folks adopted me" Dwight replied with a nervous laugh, "Something tells me there is more to this story" Cheryl said. "So do you have a girlfriend? I have some friends of mine that would love to meet you" she added, and John started to whisper in her ear. "Really? Only boys eh?" Cheryl said as she looked at her son, whom nodded his head, and then to Dwight, whom stood there with a nervous look about him. "Well you see" Dwight started to say nervously, "Oh!" John exclaimed and whispered something else in Cheryl's ear which made her eyes go wide. "He did?" Cheryl asked and John nodded his head with a big grin, "I guess you got what you wanted then" Cheryl said. "Yep" John said with a bright smile, "Just what are you telling her?" Dwight asked nervously. "Don't worry, you just continue to make my boy happy, he means everything to me" Cheryl replied, "Er yes mam I will" Dwight said. "Mam is too formal for your big sister" Cheryl said with a grin, "Welcome to the family" she added with a kiss to Dwight's cheek and walked off to find Katherine, as John did a little wave to Dwight whom stood there stunned. Soon the pizzas were being brought into the room by the staff and placed upon a long table with plates and drinks as the party coordinator made it look nice. When everything was in place the staff left the family to it, whom began to fix plates and got everyone something to eat. The room got loud as everyone began to chat while they ate, "Pizza good" Hudson said as he happily ate while sat in Bill's lap, whom had a big smile across his face as he fussed over the little boy. Ruth said next to them with Ian in her lap and continued to try and wipe Hudson's mouth but soon gave up. Roy sat next to her with Charlie in his lap, John in Cheryl's, Henry in Katherine's as everyone enjoyed being together as a family. When everyone had finished eating Bill stood up with Hudson held at his side and raised his free hand to get everyone's attention, "A speech?" Roy asked, "You know how he is" Ruth replied with a smile. "I would like to thank everyone for coming today as we celebrate Hudson's birthday, but really this celebration goes deeper than that. Today we celebrate family and what that really means" Bill said. "It isn't blood that makes family, no it is the bonds we share and love we have for one another" he added. "I must admit it was my grandson that helped remind this old fool of that, he never was content being an only child so he found boys he saw as not only friends but brothers, he made his own family and I couldn't be more proud of him for it" he further added. "I look around this room and am blessed to count you all amongst my family, as long as we are together I see nothing but bright days ahead for us all" he continued. "I want to go ahead and invite everyone to the after party at my home, everyone is welcome and with that I will conclude by saying I love you all" he concluded as he sat down again with a round of applause. "Lovely speech dear" Ruth said and kissed Bill's cheek, "You always did know how to give a speech" Roy said. "Bill I don't know what to say, thank you" Katherine said emotionally, "You can thank me by working on getting married and getting me that granddaughter" Bill said with a grin. The adults sent Dwight and the boys back out to play while they chatted until it was time to leave for home, three hours later. In the parking lot Billy and William gave Ian and Hudson final hugs, "We are so happy you boys finally have a home" William said, "I know they will take care of you" Billy said. "Thank yous kindly for everything" Ian said emotionally, "Love yous" Hudson said warmly. "You can come by the center and pick up their personal effects, it's mostly clothes" William said. "You can use the clothes for the other kids, I have a shopping spree planned" Ruth said with a smile, "Ian honey is there anything there that is of sentimental value to you or Hudson?" she added. "I reckon not" Ian replied, "Then just keep it all for the others" Ruth said. "Remember you are family and you can still be a part of their lives" Bill said, "You are welcome anytime" Ruth said. "You should join us tonight" Bill said, "We would but we already have dinner plans with friends of ours" William said. "Another time then" Bill said as he shook William and Billy's hands, and everyone departed with most bound for Bill and Ruth's house. Cheryl and Katherine with John and Henry arrived first with Dwight and Roy right behind with Charlie. Cheryl unlocked the door and the boys ran excitedly inside, John and Charlie began to strip naked but Henry was hesitant. "But mommy" Henry said as Katherine stepped in the door and saw what was going on, she knelt down and turned Henry to face her. "Sweetheart would you like to be naked too?" Katherine asked, "Can I?" Henry asked. "Cheryl told me how much you boys hated clothes and preferred to be be naked" Katherine said, "I know I haven't allowed you to be naked at home but that is going to change too" she added. "I'm sorry Henry, just another thing I have to apologize for" she further added emotionally, "It's ok mommy I love you" Henry said. "I love you too sweetheart, now go ahead" Katherine said with a grin as Henry proceeded to strip naked. Whom blushed at his mom once he was naked and she picked him up to hold him, "You are my beautiful little boy" Katherine said emotionally as she held him close and kissed his head. Bill and Ruth with Ian and Hudson came in the door soon after, "Nakey!" Hudson said upon seeing John and Charlie and began to strip naked with help from Ruth. "Come on Ian get naked" John said, "I don't know about that partner" Ian said. "Aw come on" Charlie whined, "Too many girls around" Ian said. "You're silly" John said as he and Charlie exchanged a naughty grin between them as they surrounded Ian. "Hey what are you fellas doing?" Ian asked as John and Charlie pounced and began to forcefully strip him naked while the adults looked on and laughed at their antics. Ian put up a fight but was soon naked and stood with his hands on his boy bits, Bill picked him up. "You have nothing to be embarrassed about son, the boys are always naked around here so they just want you to be too" Bill said softly as he looked into Ian's face. "I reckon so" Ian said, "Now let's look at what's in the back yard" Bill said as he opened the back door and the boys faces lit up. "It's a bouncy house!" Charlie exclaimed, "You boys go have fun" Bill said with a grin as he put Ian down and Katherine put Henry down. The adults laughed as the five naked boys ran excitedly to the bouncy house and began to bounce inside after they helped Hudson climb in. Cheryl could see Katherine looked upset and pulled her aside, "Everything ok?" Cheryl asked softly, "It's just all I have done here lately is apologize to Henry" Katherine replied. "I think it's clear Henry forgives you, but only you can forgive yourself" Cheryl said, "I know" Katherine said softly. "I got to start on dinner soon, I hope everyone likes waffles" Ruth said out loud, "We will do cake and ice cream afterwards, give him his presents" she added with a smile. "I need to run next door and get Hudson's present I got him" Roy said, "I feel bad, If I had known I would have got him something" Dwight said. "Well a new big brother is quite the gift son" Bill said, "But if you want, we bought him several things and you can take a look through them and pick something out" he added. "I'd appreciate that sir, thank you" Dwight said, "I'll be back" Roy said as he left and went next door to his home. Once inside Roy could see his answering machine was lit up, he pressed play and the voice of Kevin was heard, "Hey old man give me a call, it's time we do this". Roy picked up the phone and called Kevin, "Hello" Kevin said, "Kevin it's Roy, you called" Roy said. "Yeah Jess and I want to head that way and get this sorted" Kevin said, "The papers have already been drawn up by my friend's attorneys, so whenever you are ready" Roy said. "Just to be clear, you get custody of Charlie and we continue to live on the farm with you continuing to pay the mortgage and taxes" Kevin said. "That's the agreement, I personally don't care what you or Jessica do as long as I have Charlie" Roy said. "We'll leave out tonight, it's about a sixteen hour drive so expect us on Monday, we just want this over with so we can move on with our lives" Kevin said. "That sounds good" Roy said, "Well alright old man" Kevin said. "Aren't you going to ask about him?" Roy asked, "Give it up already" Kevin replied. "There's a special place in hell reserved for you Kevin, I hope you know that" Roy said, "Whatever you say" Kevin said and hung up the phone. Roy hung up the phone with a heavy sigh and retrieved his gift he had purchased for Hudson before he went back next door to find Bill. "Everything ok?" Bill asked when Roy pulled him aside, "I heard from Kevin, he will be here Monday" Roy said. "So it's finally happening" Bill said, "Yeah I'm glad really" Roy said. "What we really need to do is get Charlie and talk with him to see if there is anything left of his he wants from the farm" Bill said. "Can it wait until tomorrow?" Roy asked, "I'd rather we do it now so I can get things started, I'm going to have to alert my people to get the property secured" Bill replied. "Let me go grab him" Roy said and went to get Charlie from the bouncy house, "Poppa.." Charlie whined when Roy opened his arms and called for him. "You can come back and play shortly" Roy said as he picked Charlie up and carried him into the house where Bill led them into the back. "Don't be mad at your poppa Charlie it's my fault" Bill said when he saw the look on Charlie's face, "Yep blame him" Roy said with a chuckle. "Charlie we want to talk to you about the farm" Bill said, "Is there anything of yours still left there you want?" he added. "Uh no well there is mommies car" Charlie replied, "She said I could have it when I was a big boy" he added. "You mean the Camaro?" Roy asked, "Yeah it's so cool" Charlie replied. "Daddy keeps it in the barn with the bad plants" he added, "Bad plants?" Roy asked. "They smell yucky" Charlie replied as he made a face, "Can you tell us what they look like?" Roy asked. "Uh well I guess like a green star" Charlie replied, "I get in trouble if I go in there" he added. "Uh do you think Fred could come live with us?" Charlie asked sweetly, "Fred means a lot to to you eh?" Roy replied. "Yep he's my best friend" Charlie said, "Daddy don't care about him" he added. "Then we will have to get Fred to Georgia" Bill said when he saw Roy look to him, "Thank you!" Charlie exclaimed and hugged both Bill and Roy. "I can't wait to see Fred again" Charlie said, "We'll get him here as soon as possible" Bill said. "Can I go back and play now?" Charlie asked, "Yeah go ahead" Roy said and ruffled Charlie's hair before the little boy ran from the room. "That son of a bitch" Roy said, "Calm down Roy" Bill said. "I can't believe he would do something so dangerous not to mention illegal with Charlie around" Roy said, "No telling what kind of people he deals with" he added. "This is actually great" Bill said, "How in the hell do you figure that?" Roy asked. "Because now they can't cuss us for making them homeless" Bill replied, "They will have a new home behind bars" he added with a grin. "I do like the sound of that" Roy said, "I'll have my people verify the plants are there when they go" Bill said. "I hope I get to see the look on their faces" Roy said, "If we play our cards right you might get your wish" Bill said. "The only thing we have to worry about is the car and the goat" he added, "Charlie loves that goat" Roy said. "He will have to stay in your yard, if he ate Ruth's flowers he might end up as goat stew" Bill said and both men broke out in laughter. "You know who gave her that car don't you?" Roy asked, "I thought you did" Bill replied. "No it was Robert" Roy said, "Robert? As in Henry's Bobby?" Bill asked. "Yep" Roy said, "Why would he have given her the car?" Bill asked. "His uncle gave him that car to fix up, him and Michelle worked on it while they dated and got it running, they were so proud of it" Roy replied. "When his dad got sent overseas he wanted her to have it. He didn't know if they would ever return to the states and he didn't want her to wait on something that might never happen so they decided to break up, it broke both their hearts" he further added. "He did come back four years later and came to me, I had to tell him Michelle was with Kevin and he chose to not make contact for fear of interfering, he doesn't even know she passed I imagine" he continued. "I had no idea" Bill said, "Yeah he was crazy about her, I thought they would marry" Roy said. "We'll make sure we get the car, take a trip up to Kansas after everything goes down" Bill said, "A road trip, I like the sound of that" Roy said. "I'll have my people get that car off property just in case" Bill said, "Good idea" Roy said. "I think we have a plan let's get back to the party" Bill said, "After you" Roy said. As they walked back in the kitchen they found Ruth stood at the door with a grin about her face, "Come here, just look at those girls" Ruth said with a chuckle as Bill and Roy looked out to see Cheryl and Katherine in the bouncy house with the boys. "They certainly look like they are having fun" Roy said, "Why aren't you out there?" Bill asked as he looked to Dwight. "Oh I was helping grandma" Dwight said, "Grandad is right, you should be out there with the boys, go have fun, these two can help me now" Ruth said softly."Alrighty mam" Dwight said and ran to the bouncy house and proceeded to do flips inside, "He's something else" Roy said with a chuckle. "What this party needs is some music" he added, "Let's get the sound system out we used to use, here I'll help you" Bill said and they went and retrieved the sound system. They set it up and turned it on, "Now this is party" Roy said with a grin and clapped his hands as the music started to play. Over the next hour Ruth fixed dinner while Bill and Roy set up the tables that had been rented and arranged the gifts. They proceeded to get everything ready for the celebration while everyone in the bouncy house continued to play. Once it was time to eat Dwight helped everyone exit the bouncy house, the boys wanted to jump so he could catch them and he held Cheryl and Katherine's hand as they exited. Bill brought out a giant platter of waffles and sat it on the table, "Waffles!" Hudson exclaimed, "Look brudder" he added as he pulled on Ian's arm. Ruth and Roy brought out syrup and plates, while Cheryl and Katherine assisted with drinks. Ruth fixed Hudson's plate and cut up his waffle for him as he looked on with a bright smile, "Thank yous for my waffle" Hudson said sweetly, "You enjoy it cutie" Ruth said when she was done and watched as Hudson began to happily enjoy his waffle. Once everyone was finished eating Ruth had Bill accompany her back in the house and they brought out two cakes Ruth had made, one small one just for Hudson and a much larger one for the rest of the family. Roy turned the music off momentarily as Bill put four candles on the small cake and lit them as everyone began to sing "happy birthday" to Hudson, whom looked on brightly at everyone while they sang, "Happy Birthday Hudson!" everyone exclaimed when they were done and Hudson blew out his candles. Pieces of cake and scoops of ice cream were dished out to everyone and quickly eaten before it was time to move on to presents. "We'll let the boys give theirs first" Bill said, John and Henry got up to retrieve two gift bags on the table and sat them down next to Hudson. "Here Hudson" John said as he reached in the bag and presented a Leonardo turtle plush to Hudson, whom smiled, "Thank yous brudder" Hudson said as he held the plush tight to him. "You also need Donatello" Henry said as he presented his turtle plush next to Hudson, whom grabbed it with a bright smile and hugged it with the other. Charlie stepped forward next, "And Raphael" he said and handed Hudson a Raphael turtle plush, "Grandad where is the other one?" John asked as he looked to Bill. "Oh right" Bill said as he grabbed another gift bag and knelt down next to Ian, "Give this to him son" Bill said softly to Ian, whom looked confused. "Just trust me" Bill said as he stood up and ruffled Ian's hair and watched as Ian's eyes wide went when he found a Michelangelo plush inside and happily handed it Hudson. "Thank you brudders" Hudson said, "Look I have all turtles now" he added with a bright smile as he hugged all four plush turtles tight to his chest. John, Henry, Charlie, and Ian all took position around Hudson and kissed their little brother on his cheeks at the same time which made him erupt in giggles. The boys sat down, Cheryl and Katherine knelt down next to Hudson next, "Happy Birthday from your big sister" Cheryl said as she and Katherine helped him open their wrapped presents. Inside he found a book of bedtime stories and an Etch A Sketch, "Thank yous" Hudson said as he looked at them intently. Roy stepped forward next sat a Lite-Brite toy down in front of Hudson, "Happy Birthday" Roy said as he ruffled Hudson's hair. "You sure this is ok sir?" Dwight asked as he looked at Bill, "Go ahead son" Bill said. Dwight stood up and retrieved a rolled up car play mat with a large box of hotwheel cars and presented them to Hudson. "Happy Birthday little brother" Dwight said, "Cars!" Hudson exclaimed. "Will you pway cars with me?" Hudson asked as he looked up to Dwight with a bright smile, "Anytime you want Hudson" Dwight said and knelt down to hug Hudson, whom latched on and Dwight stood with the little boy in his arms as they hugged. "Here let me have him for a minute, then you can have him back" Ruth said softly as the pair broke from their hug, and Dwight handed Hudson to her. Ruth tickled Hudson's stomach softly which made him giggle as she looked upon her son with a warm smile. Bill went inside the house and came back with a bike and helmet for Hudson, Ruth put him down on the seat, "This for me?" Hudson asked as he placed his hands on the handlebars. "It sure is son, I can't wait to teach you to ride it" Bill said as he knelt down and placed his hand on Hudson's back. "Look brudder I got a bike" Hudson said as he looked to Ian, "You like it cutie?" Ruth asked as she knelt down next to Hudson also. "It awesome, thank yous" Hudson said brightly, "Happy Birthday Hudson" Bill and Ruth said together. After all presents had been given out the boys were soon back out to play with the exception of Ian. Bill saw him sat there with a weird look about him and decided to pick him up, "You ok son?" Bill asked as he looked into Ian's face. "Thank you" Ian replied softly, "For what son?" Bill asked confused. "For making this special for Hudson" Ian said emotionally, "He's never had anything like this" he added. "That's not something you have to thank me for, you and him are my sons now" Bill said, "So do we call you dad?" Ian asked. "That's up to you son, but the rest of the boys call me grandad and that works just as well" Bill replied. "Alright grandad" Ian said with a smile, "I could listen to that all day" Bill said emotionally as he looked upon his son. "You know you're birthday is coming up next" he added, "Oh don't make a fuss over me" Ian said. "That might have worked with William and Billy but that wont work here " Bill said with a chuckle, "You will get a party" he added as he tickled Ian. "And presents" he further added as he continued to tickle Ian, whom erupted in laughter. "And like it, Do I make myself clear?" he continued, "Yes! Yes ! Stop! Stop!" Ian protested through fits of laughter and giggles. "I'm glad you understand" Bill said as he stopped his tickle attack and hugged Ian tightly to him, "I love you son" he added softly. "I love you too grandad" Ian said emotionally, much to Bill's pleasant surprise, "You mean it?" Bill asked as he held Ian to look him in the face, whom nodded his head too emotional to speak which caused Bill to become emotional also. Ruth came over and got them both calmed down and sent Ian out to play with the other boys while she got Bill to sit down. The rest of the day passed with the boys engaged in all manner of play in the yard while the adults sat at the tables and chatted until it was night. Cheryl and Katherine called John and Henry over, "We don't have to leave do we mom?" John asked, "Well no but you got to come home sometime" Cheryl replied as she picked John up and Katherine picked Henry up. "We miss you boys when you're not around" Cheryl said, "We really do" Katherine said. "I miss you too mom but I want to be with my brothers and Henry" John said as he looked to Henry in Katherine's arms. "I feel the same way" Henry said, "I love you honey" Cheryl said as she kissed John's cheek. "I love you too mom" John said, "I love you sweetheart" Katherine said. "I love you too mommy" Henry said and the moms placed their sons on the ground, "Go be with your brothers" Cheryl said and the boys took off to join back up with the other boys. "I'll walk you out" Bill said and walked Cheryl and Katherine out to the driveway, "I wish we had somewhere for you to sleep, you would be welcome to stay" Bill said. "It's ok we'll come back tomorrow dad" Cheryl said and hugged Bill, "Thank you again for everything Bill" Katherine said and hugged Bill next. Whom watched them get in the car and watched as they back out of the driveway and headed home. Once Bill returned to the back yard, "Round up the boys and let's get them in bed" Ruth said as she placed her hand on Dwight's shoulder, "Oh yes mam" Dwight said. "I'll head next door after I tell Charlie goodnight, I'm not one for couch sleeping" Roy said, "Like I just told Cheryl and Katherine, I wish we had more room" Bill said. As Dwight ushered the five boys into the house Roy picked Charlie up, "Goodnight Charlie I love you, I'll see you in the morning" Roy said, "Goodnight Poppa I love you too" Charlie said sweetly. Roy put Charlie down and bid farewell to everyone and left for next door. "I think you'll need this" Ruth said warmly as she handed Dwight the bedtime story book, "Are you going read bedtime story?" Hudson asked Dwight when he saw him with the book. "Would you like me to?" Dwight asked as he picked Hudson up, "I like bedtime story" Hudson replied. Bill and Ruth followed behind Dwight and the boys as they headed for the guest bedroom. Dwight shucked off his clothes except his boxers then carried Hudson into the bed and all the boys filed in around them as they all began to cuddle up to one another. Bill and Ruth kissed all the boys and after a round of "I love yous" they watched from the doorway as all the boys focused on Dwight as he began to read them a story from the book. Bill and Ruth exchanged a warm smile between them and went into their own bedroom. Bill sat on the bed with a loud sigh which was noticed by Ruth, "And what's wrong with you?" Ruth asked, "It's just not right" Bill replied. "What's not right?" Ruth asked, "Family shouldn't have to be split apart because of room" Bill replied. "I don't follow" Ruth said, "You saw how Cheryl and Katherine were, they don't want to be apart from their sons and they shouldn't have to be" Bill said. "Roy shouldn't have to be apart from Charlie either" he added, "It's just not right" he further added. "What can we do about it?" Ruth asked, "We need a bigger place" Bill replied. "Let's find a big enough place that our entire family can be together" he added, "You always wanted a farm we can buy a farm" he further added excitedly. "At our age?" Ruth asked, "Roy and I may be old but we aren't decrepit, then we have Cheryl, Katherine, and Dwight too, they can help" Bill replied. "Who knows we might decide to expand our family again, we need room to do it" he added, "Let's build something together as a family" he further added as he looked to Ruth. "Honey you know I have always supported your dreams but this just isn't our decision" Ruth said, "But if you can convince the others then I say let's do it" she added.