Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 21:44:09 -0400 From: JJ Rockwood Subject: Zachary All Grown Up Chapter 41 Zachary All Grown UP Chapter 41 By JJ [ jjrockwood000@gmail.com ] NIFTY HAS OVER 280,000 STORIES IT STARTED IN 1992. PLEASE DONATE TO CONTINUE KEEPING THIS A FREE SITE AND TO KEEP IT ALIVE!!! Chapter 41 It is Friday December 10 I am listening to the slight whistle coming from Zachary's nose. I smile thinking of Stephan. Zachary and I took Thursday and Friday off using two vacation days. Mario, Zachary and I went hunting and we both got lucky. I got a nice buck and he got a good size doe. Zachary came close but didn't get one. I wonder if he missed on purpose but he ventured into the woods. I think he figured he was going to get laid, but Mario kept him by his side. I knew Mario was looking forward to doing this with him since both our sons refused to go hunting years ago. It was also a good thing he came, the extra set of hands was well appreciated. No one realizes you have to drag these deer out of the woods to your vehicles. Even Zachary never realized hunting is hard work. He didn't realize there was a field dressing that had to be done, but he didn't get sick. You have to move fast; by right if it isn't cold you don't want the deer dead more than 6 hours before butchering. It was in the high 20's when we got them and they are hanging in Mario's garage still draining, only for the fact it was in the teens last night. We have been lucky the past 5-6 years a friend of Mario's runs a slaughter house is coming to pick them up this morning to butcher them. It is worth the money not to go through doing it and the mess. The two of us went to work out normal time, showered went to breakfast and went Christmas shopping. I finished and was very happy; I think he said he has a little more to do. I just have to get last minute food things, booze and pick up the picture I had framed of Zachary and Stephan; actually I also did one for Stephan. I know we are both getting each other white crew socks (no surprise). Work has been busy with meeting the end of the quarter and year quotas. I give the guys the opportunity to work the week of shutdown. I look at it this way; I'm paying it forward for years I had the chance to make good money that week. I will give Zachary the option of working it or coming with me to Virginia. I have to ask formally for the record. Zachary has even worked two Saturdays and he will work tomorrow to make up for the past two day pay he missed. I may get up with him and go work out then he can go to work and I can go home......hehehe. Since we have been home, we have both been in our own rooms wrapping presents. I went down and fell asleep on the couch and he came later to tell me he was going across the street for dinner. When he came back I asked him if he was up to working out before work and he said yes. He put our clothes together, no lunches they only worked 5 hours on Saturdays. I would feed him when he came home. We showered had sex in the shower and went to bed. Sleep came fast for the both us. The alarm went off we got up and he asked should we take two cars, I had to think as we were getting dressed and said no, I can come and get you unless you have anything want to do after work alone, he said he didn't. We had a good workout, showered and I was tempted to fool around seeing we were the only two people there. Good thing we didn't as we were getting dressed a few guys came in. He bounced off to work and I went home. I could get use to this life. I made my coffee had some fruit and yogurt, decided what I was going to do till I picked him up. I caught up on the laundry, actually wrote out my Christmas cards made a list of booze I had to buy for presents and what I needed in case anyone stopped. Not that I would have a houseful, but you never know, my siblings for the most part are out of state. I just have my youngest brother and sister left here. My brother is twelve years younger than me, he is the baby. That is why I know how DJ felt about being a mother duck; I am the oldest of five. Anthony was more like a son then a brother you figure I was a teenager by the time he could be fun. He is about 45 minutes away, married with three preteens. He works for his father-in-law and they all live close to one another up in Cornwall. He will be coming down next Friday and staying over weather permitting, the sister next in line with him was coming to, but her kids have some sort of pageant. We all talk every week and maybe get together 3-4 times a year, its rough when your kids are preteens and teenagers. I guess at some point I will have to tell him about Zachary. Hehe. I got him some workout clothes I know his taste and sizes. For my sister Marci I got here a Le Creuset pot and had it sent to her. She is nine years younger than me. The other brother (Michael) and sister (Sarah) live in North Carolina and Georgia respectively. I went to post office to mail my cards. I went to my favorite package store and got what I needed. I had them wrap what were gifts, I bought 4 bottles of champagne, two to bring Christmas Eve and 2 for New Year's Eve, I would let him drink, since he was with me. I don't think he has had a drink since that Halloween party he got drunk, the exception being whenever Mario gives him a glass of wine. I went home and dropped off the booze and went to get him. Geez I forgot how busy the shop was on weekends. He was smart enough to jog out so we were the first out of the gate. I asked what he wanted to do for lunch, he wanted to go home, and he said he has had enough of being around people for one day. I am rubbing off on him. We got home and he had a bowl of oatmeal, I asked if he had to go for dinner and he told me he didn't that they had the Christmas party at the IA club tonight, he asked me "why I didn't go"? I said "I never got into it since I was alone". He said "sorry". I answered "for what, unless you want to go I will take you". Zachary shivered and said "ewwww no all those old people". I just looked at him and said "really what are I and your grandparents"? He goes "you guys are way different". Which brings up the question that started all of this "what do you want for supper"? He says "peanut butter, jelly, and banana sandwiches". I can live with that I told him to grab a loaf out of freezer downstairs. While we are eating we make a shopping list for the week, I had asked my brother what he wanted to eat Friday, and he wanted takeout pizza and would pick it up from his favorite place. We spent Saturday night on the couch watching holiday shows; it seems like forever that we have been home alone with nothing to do. We went upstairs and showered and I fucked him good up against the shower wall. It seems that with everything going on we are down to having sex just twice a day. Don't get me wrong I'm not complaining right after work is a given every day, most of the time we don't make it out of the kitchen and then before our shower, but today was when he came home from work and tonight while he was doing the dishes, I got him right at the sink. He laughed and said if we keep it up I'm going to have to refinish the cabinets under the sink, from all his loads that land there. The week flew by and Friday was here. Zachary did not want to work Saturday we worked over a few days this week. Anthony was going to be here for 4:30. That meant a quickie in the shower. I told Zachary he could stay for pizza; he said no he would be back around 8 or so to see Anthony that he was helping Noni put together manicotti to freeze for Christmas dinner. Anthony came as Zachary was leaving, he watched Anthony and I hug and I kiss him on his head, I could see him beam for some reason. Anthony told him "every time I see you you're getting more grown up" as he hugged him too. Zachary turned red and left. Anthony says to me "you two are still close that's good for both of you". I took a slice of pizza and opened my water and answered "you don't know the half of it". He stopped eating looked at me and said "yeah how so"? I told Anthony what had transpired the past two years, he never said a word just kept eating like it was his last meal and smiled the whole time. When I was done, I told him how my kids and Mario knew and now him and not to repeat it, to no one not even his wife for the time being. He said he would honor my wishes and I knew he would. He never made a face just kept smiling and got up and hugged me and said he was happy for me. We talked about our lives, kids, siblings as he put it the two sticks in the mud which was a nice way of describing the two out of state siblings. Zachary came back at 7 and ate a slice of cold pizza. He told Anthony about his college experience. Anthony agreed he made the right decision. Then he said how his parents made him go, but it was good for him that they did. In fact Jared was the only one that didn't have a college degree. Then Anthony told him stories about us growing up I completely forgot. How I had my own room, he shared a room with Michael and the two girls had to own room. He said Michael had bad adenoids and snored and talked in his sleep all night. By the time I was three I would get up and go up to Jared's room he had a room in the attic. I would wake him up crying that Michael was snoring, and he would let me sleep with him. It got to the point that almost every night I would be upstairs. Even when he got older how many times he would come home to find me already sleeping in his bed. Anthony said our parents were warm and loving and after a few scares of not finding me in my bed they would look first in Jared's room. Then he laughed and said maybe that's why Michael isn't really close didn't he get yelled at woken up being accused of doing something to me. I laughed and said Michael was always that way. Anthony said when I was young I felt that I had two dads. He would hold me in his arms and I felt just as protected and loved as I did when my Dad did it. He squeezed my forearm. I said I never knew that had that kind of effect on you. He said how could you know what were 14-15 years old at the time. When I use to get picked on I would say I would get my older brother and they would laugh and say who Michael and I would say no Jared. Then I said to Zachary he was being picked on because he was trouble not that he was being bullied. Anthony went on to tell him I taught him how to shoot, I took him hunting for the first time, helped him learn how to ride his bike and how to fight along with our Dad. Then he said finally he taught me how to drive a standard and to double clutch. Our dad was only successful teaching Michael and the two girls. He gave up on me after one lesson, we both laughed at that. Zachary told him he taught him how I taught him how to drive a standard but not how to double clutch. Anthony told him how my dad got so pissed when I did it while I was driving him someplace. It is cool. Then he said remember when Michael found out you use to do that when you drove his car how he hit you. I said I know I didn't think he had enough hair on his ass to do it. Zachary asked why what was the big deal. I explained if you didn't do it right you could screw up your transmission, but you had to be a complete idiot. We talked a little more and then went to bed. Zachary was going to sleep on the couch and Anthony says "why, I know you are like my brother-in-law no you can sleep with him". Then he gave him a bear hug. Zachary said "ok" and looked at me. I just nodded. In bed I told him how I told him at dinner and he was happy for us. I got up and made coffee. Anthony was right behind me and had a cup. He said to me I was lucky. He went on to say what others have, that Zachary looks at me with complete love and admiration. He told me though he always did from the time he came to live here with his grandparents. The idea of us being a couple never would have entered his mind. He hugged me again and said he was happy for me. He didn't want breakfast grabbed a piece of fruit a water and left. We had exchanged gifts the night before he got me some new running sneaks they were nice and fit great. He liked the workout gear I got him. We talked about getting together in February or March with Marci. I told him drive safe and text when he got home. JJ Everyone next chapter will be the last for a while. Not putting this to bed yet. Thanks again to everyone who sent their support and encouragement. PLEASE EVERYONE SUPPORT NIFTY AND DONATE!!!