Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 14:08:36 EDT
From: GaiasDruid@aol.com
Subject: Group Dynamics-Chapter 14

This is a work of fiction.  It will eventually contain sexual acts between
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My thanx to everyone that's written.  I kind of think interest in this story
is wavering, though.  In the beginning I got lots of emails, but now, I'm
lucky if I get one for every chapter I post.  Is anyone still reading?
OK well, this chapter is gonna be kind of short, and I appologize for that.
My birthday is this Easter, and I've been making a lot of plans to go up to
Tampa for some fun.  Ergo, not as much time to write this time around.  I'll
make it up in the next chapter, I promise.
OK, Stories I'm recommending this chapter:
1) Christopher's Story in the Incest section.
2) Lance, JC and Astral fan in the Celebrity/boybands section and

3) The Velvet Mafia site at www.velvetmafia.com

Thanx, and enjoy.

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Group Dynamics-Chapter 14

    As Jeff had predicted, he wasn't able to help us much in terms of
preventing pranks.  Todd, in a rare moment of intelligence, had realized that
Jeff would probably tell us what the others seniors had planned.  So, he
changed things.  That things had changed became evident when I stayed up all
night with our digital camera poised to catch Todd and David spray painting
our door.  They never showed.  They had anticipated our anticipation.

    The following morning after my all night vigil, I stumbled upstairs from
my hiding place inside the dorm's lounge.  I had stayed up all night, with no
chemical help, and I was not pleased.  I knew it wasn't Jeff's fault that
his information had been proven false; or rather, intellectually I knew that.
 But as I approached my door, I saw Jeff standing there, mid knock.  My
emotions fired up, I stalked over to him, anger seething from every pore on
my body.

    "Those asshole friends of yours never showed," I seethed as I walked up
behind him. "I stayed up all night for no fucking reason!  I have a fucking
test today, and I got absolutely no sleep!"

    Jeff turned around as I was tearing into him.  The look of chagrin on his
handsome features was enough to steal the wind from my puffed-up sails.  My
prominent, out-thrust chest deflated in shame.  Fuck!  It wasn't his fault.

    "Sorry, Jeff.  I know it's not your fault, buddy.  I'm just tired, and
the fact that they never showed is unnerving me more than I'd like to admit."

    Jeff smiled and stood aside so I could key us both into my suite.

    "It's okay, Lukey.  I did warn you that they'd prolly change tactics.  I
guess I didn't think they'd be smart enough to change them so quick.  They
didn't even give me a cooling off period before they cut me outta the loop,
ya know?"

    "I can see that," I said with a smile as we walked into our living room.
 It was still very early, not yet 7 AM, and I couldn't see that anyone had
woken up.  Knowing that I had a class in less than 3 hours, and that sleep
would be a sure way of missing it, I headed into the kitchen to put on a pot
of coffee.  While that was brewing, I pulled out the ingredients for my
world-famous (well, in MY world, anyway) batches of French toast.
    The heady scent of rich coffee pervaded the suite, dragging sleeping
bodies back to the realm of consciousness.  One after another, my suitemates
stumbled from their rooms, in various states of undress, ranging from Jude in
his sweats to Matt sitting down at the table in flagrante delecto.  Jeff's
eyes bulged at the sight of Matt's nude body, and his face burned red when he
saw the slight smile on Matt's face when he realized Matt had caught him
ogling.

    "See something you like, Jeff?"

    "Um, I wasn't..., oh, shit," Jeff mumbled, averting his gaze from Matt's
morning wood.

    "It's okay, Jeff.  We're all family here," Matt said with a grin.

    "Yeah, and it looks like Matt's ready to try a little incest with you,
Jeff," Josh said as he walked into the kitchen, one hand scratching idly at
his boxer-encased balls.

    "Will you freaks leave the newbie alone," I chastised, pouring Josh a
cup of coffee.  I put it on the table before him and kissed the top of his
head in greeting.

    "Good morning, sexy," I said.

    "Morning," he replied, beaming up at me.

    I turned back to the stove, concentrating on my cooking.  One after the
other, my suitemates sat at the dining room table.  As each one made his
presence known, I poured him a cup a Java, and placed a plate of steaming hot
French toast down in front of him.  Ryan had o his usual tee-shirt and bare
ass.  Jeff's eyes widened again.

     "Jesus!  Do you people always walk around with your dicks hanging out
for everyone to see?" Jeff exclaimed.

     "Only when we have hunky make visitors that we trying to seduce en
masse," replied Ryan. "Besides, you obviously missed Luke's show.  He always
comes out `nekkid' like Matt does, but usually with a very large erection
leading the way."

     "That's quite enough, Ryan," I said as I headed back into the kitchen.
"Keep trying to scare Jeff, and I'll tell him what you do with those
`interesting' toys you have hiding in your underwear drawer."

     "How do you know about my toys?  Have you been snooping again?"

     "No, I just happened to be standing in the doorway when Josh snuck in
there yesterday to borrow one of the larger ones."

     "Hey!  You said you wouldn't tell him!" Josh yelped.

     "I didn't say I wouldn't tell him.  I said I wouldn't tell him which
one you used," I paused. "It was the purple one, wasn't it?  I hope you
cleaned it off when you were done."

     "You used one of my vibrators?" Ryan said, trying to glare at Josh with
a mean look, and not succeeding very well.

     "I put it back," Josh whined. "You did say that we could use them."

     "I meant WITH me, cum-breath, not by yourself."

     "Look at the pot calling the kettle black," Josh sniffed indignantly.
"As I recall, you swallowed too.  Cum breath, indeed."

     Jeff sat there, mouth hanging open in amazement at the cheerful banter
and interplay between us.  The fact that sex was far from a taboo subject
with us seemed beyond his comprehension.  I smiled as I continued into the
kitchen.  He'd get used to it.

    Matt came into the kitchen and sidled up behind me as I stood before the
stove.  He wrapped his strong arms around me and leaned his chin on my
shoulder as he watched me cook.

    "Hey, sexy," he murmured into my ear. "Since you're not running around
in jubilation, I take it that last night was a dud."

    "Yeah.  They've changed plans, I guess."

    He squeezed me tighter, giving and receiving comfort in our closeness.
We stood there silent as I finished up the final batch of French toast
slices.  Backing up slightly, I turned to slide the pieces onto a plate.
Placing the hot skillet in the sink to soak, I turned around and wrapped my
arms around Matt.  He felt so good.  I loved all my friends dearly, but I
found myself being drawn to two: Matt and Josh.  They both had great
personalities, awesome bodies, and model-caliber faces.
    With Josh, I felt a sense of peace, a simple timelessness that went
beyond the two of us to envelop our friends in the same serenity.  With Josh,
it wasn't ever just the two of us.  It seemed to include the entire group.  I
guess if I really thought about it, I'd say that Josh gave me more of a
security blanket type of feeling.  It was a sense of comfort, almost as if he
was a conduit, the connection between me and the rest of the group.
    Matt, on the other hand, made me feel secure on a totally different
level.  With Matt I felt a sense of security that was personal to me alone,
as though he was in existence for the sole purpose of making me feel safe.
Like he would always protect me, even above the others in our group.  This
had a two-fold effect on me.  It made me feel slightly guilty that he would
put me before the others, yet it made me secretly happy that he felt I was
worthy.
       He had said that he wouldn't be able to be in a relationship with a
guy.  Sex was one thing: that he could handle with ease, it seemed.  But a
relationship was out of the question.  Though at times like this, when he
held me in his arms, so silent and strong, I allowed myself to believe the
lie, that he might make the exception for me.
Anyone that paid attention would see I was smitten by both of them, in
different ways, but with equal fervor.  I sighed deeply, inhaling the sweet,
sensual musk that Matt always seemed to exude.  God, but he always smelled
good.  My arms tightened reflexively around his muscular torso.
       "Hey, easy there, Lukey," he whispered softly into my ear, "let my
circulation flow, babe."

       "Sorry," I whispered back, as I sheepishly relaxed my grip. "C'mon.
I need to take these into Jude," I added, nodding my head towards the last
plate of French toast.

       "OK."

       Breakfast finished, everyone headed off to their rooms to get ready
for classes.  Jeff sat in the living room flipping through the TV channels,
waiting for me to finish showering and dressing.  When I walked out, he stood
up and turned off the TV.  We left the suite, went out to the parking lot to
get into Jeff's Jeep and headed to the Academic Center.  Jeff dropped me off,
telling me that he'd see me later that afternoon.  With a final wave, I
trudged my sorely unprepared ass into my first class of the day.
******************************************************
    I walked out of my French lecture feeling surprisingly satisfied with
myself.  I had found today's exams easier than I had thought they would be.
I know I aced French, and probably did just as well on my Religious Studies
and Western Civilizations exams as well.  I walked out with a bounce in my
step that belied my lack of sleep the night before.  There was nothing like
acing exams to give you a jolt of excited energy.
    As I walked out, I saw Rachael and Kelly walking towards the parking lot.
 I hollered after them, telling them to hold up,  They turned around, saw me,
and stopped to wait for me, a smile on both faces.  I jogged up to them, an
answering grin on my own mug.

    "Hello, you sexy bitches, you," I said in my best Austin Powers'
impersonation.

    "Hey, Lukey," Kelly answered. "You seem awfully chipper this afternoon.
I take it last nights endeavor went well?"

    "No, last night was a dud," I replied. "I'm happy cuz I think I aced my
midterms today.  Go me!"

    Rachael laughed.

    "Congratulations, Lukey," she said. "But what happened last night?"

    "Nothing.  They never showed.  Jeff was right.  They're changing
tactics."

    "Or maybe they're gonna quit altogether," said Kelly, always the
optimist.

    "Yeah, and maybe I can convince Todd to give me a knob job," I replied
sarcastically.

    "Ew.  No need to be vulgar."

    "Sorry, Kelly," I said, "But you know that's not gonna happen."

    "There's always the possibility."

    "Yeah, okay, okay," I said, holding my hands up in surrender.

    We jumped into Rachael's car and drove the five minutes distance back to
the dorms.  After she parked, we got out and went our separate ways, agreeing
to meet up for dinner later that evening.  As I walked towards my dorm, I saw
Todd come storming out of the door.  He nearly bowled me over as he stormed
past me with a muttered "Get the fuck outta my way, faggot."  I shook my
head in disgust and let him pass.

    Walking through the front entrance to my dorm, I passed by Jeff's suite.
I could hear voices coming from behind the closed door, arguing loud enough
to make most of what was yelled easily heard.  I paused to listen, feeling
slightly guilty for eavesdropping, but curious to know what all the fuss was
about.  It sounded like Jeff and his boyfriend Jason.

    "....out if I damned well want to, Jason!  It's my fucking life."

    "It's not just your life, Jeff.  You can't make a decision like this and
not expect it to affect me.  If you do this, it'll get back to base, and then
I'm fucked!"

    "Oh, stop being so melodramatic.  I get enough of that from Todd."

    `I'm not being melodramatic, Jeff, and you know it.  Too many people on
this campus would connect you and I together.  If you come out, you're outing
me as well."

    "Well, maybe it's time for you to come out too."

    "I can't come out, damn it!  I'm in the fucking military!"

    "So the fuck what?  Are you ashamed of me?  Of being queer?  That's what
you are, Jason.  You're a fag, just like me.  You suck dick.  You like my
cock up your ass.  You're gay, damn it!  Accept it!"

    "I know I'm gay, Jeff!  I just don't want my fucking JOB to know about
it.  Do you realize the benefits I would lose if I was discharged because of
being gay?  You know I can't afford to lose those benefits."

    "There are other ways, baby," Jeff sounded like he was trying to be
conciliatory now, trying to placate Jason and defuse the situation to keep it
from escalating into violence.

    "That's not the point and you know it, Jeff!  You can't come out.  End
of discussion!"

    "I'm sorry you feel that way, Jason.  I'm sorry, but it's still my
decision."

    "Damn you!  Why do you have to be so fucking stubborn!"

    Suddenly, Jeff's door flew open as Jason stormed from the suite.  He
stopped short when he saw me standing there.  It was obviously that I had
been able to hear them.  I blushed furiously at being caught being so
inconsiderate.  He glared at me for a moment and then stalked past me out
into the parking lot.  I watched him go and then turned to find Jeff standing
at his door staring after him.  He watched Jason pull out of the parking lot,
and then turned to go back into his suite.  He saw me as he turned and gave
me a sheepish smile.  I nodded back to him, silently letting him know I was
there for him.

    Upstairs, the suite was empty of life save for the sounds of someone
typing on their computer coming from Matt's room.  My temporary high
dissipated because of the scene I had just witnessed, I suddenly found myself
very tired.  My lack of rest the night before was coming back to punch me in
the gut.  With a sigh, I headed for my suite and the sweet, dreamless
oblivion of sleep.  A few hours later, a knocking on my bedroom door awakened
me.

    "Come in," I mumbled, still half asleep.

    The door opened and Jude walked in.  He walked up to my bed, and sat down
near my head.

    "Rise and shine, Luke.  The girls are here.  Time for din-din."

    "Go away," I moaned, "I'll eat in my next life."

    "Aw!  C'mon, Lukey.  Everybody wants your great sense of humor to
lighten our dinner conversation.

    "Oh, so I'm just the comic relief?  Thanks, but no thanks."

    Jude slipped his hand under the sheet that covered my naked body.  A few
seconds of exploration and then he wrapped his hand around my dick.
Instantly, I began to harden.  Jude stroked me up and down a few times, and
leaned in to whisper into my ear.

    "If you get up and come to dinner, I'll give you an after dinner treat,"
he said, his voice low and husky.

    "Mmmm!  Deal."

    He smiled and let go of my dick as I rolled out of bed.  As I passed him
on my way to my bathroom, I swiveled my hips to let my hard dick slap him in
his upper arm.  Jude just grinned and licked his lips, his eyes never once
leaving my firm ass as I walked into the bathroom to splash some water on my
face.  When I cam e back out to get dressed, Jude was gone.  I got dressed
and walked into the living room to find everyone already dressed and ready to
head down to the dining commons.  With a small wave, I gestured everyone out
of the door, and off to dinner we went.
*****************************************************
     I awoke to the sound of sirens, and flashing lights shining against my
closed eyelids.  My eyes snapped open, and I looked around my room in
confusion.  Jude was lying down next to me, naked and asleep.  The sirens
hadn't bothered him, obviously.  I disentangled myself from his embrace and
stood up to put on a robe to cover my own nudity.  I opened my door and
walked into the living room at the same time that Matt and Josh were walking
from their room.  I looked at Matt with a questioning look on my face.  He
just shrugged and shook his head.
    We walked out onto the lanai and looked over the balcony.  Down below, in
the parking lot, was an ambulance and three police cars.  We watched as
several policemen walked back and forth between the parking lot and our dorm.
 A few were talking to Bakers, the ResLife Director, and Todd.  Another two
seemed to be combing the area around our dorm, flashlights waving as they
searched the ground for something.  As we watched, Jude came out onto the
lanai behind us, wrapped in a sheet.

    "Hey, guys.  What's all the hubbub, bub?"

    "We dunno.  We just got out here," Matt answered.

    "Why don't you call and ask Jeff.  If Todd and Bakers are up and out
there, chances are he is as well," Josh suggested.

    "Good idea," I said.  I looked around for a moment.

    "Where's Ryan?" I asked.

    "I dunno," Jude answered. "I looked in our room and he wasn't in there."

    "It's 3 in the morning," Matt said, with a puzzled expression on his
face. "Where the hell would he be?"

    "I don't know," Jude said, "he was in our room when I left to go to
Luke's."

    "Odd."

    Just then we heard the front door to our suite bang open.  We spun around
and went inside.  Ryan was just walking through the door, his face as white
as a ghost.  He saw us, and froze.

    "Jesus!  You guys scared me," he said. "I didn't think anybody would be
up."

    "Where were you?" Matt asked.

    "I went down to see what all the noise and sirens were for."

    "And?" I prompted.

    Ryan swallowed hard, and we all saw the haunted look on his face.

    "What?  What is it?  What's happened?" Josh demanded.

    Ryan looked at us, wide-eyed.

    "It's Jeff.  He...he's been murdered."

    Murdered?!?!

    TBC