Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 00:02:23 -0400 From: Farank McMe Subject: A New Start With Pain: Devon Chapter 5 This story is complete fiction. Any resemblances to persons or events in real-life are purely coincidental. Please leave now if you are underage or don't like stories of a homosexual nature. Otherwise, please enjoy the story. Please consider making donation to Nifty as they are needed to provide these wonderful stories. http://donate.nifty.org/donate.html I am sorry for the very long wait for this short chapter. I had an unexpected death in my family and was in a depressed state of mind for a while. Feedback is welcome as this is only my second story. My email address is at the end of this chapter. I have gotten back on track and work has slowed down to allow me to pick were I left off. Devon - The Next Step Recap from the end of Chapter 4: Jason came up to me and asked if I was okay. I looked at him and then Riley and with a slight smile and some tears in my eyes I said, "Yes I am. For the first time in a long while I am okay." Jason hugged me and Riley joined in too. After we finally finished with our hugs we sat down. Jefferson picked up on the conversation that I had interrupted when I came back from the parking lot. He continued to explain to everyone that he and Jamail came over because they had some news regarding the trouble we have experienced with the break in of our room and the vandalism to our door. Chapter 5 - Devon's POV: Jamail and Jefferson told us what they heard from a third party (so it's still just a rumor) is that some guys have been bragging that they are going to "take care of the fags". They think it was suggested these guys are from the same the town as us. But they have not been able to confirm if this was true but that they will keep snooping out information for us and keep us up to date. We thanked them for everything and then we ordered some food. There were no leftovers after we finished eating. After 3 hours of fellowship Jason and I decided to call it a night because we were mentally exhausted. But Riley called Sam to she what she was up to and invited her over. Jason and I went into my room and slipped into bed. We kissed and cuddled but that was it. We were too tired for anything else so we fell asleep fast. I woke up about 3 am and just laid there watching Jason sleep. I could not believe that I was able to fall in love again. As Jason was sleeping I put my hand on his chest and felt him breathing in and out. I just listened and watched him. He is so kind and understanding of me and unbelievably patient too. As I watched him he stirred. He woke up and looked at me with his eyes as though he is was looking deep into my soul. He smiled and tilted his head to me. We kissed and had a nice morning cuddle. We decided to get up and shower together. After we dressed we went down to the diner to eat some breakfast. As we were eating I asked Jason if he would come home with me this weekend to meet the rest of my family. He smiled and said for me to plan on it because he really liked my idea. As we were walking back to the dorm Jason remembered that he had to get some stuff out of his truck for class that day. I said I would go with him but he told me to back to bed since I did not have class until 1 that afternoon. I argued with him a little but he insisted. So we parted ways and agreed to meet for lunch at the student union. I was jolted awake from my nap by someone knocking on our dorm door. I opened it to find a detective who wanted to do a follow up interview. He asked if I had any thoughts on who plastered our door with graffiti and broke in to our room. I told him I did not but that I had heard some rumors but nothing more than that. He listed off a few names that had come up during his investigation and asked if I knew any of them. I told him that none of the names sounded familiar to me. I asked if he had also spoken to Riley. He told he that at that point in time he had not yet talked with Riley again. So I took the names and his card told him I would see Riley tonight and would ask him the same question. I thanked him for his time and effort on our behalf. It was a little before noon when I walked into the student union to meet Jason. At 12:15 there was still no Jason. So I tried to call him but it went straight to his voice mail. I then sent a text but there was no response. By the time 12:30 arrived I was nervous so I called Riley and asked him if he had seen Jason. Riley said that he had not seen or heard from Jason. I tried to call and text Jason again but received no response. So I walked over to where his last class was and asked the professor if he had seen Jason. His professor told me that Jason was not in class this morning. Upon hearing this I went into full on panic mode! I called Riley and he met me at our dorm room. We went to Jason's room and knocked but he did not answer. However, we heard noise coming from within the room so we knocked again with the same result. Riley and I looked at each other very puzzled. I told Riley to stay by the door and wait because I was going to run down to see the front desk and ask for some help. As luck would have it I found Sam at the desk and asked her for help. I explained what was wrong and she said not to worry she could help us out. She got the master set of keys from the lock box and went with me back up to Jason's room. Sam kissed Riley and then knocked on the door. She did not get an answer either so she opened the door with her keys. We called out for Jason and heard a muffled yell to "go away". It was Jason's voice but it sounded as though he was in pain. I yelled for him to come out or I was coming in. I he tried to yell "no" but it did not come out like that at all. I yelled I was coming in! As Riley, Sam and I entered his room we discovered that it had been was trashed. I ran into Jason's bedroom and found him in a ball on the floor. As soon as I saw him like that I started to cry. He had two black eyes and a bloody lip. He also looked like he had been dumped into a pool because he was soaking wet. He flinched in pain as I gently touched him. I pulled up his shirt and discovered that he was covered with nasty looking bruises and welts. I told Sam to call 911 for an ambulance and the cops. Jason cried and asked us not to do that. I told him he needed to get some x-rays and see a doctor. Riley and Sam went down to meet the cops and ambulance so they could show them where they needed to come up to. I looked into Jason's sad eyes and asked what happened. He told me he was ashamed of what happened and he refused to open up to me. I just sat next to him and held him while he cried into my chest. As soon as the cops and ambulance arrived, Jason and I were off to the hospital. Riley and Sam followed us in Riley's car. I also called Dad for help. Dad said he and Ryan were on their way. End of Chapter 5. Chapter 6 is a work in progress. Be on the lookout for it. For those of you that sent feedback on "A New Start With Pain", thank you. Your comments were greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading Chapters 1 thru 5 of "Devon - The Next Step." Any feedback you offer will be greatly appreciated. You can send your comments, whether positive or negative, to Frank McMee . Also, a thank you is extended to Samual Blake for his assistance with editing and proofreading. Please consider visiting his LGBTQA Concerns Website at https://samual-blake.tumblr.com May you be blessed with an enjoyable and safe day.