Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:45:02 -0400
From: Barry Mattison <stories@barrymattison.com>
Subject: Friends or what?-Chapter XI

Friends or What?-Chapter XI
AUTHOR: Barry Mattison
12 August 2010

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INTRODUCTION:

This is a fictional story about how two young guys grew up as friends since
before third grade and are now in their Junior year ready to end the year,
planning summer vacation. Jason grew up in a home of distinction and money
with parents that were never home; Todd was moved from one foster home to
another through no fault of his own. One likes the other and has had a
crush on him for some time, but doesn't really know what that means, the
other has a girlfriend and doesn't really see anything beyond his childhood
friend other than their friendship. But what they like and what the summer
holds for them takes them both through some surprising twists that summer
on the farm, changing both of them forever.

The characters in "Friends or What?" are all fictional and any semblance to
real persons--living or deceased--is purely coincidental.

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Chapter XI

Jason, Todd and Jeff have all gone over to granny's for dinner. Jason and
Todd are planning to stay for the weekend, spending an extra day relaxing,
doing some short walks, taking some pictures of the changing
leaves...generally trying to put all the events of the recent four or so
months behind them and move on. They came for dinner and wanted Jeff there
to talk to granny about the short term decisions that needed to be made,
such as the apartment rent, income or lack thereof since neither of them
could work with Todd still unable to work and Jason in school, on the swim
and basketball teams, plus household chores, tutoring Todd so he could
graduate...all those pesky, annoying realities of life.

"I heard from my attorney today about the guy's that beat you up," granny
said after dinner was over. "They have finally picked a jury in the case
and the D.A. is ready to proceed with prosecuting those involved. He said
that while there were actually four guys involved, two players and their
father's, Pete and his father will both be tried together.  The other two
pleaded guilty and took a plea deal offered by the District Attorney in
return for their testimony against the other two. Pete and his father, if
convicted, will probably go to jail for at least twenty five to fifty years
for attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder since this was all
planned out ahead of time. He also expects that there will be a large
monetary award in addition to help pay for all your medical bills, the time
you lost while you have been out of school, and all that other legal
stuff. He didn't say an amount, but said it would be fairly substantial if
they won the case."

"I'm not really worried about any money as long as the insurance covers the
medical bills, and I know that they are covering some of the other
things. I also know that without your help we couldn't have made it
through, and still couldn't. Thank you granny."

"You're welcome honey. How are things getting along as far as staying in
the apartment, Jason going to school and everything? Are you able to manage
the apartment okay? Do you want to do something different?"  I looked at
Jason on this one because it was really a decision that affected both of
us.

"What do you think babe. Are we okay with status quo, or do you want to
change anything? I just want to graduate with our class first before we
make any major decisions. How do you feel?"

"I think that with only a few more weeks left in this semester we should
stay in the apartment. But I am worried about Todd getting around this
winter with everything that I have going on. Of course you're my first
priority babe and always be, and basketball will be over soon, as well as
swimming. I know how disappointed you are that you couldn't finish the
swimming meets, but every guy on the team was pulling for you all the time
you were in the hospital, and you are the reason we won the state
championship. There are a lot of things I haven't told you about what the
guys have done in school, and when I say guys, that really includes
everybody in the school. They held bake sales, fund drives, car washes,
everything you can imagine to raise money to help out with our living
expenses, your physical therapy and things that the insurance wouldn't
cover."

"I never heard anything about all this."

"I didn't want you to worry about anything other than concentrating on
recovering babe. You have so many friends in school that are standing
behind you that they have started a Gay/Straight Alliance club at the
school to help break down the barriers between people over what
happened. It includes a nationally recognized anti-bullying program that
was started by Dr. Phil that students sign a contract and take home to
discuss with their parents. What happened to you almost killed both of us,
but so much good has come out of it that it has changed the whole feeling
of the school."

"Wow. I guess I never thought of things like that happening. That's pretty
cool. I can't wait to get back to school to thank everyone."

Jason glanced over at granny quickly and then back at Todd.

"That's great babe. That's something to look forward to then in the
spring."  "So Jeff," granny interjected, "where are you in all this?"

"I'm flexible as far as the boys, the apartment and everything else. Work
is pretty slow during the winter and there's word they may cut back on our
hours due to the economy, although I haven't heard anything directly. If so
I can help out more with Todd getting back and forth to therapy, tutoring,
the apartment and picking up the slack with whatever else needs taking care
of. I could also help out around here if you need it. It would be a real
pleasure for me."

"Well then," granny acknowledged, "sounds like we'll just leave things
alone until the semester ends and then what?"

"I need to let everyone know that my wife and I have agreed to
divorce. This was before Todd was injured, but we finally figured out that
we were better off as friends than enemies in a marriage. She wants a lot
of kids, I didn't right now, and it just seemed that we kept running into
one roadblock after another. So we filed for a divorce, or rather she did,
and I signed the papers the other day. I let her have the house and I have
to pay her a little alimony, but she was happy that she could get on with
her life, so at the moment this all works out for me as far as having a
place to stay and all. I meant what I said to you guys about you both being
like brothers to me. I have a brother, but we never seemed to get along
well, and now that I'm divorced he hasn't spoken much to me. But I love
both of you and I'm glad I'm around to be able to help you with your
recovery Todd and relieve you to attend classes Jason. I don't know what
else to say."

Todd and I were a little stunned at the news and looked at granny for
direction, but as always, she already knew. She was truly a rock in our
family. We both got up and sat beside Jeff on the couch, one on each side,
and gave him a big, long hug. The three of us had tears in our eyes when we
looked up as well as a new appreciation for Jeff and his part in our
family.

"Okay," granny said, one thing I would like to have all of you do is plan
to spend the Christmas break with me here at the farm and celebrate
Christmas together as a family. It's been so many years since I've had a
good, old fashioned holiday in this house that I hate to think of passing
it by. Agreed?"

"Agreed!" we all said together.

Since it was a long weekend and we were all staying at the farm the three
of us went down to the barn to say hello to the horses. I felt a knot in
the pit of my stomach because I knew that seeing his horse would affect
Todd deep down. He loved riding so much and he wasn't really ready yet to
get back in the saddle alone.  Apparently I was wrong on that note because
before I knew it Jeff had Todds horse saddled up and Todd sitting in the
seat with him sitting right behind him holding onto him.

"What are you two doing? Is that okay for him to be up there? Jeff, talk to
me before I call 911."

"He's okay as long as someone is sitting right behind him to help him with
his balance. Riding is one of the best ways to recover from injuries like
he's had. In fact there are a lot of horseback riding places that devote
their resources to helping people with disabilities. Horses seem to know
when the rider has a disability and they seem to understand that. So let
Todd ride as much as he can, with you helping him of course, and when he's
ready, let him ride alone. You, Todd, and the horse will know when that
time is."

"Okay. What's it feel like Todd?" Are you comfortable?"

"There's some pain, but It feels good to be back on my horse after so many
months of being unable to do much of anything. Yes Jason, I'm very
comfortable...especially with this hunk of a brother behind me...just
kidding honey, don't get jealous, but he is a hunk don't 'ya think?"

"Okay you two, that's enough of that. Maybe Jason should be up here instead
of me you two love birds before I cause World War Three."

We all started laughing...Jeff even caught Todd before he slipped off the
opposite side of the horse. It was so nice to see Todd laughing after all
the pain he'd been through that Jason started tearing up. Just the sight of
him sitting on his horse with Jeff, both laughing and enjoying the day
somehow made everything right again. With Jeff's help from above we
assisted Todd down to the ground inside the barn where he sat on a bale of
hay while Jeff and I wiped down the horse, fed him something and put him
back in the stall.

As Jeff and I were finishing up feeding my horse and giving them both some
hay, I felt a real closeness with him that not only surprised me but
confused me as well. We all left the barn; Todd and I, hand in hand as
usual, walked up to the house looking at the early rays of the sun hitting
the tops of the trees, a sight we hadn't seen since the end of summer
vacation. Jeff passed us as we stopped for a moment to stare at the
sunset. I was feeling weird about the close feelings I'd had when I was
around Jeff and I didn't want to lose Todd's trust in me, but I couldn't
figure out how to say anything, let alone if I should say anything. I
looked at Todd and it hit me that he would tell me anything and everything,
no matter what it was, so I decided to tell him what was on my mind and
bothering me.

"Todd, I have something bothering me and while I don't understand the what'
or why's of it, I know that you would confide in and expect me to talk to
you about it."

"What is it honey. I love you no matter what. You can tell me
anything. What's bothering you.?"

"Well, when I was in the stall feeding and taking care of my horse I just
had this strange feeling about Jeff. It's hard to explain...like I felt
real close to him, not sexually, I don't think, but it made me feel
funny. Do you think he's gay?"

"Dear, I had the same feeling when we were on the horse together, but I
didn't know how to approach you either. I'm glad we have an honest
relationship or we'd be getting jealous all the time."

"Yeah, me too. Do you think he's gay? That would be a kicker. Maybe that's
our gaydar running."

"Maybe, if that's what gives you this funny feeling in the pit of your
stomach. But I promise you that I only love you and I'm not interested in
doing anything with Jeff. He's like a brother, not another mate."

"I know that you silly boob. I'm not threatened. Our relationship is too
tight for anyone to come between us now. Here, give me your hand
again...and the other one...now wrap them around me and pull gently so I
can kiss you. I really missed having you curling up behind me all those
nights, those months really since the beating. I know you were always at my
side because I could feel you, even when I was in the coma and you talked
to me, but that was different. Now that I'm much better it's so much nicer
to feel you close to me at night. I need that security more than ever since
the beating. We haven't really talked about it much, but it has messed me
up in more ways than just physical."

"You haven't offered to talk much about the incident and I didn't want to
push you and have you start a mental breakdown or something. I figured it
would be better to just wait until you were ready to talk and then be there
for you. Let's head on up to the house and see what's up. We'll talk when
we crawl into bed in a bit...okay?"

"Yeah, I want to talk about what happened."

"Okay. Are you hungry?"

"I was, but now I don't know if I am. Maybe if someone stuck something in
front of me I might eat it."

"I'm just a little bit hungry. How about if I make us a veggie wrap with
some lite Italian on it and we ask granny if we can eat up in the room?"

"That sounds good. I need to take a shower too at some point."

"Yeah, me too. Why don't you sit down and rest a few minutes while I make
the rolls and talk to granny and then we'll head upstairs. Are you feeling
okay?"

"I'm okay, just a little headache, but I seem to have them most of the
time."

"Hmmmmm...well I'll hurry up and get this done and we'll get you upstairs."

"Okay."

Soon we were upstairs in our old bedroom we'd spent the summer in. It felt
good to be back home. I was worried about Todd having these constant
headaches. This was the first that I had known about them. I helped Todd
sit up in bed and stuffed some pillows behind him to support his thinning
frame. I hadn't really noticed it until now but he was losing weight. I
didn't let him know I noticed it, but tomorrow I was going to call his
doctor and talk to him about the headaches and weight loss. But for the
moment we were satisfied to sit on the bed, tight together, eating our
dinner. His appetite seemed to still be good because he ended up finishing
my wrap. When we were finished I cleaned up our mess and took it down to
the kitchen while Todd waited.

"You ready for a shower?"I asked Todd as I re-entered the room.

"Sure am. That food gave me my second wind, but how about a hand off this
bed first."

"No problem. DO you think you're getting any better now, stable, or is
something getting worse?"

"I think overall I'm on the mend. I fall now and then because my legs
sometimes aren't strong enough yet from PT, my bones have all healed now
and the doc says I'm doing better than he expected. He says I'm too
stubborn to quit. Well, you were at all the visits so you know what he
said. But once in a while I do get these headaches. They're not too bad,
but sometimes I have to lie down and rest to get rid of them. Maybe the
doctor can give me some medicine for them. I've noticed that I've lost
about ten pounds too."

"Is that from not eating right?"

"I don't know. Sometimes I can't remember things that I do or don't do. I
think all those kicks to my head caused me to lose some memory or
something. Maybe we should make an appointment with the doctor soon."

"Yes, I agree. I don't want anything else to happen to my baby. Let's get
that shower going and crawl back into bed so we can talk a bit if you still
want. I'll get the shower warmed up...just wait there a few seconds. I love
you, you know that?"

"I know you do. And I love you. I can't imagine my life without my big
brother as my best friend and love of my life. The life I owe to you."

Now I started crying as he was talking to me. He looked so innocent, so
incredibly handsome sitting there telling me how much he appreciated me
after all he'd been through that I couldn't stop my emotions from welling
up from within. My love for him had no bounds and, although it had been
tested already in a very harsh way, I knew we would always be taking care
of one another for the rest of out lives. I was happy with that thought.

"You ready to get in now honey? The water is just perfect."

I had already undressed and stepped in as an excuse to wash away my tears
so he wouldn't notice I'd been crying.

"Just a hand off the bed and last one in is a rotten egg...actually you
already stink."

"Remember, you're the ticklish one."

"Tickle me now and I might break in half 'fer sure."

"Get in that shower you little rabbit.. I get to wash you all down and play
with you as I see fit. You just stand there and put up with it. Now get in
there...jump mister!"

"Yes Sir!" he saluted, and stepped in as I held his slender waist and
followed him in, shutting the door behind us.

"You were right, that water and soap does feel good. You promised to molest
me real good. You 'gonna break your promise?"

"Not on your life! It's been a long time. I've been afraid I'd break you."

"And I've just been afraid...but I'm horny as hell tonight all of a sudden
and it's about time to jump back into life."

"Wow, just like that huh, well let's jump...so-to-speak anyway. You let me
know if anything hurts. It has been a long time...okay?"

"You 'gonna talk all night?"

That's all it took to get me going. I started soaping him up around his
feet, carefully washing each one while licking his soft-skinned legs. As I
worked my way up with the soap bar and gently washed each leg I moved my
mouth up the same distance and kept licking, moving around his body from
front to back and around to the front again. He was right about being
horny...he had the biggest hardon I'd ever seen him sporting, if that was
possible. As I moved up slowly with the washing my tongue reach his swelled
up ball sac. I licked around his nuts and slowly started playing with his
rock hard cock. His hips were swaying back and forth as I teased the
underside with my tongue and massaged his upper thighs with my hands. As my
mouth slowly enveloped the swollen tip of his pointed cock my hands moved
up and past my mouth and continued washing and massaging his sides and
beautiful butt cheeks. Slowly, as I inched my way down eager member my
hands continued their own way up his chest, tweaking his nipples until they
were sticking straight out, then back down to his chest where they gently
circled their way down to his navel and followed the fine treasure trail
leading down where one held onto the base of his cock and the other held
his balls as my mouth moved up and down the entire length of his blood
engorged dick.

"Ahhhhhh.....don't let me come yet. You know what I want. Oh my god that
feels so good after so long but I'm going to come Jason if you keep it up."

I was almost on automatic mode now. It had been so long and we both were so
sexed up that I was having a very hard time leaving where I was with his
pre-cum running out the slit in the tip of his cock and right down my
throat and the motion of his hips pushing his hard, steely cock in and out
of my hot mouth in anticipation of the amount of jism that was stored in
there after all this time. But I finally pushed myself off his rod and sat
back slightly, moving forward once to catch some more pre-cum gathering at
the tip. I loved the taste of his cum and couldn't wait. But I knew what he
wanted.

I stood up, holding onto his hips as I did. Our cocks rubbed together as we
hugged tightly together and swayed back and forth, kissing tightly, our
tongues intertwined. This was my lover I remembered from many months
ago. He had come back after a long, dangerous trip and wanted me more than
ever. I needed him more than I ever did now to secure my own feelings of
loss, the same feelings that I realized he was needing from me.

"Are you sure you;re okay as long as I go slow?"

"Yes, I'll let you know when to stop if I need to."

We stepped out of reach of the shower spray and I sat down on the corner
seat. I lubed up my cock with lotion as Todd stood over me. I reached up
and rubbed some between the cheeks of his tight cheeks, finding the waiting
hole between them and slowly inserting my index finger, working it around
and around, in and out until it was all the way in. I was watching his face
all the time to make sure he wasn't feeling any pain; as he got comfortable
with one finger I lubed up two together and slowly worked them into the
same place until they were all the way in and waited until the expression
on his face changed from slight pain to pleasure. Then I began to move them
around slowly in circles while moving in and out until I had three fingers
moving in and out and all around. Once he was comfortable he took charge
and dumping some more lotion in his hand he rubbed some more on my cock and
then slowly impaled himself on my pole until his cock was sitting in my
pubic hairs. Slowly he started an up and down ride on my shaft, throwing
his head back from time to time in pleasure as I join in the rhythm of our
first sex since the accident. By now he was wildly riding me like one of
the bucking bronco's he always pretended to ride in the corral. I picked
him up without letting my cock out, turned him around and with him started
fucking him in a standing position. He leaned forward slightly to support
himself against the shower wall and with the same rhythm we continued with
me in the lead this time. Slowly at first I pulled out all the way to the
tip, then pushed all the way in with one movement to the sound of a
pleasured moan. In between times of slow in and outs there would be a
sudden rush of movement as I plunged in and out hard. The moans of pleasure
increased each time as we both came closer to the edge of releasing all
that pent up emotion, feelings of loss, time wasted, and tons of cum.

"Slow down a few times then fuck me hard babe. I want you all the way in me
when you come. I want to feel every bit of your seed in me."  And so I
did. When I finally hit the last few pushes I could feel my balls tighten
up, almost painfully, and I swear I could actually feel the cum moving up
through every part of my body and out through my cock as I emptied shot
after shot deep inside his warm chute. I thought I would never stop
shooting and even came close to passing out as I lost my breath from
breathing too fast and hard. Todd meanwhile turned, gently pushed me down
on my knees and held my should with one hand while he stroked his cock
faster and faster. I reached up and gently played with his balls,
encircling the base of his thick dick with the other hand and placed my
mouth over the tip as he pumped harder and harder. In just a few more
seconds he threw his head back quickly and then forward, looking down as
the cum starting squirting out in long ropes, most of them landing in my
mouth which I swallowed as fast as I could, a few landing around my face
and chin. He kept pumping and pumping, squeezing to get the last drops as
he too fell back against the wall in a near faint. I began sucking on his
still hard cock to get the last few shots and clean the outside off.

As I stood up we kissed again. Todd licked around my face and chin as we
kissed and we shared his cum together; to us this was the most intimate
thing we ever did together, and we had always done it often. It was like
sealing a prized package with a special, reserved seal.

After all that we were both done in and just barely managed to finish
cleaning each other up with the soap bar and shampooing each others hair,
another of our favorite shower rites. Neither of us had a problem with
shaving yet, thankfully because we would have to figure that out or have
Jeff show us some day.

After drying off and cleaning up the shower area we climbed under the
clean, cool sheets of the big bed and fell into our once usual position.

"Todd," I whispered as I slid up the bed a little and rested my head on one
upraised arm and hand. "I don't know what's on your mind or running through
it right now, but what we just did has been a huge emotional release for
me. I've felt like I've had to handle you like you would break into pieces
any moment, like I had to protect you from every piece of furniture,
stairway, person, bump in the walkway, nightmare...just everything in
general. It's put a lot of pressure on me, pressure I didn't realize I'd
accepted so easily. I'd do it all over again because I love you so much,
but it's a mentally draining experience. Suddenly now I feel like a ton of
weight has been lifted off my shoulders and I know in my heart that you are
going to be okay...we are going to be okay. I feel good for the first time
in a long, long time. I just wanted you to know how I felt inside. Oh, and
also, you are the best thing that has ever happened to me. You've given me
everything I could ever desire all wrapped up in one package called Todd,
and for that I'm eternally grateful."

Todd stayed still for a moment, then rolled over and looked at me with
tears in his eyes. I reached out and wiped them away with my fingertips.

"What's the matter babe? Did I say something wrong? I'm sorry to make you
cry."

"No, it's nothing like that at all. All along I've been thinking that I've
been such a burden on you. I never expected that you would be there for me
every moment of every day. All those days and nights you lay with me in the
hospital talking when I was in a coma and could hear you, but couldn't talk
back to you I was so frustrated I wanted to die. Only you lying beside me
all that time kept me from giving up and moving on. I've wanted to tell you
that for a long time. Since I woke up you've still been there day after
day, night after night. Whatever I've needed you've taken care of. You
carried me physically back and forth to the hospital, the doctors, anywhere
I needed to go, including the toilet. You even changed my diapers before I
could move and get to the toilet. I kept waiting for the day to come when
you would walk out the door and I would never see you again. Each day I
lived with that fear. Who would want to live with someone who might be
crippled for life. Who would want to love someone with an unknown
future. I've had so many nightmares about that happening I would wake up
sweating, soaked to the bone from this fear. That's why I've lost the
weight I think."

"Oh babe, I would never leave you for any reason."

"I know that now, but my parents left me, I was abandoned by the social
services many times, I was tossed about and abused by foster parents and
abandoned by several of them, and I was left to struggle on my own by a
school system that didn't care. So I've had to fight to everything just to
make it to this last summer when we came to the farm together and
everything changed."

By now the tears were really flowing from both of us and I had his head
held against my chest and was rubbing his chest with one hand and sliding
my head against his hair to comfort both of us. So many emotions from his
entire life were coming out now and all I could do was hold him and cry
with him. I felt helpless.

"But much of that changed for me when we became so close this summer, then
lovers, then brothers. I felt like I finally belonged for the first time in
my life thanks to you and granny, but mostly you. But there was always this
nagging thing in the back of my mind that there would come a day that would
really test us and you would find a reason to walk away and leave me like
everyone else has done. But you didn't do that. Instead you came closer,
you slept with me when I was almost dead in the belief that I would return,
you've done everything possible to see that I recover as quickly as
possible and put all this behind me and move on still intact and still with
the one person who has never deserted me. That's what's been on my mind,
confusing me, still making me wary, still making me fearful every day."

"Babe oh babe. I hope that now you understand the depth of the love that I
have for you," as I wiped away the tears from both our eyes with a piece of
the sheet. You are the one who was so patient in waiting for me to come
grow up and allow me to decide who I was sexually without any pressure. You
took a real gamble doing that, but inside you knew I was gay and that we
were meant for each other before I did. Try to go back and remember those
feelings and bring them together with all these now and you'll know in your
heart forever that you'll never again question my loyalty and love for
you. Give me a kiss you handsome prince."

"You're right about that. If I knew back then before you did, then I
shouldn't question it now, huh?"

"I think it's natural in view of what happened and also because of what
happened in your past, but I'm not going anywhere,ever, without you...and
neither are you I hope."

"I really feel so much better now. Even my headache has gone away. Thanks
honey for talking with me. I didn't know how to get all those depressing
feelings out. They were beginning to affect me more than getting beaten
up."

"You're welcome babe. I feel better too because I needed to get some thing
out and glad that you were able to put a voice to your feelings. Are you
tired enough to go to sleep now or do you want to talk some more?"

"I think I'm ready for some sleep. All that 'showering' was exhausting and
the talking really tired me out, but I feel so much better that I know I
can finally sleep for the first time in a long time. Let's cuddle back up
in our usual position and get some good sleep my move. Thank you for making
me such a happy guy by being by my side. It means more than you know."
"You're welcome babe. Snuggle in here nice and close so I can get my arm
around you. I always want to feel you close to me at night no matter where
we are. Then we both feel safe...that's it...too hot – too cold...?"

"Just pull the first sheet up please and it'll be perfect. G'nite honey,
love you"

"Good night babe. Love you too."

That night was the first time since the beating that both of had a full
night's sleep. We never woke up until near noon the next day. It was Sunday
anyway and we were in no hurry after all that we had gotten out of our
systems the night before. I woke first, but when I tried to slip out to get
to the bathroom, Todd opened his blurry eyes and asked what time it was. I
told him and he too slowly crawled out of bed.

"Want some help?"

"Nope, I've got to start doing more things for myself so I can get better
faster. When I return for last semester I want to be self sufficient. Not
that I don't need you, but I want to function on my own."

"I understand completely. Go for it. If you need help anytime just ask me,
otherwise I'll assume you've got it taken care of."

"Thanks bro," he replied with a big hug.

We both hit the bathroom to pee, remembering not to cross the streams
again.

After dressing in jeans and long sleeve shirts we went down stairs just in
time to catch some lunch.

"Well sleepyheads, are we a little bit hungry? What's up with the grins?
Something's different."

"We both talked about a lot of things last night...our childhoods, the
incident, the things we've been struggling with since then. We got a lot of
feelings and thoughts out in the open and realized that we were having the
same thought and worries, so we talked about them and eventually they
worked themselves out. We both feel like a lot of weight has been shoved
off both of us. One thing we've 'gotta do is get some weight back on this
kids skinny bones. Got any food?"

"Sit yourselves down. You're in luck boys. The best cook around happens to
live right here."

We both said,"Where?"

"Uh huh, you two rascals are back alright. Just sit there while I get your
lunch and don't cause me any trouble...got it?"

"Who?"

"Oh for goodness sakes...you two are getting too old for your britches."

"So what shall we do for the rest of the day Todd?"

"How about walking over to the lake and hanging around the dock for a
while, take a few pictures, catch some afternoon sun."

"Sounds good to me. Maybe granny will let us take our lunch with us and we
can get going in a few minutes. What do 'ya say granny?"

"I suppose so. It is a nice day for a walk. I'll have it ready in a few
minutes."

"Thank you granny, that gets you two good hugs and two kisses from your
grandsons in appreciation for everything you do for us."

True to her word we were ready to go in about ten minutes, camera and
all. We were dressed okay and didn't plan on swimming as the water was cold
now, but a good lie down on the dock nude would be fine for grabbing some
late season rays. We arrived out at the dock in about forty five
minutes...a little slower than we used to do because Todd couldn't walk as
fast yet... and set up our lunch on the dock. I'd brought some towels to
lie on. It didn't take us long to strip each other down to our
underwear. Teasingly I slowly pulled on Todds sexy jock strap, pulling it
down slowly revealing his package, taking the time to give his cock a good
lick or two before taking the jock all the way off. Todd did the same to
me, only he took a little more liberty with the 'few licks' than I did. It
was so nice to have him back again. Actually, nice to have both of us back.

We spread out the towels and the food, had our lunch, then sprawled out on
the towels. I had brought along a very low SP factor suntan lotion to
spread around on our backs. I slowly did his back, up around his neck, down
his smooth back and narrow waist and especially his slightly whiter cheeks,
then covered his sexy legs with a light coat. In return he did the same
thing.

We lay on our fronts for a little while, then decided to turn over.

The thought of spreading more lotion instantly caused some excitement in
the lower regions for both of us. Great, here we go again. Yum yum! What
time is it?

End of Chapter 11