Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 20:53:13 +0000
From: Douglas DD <thehakaanen@hotmail.com>
Subject: Aiden II Chapter 45

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CHAPTER 45
FAMILY AND FRIENDS

TUESDAY, JULY 3

Larry, Phil, and Aiden tossed their overnight gear into the trunk of the
Honda Accord. Aiden sat in the back seat. He buckled himself in, made sure
Horace was safely and comfortably seated, and set to work answering the
myriad of texts he'd received.

"Everybody wants to talk about yesterday's game," Aiden said as Larry
pulled the car out onto Lakeshore Road.

"I don't think that EVERYBODY has your phone number," Phil chuckled.

"Between you and daddy and Marty I think I know the meanest people in the
world," Aiden complained playfully.

"And yet you still love us."

"I do, and that is a totally weird thing."

Larry glanced quickly over at Phil—they had just been talking about the
increasing sophistication of Aiden's sense of humor. The dads listened to
Aiden mumbling about some of the texts, telling his dads about some,
laughing, and listening to his fingers moving as he punched in replies.

"Eric says my game was the second best ever by a Mayfield pitcher," Aiden
said seriously.

"There's not enough information to make that determination," Phil
said. "but I have no doubt it ranks in the top five. Great pitching in a
high pressure game. I mean face it, eleven-and-under ball is just as
important to you guys as high school ball is to the big boys."

"Or pro ball to the pros, except we don't make money," Aiden added.

When they were halfway between Centralia and Olympia, Aiden opened up and
unzipped his shorts. "What are you doing, son?" Phil asked, as if he needed
to.

"Just getting comfortable," Aiden said as he pulled his shorts off and
placed them on the seat next to Horace. "Don't worry, I'm not gonna
masturbate. I would've brought a blanket to cover myself if I was planning
that," he giggled.

"Son, you are incorrigible," Larry laughed.

By the time they had gone through Olympia, Aiden was so comfortable he'd
fallen asleep. When he woke up they were halfway between Tacoma and Seattle
and his briefs were tented out by a sleep erection. He hoped his dad hadn't
noticed his boner. He figured if his daddy noticed it they were all in big
trouble since his daddy was driving. Phil had noticed Aiden's hard-on a few
minutes before Aiden awoke, but diplomatically said nothing. Aiden adjusted
himself and then pulled on his shorts—it was time to make himself
presentable.

Chase and Logan greeted Aiden at the door. The cousins hugged and even
kissed each other on their cheeks. "Kinda like Frenchmen," Aiden explained
to Troy as if Chase and Logan's dad needed an explanation. Darnell was
waiting for them in the house.

Except for Sue, who was preparing lunch, the boys and dads ended up in the
living room to chat. The topic quickly became Aiden's game against the
Stingers. Needless to say, Chase and Logan were impressed. Chase thought
more of it than Logan simply because he was older and had a better
understanding of just how good Aiden's pitching feat had been.

As kids tended to do, the boys started getting restless and looking for a
way to leave the living room for the basement to do their thing, which was
being boys. They were saved by Sue, who announced that lunch was ready. The
menu was simple: hot dogs, baked beans, and chips, with an apple for
dessert. The boys approved.

"What about cookies for dessert?" Logan asked.

"Sweets will be for dinner dessert; I have to give you something healthy,"
Sue replied. There was some obligatory moaning, but after the boys finished
lunch, Sue noted that every apple had been consumed.

The boys spent the afternoon playing games, watching TV, chatting,
laughing, and wrestling, with a little grab-ass thrown in for good measure.

"Are we going to sleep down here in the basement?" Darnell asked.

"That's up to you guys," Chase replied.

"When is Hatcher coming over?" Aiden asked.

"He should be here pretty soon. He had things to do at home," Chase told
him.

"Like chores?"

"Probably. Hatcher's parents make him work hard."

"Well, so do ours," Logan reminded his big brother.

"My dads give me chores, too," Aiden informed them. He didn't want anybody
to think he lived a soft life at home.

Darnell didn't care what anybody thought when he told them that the only
things he was required to do was keep his room neat and clean and help
clean up the dishes after they ate. "We have a housekeeper who does all of
the big stuff. She even does some of the cooking for us."

"We have a housekeeper who does the big stuff, too," Aiden confessed. "She
comes every week or so. And my dad is a really good cook, so we always have
good stuff to eat. We eat out a lot, too. My daddy is an okay cook, but he
makes the best French toast and pancakes—except for mine. I'm gonna
start getting lessons in cooking eggs pretty soon. I've got the bacon part
down."

"Dang," Logan exclaimed. "Do you get to wear a cook's hat?"

"I've got a small one. And I wear an apron whenever I cook." He gave his
friends a sly grin and added, "Usually that's all I wear when I cook."

That started a discussion on who got away with how much nudity. Aiden told
about wearing his long t-shirts to cover up that he was wearing nothing
else when coming to eat. Chase talked about taking his gym shorts and
boxers off under the bleachers during a PE class. "Since my team was
shirts, well, that made me naked."

This was the first time Logan had heard that story. "Did you have a boner?"

"What do you think bro?"

"I think you did because you always have a boner. I could never do that or
do what Aiden does. The most I did was get naked in the back yard a few
days ago, but Chase and Hatcher dared me to do it."

Aiden tried to imagine his shy cousin taking a dare like that. But, it
seemed that Logan was no longer the same shy boy who all but hung onto his
mother's skirts when Aiden first met him.

"I guess we're not counting naturist swims in Aiden's pool," Chase said.

"Nothing to get away with there, since my dads and the parents know we're
skinny dipping," Aiden pointed out.

"Good point."

The boys heard the door to the basement open and close and the sound of
footsteps coming down the stairs. "Okay you perverts, put your boners back
in your pants," Hatcher called down.

"Not so loud, Hatcher," Chase chided his boyfriend. "Parents have big
ears."

"How did he know we all had boners?" Logan asked.

"How do you know that ALL of us do?" Darnell asked Logan.

"Maybe because I have one and I am always the last person to have one."

Hatcher joined the four boys in the home theater. "Okay, guys, time for
boner inspection."

"You just told us to put them in our pants, now you want us to take them
out?" Aiden said.

"Yeah, and if you keep doing that over and over you'll get an orgasm."

"Hatcher, sometimes I think you're nastier than I am," Chase said.

"Can't happen. That's impossible." Hatcher unzipped his shorts, reached
inside his boxers, and pulled out five inches of young teen cock. "But, I
can come close."

"Your boner is pretty big," Darnell observed.

"Bigger than Chase's, which is why I should be the top more."

"But, you're such a good fuck I can't resist sticking my meat into you,"
Chase grinned.

"Are we having a boner inspection or aren't we?" Aiden asked
impatiently. The two teens seemed to be taking over the gathering, which
Aiden didn't care for. He had felt almost an equal with Chase in the past,
but now Chase seemed to be more interested in running the show with
Hatcher.

"Oh, hell yes," Hatcher said. "I can see you're all inspecting mine." He
pulled as much of his erection out of his pants as he could.

"Here's mine." Chase dropped his shorts and boxers to his knees, freeing
his close to five inches. "Oohh, and check out the precum." He wiped a big
drop off of his glans and licked it from his fingers.

"You are gross," Logan complained.

"You know it, but that never stopped you from licking my precum right off
of my dick."

Logan turned deep red. He didn't want his cousin and friend to know what he
liked to do with his big brother, but they seemed to be learning fast. "I
only did it twice."

"Or was it three times? Or four times? I've lost count."

"Shut up."

Chase saw that he was hurting his brother feelings and quickly backed
down. "Yeah, now that I think of it, you only did it twice."

"You don't have to lie about it."

"Damn, bro, make up your mind. I'm sorry if I embarrassed you, but shit,
we're all boys and we all like to mess around. Right, Aiden?"

"Yeah, most of the time," Aiden agreed.

"In that case, let us inspect your goods," Hatcher told him.

Aiden was set to open his pants when they heard the door at the top of the
stairs open. "You boys are awfully quiet down there," Sue Miller called
out.

"That's because we're planning to take over the world," Chase answered. "We
don't want the CIA or anybody overhearing us."

"Understood. But save the revolution until after dinner. Right now, I need
help setting the table."

"Oh, mom, we were having fun."

"Don't argue in front of your friends. You can have fun later. Be up here
in fifteen minutes."

"Maybe we really should take over the world," Chase said.

"Yeah, and we'll start by taking away the power of parents," Hatcher
added. "Especially when you're horny and they stop you from doing things."

I guess I'm not alone, Aiden thought as he pulled his pants and undies
half-way down his thighs. "Well, she gave us enough time for boner
inspection," Aiden said when Hatcher and Chase, who had quickly put their
erections back into their pants, looked at him with raised eyebrows.

Hatcher wrapped his hand around Aiden's erection and nodded. "Hard, very,
very hard," he said approvingly.

Darnell and Logan, not wanting to be the only ones not to be inspected,
quickly revealed their little boners. Hatcher felt them both up and said,
"Even harder than Aiden's. Everybody passes the test. Inspection is over."

The three younger boys put their favorite toys back into their pants and
went upstairs with Hatcher and Chase to help Chase's mom set up for
dinner. After dinner the boys were enticed into a game of Telestrations, a
game of drawing and guessing that had Troy and Sue Miller, along with the
boys, laughing until it hurt. In fact, Aiden and Logan at one time were
literally rolling on the floor they were laughing so hard.

When it came time for bed, the basement ended up not being an
option. Hatcher and Chase paired up in Chase's room while the three younger
boys shared the queen bed in the guest room. The two older boys knew
exactly what they planned on doing. The younger boys knew they were going
to sleep naked together, but after that everything was up in the air.

The fact that the three of them all had erections told them that they
probably were supposed to mess around. That was what they did. Aiden ended
up in the middle since Logan and Darnell both wanted to be next to him. The
three preteens did some chatting about what they'd done with other boys
recently (Aiden had been, by far, the most active boy), jerked off some,
jerked each other off some, licked each other's dicks and balls, and each
one ended up having an orgasm. Aiden sucked Darnell off to orgasm. Logan
jerked off Aiden, but he put Aiden's cock in his mouth briefly to get it
wet and slick. Darnell sucked off Logan and everybody snuggled up happy and
satisfied.

The action in Chase's bedroom was a bit more intense as Chase fucked
Hatcher fast and hard. Chase shot his load in the obvious place, while
Hatcher's young teen cum squirted over him and Chase. They snuggled up
after their orgasms as well.

The two sets of boys discussed a similar subject before falling asleep. "I
wonder if we will do serious sex like Chase and Hatcher when we get older?"
Aiden wondered.

"You mean like fuck them up their butts?" Darnell asked.

"Yeah. I mean I don't even know if I'll ever do it." Even after being part
of the big pool over who would lose his virginity first, Aiden wasn't sure
that anal sex was for him.

"I'll do it someday, I think," Logan confided.

"Have you ever watched them do it?"

"Chase doesn't like me watching, but Hatcher keeps trying to talk him into
it, so maybe I will watch them soon. They really like it and I want to do
it when I'm bigger."

"I'm like Aiden," Darnell chipped in. "I don't know if I want it. I think
we had a lot of fun just jerking each other off and giving each other blow
jobs."

"You think we have more fun than Chase and Hatcher did?" Aiden asked.

"I don't know. But we all got to orgasm and be like really good friends
together. I think that's what messing around is all about."

"I think we had the most fun," Logan said. "But I still want to do what
they did some day."

"I want to get some sleep," Aiden said.

Aiden loved the great feeling of Logan and Darnell both snuggling up to
him. He fell asleep warm and happy.

Chase and Hatcher were also wondering which room had the most fun. "Damn,
you really got into fucking me tonight," Hatcher told his boyfriend.

Chase planted a kiss on Hatcher's lips. "That's because you're so much fun
to fuck."

"When do I get my turn to top you again?"

"How about the time we let Logan watch us."

Hatcher laughed. "Which will probably be never—or at least not until
after you fuck your little brother for the first time."

"Like you said, it will probably be never."

Hatcher draped his arm over Chase's smooth chest. "Sometimes I miss doing
what they probably did—just plain old messing around," he said.

"If they even did anything. But let's say they did—what would you be
missing."

"I dunno, just jerking off, licking dicks, trading kisses, humping—like
we did when were like ten and eleven."

Chase nodded. "Yeah, that was kind of fun. Do you think those three had
more fun tonight than we did?"

"If they messed around together, I think maybe they did."

"Maybe because three-ways are more fun," Chase giggled.

"How about we all sleep together in the basement tomorrow night and see who
has what kind of fun?"

"Sounds like a plan." The two young teens kissed for a while, which got
them horny again, which found them taking care of that problem by putting
their dicks together, kissing and humping until they made a mess over
themselves and on the sheets. They didn't care—they just slept in the
mess as it dried. The way they saw it, one of the best things about being
thirteen was messy sex.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 4

Everybody was up by eight on Independence Day. The plan for the day was to
picnic at Carkeek Park, which was on Puget Sound. Troy wanted to be there
between ten and eleven to secure a picnic table. The park, which was in
north Seattle was a popular place for picnics and recreation.

The five boys came downstairs for breakfast at the same time. Wearing
nothing more than their underpants and t-shirts except for Chase and
Logan. Chase was shirtless and Logan decided to do what Aiden said he liked
to do and wear a long t-shirt with nothing under it. "It's my t-shirt
skirt," Aiden had told his cousin. The ten-year-old, who had been so
painfully shy less than a year ago, loved the free feeling the near state
of undress gave him. He was very careful about making sure he didn't reveal
that he was nearly naked.

Since the boys were going to be very active in the park, the younger ones
elected to skip showering. Brushing their teeth and washing off their
crotches and underarms seemed adequate cleaning to them. Hatcher and Chase,
however, didn't want anybody, especially other boys, to catch them with
dirty hair or body odor. They took a quick shower together. The boys were
ready before Troy and Susan expected them to be. They packed the family SUV
and headed north to Carkeek Park.

Their day at the park would be a day of wading in the Sound, hunting for
shells, watching trains (or in Aiden's case watching and photographing
trains), eating, playing chase games, skipping rocks in the water, eating,
wrestling, getting wet, and eating. The planned to head for the Miller
house in the early evening and then head to the bluff to watch the Seattle
fireworks shows.

The weather was unusual for a Seattle Fourth of July day—it was sunny
and warm with the thermometer hitting a high of 81. The water was cold, as
the water in Puget Sound usually was, but the boys enjoyed wading, even as
they whined about how cold the water was. It apparently wasn't too cold for
Chase and Hatcher. Chase chased Hatcher along the rocky beach until he
caught his friend and started a wrestling match that had them falling into
the water. They screamed about the cold, laughed about their stupidity, and
acted with the partly insane outlook that thirteen-year-olds all seemed to
share.

Aiden waded barefoot through the water with Logan and Darnell. Surprisingly
the three preteens weren't nearly as silly as the teens were. While the
younger boys got their feet and legs wet, the teens had soaked t-shirts,
shorts, underwear, and trainers.

"Those guys are stupid," Logan said. "The water is freezing and they're
gonna freeze their buns off even after they get out since their clothes are
all wet." What Logan didn't know was that his mother had packed dry clothes
for all five boys, just in case.

Aiden was doing some wading and rock skipping with his friends when he
heard his name being called from the pedestrian bridge. He knew it was his
daddy and he knew why he was calling.

"Coming!" he yelled back. He gingerly negotiated the rocky beach until he
reached a big piece of driftwood where the boys had set down a couple of
towels. He dried his legs and feet and slipped on some flipflops as Larry
came down the steps, carrying Aiden's camera equipment.

"It must almost be time," Aiden said as he took his camera bag from Larry.

"About ten minutes," Larry told him. "Train Tracker says it's running on
time." They were referring to the midday Amtrak Cascades train from Seattle
to Bellingham which had been initiated at the beginning of March. Aiden
wanted to get pictures of it as it traversed the Puget Sound shoreline.

"You might as well have stayed up on the bridge," Aiden told his daddy. "I
was going to take the pictures from up there."

"I didn't know. There are some good angles from down here, too."

"Maybe next time. I want to get the train from up high, so you can see it
and the water."

"I promise we'll be back here on the Scenic Sub in the future for you to
take more pictures."

"Cool."

Aiden went up the stairs and got set on the landing on the west end of the
pedestrian bridge over the tracks. He could get an open view from there. He
wasn't sure enough of his skill to attempt to take pictures through the
chain link fencing on both sides of the bridge. He could see a long stretch
of track along the water before the curvature caused his view to be blocked
by the hills of the park. The tracks curved until they went under the
bridge. He could take pictures of the train coming, and then move to the
other side of the landing and get shots of it as it moved away and traveled
up the shoreline and around a point of land. What he didn't notice was the
man standing on the other end of the bridge who was looking at him with an
unusually intense interest.

After he finished shooting, Aiden and Larry sat on the driftwood log and
took a look at Aiden's work. "Wow, I think I got a couple of good
pictures," Aiden exclaimed. He showed his daddy the three pictures he
meant. Larry agreed they were good shots, especially the one of the train
going under the signal bridge. He pointed out that it was well-framed.

"Some of them are crappy, too," Aiden admitted.

"That's all part of the game", Larry told him. "You have to take a lot of
shots to get good pictures, which means you're going to send most of them
into the trash."

"Yep. And those three are going with my other good train pictures."

"Well, I'm going to round up the rest of the gang. Lunch is about ready for
consuming. By the time you finish eating, it should be time for the 521 to
be coming south."

"I'll meet you at the picnic table," Aiden said. He took off up the stairs
to the bridge, his camera bag draped over his right shoulder. Larry picked
up the towels, found the other four boys, along with Darnell's father,
Tyson, who had been casually watching the boys while chatting with another
father. Larry let the boys towel off as much as they could. Toweling off
wasn't going to come close to drying the soaked teens, but Logan and
Darnell just had to wipe off their legs and their feet and slip on their
flipflops.

"We had fun, Uncle Larry," Chase said. "We even made a new friend." He
pointed to a young teen wading out of the water. Like Chase and Hatcher,
he'd gone into the cold Puget Sound water completely dressed once he saw
there were boys his age to play with.

"Hi," the teen told Larry. "My name is Drake."

"Drake's a good kid," Tyson said. "He was willing to be as dumb as those
two." He pointed to Chase and Hatcher.

"Yeah, me and Aiden and Logan were the smart ones today," Darnell boasted.

"Hey, if you can hang around, we'll see you after we eat," Hatcher told
Drake.

"I hope so," Drake grinned. "I gotta go find my aunt and her lame boyfriend
so they can feeeeeeeeeed me."

Neither Larry, Darnell's father, Tyson, nor the four boys had noticed Aiden
get almost to the east side of the bridge and beat a hasty retreat back to
the west side after he almost bumped into the man who had been eying
him. As Larry led the crowd up the steps, he noticed his son standing on
the west landing with a look of anxiety on his face.

<Keegan>

That morning Keegan had awakened with a drawn out yawn. Maybe they are
right, he thought—maybe it is better to wake up instead of coming
to. Natalie was sleeping quietly next to him. She'd had a lot to do with
his staying clean and sober for the past three months. He was half-way to
six months clean and if he stayed clean until then he could apply for a
court hearing so he could finally get his son back.

She really is a good fuck for somebody who doesn't drink or use, he
thought. She had collected a one-year birthday chip recently and had been
instrumental in keeping him sober. She insisted he keep his appointments
with his drug and alcohol treatment counselor and dragged him to as many
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings as she could. She suggested he attend some
Narcotics Anonymous meetings as well, but with little success. She was
pleased when he hooked up with a sponsor who started taking him through the
12 Steps.

Keegan pulled back the sheets on Natalie's bed, quickly admired her naked
body, noticing how she'd lost weight since she'd sobered up. He headed into
the hall and to the bathroom, where he took a much-needed pee. After peeing
and flushing he walked out into the living room where Drake was sleeping on
the couch in his sleeping bag.

He actually looks angelic this morning, Keegan thought. That hadn't been
the case the night before when Drake expressed his displeasure at not being
able to drink beer or toke weed.

"I remember when coming here used to be fucking fun," the fourteen-year-old
had groused. "Now we sit around watching television and playing fucking
games. You two are as boring as fuck."

He then calmed down some until Keegan and Natalie started to get ready for
bed. "Can we make it a three-way tonight?" he pleaded.

"Drake, I don't know why you bother to ask all the time," his Aunt Natalie
replied.

"Because maybe you might agree to do it. But, you're both no fun since you
quit drinking and toking and shit. You could at least let me get wasted
when I come over. You don't even have beer I can steal out of the fridge."

Keegan shook his head. "Drake, why don't you go crawl in your sleeping bag
and jerk off or something. Your aunt and I have adult things to do."

"Whatever. You guys both suck hind teat," Drake scowled as he stomped out
of his aunt's bedroom."

Now, as Keegan watched Drake sleeping soundly on the couch he realized he
saw a lot of himself in the young teen. He could almost understand why his
dad liked getting drunk with him and why he got drunk with his dad. It was
something naughty and different with a hint of excitement thrown in. Keegan
thought he would get drunk and stoned with the teen again if it wasn't for
his goal of getting custody of his son.

"Hey, nerf nuts, get your ass up," Keegan called out.

Drake rolled over and moaned. "Fuck, do I have to?"

"What are you moaning about, sissy? You don't even have a hangover."

The teen crawled out of his sleeping bag. He was naked and was sporting
morning wood. He didn't care that Keegan saw his condition. Keegan had seen
him naked and hard often. He'd even seen him jerk off. In fact, he rather
enjoyed putting himself on display for the man. After all, Keegan was
around fifteen years older than his aunt, so what difference did his being
a few years younger than his aunt make? he wondered.

Keegan watched the teen disappear into the bathroom. Not for the first
time, he thought about how Drake was at as sexy as Natalie and wondered if
he was as good in bed.

After eating breakfast, Natalie fried up chicken and heated some frozen
biscuits. Keegan had purchased potato salad, soda, and an apple pie. He
wished they had the capability of keeping ice cream. They had decided to
drive north to Carkeek Park for time in the sun and a picnic. They were
fortunate to find an open picnic table and Natalie worked to get the table
ready even though they weren't going to eat for another hour or so.

"I'm gonna go across the tracks to the beach and get wet," Drake
announced. "You want me, come and get me."

"Be careful," Natalie called out. "The water is cold and gets deep in a
hurry."

Drake ignored her, dashed to the pedestrian bridge and took the stairs two
at a time up to the landing. When he got to the other side of the bridge,
he saw that there were a large number of kids on the beach and in the
water. He kicked off his shoes on the small sandy portion of the beach and
set them between a pair of large rocks. The day was warm and he wanted to
get good and wet. He knew he had no spare clothes, but didn't care.

Chase and Hatcher saw him come down off the bridge and followed his
movement. "He looks kinda hot," Chase said.

"Well, the sun is out, so he should be hot," Hatcher deadpanned.

"No, doofus, I mean he looks like somebody whose dick I could suck."

"Damn, Chase, you're always thinking about sex."

"And you're not?"

Hatcher elected not to answer the question. "Let's go see what he's like."

Chase and Hatcher introduced themselves to Drake. They hit it off right
away and were soon joking, laughing, splashing, and wrestling, with some
crotch grabbing thrown in. The groping had been initiated by Chase and
caught on quickly. Since Aiden had left them to take his train pictures,
Logan and Darnell went back into the water, making no attempt to join the
three teens.

Knowing that his daddy was going to call everyone to eat, Aiden headed
across the pedestrian bridge with his camera bag. He crossed the tracks at
a brisk pace. He was hungry and hoped he could sneak in a couple of bites
of something before his Aunt Sue started dishing out lunch.

Natalie had sent Keegan to get Drake so they could eat. Keegan stopped on
the east landing when he saw the boy on the west landing taking
pictures. He was impressed by how he handled what was obviously an
expensive camera as he photographed the moving train from both sides of the
bridge. He did not realize that the photographer was his son.

After the train passed, Keegan watched the boy go part way down the stairs
and yell something to somebody, and then head back up. He decided he'd
wasted enough time and should head across the bridge to find Drake. Even
under the best of conditions the teenager was hard to get moving. As Keegan
started to move, Aiden was approaching his position on the east
landing. Nice looking kid, he thought. As Aiden got to within ten feet of
him, Keegan recognized him. Oh, shit, he thought, how the fuck did he get
here? I'm not supposed to make any contact with the brat and in just a few
seconds we are going to collide.

At the same time, Aiden recognized the mysterious man who had been looking
at him while he was shooting the train. Oh, shit, he thought, it's my
fucking father. He almost stumbled over his feet he was so shocked. He
quickly turned around and sprinted back to the west landing. He saw Larry
coming up the stairs from the beach. Chase, Hatcher, Logan, and Darnell
were following him.

Larry noticed the distressed look in his son's face. "Hey, kiddo, what's
wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost."

Aiden pointed to the east. "He...he...he's over there."

"Who's over where?"

"My father is on the other side of the bridge and I almost ran into him."

Larry looked across the bridge, but saw nobody. As soon as Keegan had seen
Larry reach the top of the landing he knew he needed to beat a hasty
retreat. He wasn't about to mess up getting his son back by being in the
wrong place at the wrong time.

"Are you sure?"

"Totally."

"Did he say anything to you? Touch you? Do anything at all?" Larry was
furious that Keegan would pick this day to challenge the no contact
order. He knew that Keegan was a bastard, but this time he had outdone
himself. His first thoughts were to make his brother-in-law's life as
miserable as he could. It was obvious Keegan had followed them from Troy's
house to the park and had been waiting for the chance to make contact with
Aiden. Larry was so mad he was shaking. Aiden assured his daddy that Keegan
had said nothing and made no attempt to touch him.

As Larry herded the boys across the bridge, Drake caught up to them. "Damn
my Aunt Natalie's boyfriend is such a dork," he said to no one in
particular.

Hatcher took the bait. "What did he do?" he asked, even though he really
didn't care.

"Said he'd come to the beach, but he never showed and he never even came to
get me for lunch. He can be nice, but he's usually a real prick."

Something clicked in Larry's brain as he listened to Drake; he recognized
the name of Drake's aunt. "What's his name?" he asked Drake.

"Keegan. Keegan Miller. I can't wait to tell him he outdid himself on the
prick meter this time," Drake groused. "No offense to you guys, I had fun
with you, but I am fucking hungry." He looked quickly at Larry. "Oops,
sorry."

"I've heard the word before. So, you guys decided today to come to the park
to picnic?"

"They decided a couple of days ago. I'm just along because my mom had to
work today. That's the kind of f-n job she has—I mean who works on the
Fourth of July? I better go back to where they are so I can attack the
chicken."

The group let Drake pass them by and then kept walking across the
bridge. Larry was calming down from his mini-eruption. It was apparent that
Keegan had no intention of contacting Aiden. Their meeting up was something
that fell into the "it's a small world" category of life. While he planned
to discuss the incident with Phil, he decided that it would be best to let
the whole thing blow over. He would, of course, tell Aiden what they would
be doing, or not doing, and why.

Lunch was ready by the time they arrived at their picnic area, which wasn't
far from the tracks. Larry talked to Phil and Troy about Aiden seeing
Keegan and the three of them did a quick walk around the picnic area and
kept their eyes open for any sign of him. It was apparent that he was in a
different area.

After eating, Logan and Darnell went back to the beach with Aiden and
Phil. Aiden wanted to be ready for the southbound Cascades from
Bellingham. This time he wanted to take his pictures from ground level
instead of from the bridge. While they waited for the train, he had Logan
and Darnell take their shirts off and he then took pictures of his cousin
and his friend. He wished they could take off their pants as well.

When he heard the distant sound of the train's horn, he changed his focus
to the tracks. He was quite a distance back from the embankment. He thought
if he took pictures from the beach up toward the train it would make for
interesting pictures. Aiden was already developing a good eye and was
taking photographs as opposed to just pictures and snapshots.

Phil had stayed on the bridge, both to let Aiden do his photography without
his potentially interfering presence and to keep an eye out for a possible
reappearance of his brother, Keegan. He wasn't sure he totally bought into
Larry's theory that Aiden meeting up with Keegan was nothing but a
coincidence.

Chase and Hatcher walked along a path that led away from the shoreline area
of the park, hoping to find Drake. He told them that his picnic area wasn't
far from the park exit. They were wearing the dry clothes that Chase's
mother had packed just in case wading turned into immersing.

"Drake was cool," Chase said. "He loved grabbing my crotch and I sure liked
his."

"The water was too cold for us to get boners," Hatcher reflected.

"Not for me or for him. I mean one time he was almost like jerking me and
then tried to push his hand into my shorts, so I helped him."

"I could tell you were unbuttoning them."

"It worked, he got his hand in my boxers. He told me I had a big one. But,
I buttoned back up pretty quick. His felt pretty big, too."

"I was hoping we'd find him, so we could find a place to do what we talked
about."

Chase adjusted his rising dick. "Yeah, have a circle jerk in the woods. I
told you he was hot."

"When it comes to guys you are never wrong."

"Nope. It's called a gaydar and mine is pretty fucking good."

Chase and Hatcher never did find Drake. After Keegan told Natalie what had
happened on the railroad overpass she suggested they eat and run, which is
what they proceeded to do.

"Fuck," Drake groused. "I meet some cool friends to spend time messing
around with and you guys get all scared because Keegan meets his stupid
brat kid on the middle of a fucking bridge over the railroad tracks. It
wasn't long ago when Keegan actually owned a pair."

"Drake, shut your mouth before I stick my fist in it."

"I wouldn't mind if you stuck something else in my mouth," Drake said
coyly. This time Natalie's glare shut him up.

<Fireworks>

Aiden took one more set of pictures, this time of the "Empire Builder", the
Seattle to Chicago train. "If it wasn't a holiday, I could get pictures of
the Sounders, too," he told Logan and Darnell. He was referring to the five
weekday Sounder commuter trains that ran between Seattle and Everett. There
was one holiday train that left Seattle at six in the evening, but Aiden
had been informed that they would be leaving the park as soon as the
"Empire Builder" went by.

 On the ride home from the park, the families dropped Hatcher off at his
house. It was then decided that a stop at a drive-thru for burgers was in
order. While they were moving through the line, Larry asked Chase where he
had met Drake.

"There at the beach. He went into the water with all his clothes on like
us. He looked around our age and seemed cool so Hatcher and me went over to
him and we talked and then messed around in the water," Chase answered.

"You went to him, he didn't come up to you, right?"

"Yeah. Why, is who talked to who first some kind of a big deal or
something?"

"No, I was just wondering."

Chase sent Logan and Aiden, who were sitting on the same seat in the SUV
with him, a look that said, "adults can be totally weird sometimes."

Larry had already told Phil and Troy that he didn't care much for Drake. He
found the teen to be ill-mannered. Phil was suspicious of his connection to
Keegan, wondering if Keegan might have set up the meeting between his
nephew, Chase, and Drake.

The evening was spent at a city park in the Magnolia district that was on a
bluff. They had views of the two big fireworks shows in Seattle: the one at
the Space Needle and the Lake Union show. When the shows started, Aiden
tried taking some pictures, but he didn't have the skills or knowledge
needed for that kind of photography yet. After a series of failures, he
decided to just enjoy the show with his family and friends. The fireworks
shows were spectacular, even from a distance, generating many oohs and aahs
from the audience gathered on the bluff.

"This was the best Fourth of July ever," Aiden gushed during the final
drive home for the night.

The boys dragged their sleeping bags down to the basement and rolled them
out on the floor. There were enough air mattresses for all four boys, but
they were too tired to blow them up. After much debate, they decided during
the fireworks show that Aiden would sleep with Chase and Logan would sleep
with Darnell.

Aiden was looking forward to some serious messing around with his older
cousin. He and Chase sidled naked into Chase's sleeping bag and
cuddled. They were both erect, but after of some preliminary groping and
kissing they ended up not having the energy to go any farther. Aiden draped
an arm around Chase's developing chest and fell asleep. Chase's adolescent
hormones kept him going briefly. He thought about rubbing off against the
smooth skin of his naked cousin, but fell asleep in mid-thought.

The other two boys didn't even think about messing around. They scooted
naked into Logan's sleeping bag, enjoyed the warmth of each other's naked
bodies, and fell asleep before they could get in even one grope.

THURSDAY, JULY 5

The next morning the boys griped about being so tired they couldn't mess
around. Aiden reminded Logan and Chase they would be visiting him in
Mayfield at the end of the month and they'd have plenty of chances to mess
around together then.

"What about me?" Darnell asked.

"You can get it now," Logan told him. He pulled on his shorts. "Follow me."

Darnell followed Logan's lead. "What about my underpants?" he asked.

"Get them when we come back down. Now hurry up before breakfast is ready."
The two boys went up the stairs to Logan's bedroom where they stripped
naked and started a sixty-nine that led to the inevitable climax.

"Why didn't they just do it down here?" Aiden asked Chase after Logan and
Darnell left.

"Because Logan is still shy even if he says he isn't. But he's getting
horny a lot, too. I think being shy and horny at the same time makes him
act weird sometimes."

"What are we going to do?"

"Roll up the sleeping bags, get dressed, and go eat."

Aiden felt both disappointed and not disappointed about not being hit on by
his cousin. He was disappointed because he liked messing around with Chase
and liked having his cousin's cum on him. He wondered if Chase didn't like
messing around with him anymore because he was still hairless and couldn't
shoot yet.

He was not disappointed because he wanted to mess around with his cousin
when they had lots of time to do stuff instead of just doing something
quick. On the other hand, doing something quick would be better than doing
nothing at all.

"What are you thinking about?" Chase asked Aiden as they started folding
and rolling the sleeping bags.

Aiden looked at the condition of his cousin and replied, "I was thinking
about how you have boner."

"I'm in puberty and I can't help it." He took the shirts, socks, and
underpants that Logan and Darnell had left behind and piled it all
together. "When do I get to fuck you?"

"Huh?" Aiden wondered where that came from. He didn't remember ever
discussing fucking with Chase.

"I asked about when I could fuck you? Somebody's gotta take your cherry. It
might as well be me since I've been teaching you all about sex since I've
known you."

"Sammy asked me that same thing, but he apologized."

"Which means he wasn't really serious. But, I'm really serious. I want to
sleep with you and fuck you when I come to visit."

"You can sleep with me, but you can't fuck me."

"Like I can't do it when I come in a couple of weeks or I can't do it
ever?"

"You can't when you come. I don't know about ever because I don't know if I
ever want to fuck or not."

Chase finished rolling his sleeping bag. "Fair enough. I just thought I'd
let you know I'm interested. But, you'd better be ready to give me a
five-star blow job."

"I can do that," Aiden grinned.

"Let's get dressed and see what's cooking." Chase looked at Aiden and
grinned. "Hmm, it looks like I'm not the only one here with a hard-on."

After breakfast, Darnell and his dad left for Bellingham. "I cancelled my
class today," Darnell's father said, "but we've got other stuff to get done
today—like beating traffic."

Larry and Phil chatted with Troy and Sue for awhile after they left. Aiden
played games with his cousins. They also talked about what they might do
when Logan and Chase came to Mayfield. While they didn't mention anything
sexual specifically, they did allude to having sexual fun together and with
others.

Chase had already arranged to spend at least one night at Sammy's house.
Logan wanted to spend time with the twins, and with Lenny in particular.
Aiden was just happy to be able to entertain his cousins for a couple of
days. Knowing his cousins were coming to visit would make the long days of
July even more interesting for him.

Next: Peter Astor